*Author's Note*
Hey guys, first off, MERRY CHRISMAS! According to SG time, its already Christmas morning so this will be my little gift to you guys. Second, I'm so sorry for the delay in posting this chapter. I have been having a little of writers block and been really busy with work. And lastly, thank you for all your wonderful reviews. I love them! :)
And Thank you to my beta (legend fanatic) for helping me with my story.
Disney's Descendants : Good is the New Bad
Disclaimer: I own nothing at all, well, except my OC.
Spoilers: Well, the movie and a little of the prequel novel.
A few days later,
Dormitory's Garden – Tuesday Night
"Alright, let's sit here."
Mal nodded and placed a glass cage, with a small, purple salamander in it, onto an outdoor lounge table. It was Maleficent.
"What are you thinking about, M?" Evie voiced her doubts when she caught a glimpse of Mal's face.
"I'm just worried about mother. She has only grown a few inches ever since the coronation. Do you think I should send her back to the Island so she can become human again?" Mal sighed as she rubbed her finger on the edge of the glass cage while looking at her mother.
The purple salamander suddenly stood up on her hind legs with her two front legs on the side of the glass cage. Its head seemed to shake a little with its small little eyes looking at the purple-haired girl.
"I don't know, Mal It's your choice to make not mine, but we will support your decision no matter what you choose." Evie shook her head and said softly.
"I don't know, she seems to be enjoying her life here. I mean we have all kinds of food that she liked. She will always return back to her cage when I open the door to let her move around. This is not like something she would do, but I am starting to see the trust we never had when we were on the island."
Mal gently wiggled her fingers around the glass cage, and a door magically appeared. She opened it, and the purple salamander started to move towards the bushes. Mal and Evie sat quietly on the bench while looking at where the purple salamander disappeared to for a few minutes before it popped its head from within the bushes to look at them as though it's checking if they're still there.
"Looks like Auradon is starting to rub on your mum." Evie chuckled softly as the purple salamander disappeared again.
Mal chuckled softly with her best friend without any word.
"Mal, I have meant to ask you. Where is the Dragon's Eye? I have never seen it ever since the coronation."
"Well, after mother has turned into a salamander, the sceptre disappeared, but it suddenly appeared on the bed not long after we have moved mother into our room, so I handed it over to Fairy Godmother for safe keeping."
Evie widened her eyes at shock at her best friend. "I thought your mother have cursed the Dragon's eye? Anyone who is not your mum would immediately fall asleep for a thousand years." Evie started to eye her best friend from top to bottom to make sure that she's alright. "Even you have fallen into a coma for like a few minutes after you touched it when we found it at the Forbidden Fortress."
"I don't know." Mal shrugged. "I guess my mum wanted me to keep it for her so when I touched it this time, I did not fall asleep, but Fairy Godmother almost touched it when I asked for her help but luckily a small white mouse accidentally touch it before she could, and the poor thing falls asleep instantly." Mal chuckled at herself when the image returned into her mind.
"Well, long story short. Fairy Godmother has prepared a location for me to keep it, but frankly, I have no idea where to cause Fairy Godmother kind of teleported us to a room and asked me to put the sceptre on a stand."
"Woah. Fairy Godmother used magic? That's big."
"I know, right?" Mal planted a smirk on her face. "Enough about me. Anything new you want to share about your relationship with Doug?"
"Mal!" Evie cried as a suspicious red started to form on her cheeks.
Mal let out a string of laughter when Evie started to smack her arm.
Without them knowing, a bush from a few feet behind the two girls shook for a few seconds before it returned back to normal.
Auradon Prep Courtyard – Wednesday Afternoon
A black-haired girl was seen walking towards a bench with very quick steps. She was wearing a purple tank top under a black leather jacket with a dark purple mini skirt, black knee-high socks and black leather boots. She rests both her hands on the table, trying to catch a certain couple's attention.
Evie quirked an eyebrow at the black-haired girl and asked, "Can we help you?"
Evie was having a study date with Doug in the courtyard after school before they were interrupted by Heres.
"I have something very important to tell Ben." Heres let out a sign. "I have been looking for him literally everywhere. Do you guys know where he is?"
Doug turned to share a look with his girlfriend, both of them started to have a suspicious feeling.
