Mal woke up in the morning feeling drained. She had strange dreams all night. Some were about Ben where they were at the lake that she first started dreaming of back on the Isle. But then she had some dreams about Solo, where she saw him in a forest with a brown haired girl with 3 buns in her hair as Solo held her in place with his powers. "The girl I heard so much about," Mal heard Solo say. She saw him wave his hand to make the girl fall unconscious as he carried her away bridal style through the forest as it burned with fire and Mal saw weird ships in the sky shooting down to the ground as she saw a dark skinned man, an old smuggler, and a giant furry thing shoot down men in white as a battle took place. She heard the three scream to the girl Solo was holding, but the sound was muffled. Mal saw Solo carry the girl into his ship as she looked down at the girl in his arms and felt that she was familiar to her. Suddenly the girl's features shifted so now the girl looked like her. Mal jumped back in fear as the dream faded and she woke up back in her dorm room. It was early morning and Evie was sitting up looking at her with concern. "Mal?" Evie asked. "Are you OK? You were tossing and turning a lot and you screamed before you woke up. Did you have a bad dream?" Mal shook her head and said, "I'm fine. I don't want to talk about it." She glared at Evie, who backed off and got out of bed to start getting ready for the day. Mal sighed and looked out the window. "Why am I still having dreams about Ben at that lake?" Mal wondered. "Is he going to take me there someday? And Solo. What was going on in that forest? Why did he take that girl to his ship? And who are those three that knew her but I couldn't hear what they were saying? And why did that girl's face suddenly look like me?" Huffing, she got out of bed and went to the closet, shoving down the dreams she had and tried to focus on starting the new day and hoping that her plan with Jane would happen. Although, she also wished that she would interact with Ben soon and hopefully not see Solo anytime soon.

Later, Ben was down on the Tourney field with Carlos. Ben told Chewie to stay in his room as Ben still remembered that Carlos was afraid of dogs. Ben was holding a clipboard with a whistle and timer and shouted, "OK. Carlos, we're gonna do some sprints. You ready?" Carlos nodded. But just as Ben was about to start the timer, he heard a dog barking. He looked up and saw Carlos running towards him with Dude, the campus dog, running after him. "No, wait!" Carlos shouted at the dog. Carlos ran past Ben and headed to the forest. Ben groaned and said, "Why do I have a feeling that Chewie let Dude out?" He ran after Carlos into the forest.

Carlos ran into the forest and started to climb a tree as Dude barked up at him. "No, stop!" Carlos shouted. "Carlos!" Ben shouted as he ran up to where Carlos and Dude were. "Ben?" Carlos shouted. "Ben, help me! This thing is a killer! He's gonna chase me down and rip out my throat. This is a vicious, rabid pack animal!" Ben picked Dude up and saw into his mind that confirmed that Chewie let the dog out as Chewie had heard Dude tell him in dog speak; Chewie can understand dogs but he doesn't speak the language, and Ben looked up at Carlos and asked, "Hey, I understand that you have a fear of dogs…" "You do?" Carlos asked. Ben nodded and asked, "But is this what your mother told you?" Carlos nodded and said, "She's a dog expert. A dog yellerer. Why are you holding him? He's gonna attack you!" Ben chuckled and said, "Carlos, you've never actually met a dog, have you?" "Of course not," Carlos answered. "Like you said, I'm afraid of dogs. Have been my whole life."

Ben sighed and said, "Well, just let me introduce you to this one and we'll go from there, OK?" Carlos meekly nodded and Ben said, "Dude, meet Carlos. Carlos, this is Dude. He's the campus mutt." Ben was trying to mentally encourage Carlos to come down as Carlos said, "He doesn't look like a vicious, rabid pack animal." Carlos slowly got down and walked to Ben with Dude in his arms and said, "Jeez. You're a good boy, aren't you?" Carlos carefully put his hand on Dude and started to pet him. Ben smiled and carefully handed Dude to Carlos who took him with ease. "Would you look at that?" Ben thought to himself. "Carlos is getting over his fear of dogs. He seems to be clicking with Dude." He looked at Carlos and said, "I guess you guys have it pretty rough on the Isle." Ben already knew that personally, but he wanted to hear it from Carlos directly. Carlos looked up and said, "Yeah, let's just say we don't get a lot of belly rubs." Ben nodded. Then he got an idea and said, "You know, Dude doesn't have a guardian to look after him. People volunteer here and there but I think he needs an official guardian. Would you like the job?" Carlos looked up at Ben with wide eyes. Then he looked down at Dude who looked at him with puppy dog eyes. Carlos smiled and said, "Yeah. I would like that." Ben smiled and said, "Listen, I'm gonna give you two some space, yeah? You guys get to know each other and just, you know, come find me when you're done, OK?" Carlos nodded and Ben walked away, looking back every so often and seeing the happy look on Carlos' face as he sat and petted Dude. "Got one set on the right path," Ben thought to himself. "Hopefully I can help the others, too."

