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sunsetovertheocean · 1 month ago

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I feel like sibling and platonic relationships don’t get talked enough, especially in relation to romantic relationships in fandoms.

Like cool, I love these ship, but can we PLEASE discuss the fact that Dean is the only person who has never lied to Lia? How he is the only person she will listen to, because he’s the only person she trusts? How Dean was the one person who prevented her from feeling trapped all the time? How Dean was the only person Lia ever let know and get close to the real her? How they were the only constants (besides Judd love him too) in each other’s lives for years in their childhood? The way he knows her and she knows him? She knows how to comfort him and distract him and get him to feel things and tried to help him with his father by looking through his father's file, ignoring her own feelings about it because she just wanted to help him only to find out that she can’t help. (Just think for a moment how she must have felt when she realized that. Because this genuinely breaks my heart.) The fact that they are intensely protective of each other, the way they have conversations without talking just by looking at each other, the way Dean trusts her and Lia trusts him, how they are literally siblings.

And this is going into kind of headcanon-y territory, but I like to believe that Dean didn’t ask Lia any questions about her past and waited for her to tell him herself, and refrained from profiling her (too much at least), and truly didn’t/doesn’t know anything about her past that she didn’t/doesn’t tell him. And how Dean told him things about his past he hadn’t told anyone before, not just to get her to trust him, but also because he trusted her. Just think for a moment please, how Lia, a girl who has been lied to and hurt and threatened and abused by every single person in her life, would feel about meeting someone who didn’t do any of that. Who never even lied to her, not once. For every lie she told him, Dean only ever told her the truth. Dean didn’t blame her for anything, for any part of what she went through. How confused she must have been, finding out that not everyone was like that. How hurt she must have been when she realized that what happened in her past, her childhood, was so much worse than she thought. Because before she thought that everyone was like that and it was normal, but meeting Dean who was entirely fundamentally different in every single way, showed her that it wasn’t. Think about how Dean must have felt, meeting a girl so defensive and closed off. How meeting her awakened a side of him he didn’t think he had, the side that felt and loved and trusted and the side that felt the inexplicable need to protect that girl.

And the fact that to protect her, Dean turns the attention on himself and his past, which he hates, just so Lia doesn’t have to face questions about her own past. Lia would go through hell for him, and he would do the same for her.

Think about how before, all of Lia’s love had essentially been very idk submissive almost, like how she followed her mother and what her mother told her. I think she truly believed at some point that her mother was safe to trust. And then, well, we all know what happened and how her mother is actually evil and— Anyway, after her mother, the only person she trusted in her childhood before, completely shattered and destroyed all senses of trust in others, she lets herself trust and love this boy who trusts and loves her. And this love is fierce and protective, infinitely intense and powerful. The kind of love that can destroy worlds and build new ones, defying all logic and all boundaries. The opposite of what her love had been previously. And think about how much she had to have trusted him to let herself love like that.

Also think about how hurt Lia must have been when Dean shut her out. She trusted him with her whole being, she loved him and she saw them as a unit regardless of what happened and what other people entered and left their lives. They would always be with each other. Dean had never shut her out before, and Dean shut her out too. That hurts my soul way too much for it to be healthy. (I am choosing to believe that they had a conversation afterwards and then they both proceeded to cry and it never happened again yay happy ending tbh considering writing that bc I don't think I will survive if it doesn't end happily like that)

And Dean!! He’s lived his entire life terrified of feeling, terrified of becoming his father. He was living in a house alone with Judd and profiling killers which definitely perpetuated his fear, and then here came this girl whom he could protect. A girl he wouldn’t let himself hurt, a girl he could help for once and not mess it all up. And he didn’t mess it up. He saw how hurt she was, and how little she was willing to admit the truth to. And in that, he saw someone he could understand. He saw someone who he could profile for a good reason, but only profile enough to be able to get her to trust him and not enough to violate her privacy and that trust. He let himself get close to someone for the first time in his life. And for the first time in his life, he wasn’t a monster. Lia didn’t see him as a monster.

