Hey guys, what do you think so far? A piece of fun information about this story is that I actually intended for this to be part of another story; but it didn't quite fit. So I changed it for this story and I am over the moon with it. I hope you like where I am taking this? Much love RSD xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo.
"And how do you intend to do that?" I snapped. There was no way that Brad was going to get me to do what he wanted; Hades would have to freeze hell first!
"Like this" he laughed.
"Harry if you would be so kind" he stated and he mock bowed to Harry. I quickly looked over to see Harry scowl at Brad before he walked up to a nearby cupboard; I noted that Harry and Brad didn't look as tight as Brad was making out. Could I use that against them to help me and Evie get out of this?
Before I could question this any further Harry opened the cupboard and an old man in black clothing dropped to the floor; it was at this point that I noticed that he was tied and bound.
"Who is that?" I muttered as I uncrossed my arms over my chest and placed my hands in front of my mouth. They were now hurting and forcing innocent people to get to me and this was breaking my heart; I would always take the guilt of starting this to my grave. It would appear I was always going to pay for this stupid mistake - no matter what I did.
"A priest" Brad shrugged as he threw the old man an unsympathetic look.
"You intend to marry me here?" I asked incredulously.
"Right now?" I added.
"Yes" he confirmed and thankfully I came up with an idea. There was no way I could marry Brad; I only want to marry Ben and this is how things were meant to be. I wasn't going to allow Brad, Harry or anyone to take my wedding day from me so fingers crossed my idea could stall them.
"Brad I can't marry you" I advised.
"You will" he stated.
"I can't" I countered.
"You will!" he spat as he stamped on the floor so a loud thud echoed around the room.
"You will marry me, because if you don't-" he started and I could tell that he stopped to think about what he could use to threaten me.
"I will hurt Ben" he finally said with a large toothy grin.
"What?" I asked as my eyes widened.
"We have Ben" he confirmed.
"And if you don't marry me I'll kill him" he stated and I watched as his face spread into a smug grin.
"I will bring him here and kill him in front of you" he warned darkly.
"You won't" I disagreed. They couldn't have Ben; Ben had text me begging me to speak to him and I could hear my phone continuing to go off in the carriage. So if they had him he wouldn't be still texting or trying to ring me - surely Brad knew he was going to have be smarter than that to catch me out.
"I will" he stated menacingly as an evil glint entered his eye.
"You can't" I repeated.
"Is that something you are willing to test?" he asked and he grinned at me when my body froze at this. I might be confident that they don't have Ben but I didn't want to give them any ideas to go looking for him. This was bad enough without any harm coming to him!
"I thought not" he stated knowingly as he stepped towards me.
"So let's get this show on the road" he stated happily as he clapped his hands together as he went to grab the priest up from the floor.
"No!" I exclaimed.
"I can't marry you" I stated and I watched as his face dropped as he slowly stood up straight.
"You will" he sang.
"I can't!" I spat.
"Ben will die if you don't!" he reminded me as he took another step towards me.
"Listen to my dipshit!" I snarled.
"I'm not saying I won't, I'm saying I can't" I advised.
"And why not?" he mocked.
"You can't marry someone who is already married" I stated and I watched as his face dropped. I also heard Evie gasp in the carriage and I started to feel bad as I know me saying this will have hurt Evie; if me and Ben actually got married in secret it would hurt all of our friends and family. But I needed to reassure her that I was lying; to spare her feelings and most importantly of all to stop her jumping out of the carriage.
"You are lying!" he accused.
"I'm not!" I said smugly.
"You are" he pressed.
"I'm not" I repeated.
"If you don't believe me go and ask Evie and Doug!" I shouted.
"Why would I want to speak to those two degenerates for?" he snapped.
"Because last week when me and Ben had a few days away we married in secret" I lied. This could be believable as it was shown on the news that me and Ben left for a few days away last week; we went to North Riding and stayed in Snow White's Hunting Lodge and it was lovely. It was nice to just be me and Ben; rather than his Majesty and the soon to be Queen. Yes you normally don't go away before you are due to get married and yes we still had a honeymoon planned but it was nice to wind down and have some alone time.
"And they were our witnesses" I added knowing that this would not only reassure Evie but also tell her that I was lying. There was no way that me and Ben would do that; if we were going to get married in secret we would have them all there. And I would tell her this - when we were both safe.
"No!" Brad muttered.
"NO!" he roared.
"You're lying!" he accused.
"I'm not!" I snapped back.
"You're not even wearing a ring" he stated as he looked at my left hand.
"Ben has them" I quickly lied.
"He's going to put them back on me" I added.
"Grr!" Brad growled at me. I threw Harry a quick look and I pursed my lips together when I noticed that he was still concentrating on his hook; did I really mean that little to him now? I know that I left him on the Isle but surely he could at least look at me.
"NO!" Brad shouted as he stamped his foot on the floor. I had to resist the urge to laugh at the sight of him; he was acting just like a child. What on Auradon I saw in him I would love to know I told myself.
"This is not happening! I don't care if you have married him; you are mine! Mine and mine alone!" he ranted as he started pacing backwards and forwards.
"I am not!" I snapped.
"I don't know how you two got off the Isle" I added as I quickly looked at Harry and noticed that he slowly turned and looked at me.
"In fact-" I started.
"I don't want to know" I added.
"But you both need to give yourselves up and go back" I advised.
"Don't you dare patronise me!" he spat as he stepped towards me which made me take a step back. Yes I had just scuppered their plan but now seeing Brad like this was making me panic; what was he going to do now?
"You belong on the Isle Brad" I stated.
"Maybe" he replied.
"But so do you and I'm going to take you back" he explained.
"No you are not" I disagreed.
"I belong in Auradon" I stated.
"Brad can we just get this over with?" Harry stated in a bored tone.
"I'm getting bored" he confirmed.
"Calm down Harry" Brad said as he tore his eyes from me and we both looked at Harry.
"Like me and Uma said-" Brad started.
"Uma?" I asked. Brad was friends with Uma? This all made sense now! Of all the people for Brad to plot and scheme with it had to be the person that hated me the most on the Isle.
"Yes Uma" Brad replied as he threw a dark look at me.
"Oh you have been making friends" I stated in disbelief.
"I wouldn't exactly say friends Mal!" Harry spat.
"What do you mean Harry?" I asked as I pulled one brow up in confusion. Why was Harry speaking like that? If looks could kill I would say Brad was dead and not me!
"Brad is Uma's first mate" Harry confirmed.
"Both in and out of the bedroom" he added darkly as he threw Brad a dark look. My body went into shock at this information; Harry already found it hard enough that Uma had won his father's ship from him and was made to be Uma's first mate. I knew that he thought that this was an insult but for Brad to replace him was going to be another kick in the teeth; I could kill Uma for doing this to Harry! But then I reminded myself that I wasn't evil anymore but that didn't mean I didn't still care about Harry. He seemed like one of the only decent VK's left on the Isle.
"I see" I stated as I noted that this was the reason for Harry's hostile behaviour.
"So they have both screwed you two over?" I asked.
"Yes" Harry stated and I watched as he looked down at the floor.
"And we are going to screw you and Ben over!" Brad stated.
"So come here Mal!" he sang as he opened his arms to me.
"Time to go home" He stated which made my eyes widen and I turned and started to run. I had to hide and quick! I knew that Evie was safe as they didn't know she was there; and she should stay where she is. I would fix this! I had to! Me, Evie's and Ben's lives as we knew it depended on it!