"Uh…" Doug had stammered for a few seconds before he cleared his throat. "At this time, Ben should be attending to his duties as the King of Auradon and that will be in his room where it's quiet and private."
Her eyes lit up the moment Doug finished.
"Thanks."
Before the two of them could react, the black-haired girl turned on her heels and started running towards the dormitories.
"Should we tell Mal about this?" Doug asked as the two of them looked towards the direction Heres ran.
"Well, it doesn't look very serious." Evie laughed nervously. "Maybe it's best to let Ben tell Mal."
"Yeah, great plan." Doug turned to give her girlfriend a smile before they both tucked her heads into the big books in front of them.
"Alright, I'm done with there. Jayden, could you pass this to my Dad…"
A knock on the door interrupted Ben before he could continue.
"Please come in."
The door opened to reveal Heres.
"Oh Hi, Heres. What a pleasant surprise? Come in, please." Ben waved lightly to the black-haired girl and gestured her to enter the room.
"Ugh…" Heres stammered as her eyes glanced towards the black-haired boy standing behind Ben's chair before fixing attention back on the King of Auradon.
Jayden smiled politely in return before taking a bow before Ben. "I think Ms Heres wanted to speak to you alone. I'll go fetch our dinner and be back in thirty minutes. Will that be fine with you?" Jayden turned to Heres who nodded her head in return. "I'll be back later, your majesty."
"Thanks, Jayden."
Jayden took another bow before leaving the room.
"Alright," Ben pushed his chair back and stood up to take a seat with Heres by the living room area of the room, "how may I be of service today?"
"Gaston Jr told me some things about Mal that I think you have the right to know."
A worried facial expression started to form on Ben's face.
"What happened?" Ben interrupted.
Heres cleared her throat before continuing, "Gaston Jr told me that Mal's eyes sparked green the other day when he tackled you during Tourney tryouts. It was said that Maleficent's eyes turned devilish green before she turned."
"How is that even possible?" Ben expressed with sarcasm laced in his voice.
Heres gave him a serious look and nodded her head to assure him that she was not kidding, causing Ben's smile to melt back into a worried expression again.
"What happened?"
"Well, according to him, Mal got really mad at him for hurting you and went out of control…"
"I got to talk to Mal about this." Ben interrupted as he stood up to reach for the door.
"No, Ben!" Heres quickly ran after him before he reached the door. "You can't tell Mal. What if she went out of control again? There is no saying if she will really turn into a dragon?"
Ben blinked a few times to let her words sink in.
"What can we do about this? Should I talk to Fairy Godmother?" Ben voiced his doubts.
"Maybe we can help keep a look out on Mal first? Maybe it's just a one-time thing?" Heres said.
Ben turned to look at the photo on his bedside table. It was a picture taken at the enchanted lake during one of their dates.
"I told this to you was to inform you not to cause chaos." Heres supplied with an innocent and sincere face.
Ben let out a sign of defeat.
"Alright, we will keep a look out about this, but if this happens again, I need to talk to Mal and Fairy Godmother about this."
Heres smiled and nodded her head agreement.
Ben gave her a weak smile before turning around and walked towards his desk while rubbing his neck in frustration.
Sounds of heavy footsteps filled the halls of the boy's dormitory, followed by sounds of banging on the door and …
"Carlos! Jay!"
"Jane?" Carlo said when he opened the door to a heavily panting girl in front of him, with a hand on the wall to hold her balance and the other banging onto the air.
"I… I… I have…" Jane paused and took a deep breath. "I have something… important… to… to … tell… you…" Jane expressed in between breaths.
Carlo quickly wrapped his arm around her shoulder to support her weight as they walked into the room. Carlo pulled a chair back to let her sit down. Jay caught a glimpse of Jane, and he quickly got up to pour a glass of water and handed it over to her.
"Thanks," Jane replied with a weak smile and bent slightly to pour the water into her throat.
"Jane, take a deep breath first. Take your time to catch your breath." Carlos quickly interrupted when he saw his girlfriend was about to speak again.
Jane nodded and took another couple more breaths and slowly the rhythm of her breath started to return back to normal.
Jane let out another deep breath before sitting up to look at the surrogate brothers, "I was on my way to look for Ben to give him something my mum asked me to pass to him when I overheard a conversation between Bens and Heres."
