HI, Mal here. Remember me? Daughter of Maleficent. Wicked wild child of the Isle turned proper lady of the court. Right? I know.

At first, I tried way too hard to impress Ben and all of Auradon and totally lost myself. I was suffocating under all those layers of pale pink tulle. It wasn’t me. So I broke up with Ben, fled home to the Isle, and rediscovered my roots (literally—Dizzy gave my lame blond hair a fierce purple makeover). my lifelong nemesis, Uma (who I call “Shrimpy”), the daughter of Ursula, and her scallywag gang of wannabe pirates weren’t too happy with my return—old turf wars and whatnot. Then there was the pirate duel, which was kinda legendary.

As was the Royal Cotillion. Uma transformed into a giant octopus and threatened my friends. I went all fire-breathing dragon on her and saved Auradon. Uma is scared off for now, but all her antics made me realize that I do belong as Lady of Auradon. I can’t deny that I’Ll always be part isle, though. The true me lies somewhere in the space between. The other amazing thing that happened at Cotillion? Evie asked Ben to help bring over more VKS from the Isle to Auradon, to give them the same chance he gave us. And, well…