Chapter 7

The puff of smoke landed outside of the girl VK's dorm room and the two shook slightly. Traveling like that was convenient but the sensation was enough to make them shudder, not in fear but it was like the magic tingled their spine. "Still not really used to that" Megan said, making Myles chuckle.

"Yeah, it takes a while, though I'm not used to it either" he said making Megan smile and sighed softly, not even caring they were still holding hands. The girl looked up at his eyes and both teens were sort of entranced by the other.

"Megan … I think … I think it's safe to say I have strong feelings for you. M-maybe it's love, I'm not sure but … but I know it's there" he said before wincing at her awkwardly. "Do … do you feel the same?" He asked, but Megan hesitated.

Unlike others on the Isle, her mother did love her though never publicly showed it. But as for other boys on the Isle, well there weren't exactly dates there so much as gang activity. And considering Megan wasn't in a gang, she did neither. "I don't really know what love feels like." she admitted.

Myles only smiled softly as he put his other hand on hers and rubbed it. "I don't really either … but if you're willing … I'd like to find out with you" he said before kissing her hand making Megan's cheeks go pink. "See ya later, Megan" he said before letting go and walked down the hall with a big grin on his face.

Megan instantly went back inside and breathed softly with her back against the door and saw Evie and Mal. "So …" Evie said with a wry smile "how was your date?" She asked as Megan exhaled slightly and sat down on her bed "magical" she said before giggling at her own joke.

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As soon as Myles was near his dorm, which was in the northwest tower of the school, his phone buzzed.

Suspecting who was wanting to text him, he saw it was, in fact, Ben asking for them to talk. Myles only frowned at the message as he felt pressure on his shoulder. "I thought you'd be gone longer" Aristotle said. The owl was still young so he sounded like he could be mistaken for a teenager if no one was paying attention. "Yes well, you can never tell with time there" Myles said in reference to Avalon before vanishing in a puff of smoke and reappeared behind Ben who was standing in his office.

"You wanted to talk?" Myles said, making the prince turn around and jump back into his desk in fright as Aristotle let out a hooting chortle. "Sorry …" Myles said with a wince as Ben had his hand over his heart trying to keep it from bursting out due to the shock.

"Could you use the door next time?" Ben asked but Myles huffed and crossed his arms "well your text seemed urgant so i decided to skip to the issue" he said, waiting for the prince to speak. Though now that Myles saw him, he could tell Ben seemed more or less back to normal.

"Yeah I … um … yeah" Ben said trying to figure out what to say "Mal … she spelled me … didn't she?" He asked as Myles nodded his head "Megan did the same to me. Luckily mom had a bottle of Enchanted Waters for me before I did something …. Embarrassing"

Ben instantly remembered the Tourney match and buried his hands in his face with a frustrated sigh. "I can't believe I did that, in front of the whole school!" He said as Myles felt a smile tug on his lips "well at least the Tourney team and the band were good sports about it" he said making Ben look at him which finally made the wizard laugh before sobering up.

"Are you going to tell Mal?" Myles asked but Ben shook his head "are you going to tell Megan?" He asked, receiving the same answer. "Mom said love potions and spells work like an amplifier. If you already have feelings for someone then those feelings magnify- … well you get the idea" Myles said as he started pacing the room and his owl glided over and landed on one of the arms of the coat rack.

"Yeah I … kinda had feelings for Mal … since i first saw her" Ben said as Myles stopped and looked at him before sitting down on the couch near the side of the room. "So the question becomes: what now?" Myles said as Ben sat down as well.

"I'm staying … with Mal" Ben said somewhat stubbornly as Myles nodded in agreement "same with myself and Megan … But, Ben I … I've never been in love! What if I screw it up? It'll be just like when-" he said but Ben quickly got up and put his hands on his friend's shoulders "Megan isn't Tina, Myles … she's not"

Myles only frowned slightly, remembering the crush he had on the daughter of Tinkerbell. In those days she ran with the 'popular' crowd and saw people like Myles as below their standards. Supposedly she was more nicer than she used to be, not completely but she wasn't in line to be the next Audrey either. Still, that didn't help the wizard avoided her like the plague. "Yeah, i know" Myles said with a frown

After a moment in silence, Myles looked back towards the prince "so … we agree, let them tell us when they're ready. Till then, they just think we're under their spell" Myles said, making Ben nod in agreement. "Hmph, honestly you two practically are" Aristotle said, causing the two friends to laugh.

