Chapter 1
It was Saturday and Mal was having dinner at castle Beast with Ben and his parents who, after the coronation, had welcome her and her siblings in their family.
This was strange because they never had the chance to have a real family, but it felt so good and Mal couldn' t help but think about the other four teens who grew up with them on the Isle of the lost, wishing that they could feel that way too, and she knew Evie, Jay and Carlos did as well.
The purple haired teen was lost in her toughts and didn' t notice the worried look that Ben, Belle and Adam shared.
"Mal sweetie are you okay?"
The teen was raised from her toughts by Belle's voice. She looked at the former queen and gave her a shy smile.
"Yes, I was just lost in toughts."
The woman nodded and got back at her meal starting talking to her husband
Meanwhile Ben looked at his girlfriend, he knew for sure that there was something worrying her and her friends and decided that was the moment to find out what it was.
"Mal, are you sure everything is alright? 'Cause you and the others have been acting like this for a while lately."
The girl turned her attention to her boyfriend, who was on her right, with a puzzled look in her eyes.
"What?"
"You all get lost in your toughts with sad and guilty looks on your faces like you are unable to forgive yourself for something but when one of us ask you why or if everything is okay, you give tha same answer saying you were just lost in tougts. I don' t want to force you to tell me anything, but I hate see you guys like that whitout even knowing why."
Mal looked at Ben, she could clearly see the concern in his eyes, she couldn' t lie to him.
"Is someone." she said looking down
"What do you mean?" He asked her.
"We aren't worry about something but about someone. Someone back on the isle." she said, this time, looking at him.
"If it is about your parents then you don't have to because they can' t ecape from there." a voice said.
The two teens turned in shock to Adam who was sitting in front of Ben, on the right side of his wife. The two hadn' t notice that their conversation caught the attention of the former king and queen.
After recovering from her shock Mal took a deep breath.
"It is not about our parents. It' s about..." she started but Belle, who had noticed the tense in the teen' s voice, interrupted her "Mal, dear, I don' t know what exactly is worring you so much, but I can tell that we'll help you as much as we can. However I want you to know that there is no problem if you are not ready to talk about it. "
Mal listened to Belle's words and then saw Ben and Adam nodded. The purple haired teen couldn' t help but being shocked by how understanding and kind they were with, she maybe had been in Auradon for a while but she still wasn' t completly used to those kind of things.
In that moment telling them the truth felt the right thing to do, even if it was hard. And who know, maybe they really can help us, she tought.
"No It' s fine, you have done so much for me, Jay, Carlos and Evie. You deserve to know." she said looking at Belle who smiled at her.
"Okay sweetheart, as you want, but what do you think about finishing our dinner first? And then we can go in the family room, I think it's a more confortable place fo talk." she said
Mal simply nodded at the woman who she was starting see as a mother.
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When they all had finished their dinner, they made their way to the family room.
As they were all seated - Ben and Mal on the couch and Belle and Adam on to armchairs opposite them. Her boyfriend and his parents were all looking at here and Mal knew that they were waiting for her to start so she squeezed Ben' s hand, took a deep breath and talked.
"So... First of all you have to know that Evie, Jay, Carlos and me had a childwood very different than the one Auradon kids are used to, on the Isle, the parents take care of their children until they can walk and talk, after then they have to take care of themselves. For us was pretty much the same, but luckly we got each other. Our parents allied when we were just one year old, well me, Jay and Evie were, Carlos wasn' t even born. By the way our parents being allies means that we grew up together, we became like siblings. To us family didn't mean necessarily be related by blood but protecting each other and watching each others back. But there it wasn t just me, Jay, Carlos and Evie, there were other four kids who were part of the only family we aver know. We promised that we'll always be there for each other, no matter what, even and especially when our parents weren't. When we four got invited to Auradon, we didn't want to come because we didn't want to leave the others but our parents forced us. We were supposed to come here, steal the wand and get back but... When we so how was living here we chose good betrating evil, and we don' t regret it, however we can't help but feel guilty. I mean, we are here living such an amazing life while the rest of our family is stuck on that hell and we feel really bad about it, especially the boys." She said with tears going down her cheecks.
She didn't know when she started tearing up, to be honest, she didn't even know for how long she has been talking.
Adam and Belle stand there in silence watching at their son holding his girlfriend, who was currently crying in his arms.
The former queen had tears in her eyes, she could see how hard was for her to talk about this kind of things but she did, she trusted them and opened to them.
After a few more minutes crying, Mal finally calmed down and what she said shock all the three royals.
"I' m sorry for this but it's really hard talking about this, it brings back so much memories from the past." she said.
Those words made Belle think about which orrible things that girl had been trought in her childwood to said something like that, and that broke her heart. The queen stood up and went over to Mal.
"You have nothing to be sorry about honey" she said pulling the teen in to a hug.
"I know how hard was for you to talk to us about this and I'm honored that you choose to open to us the way you did. I' m not gonna ask you anything about the memories this conversation brought back to your mind, because clearly is to painfull for you. But if you would ever feel ready or if you would ever want to talk about them, then We'll be right there for you, I will be there for you." she said when they fell apart.
Mal didn' t say anything she just nodded and hugged Belle. "Thank you" she whispered in the queen's ear.
Ben and Adam shared a look and both of them couldn't help but smile at what the have jast seen.
As Belle and Mal sat back where they were before, Ben looked at his girlfriend.
"Mal, I don' t want to upset you by asking this but I have to. Why did you say that leaving the others on the isle was hard especially for Jay and Carlos?" he asked her and a sneer formed on the purple haired teen's face.
"Well, I think that me saying their names would answer to your question. The four I was talking about are Queenie Hearts, Jenna Cobra and Caroline and Diego De Vil." she said trying to not burn out in laugh at her boyfriend reaction.
The young king was compleatly shocked "What are you trying to say is that Jay has a sister and that has a sister and a brother?" he asked.
"Yes, Jenna and Caroline are Carlos and Jay's younger sister but Diego is not Carlos brother, he is his cousin." she said to him.
Ben was about to ask something else but his mother interrupted him.
"Okay, I think these are enough informations for only one night. Now you two have to go and get some sleep and we can continue this conversation tomorrow at breakfast, I actually wanna now more about this four." she said. "Only if you want to tell us, of course." she ended looking at Mal. "I'll be glad to do that." the young girl answered, causing Belle to smile, and after saying goodnight she followed her boyfriend upstairs.
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"Are you okay?" Belle asked her husband on the way to their appartaments.
Adam had been really quite and distant since he heard Mal's story.
"Yes, I'm just thinking about how hard has been for these kids to live on the isle." he answered.
"Adam, I know you and there is something more. You are feeling guilty, aren't you?" she said looking at him.
"Of course I am Belle, it's my fault. I made those kids pay for crimes that their parents had committed when they weren't even born." Adam said looking down.
As she heard the pain In Adam's words, Belle put herself in front of her husband.
"Adam, look at me." she said and when he did so, she continued. "I understand how you are feeling right now, left those innocent children in that prison was a big mistake but what is done is done, and now we have our son, the new king, fixing that mistake."
Adam looked at his wife, it was incredible how that woman always knew the what was the right thing to say. "You' re right, he will success where we faild" he finally said.
Belle smiled and they went in their appartaments to sleep.
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I hope you all liked this chapter because I worked a lot on it and, as always, I apologise for all the grammar mistakes yo may found but english is not my mother language and I' m still studying it but I really wanted to write this story so, again, I' m sorry and if you have any advices for me to improve my english writing, please tell me in the reviews. Love you all.
- R.
