The second last class of the day had just ended, Mal dashed to her locker too get the books she needed for her next class so when it ended, she could get straight to practice being a lady of the court. She looked at the picture of her and Ben from family day. That day was a bad memory but the picture of her and Ben was too nice to not hang up. She smiled at Ben in the picture, then she sighed feeling exhausted. She closed her locker, and where the picture was now stood the real Ben smiling at his girlfriend. They greeted each other affectionately.

"I have a little surprise for you" Ben told her.

Mal looked at her surprised "Really? That's like every day now"

"every other day. The even dates. Because you're even more perfect than I thought" Ben flirted.

"That's me, I am perfect" She joked.

"Come on let me spoil you, you didn't have a lot growing up" Ben said then covered her eyes and walked her to her surprise. Ben pulled his hands away and Mal looked at her new purple scooter. Mal smiled ecstatic.

"I had Hugh make it, so you know the craftsmanship's good. Do you like it?" Ben asked.

"Does an ogre like cheese puffs? It's amazing. It's purple" she smiled "I didn't get you anything"

"You're taking me on a picnic with all my favourite foods remember" Said Ben.

"That's Thursday" Mal said

"It is Thursday" Ben corrected her.

"No it's not" Mal said sure she was right.

Ben took out his phone to show her the date. Mal's face dropped when she saw the date, and she began to fill with panic.

"I knew that, I was just testing you, I just have one more thing to go bake, and then I am all yours" She lied.

"Mal if you forgot…" Ben said but Mal wasn't listening.

"No just be there" She said before speed walking off.

"What about class?" Ben asked.

"Multitask" Said Mal.

"She dabbles" Ben laughed. Mal repeated.

"You're the best" Ben called.

"That's me" His girlfriend called back.

Chad had final entered the amphitheatre, after his fitting for the cotillion. Hugh, Jay and Carlos were all chatting, When Jay noticed him, he did his job as captain and started training.

"Alright pair up, I know were down a man so Jimmy, Tyrone, you both go for Hugh, he can take it" Jay winked and smiled at his pirate friends before getting into position. The put on their helmets, saluted, then began. Jay and Carlos paired off. Jay was much better than Carlos but that didn't mean Carlos was bad, Carlos nearly tagged Jay twice but Jay kept parrying his thrusts. Jay constructively criticized his teammates, he didn't nee much focus on Carlos. Hugh parried and blocked all attacks coming from Tyrone and Jimmy. Jimmy thrusted at Hugh, but Hugh parried and spun, landing on his knee. Tyrone and Jimmy but slashed downwards at Hugh, he held his sword horizontally blocking their attacks. Hugh rolled behind Tyrone and tagged him on the back eliminating him. Jimmy slashed high at Hugh; Hugh tossed his sword from his metal right one to his normal left one. Hugh grabbed Jimmy's sword by the blade with his metallic arm, yanked it out of his grip and tagged him with his own sword. Hugh then noticed Jay sparring fiercely with some one he didn't recognize. Like everyone else Hugh watched and cheered on the captain of the fencing team. After a lengthy fight full of flips, slashed and strikes, the stranger took Jay's sword, they twirled it around with lots of style, Jay hit the handle of the sword knocking it out of the strangers' hand and he grabbed it. He rested the sword on his shoulder, signalling that the duel ended in a tie. The stranger took their mask off, and to everyone's surprise, it was Lonnie.

"Not Bad" Jay complimented.

"You should put me on the team" Lonnie said.

Jay shrugged and considered it. But his considering was cut short, when Chad ran inbetween the two and started ranting about how Lonnie Can't join because the rules say the team must be comprised of a captain and eight men. Everyone rolled their eyes at Chad's rambling.

"Yeah but you're down a man, since Ben left to do all that king stuff" Lonnie argued.

"Exactly, down a man" Chad said smugly.

"I'm sorry Lonnie. Coach trusts me. I'm not gonna stay captain if I just throw out the rule book" Jay apologized, he wanted her on the team but there didn't seem to be away around it.