Because of their past and childhood, Dean didn’t trust himself and Lia only trusted herself and no one else. But meeting and loving each other? It taught Dean he can trust himself not to hurt someone. And it taught Lia that she can trust someone who won’t hurt her.

Maybe it’s because of the amatocentric world being way too focused on romantic relationships, but why aren’t we talking about this more??

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descendantofthesparrow · 5 months ago

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Descendants 3 - Rewrite True defender x Rewrite Finale- P3

after 9 months...its finally here...p3 of TrxRpoyw...enjoy.

The group had to navigate their way through the woods to try and find the main path but luckily Lia had a compass and both Harry’s and Gil’s had an innate sense of direction, and soon they were back on track-heading towards Evie’s starter castle.

Lia informed everyone that their two hours were almost up, and it was just past 3 pm when they were strolling across the lush lawn of Evie’s starter castle. alt Harry jogged forward a bit, seeing an odd shimmer around the castle-and then it shattered-a small wave of iridescent magic flaring across the group.

“What was that?” Lia asked and the group moved quickly towards the house, worried the girls were in trouble but that worry turned to relief as the glass French doors flew open and there they were-alt Mal, Rose, and Uma were the first out-the others plus Doug(thankfully only one) following suit.

Alt Mal bolted right for Alt Ben-the two slamming into each other. “Ben,” Alt Mal almost sobbed, pulling back and checking him over. She knew Ben’s worst fear was being turned into a beast, so whatever happened must’ve been hard to deal with. “Are you okay?” she asked, and Alt Ben nodded, holding her waist.

“I am now,” he said, squeezing her arm when she gave him a look. “Really, I was scared at first but I figured it out, the boys helped, said I looked cool,” he whispered the last bit and Alt Mal rolled her eyes playfully, turning to see the others reuniting with the girls. Rose and Alt Harry were embracing tightly-which made Uma grab Harry’s wrist a bit possessively-and Alt Gil was hugging Alt Uma, lifting her off her feet as he squeezed her.

Mal was staring intently at Alt Ben and Mal, her expression tight with intense thought-and then she looked at Lia and Ben, who were close together and holding hands. She then actually looked at Ben and jolted a bit, she had expected Ben to look like he usually did-handsome and human not…a furry.

Ben saw her look and growled a bit, he was a bit more...animalistic than alt Ben was-his fangs growing a bit with the sudden emotion of protectiveness he felt for Lia in front of Mal. “Oh,” Mal muttered, stepping back.

“He’s sensitive,” Lia said, turning Ben’s attention back to her with a soft smile and her hand gentle on his furry cheek. She didn’t want Mal to say something off the top of her head, she wasn’t exactly known for being…empathetic.

“Killer look,” Mal said after a long pause, her stance showing how awkward she felt. “Is it, uh, permanent?” Mal asked.

“It might be if Audrey isn’t defeated,” Lia said, which reminded her of the mission, and that seemed to remind everyone else as well. “Do you have a lead?”

Mal tipped her chin up, so proud of herself(even if it had been Uma who had found the diary and Rose who confirmed that would’ve been Audrey’s most likely location, and where Audrey/Maleficent would’ve hidden out ironically.) for finding a lead on Audrey. “Yes, we looked through her diary-“

“Seriously?” Lia said, Audrey might’ve gone evil but that didn’t mean her privacy should’ve been invaded! Alt Mal spoke up before an argument broke out. “We’ll apologize to her after,” Lia sighed but nodded and Mal went on as if no one had spoken up. “We think she’s at fairy cottage,” She turned to Ben. “Do you know where that is?” he nodded. “Can you lead us there?” Mal asked, Ben nodded again.

“That’s settled then, we need to plan.” Alt Mal said as she stepped away from Alt Ben. Uma nodded in agreement. “We need to be careful about this, Audrey’s got loads of power, and there’s two of them-one of them possessed by Maleficent.” Uma said.

