Truth of our Hearts
Chapter 3: What do you want?
Actors:
Princess Audrey - Sarah Jeffery
Prince Chad - Jedidiah Goodacre
Jane - Brenna D'Amico
Doug - Zachary Gibson
Lonnie - Dianna Doan
Prince Ben - Mitchell Hope
Mal - Dove Cameron
Evie - Sofia Carson
Jay - Booboo Steward
Carlos - Cameron Boyce
Bellatrix - Sharon den Adel (just picture her eyes green)
Fairy Godmother - Melanie Paxson
King Adam Beast - Dan Payne
Queen Belle - Keegan Connor Tracey
Maleficent - Kristen Chenoweth
Evil Queen - Kathy Najimy
Cruella de Vil - Wendy Raquel Robinson
Jafar - Maz Jobrani
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- Alaika Skywalker Antilles 1
Ben's POV:
The night had fallen in Auradon.
But this night was like no other for me.
Just because of the dream I had that night:
I stood on a high white rock, about to jump in the Enchanted Lake beneath me when I heard a feminine voice.
"Are those little crowns on your shorts?" the voice asked.
I looked down at my shorts, which were a pair of blue shorts with golden crowns on it. I looked up to see the girl who asked that and saw a certain purple haired girl in a purple dress. "Maybe!" I replied with a smile.
The girl laughed.
Then I jumped into the lake, and when I came above the surface again, I heard the most beautiful voice ever.
An angelic sound, so beautiful that I nearly forgot to focus on my swimming.
"A thousand thoughts, in my head." the voice sang.
I hid behind a rock, watching and listening.
"Should I let my heart keep listening? 'Cause up 'til now, I've walked the line."
Where is this about?
"Nothing's lost, but something's missing. I can't decide what's wrong, what's right. Which way, should I goooooooo?"
Not knowing your path? Is that the answer?
The girl started dancing.
"If I only knew what my heart was telling me. Don't know what I'm feeling, is this just a dream! Oh-oh, if I only could read the signs in front of me, I could find a way to who I'm meant to be! Oh-oh, if only... yeah!"
There was the answer!
"Am I crazy? Maybe we could happen! Yeah, will you, still be, with me, when the magic's all run out now."
That... was beautiful.
"If I only knew what my heart was telling me. Don't know what I'm feeling, is this just a dream? Oh-oh... If only, yeah! If only... yeah! If only... yeah! If only."
The voice slowly faded, and I thought about what she'd sang.
I heard my name been shouted a few times, followed by splashing and coughing.
I stopped thinking and started swimming pretty fast towards the girl.
Once I had her in my arms, I could tell who she was.
The purple hair in combination with the green eyes were unmistakable Mal's.
It had been Mal singing that angelic song that confessed so much about the Isle of the Lost.
I woke up that morning and looked at my clock. Six AM in the morning.
It was time to get up and prepare for school.
I tried not to think about that dream, but what will I do when I see Mal? Just behave like I usually do? Yeah, I think that's the best.
I left my dorm at 6.30, but breakfast wouldn't start before 7. I needed to see Bella first, maybe she had a solution to forgetting this dream.
Mal's POV:
Girl's dorm at 6.41
I woke up early in the morning, no sun had set yet.
Evie was still asleep and Bella was snoring softly.
I was just lying in bed looking at the pink fabric above my bed. I hated the colour, but it was school property, so I can't dye it.
Happily, I'm not the only one.
Evie finds the colour gross as well, and pink reminds Bella way to much about her 'perfect' sister.
Even though I haven't met Audrey properly yet, she won't like either me or Evie I think.
Stupid prejudice.
There was a knock at the door.
"Hello?" It was Prince Ben. "Anyone up?"
I jumped out of my bed, wearing my dark purple pyjama, but I don't really care now. I walked over to the door, opening it slight. "Why are you here?" I asked in a whisper.
"I want to talk to Bella, if that's possible." Prince Ben replied.
I looked at Bellatrix, who was still sleeping, even snoring a bit!
I turned back to the Prince in front of our door. "Sorry, Bella's still sleeping like a rock." I sadly replied.
"That's okay, just tell her that I stopped by." Prince Ben said. "By the way, is there anything you need or?"
"Not yet anyway." Mal said.
"Okay, just tell me if that is the case." Prince Ben said, a soft smile on his face and his eyes seemed to light up for a moment before he walked away.