Over at the Tourney field, Evie met up with Chad under the Tourney bleachers. Chad looked at her and said, "Is everybody at home as pretty as you?" Evie blushed and said, "I like to think I'm the fairest of them all. How many rooms do you have in your castle?" Chad chuckled and said, "Too many to count. You really nailed that chemistry problem yesterday. You're gonna have all the nerds in love with you." Evie chuckled and said, "I'm not that smart." Chad huffed and said, "Oh, come on." "No, really, I"m not," Evie retorted, not wanting to look like a brainy girl in front of Chad. "But I'm really good and sewing and cooking and cleaning. You know, like your mother, Cinderella. Without the ratty dress." Evie then decided on something and pulled out her Magic Mirror and said, "See this? If I ask it where something is, it tells me." "Are you kidding me?" He took it and asked, "Where's my cell phone?" Nothing happened as Evie said, "It won't work for you, silly." Chad shrugged and said, "No biggie. My dad will just get me a new one." Evie nodded and said, "Prince Charming. Cinderella. Fairy Godmother. Hey, I heard her wand is in some boring museum. Do they always leave it there?" Evie tried leaning in for a kiss, but Chad backed away and said, "I'd really like to talk, but I'm just swamped. Unless, if you could knock all my homework out along with yours, then maybe we could get together sometime, hang." He handed her his book bag, which she took gleefully and said, "OK." Chad flashed his signature smile and said, "Thanks, babe." Chad walked away as Evie waved bye.

Suddenly Doug appeared above her in the bleachers and said, "I couldn't help but overhear…" Evie looked up and said, "Are you stalking me?" "Technically, yes," Doug said, swinging down and walked up to her. "I, too, have a fascination with Fairy Godmother's wand. Which is another reason I am looking forward to the coronation. Perhaps we could sit next to each other and discuss its attributes." Evie realized what he said and asked, "Are you saying they use it in the coronation?" Doug nodded and said, "Yes. One of the only times anyone is allowed to do magic anymore. And I am asking you out." Evie smiled, then walked away.

Doug leaned on the side of the bleachers and sighed. "Rough luck?" Ben said as he was walking towards Doug. "Yeah," Doug said. "I tried to ask her to your coronation, but she didn't reply. I think she's too hung up with Chad." "She's gonna get her heart broken," Ben said. He then got an idea of how to help Evie find the right path and said, "Hey, Doug. I bet if you stick with her, you could help her out and maybe she'll finally see that you like her." "Really?" Doug asked with Ben nodding. "Then I will. But I still need a date to the coronation. I know you already are going with Audrey." "Actually," Ben said. "I haven't asked her. I have to officially ask the person to be my date to the coronation in front of witnesses. I haven't found the right time to do so." Doug thought for a moment and said, "Why not at the Tourney game this Saturday? There will be a ton of witnesses there." Ben thought about it and said, "Yes, there would be. That's a great idea, Doug. You're the man." Doug shrugged as both boys walked back toward the school.

The next day, Mal and Evie were in their dorm room with Jane, who walked up to Mal and said, "Mom said, "If a boy can't see the beauty within, then he's not worth it." Can you believe it? What world does she live in?" "Auradon," Mal answered as she was sketching in her sketchbook. She was actually liking the art class that Ben signed her up for. She smiled to herself thinking about the prince as Evie held up a dress she was working on and asked, "Mal, do you like?" Mal looked up and said, "Yeah. It's cute. It brings out your eyes." "I know," Evie said. Jane meanwhile was still venting and said, "I'll never get a boyfriend." "Boyfriends are overrated," Mal said, just to cover up her feelings for Ben. Jane sat on the bed and thought about the boy she saw in Remedial Goodness class a few days ago, Carlos. She felt a little spark when her eyes landed on his, but her self-doubts kept getting in the way. Evie huffed at Mal and said, "And how would you know, Mal? You've never had one." Mal realized that Evie was right. Some boys back on the Isle tried to ask her out, mainly because she was one of the top dogs on the Isle, but Mal rejected all of them. She thought that maybe because deep down, she wanted an actual connection with someone, like the one she felt with Ben. But Mal looked at Evie and lied, "It's because I don't need one, E. They're a waste of time." Evie then gasped and said, "I forgot to do Chad's homework!" She got up and ran to grab his book bag as Mal retorted, "And that is exactly what I mean."

