𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐃 | ʜᴜᴍᴀ [ᴇɴɢʟɪꜱʜ]

chapter thirty seven

Mal's pov

We finally managed to find Ben, we decide to split up: Jane, Doug and Gil go to look for the Smemorina Fairy, while the rest of the group and I go to look for Audrey at the enchanted cottage. As we walk Ben turns to me laughing:

<One day you will have to explain to me how you and Uma joined together> I laugh, trying to avoid answering, but then Evie speaks happily:

<Easy: he promised to remove the barrier>

<Mal ...> Ben says as if he wanted to scold me, but I would never have eliminated the barrier, above all I would not have eliminated it because Uma threatened me; I stop and say with a guilty air:

<Guys, I have to tell you something, I lied to you, the barrier will be closed, forever.> My gaze is on the ground, am I can see the disappointed faces of my and friends and Uma and Harry. Uma approaches me and says:

<I knew I shouldn't have trusted you say, you're just selfish, Mal.> In this sentence I can feel all the anger and disappointment she feels, then Harry starts talking, she approaches Ben:

<And you, Beast King!> Pauses, his disappointed gaze on the ground <you wanted to leave everyone on the Island, huh?> He says the last sentence strangely, his voice is no longer full of madness and malice. 'is usually, it's a sad voice, full of suffering. Celia approaches me, despite the anger that her expression shows, she is crying:

<You should have told me that I would never see my father again!> Takes the stone of Hades from my hand and throws it in a puddle and runs away, I immediately take the stone and recite a spell, but now it has lost its power, I look Uma, to ask her for help, shows me the necklace that is not illuminated, then says with all the nastiness possible:

<I'm sorry> she turns to Harry <let's find Gil and leave them here to rot> and she walks away as fast as she can, then Evie starts talking, her face streaked with tears now:

<Mal, how could you? You lied to us. You lied to Jay. You lied to Carlos. You lied to me , but Uma immediately interrupts me:

<Have your friends abandoned you, Mal? Well it was time!> And she runs off.

I spend some time thinking about what to do, I was wrong and I regret it, but I cannot remove the barrier, it would be too big a risk, the only thing I can do is ask Uma for help, but she will never give it to me . I look for Harry and Uma again, then talk to him:

<Uma, please Uma listen to me, sorry, but now I need your help, or Audrey will destroy Auradon!> The girl looks at me, she is undecided whether to help me or not, then Harry intervenes seeing Uma in trouble:

<I'm sorry Mal, but Uma has already made up her mind.>

Uma's pov

When I leave with Harry we are often joined by Mal, he apologizes and wants my help, but he doesn't understand that this time a simple apology won't be enough, I mean, I trusted her after what she put me through, I forgave her and tried to leave the past behind and, just when I was succeeding, she betrays my trust again. Now I'm looking for Gil with my boyfriend, he has been really sweet to me, I know he is suffering too, in fact right now we are both the support of the other.

As we walk we hear screams, I can recognize Celia's voice, then noises are heard and after a few seconds you can see Mal, transformed into a dragon, trying to defeat Audrey, who, together with the crown and scepter of Maleficent, holds Celia is also close to her. I say worried to Harry:

<Mal can't do it without the stone!> Only at that point I understand the gravity of the situation, if not help, not only Auradon will be destroyed, but Audrey will want to rule the Island too and I can't allow that to happen; she starts yelling Mal's name and when she approaches me and HArry I show her the lighted necklace:

<United we are strong, Mal! Regain the power and turn on!> I repeat the spell over and over again until the stone of Hades lights up again, at which point Mal looks at me gratefully and uses the stone against Audrey, defeating her. Harry pulls me to him and hugs me, getting up from the ground, I bring my lips to his and we kiss, while on the tower where the clash between Mal and Audrey took place, Celia frightened hugs Mal and the latter approaches the body lying on floor of Sleeping Beauty's daughter, he slowly brings the stone close to her face, but nothing happens: she is dead.

After half an hour we are all - me, Harry, Celia, Evie, Jay, Carlos, Ben and Mal - in Audrey's room, her body is lying on the bed, we are all silent for a few seconds, then Evie speaks:

<She will not recover> Mal sighs worriedly, Celia, sitting by the window, clutching a pillow in fear.

<There is only one person in the world who can do something for her, and that is Hades> Mal intervenes

<Hades ?! He would say no and I don't want to risk it.> Ben says firmly

<Maybe for me he could do it: he's my dad.> Oh, wow, I didn't expect that, everyone gets surprised except Celia and Evie, then Ben continues:

<All right, okay, then I'll send the guards for him right away.>

<I better go with them.> I intervene and everyone looks at me <The Island is my home, it's my job to protect it.> As long as I thought I could free the VKs it was fine with me, but now I understand that it will never happen and it will not I want to abandon them.

<Then you'll need your First Officer> Harry walks over and puts his hands on my shoulders, ah how much I love him.

<The Island will be in good hands with you> Mal says and I smile, then I hear Celia's voice:

<Can I go too? I would like to, but I cannot stay.>

Mal gets up and looks at me sadly:

<I realized that he was right Evie, and that we could be friends. I'm so sorry I hid the truth from you, you didn't deserve to be treated like that.>

<You thought you were right> Jay says sympathetically and I agree with a <Yes ..> then Evie stands up and says to Mal:

<I believe you.>

After a while I decide to go get my stuff to go back to the Island and once the guards are ready, I, Harry, Gil and Celia, get into a limo. At a certain point I see Celia on the sidelines, near the window and I understand that she is crying, I approach her and hug her tightly, then I whisper in her ear:

<Everything will be fine> and I give her a kiss on the cheek, she smiles sadly, then we arrive at the Island, in that moment I understand that it is over, everything, I will never travel with my crew to the sea, I will never free the innocent boys , I'll never have a "and they lived happily ever after".

Author note

Hey how's it going?

I hope you enjoy the story, soon a fanfiction will come out that I will write in collaboration with Oofchicken896, go and follow her and read her stories, they are FANTASTIC.

-Gaia <3