It was finally here. The day of the Enchantment in the Forest dance, Ben was more than ready. Things have really changed for him yesterday once his secret got out. He had become popular all over again! And nobody feared him or hated him.

And tonight, he was ready for his date with destiny, his own destiny with Raven Queen.

But his destiny planning had to be on hold because he was called in by Apple to do a little chore for her.

"So, is this gonna take long, Apple?" asked Ben. "I have to get ready for the dance tonight!"

"Oh, it won't be long. Professor Knight, who teaches Hero Training, specifically requested you to help train his students."

Ben's face lit up. "Hero Training?! Now that sounds like my kind of class!"

Apple and Ben arrived at what looked like a huge jousting field. A tall man in armor came up to them. The first thing he did was kneel before Apple White. "Greetings, your royal Highness."

Apple did a polite curtsy. "Thank you, Professor Knight. I brought Ben for you."

"Very good."

Apple smiled and walked away. "Good luck, Ben."

Professor Knight rose up and looked down at Ben. "Now, Sir Tennyson. I have requested thou here to mentor my students in combat. A hero must be prepared for anything. And since thou are a friendly changeling, you will be perfect in versatile combat."

"If that's what you want, Professor, I'll do it." Ben said. "So, let's get started."

"Very well. These are my students." Professor Knight presented Ben to three knights in armor. Ben noticed that one of them was wearing white armor.

"There's one missing!" Professor Knight growled. "Where is Dexter Charming?!"

"Coming Professor Knight!"

A brown haired, bespectacled boy in armor came clamoring his way to join the group. However, he tripped and fell. One of the students laughed. He lifted his visor up, revealing his handsome face, short blonde hair and grey blue eyes. "Having trouble with the new armor, little bro?"

Ben glared at the blonde boy and went over to help the boy he presumed was Dexter. "Are you alright, dude?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks." the boy adjusted his glasses. "I'm Dex, Dexter Charming. I see you've met my brother Daring."

Daring smiled and pointed a finger gun.

"Order, everyone!" Professor Knight said. "We are here to learn to save lives! Protect the innocent and save those in distress! Those are the true essentials of being a hero!"

Ben was liking this class more and more.

"Now, Sir Tennyson is going to be our combat creature. Ben, feel free to transform into any creature."

"Alright." Ben tried to find the right alien to be on his Omnitrix. He chose a good one and slammed down on his watch.

The students went wide eyed and Dexter gulped when Ben became a tall, red skinned, four armed creature. It was Four Arms, a classic transformation.

Four Arms grinned and cracked his knuckles. "So, who's ready to rock?"

Daring was the first to charge. "HAVE AT THEE!" he battle-cried as he charged at Ben and swung his sword.

Four Arms just grabbed the sword, yanked it from Daring's grip, and snapped it with his thumb.

Daring just stood there, quite shocked.

"You're gonna have to do better than that, Pretty boy." said Four Arms.

Many have tried their hits and swings at Four Arms. But they all ended up getting their weapons crushed and their swords broken. They tried going at the alien bare handed, but to no avail. Ben pinned each one down until they all yielded.

Professor Knight decided to call it a day. "That's enough, class!"

The guys got up and decided to hit the showers. The White Knight, however, approached Ben. The hero expected the knight to demand a rematch. But instead, he took off his helmet.

The knight was actually a she!

And a very striking she, with long and wavy platinum blonde hair with blue streaks tied back in a small bump, her blue eyes twinkled.

"That was some spelltacular training!" the girl told a stunned Ben, her voice sweet and dainty. "The name's Darling Charming, by the way."

"Uh, thanks..." Four Arms hit the Omnitrix dial and became Ben again. "But I gotta say, you guys put up quite a fight." Ben couldn't help but blush a little from Darling's beauty.

Darling smiled. "Yeah, but I wish I was like you. I bet you go on all kinds of adventures!"

Dexter came up to them. He adjusted his glasses. "And that device of yours is amazing!" His blue eyes wide with wonder. "I never would have imagined technology like this even existed! It's incredible!"

Ben became proud. "Thanks, I take it you're more of a tech savvy guy?"

"Well, yeah." Dexter said, rubbing the back of his head. "I'm not much of a hero type of guy."

"What are you talking about, Dex?" Darling said, giving him a playful slap on his chest plate. "You are a hero. You help lots of people when their technology is broken or not working. Plus you've always been a real brother to me while Daring's too busy admiring his reflection or having every girl in school wrapped around his finger. Daring wishes he was half the hero you are."

"Thanks, sis." Dexter said, smiling.

Ben smiled too. He kind of saw himself in Dexter. And Darling was so sweet and loyal. She reminded Ben of Gwen or his Grandpa Max or Kevin or-

"Hey, Ben!"

Ben looked over and saw Raven and Maddie waving at them. "Hey, Dexter!" Raven said.

"Oh! Uh, h-hey, Raven!" Dexter called back. "H-How's it going?" he chuckled in a goofy way.

Ben heard the nervous tone in Dexter's voice. He watched Raven chat with Dexter and noticed how entranced and nervous Dexter looked at the same time.

"Well, spell you guys later. I'm off to Magicology class." Raven said and walked off.

