Beauty || Descendants ✔️

[14] Good Magic

Ben came down from the hideout by himself. "Where's Mal?" Briar asked, looking up the stairs expecting to see her behind him. "She's not coming back." Ben revealed sadly. "What?" Evie gasped. "We'll talk to her." Briar stated as she and Evie stepped up to the horn leading up. "M? Mal, it's Evie and Briar."

"Just talk to us for a second. Please Mal." The girls only received a grunt and angered 'Go away!' in response. Sighing they backed off. "Let's give her a couple of hours to cool off." Jay's input earned nods of agreement from everyone. Briar looked around not seeing Ben among them. "Where's Ben?" Walking past the guys Briar stood at the end of the dark underpass and saw someone walking towards them. "Ben?" She called out.

"Ben, don't scare us like that." Evie released her worry as the figure came closer and stepped into the light, revealing it was infact not Ben. Jay quickly grabbed the blonde's arm and gently pulled her back so she stood in between him and Carlos. "Don't scare you? But that's my specialty." Briar looked him up and down, her eyes caught the sharpened hook. He was Captain Hooks son. "Harry." Jay growled. "What did you do with Ben?"

"Oh, uh, we nicked him." Harry said with wide eyes. "Mm-hmm. Yeah. And if you want to see him again, have Mal come to the Chip Shoppe tonight." He directed with a gesture up at the hideout. "Alone. Uma wants a little visit." Harry's eyes moved to Jay as he began taunting him. "Aw, Jay. Seems like you've lost your touch." Jay moved to launch at him until Briar grabbed his arm stopping him. "Jay! No." She shook her head when he looked back at her. Harry begins to laugh. "Listen to the pretty princess Jay." Harry stepped closer to her and played with one of her long curls with his hook.

Carlos and Jay both moved to fight him back but Briar stood tall and stared the boy down. Harry huffed seeing that she wasn't afraid of him and backed off turning and walking away. "Mal's not gonna be happy." Carlos mumbled as the group rushed up the stairs to the hideout to tell Mal. Briar lingered behind for a moment, she focused her sight on Harry who was antagonizing some of the people ahead of the archway. Using her magic she made him trip and drop all the things he took from the children.

She smiled to herself and followed the others upstairs quickly enough that they did not notice. They watched as Mal began to pace around the room after Evie told her what happened. "If you guys never would have brought him here, this never would have happened. And bringing Briar? Her parents and Chris will kill you guys. What were you thinking?!" She panicked.

"Ben and I were gonna come with or without them. We pushed." Briar said, defending her friends. "We just wanted to protect him." Evie added. "Yeah, and we completely blew it, guys." Jay interrupted Carlos. "Okay! Okay. So, what are we gonna do?"

""We" are not doing anything." Mal emphasized as she gestured between herself and the group. "This is between Uma and me. And she's a punk. And guess what?" Mal grabbed her jacket. "Now I have to go get him." Carlos jumped in. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Mal. You're still gonna have to go through Harry Hook and his wharf rats."

"Yeah, you're gonna need us." Jay agreed. "Uma said to come alone." Mal insisted. "Mal, come on." Evie pleaded. "At least let me go with you. Cause they don't have this." Briar flicked her wrist and a bright glow came from her hand. The VKs looked at her in shock. "How-how can you do magic? We're on the isle." Carlos asked astounded.

"I'm made up of good magic, quite literally, so my powers work anywhere." Briar explained. Mal wouldn't admit that she thought about it. "No. We might need you later, we'll need the element of surprise with that. I'm going alone." Carlos gave up. "I know one thing. I'm not going anywhere." He sat down on the old couch as Jay looked back at Mal. "We'll be here when you get back."

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Briar twisted one of her long curls around her finger as the group tried to find a way to fight Uma and get Ben back. "There's no way we're gonna give Uma the wand. We can't just let her destroy Auradon." Evie said as she walked through where the boys sat. "Uma doesn't get the wand, then Ben is toast, guys." Carlos argued. "Right, so, we're gonna give Uma, of all people, the wand." Evie retorted with exasperation. "Do we have another choice?" Jay asked, lost for words.

"Guys! What if we create a fake wand?" Briar questioned. Mal's eyes lit with understanding and she pointed at Carlos. "Your 3D printer."

"A phony wand?" Carlos asked and Mal nodded. "Yes!"

"In my sleep." He agreed. Evie however shook her head. "And the second Uma tests it, she'll know it's fake."

"Well, okay, so then we just get Ben out really fast. We need some kind of diversion." Mal decided. The group quieted for a moment before Jay spoke. "Smoke bomb!" Mal pointed at him.

"That's perfect. I'll get the chemicals I need from Lady Tremaine's place. That could work." Evie said as she and Briar walked over to Mal. "Oh, and sick hair, by the way. Evil Stepmom seriously stepped up her game." Briar looked between the two shocked. "The Evil Stepmother does hair? Who would trust her to get close to them with scissors?" Carlos and Jay laughed at the blonde's question. Mal and Evie smiled at her. "Usually yes but Dizzy her granddaughter did this."

"Little Dizzy?" Evie asked Mal with wide eyes. "Shut up!" She exclaimed. Mal began to run her fingers through her new hair as she spoke. "I know. I'm, like, loving it. It's, like, a lot lighter."

Really proud of her." Evie smiled. From behind the girls, Jay and Carlos cleared their throats and called out to them. "Hello?" The three girls all stopped and focused back on the task at hand. Mal clapped her hands and pointed them at the boys while Briar and Evie innocently looked at them. "Carlos, Jay, you guys meet us at Pirates Bay no later than noon. Briar go with them."

Briar's head snapped towards Mal in shock. "What? No! You guys would leave me there and I am not going back without Ben." Jay gave her a look. "You just don't want to face Chris yet." Pursing her lips Briar rocked on her heels. "That may or may not be true.." The VKs all shared a glance before looking back at her. "It's true." They chorused.

"And, you guys, losing-- not an option." Mal said. "Cause we're rotten..."

"To the core." They all said.

I'm curious who would you guys like to see Briar closest with in the group? Besides Evie ofc

~ A