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"What?" Aurora asked as she looked at Mal with wide eyes.
"If you don't mind, your majesty," Jay said as he raised his hand. "This is a topic that is very hard for some of us in the room," he said.
Ben looked at the Isle residents, and most of them looked as though most of them were in pain. He turned his attention to Mal and saw she was tightening his tie around her hand. He reached forward and rested his handing hers, making her look up at him. Her eyes were glossy, like she was trying to hold back tears, and she was chewing on her bottom hip.
"I don't think any of you want to hear what…" Jay started.
"Please!" Aurora exclaimed.
"Do you really want to know?" Mal asked, making Ben let go of her hand and lean back into his chair. "It's not pretty."
Aurora looked at Mal and her eyes looked at the young girl in sorrow. Mal's eyes were red and glossy.
"Please," Aurora said in a soft voice.
Mal stood from her seat, holding herself up against the table before she took a deep breath. She looked toward everyone, and waved her hands in the air. A large glowing ball appeared in the middle of the table, making all of the Auradon royals look at it in confusion.
"I feel that it would be better to show you, instead of telling you," Mal said.
"Almost 30 years ago, Belle married Beast," a voice said.
"Mal? Is that you?" Ben asked as he sat up in his chair.
"I guess," she said with a shrug.
"Instead of a honeymoon, they decided to unite all of the kingdoms to create the United States of Auradon," Mal said. "In this new kingdom, the king and queen decided to round up all of the villains of their tales, and have them live on the remote island called the Isle of the Lost. That is our home. Home of the villains and their children. It's not much, but it's all we know and is our home."
The view of the Isle was somewhat eerie to the royals. It was dirty, dark, and gloomy. The streets were covered in trash, and there were kids running around the streets.
"It's… um…" Audrey started.
"A dump?" Uma asked. "Yeah we know."
"Is that Jay?" Melody asked as she pointed to the glowing globe.
"I don't think so," Jay said as he looked at the globe, squinting his eyes.
Just as he said no, a young Mal jumped on Jay's younger self's back, making him almost fall.
"Jay!" Mal said. "You almost dropped me," she said, making Jay shake his head and laugh.
"You guys were so cute!" Jane said, making Mal and Jay's cheeks turn pink.
"The Isle. Our home. A place where you should feel happy and safe," Mal's voice said. "Everything was fine when the Isle was first established, but everything turned upside down. But what do you expect from villains? Happy endings? Villains don't get that right? No, happily ever after. No, happiness?"
"What are you talking about?" Audrey asked. "Everyone deserves a happily ever after."
"You talk pretty, but that's not how things work on the Isle," Harry said.
"Excuse me?" Uma said.
"Well, not everything," Harry said, giving Uma a smirk.
"The villains were thriving," Mal said again. "Well, as much as villains can thrive. So with that said, each of them were trying to override one another to be ruler of the Isle."
"Yeah," Carlos grumbled. "Look how that turned out."
"Let's start from the beginning, shall we?" Mal said. "When the villains were trying to make happy lives for themself."
A shot of villains came over the globe from all the tales; Gaston, Maleficent, Edgar Balthazar, Jafar, Cruella, Evil Queen, Ursula, Captain Hook, Yuma, Hades, Judge Frollo, Madam Mim, Mother Gothel, and so many other villains.
"Is that?" Aladdin asked as he pointed to the globe.
"Yeah," Mal said, nodding her head. "That's me, my mom, my dad, my brother, and my stepmom Persephone."
"I didn't even notice Hadie in Persephone's arms," Hera said.
"How old are you here, Mal?" Belle asked as she looked at the purple-haired girl.
Mal sucked in her lips, and had a worried expression.
"I… was 6 there," she said.
"And you're running around the streets at that age?" Adam asked.
"Villains started having families of their own, or for some they were making themselves an heir to rule the Isle once they were old enough."
"Who is ruler of the Isle now?"
"Well, technically by law, Ben," Mal said. "The Isle is a part of Auradon even though it's not acknowledged as one, but like any kingdom in Auradon, the 'King' of the Isle is my dad."
"Why didn't he come?" Adam asked.
"He is busy with the Isle, the underworld, and his restaurant," Mal said, making the former king nod in understanding.
"NO!" Someone shouted, making everyone turn their attention to the globe again.
They saw Claude Frollo glaring at Maleficent as she stood from her chair.
"What's going on?" Ben asked in a whisper to Mal.
"Just watch," she said.
