we made it to the isle in no time, princey had given us the remote thing that opened it up for us. all we had to do was be quick, hopefully hades was cooperative. i really doubt it though. mal parked her bike out in the open, why? i don't know. i put mine somewhere no one could see it, i'm not saying it'll get stolen but old habits die hard. i get i don't know how to drive, but it can't be that hard right? i mean not to complain anything, but speeding on a bicycle is really fucking hard when you have noodle legs like i do.

"follow me ladies and gents, we have good timing too. it's right about his nap time." celia led us down a street that had posters everyone that read, keep out, followed by a blue ball with blue hair. i take it that's him? did a child draw those or did he? eh what's the difference. as we got closer the signs got bigger and nastier. so many curse words, nice. oh one even read 'beware of dog.' didn't know we had dogs on the isle, i didn't think it was possible.

"a three headed dog? who's gonna believe that?" i asked celia, however mal was the one that answered that for me. "how big is that dog?" celia and i exchanged a look before she went and opened the door for us. "you'll see." we walked in and dogs barking could be heard everywhere. "and stay quite, it echos like crazy in here." you don't say... my ears might bleed from all the barking, it's so unnecessarily loud. it must work to keep people away.

celia led us farther in till we reached what seemed to be a bicycle meant for two. yeah i'm not doing that. "so who's getting on?" not me for sure, my legs are tired. "i'll walk behind, have fun." celia and mal hoped on and began pedaling as i walked behind them. i don't see the point of there being a bike thing, but i guess he just wanted to be as far away from society as possible. i don't blame him.

i stopped walking as they stopped pedaling, we arrived to the entrance to his home. i'm nervous, why am i nervous? i shouldn't be, and i shouldn't be here either. we made our way in, and just like celia said, he was napping. so he snores huh? it's very loud, i think louder than the dogs. which by the way, i don't see. so there were no dogs, but where was the barking coming from? i saw celia walk over to a record player and turn it off, smart but where does one get a dog barking vinyl? why would someone even make it, it's not like these type of situations happen daily.

mal walked over to him, or well behind the couch he was on. if he's just going to be asleep the whole time then why did i even bother coming? i should've stood up to princey and said no... like i could ever say no to him, have you seen his puppy eyes and pouty lip?

"what are you doing here?" his voice scared me a bit, just a bit though. "i noticed you were low on canned corn." where the fuck did celia get canned corn? did she know... of course she did, the cards must've told her what she was going to do today. hades hadn't taken off his shades yet so he didn't notice mal behind him. she was about to succeed and grab the ember when he slammed his hand on hers. great reflexes dude. he took the ember out of her hand and put it in his vest pocket. no it's not a vest, what's it called? or is it? like a rockstar vest basically, yeah i can't english.

"hey dad." that's weird, why'd she call him dad? i mean unless... no, no you're kidding right? no i'm hallucinating, she did not just call him dad. she did not. oh my gods she did. what the fuck? what the actual fuck? "he's your dad?!" i walked down the steps and joined an equally surprised celia. mal and hades looked over at us, which i did not like.

"yeah, only evie knows so this stays between us." she did not say yeah, she did not. oh my gods i think i'm gonna be sick. is the room spinning? am i spinning? "hey samael." who the fuck is samael? why did he and... oh my fucking gods. this means my mother is... maleficent. oh i'm totally going to be sick. "samael?" mal asked him, though it felt like she was asking me.

"yeah your mother let me choose it. she chose your name, i chose his. it means grim reaper, chief of the dragons of evil, and prince of darkness. it's cool isn't it?" mal stood up straight and her eyes widened so much i thought her eyes were going to pop out. "i didn't expect to see my kids this soon, what is it father's day already?" neither of us said anything, i mean what the fuck do i have to say? i should have just stayed with princey, i could've gone my whole life without finding out mal's my long lost sister.

"why so quiet? wait don't tell me, are you doing that twin telepathy thing?" did he just say the t word? oh my gods he did. "t-twin?" it's one thing if she's my sister, it's another if she's my twin. i mean, we don't even look the same. this is a prank isn't it. please tell me zeus is behind this, a punishment for yelling at him earlier. i will not accept this, she is not my sister and he is not might dad. my mother is the queen of hearts, and i'm an only child. oh my gods i'm going to cry.

