Even though it was barely more than a whisper everyone in the room seemed to hear it loud and clear, gasping in disbelief at the decision Mal made. Audrey was thrown towards the purplette and she managed to catch the brunette before she hit the floor as the villains turned to walk away. Mal gently pushed Audrey backwards towards Jay and the others, her eyes never leaving the villains in front of her.
Maleficent's laugh combined with the smug look Gaston was wearing and the strange grin Cruella had on her face brought Mal's anger to a whole new level. She had never been more happy to not be in control of her emotions then she was right then. She quickly re-lit her hands and threw the fire at Maleficent and Jafar who were currently walking away from her, knocking them to the floor before she stepped towards Gaston and Cruella who had stopped trying to move Belle and Jane when the others fell to the floor. "Hold tight" She mouthed to her mother and Jane. After receiving nods in response she waved her hands sending the four flying into the wall, Belle and Jane being fine as they landed on Gaston and Cruella but the two villains hit their heads knocking them out. Belle ran back to Mal immediately and pulled her into a hug, as Jane ran to her mother, before asking her "Mal, are you okay honey?" The purplette could only nod before she noticed Maleficent starting to get up. Damn it why couldn't she have been knocked out like Jafar. The purplette thought to herself. Mal moved Belle behind her and motioned for her to move back a little before she threw a magic ball at Maleficent. What the teen hadn't counted on was Maleficent rebounding it, causing it to hit Mal and knock her to the floor.
Belle moved back to Mal's side as the teen saw Maleficent throw her own magic ball at them but it was again deflected by a force field form her stomach, only this time it was purple and protected Belle as well as herself. As Belle helped Mal up Maleficent tried to catch her off guard again but this time she was expecting it, and was able to deflect it with a flick of her hand. Either Maleficent was getting careless or the purplette was becoming familiar with her moves as the next time she threw something at the pair Mal had time to move herself and Belle out of the way rather than deflect it. As Maleficent was distracted the young royal threw some more fire at her knocking her off balance once more before moving forward and grabbing her sceptre. Smashing it on the ground before Maleficent could attempt to take it back from her. Mal hadn't counted on her regaining her balance as quickly as she did and as she turned to move away the teen felt a hand come into contact with her face, hard, knocking her to the floor once again. Only this time Mal cried out in pain before she could stop myself as she landed on her protruding stomach.
It was as Mal tried to get up and was pushed back down by Maleficent's foot that she felt a wetness develop between her legs. Shit! This can't be happening! I'm not due for another 3 and a half weeks! I need to finish this before my contractions start or I'm screwed. No way will I allow my children to be born while she is here threatening them. Mal thought to herself. As the purplette felt a pairs of hands pull her to her feet she remembered a sleep spell Mal, Evie and Jane were working on. But before she could do anything about it she felt the muscles in her stomach tighten and the worst pain she'd ever felt hit her. "Argh!" Mal screamed as she tried to wrap her arms around her stomach hoping it would help, even if just a little bit, but was stopped by whoever had hold of her. It passed after a few seconds and Mal got the chance to look around as she heard everyone, except the villains of course, call her name. She saw Evie glaring daggers at someone to her left and upon turning my head Mal saw EQ had hold of a struggling Belle.
"Take her away. I don't want anyone else to interfere" Mal heard Maleficent say. It was then she realised who was holding her, Gaston, and as the hands tightened around her arms she began to struggle. Mal knew she was in labour but like hell would she go quietly. It was then the expectant mother heard growling from somewhere behind her.
"Let her go!" She heard Ben shout. Turning head as best she could. "Make it easy, make it quick, open up without a kick." She whispered hoping it would work. It not only opened the cage Ben was in but the one Adam was in as well obviously Maleficent had underestimated how much control Mal had of her magic. Before Mal could react she was hitting the floor again as another wave of pain came over her. Gritting her teeth Mal managed not to scream or cry out this time but Maleficent still noticed and she stepped towards the teen, clearly hoping Mal wouldn't put up a struggle anymore. Mal kicked her leg out tripping her up before she crawled away from her and towards her friends and family.
She didn't realise how far away from Maleficent she had gotten until Mal felt at least three pairs of hands helping her up. Looking around Mal found Belle, Evie, Doug, Jane, Fairy Godmother and Audrey around her. Looking around for the others Mal realized why they aren't there, Cruella and Gaston had woken up. Ben and Jay are trying to deal with Jafar, Adam has turned his attention to Gaston and Lonnie was fighting the Evil Queen, while Carlos is trying to handle his mother. Maleficent begins to walk towards the group having finally stood back up causing Mal to grab Jane and Evie's hands in her own and pull them backwards a little bit. "Do you guys remember the spell we were working on this morning? The sleep spell?" Mal whispered to them. They shared a look with each other before nodding at the purplette.
"Do you think it'll work?" Jane asked clearly unsure of the plan but they really didn't have a choice.
"We have to try guys." Mal told them noticing Maleficent getting closer to the group. "Evie think you can focus on your mom?" She ask not knowing how the blunette will feel about it. It is her mother after all and at least she kinda cared about Evie.
"After how she just treated Belle? No problem." Evie replied with such conviction Mal didn't doubt that she meant it.
