Maleficent gave a stiff nod though she had to wonder if the child was just telling her what she wanted to hear. She dismissed that the child was too young to even contemplate that kind of move.

The next day Mal ate breakfast only so she didn't have to be force fed mush again. When she got outside Jay was there but wasn't in the cage though he was eyeing it.

"Just who I wanted to see." Mal said, shocking Maleficent. "You, Jay are now my Minion! Lets go! We've got work to do!"

"Work?" Jay asked, running to catch up to her. He noted that Mal had her belt and sword on. "What are we doing?"

"Arresting lost kids." Mal said, "and looking for Uma."

"Why Uma?" Jay wondered snatching a coin purse as Mal grabbed a purple shawl this time.

"I want more clams." Mal stated. "The Goblin burnt my last ones."

"Were they good?" Jay wondered, arms behind his head.

"Yep," Mal nodded. "Bet she's workin on her boat right?"

Jay agreed.

Auradon

Ben looked up from his lesson frowning at Jay son of Jafar. He was too close to Mal! He didn't like that! He wanted that boy away from Mal right now!

"Why aren't they allowed friends?" Ben asked.

"Because their parents have taught them that having friends is something only good people like us do." Belle answered. "They are young and don't really understand that but they know it's what they're taught and that they're parents don't have friends."

"I want to be Mal's friend!" Ben declared shocking everyone. "I'll be a good friend! Not like that Jay person!"

Beast tried to hide his smile. His son was jealous and didn't understand. Though he was concerned about his son having feelings for the girl.

Mal and Jay had found Carlos and Evie again, as well as Harry and Gil. Jay had claimed a belt and sword from the latter two.

"Excuse me, where are we going?" Evie wondered.

"Clam hunting." Mal answered, as they entered Pirate's Cove.

"There." Jay said, nodding toward a nearby dock.

Sure enough Uma was at her boat and had no adult around her.

"I've never been down here before." Evie said, frowning. "I don't think I like it."

Mal's foot smashed into Uma's back sending her into the boat. It began filling with water. Uma managed to get out of the water only to be thrown in the cage.

"Got em!" Jay said, he'd used his sword to hook a bag from the boat. He set the bag on the dock and put his sword away. He opened the bag. "Are these clams, Mal?"

"Yep." Mal said, almost licking her lips. "Good job." Mal put the bag in her back pack. "We got what we came for. Lets head back."

"THOSE ARE MINE!" Uma bellowed.

Auradon

Several people were holding in laughs but Ben was having a giggling fit. His princess liked clams. He was sure he could get her a lot of them. But how was he going to get her here so that he could actually meet her? and would she like him? He somehow doubted it. She had said that she was a bad little girl and he knew that he was a good little boy so how were they going to meet and get along so that she could be his Princess? He had to come up with a way. He wanted to meet Mal so bad.

Beast adn Belle could almost read their son's thoughts and it worried them to no end.

Mal smirked to herself as she and Jay arrived at home pockets and backpacks bulging with goods. They'd emptied the cage. Mal gave Jay two clams and kept eight for herself. She went inside and Jay vanished trying to blend into the shadows.

"I got clams!" Mal declared to her mother holding up the bag. "Jay did half the work but I only gave him two and kept eight for myself cause he's only my minion and don't deserve more."

Maleficent smirked to herself. Maybe she was teaching the child after all. She praised the child and ordered the Goblin to cook the clams and not burn them. The goblin was almost killed when he again burnt the clams.

Auradon

"This doesn't seem like the Maleficent I remember." Aurora frowned. "She's almost ...caring..."

"I'm sure it's just an act." Phillip, her husband assured her. "Maybe she still has enough power to sense that the girl is special. She hasn't exactly hidden that she can do things others cant'. The Goblins have seen her putting money in her Inventory."

"Yes, maybe you're right." Aurora nodded, but they could all see that she wasn't convinced. "But, maybe she's changed."

No one dared to even hope that the Isle was reforming anyone from what they'd seen it wasn't.

"Father, you control this Gamer power?" Ben asked, as he watched Mal curl up in bed avoiding the leaking roof that was dripping above her as it stormed outside. "Maybe you can teach her how to fix the Isle and make it better."

"What a brilliant idea, Ben." Fairy Godmother praised. "All in favor?"

"Aye!"

It was unanimous and Belle thought it was only likely because they were watching a child.

Mal forced herself to eat breakfast then was up and outside to see Jay already waiting.

"Ready?" He asked, as he kicked his foot into a three year olds back forcing him into the cage he'd been trying not to go into. It wasn't Carlos this time. "I caught this one trying to steal a witches hat earlier."

"Did she get it?" Mal wondered.

"Nope the owner caught her and gave her to me to put in the cage." Jay grinned.

The owner of the store under the castle nodded stiffly and went back inside.

Mal almost giggled.

"Be bad today, Mal!" Maleficent called from the balcony.

"Okay, mother!" Mal called back.

"Lets find Uma." Jay said, instantly. The Goblins sweat dropped. "Dad burnt my clams and then Iago stole one."

"Okay, I agree." Mal nodded, "My Goblin cook burnt mine again. Mother really punished him good too but I still want to know what a properly cooked clam tastes like. Did you find treasure in your clams?"

"No." Jay sighed, "You?"

"Nope." Mal said, simply and she hadn't. Not this time. "There!"

Jay tackled a boy down and forced him into the cage. Mal took the paper in his hands and Jay took his watch.

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