Free Descendants Junior Novel by Disney Book Group

taking place. Mal had drawn Xs and arrows all over it: a detailed plan of the wand snatch. At the center of the map, Mal had drawn a picture of her hand reaching for the wand
that Fairy Godmother held.
    “I will be in the very front,” said Mal. “You all will be up in the balcony. Carlos?”
    “Okay, so I’ll find our limo so we can break the barrier and get back on the island with the wand,” said Carlos.
    Jay looked at him thoughtfully.
    “Perfect,” said Mal. She lifted a small atomizer, which looked like a pale blue bottle of perfume, and offered it to Evie. “Evie, you will use this to take the driver
out,” said Mal. She handed the atomizer to Evie. “Two sprays and he will be out like a light.”
    Mal looked at Carlos, who looked at Jay, who looked at Evie, who looked at Mal. Mal sighed, sat down at the table, and turned to a page in the spell book that read HOW TO BREAK
A LOVE SPELL .
    Evie peeked at what Mal was reading. “M, you want to break Ben’s love spell?” she asked.
    “Yeah! You know, for after…” said Mal.
    Carlos sat on his bed with Dude.
    Jay sat on his bed with his tourney stick.
    Evie sat down next to Mal.
    “I’ve just been thinking, you know, when the villains finally do invade Auradon and begin to loot and kick everyone out of their castles…” said Mal.
    Jay spun his tourney stick.
    “…and imprison their leaders…” continued Mal.
    Carlos absently stroked Dude.
    “…and destroy all that is good and beautiful…” Mal said.
    Evie took a deep breath and stared off.
    “…Ben still being in love with me just seems a little extra…cruel,” Mal said.
    Evie looked long and hard at her friend.
    Mal closed her spell book and headed back to their dorm room.
    Evie followed shortly after.
    Jay flicked off all the lights and climbed into bed. Then he got up and walked over to his tourney trophy.
    Carlos patted Dude.
    In the girls’ dorm room, Evie lay in bed awake. She pulled the chemistry test out from under her pillow and reveled in the B+ again. The other bed was empty.
    Mal was in the kitchen stirring a potion. The spell book was open. Alone and lonely, Mal finally allowed herself to feel…and her heart was breaking. She knew it wasn’t right for Ben
to be under her love spell. She felt guilty and horrible about it.
    Enchanting him was a rotten thing to do—one she couldn’t bear any longer. Ben was good and kind and deserved to be spell-free—even if it meant he no longer loved her. A tear
rolled down her face and dropped into the chocolate batter. Next to the bowl was a beautiful little blue box. She’d break the love spell right before the coronation. As for stealing the wand,
she wasn’t so sure she’d be able to walk away from that one.

F AMILY DAY.
    OH, JOY.
    The next morning, the sun shone over the rose garden on a breezy Family Day.
    On the green lawn, Ben led a choir of students in singing “Be Our Guest” as a way to kick off the event. A student banner read FAMILY DAY! GOODNESS DOESN’T GET
ANY BETTER. Some students and their families danced, while others enjoyed plates of every type of delicious food imaginable from various tables and tents.
    Mal grabbed a strawberry from a table as she, Evie, Jay, and Carlos stepped into the throng. Carlos handed off Dude to Evie and ate strawberries he dipped in a lavishly flowing chocolate
fountain.
    The happy choir dispersed. Mal nibbled her strawberry and watched Ben join Beast and Belle. They stepped under a stone archway and posed for the photographer.
    “Oh! And by the way, I have a new girlfriend,” Ben told his parents.
    They looked at him and gasped.
    “I never wanted to say anything,” said Belle, “but I always thought that Audrey was a little self-absorbed. With a fake smile”—Belle flashed a fake smile for the
photographer and continued to speak through it—“a kind of kiss-up.”
    “Do we know your new girlfriend?” asked Beast.
    “On the count of three,” said the photographer.