Hey I'M BAAACCCKKKK!

But I never really left since I've uploaded and updated stories. But I'm back with the sequel to Lost and Mal. Lost and Mal: The Found Year. I'm very excited to write this and bring lots of tears into this, whether it be happy tears or sad tears.

So the first couple of chapters are taking once a month, but soon it will be be weekly/daily chapters.

Enjoy my princes and princesses.

1 Christmas Week. - Monday

Ever since Mal told Ben that she and Penelope would be moving back to Auradon, Mal and Ben planned together when she would move in and also made plans for Mal and Penelope to visit Auradon as often as possible before the big move in, just so Penelope felt a bit comfortable when she had moved.

So at least every two weeks Mal brought Penelope and herself to Auradon. Sometimes they slept over, sometimes they just stayed for the day and left after dinner. Though Mal wanted to move right away into Auradon again she knew that she had to take it more slowly for Penelope. Plus not to mention that Penelope was still in her school year and she didn't want her ripped out of the school and attend another school for a few short months. Mal figured she'd let Penelope make friends over the summer and then come September, she'd have a couple of friends already.

Mal's two friends in Halloweentown, Sadie and Weston, weren't going to be around during the Christmas season. Weston was going to the mountains with Alex (his boyfriend) and Alex's family while Sadie was up at the North Pole visiting her boyfriend Henry and his family. There was really no one else in town that Mal could celebrate Christmas with, so she and Penelope were heading to Auradon for Christmas.

Monday morning came and Mal was packing up the last of the three bags when she heard Penelope get out of bed and leave her room. Mal stuck her head out of the doorway. "Morning Nelly."

"Morning mommy," Penelope said. "When leaving?"

"After lunch. So we have a few hours." Mal said. She walked over and picked her daughter up, holding her on her hip. "Do you want to go to Jessalynn's house?" Jessalynn's mother to her that Jessalynn wanted to have a little holiday party for a couple of friends.

Penelope smiled. "Yeah!"

"Yeah? Alright then." Mal laughed.

A while later Mal dropped Penelope off at Jessalynn's house and returned home to relax for a bit before going back to the house and picking up Penelope. After that the two would head off to Auradon for Christmas. They were staying until New Year's and a few days post until Sunday night when they'd go back to the house.

At home Mal was resting on the couch watching television when her phone buzzed.

I hate long meetings.

She knew who that was. She texted back. Aww, does Benny Boo want out of the big boy meeting?

Oh my god Mal, seriously?

If Benny Boo behaves at the meeting, he'll get lots and lots of kisses!

It's already over. I swear I did behave. But it's just SO FREAKING LONG. Couldn't focus on half the things coz two purplettes are coming to down.

Purplettes? Really?

When r u getting here?

A little past one. One thirty the most.

Get here soon. I haven't seen you in forever.

U just saw us at D an D's birthday party, the day after Thanksgiving. And like two weeks after that. U saw us about a week ago.

Reality: You just saw us recently a week ago = a week ago.

Ben world: You just saw us recently a week ago = twenty seven million years ago.

Ben, you're a weirdo. But your a weirdo with little crowns on your shorts.

When do I get those kisses?

Mal smirked. She didn't reply but anything else but a wink and ignored her phone. She smiled thinking of seeing Ben again. Plus her friends. She's missed them all and can't wait to celebrate Christmas with them again. It's been years since her last one in Auradon.

Her first Christmas was wonderful in Auradon. Up until a particular night. Prior to Christmas, Mal went out one night to get some magic crystal rocks that shined brightly. She had to retrieve them on an island a little off to the side of Auradon. Mal snucked out of her room and went to the island. Whilst on the island she met someone whom she had only met one other time (the only time where the barrier surrounding the isle of the lost was opened and closed on Father's day, for this kid to meet his father for once in real life and not through a stupid barrier).

Mal had met Gasper LaGume, song of Gaston. Gasper didn't have his father's dark hair and didn't look as strong or just even close to resembling Gaston. Gasper's mother was one of the identical triplets that fawned over the dark hair hunter. But Gasper's persona was almost an exact match to his man whore of a father. Gasper flirted with Mal the whole time there and even afterward he made up some sort of excuse to hang around Mal. After that day Gasper sent letters to Mal, love letters probably, to her room in the castle. She never opened them because she knew what they were. She rejected him. She was already with Ben.

The castle held a holiday party on Christmas morning at night. Mal was there and unfortunately had met with Gasper again. She still rejected him.

Later that night, Mal got a call from a close friend who needed help out of a house in the woods. She went, alone, to save the friend. Upon arrival though she learned that it wasn't not her friend. Gasper tricked her to go to the house alone. He wanted them to be together. He loved her. Mal rolled her eyes and told him that he wasn't in love with her, he was in love with the idea her being in love with her. Infatuated with Mal. She rejected him again.

She began to leave, but Gasper fought for her to stay. Mal attacked him back and ran out of the house. Mal (thought) she had frozen Gasper with a spell, to give her time to leave, but the next thing Mal knew; Gasper tackled her to the ground and blacked her out.

Next thing she knew; Gasper was on top of her.

Next thing she knew; Mal was pregnant.

She loved Penelope and would never change anything about Penelope's being here. But she hated who Penelope's biological father was. She hated him. She loathed that son of a bitch.

What hurt the most? Mal's family was cursed to having one child. Going back many generations ago, a relative screwed that up for the family. Since then, all the women in the family were only able to have one child. If they tried to even have a second child, something would happen. Since Mal had Penelope, that was it for her. No more children. Which meant if Ben and her ever married than things would be screwed. Mal and Ben couldn't have a biological child and they couldn't adopt either (the curse effects that too.) Penelope was not Ben's child and she was born outside of marriage; she was considered illegitimate to the royal council.

Mal really, really, really hated things in her life at times. This was one of them.

Knowing she was going back to Auradon for Christmas, the same time and same holiday where her life changed forever, Mal thought of it as bittersweet. Bitter at Gasper, sweet for Penelope.

"This is going to be a roller coaster of emotions." Mal said.