Hey Lovies! So I have some good news... I am done with school next week! Yay! AND... I finished writing ALL Descendants 50 Shades: Freed I just need to edit and proof read it before I publish!
So, this is the complete first chapter of Time for changes and I would really like to hear what you guys think of it.
Warning for a little nit of swearing!
I DO NOT OWN DESCENDANTS!
Ben was standing in his office, pacing back and forth. His friends were watching him, and in all honesty they were getting a little aggravated.
"Ben!" Lonnie yelled, making Ben stop and turn to her. "Stop pacing. Cogsworth is going to have a cow if you burn a hole in the rug," she said.
"What do you expect, Lonnie?" Ben said as he started to pace back and forth again. "I have SEVEN residents of the Isle on their way to the castle as we speak," he said.
"We know you're scared," Chad said as he put an arm around Audrey. "But everyone needs to realize that you have been in contact with someone from the Isle, for nine years, and you know what the living conditions are. When you showed us the letters, it literally made me sick to my stomach," he said.
"I know. I know," Ben said as he ran a hand through his hair. "But, I did this behind the council's back. They're going to be pissed," he said.
"Do you know who is coming?" Audrey asked, making Ben shook his head.
"No, I don't. All I know is that seven are coming," he said. "I would ask in my letters who she is, but she never wrote back with an answer."
"You never said they were a girl," Doug said as he leaned against Ben's desk.
"I don't know for sure that they are a girl, but I get the feeling that they are," he said, and he brushed his hand down his face.
"You have been sending letters and receiving letters to and from the Isle for NINE YEARS, and you don't even know for sure if they are a boy or a girl?" Audrey asked as she stood and placed a hand on her hip.
"Well, their handwriting is very good," he said as he threw his hands out.
"You have good handwriting, Ben," Jane said.
"I'm the king, and have a mother who made for damn sure my handwriting was better than my father's chicken scratch," he said, trying to make a joke to get his mind off the crap he was going to receive from his council in the next hour.
"I do not write that bad," Adam said as he walked into his son's office, with Belle walking in next to him.
"Adam, you couldn't even read your vows on our wedding day," Belle said, making everyone laugh.
Belle looked at her son and smiled. She didn't want Ben to be stressed about today. He was doing something she and Adam should have done years ago, after they made the Isle. In fact, after Belle found out that there were children there, she wanted to take them all off. They designed the Isle as a prison for villains, not children.
"You know," Adam said as he looked at his wife with a smile. "Let's help Ben. He's stressed."
Ben's frown fell, and now he was thinking about today's meeting.
"You know sweetheart," Belle said. "You're king and you have been for almost 9 years. You have done an amazing job," she said.
Ben looked around at his friends and his dad, and saw them all nodding in agreement. Ben knew he was a good king, and he knew that his country loved and respected him, even residents of the Isle did.
"Then why is it that everytime, for the past nine years, when I even mention to the council about having a representative from the Isle, they always yelled and screamed?" he asked. "Telling me that I am too young, naive, stupid," he said. "I am their king, and they treat me as if I am ten."
In all honesty, the first year he was king, he did try to talk to some of the older members privately to see what their true feeling were, but they always ended up yelling and telling him no, but he never let anyone know about that.
"Ben," Adam said as he walked up to his son. "If you don't like something with the council. Change it," he said as he raised an eyebrow.
His dad was right. All Ben needed to do was put his foot down. He wasn't going to have HIS council members taking advantage of his kindness. There was a knock at the door, making everyone turn to the door.
"Benji?" Chip called as he poked his head through the door.
Chip froze when he saw everyone in Ben's office. He opened the door, straightened his posture, and cleared his throat.
"Your maj…"
"Shut up, Chip," Ben said, making everyone laugh. "You know you don't have to use my title," he said.
"I'm just doing my job," Chip said, holding his hands up.
"You don't work here," everyone said, making Chip laugh.
