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You took a deep shuddering breath, leaning back on your couch and covering your eyes with your hand, the weight of your ruby necklace feeling 100x heavier than it had before you watched the movie. You missed him, you missed Harry so fucking much. It had been a long year and a half without him, a long year and a half since you lived an entire three months within the Descendants word; only to find no time had passed in your world.

It was almost as if it never happened, but it did. You had so many things to prove it did, from the scars on your body to your precious cracked ruby necklace. You had fallen in love with Harry Hook, he loved you back, and you missed him so much it hurt. You couldn’t look away from him, running your thumb over the hairline crack of the ruby. “I miss you” you whispered, pressing the gem to your lips. Fuck you missed him so badly, you missed his voice, his eyes, his dimples, the way he giggled, the crinkle of his eyes when he smiled.

Fuck you missed him so much.

You let your eyes fall closed and your head drop back against the couch, listening to the suffocating silence you were surrounded with. Your mind when back to the day you returned to your world, what Persephone had written down in your book; ‘you won't be gone for long’

“well, how fucking long is this going to fucking take” you snapped into the air, glaring up at your ceiling “it’s been a year and a fucking half, I just-…fuck I just want to see him again” you muttered, swallowing down the pit in your throat and sighing. It was no use, no one was going to answer your prayers. You were never going to see Harry again.

The tv suddenly blared with static and you jumped off the couch in fright, staring wide-eyed as the movie reminded with no one touching the remote. “what in the shit?” you muttered, eyes widening as purple smoke started to pour from the cracks within the tv, illuminated by blue light. “what the fuck!?”

Finally, the movie stopped and continued to play normally from there, and it was on the scene where Harry and Gil, along with two other pirates; were stealing the core fours bikes. Except Harry looked VERY different from how he did only a minute before. Gone was the dark red (almost black) sleeveless emo/pirate vest jacket thing and the weird looking belts that crossed against his chest, replaced by a long crimson pirate jacket, a grey button up that was mostly unbuttoned, a ripped white undershirt, long black distressed pants and long dark brown boots.

Gil was different too, fuck even the main 4 looked different “what the shit?” you cursed, stepping closer to the tv to get a better look. Nearly each character that was on the screen had entirely new looks, better if you had to be completely honest, but new. The c4 looked to be wearing biker punk instead of motor sport, and Celia was no longer wearing a fucking party city costume.

“wow” you muttered, glancing back at Harry again as he taunted Jay, about to speed off with the bike “damn” Harry looked fucking hot, like-Will Turner hot but modern. You jumped back again as more smoke poured out from the tv, and you heard a clatter from your room. you slowly stepped back, keeping your eyes on the movie before you turned and ran to your room, seeing your rise of the isle book on the floor, open to the very same page Persephone had written on; except there were new words.

You quickly picked up the book, reading over what she had written. ‘it’s time’ it was simple, just two words. But they were clear. You almost danced with how your heart soared, you were going to see Harry again! You were going back to the descendants world! You dropped the book and quickly got dressed, mentally patting yourself on the back for already being mostly dressed.

You slid on your black and red leather jacket, admiring the symbol on the back that you painted on a few months after your return; it was a hook with (fav flower) curling around the curve of the weapon. To symbolize you and Harry. You looked in the mirror, and smiled; finally feeling like your ‘old’ self again. You slid on the last of your rings and ran back into the living room, stumbling over yourself to zip up your boots. You watched as Mal and the others stepped through the barrier, the ember igniting within Mal’s hand and changing her outfit drastically; instead of a simple color palette change, she had gone from biker punk to rocker punk.

You let out a low whistle, damn, if only the actual movie had these outfits eh? You grinned as Harry and Gil leaped through, Harry soon knocking the ember out of Mal’s hand and sending it into the waters, where Uma caught it and taunted Mal with it. “That’s my name~” Uma purred, waving up to Harry and Gil, Harry clearly being very excited, a light in his eyes that seemed to not have been there for a while returning. Uma disappeared beneath the waves, taking the ember with her; to which Mal screamed out ‘no’ in panic.

You felt more hyped than you did the first time watching as Uma rose within the water, creating a small cyclone as Harry and Gil watched with awe, before it burst out and soaked the group, Harry shielding his face before looking back at the water; wondering where Uma had gone. “Hi boys~” he turned and you giggled, seeing Uma holding the ember with a smug look on her lips “oh my god her hair, her hair~” you squealed, instead of the semi-braid updo Uma’s hair had been in, it was now in long loose locks that cascaded down her back, and god her outfit, fucking stunning.

Harry cackled as he walked up to her, holding his hook out in greeting as Gil trailed behind him. “welcome back~” Harry cooed, laughing as Uma took the curve of his hook in her pinkie and shook it about, you nearly cried; you fucking loved it when they did that, it was the cutest thing. “Uma, you swam off and forgot all about us” Uma frowned at Gil’s words, trying to tell him with her eyes that she had never forgotten about him or the isle. But Mal decided to interrupt, clearly just trying to get control of the situation again.

“yeah planning her revenge no doubt” Mal snapped, crossing her arms and glaring at Uma, who just rolled her eyes but yelped as the ember sparked between her fingers. She dropped it as it started to emit purple smoke, the ember bounced away down the bridge; Jay tried to go for it but it burned his fingers. The ember began to glow brightly and smoke swirled around it. Your eyes widened, watching as the purple smoke still pouring from the tv started to rise, swirling up and around to form a tunnel around the tv. “Here we go” you muttered, glancing between the now barely visible Harry and the portal. You pulled your hood up, covering your face and shaking your shoulders to hype yourself up. “here I come, Harry”

You carefully stepped closer, reaching out to touch the inside of the portal to check if it was safe, feeling the smoke swirl around your hand and pull you into it. You took a deep breath “whoo, please work” you stepped through, and it felt very similar to your first ‘trip’ to the descendants, except more like you had missed a step instead of free falling.

Familiar voices began to echo around you, sounding panicked and accusatory, then you heard him; Harry. You smiled, feeling your foot hit solid ground and then something under your foot. You looked down, seeing the ember under your boot and Mal a few feet away from you, hands out in an attempt to grab the ember before it rolled off the bridge; but you already had it. You bent over, plucking it from beneath your boot, examining the crystal for a moment before snorting as Mal held out her hand, demanding the ember. “Give that to me. Now”

“And why should I listen to you, lizard brain?” you sneered, seeing Uma, Harry, and Gil looking hyped as your voice registered to them. You tilted your head back, letting your hood fall and grinning at your friends, who stared at you in awe and disbelief. “I’m back~, did’ja miss me?”

-Harry pov-

It had been a year and a half since (y/n) was taken from me, a year and a half of feeling…lost. I had my sister yes, I had Gil, I had the crew but…fuck, without Uma? Without (y/n)? I felt like I was a single lifeboat in the middle of the ocean without a star to guide my way, no wind at my back, no water to keep me alive.

I didn’t care for the new vk day, it was just a bunch of propaganda bullshit Mal and her goons were buying into, they didn’t care about the vks still on the isle; they never did. If they had, they would’ve advocated for them right after the coronation. Mal was a liar and a traitor, and her little ‘friends’ were the same. They had only picked four kids. Four fucking kids. After two fucking years, only eight vks had gone to Auradon; what a load of bullshit.

And out of those four kids? One was already invited, two were probably the best kids on the isle right behind Dizzy, and the last was part of a deal. It was fucking rigged from the start, none of the kids who were more ‘troubled’ would ever get off, not if Mal’s royal bitchness was behind the lottery. I didn’t bother to put in an application, I knew I would never be picked, I was Uma’s friend, Mal’s arch enemy. I had no chance, none of us pirates did.

So when the chance to mess with those four came around, Gil n I took to it like goblins faced with a pot of gold. We stole their bikes and crashed them, I tossed Jay’s helmet into the wreck, cackling as fire and smoke rose from its ashes “That’s fer (y/n) ye fuck!” I yelled out; turning on my heel to head to the bridge plaza with Gil, without their bikes the traitors would have to take the old-fashioned way. And we were going to use that to our advantage.

I ducked down as the four traitors and Celia walked towards the bridge, Mal holding her arms out to stop everyone as Jay opened the barrier. As everyone stepped through Mal seemed to go through a major transformation but I ignored it, gesturing for Gil to follow as the barrier’s opening slowly closed. We jumped through at the last possible second, jumping up in victory as we felt the ocean breeze flow past us, fresh air flowing into our lungs.

“We did it, we made it!” we both yelled, hugging each other before we realized the traitors were staring at us. Right…we could celebrate later, gotta get past them and find Uma. “hey, guys! We’re uh” I stuttered for a moment, trying to come up with an excuse but couldn’t find any so I just…came up with some bullshit “just comin’ for a wee visit!” I shared a happy grin with Gil, which wasn’t entirely fake, and started to walk forward, only to be pushed back by Jay and Carlos (the former of which; was a lot stronger than I remembered).

I huffed, pushing Carlos right back and into Mal; causing her to drop the blue crystal she was holding, she scrambled for it and I knew it was important so I quickly ducked down and swiped it away with my hook, sending it up and over the ocean, cackling as Mal screamed out in panic. The traitors watched in horror as the crystal arched up and down towards the ocean, Mal looking as if she was about to cry as I laughed, a hiccup interrupting me as the crystal was caught in midair.

By a teal tentacle, my heart skipped a beat; it couldn’t, it was! “Uma!” Gil and I yelled together; my voice drenched in awe as Gil just sounded confused…but also in awe. Uma cackled and waved to us, disappearing under the waves after taunting Mal once again. I couldn’t keep the smile off my face when Uma reappeared on the other side of the bridge, holding the oh-so-important crystal in her hands, that wonderfully victorious smirk on her lips. “welcome back~!” I sang, offering my hook in greeting and she took it with her pinkie; like she always did.

I had missed her so much.

I mostly ignored Mal and her goons as they attempted to make Uma give Mal back the crystal, simply enjoying the look of pure rage and annoyance on Mal’s face. But as he watched Uma’s and Mal’s interaction, the less it seemed to be a dire situation, Mal hardly tried to get back the crystal, her eyes almost bored. His lip quirked slightly, for a miss goody-goody, she was just the same as she always had been; cold and selfish.

Suddenly, everyone jumped as Uma dropped the sparking crystal, purple smoke beginning to swirl out and around it. “what the shit?!” Uma said in a panicked voice, backing up towards me as the crystal bounced and rolled away from them, Uma waving her hand around as if she had gotten burned. Jay attempted to grab it but he seemed to have gotten burned as well, yelping as his fingers barely touched the crystal. “what the hell are you doing?” Mal yelled, glaring at Uma, but Uma looked just as confused as everyone else, and Mal suddenly realized this wasn’t anyone's doing.

But just as Mal went to dive for the crystal, it stopped, right along the edge of the bridge, maybe only a few feet away from it. Something had stopped it right in its tracks, a boot. Soon the rest of the body that belonged to the boot appeared, the figure looking down at the crystal and then picking it up after glancing at Mal. Mal stood, holding out her hand with what she thought was a mean face.

“Give that to me. Now.” she snapped, only to step back as the figure snorted, their voice dripping with sarcasm and near hatred for Mal. “And why should I listen to you, lizard brain” I felt my heart stop, no way-it couldn’t be-she-(y/n)….holy shit. I felt Uma grab my hand as she stared wide-eyed at the figure, eyes locked onto the necklace hanging from their neck. The figure shook their head, letting their hood fall; revealing their undoubtedly (h/c) hair, their sparkling (e/c)’s that I had missed so much, their sharp smirk filled with smug victory, and a laugh I had been dying to hear for the last year and a half “I’m back~,” (y/n) sang, clearly a poke at Mal and her mother with how she sang it “did’ja miss me?”

(y/n) was back.

My (y/n) was back.

-end of part 1!-

Ahh~ p1 of reprise 2.0 yall! I cannot WAIT to see how this’ll go for this 2022 version! I was legit so happy with how poyw 2.0 turned out, and I’m going to take some heavy creative liberties with this! And just to note, all characters will be wearing my d3 rewrite redesigns for this because I can~(with some exceptions here n there for timeline’s sake) I finished writing this part on 7/29 so just so yall know, there will be no posting schedule for this one! My dumbass put writing this off for so damn long while I was posting poyw 2.0, I really should've written it during the posting of that book omfl but! Here we are, I’ve (not) learned my lesson, and yall are gonna have’ta be patient with me while I write all…idk parts~

Mal stopped mid-leap, glaring at the new figure, who was shockingly familiar. Uma knew those shoes, she knew that necklace, she knew that laugh “Give that to me. Now” Mal snapped, holding out her hand to the figure, who just laughed and tilted their head, holding the ember delicately in their fingers “And why should I listen to you, lizard brain.” The figure sneered, turning to look at the pirates, the three staring at them completely shell shocked, Harry gripping onto Uma’s hand so tightly it almost hurt, but she didn’t feel it, overwhelmed by pure elation.

The figure shook their head, letting their hood fall; revealing the girl Uma had missed so damn much. “I’m back~,” (y/n) sang, clearly a poke at Mal and her mother with how she sang it “did’ja miss me?”

(y/n) was back.

 (y/n) was back!!!

-

You smiled at your friends, giggling as Gil rushed up to you, taking you into his arms and hugging you tight “(y/n)! you’re back! Oh thank the gods!” you laughed loudly, grunting a bit as he squeezed your ribs “ribs-ribs! Gil!” He gasped and suddenly dropped you, holding your shoulders as you gasped for breath, resting a hand on your diaphragm. “oh shit-sorry (y/n)!” you grinned at him, patting his cheek in forgiveness.

