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As always...

*I DO NOT OWN DESCENDANTS*

WARNING FOR SWEARING!


(MAL'S POV)

My alarm woke me up. I saw the open my eyes, leading the sun, coming through the curtains hit my face. I slowly raised my arms but felt something holding my left arm down. I looked down and saw Ben cuddling next to my stomach. His head was lying on my chest and his hand was resting on my stomach. I smile down at my sleeping boyfriend. I felt like last night was the first time I didn't have a nightmare, but I must have if he came into my room in the middle of the night. I brush my fingers through his hair, making him stir.

"Good morning," he said as he lifted his head to look at me.

"Good morning, to you too," I told him with a small smile. "Did I have a nightmare?" I asked

"Not that I know of," he said as he rolled over and stretched.

"Then why did you sneak into my bed?" I asked.

He stopped, rolled over, and looked at me. "I just wanted to cuddle you," he said with a smile.

"What time did you come in here!" I asked, turning to my side so that I was facing him.

"I actually never left you," he said, making me look at him and confused. "You fell asleep while we were watching the movie. I carried you up here, put you in bed, went to brush my teeth, and then came back here to be with you."

"Oh," I said. "So, you didn't sneak in here," I said, making him shake his head at me.

I looked at him and smiled. I never knew I could love someone this much. Then made me so happy and I never want to lose him.

"Well, I didn't have any nightmares last night," I told him.

"Is that why you asked?"

I nodded my head. "Yeah. I don't remember having them like I normally would. I didn't wake up screaming, and you said you didn't know if I had one, which you would have known, because I would have screamed and tossed and turned," I explained. "So, I assume that last night was the first night since the incident where I didn't have one," I told him with a smile.

"That's great!" he said as he wrapped his arms around my waist and rolled us over so that he was now on top of me.

He stared down at me and smiled. He leaned down and crushed his lips to mine. We continued kissing until someone knocked on the door.

"Gosh," Ben said with a groan, making me laugh. "I swear there is always someone trying to interrupt us," he said as he rolled off the bed and walked to the door.

"There you are," Belle said to Ben before she pushed past him and walked over to me. "How are you feeling, sweetheart?" Belle said as she sat down next to me and stroked my hair.

"I'm okay right now," I told her.

"Do you have any morning sickness?" She asked.

I shook my head. Of course, Belle would ask me if I was okay. After yesterday, I'm surprised she didn't crawl into bed with Ben and me after he fell asleep.

"Good," she said with a smile. "I know you are scared about this whole thing, but I want you to know you can always come to me if you need me," she told me. "I know your mom isn't always going to be right here when you need her, and I also know she is always a call away, but you can come to me too. I will always be here for you and Ben," she said with a smile.

"Thank you, Belle," I said as I sat up and gave her a hug.

"You are family," she told me. "I know we say this all the time, but you don't have to thank us for wanting to be there for you," she said.

I chuckled as we broke our hug. I looked at her and nodded my head, making her smile.

"Well, the two of you better hurry. Your mother will be back soon and breakfast will be ready soon," she told us.

"Okay, mom. We'll be down in a bit," Ben told her, making us look at her.

"Ben, Bubsy. Maybe you should invest in some pajamas," she told him as she pointed to his outfit consisting of only boxers. "It's not like you're hard on money," she told him with a laugh, making me laugh as well.

Ben stood there in trying to hold in his laughter while Belle walked out of the room. I sat up and stretched before getting out of bed.

"We better get ready," I told Ben, making him look at me as he flopped back down in my bed. "Or you could just go back to bed," I said with a chuckle.

"I vote for option two, and I think you should join me," he said with my favorite crooked smile and holding his hand out for me.

I leaned on the bed and smiled. "As much as I would love to stay and cuddle with you all day, we have to get ready," I told him, making him groan.

"Okay, voice of reason," he said as he rolled back off the bed and walked toward the door. "I'll be back in 45 minutes," he said as he gave me a kiss, walked out of the door, and closed it behind him.

I sighed as I headed to my bathroom. Today may be stressful, with the whole Ariana sending my boyfriend nude photos of her. I didn't know what I was going to do when I saw her, but I knew I was going to have my friends and family there to have my back.


"Mal? Babe?" I heard Ben call from my room.

I was in my bathroom, finishing up my makeup. "I'm in here," I called.

The door to my bathroom opened, and I turned to see Ben standing there, looking at me. He was wearing a pair of dark blue dress pants, a white dress shirt with the two buttons undone on the top, a pair of black dress shoes, and a matching black belt.

"Well, don't you look kingly," I said with a giggle.

"Well, that is literally my job," he said as she stalked over to where I was standing.

He wrapped his arms around my waist with his hands landing right on my stomach. He moved his thumb, brushing my stomach and making me smile.

"You're going to be doing that a lot, aren't you?" I asked, making him nod as he put his head in the crook of my neck.

"Yeah," he said, "You may get annoyed with it though," he said.

"If it's you, our family, or friends, no. But random people will lose their fingers," I told him, making him laugh.

"Are you ready?" he asked.

