Hi Guys. Here's Chapter 2 A HUGE thank you to every single one of you that has read faved followed and reviewed this story! Hope you enjoy. Thank you SO MUCH to my AMAZING Beta xez2003 for the AMAZING editing!
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Mal looked at her handy work in satisfaction before turning away from the wall of the marketplace she had just spray painted to join Ben and the rest of the gang as they danced and strutted along the busy streets of the Isle. Everyone around them ran away in fear as Evie climbed on a nearby table scattering all of its contents while Carlos stole an apple from a child and Jay pulled at a hanging clothesline breaking it, dropping all of the clean clothes onto the dirty ground. Ben helped Mal climb up on a nearby box and she turned around to face them smirking in victory as she held up the candy she had just stolen in the air.
Moments later though people started screaming loudly and Mal turned to look worriedly at Ben who visibly tensed up. That could only mean one thing, she thought in dismay as she turned around.
"Hi mom." Mal greeted as Maleficent shoved her goons out of the way.
"Stealing candy Mal? I'm so disappointed." She commented angrily.
"It was from a baby." Mal quickly replied, holding her breath.
Luckily Maleficent grinned, taking the lollipop from her. "That's my nasty girl." she proudly remarked before spiting on it and giving it back to one of her goons. "Give it back to the dreadful creature." She ordered.
"Mom!" Mal protested.
"It's the deets Mal, which make the difference between mean and truly evil. I thought I told you this enough times already. Why do I always have to repeat myself? When are you finally going get these things into your head?!" Maleficent ranted as she took Mal by the shoulder.
"I'm sorry mom. I'll try to do better!" Mal apologized dejectedly. Ben curled his hands in a tight ball, trying to push back inside the snarl that threatened to escape his throat at the scene.
"Oh! I have news!" Maleficent suddenly shouted, turning away from Mal and facing the kids.
"You five!" she said pointing at them "have been chosen to go to a different school, in Auradon." Silence engulfed the group before Ben cried out in shock and Evie and the boys panicked and had to be held back from running by Maleficent's goons. Recovering from the initial shock, Mal held out her hands trying to calm them.
"What?! I'm not going to some boarding school filled to the brim with prissy pink princesses." Mal cried, still not realizing that going to Auradon meant to finally have a real chance to get away from her mother.
"And perfect princes!" Evie exclaimed as Mal shot her a look telling her that it was not the time to fantasize about that.
"And I don't do uniforms. You feel me?" Jay asked.
"Unless it's leather." Ben muttered.
"I read somewhere that they allow dogs in Auradon. Mom says that they're vicious pack animals." Carlos stated.
"Yeah mom we're not goi-" Mal tried to say but was interrupted by Maleficent.
"You will do as I say!" Maleficent roared, making Mal take a step back in fear. "You are thinking small as usual. Why must I always explain everything to you? This is about world domination and you are going to help me!" she ordered giving Mal a stern look. "Knuckleheads!" she cried and the gang reluctantly started following her towards Bargain Castle. "Come Mal!" she called.
Ben and Mal exchanged a look between them before turning to follow her. But they had barely walked a few meters when another angry voice boomed in the quiet streets, stopping everyone in their tracks. They all turned in the direction of the voice and Ben's eyes widened as he came face to face with his father. In the last months Ben had been lucky enough to avoid meeting him even though he had caught him a few times spying on them while hiding in the shadows. Ben had suspected that his father had kept a distance since Ben had become part of the gang of Maleficent's daughter and therefore feared some form of backlash if he openly challenged him. But it seems that this time his anger at the news that Ben had been given the chance to leave the Isle had gotten the best of him.
"Where do you think you are going, boy? You belong to me! You are really a fool if you think that I will allow you to leave this Isle." Beast suddenly exclaimed.
Ben's first instinct was to run away in fear but a second later all that had happened on the Isle of the Doom rushed back to him and he shot a quick side glance at Mal, who nodded to him in encouragement. Going to Auradon was what he dreamed about…he finally had the opportunity to take Mal away from her mother and maybe live a different life where they could be free to love each other. He would not let anyone get in his way, not even his father. He took a deep breath, braced himself and took a step forward, feeling Mal's eyes bore a hole on his back.
"No!" he retorted. "I don't belong to you! I am not that scared little defenseless boy in the forest any more. I will go to Auradon and you will not stop me."
Beast started laughing at Ben's reply. "Oh really! Then you really are foolish boy! You are no match for me and you know it. But if you really think that you are stronger than me, go ahead and prove it. You beat me and I will allow you to go." Beast challenged him with a confident smirk taking a fighting stance.
