"so you two lovebirds done?" uma was now standing in front of us, arms crossed and everything. i let go of princey, but i held on to his hand of course. "so who are we saving today?" i don't know why but it came off as if she does this everyday. "audrey." "auradon." i looked at mal, did someone else get hurt or something? last time i checked only a few guards were passed out. "audrey who?" uma asked ignoring mal's response.

"sleeping beauty's daughter, she got possessed by the darkness." that's her official name, but i feel stupid calling her that. so i go from calling it a black cloud/mist/fog, whatever you want to call it. the darkness just seems so edgy. "she left the isle? either she got tired of maleficent's weakass or maleficent was able to get rid of her. when did she leave?" i forgot maleficent was the last one to get possessed by it. "earlier today, but we don't know how she was able too. either there's a way to get out we don't know about, or she's just capable of leaving just like that." i mean it's not like anyone on the isle was able to help her.

"anything else i need to know before we start looking for that princess?" speaking of the mistress of all evil, "and she has maleficent's scepter." and that's all the information i have right now. i hope audrey's okay, i can only imagine the torture her mind is being put through. "woah okay, so basically if we don't beat her then everyone's screwed. great, just great. any idea where she might be?" none at all.

"then we split up, the guys and i will go to fairy cottage and you guys check her room and the school." princey isn't serious right? the first thing horror movies tell you not to do is split up, and what are we doing? splitting up. "fine, but val's coming with us." is everyone just going to make decisions for me? "it's only fair, five in each group." yeah i guess, i guess.... "okay, be careful okay? don't hurt yourself out there." yeah yeah, what can possibly hurt me as i look around a school? he kissed my forehead before joining the guys, didn't even let me say anything about him being safe. tisk tisk.

the girls and i made our way into the school. despite wanting me in her group uma wasn't talking to me. i wanted to say something to her but i didn't know what. hey sorry for spitting fire at you? sorry i got in the way of your plan to help the kids on the isle? i could just say, how have you been, but that would either earn me more silence or a sarcastic remark. you never know with uma. as we walked i felt like someone was staring at us, i hate that feeling. i looked around and took notice of the people standing around us. they were spread out so we wouldn't really see them at first, but when you stop and look you can see them.

"um guys, we have an audience." they weren't moving, and that's because they were turned to stone? they seemed harmless, so why would they be turned to stone?  i walked over to the one that seemed most familiar, it was doug? "christ buddy, who did you upset?" i walked over to the rest, some of these were even teachers. hey now that chemistry bitch deserves this though, he's a real ass. he failed me even though i was doing good in his class, i know because princey helps me with the homework.

"any reason why she picked audrey out of everyone? she goes for the weakest, the most vulnerable. what was this chick going through?" uma had a point, why did she go after audrey? i mean did she see her first or was she the easiest one to pick? "i don't know... she never mentioned if she was sad or upset..." or maybe i never asked. i was so busy with myself i never bothered checking in on audrey. i just figured she was okay, i'm such a shit friend. i really need to save her, oh my dear auds i'm so sorry.

"we should hurry before anyone else gets turned to stone, or worse." i felt a hand on my shoulder, i hoped it was uma's but it was mal's. i looked away and followed uma and evie, i don't care if i'm being too harsh or whatever. i'm not on good terms with her, i never have been. she didn't like me back then, why should being related change that now? like she said, i'm at the bottom of the food chain while she's at the top. let's keep it that way.

we went inside and searched every classroom, they were all empty. i take it the teachers rushed to their homes even after being told not to go outside. unbelievable. these people never listen, we tell them to stay safe and what do they do? they go and run into danger. i'm disappointed, but not surprised. the last place we could check would be her dorm, and from what i know she mostly leaves it unlocked, mostly. well no, she leaves it unlock for me and only i know that.

"so where does  princess bunk down?" uma asked as we walked towards the girl dormitory's. "val knows, i've never gone to her room personally so." i wonder if the guys are having better luck then us. maybe they found some clues in fairy cottage, or maybe they found her. we reached audrey's room, nothing could be heard so i imagine she's not here either. it was very quiet actually, i mean the rooms were obviously occupied but why wasn't anyone making noise? it's like they're all asleep or something.

i opened the door, it was unlocked so lucky us, and the four girls barged in ready to trash her room for clues. celia went straight for the jewels, uma to her bed, and mal and evie to her drawers. what will looking through her clothes or jewels do? or even getting on her bed? uma picked up audrey's diary, and i was about to take it away from because i respect her privacy, but then i realized it might give us clues. however, i don't want to be invasive and read it. well too late, uma was already reading it.