Mal just shrugged their concern off. “It’ll be fine, I’ve got the ember.” Mal said, holding up the glowing blue gem. No one looked convinced, including Alt Mal. “And?” Alt Mal said, her brow raising. “The ember alone won’t be enough. It only promises you a quarter of Hades power, and even then all it really does is drain magic,” She paused. “Well, that’s what my ember does, but still-my point stands. We need a plan, and we need to attack together, there's two threats, Audrey and mom. You need more than just yourself.”

Lia decided she liked this Mal, she wasn’t so… self-assured and was ready to accept help when she needed it.

“Three years of therapy everyone,” Rose joked from beside Alt Harry, and Alt Mal rolled her eyes. “Not the time Rose, but thanks.” She said, turning back to Mal, who seemed to be holding back some burst of emotions as she stared hard at Alt Mal. “We need a plan.”

“I have a plan.” Mal said haughtily, quite perturbed that her own alt self was so…teamworkey. “You all stand back and watch as I take care of Audrey and save the kingdom, and then you all can go home and we can all have our happily ever after.”

“You mean, save Audrey, right?” Rose said, stepping forward, and Mal felt a chill go down her spine at the look in the blonde's eyes. ��Right, Mal?”

“Of course, save.” Mal said, almost nervously, her eyes glancing to the side. “Save Audrey and the kingdom.” Mal wanted Rose far away from her, she was…dangerous, especially with that ‘immune to magic’ thing she apparently had.

Rose didn’t look convinced, and neither did Alt Mal, both sets of pirates, Lia, and both Ben’s. Hadie looked very unimpressed as well. “Well, as it stands, we still need a plan for our Audrey, the one possessed by mom? I know I can’t take care of her on my own, so I’m making a plan either way.” Alt Mal said, crossing her arms-she…didn’t like her other self, Mal reminded her of mom.

Mal closed her eyes-her hands clenching a bit. “It’s a smart idea, Mal,” Evie said, trying to calm Mal down with a small smile. “It is never wise to go in without a plan.”

“Whatever. Make your plan, I have mine.” Mal said, crossing her arms and looking away-the ember still in her grip. Alt Mal rolled her eyes and turned to her group, stepping closer to alt Uma for a moment.

“Was I like that before?” She asked quietly to Alt Uma, and she snorted with a nod-holding back a chuckle when Mal made a face. “Yeesh, I know I said I was sorry before but I’m sorry for…” Alt Mal looked over her shoulder at Mal-who was practically pouting at being undermined by her own alt self. “That.”

Alt Uma snorted again, and Mal smiled. “Yeah, help me plan? You’re better at making plans for big groups.” Alt Uma actually looked shocked to hear that but then she smiled and nodded. “Yeah, I can help.”

It took maybe only 15 minutes to come up with a plan, but it was a solid one. And soon enough the group of 22 teens/young adults began the journey towards fairy cottage, Doug and Jane staying back to make sure the sleeping vks were safe within Evie’s starter castle.

Ben led the way through the woods, Mal was right behind him, her hand still holding the ember. Alt Mal was a few paces back, her eyes locked onto Mal’s back.

Something felt…off, about all this, she couldn’t put her finger on it, but something was wrong-and it wasn’t just Audrey having the scepter.

Carlos was talking about Chad and about what Jane had told them about him joining forces with Audrey, and they classified him as a glorified hostage since…well…it was Chad.

“Great, another person’s butt I have to save,” Mal said, but she didn’t sound all that upset about it, in fact-she looked to be hiding a smile. Still, Lia reached out, resting her hand on Mal’s shoulder. “You’re not alone Mal, you have all of us.” Lia reminded, and Mal didn’t look happy to receive that, shrugging Lia’s hand off.

“Don’t worry about me, I’ve got this.” Mal said, speeding up to walk next to Ben, attempting to lead the group with him still leading the way. Uma watched her go, and once she was sure Mal was out of ear shot-while keeping her eye on the alt Mal-went over to Lia and whispered into her ear.

“She got real haughty, more than usual, once she discovered she could turn into a dragon-like her mom could-didn’t she? Real insistent on saving the day by herself.” Uma said, her eyes locked onto the two dragons that were imprinted on Mal’s back.

