It was a very peaceful day in Auradon Prep so far. It was roughly a week after the final battle and the people on the Isle and in the kingdom were able to see each other on a regular basis now, especially with Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos inviting Ben, Doug, Lonnie, and Jane over to meet their parents on the Isle and have future plans. This week was Mal's engagement party and she let out a small sigh as she was given a letter from Felicity that arrived in the mail from a pigeon named Valiant as it had bittersweet news and she was about to meet Belle and some other girls other than Evie for the party to celebrate her future wedding with Ben. The letter read:

"Dear Mal,

How are you and the others? I miss you all very much and I am very sorry that I will be unable to attend your engagement party this week that Queen Belle has planned for you. Give my love to everybody, but I promise that Chip and I will be over in time for your wedding. Hope to see you guys then.

Your very good friend, Felicity Precious Chantal Forte"

"Well, at least they'll be at the wedding." Mal sighed.

Honchkrow soon woke up to see Mal with a small smile.

"Hey, Honch," Mal smiled back a bit and petted her Pokemon on the head. "Ready to start a new day?"

Honchkrow nodded.

"All right, let's get going," Mal smiled as she got ready to go out the door. "The engagement party should be going on pretty soon. At least, that's what Belle said."

Honchkrow nodded in agreement. Mal and Honchkrow soon got themselves ready for the day.

"It's time to wake up, Ben, dear." Mrs. Potts smiled as she came to the sleeping future king.

"Coming, Mrs. Potts," Ben smiled back as he soon woke up to get ready before his father's dog licked his face. "Okay! Sultan, I'm awake!" he then said while laughing.

Sultan panted as he felt successful in waking up Ben.

"Let's get some breakfast in you boys," Mrs. Potts smiled. "I believe your mother decided to have the engagement party with the girls today, Benjamin."

"Sounds good, Mrs. Potts," Ben smiled back as he got out of bed before Lumiere and Cogsworth came in to give him his clothes for the day. "Guess the guys and I will be with Dad for the day then."

Sultan panted as he nodded.

"You wanna come too, boy?" Ben chuckled as he pet the dog.

Sultan let out an excited bark. Ben laughed a bit before he got washed up as Lumiere and Cogsworth came to take care of him to get ready for the day, but unknown to anyone, Ben and Mal would be in for an adventure.

Eventually, Ben and Mal came out to see each other and shared a warm hug and kiss.

"You have fun with my mom and the girls." Ben smiled at his future wife.

"You have fun with your dad and the guys," Mal smiled back at her future husband before smirking. "But not too much fun without me."

"Yeah." Honchkrow smirked as he was on Mal's right shoulder.

"You have fun too, Honchkrow," Ben chuckled to the Pokemon until he saw the look on Mal's face. "You miss Felicity, don't you?"

"Yeah... I do a lot, actually," Mal admitted. "I might not had known her as long as I knew Evie, Jay, and Carlos, but she felt like a sister to all of us."

"Believe me, Gabrielle and I know what you mean." Ben smiled wearily.

Honchkrow nodded in agreement. Suddenly, an apple was thrown at Ben.

"Ow!" Ben yelped before looking over.

"Hey, man, you coming or what?" Jay smirked as he stood with Carlos.

"You better go to them," Mal advised Ben. "They can get impatient sometimes."

"You coming or what? You coming or what?" Chatot parroted what Jay said as he flew over to Ben.

Jay laughed a bit.

"Come on, Ben!" Dude called out. "We can't miss the party!"

"I hear there's a lot of good food there!" Ruffy added, standing beside Dude.

"All right, all right, I'm coming," Ben smiled as he soon walked over with Chatot before waving goodbye to Mal. "See ya later!" he then called out, but unknown to him, that would be sooner than imagined.

Mal smiled back as she waved at him as Evie walked over with Meowsic.

"Are you ready to have some fun?" Evie asked Mal.

"Yeah, let's get this engagement party started!" Mal cheered.

Soon, they came to the courtyard where the girls and women of the Auradon Kingdom were invited, including some from the Isle, such as Ginny Gothel, Celia's older sister Freddie, Claudine Frollo, Hermie Bing (who was the daughter of the Ringmaster that Dumbo used to work for), Yzla (the daughter of Yzma), Quinn Hearts (the daughter of The Queen of Hearts), CJ and Harriet Hook (the daughters of Captain Hook and Harry's sisters), and Uma as they were welcomed with open arms. The Three Good Fairies were also there and though they felt emotional about something, they were still happy for the occasion.