"Um… excuse me," Chip said as he walked over to Ben and wrapped an arm over his shoulder. "Who do you think makes Benji take breaks from his work when he is locked in here for three days? That is a job in itself," he said. "Plus, I came up here to tell him that if he wants to get everyone seated before his guests arrive, he should head down now so people aren't waiting," he said, making Ben nod his head.
He took a deep breath and started to walk out of the room, but someone grabbed his hand. He turned to see his mom looking up at him.
"Remember," she said. "It's your council and you are in charge," she said before she straightened his tie.
Ben gave her a smile before walking out of his office, with his friends and family following him. Once everyone was greeted, Ben let out the breath he didn't realize he was holding in.
"Go in, Benji," Chip said, making Ben turn to him. "I'll wait and escort them when they get here, and then I'll take their bags up to their rooms," he said.
Ben shook his head. "No, I should…"
"Ben," Chad said. "Chip is right. We should head in, because you know how those old farts are," he said as he laced his fingers through Audrey's.
"Okay, but text me when they get here so I can ease their introduction," he said.
"You got it, bro," Chip said as he saluted Ben.
Ben laughed as he held his arm out for Jane. "Let's go, Janey. I'll walk you to your mom," he said as she looped her arm through his.
They walked through the hallway and down a hall toward the council room. After Ben got the letter saying that they would come he had a new, longer table with added chairs, into the council room, and had their rooms next to his cleaned and prepped for them. He had asked if they would like separate rooms or if they would prefer to share, but she wrote saying it didn't matter. There were three girls coming and four boys, but there was a couple coming with them, and they would probably prefer to share.
Ben stopped at the closed double door and took a deep breath.
"Breathe, Ben," Jane said as she put a hand on his arm. "Everything is going to be fine."
Ben smiled down at his friend/sister, and nodded. He pushed the door open with his free hand and saw as everyone stood for his entrance. We walked Jane to sit with her mother, while Chad walked Audrey to her seat next to her parents and grandparents before taking his seat next to his parents and grandfather, and Doug walked Lonnie to her parents and their advisor before he walked to his seat next to his aunt, Snow White, because he was her heir. After pushing in Jane's seat, Ben walked to his chair at the head of the table. He sat next to his parents and took a deep breath as he looked at the council. He shook his head and thought that there were too many damn people in here, and he was going to be adding seven more.
"You look distraught, your majesty," Queen Lean said. "Is something wrong?" she asked.
Ben shook his head. He knew what Leah was doing, because she had been doing it for the past eleven years. She was trying to butter him up to get on his good side, so that he and Audrey would be together, even though Audrey and Chad have been in a relationship since they were seventeen.
"Grammy," Audrey said as she threw her head back. "Can you please, for the love that is all magical, please stop kissing Ben's ass," she said, making everyone who is not a grandparent laugh. "Ben and I did not work out. Get over it. I am with Chad, who I love dearly," she said as she gestured to her boyfriend. "So, stop trying. It is not going to happen," she said firmly.
Ben felt a vibration in his pocket, making his turn away from the shouting match that was beginning between Audrey and her grandmother.
Chip to Ben:They're here… and I know I am a HUGE flirt… but… DAMN… these girls are drop dead gorgeous! And the guys aren't so bad themselves… but I dropped to my knees when the first girl stepped out… you'll see what I mean, but she is LITERALLY the HOTTEST girl I have ever seen.
Ben shook his head and laughed. He knew Chip was a flirt, but he had never been this insistent about a girl being this attractive. He slipped his phone in his pocket and stood from his seat.
"Okay!" he shouted, making both Audrey and Leah look at him. "That is enough," he stated firmly, shocking the council members because they have never heard him use this tone before. "Queen Leah, stop trying to push me and Audrey together, because we are just friends. Now if you would all please have a seat I would like to make an announcement before we start the meeting."
"And what is that, your majesty?" Chi-Fu asked as he peered around Li Shang.
Ben placed his hand down on the table and took a breath.