Suddenly someone knocked on the door and in walked Lonnie. "Hey, Jane! I thought I would find you in here. Oh, where are my manners? I'm Lonnie. My mom's Mulan? No? Anyways, I love what you've done with Jane's hair. Even though I keep telling Jane that she is fine with the way she is, I guess giving her a new hairstyle might help her. And it looks cool. And I know you hate us, but do you think you could do mine?" Mal looked at Lonnie and asked, "Why would I do that for you? Aren't you against magic like many people here?" Lonnie shrugged and said, "Not really. I don't agree with that law. Jane said you were nice and Ben trusts you. So that means I trust you. Plus, I'll pay $50." "Good answer," Evie said taking Lonnie's money. "I need to buy more material. Let's see, I'm thinking, we lose the bangs, maybe some layers, and some highlights." "Yeah, yeah," Lonnie said. "I want it cool. Like Mal's." "Really," Evie said. "The split ends, too?" Mal glared at Evie while getting her spell book and chanted, "Beware, forswear, replace the old with cool hair." Mal waved her finger and the spell was complete. Lonnie went to the mirror to admire her new hair. Evie sighed and said, "I know. I know. It looks like a mop on your head. You know what? Let's cut if off. Layer it…" "No, no, no, no, no!" Lonnie interrupted. "I love it." "You do?" Evie asked. "It's just…." Lonnie said as she reached down and ripped her skirt. "Now I'm cool. Cooler I guess." "Like ice," Mal said. Jane walked to the mirror and ripped her skirt as well. But then she gasped, "What did I just do? Mom's gonna kill me!"

The next day, the afternoon before the Tourney game on Saturday, Jay was sitting in the bleachers with Coach Jenkins who was telling him, "I could really use a tough guy like you. The team's a bunch of princes, if you know what I mean. Except Prince Ben. He reminds me a lot of you in a way." "You're telling me," Jay agreed, as he has come to respect Ben. "Where I come from, it's "Prepare to die, sucker!" As my father says, "The only way to win is to make sure everyone else loses! You rip…"" Coach Jenkins calmed Jay down and said, "Jay! Let me explain a team. It's like a family." Jay huffed and said, "You do not want to be at my house at dinner time." Coach Jenkins sighed and said, "OK. You know how a body has a lot of different parts? The legs, elbows, ears. But they all need each other. Well, that's what a team is. Different players who work together to win. Make any sense?" Jay thought about it then asked, "Can I be the fist?" Coach Jenkins sighed, then chuckled as he pulled out a jersey and showed it to Jay, showing him that his name was on it.

Jay put it on and ran all the way back to the dorm. He didn't notice that Chewie was following him. Jay ran all the way to Mal and Evie's dorm room and opened the door, letting himself in. He didn't close the door as he walked in and showed off his new jersey. Carlos whistled and said, "Nice!" Jay looked down at Carlos with Dude and said, "Still keeping the dog?" Carlos nodded and said, "Yeah. I'm his official guardian on campus. Thanks to Ben." "Yeah," Jay said. "Ben's cool. I appreciate a guy like him, I guess."

Suddenly they heard a bark at the open door. All four looked over and saw Chewie standing there at the door as he walked in and his tail hit the open door and closed it. Carlos looked a little scared, but then Dude got up and trotted over to him and happily wagged his tail. Carlos smirked and said, "I guess this is a friend of Dude's." Mal looked at the massive dog and thought, "I wonder whose dog that is. I sense something familiar about him though. His fur reminds me of that big furry thing from my dream the other night."

