Mal was currently sat on the bleachers next to the Tourney field watching her three siblings, during their afternoon off. She would much rather be in her room, loosing herself in the books she had borrowed from the library. But she had promise Evie, Jay and Carlos she would be here to watch them at their try outs. She watched as Jay, Carlos, Ben and a bunch of other princes she didn't know yet ran around the field tackling each other. She shook her head playfully as she saw the smile on Jay's face. Of course he would enjoy this. Her gaze flitted to Ben as he dodged a tackle from some blonde prince before passing the ball to Jay.
Her eyes them looked over to Evie. Her sister was currently perfectly performing the moves/stunts Audrey was shouting at her. Mal couldn't help but smile as she noticed Evie's perfectly executed moves were getting on the pink princess' nerves. She noticed Bree was there and glaring at Audrey. Evie and Bree had tried to talk Mal into trying out as a cheerleader but she had point blank refused. No way in hell would she be doing any cheerleading at all.
The purple haired teen couldn't help but notice how happy Evie, Jay and Carlos all looked doing their try outs and how much more settled they had been in the last few days. The three of them were all fitting into Auradon in their own ways and she was starting to second guess everything. She was beginning to wonder if getting the wand for her mother was the best thing to do for her and her siblings. Mal really wanted to make her mother proud of her but at what cost? Everything her and her siblings liked about Auradon would be destroyed once her mother gained control of the kingdom.
She knew her siblings were liking it in Auradon (even though they probably wouldn't admit it) and she was almost completely certain after yesterday that something had happened between Carlos and Jane, and that her younger brother had feelings for Fairy Godmother's daughter. Mal wasn't sure she could destroy their happiness like that. What kind of friend and sister would she be if she took away their only chance to be free and happy like that. Sure she would undoubtably get punished if she chose her siblings happiness over how mother's revenge but if Mal was being honest it would be a punishment she would gladly accept if it meant they could be happy.
Then there was the people of Auradon to think of, or more specifically Ben and Bree. They had been nothing but kind to her since her and her siblings had arrived and Mal was beginning to see stealing the wand as a kind of betrayal of their trust. They had trusted her and her siblings to come here and even let her room with the princess of Auradon, could she betray the first people other then her siblings that trusted her like that?
Everything was just extremely confusing to the teen right now and she couldn't even come to a decision on what to do. Should she defy her mother? Should she steal the wand and betray Ben and Bree and destroy her siblings happiness? She just didn't know what to do and didn't even have anyone she could turn to for advice. Carlos, Evie and Jay would simply tell her to do what made her happy and they would back her all the way, Ben, Bree or anyone else from Auradon would tell her not to take the wand and choose good, her mother or anyone from the isle would tell her to be evil and steal the wand so they could all get their revenge.
Mal became so lost in her own head and thoughts she didn't even realise what the time was. It wasn't until she saw Evie, Bree, Ben, Jay and Carlos walking up the bleachers towards her that she was finally able to shake herself from her thoughts and focus on them. "You okay Mal?" She heard Evie ask her and she instinctively turned to look at her sister. She noticed the concern on her sister's face and assumed she looked far away in her own head.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Mal responded to her, smiling slightly. She didn't want to tell Evie, Jay or Carlos the doubts circling around in her head until she made a choice one way or another. She didn't want to worry them.
"So," Ben started to say looking a little uncomfortable and regretful as the four VK's turned to face him. Bree had a similar look on her face. "Think you guys can get changed and meet us in the courtyard?" He asked the four teens.
Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos couldn't help but be confused. They couldn't work out why they needed to meet the two royals there of all places. "Why?" Jay finally asked, saying what they were all thinking. The four VK's looked between Ben and Bree as they waited for one of them to answer Jay's question.
After a few seconds Bree answered, trying to ease the VK's obvious worry. "You're going to meet the families you'll be working for. We thought it might be better for it to happen at our castle, where things won't get out of hand." The princess explained. The four isle teens shared a worried glance but nodded to the twins anyway, indicating they will be there. None of them particularly liked the idea and if they were honest, Evie, Jay and Carlos had forgotten about that part of coming to Auradon. Mal however had remembered and had been dreading this day since she arrived in Auradon, if meeting Audrey was anything to go by this afternoon would be absolute hell.