I thought I smiled for a second as well. I really don't know.
It was 9 o'clock, time for Remedial Goodness class.
From Fairy Godmother.
Me, Evie, Carlos and Jay were the only ones in the class.
We just had to do this class because we're villain kids and nobody trusts us.
Well, except for Bella and Ben. They were the only ones that did trust us.
Because of them, I started to question my 'rotten to the core' upbringing, asking myself if taking over the world and destroying every thing that was beautiful.
Fairy Godmother was writing things on the board, but it was quite boring, so I was drawing.
I somehow pictured Bella in some fancy gown, showing she that could be a Princess but still the person she was inside. I somehow do believe that Bella can be a Princess, she just doesn't show it off like her sister.
"Mal." I hear Fairy Godmother say and I look up at her. "Do you know the answer?"
I quickly read the question. 'What would you do if someone hands you a crying baby?' and then the answers.
"I'd pick C." I quickly said. "Give it a bottle."
"Perfect! If you keep going on like this, you'll probably receive an A or a B+." Fairy Godmother said before she went on with the next question.
"How do you know the answer?" Evie asked.
The bell rang just in time.
"Sorry Eve, I've got to meet up with Ben and Bella before they've got Dragon Anatomy Class." I replied, quickly gathered my stuff and left the classroom as quick as I could.
It was a lie, but I didn't want them to know I kinda planned to turn good and that I didn't want to steal Fairy Godmother's wand anymore.
I walked to my locker, opening the door where I had painted my mother's black silhouette on with a green background and in green paint the motto 'long live evil'.
I heard 3 voices coming my way so I looked to my right, seeing Prince Ben and Audrey with some blonde boy I hadn't seen before.
"Ben, these villain kids are going to cause nothing but trouble." the unknown boy said.
"C'mon Chad, give them a chance." Prince Ben said.
So the unknown blonde boy was named Chad? Okay.
Audrey put her pink sunglasses in her hair before taking Prince Ben's hands. "Benny-boo, you're just too trusting. And I know your mother fell in love with a big nasty beast who turned out to be a Prince, but with my mother, the Evil Fairy is just the Evil Fairy. That girl's mother!" whispering the last part of the sentence.
I heard her, and I wanted to say lots of things to her, but I shut my mouth.
"Audrey, she doesn't have to be like her mother. Maybe we've just misjudged them all along, and I'll prove you that they're able to change." Prince Ben said.
I smiled for a few seconds. Proving we could be good, it could be a good idea after all.
"You'll see Benny-boo, villain kids have evil in their DNA, they cannot be good." Audrey said.
That made me a little angry. And how on Earth could Bella have such a prejudiced sister?
"I think you're wrong about them." Prince Ben said, walking my way while Audrey huffed and went the other way with Chad following her.
I placed my spell-book in my locker and closed it, just in time to see Prince Ben stop and lean against another locker.
"Hey." he said with a warm smile.
"Hey." I said.
"How has your day been so far?" the Prince asked.
"Better than I expected it to be." I honestly replied.
Prince Ben looked at the door of my locker. "You should take that talent off the locker and into Arts Class. I can sign you up if you want to." he offered.
I looked in the Prince's kind eyes. "You'd do that for me?" I asked him.
"Yes, of course I would." he replied, still a big smile on his face.
"Alright, I suppose." I said, my eyes lighting up for a moment.
"Great." the Prince said, giving me another smile. "Have you planned something for this afternoon?"
I was a bit surprised by his question. "N-no, I haven't planned anything yet." I replied. Did I just stammer?
"Want to join me for coffee?" the Prince asked.
"S-sure." I replied. I stammered again!
"When do your classes end?" the Prince asked.
"Uh... half past 1." I replied.
"Great, I'll pick you up at 4, after Tourney practice. You can take a look if you want, Bella will be watching the whole training." Prince Ben said.
"Fine, I suppose." I said.
We looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds before I turned around and walked to my next class.
Great, I was blushing.
My next subject was Chemistry, which I had with Carlos.
Evie was in History now while Jay had a free period.
"Where were you between the lessons?" Carlos asked.
"At my locker, why?" I asked.
"Evie was looking for you." Carlos replied.
"I'll see her in our dorm after class." I said.
After class, I went straight to my dorm, finding Evie there already.
"M! I was looking for you." she said.
"Carlos already told me." I said as I sat down on my bed. "Why were you looking for me?"
