Ｈｅｌｌｆｉｒｅ • h.h

ｃｈａｐｔｅｒ ｓｅｖｅｎｔｅｅｎ

"We can try the museum first." I said to Uma when we were away from Mal. "If Fairy Godmother got Jane's message she would have gone there for the wand."

"Lead the way." She held her hand. I pointed to right which would take us back to the castle.

"You know I got you wrong fireball." Uma said kicking stones as we walked.

"Yeah?" I leaned over to look at her, beside Harry.

"Yeah, I thought you would have stayed with her." She told me. I shook my head.

"I stayed by Mal last time and it made me miserable. Twice in fact." I looked at Harry, who smiled down on me. "This time I picked the right choice for me. Just like she picked to let everyone rot on the isle."

"I think me and you are going to get along after all." Uma said.

"Me too." I smiled at her. Harry wrapped his arms around our shoulders and pulled us in.

"My two favourite girls. At last." He grinned. Uma and I laughed at him as he kissed both of our heads. Harry kept his arms around us as we walked.

"Do you think you can get that thing working? In case we bump into Audrey?" Uma asked. I looked down at the dead ember in my hand clutching it tight.

"I think so." We stopped for a moment. Harry unhooked his arm and stood back as I looked down on the ember. I was my mother's daughter as well. I could use spells, I just never tried, I had never been certain I could. I flickered on my hair hoping to tap into my father's genes. "Regain your might and ignite." I told it. For a split second the member glowed before going out again. "I've always been useless at this stuff."

"Hang on." Uma spoke I looked up at Uma, her necklace was glowing. She stepped towards me and took my hand. "Try that again."

"Regain your might and ignite." We spoke in unison, to both of our surprise Ember began to glow again in the palm of my hand. Uma and I looked at each other. Then we hugged. Our arms wrapped around each other as if I was hugging Evie or Jane. When we pulled back, we didn't shrug it off, we smiled.

"We're a good team." She said.

"I hope you like finally having a girl around." I teased. For the first time since we were kids I could call Uma a friend.

"Come on let's go." She said.

While we walked, we devised a plan, a way to get away from Auradon and be happy. I'd suggested Neverland which set Harry off on a rant about how he'd love to look Peter Pan in the eyes and hook Tinkerbell while he did it, for what he did to his father. We were walking across the castle courtyard when we heard Mal again.

"Hanna! Uma!" We ignored her, carrying on walking but Mal caught up. She put her hand out in front of us. "Guys stop please." She begged. I crossed my arms. "I need your help." We tried to walk off again but she stayed in our way. "We have a chance if we do this together." Mal looked me in the eye and I was breaking. My twin-telepathy going over the charts over how broken she was right now. I had to tell myself to stop caring and be selfless. I looked at Uma.

"Your friends kick you to the curb?" She asked. "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 turned to me. "Hanna, I am so sorry I lied to you. I would have found a way to keep him here, you have to trust me."

"What about everyone else though Mal? There are kids out there that think I'm their role model. That they could grow up to be successful just like me. You made us all lie to them."

"I know." She whispered. I was cracking. Harry wrapped his arm around my waist from behind.

"Ye talk prett' alright." He spoke. Mal looked at him teary eyes. "But they both made up their mind."

"You brought this on yourself Mal." Uma told her. "You figure out how to fix it. Let's go." She touched my arm and I nodded. Harry changed from my waist to my hand and we walked behind Uma.

"I'm proud of ye." He told. "Ye stood yer ground."

We were nearly off the grounds when we heard Mal's dragon roar. I cursed under my breath and turned back to see her in the sky.

"Hate to be that person but we should check that out." I said. Uma nodded. The three of us ran back to the courtyard where Mal was trying to fight off Audrey who was at the top of the tower. I heard a small voice shouting help.

"That's Celia." I said. "Shit." I glanced down at the glowing ember. She didn't stand a chance.

"She doesn't stand a chance without the ember." Uma looked at me.

"I know." I looked at the pair of them. "I'm going up. Make sure she knows I'm coming. She just needs to hold her off." I looked at Harry. "I love you." I reached up for a quick kiss.

"I love ye too!" He called after me as I ran towards the doors of the castle as fast as I could. I took a left to the staircase to the tower. I climbed the steps quicker than I expected.

Upon reaching the top I pushed the hatch up but nothing happened. I growled hearing the fight happening outside. My hair was burning hot on the back on my neck. Except this time it wasn't just my hair. My entire fist was burning blue bright fire.

"Instead of gallivanting with those idiot friends of yours you could actually be learning something!" He shouted at me. I was home late for lessons. He was furious like usual, our heads burning bright.

"One of those idiots happens to be my sister. You know, your daughter!" I shouted trying to storm off to my room. He stopped me growling. I growled back. We were staring at each other. His stare was harder than mine and I could never hold out as long. I stamped my feet and I turned away.

"You are a daughter of a God, Hanna! Start acting like it. If we were ever to get off this Isle you would useless. Unable to harness any power at all." He held up his ember and I glared. "This will be yours one day and what will you do when it controls you more than you control it. Look at you. Can't even control your bloody temper!" He points to my hair.

"Screw you dad." I mumbled and punched the metal hinge. The metal instantly melted under the touch of my fist. It allowed me to push up the hatch. I climbed up and saw Celia in the corner curled up. "Celia, go now! Harry and Uma are outside." I told her. The young VK scrambled to the hatch and I had drawn attention to myself.

"Well, well, look who is it. Mal's little sidekick." Audrey was staring right at me. She looked crazy. She looked like my mother. Her clothes had decayed to almost black.

"I'm no sidekick."

"Oh that's funny. You followed Mal everywhere." She cackled. "Delusional."

"No Audrey you are. Time is up. Hand over the sceptre." I held out my non-flamed hand. Mal was hovering just behind her. She growled at me. I got your back, Mal.

"Your time is up not mine." She snapped, pointing the spectre at me. I held up the ember. Audrey shot at me first. I closed my eyes, connecting to the ember, the fuse tying us together. I held it tightly in my hand. Shot out a blue glow. The pink and blue clashed in the middle and Audrey screamed. I growled at her, I connected to my Demigod side. I was a goddess by Greek mythical rights. Audrey knew less of magic than me.

It was in that moment that my vision was blurred by pure blue flames. Then I saw nothing.