Evie leaves the room, and Mal is up and out the window. Evie's hiding something, and Mal's going to figure out what it is.

She jumps out the window, and down to the ground, and then she takes off running. She makes it to a road, which she follows until she sees lights in the distance.

She runs towards the town, and when she nears it, she heads into the woods. If it is in fact Auradon, she's going to hide. There's no way that they would let the children of of villains into their perfect little town.

She darts into the city, staying out of the light. She can hear clanking, signaling guards. After a few to many close calls, she takes to the roof. Up here, it's quiet. She jumps from roof to roof.

She travels through the town, searching for any clues. Any at all. She sees a poster hanging on a wall, and she jumps down to get a closer look at it. She sees her face, as well as Evie, Jay and Carlos. She was right. They aren't welcome.

Her instinct jumps to life, telling her to run and get out of there. She listens, and takes off running. She knows that she's faster than the guards, and that she can get away, so she runs down the main road. She hears a shout, and guards start going after her.

They get closer, and she pushes herself to go faster. Why is it so hard? Wasn't she faster?

She makes it to the forest with the guards at her heels. There, she darts through trees, weaving and dodging. She can hear her pursuit get further and further away, but there's one set of footsteps that keeps up with her.

"MAL!" a man's voice yells.

How does he know her name? Mal's starting to get tired now, so she decides to make her way to the cabin. Her friends can take care of him.

Mal sees the light of the cabin, and puts on a burst of speed. If she can just get there….

Mal bursts into the cabin, shouting, "INTRUDER!"

Footsteps pound up stairs, and Jay hops over the banister, onto the person who had just grabbed her wrist. Her pursuer hits his head on the ground, and then falls unconscious

Evie rushes down the stairs, with Carlos right behind her.

Carlos rushes over to help Jay pick the man up and tie him to one of the dining room chairs.

"What are you doing up?!" Evie exclaims.

"Uhhh…" Mal feels guilty for lying.

"We'll talk about this later," Evie says, disappointment seeping into her voice, "Now go up to your room, and stay there, please."

Mal heads up, her head hanging down.

Mal doesn't in fact, go to her room. She heads to the top of the stairs, and then sits out of sight. There is no way that she's missing this. This man knew her, and she has a feeling that her friends know him.

She listens in to the conversation happening downstairs.

"I don't think she recognizes him," Evie says.

"Yeah, I get that, but why did she forget him in the first place?" Carlos asks.

"It was probably to painful for her. Her subconscious might have decided to bury her memories of what had happened."

"You mean, like what happened to Cora?"

"Pretty much."

"But it happened suddenly," Jay says, "Does that mean that she was triggered?"

"Most likely," Evie says, "But….oh. It was the strawberries, wasn't it. It's my fault."

Mal can hear a sad tone to her voice, and then the shifting of a chair. The next thing she hears is Carlos whispering to her, comforting her.

So….she knew this person? But why would she forget him? She remembered Cora. She was a sweet girl, something that didn't last really long on the Isle. All they knew was that one day, she showed up with deep cuts all along her body. She was snarling, and lashed out at anyone who went near her. She was frightened. After that, she collapsed, and when she woke up, she didn't remember anything.

The same thing happened to her?

Mal took a better look at herself. She could see scratches on her arms and legs, but that wouldn't be enough to make her forget, right?

A groan sounds, and Mal can't resist. She looks around the corner at the man, who is just starting to wake up.

He was….handsome, actually, despite the fact that he was a guard.

The man blinks his eyes open, and looks at the people around him.

"So this is where you were," he growls.

"Ben," Evie says curtly.

"Where's Mal."

"You can't have her."

"Oh?"

"You've already hurt her enough, Mr. High and Mighty King."

Wait, this guy is the King!? Why would Mal know him? How would she? She a villain kid, why would the King of the goody-two-shoes country meet her? She wasn't special. But then, the next words that the King says make her freeze.

"So what?" he says, "She's a witch."

This was obviously the wrong thing to say. Carlos jumps forward, a butter knife in hand, lunging at Ben. Jay loops his arms through Carlos's arms and around his shoulders.

"You bastard," Carlos growls.

Jay pulls Carlos away, giving Evie an apologetic look. He leaves the room, dragging a struggling Carlos, leaving Evie with the man, Ben.

Ben looked smug, until Evie leaned across the table and smacked him across the face, saying, "You really don't want to go there."

Ben rolled his eyes, saying, "So, you a witch to? Are you going to make a coven?"

That was too much for Mal. She was not a witch, and Evie most certainly was not. Evie was sweet, and she wouldn't hurt anyone unless provoked.

Mal jumped down like Jay had done earlier, and started to hit Ben.

"Mal!" Evie shouted, "Stop!"

Mal growled and kept hitting him.

"JAY!" Evie called, "MAL'S HERE!"

Jay rushes into the room and pulls Mal off of Ben, dragging her back. Carlos comes back in and sits himself down in one of the chairs.

Evie turns to Mal and says to her, "I thought I told you to go up to your room."

"I hate being left in the dark!" Mal exclaims, "And that's what you keep doing! When do I get to know what's going on!"

Evie sighs, pinching the bridge of her nose, and says, "Fine. You can stay. But only if you promise not to attack him."

"Fine."

Mal sits herself down in a chair, and glares at Ben. He's looking at Mal strangely and she snaps, "What."

Ben turns to Evie and asks, "Who is this?"

"This is Mal," she replies.

"No it's not."

"Oh yes it is. You broke her."

Ben is completely confused, but he snaps, "Oh really. How could I do that?"

"YOU BROKE HER YOU BASTARD!" Evie yells, causing all in the room to flinch.

"What...what happened?" Mal asks timidley.

Evie rubs her forehead, and then she starts speaking, saying, "Long story short, you fell in love with him, there were many misunderstandings, he almost killed you, and then you forgot."

"What do you mean, misunderstandings," Ben says sharpley, "There were none. She's a witch, plain and simple."

"Jay," Evie sighs, "Knock him out please. I've had enough stupidity from him today."

Jay knock him out, but leaves him tied to the chair.

"Thank you," Evie says, slumping back into her chair.

"I...I fell in love with him?" Mal asks quietly, tears forming in her eyes, "How could I fall in love with such a jerk?"

"Oh, sweetie," Evie says, rushing over to hug her, "He wasn't like this. He's just….confused."

"But…."

"Shhhhh. Forget about him," she says, standing up and leading Mal over to a couch in another room.

Both Carlos and Jay follow. Once the girls are sitting down, Carlos hugs Mal tight, and Jay envelopes them all in a hug.

Mal is quietly crying now, burying her face into Evie's shoulder.

"Mal," Jay says gently, "We're always here for you, okay?"

"Okay," Mal mumbles.

Her upset mind is racing. She fell in love with the King. The King tried to kill her. Does that mean that he never loved her? He's such a jerk right now. She would never fall for someone like that. Was he lying to her the whole time? And what misunderstandings were there? What was there to misunderstand? Was Maleficent involved?

Mal feels drained, both emotionally and physically. All these thoughts are whirling around in her mind, pulling her in different direction. But soon, one by one, these thoughts drift off, and her mind quiets down. She drifts off to sleep.