I looked down at what I was wearing and shook my head. "Did you want me to go in my bathrobe?" I asked sarcastically.

"No," he said, shaking his head and letting go of my waist. "I'll wait for you, while you change," he said as he took my hand and led me out of the bathroom.

I walked into the closet and quickly changed into one of the dresses Evie made me that wasn't purple. It was a floral print, half sleeve, a-line, skater elegant maxi dress. It was navy blue with pretty flower designs on it. I slipped on a pair of brown strappy heels and walked out of the closet. I saw Ben was trying to clasp on his watch, but he looked like he was having trouble.

"Do you need help?" I asked, making him aware I was ready.

He looked up at me and his eyes widened.

"Wow," he said as he accidentally dropped his watch in shock. "You look beautiful," he said as he walked toward me.

I shook my head, walked past him, and picked up his watch. He turned to look at me to see what I was doing. I picked up his watch and walked back over to him.

"I shouldn't drop your things like that, Ben," I said as I clasped the watch on his wrist. "You don't want them to break now, do you?" I asked.

He gave me a smirk and pressed his lips against mine.

"Are you ready?" He asked.

I nodded my head. He took my hand, and we walked out of my room hand in hand. We walked downstairs just as my mom arrived.

"Hey, Mally," my mom said as she gave me a hug. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, mom," I told her.

She smiled and nodded her head. I knew she was asking about my morning sickness like Belle did this morning, and I couldn't help but feel loved. We walked into the dining hall and everyone was already seated.

"Where's Audrey?" I asked as Ben and I sat down.

"She wasn't in her guest room when we went to wake her up," Jordan said. "Then we texted her, and she said she was already at school to get her dorm ready for when her parents and grandparents arrived."

"Oh. Um. Okay," I said. "What time do we have to leave?" I asked.

"We should probably head over there after breakfast," Ben said as he started to eat.

"Yeah, we still have to meet up with our parents," Aziz said.

"We will all head over when we are done eating. We want to make sure that you are there before your parents get there, so you have time to clean up your dorms and change if you want to," Belle said.

"True," my mom said. "I have seen Mal and Evie's dorm, but I have yet to see Jay and Carlos'," she said, making Jay and Carlos snap their heads up to look at her.

They looked at each other and then back to my mom, who just raised an eyebrow at them.

"Well, this was a lovely breakfast," Jay said as he stood up, pulling Carlos up with him. "But, we forgot we had made plans to go for a run today," he said.

"When did you plan…" Lonnie started, but Jay and Carlos ran out of the dining hall and toward the front door, making all of us laugh.

"I'm guessing they planned it now," Adam said with a laugh.


When we got to campus, everyone went off on their own. Ben, Evie, Belle, Adam, my mom, and I all walked to the third floor of the dormitory where our dorms were. We walked to Ben's dorm, and I told Belle, Adam, and him we would meet with them soon. We walked into Evie's and I dorm and I couldn't help but get the feeling of sadness overcoming me because of the last thoughts I had while I was in this room.

"Don't start," Evie said as she walked up to me. "I know what you're thinking and you need to stop because it didn't happen. And it never is going to happen."

"She's right, Mally," my mom said if she walked up to Evie and I. "Belle told me she came here when everyone was trying to find you and she told me what she found," she said, making me frown. "Nothing like that is ever going to happen again. No one is going to let it and neither are you, do you understand me?" She asked as she took my face into her hands.

"I know, mom," I said. "I'm just upset because I even thought of doing it," I admitted.

"It's in the past," she told me. "Never to be thought of again. All that matters now is you, your family, your friends, finishing school, Ben, your baby, and you," she told me.

I nodded my head as I wrapped my arms around Evie and her. We heard the door open, but we didn't break apart. I felt two others wrap their arms around us and when I looked up; I saw Jay and Carlos.

"I don't know why we are hugging, but I'm cool with it," Jay said, making us laugh.

"So," my mom said as she broke the hug. "Am I allowed to see your dorm now?" She asked the boys.

They both nodded eagerly, and we all left our dorm to head to the boys.


We showed my mom all around campus to show her all the activities that we were involved in. Jay was excited to show her the championship trophy that they won for tourney. Carlos was excited to show her how much he improved in his tech abilities. Evie was excited to show her all the designs that she did in the fashion and design classroom. My mom had told her she was going to buy Evie a bunch of fabric so that she could start making more designs. When we got to the art room, it surprised me to see Ben standing there with his parents and some of our friends and their families.

"What are you doing here?" I asked as I walked up to him.

He smiled down at me. "Well, our parents only have one or two kids to check on and walk around with. Your mom has four," he said.

"Just more of them to love," my mom said.

"FG is about to start her speech and is just waiting on almost half the parents to finish walking around," he told me.

"Okay. Should we head over there now?" I asked.

"We can," Ben said as he grabbed my hand. "Aziz and Ryder were trying to find Audrey before we came over here," he said.

"Have they found her?" Evie asked.

"Probably not, considering they dragged Jordan and Chad to help them," Jane said.

"I don't think they are looking that hard, because in all honesty, how hard is it to find a family of pink?" Lonnie asked, making all of us laugh.