"This sure is going to be a lovely time." Azula the Blue Fairy smiled warmly.

"Yes, it is." Rose the Pink Fairy nodded.

Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather smiled, though still felt concerned.

"Are you three okay?" Tinkerbell asked the Three Good Fairies.

"Oh, don't worry about us, dears," Merryweather replied softly. "Today's about what will happen for Prince Ben and Mal."

"What do you mean?" Rose the Pink Fairy asked.

"Don't worry about it right now, let's just get ready." Fauna told their fellow fairies.

The other fairies felt concerned for Aurora's fairy godmothers, but they finished getting ready as the guests showed up.

"I gotta tell ya, having some food here will be better than serving fish and chips all the time." Uma said as she came by with Octi who was wrapped around her shoulders like a shawl.

Octi nodded in agreement. Sophie was soon shown with her Pancham.

"You got invited too?" Uma asked.

"Of course," Sophie replied. "Master Yen Sid said I could start going to school here rather than grading papers or running errands for him back in Dragon Hall. I gotta tell you, being a sorcerer's apprentice is exhausting."

"I'm sure King Mickey Mouse would agree with you on that." Uma said as she pet her Octillery who nodded again.

Eventually, Mal came by with Evie so that they could sit down and start the engagement party.

"Can I be a bridesmaid?" Dizzy asked Mal hopefully.

"Uh, I dunno about that, but I'm sure you could make the bridesmaids some nice dresses for the wedding." Mal smiled at the young fashionista.

"I'll take it." Dizzy smiled back.

"All right, everybody," Belle smiled warmly. "Let's have some fun!"

The girls cheered a bit as they decided to have some engagement party fun, but unknown to anyone, a new adventure was coming, especially for Mal and Ben. Of course, it would happen very soon. Everybody seemed to have a lot of fun with their own activities so far. However, as Mal and Ben had fun with their friends before their wedding day would come, they both gasped as they heard some thunder rumbling and a lightning bolt shot through the sky as it was suddenly dark as night.

"That's strange," Belle frowned. "There isn't supposed to be a storm this week."

"So then are there storm clouds?" Meowstic asked.

"We should probably get inside!" Adam's voice called.

"Adam!" Belle called out to her husband as Gabrielle rushed over to her mother.

"Belle!" Adam called back.

The boys and girls came together to gather indoors as a storm seemed to hit them as the sky was pitch black with gray clouds as lightning bolts shot all around. Ben and Mal were about to go with them, but they seemed to separate from within the crowd, feeling lost before a bright light from a lightning bolt flashed in both their eyes and they suddenly found themselves in new places, but the question was just, where were they?

There was suddenly a castle shown with a collection of bright red roses shown as a woman came to the roses and began to pick one of the roses. The rose was soon zoomed into before red make-up was shown. There was a blonde girl around the age of Mal and Ben looking around before she seemed to disappear with a small smirk.

"Once upon a time in the hidden heart of France, a handsome young Prince lived in a beautiful castle," A woman's voice began to narrate as a young man was being dressed up and made-up by a maid who applied make-up for him and got him ready for a party. "Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was selfish and unkind. He taxed the village to fill his castle with the most beautiful objects-"

"Master, it's time." The majordomo called as he held a pocket watch.

The prince then waved the footman away.

"Oui, maître." The footman nodded before giving a candelabra to the prince as he looked at himself with his ornate hand mirror.

"And his parties with the most beautiful people." The narrator then continued.

Once he was at the party, the prince snapped his fingers, telling them all to start the party. The ornate room is filled with beautiful people from all corners of the world, each on display for the Prince's pleasure. A circle of eligible maidens bowed their heads. Seated in a throne chair dominated by a majestic coat of arms, the Prince snapped his fingers impatiently at the maestro who was playing his instrument known as a harpsichord as he motioned to a woman beside him as she carried a small dog who almost looked like Adam's dog, Sultan. The prince soon came out to dance with the women, though he quickly found himself overwhelmed from the attention.

"Oh, how divine, Glamour, music and magic combine, See the maidens so anxious to shine~," The woman began to sing merrily. "Look for a sign that enhances, Chances, She'll be his special one, What a display!, What a breathtaking thrilling array, Every prince, every dog has his day, Let us sing with passion, gusto, Fit to bust; Oh, not a care in the world~"

The woman from earlier was soon seen knocking on the glass doors with her walking stick. The others soon looked over as the doors opened themselves and suddenly the candle lights went out as the mysterious woman soon appeared.

