༢ ͎۪۫ ༊ ❛ 𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗦 ❜
▬▬▬ MOVIE ONE, VOLUME ONE ━ˎ˗
. . . ➾ ˗ˏˋ beneath the crown ࿐ྂ
𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗻, i choose good ▬▬▬

     𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐇'𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐊 as she looked at Mal who stood in front of her. "I think I want to be good" is what Mal had said, and those words were the words Elizabeth had wanted to say her entire life. Ever since she was a little girl, all Elizabeth wanted to do was to be good. She had dreams of living in Auradon, she had dreams of being the princess she always wanted to be.

      She wanted to be loved by others, not feared by them. She wanted others to be proud of her, not disappointed of her. On the inside, she knew she was good. She knew all of them were, Evie, Jay, Carlos, and especially Mal ━ and Ben knew it too.

      "You are good,"

      "How do you know that?" Mal exclaimed suddenly, holding the wand further out towards him.

      Ben looked up slightly, having no hesitation in his reply as he then looked back down into Mal's eyes. "Because . . . because I'm listening to my heart."

      Mal then stopped, her breathing slowly calming down as she looked back at Ben, a frown on her face. "I want to listen to my heart too . . ." Mal began, sighing as she slowly turned around to face her friends. "And my heart is telling me that we are not our parents." Mal continued with a small laugh.

      "I mean, stealing things doesn't make you happy." Mal began, turning to look at Jay. "Tourney and victory pizza with the team makes you happy." Mal added, a guy in the crowd laughing in agreement as Mal now faced Carlos. "And you, scratching Dude's belly makes you happy. Who would've thought?"

      Mal had finally broke, her voice cracking as tears fell while she looked over at Evie. "And Evie, you do not have to play dumb to get a guy," Mal smiled, Evie shaking her head with a small laugh as she began to cry. "You are so smart."

      "And Lizzie . . ." Mal began, pausing as she looked over at Elizabeth who held her hands together in front of her dress, tears running down her cheek. "Despite the darkness surrounding you, you've always yearned to be good, to make choices that define who you really are, not who you were born to be."

      Elizabeth let out a cry as she smiled, feeling a hand grab onto hers, bringing it away from her other hand that she held onto. Looking down and following the hand she noticed that it was Evie's. While she looked up at her, Evie nodded in agreement with Mal.

      "And I don't want to take over the world with evil. It doesn't make me happy." Mal shook her head, a tear finally letting loose and falling down her cheek. "I want to go to school. And be with Ben."

      Ben looked up from the ground, his gaze turning to Mal as she turned to face him ━ holding up the hand that had his ring on her finger. "Because Ben makes me really happy." Mal smiled, looking into Ben's eyes before turning back around. "Us being friends makes me really happy. Not destroying things. I choose good, you guys." Mal finished, holding her fist out.

      The VKs all stood in front of her, smiles on their faces as they admired Mal. "I choose good." Elizabeth smiled, putting her fist in with Mal's, a smile growing on her face.

      Jay then smirked, putting his fist in. "I choose good, too."

      "I choose good." Evie laughed, putting her fist in.

      Finally, they all glanced at Carlos, smiling at him. "So, just to be clear . . . we don't have to be worried about how really mad our parents will be? Because they're gonna be really, really mad." Carlos questioned, holding his hands up as Mal laughed.

      "Your parents can't reach you here." Ben reassured with a smile.

      Putting his fist in, Carlos smiled. "Okay, then. Good."

      Mal then glanced back at Ben, giving him a nod. Ben slowly approached the group, adding his fist to the circle. The crowd watching all began to applaud for the group, and as Mal leaned her head on Ben's shoulder, there was then a loud struck of lightening ━ causing others to gasp and scream.

      Green mist swirled around the room before Maleficent was stood standing in front of Fairy Godmother who stood on the platform, a smirk on her face as she leaned her scepter out to the side. "I'm back!"

      "It can't be . . ." Mal whispered. "Go away, Mother."

      Maleficent laughed, shaking her head. "She's funny." Maleficent said with a snort. "Oh! I'm sorry . . . you're very funny here. Wand me. Chop-chop." 

      "No!" Ben yelled, and Mal tossed the wand to Fairy Godmother who caught it and held her hand in the air. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi . . ."

      Maleficent smirked, "Boo." she mocked, raising her scepter as a green flash released and everyone froze. Everyone but the VKs. "Sike."

      Looking around, the group examined the room, seeing how everyone around them was frozen. Elizabeth took a small step back, fearing Maleficent, she held onto Jay's arm.

      Maleficent then walked up to Beast, removing his classes and biting down on the end of them. "In another time, in another time." Placing them on his forehead, she made her way to Fairy Godmother. "Evil like me, don't you wanna be mean . . ." she sang to herself. Grabbing the wand from her hand, Maleficent used the wand to poke at her nose. "Oh! Oh, no. Someone needs to pluck their nose hairs."

      "Where should be begin? I know . . . Why don't we start by getting rid of this?" Maleficent questioned, pointing the wand at Mal ━ a force lifted her hand, and the ring flew off her finger and onto the wand. "Perfect fit!" Maleficent exclaimed as Mal looked down at her now bare finger. "Oh, excuse me. Pardon me. The horns, the horns!"

      Making her way out from underneath Fairy Godmother's arm, Maleficent snickered as she now stood beside Ben and his mother. "Falling in love is weak and ridiculous." Maleficent scoffed, grabbing onto his chin and turning his head, tilting his crown to the side before turning his head back. "It's not what you want."

      "You don't know what I want!" Mal cried, tears streaming down her cheeks as her friends stood behind her. "Mom, have you ever once asked me what I want? I'm not you."

     "Oh, obviously!" Maleficent replied with a shrug. "I've had years and years and years and . . . years of practice being evil. You'll get there."

      Mal shook her head. "No. I will not. And I really wish that you had never gotten there yourself. Love is not weak or ridiculous. It's actually really amazing."

      "I know one thing young lady." Maleficent said sternly. "You have no room for love in your life!

      Mal glared at her mother before holding her hand out. "And now I command, wand to my hand!" Mal yelled, Maleficent struggling to keep her hold on the wand before it flew out of her hand and into Mal's ━ the other's smiling and jaws dropping in surprise.