Chapter 19: Even more magical bullshit

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We decide to split into groups, Jane, Carlos, Gil, and Doug go to find Fairy godmother while the rest of us go to fairy cottage to find Audrey that night. We make it to fairy cottage and are sure to be as quiet as possible in case Audrey's there, Mal and Ben go into the cottage only to find the cottage empty, we all file in and look for a sign of Audrey
"She's not upstairs"
Jay says, suddenly we hear aggressive knocking coming from a closet, Ben opens the door and finds Chad curled up in a ball with fear in his eyes
"Chad?"
Ben exclaims
"I want my mommy"
Chad whimpers, Ben tries to help him up but Chad recoils
"It's ok"
Ben helps him to his feet and Chad begins to shake
"What happened buddy?"
Ben asks, Chad looks around to see all of us standing around him confused
"Ben. Ben!"
He gasps
"Your face. She's gone? Huh? The door is open. I'm free. Freedom!!"
Chad runs out the door screaming in relief causing Harry to giggle
"What happened while I was out?"
I ask slightly disturbed
"Long story"
Mal says as we leave the cottage
"You're gonna have to tell me how you guys all got teamed up"
Ben says
"Actually, Mal promised to let all the kids off the Isle once this is over"
Evie explains
"I have to tell you guys something"
Mal announces
Um... I lied to you"
Mal admits
"The kids won't be coming off the Isle"
"What do you mean?"
Jay asks
"The program is shut down. And the barrier... will be closed for good"
We all go silent processing what Mal said
"Ben...you knew this?"
I ask
"...yes"
He confirms
"This is because of Hades isn't it, and Uma escaping... why didn't you tell me?"
I question
"It didn't concern you"
Ben tries to diffuse
"Actually it kinda does, this is a security issue and as your head of security you need to inform me of these things"
I yell
"Hold up, so we're saving your precious people and your behinds, for a lie?"
Uma asks
"I knew it was a mistake to trust you, your always out for yourself"
"And you, King Ben"
Harry speaks up
"You're probably just gonna throw us all back inside"
He says defeated
"You know what?"
Celia interjects
"I actually thought you were brave, you're nothing but a chicken"
The little girl begins to cry
"Too scared to tell me I was never gonna see my dad again"
She chokes out
"Celia-"
Mal tries to console, Celia takes the ember from Mal's hand and throws it into a bird bath extinguishing it
"No!"
Mal cries out trying to salvage the ember
"Regain your might and egnite!"
Mal yells to no effect
"Bummer"
Uma says sarcastically
"Let's go find Gil and leave them to rot"
Uma directs to Harry
"Mind if I join you, since i'll never see you again"
I sigh
"Might as well"
Uma gestures to me to follow and we leave into the forest.
"I'm so sorry"
I apologize as we walk
"You didn't know, it's not your fault, love"
Harry reassures, he squeezes my hand
"I'll miss you"
He says
"Well, we've done long distance before, what's another forever?"
I joke trying not to cry. We make it the lawn of Ben's castle when Mal comes running toward us
"Uma! Uma, stop, please, stop! I need your help"
Mal begs
"We have a chance if we work together!"
Mal tries to explain
"Your friends kick you to the curb?"
Uma asks
"Good"
"Ben saw something in you, and today, Uma, I saw it too, you care Uma, you care about everybody and Auradon is worth saving, help us, please"
Mal says
"You talk pretty, but... she's already made up her mind"
Harry interjects
"You brought this on yourself, Mal, you figure out how to fix it. Let's go"
Uma says, myself and Harry follow behind her leaving Mal behind, as we keep walking we hear screaming coming up from the castle
"Help!"
"It's Celia"
Uma says, we look up to see Audrey cackling up upon one of the towers with Celia in hand
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me"
I sigh
"Help!!"
Celia cries, I pause for a moment when I have an Idea
"Give me your hook"
I tell Harry
"What?"
Harry asks
"Give me your hook"
I reiterate
"Why?"
"Because I can use your hook and my dagger to scale the wall, grab Celia and beat Audrey's ass"
I explain
"That is a horrible plan"
Uma says
"Most of my plans are"
I say as I run off
"What are you doing?!"
Harry yells
"Something that'll get me killed!"
I yell back as I run up the castle stairs and in front of the tower
"Audrey! You rat catcher, will you walk?"