The four VK's noticed Ben was about to say something else but before he could he was interupted. "Benny-boo! Are you coming!?" Audrey shouted to him from the bottom of the bleachers. Mal noticed Ben roll his eyes at the pet name she had called him and Bree glare at the tanned princess out of the corner of her eye. The four isle teens watched as the twins shared a look before both of them turned and headed towards the brunette, a quick "See you soon." said over Ben's shoulder.
They watched as the three royals left the pitch and headed into school before following them. None of the four particularly wanted to go but it wasn't as if they had much of a choice.
A couple of minutes later found the four VK's walking into the school's main entrance, wanting to stay together for as long as possible they decided to take the long way to the dorms. But instead of being met with a quiet school they were met with shouting, well more like screeching. "What the hell are you talking about!?" They heard a rather loud female voice say.
Slowly and quietly the four VK's walked towards the shouting and peering around the corner they found Ben and Bree stood facing a red faced and clearly furious Audrey. "You heard me, Audrey." Ben stated, his voice rather calm considering the way he was being shouted at. But Bree looked a lot less calm then her brother and the VK's shared a knowing look. It was clear Bree was about to lose her temper and the four isle teens weren't sure how that would end for the prissy princess. The four teens had all been told about King Beast's temper, if Ben and Bree had that kind of temper as well this could get out of hand quickly.
"NO!" Audrey screamed, causing the four VK's and the twins to flinch at the volume. "This is insane! I do not accept this! I love you Benny-boo!" She said, well more like pleaded with the young prince. But before he could respond his sister had decided enough was enough.
"Oh, enough with the act Audrey!" Bree snapped at the other princess. The four VK's couldn't help but be surprised at how she was speaking to the girl. They couldn't help but think she would fit in well with them, she had their kind of temperment and seemed to despise Audrey as much as they did. "For a start if you truly loved Ben you wouldn't have been all over Chad at the party on Saturday. Second don't call my brother Benny-boo again. It's ridiculous and if you even bothered to listen to him you would know he hates the name." She snapped. The anger in Bree's voice became clearer the more she spoke to the brunette but it seemed the princess of Auradon wasn't finished yet. "My brother has told you your relationship is over. So why don't you accept it and go run to Chad." Bree told the prissy princess. Mal tried to ignore the warm feeling that filled her upon hearing Ben was no longer with Audrey but it simply kept growing, making her entire body feel warm and like it was tingling.
Audrey then did something that shocked Ben, Bree, Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos. Audrey slapped Bree across the face. Ben, Jay and Carlos tensed as the sound echoed around the otherwise empty corridor, Ben taking a step to his side so he was slightly in front of his sister. Evie quietly gasped at the action, Bree stood there in shock with her hand on her reddening cheek and Mal (although she would deny this if asked) wanted to hit the prissy pink princess with the first spell she could find in her mother's spell book. The four VK's might be 'evil' but they liked Bree and couldn't stand the fact that Audrey had just slapped her.
As Audrey went to hit the brunette princess again the four VK's moved to show themselves but Ben simply grabbed Audrey by her arm, halting the VK's movements. They heard a sound they had never heard before and it seemed to have the desired effect on Audrey as she actually started looking worried/scared. Ben started growling. "Touch my sister again and see what happens." He growled, causing Audrey to pull her arm free of Ben's hold and run in the opposite direction. "You okay?" The four isle teens heard Ben ask his twin sister as he turned to face her before he pulled her into a tight hug.
"Yeah, my face hurts but I'm fine." She told him and the four VK's slowly and quietly made their way back out of the school and headed the other way to the dorms so they wouldn't have to interrupt the two siblings.
Author's Note: So sorry for the delay in updating this. Life got in the way. Hope you like this. Please review and let me know what you think x