"You are an unholy demon, who does not belong in the ruling of a land built from the Lord," he said.
"Lord? This place was built as a prison for us," Gaston said. "We need someone to lead us so that we can live in peace. We're definitely not electing you to rule, you overly obsessed religious freak," he exclaimed.
Just as Gaston shouted, an even younger version of Mal, maybe three, came running into the room, and crouched down next to her mother, clinging to her long brown dress.
"Hello, my little one," Maleficent said as she smiled down at Mal. "What's the matter?"
Mal looked up at her mom with glossy green eyes. "I heard yelling and I…"
"No need to fret, pumpkin. Mommy and Mr. Frollo were just talking," Maleficent said as she gave Frollo a pointed look.
"Mally," Gaston said. "Why don't you head over to my tavern?" he said. "You, Evie, and Carlos shouldn't be here."
Mal looked back at her mother asking if it was okay for her to go.
"Go on. Persephone is there watching the other kids. I'll have Divial take you."
"Okay," Mal said as she walked away from her mother.
She slowly walked over to the door, but spotted her dad sitting in one of the seats and smirking at her. She rushed over, throwing herself at him, and making him give her a big bear hug.
"That unholy…"
"Shut your fucking mouth!" Gaston exclaimed as he slammed his hand on the table. "You finish that sentence, and it will be the last words you ever utter, do I make myself clear?"
"You do not scare me," Frollo said. "The Lord is on my side, because I am faithful to him and he will lead me the right way."
"What is his deal?" Chad asked. "What makes him think that he could…"
"My dad never let him say anything around us," Gil said.
"Well, I'm glad your father has changed," Belle said as she looked at Gil.
"Go, Mally," Hades said as he set Mal down on her feet. "Your mom will go and get you when we are done here," he said.
Mal nodded her head slowly and walked toward the door, where Divial was holding Carlos and Evie was standing next to him.
"Carlos," Jane said. "You look like you're two there."
"It's because I was two then. My mom and Evie's mom were there and the three of us were playing in Mal's room when the yelling started."
As soon as the door closed behind Divial and the kids, Hades stood from his chair to glare at Frollo.
"So, what were you going to say about my daughter?" He said as he started to turn red.
"You mean the unholy spawn from hell," he said.
Not knowing why, Ben stood from his chair and glared at the globe in front of him. He started to growl, making everyone in the room look at him in concern. Mal tugged on the sleeve of his shirt, making him aware that he was causing a scene for himself. He sat back down and took a couple of breaths before looking back at the globe.
"Claude!" Maleficent exclaimed. "I would refrain from calling my daughter names. She is the daughter of a god and a fae. Not to mention a demigod herself. She outranks you just by being alive," she said.
"She is an unholy thing and with God as my witness only those who are worthy of the Lord's grace will not suffer," he said as he stormed out of the room.
"So, why are we electing a leader to begin with?" Curella asked.
"Because Auradon does not care about the living conditions of the Isle. We need someone who can lead, and lead for the people. Not for their own selfishness," Maleficent said. "I am not electing myself as the leader, but I feel that I would be a good candidate because I was the queen of the Moors and their creatures."
"Why not Lord Hades? Evil Queen? Ursula? Captain Hook?"
"My name is Regina," the Evil Queen said as she shook her head.
"Yes. Please respect what people want to be called. They may have different titles, but if they do not want the title, stop using it, and this is just me throwing in my recommendation, as I said before. Any one of us could be a good fit to rule," she said. "Well, not all, but if anyone else would like to throw their names out, we can talk about it."
"I don't want the title," Ursula said. "I have my plate full with Uma and I'm getting my restaurant up and running."
"I have 2 kids and one on the way," Captain Hook said.
"I just don't want to be in charge," Regina said.
"I think I would make a fine ruler," Yzma said as she stood up and smiled at the crowd.
"I'm sorry, but Carlos can break you into two pieces," Mother Gothel said with a scoff.
"Let's all sit and talk about it," Hades said. "I don't want to be here longer than I have to be."
"The villains talked for what seemed like hours about who would be the leader of the Isle," Mal's voice said. "They were fighting and yelling about who would rule. Who would make a better leader? Who is the fiercest leader? Blah blah blah."
"Damn, Mal," Uma said. "Even being a narrator makes you bored," she said, making Mal shake her head and laugh.
"After a couple of weeks arguing, they finally decided to let Maleficent be the leader of the Isle," Mal said.
"Why don't you just say mom?" Ben asked.
