[4] Phoenix | Descendants 3

TEN: Unlikely New Allies

"It's a tapestry," Mal said, having recognized the many of them littered around the royal palaces in Auradon.

"But the words are literally glowing. That's not normal," commented Evie.

And the princess was right, nothing about this tapestry was normal. The long fabric was hung up on the wall vertically, taking up nearly the entire length of the wall. Black threads the words were weaved in were outlined by a golden glow. This was clearly something strange going on with this tapestry, and for some reason, this had belonged to Mal's father.

Mal's mind was awhirl as she read the words woven into the fabric. "... I think this is our clue. This is what my dad wanted us to see."

"But how-" Celia began, only for the dark fairy to cut her off.

"Not now. We figure it out later after we talk with the others and go back to Auradon."

"But I have so many questions," grumbled Celia while Evie took as many photos as she could.

"Well, you can answer them later. Right now, we have to go," replied the blue haired princess, stuffing her phone back in her back. "We still have to stop Audrey and find a way to get that scepter out of her hands."

"So we're just going to ignore the obvious?" asked Celia, gesturing to the large tapestry which was still a mystery to them. No matter how much they tried to find out more about Mal's father, it only seemed to lead them towards more questions and more confusion.

"We're not ignoring it, we're just coming back to it later. Now, come on," answered Evie, grabbing Celia's hand and pulling her away.

Mal followed after the two silently, the trio heading towards the direction in which they came. Noticing her best friend lagging behind, Evie stopped walking and waited until the purple haired girl joined at her side.

"E, what kind of person was my dad?" whispered the daughter of Maleficent lowly. "Why did he have all of this? What was he really doing down here?"

"I can't answer that, but what I can tell you is that we won't stop until we get to the bottom of this. We are going to be with you every step of the way, figuring this out together."

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Helena showed up to the front gate, where Jay and Carlos were waiting for the girls to arrive. The two boys were in a conversation and looked up when they heard footsteps, seeing a dispirited Underworld princess coming their way.

"Did you find anything at Ursula's house?" asked Jay.

"I'd rather not talk about it right now," mumbled the daughter of Hades, knowing that the only clue she had was in the hands of the son of Captain Hook. The two boys shared a look with each other, silently deciding that they would have to come to this another time.

Helena turned over her shoulder to see Mal, Evie and Celia coming their way. "Ah, we can go now," she said, ready to return to Auradon before they were too late to save the kingdom.

"So did you find anything at your dad's place?" asked Jay and Celia let out a slight laugh at the question.

"Long story, we'll talk about it later," answered Evie.

"Sounds like we have a lot to talk about," mumbled the de Vil boy, slightly worried at the girls found on the Isle.

Mal glanced at the son of Jafar, "Jay, you good?"

"Yeah."  He quickly glanced around them to see if anyone was nearby, but the Isle residents were too preoccupied with their own affairs to pay attention to them. Besides, the Isle people also knew that they would be punished for sneaking into Auradon.