"To ask you why you knew all the answers in RG (Remedial Goodness) class." Evie replied.
I sighed. "Really Evie? It's just that you have to think differently. We're not on the Isle anymore, our own habits count as 'bad behaviour' here." I said.
"So that's your secret?" Evie asked.
"Hey, I somehow have to pass in that class. You have your mirror to tell you the right answer, I don't." I replied.
"True." Evie said.
Then I thought about me seeing Ben this afternoon. I jumped from the bed and walked over to my closets, trying to find something.
"Where are you looking for?" Evie asked.
"Just something for tomorrow. If I want to let people think I'm good, I've got to get dressed a bit differently than this." I said, gesturing to my leather clothes.
"Okay." Evie said.
Oh, how I hated to lie to someone who was practically a sister towards me. But Evie couldn't know about me wanting to truly turn good.
Then I found a short purple cocktail dress with some black ruffles. The dress had a lower back and a pair of thick straps. It looked pretty enough.
"You found something?" Evie asked.
"Yes, but I have to wash it a bit." I lied. "It has some dirt on it." I took out the dress and put it in a bag, secretly taking some make-up with me.
It had to look like I was going to the laundry, not like I was going on some date.
I left my dorm, going to the Tourney field behind the school. There I spotted Bella, sitting on the tribune. "Hey Bella!" I called out.
Bella turned her head. "Hi Mal, what got you so happy?" she asked.
"Just glad my day didn't get any worse." I said.
Bella looked at me questioning.
I'd better spill. "Well, me and Ben are going out for coffee." I said.
Bella smiled. "That's good news." she said.
"It is?" I asked.
Bella nodded. "Yup."
I looked at my bag. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Bella replied.
"Do you know how to apply make-up?" I asked.
Bella smiled. "I may not be a Princess, but as a girl I do know a few things about make-up, even though they don't interest me so much." she replied. "Did you bring some?"
"I did, a dress too." I said.
"Let's find a bathroom, there we can put up the make-up and you can get changed in your dress." Bella said, taking Mal to the girl's bathroom on the ground floor.
I changed first, before Bella applied some of the make-up I brought.
"Just be sure it's not to much." I said. "It might scare him off."
"Ben is brave, nearly nothing scares him. Well, where I'm aware off." Bella said while she was applying some blush.
"I don't want to look hideous." I told.
"You won't, I promise." Bella said, giving me a soft smile. "You will not even look close to hideous."
I smiled at that.
Ben's POV:
Jay and Carlos were already valuable players to our team. Jay was a good blocker and attacker and Carlos was very fast.
Even though Chad didn't like them, especially Jay, coach Jenkins welcomed them to our team.
Carlos had been very happy, and I could understand.
I could see that Carlos had definitely a crush on Bella and wanted her to be happy.
I smiled at the thought of Bella being together with Carlos, she deserves some happiness with someone who won't care she's a Fae or not.
Auradon is just full of prejudice against some half human races who were created to bring villains to power.
After I showered in the team's dressing room and put on some proper clothes, I went outside to the tribunes.
"Ben! How was your practise?" a very familiar feminine voice asked.
I turned my head to see Audrey. "Haven't you seen?" I asked.
Audrey was captain of the cheerleading team, I know she was there, watching the whole practise.
"I did, but I want to hear it from you." Audrey replied, hugging my arm.
"Uh... I need to go. See you tomorrow I guess?" I asked.
"Fine." Audrey said, putting a fake smile on her face before she walked away.
I sighed deeply. When will I have the courage to dump Audrey?
"Ben!" Bella, I was glad I head her voice.
I turned my head back, seeing Bella.
Then Carlos rushed up to her. "I got on the team!" he shouted happily.
"That's great!" Bella said, her eyes lighting up before she turned to me. "By the way, Mal is waiting for you under the old oak tree."
"Thanks." I said and went to the old oak.
This oak was said to be the portal to Wonderland, but no one risked the fall.
Once I reached the oak, I saw Mal.
A very different Mal.
"Hi." she shyly said.
I just stared at her for a moment with my mouth open. I must have looked ridiculous. "... You look beautiful." I dreamily said.
Mal smiled and my heart skipped a beat, literally.
"Shall we go?" I ask, offering her my arm.
Mal nodded and slipped her arm in mine, very gently.
I lead her towards the bike racks, where I retrieved 2 helms and my scooter.
"Where are we going?" Mal asked when she climbed behind him.
