Chapter Seven: The Coronation & Set It Off
The angelic voices of the choir rang through the cathedral as the Coronation began. Haden, Evie, Jay and Carlos were stood in the balcony and shared a look of worry. Haden looked to Evie beside him and grabbed her hand, squeezing it tight in his grip, making her smile at him.
Jay and Carlos looked down at their interlocked hands, then looked back at each other, shocked at the sight. "So when did this happen?" Carlos asked them.
"It's a fairly new development." Evie responded, fear still evident in her voice.
Jay nudged Haden's shoulder. "You've been crushing over her for years and didn't think to tell me?" He sounded slightly hurt when he said it.
"Like Evie said, it's fairly new."
The giant doors opened below them as Ben was shown to everyone for the first time. Murmurs of how great he looked were heard from the guests on the floor as everyone bowed to the soon to be king, including the VK's. He walked down the blue carpet towards his mother and father at the altar.
He looked to his left and smiled at Mal, his girlfriend displayed a sad look once he passed.
Fairy Godmother stepped up to the Altar and hugged Belle. She turned to the current king and curtsied before reaching up and taking the crown from his head. She walked over to where Ben had kneeled and placed the crown on his head, with Mal looking nervous to his left.
Ben's father removed the glass casing of the magic wand as Belle picked it up, before handing it to its owner. Mal looked up to her friends, who shared her nervous look. Fairy Godmother stood in front of Ben.
"Do you solemnly swear, to govern the peoples of Auradon, with justice and mercy, as long as you shall reign?" She asked the prince. Mal stared up at the interaction.
"I do solemnly swear." He answered, smiling up at them.
She tapped each of his shoulders with the wand. "Then it is my honor, and my joy, to bless our new king-" She was cut off from her speech as the wand was grabbed from her hand. A stream of energy was shot from its tip as it hit the barrier of the Isle, creating a hole in it.
"Child, what are you doing?!" Fairy Godmother asked the girl.
"If you won't make me beautiful I'll do it myself!" Jane shouted back as the force of the wand forced her side to side. Ben ran in front of Mal and shielded her. "Bibbity, bobbity, boo!" She tried to cast but to no avail.
The guests ducked down as she was shook around. Mal ran around the boys and to the girl and eventually forced the wand from her hand. Ben stood in front of her as Haden, Evie, Jay and Carlos ran down from the balcony.
"Mal, it's ok." Ben tried to reason with her.
"Ben stand back." She warned him.
The others ran in from the doors and down the aisle.
"Just give me the wand, Mal." Ben says as he slowly stepped closer
"Ben, I said stand back!" Mal shouted.
"I told you so." Audrey spoke from the side as Mal turned to face her, forcing gasps from everyone as Audrey backed off.
"Let's go."
"Revenge time."
"You really wanna do this?" Ben asked them.
"We have no choice Ben. Our parents-"
"You're parents made their choice. Now you get to make yours." He told them. Mal looked up at the three on the altar, and their looks of concern.
"I think I wanna be good." She said honestly.
"You are good." Ben responded to her
"How do you know that?!" Mal asked him.
"Because.. because I'm listening to my heart." Ben told her, as her face softened.
"I wanna listen to my heart too." She lowered the wand and turned her her friends. "And my heart is telling me that we are not our parents."
"I mean stealing things doesn't make you happy.." She gestured to Jay. "Turney and victory pizza with the team makes you happy." She said as he smiled to himself. "And you, scratching Dude's belly makes you happy, who would've thought?" She said to Carlos as she laughed slightly. She then turned to her best friend.
"And Evie.. you do not need to play dumb to get a guy. You are so smart." They both chuckled.
Mal looked to her brother. "Haden, I think we both know what makes you happy, and it's not evil. It's the person right beside you." Haden looked back at Evie beside him and the two smiled at each other.
"And I don't wanna take over the world with evil, it doesn't make me happy. I wanna go to school. And be with Ben." The boy looked up at her. "'Cause Ben makes me really happy." She told him as she turned to him and showed off the ring, he smiled at her.
"Us being friends makes me really happy. Not destroying things." As Evie shook her head. "I choose good, you guys." Mal said, putting her fist towards them. For a moment it looked like she was alone in this thought.
"I choose good too." Jay said sticking his hand in.
Evie smiled at them. "I choose good."
Haden raised his hand. "Good." Everyone looked at Carlos.
"So, just to be clear, we don't have to be worried about how really mad our parents will be?" Everyone laughed at his concern. "'Cause they're gonna be really, really mad."
"Your parents can't reach you here." Ben told him, as his concerns were alleviated.
"Ok then. Good." He finally put his hand in. Mal nodded her head towards the Prince. Ben made his way towards the former villains and stuck his own fist in. Mal leaned her head against Ben's shoulder, as Haden grabbed onto Evie's hand.
