*Author's Note*

Alright first thing first, I have just watched Descendants 2. I loved the movie so much that I watched it again immediately. I have never loved a movie so mch before. So, in order to continue the excitement, I'll post my final chapter for you guys. This chapter is by far the longest chapter in this story - 3700 words. Hope you guys enjoy it.

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

Chapter 20

Open-air Cathedral – Saturday noon

"What do you want, Heres?" Jay warned as he stepped forward with Evie and Carlos to stand in between the intruder and their surrogate sister's side.

The evil laughs indeed belonged to Heres. Heres was seen floating a few feet above the ground behind the stage with her right hand behind her back when Ben kneeled before Mal. That was the real reason why the audience gasped in shock, and because Adam, Belle, Ben, Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos had their backs facing Heres, they did not notice her presence till now.

Ben got up and turned to the girl who almost destroyed his relationship with Mal, "I have made myself very clear yesterday! You are not invited, Heres." Ben had himself in front of Mal like a human shield.

"Oh, I wouldn't say that if I were you." Heres let out an evil laughter.

She smirked at Mal as she moved her right hand away from her back to reveal the Maleficent's Sceptre.

"The Dragon's Eye?" Mal gasped in shock. "Where did you get the Dragon's Eye? How is it possible that you are not knocked into a deep sleep for a thousand years?" Mal questioned with a hint of fear in her tone.

"Easy. All I have to do is to hypnotise the sceptre to think that I am worthy of the sceptre." Heres lifted her hand higher to show Mal the gloves she's wearing.

"That was from my mom's dress. You went to my house on the Isle." Mal stepped out and accused in anger.

"Clever girl. I would give you a clap if I weren't holding onto this marvellous sceptre." Heres looked down to admire how beautiful the sceptre was in her hand before turning towards Ben and pointing the sceptre at Mal," Now, call off the engagement with Mal and announced that you will marry me or else, there will be no more Mal in the world."

"I will not stand here and watch you do as you want," Mal shouted towards Heres as she shot her hands into the air and towards Heres.

Heres chuckled as she watched Mal do her thing.

Nothing happened.

Mal widened her eyes in shock as she tried to do magic but nothing moved.

"How is it possible?" Mal hesitated as she lifted her hand up to examine them.

Behind Heres, Fairy Godmother silently took out her wand and whispered "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!"

Once again, nothing happened.

Heres did her evil laugh again as she watched everyone who has magic try to stop her. She waved the sceptre in her hand towards Mal and Mal's feet were instantly off the ground.

"Never underestimate what I am capable of. I have said this to you once on the Isle of the Lost. I have spelt the punch." Heres revealed.

"You'll all be magic-less at least for the next 12 hours and I'll be done with you by then." Heres moved Mal towards her and watched as the girl tried to break free of her spell. "You have taken everything that I have ever wanted on the Isle of the Lost and now Auradon. Now, it's my turn to take away yours. Mal, I will make you watch miserably at how I take away everything that belonged to you. I will make you suffer and wished that you are death to avoid looking at your loved ones fall miserably into my trap."

"Heres, what did you do?" Ylma asked as she and the Gaston brothers walked out of the crowd and towards Heres.

"I have cast a spell on the water a few moments ago which will wipe everyone's memory. The water will soon rain all over Auradon. Everyone's memory will be written as for how I want it to be written. Mal will be the first thing to be forgotten by everyone." Heres pointed towards the grey cloud that started to gather in the sky right above Auradon.

"NO!" Ben blurted.

"Ylma and Gastons, gather everyone and bring them to the Isle. It's time for them to have a taste of the Isle while we rule Auradon," Heres ordered. "I'll deal with them first." Heres pointed towards the stage where Adam, Belle, Evie, Jay and Carlos were standing.

Ylma and Gaston the Third shared a look before turning around to do as she said.

"Ylma, please don't do it!" Gavin pleaded as he watched Ylma walked towards him "I know that there is good in you."

"Ylma, we believe that you are good. Please don't do it. Fight back!" Liz added.

Ylma turned towards Heres who in return is giving her a smirk. She knew what that grin meant, and she had seen it multiple of times whenever the dark side of Heres took over her, especially when she hesitated in following the order the dark side of Heres has given to her. She knew that if she disobeyed Heres now, Gavin and Liz would be the ones who suffer, not her and she would not let that happen.

"I'm sorry. I have no choice."

Gaston Jr stood as he watched his brother and Ylma gathered all the guest to bring them to the dungeon. He could no longer stand her vicious plans. She has crossed the line this time.