"If I could answer that I would, but I can't so I shan't," Mal said as she smirked at Ben.
"That is when everything on the Isle went to hell," Mal said as a dark gray cloud covered the Isle on the globe. "Villains who did not agree with Maleficent trying to create a place of peace for them. Multiple villains tried to overthrow Maleficent. Then the Isle was divided. Villains who did not want to follow Maleficent to make the Isle better went to the deep part of the Isle. The dark forest part of the Isle."
"Why not just want peace?" Jasmine asked.
"That's a great question," Evie said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"There were attacks on villains. They started offing each other to show dominance," Mal said.
"Offing each other?!" Ben exclaimed in horror.
"Do you want me to stop?" Mal asked as she put her hand up.
"No," he said, shaking his head. "I'm sorry. I just didn't… I'm just…"
"It's fine. You don't have to explain. It's not a pleasing thing to hear."
"It started off with the lower class villains. Yzma was found poisoned in an alleyway. Her mouth had dried up foam and her eyes were bloodshot red. Edgar Baltazar was found face down in a canal. Madam Mim was strangled, but that was because she tried to kill her granddaughter Ginny."
"Who is alive?" Doug asked.
"My dad, Regina, Jafar, Ursula, Dr. Facilier, Gaston, Lady Tremaine, and Anastasia," Mal said.
"What?" the royal council asked in shock.
"Regina is still alive?" Snow White asked in relief.
Evie turned to her and nodded her head. "Yeah, she is."
"What about their kids? The records show…"
"They're fine," Mal said, cutting Ben off. "They're adults now."
"The villains who didn't want peace started getting rid of the small villains, trying to work their way up. The news got around and everyone stayed inside, only going out to take their kids somewhere or to get food. They couldn't really trust anyone."
"That's horrible," Cinderella said as she covered her mouth.
"This happened almost 21 years ago," Evie said. "It's a part of our history."
"Come on, Mally," Maleficent's voice said, making everyone turn their attention back to the globe.
Maleficent and Mal walked into the streets of the Isle. Maleficent was trying to keep Mal close to her, making it look like she was alone.
"Where are you two going?" Belle asked as she sat on the edge of her seat.
"My mom was taking me to my dad's," Mal said. "This was about a year and a half after that meeting. I was 3 during that meeting and I am almost 5 here. She's taking me to spend my week with my dad, brother, and Persephone."
Maleficent was looking every which way to make sure that nothing would happen to Mal. They were nearly there when she heard someone following her. Maleficent nudged Mal forward.
"Go, baby," she said.
"What's going on?" Ben asked as he looked at Mal.
He saw that she was looking down and sniffling. He tried to reach for her hand, but she started to curl into herself. He knew it would look bad on his part as king, but he wanted to comfort the purple-headed beauty next to him. He gripped the arm of her chair, and scooted her closer to his chair, making her look up at him in surprise.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"You're upset, and I'm comforting you," he said as he held her hand and rubbed her arm. "I may not have known who you were for nine years, but I do know you," he said. "So, I am comforting my friend because she is upset."
She gave him a soft smile and a thank you nod before they both went back to looking at the globe, not noticing the rest in the room looking at the interaction between the two.
Mal ran inside her dad's cave before hearing her mother grunt. She ran until she accidentally bumped into Persephone, who was holding an almost one-year-old Hadie in her arms.
"Mally?" Persephone asked with a worried tone. "What's wrong? Why are you running? Where is your mom?" She asked.
"PERSEPHONE!" She heard coming from outside.
She snapped her head in the direction of the cave entrance and her face paled.
"Mally, stay here with Hadie, okay?" She said. "I'll be back," she said as she gave Hadie to Mal.
"But…"
"Stay here, sweetheart," Persephone said before she ran out of the cave.
She ran out of the cave, following the horrible screams of pain that were calling for her before. She exited the cave and heard screaming coming from the alley next to the cave.
"PERSEPHONE!" She heard again.
She sprinted over to the alleyway and when she saw what was in the alley she paled even more. Maleficent was trapped under a metal net and there was smoke, like it was burning her. She rushed forward to take the net off Maleficent, but was pulled back by someone.
"Stop!" She shouted to the person, but they put a sack over her head. "Let go of me!"
"Let her go!" Maleficent screamed in pain. "Please!"
The person pushed Persephone to the floor, making her hit her head on the alley wall. They walked forward and stood above Maleficent as she cried.
"I know…" Quasimodo started, but then covered his mouth in shock before looking at Mal. "I am sorry, Princess Mal."