"I have had this vision," he started out as he looked up from the table. "A vision of what I want MY country to be," he said, but then he heard loud laughter coming from behind the double doors.
"What is that?" the Duke of Weselton asked.
"That," Ben said as he pointed to the door. "Is forgiveness and new beginnings," he said.
The door opened and a tall dark haired man walked in. He was dressed in leather, but formal clothes, a hook hanging off his belt, and crystal blue eyes. The lady on his arm was dark skinned, teal hair, and she was wearing a teal pantsuit, with a pair of gold flats, and a shell necklace around her neck. The next guy to walk in had shoulder length blonde hair. He was wearing a pair of brown leather pants, a white button up shirt, and a pair of metal bull horns around his neck. The next two were both guys one was tall with long black hair, burgundy leather pants, a fitted mustard yellow shirt, and he was wearing gloves with snakes on them. The guy next to him was shorter, had white hair with black roots, a pair of pack jeans, a red dress shirt, and a cuff on his wrist with an 'X' on it but it was made of bones. The last two girls walked in and Chip was right. They were drop dead gorgeous. Ben had to put more pressure on his hand so that he didn't fall, that's how beautiful they are. Chip grabbed the handle behind them and locked onto Ben's eyes. He widened his eyes and nudged his head toward the girls before he bit his knuckle and rolled his eyes. The last two girls were strikingly beautiful. One had blue hair, brown eyes, full red lips, she was wearing a sheer red top with ruffles, a blue business skirt, matching red heels, and had an apple broach pinned to the neck of her shirt. The last girl, Ben thought, was the most beautiful girl in existence. She had big, long, shiny, and curled purple hair. Her lips were plump and pink, she had rosey cheeks, and beautiful emerald green eyes. She was wearing a purple business jumpsuit, a matching coat over it, black wedges, and had a metal purple dragon around her neck.
"You know," the girl with the purple hair said, making Ben break out of his trance and gave her his attention. "That guy is a HUGE flirt," she said amusingly, and made Ben's parents and friends laugh.
"And who are you, and who let you in here?" King Stephan asked as he stood from his seat.
The purple haired girl turned to look at Ben. "I'm sorry. Did you not tell them?" she asked.
Ben looked at her and just the sound of her voice made his legs almost turn to jello. He managed to shake his head, making her mouth 'oh' and nod her head awkwardly.
"Like I was saying," Ben said as he turned back to the council. "I have my vision for my country, and I am finally going to make those visions come true," he said as he gestured his hand to the seven new guests. "I have invited seven resident from the Isle of the Lost here, because the Isle will now and always have a representative on the council," he said, making all of the elder council members stand up and start to shout.
The shouting lasted for about two minutes before Ben slammed his hand on the table, making everyone jump.
"This is MY council," he said in a dark tone. "No one tells me what I can or can't do with MY council," he said before he stood up straight, and fixed his coat. "Now, will you all sit down so our new members can introduce themselves," he said as he took a seat.
The girl with purple hair chuckled. "I like him," she said as she pointed to Ben, making him blush. "Anyway, Uma, daughter of Ursula and Faciler, and Harry, son of Captain Hook " she said as she gestured to the guy and girl who walked in arm in arm. "Then Gil, son of Gaston," she said as Gil waved his hand. "Carlos, son of Cruella and Jay, son of Jafar," she said and they nodded with smiles on their faces. "And finally there is Evie, daughter of Grimhilde, and me. I'm Mal, daughter of Maleficent and Hades," she said.
Everyone of the elders' eyes shot out of their head. They had never wanted to encounter their villains again let alone their children. Queen Aurora stood from her seat and walked towards Mal.
"You look just like her," Aurora said as she placed her hand on Mal's cheek. "You are so beautiful," she said with a kind smile.
"Hello, Beastie," Mal said as she smiled at Aurora.
"No!" Leah screamed as she stood from her seat and rushed to ward Aurora, putting herself between the two. "Stay the hell away from my daughter!"