Their joy was short lived, as a cloud of green smoke came billowing in from the window. Ben were forced away from the group as the smoke landed, revealing Maleficent. "I'm back!" She shouted.
Haden stood in front of the girls as his mother turned to look at everyone in the church. Evie held onto his arm tightly, as Mal walked to Haden's side.
Mal let out a sigh. "Go away, mother."
Maleficent laughed and snorted. "She's funny. You're very funny. Here. Wand me, chop chop." She told her daughter, as Mal threw the wand to fairy godmother.
"Bibbity bobbity-"
"Boo." Maleficent finished off for her as she froze everyone. Ben had began to run towards them after Maleficent raised the spear, but was now stuck in place.
"Sike." Maleficent snorted again as she laughed, making her way over to Beast. "Ohh, in another time, in another time." She wondered as she twirled his glasses in her mouth. She mumbled her song as she made her way to Fairy Godmother.
She took the wand from her hand and forced the ring from Mal's finger, making her look sadly at her hand. Maleficent saw Evie's hold on her son's arm. "Falling in love is weak, and ridiculous." She said, playing with Ben's face.
She looked to her children. "It's not what you want."
"You don't know what we want!" Mal fired back.
"Mom has you ever once asked us, what we want? We're not you." Haden told her.
"Well obviously. I've had years and years and years and.. years of practice being evil. You'll get there." their mother tried to encourage them.
"No I will not! And I really wish that you had never gotten there yourself." Maleficent looked angry. "Love is not weak, or ridiculous. It's actually really amazing."
"I know one thing, children. You have no room, for love in your life! Even if it is for another villain." Maleficent shouted at them.
Mal gritted her teeth. "And now I command, wand to my hand!" She cast as Maleficent struggled against the spell, eventually relenting.
"It worked." Mal said.
"I hardly think so. This is merely tedious, and very immature. Give me the wand. Give me the wand!" Maleficent shouted at her daughter.
"Hold on Mal." Carlos told her. "Maybe good really is more powerful than evil." He said.
"Awhoho, please, you're killing me." Maleficent barked at him as Dude ran in and jumped at her. Haden ran to her and tried to force the sceptre from her hand. She glared into the eyes of her son. "I expected better." She told him, as she threw him wildly into the wall of the church, knocking him out.
"Haden!" Evie and Mal screamed. Evie started to walk towards him but Mal took hold of her, and shook her head, they needed to finish this.
"Hahah. Enough!" The kids looked to the villain. "You all, will regret this!" She told them as the smoke reappeared, and from it came a huge purple dragon. They all looked shocked up at it, as it let out a breath of fire towards Jay.
He rolled out of the way and ran to the side of the church. He slid into an archway as the dragon caught up with him. "C'mon Jay run!" Carlos shouted as his friend ran back towards the altar, stopping once she had shown up in front of him. "Jay!" Mal shouted as they all ran down the aisle.
The dragon was hot on Jay's tail. "Magic mirror shine a bright light!" Evie told it, as a light shone into the dragon's eyes. This temporary blindness forced her to the ground.
"Get behind me, E. Leave my friends alone!" Mal warned her mom.
The dragon growled as they faced off. "This is between you and me mother." Their eyes turned green. "The strength of evil, is good as none, when stands before four hearts as one!" Mal cast. She repeated this incantation. Their green eyes stared into each other as they tested their resolves.
Eventually, Maleficent relented, and the smoke once again surrounded her. The group looked at each other, shocked, as Fair Godmother was unfrozen. They all ran to the small lizard that had appeared.
"Did you do it?"
"I don't know!"
The group questioned what happened as they reached it. "No, no, no, your mother did. She shrank to the size of the love in her heart. That's why it's so.. itty bitty." Fairy Godmother told them.
"Will she be like that forever?" Mal asked leaning down.
"Forever is a long time. Maybe if you can learn to love, so can she." They exchanged the wand and the ring, as Evie ran to Haden's side.
"Haden! Wake up, please wake up! I need you, I don't know what I'd do without you, please!" Her shouts and pleas were clearly heard as Haden's eyes began to flutter open.
"Evie?" She engulfed him in a tight hug as the wind was knocked out of him from the force.
"Hey, I'm okay." He reassured her.
"I thought you were gone." She told him.
"Hey." She looked into his eyes. "I'm okay." He smiled down at her, but this was cut short as she crashed her lips onto his, passionately.
They pulled away and were once again interrupted by Mal, as she rushed to her brother and pull him in a hug. He dropped her back down to the floor as she punched his arm. "What was that for?!"
"For being stupid. What were you thinking?!" He didn't respond as she hugged him once again, before leading them back to the group, as Fairy Godmother unfroze everyone.
Ben roared as he charged at the group. Mal placing her hands up to stop Ben. "We kinda got this wrapped up here." She said with a smile. Ben grabbed her by the waist and hugged her in the air. "Next time I rescue you, ok?" Ben told her.
