Mal slowly opened her eyes and blinked a few times. She was surrounded by white. She examined herself to find that she was wearing a white Grecian dress and gold sandals. "Ben" she called out "Ben?" she called again looking around to only find more white. "Ben isn't hear darling." A beautiful woman said coming up behind Mal. "Who… who are you?" Mal asked backing away from the woman. "There is no need to be afraid child. My name is Persephone." The woman told her.

"Persephone? Like Hades' wife and goddess of the underworld?" Mal asked her. "Shouldn't you be on the Isle?" Mal questioned. "No dear, Hades was the only one banished. King Adam tasked Zeus to find a new kinder ruler for both the underworld, and Heaven. So, he put me in charge." Persephone told Mal.

"She where are we right now?" Mal asked her. "We are in Limbo." Persephone told Mal. "So am I… dead?" Mal said with concern in her voice. "Yes and no. You had to have an emergency C-Section when your son Clack was born, you began to bleed out and you flat-lined. Doctors are currently trying to save you. See?" Persephone waved her arm and a image of Mal's hospital room appeared before them. Mal just stood there in shock.

"You are in Limbo because I am going to give you a choice. You can go and live, or you can go to Heaven." Persephone told Mal. If you choose to live, you will face many struggles from what happened. You will never be able to have another child; you will fight with your husband and the council of Auradon. You will have to deal with the fact that your mother is still alive, and live in constant fear of her even though you know she is harmless. You will be tested and tried. You will suffer, but there will be joy as well. But if you choose to stay and go to Heaven your life will be worry free. You can watch over your son and husband and protect them and you never have to worry about your mother again. You can be free." Persephone finished her speech and looked at Mal.

Mal was weighing her options she thought about how wonderful a life, well afterlife, of freedom would be. But she also though about how she would have to leave Ben and Clark.

"Um…" Mal began. "You must hurry and make your choice, they are about to shock you to try to start your heart. Choose now!" Persephone told her.

"I… I… I want to live!" Mal shouted. "Very well." Persephone stated she clapped her hands and everything went black.

"EHHHHHHHHH" Mal gasped as air rushed back into her lungs and she lunged up from the hospital bed. "She's alive" a doctor shouted and there were cheers all around. The doctors ran a few more tests on Mal to make sure everything was okay and she wasn't going to flat-line again. They moved her to a new room. "Want to see Ben, and my son." She told her doctor. The doctor agreed and went to go get Ben.

Meanwhile in the waiting room Ben just stared off at the wall. He had shed all the tears he had in his body and now he was just numb. The doors to the waiting room but open and a doctor stood there. Ben looked at him preparing for the worst.

"Your Majesty," the doctor began. Ben gripped his mother's hand tightly. "She's alive, and awake, she wants to see you." The doctor told Ben. Ben smiled and cried tears of joy. He ran back to Mal's room after the doctor instructed him to where it was. He gently open the door and found Mal laying there.

"Mal." He softly spoke her name and walked over to her bed. She cupped her face and kissed her. "Hey." Mal said to him. "Hey yourself. You gave me quite a scare missy." Ben mock scolded her. "Sorry. I'm glad I didn't die. I would have missed so much. Mal told Ben while grasping his hand. She didn't want to tell him about Persephone yet, that was a story for a later date.

"Where is Clark? I want to hold my son." Mal asked Ben. "And I want to see the others too." She told him. "Hang on, I will get right on that." Ben went to the nurse's station and had one of them go get the others, and he had another go get Clark.

"He looks just like you." Mal told Ben when their infant son was placed in her arms. "You think?" Ben asked her. "Yep. He is going to be a handsome boy when he grows up." She told him. Mal looked at her baby son, so happy that she made the choice she did. Ben was right by her side when everyone walked in. They were too lost in their child to notice Belle taking a picture of them.

"Look, your first family photo!" Belle said showing it to them. "Don't you ever scare us like that again Mal!" Evie exclaimed as she walked into the room. She lightly hugged Mal around her neck and kissed baby Clark. "You are going to be the most fashionable prince in Auradon." Evie told him.

Everyone in the room glowed with happiness. It seemed the whole kingdom was glowing with happiness, but it wasn't. Because somewhere across the kingdom, in a glass jar locked away deep in the darkest depths of the castle, a certain black lizard had heard then news of what happened and had grown just an inch. Still too small to do anything, but she wasn't going to give up. How did she grow you ask? Sometimes hate can be just as powerful as love…

To Be Continued…

A/N: He awesome readers. I hope you liked this chapter it was fun to write and I have great plans in store. My next update will be a little later because I have just started back to college, but I promise not another 3 month hiatus. As always I own nothing and please review!