As the sun started to rise on the first day of school, Ben opened his eyes. He sat up and stretched his arms. He still felt a little tired after using astral projection to stop Mal and the other VKs from stealing the wand. He wasn't surprised that their parents wanted them to do it, but part of him wished that they were more than what their parents wanted out of them. "It's going to take some work," Ben said to himself. "But I think I can help them become their true selves here. Which is not being evil." Chewie woke up at the sound of Ben's voice and yawned, stretching his legs. Ben chuckled and said, "Good morning, Chewie. Ready to get some exercise before my classes start for the day?" Chewie barked once, meaning yes, so Ben hopped out of bed and ran into his closet to change into workout clothes. As he came out of the closet, Leia appeared before him and said, "So, long night?" Ben nodded and said, "Yes. But I think I got my point across to them. And I threw a little intimidation in there for fun." Leia chuckled shaking her head and said, "I'm not surprised. Your original self can be intimidating. So what's the plan for Mal and the other kids?" "I want to show them the right path," Ben said. "When I looked into their minds last night, I saw that a part of them wants to be something else than what their parents want them to be. And I want to help them with that. But it will take time, I know." Leia smiled and said, "Spoken like a true prince. Now go on, you shouldn't be late on your first day." Ben chuckled and said, "I won't. Bye, Mom." Leia smiled and disappeared, merging back into Ben's body. Ben whistled for Chewie to follow him, he never put Chewie on a leash as the dog didn't like that, and left his room for their morning exercise.

Mal woke up in her dorm room, feeling exhausted since she didn't get a lot of sleep. Her thoughts about Ben and Solo kept her up most of the night. Evie was waking up in her bed as she sat up and stretched saying, "That was one of the best sleeps I had ever. I love this bed. Oh, hey Mal." Mal groaned, sitting up and looked at Evie with a dead stare. "Rough night?" Evie asked. Mal scoffed and said, "What do you think? Our plan to get the wand at the museum failed, and now that Solo guy is in the way of that goal." "He was a little scary," Evie admitted. "But he did say that he wants to get people off of the Isle like we do." "Not our parents," Mal reminded Evie. "I don't trust him. We don't even know who he is. We all need to be on our guard. Come on, let's get ready and meet up with the guys. We have to go to school now, so we have to follow the rules for now until we come up with a better plan to get the wand." Evie nodded and went over to the mirror and started to do makeup.

Mal sighed as she stared out the window. It irked her that Solo saw right through her and knew about the conflicts she was dealing with in her mind. Did she really want to get the wand to release her mother and the other villains? Solo said that he did want to get children like her off the Isle, but that it will take time. Should she see if Auradon isn't as bad as she thinks? And Ben intrigued her. He seemed charming like any other prince, but when they shook hands yesterday, she saw images that clearly were in his head, showing that he wasn't the stereotypical prince that she thought he was. Why was she having dreams about him before she came to Auradon? And he caught Jay's fist like it was nothing. He had some secrets about him that Mal was curious to find out. She felt something with them when they locked eyes with each other. But why? Shaking her head, Mal got out of bed and got ready for the first day of school.

They met up at breakfast where Mal told everyone that they should just play by the rules until they come up with a new plan to steal the wand. Everyone agreed as Ben walked up to their table and said, "Good morning. I just wanted to wish you all luck on your first day of school. Also, if you guys need anything, just let me know. OK?" The four nodded as Ben smiled and said, "See you all later." He stared at Mal for a few seconds before walking away, while Mal was trying to not blush.

One class that all four had together was Remedial Goodness with Fairy Godmother. The four sat bored as Fairy Godmother droned, "If someone hands you a crying baby, do you, A, curse it? B, lock it in a tower? C, give it a bottle? Or D, carve out it's heart?" Evie raised her hand and Fairy Godmother called on her with Evie asking, "What was the second one?" "Oh," Fairy Godmother said, "OK. Anyone else? Mal?" Mal was sketching different things in her book, the wand, Solo, other stuff for her graffiti art, when Fairy Godmother called on her. Mal looked up and said, "C, give it a bottle." "Correct again," Fairy Godmother said. "You are on fire, girl," Carlos said. Mal sighed and said, "Just pick the one that doesn't sound like any fun," Mal said. She then thought to herself, "Or the one that doesn't sound dark." The others nodded as Evie said, "That makes so much sense."

