Do What I Have To Do

Uma ran to the railing of the ship just in time to see Harry and Gil jump on deck, brandishing swords.Mal's eyes widened then realization dawned onto her. Uma suppressed a smirk.

"You brought them here," Mal growled.

"Sure did," Uma quipped, laughing.

Quick as flowing water, Uma had changed from her dress back into her normal blue pirate getup, taking a sword from Harry, ready for a fight. While she had spelled Ben, she had smuggled Harry and Gil out. She wasn't going to leave her crew behind. Uma also wasn't going to leave any of the villain kids, even the ones she didn't like, on that accursed island! By the time she was done, all the VKs were going to be in Auradon!

"Uma, you don't have to do this! None of you have to!" Mal declared. "I'm sorry for calling you Shrimpy, and not letting you into the gang." "And is that supposed to make it all better?" Uma snapped.

"You looked down on us too Mal," Harry growled.

"No, but I want to give you three a chance."

"Like what?" Gil asked.

"Stay here in Auradon. I'm not going to send any of you back to the Isle. You can stay here!"

Uma looked at Harry and Gil, who were both shocked at this turn of events. They had a silent conversation, and Uma turned and faced Mal. "Promise me, you and princey over there, that any vk that wants to come over, can come," Uma stated.

"Of course," Ben answered. "Welcome to Auradon."

Uma smiled and surrendered Mal's spellbook back to Mal, who gave it to Fairy Godmother.

"Really, after all that you're going to give it away?" Uma asked.

"To be honest, I've kind of had enough of spells for a while," Mal answered.

Uma and her squad enjoyed themselves at the party and a few months later, they were attending Auradon Prep (and Goodness 101 class, which even Mal thought was ridiculous), relatively well adjusted and accepted by the students and people (save for Audrey, Chad, and Queen Leah), and helping Ben, Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos to choose which four villain kids were going to come first.

Evie had already chosen Dizzy, which was no surprise since Evie adored the little step-granddaughter. 

The other three were pretty hard, but in the end, they had all decided on Smee's twins, and Celia Faciller. They had made another list for more kids to come over, but they were going to stick with those for now.

"We'll do those four now," Jay joked.

Gil laughed along with Jay, which earned them a collective eyeroll from the other guys while the girls groaned.

"Well, see you guys later," Mal smiled, going off with Jane, Fairy Godmother's daughter to go prepare for Jane's party.

Once the two girls were gone, they began on their other plan: Ben's proposal to Mal, which Ben was really nervous about.

"Dude, you've faced her mom, but you can't do this?" Gil asked. "Technically, we fought Maleficent, but yeah, I agree with Gil," Carlos said.

"Before this gets too cheesy, I'm saying this," Uma interjected, "there's no way Mal is going to reject this, and if she does, there is something wrong and we'll figure it out."

"Wow, you did pay attention in Goodness class when Fairy Godmother did her lecture on Giving Compliments," Harry whistled.

Uma rolled her eyes, but Ben looked relieved at the vote of confidence.

A few weeks later, they went back to the Isle to announce who they were taking to Auradon. 

"Pack your own stuff," Jay smiled, ruffling the twins' hair.

Mal smiled and they walked back to the Barrier, promising to be back in a week.

Before they could get off of the island, Hades broke free of the Barrier as it closed and grabbed Mal, who threw him off.

"What the heck was that about?" Jay asked as they watched the two fight.

As Ben, Gil, Harry, Jay, Carlos, and Evie rushed into help, Hades blasted each of them with his Ember, causing them to fall. Before he could hit Uma, she jumped into the water. Hades scowled when he saw Uma beginning to change. He recited quickly:

"Chariot, damned and dark, take us to where I used to lurk!" 

Mal jumped out of the way of a black chariot being pulled by a team of pitch black horses. Uma finally emerged from the water in her new form, but Hades blasted her, which caused her to cry out in pain, and then focused on Mal, who was blasted with the Ember, causing her to sink to the ground. Hades went over to her but was tackled by Ben before he could get to Mal.