"you know i was going to see you the other day, when you came for the little shits. i said was because i didn't, i figured you wouldn't want me there or you wouldn't recognize me. either way, i didn't want to ruin your day." even if he did come to see us, how was he expecting us to react? hey dad, long time no see? "really? wonder why. is it because i'm moving on with my life, and your stuck here?" moving on with your life? did i miss something? when did she start doing something with her life other then study?

"now mal don't be bitter." why are we even talking? we came to get the ember, then we go back, save audrey and pretend none of this ever happened. that's the plan, and the only plan. "you abandoned me." he left you in a home at least! i was left for dead on the streets! i mean what would've happened if mother never found me? i wouldn't even be here! i'd be dead, and she would probably still be here.

"i used to be a god!" i had toned out their bickering, but now i'm growing inpatient. i don't care about any unresolved issues they might have, i just want to leave. "okay enough, we came here for the shiny blue rock. we're leaving with it, and that's the end of it. whatever is going on with you two can be worked out when i'm not here, now let's go already." they both stopped bickering and looked over at me, i honestly don't see the resemblance. aren't kids suppose to look like their parents?

"now samael, that's no way to speak to your father." is this man for real? "my names valentin, and you are not my father." i'm an only child, i have a mother and no father. that's the story i'm sticking to. "yes i know, valentin hearts. son of the queen of hearts, boyfriend to the king of auradon. i make sure to check up on my kids. i'm an absent father, but that doesn't mean i don't care." he's kidding right?

"if you cared you wouldn't have left me out in the streets to die!" i should've just kept quiet, this just reinforces the idea that i care about any of this. "hey look, your mom just wanted one kid. we didn't expect two, so we thought it'd be easier to give one of you up." and of course they picked mal, because when is she not the favorite? i mean she's always there to ruin my life isn't she? i became a mess because princey left me for her. when i left auradon and came to the isle, princey only came to rescue her. the reason i grew up with an abusive asshole in the home was because my 'parents' chose her over me. this is just unbelievable.

"val, i'm-" no, she is the last person i want to hear a word from. "no shut up, i don't want to hear another word out of your mouth okay? i don't like you, i never have and probably never will. so stay out of this okay? and you," i redirected my attention to hades. "if you really care about your children, give the ember. i don't care if you say it won't work for me or her, it doesn't hurt to try. we'll bring it back, or maybe not. i haven't made up my mind, i just know i need to save someone and your gonna help whether you like it or not. so hand it over now." i extended my hand waiting for him to give it.

"you are definitely my son. fair warning, if it gets wet it's game over." he tossed it to me and i gracefully caught it, i wasn't going to drop it after going off on him. that would be ultimately embarrassing. "great, let's roll." celia and i began walking back up the stairs, i didn't bother checking to see if mal was behind us. "don't forget about your father kids." yeah whatever.

there was definitely an awkward silence as we walked back to the entrance. "i guess that's why he's always ask-" celia not now dear. "don't even, look this stays between us okay? no ones to find out he's my dad or that she's my sister. i'll even pay you to keep quiet." she smiled and did the zipping  her mouth motion thing. "my lips are sealed." great, thanks. "val i really think we should talk about this." oh my gods!

"i- hey stop!" i ran out the entrance as i saw two rando's passing by with our bikes. are you fucking kidding me right now? how are we supposed to get back now? "those were your bikes... how are we supposed to go back now?" i have an idea, but we need to get outside the barrier first. "let's get out of the isle, once we're outside i'll have signal and i'll call princey to come pick us up." i would suggest we swim but then the ember would get wet. i can't believe we didn't bring the car, it would've easier because it gives us the bridge!

"okay let's go before anyone sees us." we rushed to the pier, it was empty so no one will see us, yay. wonderful let's get going. mal opened it up and we walked out, i took out my phone and began calling princey when i heard something drop. i turned around and saw none other than harry hook on the ground. don't tell me he jumped through the barrier, please don't tell me that's what happened.