Suddenly they heard a squeak. They looked over and saw Jane, wearing a pale blue dress with her short bob hair with blue bow walking with a clipboard up to her mother. The Core 4 looked at her intrigued, with Carlos feeling something spark in him when his eyes landed on Jane. "Hello, dear one," Fairy Godmother said. "Hi," Jane said. "You need to sign off on early dismissal for the coronation." Fairy Godmother signed the clipboard as the Core 4 stared at the girl, Carlos smiling slightly and Mal looking curious. "Everyone remembers my daughter, Jane?" Fairy Godmother said. "Mom, no," Jane said not wanting to be embarrassed by her mom. "It's OK," Fairy Godmother said pushing Jane to walk out. "Jane, this is everyone." "Hi," Jane said meekly. Her eyes landed on Carlos and she felt a spark light up in her. She gulped and said, "That's OK, don't mind me, as you were." Jane then quickly walked out, Carlos turning his head seeing Jane leave the room with a lopsided smile and Mal thinking, "That girl could be useful."

Fairy Godmother cleared her throat making Carlos turn his head back to the front of the class and Mal focus. "Let's continue," Fairy Godmother said. "You find a vial of poison. Do you, A, put it in the king's wine? B, paint it on an apple? Or C, turn it over to the proper authorities?" Evie, Carlos, and Jay put their hands up, with Jay reaching up and pulling Carlos' hand down and Fairy Godmother called on him. "C," Jay answered. "You turn it over to the proper authorities." Carlos scoffed and said, "I was gonna say that!" "But I said it first!" Jay retorted. He then grabbed Carlos and put him in a headlock and said, "Come here! Come on, who said it first? Who said it first?" Fairy Godmother then shouted, "Boys!" Jay let go of Carlos as she continued, "I am gonna encourage you to use that energy on the tourney field." "Oh, no," Carlos said. "That's OK. Whatever that is, we'll pass." Fairy Godmother gave them a look and said, "Stay here after class. I'll have Ben come here to tell you two all about tourney."

Ben received a message that Fairy Godmother wanted to see him. He walked into the classroom and saw Carlos and Jay sitting down at desks. "Did something happen?" Ben asked. Fairy Godmother smiled and said, "Carlos and Jay are going to try out for tourney." Ben smirked, having looked into the VKs' minds and saw that Fairy Godmother was forcing them into the sport. "Great!" Ben said. "As captain of the tourney team, I'd love to have you guys. Maybe help shake us up so to speak." Fairy Godmother beamed as she left the room as Ben turned to the two guys and said, "She's forcing you to do this, isn't she?" Jay and Carlos looked at each other, shocked that he figured that out, and nodded. "It's fine," Ben said. "How about this? Why don't you two come with me to practice and see for yourselves? Like I said, the team needs members like you two to shake things up. Plus, I want to see what you two can do." Carlos meekly nodded as Jay shrugged and said, "Good for a laugh, I guess." "Great," Ben said. "Let's go."

Over on the tourney field, practice was underway while cheerleading practice was happening on the sidelines. Coach Jenkins called out, "Jay, Ben, offense. Chad, you're defense. Taylor, you're the shooter." He looked out to the field and saw Carlos looking confused and shouted, "Hey. Hey! Hey, you. Lost boy! Put your helmet on. Get out of the Kill Zone! Pick it up. Put it on. Two hands." Carlos put on his helmet as Coach Jenkins blew the whistle. Ben grabbed his stick and got the ball before passing it off to a teammate and hitting the opposing player. He had to be careful not to hit too hard using his Force strength as he didn't want to get anyone seriously hurt. As he was playing, he heard the cheerleaders cheering from the sideline, Audrey being the loudest among them. Ben rolled his eyes as he looked over and saw Jay smashing through the opposing team and got the ball. He twisted through the Kill Zone as the shooter tried to hit Jay, but Jay's skills were no match. He then charged right at Carlos, who was playing defense, who got scared and threw his stick at Jay and held his shield up for protection. But Jay jumped onto Carlos' shield and went for the ball. He charged at Ben who was going for the ball too, but Ben used some of his Force agility to jump over Jay, who was shocked at the skills of the prince. Ben smirked under his helmet and said, "I'm your teammate, remember? Just get the ball and shoot it into the net!" Jay grunted and got the ball and shot it into the net, scoring. He then did a victory dance as the other players looked at him with curiosity and pain, from those Jay personally charged through. The cheerleaders cheered for Jay while Audrey stood there looking angry. She didn't like some VK coming in and taking the spotlight. Coach Jenkins blew his whistle and shouted, "Jay! Get over here!" Jay ran over and Coach Jenkins said, "What do you call that? I cal that raw talent. I thought only Prince Ben here had that. Come find me later. I'll show you something you haven't seen before. It's called a rule book. Welcome to the team, son." He looked over at Carlos and said, "Have you every thought about band?" Jay laughed at that statement as Carlos slumped his shoulders which Ben noticed. He knew that Carlos did have some athletic ability so he spoke up, "I'll work with him, Coach."