"If my Mother thought that way, she would've lost the war" Lonnie said sternly before walking away. Jay dismissed the team, so they all left.

"Don't beat yourself up man, it's not your fault" Hugh told his friend.

"It doesn't seem that way" Jay sighed "Where's Carlos?"

"Oh he's trying to talk to Jane. Speaking of which I got to talk to Melody, see you" Hugh said before walking away to his girlfriend.

"Hey steel sailor" Melody greeted Hugh.

"Hi" He greeted back.

"That was great training, well done" She complimented, "If you ask me you should be the captain"

Hugh chuckled "I couldn't be the captain, the way my Dad trained me was too brutal, that's the only way I know how to train and train others, and coach told me I couldn't train people like that" Hugh explained.

"I know he was terrible for training you like that but, do you think you'd be as good a fighter as you are without it" Melody asked

"I could've trained harder" Hugh said rubbing his metal arm, he couldn't help but remember losing the arm because he didn't train and was beaten.

"I still don't understand how that arm works" She said when she noticed Hugh rubbing it "at least you told me the truth you weren't born that way"

Hugh began to panic, he knew it was right to tell her that he lied about it when he first met, but he was to afraid to tell her any more, and it seemed like she wanted to know more, she'd think his life was even worse than she thought and she'd get afraid and leave.

After a while of question dodging Hugh and Melody went back to their rooms. When Hugh walked to his door he noticed Chad walking away from his room with a grin. Chad didn't notice Hugh, and the pirates metal shoulder bumped into Chad's, the price recoiled with surprise. Hugh noticed Chad drop a key, he picked it up to give it to Chad when he realised the key was the same shape as his.

"This is my key" Hugh said angry.

"I just needed to use your printer it's the best I've ever seen" Chad rushed his explanation.

"Chad it work so well, because Carlos designed it and I built it, we offered to make you one, but you said that your Auradon ones are better, so we proved you wrong, now live with that decision" Hugh said then walked away into his room. Carlos was sitting on his bed trying to cover Dude's mouth.

"Chad had a key to our room" Hugh told his white-haired friend.

"He had another one?" Dude asked.

When he heard Dude talk, his eyes widened, and his jaw fell open.

"Did he just…" Hugh said slowly then Carlos cut him off. "Yes"

The two friends and the dog just looked at each other in awkward silence.

"So how did it go with Jane?" Hugh broke the silence.

Hugh was walking back to his dorm from the forge holding a new sword he just made, when he saw Ben looking distressed.

"Hey Ben, you okay, how did the date go?" Hugh asked

"Fine, fine" Ben said without stopping.

"Where's Mal?" Hugh asked the King. Ben didn't answer he just kept walking. Hugh looked at the king with suspicion, and worry for his purple haired friend.

On the Isle, Harry, Uma and Gil all sat on barrels on the quarterdeck of their ship, the lost revenge. They were still talking about revenge, and Gil was getting bored of it. He did want revenge but he didn't have a rival like Harry or Uma to talk about like they did.

"Right, I'm going to Curl up and Dye to get our money from that Dizzy lass" Harry said as he got up.

"That's what she gets for having her shop on our turf" Uma snickered.

"Mal's turf" Gil said quietly to himself

"What?" Uma asked. Gil had to think of a lie quickly and for once he thought of something believable.

"I said; Harry, before you go, you want to play punchies?" He asked.

"Sure" Harry said and stood infront of Gil.

Gil stood up, Harry punched Gil in the arm, and Gil punched Harry in the arm back much harder than Harry, but he didn't realize, he couldn't help but punch so hard. They both gradually started hitting harder, then Uma hit both of them in the arm hard. Both boys rubbed where Uma hit them and looked at her.

"I win" She chirped. "You've got me in the mood for a fight, come on we're sparring" She said before drawing her sword.

"Alright but after I'm getting that money" Harry said also drawing his sword.

Gil just smiled and picked up his sword that he set on the barrel next to him. It may not seem like it but these three were having fun with each other.

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