"Mother, stop!" Aurora snapped back, making Leah turn to her.
"No. I. Will. Not," Leah said. "Not after what this thing's mother did to our family," she said.
"What about what your husband did to my mother?" Mal asked, making Leah turn to her.
"I beg your pardon?" she asked. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"So… you don't know what KING Stephan did to get his crown?" she asked.
"He defeated the monster of the Moors and brought its wings to my father," she said as she stuck her nose up at Mal.
Mal huffed a laugh and untied the belt around her coat. She shrugged off her jacket and handed it to Evie, only leaving her in her halter top jumpsuit.
"You mean like these?" she asked before a set of lilac wings appeared behind her.
Everyone gasped as Stephan grew angry.
"They look just like…"
"The wings that Stephan brough your father?" Mal asked. "Though the only difference is that mine are purple?" she asked.
Leah nodded her head slowly, understanding now that the monster was her mother.
"Your husband," she said as she glared at Stephan who was glaring back. "Was in love with my mother. And he betrayed her, because he wanted to be king," she said as she took a step around Leah and Aurora and toward Stephan. "You remember your father's decree, stating that whoever defeated the monster of the Moors, they would take his place as king and have your hand," she said, not taking her eyes off of Stephan. "You fooled her. You made her think you chose her. And when she fell asleep… I'm sorry… when you drugged her," she said correcting herself, and making all of the others in the room gasp. "You cut her wings off with an iron saw," she said as she took her final steps toward him. "So, please tell me who the real villain is in your tale."
No one said anything. They didn't know what to believe. Ben stood there looking at Mal, and he was impressed.
"Stephan," Leah said. "Is this true?" she asked.
"Yes, mother," Aurora said. "It is true."
Leah gaped at her daughter and her husband. She didn't want to believe that any of it was true. She had been distraught for the sixteen years that she just stayed in her room. All she wanted was her daughter. She never imagined that her husband would be the villain.
"Tell the truth, father," Aurora said.
All eyes were on Stephan as he glared at the young woman in front of him.
"TELL THE TRUTH!" Aurora yelled.
"I did what I had to do!" he yelled, shocking everyone in the room. "I did what I did, and I don't regret anything, because it gave me you!"
"King Stephan," Ben called, making Stephan break his glare and turn to look at him. "I think it is best that I ask you to leave," he said.
"I am an elder of this council," Stephan said. "You cannot kick me out," he said, making Ben glare at Stephan himself.
"I am the KING!" Ben shouted as he walked around the table and toward stephan. "You do not get to tell me what goes on in my council or what goes on in my country," he said.
Mal had to admit. She never expected him to act this way. From how the letters were written, she never assumed he was kind of a push over. But, she found it kind of hot to see a prissy Aruadon boy get mad.
"You know what?" Ben said as his face softened. "I said it's time for new beginnings. Which means it's time for changes, and I am starting with this council," he said as he turned to walk back to his seat.
"What do you mean, your majesty?" Chi-Fu asked.
"What I mean," Ben said as he turned back to the table. "That there are too many people in here," he said, straightening his posture. "So, all elders who have heirs that have their own heirs are no longer needed in this council. Nor ambassadors or linkage to kingdoms."
"What?!" Half the council yelled.
"So, moving forward. Elder King Stephan, Elder Queen Leah, Elder King Charming, ambassador Chi-Fu, Duke of Weselton, Elder Queen Elsa, Elder Sultan of Agraba, ambassador Phoebus, ambassador Esmerelda, ambassador John Smith, and Chief Powhatan. You are relieved of your council duties and they will be taken care of by the rulers of your kingdom," Ben said.
"Oh, thank god," Elsa said as she stood up and waved to her sister. "See you at game night," she said with a wink before walking out of the council room.
Queen Ana looked at where her sister was and gaped. "Is it too late to say 'no' to being queen?" she asked, making Kristoff laugh.