"Alright. Let's go see if we can assist them, in any way, that they aren't looking for her," I said as I led everyone out of the art room still holding Ben's hand.

We walked down through the hallways of the school, then we heard a loud scream. I let go of Ben's hand and ran toward the scream.

"Mal! Wait!" I heard my family and friends yell, but I kept running toward the scream.

I ran and ran until I turned down a hallway that some lockers were and froze at what I saw. Ariana was standing there in shock, looking at all the photos she sent Ben last night, plastered all over the lockers.

"Holy shit," Ben whispered behind me.

Everyone around Ariana was staring at the pictures and whispering. Probably about either who did this, who she sent them to, and why she took the pictures. Audrey's parents were standing behind her in shock, but Audrey wasn't with them. Ariana ran to rip the pictures off the locker, but it looked like they were glued on.

"I guess we know why Audrey left early," Lonnie said as she came up to my side.

"Did she make more copies and then glue them?" Jay asked.

I looked at them and shrugged. "I don't know," I said.

"YOU!" I heard Ariana scream as she stomped toward us. "You did this!" she exclaimed in my face.

Ben tried to get in between us, but I moved in front of him.

"No, I didn't," I bluntly said.

"Shut the fuck up you slut! Yes, you did!" she exclaimed.

I heard two sets of growls, and I knew they were from Ben and Adam. I saw Jay and Carlos walking around Lonnie and Jane to come to my side, but I shook my head, making them stop.

"I didn't do this," I said, pointing to the lockers.

"I have no doubt in my mind that you would do this, evil spawn," Leah said as she walked up behind Ariana.

"Lady Leah!" Ben exclaimed. "My girlfriend said she didn't do this and I know she didn't!" He exclaimed in the former queen's face.

"And how would you know, your majesty," she said in a taunting voice.

"Because, Lady Mal, was with me and her friends all night and this morning," he said as he crossed his arms over his chest. "So, I suggest you point fingers at someone else," he told her.

He was about to turn slightly to me but turned back around to both Ariana and Leah.

"Why are you blaming Mal, Ariana?" Ben asked as he looked at her.

Ariana froze. We never said that she had sent them to Ben, so I see what he was doing here. He was trying to embarrass her for her actions.

"How would she have gotten her hands on these pictures?" he asked.

She looked at him and squinted her eyes. She knew what he was doing, and she knew she couldn't hide the fact that she fucked up in blaming me.

"I would like an answer to that question," King Phillip said as he walked up behind his niece.

"Phillip…" Leah started but was cut off by King Phillip.

"I am talking to MY niece, Leah. Not you," he said, turning back to Ariana.

"Um… I…" Ariana stumbled.

"Do you want me or you to tell them?" Audrey said as she walked through the crowd of students around the lockers, with Aziz, Ryder, Chad, and Jordan behind her. They walked by the locker and couldn't help but gape with their mouths open at what Audrey did. "Or we could have Ben and Mal tell them," she said with a fake tight smile.

"You did this?" Ariana asked in disbelief as she slowly gaped at Audrey.

Audrey nodded her head, "Yes, I did," she said, making everyone gasp. "You needed to learn a lesson here," she said.

"Audrey…" Queen Aurora said in disbelief. "Why would you do this?" she asked.

"Do you want to tell them how I got these?" Audrey asked Ariana.

"Ariana Rose. How did Audrey get these and why did you take them?" Phillip asked.

Ariana looked at her uncle in horror.

"Phillip, honestly," Leah said, making Phillip turn to her. "Do you honestly think Ariana would do something so vial?" She asked. "The slut probably conjured up these pictures to make a fool of Ariana," she said.

My mom pushed past all of us, walked up to Leah, and slapped her across the face.

"If you ever call my daughter a slut again, I will do so much worse than slap you," my mom hissed through her teeth.

"And need I remind you, Leah," Belle said as she walked up next to my mom. "You may be a Lady, but Mal has a higher ranking of Lady that you ever will," she stated, making Leah roll her eyes.

"I don't know why you would roll your eyes, Leah," Ben said. "You should roll your eyes at Ariana for what she did. This could be taken to the council and she could be arrested for unlawful seduction," Ben finished, making Ariana pale.

"Unlawful seduction?" King Hubert asked, walking up behind Ariana.

"Yes, papa," Audrey said.

"You fucking bitch," Ariana said as she dove at Audrey.

Audrey and Ariana rolled on the floor, trying to get the upper hand on each other. I stomped over to pull them apart, but someone pulled my hair, making me fall back to the floor.

"Leah! Get the fuck off her!" Ben yelled as he pushed Leah off of me and scooped me up in his arms. "Are you okay?" he asked in a panic.

I knew he meant me and the baby because he wasn't close enough to see if Leah had hit my body. I nodded my head, letting him know that both of us were okay. I saw my mom walk toward Leah, but I grabbed her arm, making her stay next to me.

"Mom," I said, making her turn to me.

