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Hades sat in his throne deep in thought, as his daughter's last words kept playing and playing in his head. He had tried to talk to her, to explain what had happened all those years ago, but she wouldn't even stop to listen to him. Can I blame her? He thought. She is right. I had not wanted her back then. I had chosen instead to get back my powers and return to rule the underworld. But why am I still thinking about her then? Why do I feel a longing towards her when I see her being so affectionate towards Ben while she is so cold towards me? I don't need her. I have all I want just here. I am a God and Gods don't interfere with mortal's lives. So why can't I rid myself of this feeling in the pit of my stomach?

As if trying to find an answer to his torment, he conjured a viewing orb to watch the ongoing battle, just as his daughter found herself face to face again with Maleficent...

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Everyone followed Mal as she ran out of Camelot's Castle just as Maleficent touched down on the ground, returning to her human form, sceptre in hand.

Maleficent felt a deep rage bubble inside of her as she eyed Excalibur at Mal's side and lets out a frustrated scream, before turning to her daughter. "You ruin everything! But this time I will come out victorious! Do you really think you can stop me? You are merely a child. You are not powerful enough to beat me!". Maleficent let out another scream but this time it turned into a roar as she was engulfed in a green puff of smoke revealing her dragon form. She took to the skies and starts breathing fire in the direction of her daughter. Ben grabbed Mal and dived out of the way, just as the fire was about to reach them. The rest of the group ran to take cover as Audrey, Celia and Chad, accompanied by the still enchanted Knights, charged towards them.

As she stood back up, Mal lifted her head to look up defiantly at her mother. She now knew her full family heritage. She was Hades' daughter, the daughter of a god. She could beat her. But more importantly, she had something to fight for, someone she loved to protect, something her mother would never understand. She turned to look at Ben, giving him Excalibur. "Ben, you must destroy Celia's amulet while I handle my mother. I am going to turn her back into a lizard, if it is the last thing I do. And this time it will be permanent. She must not have any way to return."

Ben nodded. "Okay. I have faith in you and you will beat her. Just please be careful." He told her before gripping Excalibur and charging towards Celia.

Giving one last look at Ben's retreating form, Mal concentrated and let loose all of her magical power. Her eyes started glowing, letting her dragon form take over and she flew up to the skies to engage her mother.

Both dragons roared furiously as they clashed against each other, no one getting the upper hand. Maleficent used all of her experience in dragon form and threw fire ball after fire ball, being relentless in her attacks. And finally it happened. An opening in Mal's defences and she took the opportunity to throw a fire ball in the unprotected area, causing Mal to roar and plummet down to the ground.

"Mal!" Ben screamed horrified.

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"Mal!" Hades shouted, as he stood up abruptly from his throne, having seen his daughter being hit. He felt his heart beating wildly in his chest, a million beats a minute as if is was about to explode. What is happening to me? He thought. Suddenly, Mal's baby cries started echoing in his head, as they did that faithful day all those years ago as he left Maleficent's castle. He sat back down on his throne, holding his head in his hands, willing the cries and that unfamiliar feeling in his stomach to stop. And then Mal's baby cries where replaced by her stern words from their earlier conversation.

"Maybe it would have mattered to me to discover your existence when I was still little and innocent."

"I have grown up and accepted reality, that my father never loved me."

"At least my mother wanted me."

"I wouldn't even know that love existed if it wasn't for Ben."

"At first we were both scared as we felt these strange and new unexplainable feelings."

"Despite being scared, we found the courage to face them together."

"We realized we loved each other."

"LOVE!" Hades lifted his head up in sudden understanding, as if someone had just slapped him, as he felt the world around him suddenly halt abruptly and his breath locked painfully in his throat. HE LOVED HIS DAUGHTER! How could he have been so blind." That feeling he had felt at seeing his infant daughter for the first time all those years ago was LOVE. If only he had found the courage to pick up her up in his arms that day and admit to others, but most importantly to himself, that he had loved his little girl the moment he had laid eyes on her. "Oh! What have I done?" he admitted in self pity as he hung his head in shame and brought it down to his hands.

He was pulled out of his misery by a sudden loud roar and he quickly gazed back up at the enraging battle still going on between Maleficent and his daughter.

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Luckily for Mal, Maleficent's strong fireball had only just surprised her and she had managed to avoid the major brunt of the attack, leaving only a little mark on the top part of her right wing. She quickly recovered the meters lost and flew back up to engage her mother.

Once Ben reassured himself that Mal was fine, he returned his full attention to the opponent in front of him, Excalibur in hand. Celia proved to be a worthy opponent as she had managed to block every swing he took at her so far. But honestly he was somewhat holding back. Deep down, he could understand what had led Celia to help Maleficent. She just wanted to make her parent proud. A feeling, nearly every kid on the Isle dreamed about. But that did not matter now. He would not let Mal down, so with renewed energy he raised his sword and brought it down on her hard, knocking her backwards. He took the opportunity and quickly struck her knee, making her loose her balance and end on her back, her sword flying out of her hand in the process. He pinned her to the floor by pointing the tip of Excalibur mere inches from her face.