“you’re fine, the hug was warranted” Gil smiled at your words, turning back to Harry and Uma who just stared at you with wide eyes and gaping mouths “guys! Look who’s back!” you giggled at Gil’s words, covering your mouth when you caught Harry’s expression. Still completely shocked, but also now a bit annoyed at Gil. Obviously, they could see who was back, you were standing right there!

Mal cleared her throat, and the four reunited pirates turned to glare at her, really? Mal ignored their eyes and held out her hand towards you, a sneer set on her lips “whatever, you guys gave save this crap for later, I need that to break a spell” Carlos nodded, he didn’t mind the happy reunion; him, Evie, and Jay had felt horrible about taking you in the first place after seeing you with Harry. But they did need to get back on track “cast by sleeping beauty’s daughter, Audrey” Carlos supplied; you and Uma shared a look.

“so, the good guys the bad guy?” Uma laughed at the concept, oh how the mighty have fallen~ “well, we might not give it back” she shared a devilish grin with you as you walked up to her, holding up the ember between your fingers “see what happens~” Mal grit her teeth in annoyance, gesturing out towards Auradon.

“This is no time for games! Lives are at stake here!” Uma laughed, sharing a fake pout with Harry before taking the ember from you, gently prying it from your fingers, and slowly making her way towards the edge, Mal not realizing what she was doing yet “Guarantee me, that every single villain kid that wants to? Can get off the isle.” Mal threw her hands up, and you knew that even without the ‘closing the barrier’ plan she suggested, she would be saying the exact damn thing she was about to say “I can't do that” Mal snapped, curling her lip at Uma who pursed her lips then shrugged, rolling her eyes as she swung around to hold the ember over the ocean below the bridge.

“Can't do that huh? Well how bout now?!” you and Harry laughed at Mal’s clear panic, she nearly rushed towards Uma, holding out her hand as she screamed “Deal!” in an attempt to seem in control, she repeated her words in a calmer tone “…deal.” Uma glanced at you and you grinned, Uma then faking a slip and nearly dropping the ember into the water, Mal and the others reaching forward to stop her, Harry moving his arm behind her quickly to catch her, panic clear in his expression before he realized that was Uma’s plan and he calmed down.

“Uma!” Evie called out, Uma giggled, looking directly at Mal before turning to look at Evie, who nodded back towards Mal “her word is good” you snorted, which made both Uma and Mal glance at you, Mal heavily suspicious you knew exactly what was going on behind the scenes. You gave her a nasty smirk then shrugged at Uma as she stared at you. “if Auradon isn’t saved, nowhere for the kids to go” you muttered into her ear, and Uma sighed, holding up the ember in front of her face; taunting Mal with it before she pocketed it away in her necklace.

“I’ll still keep this, for the time being.” Mal rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, clearly unhappy with Uma’s upsurge of Mal’s leadership position; glaring at Uma who just smirked at her, clearly having a blast fucking with Mal “because if you think I trust you to save the world on your own? Think again.” Uma whirled back around, holding out her arms as she walked towards the three of you. “this is a job for pirates~” Harry cackled a bit, slapping Uma’s hand with his as your arm went around her shoulder, leaning into her a bit as she turned back around and rubbed her hands together, waiting for Mal to just bite the bullet to save her precious Auradon.

Jay muttered something to Mal and she huffed, clearly not happy with her options; lose the ember, or work with the pirates to save Auradon. “fine” she finally mumbled, nodding her head towards Uma to make Jay speak for her since she decided to throw a mini-temper tantrum instead of just dealing with it and going to save Auradon. Jay nodded, releasing Mal’s arm and speaking directly to Harry and Gil “where are our bikes?”

Immediately, Harry and Gil started to giggle, Harry resting his chin on your head as Gil pointed back towards the isle “oh yeah! uh, we crashed em” Uma laughed, watching as Harry made a dramatic presentation about what they did, making a ‘vroom’ noise then whistling as he demonstrated how he crashed Jay’s bike. Grinning as Jay just gave him a death stare, pointing right at his face as he laughed “oohohoho look at his face~” he turned back towards you, his cheek pressing into yours for a moment before stepping back.

Evie sighed; they weren’t going to get anything done like this. She stepped forward, hands on her hips. You groaned lightly, covering your face as she spoke “here’s a thought,” you had to hold back a giggle as Harry hiccupped, his laughter stopping with Evie’s sudden words. Fuck you loved that hiccup; it was so cute. “we could try to be friends?”

You pursed your lips behind your hands, bringing them down to stare up at the sky, as if asking the gods why Evie was doing this now. I mean-she had a point. But she was doing it in the worst way and doing it at the worst time possible. “put our history behind us and celebrate our differences” girly went from chemistry/fashion queen to mom friend in like one movie didn’t she? “yeah?” you looked back at your friends and the other vks, all of them just-staring at Evie. As if she was speaking nothing but nonsense.

Evie pulled out a small bag of blue gumballs from her sleeve, shaking the red mesh bag around with a tantalizing smile “who wants gum~?” you were tempted, veeery tempted. You actually almost stepped forward to take a piece but stopped yourself when you saw everyone else just continue to stare at Evie. Then Uma sighed, hands on her hips as she went to go towards Auradon “le’s go”

Evie clicked her tongue, realizing no one was buying what she was selling “no?” Mal made a sharp sound, stopping Uma in her tracks, glaring at the sea witch “ah!...no, I’m in charge” Mal glanced around, then realized she couldn’t say anything different than Uma and pointed towards Auradon “let's go”

God, she was so fucking-controlling, girly really never let go of that power complex did she? You stayed still as everyone else walked forward, pointedly looking down at your nails. Uma turned back, snorting a bit; her smirk turning to a full grin as Mal also realized what you were doing. You were purposely ignoring her, giving her no satisfaction in ordering you around “hey!” Mal snapped; her fists clenched at her side “I said; let's go!”

You didn’t move, didn’t respond, just simply continued to examine your nails. Uma laughed, calling out your name gently “(y/n), come on” you turned on your heel, happily obeying Uma’s order while Mal huffed in frustration, Jay activating the bridge as Mal pressed forward. You fell into line with Harry, who carefully took your hand and smiled at you, his eyes sparkling with pure love and affection, and a whole lotta relief. “Hi love” he croaked quietly, feeling a pit in his throat.

You smiled at him, taking your hand from his and cupping his cheek “Hi Harry, I missed you” he chuckled, reaching up and intertwining your fingers against his cheek “I missed ye too” you glanced back at Uma, who snickered at the two of you and pushed Gil to walk a bit further up the bridge, giving you and Harry a small moment of privacy. You grinned, moving to step in front of Harry and pulling him into a kiss, something he had already been leaning forward for.

God, it felt like coming home after a long and exhausting day. His lips felt like home, his arms felt like home, his scent felt like home. You were home, you were home.

He was home.

“I missed ye so much it hurt” Harry whispered as you pulled away, biting your lip as his knuckles caressed your cheek “same here” you whispered back, hugging him tightly, mentally telling yourself to hurry up with the reunion, you didn’t want to get left behind. You pulled away, frowning at his hair.

Goddammit, you hated the fucking emo hair spray look, you quickly took your hands and ruffed his hair, doing your best to remove whatever the fuck was going on in his usually soft black locks. Finally his hair was loose and free, his bangs falling into his eyes “there you are, never do that style again you hear me? Fukin’ emo ass shit” you teased, giggling as Harry kissed you again, just happy to have you back.

“you two done lip-locking? Kinda on a time restraint~!” Uma teased with a yell, tapping her foot in as you and Harry laughed and ran back up to her, holding hands the entire time “you kids are gonna be the death of me” Uma teased, the three of you not seeing how Evie, Jay, and Carlos smiled at your interaction, Mal completely ignoring everyone in favor of attempting to lead the group.

-

Across the bridge in Auradon, about the same time everything else was happening on the isle; Ben was in his room, pacing the floor as he talked to the captain of the royal guard “and I want the royal guard handing out gas masks” when the captain stuttered about the sleeping spell Ben growled, nearly crushing the phone “well not everyone's asleep!” he hung up and threw his phone onto his desk, rubbing his face as he turned to look at his butler “find out if anyone's seen Audrey” the just older boy nodded, about to walk out of the room when Ben spoke again, this time more urgently “and find out if she has a list of demands!” the butler nodded again and walked out.

Ben let out a stressed sigh, flopping back on his chair and running his hands through his hair. What in the devils hell had happened? What had possessed Audrey to take the scepter? Why was she doing any of this?

What did she want? “just one” Audrey’s voice suddenly appeared behind him, her finger tapping on his shoulder. Ben stood with a yelp and turned, seeing Audrey in her full evil sorceress glory, her once blonde pink and blue hair a vivid magenta and midnight blue, the queen's crown perched atop her head. her eyes were dark with malice, surrounded with dark shadows and her eyes….her eyes-why were her eyes gree- “I demand my life back” Audrey’s voice interrupted Ben’s thought process, looking away from her odd eyes to stare at her entire face.

“w-what?” Ben stuttered, gripping the edge of his desk tightly “what do you mean?” Audrey just hummed, stepping closer to Ben, the dragons eye glowing brightly in her hand “I want my life back. The one Mal stole from me. The one you took from me with no remorse. I want to be praised again, to be seen again, to be heard. I want to be queen.” She reached out, resting her hand on Ben’s cheek, her eyes gleaming with something Ben couldn’t recognize “make me queen, and I’ll wake everyone up right now, no hassle, no threats. We’ll rule side by side, and you can continue your little isle transfer thing, you can have all the power in the world with me by your side” Audrey leaned in further, her lips only inches away from his. “all you have to do, is get rid of Mal.”

Ben shoved Audrey off, moving to place his desk between them “no! I’m not risking my kingdom for your selfish dreams Audrey, im not getting rid of Mal, and I’m not risking the vks for you. I'll do anything else but that.” Audrey’s lip curled, and suddenly she didn’t look like Audrey anymore, her eyes a vivid green and skin pale, the scepter burning a poisonous green. “foolish boy”

Ben knew that voice “Maleficent” Ben snapped, curling his lips over his teeth, mimicking a wild animal protecting its cubs “what have you done with Audrey?” Maleficent chuckled, glazing into her scepter, all within Audrey’s body “oh she’s fine~ for now~” Maleficent looked right at Ben, a sadistic smirk on her lips “she’s still here…for now. I took advantage of her anger, her pain, her suffering. She was so easy to corrupt, she didn’t even hesitate to take the scepter…well, with a little push she didn’t. all because of you little king”

She cackled, cold and full of pride, and Ben took a step back, shit-what in the hell did she do? “Where.is.Audrey?” Ben hissed, taking the hidden dagger from his desk and pulling it out, keeping it hidden in his sleeve. Maleficent sighed, rolling her eyes “she’s up here little beast” she tapped the side of her head “trapped, I let her out to fulfill her little wishes but~” Maleficent smirked, waving her hand above the scepter, creating a visage for Ben to watch horrified “by the time the sun rises tomorrow, she will be forever trapped within her own mind, and I will rise again, and Auradon will fall to its knees!”

“no!” Ben yelled, launching himself over the desk to try to grab the scepter, only to be blasted back, the desk breaking in half from Ben’s full weight smashing into it. “foolish little king, you’re brave I’ll give you that. But you don’t have a smidge of might behind that courage.” Audrey, no, Maleficent stood over Ben’s body, his vision fuzzy. His head had hit something hard and he couldn't focus on her “now you know the truth, and you’ll probably run off to my precious, little traitor, daughter to tell her all about it….” She chuckled, her eyes glowing bright within in the darkness of the room that was being swallowed by Maleficent's shadow “but how are you going to tell her anything, when you can't even think for yourself behind a beastly mind”

Ben screamed as pain erupted from beneath his skin, his body glowing green as fur began to sprout from his pours, his nose and jaw pushing out to form a muzzle, horns breaking through his scalp to rest across his head. his screams turned to monstrous roars, and no one was awake to help him. Ben cried out, whimpering from the pain as he curled into himself, his new tail thumping against the debris-covered floor. Maleficent cackled again, turning on her heel and disappearing in a flash of smoke, turning the rest of Auradon that was still awake into stone.

Ben slowly got to his feet, still whimpering in pain. He tried to call for help, but nothing but a strained roar came from his muzzle; he wasn’t human anymore, he was a beast. He had become his worst nightmare. He slumped out of his room, passing by sleeping servants and maids, sleeping guards, some were turned to stone. His nails scratched against the walls, tearing maps and painting in half. He reached the armor hall, his palm catching into the doorframe that his now sharp nails tore into.

He roared In pain, a large splinter now embedded in his palm, his mind was suddenly consumed with pain and anger, and he roared, running through the hall and bursting out the other side, booking it to the enchanted forest that rested just a few hundred feet away from his castle.

Maleficent cackled again, she wouldn’t be defeated by some children, not again. And she would make sure her daughter regret ever thinking about going against her.

-end of part 2-

….yeah, taking creative liberties yall~ soooo have fun~ and…yah!

“finally” you heard Jay mutter, and you looked up to see the bridge coming to an end, the golden glow merging with the white stone of the bridge plaza “let's go check the school” Mal muttered, already taking out her phone and beginning to text Ben “see if there's anyone still awake” her friends nodded while you and the pirates sighed, following them towards the school.

Harry’s hand gripped yours tightly, and you realized; the last time Harry was in Auradon? It was to save you, and it didn’t even work in the end. You were sent back and Harry was left alone. You squeezed his hand, smiling at him as he glanced at you, then he smiled, sneaking a soft kiss on your forehead.

