Chapter 12

"Mum?" said Mal. She looked at Ben then back to Matthew. "The only child I have is sleeping in his crib," said Mal. She then spoke to Uma. "Uma, what's going on? Why are you older than the few moments that I saw you? And why is my mother not a lizard anymore?" she asks. Before Uma could answer Maleficent spoke. "We can play catch up later, I suggest we hurry and free Zeus," she said. "Still like to take charge I see," said Hades. "Oh Hades is that you? I thought you would've left by now," said Maleficent. Hades hair glows blue in frustration and was about to speak when Mal said, "Both of you enough. I for one would like to know what's going before charging in." Maleficent sighed and said "Very well. You've been gone for 18 years, that boy there is your son 18 years older since you last saw him." There was a long silence after Maleficent spoke. Mal and Ben looked at their son in surprise. "Matthew?" they both said. Matthew smiled at them and Ben and Mal went up to him and gave him a long hug. "I've been wanting to meet you all this time," said Matthew. Tears where coming down from Mal as Ben said, "Look at you, you've gotten so big." Mal turned to Uma and said, "What's been happening in Auradon?".

"Auradon is peaceful, I have looked after it and made sure of it," said Uma.

"My parents?" asks Ben.

"Their still alive, their watching over Auradon until we get back," replied Uma. Evie said, "How's Doug?".

"He's doing fine, he's made your fashion company into quite a profitable business," said Uma. Evie smiled, "That's good to hear," she said.

"Look this catch up is nice and all, but we still have Cronos to deal with," said Maleficent. Mal wiped away her tears and said, "I see you haven't changed much. We got another problem." Maleficent faced her and said, "What do you mean?".

"My other ex is behind all of this," said Hades.

"Oh? Little Persephone did this? That's cute," said Maleficent laughing. Once she stopped laughing, she said, "Cronos is the real danger, we need to free your brother."

"We all need to free Zeus," said a voice. They turned to the voice and saw that all the rest of the Gods have returned. The one that spoke was Poseidon, he saw Hades and said, "Glad you brought in help."