Mal's POV

I stretched my arms out as the blinding sunlight shined into my eyes, as I slowly sat up against the headrest of Ben's guest bed. The room looked like Ben's office, half of the wall was covered with oak wood and the other with blue paint and in front of the large king-sized bed, there was a large fireplace and two brown, leather chairs. The blue carpet felt welcoming as I placed my bare feet onto the floor, rubbing my eyes as there was a quite knock on the door. I slowly slipped on my purple slippers as I opened the large oak door, to see a grinning Ben stood there wearing his royal blue suit with black shinny shoes, holding a tray that had a plate of some toast and a whole bowl of strawberries on it. I lick my lips as my eyes settle on the vibrant strawberries, feeling my stomach growl at the sight of food

"Hay" I say leaning against the door

"Hello sleepy, brought some breakfast" he says as I open the door wider so he walks in and places the tray on the messy bed. I quickly follow him and flop onto the bed, holding my head with my hand as I grad a strawberry

"You hungry ?" He asks me with a slight giggle.

"Maybe, hectic week" I sign and he nods

"you got that right " he signs, moving a piece of my short hair out of my face and behind my ears. "we havent had much time to be us, have we ?" he asks me

"not really, but now it has all changed and i'm back for good this time" i promise him

"amazing" he says leaning forward and kisses me on the check " but is Uma, Harry and Gil okay here ?" he asks me and I bite my lip. I didn't want to tell him about Uma's plan because I want to be able to stop her from making the same mistake I did, but actually I didn't go through with but she might. I would never admit it but Uma was stronger then me when it came to emotions, she had these barriers up and even I could never seem to break everyone of them down. Whenever one would come down she would always add two more , because she didn't want to get hurt and I couldn't blame her, being hurt by anyone is painful but being hurt by a friend is almost kill able and she knew what it did to me, broke me into tiny little pieces that i'm still trying to put together now, and she didn't and still doesn't want that to happen to her.

"I was going to talk to Uma today actually, you know girl talk and all that" I laugh placing a strawberry in my mouth before he could respond to my weirdness.

"okay well what about Gil and Harry ?" he asks me and I shrug my shoulders

" I don't know about them maybe you and the boys could take them on a tour and some lunch you know, get to know them" I suggest

" okay and it may seem early but what about cotillion, do you want to cancel or ?' he asks

"I want to do it, and its in two days so I think it's too late now " I say

"are you sure ?" he asks me, reaching out and gently taking one of my hands in his

"yea just I need help with all this " I say gesturing to the spacious room around us

"well then maybe my mother could help you " he suggests to me, chuckling slightly as a shocked look appeared on my face at the notion of the former queen helping me with my duties as Lady Of The Court.

"what ?" I ask, thinking I heard him wrong but as he shock his head, trying to silence the slight chuckle that escape his month, I realised that I heard him correctly. I stutter as the realisation settles in, trying to find the right words to refuse the offer

"my mother said that she wanted to help you, and now she can help you " he says

"Ben, I don't think that is a good idea" I tell him, slowly shaking my head

"why wouldn't it be a good idea ?" he asks me, like what I was telling him was nonsense

"Ben, you may need me to be perfect but the people do and if I go to queen Belle for help then its like i'm giving up and then the people wont see me as worth if the first thing I do is run away and ask for help when things get tough" I tell him, looking down to our conjoined hands. He signs, gently placing his finger under my chin giving me no choice but to look into his dazzling brown eyes. His lips were settled into a subtle smile, his untamed brown hair was swooshed to the right, showing the way his eyes sparkled when he was trying to think of a thing to say. He rubbed the back of my hand with his thumb, slowly but surly moving closer to me and finally leaning his forehead on mine. My breathing hitched as i felt the warm tinkle of his breath run down my neck, his nose rubbing against mine.

"you are perfect for me, so if the people cant see that I love you then maybe they don't know you could enough. You don't need to change for that, because everything about you is perfect" he says as a small smile begins to appear on my lips.