It was nearly another hour to get to the school grounds, Gil practically falling over himself pointing at the full trees that lined the path, the vibrant green grass that surrounded the vks, and the multitudes of fresh flowers that decorated the scenery. He started asking Jay what was what, and how it all stayed so nice. It was kinda funny to see Jay remember; the isle didn't have any of this, it didn’t have green grass, full trees, flowers that weren’t deadly, hell it didn’t even have fresh fruit. You could see it all coming back to Jay, the life he forced himself to forget, and he smiled, pointing out the different types of flowers and trees as the group passed by them.

Evie grinned at the two of them, secretly clapping her hands as Mal huffed and continued to walk along, now starting to call Ben when he didn’t answer her 70th text. Evie and Carlos followed suit, Carlos calling Jane while Evie called Doug and Dizzy, none of them answering.

“Dammit, the service is completely out” Carlos muttered, taking his phone in both hands and typing rapidly on it, attempting to reach Jane through a specialized app he had coded that could message people without using service or signal. As he was doing that, the group of mismatched vks walked onto the lawn of the Auradon dorm building garden.

Evie nearly dropped her phone, Uma coming up next to her to stare in shock. Everyone-everyone; Was asleep, teachers, students, tutors, everyone. “they’re asleep,” Evie said in a hushed voice, as if not to wake anyone “all of them”

“This is fucking insane” Uma muttered, Jay pulling away from Gil to check on those asleep, Harry pulled you taught into his side, licking his lips nervously as you held his hand, your other arm wrapping around his waist below his coat. “Surreal” you mumbled, looking to Mal as she sighed, pocking her phone in a huff.

“I can't get Ben.” Mal grumbled, clicking her jaw as Evie nodded, pocketing her phone as well “or Dizzy, or Doug” Evie added with a worried sigh; Carlos grabbed an empty chair and stood on it, holding his phone to the sky “or Jane…signals out and my app is going haywire” Carlos groaned, jumping off the chair and also pocking his phone. “We’re basically stranded, no one’s awake to tell us what happened and we can't reach anyone by phone”

“Is that Auradon prep?” Celia suddenly asked, her eyes wide in disbelief and schemes. Carlos turned, smiling at the sight of the dorm building that Celia was pointing at “yes and no” Carlos said, turning on his heel to point at the huge glass and white stone building across the way “that’s Auradon prep” he pointed back at the castle “that’s the dorm building, where you’ll be staying during the school year starting next month. Trust me, you’re gonna have a blast.” Carlos grinned and winked playfully at the young con artist, knowing that no matter how many goodness classes she would take, Celia would always be a shadowy fortune teller.

Celia blinked a few times, then pumped her fists, doing a small dance to celebrate her upcoming financial success at Auradon prep. Gil was practically exploring the entire garden as he followed Jay around, Jay checking on each and every sleeping student and teacher he came across to make sure they were physically okay “this is so…” Gil said, his voice trailing off as he struggled to find the word he was looking for “Freaky” Jay supplied, and it was, the eight of them were the only ones awake, most likely in all of Auradon. “Green!” Gil corrected, once again enveloped in childlike wonder “look at all the trees, and the grass, and-the flowers! Oh! Cantaloupe!”

Gil had spotted a small bowl filled with fresh red grapes, the best kind. He mistook them for cantaloupes though, only because grapes never made it to the isle, only shriveled-up cantaloupe did. Jay tried to stop Gil, but the large blonde teen was already pouring them down his throat, happily eating the sweet and round fruit. Jay looked down at the sleeping student with an apologetic look, glancing back up at Gil with a wince “we don’t have fresh fruit on the isle, remember?” Uma said as she passed by the two of them, giving Jay a look of; ‘do you really not remember?’ while also telling him with her eyes; ‘you make him feel bad it's your head’. Jay closed his eyes for a moment, collecting his thoughts then patting Gil on the back, giving him a kind smile. “they’re grapes”

Gil smiled, happy to know the name of his new favorite fruit, he muttered a thank you to the sleeping student and took one last grape as he set down the bowl “Grapes. I love grapes” Harry let out a small cooing sound as he walked up on a sleeping male student, taking his arm from your shoulder and setting his hook on the table, as his other hand stole the student's wallet “oohoh~ I believe I deserve som’ compensation; for my muscles, my wile, and my role in this…endeavor~" he turned to smirk at you, about to hand you half of the…holy shit was that 300 bucks? All in 50s? who in the hell was this kid? Who carried around cash like that so casually?!

Harry stood to his full height as Jay snatched the money from Harry, getting right into Harry’s face “You do. Me not squashing you like a bug” Jay snapped, folding up the money in his hands and putting it in the sleeping student's shirt pocket as Harry giggled and spun around; retrieving his hook in the process and shoving the curve in Jay’s face “think I’m scared of you Jay~?” he said in a threatening tone, he would slash Jay’s face open, he would. If only to get a bit of sweet revenge for taking you.

You let out a piercing whistle just as Mal and Uma told the boys off with one single word “guys” Uma glanced at you, slightly impressed by how loud you were; easily getting Harry’s attention with a simple action. Harry turned, staring at you and Uma for a moment before giving Jay a death stare as Jay walked away, shaking his head at Harry’s antics. You started to walk up to Harry, a smirk on your lips “you do deserve some compensation, but~” you said quietly, placing your hands on Harry’s hips and smiling at him, biting your lip slightly “good things come to those who wait”

Harry’s pupils blew wide as he stared at you, a dangerous smirk on his lips “But. only if you’re comfortable with that now” you whispered, kissing his jaw and walking away, making sure to put a pep in your step as you followed after Uma. She rolled her eyes at you, nodding back at Harry who was just staring at you, looking as if he wanted to hook you…in the good way.

You giggled, interlocking arms with Uma and continuing to search the grounds. Suddenly Carlos ran towards something, something much shorter, fluffier, and was currently eating a hotdog. “Dude!” Carlos said in relief, ducking down and scooping up his precious mutt “you’re okay! How are you awake?!” Dude laughed, pressing his paw to Carlos’ chest “went to Jane’s party, jumped in the enchanted lake with her when Audrey showed up and put everyone to sleep” Carlos looked relieved at the mention of Jane. “so she’s okay?” Dude nodded at his question, wiggling to get comfortable In his boy’s arms “yep, awake and walking around, dunno where. I came over here to look for you”

Carlos nodded, holding his pup close to his chest “what else happened?” Dude made a low whining sound, and Carlos realized his fur was still damp with lake water “she’s….scary, Carlos. She doesn’t smell like Audrey anymore she’s…different, she turned people into st-“ “guys!??” Evie suddenly called out, her voice filled with terror and panic, turning to the group with tear-filled eyes, her hands shaking “Han-Hannah-she-“ Carlos nearly dropped dude as he turned to look at Evie, seeing Hannah, the step-daughter of Happy; turned to stone. “She’s been turned to stone”

Jay ran up to Evie, taking her shoulders and squeezing them tight as Evie stared at her boyfriend's step-cousin, imagining Doug and Dizzy in Hannah’s place. What had Audrey done? Had she done worse? Would she do worse? “Everyone stays on your toes, we’re not just at risk of sleep anymore” Jay muttered, taking Evie’s hand and bringing her over to Mal and Carlos, who stared at Hannah. Mal couldn’t believe it, prissy princess Audrye…did this? She knew the scepter corrupted the mind but…this…this wasn’t normal. Sending people to sleep was one thing, turning people to stone was another-it was practically killing someone. Stopping the heart, the brain, the body, everything. Hannah couldn’t be considered alive anymore, she was nothing but a statue.

You walked up to Hanna with the pirates and Celia by your side, reaching out to touch the statue's cheek. Cold to the touch and rough, like granite. “damn” you muttered, she was a lot more detailed in real life than she was in the movie. The movie felt…’trying to convince the watcher this was high stakes’ but being here for real? With very real danger? It was a life-or-death situation for more than just you and the pirates. it was for everyone in Auradon and on the isle.

“Look, since we’re here, let's check the dorms” Uma suggested, already leading the way to the castle’s main doors. You pursed your lips, staying near Hannah. “no point” you spoke before Mal, who scowled at you “Audrey already hit the entire area. Best bet? She went after Ben, the high crown. Hell she might’ve already hit him while we were on the way back, fuck maybe while yall were on the isle” you gestured to the core four, Evie and Carlos nodding in agreement to your logic “right” Mal said loudly, clicking her jaw slightly as she stared at you, and you could tell she wanted to take back power as the leader that you and Uma had been so casually taking away. “Audrey went straight for the crown, so it’s safe to assume she’s going after Ben and the castle next?” she looked to her friends, who nodded in agreement, it did make sense. “so that’s where we’ll go”

Uma stepped past you, her shoulder slightly bumping into yours and you stepped back into Harry, a non-verbal apology for directly disobeying an order. “Says who?” Mal quirked her brow at Uma’s blatant disrespect, and while Harry giggled at the show, you and Evie rolled your eyes. You did not have time for their bullshit “says me.” Mal snapped, she and Uma getting face to face, her eyes glowing a slight green “and what are you gonna do about it, shr-“

You quickly interrupted her sentence; Evie was clearly about to do the same but you spoke first. “Finish the sentence you lose your front teeth, princess.” you snarled, staring right at Mal, fully challenging her. She stared at you, blinked, and huffed. She turned to look back at Uma, who continued to glare at Mal, daring her to call her that cruel name.

“Guys” Evie called out, completely exhausted by their rivalry already, and it had only been two hours. Mal turned, looking back at Evie; who gave her a look of; ‘really?’ “Shut it up, and let’s move out. Uma, I love you, and I would love to watch you kick Mal’s ass; but we don’t have time for this” you said as you grabbed Uma’s hand, directing her attention to you. She stared at you for a moment, then sighed, closing her eyes.

Mal finally backed off, along with Uma, both clearly not happy to be working together. Even if it was Uma’s idea. “to the castle” Mal announced, already making her way down another path that led directly to Ben’s castle. “Do we gotta walk? I mean” you pointed at several sets of motorbikes, all clearly designed for the royal guard. Their owners sleeping just next to them “there are bikes, right there.”

Mal looked at them, looked at her friends; then sighed when the three looked very into the idea of not walking. “fine.” You smirked with victory, skipping over to the bikes and pulling one off the rack it had been placed on, grinning at Harry as he walked over “fuck yeah~”

Harry chuckled at your enthusiasm, taking the helmet that rested on the handlebar and handing it to you, grabbing an extra from another bike that was going to be unused since you didn’t actually know how to ride a motorbike; so you would be riding with Harry.

And soon you were off, speeding towards the castle. Only you weren’t alone, and you were being watched.

Audrey glared down at the image shimmering across her scepter, Maleficent temporarily at the back of her mind, letting things play out for now. “how did mal break my spell!” Audrey snapped, looking up at a fear-filled Chad, her ex-boyfriend and kinda only friend. He squeaked, shrugging his shoulders as he stepped back “ I don’t know?!” he yelled out, watching as Audrey grabbed a glass bowl and emptied it of its contents, rearing her arm back in preparation to throw the bowl at him “And what is Uma doing here!? and who.is.that.girl!?”

“I don’t know!?” Chad yelped, dropping to the floor just in time to miss the bowl scattering against the door behind him. Audrey groaned, pinching her nose and grabbing her scepter “rhetorical questions you buffoon, rhetorical questions.” Chad breathed a sigh of relief, but that didn’t make Audrey’s actions against him any less terrifying. “of course you wouldn’t know anything, you’re as smart as bait.”

Ouch, rude. Chad just stared at Audrey, unable to move under her cold stare, the scepter glowing eerily in her hand. She rolled her eyes hard, looking back at the image on her scepter, her gaze drawing over to the girl tucked into the dark-haired pirate's side. A cruel smirk grew on her lips “She could be of use” she muttered, that girl was clearly keeping the group in check, as well as Evie. If she took away the peacekeepers, they couldn’t possibly stick together and find a way to defeat her.

Audrey strode over to Chad, humming as he flinched back in fear, closing his eyes as he prepared to be hit. But she simply leaned down and pet his head, her eyes glowing a dim green. “things are about to get a little ugly” Chad glanced up at her, eyes wide with terror as Audrey laughed, patting his head and walking away, continuing to watch the vks.

He swallowed harshly, what in the hell had he gotten himself into?

-end of part 3-

hope yall are liking reprise 2.0 so far~ im having alot of fun with this, as you may now have noticed im less going cannon shot for shot, and more going for a soft rewrite~ cuz canon is boring and i do what i want 

“Ben!” Mal screamed out, her voice a higher pitch than her normal forced gravelly tone she put on to make herself seem tough. “he could be asleep anywhere!” Mal ignored the claw marks on the rug and walls, but they were becoming increasingly obvious to those who were actually paying attention. You frowned, unlike in the movie, where there was one slash and some torn curtains, nearly the entire left wall was scratched up; several paintings and maps were either torn in half or ripped in the middle, and the floor was completely ruined.

Damn, Ben really just-ran for it with no remorse for his castle's interior. But you didn’t say a word, since you didn’t want to change the timeline, you didn’t know what could happen. Yeah, your involvement with the wand trade ended up being insignificant since they got Ben back anyway, you didn’t want to risk blowing up the world or hurting anyone.

“Ben!!!” Mal called again, running down another hallway that led deeper into the castle. The rest of you followed, Mal’s friends right behind her while you, the pirates, and Celia lagged behind. If Mal was gonna walk right into a trap, you did not want to be caught in it with her. “where could he be!?” Mal pushed open the doors to the parlor room, gasping as she saw Ben’s parents asleep on an elegant couch, Lumière and Ms. Potts just across from them, also asleep. “oh no, Ben!” Mal turned on her heel, practically sprinting to Ben’s room.

