Hey guys, I hope you are having a lovely Christmas. I'm not going to put much of an introduction here; as I don't think it is needed. So let's jump in - Enjoy! Much love RSD xoxoxoxoxoxo.


So after we had opened our presents and had the various trips up and down stairs to take our things to our rooms; it was now time for another nerve wracking and petrifying thing - press hour!

"You'll be fine" Ben muttered into my ear as we all stood in front of the Christmas tree in the entrance hall as Ben's body guards opened the doors to let the press in. My eyes widened in shock as around twenty press members stormed into the hall but stopped when they got to a red rope barrier that had been placed in between us to keep them a safe distance away from us.

"Hello everyone!" Ben called out to everyone.

"Hello" the Press chorused.

"So without ado who has the first question?" Ben asked which made all of the reporters starting to shout and wave their arms frantically in the air.

"You" Ben said pointing to a brown haired, tall lady at the front of the group.

"Amanda Adamson, Auradon Times" she said introducing herself with a large smile.

"Thank you Amanda" Ben replied.

"We can all see that it is one big happy family Christmas here at Auradon Castle this year" Amanda started.

"That is correct" Ben confirmed.

"How are the VK's finding spending Christmas with your family?" she directed at Ben.

"Erm" he said looking at me, Evie, Jay and Carlos. I know what he was thinking - he was thinking whether we wanted to speak to the Press or not. I nodded slightly at him and he smiled back before he answered her question.

"Why don't you try asking them?" Ben replied.

"Sorry" Amanda said as her face dropped.

"I didn't mean to be rude" she said as she threw me, Evie, Jay and Carlos an apologetic look.

"It's ok" we said together.

"Mal Faery" I heard her say and my eyes widened. Part of me was shocked that she knew my name but then something clicked into my head - of course she would know my name. I was currently dating the King of Auradon!

"Erm" I said nervously as I started to think about what to say.

"I think Christmas is amazing" I said with a large toothy grin. I felt Ben squeeze my hand so I looked up at him and I was met with a large smile.

"Did you have Christmas's back home?" Amanda asked as she started to write down everything that I was saying.

"No" I said as I pursed my lips together.

"So this is your first Christmas?" Amanda quickly asked.

"Yes" I confirmed.

"My family doesn't celebrate Christmas" I added.

"Why?" Amanda asked. I involuntarily squeezed Ben's hand and he took this as a queue to take the spot light from me.

"I think that's enough from Mal" Ben said.

"Evie" he said looking at Evie. I watched as Evie's eyes opened wide in panic but then she smiled her trade mark smile before she spoke.

"I'm enjoying Christmas, we all are. None of us have experienced anything like this as we are all so grateful to King Adam, Queen Belle and King Ben for opening up their home and allowing us to spend this time with them" she said lovingly.

"Thank you" Amanda said as she took a step back and started to quickly write everything down.

"You" Ben said as he pointed to a tall blonde haired man, standing not so far away from Amanda.

"Brendan Brewis, The A Times" he said introducing himself.

"What type of things have you enjoyed this Christmas so far?" he said as he looked at us.

"Carlos De Vil" he said turning to Carlos.

"Erm" Carlos said nervously as his body went rigid. Jay quickly shoved Carlos and he quickly shook his head before smiling before he answered.

"Well yesterday we did some last minute shopping" Carlos explained.

"Then we walked around Auradon Park" he added.

"And today?" Brendan asked.

"We all got up had breakfast and opened our presents" Carlos advised.

"Did you get everything you wanted?" Brendan asked with a large smile.

"That and more" Carlos said proudly as he looked over to Adam and Belle and smiled at them.

"Moving on" Ben advised.

"You?" he said pointing to a ginger haired man in the middle of the group.

"Kevin Keithson, The Auradon Mail" he stated as he introduced himself.

"Thank you Kevin" Ben advised with a smile.

"This one is for King Adam and Queen Belle" he said directing to Adam and Belle. I noticed that both Adam and Belle threw each other a quick glance before they smiled at Kevin. I heard Ben sigh and I looked up and I noticed that he now looked nervous and he was shaking his head.

"Ok" Adam replied as he tightened his arm around Belle.

"Hit us with your best shot" he added.

