Disclaimer: I do not own Disney's Descendants
Jay along with a group of Auradonian soldiers stood ready to go into the forest. Mal was surprised to see Lonnie with them.
"Lonnie? What are you doing?" she asked.
"I am going with them. My mom taught me many battle skills and I feel as if I could be a big help. One of my mom's biggest lessons was to trust your heart and my heart is telling me I need to go with them," Lonnie explained. Mal nodded, she could understand this, after all that was how she had chosen to be good. Her heart had been telling her that she wasn't her mother and that she belonged in Auradon, with Ben.
Ben and Mal said goodbye to their friends as the group left in search of the Forbidden Forest and Belle and the Beast. Mal silently wished them luck. As Ben and Mal went to head back to the castle, where they would be staying until Belle and the Beast could be found and classes were resumed. However, Fairy Godmother, intercepted them before they could.
"Mal, can I speak with you?" She asked. Mal nodded and then looked at Ben.
"I'll wait for you," he said, kissing her forehead before walking off. Mal followed Fairy Godmother to a secluded area where the two could sit.
"So, I want to talk to you about the wand. I think that we need to start you with private lessons so that I can begin to teach you how to wield the wand. When the time is right, I will pass it off to you in a formal ceremony and you will take over many of my duties," Fairy Godmother said. Mal nodded in both shock and agreement. "Then that's settled. When the school reopens we will rearrange your schedule so that you will have your private lessons with me twice a week," She finished. Mal nodded, still too shocked to speak. Fairy Godmother than stood and her and Mal walked back to where they had left Ben. When they arrived, Ben stood from where he had been sitting on a bench and took Mal's hand bringing it to his lips for a soft kiss.
"Everything alright?" he asked softly. Mal nodded. The two then said goodbye to Fairy Godmother and headed to the limo which then began the long drive to the castle.
"What did Fairy Godmother want?" he asked once the limo had begun the drive.
"She wanted to offer me private lessons, so that she can teach me how to use the wand. She said that eventually, I will be the one who is in control of the wand. I guess it chose me," she said.
"I always believed there was good in you. I chose the four of you for a reason. I had this overwhelming sense of responsibility for lack of a better word that I had to get you off of the Island, that you weren't meant to be there. Clearly, you were meant to be in Auradon," he said.
"I love you," she said. Ben smiled.
"I love you too," he said. Mal then rested her head on his shoulder and the two cuddled in silence for the rest of the ride to the castle. When they got there, Ben gave Mal a tour of the place and then the two sat down for a meal cooked by Mrs. Potts.
A few days later, they got word that Jay, Lonnie, and the team had returned from the Forbidden forest. Mal met Ben in the Great Hall. He looked nervous. Mal placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"It will be good news, I can feel it," she said. Ben nodded and smiled but the smile didn't quite reach his eyes. The ride back to Auradon Prep was spent in silence.
When they got there a huge crowd had gathered. Mal and Ben pushed their way to the front of it. Belle and Beast stood there, looking tired and weak, but very much alive. Ben sighed in relief and went to hug his parents. Mal stood back, feeling slightly guilty. It was her mother who had done this after all. Mal turned to leave and felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Belle, smiling softly at her. Belle then pulled her into a hug and whispered softly in her ear.
"What your mother did is not your fault. Beast and I don't blame you and couldn't wish for a better girlfriend for our son," she said. Mal cried softly as she hugged Belle back thankful for the loving woman. Fairy Godmother shooed the crowd away and let the family and Mal be ushered to the limo and driven away to the kingdom.
Classes soon resumed, and everything went back to normal, well whatever normal was for the kids of heroes and villains.
Only an Epilogue to go! I should hopefully have it up within the next week.