This one takes place between Descendants and Descendants 2.

"Auradon Prep will not be having any school today based on the weather conditions. Thank you and we will see you tomorrow." Mal read the message on her phone, thanked the stars, and went back to sleep.

She woke up a few hours later shivering beneath the covers. She looked over to see where the cold air was coming from and saw Evie staring out the open window. "Evie, close the window. It's cold!"

"But Mal, look. It's snowing. And it's so beautiful."

Mal groaned and trudged over, a bundle of blankets wrapped around her. "It's just a whiter, prettier, version of what we got on the Isle, E. But it's just as cold."

"Don't be such a grouch. See, it's fun." And with that, Evie reached out the window, picked up some snow from the windowsill, and tossed it at Mal, who shrieked from the cold. "Come on Mal, look how much fun everyone's having," she said, pointing out the window at all their classmates out in the snow. There were a couple of girls building a person out of the snow, some guys were throwing it at each other and building what looked like little huts, while others were just sitting in it as they flailed their arms back and forth. "We never had this on the Isle, so let's go try it now. Please."

"No way. It's freezing and what are they even doing out there? All I see is hypothermia about to happen." She then walked back over to her bed, crawling under the covers.

"Maaaaaal," Evie whined. "Please, it'll be so much fun and, Hi Ben!"

"Hey Evie," he called up to her from outside. "Where's Mal?"

"Hiding in her cocoon of blankets 'cause she says 'it's cold'," she mocked Mal, who stuck her tongue out at the blue haired princess.

"Mal, don't you wanna come out and play in the snow with your amazing boyfriend?" Mal could hear the smile in his voice and so she walked back over to the window.

"But Ben, it's cold."

"Well, I'm sure Evie has something whipped up for you. Right Evie?"

"Of course I do," Evie said. "What kind of best friend would I be if I didn't?"

"See Mal. So now will you come out and play in the snow with me?"

Mal groaned. "Fine. I'll be out in a little."

"I'll see you soon." He blew her a kiss and ran off.

Mal closed the window and pulled the curtains shut, turning around to face Evie who had a smirk on her face. "What?"

"Oh, nothing," Evie said, walking over to the closet and pulling out a big box with the word 'snow' scrawled on the side. "Just that I can beg and plead for you to come out in the snow, but one word from the king and you say yes before I can even think the word no."

"I don't wanna talk about it," Mal murmured, grabbing all of the purple stuff out of the box and walking into the bathroom.

"Uh huh, sure."

Mal came out ten minutes later, looking like a giant, walking marshmallow.

"Ok, I know I didn't make that much stuff," Evie said. "What did you all put on?"

"Just three shirts, a sweatshirt, two pairs of sweatpants, the big jacket and snowsuit pants you made, three pairs of fuzzy socks, two pairs of gloves, a hat, and the purple snow boots," Mal replied, ticking it all off on her fingers.

"I don't think you need that much, M."

"Yes, I do. It's like zero degrees outside."

"Actually it's 15 but I won't tell you what to do, I'll just go ask Ben and we'll see what happens." Mal thought Evie had never looked eviler.

"Ugh, fine! I'll remove one layer, but that's it, ok?"

"Perfect. I just didn't think you wanted to be the big, purple marshmallow of Auradon Prep." Mal huffed and stomped back into the bathroom, emerging a few minutes later looking much less poofy.

As they walked out the door into the chilly air, Evie was met by Doug and the couple took off into the snowy world, leaving Mal by herself. Pulling everything tighter to keep in the warmth, her eyes scanned the courtyard, looking for the reason she was even out in this tundra. She found him in the middle of a snowball fight and cautiously made her way over there. Once she had made her way there, she stood and waited for him quietly. That was until she got smacked in the side of the face by a snowball, her face instantly cold, and she shrieked so loudly that Ben's head swiveled to find her.

Mal's eyes turned green and set on the person who had thrown the snow at her, Jay, who was smiling sheepishly. "Hey Mal," his voice was wavering in her glare. "Remember, you're good now, so you have to forgive me."

"I don't HAVE to do anything." She was stomping her way up to him. "I didn't want to be out here in the first place, then Evie made me put less clothes on, and now the side of my face is numb from your stupid snowball, and.."

"Woah, Mal, it's okay," Ben said to her, trying to ease her anger, as he wrapped his arms around her, also giving Jay a chance to escape, which he took very quickly. "It's just snow."

"Yeah, well it's cold," she muttered.

"Like your heart!" Jay called over to them. Mal's eyes became green once more and she started struggling against Ben's hold.

"Jay!" she yelled.

"Seriously, Jay. You couldn't have kept quiet?" Ben told him.

"Oh, come on. That was perfect timing. See ya." And with that he finally ran off.

"I'm gonna kill him," Mal muttered under her breath, still trying to escape Ben's arms.

"How about we go play in the snow first?" he whispered in her ear, and she fell limply back in his arms.

"Ok." He pulled her with him to a white picket fence surrounded by bushes. If he hadn't shown her, she never would've seen it. "What's this?"

He pushed the gate open to reveal a garden full of fresh snow. "My mother's rose garden. Nobody knows where it's at except my family, so, you know, you don't have to worry about getting hit with anymore snowballs."

She raised on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek. "Thank you."

"Anything for you. Now, let's have some fun."

The garden was huge, and had a little slope on the other side perfect for sledding. Ben and Mal squished together to fit on the small sled and then went down together, Mal squealing with delight as she laid back on Ben. Ben would then pull her back up the slope for another round, until she saw that he was getting tired and insisted on pulling him up instead.

Next, they made Mal's first snowman, Benny-boo, whom Ben knighted for his heroic deed of being her snowman. Ben even managed to find some purple and green dye and so they gave him green hair and a purple body.

Mal seemed to be getting tired, and so Ben told her to rest on the bench for a little while he built them an igloo. About halfway through, he felt something cold hit his shoulder and when he turned around, Mal was grinning with another snowball in hand. Ben was up and after her in three seconds flat and she turned around and ran, giggling the whole time. Just when Mal thought she had outran him, his arms circled around her and they both fell to the ground, laughing like crazy.

The couple just laid like that for a while, not caring about the cold snow seeping into their clothes. Ben turned and pressed a kiss to her forehead. "I love you, Mal." He knew she wasn't ready to say it yet, but that didn't mean he didn't say it to her.

Mal blushed. Just tell him already. "I love...snow." She mentally slapped herself; eventually she'd get there.

Ben chuckled. "Me too," he said, pulling her closer. "How would you like some hot cocoa, Mal?"

"Yes please." She bolted up and was already to the gate before he had even sat up. "Come on slowpoke."

"I'm coming," he said, catching up and wrapping his arm around her shoulder as they made their way back into in the warmth of Auradon Prep. And, even though Mal would never admit it, she couldn't wait to go back out in the snow once more.