Chapter 54: Mother-Daughter
"Hello Maleficent," Archie says.
The Mistress of all Evil stands in the group of potential parents, with her daughter Lily standing with her. The daughter of Maleficent looks less than pleased to be with these people. Both Belle and Crystal can tell that see that her eyes are flickering gold every so often, meaning that she's struggling to keep the inner dragon in check. Everyone stares at Maleficent as she steps forward to talk to the speaker.
"Hello everyone, now will someone please tell me what in the world is going on?" the mistress of all evil asks.
"I'll give you the short version, a bunch of kids from a realm known as Auradon accidentally came through the portal I made yesterday. Many of the kids are alternate sons and daughters of many people here, and that includes you," Crystal explains.
"I have another daughter?" Maleficent says, brushing some blonde curls out of her face. "And what is her name?"
"Mal..." Crystal.
"That's it?" Lily scoffs in apparent amusement. "What a name!"
"Is it short for anything?" the former horned villainess asks.
"We're not really sure," Belle answers. "I don't even think she knows."
"What's she like?" Maleficent asks calmly.
"She's spunky, very headstrong, a born leader, stubborn, a bit angry, but also very kind,"
"Did the horns get passed down to her?" Lily snorts from a distance.
"Well, you can meet her right now Lily," Emma says, walking up with Killian, Regina, and the rest of the group.
The entire crowd goes absolutely silent, no one says a word and one could hear a pin drop. Many of the Storybrooke patrons' eyes go wide in shock as the group of teenagers approaches the park. Those from Auradon and the Isle look on nervously, scanning each face to figure out which one might be their alternate parent. The tension between the two worlds could easily be cut with a sword. Most of the Isle kids are twitching slightly, becoming a bit antsy and wanting to run away, but the problem is... where would they go? How would they get food for themselves and more importantly where would they sleep at night? They would also catch warning glances from Captain Hook a few times. He was allowed to keep his cutlass and he would shine his hook at the group of pirate misfits to keep them in line.
Leading the group is Mal, Evie, Jay, Carlos, Ben, Jane, and Dizzy. More than half of them have already met their alternate guardians.
"I feel like we should have brought name tags," Crystal jokes under her breath.
"Should we just go one at a time then?" Regina suggests. She puts her hand on Mal's shoulder and encourages the teenager to walk with her. The former Evil Queen walks with the daughter of Maleficent up to her former rival and stops.
"Mal, this is Maleficent, your mother. Maleficent, this is your daughter from another realm, Mal."
The purple-haired teenager takes a moment to scan this woman up and down. From her bright blue eyes to her blonde curly hair tucked under some fancy hat and a rather plain matching outfit, this outward appearance has the young girl do a double-take. This couldn't be her mom, she looked too... normal. The mother she knew had big horns, wore elaborate robes that resembled flames, had heavy purple makeup on her face, carried a staff with her, and always had a wicked grin on her face. This woman looks at Mal with an almost kind and curious look; not at all disapproving of her "daughter."
Maleficent's bright blue eyes examine the young girl and she purses her lips into a thin and awkward smile. She wasn't sure how to respond to this girl, who is dressed like a punk rocker; purple hair, and all. There was not much resemblance, except maybe in the facial features, but then again, Lily did not resemble her mother much either. Both daughters must have taken after their fathers in appearance. While still processing the news, the Mistress of all Evil holds out her hand.
"A pleasure to meet you Mal," she says softly.
The daughter of Maleficent swallows hard, not expecting such a formal greeting; usually, her mother on the Isle would expect anyone who met her to bow at her feet. She takes the woman's hand and gives a good shake.
"Likewise," the teenager finally responds.
"And I would also like you to meet your sister... I suppose," the blonde woman turns to where Lily is standing and signals her to come over.
Mal follows her alternate mother's gaze and her green eyes meet her "sisters." Both women immediately recognize each other from earlier in the day. It now becomes clear to both of them why they seemed so drawn to one another, they were related... they were sisters.
Lily bites her lip hard, almost to the point of drawing blood as she stares at the younger purple-haired freak. Her mind is a whirlwind of emotions at the sight of this intruder to their land. Some weirdo from a place called Auradon suddenly appears and claims to be the daughter of her mother. None of this could be true; Lily Page was the daughter of Maleficent, plain, and simple.