Coach Jenkins nodded and said, "All right. Let's run that again. Ben, why don't you and Chad switch? You are on defense and Chad, you're on offense." Chad scoffed but complied. Ben smirked and walked Carlos back to the defense, but stopped and whispered in Jay's ear, "Good luck trying to get past me." Ben walked away as Jay smirked and said, "Challenge accepted." The play started again as Jay ran from one side of the field, breezed through the Kill Zone, and got the ball. Carlos looked scared again, not wanting to go up against Jay again, but he heard Ben whisper to him, "Don't worry. Jay won't get past us. Watch this." Carlos looked at Ben confused as Jay charged right up to the two. But Ben at the last moment dodged out of the way while maneuvering his stick to steal it from Jay, who stopped and looked down at his stick, not seeing the ball there. Ben held his stick up to Jay showing that he had the ball and took off running toward the other end of the field. Carlos looked at Ben in awe while Jay said, "Woah!" Ben balanced the ball on his stick, dodging players left and right with ease. He got to the Kill Zone and the shooter started firing at him, but Ben jumped and slid his way right through the zone. He then ran all the way to the other goal. He tossed the ball into the air and jumped at the perfect time, hitting the ball right into the net. Both Carlos and Jay's jaws were open with shock as the cheerleaders cheered, Audrey being the loudest, wanting to show off that he was her betrothed. Ben took off his helmet and smiled at his teammates. Jay smirked and said, "OK. I have to admit. The prince is pretty cool."

The next day, Ben was leaning against the lockers, secretly watching Mal talking with Evie. "She really is the most beautiful girl I've ever seen," Ben thought. Suddenly he heard Audrey laughing at something. He turned and saw Audrey walking with Chad as they were discussing something. "Those two really deserve each other," Ben thought. "Why couldn't Audrey's family make her marry him?" Audrey and Chad walked up to Ben as Audrey said, "Great practice, sweetie. You showed those VKs who's better." Ben sighed, as that wasn't why he did what he did on the tourney field. He just wanted to have some fun and show the boys that he's not the stereotypical prince that everyone thinks he is. But before he could say anything, Chad looked over at Mal and Evie and said, "Those kids are trouble." Ben looked to Chad and said, "Come on, Chad. Give them a chance." Audrey chuckled and said, "No offense, Bennybear, you're just too trusting." "Really?" Ben said, knowing that she didn't know that that wasn't entirely the case. Audrey sighed and said, "Look, I know you mom fell in love with a big nasty beast who turned out to be a prince. But with my mom, the evil fairy was just the evil fairy. That girl's mother." "I think you're wrong about them," Ben said. "They are more than what their parents are. Same with us. Audrey, I asked you to give them a chance. You aren't even trying." Audrey scoffed as Chad muttered, "Ouch." Ben shook his head and said, "I have to go." He turned to walk towards Mal as Audrey glared at his back before turning and walking in the other direction, Chad following her."