"Jane, focus on Cruella, if you can?" Mal saw her look towards Cruella in time to see her slap Carlos across the face before looking back at the young Queen nodding, an almost murderous face on Jane's face. Remind me never to annoy Jane. Mal thought to herself. "I'll take the other three. Just remember to change she for they and their, guys." The duo nod to her once more but quickly held onto Mal's arms and another contraction hit and she doubled over. Damn it they're getting worse. That can't be good. It passed quickly enough. It was then Mal noticed Fairy Godmothers wand in her pocket and came up with a back up plan in case this one doesn't work.
Mentally thanking Jay Mal managed to take the wand from Fairy Godmother's pocket and placed it in my own without anyone noticing before moving forward with Evie and Jane either side of her. As the trio walked past Belle, Fairy Godmother and Audrey they could hear them beg for the trio of teens to stop but they had to try this. While the other two focused on their targets Mal's eyes flitted between Maleficent, Gaston and Jafar. Releasing Evie's hand Mal threw a magic ball at Maleficent. She didn't want to knock her down although that would have been preferred, Mal just wanted to stop her from getting any closer than she was. Seeing her stumble back a little the purplette grabbed Evie's hand again. "Now." The young queen said loud enough for only the duo next to her to hear. "I import the urge of natural sleep, whatever the hour may be. When after three hours, they may wake, naught of these workings may their senses take." They chanted together. To they surprise all the villains fell to the floor after yawning and seemed to be in a peaceful sleep.
Before Mal could check and make sure the spell had taken hold properly she was engulfed in a strong pair of arms. The purplette didn't need to turn to know the arms belonged to Ben. Still, she noticed Jane and Evie had let go of her hand and turned around in Ben's arms to find everyone behind him. Adam and Belle walked towards their children. Once the two adults were in reach they pulled Ben and Mal into a hug but again Mal had to be held up by Ben and Belle as another contraction hit her. "We better get you down to the hospital wing Mal. They seem to be getting worse for you." Adam told the purplette. Yeah thanks I wasn't aware the pain was getting worse. She thought to herself. However, as much as Mal agreed with him she had to make sure the spell had worked. She couldn't risk Maleficent waking up and taking their babies. With that in mind she stepped away from the three of them and noticed Ben's injuries still hadn't healed which meantMaleficent was faking being asleep. Mal should have known she wouldn't go down that easy. The purplette looked to each villain in turn and waved her hand into a figure of eight, binding them in magical restraints. But Mal hesitated when she finally turned to Maleficent. Something wasn't right.
Pulling Fairy Godmother's wand out of her pocket Mal walked towards the black figure seemingly asleep on the floor hearing a faint "What the...?" from Fairy Godmother obviously wondering how the purplette had gotten her wand. It was as Mal walked closer she realised what Maleficent was waiting for, she was waiting for Mal to be in reach so she could take me god only knows where. Stopping just out of reach of Maleficent Mal threw a low energy magic ball at her with her free hand and only just managed to move in time as Maleficent rebounded it and jumped up off the floor. As she got up however Mal hid the wand behind her back praying she hadn't seen it.
"Took you long enough to figure it out Mal. But let's face it you don't have much more left in you now you're in labour. It's only a matter of time before you have to give birth and I get what I want. It finally get rid of you and raise those babies to be as evil as you should have been." She told Mal as another contraction hit. Damn they're really close together now. I won't be able to keep this up much longer at this rate. I had to think of something and fast. Mal thought to herself.
"Over my dead body will you harm Mal or touch them babies. You can forget that idea." a voice told Maleficent. What shocked the purplette was it wasn't Ben or Evie or even Jay or Carlos, it was Belle who was slowly walking towards her, Ben and Adam not far behind. Obviously ready to jump in if Maleficent tried anything. Wait! That's it! Belle you're a genius! I can tweak the spell I used earlier.
"Oh please." Maleficent sneered at Belle. Clearly annoyed with all the interruptions. "Like you could do anything about it." She sneered as Belle was only a couple of steps from Mal now.
"Maybe Belle can't, but I can." Mal told her straightening up as much as she could with the help of Belle who seeing the purplette struggle rushed to help the pregnant teen. Pointing the wand at Maleficent Mal said "Make it easy, make it quick, forget your life without a hitch.". A gold stream of light came from the end of the wand and hit Maleficent in the middle of her chest, knocking the evil fairy to the floor. Mal didn't need to check her this time to see if the spell worked as after a few seconds Ben's injuries disappeared and some guards came running into the room, taking the villains and a very confused Maleficent down to the dungeons where they would stay until the guards got some transport to take them back to the isle.
It was as they took the villains out of the room Mal was overcome with pain and a sudden need to push. She couldn't even try and remain upright, Mal just crumbled to the floor only avoiding hitting her head because Belle was next to her and was quick enough to catch Mal's head. Ben and Adam were by Mal's side within a second as they weren't that far away.
"We need to get her to the hospital wing, now" Belle told the boys before Ben picked Mal up. The purplette was in way to much pain to even consider arguing with them right now so she just allowed Ben to lift her.
Author's Note: So I hope you guys like this chapter. There is one more chapter left of this story. Please review and let me know what you guys think x