Ben snarled at him before letting out a cry as he charged towards him. Mal worriedly watched the fight from a distance, suppressing the urge to run to help him as Ben engaged his father. Ben used all of his training and at first easily avoided the punches that his father threw at him. But Beast was more experienced and deceitful and as the fight drew out, Mal noticed that Ben was starting to show signs of fatigue. Beast smirked as he sneakily picked up some dirt from the ground and threw it in Ben's face temporarily blinding him. Ben instinctively took a step back and brought a hand up to his eyes to wipe them. While Ben was distracted, Beast took the opportunity to throw a powerful punch in his gut. Ben fell to his knees shouting in pain as he bended forward clutching his wounded stomach with both hands. Beast smirked before quickly bringing up his foot to hit Ben's face, who fell unceremoniously to the ground in pain, blood starting to flow out of his nose.
Beast looked down at Ben spawned on the ground and started to laugh loudly. "You see boy. You are no match for me!" He paused, shooting a quick look in Mal's direction before bending down to get a hold of Ben's arm in a tight grip. "As I said you belong to me. And to make sure you don't get any funny ideas of trying to sneak away to Auradon anyway, you are coming with me!" He stood up and started dragging a still dazed and bleeding Ben away.
Mal watched stunned with a horrified expression as Beast turned to leave. She looked at her mother debating what to do. If she interfered it would give their secret away but she could not let Beast take him away. Gods knew what he would do to Ben. Damn the consequences! she thought as she reached out for one of her daggers. But before she could intervene, her mother's voice resonated in the silent marketplace.
"ENOUGH!" she bellowed banging her sceptre to the ground, making Beast turn to face her. "Let the boy go and that's an order. I need him to go to Auradon with the rest. If he doesn't go it will raise suspicions. Someone from Auradon might come to look for him and discover that I have gotten my sceptre back. I am not going to take any chances. I don't care about your stupid fight with your son. I will not let anyone or anything get in the way of my masterplan and that includes you. Would you dare go against my direct order?" she questioned, her eyes flashing green.
Beast snarled in frustration before tossing Ben to the ground a few meters away. "Fine! But next time you will not be so lucky boy." He stated throwing Ben one last hateful look before turning to walk away.
"Now you. Pick that boy up and follow me. We have wasted enough time already." Maleficent said turning to Jay.
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"You will go, you will find the Fairy Godmother and you will bring me her magic wand." Maleficent explained to Mal as they returned to Bargain Castle. "Easy peasy!"
"What's in it for us?" Mal asked, trying hard not to sound too enthusiastic about going to Auradon. She tried keeping a stoic face as she stole a worried side glance at the now conscious Ben who was resting on one of the tattered sofas. All she wanted at that moment was to get rid of her mother as quickly as possible so that she could tend to his injuries.
"What is wrong with you?" Maleficent suddenly screamed getting a hold of Mal and throwing her towards a chair. "This is about you and me, Mal! Do you enjoy making innocent people suffer?"
"Of course I do, mother." Mal replied, fearfully.
"Then get me the wand and we will be able to do so much more. With the power of the magic wand and my spectre I will be able to bend both powers of good and evil to my will! Now come!" she ordered.
Mal stood up and followed Maleficent as she walked towards their fridge. She sneaked another worried glance in Ben's direction who noticed and despite his bruised face and split lip threw her a slight smile to reassure her that he was fine.
Maleficent opened their freezer and took out what looked like some sort of spell book, giving it to Mal. "This will not work here but it will in Auradon. And now with this, you will be making your own evil memories." she paused "by doing exactly as I tell you!" she ordered. Suddenly all their heads snapped up at the sound of a hooting car.
Mal turned to follow Jay who was helping Ben down the stairs when Maleficent called her to follow her to the balcony. "The future of the free world rests on your shoulders…..don't blow it" she threatened. Mal involuntarily gulped as she stood there for a minute staring at Auradon in the distance feeling her two desires clash, making her mother proud and the fear of the consequence of screwing up again or actually having a life with Ben.
"Mal!" Maleficent snapped and Mal shook her head and quickly grabbed her bag stuffing in a first aid kit before getting to the waiting car. Ben and the others were already inside and Mal glanced back one last time at her mother, who held her gaze silently telling her that she was watching her.
She finally climbed in and as soon as the driver started the engine leaving the marketplace, Mal turned concerned eyes to look at Ben and get a proper look at his injuries for the first time. "How are you feeling?" she asked worriedly as tears threatened to spill from her eyes at the sight of his bruised face. His nose had finally stopped bleeding but the right side of his face had turned a dark shade of purple.
"Don't worry sweetheart. I am fine. It looks worse than it feels." He tried to reassure her.
"Okay but let me have a look anyway. Here!" she told him as she pulled an ice-pack out of her bag and gave it to him so he could keep it close to his face while she lifted up his shirt to look at his stomach. Ben hissed in pain as Mal applied an ointment on the large bruise which had formed where his father had hit him. Mal couldn't stop the tears that escaped her eyes as she finished bandaging him and despite the pain, Ben pulled her close to him.
