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3 years after The Banishment _ 7 years ago
As a kid, Mal wouldn't stay in the same spot for more than five minutes. So, very quickly, she developed a taste for exploring the Isle. She needed to be careful because you never know who you might meet once you leave the safety of Maleficent's minions.
What she loved the most was going through abandoned buildings or climbing on the rocks by the beach - if that could be named this way, it was more mud than sand but whatever. Of course, saying she loved it would be a blasphemy around here so she just told her mother she was training.
One day, on a newly discovered spot by the beach, she heard a noise. It was not one she was familiar with and it sent goosebumps all over her body. She was careful not being seen and she just moved gracefully from rock to rock until she saw her.
Mal wished she'd completely forgotten about the little princess with blue hair but she just couldn't. The lost invitation just had a way to sting, even years after.
Evie was sitting on a rock and was turned in the direction of the sea so her back faced Mal. The intruder took a few step to the side, just to be able to see her face while staying out of sight. It took her a few moments to realize the princess was crying. She looked hungry and really miserable, but for some reason she still took the time to put make up on.
The evil side of Mal just woke up and she decided to leave her spot and to be seen by Evie. She had some kind of snack in a bag, probably an apple. She took it out and began to throw it in the air and to catch it back before doing the same thing all over again.
Evie heard her and was terrified. She still remembered the terrible words from Maleficient, nobody was supposed to see her. And her own mother would kill her if she knew Evie let someone see her cry.
She was already terrified but when she saw the purple hair she knew she was in a lot more trouble than she thought.
"I'm sorry I didn't know anyone would be here" said Evie quickly before Mal had the time to say anything. She even thought about bowing but she knew that wasn't a good idea.
"Please don't tell your mother!"
At that Mal just laughed. "I can't believe your mother is named the Evil Queen. You're so weak" and she laughed again.
Evie didn't think she was weak but she was so tired and so hungry that she didn't really want to argue.
Mal took her silence for an admission of weakness and stopped throwing her apple in the air. She locked her eyes with Evie's and began to slowly bit into her apple. She took all the time in the world and even let the juice just roll over her chin. She was taking great pleasure in the way Evie's eyes became wider and how her mouth just opened slightly.
But then Evie surprised her. She jumped on Mal, pushed her on the floor and took the apple. She surprised her even more when she didn't look like she was going to run with it. Evie looked at Mal still on the ground and quickly ate all the apple. One she finished she throw the core at Mal and waited for whatever punishment the daughter of Maleficient was about to inflict to her.
Mal just looked at her then she laughed again. That was not the same laugh at all, there was nothing mean in this one. She then appeared to have decided that she spent enough time on the ground, because she slowly started to get up paying no attention to Evie whatsoever. She took a more dominant position and took the time to take the mud off her clothes before talking again.
"Ok" she simply said.
"Ok?" Evie was clearly confused by now.
"OK, I will not tell my mother I saw you here today." She laughed one more time and she started to climb the rocks again. She thought that Evie may not be weak after all and that ought to be funny. She looked at the princess again from her perch, comically bowed to her and just left.
Evie didn't dare to feel relieved. Yes, Mal said she wouldn't tell her mother but how was she supposed to believe her? She just throw her on the floor and stole her food. Of course she was going to pay for this. The evil thing to do would be to pretend she's safe and attack her when she's not expecting it. Yes, that was probably Mal's plan.