Disclaimer: I don't own Descendants.
A/N: I'm sure you all remember how everyone and their mother was after Fairy Godmother's wand, well in the sequel Uma demands the wand for the release of Ben. Now correct me if I'm wrong but don't magical things stop working once they're within the barrier? So, shouldn't Fairy Godmother's wand not work inside the barrier? Either this seems like a plot hole or no one really thought the whole stealing the wand and bringing it to the Isle thing through in the second movie. What if however, the wand being Fairy Godmother's wand and therefore her magic was the exception to the rule then wouldn't it be safe to assume that if Jane could use magic that she too would be able to use her unique magic within the barrier? Okay, this is all speculation but in this story, that's what I'm going with, Jane's would-be magic would be able to work within the barrier.
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Auradon was beautiful just like always and just like always a certain Fairy Godmother was busy with her Headmistress duties, it was normal during this time of year to only see her precious young daughter Jane for a couple of hours a day. First in the morning for breakfast the most important meal of the day and then for dinner in the evening to ask about her daughter's day. She made the most of these times as they were moments held dear for the both of them so no matter how tired she was at the end of the day she was always there for dinner and to tuck in her daughter and wish her pleasant dreams.
During her time at Auradon prep, little Jane was either with Fairy Godmother's good friend Cinderella and her husband Philp and their young son Chad or with her father, usually the former because unfortunately, Jane's father was not the most responsible adult.
One of the main reasons that Jane's parents' marriage had failed but Jane was too young at the time to really understand it.
Today is where our story truly begins, Cinderella and her husband are unavailable to watch little Jane and so Fairy Godmother had no other option than to drop her seven-year-old off with the girl's father. After double and triple checking that her ex-husband knew and understood everything that came with looking after the child in his care she went to work like every day, after all, it wasn't like he hadn't watched her for a day before. As worried as she was Fairy Godmother was sure everything would be fine.
"Daddy?" Little Jane called for her father, but he was nowhere in sight, her dad had taken her out shopping since there wasn't much for the two of them to do at his house. It had started out well enough with him buying her a new stuffed animal, a dog she decided to name Mr. Barks-a-lot, they had some lunch shortly after that. Now though the mall that wasn't overly crowd before seemed to have a lot more people than it had earlier, "Daddy, where are you?" she called out into the crowed area, no one looked her way or stopped to help her, she wandered farther away from where she had previously been still calling out for her dad when suddenly she bumped into a person.
She clutched her stuffed dog tightly and with tear filled eyes looked up at the person before her, "Hello there your name's Jane isn't it?"
The little girl was wary of this stranger knowing her name but answered because it was the polite thing to do and her mother said you should always be polite, "...Yes."
"Your daddy's looking for you, let me take you to him." The stranger held out his hand for the tiny brunette to take.
Another thing her mom had always told her was not to go anywhere with strangers no matter what they said, but she still figured that she needed to be polite about it.
"...That's okay you can just tell him I'm right here." The stranger let his hand fall back to his side.
"You're a smart girl but you see I can't just leave you here all alone while I bring him to you, that would be irresponsible of me."
It sounded reasonable to the little girl but still, if she went with him then her mom might get mad.
"You want to see your dad, as soon as possible don't you?" The stranger calmly asked.
She didn't want to be alone anymore so, "...Yes." But what she really wanted was her mom, but mommy was busy and so daddy would have to do.
"Good then just take my hand and you'll see him in no time." Once again, he held out his hand to her, she didn't want to take his hand she tightened her hold on Mr. Barks-a-lot for a second as if to draw some form of comfort from the stuffed animal.
He waited patiently, she looked around and nobody was paying them any mind. She didn't know why she was hesitating so much he was trying to help her when no one else had. It wouldn't be right to follow him, her mom said so but if she didn't wouldn't it be rude and if she didn't would she ever find her daddy or see mommy again?
"...Okay." He smiled at her response, she let one hand let go of her stuffed animal and put it into his hand. He gripped her hand tightly, suddenly she was really scared and then she and the stranger were both gone. All that was left behind was a stuffed dog lying in the middle of the shopping mall.
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Two hours, twenty-four minutes, and eighteen seconds ago she was told the worse news of her life. Her daughter was missing, she thought that nothing could ever sound as horrible as those words until just over an hour earlier, magic was found at the scene of her daughter's disappearance. It was simple magic for most who were able to use magic could pull it off if they so choose to, it was a spell to make one go by unnoticed.
They used it to make themselves all but invisible, themselves and her daughter as well. They had rounded up everyone they could that had been at the mall around the time in question, but no one had seen her, the few who did recall her only did so when she was still with her father.
Her ears were still ringing from the words that her daughter had been taken. Nothing else seemed to matter after those words had been spoken, the fairy isn't certain that she wasn't in shock for she had never been before and couldn't tell if that was what she was experiencing at this moment.
