Disclaimer: I do not own Disney's Descendants
Mal never released her grip on Ben's hand as the two followed Evie and Freddie into the cave. She had missed him, it had only been two days, but it had felt like it was forever. She eventually had to release his hand to give hugs to Jay, Carlos, and Lonnie but she immediately returned to his side. If one good thing had come from her mother taking over Auradon, it was that she had learned that she was stronger with Ben by her side. She looked around the cave at all those who had gathered in order to defy Maleficent and she knew. It was time. Her mother would come looking for her soon, it was best to go to her and fight. She caught Evie's eye and knew that she was thinking the same thing that Mal herself was. Evie nodded.
"Guys, I have a few things to say. First off, I want to thank you in all of your attempts to rescue me. Especially Freddie, I know it couldn't have been easy to go against your father, but you have always had some good in you, even when we were all on the Isle, for that I thank you. My mother will come for me, and when she does we will need to be ready. It is time to take back Auradon." Mal finished. The group didn't dare argue with her and immediately started preparing to fight. While Mal was preparing, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned to see Audrey. Mal raised an eyebrow towards the princess in question.
"Mal, I just want to apologize for how I have treated you and the other Isle kids. I was wrong to judge you based on who your parents are, I realized when you left with your mother to protect us, that you were not the person I believed you to be. So, I'm sorry and I hope you can forgive me." Audrey said. Mal stood in shock for a moment at the apology. Audrey seemed to take this silence as a bad sign and turned to leave. Mal snapped out of her stupor and grabbed the girl by her shoulder spinning her around so she could give her a hug. She pulled back from the visibly shocked girl.
"Of course, I forgive you." Mal said.
"Thank You." Audrey said with a small smile.
"Now let's go kick some dragon's hind." Mal said. Audrey nodded and the two shouldered their bags and met the rest of the group as they walked out of the cave. Mal quickly and silently cast a few protection spells over the group. One for silence, one for speed, and one to protect them from some harm. She couldn't protect them from being killed but she could give them some extra strength and protection, like a knight's armor. As they walked, Ben and Mal stayed side by side. Mal cast an extra protection spell over him, she wanted to protect him the best that she could. They reached a clearing where they immediately stopped walking. In the middle of the clearing stood the villains themselves. In a line, not unlike their own, stood Maleficent, The Evil Queen, Jafar, Cruella, , Uma, and CJ. Maleficent was the first to speak.
"Mal, surrender or face the wrath of your parents and friends." She spoke calmly, too calmly for Mal's liking. Whatever the villains had in mind, couldn't be good. But she wouldn't back down. Placing her hand in Ben's and squeezing it to reassure him that she wasn't going anywhere she spoke to the women she once thought of as mother.
"We will not surrender. You all may have power and strength. But we have a different kind of power. We have the power of love and of friendship and together we are stronger than all of you combined." Mal said. As she spoke the whole group joined hands. Mixing together both AK's and VK's. There was no difference. Not anymore. The AK's had a taste of how the VK's grew up and the VK's had realized that they had a choice and they could choose to be themselves, they could choose to be good. A golden glow surrounded the friends. Seeing this, Cruella, Jafar, and the Evil Queen immediately fled with Uma and CJ not too far behind them. Soon there was only Maleficent. She shook her head and immediately brandished Fairy Godmother's wand. Thinking quickly, Mal spoke.
"Quick get into a circle around Ben and I." She yelled. The group complied. Since Ben and herself were inside the circle the group was able to stay connected. Holding Ben's hand, she spoke to her mother.
"And now I command wand to my hand." She cried. In her gut she knew that the words would work this time. And work they did. The wand immediately flew out of her mothers hand and into her own outstretched one. Maleficent did not like this and immediately transformed into her dragon form. Mal let her heart take over and spoke words that she knew could defeat her mother once and for all. As she spoke villains appeared in the field, powerless.
"The power of evil is good as none, when stands before our hearts as one. Eleven friends, from different backgrounds, stand together to free Auradon from villains grasps. As one we stand and as one we would fall. The heart of Auradon will live on, in us all!" When she finished speaking, her mother had fallen to her knees in her human form. Mal knew immediately that she was now powerless. The other villains were on their backs in the field, even those who had not come to fight. Taking Fairy Godmother's wand in her hand, she called on the good fairy. There was a glimmer of magic and the fairy stood there with a proud smile on her face. She hugged her daughter and Mal, before leading the villains away to return them to the Isle and to bring the royals back to Auradon. Meanwhile, Mal went through her mother's dungeons and freed and Auradonians that were left in the dungeons. Evie went with her and immediately gathered Doug in a hug when he was released. Soon everyone gathered in the great hall, but Mal realized a few people were missing.
"Fairy godmother, where are Ben and Audrey's parents?"