Nothing, he wasn’t there. but his desk was destroyed and huge claw marks were leading from it and down the hall, back where you had just come from. “Ben!” Mal screamed again, rushing past everyone and down the grand hall, ending up at a large set of wooden doors, Dude sniffing the air to try to get Ben’s scent. “yeah, he went through here” the little pup said, Mal quickly pushing open the doors and calling out for Ben once more “Ben!?...Ben!”

Everyone filed into the room, Harry whistling at the display of armor, weapons, and stained glass that decorated the walls on each side. All the stained glass displayed the great battles of heroes vs their villains, the biggest ones being Maleficent vs Phillip, and Gaston vs Beast. Gil stared at the former for a moment, before turning to pet dude, giving the talking pup a good scratch behind the ears.

“oh-yeah, that’s it, just a little to the left-aaaah yeah~” Dude sighed, leaning heavily into Gil’s hand. Celia giggled from beside Gil, hopping down the steps and eagerly exploring the room, her eyes catching onto a stained glass that depicted her father vs the then-frog Tiana. Her gaze drew over to the shadowy figure behind her father, its eyes glowing thanks to the sunlight hitting it. She had always wondered if she had his magic, if she had inherited it. She looked down at her shadow, waving her hands about for a moment, but nothing changed; it copied her every move.

She pouted, squeaking a bit when she felt a hand on her shoulder, looking up to see you “stay close to someone kid, I know you can handle yourself but you are younger and could be a target” you muttered, and Celia sighed, tucking herself into your side as your hand moved to rest on her other shoulder. You and her hadn’t exactly hung out a lot during your stay at the isle, but she knew who you were, what you had done to protect your friends, and Dizzy liked you; so you were her most favorable option to stay close to other than Uma.

You walked down the hall towards Mal and Uma, the two already beginning to squabble again. You sighed, you loved Uma, really really disliked Mal; but goddammit you did not have time for their feud. Evie seemed to agree, pursing her lips and stepping in between the two girls “I wonder what fried shrimp tastes like~” Mal taunted, picking her teeth with her thumb while Uma scowl/smirked at her, daring Mal to say something about the shrimp thing one more time.

“Okay, let's not do this right now” Evie sighed, rubbing her face as Uma rolled her eyes, repeating Evie’s earlier words back at her “we’re celebrating our differences,” Uma said in a sarcastic tone, Mal rolling her eyes on the other side of Evie. You stepped up behind Uma, releasing Celia to let her stand on her own and resting your chin on Uma’s shoulder. She glanced at you, then back at Mal, not bothering to shove you off.

You perked up, noticing small wisps of pink smoke pouring from the visor of the knight's helmet that stood just beside the doors of the room the group was standing in front of. ‘oh shit’ you thought, quickly standing and looking around, smoke starting to pour from all the knight's helmets and crevices. The knight in front of the group moved, and Harry grabbed your shoulder. Everyone else was too distracted by Mal and Uma’s arguing to notice the suits of armor beginning to move.

“I believe we’re bein’ challenged” Harry announced, trying to get Uma’s attention but she waved him off, more interested in taking command and getting away from Mal to go save Auradon “Let’s split up and look for Audrey” Mal huffed, clearly not happy with that plan (one; it was Uma’s idea, and two; Uma still had the ember) “That makes no sense, unless you give me my ember she’s gonna spell you” Mal spat back, once again holding out her hand for the ember, of which Uma was not going to hand over easily so Mal could just use it to be the, ‘oh great savior’ of Auradon, and take all the credit like she always did.

The armors moved again, the ones standing on each side of the hallway starting to step down onto the floor. You let out a piercing whistle, one that hurt Uma’s and Mal’s ears with how high-pitched it was “okay! lovely show girls but! Can we save the bitching for later? we have a situation.” you nodded to the head knight in front of you, its visor glowing green and pink smoke poured from the cracks of its joints.

Mal took a sudden step back, screaming as the knight moved as if it was truly being worn, its sword now where Mal once was “You like a prince Mal~” Audrey’s voice echoed, coming from the suits of Armor that now surrounded the group “well how about a knight in shining armor…or knights.” The head knight swung its sword in a commanding motion, calling for attack.

“shit! Run, gogogo!!” you yelled out, grabbing Celia’s hand and rushing her back towards the doors that led back into the castle, Harry right behind you as well as the rest of the vks. Just as you reached the doors, two knights blocked the way, their swords crossed against the exit; the message was clear. None of you were leaving without a fight. “We don’t gotta choice,” you said loudly, turning and pushing Celia into Evie, who took the young vk into her arms and backed away from the knights. “We have to fight! Grab a sword, anything! And watch your back!”

Everyone jumped into action, Gil grabbed two swords, one for himself and one for Uma, while you and Harry each took a sword from a corner pedestal, moving to surround the platform that rested in the middle of the hallway; Uma, Celia, Evie, and Mal all standing on it.

Jay tossed Mal a sword and she took a deep breath. Uma huffed, her lip curling over her teeth “This could get a little sticky,” she muttered, looking around at the multitude of knights that surrounded the vks, all getting closer with each thundering step they took. “How to win this battle could be tricky.”

Uma knew she should take command, she had the most experience leading a large crew, and she had the most experience fighting a large number of enemies. She was a pirate captain, she knew how to fight, she knew how to lead; she took charge, flipping the sword in her hands and yelling out: “I know the best way, Mal: Fall back with Jay and Gil to bulldoze our way out, you’ll hold the line and we’ll bring these knights to their knees.”

Mal growled, turning to glare at Uma, hell would freeze over before she let Uma order her around. Who did shrimpy think she was?! “Swords up if you're with me!” Mal yelled out, attempting to take back command from Uma; Jay was the only one to raise his sword, yelling out as if he was playing tourney. “They got us out-numbered, but victory is ours; I’ve got a strategy” she turned to Uma, a smug smirk on her lips “you take the left” she turned back and leaned down between Jay and Carlos; almost whispering “and the rest of you will follow me.”

Uma was not going to take that disrespect, shaking her head she grabbed Mal’s arm and made Mal face her, a glare set on both of their faces “uhuh-not happening” Mal shoved Uma’s arm off, tilting her chin up as if to shoo off a peasant “This is my crew” Mal spat, and Uma curled her lip into a sneer “Well this is my squad!” Uma spat right back.

And here you thought them fighting was a bit funny back when it was just a movie scene, now it was downright infuriating. You loved Uma, but she needed to get a handle on this shit now.

Mal got right into Uma’s face, the two nearly about to full-on fight when there were clearly BIGGER things to worry about. “This is my turf!" Mal snarled, Uma reeling her arm back to punch Mal but Evie intervened just in time, pushing the two girls apart. “Oh my god!? Would you two look around for a few seconds instead of fighting?! We’ve got bigger fish to fry, put your differences aside. Because right now, we’re on the same side!” Mal turned away from Evie, not wanting to admit the blue-haired seamstress was right. Uma sighed and nodded, she had gotten lost in her contempt for Mal. Mal and Uma both jumped off the platform, Celia and Evie staying on top to be protected by everyone else.

Evie lifted her sword into the air, taking a deep breath as the knights got even closer, many ready to swing upon the vks. They were clearly out to stop them, not just temporarily, but permanently. This was a life-or-death battle, no wands, no smoke bombs, no distractions. Only one group would leave alive. “Until these knights fall, everyone; stick together until the battle is done!” you smirked, you kinda liked this version of knight falls, felt much more…intense.

“Watch your back!” you yelled out just as the knights attacked, lifting your sword in defense, your arm shaking under the strength of the spelled armors swing. Harry glanced back at you, eyes wide as you stepped back, arms nearly about to give out on you. You had tried to keep a good routine to keep your strength up but unfortunately, nothing could’ve prepared you to fight suits of armor that easily were going to be stronger with no physical muscle behind them.

You grunted as you shoved away the sword, blocking another swing from the knight in front of you, keeping your ears and eyes open for any more knights coming your way. You stumbled at the third swing, nearly falling as the back of your knees hit the platform, Celia’s hands landed on your shoulders, keeping you upright “Thanks kid” you muttered, batting away another swing from the knight's sword. Shit-how long were you going to be able to keep this up? You did not have the stamina you had a year and a half ago, and while you had kept your skills from back then; you were fighting a losing battle.

“shit-shitshitshit!” on the third curse word that spilled from your lips, you felt an odd feeling wash over you, as if someone had poured a bucket of refreshing cool water on you after a long warm day outside. You were filled with renewed energy and strength, you grinned, mentally thanking whoever it was to help you out, and surged forward; easily dodging several swings and arching your blade up and around, decapitating the knight. It crumbled to the ground, defeated.

“That’s it,” you muttered, spinning on your heel to yell to the vks; “slice off their helmets! It kills them!” no one questioned you, and everyone quickly got into the rhythm of offense, Harry took down four knights within a minute, using his hook as leverage to bat away their weapons to take off their helmets. Gil strong-armed a few and with the help of Carlos, finished nearly 10 knights off, Jay stayed near Evie, protecting her and Celia, and Evie; being the least experienced in sword fighting, right next to Mal and Celia, did her best to defend the young vk and herself. Luckily; most of the knights were distracted by the actively fighting vks. Though some of the knights were moving as if to grab Evie, not swinging at her unless she swung first.

Come to think of it, the knights were doing that to you as well, one even managed to snatch your jacket hem and nearly pull you into its arms, Uma coming just in time to decapitate it and rescue you. You smiled at her and she winked, the two of you going back-to-back and fighting some more knights that came your way; it was almost endless. Originally thought Mal was exaggerating when she said ‘outnumbered one to fifty’ but with how many you took down and how many kept coming at you, it wasn’t exactly a bad guess.

You turned, catching a fumbling Mal and swinging your sword around expertly, removing the knight's helmet from in front of you and Mal, and pushing Mal back to her feet “keep your head on leader girl” you hissed out, mostly in the effort to push her back up when she was basically putting her entire body weight onto your hand. She pursed her lips at you, clearly thinking about taking a cheap verbal shot but was then distracted by even more knights.

“god-dammit! how many suits of armor are in this damn hall!?” you yelled out, feeling a familiar arm around your waist that pulled you into a firm chest and tossed you onto the middle platform, away from a heavy swing of a metal hammer. “ho shit” you muttered, nodding at Harry in thanks, standing across from Evie, Celia standing in between the two of you. Suddenly several knights topped without anyone touching them, and you noticed a shadow bolting around the room. you grinned, looking down at Celia, who grinned right back, her nose scrunching adorably. “good work kid” you praised, and Celia did a little dance, continuing to command her shadow to take down more knights.

“This is all-out war!” Jay yelled out, panting as he returned to his spot in front of Evie; him, Gil, Carlos, and Harry all surrounded the platform to guard the three of you on top of it “they got us outnumbered!” Carlos gasped out, breathing heavily as he regripped his sword. You quietly sang the next line to yourself, Harry glancing back at you with an amused smirk before returning his attention back to the knights.

“Eyes up, swords up!” you yelled out, flipping the blade as even MORE knights flooded into the room, armed with a variety of weapons and shields. One batted away Carlos’ sword, sending the young vk to the floor from the weight of the swing. One knight with a hammer reeled back and Carlos looked around for anything to save his butt. Suddenly a shield fell from its stand and slid over to Carlos, Celia’s shadow darting across the room away from where the shield had been thrown. Carlos grabbed onto it and quickly equipped it, holding it over his head to block a heavy swing and to support Jay as he ran up and flipped off the shield, using that flip to decapitate three knights in one strong swing.

Carlos then used the shield as a makeshift skateboard, sliding across the floor to grab a new sword. He stood and turned, seeing Gil pinned by a large knight. He quickly ran and used his tourney training to knock the knight off its feet, Gil returning the favor and decapitating it. Finally; the knights started to thin out, what felt like hundreds of them collecting on the floor. It was becoming an effort to dodge both the fallen knights and the active knight's weapons.

It didn’t help that everyone was becoming exhausted, adrenaline only lasted for so long. You shook your hand to get rid of the numb feeling going through it from gripping your sword so tightly, rolling your shoulders as you got back into position. “we need to end this now” you muttered, Uma and Harry nodding in agreement. You turned to look at Mal and Uma “You two wanna work together for once? You can probably overload Audrey’s magic and short circuit it, topple the knights in one swipe” the two girls, enemies, looked at each other, both scowling. Uma was the first to relent, her necklace and eyes glowing gold as she summoned her magic. “let’s get this over with” Uma muttered, not waiting for Mal to get over herself and actually help.

Luckily, Mal did, her eyes suddenly glowing bright green. You shivered as you felt their magic permeate the air, cutting through the magic of the scepter possessing the sets of armor. You felt something else though, something pouring their own power into Mal’s and Uma’s; like someone was adding a high-intensity energy drink to their magic. “suits of armor/strong and true” Mal started, her voice echoing with her magic and the added power. The smoke pouring from the knights turned purple, and Uma took over the incantation, a victorious smirk on her lips “blow these knights back/when we bust a move!” in sync, Uma and Mal kneeled and slammed their palms into the floor, sending a powerful shockwave of iridescent magic that toppled all the knights and sent them flying into the walls.

“whoo!” you hollered out, raising your sword into the air in victory “Now that’s what I’m talking about! That’s how you end a fight sequence!" Harry cackled at your words, somehow knowing you were talking about your world's equivalent to what just happened over the last couple of minutes. Harry’s arm wrapped around you, his sword clattering to the ground as he spun you around, Gil jumping around and chest bumping with Jay as Harry muttered something into your ear. You couldn’t quite hear it due to how loud the room suddenly was from the cheers of the rest of the vks, but you knew it was a simple ‘I’m relieved you’re still alive/safe after that’ that was coated in his accent. He kissed the side of your head and set you on your feet, carefully raking your hand and walking over to Uma with Gil close behind, the boys suddenly awkward after having a moment of celebration after Mal and Uma almost high-fived, then cringed away from each other.

