Sorry it took so long to update, I was away last week. Now I'll (hopefully) be updating 1-2 times per week until I finish the story. I'm happy people are enjoying this story.

Chapter 2: The Arrival

The next morning Mal was packing a small bag of her things into a limo. The wounds on her shoulder and stomach ached and she felt the world around her spinning. Taking a deep breath, Mal looked at her mother one last time. Maleficent made a point to remind Mal that she was watching her. Then, with a nod, Mal got into the limo and sat next to Evie. She heard Cruella, Jafar, and the Evil Queen yelling things to the other three kids in the limo, but ignored them. She had to come up with a plan that would get them that wand. The thought of her mother's reaction to yet another failure sent chills through her body.

Unfortunately Mal found that she was having difficulty focusing her thoughts, she felt sick and her wounds from yesterday were hurting more than ever. She wanted to throw something in frustration. How was it that whenever she had the perfect opportunity to prove herself to her mother she was too weak? Maybe her mother was right, she was not good enough to be the daughter of the most evil villain. Mal jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking at the culprit she saw the look of concern on Evie's face, "Are you feeling OK Mal?" she asked.

"You're looking paler than usual." Jay, son of Jafar, added. That's when Mal noticed that Evie was not the only person who looked concerned. Carlos, Cruella's son, actually looked nervous for her. She must look as bad as she feels, but they needed her to come up with a plan so she had to push through.

"I'm fine," Mal assured the other three, "just didn't get a lot to eat yesterday." They did not look entirely convince, but Jay and Carlos dropped the conversation.

Evie looked like she wanted to talk more about it, but was distracted by the limo driving towards a dead end. "It's a trap!" she yelled out making everyone look to see they were about to drive right into the ocean. The four villain kids huddled together and screamed as they faced certain death. When they did not feel the limo falling, Mal looked up to see they were riding across the ocean on a bridge made of light.

"This must be magic." Evie said, her voice full of awe. Mal felt amazed as well. None of them had ever seen magic before, outside of Mal and Maleficient's "staring contests". Mal never knew that magic was capable of being so beautiful. Her mother only ever taught her that magic was capable of great power and destruction. It was a tool to getting you what you want, but was that all magic really was? Mal quickly stopped her thoughts, she could not risk disappointing her mother again so she picked up a golden remote near her. "Hey." She got the attention of their driver. "Did this button just open the barrier?"

"No. That opens my garage." The driver answered. Then holding up a different remote he said, "This opens the barrier, and this button." He reaches up and pushes a button that closes the opening that allowed them to see him.

Mal laughed, "Nasty. I like that guy." The rest of the drive to Auradon Prep was filled with Mal trying to think of a plan, Jay and Carlos eating all the food provided for them, and Evie sending worried glances towards Mal.

The brightness of everything shocked the four villain kids quite a bit when they finally arrived at Auradon Prep. The sun shone without a single cloud in the sky, so different from the constantly overcast Isle of the Lost. The people wore bright colors and the softest looking fabrics that any of them had ever seen. Everyone had a welcoming smile on their faces. The four felt safer than ever before. This cause some distrust to form in their minds. There was no way Auradon was really this perfect.

A short woman with brown hair came forward and introduced herself as Fairy Godmother. "The Fairy Godmother?" Mal asked, excited. This was her moment, she did not expect to see her so soon.

"You betcha!" Fairy Godmother replied enthusiastically. "I'm the headmaster here at Auradon Prep." Then she motion towards the couple standing next to her. "This is Prince Ben and his girlfriend, Audrey."

"It's great to finally meet you four." Ben said with the biggest smile on his face. Then he reached out his hand. Jay looked confused when Ben grabbed his hand and shook it up and down. Ben then went down the line and did the same thing to the others, who looked equally confused. When he finally got to Mal he grabbed her injured arm and she could not stop herself from wincing in pain. "Are you OK?" Ben asked. Mal could not tell whether or not his concern was genuine or not. Knowing these hero types it probably was.

"Yeah. Just not used to this." Mal assured him. The prince did not seem completely convinced, but Evie gave her a suspicious side glance.

"Well let's give you a tour of campus and then get you four to your dorm rooms." Ben said.

'That's when the girl who had been stuck to Ben's side said something to Mal. "You're Maleficent's daughter, right?" Mal looked the girl up and down, trying to figure out why she looked so familiar. "I'm Princess Audrey. Aurora is my mother." Mal was shocked, Maleficent was always complaining about Aurora, that prince, and her parents. She did not appreciate being the only one not invited to Aurora's christening party. Mal never knew why her mother was so upset over it. "Don't worry. It's all water under the bridge." Audrey told her, but the four could tell she was lying. None of the four were surprised that there were people in Auradon that did not want them there. If they really cared, they would not have had to grow up in a prison.

The tour of Auradon Prep went smoothly and now Doug, son of Dopey, was taking them to their rooms. Jay and Carlos were in a room on the second floor together. Mal and Evie's room was on the floor above them. Their room was painted pink and their beds were huge. Mal noticed Evie's excitement at the room, but it was a bit too bright. Unfortunately, Mal felt that she could not stand much longer, so she moved over to collapse on the big, soft bed.

"You're not OK Mal." Evie said, her voice laced with concern. She put her hand on Mal's forehead, "You're burning up! You really need a doctor."

"I'm fine Evie." Mal was frustrated with Evie's concern. "Why do you even care?"

Evie looked down. "I don't know why. I just…I want you to be OK." Mal looked at her, even more confused and Evie continued, "I wanted you at my party. It was my mother who didn't want anything to do with yours. I thought you were cool and wanted to hang out."

Mal was shocked by this revelation, Evie wanted to be her friend. She was a princess, her mother trained her to marry a prince one day. She had no idea why Evie would ever be drawn to her. "I want to be friends too." Mal said surprising even herself. Evie looked conflicted about revealing what she did for a moment, then smiled at her. Mal felt a blush appear on her cheeks as she realized, maybe she wanted more than friendship. Maleficent made sure to remind her daughter every day that love was weakness. Mal was already hurt and could risk anything. Plus Evil Queen wanted Evie to find a prince, Mal was far from that. No matter how beautiful Evie looked, villains did not get happy endings, Mal accepted this years ago. The wicked always die alone.

Evie looked a bit disappointed, but still smiled. "We gotta prove ourselves to our parents. Let's start planning." Evie said holding her hand out to Mal. Smiling, she grabbed onto her new friend's hand and stood up. Mal felt the world spin and go dark while she heard Evie's voice yell out, "Mal!" Then there was nothing.