"anything interesting?" evie asked uma as she took the diary from her. okay now we don't all have to see what she's written. "not much, just how she feels and what she does with her life. she even drew a cute picture of her, val and ben. girls got skills." at least they didn't read anything personal. "wait look, here she talks about how she feels lonely, tired-" mal took the diary out of her hand and that's when i've had enough. this isn't giving us clues and now they're just being nosy.

"dear diary, i don't know how much longer i can stay like this. i feel so lonely, so distant from everyone. it sounds silly because i know i have friends who love me, i have the perfect best friends, i'm the captain of the cheer squad, and i'm getting good grades. i shouldn't complain, i should be happy with my life and leave it like it is. i can't though, and it sucks. summers coming, and soon we'll be juniors. i'll have to focus more on school, think about what i want to do with my life. i don't know what i'm going to do. i want to go out and explore, see what i can do before going to college. explore the world maybe, i just don't want to stay home again, i can't handle being with nana. i wish mom was around more, but she's not. maybe fairy godmother will let me stay here for the break like the vk's, or maybe i can invite val to the castle for the summer so i won't be alone. i just don't want to feel alone anymore. i know i should see someone, but i feel like i can't. i don't know, i just don't know anymore. nana used to make my life choices for me, now i have control of my life and i don't know what to do."

everyone stayed silent as mal finished reading audrey's journal entry. i didn't know she felt that way, she knows she can always reach out to me. so that's why she was possessed, she's vulnerable right now. "well, at least we know what caused her to be taken over. we still have no clue where she might be though." i should call princey to see if they have any leads yet, or if they've seen her at all. "okay well i think we should go now, this is her personal business and we shouldn't be looking through it." i grabbed the diary from mal's hand and put it back where audrey kept it. i texted princey to see if they found something, but all he texted back was to get to fairy cottage.

"we should head over to fairy cottage now." as soon as i said it i realized i had no idea where that was. audrey never took me there so... "and where is that?" uma asked as she began to get up from the bed. "let me see. mirror mirror in my hand, where in the land is fairy cottage?" evie asked her mirror, and um... i have a question. when did she get that? i thought she put in the museum like a long time ago.

"not far from here, let's get going then." "e darling, where did you get the mirror from?" mal asked her girlfriend before we left. "the museum, i just figured we might need it... plus it's mine to begin with so, and it's not like the case wasn't broken already." woah didn't think evie had it in her anymore, nice one. we left the room and followed evie as she led us to our next spot. it was getting dark, and cold too. the wind was getting crazy it felt like i was going to be swept away.

by the time we reached the cottage, the wind had gotten stronger while we tried to stay close to the ground. just so no one was swept away we held hands, it was not my idea it was celia's. evie was leading the groups, mal behind her and me in between her and uma. yeah i wish i could switch places with celia but it's too late. great. lightning and thunder began to come down as the area around us was getting covered with pink fog.

"evie? evie is that you?" a voice could be heard but we couldn't see who it was, from the sound of it i think it's carlos. the pink fog was blocking the view but an abundance of footsteps was heard. following the footsteps came coughing, the fog began to feel more like smoke than fog. evie pulled us forwards, into the middle of the smoke. it was clear there, almost like it wanted us in this precise spot. soon after us, the guys all fell into the middle. while on their hands and knees, they clutched their chests as their coughing seemed to go from worse to good. it took them awhile to stop as the clean air finally reached their lungs.

"well good to see you all, don't tell me you came all this way just for me. i feel so honored, thank you so much darlings." i looked around but didn't see audrey anywhere. where was the voice coming from then? lighting hit the ground next to us and she appeared, her hair and clothes were beginning to turn all black as she spread through her.

"audrey..." i tried to get closer to her but was pushed away by the wind. i had to get closer to her, find a way to talk to audrey before anything even worse happens. if i can get to audrey, she might be able to fight back. if she resists, then she grows weaker as she has no weakness to feed off of. if i can't... let's not think about that. the others tried to get near her too but none of our attempts were successful. i gripped on to the grass as i crawled towards audrey, it's the only way she wouldn't be able to flick me across the floor like last time. i really wish she couldn't control the fucking weather and shit right now.

"audrey, i know you're still in there. you can fight this, i know you can." i didn't know what to say exactly, but i had to try anything that will get to audrey. "don't listen to him, his words mean nothing." we don't know if she's taken over audrey completely, or if audrey is in there somewhere but we had to try. i'll do whatever it takes to make sure she's still in there. "audrey, please listen to me!" i said with such force i felt like my voice was going to crack. with that her eyes snapped back to normal and the wind was calming down a bit, but only a bit. who knows how long i'll have this audrey for.

