A few hours later, Mal found herself being crowded in the stands with Evie at her side as they watched the Tourney game. With so many people around her, Mal couldn't help feeling constricted and claustrophobic. Her only saving grace was Lonnie, who stood on the other side of the fairy. Lonnie knew from the princes about the fairy's personal space issue, so she made sure to stay at least a couple feet away to give Mal some room to breathe.

As predicted by a few people, Coach Jenkins waited until the last few minutes of the game to use the 'Jack/Ace' strategy, as he had put it. Initially, Carlos was completely confused by what the statement meant, until Jay patted him on the back and insisted that he was the 'Jack', since he was underdog needed to win the game. Carlos couldn't help feeling prideful of being thought of so highly, and it initially made him play better since he knew so many people believed in him.

Of course, Aziz just had to wish his boyfriend good-luck, since it was his first time playing in a game. So, with everyone watching, the Auradon thief gave the Lost Boy a semi-passionate kiss, eliciting a few cheers and whistles from the audience. The thieves could distinctively hear a certain fairy shout, 'Get a room!' causing the couple to reluctantly break the kiss.

Almost like something depended on it, Jay attempted to score a point without anyone's help, but the goalie managed to block it at the last second. During the next play, Jay gave up the idea of playing the 'lone wolf' and instead stayed at Carlos's side. After slipping throw the Kill Zone without getting hit or injured, the Ace and Jack were able to set up the King to score the final point to win the game.

In the bleachers, the Auradon students went wild at finally winning back the trophy after so many years. Mal covered her ears at the screaming and cheering, practically cowering as she found herself losing more and more of her personal space.

Luckily, another saving grace came to Mal's aid, but not in a way that she was thinking.

"Excuse me!" Prince Ben shouted into a microphone as he stood on the dragon cannon. "Can I have your attention, please?"

Once the audience settled down from their excitement and adverted their attention to the prince, Ben searched the crowd for a certain purple-haired teenager. "Mal," he called out. "Will you come down here a moment?"

Curious by the unusual request, Mal slowly made her way onto the Tourney field, as it would give her a chance to feel not so crowded. With Jay helping her onto the dragon cannon, the fairy now stood face to face with the prince, wondering what he planned to do.

"I don't plan on making this a big spectacle, so I'll just say it." Ben paused a moment to let a sincere smile grace his lips. "I love you, Mal."

As if on cue, the entire audience cooed and awed at the confession. For some strange reason, Mal felt herself blushing at hearing those words. The prince sounded so genuine with his announcement. The fairy couldn't believe the love potion made the 'victim's' reaction so realistic.

However, the moment between the two was rudely interrupted when cheerleader Audrey stole the gold microphone from the king-to-be. "Chad's my boyfriend now!" Audrey announced as she draped her arm around Chad's neck. "I'm going to the coronation with him, so I don't need your pity date."

"Why should I pity you?" Ben snapped in a hateful tone that no one thought he was capable of—well, except for Aziz. "You were the one who cheated on me with Chad for three years!"

Of course, the audience gasped at the revelation, but Audrey merely scoffed at the accusation. "You're lying," the princess insisted. "I have never cheated on you."

"Then why do the messages say otherwise?"

Although her complexion paled a couple shades, Audrey kept her calm, yet clueless composure as she challenged, "What messages?"

At the question, a ding went off, signaling a text. Then came another and another and another, sounding like music building up to a tense moment. Suddenly, the rings stopped, replaced by the conspiratorial whispers of the audience.

"The sexts between you and Chad that were just leaked," Ben retorted with a vengeful glare. "It wouldn't have come to this if you hadn't been so self-centered and wanted more than you already had. You are rude, disrespectful, and expect everyone to wait on you hand and foot. You are supposed to be a princess, but all I see in front of me is a spoiled brat that finally got what she deserved. Good luck trying to talk yourself out of a mess that you created. I, for one, am thankful for this because I never liked you and I had never wanted to be with you."

Jaw dropping at everything that happened to her, Audrey allowed the microphone to be taken away from her before she ran off the field to save herself from any other humiliation that could occur. Chad trailed after her, seeing that half of the incident was directed toward him.

Ben adverted his gaze to the fairy next to him. The prince may have been mistaken, but he could have sworn that Mal was seething in rage. Perhaps, he shouldn't have done the revenge plan in her presence because of what may have happened to her, but there is still one thing he needed to do.

"Mal," Ben began so the fairy would look at him, "will you be my date to the coronation?"

Looking as though she was trying her hardest not to grit her teeth, Mal answered, "Yes."


The next day, Mal was bitterly grabbing her books from her locker when Jay walke—well . . . limped over to her.

"You alright?" Jay wondered as he leaned against a locker for support. "I didn't get the chance to talk to you after the game. You looked pissed."

