"I'm Back!"
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Mal pushed through the swinging doors of Ursula's Fish and Chips.
"I'm ba-ack!" She singsonged.
"Loser, party of one, right this way." Uma drawled as the diner fell silent "Good to see you again, Mal. I've spent every day and night since you left dreaming of ways to destroy you."
"Funny," Mal's lips twitched "I haven't given you a second thought."
Uma snarled but felt Halina's invisible hand on her shoulder, holding her back from ripping that purple haired witch to shreds.
She calmed herself "Well, what can I get you?"
"Give me Ben."
"Oh, that...sorry, no can do. See, if you want the King, you're gonna have to have something to trade for him." Uma laughed at the surprised look on Mal's face "What? You thought this was gonna be easy?"
Mal raised her hands to perform a spell, but felt a powerful shock and heard a loud, shill squeal. She clapped her hands to her ears and screwed up her eyes to try and block out the noise but it only got louder.
"Turn it off, H." Uma ordered someone Mal couldn't see "We don't need her to be Wonderland crazy yet."
Instantly the noise stopped.
Mal straightened up, panting "What-what was that?" She asked.
"Let's think," Uma mockingly tapped her chin "Who has magic that powerful on the Isle?"
"I don't know." Mal snapped.
"Oh, really?" Halina appeared behind Uma and her lips curled as all the color drained from Mal's face "Miss me, Mal?"
"Hal-Hallie?" Mal stuttered "What are you doing here? Why are you with Uma?"
"So you remember me now, do you?" Halina laughed evilly "At least now I've found people who won't forget me."
Harry walked over to her "I'd never forget you, lass."
He drew her close and they kissed gently.
Mal's face scrunched up in horror and disgust "Really, Halina you could do so much better than him."
"I don't know." Halina said slyly "He's grown on me. In fact, I'd say we're wickedly happy together."
Mal gagged.
"Quit it you lovebirds!" Uma shouted "As much as I enjoy watching Mal here squirm, we've got business to discuss."
"Right you are, Uma, dear." Halina cackled "Let's get down to it."
"Fine," Mal said, rolling her eyes "what do you want in exchange for Ben?"
"First I want to arm wrestle." Uma smirked.
Mal scoffed "Please, you could never beat me before, what makes you think you can now?"
"Then you have nothing to fear." Uma sat down and held out her hand.
Mal took it and they started the match.
"You win, you take the King." Uma pushed harder.
"Sounds good to me." Mal grunted.
"Don't you want to know what I want if I win?" Uma mocked.
"Not particularly."
"I want the Fairy Godmother's Wand."
"What?" Mal lost her grip and her hand was slammed to the table.
"I win!" Uma cheered "Now bring me the wand and you get the King, got it?"
Mal growled and raised her hands to perform another spell.
"Ah, ah, ah!" Halina waggled a finger "I wouldn't do that if I were you. Remember what happened last time?"
Mal lowered her hands slowly "Why are you with Uma, Hallie?"
"Because you forgot me in Auradon, turned your back on me and Evil. Now I'll get revenge." Halina snarled.
"Hallie..." Mal spoke slowly "Please, I'm so sorry. I don't know why I didn't ask Ben to bring you over. I just could never remember."
"You wanted me in Auradon?" Halina paused "You really did?"
"Yes!" Mal could see her old friend softening "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."
Halina seemed to be thinking it over before she caught Uma's eye and hardened again "No can do, darling. You see, real friends, they don't forget. Now I have real friends. And real love." She smiled at Harry.
Mal scoffed, turned around, and stomped out of the restaurant. She made her way through the Isle streets back to her hideout and her friends.
"Did you know Halina is working with Uma?" She shouted as she walked in.
Everyone winced.
"Um...yes?" Carlos answered nervously.
"And you didn't tell me?" Mal asked dangerously.
"No." Jay sighed "She's also kinda dating Harry Hook."
"Yeah, I noticed." Mal rolled her eyes.
"Yeah...Sorry we didn't tell you earlier, Mal." Carlos lowered his head.
"It's fine." Mal waved him off "We need to find a way to get Ben back. Uma wants the Fairy Godmother's wand."
"What?" Evie gasped "We can't possibly give her the wand!"
"Of course not, E." Mal rolled her eyes "That's why we're not going to."
"Well, then how are we getting Ben back?" Jay asked, confused "If those are Uma's terms she's not going to bend them."
"We're going to trick her." Mal said like it was obvious.
"How?" Carlos asked "Look, no offense, Mal, but Halina's more powerful than you. She's better at magic too."
"Maybe..." Mal thought for a moment "But we can use your 3D printer to make a copy of the wand and I'll give it a little magic to make it convincing. Then we'll trade it to Uma for Ben."
"What are we going to do about Halina though?" Jay asked.
He'd always been closest to Halina, they spent hours together, stealing things and causing trouble. They all knew Jay had a little bit of a crush on Halina. This was probably incredibly painful to see her with his archenemy Harry Hook.
"We'll take her with us, back to Auradon." Mal decided "We all got a second chance. So should she."
Evie stood up "Mal, are you sure that's a good idea?"
"What do you mean? She's our friend. Your friend." Mal pointed a finger at Evie accusatorially.
"Yes, I know!" Evie exclaimed "But, Mal, she's not the same person we knew. She's in love with Harry Hook for goodness sake! She's working with Uma. How do we know that she won't try and steal the wand herself once she's in Auradon? Like Carlos said, she's more powerful than you. She could do it."
"We can help her be good!" Jay stood up "We can teach her and she can learn, just like we did, to be good."
He and Evie had a long, intense staring contest and finally the blue haired princess gave up.
"Fine!" Evie threw her hands in the air "We can try."
Ben was stuck in the basement of the diner. Uma had brought him food at some point but he refused to eat it. It could be poisoned. The door swung open and a deep violet shadow floated inside the dingy room.
"What do you want?" Ben said, trying to keep his voice from trembling.
The misty shadow swirled for a moment before solidifying into the form of the girl who'd come down with Uma. What was her name? Halina? Yes, that was it.
"Halina?" Ben asked.
"That's me." The corners of her mouth turned up slightly.
"What is it?" Ben asked the daughter of Hades.
"I have a question for you." Halina moved closer, her fingers trailing across Ben's biceps "And you're gonna answer it."
Ben swallowed thickly "What?"
"Did Mal really want me in Auradon?"
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