“Seems so,” Lia said passively, her eyes drawn to the alt Mal, who seemed to be having a silent conversation with alt Uma, alt Evie, and Rose, the four glancing between each other and Mal. It seemed they had their own opinion on how Mal was acting.

“You know what I find funny?” Uma said to Lia, and Alt Mal glanced over her shoulder at them, seemingly listening in. Uma let her. Lia hummed, gesturing for Uma to go on. “That the evening after Ben proposes to you, Audrey takes the scepter. Audrey, as far as we know, has shown no bad feelings between you two, right?” Lia nods, and alt Mal keeps her eyes on them, glancing forward at Mal, her eyes narrowing a bit. “Not only that, she takes the scepter, something that shouldn’t work out of Maleficent’s command,”

“Or her descendants command,” Lia mumbled, her brows furrowing as the pieces began to fall into place. “You don’t think…”

“I don’t wanna point fingers just yet, but don’t you think it’s odd? That Mal claims the dragon's eye can only be defeated by Hades ember? Something she claims that only she can use? And it gave her, her magic back?” Uma continues, keeping her voice hushed, glancing at alt Mal, who seems to be handing this same suspicion over to her friends, who all begin to glance at each other, getting just as suspicious about Mal as Lia and Uma were.

“Mal gets her powers back, makes a big show about how she’s the ‘true defender’ of Auradon, and keeps trying to do things on her own,” Lia mumbled, remembering Mal’s outburst during the meeting with Beast, Belle, and FG earlier. Uma nods.

“It’s funny how this all just, fits into place for her, doesn’t it? Audrey takes the scepter, an item famous for being cursed to be only used by Maleficent and her offspring lest the user wants to be thrown into an eternal sleep, Mal claims the ember is the only thing to stop it-an item she claims only she can use, she’s insistent on doing this alone, on being the hero. I trust I’m not the only one sensing a pattern.” Uma said, tapping her fingers against her thigh, Lia’s brows furrowing as Uma painted a picture, and it wasn’t a pretty one.

“She wants attention,” Lia mumbled, knowing Mal very much felt like Lia had stolen her thunder, not only with her powers but also by being with Ben.

“She wants Ben back.” Uma added, yes Mal wanted attention, but she also wanted Ben back-the king of Auradon. “Think about it, remember how she so eloquently put it when Ben proposed to you? ‘you’ve won Ben’. I think that Mal thinks if she defeats Audrey, with all the glitz and glamour of a hero, she’ll win him back.”

Lia narrows her eyes a bit, her wings fluffing at the notion of Mal ‘winning’ Ben back. Ben wasn’t a prize. He was human, just like everyone else, with his own feelings and desires, he wasn’t someone to ‘win.’ He had chosen Lia. Not Mal. “She won't win Ben back, she can save the day alone all she wants, but that won't do anything in the end, Ben’s made his choice.” Lia said calmly, her gaze straight ahead at her beloved fiancé. Ben loved her and she loved him, she was quite certain Ben didn’t care if Mal saved the day or not, he just wanted to make sure his kingdom and people were safe, it didn’t matter to him how it was saved.

Uma nodded; glad Lia was confident in this. She looked up, cursing under her breath as she saw the stars peering out from the darkening sky. “It’s already nightfall,” Uma said loud enough for everyone to hear, everyone looking up to the sky to look for themselves. “We need to be careful; Audrey and Maleficent can catch us off guard easier in the dark.”

The group nodded, putting up their guard again, having relaxed on the walk to the cottage. “How much further?” Carlos asked Ben and he paused, looking through the trees and growling. Lia spoke up for him. “it's just up ahead, let’s all be careful, who knows what traps the Audreys might’ve set for us, let alone one of them being Maleficent.” Lia said and everyone scattered amongst the trees to begin their descent upon the ‘queen of mean’s’ hideout.