"Don't cry Mal. I am fine I promise. It is nothing serious. You know I have had worst injuries from my father in the past. It will be alright." he told her softly as she rested her head on his shoulder, mindful not to hurt him.
She nodded wiping her eyes, smiling at him. "I am so proud of you for finding the courage to stand up to your father."
But before Ben could answer her, Evie let out a cry. "Look!" she pointed as they approached the water.
"Oh no…it's a trap" Carlos screamed in panic. They all ducked for cover while Ben pressed Mal into the seat covering her with his body despite his injuries. However, instead of falling and drowning into the sea, the car kept moving as it passed through the magical barrier and a magical yellow bridge appeared under them.
"Hey wh-" Mal started to ask but stopped dead in her tracks as a sudden strange feeling engulfed her. Her eyes flashed an intense green while her hands which were still holding onto Ben suddenly started glowing a bright green too. "Ben what is happening to me?" Mal asked panicking. All the five kids watched in awe as Ben's wounds suddenly disappeared as if he was never injured.
"Mal…sweetheart. Look at me. It's okay…just breathe." Ben told her softly as Mal slowly calmed down and her eyes and hands stopped glowing.
"What happened to me?" Mal asked fearfully as she locked eyes with Ben.
All eyes turned to Carlos as he suddenly spoke up "If I had to throw a wild guess I would say that your magical fairy powers have being awakened by the fact that we have left the magical barrier of the Isle."
"You see sweetheart…nothing is wrong with you. On the contrary you are very special. You managed to heal me." Ben told Mal smiling as he gently cupped her cheek. Mal nodded to him returning his smile but spent the rest of the ride in silence still reeling from what had just happened. Ben pulled her on his lap, tenderly holding her and rubbing her back while she buried her face in the crook of his neck.
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The car drove them up towards a large building and Mal looked out of window to see a huge crowd and a band waiting for them. When the car suddenly stopped and someone opened the door for them, Jay and Carlos tumbled out fighting over a blanket. Mal cautiously stepped out of the car, instinctively getting a hold of Ben's hand as she got her first real look at Auradon.
Mal squinted and shielded her eyes as the sun's rays hit her face for the first real time in her life. Once her eyesight adjusted to the bright light she looked up at the perfect blue skies which were void of any clouds and unconsciously took a deep breath to smell the fresh air as a light breeze hit her face. So this was Auradon, she thought, as she mused over how it was exactly how she imagined it…the opposite of the Isle.
Mal was brought back to reality as she noticed an older woman, two girls and a guy moving towards them from the crowd. Mal stopped in her tracks mesmerized as her eyes fell on one of the girls who was approaching them. She was wearing a short white dress and appeared to be their same age with a fair complexion and long blonde curls. But what caught Mal's attention were her deep blue eyes. The girl smiled at them as she got closer and Mal got lost in her gaze for a few moments as she realized that this girl had the same gentle and reassuring look as Ben.
"Guys" Mal snapped, stopping the other VK's from fighting.
"We have an audience." Evie said happily as they come over.
"Welcome to Auradon Prep. I'm Fairy Godmother, Headmistress." the older woman said. Mal turned to give a look at Ben…the one person her mother wanted them to find was just right in front of them.
"The Fairy Godmother?" Mal asked "As in bippity boppity boo?"
"Bippity boppity you know it." Fairy Godmother replied with a smile.
The girl in the white dress took a step forward and her face lit up with an even brighter smile. "It's so nice to finally meet you all. My name is Hailey. My mom and dad are Cinderella and Kit."
"Princess Hailey soon to be queen." the boy with her corrected. Hailey rolled her eyes.
"This is my brother Chad and his girlfriend Audrey."
"Princess Audrey" she corrected. Mal rolled her eyes in annoyance. Oh great! This is exactly what I was talking about stuck up royals.
"Like me!" Evie exclaimed as she took a step forward and bowed in front on Hailey. "Greetings your majesty. My mother is a Queen Witch, which makes me a princess."
"The Evil Queen has no royal status here and neither do you." Audrey snapped back. Evie's face instantly fell and Mal felt Ben squeeze her hand tightly to stop her from lunging at her.
"This is a momentous occasion! One I hope will go down in history as the day our two peoples begin to heal." Hailey suddenly continued to break up the awkward moment. She took another step forward stopping in front of Mal and shaking her hand. "You must be…..?"
"…Mal" she replied after a moment of silence as her eyes locked with Hailey's.
"Right." Hailey said with a smile as she moved to her right to shake hands with Ben and the others.
After that very awkward introduction, Fairy Godmother and the rest took them on a tour of the school, finally stopping in a main hall with two large sets of wooden staircases at the edge of the room.
"So…..you guys use a lot of magic here? ...Like wands and stuff?" Mal asked intrigued. She obviously did not forget her mission…after all she was here to retrieve the magic wand but now, as the initial shock of her own experience with magic during the drive to Auradon wore off, she also wanted to find out more about the extent of her magic.
