Uma strolled across the diner and roughly slid the other tray of food onto a table. She looked up and a smile, as a smile spread across her face as she watched the dingy green doors to the diner open and Mal strutted into the building. Mal paused into the doorway. "I'm baaa-ack!" She sang in a sing song voice.

Uma crackled. "Loser, party of one." She says as Samantha had snuck off to where her father was. She wanted to say hi. She used a whistle that only her brothers and father knew.

"Right this way, please." Uma says snarky as she gestured toward an empty table. As Mal approached it, Uma kicked a chair toward her. But Mal was quick and caught it by its back turned it around and plopped down into it in front of the table. Uma crossed her arms watching the purple haired girl.

Mal looked around as she smiles smugly. "Place still stinks." She noted as the moldy smell seemed a little more pungent, as she held a crinkle of her nose.

"Oh, I'm sorry. We're down a butler today, princess." She cackled again and looked around the fetid diner at her fellow pirates. She noticed that Henry was gone, probably went somewhere.

"Where is he?" Mal asked getting down to business. Uma plucked off her soiled apron, and dropped it onto the floor, and started to pace in front of Mal. "You know, I've dreamed of this." She says then her face hardened. "

You needing something from me and me watching you squirm like a worm on a hook." Uma says looking at the other pirates who nodded.

Mal let out a short laugh. "I'm so flattered that you dreamed of me. I haven't given you a single thought since I left." Mal says snarky like Uma.

"Listen, if you have some kind of score to settle with me, game on! I see no need to bring Ben into this." Mal says leaning forward to Uma as she just wants Ben back not this whole entourage.

"Oh, it may not be necessary, but it is so much fun." Uma says as she walked back around to the table and moved her face close to Mal's again. "Here's the deal."

Mal interrupted her with a laugh. "Just like your mother. Always a catch." Mal says as she knew that Samantha would smile at that joke. Uma rolled up her sleeves and sat across from Mal. She slammed her elbow onto the table as if she was about to arm wrestle. "If you win, Ben is free to go." She says.

Mal had always loved a challenge, even when they still lived on the Isle. She rested her elbow on the table. The pirates and everyone else noticed something was going on and got up from their tables to crowd around them. Uma grins at Mal. "Oh, don't you want to know what I get if I win?"

"Still dreaming." Said Mal. Uma chuckled. "You know, if I recall your mother thought she had things a sewn up, too." Uma says. "How'd that work out for her?"

"On three." Mal says locking eyes with Uma. "One," Uma says with a smirk. "Two." Mal says flatly betraying zero emotion. "Three." They said in unison." Mal and Uma started to arm wrestle, not taking their eyes off each other. Their arms quivered. The pirates looked on, whispering among themselves.

"You know that whole princess act? I never bought it for a second. You can stick a tiara on a villain, but you're still a villain, honey."

"Aw, and you can throw a pirate hat on, but your still Shrimpy." Mal says using the nickname since they were younger as she knew that would bring her down just a second. Uma faltered a bit but regained control. Mal's eyes flashed green, like when her and her mother would do their 'staring contests' at least that's what Samantha called them.

She pushed Uma's hand down so that it was mere inches from the table. "If I win." Said Uma through bared teeth. "You bring me the wand, and Smee's girl."

Mal gawked, and the green light drained from her eyes. In that moment rammed Mal's arm down onto the table. Mal gasped, as Uma howled with laughter. The pirates around them cheered as Uma stood and threw her hands up victoriously.

Uma hunched over the table and glowered at Mal. "Now, if you want beasty boy back, bring Fairy Godmother's wand and that brat to my ship tomorrow at twelve o'clock noon. Sharp!" Uma started to walk away before she turned around. "Oh, and if you blab, you can kiss your baby and the brat goodbye." She sauntered off and left Mal shaking her head. As she got up and started making her way back to the hideout.

Just as Sam came out from a corner as she saw Mal's look as she knew it was something bad. She knew that Mal had lost whatever happened with Uma. "What happened. Wicked bestie to another." She says with a small sad smile on her face as she knew Mal probably would talk about it until they got back to where the others were. But what shocked her was that she heard Mal tell her what happened.

"Me and Uma did an arm wrestle, and blah blah she told me if I win Ben is let go, and um...." Mal says as Sam stopped in front of Mal, she had her mouth gaped open.

"Let me guess you lost?" Sam asked shocked that Mal had lost. She never lost in the past. So, she was shocked that this time Mal had lost.

"Now I have to get the wand." Mal finished as she saw Sam's eyes widened almost out of their eye sockets.

Sam was too stunned to speak but then Mal said something. "How did it go with your dad?" Mal asks changing the topic as that's what she wanted to do. She didn't want to talk about this more than she wanted to.

"It went good. Squeaky and Squirmy told me to tell you they said hi." Mal smiles a little despite her mood.

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Inside the hideout, Mal had to tell the others the news. Carlos was seated at the desk, Jay was sprawled out onto the couch, and Evie stood behind them with Sam beside Carlos. They all watched Mal pace back and forth.

"Ugh! There's no way we're going to give Uma the wand." Evie says as Sam moves her tongue in her mouth.

"Are you kidding, like we're just going to let her destroy Auradon?!" She says as she throws her hands up as this is making Sam's anxiety go through the roof.

"If we don't give Uma the wand, Ben is shark bait." Sam says as everyone knew this was hard for her, as they've tried to keep their voices from arguing with each other.

