What if

What If Mal and only Mal went to the Fairy Godmother and revealed that the four of them were there under pressure from Maleficent to steal the wand. It came to me when I watched the scene of Mal explaining where everyone will be in the Catherdral, I wondered how she knew what it looked like. How would that play out…?

As Mal grabbed her school bag and started to walk out of Goodness Class, the video chat with her mother and her fellow villians played out in her head. 'Oh boy, there is no way this will come out good for us, no matter what happens.'

"M" Evie asks breaking into Mal's thoughts of despair. It was what was on all four of their minds really. "What do you think our parents will do to us if we don't pull this off?"

"I think they will be quietly disappointed in us, but ultimately proud of us for doing our best." She said with no hint of sarcasm.

"Really?" Carlos asked, surprised at Mal's response, it gave him hope.

"No," She shook her head and Evie shook her head in agreement, "I think we are definatly gonners."

The sound of desperation in Evie's question along with the fear in Carlos' eyes weighed heavily on Mal's mind. Mal knew Carlos was afraid of Cruella, and the other day, as Evie helped her dress for her first date with Ben, Evie revealed that she was afraid of her mother too. It was then that Mal made a faithful descision, 'I am not going to help my mother anymore.' Thing is if they hadn't had that video chat her mother would have no idea they had the perfect opportunity to capture the wand, now she did, so now Mal had a deadline to come up with a plan, Friday 10 am.

"I will see you guys after classes." Mal said. She turned to head for her next class, looking over her shoulder. Once she saw the other three had gone on to their next classes, Mal turned around and went straight to Fairy Godmothers Office. She hesitated for a moment, then knocked.

"Come In." Fairy Godmother said. Mal walked into the office to see Jane as well and Fairy Godmother.

"Mal, dear come in." She motioned to the chairs in front of her desk, she was standing behind it. "Please have a seat."

"Can we talk…alone?" Mal asked looking from Fairy Godmother to Jane.

"Jane, head on to class please." As Jane left Fairy Godmother came around the desk and sat next to Mal. "You look troubled."
"I am, and if Jay, Evie or Carlos knew what I am about to do…" Mal was almost in tears.

"Oh child, whatever is the matter?" Fairy Godmother asked picking up one of Mal's shaking hands.

"Our parents…" Mal started.

"Want my wand?" Fairy Godmother revealed. Mal almost sighed in relief.

"My Mother isn't very subtle is she?" Mal asked

"Not really dear, no. And honestly I know you kids were in the museum that first night you arrived."
"Why didn't you arrest us then and send us back?" Mal was confused.

"You didn't succeed, and you showed up for classes. I have been watching you four closely. You are all in your own ways fitting into Auradon Prep."
"I guess we are, that is why I don't want to do it. I don't want to help my mother.

"I see." Fariy godmother was releaved.

"I like it here, and I have a strong feeling my friends do too. But we have no choice." Mal was distraught again.

"Oh, my dear, there is always a choice." Fairy Godmother patted Mal's hands "You just have to look at it from a different point of view."
"But she knows when we…"
"Oh we can make a few plans of our own. One that will make things look good on both sides of the waters."
"I don't want to worry my friends, we are all afraid of our parents."
"I can see that." Fairy Godmother admitted.

"I am listening." Mal said hoping, almost praying, that Fairy Godmother's plan will do as she says.

"First, the truth." Mal almost ran out of the office.

"With our parents, I thought you said this would be a good plan."
"Not with them no. But your friends and Ben. I think we will start with Ben."
"I was planning to tell him…"
"No dear one. I mean that love spell." Fairy Godmother said standing up.
"You knew?" Mal was shocked.
"It was a bit over kill don't you think?"
"I just picked one that had good reviews, guess it was too strong?" She blushed.

"A little strong, yes." She patted Mal's shoulder. "Remind me after this is all over to explain love spells to you Mal dear."

"If there is a chance we can talk about it, I will." Mal confessed.

"Break it dear. Let him feel like himself to make his choices."
"I will." She looked at the floor.

"Mal sear, we can pull this off and it will work. The coronation will be played live on Auradon's public access channel, which means even the residents of the Isle will see it live."
"That doesn't make me feel any better." Mal admitted.

"You will see." Fairy Godmother said, taking out the wand. Mal's eyes widened. Fairy Godmother waved the wand and a display of the Cathedral appeared. She put the wand down on her desk, showing Mal she trusted her. "Ok so after you and Ben come into the Cathedral, you will be escorted over to the side isle and into place. I will be up here on the steps, With Ben's parents. You will be right to Ben's right next to the stairs, next to Jane. Ben will come into the Catherdral, and kneal here. I will first place his father's crown on his head. Then I will take the wand. After I bless Ben with the wand I will hold it loosely towards you and you can grab it. I will signal the live feed to the outside be killed, and we will explain what's going on. We will give your friends a choice. Stay here or go back to the isle. If they stay here, we can if they so choose, show you all as prisoners, letting your parents think you failed and are jailed here. If anyone wants to go home, they can get away from here and we just send them home."
"Either way we failed here, but going home empty handed after a public try won't be as bad, as sent back failing. I want to stay here no matter what, there is no way I can return home without that wand." Mal said pointing to the wand on Fairy Godmothers desk.

"At least those here will hear why we did what we did and everyone in the Cathedral will not look poorly at you."
"I would rather have their respect, than my Mother's anger."
"To make this work, I believe this plan needs to stay between us until it follows through. Keep your friends involved in the plan you already have together. And please free Ben from his love spell."
"I will." Mal left feeling better about her choice to defy her mother. She loved her friends, and she was pretty sure she loved Ben too. It was just waiting to see if this plan caused any hard feelings from any of them. In her heart, she knew life here, with her friends mad at her would be way better than live on the island after letting her mother down.

With the new information Mal received from Fairy Godmother about the setup of the Cathedral, Mal formed a plan with her three friends, of how the plan should go. Then she sat down with her mother's spell book and started looking up an anti-love spell. Evie read over her shoulder. "M, you want to break Ben's love spell?" She was genuinely upset.

"Yeah, you know for after…" She couldn't admit she's promised Fairy Godmother she would do it. "I've just been thinking, you know when the villians finally invade Auradon and begin to loot and kick everyone out of their castles…imprison their leaders…and destroy all that is good and beautiful… Ben still being in love with me just seems a little extra…cruel." Mal closed her book, feeling guilty for lying to her friends, she made her way out of the room and into the kitchen to create the spell.