"What do you expect?" Mal snapped a little too harshly, though she kept her tone quiet. "While the daughter of Aurora willingly allowed herself to be used repeatedly for a man's pleasure, me—the daughter of Maleficent—was forcefully raped by a man that abused her. While Audrey doesn't give a shit about the potential consequences, I feared the consequences, yet I had the baby. Don't get me wrong: I love Mallory more than anything in the world and wouldn't trade her for anything. She is my heart. I just believe it is cruel of the Fates to give us such opposite stories."

"I know it's no conciliation, but I'm truly sorry," Jay apologized as he rested his head against the locker door. "I promise, your life will get better. Maybe now that Ben—"

"Don't get me started on him," Mal complained with a disgruntle sigh. "He asked me out on a date."

"You said yes?"

"Had to," she insisted stubbornly. "Even with the love potion in place, I can't risk him getting suspicious by denying the date."

Before more could be said, Aziz rounded the corner with an unusual perkiness to him. The Auradon thief greeted his Lost Boy with a loving kiss, which made the fairy curious.

"Alright," Mal began with a scheming smirk. "Jay, you are walking funny and Aziz is happier than usual. Either you pulled a muscle during the game yesterday or Aziz made you bottom last night."

"And this morning," Aziz confirmed while wrapping an arm around his lover's waist. "I made a bet with Jay yesterday before the game. If he didn't make a goal, he would have to bottom last night and this morning. Ben, being an amazing best friend, risked being scolded by his parents at their castle last night so I can have the room."

"It was great," Jay admitted before quickly adding, "but I still prefer being top."

"Then don't lose any more bets," Aziz teased, getting a quick kiss from his boyfriend and a chuckle from his boyfriend's best friend.

Of course, the moment had to be ruined when a jerk in the form of a spoiled prince that wanted to cause some trouble. "Hey, freak-show!" shouted Chad Charming as he slowly stormed toward the trio. "I know you were responsible for yesterday!"

"Ignore him," Jay instructed while holding his beloved's hand reassuringly. "He's just begging for a fight."

"You're going to listen to the Isle faggot over me?" Chad taunted.

Inhaling a deep, angered breath, Aziz turned on his heels to see that the other prince was too close in his personal space. "Leave my boyfriend out of this," the Agrabah prince warned. "Your little spat is with me, even though I'm not responsible."

Chad scoffed at the denial. "Yeah, right. You need to man up to what you did. Oh wait! You can't because you are a tapette!"

"Albi," Jay pleaded while tugging on Aziz's hand. "My heart, please. I promise, if you walk away, you will be rewarded. Just. Walk. Away."

Locking eyes with his beloved, Aziz reluctantly exhaled a breath of air as he allowed his boyfriend to drag him off. Obviously, Chad didn't like that his favorite victim was ignoring him, especially since he still needed to answer for the 'stunt' he pulled yesterday. So, Prince Charming Jr. did the first thing that came to mind.

Twirling Aziz around to look at him, Chad socked him a hard one right in the face. Everything and everyone went still at the moment, especially the shocked teenagers from the Isle of the Lost. Of course, after getting over the fact that he had been hit, Aziz attacked the spoiled prince, leaving the 'VKs' frozen in place at the spontaneous fight.

Out of nowhere, Prince Ben came to the rescue, as he usually was the only one that could break up the fight between the two. However, this one time, when Ben tried to shove them apart, he got shoved by Chad—

Right into the glass railing that separated the locker walk-way from the picnic area.

Shards went everywhere as the almost-king crashed into the clear paneling, surprisingly not falling over the edge. The enormous noise was enough to make the fighting princes stop, though one was mainly concerned about something else.

"Ben," Aziz called cautiously as he went to help his friend. "You alright? Temper in check?"

"Fine," Ben spat through gritted teeth. You couldn't really blame his attitude though since he had multiple cuts on his exposed skin and his outfit was torn to near shreds by the shards.

Once Aziz helped him stand to his feet, Ben steadied a glare at the scared Chad Charming. "What were you thinking?"

"Aziz caused that scene yesterday!" Chad accused, pointing a snooty finger at the Auradon thief. "He sent those fake messages to everyo—"

"Chad, I did that!" Ben shouted over him. "And I know they weren't fake because I saw them on your phone! Last school year when we were studying together, you went to the restroom but left your phone unlocked on the table. Audrey sent you a picture while you were gone, and I saw all of your sexts. I set up the revenge plan, I stole your phone, and I leaked the messages. In this situation, you are the one that needs to man up! Speaking of which, have fun talking yourself out of a punishment for assaulting a classmate."

Choosing to ignore the shocked spoiled prince for now, Ben adverted all his attention to the speechless fairy that had witness the whole debacle. "Are you okay?" Ben questioned as he examined the girl with his eyes. "No shards get you?"

"I'm fine," Mal reassured softly. "Not a scratch on me."

"Well, after I talk to Fairy Godmother about this situation, I plan on convincing her to let us get out of our classes early," Ben informed with a small smile. "Meet you at your dorm room in two hours for our date?"

Nodding in agreement, the prince left to search for the headmistress while the fairy searched for a certain blue-haired fashionista to help with her outfit.