Jay and Carlos shared a look before fixing their eyes at Jane to let her finish.
"Heres told Ben that Mal had an outburst when she went to confront Gaston Jr not long after tackled Ben and broke his arm. Heres said Mal… " Jane took another deep breath, "flashes a pair of devilish green eyes at him."
Jay and Carlos widened their eyes in shock at Jane as though she just grew two horns on her head.
"Oh my god…"
"Devilish green?"
Jane gulped the shock and fear Jay and Carlos cause her to have and nodded her head again.
"This is bad…"
"…very bad…"
"… You don't think Mal…"
"…what do you think? It has to be…"
"… …"
"… …"
Jane sat on the chair Carlos pulled back for her with both her hands wrapped around the empty glass while her head followed Jay and Carlos who were both pacing around the room in the opposite direction. Her face was filled with shock, fear and confusion.
"What's wrong?" Jane whispered to herself.
Carlos heard her. He turned around and sat down beside her and looked into her eyes.
Carlos took a deep breath and held it as he spoke, "There was a saying on the island. Maleficent turned into a dragon at the age of 18."
"I thought Maleficent is a fairy?"
"Well yeah, she is," Jay said as he said on the other side of Jane. "Since young, Maleficent had fire abilities. She was often excluded from birthday parties is due to her mishaps with her fire abilities as a child, which was why she hated to be uninvited to party events and at the age of 18, she turned into a dragon."
"It was said that her eyes turned devilish green when she turned into a dragon for the first time," Carlos added.
Jane widened her eyes in shock.
"Are you saying Mal will turn into a dragon?"
Jay and Carlos shared a look. None of them said anything because neither of them knows the answer to that.
"Should we tell mum about this?" Jane asked when she noticed their expression.
Jay gave Jane's suggestion a thought for a few seconds.
"Carlos and I will talk to Evie about this first. Don't tell anyone about this yet, even to your mum. I have faith in Mal. I know she will not turn evil after everything she has done to be with Ben."
Carlos and Jane nodded in unison.
At the same time, in a far corner of Auradon Prep library, Mal was studying along in the library for her geometry test tomorrow. Only sounds of pencil writing and rubber rubbing can be heard from her table.
Suddenly, a shadow started to appear on her desk. Mal stopped writing and looked up. After catching a glimpse of who is in front of her, she frowned and rolled her eyebrows.
"What do you want?" Mal asked, trying to bottle the disgust and frustration inside her.
Gaston Jr smirked as he slid into the chair opposite Mal.
"Well, hello to you too, Mal."
"What do you want?" Mal repeated her question.
Gaston Jr shrugged at her.
"Nothing, just want to look at my favourite girl."
"In that case, please leave this table. It's taken." Mal rolled her eyes at him again and hissed under her breath.
Gaston smirked deeper.
"I thought this is the library and we can sit anywhere we want?"
Mal took a few deep breath. Without a word, she slowly pushed her chair back and stood up and started to pack her books.
Gaston Jr quirked an eyebrow in confusion before voiced his doubts. "What's wrong?"
"If you don't want to leave, fine, I'll leave." Mal expressed with anger laced in her tone, no longer bothering to bottle her emotions anymore.
"You're done studying? Good, where shall we go? You want to watch a movie or grab a bite or something?" Gaston Jr suggested as his face lit up in excitement.
Mal clenched her fist in anger and veins started to show.
"Gaston Jr, you stay the hell away from me. I will never go out with you. Not today, not tomorrow, not EVER!" Mal hissed through her clenched teeth.
Mal hugged her books in front of her chest and quickly walked towards the door, not wanting to hear another word from Gaston Jr.
Gaston Jr did not say another word. He just watched Mal practically stomped out of the library with everyone who she came face to face with to give way to let her through and within seconds, Mal was nowhere to be seen in the library.
Still as cute as a button. Gaston Jr thought to himself before he stood up and tucked his hands into his pockets as he walked out the library.
Behind him, everyone else who was staring at them, since Mal hissed at Gaston Jr for the first time, reverted their attention back to their books.
No spoilers for next week... Hope you guys liked this chapter.
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~ xoxo, Bella