Once again, thanks to pinksakura271 for a spell.

Mal carried Ben into the bathroom and settled him down. "Alright, this can't be that hard."

"What? You never gave a bath before?" Ben asked.

"Not really." Mal said, turning both water handles on. She found the bubbles bottle Evie threw in at the last second and dumped the whole thing into the tub. "That could help. Alright Ben," Mal turned to the colorful painted boy. "Bath time."

"No!" Ben yelled and ran to the door.

"Door be locked until Ben's not a messy spot!" Mal said, the door locked quickly. Ben tries to open the door but he couldn't. "Ben, get in the tub."

"Your not my mommy!"

"I'll talk to her and daddy too, Benjamin." Mal said. "Now just take your shirt and pants off, keep your boxers on, and get in the tub."

Ben looked at her weirdly. "Keep my underwear on?" Mal nodded. "Why?"

"I am not going to see you in nothing less." She said. "Come on."

Ben sighed and began taking his pants off. Mal turned around and waited for him to get into the tub. Once Ben was done he climbed into the tub and splashed in there. "Mal, where are the bubbles?"

Mal turned around and swished her hand around in the water, the bubbles growing large. "Okay, let's start washing up."

"What about you?" Ben questioned.

"I'll shower after you." She said.

Mal took a cloth, put some soap on it and rubbed it so the cloth became soapy. She wiped his face and rubbed hard, but not enough to hurt him. Ben hated this. This had to be a horrible thing, like some sort of torture. "I hate bathes." He said.

"It's not like I'm killing you." Mal said.

"When I'm king, I'm sending all bath-givers besides mommy to that island where those bad people live."

"The isle of the lost?" Mal asked.

"Yeah. Those stupid, bad people. And if they have their own stupid kids than those stupid kids are stupid and just as bad."

That hurt Mal. She knew though, at six years old, Ben had no idea of inviting the others from the island to come live in Auradon. But it still hurt a little bit. She forced a smile and said, "Not everything is as it seems, Ben."

Ben looked at her when she said that. "Why that?"

"Well," She paused and looked at him. "Just because everything isn't as what it seems."

"What's that mean?"

"Just because the parents are bad, it doesn't mean their kids are bad. They just were raised to believe what their parents believe. Just like kids here in Auradon believe they have to be like their parents and have the same ideas. But everyone gets to choose who they want be."

"We can choose to be who we want to be?" Ben asked.

"Yes." Mal smiled.

"Who's the stupid guy who came up with that?" Ben laughed.

Mal smirked. "Someone who wears crowns on their shorts."

When Ben was nearly completely clean, he had an idea. "Mal, more soaps please?"

"Sure." Mal picked up a second bottle and added more bubbles into the water.

"More please?"

"Uh...sure." Mal said, then added a third bottle. She began splashing the water to let the bubbles build up. When she saw how quickly and large the bubbles were building, she knew something was wrong. "Oh crap."

"Stop swearing."

Mal stood up and drained the tub, with Ben freaking out because he thought he was going to go down the bathtub. Mal picked him up and placed him on the ground. "Bathtub bubbles break apart, depart down before bubble madness starts!" Mal said. The bubbles began to go down the drain and disappear. "Good." Mal said. "Okay Ben," Mal turned to the small boy. "Ben?"

Mal looked and saw the door was unlocked and Ben not in the room, just his shoes. Mal slammed her hand to her face. "Damn it, Ben!" Mal roared and ran to go find Ben. He still has soap dripping from his head, so he left the trail for Mal to find. "I'm sending you to the island when I find you!"