Disclaimer: I do not own Descendants
Mal and Evie stopped short at the yelp of surprise that came from the figure. It sounded familiar.
"Jane?" Mal said.
"Who…Who goes there?" Jane said. It was Ben who spoke up.
"Jane, it's Ben, Mal, and Evie." He said. Jane relaxed upon hearing his voice and beckoned for the trio to follow her. They moved through the hallways until they came to the same fateful room where the VK's were first told they were chosen to go to school in Auradon. There they found Chad, Audrey, and Lonnie. As they entered the room, the three AK's turned to see who had walked into the room. It was clear they did not expect Evie, Mal, and Ben. Lonnie immediately stood up and moved to hug first Ben, and then to everyone's surprise Mal and Evie.
"I was so worried about you guys." Lonnie said.
"You were?" Mal said surprised that the daughter of Mulan was worried about two VK's.
"Of course. You guys are my friends, VK's or not." Lonnie said. Mal and smiled at this, glad that Ben wasn't the only one who accepted them fully for who they are. Jane was the next to speak up.
"I want to apologize to everyone in this room. If it wasn't for me, Maleficent would never have gotten free and been able to take over Auradon." She said as she hung her head sadly. Mal and Evie looked at each other and immediately went to comfort the poor girl.
"We don't blame you Jane, at least I don't and I don't think anyone else here does." Mal paused and looked up at the others in the room as they each shook their heads indicating that they didn't blame her either. "My mother was on a war path, if it wasn't us or you, it would have been the next batch of VK's that Ben inevitably allowed into Auradon." She continued, Ben grinned sheepishly at this—she wasn't wrong. "The only thing that matters now is we all fight together to get our school and the Kingdom back." Mal finished. Jane nodded still sniffling a little bit.
"For the record, I don't trust you Mal, but I don't blame you either. I could see that you were ready to give the wand back to Fairy Godmother just before your mom appeared. I know that you weren't going to betray us. It will take some time for me to trust you, all of you, but I am willing to try and willing to work together to beat Maleficent. Again." Audrey said. Chad simply scoffed.
"You expect me to work with two villain kids. Not a chance. If they hadn't come to our school we wouldn't be in this position." He said. Ben was immediately on his feet and grabbed Chad by his jacket slamming him against the wall.
"These so-called villain kids" Ben hated saying those words but knew he had to, it was the only way to get through to Chad. "They chose to come and rescue you lot before rescuing their own friends. Thy put you all before themselves, so I would think twice about calling them villains if I were you." Ben said lowering Chad to the ground. Chad huffed but nodded agreeing.
"I'll work with them, but I can't trust them." Chad said. Ben nodded able to accept this.
"No one is asking you to trust us, but if you want to get off of this Isle you will have to work with us." Evie said.
"Sounds good to me." Said an unfamiliar voice. "I'm Jordan. Mal, Evie, it is nice to meet you." She said. Ben smiled at the sight of his friend.
"Jordan. It's good to see you." He said.
"One question. How are we going to get off the Isle?" Audrey said.
"With this." Ben said holding up the remote.
"But what about the guards?" Jane said.
"I can spell them. That's how we got onto the Isle. I'll have to use a memory spell this time as well since they will see the barrier opening but it will be worth it." Mal said. The group nodded and began to get ready to move out. As soon as the guards came into sight on the barrier, Mal used the same sleep spell she had used on them the previous night. Once they were off the bridge and back in Auradon, Mal used a spell to wipe their memory.
"On this day & in this hour, I call upon the ancient power. Make them forget, what has been done, before the rising of the sun. By the powers of spirit, water, fire & air, your memories you shall never bare." Mal said, her magic shimmered over the guards once, signifying that the spell had worked. The group then made their way back to Evie's cave so they could plan their next move, likely to find Jay and Carlos before Doug, because let's be honest as nice as Doug is he is no fighter. They would need Jay's strength.
When they got back to the cave, they decided that it would be best to sleep for the night first before finding anymore of their friends, they would be no use to them if they were half-asleep. Deciding it would be best for two people to keep watch, they broke up into groups of two, each group had someone who could perform magic at least a little bit. Mal taught Jane a few quick spells that she could use to distract anyone who was to come while Audrey ran for help. The groups were Mal and Ben, Jane and Audrey, Jordan and Chad, and Evie and Lonnie. Lonnie went with Evie since Evie only had her magic mirror and Lonnie could fight. Mal and Ben drew first watch and sat at the edge of the cave as the others tried their best to settle down and get some sleep. Mal was grateful for the alone time with her boyfriend. Nothing happened on their watch and when Evie and Lonnie came to take over for their watch, Mal was grateful to be able to lay down and sleep in the protective circle of Ben's arms, knowing that they would hopefully rescue the rest of their friends tomorrow.