Mal was putting stuff away in her locker and closed it, Ben leaning up against the one next to her. "Hey!" Ben said. "Hey," Mal replied, trying to hide her blush and look imposing on Ben, not helping the fact that he was taller than her. "How was your first day yesterday?" Ben asked. "Super," Mal said sarcastically. "That boring, huh?" Ben asked, seeing right through Mal, who looked deep into Ben's eyes. "First days usually are boring. It'll pick up before you know it. Trust me." Mal felt conflicted about the trust statement. Part of her wanted to trust Ben, but she remembered that she saw Solo in his head so she wasn't sure if she could trust him. Ben looked at her graffiti art on her locker and said, "Nice artwork." Mal looked surprised and said, "You're not going to berate me for vandalizing school property?" "Someone else maybe," Ben answered truthfully. "But me, no. I actually like your artwork. It gives these boring lockers some flavor. If you like art so much, you should do an art class. I could sign you up. What do you think?" Ben was looking directly into Mal's eyes, making it hard for Mal to think. "He likes my artwork?" Mal thought. "You know, he really isn't the typical prince. There's something more about him that I can't quite put my finger on. He definitely interests me. And I think the same is evident with him." Just then she saw Jane carefully walking around the pair and a thought came across her brain. She looked at Ben and said, "I'll take you up on that offer. Now, if you will excuse me." She turned and walked away, leaving Ben standing there in awe of the girl walking away from him. He then noticed that Mal was following Jane and wondered, "She's definitely up to something. Let's see how this plays out."

Jane was in the bathroom looking at her hair when she saw Mal walk up behind her. She turned around as Mal smiled and said, "Hi. It's Jane, right? Ah. Always loved that name. Jane." "That's cool," Jane said as she tried to walk around Mal to leave. "Don't go!" Mal shouted, but realized that she startled Jane and then said, "I guess, I was just kind of hoping to make a friend. You probably have all the friends you need though, huh?" "Kind of," Jane said. "I do have Lonnie, Doug, and Ben, but that's it. You seem to be friends with Ben already though, right?" Mal held back a shocked lock as she chuckled and said, "He's the prince. And the one who brought us over here. He's just trying to be nice." Jane shook her head and said, "Ben's welcoming to everyone. If there's anyone he can't stand, it's those who think too highly of themselves." "Like Audrey?" Mal asked. Jane then held her mouth tight as she probably revealed too much. "It's OK," Mal said. "I just assumed since Audrey seemed a little full of herself. But hey, you still have friends. I mean, with your mom bring Fairy Godmother and headmistress? I mean, not to mention your own….personality." Jane sighed and said, "I'd rather be pretty. You've got great hair." Mal looked at her own hair and got an idea and said, "You know what? I have just the thing for that." She pulled out her spell book as Jane backed up a little and said, "Uh, magic is banned here in Auradon. I don't think you can…." "It's OK," Mal said. "A little magic won't hurt anybody. This isn't a super big spell. Ben won't mind. OK, it's right here. Beware, forswear, replace the old with brand new hair." She waved her finger as magic came out and changed Jane's hair into a different prettier style.

Jane looked in the mirror and was in awe. "Wow," Mal said. "You almost don't notice your other features anymore!" Jane then looked at Mal and said, "Do my nose!" "Oh, I can't," Mal said. "Like I said, this was just a little magic spell. If I do super big magic, then that might get me in trouble. Even though I have been practicing. But I bet your mom can do big magic with her wand since she's the Fairy Godmother." Jane sighed and said, "She doesn't use the wand anymore. You're right. Any big magic isn't allowed because of the new law in place. So now my mom believes the real magic is in the books. And not the spell books, regular books with history and stuff." Mal chuckled and said, "What a rip. You know, she used magic on Cinderella, who wasn't even her real daughter. Doesn't she love you?" "Well," Jane said. "Of course she does. It's just, you know, tough love, along with the law. Work on the inside, not the outside. You know, that sort of thing." Jane gave a sad face when Mal shouted, "That's the face! Yeah, and then just look as if your heart is about to break." Mal then demonstrated and said, "Oh, Mother. I just don't understand why you can't make me beautiful, too." "Would that work?" Jane asked. "Yeah," Mal said. "It's only affecting you so that silly law shouldn't apply. I mean, that's what old Cindy did, right? And your mother bibbidi-bobidi-booed the living daylights out of her. And hey, if your mom does decide to, you know, break out the old wand, invite me." Jane smiled and said, "If I can convince Mom, you're so there." Mal silently cheered as Jane gathered her purse and waved goodbye, walking out of the bathroom. Mal smirked to herself as she turned around to the mirror and looked at herself. "Now that's a plan." She saw something shimmer in the mirror. She turned around to see if anyone was there, but no one. Mal shrugged and walked out of the bathroom. The shimmer that she saw was actually the Force spirit of Padme, who Ben sent to see what Mal wanted with Jane. "Interesting," Padme said. "Mal is trying to use that poor girl to get the wand. And no wonder Ben had me follow them into the bathroom. At least my grandson has some dignity." She sighed and disappeared from the bathroom.