After they both calmed down, Myles thought for a moment before deciding on something important. "Ben … i think i should tell you about all of my family" he said as Ben made a face. "About Fairy Godmother and Jane?" He asked in confusion which made Myles sigh slightly

"No … about my father's side" Myles said and began explaining about Oberon, Avalon, Maleficent, and Mal.

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*Isle of the Lost*

Maleficent leaned on the railing of the balcony, glaring out to the perfect paradise of Auradon with a scoff, before grabbing her scepter.

Twenty years of this was enough to pull her horns out! Cut off from everything: decent folk, fresh food, nature, her only friend Diaval. For the millionth time she thought King Beast was especially cruel to have Auradon in full view of the Isle.

No! No now was not the time to wallow in painful memories, even though the pain on her back constantly reminded her of the day her heart went black.

A villain … how ironic the one who made her like this was the true villain. That child was just a means to an end! She wanted to hurt Stephan like he did! For what he took from her!

Letting out a yell, she threw a nearby table across the room and seethed in anger at the thought. No one would care about the real reason, the only one who did was her half-brother and he had no idea the pain he felt being only half fae. But this time … this time she would make all of them suffer! With her magic amplified by Blue's wand, she would make sure every disgusting human would know her pain.

"I know you're there" she said as a figure moved in the shadows, revealing himself to be 'Yen Sid' but Maleficent knew better. She knew who he was the moment she first saw him at Dragon Hall, but decided not to say anything out of curious amusement.

"Sorry for not knocking, but I doubt you would have allowed me inside" he said, earning a cold glare from the full-blooded Fae. "What do you want, Merlin?" She asked as the wizard walked in some more.

"Can a brother not wish to see his sister?" He asked but received only the continuous cold stare which Merlin only gave an exhausted sigh in response. "It is true, I have only came to talk-"

"Talk?" Maleficent said in interruption as she gracefully came down the three stairs and walked past him, keeping her eyes on him as she moved. "All you ever do is talk, Merlin … and yet none of that talking you did amounted to anything for me" she said harshly

"You are still full of hate and revenge, Maleficent … you used to be kind-" "I USED TO BE MANY THINGS!" Maleficent shouted in rage, pulling herself into a proud, regal stance. "Kind … filled with trust … FREE … until that monster …" she said before turning around and dropped the cape she had behind her dress, revealing two severed joints cut close to her back and from the looks of it; it was not a clean cut. "Did THIS to me!" She cried as Merlin looked in horror, it was the first time he ever saw the damage.

Before he could say anything, Maleficent spun back around with a look of pure fury "Stephan got off easy, dying of old age … but for everyone else? Especially those other fairies who did not care for my pain … I'll make what I did to that little brat look like the work of an amature" she said then slowly walked to her brother. "So go play savior to someone else who cares" she said before turning her back to him and sat back on her 'throne', still glaring at him.

"You think just because I wasn't born with wings … we're nothing alike?" Merlin said, shaking his head in a sigh before turning away and walking to the door before stopping and placing his hand on the refrigerator. In an instant, it started to glow red where his hand was and Merlin gritted his teeth in pain before retracting it, his palm severely burned but then started to slowly heal.

Maleficent wasn't swayed but she did nearly try to stop him from touching the iron coated refrigerator, all of the ones on the island were iron coated for possible similar reasons.

"There are those who do care for you, Maleficent … if you could only just see" Merlin said before walking out into the streets of the isle and saw the sun was about to set. With a frown, he turned and walked down the street to his home.

He had a letter to write.

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Short chapter but i felt this was needed to stop here. And yes, I'm doing the 'Maleficent' backstory more or less but everything in the original movie still plays out.

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