"To a small bar nearby." I replied.
"Just don't get us in trouble."Mal said.
I grinned. "I thought you'd like trouble?"
"Yeah, on the Isle." Mal replied.
"Hold on tight, or you might fall off." I said when I started the engine of my scooter.
Mal wrapped her arms around my chest.
Her hands felt good, but I had to concentrate on the road ahead of me.
Mal's POV:
I just hope Bella tells Evie a lie, otherwise I'm doomed.
Then the Evil Queen will hear of it and she'll tell my mother, who repeat all the lessons she told me the past years and then remind me of my mission.
But I don't want to take over the world with evil, I think I want to be... good.
And I think I can archive that, with Ben and Bella.
Maybe this is all a dream, but I don't hope so.
I thought about it the whole ride towards the bar.
The ride was short, but it was very pleasant.
The bar Ben told me about was indeed very small, and there were only a few people inside beside the staff.
I hooked on his arm again.
It felt weird, but at the same time, it wasn't.
Ben lead us inside, and we sat down in a quiet corner.
Once we were seated next to each other, me sitting in front of the window, Ben handed me a carte, taking the other one for himself.
"Thank you." I said with a smile, then looked on the carte.
I decided to try a mocha.
One of the waitresses came to us. "Are you here to eat or for a drink?"
"Just a drink." Ben replied.
The waitress took out her notebook. "What may it be?" she asked.
Ben looked at me.
I smiled softly. "A macchiato caramel, please." I replied.
"And a cioccolata." Ben said.
"Anything else?" the waitress asked.
"No, thank you." I replied.
I waited until the waitress was gone before I looked at Ben. "Why did you ask me out?" I curiously asked.
Ben smiled. "I want to get to know you a bit better." he replied. "So tell me about yourself, your life on the Isle."
"Life on the Isle is... hard." I told. "Your evil parent raises you to survive out on the streets, you don't have friends, only allies. Your parent wants you to be just as evil as they were before, but I seem to constantly disappoint my mother, everything I do is just not evil and nasty enough."
"That's awful." Ben said, gently taking the hand that was the closest to his own.
"It's okay, I mean, I survived 16 years there, but now I'm here." I said, not wanting to cry.
"It's okay to cry." Ben said, slowly pulling me against his chest.
We sat there in harmony for a minute or two, I don't know, until the waitress came back.
"A macchiato caramel and a cioccolata." she said with a smile as she put the cups down.
"Have you ever had coffee before?" Ben asked.
"Only disgusting thin black coffee, just once." I replied. "I never took it again."
"I know this isn't disgusting at all, you can try." Ben encouraged.
I slowly picked up the cup and took a small sip, and it was delicious.
"You've got some cream around your lips." Ben said.
"Is it bad?" I asked.
Ben reached out with his hand, his finger touching the skin just around my upper lip.
His touch felt nice, I had to stop myself from smiling, but I couldn't stop the blush.
"It's already gone." Ben said with a gentle smile.
I smiled back. This day was certainly the best day of my life until now. I hope that more of these days will come soon.
We drank our coffee, talked a bit more about ourselves, our lives and what we liked to do before we went back, which was around 6.
Once we were back at the campus, we said our goodbyes and I went to the girl's bathroom on the ground floor.
There I found my bag on the floor, just like I had left it.
I started to remove my make-up and deposed the used tissues in the trash can next to the sink.
I was nearly done when Bella came in.
"And? How was your date?" she asked with a big smile on her face.
"It was... very pleasant." I replied. "Ben is a very sweet guy, very personal. I can't believe he's with Audrey."
"Trust me, his relationship with Audrey won't last long." Bella said with an evil smirk.
"And why do you think so?" I asked.
"Ben is like my brother, we know each other like no one else knows us, we know all the other's secrets. And I know he'll never last long with Audrey, she's only talking about herself and likes to show off that she's Ben's girlfriend. Plus, Audrey is quite conventional and not strong enough to become Ben's queen one day." Bella told.
"And you think that..." I started.
"...that will be the reason of their break-up, once Ben finally has the courage to do it." Bella finished. "I kinda wished I could do that courage spell from my book."
I got an idea. "Maybe I can do it."
Bella smiled at me. "That would be amazing, and let me help you." she picked up a tissue and started removing the remains of my blush while I removed the mascara from my lashes, descussing the lie we would tell Evie once we were back in our dorm.
