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Mal’s POV:
“Uma please! I can’t do this without you!” I pleaded desperately. I knew without her help I wouldn’t be able to defeat Audrey and the septer, not completely, and that was not about to happen.
“It’s not my problem. You lied to us Mal.” Uma replied walking away, Harry by her side. I felt helpless, losing the only source of help I had, but I knew I couldn’t give up. I would not let Audrey win so easily. Not without a fight. I would not fail my soon-to-be kingdom, Auradon depended on it.
As I was contemplating my next move, now without the help of Uma, and how to save the kingdom, I heard a familiar voice shout, “Come save your little V.K. buddies, Mal!”
3rd Person POV:
“Help us, Mal!” Celia screamed within her confinement, knuckles nearly white as she gripped the bars of the cage her and the others had been trapped in.
“Celia!” Mal shouted from across the green field, worry laced in her voice.
“It’s okay Mal, we’ll find a way out!” Ben yelled, trying to figure a way out of their current predicament and berating himself for his incompetence. ‘Of course it was a trap. How could I have let this happen? I failed my duties as King...I failed Auradon....I failed Mal.’
“Always the hero, Benny-Boo, aren’t you?” Audrey mocked, ”I think it’s time I silenced you for good,” she sneered, malice in her voice, whilst also pointing the septer towards him. She loved the power, craved it, and she would make Auradon pay for dismissing her as the next queen! She would take what was rightfully hers and destroy anyone who got in her way.
“Hey, leave him alone!” Carlos defended standing in front of Ben, hands fisted and a determined expression set on his freckled face.
Audrey glanced at him almost in pity. “Well look here, it seems we have two self-sacrificing little mutts to deal with.” she growled. “No problem, I’ll just have to silence you BOTH!”
“No!” Evie and Jay yelled.
“Carlos!” Dude whimpered in Celia’s arms, clearly in distress about his owner’s safety. Celia retreated to the back of the cell, frightened for her friend’s safety.
Audrey once again aimed the septer at Ben and Carlos, evil intent flashed in her eyes. Even Hades couldn’t have mastered that look.
“AUDREY STOP!” Mal yelled,” It’s ME you want, NOT THEM!” ‘I can’t let her hurt them! This isn’t how it’s supposed to be!’ Mal thought.
“Oh Mal,” Audrey said in false sympathy and looked across the courtyard at the girl, keeping her septer fixed on the two boys, ”Defeating you first would be quite enjoyable, but having you watch as your friends suffer because of your failure is even more entertaining. Now you get to see what it feels like to have a person TAKE someone you hold DEAR from you!”
“CARLOS! BEN! NO!” Mal screamed.
Audrey fired her spell directly at Ben and Carlos. A blazing, fiery ball of purple light shot out towards the two. Time seemed to slow as the glowing orb grew closer to its target. As the seconds ticked down, Carlos shoved Ben out of the way just in time to feel the hot sting of Audrey’s spell slam him into the bars at the back of the cage.
“AAARGHH!” Carlos screamed in pure agony. Pain racked his frame. Little bolts of purple electricity flashed all over his body as he convulsed. His pain-filled screams growing in volume.
“CARLOS!” Ben yelled picking himself off the ground and dashing over to his side, Evie and Jay filling in beside him. Celia was nearly sobbing in fear as she hugged Dude closer, not wanting to draw the wrath of Audrey onto her. Dude whined, in Celia’s arms, his tail tightly tucked between his legs.
“Carlos..no.” Evie cried, tears racing down her flushed checks as she softly grasped the side of his face with her hand.
“Come on Carlos, stay with me! You’re gonna be fine!” Jay said. ‘Carlos wasn’t going to d-...no..no he was stronger than that...Carlos was stronger than that. He would be fine, it would be alright, wouldn’t it?’
Carlos’ convulsing eventually ceased but he still moaned out in pain as small tremors raced throughout his body. He was trying his best to not slip into the sweet, black nothingness of unconsciousness. “Ugh,” he gasped, his eyes half-lidded, “I-it’s....g-gonna....b-be..okay guys...I’m gonna b-be okay.”
“I-I’m so sorry Carlos. This is all my fault..I failed..I-I should have tried harder..I...” Ben trailed off, looking across the yard at Mal. She was frozen in place. Wet tracks were visible on her face, but what really struck Ben, were the color of Mal’s eyes. No longer were they their cold icy grey, or their glowing emerald color...no....her eyes were bright red, the pupils a dark purple. Mal began muttering under her breath in a monotone voice. It sounded like a spell, that much Ben could tell, but the words that came out of her mouth were not english. They sounded, demonic. Before he had more time to think on it, Mal’s body was engulfed in dark purple flames, and what thing stood in her place made Ben freeze.