Evie got up to pet Chewie as Jay walked over to Mal and asked, "Did you plan work with Jane? Are you going over to see the wand?" Mal sighed and said, "Do you think that I would be going through every single spell in this book if I hadn't completely struck out?" Mal was frustrated. It seemed that plan after plan was failing. She suddenly thought about Solo and wondered if he interfered with her plan with Jane somehow. But part of her was secretly happy as well since she still felt conflicted about whether to get the wand or not. "Someone's in a bad mood," Carlos said. "My mom's counting on me!" Mal retorted, trying to cover up her conflict like always. "I can't let her down!" She flicked Carlos on the head while Jay said, "We can do this. If we stick together." Everyone looked at each other as Mal said, "And we won't go back until we do." Although she secretly didn't want to go back. She would rather stay here so that she could get to know Ben more. But she had to convince her gang that she was fully in with the plan and said, "Because we're rotten." "To the core," everyone else finished. Chewie tilted his head, knowing that they were still trying to steal the wand, hence why he followed Jay. Evie then said, "Oh, yeah. I found out that Fairy Godmother blesses Ben with the wand at coronation as one of the very few times magic is allowed and we all get to go. I have nothing to wear, of course." Mal looked up at Evie, realizing what she said.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Mal was still looking at Evie who asked, "What?" "Hold that thought," Mal said as she got up to open the door. Ben was on the other side and said, "Hey, Mal. Oh, and everyone. I wanted to ask if any of you have seen….Chewie!" The large dog barked and ran up to Ben as the tall prince bent down to pet his dog. "He's yours?" Mal asked. Ben nodded and said, "His name is Chewbacca, or Chewie for short. I've had him for about 10 years now. He saved me from a bandit and my dad let me keep him. He's a good protection dog. I guess he wanted to hang out with Dude. I am sorry if he bothered any of you." "Chewbacca," Mal thought. "Why does that name sound familiar?" But she shook her head and said, "No. He's been fine with us. No problem." Ben smiled and said, "I also was wondering if you had any questions or anything that you needed." Mal looked into Ben's eyes and she felt their spark glow in warmth. She refocused herself and said, "Not that I know of." Ben nodded and said, "OK. All right. Well, thanks for taking care of Chewie. If you need anything, just…" "Oh. Wait!" Mal shouted out, stopping Ben from leaving. "Um, is it true that we all get to go to your coronation?" Ben nodded and said, "Yeah, the whole school goes." "Wow," Mal said. "That is beyond exciting. Do you think it's a possibility that the four of us could stand in the front row, next to the Fairy Godmother, just so we could soak up all that goodness?" Ben knew why they were asking, but decided to play along and answered, "I wish you could. Up front it's just me, my folks, and my date." "And your date?" Mal asked. "So Audrey." "Actually," Ben said. "Just date for right now since I haven't officially asked her yet. A lot is going on and I was hoping that…" "OK, thanks, bye," Mal interrupted as she closed the door in Ben's face. The prince sighed and looked down at Chewie and whispered, "Let's get back to my room. You can tell me what you heard there." Chewie nodded and the prince and the dog walked away.

Mal turned to her gang and said, "I think it's time that Bennyboo got himself a new girlfriend that he would be so eager to invite to the coronation. So, I need a love spell." Carlos tossed her the book and she looked through it, trying to find a love spell. "This could actually work out to my advantage," Mal thought. "I want to get to know him better, especially since I need to figure out his connection to Solo, and I will be able to get close to the wand. Plus, if he's not going to act on this connection we have, then I will."

Ben got back to his room and said, "OK, Chewie. What did you hear?" Chewie barked several times as Ben translated in his head. "So, they are still trying to figure out how to get the wand. But they don't seem fully into the plan as they did when they got here. That's good to hear. Being here in Auradon and helping them find the right path is working. Mal still felt conflicted though when I talked to her and sensed her during that conversation. She feels that spark that we have and is debating whether to act upon it. It's making the light in her try to balance out the darkness. Awesome. But when I told her about my date to the coronation, it seemed that she was developing a plan. Chewie, I think I need to shadow them tonight. See what they are up to." Chewie barked once as Ben said, "Don't worry. This time, I don't want them to see me. I can be stealthy." Chewie tilted his head as if to say, "Really?" Ben huffed and said, "Hey. Have some faith in me."