"like what ?" I cheekily say as he smiles back at me

"your hair" he starts moving closer to me "your eyes" he says moving closer making me slowly start to lean down "and your stubbornness" he says, I let out of sign of relief as my head hits the soft pillow on my bed. Ben has both of his hands next to my head as he continues to list the things he loves about me but after he listed two other things he concluded with "and your pink lips" he tells me

"is that so ?" I ask as he leans closer,brushing my nose with his.

"yea" he confirms

"I love you Benny-boo" I say, pushing my lips up to meet in a soft and gentle kiss. He slowly leans down, pressing my head into the blue cushion.

"I love you too my fairy" he says before kissing me again. He starts kissing me with more and more passion and love, like he missed me. He moved one of his hands and places it against my hip, moving us both so we are lay on our sides, but never once did he break the kiss. Until the urge for air became unbearable, causing us both to part, gazing into each others eyes as I move my hand and start to move his hair to the side, making it seem more put together. He just smiles at me as I close one of my eyes, trying to fix his tangled hair

"I missed this" I whisper to him, causing him to plant a quick kiss on my lips

"me too" he agreed, running his hand up and down the side of my stomach.

"Fine" I said as he looked at me confused

"what ?" he says, trying to seem confused but by the look of his face, he knew exactly what he was doing. I signed and rolled us both other, causing me to be sat on his torso, a little smile playing on my lips but I had to be serious. he moved his hands and placed them gently on my legs, as I looked down at my boyfriend who was faking his innocence.

"I know why you kissed me" I said as he rubbed my leg with his right thumb, never talking his eyes off of mine.

"because I love you ?" he stated but it sounded more of a question then a solid answer. I laugh at his nervousness, placing my hands on his chest adding a small amount of pressure

"because you want me to go to those meetings with your mother " I tell him, making him chuckle nervously from under me. I raise an eyebrow at him, something I know he would always snap from but to my surprise he just looked away from me. I sat back a little and took my hands off of his chest, instead placing them on either side of his face and making him look at me. And finally he breaks

"Fine, okay so maybe I wanted you to talk to my mother. But i wanted to kiss you because I love you " he reassures me.

"Kiss up, now come on you have to go meet the boys and I have to talk to Uma " I say quickly get off of my boyfriend and walking over to the bathroom where I kept a spare set of clothes. Nothing fancy, a one-strap, knee length deep purple dress that had a leather pattern on it and a pair of dark ,almost black in colour, dolly shoes to match. As I reach the bathroom door, Ben gently grads my wrist and turns me around, pressing a long and loving kiss into my lips.

"what was that for ?" I ask, placing my hands on his chest

"just because " he shrugs

"just because... you don't want to talk to the boys do you" I finish for him

"well, yea kinda" he confirms rubbing the back of his neck.

"they will be fine, trust me and if they hurt you, I will tell them off" I say straightening out his blue suit to make him look like the king he was.

"okay then well got to go" he says giving me on final kiss on the check before leaving the guest room. I get dressed before texting Uma to ask if we could meet up in the rose garden, she agreed and we planned to meet up in two hours but because I had already made a plan of seeing Dizzy and Evie, I told her I would come to her. After putting on my dress and shoes, I sat at the oak vanity table to do my hair in simple curls that were pinned back behind my ears and did my makeup. Nothing to complicated, just a sparkly eye-shadow and a dark crimson coloured lipstick that matched my dress. I added my dragon necklace and purple handbag before walking out the room and down the corridor towards mine and Evie's dorm room. But after I had opened the door using my key, I slightly laughed to myself at the sight, Dizzy was cuddled up in Evie's bed holding a teddy bear in her arms and Evie was fast asleep on a chair next to the bed, a fairy tale book resting open on her lap. Neither Evie or Dizzy had got the chance to change put of their Isle clothes and Evie's makeup was slightly smudged, weather it was from her sleeping or not was anyone's guess, both of the girls hair was slightly tangled and messy and their shoes looked like Evie and Dizzy had lazily thrown them off before going to sleep. I signed as I quietly moved forward and closed the door behind me, placing my handbag onto the desk where Evie's sewing machine was and walked over to the two sleeping girls. I knelled in front of Dizzy and moved some of her light brown hair out of her face and behind her ear, smiling as Dizzy snuggled into the teddy more as I rubbed her check with my thumb causing the girl to smile in her sleep. Although Evie acts like a mum to Dizzy, I always thought of Dizzy as my best friend, always there when I needed her and so I love it when I get to look after her and she gets to act like the little girl she is instead of a grown up.