"noooo” Evie sighed, rubbing her face with ‘are you two serious’ exhaustion, the two girls separating to meet with their half of the group. Mal with Jay and Carlos, Uma with you, Harry, and Gil; Celia standing behind Evie. Both girls had a mini celebration with their groups, Evie stood between the two groups with an exasperated look “guys come on!” Mal and Uma turned to look at Evie, glaring at each other for a moment then looking back at Evie "This was so, great! All of us, working together! It made this…ordeal a lot easier right?! Think about it, if you two stop squabbling,” Evie leaned over and hit Mal’s arm gently, Mal frowning at her best friend. “maybe we can get things done before sunrise? Eh? Come on” Evie leaned over again, this time tapping Uma’s arm, who quickly brushed off her touch; pouting slightly.

“oh my god, this is even funnier than the canon scene” you muttered to yourself, Harry glancing down at you with a slight laugh. Right-another universe, he was originally just a character to you from a movie. He was honestly still getting used to the idea. “Evie?” she hummed, turning to you with a smile “I’m loving” you gestured to her entire self “all of this energy, but…kinda on a timer here, Audrey, obviously, knows we’re here and we need a solid plan. Which, duh; is find Ben” you began to pick off the plan points on your fingers, Mal staring at you with an angry look “find where Audrey is, and then defeat her. Three steps, that’s all that is. Yet we’re standing around as if Auradon isn’t in danger~ so, let’s get a move on, yeah?”

“Okay!” Mal huffed, rubbing her face “okay, whatever, whatever” you smirked, ahaha, you broke the bitch. You turned to Uma; your brow raised “what's the plan captain?” Uma smiled; clearly happy you were turning to her for the plan. “Easy, the boys will go find Ben, with Gil’s tracking skills and the dogs nose” Dude looked very proud at being involved in the hunt for Ben “it shouldn’t be long before they do. We,” Uma gestured to herself than you, then to Mal, Evie, and Celia “will go find out where the cheerleader bunks down, and then we’ll all meet up at…um” Evie bumped into the planning, raising her hand with a little wave. Uma glanced at her, nodding to let her speak.

“I have a place, we can meet up there in two hours, should give everyone enough time to find Ben, find Audrey, and then plan for attack. The boys know where it is, and with those bikes, getting around should be easy enough” Evie chirped, and for once; Mal was silent, glaring at you and Uma. “awesome, we have a plan” you said with a cheer, clapping your hands together “….where do we find out where Audrey is?...”

Evie sucked on her teeth, narrowing her eyes a bit “we might find a clue in her dorm room? she’s doing summer school, so she's still in the dorms.” as soon as Evie mentioned that Harry began to cackle, turning to you, Uma, and Gil with wide eyes “oohoh wha’? summer school?! Summer.school?! No wonder she wants revenge!” Harry laughed, hiccupping as Mal clapped her hands loudly. She was pouting, of course she was. “okay! Let’s-let’s just fucking go. We meet at Evie’s in two hours.” Mal stormed out of the hall, her friends at her heels like usual while you, the pirates, and Celia took a second longer.

“She’s just too easy to piss off, how in the hell is she gonna be queen, if she can’t take someone else being in charge?” you muttered and Uma cackled, intertwining her arm with yours as you walked out of the hall, Harry on your other side while Gil moved to catch up with Carlos and Dude, asking a bajillion questions about the talking dog; which Carlos was happy to answer. “ I mean, being queen doesn’t mean she gets to make every single decision, there's the council, Ben, votes, all that shit. She's not gonna be top dog” you continued and Uma laughed again, nodding in agreement “Mal has never been challenged, or well-not since she left the isle. She needs a reality check, and bad” Uma said with a knowing smirk, catching a glimpse of Mal that was still practically stomping her way down the hall. “Everything on the isle was practically handed to her, her turf, her gang, her respect, that all came from her mom. Mal has never earned anything in a day of her life, meanwhile, the rest of us, yes including Mal’s lil goons, have had to earn every single step we take. Mal will never understand being queen, she doesn’t even know how to be a gang leader.”

Well, Uma wasn’t lying. You would give her that, Mal never felt like a leader to you in all three movies. It felt like they, the writers, pointed at her and said ‘this is Mal, she’s the leader’ and everyone was just supposed to accept that. Harry snickered from beside you and you gently smacked him, your hand then being grabbed and your fingers intertwined with his. You laughed, now being trapped between Harry and Uma, both having ahold of your limbs.

Soon you made it outside the castle, everyone quickly getting on the bikes and preparing to speed off to their respective locations. Harry kissed your cheek quickly, muttering a ‘stay safe’ into your ear, you repeated his words and kissed his knuckles, watching as he drove off with Carlos leading the way, Dude sticking his nose in the air to get Ben’s scent as Gil tracked the claw marks and large footsteps.

“c’mon girly” Uma muttered, taking your arm and leading you to the extra bikes. there were only three so you rode behind Uma while Celia rode with Evie, Mal leading the way back to the Auradon prep dorm building. You glanced back at the castle, furrowing your brows when you saw a figure standing at the bottom of the steps. “who is?” you whispered to yourself, narrowing your eyes in an attempt to get a better look at the figure. All you could see was that they were dark-skinned, had thick curly hair, and…a lotta flowers?

…oh holy shit

-end of part 4-

How’d yall like knight falls~ yeah-decided to have fun with it and just-give no fucks. I went all out, so I hope you enjoyed~ and you liked the ‘new’ dialogue/scenes cuz d3 has the worst pace ever (it’s the shortest of the 3 movies, even though it had the most budget, they really could’ve kept those deleted scenes god) also yeah, lotta Mal bashing. Do I like her character? Fuck no. do I like her as a person? HELL no. do I love her concept? Fuck yes, she could’ve been so much more. And if anyone complains about how mean or how I write her….im not really that far off from how she is in the novelization, she is SUCH a bitch in the novelization.

“Just make sure that stuff stays where you found it kid,” you told Celia as she put on a sapphire tiara. The young vk pouted at you, about to retort that Audrey was evil but you just laughed “I know kid, but that stuff is most likely very expensive, and if you’re caught with it after we save Audrey’s butt, she can probably get you arrested and sent back to the isle for theft. So have a lil fashion show then put it back. Got it?”

Celia groaned, but you had a point. She continued to play with the jewelry though, but now she wouldn't be pocketing any. You and Uma continued to look for anything that might hint at Audrey’s whereabouts. Well, Uma was looking for clues, you were looking for her diary, since that was the key to finding out where Audrey was. “found her diary” Uma announced from the other side of the room, closing the drawer to the nightstand next to Audrey’s bed…fucking duh it was in there. You face palmed a bit, why had you looked for her damn diary in her bookcase? Of course, it would be kept near where she slept. Uma hopped onto Audrey's bed, her legs crossed at the ankles and she popped the book open as if it was a regular book and she wasn’t violating someone's privacy. You sighed, moving to join Uma on the bed and laying sideways, your head hanging off the edge as your body lay over Uma’s legs; your feet hanging off the other side.

“Oh barf, listen to this” Uma muttered, holding up the book to see it better in the light and proclaiming in a dramatic high-pitched voice “Ben and I are dating, officially ~! And it's been so fun to have a boyfriend, especially one as great as him.” Uma made a gagging sound as you giggled, tugging on the fishnet hanging from Uma’s hips “no way it actually says that, she writes how movie teenage white girls talk” you said with a snort, covering your face with 2nd hand embarrassment when Uma showed you the entry she had just read to you “oh my god, she had to be like-14 or something when she wrote that, not shot!”

Uma shrugged, there was no identifier of how old Audrey was when she first wrote in the book, but from just the first two pages, it seemed like this book was frequently used. So maybe she had found the old diary? Uma continued to read, Celia continued to play with Audrey’s jewelry, and you basically took a nap on Uma’s legs.

You woke up to Evie and Mal bursting into the room, both out of breath and Mal looked very perturbed. They hadn’t found a single clue about where Audrey could be. “she’s nowhere on campus” Evie sighed, leaning on the vanity where Celia was still sitting; Mal walking over to Uma, who hadn’t moved since you fell asleep on her. “found her dairy” Uma announced once again, smugly smirking up at Mal “and damn did you ruin Audrey’s life, did you know her grandma blames her, for you and Beasty boy?”

Mal frowned, no. no, she hadn’t known that, why did Leah blame Audrey for something that wasn’t her fault? Audrey didn’t want Mal to love spell Ben, in fact, she was still mad about it to this very day. It's why she took the scepter in the first place (or so Mal thought). Mal licked her lips, her voice suddenly caught in her throat, a pang of sudden guilt clawing at her insides. She brushed it off, waving her hand about in dismissal “okay. So did you find anything we don’t already know, or?” Mal drawled, glancing down at you to see you already falling asleep again, being wiped out from the intense adrenaline rush fighting the knights.

“She hangs out at fairy cottage, you know? The cottage the fairies hid Audrey's mom from your mom?” Uma teased, closing the book and tossing it aside, patting your thigh when it hit your arm. Mal looked very unamused, letting out a humorless chuckle “hahaha, the irony is not lost on me” Mal said in a dry tone, staring down at Uma with half-lidded eyes.

“Okay! How do I look?” Celia finally spoke, turning to the group and posing, wearing a gaudy tiara on her head, what seemed like hundreds of rings, jewel incrusted bracelets, and a statement pearl necklace. Evie turned to her, smiling fondly “okay, the bling stays here” Celia pouted at the reminder, but Evie didn’t know you had already told Evie that “But she's bad!” Celia whined, and Evie tilted her head; winking. “And Dizzy made better stuff when she was 12, put it all away, and I’ll take you to the bayou after this is all done and you can pick out whatever you want. No limits.”

Celia’s eyes sparkled at the thought of visiting her dad's old stomping grounds and quickly took off all the jewelry, Uma shoving you off her now numb legs and pulling you off the very very soft bed. “c’mon, I know it’s like a fucking cloud but we gotta go” Uma said with a laugh, holding your hand as you grumbled, rubbing your eyes with your free hand. “so sleepy” Uma teased, continuing to hold your hand as you all walked out of Audreys room and towards the main doors to head to Evie’s place “Remember when Harry just full on conked out on your lap? And he woke up all fucking red n’ shit?” you giggled at the memory, it was while you were still getting to know everyone and Harry was very tired from the work day.

The crew had just been hanging out and you suddenly felt a weight on your lap, looking down to see a sleeping Harry on your thighs. You didn’t dare to move him, giggling when Uma had gestured for you to let him stay. He had turned bright red when he woke up 15 minutes later, burying his face in his hands while the crew teased him. God, the butterflies you felt the entire damn time.

Fuck you wanted to see him again, you already missed his pretty face.

-

“Ben!”

Carlos called out for what felt like the 100th time. They were already a good mile into the forest, Dude leading them deeper and deeper into the trees. And yet-nothing. “Ben!” Jay yelled, his voice echoing through the forest. Carlos sighed, moving to sit on a small flat rock and clapping his hands, taking out the bit of cloth he had taken from Ben’s room to help dude track his scent “Dude” Carlos called Dude over, holding out his hand with the bit of cloth and letting Dude get another whiff. “c’mon, nothing?”

At the same time, Gil spotted several berry bushes, walking over to them with a flabbergasted expression, he had never seen so much fruit in one place! “these things just, grow everywhere!” Gil picked a dark blue and round berry off, inspecting it for a solid second before he ate one, happy to report that it was sweet and firm. Not poisonous. He let out a happy hum, practically dancing in place. “Hey, Jay”

Jay turned, raising his brow at Gil “What are these?” Gil asked, pointing at the berries, some of which were different than the one Gil was eating from. Jay hummed, tilting his head as he walked over, picking a berry from the bush “blueberries, good for you” Jay muttered, picking another few for himself as Gil then picked a handful, walking over to Harry and pouring some in his hands.

“Gil-i-don’-Gil” Harry hissed, but he took the berries, glaring at Jay with pink cheeks as the son of Jafar laughed, not in a teasing way, but lighthearted. Carlos accepted the few berries Gil handed him, popping some in his mouth and pulling back as Dude tried to eat one “no-go look for Ben, I’ll make you something when we get back home” Carlos chided with a grin and Dude whined, but obeyed, sniffing out for Ben once more.

“Hey Harry” Jay said loudly, Harry slowly turning to Jay, his brow raised in ‘what the fuck do you want?’ “genuine question, how’d you and (y/n) get together? I mean-she’s from a whole different universe n shit, I can't imagine you two clicked immediately.” Harry rolled his eyes, turning away.

“She amputated all me dad’s limbs and I decided I liked her, happy?” Jay choked on the berry he was eating as Gil cackled, holding his stomach as Carlos whirled around to stare at Harry. “Did I hear you right?” Carlos squeaked, a nervous grin on his lips “She-what?!”

Harry turned; a smug and proud smirk on his lips “Aye, ye remember wha’ me dad was like, and what he did ta me?” Jay and Carlos nodded, it was the one thing no one ever poked at Harry for, in fact, they had both hidden Harry from clients several times. No one should have to deal with that crap “Well, the lass found out, got pissed aaaaaand severed all his remaining limbs, gouged out his eyes, sliced out his tongue, n’ offed his nose. Only leavin’ his ears. To the pain, she called it.” Harry sighed, reminiscing in the memory of when he truly discovered what (y/n) had done for him that day, and god if it didn’t make him fall harder for her.

