An Eventful Cotillion

by FanfictionWriter8

What if the events at Cotillion turned out differently? What if True Love's Kiss hadn't worked? What if Ben finds himself in love with another VK? Everything that happened at that Cotillion changed everything, but was it for the better or the worse? And what about Uma, raging about her loss to Mal? What is she planning? A Bevie story, so Bal shippers probably shouldn't read.

1. Chapter 1

Ben thought that they'd be okay.

He'd thought that he and Mal would be stronger than ever when they'd got back from the Isle. That, after Cotillion, everything would be alright. They'd talk and sort everything out and be them again. Mal and Ben.

But it hadn't been like that at all.

Uma had spelled him, yes, just like her mother, Ursula. And he remembered that during that time it felt like he was in a dreamy haze, a bit heavier and stronger than when Mal had given him that love spell. And the strange thing was, all through the first part of Cotillion, he wasn't aware of Mal. Not in the way that he felt Evie's presence, a lighthouse in a storm, her voice telling him that it was all a lie, a trick, it was Uma. Not Mal's.

He saw her Cotillion dress clearly, the blue fabric glittering with jewels and designs, falling around her and to the floor in smooth, glowing ruffles. She'd designed it, he knew. And even though he knew absolutely nothing about dresses, he thought it was beautiful.

And then Mal had said that she loved him, to Uma's annoyance and impatience. She was obviously eager to Ben heard her shouting at Fairy Godmother, who shouted back. Mal had said she'd always loved him, and then she'd kissed him.

He'd felt that in the haze, but it didn't feel like anything, a feather of wind passing by. And True Love's Kiss that was meant to work… didn't.

And then he'd watched the battle of the octopus and the dragon, Evie helping Mal with a series of blasts of magic. Ben watched her, dazed, feeling a thought through the spell. Just one word.

Evie.

He kissed her.

Her soft, scarlet lips, moving with his, his hands on her waist, her shocked hands resting on his neck. They lost themselves in the kiss, forgetting everything, forgetting the Cotillion and the fight between Mal and Uma. It was just them, Evie and Ben.

And it broke the spell.

Mal had won. Uma swam away in rage, as Mal the dragon transformed again, this time into a human. And everyone had sang and danced to "You and Me", as fireworks celebrated the most eventful Cotillion in Auradon's history.

But none of them forgot that moment, the moment that had changed everything.

And Ben found that he actually didn't mind.