"I will not stop until Mal gets what she deserves." Here hissed as an invisible force started to strangle Mal.

Mal began to have difficulty in catching her breath. Everyone watched as the purple-haired girl struggled helplessly in the air.

"Heres, this is getting out of hand. Stop this right this instant." Gaston Jr shouted towards Heres as he watched the girl he loved struggle in the air.

Heres ignored Gaston Jr and turned to Ben.

"Ben, it's your choice. Forget Mal or let her live, miserably?" Heres asked politely. "I have all the time in the world, but Mal doesn't seem to have the privilege of waiting for your answer."

Ben watched helplessly at his love of his life struggle for breath in the air. Ben started to breathe heavily as if something inside him clicked and began to feel like something is burning inside him, he took a very deep breath and clenched his fist to hold whatever that is burning himself on the inside.

"Let her go, I'll…"

A loud sound engulfed the whole area as Heres, and Mal both fell onto the ground.

"Mal!" Ben quickly ran towards her and caught her in his arms. After helping Mal get back on her feet, Ben had his arms wrapped tight around Mal. He had realized Mal was more important to him that he thought. The thought of losing Mal had almost caused his heart to stop beating.

Heres quickly got up, and she tried to wave the sceptre in her hand again to separating the eye-soaring couple, only to realise the green glow on the sceptre was gone. She turned to Ben and started to read out a spell under his breath when…

Suddenly, a small salamander crawled towards the young couple, and a big cloud of blackish purple smoke began to form in between Mal and Ben, and Heres.

"What the?" Heres gasped as the sceptre in her hand disappeared.

"Mom?" Mal gasped in shock.

In front of her, stood the Mistress of Evil, Maleficent, with the Dragon's eye in her hand.

Heres widened her eyes in shock at the Mistress of Evil. Just as she was about to turn and run, Maleficent raised her sceptre in the air, causing Heres to froze.

"Heres Facilier. You are a fool to think that you could wield the power of my sceptre." Maleficent expressed, her voice emotionless. "The biggest mistake you've made is thinking that Dragon's Eye can be deceived with just a piece of fabric and a spell. I was the one who allowed the Dragon's Eye to be under your control but this will also manifest the evil that is inside you as not everyone is capable of controlling this sceptre of evil. Your father couldn't do this twenty years ago and what makes you think you could do it now."

"I am NOT my father!" Heres growled towards the Mistress of Evil.

"Poor little girl, of course, you are not your father. He is a coward to hide behind all his dark spirits. You may be facing me head on, but you're even more foolish than Facilier thinking that you can do this alone."

Heres clenched his teeth and gave her death stares without a word.

"Mal, dear. Are you alright?" Maleficent turned to her daughter and asked in concern.

Mal could only nod her head as she was still in shock of her mother standing in front of her as a human, not a salamander.

"Wha…What happened?" Mal blurted out in shock.

"Being a lizard or a human is just merely a choice that I can make, Mal. I want to see what Auradon had that could make you change so much after just spending one month here when you have been on the Isle on the Lost for 16 years." Maleficent revealed.

Maleficent took out a pair of leather bracelets and a bottle of purple potion and gave them to Mal and Ben respectively.

Mal and Ben shared a look before turning to Maleficent, hoping that she will clear their doubts about the unexpected gifts.

"These bracelets are magical. Once they were put on, they can only be removed by the person they hated the most, or the bracelet would just break off when hatred in that person have died off, or either party has died. These bracelets will seize off all powers of the person wearing it and the capability to touch anything that has magic. You can all the magic in the world, but you will not be able to use them. I believe you know why I gave them to you." Maleficent shared a knowing look with her daughter before turning to the young King. "This potion will reverse the spell Heres have cast on you to release your inner Beast. I believe you must be feeling like you are burning inside as I speak. Heres have been giving you a spell to turn you into a mindless beast as a safe prove of her plan. Even when she has failed to take over Auadon, you will turn into a beast and help her because she will be in control of your conscious once the transformation is complete."

"So, we were right. You were the one who had cast a spell on Ben to make him release his inner beast." Jay said as he pointed towards Heres.

Mal watched quietly as Fairy Godmother stepped forward to examine the potion. Fairy Godmother gave an approving nod to Ben. After making sure Ben had finished the potion, Mal stepped forward and cuff the pair of the bracelet on both Here's hands.

"No! You can't do that!" Heres protested. The fact of losing her magic and her backup plan has finally caused her to break down. "I will make you pay for this, MAL!"

Maleficent then waved her sceptre at Heres to unfreeze her, the guards quickly stepped forward to hold her, and before anyone could react, Maleficent vanished into a cloud of blackish purple smoke once again.