Carlos and Jay just stared at him for a long moment, then they both laughed “Damn, she must be down bad for you if she went that far, I don’t even think Mal would do anything like that for Ben” Jay cackled, they were villain kids, someone dismembering someone else wasn’t uncommon on the isle. Harry smirked, nodding as he crossed his arms; he felt the same way, he would slaughter a nation if it meant your safety. He noticed Dude walking off, his nose pointing at the ground before he perked up, turning back to yell for Carlos “Carlos’ yer mutt found somethin’” Harry called out, already walking after Dude as the dog told Carlos that he did indeed find another trail of Ben’s scent.

The boys all went after Dude at that, Jay pausing to grab a few more berries for Gil.

-

You finally arrived at Evie’s starter castle, and whistled; impressed. It looked much bigger in real life than it did in the movies, now you could believe eight vks and one Doug could all live here at the same time. It was like a legit starter castle. “Nice digs” Uma muttered as she climbed off the motorbike, tossing her arm over Celia’s shoulder as the younger vk walked up to her. Evie smiled, very proud of her accomplishments. “I got a really good deal” Evie sang, turning as Mal stomped up to her, a pout on her lips.

“I hope they found Ben” Mal grumbled, passing Evie and going towards the castle; intentionally ignoring you and Uma. Evie sighed, closing her eyes “she needs to get over herself” Evie grumbled, rubbing her face before looking at you and Uma “come on, we’re early so the boys will still be a bit. I’ll make us something to eat” you grinned, hell yeah; food!

You all went into the house, only to be interrupted by the sounds of soft snoring. Oh shit-right. You moved towards the sound, ending up in a little alcove that held a large couch, a love seat, a coffee table, a good-sized tv’ and three beloved vks. “boys” you whispered, kneeling next to them and taking off Sterling’s (Squirmy) glasses and setting them on the coffee table, doing the same with Dizzy’s and then helping Celia fix the soft red blanket that was haphazardly laying on them.

Dizzy started to mumble in her sleep, clearly experiencing a nightmare; but before you could do anything Celia reached down, placing her hand on Dizzy’s exposed arm “hey, hey; it’s okay Dizzy, it’s okay. We’re off the isle, we’re okay” Celia whispered, rubbing Dizzy’s arm and soon Dizzy calmed down, her brow still slightly furrowed.

You reached out, taking Dizzy’s hand, smiling as she fully relaxed “jus’ a lil nightmare, she’ll be okay.” you whispered to Celia, who nodded, still worried for her friend. From just outside the alcove, Mal, Evie, and Uma all watched you and Celia; Evie being reminded of when Dizzy had mentioned you…multiple times in fact. You had helped protect her from the harsher elements of the isle, made sure Harry wasn’t as rude as he usually was, and even gave her some of the stolen money back when you could.

Evie glanced over to the twins, laughing slightly when she remembered the two boys going nuts when they heard Dizzy talking about you. She had never heard them talk that much, ever. They wouldn’t shut up in fact, about both you and Harry; you were Aunt (y/n) to them, someone who cared about them and protected them. She watched you take a small colorful rock from your pocket and place it in sterling’s hand, curling his fingers around it and gently pushing his hand into his chest to keep it safe. “Harry will be here soon boys, don’t worry” you whispered, kissing their heads and standing, whirling around at the abrupt and VERY loud snore. “is that?” you asked without finishing your question, already following the girls into the next room, Evie’s greenhouse turned work room. Doug was on the floor, but instead of being perfectly placed with a pillow under his head, he was sprawled out in the middle of the room, tubes of fabric and some tule surrounding him. “uh,” Uma started, being the only one in the room to not know who Doug was “who’s the dude?”

“Doug!” Evie gasped, rushing to get him on his back, checking over him for injuries. You noticed the change in his clothes and hair, gone was the gross long ponytail; replaced by what looked to be a longer and bit shagger version of his D1 haircut. And gone were the cream shorts and jacket, replaced with a nice white button-up shirt with maroon suspenders and rust-colored pants. Damn, now he actually looked like a fashion designer's boyfriend.  Evie, seeing no injuries on her boyfriend, started to try to shake him awake; her emotions clouding her memory. “wake up…Doug c’mon, wake up!”

Uma rolled her eyes, reminding Evie that Doug was under a sleeping spell and wouldn’t wake up with just words “He’s spelled” Evie frowned, looking up at Uma with a pout “I know that” Evie grumbled, sitting back on her heels and crossing her arms. “just…I want him to wake up.” Uma raised her brows, clearly seeing the emotional connection between Evie and Doug “Are you two dating?” Uma asked, pointing between the two. Evie nodded, not seeing how that was relevant “Why don’t you just do true loves ki-“ Uma was interrupted by Evie’s gasp, and she stood, bolting back into the kitchen to rummage through the tallest cabinet, taking out a chemistry set.

“Whyyyy do you have that in there?” you asked, looking over Evie’s shoulder, doing your best to not be hit by her hands as they moved about wildly. “potion making-technically a thing to do in the kitchen MAL!” Mal jumped at Evie’s demanding voice, just staring at her as Evie gestured to the upstairs area where the rooms were “Go get me that vile of poison from your mom's spindle, im gonna make a potion to remove the sleeping curse.” Mal blinked, twice, three times; then went to do as told, mostly just surprised Evie had yelled at her.

A few minutes later, Mal came barreling down the stairs, her eyes wide with sudden panic “MY MOMS NOT IN HER CAGE!” She yelled, almost dropping the vile of spindle poison if it wasn’t for Uma taking it from her before she did. You all stared at her wide-eyed, not really sure what that meant but it couldn't have been good “um-has she done that before?” you asked nervously, rubbing the back of your head. Mal shook her head, her blue-purple hair flying about.

“No! she’s-she’s never escaped before-well she has but she’s-she’s never gone farther than my room because I have a sensor thing on her cage so I catch her before she actually gets loose but she must’ve gotten out somehow and-and FUCK!” Mal was in a full panic, her eyes blown wide and glowing, pacing around the kitchen island, you and Uma backing way up to give her a path. “what am I gonna do?! I don’t have time to look for her with Audrey walking around with that scep…ter” Mal stopped, her eyes somehow getting wider in realization “the scepter…my mom…oh no” Mal’s knees buckled, and Uma caught her right before she hit the floor hard.

Mal didn’t even react to Uma helping her, tears filling her eyes as she stared at the tiled floor “mom made Audrey do all of this, mom possessed Audrey-she-oh my god” Mal audibly sobbed, which made Uma reel back in shock. Not once, in all of her life spent around Mal; had she heard the oh-so-arrogant daughter of Maleficent break down like this. She had seen Mal’s tears at cotillion, but even then they seemed forced. This was real, Mal’s breakdown was real, the situation was spiraling out of control and she didn’t know how to handle it.

“Hey. Hey.” Uma said, stern but calm, like when she was calming Harry down from a panic attack. Mal looked up at Uma, her chin crumbled like a child “you aren’t doing this alone, you aren’t the only one fighting against this, you’ve got Evie.” Mal looked up, Evie smiling right back at her “you’ve got me” Mal looked back at Uma, as if seeing her for the first time, Uma’s eyes warm and strong “you’ve got (y/n)” Mal looked at you, who nodded her head to the side, as if saying ‘yes im helping you, doesn’t mean I like it’ “you’ve got your boys, you’ve got mine, you’ve got Celia. You aren’t alone. You don’t have to save Auradon by yourself.”

As Mal stared at Uma, her words from earlier came echoing back. ‘im supposed to protect Auradon’. Back then, only earlier that day, she had thought she was the sole protector of Auradon, that she alone was responsible for its safety…maybe-maybe she didn’t have to be. Mal sniffed, wiping her tears with the palm of her hand. “Okay” Mal croaked, smiling and nodding as Uma rose her brow as her “okay, yeah…yeah..” Mal licked her lips, taking Uma’s hand that was on her shoulder, forcing the words through her lips “thank you” Uma nodded, squeezed Mal’s shoulder, and stood, leaving Mal on the floor.

That was fine, Mal kinda wanted to just sit there to think things through, her mind whirling around with thoughts of the barrier and isle…she wasn’t the only one to protect Auradon. She had Ben, the royal guard, her friends…and now maybe Uma…if she had that help, there was no need to close the barrier forever. Mal looked back up at Uma and Evie, Uma helping Evie make the potion to wake Doug up. Mal nodded to herself; her mind finally set on her decision.

The barrier would not close.

-

10 minutes later, the potion was finished and had three more doses ready to go just in case. But first, Evie had to make sure it worked. She went back into her workroom, lifted Doug’s head up carefully, and poured the potion into his mouth; holding his nose to make him swallow. But she didn’t even have to wait, as soon as the potion touched his tongue he sat up with a start, staring at Evie with adoring eyes “was kinda hoping for a kiss but, damn that works too!” Doug laughed; he had always been in awe of Evie’s chemistry/potion skills. She giggled, leaning forward to peck him on the lips and he grinned, his entire face turning red, mimicking his uncle Bashful.

“you two are adorable, is that cake free to eat orr~” Uma said from the doorway, pointing back at Jane's cake that sat out on the kitchen island. Two slices already missing from it. Evie rolled her eyes at Uma fondly, helping Doug up and formally introducing him to you and Uma.

-

Practically on the other side of Auradon, in the forest behind the castle, the boys were continuing their search for the missing king Ben. Dude still leading the charge as Carlos and Jay called out for him “Ben!” Carlos yelled, his voice bouncing off the trees. No answer, Jay tried again. Nothing.

What they didn’t know, was that only twenty feet away, curled up in a hollow tree, sat the beastly king. Still whimpering in pain, the splinter in his palm aching and clouding his mind. He heard a voice, a very familiar voice and he nearly got up to check but the pain in his paw made him lie back down. It was no use; it was stuck in there and he had no proper grip to get it out. He felt like a failure, he had a chance to save his old friend, his ex-girlfriend, of whom he had never even apologized to, and he failed. Turned into a hideous beast like his father used to be; turned into one of his greatest fears.

The boys walked past the line of trees Ben was hidden in, still calling out for him. Dude stopped, turning to sniff the ground again “hey I think I found-“ he was suddenly picked up, held against Carlos’ chest as a huge pearly white stone lion pounced on the spot he once was “pig ears on a roaster!” Carlos ignored the funny exclamation from Dude and turned on his heel, running back towards his friends with the stone lion in tow “THAT’S NOT BEN!” Carlos screamed, his voice breaking in fear as the lion chased him, its jaw snapping at Carlos’ heels.

Harry grabbed onto Carlos, easily lifting him to the side and away from the lion, the stone beast landing on some trees, its teeth now caught onto the bark “I think yer dog needs some serious nose adjustments!” Harry snapped down at Carlos, who for the first time in three years since meeting dude, felt genuine fear for an animal. Granted it was a fake one that was clearly aggressive, but still fear for an animal.

“Shit!” Gil yelped, seeing the stone lion pry its teeth off the bark and turn, its tail whipping about and its front body kneeling down as if it was about to pounce. It was looking directly at Gil “Guys?!” Harry looked away from Carlos to Gil, his eyes widening “Gil!” Harry cried out, pushing Carlos away and jumping towards Gil, shoving him out of the way just as the lion pounced.

It’s hard, giant, and sharp teeth punctured Harry’s left shoulder and he hit the ground hard, crying out in immense pain. “GAAAAAAAAA-AHAHAH!!!” Harry almost sobbed from how intense it was, dropping his hook and using his uninjured arm to push at the lion, but it only shoved its teeth deeper into his shoulder, rendering Harry immobile “fuc-HELP!” Harry cried out, tears streaming down his face. He was helpless, totally helpless under the prowess of the stone lion. Jay tried to help, only to be blocked by another lion that forced him and Carlos to fall back “Gil!” Jay yelled, clenching his jaw so hard it hurt when he saw that another lion had pinned Gil to a tree, keeping him there for the moment.

“Ben!!!” Carlos yelled out, Ben had saved him once before, all those years ago from an actually harmless dude, maybe now he would save them again. “Ben! please!”

Ben’s eyes snapped open, Carlos…Carlos!!! Ben launched out of the hallowed tree, the splinter in his palm splitting in half as he ran against the soft grass and exposed tree roots. Ben roared, so loud it actually made the branches vibrate. He jumped out of the tree line, landing right next to the lion pinning Harry, destroying it with one powerful strike of his clawed paws. The jaw pieces were still stuck in Harry’s shoulder, and he couldn't move, immobilized by the pain. He blinked rapidly up at Ben, who stood over him, rearing up on his back feet and roaring again; daring any of the stone lions to hurt his friends even further.

The two lions stalked around Ben, his eyes consumed by black, the urge to protect his own overpowering his fear of being hated. The lions lunged at him together, only to crumble beneath his claws. “Ben!” Carlos called out, recognizing him not only for his beast form but for his bravery and willingness to protect his friends in the face of danger and fear. “Ben?” Jay breathed out, leaning over as the intense adrenaline rush quickly washed away from Ben’s easy defeat of the lions “did Au-Audrey do that? I thought I recognized those pants”

Ben looked at him, his dark black eyes turning back to that warm hazel green and he purred, seeing not an ounce of fear on their faces. He breathed in the crisp forest air, pausing as he smelt blood. He looked down, seeing Harry Hook below him, bleeding out. Harry’s eyes were hazy and unfocused, the blood pooling below him dark red and trailing down his skin far too rapidly to mean anything good.

Ben roared, quiet and concerned, kneeling on Harry and placing a gentle paw on Harry’s stomach. Harry weakly smiled at him, tears still trailing down his cheeks “he-hey beasty boy” Harry muttered, his voice weak. Gil, Jay, and Carlos all rushed to Harry and Ben, Gil hovering over Harry’s injury, he didn't know what to do. “shit-Harry” Gil almost sobbed with panic, Jay’s hand landing on his shoulder to help ground Gil to the present “I don’t-di don’t know what to do-we-fuck!”

