Torn Away (Disney's Descendants 2 fanfic)

Gone

The stain glass window is revealed, dyed panes elegantly portray Mal and Ben. That's when the VK's know they need to bring Mal back to Ben.

They hurry out of the cotillion, hoping to find her quickly. They're worried when she's no longer where they left her, but dismiss it almost immediately. They wander the deck further, searching anywhere she may have gone on the yacht.

Maybe she just went back to the dorms.

Jay and Carlos stay at the cotillion in hopes of finding Mal if she comes out of hiding. Evie returns to the dorms, hunting for any sign of Mal in any of the rooms.

They come up empty.

She's gone.

Now they're really worried.

When Evie returns to the cotillion, they split up. They ask around, looking for any information on where Mal could have gone, but the last anyone saw her was when she rushed out from the main deck.

They alert Belle and Beast when they've done all that they can on their own. And despite their son's decision, they are quick to help.

At first there are some concerns on if Mal had returned to the Isle again but the VK's are almost entirely positive that it's not the case.

"She wouldn't go back there, not again." Carlos said, shaking his head.

"Especially not after we just returned," Jay continues, "I know this is bad, but she wouldn't up and leave, not when we all worked so hard to bring her back."

Carlos and Jay nod to each other in agreement, and Evie takes the moment to speak.

"I know she's still here somewhere, she has to be." Evie hesitates, considering the situation, "She may have run off, after everything at the cotillion but she's still here in Auradon. She has to be."

Belle and Beast nod in sync, and Belle reaches out to place a reassuring hand on Evie's shoulder.

"We are going to find her, we will." Belle says as Beast wrapped an arm around her shoulder.

With that, the former-king and queen organize a group to patrol the Auradon campus in search of Mal. The investigation is small, just a few guards that Belle and Beast trust, only because they do not want to worry the kingdom in case Mal is hiding.

A few of the guards attending the cotillion return to where Mal had last been, finding no sign of her. The other group of guards investigated on campus to conclude that, no, Mal had not returned to her dorm from the cotillion. Wherever she was, she had gone there straight from the cotillion.

The hours and hours they spent looking, even after the cotillion had ended, went without any new findings.

Ben and Uma return to the kingdom.

Belle and Beast continue hosting the search for Mal.

The VK's don't get any sleep that night.

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When her eyes fluttered open, she reflexively sat up only to be disoriented. Her hands were bound behind her back in thick rope.

The room she was in was dark. One lightbulb above her to dimly light the area. Dust and dirt covered the old stone bricks. Sitting up, she vaguely recalled her moments on the deck before she had been taken.

She panicked slightly, concerned on who had captured her and where the hell she had been taken to. There was no external light coming into the 20ft x 20ft  room, and the door that lied in front of her was made of dark oak wood with large metal hinges. There was a small opening in the door, covered by a metal plate, likely to put small items through.

Her back ached from how she had lied on the floor, and she had a minor headache. She stood up and walked around the walls in search of anything helpful, preferably a lose brick or a random escape door. Yeah, right.

Mal found nothing of the sort, and resorted to sitting back down and waiting for her captors to return. They would have to feed her soon, at least that's what she hoped.

Her stomach growled as she adjusted to her cell.

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This chapter is shorter but I wasn't sure if I'd be doing updates at all. I think I will ;)
Please give me any feedback you may have or any ideas concerning the plot! Thanks!