"val, i-i can't stop it. i'm trying, but it's stronger. i'm so sorry." the wind started picking up again which meant she was pulling audrey back in and taking over again. "i'm so sorry, blah i hate those words. we have nothing to be sorry about, you're all getting what you deserve. for so long i've been looking for someone with as much hurt and anguish as my last vessel, the one you call maleficent. without me she's no longer the mistress of evil, but this little darling. she'll go down in history as the one who took maleficent's thrown. she's alone with no family, just like maleficent. no amount of friends will make up for the motherly love she lacks, the father figure she doesn't have and a caring sweet grandmother she so wishes she had. you're nothing to her, so why bother saving her? she's mine now, and soon all of auradon will be too. your little pink princess is gone, and i'm here now." that's all audrey wants, a family who loves her...

"you're wrong! she does have a family, audrey you have a family! i'm your family, you're my family. family doesn't end in blood, but it doesn't start there either. a family cares about you, not what you can do for them. a family's there through the good, bad, all of it. they've got your back even when it hurts. that's family. from the moment i met you, i felt something." the wind became stronger yet again, audrey began to levitate as maleficent's scepter shinned brighter. "shut up! nothing you say will work, she's mine!" she's getting angrier, that means it's working!

"audrey i grew up an only child, i didn't have siblings and i didn't know my father. my mother was the only family i had, until i met uma, harry and gil. they became my family, i felt something when i met them. when i met you i felt that same feeling, i knew you would be important to me and you are! audrey i love you like a sister, you're like one of the most important people in my life. please fight against her, don't let her make you believe what she says. if you need a family, you can always join mine. i'd never deny you that opportunity." she stopped levitating but she didn't come back down. from where i stood, well i'm not standing really as that's kinda hard to do right now, i saw her eyes go back to normal.

"you... you mean it? you love me? i-i haven't heard my own mother say that in so long... will you really be my family?" oh my sweet audrey is back, i can't lose her again. "yes! of course i mean it, and fuck yeah i'll be your family. fight her, get her away from your mind and you'll be back to normal. once your back then i'll introduce you to your new family!" i was getting to her, but i feel like i'm going all the work here. i'm not complaining of course, i don't want there to be a fight but still it's not like talking things out will always work in our favor.

"no! you won't win easily! don't believe him, he's a guy. all they do is lie and make empty promises! no! stop! stop!" audrey's eyes flicked back to black, she got higher up and then let a maniacal laugh. "you don't get to win this battle, the time of heroes will come to an end! starting with you!" thunder clashed, the wind went back to normal but the mood switched to that of a horror movie. she aimed the scepter at me but i rolled over so it didn't hit me. she let out an annoyed groan and i took that as a sign to run away. i got up ran, i needed the ember. i looked around for uma, everyone was spread around i would have to sprint to her. so that's way i did, hopefully i don't trip.

"uma give me the ember!" i practically yelled which i didn't mean to do. "how do you know it'll work for you?" uma darling we don't have time for this. "i just know okay, i'll explain later but we don't have time for this. uma please!" uma looked up and saw the green light hit the ground as audrey aimed for another person. she took out the ember from shell and quickly handed it over. "be careful." was all she said before she backed away slowly. she seemed insane, i don't blame uma for being scared.

"now for my next trick you'll see how i destroy your little knight in shining armor!" i saw the scepter point as me as a mix of pink and green light came towards me. i closed my eyes and held the ember out in front of me, i prayed that it did something for me. i opened one eye and saw the ember fighting against the scepter. at first it seemed like i was winning, but soon the power of the scepter began to push me backwards. i wasn't strong enough. suddenly i felt a hand on mine, or well whoever it was intertwined our hands.

"if we're only half god, together we must have the power of one whole god." mal said, her logic seemed flawed but it could work. her eyes flashed green and soon we were overpowering the scepter. it didn't stay like that forever though and soon we were loosing again. i guess combined we didn't equal a whole god. "give me the ember!" i looked to my left and saw uma, her she'll necklace was glowing just like last time. she wasn't going to turn into an octopus hybrid here right? i trust her, but what if she hits us while i'm giving uma the ember? she'll only hit me though, and that's a risk i'm willing to take. "okay." i gave it over to uma, i excepted to be hit and knocked out but that wasn't what happened.

"the strengths of evil is good of none when stand before nine hearts as one." she's using the spell she used when maleficent attacked, but did she say nine? i looked around and saw everyone holding hand in a circle. yeah how did i miss that? the others began chanting as well, i should join them. "the strengths of evil is good of none when stand before nine hearts as one." an almost like rainbow light came from us, a light blue from uma and i as we worked together, the ember and her shell. a green light from mal, evie's signature blue, red from carlos, an orange like color from jay and yellow from princey. it was coming from the jewels, the ones they got from the jewel-bilee.