It was quiet as the two groups descended upon the cottage…almost too quiet. Alt Mal tossed her glowing ember to Hadie, who’s eyes glowed yellow and hair turned to fire as he clutched the ember in his fist, Rose and Harry drew the swords alt Uma had conjured up, and both versions of Gil, Jay, and Carlos were ready to defend at a moment’s notice, and alt Uma’s eyes were locked onto the cottage, ready for a fight against the mistress of all Evil.

Both Mal’s crept up to the iron gate, alt Mal hissing a bit as the iron burned her skin and she used her leather glove/sleeve to push open the gate. She nodded back to her friends and they all moved forward, ready to leap into action at any moment, Hadie right behind alt Mal, the ember in his grip-ready to free their Audrey from Maleficent’s possession spell.

Mal glanced at her alt self and then looked back at the cottage, searching for any sign that Audrey knew they were there, but when nothing stirred, Mal signaled to move forward, and she and the others stormed into the house, Mal and Hadie holding the embers in their fists.

The door burst open, Mal ready to take down Audrey, but it was dark and quiet within the cottage, not even a dust bunny to be seen. Jay rushed in while everyone flooded into the cottage where Princess Aurora had once been hidden, alt Mal scanned everywhere she could look for any sign of the Maleficent possessed Audrey.

There was nothing.

“She’s not upstairs,” Jay said, alt Jay right behind him as they came down from checking the 2nd floor of the cottage. Mal looked frustrated and confused. “I don’t understand,” Mal spat out, bringing her hands to her head and pressing her fists to her temples. “She should be here!”

“She must’ve left,” Evie said, quite unhelpfully since it was obvious that Audrey had abandoned the cottage where she had been earlier.

“Yeah, but where? And why?” Jay asked, continuing to look around the cottage for clues.

“She knew we were coming,” Rose says and Lia nods, having just about to say that.

“She tracked us down to the castle and through the forest,” Lia continued, tapping her chin in thought.

“And she found us at Evie’s place, she’s known where we were the whole time, tracking us through the scepter. She knew where we were, what our plan was, and when we arrived, she-both of them-probably left a while ago.” Rose finishes, the group spinning around as the pantry door begins to sound with rapid knocks, like someone was trapped inside.

“Two bucks that’s Chad.” Rose says as Ben quickly goes over to the locked pantry door, alt Ben and both Harry’s guarding his back just in case it is something malicious.

Ben peered into the small window of the pantry and then pulled up the wooden lock of the door, pulling open the door to reveal…Chad, curled up on the floor and murmuring about his mother.

“Chad?” Ben says gruffly and the blonde whimpers. “I want my mommy,” Chad says, and Ben pulls him up. Chad, upon realizing it was Ben-a beastly version of him-well two Bens…two Mals…two…everyone except Lia and the blonde girl amongst the group-latches onto Ben.

“Your face,” Chad mutters, eyes wide at the fur on Ben’s face and he looks awkwardly at Lia for help, who was pressing her lips together to hold back a laugh at Ben’s reaction. “She’s gone huh?” Chad asks and without waiting for an answer, he sees the open door and books it.

“Freedom!!!”

Rose and both Harry’s laughed as Chad ran for it like a chicken on fire, Harry quietly mocking him as Carlos peeked out the cottage door, watching Chad book it into the dark forest. “So…we were right about the hostage thing,” Carlos said awkwardly, sharing a glance with his alt self, Dude at their feet. Alt Carlos gave a shrug.

“If Chad was here alone, locked in the pantry, then Audrey must’ve abandoned this place for good,” Evie said, alt Evie nodded in agreement, which made Mal stomp her foot like a child being refused a cookie.

“Oh, come on! We were so close!” Mal hissed and alt Mal gave her an odd look, not liking this behavior.

It reminded her too much of their mother.

“Now we’re back at the starting line,” Mal hissed, pocketing her ember and storming out of the cottage, the others following close behind.

“We’ll find another lead,” Lia said, attempting to offer support to Mal who was clearly frustrated. “we’ll find Audrey, both of them.” Lia said, looking at alt Mal who gave a thankful smile in return. She knew she needed to find her Audrey, and soon, lest her mother’s possession spell take full control, and Audrey was gone for good.

