What If
Chapter 3
Family Day Disaster
"I had tried to apologize to Queen Leah, but Chad had stopped me. I wanted to let her know I wasn't my mother, and I was sorry for what she had done.' Mal thought as she and her rejected friends sat at the picnic table. The other tables around them filled with those who rejected them. All four of them sat with long sad faces. Mal looked as if the entire world had ended. And for once Ben's undying optimism and words of encouragement that it would all be better once he was king, didn't help change any of their minds about the day. He really had no idea how deeply this day had affected each and every one of them.
Mal and her friends had only agreed to attend the event, to put on a front to keep up appearances before they followed through with their plans. And really Mal wanted just one last day as Ben's girlfriend, this day was supposed to be her the good memory to keep in her heart when days ahead got dark…and Chad and Audrey ruined it. Mal sat quietly with her friends, knowing that they too had wanted to join this way of life that was until they were so publically rejected by the same kids that just a few hours ago were including them in preparing for family day. Mal, now had a tough choice, help her mother and turn her back on Fairy Godmother, or follow through with her plan.
"Hey, listen Evie I want to talk…" Doug tried to talk to Evie. Evie looked up, with such a sad look on her face. Mal could barely look at her face, it broke her heart too see her friend so sad. Evie's eyes lit up just a little, hoping that she at least had Doug on her, their side. "DOUG!" chad barked.
"It's my fault. I'm so sorry…" Evie whispered to Doug, almost pleading.
"DOUG!" Chad barked again.
"Doug?" This time Evie was pleading.
"I am sorry I can't", He betrayed. Evie pushed away the tray of food in front of her, it hadn't even been touched. And then things went from bad to worse.
Audrey and Jane circled close to Mal. "How long does she think that's going to last, she's just a bad girl infatuation." Audrey stabbed at Mal. Jane moved close to Mal's ear and said "Yea, I mean, he's never gonna make a villain a queen." The crowd laughed. Mal could feel the anger building inside her. She whipped open her spell book. "Beware, foreswear undo Jane's hair." And Jane's old short hair returned. 1 point towards revenge, Mal thought as she stood.
"There's a lot more where that came from." Mal promised
"Excuse me, who do you think you are?" Audrey asked.
Mal wanted to say Maleficent Bertha daughter of the most evil fairy ever born, but she still hadn't felt she had lived up to the name Maleficent. "Do I look like I am kidding?" Mal said turning the pages of her spell book- the crowd scattered. Mal turned to her friends, hoping after the coronation they would all still be friends, especially after all this, because even though these people just totally betrayed them, Mal still wanted to save them. But she still held up a front. "Let's grab that wand and blow this Popsicle stand."