I yell up to her as I mock curtsey and brandish my dagger
"Oh! Raina, you lived"
Audrey says
"Well, do you want to fight me or what?"
I ask
"You know... might as well"
Audrey says, suddenly Mal runs onto the deck of the castle
"Help me Mal!"
Celia yells
"Yeah, save your little friend Mal!"
Audrey taunts, Mal goes into dragon form and flies up to the tower...and I grabbed onto her and went up with her. Flinging myself off into the tower while Mal breathes fire in Audrey's direction, I tap her on the shoulder
"Hiya!"
I say cheerfully as I stab her in the side, Audrey grunts in pain and tries to knock me in the head with the scepter which I barely dodged when she blasts me and causes black and blue vine-like magic to cover my hands, i try to use my magic to no use. Me, Mal,and Audrey fight for what feels like forever when I hear a voice coming from the side of the tower"
"Raina! Stop!"
I look to see Harry dangling from the tower by his hook he had lodged into the stone collum
"What are you doing!?"
I say blocking a hit from Audrey
"Something that'll get me killed!"
He laughs, suddenly Audrey once again knocks me to my knees and blasts Mal making her way to where Harry is dangling
"Huh, I almost feel sorry for this"
Just as I get to my feet Audrey drives the end of the scepter into Harry's chest
"Harry! No!"
I scream as Harry falls from the tower and I jump down after him grabbing his hook on the way down, catching him before he hits the ground. I take Harry to a small corner of the castle away from the fight and immediately start to asses the damage, the panic setting in as I saw the giant bloody hole in Harry's chest
"No,no,no,no,no,no"
I cry as I look over Harry who was struggling to even keep his eyes open
"Your ok, your ok"
I try to reassure as Harry continues to bleed out, I try to heal the wound but Audrey's spell blocked my magic and I was only able to get a couple sparks
"That bitch"
I curse under my breath
"Raina..."
Harry says weakly
"I-I can fix this, you'll be ok"
I cry as my fingers fumble around his chest desperately trying to prevent the inevitable
"It's alright"
He takes one of my my hands and squeezes it tight
"I'm not losing you again"
I whisper
"Love... it's ok"
Harry kisses my hand and I hold him in my arms with my fingers by his neck feeling for his fading pulse, Harry holds my necklace in his bloodied hand and lets out a weak chuckle
"You still have it"
"never take it off"
I say while combing his hair with my fingers. I sit with Harry in my arms as the battle continues, time stood still as I held Harry to my chest and listened to my watch tick almost as if it were mimicking Harry's fading heartbeat. I felt his pulse slow to a near halt as he looks up at me, tears in his eyes
"I love you"
Harry whispers
"I love you too"
He grabs my face and we kiss, I sob as his grip loosens and his head falls back into my arms and I no longer feel his pulse at my fingers. the only boy I ever loved, dead in my arms. Uma runs up the stairs and looks at the depressing scene in front of her and drops to her knees as tears start to stream down her face
"...I'm sorry"
I squeak as I sob into Harry's shoulder still running my hands through his hair, Uma takes a deep breath and gets back up and looks me in the eyes
"Beat her ass for me"
I laugh through tears, Uma runs down the castle stairs and to Mal
"We're stronger together! We're stronger together! I'm right here Mal!"
Uma yells
"Regain your might and ignite!"
Uma recite
"Regain your might and ignite!"
Mal holds the ember between her dragon claws and it glows an reignites
"You want a piece of this? Huh?"
Audrey yells, Mal flies back up to Audrey and fires the ember at Audrey knocking her down and knocking her out releasing her from the scepters magic. I feel Audrey's spell wear off and the magic return to my hands, I press one of my hands to Harry's chest and close my eyes feeling the warm glow of my powers on my hand, I feel the wound close and Harry's pulse drum up at my fingertips, suddenly Harry gasps for air and his eyes flutter open
"Raina?"
He asks weakly
"Hey love"
I laugh through relived sobs
"Let's not do this again, alright"
Harry laughs
"Deal"
We laugh and cry with each other when we see Mal come down the tower with Celia and Audrey's unconscious body
"What happened?"
I ask
"...can you heal the dead?"
Mal says, I look down at Harry, alive, but still weak
"...sort of"
"I'll take it"

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