Hey guys, welcome back to this story! I know this probably doesn't mean anything to you guys, but I just would like to explain myself slightly. Moving forward what I would like to do (not saying that this is going to work) is that I am going to work on this main story in between my other stories on this page. So, if my plan works it will mean that this story will get more attention between working through the other series, I really hoped that make sense.

I also hope that this will also explain why chapters for this main story are probably coming to you earlier as my new plan has given me a renewed energy to carry on. I will admit that I did hit a slump on this story when I was working on 'Eye of the Snowstorm' and I will tell you for why.

I actually have 'drafted' around 23 chapters (this may go up and down during editing) for this main story (and before you ask, I am not going to post them all at once). I am trying to get back to what it was like when I first started this whole journey by posting around ten chapters in one go (which may also go up or down during editing). I don't know why but it feels right and writing the latter half of those chapters I did struggle a little bit, but I managed to find my way. I also believe having chapters already drafted in the background will hopefully help to move this story on a bit faster and with my creativity and I do feel a bit more settled at the fact that I am building chapters up behind the scenes.

I would also like to point out that there are some events that are coming up in this main series that I am aware are not going to happen in the Descendantsverse. But they are going to happen in mine, as a certain series of ideas came to me and I wanted to see where I could go with them. If I am being completely honest with you these next batch of chapters wasn't something that I ever intended to put into my series but when I started writing these chapters, it just came to me, and I loved what I was coming up with.

Sorry for the waffle, I just like to explain why I do things to you. I know some of you probably don't read this, which is fine but for those who do read this - a very big thank you! I don't think there is anything else to say to you apart from I look very much forward to see what you think of these chapters - as they will always hold a very special place in my heart. RSD xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo.

*Mal's POV*

When I woke up in the morning, I couldn't stop a smile spread across my lips as I rolled onto my back from my left-hand side. I couldn't help but start to think about everything that happened last night, yes, I did talk everything thought with Ben, but I couldn't help but still feel a little bit unsettled by it. However, this unsettlement was subsiding when I started to think about the conversation that I had shared with my beloved Beast before we both fell asleep.

Yes, it did take me off guard when he moved back into his parent's suite, but I understood why he had done it. I would feel the same way, I don't think I could have slept in our suite without Ben. It would have upset me profoundly and I don't know how I would have felt when we were allowed to spend time alone together and share a bed once more. It may have tarnished both of our feelings about spending time in our suite together as it might make us remember this time of separation. This is why I completely understood Ben's actions and now that the initial shock of him doing this was over, I felt that this was the right thing for Ben to do. Yes, it is not going to be easy being on my own in the right suite, but I felt fine to do this. I didn't want to give Leah and her so called order any more reasons to try and pull me apart. I also didn't see this like the punishment that Leah or Aphrodite probably thought it was going to be. I was going to prove them and anyone else that has ever doubted me that they were wrong. I was going to marry Ben, be his Queen and give him the children that he needed. I am the only woman for Ben, and nothing will stop me from being by his side. If it comes to the fact that I have to wait until our wedding night before I could spend the night with Ben, then this is what I will do. Ben has been and always will be worth it.

I then started to think about the fact that Ben can now sense the Dragon side of me and to be honest it only made me feel even closer to Ben – if that was even possible! It just showed me and him what we already knew – he is my other half. He is the other part of me, and the fact that we have this even closer bond that I never knew existed meant a great deal for me. Ben gave me what no one else could, not even my parents, a place in the world. Yes, I was born to be evil. Heck! I was born to be the evillest, I was born to fight against Ben not fall in love with him. But I fully believed that this was meant to be my path, me and Ben were meant to meet each other and fall in love with each other. If Ben didn't bring me to Auradon I really didn't know how I would have met him any other way, there was no way that I currently knew of that would have meant that I would have broken out of the Isle and lead the fight against Auradon. But even if I did, I don't know how love would have ever come into the equation. But saying that when I left Auradon for the first time I would never think in my wildest dreams that me and being in love would ever being in the same sentence, never mind become a reality.

I quickly pushed this train of thought away, I didn't want to think about the things that I would have done to Adam, Belle and Ben if I had the chance to. I was a completely different person when I came from Auradon, and I was eternally grateful that I wasn't that person anymore. Ben had shown me that there was another way for me to live, and I knew that I had made the right decision.

