Alright, sorry for the late update. Surprised people are reading this, so thanks!

I'm not gonna lie: I had trouble with how I was gonna start this next chapter but with Halloween coming (and going) Sarah Jeffery's Queen of Mean remix, What's My Name/Queen of Mean remix and now Audrey's Chrismas Rewind going through my head, I can move forward now.

After the program...

3rd POV

As soon as Audrey was ushered into a dressing room away from the platform, she was immediately embraced by her mother with her dad and grandmother standing beside her.

"Oh, I. Am. So. Proud of you!" Aurora exclaimed, squeezing her daughter tightly and was returned. "See, I told you it was all better if you just spoke from the heart!"

King Philip beamed down at her, giving her daughter the most pleasing smile he could muster since she was born. "You did so well out there, Audrey. I couldn't be any prouder."

Former Queen Leah scoffed. "From the heart or not, every living individual that was watching will be talking about this for ages. Not to mention the request for more private interviews we were getting being rushed back here."

The king and queen rolled their eyes inwardly as the matriarch of the family sighed and sat down on a small couch that resided in the room. " Now that we got this fiasco out of the way, we can conduct official business. So, let's make a list of things to do and get our stories straight. First, you're still going to Auradon Prep. It's out of the discussion and you already said so during questions, so that's out of the way. Secondly, you will be accepting no more interviews after this. Too soon and we don't need the paparazzi believing we're trying to covet Auradon's throne. And last but not least, we need to do shopping since you were so determined to get rid of more than half of your wardrobe."

At this, Audrey couldn't help but laugh. As of right now, she lacked school clothes due to getting rid of almost everything in her closet and needed new clothes quick. She had been depressed and between deciding how she was going to face the world, the princess decided a new change of style was needed. Her last one preceded with her spoilt reputation, and she was ready to acknowledge that, as of now, was in tatters.

She needed something new, in control, and, as much as she hated to admit it, the VKs gave her new inspiration for a new look...though she respectively gives credit to Evie more than Mal! Official royal or not, that one gave her the least headaches of the two!

But the one she decided won't change was her colors, with Ben or not, blue was just as much of her color with pink. She just needed to upgrade past her pastel and preppy- well, preppy enough attire. Something special to finish off her Sophmore year-

And then she remembered something:

"We can't forget the planning for my Sweet 16! Grandpa Huberto wanted me to have a special birthday when I turned 15, but that never happened," Audrey inquired.

It was completely discovered by accident a few months after her paternal grandfather passed away. After his father's death, King Philip had been going through his things, as he hadn't had time to go over since the reading of testament when he came across what an old diary of his. He was astounded to learn of his father's past - and his family ancestry from another country - and even more when he came across a certain event that was always held for the women in his family, seemingly ending with Philip being his only son and heir.

At least until Audrey was born.

Bring his family alongside him into his family's royal archives, it was more defined in detail. It was an age-old tradition signaling a young girl's transition from a child to a woman. It was called...

"Your Quincenera?" Philip asked, bringing Audrey out of her memory. Well, after translating it from Spanish, it was more of a Sweet 15. But the discovery was made before after both her grandfather's death and her actual 15th birthday. So it was more of a "decimosexto cumpleaños" or Hispanic Sweet Sixteen, making up for her last one and honoring an almost forgotten cultural event grandfather.

There was more to the tradition and what it entails, and she hadn't been able to fill Ben in earlier in the year because of his rite of passage entailed, and then...

Everything else happened.

Audrey didn't even want to think of how her best-laid plans were in the wind.

Seeing the exasperated look on her face, Aurora jumped into the fray. "Alright, why don't we just head home and do the shopping for another time? Audi has two more days left before school starts. I believe she can fill up half her closet before the day arrives. And you still have time to plan your party. Gods know you probably spent more time planning it than anyone we'd pay to do the job."

Philip snorted almost un-royal-like. He remembers all the side jobs Audrey was doing for Ben's campaign and what she said about doing more than what the people hired got done was more than true. She was praised and even told that if she wanted to become a campaign manager, she'd be delighted to train!

Giving both her husband and mother a look, she called in the royal bodyguards to escort her family safely to the back of the cathedral, where a limo was waiting for them, making it the almost perfect escape.

At Beast Castle...

Once the staff left the common room, leaving the royal family to stare at the television, King Adam hastily got up and started planning.

"Well, I think this cause for a form of celebration, don't you think? The princess just saved us a lot of time, and while we'll have to try to gain back Philip's favor - no doubt he'll make it easy - we can start scheduling and planning your own conference-" he started.

"Adam, don't you think you're starting a bit too soon?" Belle worried. King Adam gave an indignant snort.