“The longer she’s out there the more havoc she can wreak,” Mal said, looking out into the dark enchanted forest, only the wind to be heard in the eerily quiet night. “she’s more unpredictable than I thought,”

Rose narrowed her eyes, something about the way Mal said that made her gut twist for some reason.

“If you let me help, we can cover more ground.” Lia offered, just wanting to help but Mal was stubborn.

“No.” Mal said sharply, with such a tone that it made everyone look at her in surprise, alt Mal frowned more-the last time she had used that tone was back when she had lived on the isle and was still fighting with Uma. “I got this. Come on.” Mal commanded, moving forward out of the cottage garden and into the forest, wondering where Audrey could’ve gone.

Alt Mal and alt Ben glanced at each other, their brows furrowed, the other alt vks and Rose seemingly all sharing the same thought. ‘This is sus’. “Is it just me or…is she…” Ben started awkwardly, and Mal nodded, running her hand through her hair, Uma stepping up next to them to continue Ben’s sentence. “being a stuck-up brat who refuses to accept help so she can be top dog?” Alt Uma said, annoyed, and Ben slowly nodded.

“Yeah…that,” alt Ben mumbled, and they watched as Lia walked up to Mal and seemingly offer help/a pep talk but it quickly turned sour as Mal got defensive, talking about ‘it’s a god thing’ and Lia’s voice turned sharp. “I am descended from a goddess. Don’t tell me I wouldn’t understand.” Lia said and Mal glared back at her, scrunching her nose in anger; she seemed ready to snap back only for Carlos to interrupt her anger.

“Speaking of the ember, didn’t Lia brush it off and push back Hades a few days ago, right?” Carlos said, the others nodding in remembrance while Alt Carlos pointed at Rose. “yeah, same for us-Rose body slammed him back into the barrier and she just brushed off that beam that almost took down our Mal, and she’s immune to magic-if Lia’s nearly the same while having her own set of powers, it’s clear that Lia is more powerful than the ember, right?”

Mal scoffed, she did not like how her Carlos and this-alt Carlos were talking. Lia? More powerful than the ember? Fat chance. The ember was more powerful than anything else-even Maleficent’s scepter. “Pure luck.” Mal spat. “She scared Hades with some flashy lights and wings, that’s all.” Mal said, looking around for anyone to agree with her, but no one seemed to share her thoughts. She huffed, stomping her foot like a child again. “I’m doing this! You can’t stop me!” Mal almost screeched, turning on her heeled foot and starting to walk off towards the forest again.

“We’re not trying to stop you!” Lia said, her voice exhausted and exasperated as she walked after Mal-the others doing the same to keep up with the…conversation. “We’re trying to do what’s best to keep Auradon safe!”

Mal scoffed again, rolling her eyes. “Oh really?! Like when you stood against my decision earlier? When I was trying to keep Auradon safe without my magic?!”

“Trying to keep Auradon safe??” Lia gasped, anger seeping into her tone but it was mostly surprise at how warped Mal’s perception of her choices was. “You wanted to close the isle’s barrier forever!!”

“WHAT?!“ a voice roared, and Mal spun around to face her alt self-who was practically glowing with pure anger and horror. “You did what?!?!” Alt Mal stormed past Lia as the others watched, some in horror, some in anger, some in growing betrayal. “You suggested to close the barrier?!”

Mal could hardly get any words out as her alt self got into her face; her teeth bared in anger. “How could you?! For what reason??” Alt Mal screamed, her fists clenched, steam-or was it smoke?-rising from her shoulders, hair, and fists, her anger so deep and hot that it seemed to seep out of her skin.

Mal opened her mouth to speak but alt Mal wouldn’t even let her get an edge in. “What about all those kids on the isle?! What about the food they need that come from the barges?! Were you just going to let them die?! To be abused and used by their own parents! We know what it was like on there-we know what it was like for them!” alt Mal points back at her friends, including the pirates, who all stare back at Mal in either hatred, or betrayal. “And you-over one single security problem, that could EASILY be solved-you just-close the barrier?! What were you thinking?!”