"You can't do this, Ben," Stephan said as he glared at Ben. "I will not allow it," he shouted.
"As I said before. I am the king," Ben shouted back. "You do not demand me! Now get the hell out of my council room," he stated with a glare as he pointed to the door.
Most of the council members left without a word, while others gaped at him. They have never heard Ben be so authoritative.
Stephan broke his glare from Ben and walked toward Leah, grabbing her hand.
"Don't touch me!" Leah shouted as she pulled her hand away from Stephan and walked out of the council room.
Once the doors closed and everyone else was gone, Ben let out a breath.
"And for the rest of the 'older council'," he said, putting air quotes around older council. "You are going to be a part of this council until your heirs take the throne. You will show them how things run here and how to approach concerns about your kingdom," he said. "And when they take their throne, they will come on their own to the council meetings, unless you need to step in in case of emergency. Do I make myself clear?" he asked.
The remaining council members nodded their heads, but didn't say a word. Belle and Adam were very impressed with how Ben handled the situation. They knew he was sweet as sugar, but seeing him be assertive and standing his ground, made them proud of the king he turned out to be.
"Great," he said. "Now if everyone will please move down the table and if the Isle representatives would sit with the families of their tale," he suggested. "I don't want there to be any separation or animosity between any of us," he said.
"Um…" Carlos said as he raised his hand. "Anita and Roger are not here," he said.
"You can sit over here," Chad said as he pointed to the seat next to him.
"Okay," Carlos said with a shrug before he walked over to sit by Chad and his family.
Uma sat in between Tiana and Ariel, who smiled at her. Harry sat next to Peter Pan, who clasped him on the shoulder giving him a huge smile. Gil sat next to Belle. Gil tapped her on the shoulder, making her turn to him and he surprised her by giving her a hug. He pulled away from her and then he shook Adam's hand. Jay sat next to Jasmine, who pinched Jay's cheek, making him blush and chuckle. Evie sat in between Doug and Snow White, who pulled Evie into a hug, shocking the blue haired girl. Mal stood where she was not sure if she should go sit next to her uncle or sit with Aurora, but the choice was taken from her. Aurora looped her arm through Mal's and walked her to the seat next to her, and that was next to Ben. She sat in the seat, and when she locked eyes with Ben she gave him a tight smile, which he returned with his own soft one.
Ben turned his attention to the group in front of him and cleared his throat.
"I have one question before I start the meeting," he said. "Who have I been in constant contact with for the past nine years?" he asked.
Mal raised her hand slightly, making Ben look back at her.
"That would be me," she said, giving him a more flirtatious smile.
He gave her a bigger smile, happy he was right in knowing that he was writing to a girl.
"Good to know," he said as his cheeks heated up.
Mal smiled, scrunched her nose and winked at him, making him huff a laugh.
"Before we actually start the meeting," Ben said as he looked away from Mal, and looked at his council. "I want to apologize for doing this behind your backs," he started.
"If you don't mind me interrupting you, King Ben," Anna said as she raised her hand. "It is your kingdom. You technically don't have to apologize for anything."
"But, I am apologizing because this was something that was discussed and was shot down by members of the council."
"You mean the council members that are no longer here?" Tirana said, making Ben nod his head.
"King Ben. You brought up bringing over a representative from the Isle when you first became King," King Kit said. "And you never brought it up after that horrendous meeting."
"The only people who were against you were Stephan, Leah, Chi Phu, the Duke, and my grandpa," Chad said, speaking up. "But after I told papa about everything that happens on the Isle he regrets the screaming and shouting."
"Yeah," Audrey said. "I wouldn't have brought it back up either after that meeting. No offense to the seven of you," she said, gesturing to the Isle residents.
"None taken, princess," Mal said as she sat back in her seat and crossed her arms. "In all honesty I never really thought that the letters were going to make a difference or lead anywhere."
Ben looked at her with a confused look, making her look back at him with furrowed eyebrows.
"What?" she asked.