She turned to me, and I could see the fury in her eyes. I shook my head, making her take a deep breath before wrapping her arms around me. I looked over at my friends and saw Jay, Carlos, and Evie being held by their significant others. I pulled away from my mom and turned to see King Stefan holding Leah from charging at me. Audrey was being pulled off of Ariana by her father and Jordan was trying to keep Aziz, Ryder, and Chad down. King Hubert pulled Ariana up by her arm and held it tight.

"That is enough!" we heard, making all of us freeze.

We turned to see my uncle walking toward us with Hercules, Meg, Herkie, Haley, and a tall slender woman walking behind him.

"What is going on here and why is my niece being attacked?" he asked with a boom in his voice.

"Do you not see what that thing did?!" Leah exclaimed. "And that Audrey is taking the blame for it is appalling and stupid of her!"

"Why don't we move to my office…" FG started.

Zeus clapped his hands together. A loud thunderous clap and a bright light engulfed us all. When we opened our eyes, we were back at Auradon castle, in a meeting room that I have never been in and it wasn't just us; it looked like the entire council was here.

"I am sorry your majesty," Zeus said as he turned to Ben and me. "I didn't know what else to do and I feel that this should be dealt with by the council since no one wants to deal with this like proper royals."

Ben shook his head but kept his arms wrapped tightly around me. "No, you are right. This needs to be dealt with, and I am sorry to the rest of you and for taking you away from your children at school," he said as he let me go and turned to the rest of the council members. "I know most, if not all of you, were at the school, but if we could get everyone caught up on what happened I would like to get this resolved so that we could continue the rest of the day," he said. "I am sick and tired of having these kinds of council meetings."

I looked around the room and saw my Auradon friends, their parents, my siblings, council members that were at the school, and council members who were not at the school. Half of their faces looked confused and I am assuming it is because they didn't see the pictures, and I was a little relieved about it. I locked eyes with Ariel and Eric and they gave me a kind and small smile.

"If everyone could please sit," Ben said as he pulled out my chair.

I sat down and looked all around the room. I saw that Phillip and Aurora sat between Audrey and Ariana, with Leah sitting by Ariana and King Hubert and King Stefan were sitting next to Audrey. My siblings and the rest of my friends sat in chairs that were along the wall. In all honesty, I hope this wouldn't take long, but knowing what families it involves, it may take longer than we all hoped. I looked away from my family and friends and looked around the table. Faces of confusion, anger, and shock were all that was there.

"What's going on?" Queen Elsa said as she walked over to her sister and brother-in-law. "Why have you brought all of us here?"

"King Ben didn't bring you all here," Zeus said. "I did. I came with my family today and when we got here, the first thing I saw was my niece being slapped across her face by a former queen," he said as he glared at Leah.

"We will get to that," Ben said as he stood up. "First, we need to get a hold of Hades, because he is the last of the council that is missing," he said as he turned on the big flat screen in front of the table and connected his phone.

I waved my hand and conjured all the pictures from the lockers. I saw everyone look at me as I piled them up into a pile and placed them face down on the table. I didn't tell anyone I was going to do it, but I saw FG nod her thanks to me. Ben called my dad and when he appeared on the screen, he groaned.

"What in the underworld happened now?" He asked.

"I'm sorry to be bothering you, brother," Zeus said. "This is my doing."

"You would only do this for only one reason. So, which family member was harmed?" He asked.

No one said anything. My dad stared at the screen, waiting for someone to say anything to him to let him know what the hell was going on. I was getting ready to stand up, but my mom and Belle stood at the same time.

"It was Mal, Lord Drakos," Belle said, making my dad growl.

It looked like he was scanning the room with his eyes until he froze.

"I swear, Leah! What the fuck is your problem?!" He said in a booming voice.

"I don't have to answer to you. I was protecting my granddaughter," she scoffed.

Granddaughter? Not granddaughters. Did she mean Audrey or Ariana?

"Your spawn put scandalous pictures of my granddaughter all over the locker of Auradon Prep," she said, making the remaining council members gasp. "We should send her back to that waste of a space island that should be 20 leagues under the sea," she added.

"Leah!" Ben yelled, getting up from his seat. "Lady Mal did not do that!" He roared. "And you have no say in anything that the council decides, remember?" he said, baring his teeth.

I stood, placing my hand on Ben's upper arm, to calm him down when my mom spoke up.

"Hey, bitch!" She exclaimed, making everyone gasp. "Call my daughter one more fucking name and I'll show you what real magic looks like," my mom hissed through her teeth and making her eyes glow.

Leah paled at the threat.

"Damn, babe," my dad said, making my mom smile and wink at him.

"Ew," Meg said, making my dad roll his eyes and laugh.

"I'm sorry," King Phillip interrupted. "Can we proceed with the meeting?" He asked.

"Yes," Ben said. "Of course."

Ben explained what had happened from when we turned the corner of the school and saw Ariana screaming.

"Okay," Hades said. "So, why is the former queen of not beauty blaming my Mal if Audrey said she was the one to do it?" He asked.

"That is where we left off," Ben said, looking at Ariana. "Why did you blame Mal? And how would she have gotten her hands on these pictures?" He said as he placed his finger on the pile of pictures in front of us.

"Like she did when she used her magic to bring them here!" She exclaimed.

