( 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 )

𝙳𝙴𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝙳𝙰𝙽𝚃𝚂 𝚃𝚆𝙾
ＹＯＵ＇ＲＥ  ＮＯＴ  ＩＮ  ＴＨＩＳ  ＡＬＯＮＥ

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BEN CAME DOWN THE STAIRS with no Mal in sight. It felt like it was a defeated situation. I could only imagine how my brother was feeling. His eyes were filled with heartbreak. "So?" Evie asks softly.

"Where's Mal?" I ask.

"She's not coming back," Ben sighs.

"What? We'll talk to her," Evie says nodding to me as we walk towards some tube.

Evie and I get to the top, "M?" Evie and I call out.

"Mal, it's Evie. Let me just talk to you for a second," Evie says.

"Mal, come on," I plead.

"Go away!" Mal yells.

"Let's give her a couple of hours to cool off," Jay recommends.

"Guys! Where's Ben?" Carlos calls out.

We look straight towards the alley and saw no signs of Ben insight, "Ben? Ben!" Evie calls out as a figure approaches us, we all let out a breath.

"Ben, don't scare us like that," I say putting my hands on my hips.

"Don't scare you?" a Scottish voice asks.

"But that's my specialty," the figure says looking up at us.

"Harry," Evie sighs.

"What did you do with Ben?" I ask.

"Oh, uh, we nicked him. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And if you want to see him again, have Mal come to the Chip Shoppe tonight. Alone. Uma wants a little visit. Aw, Jay. Seems like you've lost your touch," Harry taunts.

"Hey!" Jay was about to attack but Evie stops him in time.

"Jay!" Harry laughs in Jay's face and then barks towards Carlos before walking away.

Jay starts climbing up towards Mal's place so Evie, Carlos and I follow behind. We eventually get to the top and there stood Mal. We tell her about the situation we were currently in, "If you guys never would have brought him here, this never would have happened. What were you thinking?!" Mal yells.

"Mal, we weren't thinking because we love you and we would do anything for you," I reason.

"He was gonna come with or without us. We just wanted to protect him," Evie says.

"Yeah, and we completely blew it, guys," Carlos scoffs.

"Okay! Okay. So, what are we gonna do?" Jay asks.

"'We' are not doing anything," Mal says as she took her steps down the small stairs towards us.

"This is between Uma and me. And she's a punk. And guess what? Now I have to go get him," Mal says.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Carlos calls out getting everyone's attention, "Mal. You're still gonna have to go through Harry Hook and his wharf rats."

"Yeah, you're gonna need us," Jay scoffs.

"Uma said to come alone," Mal reminds.

"Come on, Mal. Since when do you listen to others," I say walking up to her.

"She said to come alone," Carlos says to me putting a hand on my shoulder.

"I know one thing. I'm not going anywhere," Carlos takes a seat on the couch.

"We'll be here when you get back," Jay says. Evie and I look at each other than at Mal when she walks away. I hope she made the right choice.

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Mal comes back with a defeated look on her face. She told us that she lost and that Uma wanted Fairy Godmother's wand, "There's no way we're gonna give Uma the wand. We can't just let her destroy Auradon," I pace back and forth until I bump into Evie.

"Uma doesn't get the wand then Ben is toast, guys," Carlos says.

"Right, so, we're gonna give Uma, of all people, the wand," Evie argues.

The commotion between us starts rattling up, "Wait! You guys!" Mal says getting our attention.

"Your 3D printer," Mal suggests.

"A phony wand in my sleep," Carlos says.

"And the second Uma tests it, she'll know it's fake," Evie says.

"Well, okay, so then we just get Ben out really fast. We need some kind of diversion," Mal shares.

"Smoke bombs!" Jay and I suggest.

"That's perfect. I'll get the chemicals I need from Lady Tremaine's place. That could work," Evie says before dragging me and her towards the exit.

"Oh, and sick hair, by the way. Evil Stepmom seriously stepped up her game," Evie says touching Mal's new hair.

"Okay, do you want to know something? Dizzy did this," she says.

"Little Dizzy? Shut up!" Evie exclaims.

"I know! I'm, like, loving it. It's, like a lot lighter," Mal says.

"Really proud of her, aren't ya, Evie?" I smile at the thought that I'll finally be able to meet Dizzy.

A cough comes from the other side of the room, "Hello?" Evie and I turn our heads to see Carlos and Jay sitting on the sidelines.

"Right," we said getting back into work mode.

"Carlos, Jay, you guys meet us at Pirates Bay, no later than noon. And, you guys, losing- not an option. 'Cause we're rotten..." Mal says.

"To the core," everyone says, except for me.

"Let's do this," Mal cheers. We all start walking towards our destination. Us, girls being Lady Tremaine's hair salon as our destination.

We arrive at the place and immediately Evie gasps at the sight, "Shhh," Evie tells Mal and I before sneaking up behind Dizzy.

"Evie? Evie! You came back!" Dizzy yells, grabbing onto Evie.

"Hi!" Evie says tightening her grip.

"Hey. So great to see you, too," Mal mumbles.

Mal and I stood there awkwardly, "Is it all just like we imagined? Do they really have closets you can walk into? Have you been to a real swimming pool? What does ice cream taste like?" Dizzy asks jumping up and down. Her heart seemed too pure to be in the Isle.

"It's cold and it's sweet, and if you eat it too fast, it gives you a headache," Evie explains ice cream which causes me to smile.

"Really?" Dizzy sighs.