"How soon is too soon!? Did you not see what I saw!" he gestured manically to the TV. "The press is eating this up. Like-like when Gaston got those villagers riled up to kill me!"

"That's not a good reference, Dad."

"Quiet, young man!" the king scolded. "You have the remainder of the school year to get back into Princess Audrey's good graces. While there's no doubt she'll get some of her own backlash for her own actions, she basically took a sword for you and you better do more than your best to repay that! She gave you an out and in the meanwhile, you best get ready because you will have only a matter of time before you have to go up against the council and, in between then, fix the mess you made, if you still want to be King. As of now, a now reluctant ally has us at their mercy and the whole country will be watching."

Belle stood up and placed a hand on her husband's shoulder. "I'm sure I can get an audience soon with Audrey and her mother. I and her mother go back and-"

"And she probably regards you, in the same way, Philip regards Ben. That woman was blessed to be kind, not stupid. Besides, almost all the royals understood the disdain you held for her daughter."

This caused Ben to snap his head up in confusion. What is his father talking about? "And what is that supposed to mean?"

Adam looked at his son. "Let's just state that you kids weren't the only ones to misjudge Audrey, son. And besides, you want to get to the crown princess and Queen of Auroria, you have to go through Queen Mother Leah. For all their due, Leah basically raised Audrey behind closed doors, especially when the girl's parents took over their thrones and didn't have time for her. Despite her careless choices, Audrey has had one of the more stricter princess training. So any type of apologies being sent their way will be seen as half-assed until proven otherwise."

Ben stood up to his father. "You seem awfully knowledgeable about her family."

"I had to be. Everyone in this family has a role and so far, I seem to be the only one not guilty of failing that. I make it my business to know the type of upbringing the royal children have since they'll be taking their parents' places. You have the responsibility of befriending those children and slowly molding them to where they seem fit as your allies. And you," he looked at Belle, "have the job of keeping the friendship of the other queens and diplomacy if I'm not able to. We all have roles to play that this country depends on. It's about time we act like it."

And with that, Adam stormed out of the room, leaving both mother and son alone. Leaving Ben the burning question he hoped wasn't true.

"Mom," he started.

"Ben, please..." Belle trailed, her gaze avoiding him.

Ben took a deep breath, trying to suppress the spouts of anger threatening to emerge. "Please what, Mom? Please don't ask if you hated my now ex-girlfriend while we were dating. Please don't ask why you left me oblivious to that? Or please tell me that I'm not the only one in this family that'll be groveling to Audrey at this point!"

"Look, sweetie, I don't have a lot of room to share and yes, your father is right. Behind closed doors, I wasn't Audrey's biggest fan. Yes, you both had were cut from the same cloth as royal children, but you two were so vastly different. You were humble while she was spoiled. You spent more time learning while I thought she spent more time gossiping. I saw you as the closest thing to Good, where all I saw was a spoilt, mean girl who wasn't anywhere near ready for any throne. At some point, I was willing to say I wanted better for you and better was anyone who wasn't Audrey."

Dropping her head in her hands, she plopped down on the couch. "And honestly, I wanted to believe Mal was the better choice. She was nowhere near anything like Audrey and maybe, I was hoping that you're fairytale was like mine. That you'd come to love someone different from everyone else. Now, look at what happened? I almost got my wish, but it would have broken you more than I thought Audrey would have done! She would have used you and left you high and dry and even I fell for that! I'm most famous for seeing behind someone's looks and first impressions and yet, I read two girls so wrong that this happened. So your father isn't wrong. I have no doubt Audrey knew how I really felt about her and if the women in her family have it their way, I'd be excluded from any event and be shunned. They'd never let me anywhere near her if they felt I was only groveling."

Ben just ran his hands through his hair and sat beside the queen of Auradon. He didn't want to believe this. It was bad enough he hurt Audrey, practically shattering her heart, but he broke her faith and trust in him. For Olympus' sake, he didn't even consider how emotional stability and just expected her to fall in line with his plans, something she did despite her better judgment! And now his mother is sitting here, basically telling him she hated her and now needs to find a way back in another royal family's graces, especially if they knew her true feelings.

Dear Gods of Olympus was his family screwed.

First off, since Sarah Jeffery has a confirmed Hispanic heritage (and in the movies, Prince Philip looks Hispanic), Huberto was the Spanish form of Hurbert, which was his name in Sleeping Beauty. And did you know, that in technicality, Audrey is also French since her mother's fairy tale started in France?

Secondly, for my Hispanic readers, I'm doing my best research to hopefully not make this look bad and be respectful.

And lastly, what are your feelings for Audrey having a Quinceanera?