"Don't touch her!" Ben growled.

"Right back at ya boy!" Hades snapped, ready to attack.

"I don't think so hothead!" Uma boomed, sending a huge wave at him. Hades dodged the water, cursing vehemently and jumping into his chariot.

"This isn't over! I will get Mal back and have my revenge on the two of you!" Hades vowed as he disappeared into shadows.

After reviving the others, they went back to Auradon where Mal refused to close the Barrier.

"No! We promised those kids!" Mal protested.

"Hades was the only one that wanted to escape, the others just want the best for their kids and better living conditions," Uma piped up.

"Why was Hades after you Mal?" Belle asked gently.

"He's my dad," Mal admitted.

"Shit, really? Now I see where you get the sass from," Uma muttered.

Mal smiled ruefully.

"Yeah, he came around a couple times when at night to argue with my mom and to come see me when I was 'asleep,' which was the only time my mom let him near me," Mal informed.

"So now what?" Harry asked.

"We wait for him to come out and then we get him locked up," Mal answered. "We also get those kids off the Isle like we promised."

"We should also lock up all the weapons at the museum for the time being," Ben added. "Especially the scepter and the spellbook."

Mal nodded and left.

"You still wanna go through with-?" 

"Yes."

A few weeks later they had brought the kids to Auradon and encountered Hades for the second time. They had gotten a report of Hades setting fire to the woods near the Enchanted Lake and the teens rushed off to go stop Hades.

Unfortunately, it didn't go so well.

Hades had overpowered Uma and the rest of Mal's friends and began coming towards her. Mal scowled at Hades, which made him smile.

"You remind me of your mother when you're angry, but I can see pieces of me in there," Hades singsonged, playing with Mal's hair.

"Get away from me," she growled, sending out a blast of magic which Hades dodged.

"Not bad!" Hades laughed. 

"Go back to the Isle Dad!"

"No, not unless you want to come too."

"Go back!"

"I hoped it wouldn't come to this."

Before Mal could register what that meant, Hades blasted her with the Ember. She was caught by Hades, and she wanted to scream. Mal remembered all those times when she was a kid and Hades would come into her room, with or without Maleficent's permission or knowledge that he was there.

How he would hold her close like a loving, caring father and stroke her hair, which was he was doing now.

Hades sighed and shocked her lightly with the Ember. Mal fell into his arms with a soft cry of pain. Hades rested his forehead against hers, remembering the last time he held her.

"I'm gonna do what I have to do in order to get you back on track. Back to being bad like a naughty little girl. We'll destroy and rule the Isle and Auradon, together!" Hades whispered. "Your mother won't have any part in this. It'll be just us. Wouldn't you like to spend time with Daddy?"

He was crazy. There was no way that Mal was going to help him with his insane plans.

Mal shook her head and tried to get away, but Hades held her tighter.

"No! I won't help you destroy Auradon or the Isle!" Mal declared.

"You will. Because you're Daddy's little girl."

"No I'm not!"

Mal tried to get out of her father's too tight grip again, but to no avail. Then she noticed movement. In one desperate move, Mal tried to get away. Hades laughed softly. 

"Nuh-uh Mallie. No running away this-"

"Hey hothead!" Uma called, spraying water at him.

Hades cursed, shielding Mal and setting her down before escaping in a poof smoke.

"Thanks," Mal said, relieved.

"No problem. If Hades wants to destroy our homes, then he's gotta get through us!" Uma declared.

"You got it!"

They helped the others and got out of the woods. A few days later, Mal was presented with the best thing that had ever happened to her:

Ben's proposal.

"Yes!" Mal squealed.

She kissed Ben after he placed the ring on her finger, accepted the congratulations from her friends, and Belle's comment on how Mal was now her daughter.

"SHE IS NOT YOUR DAUGHTER!" came a loud, angry voice.

First all Mal could see was a wall of blue smoke and fire then gasped.

Hades.