"We don't have another option," Jay says as Sam glances at Carlos and he nods his head reading her mind. She meant him.

"You guys do realize that Carlos has a 3-D printer, right? He could just make a fake phony wand to fool Shrimpy." Sam says pointing to Carlos almost poking his eye out of his eye.

"I could create one in my sleep." Carlos says giving Sam a tiny smile as she winked at him despite her anxiety.

"We need some kind of diversion." Sam says creating up a plan in her head. Everyone knew she was creating some type of plan to get Ben back.

"What do you get, Sam?" Evie says as everyone looked at her.

"Mal and Evie can get chemicals at Miss Cranky Pants, salon, the boys can create a wand." Sam says as Mal and Evie knew what she meant Lady Tremaine's salon, Curl Up and Dye. Lady Tremaine is cranky, so it fits.

"Oh, and sick hair by the way." Evie says lightly touching Mal's hair. Wicked stepmoms seriously stepped up her game!" Evie says as Sam shakes her head annoyed.

"Do you want to know something? Dizzy did this!" Mal says as Sam picks at the nail polish on her fingers which reminds her to go to the nail salon in Auradon.

"Little Dizzy? Shut up!" Evie continues getting distracted as Sam looks up at the boys, slightly amused but also slightly annoyed at the situation.

"Okay, I know we all love M's hair, but we need to get back to the plan." Sam says addressing the girls as Jay threw a pillow at Evie, and she caught it before it hit her.

"Sam, you call it." Mal says even though she's the typical planner of their wicked schemes, she's giving the mic to Sam.

"I'll go with the boys; we're going to meet Evie and Mal at Pirates Cove no later than noon." Sam says completing the plan as everyone nods in agreement.

"...and guys losing, hey!" Mal says snapping her fingers to get their attention as Carlos has his arm snaked around Sam's back. "Is not an option." She says looking at each of them. "Because we're rotten..."

"To the core." They all say in unison."

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𝐴𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑝

Jay, Carlos and a half sleepy Sam walked down the hallway to Carlos and Jay's dorm room. "Why is your guys' door open?" Sam says as she squinted an eye open and saw that the door was open. That got Carlos and Jay's attention as they entered the room and found Chad printing on the 3-D printer. Sam dazily walked to Carlos' bed and plopped down as they're going to be here for a while.

"Are you kidding me?" Carlos whispered-yelled as it's super late as they missed curfew.

Chad jumped and looked up. "I knocked." He explained as Carlos rolled his eyes.

Chad held out his hand and looked at Chad until Chad gave him the copy of his room key. Then Carlos canceled Chad's print job and pulled the object from the printing tray and handed it to Jay.

"What is it?" Jay says examining what it is, but nothing comes to mind as he's never seen whatever it is supposed to be, before in his life.

"A 'Chad Action Figure'". He says. "Minus the head."

"Sounds like an improvement." Carlos mumbled under his breath, as he moved around the printer and quickly programmed it to make the sparkling silver wand from a photo of his phone.

As the wand began to appear, Chad peered at it curiously. Wondering what he's making. Though, the more that he looks at it, it's starting to look like.... "Why are you making Fairy Godmother's wand?"

Carlos looked at Jay. "Umm...why are we making the wand?" Jay had just opened his mouth before Dude the Dog blurted out.

"Ben's been captured!" Said the talking dog.

Chad didn't know what to say. Dude can talk. He had to do a double take. "What?" He whisper shouted. "Dude can talk?"

Carlos looked at Dude as there was the sound of snoring startling Jay as he never heard Sam snore. He thought that someone else was in the room too, but when he looked over his shoulder where Sam was, he raised his eyebrow.

"I was stalling." Carlos told his talking companion from the side of his mouth.

Dude wagged his tail. "I thought you forgot." He says as Carlos shakes his head.

"You can't tell anyone." Jay says to Chad. "Ben's life literally depends on it."

But little did they know that outside their dorm room, Lonnie daughter of Mulan and Shang, who was going to ask Jane a question about something had heard the whole thing. She gasped and then sprinted down the hall.

Chad furrowed his eyebrow. "If something were to happen to him...." He smiled at the boys. "You know...what I'm saying..." He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Something bad, I get it." Carlos says rolling his eyes as Sam's snoring gets slightly louder. He wonders what she's dreaming about. Must be something good.

"God forbid." Chad says feigning concern. "Who do you think might be next in line to be king?"

Jay looked at Carlos. "Is it me, or is that just really poor taste?" He asks him as Carlos nods his head.

As Chad left their room, Jay made sure to slam the door behind him. Sam was out completely and wouldn't hear a thing. Carlos quickly punched some numbers into the printer and the machine whirled to life.

Carlos and Jay knew it was going to be a while, so they grabbed some chairs and sat near the printer as Carlos was amazed of how out Sam was.

"Dang, never knew she snored. Let alone, this loud." Carlos says as Jay nods his head. They've all known Sam since they were kids and not once have, they caught her snoring. Then again, she says that she doesn't do it, and now they have proof to blackmail her. Well, that was Jay's idea. But Carlos has an amused smile.

"Grab one of the blankets from the closet." Carlos says as Jay nods his head and grabbing a blanket from the closet and tossing it to Carlos which he caught immediately. He covered Sam knowing that she gets cold easily.

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