[✔︎] 𝐌𝐀𝐃 𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 ✫ DESCENDANTS ONE ¹

16: Cookie Spell

"Look, It's Mal." A girl squealed from below the balcony.

"Hi, Mal! Love my hair, Mal!" Another said as Mal waved.

"Are you feeling kind of weird about this?" Jay asked, leaning against the lockers. " I mean, It's not so bad here, you know.

"Are you insane?" Mal asked. "Long live evil! You're mean! You're awful! You're bad news!" She snapped her fingers in his face. "Snap out of it!

"Thanks, Mal. I needed that." Jay said, leaning against the locker as Mal was fixed on Ben, Maddie and Audrey who were not far from them.

"Do you think they actually paid for those?" Audrey asked as Ben opened his locker.

"Oh, hello. The name's Jay. You all going to the tourney game tonight?" Jay said leaning over the railing, talking to the girls Mal had done hair for.

"Yeah." They giggled.

"Keep a lookout for number eight, all right? Scoring the winning goal." Jay boasted, flirtatiously.

"Okay." They said, as Gigi elbowed him in his side.

"She did it to Jane's hair, too, and Fairy Godmother's not happy about it." Audrey vented.

"What's the harm?" Maddie asked

"It's gateway magic! Sure, it starts with the hair. Next thing you know It's the lips and the legs and the clothes and then everybody looks good and then... where will I be?" Audrey whined, gripping onto Ben with a pout.

"Listen, Audrey..." Ben began.

"I will see you at the game after my dress-fitting for the coronation, okay" Audrey interrupted, in a stern tone.

"Okay." Ben said.

"Bye, Bennyboo." Audrey said, pressing a kiss to his cheek.

"Bye." Ben said, softly,

"Hey, Bennyboo!" Mal said, enthusiastically.

"Hey."

"I just made a batch of cookies. Double chocolate chip, do you want one?" Mal asked, sweetly.

"Oh, I, uh, I've got a big game. I don't eat before a big game. But thank you so, so much. Thank you. Next time. Next time." Ben said as he seemed to notice Mal and Maddie glaring each other down.

"No, yeah. I completely understand. 'Be careful of treats offered by kids of villains.'" Mal said as she tried to guilt him, Maddie rolling her eyes at her.

B"No, no, no." Ben assures.

"No, I'm sure every kid in Auradon knows that. Would you try it if Maddie did?"

"No, that's not it. No, no, no, I... I really do..."

"No, I get it. You're cautious. That's smart. Oh, well, more for me, I guess." Mal said, raising the cookie to her lips as Ben snatched it out of her hand.

"No, no. Hey... see that? Totally trust you. Totally." Ben said as the other four VKs crept closer to them.

"How are they?" Mal asked, a smirk on her face.

"They're good. They're great! They're amazing! They're, uh... I mean, they're chewy and, and you know, they... is that walnuts? I love walnuts. I mean, uh, you know, the... The chocolate... The... the chocolate... The chocolate chips are... I'm sorry. Um... Uh, they're... They're warm and soft. And they're sweet..." Ben paused. "Mal, have you always had those little golden flecks in your eyes?" Ben continued to ramble as the spell took effect.

"How you feeling, bro?" Jay asked, gripping Ben's shoulder.

"I feel... I feel... I feel like... Like singing your name. Mal, Mal." Mal clamped her hand over his mouth.

"Want one Maddie?" Mal asked, with a grin. Maddie took the cookie carefully, biting into it.

"Do you like it?" Carlos asked, cautiously, causing Maddie to look from the cookie to him.

"Yeah." Maddie said, blinking her eyes, unsure of where all the jumbled feelings had surfaced from. "I'll see you at the game."

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"23 seconds left. You could cut the tension with a sword." The commentator announced. "The long ball is played into Jay. Jay, great jump, great leap. And a great move by Jay. Big block from Chad. Jay dishes off to Prince Ben. And then Carlos with a big block, goes down. Jay through the kill zone, picks up Carlos. Oh, he's being hammered by dragon fire. Still, going on. Jay, hurdling maneuver at mid-field. He's in the clear. The ball goes back to Jay."

"Hey, Jay!" Carlos called.

"Carlos?" Jay asked, not focused on the boy.

"Go up! Ben" Carlos called.

"He passes to prince Ben." The commentator announced taking a pause. "He scores! Prince Ben has won it! What an unselfish play by Jay! What a team! Incredible! And it's the new guys, Jay and Carlos, who set up the prince for the win here. What a victory! An absolutely wonderful end to one of the best games ever. Here they come, folks. The winners of the first tourn..."

Ben snatched the microphone out of the commentator's hand.

"Excuse me. Excuse me." Ben said, as everyone looked at him in confusion.

"What's he doing?" Crystal whispered.

"I don't know." Ally said. "It's rather peculiar."

"Shhh." Maddie said, waiting for Ben to continue.

"Can I have your attention, please? There's something I'd like to say. Give me an M!" Ben said, making an M with his arms.

"M!" The crowd called back

Give me an A!"

"A!" The crowd called.

"Give me an L!"

"L!"

"What does that spell?" Ben asked, holding the microphone out to the crowd.

"Mal!" The crowd replied.

"Come on, I can't hear you!" Ben said.

"Mal!" The crowd repeated, looking at the purple haired girl, who had not expected that much attention.

"I love you, Mal! Did I mention that?"

"Did he just say he loved Mal?" Crystal asked. "Because I'm pretty sure he said he loved Audrey this morning."

"Yes he did." Ally said.

"Give me a beat! Whoo!" Ben said, with too much energy.

"Uno, dos, tres, cuatro!" Doug counted as the band began to play.

"Is he singing?!"

"I'm afraid so." Maddie said. "It seems the people of Auradon love breaking into song that seems extremely well timed."

"Peculiar." Ally agreed. "How do they know what they want to sing? How can you create a song in a few seconds? Curiouser and Curiouser."

"Shh." Crystal said, gushing her friends. "Hush dear questioners. Let's listen to Ben profess his love for Mal."

"It doesn't make sense how fast he fell in love with her." Ally said.

"I know." Crystal said. "But it's so romantic! A boy from Auradon falling for the bad girl of the Isle!"

"Sure." Maddie said. "So romantic. Let's go with that."