"Then, one night, an unexpected intruder arrived at the castle, seeking shelter from the bitter storm," The narrator continued as the prince soon grabbed a lit candle from the footman as he came to see the woman up close as she appeared to be a bit old and ugly. "As a gift, she offered the Prince a single rose."

The prince began to laugh, thinking that letting the old and ugly woman stay in the castle until the storm would pass as ridiculous. Many of the other guests began to laugh along with him.

"Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the Prince turned the woman away," The narrator soon informed as the woman fell to her knees in a begging position. "But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

The prince soon took the rose with a scoff and decided to throw it on the floor which deeply upset the woman before he thought about what she said, especially since there was suddenly a golden glow in the room.

"And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's outward appearance melted away to reveal a beautiful Enchantress." The narrator then said as the woman soon stood up and became a young and beautiful magical woman.

The women that were invited soon screamed as they began to run out of the room.

"The prince begged for forgiveness, but it was too late," The narrator stated as the guests rushed out of the castle as quickly as possible as a boy was shown to be alone as he didn't know where to go. "For she had seen that there was no love in his heart."

An older girl soon rushed over to the boy before she held him and their mother came for them.

"Chip! Carina!" A woman called as she hugged the children before seeing that the prince was slowly turning into a monster. "Oh, my!"

"As punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there." The narrator soon said as the servants gathered together as the Enchantress decided to curse them as well.

The cursed prince was soon clawing at the portrait of himself.

"As days bled into years, the prince and his servants were forgotten by the world. For the enchantress had erased all memory of them from the minds of the people they loved, but the rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose," The narrator continued as the infamous bell jar with the enchanted rose was shown as the prince was now a monstrous beast. "If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell, the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?"

"Ugh... My head hurts..." Mal's voice groaned as all she saw was darkness before she looked all around and appeared to be in a bed that was not her own. "Ben, what happ-" she then started to ask before looking around. "Ben? Ben! ...Wait, this isn't my room..." she then said as she got out of the bed and now wore what appeared to be a pale purple dress with a pair of black boots. "Hello? Is anybody there?"

"Mal!" Honchkrow called as he flew out towards his trainer, looking happy to see her.

"Honchkrow!" Mal smiled. "Where are we?"

"I'm not sure, but this old guy found us and brought us to his home." Honchkrow told her.

"Old guy, huh?" Mal asked as she petted him while he perched on her other arm. "Guess we better explore," she then looked down at her outfit and yelped. "Augh! ...And hopefully, find some better purple clothes."

"Well, judging by how his daughter dresses; I think we might have arrived in a different part of time." Honchkrow said.

The Pokemon and his trainer soon walked along as they saw a small old man at work with something.

"That's the old man." Honchkrow told Mal as he pointed at the old man with his left wing.

"I see..." Mal nodded. "Erm... Uh... Hi, there!" she then called out.

The man soon hit his head which made Mal and Honchkrow wince before he soon turned around. "Ah, good!" he then smiled at her. "You're awake."

"Is your head okay?" Mal asked.

"Oh, yes, yes; it'll take more than a hit on the head to take me down." The man chuckled.

Mal gave a small smile and laughed quietly at that.

"I found you last night," The man said to Mal. "You seemed to be lost with your little bird friend, so I decided to take you home. I hope that dress fits you alright."

"Um, yes, I think so," Mal nodded as she looked down, though she would prefer a dress that Ben got for her or her usual clothes, especially her gloves or jacket. "Thank you, sir."

"You're quite welcome, dear." The man smiled.

"Uh, could you tell us where we are?" Mal asked. "Uh, we're not exactly from around here."

"Oh, surely you know that this is France," The man told her. "You must've hit your head really bad."

"France?" Mal's face paled a bit. "We're in France? Th-That can't be... I'm supposed to be in Auradon for my engagement party."

"Auradon? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that name." The man replied.

Mal looked a bit more sick and overwhelmed.

"Papa? Papa..." A girl's voice called.

"In here, Belle, and so is our new guest." The man called back gently.

"Belle?" Mal asked, looking confused.

An older girl wearing a blue dress with long light brown hair soon came out, looking a bit different than the Belle that Mal was used to.

"This is my daughter," The man introduced. "Belle. Belle, this is... I'm sorry, what was your name, dear?" he then asked the purple-haired girl.

