The morning passed by in a blur for Mal. She had spent hours being done up by Evie. Bree had even given her a beautiful silver hair piece to wear, Ben had bought her it but not had time to give it to her since she had hidden in her room all of last night. As the purplette stood at the front of the Cathederal next to Bree, she watched Ben being blessed by Fairy Godmother and she couldn't help but feel a little proud of him. Then the worst possible thing happened. Fairy Godmother's wand was taken out of her hand.
Mal couldn't help but gasp as she felt Bree grasp her hand. There in the middle of the Cathederal was Jane holding the wand. But what worried Mal more was that the wand was backfiring, it had already sent a stream of magic out of the window. "Child, what are you doing!?" Fairy Godmother shouted to her daughter, but Mal noticed she hadn't stepped out from behind King Adam's outstretched arms. As her eyes moved back to Jane she noticed Ben run over to her and Bree before stepping in front of them both to shield them, much like his father was doing with Belle and Fairy Godmother.
"If you won't make me beautiful I'll do it myself!" Jane shouted back and Mal immediately felt guilty. It was her fault Jane felt that way, even with her long hair. "Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo!" Jane shouted.
"Take cover!" King Adam roared but Mal's eyes stayed on the other half fairy who was battling with the wand.
The purplette watched worried as the magic surrounding the wand grew. Mal couldn't watch Jane get hurt because she had tried to get the wand for her mother. She quickly ran forward and wrestled the wand out of a stunned and scared Jane's hands. The smalled half fairy ran towards Lonnie, Mal gripped the wand in both hands as Ben stepped in front of her. "Mal, give me the wand." Ben said calmly and everyone watched with baited breath. It should have been easy. Mal didn't want to take the wand, she wanted to be happy in Auradon with Ben, but as she tried to hand it over she found she couldn't. Her hands just wouldn't move.
She heard Malice, Evie, Jay and Carlos come up behind her. "Mal, what are you doing?" Evie asked her pseudo sister, thankful that Evan was with Snow White. Turning to face the four other VK's Mal was confused. It was like she had no control over her own body or actions.
"Come on, Mal. We chose good remember." Jay and Malice said, earning gasps from all those present in the Cathederal. At this Mal's eyes glowed bright green. That was when the VK's knew something wasn't right. Using their twin connection Malice was able to quickly understand what was up with his sister and he couldn't stop the growl that escaped his lips. "Mother." He stated shocking Evie, Jay and Carlos. "She's controlling Mal's mind." He explained.
That was when a swirl of green smoke appeared behind the purplette, between her and Ben. The brunette royal was forced to take a few steps back and as Adam walked over to Bree, Belle walked towards Ben. Fairy Godmother stood rooted to the spot as the smoke cleared and Maleficent became visible. "I'm back!" She exclaimed gleefully and Mal finally turned to face her mother, an evil smirk spreading across her face. "There's my evil little girl, give me the wand." She said to Mal and reluctantly she raised the hand holding the wand.
"Mal, no!" Various people shouted to the purplette and Evie quickly walked towards her and gripped her arm. "Mal, don't do this." Evie begged her pseudo sister. "Think of everything you'll lose."
Mal knew what Evie was talking about, she would not only lose her family but Ben as well. As the purplette thought about this she tried to fight her mother but found that she simply couldn't, her hand simply reached more towards her mother. That was until Mal heard a familiar and comforting voice. "Mal." Ben called out to her and her eyes immediately left her mother and locked onto Ben's. "Please don't do this. You have to fight it." He told her and Mal felt her eyes stop glowing slightly as well as her arm drop a little lower then it had been. The VK's watched shocked as Ben somehow managed to get through Maleficent's control and get Mal to listen. "I know you, I know you're good." He said as he took a step towards her.
Maleficent saw that the teen was getting through to her daughter as Mal lowered her hand and the wand. This did nothing but infuriate the Mistress of all Evil. With a wave of her staff she sent Ben flying backwards, his head almost hitting the wall he landed near. "Ben!" Mal exclaimed before running towards him. The sight of Ben in trouble and possibly being injured breaking Mal free of Maleficent's spell completely.
In seconds she was knelt next to Ben, who was a bit dazed but otherwise okay. Looking over her shoulderMal found the VK's had followed her as well as Bree, Adam and Belle, while Maleficent stayed where she was and cackled. The sound only infuriated the purplette as she looked at her brother. I'm with you all the way, Mal. Malice sent to his sister through their twin bond. Mal couldn't help but smile at that as she led the way back to Maleficent.
Both twins kept their twin link open so their mother would unknowingly be facing both of them, even thoguh it would only seem like she was facing Mal. The crowd of royals stood in shock and awe as Mal and Malice stopped in front of their mother and Mal engaged her in a battle of wills. This was about the only thing magical they had been able to do on the Isle and Mal had never beaten her mother before, but this time she had to. As the mother and daughter duo locked eyes they each thought of the most horrific thing they could to force the other to submit.
Maleficent showed Mal images of her hurting Malice, Maverick, Malia, Ben and everyone else she had grown to care for, knowing that love was her daughters 'weakness'. Whereas Mal knew exactly what would get her mother. Mal showed her a world where she was forgotten, no one feared her name or even knew her name and people were happy. Malice sent some of his own power through their bond when he felt Mal was weakening, helping her to stay strong and giving her a better chance of winning. A cloud of green smoke enveloped the Mistress of all Evil and when it cleared a small lizard remained, and applause and cheers broke out from the crouds.
Mal and Malice were immediately enveloped in various pairs of arms and were congratulated many times. Fairy Godmother explained what had happened and Mal handed her the wand back before asking her to not be too hard on Jane, it was her fault Jane felt the way she did. The Headmistress agreed and after a guard removed Maleficent the rest of the coronation continued without a hitch, much to the relief of everyone present.
Author's Note: I apologise if this chapter seemed a little rushed but I couldn't get it to flow the way I wanted it to and this was the best version of the chapter I wrote. Only one more chapter left guys, please review and let me know what you think x