When my mind wanted back onto Ben a smile started to spread across my face as I started to remember my late-night conversation with my Beast last night. He was so sweet and reassuringly last night but saying that Ben always is. I guess that is another thing that I love about him, in ways we are both similar but in parts we are so different. Yes, my personality has shifted since arriving here, but I think I understand love and being good so much better – even though it is still a learning curve at times even to this day. I think why me and Ben work so much is because we both have two sides to each other – Dragon and Beast. We both have light and dark sides but we both accept each other wholeheartedly. Other people may think changing into a Beast or Dragon is a bad thing but not for me and Ben, this is the way we are – and something that made me, and Ben work the way we did. And I would never want to change a thing – ever!

I loved the fact that me and Ben had been able to find a way to find some solace and reassurance in our current situation. Yes, I knew that we both would prefer to be actually lying in the same bed together, but I knew that we were finding some peace by being able to talk on a night time. I would dread to think how much communication me and Ben were going to have if we told we weren't allowed to facetime but saying that I don't think anyone could do anything about it. It wasn't if we were doing anything wrong, well. Saying that probably to some people they thought we were doing something wrong, but after everything that has happened recently, I was past caring what other people thought. Especially when it came to me, Ben and/or our relationship.

I heard Ben grunt in his sleep which made me break from my clouded train of thoughts and look over to my phone to see him still happily sleeping, which only made my smile grow bigger. I still couldn't believe how much I loved him and that he was mine. I couldn't wait to marry him so then we could finally start to live our lives together. Yes, if Ben could get rid of this proposition from over our heads, we could start to live our lives together, but being married would always be different. It meant that we would be bound together permanently, no matter what anyone said or done.

After watching him for a few seconds I rolled back onto my left-hand side, and I sighed happily as I continued to watch my perfect Beast sleeping. When I heard him start to growl in his sleep once more, I giggle quietly, I loved that sound, and I knew that I would never grow tired of it. My eyes tiredly swept over to my bedside clock that was in my eye shot behind my phone and I saw that it wouldn't be very long before Ben would wake up. So, I decided to just lie and wait for Ben to wake up – my new favourite morning show.

It was around twenty minutes later when I started to hear Ben's growling start to lessen, which made a smile spread across my face as I knew that he would be waking up very shortly. True to form I watched as he readjusted in bed slightly before his eyes slowly and tiredly opened before a small smile spread across his face when he noticed that I was already awake and watching him.

"Morning" he yawned as he rolled onto his back, and he stretched his full body.

"Morning" I answered back as I pulled my bed covers back up to my jaw.

"So how long have you been perving on me then?" he teased as he rolled back onto his right-hand side.

"Hey!" I exclaimed as I pretended to look hurt. "It's not called perving Ben" I quickly added as I started to feel playful. "If you think it is perving Ben then we don't have to face time like this" I advised as I threw him a serious look.

"I never said that Mally" he grinned at me which made another smile break out across my face. "My very playful Dragon" he purred.

"I was only teasing you" I sang teasingly.

"I know" he nodded, which made me smirk at him for a few seconds before I spoke once more.

"And to answer your question around twenty minutes maybe half an hour" I advised.

"Ok" he said. "So not long then" he added.

"Nah!" I stated as I pulled a cheeky face at him.

"I wish you were here with me" he sighed sadly.

"Me too" I agreed as I sadly pursed my lips together. "But hopefully it will get better" I added. "Then we can share a bed" I offered.

"Yes" he grinned. "I can't wait" he winked at me.

"Let me guess- "I began playfully. "So, you can perve on me?" I sang teasingly once more.

"I don't see it as perving Mal" he replied.

"I know" I nodded. "But I know what you mean" I continued.

"At least we could cuddle" he offered hopefully. "I miss your cuddles" he advised sadly.

"I cuddle you every opportunity I get Ben" I implored.

"Yeah" he nodded. "But cuddles in bed are different" he stated defending himself. Of course, I knew what he meant cuddles in bed were different for many reasons. First of all, they felt never ending, I loved falling asleep cuddled into him. It was so perfect, I loved being in my Beast's arms and when I was in his arms, I never wanted it to end. But unfortunately for the pair of us time was never on our side. Cuddles in bed was also different for another reason, they often lead to something else – which I would never get sick of either. I loved being intimate with Ben, and I knew that me and Ben would never be able to get enough of each other.