Later that night, the Core 4 were in the kitchen making the Love Spell recipe in the form of cookies as Mal was reading out, "All right. It says that we still need one tear, and I never cry." That statement was false as Mal cried when she was alone in her house feeling lonely. Carlos was sitting on the counter with Dude and said, "Let's chop up some onions." "No," Mal said. "It says that we need one tear of human sadness. And this love potion gets the best reviews, so we have to follow it exactly." "A tear's a tear," Jay said. "That's not true, Jay," Evie interrupted. "They both have antibodies and enzymes, but an emotional tear has more protein-based hormones than a reflex tear." Mal beamed at Evie and said, "Listen to you." "Yeah, I knew that," Jay said. "Did not," Carlos retorted.

Mal was mixing the ingredients as the door opened and Lonnie walked through and said, "There you are, Mal! I was looking for you. You know, all the girls want you to do their hair! Even the spoiled princesses who don't need it, in my opinion. Midnight snack, huh? Whatcha guys making?" "Nothing special," Mal said. "Just cookies." Lonnie stuck a finger in and licked it, despite the Core 4 shouting at her to stop. Lonnie looked at them and said, "What? I'm not gonna double dip." "Feel anything?" Evie asked. "Yeah," Mal agreed. "Like maybe it might be missing something?" Jay walked forward and flirted, "Hey there." Lonnie shrugged and said, "It could use some chips." She walked away as Jay asked, "Chips?" Mal sighed and said, "And those are?" "Chocolate chips," Lonnie said, pulling some out and handing them to Evie. "Just the most important food group. Wait, didn't your moms ever make you guys, like, chocolate chip cookies. Like when you're feeling sad, and they're fresh from the oven, with a big old glass of milk and she just makes you laugh and puts everything into perspective and…" She stopped and saw the confused looks on the VKs' faces. "Why are you all looking at me like that?" Mal shrugged and answered, "It's just different where we're from." "Yeah, I know," Lonnie said. "I just, you know, I thought, even villains love their kids. Oh. How awful." She shed a tear as she put her hand on Mal's, who looked up with sadness in her eyes, wishing her mother loved her, but then she saw the tear on Lonnie's cheek and swiped it and threw it into the bowl and said, "Yeah, well, big bummer, but we have to get these into the oven, so thank you so much for coming by. Really, really have a good night. I'll see you tomorrow. Evil dreams." Lonnie waved goodbye and left the kitchen. "OK," Mal said. "Boys, cookie sheet. Evie, oven."

As the Core 4 were working, they didn't notice Ben, or rather Solo, hiding in the shadows of the kitchen. He hummed to himself as he phased out of the kitchen and back to his room. He stood next to his bed where his body was sleeping and said, "So, Mal's making a love potion? So that I can "fall in love" with her so that I can ask her as my date to the coronation? Interesting." Suddenly Han's Force spirit appeared next to him and said, "Kid, don't you have to ask Audrey? Since she's your betrothed and all?" "Nope," Solo said. "It doesn't state that my date has to be betrothed, engaged, married, or whatever to me. Just a date." Han chuckled and said, "OK. But won't the love potion not work on you? Even your new body is immune to magic like your spirit is." "True," Solo said as he took off his helmet. "But maybe I could use the love potion as a way to spend more time with Mal. Since she will think I'm in love with her thanks to the spell. And I can use that to officially invite her during the game tomorrow, since I have a hunch that she will want me to ingest that love potion sooner rather than later. Plus, I heard her thoughts. Part of her wants to make a move on me since I haven't yet." "Doesn't she know that you're betrothed?" Han asked. "Actually, no," Solo said. "No one on the Isle was told. And I guess I didn't want the Core 4 to know. I don't want that to hold me back from building upon my connection with Mal. I want her to see past the prince and just see me. Like I was to just see her for who she is. And I am." Han sighed and said, "Just be careful, Ben. Audrey is probably going to throw a fit and tell her family. And I bet your new parents aren't going to be thrilled that you are going to invite the daughter of Auradon's most hated villain." Ben sighed and said, "You're right, Dad. But if Mal and I develop our connection into love, then the contract will break. And my parents will back off. Audrey and her folks, I haven't gotten that far yet." "Just remember not to rush it," Han said. "Trust me, it took ages for your mother to give into my affections." Solo chuckled and said, "Dad. Really?" Han smirked and said, "Hey, I'm just saying you have the Solo gene that works every time. Just don't blow it." Han then disappeared as Solo sighed and said, "Well, I should call it a night. Tomorrow is going to be interesting." He then closed his eyes and concentrated his energy. He then merged back into his sleeping body, ready for morning to come.