"Celia, I really don't want to hurt you. Please just give me that amulet. That is all I want." He pleaded.

Celia glared at Ben in contempt as she slowly handed him the amulet, having accepted her defeat. In one swift movement, Ben took it and placed it on the ground before using Excalibur to break the object in half. A blinding green light suddenly engulfed the area as the knights suddenly fell to ground, the magic controlling them destroyed. With only Audrey, Chad and Celia left, they were quickly surrounded and overpowered by the VK's and Hailey. Now that their battle was won, Ben looked up worriedly to watch Mal fight against Maleficent, powerless to help her. "Be careful, sweetheart. Please!" he whispered.

Maleficent could see from Mal's slowed movements that her daughter was now quickly tiring. All she had to do was catch her off guard. An idea formed in her head and she suddenly made a straight beeline for her daughter, a fireball ready to leave her mouth. Mal did not have enough time to react and move away and so she braced herself for the impact. However, she watched surprisingly as suddenly her mother flew on top of her instead of attacking. But before she could realise what her mother had in mind, a sudden and excruciating pain engulfed her back as Maleficent let loose her attack. Mal roared in pain as she lost control of her dragon form, turning back human as she plummeted down towards the ground in lightning speed.

Ben watched in horror as he saw the love of his life rapidly drop down from the skies and to her certain death. "MAALLLLLL!" he screamed as he ran in her direction in an effort to catch her before she hit the ground.

All seemed lost when suddenly Mal was covered in a bright blue light which slowed down her fall, allowing her to fall safely in Ben's arms. "Mal! Are you okay? Please answer me. Open your eyes!" he shouted frantically, shaking her. Her eyes fluttered open and she turned confused eyes to look at him.

"What happened?" She asked.

Before Ben could answer her, a blue fireball unexpectedly hit Maleficent in the chest, knocking her out of the air and making her crash land on the ground, turning her back human in the process.

A voice thundered, "Don't you dare touch my daughter!". All eyes turned to the owner of the voice as Hades snarled, his eyes glowing blue and holding another fireball in his hand, ready to strike.

"Dad?" Mal voiced shocked. What is he doing here? Realization dawned on her and struck her like a cold shower…not only had he saved her, but to do so, he had broken the conditions to keep his beloved powers, for her.

Mal was brought back from her reverie, as Maleficent stood up, sceptre in hand ready to strike. Ben quickly put Mal down and they both hurried to join Hades' side. Ben held Excalibur in front of him as he eyed the sceptre determinately.

"Give up, mother. Look around you. You are outnumbered. Can't you see you have lost?" Mal quipped confidently.

But Maleficent didn't back down and instead fired up her sceptre with green magic, ready to strike the trio.

"Don't even think about it!" Ben snarled as he rapidly attacks Maleficent before she could attack them, Excalibur held high above his head. She lifted her sceptre to block the blow, only for Excalibur to glow brightly as soon as they made contact, breaking her sceptre in two. Maleficent could only watch in horror as a bright green light shone from the now broken sceptre and engulfed the entire area as the sleeping curse around the kingdom was broken and the people around them slowly started waking up.

"I might not have my sceptre anymore, but don't forget I am still a very powerful fairy. I will not be beaten so easily." Maleficent retorted as she conjured a green fireball.

Hades turned with a menacing snarl towards her but Mal put a hand on his arm stopping him.

She stepped forward to face her mother, her eyes starting to glow in response. "It is time we settle this, once and for all, Mother. Just you and me!"

Maleficent's eyes glowed back in response and they stared at each other in vivid concentration. All Mal could think about was the love she and Ben shared and the life she had managed to make for herself in Auradon and how she would let nothing get in the way of her happiness, after all she and Ben had been through. And just like in Hailey's coronation, Maleficent was covered in a dark purple smoke. But before she turned into a lizard and fell to the ground, she raised her hand to Mal's side shooting out a bright light and her voice was heard mocking. "I might have been beaten but I will have the last laugh!"

Hades picked up the now harmless Maleficent in lizard form by her tail and turned to face Mal. "Don't worry. I will make sure she won't escape this time. I have just the perfect place in mind where to keep her and a very happy 'dog' who is going to have a new playmate." Hades snickered in a mischievous grin.

Mal exhaled loudly as a huge burden was lifted off her shoulder and she spun to her side to embrace Ben. "Finally we wo-!" She stopped death in her tracks and all color drained from her face as she saw Ben bent over in obvious pain.

"Ben, what's wrong?" Mal asked worriedly as she took a step towards him.

"Mal! Stay away! Don't come close to me!" Ben managed to say as he looked up to reveal his eyes flashing a bright yellow. He screamed in pain, gripping his head before he suddenly grew in size as his beast form came through. He let out a loud piercing roar before charging towards the castle, tossing away anyone who came in his way. Loud crashing noises were heard from within the castle, followed by people's screams as everyone ran out, fearing for their lives.

"BENNNNNNNN!" Mal screamed as she starts to follow him inside, but was stopped by her father.

"Let me go! What is wrong with him?!" she cried.