Harry just swallowed, turning his gaze to the sky. At least he got to see you one last time, and kiss you again…fuck. “tell (y/n) ‘m sorry” Harry slurred, darkness curling around the edge of his vision.  Gil looked ready to object, about to yell that Harry wasn’t dying today, not on his watch. Suddenly, a blast of water hit Harry’s shoulder, the blood and wounds disappearing as soon as the water hit it. Harry gasped, the life returning to his eyes as some of the water went into his mouth and he accidentally drank it, his energy returned and he sat up, hand clutching onto his shoulder that still held the bits of stone. “FUCK!” Harry yelled out, the numb pain returning at full force.

Everyone looked up to see Jane, holding a water gun half full of enchanted lake water, her face set with determination “Did that work?” she asked, sagging in relief as Harry nodded, pulling his hand away to reveal his mostly healed shoulder, Gil already starting to pick out the stone teeth that remained “Oh thank the gods! You scared me! Kneeling over a bloody pirate like that-oh, Ben.” Beast Ben looked up, only to be sprayed in the face with water. He sputtered, scrambling back as the enchanted lake water took effect. But it could only do so much when sprayed, only a full body dunk could fully remove the curse. Ben sighed, looking up at Jane in thanks/exasperation “Thanks” Ben said with a lisp, his still present fangs making it hard to talk. Harry chuckled at his voice, turning away as Ben gave him a look.

“Well this has just been a wonderful birthday,” Jane said with a sarcastic tone “first Audrey crashes my party with the scepter and makes everyone go to sleep, then I get lost in the woods, then I see Ben as a huge, admittedly cool looking, beast” Ben smiled at that “and now I save a pirate from dying!” Harry looked up at her, nodding in thanks.

“Happy birthday.” Harry said, smiling softly as Jane thanked him, her hands on her hips “Thank you, now can SOMEONE explain to me what the heck has been going on!? Why did Audrey take the scepter in the first place, that’s just, not like her.”

Ben went to explain, but he winced from the pain in his hand, clicking his tongue as he saw the splinter still in his….oh fuck he still had paws. He sighed, rubbing his furry face and holding out his hand to Carlos “Help” he muttered, smiling weakly as Carlos put Dude in Harry’s lap and jumped over to him, gently pulling out the splinter “There you go, now, what happened with Audrey?” Carlos asked, tossing the splinter away and backing up, not taking Dude from Harry yet; who was petting the pup’s head, all of them looking at Ben.

“It's not Audrey, it’s Maleficent,” Ben said to the shock of everyone, including Dude; who realized that’s why Audrey smelled so off “she used Audrey’s emotions against her and possessed her. We have until dawn to save her.” The boys and Jane stared at Ben in panic, shit-they had already wasted half the day and they had no clue if the girls knew where to find Audrey. “Let's get going then, the girls are waiting for us at Evie’s place with (y/n) and Uma,” Jay said, taking Ben’s shoulder and starting to guide him out of the forest.

Ben looked slightly surprised at the mention of (y/n), but not Uma…considering Harry and Gil were around, Uma was never far behind. But he nodded, and soon the boys and Jane were off towards the main path that led back towards the castle, they had to forgo their bikes to due the un-rideable terrain. Carlos had grumbled about his bike being able to handle it, but thanks to some certain pirates. Gil just smiled, and Carlos couldn’t find it in him to stay mad.

He could just make a new one anyway.

The boys left the forest, speeding down the streets of Auradon city to get to Evie’s castle as soon as possible. Vivid green eyes watched them from within the glassy surface of the dragon's eye. Maleficent curled her lip. Now everyone knew about her little plan, including her insipid daughter. No matter, they couldn't stop her, not even an odd girl whose soul did not belong in this world.

-end of part 5-

p5~!!! i hope yall liked how i rewrote the beast ben scene~ its basically a combination of my d3 rewrite and the og reprise scene, cuz its my canon now ill do what i want. anyways p6 might be a few days off schedule, ive been procrastinating with writing p6....sorry lol

“Is there an insult in there that I missed?” Uma said, clearly not trusting this…’nice’ Mal. Mal pressed her lips together, she had almost felt offended, that Uma didn’t trust her or her words but…Uma had every reason to not trust her. Mal had been just-horrible to her from birth, even when they had been ‘friends’. “I just…wanted to thank you…” Mal muttered, kicking her foot slightly. You blinked up at her, shrugging at Uma as Celia stared at her, as if waiting for a response.

Uma blinked at Mal, then turned away, finishing off her slice of cake and grabbing another. Mal smiled, but she knew she would have to properly apologize if Uma was ever going to slightly trust her again. She just had to figure out how to do it.

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“Know where you need to go?” Maleficent snapped in Audrey's voice, gripping the scepter tightly in her first as she looked down at the image of her daughter, talking to the puny daughter of Ursula. “you won't be going anywhere Malsy.” Maleficent smirked up at Chad, who was quite literally shivering in his shoes “what's wrong with you?” Maleficent snapped, slamming the butt of the scepter on the floor, the sound echoing around the cottage just like it used to “you wanted this, you joined me willingly, you offered to be my lackey. Are you going back on this?” Maleficent took slow careful steps towards Chad, the terrified son of Cinderella backing up with each step she took “you chose this Chad, you chose to follow Audrey into the abyss. You are a fool to run because of your fear” Maleficent hissed, not realizing that she had referred to Audrey, while in Audrey’s body, in the third person.

Chad stared at her, and Maleficent could see the cogs turning in his head “not as dumb as I thought eh?” Maleficent muttered, tapping her fingers against the scepter. Chad glanced at her eyes, then at her shadow; which no longer looked like Audrey, it was taller and had horns. He swallowed harshly, deciding not to stand on the sidelines anymore.

He jumped forward, grabbing the scepter and tugging hard, actually ripping it away from the surprised Maleficent’s grip “i-holy shit I did it” Chad muttered, frozen still in his surprising victory. Maleficent just curled her lip at him “you’re more like your parents than I assumed” she snapped, commanding the scepter back into her hand and blasting Chad back. His back slammed against the stone and wood wall, his head hitting the floor as he fell. Maleficent eyed the closet next to him and tilted her head, chads unconscious body sliding in and the door locking as it closed. “fool” Maleficent muttered, a devilish smirk on her lips as she looked back down at her daughter and Uma, the two of them now alone as Celia and that (y/n) girl went off somewhere. Where? She didn’t care, she had more important matters to attend to.

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Mal looked up from her slice of cake, poking it with her fork as Uma dug into her slice of cake. Mal felt a bit guilty for letting so many people eat Jane’s birthday cake, one of which Carlos had spent countless hours designing and looking all over Auradon city for a baker that would make it just right. But, at least Jane would get one slice? courtesy of Evie and (y/n); they had taken a large slice and stashed it away in the fridge.

Mal tapped her fork on the plate, watching as Uma licked her lips, glancing back at the cake; debating on whether or not to get another slice but she shook her head. Wasn’t worth the sugar crash she would definitely feel later “So I, um,” Mal started quietly, pointedly looking down at her plate “might’ve…missed the boat by a lot by uh…not-not letting you join the gang n calling you shrim-“ Mal stopped herself, why in the hell had she almost called Uma by that hated name if she was trying to apologize. God, she was the worst at apologies, even in Auradon she didn’t do it a lot, maybe once or twice in a blue moon.

…wow, that…really wasn’t a good thing. Mal looked up, seeing Uma starting at her, eyes cold and unyielding; waiting for Mal to continue “im sorry” Mal forced out, deciding to rip off the Band-Aid and just let it all out, pushing her pride out of the way and make way for a new bridge. Uma looked genuinely surprised by Mal’s words, she had never heard those words from Mal, ever. it just made Mal feel even worse, but this wasn't about making herself feel better, it was about righting the many wrongs she had done against Uma. “I’m sorry” it came out easier that time, and then everything flooded out.

“I’m sorry for bullying you, I’m sorry for the shrimp thing, I’m sorry for calling you that stupid name, I’m sorry I wasn’t a better friend, I’m sorry that I hurt you” Mal took a deep breath, covering her face with one hand, her fork dropping on the plate “I was such an idiot and I still am, I’m sorry for being so damn rude to you earlier and-fuck thank you for helping me…when you really didn’t have to, you had every right to tell me to fuck off and leave with the boys and (y/n)” Mal sighed, leaning back in her chair, avoiding Uma’s shocked eyes. “I guess what im really trying to say…im sorry” Mal ended quietly, not really sure how to say it another way.

She didn’t look up at Uma, she could hardly breathe. Then she felt a hand over hers, warm and familiar. She looked up, to see Uma smiling, not reaching her eyes but, it was thankful “that’s all I really wanted to hear” Uma muttered, and really-it was. She just wanted Mal to admit she had done Uma wrong and say ‘I’m sorry’, she had waited nearly 10 years to hear those words, and finally she got them. “I accept your apology” Mal nodded with a smile, knowing what Uma meant.

‘I do not forgive you, and will not forget, but I won't be hostile’ and Mal understood because that was the isle kid way. She squeezed Uma’s hand back ‘I understand, thank you’. The two girls stared at each other for a moment before a loud crack startled them, they both launched to their feet, staring wide-eyed as they saw some sort of- pinkish shimmer move over the windows and doors. “Mom” Mal whispered, racing towards the patio doors and tugging at them, only to be blasted back by a bright flash of magic.

Uma caught Mal’s body, cradling her as Mal stared at the doors horrified “she-she trapped us-FUCK!” Mal screamed out, getting out of Uma’s arms, holding herself up on the chair next to her. (y/n), Celia, Evie, and Doug rushed into the room, the girls doing a quick check up on the sleeping vks behind them before collecting with Mal and Uma, Evie taking Mal’s shoulder as (y/n) took Uma’s hand.

“what's going on?” Doug asked, jumping back and grabbing Celia’s shoulders, pushing her to stand between (y/n) and Mal, trying to protect the youngest. She glanced up at him for a moment then down at her shadow, nodding towards the doors. Her shadow saluted and rocketed to the doors, bouncing back as it hit the barrier blocking the outside word. Celia winced, commanding her shadow back to her side, shaking her head at (y/n) who glanced down at her curiously. “shadow can't get out, im no use” Celia grumbled, feeling utterly useless.

Mal huffed, calling her magic and throwing her hands up, her eyes and palms glowing bright green. “I’ve had enough of this game of fear/now back off and disappear!” Mal yelled out, the dome surrounding Evie’s house flashing purple for a split moment, but her spell did nothing. Her mother's magic and the scepter were too powerful for Mal on her own. “Fuck!” Mal screamed, rubbing her palm in distress “I’m not strong enough, I can't break through”

(y/n) groaned, stepping away from Uma and speeding towards the doors, Evie doing the same, the two slamming their shoulders against the patio doors together. They creaked and groaned, some of the glass cracking under the pressure of (y/n)’s shoulder but they didn’t budge, the magic dome only shoving them back. (y/n) landed on her back while Evie caught herself on her couch, huffing at their loss. “dammit!” Evie yelled, clenching her fists “How in the hell are we going to do anything to save Auradon stuck in here?!”

(y/n) nodded in agreement, rubbing her shoulder as it flared with pain. “This is so not like the movie what the fuck?” (y/n) said quietly, mostly talking to herself. Evie spared a glance at her but turned back to the doors as they cracked, the dome pushing onto the doors and windows as if to seal everything airtight.

Uma looked down at her necklace, remembering what she had Mal and done together back at the castle, what you told them to do. ‘You two wanna work together for once? You can probably overload Audrey’s magic and short circuit it’ Together. They had to work together. Uma stepped up, holding out her hand to Mal, who just glanced at it confused; completely overwhelmed by the situation “Together” Uma said, firmly; in the same voice she used when commanding her crew “Together we can overpower it, short circuit the magic like the knights”

Uma could see the lightbulb go off in Mal’s eyes and she nodded, taking Uma’s hand and they turned to face the dome just outside the patio doors, the ember within Uma’s necklace sparking to life as it connected with Mal. “we’ve had enough of this game of fear/now back off and disappear!”

In a bright flash of teal and purple-blue light, bursting out in waves from Uma and Mal’s connected hands, the dome shattered, and Maleficent was forcefully disconnected from watching her daughter and ‘friends’. She screamed in rage, pacing about the cottage for a moment, watching her scepter as she attempted to regain control. Nothing. Mal and shrimpy had somehow severed the connection completely, and Maleficent had no way to watch them.

She huffed, disappearing into smoke and leaving the cottage, knowing they would soon be on their way here and Maleficent wasn’t going to be caught by some foolish teenagers. (most of them were 19 but still, teenagers) She found herself on the tallest spires of Aurora’s castle and she grinned, perfect. She could even see a bit of the cottage from here, all she had to do now was wait. And she was perfectly good at that.

Back in the castle, Mal took a deep sigh of relief, squeezing Uma’s hand in thanks before releasing it, holding her now free hand to her chest as she felt her heart beat so rapidly she thought it was about to jump out. “Easier when you work together, ain't it~?” Evie teased, calling back to her attempt to get everyone to willingly work together back at the castle. Mal and Uma snorted; Mal only being further reminded that she wasn’t alone in protecting Auradon. And she further made up her mind about talking to Ben after all this was over about keeping the barrier open and simply increasing security.