In chemistry class, Evie was sitting next to Doug and admiring Chad from afar. "Any chance he's in line for a throne?" Doug saw who she was staring at and sighed saying, "Chad. Prince Charming Jr. Cinderella's son. Chad inherited the charm, but not a lot of there, there, know what I mean?" Evie looked dreamily at Chad and said, "Looks like there, there to me." Doug sighed knowing that Evie was just going to get her heart broken as he knew that Chad was a bit of a player. Mr. Deley, the teacher, then spoke up, "Evie. Perhaps this is just review for you. So tell me, what is the average atomic weight of silver?" "Atomic weight?" Evie asked. "Well, not very much, I mean, it's an atom, right?" She chuckled along with Chad, and Mr. Deley didn't look impressed. He called her up to the board to write the answer. Evie secretly grabbed her mirror and went up to the board, having her mirror look up the answer as she wrote and said, "Let's see. How do I find the average atomic weight of silver? That would be 106.905 times 0.5200, plus 108.905, times 0.4800, which, Mr. Deley, would give us 107.9 AMU. "AMU?" Doug asked himself. "I forget," Mr. Deley said. "Always a mistake to underestimate a…" "Villain?" Evie asked. "Don't make it again." Evie walked back to her seat, seeing a note on her book. She opened it and it read, "Meet me under the bleachers at 3 tomorrow." She looked up and Chad was dreamily smiling at her, so Evie dreamily smiled at him. Doug sighed at the whole situation.

Ben was working on homework in his dorm room when Padme appeared before him. "Hey, Grandmother Padme," Ben said. "So, did you find out anything?" Padme nodded and said, "Indeed. Mal talked to Jane in the bathroom. Mal used a little magic to change Jane's hairstyle. Is Mal going to get punished for that?" "No," Ben said, chuckling. "I don't think using magic to change one's hair will get my father up in arms. He only cares about big magic. If anything happens, I'll defend her saying that she just wanted to help a friend. Although, Jane has been having some self-doubt issues. Anyway, anything else?" "Mal wants Jane to convince her mother to bring out the wand to use magic on Jane to make her beautiful," Padme said. "It's just a ploy for Mal to have access to the wand. Should you do anything about it?" Ben shook his head and said, "I know Fairy Godmother. She's not going to get her wand out for that. She wants Jane to be happy with who she is. So I'm not worried. I did connect with Carlos and Jay today. Jay made the tourney team easily and seemed impressed with my athletic skill. I am going to help Carlos tomorrow with his tourney skills. Plus I think I might be getting through to Mal. I could sense it when I talked to her earlier today. She's starting to give in to the spark we felt. I am too. She's so beautiful, grandmother. And she's the kind of girl I want to hang out with, not spoiled princesses like Audrey. Speaking of, I knew that she wouldn't give any of the VKs a chance."

"Speaking of Audrey," Padme said. "Have you officially invited your betrothed to your coronation?" Ben shook his head and said, "No, I haven't. Although Audrey seems to think that I have and is already getting the perfect coronation dress. She doesn't know that I have to ask her in front of witnesses. Plus I can actually invite whoever I want as my date…." Ben suddenly realized why Padme asked him that. He turned to the Force spirit and said, "Grandmother, you are brilliant!" Padme smiled and said, "I know. Former Queen, remember?" Ben smiled and said, "I can ask Mal to be my date. That would give us time to get to know each other and hopefully fall in love. Then once we do, then the betrothal contract will start to weaken. It's all coming together." "Hold it, Ben," Padme said. "You can't rush love. I can see your affections for Mal growing, but I can tell that it's not truly love just yet. Be patient. Stop thinking with your head so much. Think with your heart. It will tell you when you truly love Mal. All parts of her. Understand?" Ben sighed and nodded. "Good," Padme said. "Now, I will let you enjoy the rest of your evening. I assume you are doing some Force training later in the secret room?" Ben nodded as Padme smiled and said, "Then I will see you later." She then disappeared and merged back into Ben's body. Ben sighed as he looked out the window. "When my heart tells me," Ben thought. "I know that she's really Rey reborn, but she doesn't have her memories yet and she's a new person. But I still feel the connection with her. And I know she feels it too. Can we make it grow together?" Ben sighed and turned back to his homework, still thinking of the girl that was starting to capture his heart…..