"Yeah. I also brought you a special person," she grabs onto Dizzy's hand and turns her around.

"Meet, Que—" Evie starts but was interrupted by Dizzy's screams.

"Queen Beatrice!" Dizzy gives me the biggest hug. My lungs filled with leftover air until she let go.

"Oh! Hi, Dizzy!" I bend down to her height.

"My dream is really coming true," Dizzy cries embracing me once again.

"Oh, I saved your sketchbook for you," Dizzy turns to Evie.

"You did?" Evie gasps looking up at Mal and I.

Dizzy runs to the counter and grabbed a book, "Dizzy!" Evie laughs. Dizzy places the book on the table. Evie takes a seat and flips through the pages. I began wandering around the place trying to find items for our distraction not bother listening to the rest of the conversation.

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We were on our last smoke bomb, "Got it?" Evie asks as she put the last drop of chemicals into the glove.

"Yeah, I got it," Mal says tying it up.

I turn the machine off, "Perfect. That makes five smoke bombs," I say.

"Okay. I think that's enough, right?" Mal asks.

"Yeah," we all say.

"M, B, how amazing would this look with my shredded tee and my heart purse?" Evie asks showing us one Dizzy's designs.

"Very amazing," we say.

"Take it. Take a bunch," Dizzy says shoving all her creations towards us.

"Oh, Dizzy!" Evie exclaims as she put the tiara into her bag and Dizzy came and put everything in her bag and some in mine too.

"Thank you," Evie says.

"It would make me so happy to know that you were wearing something of mine in Auradon. Almost like me being there myself," Dizzy says.

Evie grabs her into a hug and pulled her in tightly, "I really wish I could take you with me," Evie sighs.

"At least one of us had her dream come true, right?" Dizzy sighs.

"Yeah," Evie says nervously.

"Don't worry, Dizzy. One day you'll get to be in Auradon with us," I smile at her.

"E, B, we gotta go," Mal says.

"Okay," Evie says snapping out of her trance.

We wave goodbye as Dizzy walks away and so do we but Evie couldn't help but look back at her, "She's gonna be okay," Mal reassures Evie.

"Yeah, but she could be so much more," Evie says. Mal and I grab one of Evie's hand and walk out.

"Wait, Beatrice!" I hear my name called by someone.

"Go. I'll catch up with you guys," I say, they give me a look.

"Don't worry, you guys taught me everything about the Isle, remember?" I smile before walking back into the salon.

I look back to see the girls walking and bump into a small figure, "Oh, Dizzy," I laugh.

"I forgot to give you this," she takes something from behind her back, a beautiful bracelet. It looks like the one the VK's always wear but instead mine has a rose on it.

"Thank you so much, Dizzy," I smile bending down to her height. She gives me the biggest hug.

"I really hope you like it, My Queen," Dizzy bows down.

"Dizzy, I'm just Beatrice," I smile before I walk away to catch up with the rest of them.

I catch up with the girls they were just talking, "I thought that's what you and Ben had. Do you want to talk about it?" Evie asks.

"Hey, guys," I say walking up from behind the both of the girls.

"I'm not coming back, Evie. I can't. I really tried to tell you guys," Mal sighs.

"Yeah," Evie says.

"But, I mean, I saw the way your face lit up when we walked through those dorm rooms for the first time. And I couldn't spoil that for you," Mal says.

"If you're staying, I'm staying, too," Evie and I say.

"No," Mal bluntly says.

"Evie, Beatrice, you are Auradon girls. And I am... and will always be... the girl from the Isle," Mal chuckles sadly. I look away not wanting to believe that Mal might never come back to Auradon with us. Mal throws a rock at the sigh which snaps me out of my daze. Arms hooked into my arms as we went up the stairs.

( 𝖛𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖔 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖘 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 )
I changed some of the lyrics to talk about the three of them instead of just the two of them.

All three of us walk to this little balcony spot on the stairs, "I didn't know what you were going through," Evie says.

"I thought that you were fine. Why did you have to hide?" I say looking at Mal.

"I didn't want to let you down but the truth is out. It's tearing me apart not listening to my heart," Mal says.

"I really had to go."

"And we would never stop you," Evie and I said looking at her.

"Even though we've changed."

"Nothing has to change," I say grabbing them both.

"And you can find me in the space between. When two worlds come to meet. I'll never be out of reach. 'Cause you're a part of me so you can find me in the space between. You'll never be alone, no matter where you go. We can meet in the space between," we all say thinking of all the memories we've shared. We walk up the stairs until we reach the top. 

Mal grabbed onto both Evie and I as we walk, "There are no words left to say."

"I know you got to find your place," Evie sighs.

"But this is not the end," I say looking at both of them as we all held hands, "No, you're part of who I am."

"Even if we're worlds apart," we face the front of the room still holding onto one another.

"You're still in my heart. It will always be you and me," our foreheads all met taking in this moment. Then we lift our arms like we just won and then drop them.

"You can find me in the space between," we walk towards the living room, "Where two worlds come to meet."

"We'll never be out of reach," Evie and I say, "Never be out of reach."

"No, 'cause you're a part of me so you can find me in the space between."

"You'll never be alone," Evie assures, Mal smile at both of us as Evie and I start walking towards Mal. She reached her arms out trying to reach us. "No matter where you go."

"We can meet in the space between."

"Yeah, no matter where you go."

"No matter where you go."

"We can meet in the space between," we gather into a hug. Holding onto one another as if our lives depended on it. Our friendship was true and it broke my heart to see Mal this way.

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