"How would she know about them?" Audrey asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Why the hell are we beating around the bush here?" Ryder asked, making everyone look at him. "Ben, just tell everyone!" He exclaimed.

"What?" Belle asked.

Ben took a deep breath in and let it out slowly.

"Ever since the trial with Trevor, Ariana had been making advances toward me, trying to turn my head," he said.

"Ariana!" Phillip exclaimed.

"Phillip, honestly…"

"Leah, for once in your life. Shut up," he said, turning toward her. "Ariana is MY niece. I am her guardian. Not you!" He exclaimed. "You have no say in what goes on in her life," he said.

"She is my…"

"No!" Phillip exclaimed. "I don't care what you have to say in the matter! I promised my sister on her deathbed that I would take care of Ariana for the rest of her life. Her father died before she was born and my sister died at childbirth! I am thankful for you treating her like you did Audrey, but you do not get to defend her for the actions that she does," he stated with a huff. "I am sorry, your majesty," he said as he turned to Ben. "Please proceed," he said as he sat down.

Ben nodded his head and took another breath. "I have been telling Ariana for the past two months to stop making advances toward me, but she never does," he said.

I could tell that he was feeling really uncomfortable about sharing all of this. I don't know if it was because he was King and didn't want to appear he couldn't handle a situation like this, or if he was embarrassed because now it was him being harassed.

"It started with small things," he said. "She would bump into me on campus, then she would be by my locker, then she would come to my office, then she tried holding my hand around campus and through the halls," he said.

"And where was your consort during all of this?" Leah asked as she glared at me.

"Mal had other things going on in her life, and I wasn't going to bother her with something stupid and Ariana's crush on me," Ben snapped back at Leah.

Leah rolled her eyes at Ben. I honestly don't know what goes through her mind that makes her think she outranks everyone.

"Anyway," Ben said, gaining everyone's attention back to him. "I told Ariana that she needed to stop, and for obvious reasons," he said as he took a glance at me. "She continued to make her intentions known," he said.

"How, your majesty?" Phillip asked, looking at his niece.

"I can tell you, but I don't know if you, or Ariana, want to have the information out in the open," Ben answered.

"It's fine," he said as Ariana turned to look at him in shock. "I want to know," he finished.

"Very well," Ben sighed. "I would find her in my office, sitting on top of my desk, she would make many comments about sexual activities she would like to do with me, and then Aziz, Ryder, and I found her in my dorm room, laying in my bed in lingerie," he finished, making everyone gasp.

"Is this true, Ariana?" Aurora asked. "Did you do all of that?"

Ariana said nothing and didn't move a muscle. Aurora pushed herself out of her seat and over to where Ben and I were sitting, making me look up at her.

"May I have those, please?" Aurora asked me.

I quickly nodded my head and gave her the stack of pictures. She smiled at me before walking back over to her seat, but instead of sitting down, she slammed the stack in front of Ariana.

"How did Audrey get a hold of these?" she asked and received no answer. "King Ben?" she called, making Ben give her his full attention. "Did Ariana give these to you?" she asked.

I looked at Ben and saw that he was nodding his head, making the council gasp.

"That is why you were blaming Mal?" Phillip asked, getting out of his chair. "Because you thought she got mad or jealous of you sending scandalous pictures to her boyfriend?" he asked.

Ariana looked up at her uncle and aunt with hot tears in her eyes.

"I know she did it," she stated as she got up from her seat to turn and look at me. "I don't know why Audrey would take the blame for it, but I know it was her doing," she snapped. "She is just as evil as her mother!"

I have had it with people comparing me and Maleficent. I stood from my chair and slammed my hand on the table.

"Would you be referring to the mother that raised me to be the respectful and intelligent person I am today?" I asked, making Ariana glare at me. "Or were you referring to the mother that physically, mentally, emotionally, and psychologically abused me since the age of 3?" I asked. "I am sorry that your mother died and that you never met her, but you have a lovely family and I don't understand why you are following in Leah's footsteps," I told her. "I have no doubt in my mind that Aurora and Phillip treated you as their own daughter, just like they did Audrey, and you are lucky to have the life you have had."

"Mal…" I heard Carlos say, making me turn to him.

I saw my siblings staring at me with sympathetic looks on their faces. They knew where I was going to go with this, and they knew it may be hard for some people to hear.

"You want to talk about evil?" I asked, turning back to Ariana. "How about the fact that almost half the children born on the Isle don't make it past the age of 3 because there is a lack of food? With adding that half of those parents didn't care about their children from the beginning," I continued. "Evie," I said, turning to my best friend. "How many parents actually care about their children on the Isle?" I asked.

"Oh. Um…" she stuttered. "Well, there is your dad," she said, looking up at the screen and smiling at my dad, who returned the smile. "My mom, Jafar, Cruella, though she does to a point," she said, giving Carlos a tight smile. "Anastasia Tremaine, Dr. Fecilier, Captain Hook, Ursula, and Gaston. Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head," she said.

"Gaston has children?" Adam asked.

I nodded my head.