“I had to!” Mal tried to defend herself, stuttering over her words, unwilling to admit alt Mal’s words had shaken her resolve a bit, but she was stubborn, and thought she was the only protector Auradon had. “I had to try and keep the kingdom safe-even when I had no powers!”

“Lia did!!” Ben roared, snapping his teeth at Mal, his frustration at her self-importance, which made it terribly hard for her to even think about others being as ‘strong’/’helpful’ as her, growing.

“I have powers,” Lia said, as if she needed to remind anyone. “I promised that I would protect the kingdom. Mal sent me to find the crowd and the scepter, and that’s when Ben and I were trying to do until Audrey attacked.”

“See?!” Mal said, throwing her hands up, attempting to push blame onto Lia, as if she wasn’t the one to make Lia go on a wild goose chase in the first place. “The barrier wouldn’t have closed for good unless Lia failed too!”

“No! you do not get to pin this on her!” Jay stepped forward, pointing his finger at Mal in such a sudden way that she jumped back, her eyes going wide. “It’s getting tiring Mal. None of your bad decisions are ever your fault are they?! it’s always someone else. You said it’s Lia’s fault that your kiss didn’t break Uma’s spell, and now it’s her fault again if the barrier stayed closed forever?!”

Uma sneered at Mal, her fists clenched at her sides, looking pissed and just disappointed at the same time. “I should’ve never given you the ember back,”

“I was trying to protect the kingdom!” Mal protested; her fists clenched around the ember in her hands. “Lia and Ben wanted to put it in danger!”

“We wanted-to Help!” Ben roared, his cursed beastly form overtaking the human form, horns starting to grow from his head as his teeth sharpened. Lia turned to calm him, her hands resting on his shoulders.

Emotions and tension were running high in everyone, everyone, including alt Mal, were glaring at Mal-who seemed to only try and push the blame off herself even further-digging her grave only deeper.

“You wanted to help the wrong people! Your kingdom needed safety more than the isle kids needed freedom!” Mal snapped, and Evie, Uma, and Carlos flinched back at that-Mal implying that the Vks on the isle weren’t worth helping or were the wrong ones to help-even though they needed it the most. “This is wasting Time!” Mal huffed, turning to head out of the forest again to continue the search for Audrey. “The kingdom needs to be saved but standing here yelling about something that doesn’t matter anymore-“

Mal felt a hand on her arm that she knew must be Evie’s and turned, expecting to see Evie’s kind smile and peacekeeping grace, but only saw cold anger and tears in Evie’s brown eyes, and the righteous fury of Alt Mal and Rose, both glaring at her.

Evie held out her hand expectantly, Mal just stared.

“Give me the ember,” Evie said, defeated, angry.

Mal looked stunned at Evie’s command, blinking rapidly as she held the ember closer to her chest. “wha-“ She couldn’t believe that Evie, of all people, was turning on her too. “E, no. I’m the only one who can use the ember-“

Hadie and Alt Mal silenced Mal’s protest with a cold glare, Hadie’s hair lighting aflame as Mal’s eyes glowed a wicked yellow, both very pissed and living proof that Mal’s defense of ‘im the only one who can use the ember’ didn’t work.

“Unfortunately, I don’t trust you anymore…maybe I shouldn’t have ever trusted you.” Evie said far too calmly. Mal tightened her grip on the ember, clenching her jaw tightly.

“You’re choosing Lia over me?” Mal asked, as if that’s what Evie was doing, as if Evie was the one in the wrong.

“You wanted to abandon the isle.” Evie said, a tear slipping down her cheek, holding out her hand to Mal for the ember. “You wanted to abandon the kids still there. Why would I trust you anymore?”

Mal took another step back, her expression of shock and betrayal. How could they? They were supposed to be her friends, not Lia’s!

While everyone was distracted and focused on Mal, no one noticed Celia appearing and snatching the ember from Mal’s grip. “Give that back!” Mal yelped; the others now focused on Celia.