"That was all a long time ago. And as I always say…don't focus on the past or you will miss the future." Fairy Godmother answered.
"Not really." Hailey interjected with a small smile. "Magic has been pretty much dormant for a long time now. Most of us here are ordinary mortals now."
"Who happen to be Kings and Queens though!" Mal snapped angrily as she suddenly remembered her hard childhood on the Isle.
They walked the rest of way up to the staircase in silence. Hailey quietly sighed in defeat as she noticed Mal's angry expression but she did not know what to say. She was saved from the awkward moment as she spotted and called out to Doug to join them. Hailey, Chad and Audrey excused themselves while Doug gave them their time tables, which included a remedial goodness class, and showed them to their dorms.
The group split up as the boys and girls dorms where on the opposite side of the school.
"See you later, sweetheart." Ben smiled before turning away from Mal and followed Jay and Carlos.
Evie and Mal were taken to another part of the school and shown through a door to the left and they found themselves in a bright lit room with pink wall paper. Mal had to squint her eyes at the brightness once again. There were two large comfortable looking beds on either side of the room surrounded by polished wooden furniture and all Mal could think about was how this room was the exact opposite of the her own on the Isle and she felt a sense of anger and jealousy take over.
"This is amazingly…" Evie started to say.
"Gross!" Mal cut in angrily as she went to shut the curtains. "That's better!"
"I know right. Amazingly gross…" Evie agreed.
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Later that night, Mal and Evie joined the others in the boys' room. Jay and Carlos were playing a video game while Evie was sketching on a note pad. Ben had his arm loosely around Mal as she happily went through the pages of the spell book her mother had given her.
"Ben! Look at what this spell can do!" Mal told him excitedly as she conjured a small ball of fire in her hand, before throwing it in the fireplace across the room, lighting it up.
"It's great sweetheart." Ben answered her smiling, happy to see his girl in a good mood at last. Ever since their arrival in Auradon Mal had been in a sour mood and he still had to find the best moment to ask her what was bothering her. But he put those thoughts aside as he continued to look at Mal who had now happily turned one of his pillows into a stone.
"Carlos! Come check this out." Jay yelled across the room and Mal's expression suddenly turned serious again.
"Guys! Do I need to remind you why we are here?" she snapped.
"Fairy Godmother blah blah blah…magic wand blah blah!" Jay answered.
"This is our one last chance to prove ourselves to our parents! To prove that we are evil and vicious and cruel. Do you want to fail like last time!" her voice cracked.
"Mal…" Ben said gently giving her shoulder a squeeze but she shook him off. "Not now!"
"Evie mirror me" she ordered as the others come around to join them.
"Mirror mirror in my hand where is Fairy Godmother's wand…stand?" Evie chanted and the mirror zoomed in on the museum.
The VKs snuck out of the school and made their way to the museum. As they looked through the glass of the entrance door they spotted their parent's old relics.
"That's your mom's spinning wheel?" Jay scoffed.
"It's magic! It doesn't have to look scary!" Mal snapped as she watched the guard while Ben punched Jay's shoulder.
Mal opened her spell book and started chanting. "Magic spindle, do not linger and make my victim prick a finger!" Nothing happened and Jay started laughing until Ben punched him again.
"Shut up!" Ben muttered to Jay while Mal openly glared at him.
"Prick a finger. Prick it deep and send my enemy off to sleep!" Mal tried again and this time it worked and the guard fell down unconscious. Mal let out a laugh as she then cast a spell to open the locked front door just as Jay tried unsuccessfully to kick it open making him land unceremoniously on the floor.
The group went up a couple of floors before stopping as they entered a room filled with their parent's statues. Mal got lost in thought staring at her mother's statue while she vaguely heard the others talking as they left the room.
Ben noticed Mal's strange expression and gently took her hand squeezing it. "You're not her sweetheart…you've never been." He stated as he kissed her forehead tenderly. "Come on." he said leading her out to where the others had found the wand.
"I've got this." Jay exclaimed as he reached out to grab the wand which was hanging in a sort of magical barrier.
"Jay! Wait!" Mal cried but it was too late as a second later the alarm set off.
"Run!" Ben yelled as the group bolted back down the stairs to the front room. Carlos grabbed the phone and amazingly played it as a malfunction with the security guy on the other side of the line.
"Great job Jay! Now we have to go to school tomorrow!" Ben snapped as they ran out the front door. Despite everything, Mal started chuckling. She thought how Ben never liked having to go to school but how he only went so that he could spend time with her.
That's it! What did you guys think? A bit more drama between Ben and Beast then last time and we are exploring the effect of being able to use magic has on Mal a bit more deeply. I hope you guys liked this chapter. Review? Pretty please