Chapter 25: The Sleeping Spell

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As I run up the driveway, I see Mal walk out of the house

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As I run up the driveway, I see Mal walk out of the house. "Mal!" Mal looks over at me. "Hey, I'm so sorry I'm late. Ben and I had a weird morning." Mal chuckles awkwardly. "All good. Everyone's inside." "Ok, I'll go see if Carlos needs help." Mal nods and I'm about to head through the door when I hear a noise. I turn and see Audrey with the crown and scepter.

My eyes widened and I ran down the steps and stood next to Mal. "I was hoping you two were home." Mal looks at the scepter in Audrey's hands and laughs. "Is this a joke?" I can see Audrey starting to get mad, so I stepped in. "What are you doing with the crown and the scepter?" "Well, I wanted them, so I took them." We looked at her with our jaws dropped. "And you two, of all people should understand that, Mal, Miranda." Audrey lowers the scepter, so she leans down and sniffs the green gem. Mal turns and quickly puts the gift behind her and we yell, "Wait!"

Mal steps forward. "Audrey, stop! Don't use that." Audrey looks at her, so confused. "I thought you liked spells." Mal and I looked at each other in shock, trying to find the words. Audrey looks down at the scepter as she almost looks mesmerized by it.

I try and reason with her. "Okay, Audrey, you're better..." Before I can finish my sentence, Audrey turns away and blows up. "Quiet!" "It's not a toy. It's dangerous." I try to convince her. Audrey turns and glares at me. "I want to be dangerous. My life was perfect until you stole it." I look at her in shock. "And then, Auradon turned its back on me." Audrey turns away and starts to leave. "Well, it's time for a little payback." I step forward. "Audrey, wait!" She turns around and before I can even move, the scepter glows and a stream of light comes out. It hits me and Mal. Audrey laughs evilly as the smoke goes away and we turn into old ladies.

We look at each other in shock. "You think Ben and Liam will love you now, you old hags?" We stare at her in shock. "You'll pay the price for what you did and so will all of Auradon." I hear the door open and Carlos, Jay, Evie, and Celia come out. They stand in front of us. "So long, suckers!" Audrey turns in a circle and is enveloped in pink smoke before she disappears.

Jay turns to the two of us and goes to grab Mal's hands before he gasps, "Woah!" They look at us in shock. "You might wanna think of a spell for that." Evie starts to help the both of us. Mal sighs. "There's no spell that can reverse the curse of the scepter." "Well, that's a shame." I speak up. "Forget about us. Audrey's out for revenge. And all of Auradon is in danger." "What should we do?" Mal and I both look at each other before I sigh. "The only thing more powerful than the scepter... is Hades' ember."

Jay sighs. "Oh, like he's just gonna hand it over if we go back to the Isle." "And no one knows where his lair is." Evie points out to us. Celia speaks up. "I do. I'm his errand rat. I've got the key at my dad's." Mal nods and points at her. "You are coming." She sighs. "But I just got here." "Don't worry, we will all be back soon." I try to comfort her. "Mal? Miranda?" We turn around and see Dizzy in the doorway with the twins. Dizzy screams and the twins gasp in shock, holding onto Dizzy. Evie runs up to her. "Dizzy, stay here to take care of the twins. We'll be right back and everything will be just fine. Go inside." They run back inside.

Evie walks back over to us. "Guys, go get your stuff." The three of them run off into the house. We look up at Evie. "How bad is it?" She looks at us. "You two age... beautifully. Now, let's just get you into something fabulous." "Ok." "Come on." Evie starts to walk, but stops and comes to help us when she realizes we don't walk as fast. "Oh, ya, there we go. Almost there."

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After we finally got ready, we got on our motorbikes and drove out towards the edge of Auradon, which has a perfect view of the Isle. Mal sighs. "Noble steed, proud and fair, you shall take us anywhere." Mal enchants the bikes. We rev up the bikes and head out onto the water.

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Ben heads straight to his room after the meeting with his parents and Liam. The meeting ran long and he was late to Jane's party. "Hey, Jane. I'm on my way to the party. My meetings ran long." "No, no. Stay where you are, Ben. Audrey's got the scepter and everyone's asleep. I'm gonna call Mom and tell her to get her wand." Ben stares in shock at what he just heard. "Is Miranda with you? Jane? Jane?" Realizing she hung up, he sighs.

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Over on the Isle, we finally make it and head to a part of the Isle that's open and park our bikes. I get off the bike and take off my helmet. Looking down at my hands, I notice they're not wrinkly. "Hey, I'm me again." "I am, too." Mal says. Celia looks at us. "Duh. Evil magic doesn't work here. Kind of the point." "Welcome back." "Thank you." We say simultaneously.

The four of us follow Celia to her dad's place. Celia smiles before knocking rhythmically on the door and gets a response back. The door opens and we follow her in. "Daddy!" Celia runs up to him. "Here she is." Dr. Facilier picks her up and they do a small dance together. The four of us look around in awe as she talks to her dad. Carlos walks over to a TV and inserts a coin. The TV turns on and Carlos stares in shock. "Uh, guys. Come look at this."

We all walk over to Carlos. "There are rumors that Sleeping Beauty's daughter, Audrey, is behind the spell. We're trying to discover who is responsible for the vicious lies, and which villain has perpetrated this evil. We have a update. "It's what? It's moving this way? It is moving this way." The reporter says. We all stare in shock.

We exit and come to see Harry, Gil, and some other pirates on our bikes. Evie, Carlos, and Jay run after them as Mal and I hold Celia back. "Hey, hey, hey, hey, not you." Mal says to her. "They got this. You, me, and Mal gotta go find the ember." "Good timing, it's right about his nap time."

We follow Celia till we get to a cave that has a gate in front of it and says "Get lost". Celia unlocks the door before Mal calls out, "Hey, how big is that dog?" "You'll see." Celia sighs. We open the gate and enter the cave. "Ok, stay quiet. It echoes, like crazy in here." We both nodded and followed her. We make it to a makeshift bike before we hear dogs barking and growling. "Come on. Come, come." Celia says to us and walks towards the bike. We put on helmets and turn on the lights before getting into a seat. We start to peddle and lights turn on as we follow the track.

Electricity buzzes around us and the barks echo throughout the tunnel. We stop and take off the helmets. We enter a room to see Hades asleep on his chair. Celia points and we see the ember on the table next to him. We slowly tiptoe down the stairs. The dogs continue barking and we look around to see that it was a recording the whole time. Celia points for us to go around him and we follow the instructions. We end up behind Hades. Celia sighs, annoyed at the record, and stops it. "What are you doing here?" Mal and I freeze at Hades' voice. "I noticed you were low on canned corn." She throws a can at him and Mal almost grabs the ember before Hades moves his hand. He ends up grabbing her wrist. Mal gasps. Hades turns towards her and takes the ember out of her hand. Mal and I stare at him before saying in sync,

"Hi, Dad."

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