Mal looked at Quasimodo in confusion because of the title he used.
"I'm not a princess," she said.
"Well," Ben said, making Mal look up at him. "Technically since your dad is the elected king of the Isle…"
"Okay stop," Mal said as she held her hand up. "I am not some prissy pink princess."
"Okay," Ben said with a small chuckle before looking back at the globe and brushing his thumb across the back of her hand.
The person standing above Maleficent was Claude Frollo. His beady eyes looked down at her with pride.
"You are an unholy demon, and I am sending you back down to hell where you belong," he said before he walked away from Maleficent.
Once Frollo was out of sight Maleficent put her attention on Persephone.
"Persephone," Maleficent called in a weak voice.
Persephone didn't move. Her body was lips against the wall. Maleficent tried to get up, but the metal net was weakening her, making it hard for her to move.
"Persephone," Maleficent said.
This time Persephone groaned. She sat up and took the sack off her head. She threw the sack to the floor once she saw Maleficent under the net.
"Maleficent," Persephone said as she lifted the heavy net off the fae. "Hey. Hey," she said as she pulled Maleficent into her arms. "You're okay. You're okay."
"The net… it's iron…" Maleficent said in a weak voice.
"Let's get you inside," Persephone said as she lifted Maleficent off the floor, and leaned the fae in her side.
"Mal," FG said as she looked at Mal. "Honey, I am so sorry."
"It's okay. You don't have to apologize, it's not your fault," Mal said. "But I do appreciate it."
Persephone dragged Maleficent through the alley and cave until they were inside.
"Mommy?" Mal said as the two adults came into the cave.
She was holding Hadie on the couch, and stared in shock when her mom and stepmom walked into the room.
"Seph, please don't let Mally see me like this," she whispered.
"Mally, I'm just going to take your mom to my room. She doesn't feel well," she said before walking Maleficent to her and Hades' bedroom.
She walked Maleficent to the bed and when she was settled she looked at Persephone with weak and red eyes.
"Persephone… I'm weak…" she said.
"No," Persephone said as she shook her head. "No, you're going to be fine."
"I'm not," Maleficent said. "I'm dying."
"No," Persephone said again. "We need you," she said as she started to cry. "Mally needs you. You're our family."
"I love you all," Maleficent said as she tried to keep her eyes open. "Can I see Mally please?"
Persephone took a deep breath before wiping her eyes. She left the room to find Mal sitting with Hadie as she cradled him in her arms. She loved Mal as her own, and she hated that she was going to watch Mal's mother die and that Mal was too.
"Mally, baby," Persephone said as Mal looked up at her. "Can you come with me please?"
Mal held Hadie in her tiny arms as tight as she could. She followed Persephone into the room, and saw her mom laying on the bed trying to keep her eyes open.
"Mally," Maleficent said as she gave the 5-year-old. "Come here," she said as she slowly nudged her head.
Mal gave Hadie to Persephone and ran to the bed. She climbed onto the bed, and crawled to her mother.
"Are you okay, mommy?" Mal asked as she looked up at her mother. "You have red marks on your face and arms," she said.
Ben felt Mal move as she took a deep breath. He squeezed her hand, letting her know that she was okay and he was there for her. He didn't know how she felt about him pushing himself to comfort her, but he had been writing to her for 9 years. They were friends. Even if she was timid about it.
Maleficent took as deep of a breath as she could, and then looked down at Mal. "Have I ever told you how much I love you?" she asked.
"I love you too, mommy," Mal said as she curled into her mom.
"You are the light of my life," Maleficent said. "Always remember: you are brave, you are capable, you are beautiful, and you can accomplish ANYTHING your heart desires," Maleficent said as she slowly stroked her daughter's hair.
Everyone in the room started to shed their own tears, hearing Maleficent talk to her daughter.
"I know this because I am your mother. And though you are little, you are fierce, my little fae," she continued as she smiled weakly to Mal. "I hope you believe in yourself as much as I believe in you. I did not give you the gift of life, life gave me the gift of you. I love you with all I am, Mallory. I hope you remember me and know exactly how much I love you."
Mal cried into her mother's stomach as Maleficent took her last breaths. Mal may have been five, but she knew what was coming. She laid with her mom in silence as Maleficent's stomach went up and down from taking her deep breaths, until they stopped altogether. Mal snapped her head up a little as she looked at her mom.
"Mommy?" Mal called in a soft voice. She crawled up to capture her mom's face in her hands. "Mommy?" she called again as she let her tears fall. "Wake up."
