Mal's an expert at intimidating her enemies, but shes broken the habit since leaving her villainous roots behind. So when she and her friends Evie, Carlos, and Jay all receive threatening messages demanding they return home, Mal cant believe it. Sure, shes King Bens girlfriend now, and shes usually nice to her classmates, but she still didnt think anyone would be silly enough to try to push her around.

The thing is, it kind of worked. Especially since she and her friends have a sneaking suspicion that their villainous parents are behind the messages. And when Evie looks into her Magic Mirror, what she sees only confirms their fears. Maleficents just a tiny lizard after her run-in with Mal at Bens Coronation, but shes the worst villain in the land for a reason. Could she have found a way to escape? Whatevers going on, Mal, Evie, Carlos, and Jay know they have to sneak back to the Isle and get to the bottom of it.

Without its infamous leader, the islands even worse than when they left it, but the comforts of homeeven a home as gloomy as the Isle of the Lostcan be hard to resist for recently reformed villains. Will the kids be able to beat the evil bubbling at the Isles wicked core, or will the plot to destroy Auradon succeed?