She knew he would be overjoyed; he was the reason she was here in the first place. He deserved to have his dream continue instead of being shattered at the first sign of danger. She smiled at the thought of her fiancé, her eyes catching onto her engagement ring. As she was distracted by her thoughts, Celia separated from the group and looked out the patio doors as she noticed a group moving towards the castle, smiling as she realized who it was. “Hey~” Celia sang, turning to look at you and Mal “it’s the boys~!” you and Mal gasped happily, your boys were back. Since you were closer to the doors, you threw them open and ran towards Harry, who melted at the sight of you, taking his hand from his shoulder to take you into his arms, pressing his cheek to the side of your head “love” he said breathlessly, rubbing his thumb against your waist.

As you were reuniting with Harry, Mal ran into Ben’s arms, Uma did a small handshake with Gil, Celia jumped over to Jay, Evie gave a big hug to Carlos, and Doug wished Jane a happy birthday as they hugged. As you pulled away from Harry, you noticed the torn fabric on his left shoulder, gasping as you saw the almost healed bite wounds “Harry!” you almost yelled, everyone turning to look at you as you did, tracing the outside of Harry’s wound with your fingers “what happened?!”

“Stone lions, one went after Gil” Harry explained, wincing as you put the smallest amount of pressure on the still aching wounds “pushed ‘im out the way, got the brunt of its teeth.” He took a deep breath as you pulled away, letting Uma get close to heal him the rest of the way. She muttered a small spell under her breath, and the wound was gone, not even a scar. His jacket and undershirt were melded back together as well, and it was like the bite never happened. Harry looked to be feeling new as well, the tiredness in his eyes gone. “thank ye cap’n” Harry muttered, pulling Uma into a hug which Uma gladly returned.

Mal pulled away from Ben, blinking rapidly as she finally looked at him. in her excitement to see him again, she hadn’t even realized he was different, he was a good three inches taller, covered in fur, had fangs, and-paws? “wow” Mal muttered, taking Ben’s paw in her hand and pressing her fingers into his paw pads “are you okay?” she asked him quietly, knowing one of his greatest fears was being an unloved beast just like his father was over 20 years ago. Ben smiled and nodded “yeah, im okay now. Actually kinda helped me get over it, everyone thought I looked cool” Mal smiled, knowing Carlos and Jane were the first to say that to him, and she pulled him into another hug.

Jay tapped Gil on the shoulder, handing him an orange, smiling as Gil gasped lightly “peel it first” Jay muttered, showing Gil how to do it with another orange, Gil eagerly followed his lead and enjoyed the new fruit in his hands. “okay!” Mal said, pulling away from Ben, nodding towards Uma “we think Audrey might be at Fairy cottage, the place her mom was hidden, do you have any idea where that is?” Ben nodded, he was all too aware of where it was, Audrey took him there every fairy godmother's day after they got together in freshman year “yeah, way past Auroria castle, deep in the enchanted woods. It's completely hidden and the path is almost non-existent to keep it that way. It’ll be midnight by the time we get there” Ben explained, Mal starting to wring her hands together in nervousness.

“oh-“ Ben and Mal said at the same time, as if remembering something. Mal gestured for Ben to go first and he took her shoulders, looking into her eyes which told her this was very serious “Maleficent is behind it all, she possessed Audrey, and we have until sunrise to save her” Mal felt like an ice-cold bucket of water was dumped on her, she knew of the possession part; but only having till sunrise to save Audrey? That she didn’t know. Mal swallowed harshly and nodded slowly “then we better move quickly” Mal muttered, Ben nodding back in agreement, turning to look at Jane.

“do you know where your mom is?” Ben asked, and Jane shook her head, she hadn’t heard from her mother since she called her to get the wand “no, I tried calling her but the line went completely dead, i don’t think she was able to get her wand” Jane muttered, crossing her arms and sinking into Carlos’ side, who squeezed her tightly in hopes to comfort her. He pursed his lips, glancing at Jay who nodded. Carlos nodded back and pulled out a small red box with black and white ribbon that he had gotten while everyone was distracted, and handed it to Jane.

She sniffed, taking the box gently and tilting her head “I know this might be a bad time but…happy birthday Jane” Carlos whispered, smiling as Jane opened the box and smiled, tears in her eyes. She took out the necklace, which was a pink bow wrapped around a set of gold crossing bones. Their symbols together “it’s us, well, our symbols, I had Evie help me design it” Carlos said quietly, rubbing Jane’s shoulder with his hand.

She smiled up at him, and stood on her tip-toes to kiss his cheek “thank you, I love it” she whispered, handing him the necklace and letting him put it on. You watched them for a moment then turned your attention to Harry, smiling at him as he stared down at you. His eyes caught onto your necklace and he smiled, lifting up the gem with his hook “yeh still ‘ave this?” he asked quietly, laughing gently as you looked at him like he was crazy for insinuating you would get rid of it.

“duh, it’s my favorite thing, well other than.” you grabbed the curve of his hook to make a point and Harry chuckled, kissing your forehead as Ben walked up to Doug and took his shoulder, pointing out towards Auradon city “Doug” Ben started, pointing at Jane “go with Jane, we need to find Fairy godmother.” Uma stepped up, grabbing Ben’s arm to get his attention “they might need some muscle, Maleficent’s been sending some wicked offense, I don’t know what kinda magic Jane has but they gon’ need more than just them two” Ben nodded in agreement to Uma’s words, Doug only looking minorly offended.

Gil looked down at his arms, seeing the obvious bulging muscles, and offered himself as a guard “I’ll go” Gil said simply, as if him doing so; risking his life to protect Doug and Jane, wasn’t a big deal. Jane and Carlos both sighed in relief, because while they liked Doug…man was an actual stick.

“I would like that” Jane said, Carlos nodding in agreement. And it was decided; Gil would go with Jane and Doug to look for FG “Jane?” Ben said as they three started to leave, Jane turned to look at him “get the wand if you can…just in case” she shared a grim look with Ben and the others, nodding slowly. Ben’s words only set a sense of dread in the air, this wasn’t just a game, a little turf war, it was life or death. Saving Audrey or losing her and Auradon to Maleficent. Mal swallowed harshly, her fists clenched at her side, she wasn’t going to let that happen. They, the vks, Ben, you, weren’t going to let that happen.

Everyone watched the boys and Jane leave before they shuffled back inside to plan for the attack on Maleficent. Harry looked down at you, taking your hand and kissing it, pulling you into his side as you walked back inside Evie’s castle. Harry stopped as his eyes caught a flash of red and blue, and he stumbled forward into the alcove that rested behind the dining table, seeing his little Smees, asleep.

“Skipper, Sterling?” Harry whispered, kneeling beside the boys and brushing his fingers against Skipper’s cheek “oh no, me Smee’s” you frowned from your place just outside the alcove, Evie and Mal looking, kinda surprise to see Harry so…tender. They knew the twins loved Harry, everyone knew that but to see him show that same affection and care was…honestly a little surprising.

Evie gasped as she remembered the extra potions and rushed to grab three extra, leaving you alone with Harry as Mal followed after Evie to help her. You kneeled next to Harry and rubbed his back, kissing his cheek as he fretted over the young vks “they’re okay Harry, just sleeping.” He frowned, leaning into your hold as he took Sterling’s smaller wrist in his hand.

You both perked up as Evie and Mal returned, holding three small glasses of the anti sleep venom potion that woke Doug up earlier. Evie went up to Dizzy while Mal handed the two small glasses to you and Harry, to which you immediately took action and carefully poured the potion into their mouths. After a moment of waiting that felt like years, the two boys and Dizzy slowly woke up, yawning and stretching as they did.

“I’m hungry” Skipper grumbled, Sterling nodding in agreement, their eyes not yet open. Dizzy yawned, fumbling around for her glasses “same” she muttered. You, Harry, and Evie all laughed, alerting the three to your presence. Their eyes snapped open, and the twins locked right onto Harry, not noticing you just yet and Dizzy squealed as she saw Evie.

“HARRY!” the twins screamed, Uma’s cackle coming from the kitchen as the two tackled Harry to the floor. Harry let out a loud grunt, his head hitting the floor as he dropped his hook and caught the twins, letting out a few coughing laughs as the twins babbled away. “when did you get here?!” Skipper said, sterling pushing him out of the way to get into Harry's point of view “did you fill out an application!? I thought you said you wouldn’t?!” soon they were talking together and everyone else, minus Uma and you, were just-so surprised to hear them talking this much and so fast. In the last two days of them being here, their voices were basically non-existent, so to hear them talk so much in so little time was surprising.

“We missed you!” “Jay keeps trying to convince us to think hes cooler than you, but he doesn’t play pirates and navy with us so he’s lame” Jay made an offended noise, but he couldn’t keep the grin off his face as the twins continued to babble in Harry’s face, who also couldn’t stop smiling. “we’re gonna have so much fun now that you’re here!” “yeah! We can go sailing! Oh-!we can play pirates and navy for real now!”

“yeah we just need auntie (y/n) though,” Skipper said, knowing the game wasn’t as fun when you weren’t around and Sterling nodded in agreement. They froze as you giggled, and they slowly turned to you, Dizzy doing the same from her space in Evie’s arms. You waved shyly, chuckling slightly as the three vks stared at you.

Harry and Uma quickly covered their ears, smiling as the vks screamed out your name and jumped at you, tackling you to the floor in a big ol vk pile “(Y/N)!!!!” You couldn’t help but laugh as they babbled away to you, Dizzy squealing as she tightened her hold on your neck.

Evie and Harry smiled at the scene, Harry slowly standing up and crossing his arms, watching you with fond eyes. God, he had missed you so much, and he had missed seeing you with the twins. They had missed you too, so much. When they found out you left; god it was heartbreaking. They went silent for a month straight, as if protesting your leave. Harry understood, he nearly cried in front of them, god missing you hurt so bad.

Now you were back, and that pain numbed, it was still there, but it was numb. He swallowed as he thought about what would happen after this whole Maleficent situation was over, would you be sent back again?....would he be able to go with you? Would he be alone again?

He really didn’t want to lose you again. He felt Evie’s hand against his shoulder and he turned, nodding at her understanding smile “she’s not going back if I can help it” Evie whispered, squeezing his shoulder and turning, Dizzy hugging you tight once more and then following after her, telling Evie more about you and what you did on the isle with her.

Harry stared after her for a moment, then nodded slowly; it was nice….to know he had one of them on his side, knowing she didn’t want to break the two of you apart again. He turned back to you and the twins, chuckling as you carefully stood, one of the twins dangling from your arms as the other clung to you like a leech.

“help” you laughed out, holding Skipper out to him, the twin giggling as he hung from your arm. Harry rolled his eyes fondly and took the twin, setting him on his feet and then grabbing the other, the two 12-year-olds racing off into the kitchen to look for something to eat.

You tilted your head as Harry turned to look back at you, his eyes full of adoration and…something else? “Harry?” you asked quietly, crossing your arms as he walked up to you, his left hand reaching out gently and cupping your face “you good?” he just smiled, leaning into you and kissing you gently, but oh so passionately, so many emotions behind that kiss. You closed your eyes, uncrossing your arms and grabbing his shoulders, your hands trailing up until they curled into his soft hair.

He pulled away, pecked your lips one last time, and then kissed your forehead “I missed you” he rasped out, hugging you tightly as if you would disappear if he let you go. You hummed, clinging to him, hoping to tell him with your actions that you didn’t plan on leaving. Not again.

“guys!” Uma called from the kitchen, not daring to look around the corner to see you two snogging “c’mon, we gotta plan” you let out a hum of confirmation and pulled away from Harry, kissing his knuckles as you took his hand and pulled him into the kitchen, Harry ducking down to grab his hook before you left the alcove.

The planning was quiet and tense, as if everyone was dreading what was to come. It wouldn’t be easy, fighting Maleficent; from their encounters with her magic, it was easy to tell she was getting stronger by the hour; and who knew how powerful she would be by the time they got to her.

But soon the plan is set, Mal, Uma, Harry, and Jay would be the brute force; Uma and Mal as the main magic attack while Harry and Jay would distract her with physical attacks. You and Evie would be the secondary rush, with Evie’s quick thinking and smoke bombs, and your offensive skills and odd ability to make even the vilest person fear you; the two of you would be a terrifying 2nd wind for Maleficent to deal with.

Ben and Carlos would be the 3rd and hopefully final set of attacks, Ben would use his leftover enhanced strength and speed from the beast curse, and Carlos with his terrifying intellect; would find and exploit Maleficent's weakness within Audrey’s body.

Celia would stay back with the younger vks, she fought against it, wanting to help. But her getting hurt was too much of a risk, everyone knew she could handle herself thanks to her newly discovered shadow magic, but still, too risky. So she was given a different task. Protect the twins and Dizzy. After some convincing, and being told it was an important job, she agreed, and that was that.

The plan was made, everyone agreed on it, and it was a silent ride to Fairy cottage. This was it. The final battle. The battle not just for Auradon, but for Audrey, for the isle, for everyone within that small group of heroes.

Maleficent cackled from her spot on Auroria castle’s spire, she knew they were coming, but she wouldn’t be where they thought. She would catch them by surprise, maybe take a few hostages, like that little vk and that little rat who never strayed far from Hook’s son, and then she would destroy her traitor daughter and her little friends. Maleficent chuckled, admiring her magenta hair that was slowly turning black, Audrey’s haze eyes already permanently green.

This was going to be so fun~

-end of part 6-

sorry for the lateish update! forgot to queue this up yesterday lol

Iiiii hoped yall liked that cuz im sure happy with how it turned out~ also just realized, Reprise 2.0 might be shorter than the og due to some scenes ending up in the same parts rather than being split into two separate parts, so that’s mb, but I do have some ideas for added scenes/elongated scenes so hopefully that makes up for the slightly shorter series~!