"They're not the brightest bunch," my dad said, gaining everyone's attention. "But, Gaston taught his children the proper way to treat people," he added.

"What?" Belle asked.

"A lot of the villains have changed after having children," I said. "Gaston has 4 children, Gaston Jr, Gaston the Third, Gil, and Genevieve. He was pompous and arrogant until they were born," I told them. "He may have done a 180 turn when the boys were born, but he did a complete 360 when he held that baby girl in arms for the first time," I said with a smile.

"That's true. That man has changed a lot from the ass he used to be," my mom said.

"Really?" Adam asked.

"Yes," I said, walking over to him. "I never told you this, but he said he was sorry to the both of you," I said, taking Belle's hand into mine. "He said he was sorry to you, Belle, because he didn't treat you like the smart, independent, and beautiful person who you are," I said, making her tilt her head at me. "And he said he was sorry to you too, Adam, not only for stabbing you but for not remembering who his friend was behind the spell. After he was brought back and he saw yours and Belle's face plastered all over the Isle, he put two and two together," I finished.

"What the hell does this have to do with what happened today?" Leah barked.

"I believe Lady Mal was informing us of how VILLAINS are better people than some ROYALS in Auradon," Ben said as he gave me a proud smile.

I knew I went on a small tangent, but I also knew Ben would understand where I was coming from with this.

"I have a question," my dad said.

"Yes, Lord Drakos," Ben said.

"Why is it that you, Leah, can and fight to call Ariana her granddaughter when she's technically not by blood, but YOU insist on insinuating that my wife is mot Mal's mother?" he asked.

"Because Ariana is a princess and deserves to have the same love as everyone here in Auradon," she said, smiling down at Ariana.

"So, what I am hearing is that because Mal is from the Isle she doesn't deserve the love of a wonderful mother?" he asked.

"She is a VILLIAN! No villain deserves love!" she exclaimed. "They should be dead!"

"Should I be dead?" Adam said as he stood from his seat. "I was a villain in my tale," he said. "I held my father-in-law hostage. I held my wife hostage. I was a monster. Should I be on the Isle or dead?" he asked.

The room fell silent. No one knew what to say. Plus, no one expected Adam to say any of those things.

"Well?"

"No, your majesty. I don't think that," Leah said.

"Why not?"

"Because you were a prince. A royal…" she started.

"A royal who was arrogant, selfish, mean, horrible, and evil towards others," he countered. "Are you saying that kings, queens, princes, and princesses should get a slap on the wrist for being evil and horrible?" he asked.

Wow…

"I want a list," Ben whispered into my ear, I turned and looked at him in confusion, because I didn't know what he was talking about. "I want a list of all the VKs and a list of all the parents who have changed," he said with a smile. "You are the only person I trust to do this with me," he said, making me smile and nod at him.

I thought about everyone on the Isle with careful consideration and I knew I was going to need Evie, Jay, and Carlos' input on this. Screaming and shouting brought me out of my own thoughts. I saw that almost half the council was screaming and shouting at one another.

"ENOUGH!" Zeus shouted, making everyone freeze and stop talking. "This meeting is about the actions that were performed today! Not the slander of royals and those on the Isle!" he exclaimed. "Though I do not want to hear any more slander about my niece! Do I make myself clear?" he asked as he glared at Leah and Ariana.

They both rolled their eyes. I knew there was never going to be an end to their tyrant.

"Now, I want the truth out and I want it out now!" He demanded. "I want to know who really put these photos up and I want this settled," he said as he sat back down in his seat.

"Oh, my Zeus!" Audrey yelled. "I. DID. IT." she stated slowly.

she threw her head back in frustration and then snapped it back up.

"Ben," Audrey called, making everyone turn to her. "Doesn't every room in the castle except for bedrooms and bathrooms have cameras recording at all times?" she asked with a smug grin.

I had completely forgotten that the castle was loaded with cameras. They were everywhere, except for the bedrooms, bathrooms, and Ben had the ones taken out of my art room. I looked at Ben and saw he was matching Audrey's grin.

"Yes, there are," he said. "So, why don't we look at the camera footage from last night," he said as he pulled his phone out. "I'll just screen share it so that Hades can see what happened last night as well," he said.

"What the hell is screen sharing?" my dad asked.

Ben shook his head and laughed. "It's better if you just see what it is instead of me trying to explain what it is," he said before the screen changed and a video of the girls running up the stairs and Evie chasing them, yelling 'nothing with lace and satin', appeared on the screen.

A couple of seconds later we saw the guys dash upstairs. A couple of minutes later Ben and I appeared in the hall hand in hand. The video continued with Lumiere telling Ben about the package he left on Ben's desk. Ben switched the recording to the one in his office and then he pressed play. It continued to show Ben and I walking into his office and him opening up the manila envelope. I saw Ariana's family, but Leah shook their heads at her. The video started to go faster, and I turned to see Ben forwarding the video.

"I am fast-forwarding the video, because Mal, Lady Persephone, and I had a private video call with Lord Hades," he said to explain why he was doing it.

He kept fast-forwarding until my mom walked out of the office.

"So, are you going to open that envelope from your admirer?" I heard my on-screen self say.