She hadn't even met her mother in 30 years because of Snow White and Prince Charming transferring all their potential darkness from Emma to her and then she had barely hatched from her egg before she was forced through a portal where there was no magic, dark, or otherwise. This way she would not cause potential harm to other people of the Enchanted Forest. She grew up in a home with a family, but bad luck followed her everywhere she went because of that darkness. By some strange and bizarre twist of fate, she met Emma a few times and the two were friends for a time, but then the bad luck returned causing both girls to hate each other and leaving Lily lonely again. She'd plotted and planned for years to kill the prince and princess that did this to her and it's only when the Evil Queen and Emma came looking for her, did that darkness fully blossom and she wanted her revenge. Emma had threatened to kill her because Lily had threatened her parents. Even after she met her mother for the first time, Lily went full dragon and tried to kill those who wronged her. It wasn't until Maleficent convinced her daughter to not waste time on vengeance because they'd already lost so much. The two women had bonded since then and were planning to go and find her father eventually, but the snag was that Maleficent couldn't leave town without dying again because Emma had killed the mistress of all evil in dragon form. It was only through the blood of those who wronged her, Snow and Charming, was the horned queen of darkness able to return to life.
She sucks in a deep breath as she looks away from Mal and into her mother's eyes.
"Lillith, come over and meet your sister."
For a moment, Lily's eyes flash gold as she struggled to keep the deep rage felt inside her in check. She doesn't want to meet Mal, she wants nothing to do with this imposter, but upon seeing the insistence in Maleficent's eyes, she stubbornly walks forward. She stops next to her mother and waits for a reaction.
"Mal, this is Lillith, I suppose that you are now technically sisters."
Mal can feel the awkward tension between all three of them, most of it radiating from Lily. The teenager had seen her "sister's" eyes flash gold for a moment, and if they were both daughters of Maleficent, she knew what that meant. The purple-haired girl hesitates before offering a leather-gloved hand for the woman to shake.
Lily's teeth grind together and she tosses some of her dark hair from her face. She sucks in a very deep breath before taking the girl's hand. They shake; some could say a little too hard as Mal can feel the tightening of her "sister's" grip. For a moment, she swears she can hear Lily growling. The two are finally released from each other's grip.
"Hello Lily," Mal offers, trying to break the tension.
"Hello Mal..." the dark-haired daughter says.
Snow, David, Zelena, and Harry Hook walk up to the groups, carrying several big paper bags filled with food. Many of the kids from Auradon and the Isle look over and can feel their desire to eat.
Suddenly, there's a loud sound the interrupts the current events. It's metallic in nature and everyone begins searching for its source. Eyes eventually fall on Jordan as she holds her lamp out in front of here. Something is shaking from inside Jordan's lamp. The genie opens the lid and a bright flash of light practically blinds anyone who is looking at it.
When the light fades, two more teenagers stand amongst the group from Auradon. One girl is slender and tanned with golden-brown eyes, pale ruby lips, and dirty blonde hair with golden highlights tied into a heavy ponytail. Braided into her hair are small red, green, and blue beads. She wears a scarlet red coat with three black straps and golden buttons on the sleeves. Underneath the coat she wears a white blouse tucked into a pair of grey short-shorts. She also wears leggings with a pattern of a map of Neverland sewn into the fabric. She also wears knee-high high-heeled boots like look like they're made with golden flourishes on the top fold and a silver buckle.
The second girl is also slender, with dark-skinned and greenish-yellow eyes that look around in confusion. She has pink lips and long black hair with light gray highlights tied in pigtails. She has four dot markings on each cheek and has two violet streaks across her right eyebrow. She wears a small amaranth purple top hat with blue feathers, a scarlet dress with puffy short sleeves, and an amaranth purple waistcoat with gold lining and buttons with red and green feathers on the left side collar. She wears fading purple tights with face patterns that resemble dark Halloween creatures and stands in black and white wedge heel shoes. There are two golden vine bracelets around her wrists and a flower-like a medallion around her neck.
Those from Storybrooke and Auradon are immediately taken aback by this sudden appearance as the blonde teenager stretches out and grins happily.
"Man, am I glad to be out of there. Travelling by lamp is in no way good for your back. Totally, does ruin the element of surprise Freddie."
"I told you the charm would only last twenty-four hours," the other girl responds.
Harry's eyes are wide in horror and he ends up dropping the bag of food he was carrying onto the ground.
"CJ?" he gasps.
"Hey, big brother, what's with the shindig going on here. This isn't Auradon."
"Freddie?" Mal asks, still trying to process what has just happened. "What... what are you doing here?"
"CJ blackmailed me into putting us in Jordan's lamp I swear. Don't ask me why she wanted this, but she kept saying something about a sneak attack," the dark-haired girl says, trying not to upset her friends.
"Would someone please explain to us what just happened?" Regina demands sharply.
"Oh yeah, Emma, Killian, this is CJ, your daughter," Carlos says.
A/N: Here you are danifan3000, two new faces have arrived in Storybrooke, which means twice the problems for Emma and Killian. This is for fans of the Descendants tv show. I would like to acknowledge that yes I know that the Blue Fairy is technically not Jane's mother, but since Rumpel killed the real fairy godmother for Cinderella, the leader of the fairies will act as a surrogate mother. I think Jane living with the sisters of the convent will help her understand her fairy powers.