"What made you want to open your homes up to the children of most notorious villains on the Isle?" Kevin asked. Me, Evie, Jay and Carlos all gasped at this question; I felt Ben squeeze my hand. I felt compelled to say something but what stopped when I heard a voice.

"I beg your pardon!" Adam shouted.

"I don't mean to cause offence" Kevin quickly said as he tried to defend himself.

"I'm sorry but I fail to see how no offence could be taken by that question" Adam said bitterly.

"But I will answer your question" he finished after a few seconds.

"Christmas is a time for spending time with your family and as far as me, my wife and son are concerned Mal, Jay, Carlos and Evie are part of our family now" Adam said lovingly as he looked at us.

"Regardless of their past or whoever their parents are" he said as he looked at Kevin who quickly looked down and pursed his lips together.

"I will not hide the fact from anyone that when these four mysterious children arrived in Auradon I was cynical; like a lot of people" Adam added.

"However after their actions at Ben's coronation a lot of people were corrected; myself included" Adam said sincerely.

"Ben is right; the second generation deserve a second chance. Even my own story resonates the point that my own son was trying to teach us all - that is it the choices that define us. Of course I knew this; but me being my old stubborn self" I said as he looked down at Belle and they both chuckled.

"Prevented me from seeing things with an open mind" he said as he looked back at the reporters.

"Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos are all lovely individuals that all have their own unique ways and I wouldn't change a single thing about them. As my family love them exactly as they are; so as long as they will have us they are part of the Beast family" he said proudly. I looked down at the ground and pursed my lips together; I could not believe that Adam had openly admitted to the world that he and Belle accepted me, Evie, Jay and Carlos into his family. I don't think he realised how much this will have meant to us all; all we have ever wanted is to belong somewhere and we got a lot more that we could have hoped for when we came to Auradon.

"Thank you King Beast" Kevin replied.

"Time for one more question" Ben advised.

"You" he said as he pointed to a tall man in a green jumper with glasses.

"Percy Peterson, Auradon Paper Weekly" he said introducing himself.

"This is one question for King Ben and the Mal Faery" he said fondly which made me look up at him.

"Shoot" Ben laughed.

"I just wanted to say how cute you both look in your matching Christmas jumpers" he started which made my cheeks start to heat up.

"Thank you" Ben said proudly.

"Yeah erm thanks" I said nervously.

"I just wondered how was your first Christmas together was going?" Percy asked.

"Well I can't answer for the both of us but I can't believe that I have been so lucky to find my soul mate and I get to make her first Christmas special" Ben said as he dropped my hand and he wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me towards him.

"Awww" the reporters said together.

"And you Mal?" Percy asked.

"Same, I love Ben endlessly and I am over the moon that I am able to spend this with him. I owe a lot to Ben and I hope he never forgets how much I love him and I appreciate everything he does for me" I said lovingly as I looked up at Ben.

"Never baby" Ben stated proudly before he pressed a kiss to my lips. I heard a click and saw a series of flashes through my closed eyes which told me that photos were being taken but I didn't care. This kiss made this special moment even more special with my perfect soul mate.


After the Press were frog matched out of the castle we all then went into the dining room and we took our seats. It was at this point that we had found out that Adam and Belle had made us Christmas dinner; another Beast family Christmas tradition. We had something called Yorkshire puddings, mashed potato, peas, carrots, stuffing, turkey and pigs in blankets. Yes I didn't know what most of this stuff was but darn it was amazing; especially with Belle's Christmas turkey gravy. I never had a meal like it before and when we were all finished from our second and third helping for some of us (mainly the boys) we then had something that was called Christmas pudding. I won't lie and say I didn't get a shock when Adam set it on fire however it tasted amazing! After we eventually finished our dinners I didn't think I would be able to move; but Ben asked whether I would like to go for a walk with him around the grounds; and food coma impending or not that wasn't something that I was willing to miss.


"Mal" I heard after a few minutes of us walking in silence in the crisp Christmas Day air.

"Yes Ben" I answered as I looked up at him. I watched as Ben looked nervous and I pulled one brow up as I started to panic - was something wrong?

"Are you ok?" he asked.

"Yeah" I confirmed. Yes a lot had happened today but that didn't mean that there was something wrong; even though I was taking the time to digest it.