"val? what happened, did you get it?" i blanked out for a moment before answering. "yes, but we're stranded without a way to cross over. send jay or whoever to come pick us please, thanks love you." i quickly hung up so that i could deal with the situation in front of me. "hey val, just coming for a wee visit." harry dude i... i don't know what to say. "harry, what on earth were you thinking jumping through? have you been following us?" he got up and dusted himself off before jumping on me.

"i didn't think you'd come back for me and i was lonely." my hands weren't free to really catch him so i ended up stumbling backwards, no not stumbling. falling. i ended up falling backwards which caused the ember to fly out of my hands and into the water. i love harry, he's like a brother to me, but i'm going to kill him. something caught it though, that tentacle looked very familiar. i pushed harry off of me and went to see what or who caught it.

"uma?" i looked at harry as if he was crazy, but it dawned on me that it could be uma. the water twirled around before dropping off someone on to the platform. hook was right, it was my dear friend uma. this day is just full of surprises isn't it? oh my ughh. okay but i'm not gonna pretend to not be happy, i missed her so much. "hi boys." harry rushed to her, he almost dropped her too. i take it he was real lonely huh? "welcome back." hopefully there were no hard feelings still?

"where have you been?" i asked, i really want to know because i am an idiot who thought she had gone back to the isle. "probably planning her revenge." mal can never be quiet can she? "it's not all about you mal. i was looking for a hole in the barrier to let everyone out. and you know what i found harry? it's way better out there than we thought, there's this thing that looks like a furry rock called a coconut. and fish so big you can dance on their back, and these two have been keeping it all for themselves." so there's hard feelings still there, great. just great. "but now i have this, i wonder what type of fun i can get out this." she held up the ember, but her attention was directed towards mal.

"uma enough, i need that to save someone." yeah uma isn't going to give it back to mal, she might not hand it over to me either. we're screwed aren't we? "well i might not give it back, see what happens." uma darling, please not now. "uma people's lives are in danger!" uma walked over to the edge of the water, she held the ember out like she was ready to drop it. she was bluffing. she wouldn't.

"promise me that every single villain kid that wants to can get out the isle." that's been the plan since the beginning. "i can't do that." princey can, and we know he wants too. "yeah i know, but he can." she pointed at me, what can i do? oh it's because of princey, yeah i see that now. "uma i promise we'll get every kid off this isle as soon as this is all over." "swear on your little boyfriends life." what? yeah okay whatever. "i swear on his life." princeys number one priority is the isle, he won't disappoint.

"okay, but i'm still keeping this. i don't trust her to save the world, this is a job for pirates. so how are we getting back? and where's gil?" there was a beep that caught our attention, we turned to see the bridge was appearing. our ride was here. well that was fast. "gil's in auradon, he was chosen to come over."

**

the car ride back was awkward to say the least. why? well first because of the whole hades thing with mal, then the unresolved issues with uma and i. then there's uma and mal's stupid rivalry. princey had sent jay to pick us up, but i wish he had come himself. i just wanted to rest my head against his shoulder, but as soon as we got back we'd have to find a way to fix everything.

when we arrived the others were already waiting for us, they had gotten rid of their scarfs and were now breathing the air as if we weren't at risk still. i was the first one to get out and i went straight to princey. i didn't say anything, i just hugged him and buried my face in his chest. let me enjoy this while i can. i pulled away and stood next to him, i was like side hugging him basically. i looked over and saw gil greeting his friends with a giant hug. it was a cute scene honestly.

"so what exactly happened?" princey asked as he watched the three embracing each other. "well harry jumped through the barrier, and then uma came out of the water. no big deal." i was lying of course, it was a very big deal. "and hades ember? where is it? how was it seeing him?" someone seems to have a lot of questions, well i should answer them after all. i pulled him aside so no one else could hear us, i really don't want them to hear us.

"well it was chaotic i guess? i don't know, but what i do know is that i shouldn't have gone. i found out that not only is he my dad, maleficent is my mother and mal is my long lost twin sister. so yeah, thanks for sending over." i said with the sarcasm dripping down the 'thanks'. "val i'm not sorry, you have a family. i'm sure if you gave mal a chance, you two will be able to make up for the lost time. you won't regret it, i wish i had a brother or a sister. being an only child sucks." not really, but thanks for trying to look for the positive side of this whole thing.

"yeah whatever, let's just get this over with. i want audrey back already and for this to be over with."