"Yes" I nodded. "Yes, they are" I agreed. "Because they normally lead to something else" I winked at him.

"Yes" he smirked. "In our case" he continued. "However- "he began which made me pull one brow up at him. "I was more thinking of they are longer and uninterrupted" he clarified.

"Yeah" I replied. "Can't wait for that" I grinned.

"Me neither" he grinned back.

"So, I think I can guess what you and your father will be doing today- "I stated changing the subject before things could get out of hand.

"Yeah" he said as he pulled a disgruntled face. "On top of everything else" he advised before he pursed his lips together.

"Yeah" I repeated. I really did feel sorry for Ben, due to what has recently happened with the trial, the proposition and ending the tour early it meant that a lot of work had been added to Ben's already busy workload. I know knew that due to the outcome of the tour he was now going to get weekly reports on the members of the order, and he now had to battle on to try and see if there was a way forward with this proposition mess – apart from actually following it.

"So, what are you going to do today?" he asked breaking me out of my train of thought, obviously trying to change the subject.

"Well, I was actually thinking about possibly going to buy some more musical instruments" I advised.

"Why?" he questioned.

"Something to pass the time" I shrugged. "Anyway- "I added. "I enjoy learning the guitar and I think it makes it easier to learn other instruments" I explained.

"So, the right wing is definitely becoming you little home" he teased.

"Yeah" I nodded. "It's going to be good" I stated. I wanted Ben to feel like that I was ok living in the right-wing on my own, mostly because this was the truth. But I also didn't want him to worry about it, of course I knew that he was going to anyway but anything I could do to try, and help would make it easier for the pair of us. "Do you know if your mother has anything planned today?" I questioned.

"Not that I know of" he replied. "I know she doesn't have any meetings as we are currently still technically meant to be on the tour" he continued. "And with the trial just finishing I don't think she will book any Queen Elder meetings for a few weeks" he confirmed.

"I see" I noted.

"Why?" he asked. "Did you want her to go with you?" he quickly added.

"Yeah" I stated. "Maybe Evie too, if she isn't too busy" I decided. "I just hope we don't run into the press again" I sighed sadly before I pursed my lips together.

"Me neither!" he exclaimed. "But we both know that it is a possibility" he continued. "But I think with what happened the other day I don't think they will be so- "he added. "Eager" he decided on.

"I hope so" I agreed. "Anyway- "I began, and I watched as he sweetly smiled at me. "I don't think your mother or Evie will let me out of their sight anyway" I advised.

"Yep" he grinned happily. "And neither with Jeffrey" he continued as his grin got larger.

"Yeah" I agreed. "Neither with Jeffrey" I repeated. I still found it strange that I had a bodyguard and my own team of security. Yes, when I was in college and school, I was aware that a security team roamed the school and college grounds, but I guessed that I was so used to them being there for Ben. I never expected that it would be the same for me, but now that we had left college Ben had told me that the more serious our relationship got the tighter my security team would be. This was such a foreign area for me, but I do know one thing I was glad that Jeffrey jumped in with Stanley not so long ago. I also knew that it was going to reassure Ben knowing that Jeffrey and his team was going to be with me, especially as with what happened with the press recently.

"I'll ask your mother over breakfast" I decided as I started to feel playful again. "Benny?" I sang suggestively.

"Mally?" he sang back in the same tone.

"Since you can now sense me- "I began, and I watched as his eyes lit up at this.

"Yeah?" he asked slowly.

"What am I feeling now?" I grinned at him, and we both fell into silence for a few seconds before Ben spoke once more.

"You are happy" he chuckled.

"Yep" I giggled back as I sensed the Beast side of Ben start to purr happily. "And so is my Beast" I stated happily as I started imagining Ben wagging his tail and purring at me.

"Yep" he replied mimicking me which made us both giggle at each other for a few seconds. We both continued to talk aimlessly about what we had planned for our days until we both had to go and get ready, part of me didn't want this perfect bubble in time to ever end. Yes, things could be better, I wanted to be with Ben but the arrangement we had found was enough for now. But I did know one thing though – Lucifer help me and Ben when we eventually allowed to share a bed – because we were definitely going to make up for lost time.