"Mom!" Mal cried but Maleficent was long gone.

Castle Beast's Ballroom – Sunday Evening

"Thank you to all our guest for coming once again, and I am truly sorry for the interruption yesterday. Let us make it up to all of you with Ben and Mal's engagement party!" Adam announced as the music started to volume behind him.

After the incident yesterday, Ben quickly summoned the gang to help with damage control. Adam, Belle and Ben personally apologised to all the guests for the interruption and invited them to Ben and Mal's engagement party the next day to make it up to them while Fairy Godmother brought Heres back to Auradon Prep as Ben have yet to decide on what to do with her yet. A few guests had a tight schedule and had to leave early, but most of the guests were willing to stay for another day to celebrate with Mal and Ben. The boys along with the staff quickly set up the ballroom with all the decoration while the girls helped the kitchen staff with the food preparation, with a little magic here and there to keep things on the speed of course.

Mal was dancing with her surrogate siblings when she saw a figure in the balcony.

"Excuse me. I'll be right back." Mal apologised before running out of the room.

Evie, Jay and Carlos shared a knowing look before turning around to look the rest of their friends.

"Kenneth, are you sure?" Ben asked.

Kenneth has just proposed to Ben to let him bring Heres back to Arendelle to help Heres with controlling her dark side. He could see the good in her, but her dark side was too strong for her good side to emerge. Something that he has been feeling a lot lately but thanks to the love of his family, he finally realised what he is capable of and eventually he was able to control his dark side now. He felt like this was his turn to return the favour by helping Heres.

"I have difficulty in controlling my dark side too, just like my mom. My mom and I both possess cryokinetic magic since birth which can sometimes be a lot to handle. I can get out of control very easily, just like Heres and her father's influence on magic and voodoo practice. Maybe we can help Heres with her condition." Kenneth explained.

"Cousin, you sure you can do this? Heres seemed pretty hard to manage. I mean you have finally managed to keep your powers under control, do you think you are capable of handling a havoc? Not to mention about whether our parents would allow it or now." Isaac reminded.

"I am willing to try. Heres don't seem to be a bad person. Maybe we can get through to her and even help her. I called mom last night, and she is supportive of this decision. She is now preparing for Heres' arrival as we speak." Kenneth reassured.

"Kenneth, if you're confident to do it. You will have all my support." Isaac turned to Ben and said, "Ben, I trust my cousin and I will help Kenneth with Heres too."

"Alright, you have convinced me but if she's too much to handle, please let me know, and I'll send someone to bring her back," Ben said.

"Thank you, Ben." Kenneth offered a hand towards Ben.

"Gavin, Liz, I'm sorry." Ylma voice emerged from behind as Gavin and Liz were getting some drinks.

"Ylma! I'm so glad you're alright." Liz instantly wrapped her arms around her neck when she saw her best friend.

"You don't blame me for what I've done?" Ylma asked as she wrapped her arms around her colourful friend.

"Ylma, you have to give us some credit. We are your friends. We can tell the difference between being threatened and being evil and Liz and I both know that you are not evil." Gavin said as he pulled his girlfriend into his arms.

"Yeah, we know you are following Heres' orders so she wouldn't hurt us. But this is the only time I'll let you off that easy." Liv rested her left hand on her waist and pointed the finger at Ylma, "Ylma, we are best friends, you have to trust us enough to know we can take care of ourselves."

"Thank you, guys! I cannot imagine how my life would be without the two of you in it." Ylma arms wrapped her arms tightly around his waist as her muffled voice emerged from Gavin's chest.

Liz watched happily at her best friend for a few moments before separating the couple to steal Ylma for a dance together. A wry smile crossed Gavin's face as he watched over them.

"Err… Thanks, guys."

Evie, Jay and Carlos turned to find the Gaston brothers behind them.

"Fairy Godmother told us that you guys were the reasons we are not locked up like Heres." Gaston Jr said.

"Well, we know Heres kept her plan ambiguous to the three of you, so we have decided to ask Fairy Godmother and Ben to give you a second chance," Evie revealed.

"Besides, it was kinda fun having the two of you on the tourney team, and it's almost finals. We need all the help we could get." Carlos smiled as he fed dude a treat.

"But if any of you decide to throw that away, I will personally make sure you were thrown back to the Isle of the Lost with no exceptions. Especially if any of you try to do anything funny to Mal. Are we clear on boundaries?" Jay threatened as he cracked his knuckles.

Gaston Jr shared a look with his brother and nodded before stacking his hand on top on his brother's and asked, "Truce?"