"You and I have been writing to each other for nine year," he said. "And you think that nothing was going to come from it?" he asked.
"Well, like you just said," she said, cocking her head to the side. "We were writing to each other for nine years, and nothing came from it until a couple of weeks ago," she said.
Ben squinted his eyes at her, making her return the same look.
"Then why did you continue to write to me, if you thought that nothing was going to come from it?" he asked.
Mal fell silent after he asked that question. How was she supposed to tell him that she actually liked the conversations that they had in the letters. Sure, most of them were about the conditions of the Isle, but she liked knowing that someone was hearing/reading what was going through her head. They stared at each other until Mal finally found something to point out.
"You didn't even know who you were writing to," she said with a smirk.
"That doesn't matter," he said back. "The matter is that even though you thought that nothing was coming from the letters, you were still writing to me," he said with a smirk. "Plus, I did ask you, in many of our letters, who you were."
Mal opened her mouth to say something, but was stopped by Uma throwing a pen in between the pair. They both snapped their heads to look in her direction.
"Look, you two can flirt and argue later," she said as she stood from her seat. "But right now, we need to talk about everything wrong with the Isle."
Mal and Ben looked at the girl as their cheeks started to turn red.
"I wasn't flirting. I was trying to prove a point," Mal said as she glared at her cousin.
Her friends looked at her red cheeks and tried to hold in her laughter. But in reality, they knew that Mal got excited whenever she received a letter from the king.
"You're just as stubborn as your father," Uma said as she sat back down in her seat.
"Am not," Mal said.
Zeus couldn't let the laugh that came out of him, making Mal and the rest of the Isle residents look at him.
"I am sorry, Mallory," Zeus said, making Mal look at him with wide eyes after he said her name. "But, I can tell you are just like your father."
"How? When? Who?" Mal said as she pointed to her uncle.
"Your father writes to me," Zeus said. "You're not the only one who has a penpal."
Mal didn't know that her father was writing Zeus.
"And this may be way over due, but I am sorry about your mother," Zeus said, making Mal look down at her hands. "I am sorry to all of you, actually," he said as he looked at the rest of the Isle residents.
"What?" Aurora asked as she sat on the edge of her seat. "What are you talking about?" she asked.
The rest of the Isle residents didn't look up from their laps when the queen spoke.
"Um…" Mal said, making Aurora look at her with a worried expression. "That is a long and hard story to tell," she said.
"What is going on? What happened? What happened to my fairy godmother?" Aurora asked.
Ben could tell that Mal was starting to get uncomfortable. She looked back down at her hands and started to play with her nails.
"Why don't we talk about that later," Ben said, making Mal look up at him through her lashes.
She gave him a small sad smile before returning it with his own small one.
"Why don't we talk about improvements we can make to the Isle," he said. "I, as well as some of my friends, know some of the things wrong, but I for one would like to hear it from people who actually live there."
The rest of the Isle residents fixed their postures and looked up from their laps before looking at Ben, and giving him a nod to say thank you for changing the subject.
"Mal," Ben said, making her look up at him to give him her full attention. "Would you like to start?"
Mal took a deep breath before standing up from her seat.
"Okay…" she started. "Where do I begin?"
"Well, either the food, healthcare, schooling, the foundation of buildings, child care, electricity, running water, or the lack of it all," Evie said, shocking the entire council.
"What?" Adam asked in disbelief.
"You mean to tell me that you didn't know the conditions of the Isle?" Carlos asked from across the table.
All Adam could do was shake his head. He didn't know that the Isle was that bad. Yes, it was meant to be a prison, but once he and Belle found out that there were children on the Isle they changed how things were supposed to be running there.
"When Adam and I found out that there were children on the Isle… we tried to make things better. We never knew that the conditions were worse than when it was formed," Belle said.
"Well, that is why we are here," Mal said. "So, where do you want me to start?" Mal asked as she turned to Ben.
He looked up at her with wide eyes, before he took a deep breath of his own.