"Oh, uh, my name is Mal and this is Honchkrow." Mal replied as she petted her Pokemon who ruffled his feathers around her.

"It's very nice to meet you both." Belle smiled.

"Uh, yeah, it's nice to meet you too," Mal gave a small smile back. "What were you about to do?"

"I have to return this book to Pere Robert," Belle replied as she showed them a book. "Maybe you'd like to come with me to get to know the village better since you're far from home."

"Hmm... Yeah, I guess that's a good idea." Mal nodded.

Honchkrow nodded in agreement.

"Don't mind if Honchkrow comes too?" Mal then asked.

"I'd like the company," Belle nodded. "Honchkrow, what an interesting name."

"Uh, yeah, I think so too." Mal smiled bashfully as she decided not to mention Pokemon just yet.

The two girls and flying Pokemon soon went out to the village. Mal looked all around in wide wonder, not sure why or how she got here, but decided to just go with it.

"Little town, it's a quiet village, Every day like the one before, Little town full of little people, Waking up to say~" Belle began to sing on the way into the village as she looked at the clock on the church not too far away from her home as it was almost 8:00 AM.

And once it was 8:00 A.M., three shuttered windows soon opened.

"Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour." The villagers greeted to one another as Belle and Mal passed through as Honchkrow flew around while some people stared at him since he didn't look like a normal bird.

"There goes the baker with his tray like always, The same old bread and rolls to sell~," Belle sang as she took some bread from the baker and petted a horse as she passed through with Mal. "Every morning just the same, Since the morning that we came, To this poor provincial town~"

"Good morning, Belle," A man greeted her. "Who's your new friend?"

"Good morning, Monsieur Jean," Belle replied. "This is Mal."

"Hey." Mal gave a simple wave.

"Have you lost something?" Belle then asked the man as he had a cart full of pottery.

"I believe I have," Jean replied. "Problem is, I can't remember what. Well, I'm sure it will come to me," he then shrugged before he then asked, "Where are you off to?"

"To return this book to Pere Robert," Belle replied as she showed the book with pride. "It's about two lovers in fair Verona."

"Sounds boring." Jean said.

"To each their own." Mal shrugged.

"Well said, my new friend." Belle smiled.

Mal smiled back fondly, even if this Belle was different from the one she knew, it was good that they were getting along like they were now.

"Look there she goes, that girl is strange no question~" A group of school boys sang about Belle as they marched to their schoolhouse, passing by the schoolmaster.

"She looks distracted, can't you tell?~" The schoolmaster sang as he rushed the boys into school.

Mal and Honchkrow glared a bit at what the villagers said about Belle, though she didn't seem to mind as she carried on her business as usual. Mal yelped as she nearly fell into the duck pond, but Belle showed her how to skip stones to get across as they continued to keep going regardless of what the villagers said about Belle.

"Never part of any crowd~," The women sang as they did some laundry with young girls who were learning how to do laundry themselves. "'Cuz her head's up on some cloud~"

"No denying she's a funny girl, That Belle~" The little girls sang along as Belle, Mal, and Honchkrow passed by them.

"Bonjour!~" Belle greeted a villager.

"Good day!" The villager who was a farmer replied. "How is your family?"

"Well, at least he's friendly." Honchkrow commented to himself.

"Bonjour, good day, how is your wife?" A beautiful woman asked a villager who soon saw his wife and panicked as he tried to flirt with her.

"I need six eggs, that's too expensive~" Another woman sang.

"Six eggs are expensive?" Mal asked herself. "This must be the Sherwood Forest where Prince John used to rule until Robin Hood stopped him."

"There must be more than this provincial life~" Belle sang as she led Honchkrow and Mal into the church with her to meet her friend, Pere Robert, who was at work right now.

The man was soon seen, sweeping some dust away on a window. "Ah, if it isn't the only bookworm in town," he then greeted once he saw Belle come inside. "So, where did you run off to this week?"

"Two cities in Northern Italy. I didn't want to come back!" Belle smiled warmly as she brought the book she had borrowed back to the kind man. "Have you got any new places to go?" she then asked.

"I'm afraid not, but you may re-read any of the old ones that you'd like." Pere Robert replied.

Honchkrow looked over to some books before one interested him. Mal also decided to take a look.

"New friend?" Pere Robert asked, seeing Mal.

"Uh, yeah," Mal replied. "My name's Mal."

"I thought she'd like to come here," Belle added before seeing the book that Honchkrow saw. "Your library makes our small corner of the world feel big."