"Hay Mal" I heard Uma say as she walked out of the bathroom, wearing ripped blue trousers and a teal tank top that had rip's in it, exposing the ocean blue fabric underneath the top. Uma's hair was braided like normal and she wore combat boots to pull the whole outfit together with her black bomber jacket was tied around her waist. She walked over to my bed and picked up her mothers necklace that was on the nightstand and put it around her neck, completing the whole outfit.

"Hay" I said as I stood up straight and gestured towards the two sleeping girls behind me, raising my eyebrow asking for her to explain.

"Dizzy couldn't sleep and neither could I" she explained and I nodded

"Bed's to soft ?" I questioned and she nodded "I had that, slept on the floor for the first couple of days" I said as she slightly laughed before shaking her head

"Yea the bed's were to soft and Evie and Doug had a fight something about Evie's mother and Evie not wanting Dizzy to have the same childhood " she said but I knew she was keeping something from me.

"what else ?" I asked and she looked scared to tell me.

"I know I shouldn't of listened but she shouted it and so Dizzy woke up crying and she wanted to get Evie but I told her not to so she just hugged me and cried into my shoulder while I covered her ear's just in case Evie shouted again and she did and I heard it" she said in all one breathe causing me to walk over to her and place my hands on her shoulder

"Uma, no one is going to punish you. It's not like the Isle" I tell her, knowing the only reason she was panicking was because if you heard something you shouldn't on the Isle, it more often then not ended up with a punishment and not a time out either, but worse.

"Okay" she breathed, taking long breathes so she wouldn't panic again

"Now, what did Evie say ?" I ask her and she takes my hand and pulls me towards the bathroom, locking the door behind us as starts pacing around the large room.

"Okay, she said she went days without food and water and was a guinea pig for her mothers spells and that she has " she starts as she stops pacing and looks at me. I had moved at sat on the counter so she sits next to me and takes my hands in hers.

"what does she have ?" I ask and she signs

"scars and by the way she described them, they are terrible. But the way she talked about Dizzy, it broke me" she said as a single tear left her eye's.

"Uma. please I need to know" I press and she signs again

"she said she didn't want Dizzy to have the life she had and apparently her life was hell which considering where we came from, i believe" Uma said.

"Did she say anything else ?" I ask on the brink of tears. Evie has always been the strong one in the group, the one who was innocent. What hurt me the most thinking about all that Uma was telling me, was that Evie didn't come to us. I always went to her when Maleficent punished me and now I was being told that Evie didn't feel like she could come to me or Jay or Carlos for help. I didn't even notice I was crying until Uma raised her hand and whipped away a tear from my check as she smiled at me which I could see right through.

"Mal, I don't think I should be the one telling you this " she tells me and I shake my head

"No, she won't tell me, Uma I need you to tell me " I press on

"She broke up with Doug I think" she mutters and I gasp. They both loved each other and Evie always told me to follow my heart so if she tells me to follow my heart why can't she follow hers. Uma snapped me out of my thoughts by saying "You can't tell Evie you know this" and I look at her in disbelief.

"Why ?" I ask

"because then she will hate me for listening and she will most likely block everyone out, so then she won't eat and you know what happened last time. The whole Isle heard about it" Uma explained and I signed, remembering the last time Evie blocked everyone out

"Yea, that scared us all" I mutter and she nods in agreement. "Fine, I won't tell her I know about all this but you have to help me with something " I tell her and she nods

"anything" she says and I take a deep breathe

"You tell me what you were talking about last night" I say raising my chin up at her as she shrinks down and starts to play with a lock of her braided hair.

"it was nothing, I was tired" she lies and I roll my eyes at her

"Uma" I warn and she rolls her eyes

"I'm not three Mal, saying my name in a stern tone is not going to make me break and neither is that wired eye thing" she says

"What wired eye thing ?" I ask innocently ans she looks up at me and when our eyes lock, I make my eyes turn a bright green like I did when I was fighting Maleficent. Uma tries to look away but can't and eventually she hits my arm telling me to stop it. I close my eyes and breathe until I feel my eyes go back to normal and I open my eyes to see Uma playing with her hair again and looking down to the ground.