Sound wasn't reaching her not really, there was some sort of white noise like a filter that the words were trying to get through, but they weren't quite making it. So, she didn't hear the King Beast's suggestion at first. "They will likely get in touch to demand an exchange to obtain the wand shortly." The surrounding authorities nodded their heads it was a likely motive for the kidnapping even if it had been years since the last attempted theft of the wand.
They had made them think that everyone who had desired it had found their way onto the Isle, it appears to not be the case. Fairy God Mother's hearing came back tenfold at the mention of her wand, how could this be that someone would want to trade her daughter for her wand, a part of her knew that she couldn't make that trade the damage her wand could do it the wrong hands was immense but the part of her that was a mother said it didn't matter that she'd give them whatever they wanted as long as she got her daughter back safe and sound.
Queen Belle puts her hand on the fairy's shoulder gaining her attention, she has a pained smile on her face.
"I know this is hard for you," there's a silent we're here for you in there but Fairy God Mother can't bring herself to appreciate it. "but you need to know that we'll do everything that we can."
King Beast nods, "Yes we'll get her back and they won't get their hands on the wand either."
The fairy nods though right at this second, she couldn't care less about the wand, the hand on her shoulder was of no comfort, neither was the words, she needed her daughter, her hands tightened at the thought and felt the softness of the stuffed animal she'd yet to let go of.
It was the stuffed dog that was left behind, the last thing her daughter had held onto. Her Jane had always wanted a dog but being the sensible parent that she was knew that it was too much of a reasonability at this age, however, if her little girl came back to her she'd get her one in a heartbeat even if she was left to care for it until Jane got older. Right now, the thought that was going through her mind was a dark one indeed, would her daughter ever get the chance to have the dog that she had wanted?
She wished she could say that the stuffed toy brought her some relief but nothing short of her daughter safe in her arms could accomplish that, still it was all she had right now, so she squeezed it tighter to her chest as if to try and bring forth the comfort that it could not give her.
The stuffed dog would soon have more tear stains than that of anything else the fairy had cried on earlier this day but it still would bring her no comfort.
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The next thing Jane knew was she was waking up and it was uncomfortable like she was sleeping on the ground and it smelled bad too unlike anything she'd smelled before. It didn't surprise her to find that she was in fact on the ground or that the smell was coming from the food next to her that looked like it should be in the trash because it'd gone bad.
She was about to sit up when she heard voices, so she quickly closed her eyes to pretend that she was still asleep as she listened to what they were saying, "-and you're sure she's the one, I don't sense anything magical about the brat?"
Magical? Like her mom's wand, she never saw it, but it was supposed to be able to do things like turning a pumpkin into a carriage, she didn't know why her mom would do that because it sounded silly, but it was still fun to imagine.
She hears the voice from before letting out a frustrated sound and the little girl realizes that she's missing the conversation, so she does something her mom told her was wrong and continues to ease drop, all the while trying to not think about how mad her mom would be with her.
"-No matter if she is the Fairy Godmother's brat I'll know soon enough."
"What if she didn't inherit any of her mother's power?" A familiar voice said it took Jane a moment to realize that it was the stranger's voice from the mall.
"She is half fairy she has the power even if she doesn't know how to use it, by the time I'm through with her she'll not only know how to use her magic, but she'll do as I say and then this god forsaken barrier that's kept us all prisoners will finally fall!"
She was scared, it sounded like they wanted to make her use magic, she didn't have any though. What would they do to her when they found out and what is the barrier she mentioned? The only barrier that she knows of is the one to keep the bad guys on the island, she couldn't mean to break that barrier, though right?
Why would anyone want to free the villains? Her mom had said that they needed to stay on the island in a permanent timeout because they w-
"Looks like someone's playing possum," A hand weaves into her hair and pulls her up, she lets out a startled and slightly pained yelp, "You need to learn to control your breathing better if you want someone to fall for your act, though even then you would not fool me, little girl, as I'm an expert when it comes to sleeping."
Jane whimpers and tries to tug her hair free from the grip the person before her has on it, "L-let go!" Tears start to stream down her face, "P-please l-let go."
"Oh, my dear girl you're gonna have to toughen up if you wish to survive on the Isle." That said the woman releases her with enough force to knock her onto her side causing her to cry out in pain. The little girl can feel the bruises that were just starting to form on her right arm and leg.
"Well then I should formally introduce myself, I am Maleficent," The girl on the ground knew that name, her mother had told her stories, Jane wanted her mommy, she was trembling, and tears streamed down her face constantly. She wanted to go home, please let this be a bad dream, "Welcome to the Isle of the Lost, I hope you enjoy your stay because you won't be leaving here until we do."
With that Maleficent let out a laugh, it wasn't a type of laugh that Jane had ever heard before and one that she never wanted to hear again. She knew that this was what you'd call an evil laugh, and she was scared.
While Maleficent laughed Jane cried.
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A/N: Next chapter will be longer, I have a lot of ideas for this story. Jane will go through a lot on the Isle but I'm gonna make sure she'll still have her cute/sweet side like Carlos because I want to have some fluff between them in this at some point (sadly it will be a while) keep reading, the next chapter will have a familiar face!