"I'm surprised you came today, child." Queen Leah confessed as she greeted King Ben, Lady Mal, and the retired Queen Belle. "I assumed you wouldn't show to avoid the situation that happened before."

"No offense, Queen Leah," Ben began as he moved in front of Mal in a protective manner, "but the same could be said about you. After all, you were the reason for the mishap last time."

"Well I'm here to visit my precious granddaughter." Queen Leah motioned to Audrey, who gave her grandmother a sugar sweet smile.

"And Mal's here because it's a school function." Ben retorted in an almost rude tone to the retired queen. "She is a student here at Auradon Prep."

Queen Leah shook her head in disappointment. "How could you choose someone like her when you had someone like my Audrey?"

"Because I love Mal and would give up my life for her." The king of Auradon argued. "I felt nothing for Audrey in the short time we were together."

"Dear child," Sleeping Beauty's mother let out a distressed sigh, "don't you know what her mother did to yours?"

That shut Ben up immediately as Mal grabbed his hand to comfort him and herself. Queen Belle decided to intervene. "Queen Leah you have no right to bring that up," she insisted to the old woman. "That matter is between me and her mother; not you."

"Maleficent was my villain." Queen Leah argued.

"Technically, she's your daughter's villain." Belle retorted as others started to get attracted to the argument. "You still have no place with that old issue, which, may I remind you, took care of itself over twenty years ago."

"But how do you know it won't happen again?" Queen Leah reasoned.

"I am not my mother!" Mal yelled at the retired queen as she finally stood up for herself. "And of course Ben knows what happened. I was the one that brought it up to him about a week after his coronation. He was told the story when he was a child like I was. Ben doesn't care what happened in the past, but I do. Why else do you think I tried to act like a perfect princess?"

"Grammy," Audrey grabbed her grandmother's hand, "what is she talking about?"

"You don't know the story?" Mal asked with mock shock. "I shouldn't be surprised since most of the royals in Auradon wants to keep secret of when they were most vulnerable. Everyone, child and adult,knows the story on the Isle. It's the reason why my mother is the most feared villain in all existence and fear challenging her."

Taking in a deep breath to calm herself, she explained, "My mother traveled to the worlds to cover them in darkness and to take the Seven Princesses of Lights' heart so she could have Kingdom Hearts to herself. However, there was only one world where she actually stole the princess's heart and ended up destroying that world in the process; yet somehow the princess's love found his way to Hollow Bastion without a vessel to carry him, he simply believed he'd find her."

"Mal, you don't have to-"

"My mother stole Queen Belle's heart!" Mal announced as she interrupted said-queen. A predicted gasp was heard through the crowd, but it might have been because her eyes were glowing bright green. "Yeah, I know, shocking isn't it?"

"If you knew then why bother being with Ben?" Queen Leah demanded from the young teenage purple-haired fairy.

"Well why are you bothering with the interrogation?" Mal countered. "Is it because you're upset that he dumped your grand-daughter for me? Or is it because of what happened at the Cotillion?"

Queen Leah fumed in anger. "Young lady, that is a wild accusation-."

"Then why did none of your family attend the event?" Mal retorted as she gained an upper-hand in the argument. "Were all of you so upset that he chose a villain child that you couldn't bare to attend the party?"

Mal shook her head in amusement. "Well guess what."

She moved herself in front of Ben as he wrapped his arms around her protectively. "He stole my heart too." Mal snuggled her head into his neck as he held her tighter. "I love him."

Ben kissed her forehead lovingly to show he felt the same for her. It only made Queen Leah angry, "Young lady, how can-"

"That will be enough, Queen Leah," Queen Belle ordered as she turned to look at Mal, whose eyes were still glowing their abnormal hue. "Mal, sweety, go do whatever you need to, to calm yourself down. I'll take it from here."

Mal gave the queen a gracious smile before hurrying away from the group to take care of her little. . . issue.

"Belle, can you really trust her?" Queen Leah wondered. "I heard the last time she was like that she ran off to the Isle of the Lost!"

"I would trust Mal with my life." Belle said as she challenged the retired queen. "In fact, if you wish to disrespect her again, you'll have to speak with me."

"But how do you know she won't do anything evil?" Queen Leah argued.

"Because she is not her mother." Belle insisted. "In fact, I'll put my title of 'queen' on the promise that Mal won't do anything evil on her own volition."

"What would your husband think?" Queen Leah asked as she decided to involve him in the dispute. "And just where is he at this moment?"

"That is none of your business." Belle snapped. "And my husband would agree with me whole-heartedly and he would have had you kicked out of the school the moment you spoke ill of Mal."

Mal found herself on the outskirts of the school campus when she finally cooled down, her eyes had changed back to normal. She turned herself toward the direction of the school when someone grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth to prevent her from screaming.

"We can't have you alerting the others." The mystery kidnapper insisted. "Lord Xehanort would have our heads if the traitors or your 'true love' rescues you from your death."


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