It's been a month now. One whole month since my friends and I decided to be good and not evil. I think it was a lot to do with Ben. Ben helped us out a lot, he believed we could be good. Jay, Evie, and Carlos' parents were all okay with them being good. They saw it as if their child married a Princess or Prince they could rule too! It would be what they wanted. My mother on the other hand, was bitter. It didn't matter I may have part of her name but I'm nothing like Malefecient. That's right me saying I'm not my mother. I looked at her picture as I finished getting ready for class and bit my lip. Auradon wasn't what I expected from the beginning, it was way different. I thought all of the heroes were awful people like they accused us of being. They were perfectly sweet. Even though my mother put her mother away and cursed her, Audrey and I were a bit close. I still think it's only because she's falling for Jay-nonetheless- we were close. I smiled at the picture of Ben that I had with his crown crooked from the Coronation. I heard a knock on my door and opened it seeing him. "Morning!" I said extra chirpy and kissed his cheek. He held his hand out to me. Since the coronation he's been walking me to class and lunch and everywhere. He was the perfect gentleman.

"Morning to you to beautiful." He told me a small yawn coming out. I knew he had probably been up late again working on something King related. He was only 16 with a huge burden on him still. He was still king and had to act like one. We walked down the corridor of the dorm halls in the school and of course Evie, Jay and Carlos met up with us including Doug, Audrey and Jane. We all went to our classes me sitting with Evie since Ben had a meeting with his father and his mother Belle.

"He looks exhausted." Evie commented in a whisper as we watched Ben leave the room. He was tired I knew that. I just nodded. "Mal? What's wrong?" She asked me clearly worried. Since we had been banned from going back to the Island well kind of banned, we were all each other had as 'family'. I gave her a smile and shook my head slightly scrunching my nose. She must have saw me staring at the other girls and noticed what was wrong. "M! You don't have to look like them to be good like them. Remember we defeated your mother, betrayed our parents to be here! To be good." She exclaimed.

"I-I know that but look at them, look at you then look at me! I wear crazy dark make up! My purple clothes still look like I'm on the island and my hair! What princess has dark purple hair!" I sighed to my self twirling my hair around my finger. "What if I changed everything?" I thought out loud.

"Woah you don't have to. Ben still likes you the way you are, looking like Mal or looking like a princess."

"Come on! Ben wants a Princess. He wants pristine and perfect, not rough and ragged!" I shook my head knowing she knew I was right. "You know I'm right..." I whispered, going back to watching what the teacher wrote on the board.

During lunch my friends and I sat in our usual table outside, only difference was it was like two tables put together now with everyone we sat with. Finally I saw Ben and smiled when he sat with us. I pecked his cheek. "Still stressed?" I asked him when he closed his eyes yawning.

"My dad wants me to think about this big ball Auradon does every year. It's supposed to bring young men and women into Courting." He shook his head. "Which means all of us have to do it." He sighed looking at all of us.

"Courting I'm confused isn't that something that princes and princesses do?" Evie said confused just as I was. Could that mean Ben did marry the pristine princess I desperately wanted to be?

"My point exactly, my parents fell in love without courting..." Ben sighed shaking his head. "Most of our parents did. They just don't understand we can do that." When he said that he looked at me a smile. I blushed softly giggling.

"Then tell them no.. I mean you are king." Chad told him. How was Ben supposed to tell his father that all of us well all of them didn't want to do courting? We (Carlos, Jay, Evie and I) weren't required to as being apart of the royal families around there but we had to for a grade. Courting would be simple though, Ben and I would go to all the Balls together and the others with the ones they have seemed to love.

"Mal?" Ben shook me from my thoughts, seemingly worried. I was still used to my mother letting me think on my own and smacking me if I didn't pay any mind to her talking. I mentally cringed and looked at him. "The first 'Ball' is here... Want to help us decorate?" Jay looked really confused.

"Wait it's a 'Ball'! Don't you have people decorate for you?" Jay asked what I was thinking.

"Yes but technically this is a school function and all students have to participate somehow in organzing this said function." I just nodded smiling brightly. I look up thinking I see my mother and gasp in fear. I shake my head looking at Evie, Jay and Carlos then to the others.

"We have to go!" I jump from my seat pulling them with me. I sit near a wall sobbing my eyes out. Jay looked really pissed.

"Did he hurt you?" He asked "Because even though your mom is gone forever we can still go back! My dad would take you in!" He nodded.

"Jay stop if you guys want to go back go back! I want to be good but you know the rules sucked when we were there! My mother's reign still haunts me! Those rules haunt me! The rules might be harsher now but now they suck to me what we were put through! I want to be able to tell my kids that I grew up in a pink room! That if Ben is who I marry we met because of fairy tale happy endings! Not that I almost betrayed him! Not that at 7 when they'll ask about me being a kid that I was forced to train to be a villain! To have no sympathy!" I cried softly sliding down on the ground. Evie hugged me and sighed.

"Mal look where we are! We're in Auradon something no one expected in a billion years not for us! We want to be good! We could get other kids here and they can be good! Just don't cry okay! Your mother can't hurt you!" She calmed me down.

Evie's P.O.V

I felt so bad for Mal. Her mom was harsher than all of our parents. Maleficient wasn't very kind to Mal. She would hurt her bad. When we were growing up we all had rules on the island. Mal mainly. She was pushed around by her mother a lot and hurt if disobeyed way worse than I know I ever was. I looked up seeing Ben who looked extremely worried for Mal crying. "Guys let's go we have class." I dragged Carlos and Jay away letting Mal and Ben talk. He would calm her down maybe convince her to not be a pristine pink princess.

Ben's P.O.V

Seeing Mal so upset when she ran off upset me so I went after her. I saw her and Evie talking and knew I should leave them be. When Evie left I huggged the purple hair girl tightly. She pushed me off her. "Mal?" She shrugged softly wiping her eyes.

"Rule # 1 on the Island No weakness.. I'm fine let's decorate for the Ball." She smiled and stood up dusting herself off and walked pulling me to decorate. I just helped her and the others decorate. I would get the help for Mal she needed. I watched her closely as we all decorated. I knew I had all of Auradon to worry about, I worried the most about Mal and her friends. Especially after what happened at the coornation. I loved Mal and she cared for the only family she had left so, I cared for them. I would help them no matter what. I saw Mal looking at the other girls and sighing. She was perfect as Mal why couldn't she see this.