"I can't win when you do that and you know it" she mutters and I smile innocently

"I know, now what did you mean ?" I ask

"well what do you remember ?" she asks and I think back to last night

"well you said that your mother threatened the people you love, and that she can reach you here using her orb. And you also said that" I drop my voice into a whisper " that you had to break up with Harry to date Ben" I mutter and she nods

"I'm so sorry Mal, but she threatened the people I love if I don't" she explains

"no, we can find a way" i say reaching out and taking her hand in mine but she pulls them away from me and holds them close to her chest, as if she is scared I would hurt her "Uma I'm not going to hurt you" I tell her and she shakes her head

"It's not that" she mutters

"then what ?" I ask

"I don't want to hurt you " she snaps at me

"you won't" I say reaching for her hands again but she pulls away and stands up, backing away from me with a scared look etched in her face

"Yes I will, you will hate me and I will have to go back to the Isle and never see Carlos, Jay, Evie, Ben, Dizzy or Harry and everyone will hate me for what I have to do" she says, tears leaking from her eyes as she dig's her fingers into her arms with each point she makes

"Uma, don't do that. Your'll hurt yourself" I tell her standing up and slowly walking over to her but she raises her hands up in defence telling me to stop so I do.

"Everyone will hate me, especially you. I will break Dizzy's heart because I love that girl like a sister and Harry. He will hate me for the rest of my life" she says getting quieter by the second.

"Uma don't be ridiculous, Dizzy loves you like your her family, your my best friend and Harry loves you so much. He could hate you if he tried " I reassure her and she slightly laughs at the last part making me more confused.

"would Ben love you if you broke up with him and dated someone else " she rhetorically asks me but I decide to answer.

"he would be hurt but he would know that I did it for a reason" I truthfully say

"And i'm doing it for a reason" she says, the tears coming with more force now.

"a reason that is not valid " I fight back " I am not losing my best friend, not again " I tell her pointing to the ground as I was to angry and upset to do anything else.

"Mal, if there was another way then i would but there's not. I spent all last night trying to think of a way so I didn't have to hurt anyone but there isn't" she shouts back at me.

"There has to be" I shout back " what did your mother do to you" I ask

"what do you mean ?" she snaps at me

"My best friend is optimistic, caring, amazing and so much more" I say stepping towards her slowly so I don't scare her again

"Yea Evie's amazing" she says and I smile

"no, you silly. Your my best friend so I know when your not acting like your self and you haven't since you cam back from your mothers" I say taking another slow step forward.

"I told you, she scared me. That's it, end of story, game over" she rambles on

"Maleficent scares me and yet I don't change" I say

"UMA, MAL " someone shouts from the dorm room, Uma turns around and quickly unlocks the bathroom door and opens it. We were greeted by a sweating Ben, still wearing his suit but without the jacket and his top button's were undone, and his hair was a untamed mess on top of his head. I ran passed Uma and towards Ben, grading his face and looking at him

"are you okay ? Whats wrong ?" I frantically ask as Uma makes her way over to a scared looking Evie and Dizzy. Evie looked around the room and when her eyes landed on Dizzy she got up and sat on the bed, Dizzy immediately sat up and hugged Evie, scared of the voice that had woken her up. Evie ran her fingers through the young girls hair as Dizzy started to shake causing Evie to kiss the top of the girls head to calm her down.

"Ben whats wrong ?" Evie asked Ben as he looked between me and Evie before his eyes landed on Uma. Uma looked at him for a bit and gasped

"Is he okay ?" she asked Ben and he shock his head no. Uma quickly got up and ran out of the room and down the corridor to Zeus knows where.

"Ben, tell me whats wrong ?" I say sternly and he looks back at me

"It's Harry, we think he's dying " he mutters

I'm sorry it took a while to update but I have started writing on Wattpad and I would love it if you guys checked out my other stories on there. My user name is

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