the electronic letter (mevie//malvie)

IX

"Okay, let me clear this. You two got together weeks before the leak?" Jay asked, confusion etched on his face as they all walked back to the camp site, Evie nods her head while Mal led them through the storm.

The moment they got off of the Lost Revenge, the previous storm that flooded the Kingdoms in Auradon had reached the Isle, "How can you even see through this rain?" Jane asks as they zigzag across trees, "Because we've literally walked miles while having a sprained leg, a little rain won't slow us down." Mal replies. 

"I'm confused, we both know that what you said on that record only meant recruiting Evie, then now you're together?" Carlos whispers as he catches up to their leader, she shakes her head, "I really like her, Los. And you weren't there when I recruited her." She lies through gritted teeth, beginning to chatter as the rain soaked her clothes. 

"I can see the tower!" Jay yells from behind as Mal's eyes glowed green, she raises a thumbs up to him as she continued walking, "Is this how you always rolled here?" It was a random question, that's when they realized their formation. 

Mal was up front while Jay was at the back with Harry, Uma takes the left side with Carlos and Evie takes the right with Gil, the Auradonians right in the middle, sheltered from every doom the Isle may bring. 

They flushed, not even realizing what they had done, it was on instinct, protect the ones who are unable to protect themselves. They knew what their friends were capable of when needed but the Isle was different. It might blend in a little with the pastels of Auradon but some of it would always remain dark. 

There would always be a part of it where it's dreary, cold and haunting. Where safety wasn't an option, only survival. 

Hades watches from inside the chaperones' cabin, the rain was pouing heavily and while the students are safe, he knew his daughter wasn't. 

"I'm going out." He announces, already setting himself aflame as he steps outside, Adam furrows his eyebrows while both Fairy Godmother and Belle stopped what they had been doing. "Our kids aren't here yet, there's no way I'm sleeping knowing that." 

"Mal, are you sure we're using the right path?" Evie asks, the rain just got worse and Mal was about ready to turn into a dragon to fly them off but any transformation of some sort is prohibited in the Isle unless you're a secret agent. 

"Oh fuck." Harry hisses as he realized where they were. Everyone turns to him, "What's wrong?" Lonnie asks warily, he shakes his head, nudging it to the side where everyone turned. "Oh you have got to be kidding me." 

They were on a clearing, just a few steps away from Maleficen't hidden castle. The VK's go into a more stealthy and fighting stance as they tried to look for their way out. "How did we even get here?" Uma asks Mal who only shrugged, "We took a turn too early, we were supposed to turn near the poison apple tree, we turned way before." 

Everyone jumps when the rustling of trees were heard, Mal readied herself, about to protect her friends. "Well, well. If it isn't my daughter." 

"Hi, mother." She replies through gritted teeth as she turns around, meeting her mother's eyes that glowed a menacing green, "And if it isn't your little pretentious friends. Boo!" Maleficent cackles, making the Auradonians flinch, well, except for Audrey. 

"And just when I thought I broke you, you're back here, not reigning any kingdom. I thought you're the Queen of Mean?" She taunts as she walked a circle around Audrey, who, in turn, was protected by Uma. "You don't get to talk to her like that." 

The Mistress of All Evil scoffed, "What happened to you? I thought you were the Queen of the Isle?" She spat, "Leave 'er alone." This time it was Harry who spoke, fists clenched as the Evil Fairy approached him, tutting as she lets her scepter trace a line on his back, "Such a waste, a sane Hook, would've been great for a villain."