Descendant's Future

Memories

I see Mal appear on the screen playing in a mud puddle. Her mother is nowhere in sight as she splashes the mud. After a while, Mal crawls but is picked up by her leg. Maleficent walks away towards her home. Mal is about to cry.

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Mal starts to move in her unconscious state.

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Mal is sitting on the ground, her clothes, torn and tattered. Her mother stands behind her and is throwing little pins at a picture on her back. Aurora's face is on the page. Maleficent continues to throw sharp and hard object to hurt Mal. After a couple minutes, Maleficent carves the picture off of her back with a knife

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Mal's a little older in the next vision. Mal is putting little handfuls of dirt in her mother's drink. When Maleficent starts to drink it but spits the drink out. She glares at Mal and kicks her. Mal runs off with a smile on her face.

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"Why is she happy?" Ariel asks.

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Mal's standing still, trying to hold back tears. A whip strikes her back again and again. Her mother is the one holding the whip. "You know better than to help someone. I've taught you better than that. Repeat!"

"Never lend a hand, never lift a finger. Never show you care, let your anger linger!"

"Again!"

"Never lend a hand, never lift a finger! Never show you care, let your anger linger!" she shouts. Out of the corner of the screen, a little Evie sits hiding and crying behind a door, a bruise on her cheek.

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As Mal's memories get harsher, her head thrashes on the pillow. I try to calm her down but I can't get through to her.

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Evie and Mal run through the halls, away from Jafar. Something grabs the two of them and they're on the roof. They slide away and down the roof before bouncing off a cloth covered roof. Jay catches them as they land.

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Aladdin chuckles. "Who's the street rat now?"

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The next image is of Mal lying on the ground, Evie is tying pieces of cloth around various wounds while Jay keeps her focus. After a couple minutes, there's a knock at the door and Mal tries to get up. She tears at the patches and stands up strong as Evie and Jay hide behind the couch. Maleficent marches in, saying, "Repeat!"

"Never lend a hand, never lift a finger. Never show you care, let your anger linger," Mal says. Maleficent hits her again. "Never lend a hand, never lift a finger. Never show you care, let your anger linger." Mal runs at Maleficent and with surprise on her side, knocks Maleficent to the ground. Jay and Evie run out of the room as Maleficent attacks Mal.

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I start to cry as Mal thrashes about. King Phillips comes over and helps hold her down. "Mal, you're alright," I try.