“Celia! You were supposed to stay with the others!” Alt Evie gasped as Mal reached for Celia, trying to get the ember back but Celia quickly darted out of reach.

“I actually thought you were brave!” Celia yelled, tears in her eyes as she glared at Mal. “turns out you’re just a big chicken!” Celia, in a fit of anger, threw the ember into the nearby birdbath and ran away.

“No!” Mal screamed, racing for the extinguished ember as it sparked and sputtered, quickly going from a glowing blue gem to a piece of coal.

“Celia!” Evie, Uma, Lia, and Rose all called out, watching the young girl race into the darkness of the enchanted forest.

“Shit,” Rose muttered under her breath, looking at Lia and Lia raced after Celia, Ben close behind. Rose let them, Lia could protect herself and Celia needed someone who could soften the blow and make things better rather than make things worse by being blunt.

Lia and Ben quickly caught up with Celia, Lia begging for the young teen to stop-the forest was far too dangerous right now with Audrey and Maleficent lurking. “I can't believe her!” Celia cried, clenching her jaw tightly. “Acting like the hero when she just wanted to close the barrier for good! She’s so-“ Celia let out a scream that rattled the sleeping forest, Lia stepped close, hovering her hand over Celia’s shoulder, unsure if Celia would be okay with her comforting her.

“I’m so sorry about her, about all of this,” Lia said softly, crouching in front of Celia as she sniffled. “But the barrier won't be closing for good. I promise.”

“Both of us…promise,” Ben said, his voice a deep grumble as he looked down at Celia, his eyes remorseful for letting things get this far.

Celia looked between the two, like she expected them to change their minds at any moment. “You won't let it happen?” she asked softly and both Lia and Ben shook their heads.

“No. We will get all the isle kids off,” Lia said with a reassuring smile. “No matter what Mal says now, her words will not stand. When Ben and I are officially king and queen, not even the so called ‘defender of Auradon’ can stop us.” Lia looked to Ben for support, and he nodded, there was no way in hell he was going to let Mal have her way. Again.

Celia made a face at the name. “that’s a stupid name.” she huffed, crossing her arms. “Mal doesn’t defend Auradon, she only defends herself.”

Lia wished she could argue against that, but she couldn’t, it was true. “I promise you’ll see your dad again Celia,” Lia said softly, smiling a bit as Celia gave her a skeptical look. She wished she knew exactly what to say to make Celia feel better about…all of this, but for now, all she could offer was a hug.

Celia surprised her by walking into her arms with little hesitation, holding onto Lia tightly as if to make sure Lia kept her promises.

A clap of thunder and the flash of pink lightning made the two jump apart, Lia turning to see a figure emerge from a swirl of pink smoke, familiar magenta tones and a green eerie glow meeting Lia’s gaze. “Aww, how sweet~” Audrey cooed, smirking at Celia and Lia.

“Audrey!” Lia gasped, Celias running behind Ben for protection as Lia stood to face Audrey. “What are you doing here?!”

“Oh-I’m just offering my sympathy to the sweet little girl who was told she’d never see her father again,” Audrey cooed, pouting a bit as she looked at her scepter, which glowed with evil intent. “Mal disappoints us all, sooner or later, doesn’t she?” Audrey hummed, looking around, raising her brow at Ben who growled at her. “Oh dear, you’re looking better.” She mocked, tapping the scepter to the forest floor and blasting Celia and Ben off their feet with a wave of magenta magic.

Ben tumbled back roughly, while Celia rolled across the soft dirt. In a flash Audrey appeared behind her and grabbed Celia by the scruff of her collar, pulling her up into a tight grip that Celia couldn’t wiggle out of. “Lia help!” Celia screamed and Lia summoned her wings, leaping towards the two but they disappeared in an instant as Audrey cackled, raising her scepter and disappearing in a flash of pink lightning.

Lia’s wings furled and she stopped herself from hitting the ground, her eyes wide as Ben sat up, staring at the spot Audrey and Celia had disappeared from. They glanced at each other, Lia taking a moment to check on Ben, and then they rushed back towards Fairy Cottage.

-end of p3-

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