Maleficent laid there limp as Mal cried. Persephone didn't know what to do. She wanted to take Mal into her arms and comfort the young girl, but she also knew that Mal wanted to hold her mom for as long as she could.
"Seph!" Hades called as he ran into the cave.
"She's in there," Seph said as she sniffled and pointed to the room. She knew her husband had Maleficent's soul come to him today, and she knew once he saw her he was going to rush home. "I tried to get her, but she doesn't want to let go."
Everyone in the room looked at Mal with hot tears in their eyes. She kept her eyes closed, trying to keep calm as the worst day of her life was playing in front of the entire royal council.
Hades walked into the room and saw his daughter hugging her mother's dead body. The sight made his heartbreak. She may have been a fling, but she gave him his daughter. He would forever be grateful for the kind person Maleficent was and for being the best mother to his daughter.
"Mally baby," Hades said as he walked up to the bed, but Mal didn't look up from her mother's stomach. "Come on, baby," he said again, and this time she looked up at him with bloodshot eyes.
"Daddy," Mal sobbed. "Why would someone do this? Why would someone hurt my mom?"
He picked her up off the bed and cradled her in his arms. "I don't know baby," he said, but he did know why. Maleficent was their leader, and not everyone agreed to it. He knew someone did this and they were going to pay. "But you know how much she loved you, right?" he asked, making Mal nod her head in the crook of his neck. "She loved you more than anything in this world."
"I know," she said as she looked at her dad with watery eyes. "Can mama Seph make flowers?" she asked.
Hades looked at her with furrowed eyebrows, and before he could ask she looked at her mom and answered his question.
"Mommy told me about her home before we came here, and she said how beautiful flowers were. I want mommy around pretty flowers."
Aurora looked over at Mal with tears in her eyes before getting up and bringing the girl into a big hug. She herself had been to the Moors, and after seeing what happened to her fairy godmother, she was going to take Mal while she was in Auradon.
"I think that is a very wonderful idea," he said as he set Mal down on the floor. "Why don't you go and talk with Seph?" he said.
Mal nodded her head before walking over to her mom and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "I love you, mommy. I will be the woman you have always wanted me to be, and I will make you proud."
As Mal walked out of the room to talk to Seph, Hades sat on the edge of the bed and took Maleficent's hand in his.
"I promise no harm will ever come to her," he said as he brought her hand up to his lips. "I know I promised you when your soul came through the underworld, but after seeing her I need to promise again," he continued. "I also want to say thank you. Thank you for giving her to me, and being the best mom for her. Seph and I will never let her forget about you, and we will let her know every day how much she meant to you and how much you loved her," he said. "Rest, your majesty. Rest peacefully."
Mal raised her hand, making the globe disappear, and making everyone look at the Isle residents with wide eyes.
"There," Mal said. "Now you know."
Mal sat back in her seat next to Ben and took a giant breath.
"Mal," Belle said as she looked at the purple-haired girl. "I am so sorry for what happened to your mother. I know what it is like to lose your mother at a young age, but I can't imagine how you must have felt to lose her the way that you did."
"I'm not going to say it's fine, because obviously, it's not, but you do not need to apologize," Mal said. "It is not your fault for what happened."
"It is my fault," Adam said as he stood from his seat. "I am the one who initiated the Isle, and if I didn't do that then you would still have your mother."
"I don't know all about that," Jay said, making everyone look at him. "If you didn't initiate the Isle, none of us would have been born."
"That's actually a good point," Adam said.
"Well," Ben said as he stood from his seat. "I feel that this meeting could go on forever, but I think that we have all had an eventful day and that we could have another meeting next week if you all would like?"
"How long are you all staying?" Aurora asked as she looked over to Mal.
"Ben invited us to stay for a month," she said. "He, Adam, Belle, and some of his friends were going to take us from kingdom to kingdom to show us all of Auradon."
"Well, when you come to Auroria, I am going to take you to the Moors, and I would like to have a conversation with you if you wouldn't mind."
"I think that would be okay," she said as she looked at Ben who nodded at her. "If my friends can come too, of course."
"Absolutely," Aurora said as she stood from her seat, and gave Mal another hug. "I will see you in a couple of days," she said as she held her hand out to Phillip and they left.
Once all of the royals left, Chip came back to the council room to show the Isle residents where they were going to be staying, and held his arm out for Mal.