"What would make you think that I'm not?" I asked as we continued to walk towards the lake.

"You've been a bit quite all day; I know we have already discussed why but I just wanted to make sure that you are ok" Ben said as he squeezed my hand.

"Ben I'm fine" I pressed.

"There's a lot going on in my head at the moment that's all" I advised.

"Anything you want to talk about?" Ben asked.

"I don't need to" I simply stated.

"Oh" Ben said as he nodded to himself.

"Ben" I said after I watched him for a couple of seconds.

"Aha" he replied.

"Come here" I said as we both stopped walking.

"What?" Ben asked before I pulled him into a hug and I snuggled into his chest.

"Oh" I heard Ben say as he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"I see" I heard Ben add as he tightened his arms around me.

"I want a Beastie cuddle" I muttered as I looked up at him.

"Hmmmm" Ben purred as he rested his face against my shoulder and we started to get lost in our hug.

"I love you Ben" I stated proudly as I stroked the top of his back.

"And I love you Mal" he said lovingly as he pulled away to look down at me.

"Ben" I said as we started to stare into each other's eyes.

"Yeah" he answered with a small smile.

"Do you really want to talk about what's on my mind?" I asked.

"That is completely up to you" he advised.

"I don't mind" I stated.

"I'm only asking because I know you like to know what is on my mind" I teased.

"I do" Ben laughed.

"You a very mysterious woman" he said before pressing a kiss to my forehead.

"So my plan is working then?" I joked.

"What plan?" Ben asked.

"Like I would tell you that" I laughed.

"Hmph!" he puffed as he pouted at me.

"I'm kidding Benji" I laughed as I moved my arms around his neck.

"Good" he stated before he pressed a kiss to my lips.

"So?" he prompted. I smiled at Ben as I knew that deep down he was eager to find out what is on my mind.

"A lot of things have happened today and because I've never went through this before it's just taking a lot of time to digest" I admitted.

"Like what?" Ben questioned.

"Well first of all my dream caught me off guard" I started to explain.

"Then all those presents; I didn't expect anything like that" I added quickly before we would start discussing my dream and it would resurface in my mind.

"I know" Ben said.

"You cute Dragon" Ben said lovingly as he quickly reached up and stroked my face.

"Ben!" I whined.

"Well you are" he pressed.

"Hmph" I puffed.

"Sorry" Ben stated as he tightened his arm around my waist as he used his free hand to cup my face.

"But I can't help it if you are cute" he said lovingly as he stared into my eyes.

"Fair enough" I stated.

"Anything else?" Ben asked.

"What your father said to the Press" I admitted.

"I guessed that what he said would have something to do with this" Ben said as his face dropped slightly.

"Did anything he say upset you?" he asked hesitantly.

"No" I said shaking my head.

"The opposite" I advised.

"How?" Ben asked as he pulled one brow up in confusion.

"Well your father actually gave me another Christmas present without him knowing it" I said as I started to play with the hair on the back of Ben's head that happened to not be tucked under his hat.

"I don't understand" Ben admitted.

"Ben if I tell you something I want you to keep it to yourself" I begged.

"I promise" Ben said sincerely with a small smile.

"I mean it Ben" I pressed.

"So do I Mal" Ben urged.

"Yes I have a mother; who is currently a little purple gecko" I started as I looked away from Ben.

"But I don't know my father; all my mother says is that he is weak and pathetic and I shouldn't copy his behaviour" I said as I looked to the ground.

"Whoops!" I laughed as I looked up at Ben.

"Anyway" I added.

"Even though I have lived with my mother for sixteen years I never felt as if I belonged there; it was just a lonely sixteen year existence in which I spent most of it trying to prove myself" I explained myself.

"So when my father said your part of the Beast family?" Ben prompted.

"I finally feel as if I belong somewhere" I admitted.

"Stupid I know" I said as I felt tears start to form in my eyes.

"Mal come here" Ben said as he pulled me back to him so my face was now snuggled back into his chest.

"No it isn't stupid Mal" I heard Ben say as he started to stroke my back.

"It's very understandable" he added.

"Anyone would feel the same" he finished as I wiped my eyes free of tears.

"Mal look at me" Ben said as he used his left hand to make me look up at him.

