Wicked Dawn | 'Till The Night Falls Book 1 (Disney Descendants)

Chapter 12: The Legend of the Lost

There it is!

Mal sighed in relief as she rounded the last bend and saw it resting against the glass class.

Right where Fairy Godmother said it would be.

"That's the Dragonfire?" Uma scoffed from her left. Behind them, Harry and Gil caught up at last. Harry, looking slightly winded from all of the stairs, Gil, full out gasping against a large marble pillar. "It looks more like something out of Evie's jewelry collection! Are you sure that this is what Fairy Godmother wanted you to find?"

"Just a wee jewel?" Harry added, incredulously. "Doesn't look all that intimidating."

Mal sighed. What was it with her friends and underestimating the amount of power a tiny, seemingly innocent, inanimate object could contain? "It's not how it looks on the outside," she sighed as she eyed the protective case surrounding it. "Just because it's small doesn't mean it's not powerful."

"Yeah," Uma scoffed. "And I'm the queen of the sea!" She put her hands on her hips. "And even if that is the real Dragonfire, how do you intend on getting to it? It's in there. And there's no way you can get to it without setting off the traps."

"Traps?" Mal whipped around to face her. "What traps?"

Uma rolled her eyes and gestured skywards. Mal followed where she was pointing. Sure enough, hidden behind some loose wooden panels, she could see the holes that no doubt contained the traps just waiting to impale them if they tried to get too close. "Oh..." Mal groaned. "Well, that's not going to work." She paused for a moment, thinking. And then she smirked. "I need my spellbook."

"Uh...what?" Uma blinked. "But didn't you lock that up in some dusty old museum a long time ago?"

Mal continued to smirk and lifted her arms in an exaggerated shrug. That was when Uma realized where they were. "Oh." She turned to Harry and Gil. "Gil!" she snapped at the poor boy who was still trying to catch his breath. She snapped her fingers and pointed off down an adjacent hallway. "Go find Mal's spell book!"

"But I just--" Gil began to argue.

Uma gave him a look. That look. The one that told Gaston's son that it would be a mistake to continue down this path. The blond sighed and obeyed, heading off towards the Hall of Villains. Once they'd turned over their talismans to Fairy Godmother, she'd taken them and locked them in a small room near the back of the building so that none of them could be tempted to use them ever again. But desperate times called for desperate measures. Fairy Godmother would forgive her eventually after they successfully defeated Maleficent and saved Auradon. Again. They really needed to stop making this routine. 

"Oh!" Mal shouted suddenly. "Gil!"

The boy slid to a halt. "Yes?"

"Get the Magic Mirror while you're there, would you?"

Gil nodded and started off again.

Uma and Harry looked confused as Mal went back to studying the traps. "The Magic Mirror?" Uma echoed. "What are you going to be able to do with that? Evie's the only one who can use it, you know. And, last I checked, she isn't here."

"I know. But I still think it might come in handy later. After all, it can help her find things." Mal smirked at the memory. How long ago it seemed since they'd left the Isle. Three years. We've all grown up so much. I'm engaged to Ben, Evie is in love with Doug, Carlos is dating Jane, and Jay likes Lonnie. This is our home and our world now.

What happens if we can't protect that world? What if we can't stop Maleficent? Beast warned us of the danger of taking the barrier down by I don't think any of us had taken it seriously. Was he right about all of the warnings? Where is Maleficent? Why can't I sense her anywhere?