The recording went on with Ben whining because he didn't want to open it to the comment I made about Trevor. I glanced toward Ariel and Eric and saw the sad faces that they made at the mention of their son. Soon the small shouting match between Ben and I was shown, making me hate that this was being shown to the council, but it had to be done. At this point in the video, our friends walked into the office.

"Yeah. We can hear you from the third floor," on-screen Jordan said as she appeared on the screen.

"Ben…" Jane said, making Ben and I look at her. "You may want to stop the video," she said.

Ben and I were confused at first, but then we realized what she meant.

"Turn it off. Turn it off. Turn it off," I said as Ben tried to end the screen share.

"I'm trying," he said.

I knew he was trying, and he was doing all he could to stop it, but the video continued. I saw that most everyone was looking at us like we were crazy.

"Fuck! Where is the remote?" he said as he stood up and tried to look for the tv remote.

I looked up at the screen and saw that Jay was stalking toward me. Fuck!

"Ben. Turn it off," I said.

He ran to the screen and tried to turn it off by the buttons on the side.

"Hey! Don't touch my girlfriend. She's pregnant, remember?" on-screen Ben said.

My whole body went cold. I saw Ben freeze and snap his head at me. He was just as terrified as I was.

"You're pregnant?" I heard Ariel said, making me look at her.

I felt like my throat was closing, and I managed to nod my head.

"We are not talking about this now," Ben said as he walked over to me. "We need to handle what we came here to discuss and maybe, if Mal is willing to, we can discuss this," he said as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Trying to hide your slut from us, King Ben?" Leah said in a snarky tone.

"Guards!"

Three guards barged through the doors not 3 seconds later.

"Yes, your majesty."

"Please take Lady Leah and hold her in another room, until her family goes and retrieves her," Ben said as he straightened the cuffs of his shirt. "I'll be adding additional hours of community service, another public apology, and you are no longer allowed to attend royal functions. Have a good rest of your day," he said with a tight smile as they dragged Leah out of the room. "Does anyone else have anything to say?" He asked.

Everyone in the room shook their heads. I have never seen Ben be this authoritative.

"Great. Let's move on," he said as he sat down and took my hand in his. "The video clearly shows that Mal and myself tried to hide the pictures, so that is the end of putting the blame on her," he said, glaring at Ariana. "As for Ariana, I am not going to charge you for unlawful seduction, unless you continue your unwanted actions," Ben stated.

"Thank you, your majesty," Phillip said. "She will not be doing any more of that, you have my word," he said.

"Thank you. I will let FG handle the punishments," Ben said as he sat down.

FG looked at him in shock, as did everyone else.

"Me, King Ben?" she asked.

"Yes, the acts were done at your school. I am giving you the ropes here," he said.

"Oh, okay," she said as she stood up. "Well then, I will suggest that both the girls receive two weeks of detention," she said.

"What?!" Ariana exclaimed. "That's not fair! Audrey was the one to put those pictures up! Not me!"

"I understand that Ariana, and she would have been the only one with the punishment if you didn't attack her," FG retorted, making Ariana gape at her and Audrey smirk. "If you want to fight with me on this, I will gladly give you the entire punishment of four weeks, if that's what you wish," she said.

Ariana huffed and slouched in her hair.

"That is a fair punishment, Ariana," King Hubert said, making his granddaughter look at him. "One I think is too fair. I would be thankful that King Ben didn't charge you," he finished.

"Okay, now that that is done with, I want to apologize again for taking you away from your families, children, or important activities you were in the middle of. Zeus," Ben said, gesturing to Zeus. "If you would please?" asked.

"I'm sorry, but can we talk about Lady Mal?" Ariel said, interrupting Ben.

I looked at her and saw she was looking back at me with this gleam in her eyes. I heard Ben clear his throat and he squeezed my hand.

"Maybe today has been too eventful…" my mom said as she put her hand on my arm.

"No," I said, cutting her off. "We were going to have to tell the council soon anyway," I said as I stood up. "Yes, I am pregnant. I found out yesterday," I told the council.

"How far along are you?" Queen Ana asked.

"I'm 4 weeks along," I said.

I heard a gasp and when I looked I saw Ariel covering her mouth.

"I'm going to be a grandma?" Ariel asked.

I didn't know what to tell her. How could I tell her that the baby might not be Trevor's and even if they were biologically his, that Ben was going to be their father?

"Well, that is where there is a compilation," Ben said.

He looked at me and gave my hand a squeeze. I knew he was going to take the lead on this because he didn't want me to be stressed.

"Mal and I don't know if the baby is biologically Trevor's or mine," Ben said.

"Were you and lady Mal not using protection?" Ariel asked.

There was grumbling coming from every which way. My friends, family, and some other council members seemed to think the question was inappropriate.

"I think that is a highly inappropriate and personal question, but yes, Mal and I did use protection," Ben said.

"Then the baby is Trevor's," Ariel said, holding her hands out.

"If we can all recall what the results were of the DNA matches from a sample extracted from Mal," Belle said, speaking up for the first time in a while. "It came back as both Trevor's and Ben's DNA," she stated.