"no! no i won't be defeated by a bunch of children! not again! you can't stop me, i won't let you destroy me!" by the sound of it she was growing weak, us working together did it. i'm not sure what effect we were having on her, but whatever it was it was working. the scepter fell out of audrey's hand, her body was on its back, and then there was a loud shriek. the black cloud left her her body, it came out of her mouth which was terrifying. her body was just floating there before it fell down to the ground.

"audrey!" i let go of mal and uma's hand before running towards audrey's body. she fell from pretty high up, she could be dead or have broken many bones. i prefer a broken bone over a lifeless corpse. i dropped down next to her and held her in my arms. i shook her a bit to see if she would wake up. "val..." she wasn't dead! oh thank the gods, i am forever in their debt. "audrey, oh thank gods i thought i lost you there. are you okay? does anything hurt? you fell from pretty high up." she must've broken a bone or something. "my wrist and ankle, and my ribs kinda. don't worry about it though." was she being serious right now? "no i will worry, audrey i'm-" i cut myself as i saw her expression switch to one of terror. "val look." i looked at whatever had her attention, i didn't like what i was seeing.

"everyone run!" i yelled as everyone seemed to be in a trance looking up at the tornado in the sky. i hoisted audrey up and began making my way towards the others. as we ran it felt like something was off, and as i looked around i saw someone was missing. princey wasn't with anyone, he wasn't running at all. "evie! here take audrey with you." i stopped evie as she ran past us, i couldn't leave audrey alone but i had to go get princey. she didn't hesitate and took audrey with her. i ran back to princey, i don't understand why he's just standing there like a fool.

"princey lets go, princey!" i tried to pull him but it was like he was glued to the ground. "princey! ben!" no matter how hard i pulled he wouldn't move. i'd have to use magic on him or something, but he hates magic bing used on him. fuck. "as light as a feather, as stiff as a board, make this boy fly like a bird." nothing happened though, i thought that if it rhymed it worked. did it not rhyme? i would have to find a way to control it, but i didn't have the ember anymore. 

"uma the ember!" i yelled as the others were far from us. "i don't have it, she does!" uma pointed at mal who stopped running and turned to face me. i let go of princey and ran towards mal, she ran to me too so she could meet me half way. she gave me the ember and as soon as it was in my hand i felt my body begin to burn. mal gasped and began backing away slowly, i looked down at my arm and saw that i was indeed on fire. i didn't really like that but if i must then so be it. i looked back and held my arm up as the ember began to shine oh so brightly.

"stop! no, you're no match for me even if you are part god! only he who created me can really get rid of me." the voice, it began to sound like a mix of all the villain parents. "if i can't rule auradon then neither can he!" the cloud spun around , the ember was still targeting it not letting it go once. just like it left audrey, it entered princey... oh no, no this is not good. princey didn't move for a second or two before he extended his arm out. maleficent's scepter flew right into his hand... the fire went out as worry and panic took over me.

"auradon will be without rule, no king and now no queen. if i can't rule, well then i shall die. but why not take someone with me though?" he slammed maleficent's scepter down to the ground and a giant green light flashed so brightly it must've been seen from all across auradon. princey's body fell to the ground as a little black cloud left his mouth before it disappeared into thin air. i dropped the ember and ran to him, this wasn't what i think it was right?

"princey, princey please wake up." he wasn't breathing. and he was getting cold real quick. he's dying or he's dead... no he can't be dead, please don't let him be dead. "ben..." i didn't feel a pulse, oh my gods i don't feel a pulse. i held on to him as i began to cry, my princey is dead and it's my fault. i should've been able to help him, to get him out of trouble. i failed him, and now he's gone. "val.." i felt audrey's arms wrapped around me, she held me tightly as i wept.

"we should take him to the hospital," yeah and what are they gonna do there mal? bring him
back to life after being taken out my maleficent's scepter? "we keep him there under watch until we bring hades over. he's the only one that can undo this type of effect caused by the scepter." is she seriously suggesting we bring him over? i mean could he really... no why would he? "and what makes you think he's going to actually help us?" i highly doubt he would, but if it means saving my princey then i'll take that risk. "he's helped us once, i'm sure he wouldn't mind doing it again."

"okay fine, but what if doesn't? then what?" the guys began to walk towards us, i guess we're taking him on foot. if hades doesn't help then i'll really have to say goodbye. "he will, i know he will." audrey began to pull me away from princey as the guys began to pick him up. i don't want to say goodbye to him, i know i said i wasn't ready for marriage and stuff like that but i do know i'm ready for a future with him. watching them walk away with him really my heart ache in pain, i'd never thought i'd have to see such thing. i love him and i don't want to ever lose him. i just can't, saying goodbye would break me in ways i can't handle. i don't like feeling weak, but right now that's all i can feel other than my breaking heart.

please don't take my princey away.

(i don't know how to feel about this chapter, i feel like is sucks so yeah...)