Once Raven was gone,

"Dexter, do you like Raven?" Ben asked.

"Uh, well, uh..." Dexter just gave up and sighed. "Yeah, in fact, we just started dating."

Ben's stomach sank. "You...did?"

"Yeah, in fact, I was gonna ask Raven to the dance tonight. But you beat me to it." He looked very sad.

Now Ben felt completely awful. "I'm sorry, Dexter. I had no idea."

Dexter shook his head. "No, it's okay. I mean, just as long as you're going as friends...right?" He had a look that was filled with dread.

"Oh, well, yeah! Of course! We are just friends!" Ben implied. "I mean, I just met her a couple of days ago! It's hardly a date! Raven's just being my wing man! I mean, girl! Wing girl! You know what I mean?"

Dexter sighed. "Oh, that's good. Well, it's off to Advanced Wooing." Dexter rolled his eyes. "My favorite class..." he groaned.

Once Dexter left, Darling heard a sigh and saw Ben looking pretty down. "You okay?"

"Not really." He buried his face in his hands. "I think I just made the biggest mistake of my life. Well, one of the biggest mistakes of my life. But that's just like me, always making mistakes."

Deeply ashamed, Ben fell to his knees. "What's the matter with me?!" he cried. "Why can't I function like a normal human being?!"

"Whoa! Take it easy, Ben!" Darling said, kneeling beside him. "I may not know what happened to you in the past. But making mistakes doesn't mean something's wrong with you. It just means that you have to make things right!"

"But how?!" Ben said. "How can I possibly make things right?!"

"That's simple." Darling put a caring hand on Ben's shoulder. "First, you have to empty your head of all your doubts and grief. Because they cloud your mind and make you lose focus on what's really important. Next, listen to what your heart is trying to tell you. And finally, follow your heart and you will do the right thing."

Darling's advice really touched Ben to his core. "So...if I follow what my heart's telling me, I'll eventually do the right thing?"

"Exactly." Darling said. "Well, I'm gonna be late for Princessology." He helped the hero up. "I'm sure you know what do to. Trust yourself, Ben." And she dashed off.

Ben didn't need another second to ponder about what to do next. He knew exactly what to do. With a determined look on his face, he took off.

However, back at Bellwood, things were just terrible. Once word got out that Ben had gone missing, crime has run rampant. Innocent civilians stayed in their homes behind locked doors since it was too dangerous to even step outside.

Underneath Friedkin University, Gwen and Kai were examining the book.

Kevin and his alien dog Zed walked in. "Any luck?"

"No." Gwen shook her head. "This was the last thing Ben had before he disappeared, but no matter how many times I try to locate him, his mana just leads right to this book." Gwen said. "And I've tried every spell known to magic and I still can't unlock it! What if he's...gone for good?" She started to tremble.

Kevin put his arms around her. "Don't worry, baby. We just have to keep trying." he said. "But right now, you're gonna be late for class."

Sighing, Gwen took her backpack and supplies and was going to head out. She turned to Kai. "You coming?"

"No," Kai mumbled. She watched her friends walk off.

Kai was silent, aghast with anguish on what Bellwood has become without Ben. The more she thought about the day he vanished, the more guilt washed over her.

Kai left the campus, holding the book close to her heart. She looked and saw the town being turned upside down by criminals. Sure, the plumbers tried to fend them off, but they can only do so much.

Ben never would have left if it wasn't for her. She picked up the book and stared at it with grieving sorrow, it was all she had left to remember Ben. Then she thought of the day she met Ben six years ago...it was also the time she broke Ben's heart.

And now, thanks to her breaking his heart all over again, Ben was gone forever.

"This is all my fault..." Kai's lip quivered. She started to cry.

"Oh, is the baby gonna cry?" a gruff voice said mockingly.

Kai turned and saw two people she did not want to see. Exo-Skull and Subdora.

Kai wiped away her tears. "What do you two want?!" she sneered.

"What do we want?" Subdora said. "Revenge! That's what we want! We went through all this trouble of traveling back to the past so we can crush Tennyson together!" the lizard lady alien clenched her fists tightly. "But what's the point of getting revenge if Tennyson's not here?!"

Exo-Skull snorted. "Even though Maltruant is gone, that's doesn't mean we can't have some fun and finish Tennyson once and for all!"

"You mean, you guys came back here just to get revenge one Ben?!" Kai said. "You're not after this book?!"

"WHO CARES ABOUT A STUPID BOOK?!" Exo-Skull roared. "We just wanted to take it from you and make you cry just like we took your dumb bowling ball! Then Tennyson would come after us and then we would crush him!"

"But since he's gone, we'll just have to take our frustration out on you!" Subdora said. "Sure, it's misplaced aggression, but hey, what are you gonna do?"

Kai ran. She just ran. There was no way she was a match for those two monsters. She kept running until she saw an abandoned warehouse. She ran up the stairs and when she was at the top floor, she just fell to her knees, abandoning all hope.

"BEN! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Kai screamed to the heavens. Heartbroken, she started crying. If only she could Ben one more time...

Kai's heartfelt plea caused the book to glow. Through her tear-stung eyes, she watched the book unlock and open itself up.

A flash of light filled the warehouse and Kai was gone.