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Holly and Mal waited, watching the water. Hadie and Hye waited for the all clear. Ben moved to Holly's side, he whispered into her hair, "Shes gone love." He placed a kiss on her temple. "We're all safe." 

Holly slumped against Ben finally letting herself relax. She looked up at him exhausted, "How about that trip to Tirulia? Like tomorrow?" 

Ben let out a soft chuckle, "Consider it done, I'll call in the morning." 

Hadie and Hye slowly lifted their hands off the deck, out of the water that had gathered ankle deep on board, the boat stopped glowing as the protective barrier dropped. They kept close to the floor of the ship ready to reengage the barrier if there was even so much as a small rocking, but nothing happened. They slowly lifted each other up both shaking. 

Hye looked at the spot where his sister stood, she was gone now, no doubt running to Olympus to tell their parents, "I am going to be in so much trouble." He had broken rules before, many of them, but this was the most ancient and the most important. Gods were not meant to deal in mortal affairs. Ancient times and the stories of heroes like Odysseus, Patroclus, Achilles and Bellerophon proved that to be a dangerous game, (Though Hye would suggest that Bellerophon deserved what he got). 

Chole walked up to her friends she placed a hand on Hadie shoulder and held her hand out to Hye. "You did the right thing." 

"I hope so," he said taking her hand, looking around at the ship which had only sustained minimal damage. He really hoped this didn't come back to bite him.

Mal roared and flew over to the top of the ship. She landed softly in front of the stained-glass window and purple smoke billowed around her. When it fell, she was no longer in the red and gold dress Evie had made for her but the purple and green one that Hayden had designed on the window for her. Holly pulled away from Ben and Hadie joined her, both heading to meet Mal at the bottom of the stairs as Hayden stepped forward looking at his girlfriend in awe.

Mal quickly patted the waistline of her dress as orange embers lingered and her smoked. Hayden laughed finally peaceful after the last few days of utter insanity. Mal smiled back at him and picked up the edges of her dress and curtsied all the way to the floor. Hayden spread his arms out and leaned down in his own bow. 

Mal stood back up and two Ulstead guards, dressed in red coats flanked her sides taking her arms as she picked up the hem of her dress and descended the stairs. They lead her to her brother and sister before letting go and returning to their posts. "So, I did not know I could do that," she breathed out. 

"Tell me about it that makes two of us" Holly chuckled, smiling out at the surrounding crowd

Hadie let out a long sigh, "Glad I wasn't the only one in the dark about out sister being a dragon," they laughed. "I mean a freaking dragon, " he whispered, "that's what you got from Maleficent all I got was anxiety." Mal had to stifle a loud laugh. 

"You're already too powerful. What about me?" Holly giggled, "I'm not a dragon either." 

"You're the only one of us that can deal in soul contracts, let me have this," Mal whispered back.

Hadie held out his hand, "Shall we?" 

Mal took his hand in hers, "We shall." Holly laced her fingers with her sister and the two demigods walked their sister forwards. They stepped down into the ankle-deep water, they brought her up to Hayden and she was promptly ripped out of their arms by the prince who pulled Mal in the waist and pulled her into desperate kiss, determined to wash away any lingering doubt she might have. What she did for him just now outweighed everything she had done during that lunch date. She had admitted to spelling him to both kingdoms risking ridicule and distrust. She broke him out of Uma's spell. She risked overloading her magic when she turned into a dragon (he could see how tired she was). One top of all of that Uma almost drowned her. She risked her life for him.