"Let's start off with the simpler fix of food," he said, making Mal nod her head.
"Okay," Mal said with a nod. "Guys," she said, making the other six residents look at her.
Each of them stood as Mal snapped her fingers, making thick folders appear in front of all of the council members in the room.
"Let's get started, shall we?"
"Okay," Mal said as she placed her hand on her hips. "I think that covers most of it," she stated before she looked around the room and saw all of the Auradon council members slouching in their chairs, still in disbelief after hearing about everything wrong with the Isle for three hours.
All of the Isle residents looked at the council with furrowed eyebrows. They all looked like someone had slapped them across their faces. They never knew the Isle was as bad as the seven had explained. There were some who were sitting there wide eyed, some were sitting there with their palm against their faces, and some with fingers knotted in their hair. Ben sat there slouching, looking at all of the papers that were in the folder in shock. About halfway through the meeting, when Evie was talking about the lack of child care on the Isle, Ben started to feel like he was being suffocated by his tie. He had taken off his jacket, placed it over the arm of his seat, and tried to untie his tie, but he couldn't. Mal had seen him struggling, and knew he was having one of his small panic attacks he had written to her about. She reached to help him, startling him in the process, but when he saw she was trying to help he let her untie his tie, and let him breath the much needed air that he needed. Mal wrapped his tie around her hand, and let him take the breaths he needed. When he looked up to meet her eyes, she gave him a small smile before returning her attention back to Evie, and not letting anyone notice Ben's struggle.
"Does anyone have any questions?" she asked.
No one said anything. The residents looked around the table waiting for someone to say something. Anything. Mal turned to Ben and saw him sitting there in a state of shock. She had told him that the Isle was bad, but with the amount of detail they had given it was only reasonable for them all to be in shock.
"Awww," she cooed, making Ben look up at her slowly. "You look almost a mess," she said. "Here. Let me help," she said before she tilted the crown on the top of his head, making him huff a laugh. "There now you look like a complete mess."
Ben smiled up at her and shook his head. "Thank you for that," he said, but Mal knew he was thanking her for earlier. "I for one," he said as he stood up from his seat. "Think that the Isle is a part of Auradon and deserves the same amount of respect we give every kingdom in this country."
"Well, no shit," Eugene said, making Rapunzel hit him over the head with her hand.
"I will gladly help with the food," Tiana said. "I had no clue that you were receiving our trash."
"Well, in everyone's defense," Mal said. "Ben didn't even know, and it technically wasn't trash. It was just old, moldy, or gross by the time it reached the Isle."
"So, either way," Anna said. "You all received trash."
"Fine," Jay said as he sat down. "We ate trash for mostly all of our lives."
"ALL of this will be rectified," Adam said as he stood up from his seat. "I…"
"Woah, dad," Ben said as he stood up. "Don't steal my spotlight," he said, making his dad laugh. "This is my show."
Everyone in the room sat up straight to give Ben their full attention, while the ones who were standing took their seats.
"Like I said at the beginning of this meeting," he said. "It's time for new beginnings, time for change, and time for forgiveness," he said, making everyone in the room smile. "I am going to be personally taking action in the upcoming changes of the Isle and if you would like to join me you can. I would love it if all of you would help, but I understand if you don't feel comfortable going over there."
"If I can, your majesty," Harry said as he raised his hand. "I don't think it's going to be as uncomfortable for the lot of the elders as you think," he said.
"Why?" Aladdin asked.
"Because a lot of your villains are dead," Mal said as she looked back at her hands, played with Ben's tie, and letting the room fall into dead silence.
Okay! Sorry to leave you on a cliffhanger there. I didn't want to put more into it, becasue this it wouldn't leave your guys wanting more... I know I'm horrible... but I hardly do that stuff...
Anyway... Please let me know what you think! I would really like to kow if you guys would want me to continue this story or if I should completely strash it... hopefully you guys like it!
Until next time my lovies! xoxo GM