Honchkrow soon carefully took the book he saw and handed over to Belle.

"Oh, lovely choice." Belle smiled at Honchkrow.

Honchkrow smiled back, feeling proud of himself.

"Vonveryage." Pere Robert told them once Belle held onto the book.

"Bye." Belle smiled before she left with Mal and Honchkrow.

"Look there she goes, that girl is so peculiar~" Three men sang as they saw Belle, Mal, and Honchkrow.

"I wonder if she's feeling well?~" A woman added.

"With a dreamy far-off look, And her nose stuck in a book~," A group of cheese sellers sang as Belle walked among the crowd with her new book and new friends, passing by the florists. "What a puzzle to the rest of us is Belle~"

Honchkrow began to fly over the book Belle was reading so he could read it too.

"Oh! Isn't this amazing?, It's my favorite part because you'll see~," Belle smiled at Honchkrow as she showed him the book as it was one of her favorites. "Here's where she meets Prince Charming, But she won't discover that it's him, 'Til chapter 3~"

"Sounds like Audrey's parents." Honchkrow commented to Mal.

Mal nodded in agreement.

"Now it's no wonder that her name means 'beauty', Her looks have got no parallel~" An older village woman sang with a bright smile as Belle passed by with Mal and Honchkrow.

"But behind that fair façade, I'm afraid she's rather odd~" A trio of girls sang.

"Very different from the rest of us~" The woman added.

"She's nothing like the rest of us~," The trio replied. "Yes, different from the rest of us is Belle~"

Two men were soon seen arriving on horseback, only outside of the village.

"Look at her, LeFou," One man said as he peered through his spyglass, looking at Belle and only Belle with lust in his eyes. "My future wife. Belle is the most beautiful girl in the village. That makes her the best."

"But she's so well-read," The other man known as LeFou rebutted. "And you're so... Athletically inclined."

"I know," The first man said. "Belle can be argumentative as she is beautiful."

"Exactly!" LeFou smiled. "Who needs her when you've got us!"

"Yes... But ever since the war, I've felt like I've been missing something," The first man who was Gaston replied. "And she's the only girl that gives me that sense of..."

"Je ne sais quoi?" LeFou guessed.

"I don't know what that means," Gaston replied as they rode off. "She seems to have a cute friend. Maybe you could try to woo her yourself? She has oddly colored hair."

"Uh... I'm not sure..." LeFou replied bashfully.

"Right from the moment when I met her, saw her, I said she's gorgeous and I fell~," Gaston soon sang as they rode into town as he went to pursue after Belle. "Here in town there's only she, Who is beautiful as me, So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle~"

"Look there he goes, isn't he dreamy? Monsieur Gaston, Oh, he's so cute!~" The trio of girls sang. "Be still my heart, I'm already breathing, He's such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute~"

Mal, Honchkrow, and Belle continued to pass through as Gaston tried to break through the crowd to go pursue after the girl he had strong feelings for, even if the feeling wasn't mutual. As Gaston dismounted, the lasses got splattered with mud from his horse's hooves.

LeFou shoots them a look, whispering, "It's never gonna happen, ladies."

The trio of girls simply sighed after hearing that. Mal, Belle, and Honchkrow continued to go through the village, passing by the busy villagers while Gaston tried to get to Belle with his flowers so that he could impress her.

"Bonjour!" Mal greeted.

"Pardon!" Gaston called out.

"Good day~" Belle smiled.

"Mais, oui!" A woman replied.

"You call this bacon?"

"What lovely flowers."

"Some cheese."

"Ten yards."

"One pound."

"'Scuse me!" Gaston called while trying to get through the villagers.

"I'll get the knife." A chef said.

"Please let me through!" Gaston cried out.

"This bread."

"Those fish."

"It's stale."

"They smell."

"Madame's mistaken."

"Well, maybe so."

"There must be more than this provincial life~" Belle soon sang as she was in her own little world.

"Just watch as I'm going to make Belle my wife~" Gaston sang as he waited for a group of boys to pass him.

"Look there she goes, A girl who's strange but special, A most peculiar mademoiselle~," All of the villagers sang as Belle led her new friends away from the crowd. "It's a pity and a sin, She doesn't quite fit in, But she really is a funny girl, A beauty but a funny girl, She really is a funny girl... That Belle~..."

Honchkrow flinched before glaring as he sensed someone following him, Mal, and Belle and where soon enough, they were greeted by Gaston.