"But what are the chances that the baby is actually his majesties," Ariel retorted. "No offense, but in all seriousness. I believe Lady Mal is pregnant with my grandchild," she said.

I heard a growl coming from two sides of me. I looked and saw Adam with his jaw tightened, and I turned to Ben and found him in the same state.

"She is pregnant with MY grandbaby," Belle said as she started to lose her temper.

"If no one knows who the baby's father is, how can you say that they are your grandchild?" Ariel asked.

"Because I am the baby's father, no matter what any DNA test says," Ben said. "Just like we stated earlier. DNA doesn't make a parent," he said.

Everyone looked at Ben in shock.

"Why is everyone looking at him like that?" Audrey asked, getting up from her seat and walking over to Ben and I. "Did you honestly expect him to leave her?"

"No, Audrey," my uncle said. "Hera told us she was pregnant after I brought everyone here," he said. "I saw how protective everyone had gotten of Mal at the school, and now I understand why," he said.

"How…" I started.

"She is the goddess of marriage and the life of women," my mom said. "She saw the glow of life surrounding you," she said.

I looked at the woman I didn't know earlier and smiled. She returned the smile and nodded her head.

"Great!" Audrey said.

"What do you mean 'great'?" Ariana said. "Ben is ruining his life by taking that bastard child."

Bastard child?

"Who in the fuck do you think you are?" Jordan said as she started to storm toward the table with her fist up in the air.

"What? I'm right! Mal has ruined Ben's life! Ever since she came off that fucking trash mass!" She shouted.

"Ariana!" Ben exclaimed, making Ariana suck her lips in. "You have no fucking right or say in what goes on in my life or anyone else's life," Ben said. "Do I make myself clear? Mal and OUR baby mean everything to me!"

Ariana sake in her chair at the tone in Ben's voice. I stood and turned him so that he was looking at me. I took his face in my hands and I could feel him shaking.

"Your majesty," Saltina Jasmine said, making Ben turn his head to her. "No one is telling you what you are doing is wrong," she said with a kind smile.

"Yeah," Queen Rapunzel said. "It's actually amazing. That baby is yours no matter what. And no one can take that away from you," she said.

"Thank you," Ben responded. "That means the world to me," he said.

"Are you going to find out who the baby's father is?" Ariel asked.

"I am their father," Ben said through his teeth.

"I'm sorry for making you angry, your majesty, but if the baby is biologically Trevor's, then they can take the throne of Atlantica," she said.

"They will be the next heir to the United States of Auradon," Ben said. "They are my child. Not Trevor's. I am sorry that he made the decision he did. I wish they never happened because they caused my girlfriend so much pain, but no matter what any DNA test says, they are mine."

"But they would be the next heir to Atlantica," Ariel said.

"Ariel," Eric said, making his wife turn to him. "This would be the same situation we were in. Trevor was not biological ours and he was going to take our throne. If Mal's baby is biological Trevor's, and King Ben is going to raise them then they would be the next heir to Auradon." He explained.

"But…"

"How would you feel if they told us that Trevor couldn't be our heir because he wasn't biologically ours?" He asked.

Ariel sighed. I felt sorry for her. It wasn't her fault for what happened. She loved Trevor so much, and he ruined everything for what he did.

"Are you going to get a paternity test done?" Ariel asked.

I looked back up at Ben because that was something he needed to decide as well.

"I told Mal that it was up to her if she wanted to get a paternity test or not," Ben said as he looked down at me with a smile.

I looked up at him and saw in his hazel-green eyes that he meant what he said. He wouldn't leave me if the baby wasn't his. He wanted the baby just as much as I did.

I smiled up at him and nodded. "Yeah," I said. "I want to know. I want you to know," I told him. "I know you said that it didn't matter, but I want you to know if they are yours biologically," I told him.

"Fine," he said with a smile. "We'll find out," he said as he kissed the top of my head.

"When will you let us know when you find out?" Ariel asked.

"Of course," I said.

"Okay," Ben said. "Again. I want to thank you all and apologize for this inconvenience," he said. "Zeus. If you would please?" Ben asked.

Zeus stood up and clapped his hands, and a bright light blinded all of us. When the light fades all that was in the room was my Auradon friends, their parents, my Olympus family, my siblings, my mom, Belle, Adam, Ben, and I.

"Mal," Hera said as she walked up to me.

I turned to look at her and she took my hands into hers.

"I know I just met you today, and I am sorry we didn't get to meet earlier," she told me.

"It's okay," I told her, making her smile at me.

"I want to give you something," she said. "But only if you want it," she said, confusing me.

"Oh. What is it?" I asked.

She looked at my mom, my dad, the rest of my family, and then back to me.

"Do you want to know who the baby's biological father is right now?"

I stared at her in shock. "What?"


Okay, my lovies.

So, did we like the little backstory of Ariana's parents? I feel like, with these added characters from the books, we don't get a real grasp on how they are related to the other royals.

I really hope you liked this chapter! Please let me know what you think!

I'll be working on Neighbors soon! More than 1 chapter!

Until next time my lovies! xoxo GM