"Maleficent must have transformed him into his worst self." Hades replied as they helplessly watched as Ben continued to wreak havoc inside Camelot's castle. "He will have no memory of you. He is no more than an animal now."

"No. That is not true. I refuse to believe it. I'm his soulmate. Nothing could ever break us apart. He even managed to fight one of my mother's forbidden spells. Our connection is too strong." Mal said firmly as she broke free from her father and started to walk determinately towards the castle.

"Mal! He could kill you!" the VKs try to reason with her but she ignored them.

Ben emerged from the front door and charged at the knights who had surrounded him, swords in hand. "Please. Don't hurt him!" Mal pleaded as one of the Camelot knights managed to slash him across his arm which had started bleeding. Mal ran towards them until she was just a few meters away.

"Ben!" she called raising her hands at the knights to stand down as he spun around to face her, growling lowly. "Ben! It's me, Mal. I know you're in there."

He growled, snarling at her again, as he took a menacing step towards her but she didn't back down.

"Ben. Look at me. You remember what you said to me when I told you I wasn't sure if I could love you?" He tilted his head and stopped growling.

"You told me I was worth waiting for. And now I am saying the same thing to you. You're worth it Ben. Please don't let my mother do this to us. Think about all we have been through. We have fought so hard against everything and everyone and now we finally have the chance to be happy. Whatever twisted mind set my mother put you in, I know that deep down you know me. Our bond in unbreakable. Benny, you have always known we were made for each other even if I didn't. Please come back to me. I love you Ben. I always will." she whispered as she bridged the distance between them, pulling him down for a kiss. A gentle white glow engulfed him as her lips touched his and he turned back to himself, responding to her.

"Mal." he whispered lovingly as they broke up for air.

Mal smiled tearfully at him as she leaned her forehead on his.

"True Love's kiss. Works every time" Evie stated softly.

Ben and Mal's tender moment was suddenly broken by a flash of lightning and a booming voice which thundered loudly "HADES!" Everyone bowed in respect as Zeus appeared before them.

He turned to address the god of the underworld. "Hades. You knew exactly what would happen to you if you decided to leave the underworld for whatever reason. It was the one rule you could not break and so your punishment will be severe."

"Yes I did brother and I am ready to accept any sentence you deem fit. But first before we go, there is something I need to tell Mal." He said before turning to face his daughter.

"I am so sorry, Mal. You were right to call me weak and pathetic. I could have given you a better life, a life away from your mother, if only I had found the courage to admit to myself that I loved you from the first moment I had laid my eyes on you as a baby. But I was too afraid, too afraid to explore this new feeling that had invaded me and instead I chose to run away from it and lock myself back in the safe haven of the underworld where I thought I could get rid of it. It had to take me meeting you again and to see the way you and Ben care for each other, for me to finally realize what that strange feeling finally was - love. Unfortunately, I can't go back and change the past but believe me I would take it all back if I could and choose you over my powers. I can only hope that one day you might find it in your heart to forgive me."

Mal could only stare at her father dumbfoundly as her mind processed what he had just told her. She could feel her heart beat wildly in her chest. She thought back to her own doubts when she had first discovered that Ben loved her and how hard it had been for her to take the plunge and find the courage to admit that she loved him back. But she had not been alone to face it as Ben had never left her side. But her father had not been that lucky. He was born a villain, just like her, with no idea of what love was or what it really meant. Suddenly, Mal felt a warm feeling bubble inside of her as she felt her anger and resentment towards him slowly melt away.

Hades turned away, ready to follow Zeus but they were stopped by Mal.

"Zeus. Wait!" Mal pleaded as she stepped towards them. "Please don't punish him. He only left the underworld to come save me. I know that it went against your agreement and that you have your good reasons not to trust him. I also know he has done horrible things in the past but I have seen him now. He has changed. He has done nothing but help us defeat Maleficent. He deserves another chance. Isn't that what Auradon is all about? If Hailey hadn't given me a second chance, I would still be on the Isle living in misery and I wouldn't know what it really feels like to finally have a family. And now I have finally found my dad, please don't take him away from me."

Zeus stopped to look at the girl in front of him as he pondered her request. His brother had a daughter, who would have thought. Could what she had just told him be true. He mused. The sincere look in her eyes seemed to say so. And his brother had not given him any reason to doubt him in the last sixteen years so why now all of a sudden. He sighed as he reached his decision.

"Okay, brother. I am willing to give you another chance. It seems you really have changed if there is someone willing to vouch for you. I will not punish you and I will let you return to the underworld as its ruler. But I will continue watching you closely. Do not disappoint me." Zeus stated before disappearing in a bright flash of lightning just as he had arrived.

Ben watched with a wide smile on his face as Mal turned to hug her father. Hades stared down at her for a few second, before returning the embrace, finally able to hold his baby girl in his arms after so long.

Mal pulled away from her father and turned to Ben, holding out her hand to him.

"Let's go home." She said brightly. It was really over for good this time.

That's it! Maleficent is gone forever! And Mal has forgiven Hades. Uma's fate will be found out next chapter. I hope you guys liked this chapter. Review? Pretty please?