Once everyone was recovered, King Adam hosted a Families Day at Castle Beast.
Carlos joined the rest of the core four for the first time since Chance collapsed on the ballroom floor, "Hey guys. Have you found host families?"
Mal said "I have a standing invitation to Castle Beast so I think I'm good."
"Gil got that too, the Gaston twins need some behavioural training before they'll be allowed to attend school. What about you, Evie?"
"I'm hoping Snow White will host me."
Jay answered "Same with Aladdin and Jasmine."
Carlos smiled "Jay, Evie, follow me and I'll introduce you to them. Mal, Ben and Audrey are also doing introductions to host families." He took his friends hands and pulled them on their way. "Aladdin, Jasmine, Jay."
Aladdin smiled at the younger man "You'll love Agrabah, just no stealing or you might get your head cut off."
"Alright."
Carlos left them to talk and guided Evie to her host family "Snow, Ferdinand, Sean, Sarah, this is Evie."
Snow identified "My stepsister."
Carlos left them to continue making introductions and pointing out host kingdoms for the crews of non-legacies. As he finished, he spotted a familiar furry face "Dude!" Carlos crouched down to catch the little furball.
As he stood up with Dude licking his face, he heard Chance's voice from behind "I'm not going to Greece."
Carlos turned to face the other legacy "Okay. Follow me." He led the dark haired teen to Sleeping Beauty's family "Queen Leah, Princess Aurora, Prince Philip, Princess Audrey, Chance was wondering if someone other than Hercules would host him. Since Mal has a standing invitation at Castle Beast, I was thinking maybe you could host the Isle's hero."
Queen Leah said "Of course."
Carlos looked between them "Great. I'm gonna talk to the Radcliffes, my foster parents." The celebration went surprisingly well until Carlos noticed people crowding around the royal family of Auroria and Peter Pan floating archers up to the tower. Smiling, he told his foster parents "Chance is about to duel. Isle rules are every man for himself so if they manage to take him out then they'll fight each other. Wanna watch?" Carlos climbed onto the table "Mulan is going to referee it looks like, she's giving him her sword so he doesn't have an unfair advantage." He jumped off the table and ran to the inner edge of the crowd, starting the chant as Chance took out his first opponent "De-vil's Chance."
Mal informed Ben "It's okay to call him that when he's fighting," before continuing the chant. Chance won the fight, ending it by throwing a sword past the archers to eliminate them.
Afterwards, a raven-haired teen cane over to Mal "I'm sorry we couldn't get to you."
Mal asked "Who are you?"
"I'm your twin brother Malice, Anthony Tremaine and I have worked hard to steal kids from villains before they could be trapped into the life you and the others got stuck in." He pulled out a vial and chugged the liquid inside "Counteracts a potion I was given as a toddler to hide from Maleficent."
"Okay."
He grabbed her wrist and stared into her eyes, both sets flashing green. When he let go, he explained "Twin-link, we're bonded in a way that's impossible to fake."
"Uh,"
"Maleficent Morgana le Fay the Second, I am your twin brother Malice Mordred le Fay."
Ben asked "Is that really your name?"
"Uh, yes. Technically but,"
Malice explained for her "Our mother held the right to her full first name over her, telling everyone her name was just Mal. For all I know, Maleficent lied to her daughter about her full name."
"Oh," Ben said.
Malice observed "You have a bit of magic in you, you'll need it to be accepted by the Heir to the Fae's beloved. Though fair warning, don't expect to gain anything if my sister's queen when you're married, you're still mostly human without innate magic."
Mal said "That's enough."
Malice gave Ben an appraising look "IInformation overload, if you're the next High King, you need to learn not to show when you're overwhelmed."
Mal sighed "Let's just get through Families' Day." She turned to the reigning royals "Does my invitation extend to my twin brother?"
Belle said "Of course, dear."