"Yeah let's not let there be a next time."
Mal left to talk to Fairy Godmother, leaving the group alone. She returned not long after, having slightly made up with Audrey as well. Jay threw his arms around the group "Let's get this party started!" They all laughed at him.
"Ohayohayhey!"
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Fireworks were set off from Auradon Castle, as Ben was given a King's Chair by a few others up to the stage where Mal and Evie were dancing.
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Mal:
♫ Set it off, set it off, set it off ♫
♫ Oh yeah ♫
♫ Oh yeah yeah ♫
♫ Let's set it off ♫
♫Oh yeah ♫
♫ You can make it happen ♫
♫ Ohay, Ohay Hey! ♫
Haden:
♫ Kings and Queens, it's our time to rise ♫
♫ Write the book story of our lives ♫
Ben:
♫ This is us taking back the night ♫
♫ Ohay, Ohay ♫
Mal:
♫ Break the spell, we were born this way ♫
♫ Be yourself, forget the DNA ♫
♫ Everybody raise your hands and say ♫
♫ Ohay, Ohay, hey! ♫
Evie:
♫ Sound the alarm, get on your feet ♫
♫ Let's set it off and rock this beat ♫
♫ Dance till your heart is wild and free ♫
♫ Ooh, Oh, Oh ♫
♫ Feeling the power, let it all out ♫
♫ Like what you see in the mirror, shout ♫
♫ We got the keys, the kingdom's ours ♫
♫ Ooh, Oh, Oh, ♫
♫ Ohay, Ohay Hey ♫
All:
♫ Let's set it off! Oh yeah (oh, yeah) ♫
♫ Start a chain reaction ♫
♫ Never let it stop! ♫
♫ Let's set it off, oh yeah (oh, yeah) ♫
♫ You can make it happen ♫
♫ With everything you got! ♫
♫ Let's set it off! ♫
♫ Get ready, set it off ♫
♫ Come on ♫
♫ We got to set it off ♫
♫ On the right ♫
♫ Get ready, set it off ♫
♫ To the left ♫
♫ We got to set it off! ♫
♫ Ohay Ohay Hey! ♫
Carlos & Jay:
Yo!
♫ It's time to set this thing off ♫
♫ Let's make it happen now ♫
♫ I'll make my own future, ignore the rumors ♫
♫ Show 'em my passion sound ♫
♫ They all told me I should back down ♫
♫ Judgin' me 'cause of my background ♫
♫ Thinking 'bout changing my path now ♫
♫ Nah, I ain't goin' out like that now ♫
Audrey:
♫ Feeling the power, let it all out ♫
♫ Like what you see in the mirror, shout ♫
Haden:
♫ We got the keys, the kingdom's ours ♫
All:
♫ Oh yeah! ♫
♫ Let's set it off! ♫
♫ Oh yeah ♫
♫ Let's set this off! ♫
♫ Start a chain reaction, ♫
♫ Never let it stop! ♫
♫ Let's set it off! ♫
♫ Let's set this off! ♫
♫ Oh yeah ♫
♫ Let's set this off! ♫
♫ You can make it happen ♫
♫ With everything you got! ♫
♫ Let's set it off! ♫
♫ Get ready, set it off! ♫
♫ Come on ♫
♫ We got to set it off! ♫
♫ That's right! ♫
♫ Get ready, set it off! ♫
♫ (To the left!) ♫
♫ We got to set it off! ♫
♫ Get ready, set it off, ♫
♫ We got to set it off, ♫
♫ Get ready to set it off ♫
♫ Come on!
3, 2, 1, Uh!
Ooh yeah!
♫ Let's set it off! ♫
♫ Oh yeah ♫
♫ Let's set this off! ♫
♫ Start a chain reaction ♫
♫Never let it stop!♫
♫Let's set it off♫
♫Let's set this off!♫
♫Oh yeah♫
♫Let's set this off!♫
♫You can make it happen♫
♫With everything you got!♫
♫Let's set it off!♫
♫Get ready, set it off♫
♫Come on♫
♫We got to set it off!♫
♫(To the left!)♫
♫Get ready, set it off!♫
♫(To the right!)♫
♫We got to set it off!!♫
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Haden and Evie at the balcony as looked out over the ocean at the Isle from the balcony. "So what are we?" Evie broke the silence as she rested her head on Haden's shoulder.
"Well...what did you wanna be?" Haden looked down at her with a smile.
"I was thinking we could be boyfriend and girlfriend." Evie returned the smile, as she drapes her arms around his neck.
"I like the sound of that," Haden used his thumb to run across Evie's cheek as he stared into her eyes.
"What are you waiting for?" Evie says with a smile as she rubbed Haden's scalp with her fingers, he cupped the side of her face and leans down and plants his lips onto hers.
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