"My father is right; you are part of this family" he said lovingly.

"And I will always be by your side" he added.

"And I will always be by your side, soul mate" I replied happily.

"Soul mate" Ben said before he pressed a brief kiss to my lips.

"I don't know what I have done to deserve you" Ben said as he brushed his nose against mine.

"Me neither" I answered.

"Fate has brought us together Mally" Ben said as he brushed his thumb along my right cheek.

"And together we shall stay" he added.

"Forever" I said proudly.

"That's my girl" Ben said happily.

"Ben" I said after we had been staring at each other for a few minutes.

"Yes" Ben answered.

"Can I ask you a question?" I asked.

"You technically did" he teased.

"Oi!" I said as I playfully shoved him.

"Shoot!" Ben laughed.

"I sensed some animosity between your parent's and that Kevin reporter" I stated.

"You don't miss a trick do you?" he laughed.

"It's in my DNA and training not to" I advised sternly.

"I probably should have stayed away from Kevin but I got stuck in the moment" Ben advised nervously as he looked down.

"In the past Kevin has written some sketchy articles about my parents and me" Ben explained.

"I should have tried to stay clear of him" Ben said as he looked back up at me.

"It didn't seem that bad" I disagreed.

"Because my father put him in his place" Ben countered.

"But I can guarantee that what he said about him being cynical when you lot first came here is brought up in the papers" Ben advised.

"I see" I noted.

"I'm sorry" Ben said as he nervously pursed his lips together.

"Why should you be sorry for?" I asked.

"I feel as if I have ruined things" he stated.

"You haven't" I disagreed.

"I promise" I urged. I suddenly felt mischievous and I knew that this would lighten the mood between me and Ben so I decided to play a trick on Ben.

"Hang on" I said as I pushed away from him.

"I need to tie my shoe" I advised as I watched him open his mouth to ask what I am doing.

"Ok" he said and I quickly bent over and started to ball some snow together.

"Hang on" Ben said as he started to click on.

"What?" I said as I slid a little bit away from him so I would at least have a couple of seconds to run away from him.

"You shoe's don't hav-" he started but I quickly stood up and threw the snowball at him.

"Mal!" Ben roared as I ran away shrieking and laughing at him.

"Get here you!" he shouted after me as he quickly scoped snow off the ground and attempted to throw a snowball at me.

"Missed me!" I shrieked gleefully as I ducked away and I threw another snowball at him and it hit him square in the chest.

"Missed me" I laughed again as another snowball missed me.

"Grrr" Ben growled.

"Missed me again" I teased as I ran away from him.

"Ha ha!" I heard Ben say sarcastically.

"Mal!" Ben roared.

"Missed me, missed me now you have to ki-" I started but stopped when Ben ran into me and knocked me to the ground.

"Are you ok?" Ben asked panic stricken.

"Yeah" I advised as he reached out his hand and he helped me back to my feet.

"Good" he said.

"You were saying?" he teased.

"Now you have to kiss me" I finished which made Ben chuckle before he pressed his lips against mine.


The rest of the evening went really quickly; after playing in the snow for a little bit longer me and Ben went and sat on the log next to the lake for a little while. We talked aimlessly and made out a little bit but as the snow started to come down heavier we decided to go back to the castle. After we got changed we went and played with our presents and I even managed to finish a sketch of me and Ben; which Ben joked that he had lost me for a few hours.

On the evening we ate the leftovers from our Christmas dinner and we played some Christmas party games; they all seemed strange to me; especially one where you weren't allowed to speak and we all had to guess what you were saying. It was at this point that Adam and Belle asked us to go and get our DVD's and we ended up eating sweets and treats as we watched two Christmas films; Elf and Home Alone. All the way through I was snuggled into Ben and this seemed perfect. I now understood why Ben loved Christmas so much and he had succeeded in his plan. He made sure that I loved Christmas just as much as he did and I couldn't wait until next year to spend it with him.


Additional A/N - I have an admission to make to you guys; this isn't actually the last chapter. I have written you another little treat however unlike the rest of this story you are going to have to wait a few days for it. It will all make sense later baby! I saw an opportunity and I couldn't resist; so I'll see you in a few days. Much love RSD xoxoxoxoxoxo.