Chapter Thirteen

Audrey POV

"Do you have any idea what you've done?" she yelled when the guard finally closed the door facing Chad, she was steaming with anger.

Chad, frightened, scramble up from the couch while I rolled my eyes, "Queen Leah!"

"I don't see what the big deal is?" I uttered flipping my hair walking to the table.

She turned back to look at me, "The big deal like I told you before is that now you are both fugitives!"

"We can still fix this?" was the only thing I spoke.

"That is not the point!" she said, "The point is that we had agreed on a plan that was flawless but you decided that you couldn't wait and now we have so far no way of fixing this?"

"Just tell the council to let us have a hearing, a vote on our punishment. You could say it was a joke"

"That's what you are not understanding Audrey" she took a deep breath "you know who are the monarchs in power right?"

"Isn't that the Beast family?" Chad piped out sitting next to me.

"Yes well, they all came to the conclusion that either the Charmington Kingdom or the Greystone Kingdom can decide or have a vote your fates."

"And that means?" I asked.

"That I can't be in the meetings about you both, which means I CAN'T HELP YOU" she moved to the table slamming her fist on the table.

"But granny you always help me" I stammer out, laying my hand on the table, feeling my throat close.

She took a deep breath, "The most I can do now is take you to the moors"

"Where?" I tremble out.

"It's the place beyond the thorn vines" a voice rang out.

"Grandpa" I couldn't help but utter with shock.

He had left just before those stupid VK's had arrived in Auradon and hadn't been back in a while, he said he was on a business trip, thank goodness he hadn't seen Ben break up with me, the shame it would have brought to him.

"Hello my little rose"

I ran to his open arms, "I missed you.."

"I missed you too." he pulled away "Now what is it that I'm hearing my granddaughter is a fugitive?"

"Well, your granddaughter took it into her own hands to send Mal back to the Isle" grammy cut in glaring at me.

"But that still doesn't explain to me why she's fugitive"
"She didn't tie up her loose ends"

"So will just help her..the evidence is being held at the council?"

"No we can't the King and his parents have all decided along with the rest of the council that we, Greystone and the Charmington kingdom can not interfere or be apart of their judgment."

He turned to look at me, "Well you did put yourself I'm a tough spot."

I bit my lower lip.

What the hell?

What was I supposed to do now?

I pouted, knitted my eyebrows together, "But-But you're still going to help me? Right?"

He placed a hand on my cheek, "Of course I will rose petal but first you must tell me what did you steal to frame that Fae's daughter?"

"What I stole, why" I uttered shocked

Why did he need to know it didn't work anyway

So what was the point?

"What did you steal?" He asked again

I stunted out before replying "the umm scepter of Maleficent and the magic mirror of the Evil Queen"

"Good" Was the only thing he said...

"Ummm how is that good."

He turned to look at me, "Because it means you know how to steal it"

"But grandpa they'll be more security this time" I whined, flipping my hair.

"You can do it again." Was the only thing he said.

Grammy got closer and pulled me next to her wrapping her arms around my shoulders, "No. No, she will not she could get caught, Stephan!"

He looked at her, giving her a reassuring look before responding, "No, she won't she's a smart girl"

She argued again, "Stephan be reasonable she's a fugitive!"

He placed a hand on her cheek, "Which is exactly Leah do you want her to be a fugitive forever?" Grammy didn't respond looking lost and out of options, so grandpa turned to look at me, "Listen to me… you have the opportunity to change that right now to be what we always wanted you to be...the queen" he gave me a questioning look "Don't you want to be queen?!"

I imagined myself alongside Ben wearing my crown and him wearing his, waving my hand down at our subjects from the balcony of the beast castle.

Watching Mal's face crumble when she sees an invitation to our wedding.

Being Ben's Queen, him declaring his undying love for me.

Us together announcing our first child to Auradon.

Securing my spot as Queen.

Our future filled with our 2 kids, a boy, and a girl.

Them viewing me as a hero for sending that fae back to where she belongs.

Being remembered as the wisest, most beautiful queen Auradon has ever seen.

"Yes" I uttered dazed with my dream just a hand away, that was my reality that Mal stole from me, and now I was going to fight to get it back.

My grandpa gave me a smile, "Than that's how we fix this whole mess" he turned to look at the cottage "But first we need to get you both to someplace safe"

"Let's go then" I smiled.

We packed, well Chad packed but same difference.

Once we were inside the limo nightfall fell. Grammy and Chad started to doze off. Grammy was sleeping like a queen perfect and beautiful, Chad, on the other hand, let out a snore every few minutes that sounded like a dying whale. I thought about why I choose to get rid of that Fae, the day everything just clicked.