Third Person POV:
The weekend had arrived on Auradon Preparatory.
Today was Saturday, the day of the Tourney match against the Falcons.
Evie and Mal were standing on the front row next to the band.
Both our school team and the Falcons had made 2 goals, and the next goal would be the final goal.
Carlos was hiding somewhere out of the sight so Bella could play in Carlos's place.
Jay and Bella were sitting on the reserve bench, waiting for coach Jenkins to exchange them.
Coach Jenkins looked at them. "Both of you are next up." he said before calling 2 players out of the field.
"C'mon." Jay said, dragging Bella on the field.
"I can go on my own." Bella said, taking her arm back.
The other 3 players on the field were Ben, Aziz and Chad.
Aziz and Chad didn't know Bella was actually playing.
With some spell, Bella changed her features slightly so it wouldn't seem so suspicious. Her female features were not there and her chest was just a little bit broader, a lot like Carlos's posture.
They went to their places: Aziz as keeper, Bella on defence and Ben, Jay & Chad on offence.
The game was only 23 seconds away from it's official end.
The ball was launched and Jay went for the ball on the Kill Zone.
"And the game starts again!"
The Falcons received the ball, but Chad blocked the player who had the ball.
"Falcons in possession, big block by Chad!"
Bella grabbed her chance and took the ball.
"Carlos in possession..."
She went for the Kill Zone.
Disks were shot at her, but thanks to her athletic legs, the disks missed her over 4 inches.
Nothing was stopping Bella from running across the Kill Zone.
There were players trying to block her, but she easily ducked away under their arms or their legs, making them fall.
"What is he doing?" coach Jenkins asked himself as he watched 'Carlos' going for the goal.
Jay and Ben were just a meter behind Bella.
"Now!" Bella called as they were only 6 meters away from the goal.
She passed the ball to Jay, who played it to Ben, who shot it up.
"...from Carlos to Jay to Ben..."
Bella jumped and smashed the ball straight into the goal.
"...and Carlos scores! What an exiting part of the game! And what incredible teamwork!"
The whole school started cheering.
Ben wrapped an arm around Bella's neck. "I knew you could do it!"
Bella was smiling.
coach Jenkins came up to them, happy and proud at the same time. "I must say, you're very good. How did you learn so fast?"
"Well, I'm not really Carlos." Bella said and removed her helm, revealing her face.
"You're a girl?" coach Jenkins asked with surprise.
Chad and Aziz were looking at Bella with awe while Ben was standing there with pride on his face.
Everyone was silent now they saw Bella in Carlos's clothes.
Then Carlos came out to the field in his normal clothes, hugging Bella tight for a moment.
Bella gently shoved him off before she turned to the coach. "Yeah." she admitted. "I think it isn't quite fair that girls can't be accepted on the team, just because they're girls."
"I always thought it was weird," coach Jenkins admitted. "but some people believe sports aren't for girls."
Audrey came towards them. "Bellatrix!" she yelled.
"What now?!" Bella asked, turning to her sister.
"Why are you playing? It makes your nails dirty." Audrey asked.
"Listen Audrey," Bella fiercely said. "I am no girly girl, and you know that. I hate being a princess, but I just love to run over fields while trying to score. I've practised a lot when I was done with school, just to prove everybody that girls don't have to be girly to find the guy of their dreams. Because of what I am, I kinda found him."
"And who would that boy be?" Audrey huffed. "Cause I can't think of a guy who doesn't like girly girls."
Bellatrix smiled. "Carlos."
Everybody looked at Carlos.
"Y-y-you like me?" Carlos shyly asked.
"Yeah, I kinda did since the day you arrived." Bella replied. "I just never truly showed you."
Carlos's eyes lighted up and hugged Bella, who hugged him back.
There were some oh's and ah's in the background.
"Well, I think that from now on, girls can be allowed on the Tourney team." coach Jenkins said.
Everyone started cheering.
Ben then turned to Audrey. "By the way Audrey, it's over between us." he said and turned around to pick Bella up, placing her on his and Jay's shoulders.
Then Audrey ran away, a shock on her face.
Coach Jenkins gave Bella the Tourney cup, who held it in the air.
"Hooray for Bellatrix Beau! The heroine on the Tourney field!" Carlos exclaimed and the school started cheering again.
Mal clapped loudly, she was incredible proud of Bella.
Bella had the courage she never had and never would have. Because she was one of a kind.
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