Evie, Jay and Carlos shared a look before stacking their palms on top of the Gaston brothers', and together, they shouted, "Truce!"

"Mom!"

"Mal dear. Shouldn't you be enjoying your engagement party inside?"

"I just wanted to say thank you for everything yesterday," Mal said as she walked towards her mother.

"You're welcome." Maleficent replied before turning around to look at the view of Auradon. "Mal dear. Can I ask you something?"

"Sure." Mal leant on the wall beside her mother as she enjoy the view of Auradon.

Maleficent turned to look at her daughter and asked, "Do you think I love you?"

Mal gave it a thought before replying, "Sort of. It's not obvious, but I could felt a little bit of it every once in a while."

"Mal. I may be the Mistress of Evil, but I wanted you to know that I love you and I love you very much." Maleficent revealed as she looked up at the stars in the sky, "Your father died protecting us when you were still a baby. Ever since the incident, I blamed your father for being weak and leaving me behind. But, I know that was just an excuse I gave myself so that I would not hurt that much when I think of him. Just like the old saying that the more you hated someone, the more you love them. There has never been a day that I would not think about your father. That's why I have been so tough on you, and I want you to be brave, to be strong and to be able to face any obstacle that you may face in the future."

"Mom, when did you regain the ability to be human again?" Mal asked as silent begun to fill the air.

"A few weeks after Ben's coronation. Being a lizard gave me the opportunity to calm my mind down, and almost instantly, my love for your father took over me again, and I managed to turn back. I chose to be a lizard when I overheard Ben telling you that he plans to bring more descendants from the Isle of the Lost to Auradon. I knew that the best way for me to protect you was to be a lizard and good thing I made that decision, if not I would not be able to uncover Here's plan when I stumble into the wrong dorm room."

"Thanks, mom. For everything." Mal said, from the bottom of her heart.

Maleficent reached out for her daughter's hand and said, "Mal, be true to your heart, and I'm sure you will shine brightly in Auradon. I will always be by your side but for now, being a lizard seems to be the best option for me. I love you with all my heart, my beautiful daughter, my precious Mandy Bertha Faery."

"Mandy Bertha Faery?" Mal exclaimed.

"That was your birth name, the name that your father and I came up together. Mal was a nickname for you when you were a baby." Maleficent revealed.

"Mom!" Mal instantly wrapped her arms around her mother's neck as she started to tear up. She knew the name her parents gave her meant worthy of being loved. She saw it on one of her books for school a long time ago.

"Mal, dear!" Maleficent wrapped her arms around her daughter's back as she enjoyed the mother-daughter moment they never had.

Killian, this is our precious Mal. Thank you for giving me such a precious gift. Forgive me for wanting to stay by our baby's side a little longer.

A star blinked at Maleficent as a smile started to curl on her lips for the first time in a very long time.

"I'll be here when you need me."

"See you soon and good night, mom."

With that, Maleficent turned herself into a salamander again and slowly it crawled back into Mal's room, that Belle has set up for her in the Castle, to rest for the night. Mal stayed put as she watched her mother disappeared into the opened windows of her room before returning to the ballroom.

"I hope everyone is having a wonderful time tonight. There is still a long night ahead of us. Let us enjoy the moment together!" Ben exclaimed.

Mal walked towards her surrogate siblings as everyone cheered for Ben.

"Before continuing with the night, I believe I still have something important to do. Mal?" Ben called out.

Everyone cheered and clapped for Mal as they watched Mal walked up the stage.

"Mal, I believe we were interrupted earlier so with everyone here…" Ben kneeled on one knee again as he opened the ring case. "Will you do me the honour and be my wife?"

"Yes, I would love to." Mal smiled and nodded.

Ben gently slide the ring onto Mal's finger before getting up to give her a hug and subsequently a kiss on her lips.

Evie was clapping very hard while Jay and Carlos were whistling for the engaged couple. The rest of the gang were cheering and clapping along with the rest of the guests in the room as they watched the engaged couple locked lips on the stage, as though the unhappy incident did not happen at all…

"I love you, Mal Bertha," Ben said as he let Mal go, with their forehead still touching.

"I love you too, Benjamin Florian," Mal said back, finally.

Fireworks started to shoot up the sky as the night is still young.

~Fin~

The epilogue will posted anytime soon so do keep a look out but I will put this story as completed first as of now.

Do you guys think I should write a story for Descendants 2? I have been thinking of this question but I have no idea what should I do. Any thoughts?

Please read and tell me what you think :)

~ xoxo, Bella