"Chip," Ben said as he walked over to Chip and Mal. "You don't work here," he said as he took Mal's arm and draped it through his. "Plus, your mom is probably going to be hunting you down in a couple of minutes."
Ben led Mal, her friends, and his friends upstairs, leaving Chip standing there with a gape in his mouth.
"You know," Mal said, making Ben look at her. "He probably thinks you're being a giant cock block now, right?" she asked.
"Well, am I?" he asked, giving her a smirk.
She laughed as the rest of their friends broke off to show the others where their rooms were.
"No," she said, shaking her head. "Not at all."
"Then I have nothing to worry about," he said as he held his hands out to his side.
"That's very true," she said as he walked past her to a large wooden door, opening it for her. "Because I'm not really interested in him," she said before she walked in, making Ben freeze as she closed the door behind her and leaving him standing on the opposite side of the door.
After their first dinner in Auradon the Isle residents said that they were going to go and rest for the night, because they had a very long day. Adam and Belle, again, apologized for what happened to them when they were children to have all of them say that it was fine and that things were going to get better.
Ben walked into his room which was actually in between the rooms Mal and Jay were staying in. He took a shower and changed into a set of pajama pants before he was going to go to his balcony and read. He was about to step out when he heard giggling coming from the balcony next to him.
"Come on, Mal," he heard Evie say. "He totally likes you."
"No, he doesn't, E," Mal said.
"Well, I know you like him," Evie said, making Ben hide further behind the thick curtains so that he couldn't be seen.
"Shut up," Mal said.
"No," Uma's voice said. "Mally, you have had the hots for that guy for five years," she said. "He may not have known who you were when you guys were writing to each other, but you definitely knew who he was."
Mal groaned. "Stop!"
"No," they both said in unison.
"You can't say that you weren't excited to finally meet and see him after all this time," Evie said.
It was quiet for a bit, making Ben lean in closer. They were talking about him, and they didn't even know that his room was next door.
"Fine," Mal said with a groan. "Yes, I was happy to finally meet him."
"And?" they asked.
"And you guys are right," she said, making Ben's eyes widen.
She like him?
"I have liked him for a while," she admitted, but I'm not going to do or say anything because he probably doesn't feel the same way."
"Well, I didn't see him getting close to anyone else who was crying in that room," Uma said.
"Or when he stood up and growled when Frollo was calling you names," Evie said with a giggle. "It was kinda hot."
"Shut up, E," Mal said. "You have boys pining over you, left and right. Paws off him."
"He's all yours, Mal," Evie said with a laugh. "Plus, you have boys after you too. I know a couple of guys back home who drool at the sight of you."
Ben couldn't help but feel a little jealous, thinking about guys drooling over Mal.
"Yeah, plus I don't think Evie wants to be dragon chow," Uma said, making Mal and Evie laugh.
"Okay, enough talk about something that I'm kind of sad that will never happen, but we have a busy day tomorrow. We should get some sleep."
"Okay," they said. "We'll see you tomorrow."
"Night," Mal said.
He heard them walk and then heard her door close. He stayed where he was and then saw Mal walk back out onto the balcony and to the edge. She placed her palms on the stone railing. She looked up at the sky.
"Goodnight, mom," she said. "I love you."
She looked at the sky and then pushed herself away to walk back into her room. Ben moved further behind the curtain so that she didn't see him. When he heard her balcony door closed he walked onto the balcony to sit on one of the chairs. Instead of reading, he looked up at the sky.
"Hello, Queen Maleficent," he said. "I know I have no business in trying to talk to you, but I feel like I should introduce myself," he said. "I'm Ben. Ben Anderson," he continued. "I have been writing to your daughter for the past 9 years. Even though I didn't know it was her," he said with a laugh. "She is a wonderful young woman. And very beautiful," he continued. "I just want to let you know that, even though I just met her today, I have known her for the past 9 years, and I promise you that I will do everything in my power to make sure she has the best life. I want her to be happy. She doesn't know this, but I always had a feeling that I was writing to a girl," he said. "I always had this connection to the Isle, and I'm starting to think that it is her. I don't know where life will take either of us, but I hope that we can accomplish the plans that you envisioned," he said. "Goodnight, Maleficent. Thank you for creating such a wonderful girl,' he said before he got up and walked back into his room.
Before he closed the door to his balcony, he looked up at the sky and saw a star twinkle brightly. He smiled and then closed the door. He turned the lights off before jumping into bed. He looked up at the dark ceiling, and couldn't help but smile about what tomorrow would bring.
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