It had been a few months after the Cotillion incident. I was ready to show Ben all that he was missing by making Mal his lady of the court. I should have been the one, after all, everyone knows that being Lady of the court is basically an engagement before the actual engagement. But it doesn't matter because he would still make me his Queen, after all, why wouldn't he? Walking through the doors of Auradon Prep again I saw everyone's eyes on me. As they always should have been, but sadly everyone had seemed to go blind after the ugh VK's arrived that they had forgotten about me. Especially after Mal gave everyone those new hairstyles with her gateway magic but after my return from the cottage (which btw, is the best place to relax after having the fae ruin my life) where my mother hid from her mother for 16 years, my luck was going to change.

I had after all gotten a new hairdo and new enchanting wardrobe. I had changed it from my boring but beautiful brunette hair to something edgier, after it seemed to work for Mal, I mean she has purple hair, PURPLE HAIR, and Ben seems to love it, so I decided to change it to a beautiful ombre hairdo with may natural brunette hair chaining to a hot bold pink, (I mean really what another color would I choose on top of it being my favorite color, it's my mom's signature color! And I am my mother's daughter). My outfit had changed into a pink punch, sleeveless lace dress with a tail along with a leather jacket and beautiful beige ankle strap pumps.

I was ready to take back what's mine.

Ben is mine.

That crown is mine.

I'm going to be the next queen, not Mal.

I gave small hellos walking in, fake compliments to people, after all if I'm going to be Queen I need everyone to like me and show that I can handle it, after all, we all can't be perfect I mean after the whole Mal not being able to handle the paparazzi, I think it just made everything clear that she can't handle being Ben's Queen. I walked up the stairs to Ben's dorm, hopefully, he's there.

I, after all, didn't have to deal with running into his roommate because he didn't have one. I mean thanks to my grandparents that saw my point of how terrible it would be to have a roommate, especially for him and me. We are the future rulers, we didn't need others snooping into our stuff. They, my grandparents had managed to convince the King, Ben's dad, that it would be better to have individual rooms for the royals and thankfully he saw the point and asked Fairy Godmother to have all royals have their own rooms unless they wanted to share, which for some reason many royals did. But whatever that didn't matter.

Noticing his door slightly open I smiled.

He's in there.

I walked closer to the door pausing to take a quick look at myself in the mirror next to his dorm. How could he resist me now? He would be a fool. I touched the doorknob ready to knock on the door when I heard his voice. It made my heart flutter. Just watch what you're missing now Ben. but don't worry I'll forgive you.

"I'm going to ask her," he said. "I just don't know when."

My pulse quickened.

"Well hopefully she says yes"

My throat closed.

"Shut up Jay, she'll say yes don't worry, she loves you"

He wouldn't.

"Yeah, Carlos is right, its true love. But do you have an idea?"

"Thanks, Dough..and no I don't" he took a long pause "I just want it to be right when I ask, I mean after the whole Uma drama I want to ask her when she's not feeling the pressure. Maybe at graduation?"

He's not going to.

They guys stayed quiet before Jay opened his mouth, "Why don't you ask her after graduation let her feel no pressure, and you can ask her where you guys first meet."

He won't.

"Yeah, you could also do it at the tourney field where you sang to her" Doug added.

He's mine.

"Or the enchanted lake, your first date?" Carlos said

He couldn't be.

"Ugh, I don't know? I just wanted to be perfect"

"How about this, you spend the day reliving the things you when you meet her and ask her" Doug added again.

He never would.

"That might actually be nice, meet at her at the entrance of Auradon Prep and ask her when we're at the Enchanted Lake"

He isn't.

"And for the day, why don't you ask her the day you meet?"

"That's perfect Carlos. I have time to prepare."

"Well, what's there to prepare its only one question will you marry me?"

He is.

The guy let out laughter continuing to tease Ben about the idea while I left.

She's going to be Queen.

His Queen.

I clenched my fist, Not if I can help it.

She will never be my Queen.

I'm supposed to be the Queen.

And my reign will be endless

"You want to Mal..it's finally my turn"

The whole ride my grandpa and I spend the time staring out the window lost in thought, the trees passing my made it seem like where flying. Did I think about our earlier conversation, steal those things again? Why? What does that do? They, after all, might be having more security after the stunt I pulled. But I mean why would they suspect someone in Auradon would have stolen those items after all this is Auradon, where life doesn't get any 'gooder' and where happily ever afters come true. Though not for everyone one. She stole my happy ending, and I was going to steal hers.

But why do we need that? Finally unable to hold it any longer I turned to my grandpa.

"Grandpa" I finally spoke, he turned to look at me, "Why do we need that stuff anyway"

"Well my beautiful rose petal we are going to use the mirror to find Mal's greatest enemy" he looked around before quietly staring, "Uma, the daughter of Ursula"


AHHHH I'm sorry I got sick last week.

I'll try to update again today.