I know it has been a while since I last updates, and I'm sorry about that, but life kind of got in the way.
As always, I do not own descendants or its characters.
The next day
Ben's point of view
I wake up to the sound of someone knocking on my door; I get up and walk to it. I open it and see my mom standing on the other side smiling at me.
"You are supposed to meet me in 15 minutes downstairs. I thought I would come and wake you up" I can feel a smile on my lips as I look at her. I kiss her cheek
"Thank you mom, I had forgotten to set my alarm"
"Like always" she kisses my cheek "15 minutes" she turns and walks towards. I smile watching her, then I close my door and gets dressed; I put on a pair of jeans, a t-shirt and my leather jacket. I grab my backpack and put some extra clothes in it, just to be sure then I leave my room and walks towards the dining room. When I get there I see mom and dad sitting in there looking at each other, with them are also Jay, Carlos and Evie. I walk in and everyone looks at me, Evie is the first to get up she walks to me and hugs me; I smile a little and hug her back.
"Welcome back Evie" I kiss her hair "You know I actually missed my crazy blue-haired little sister" I hear her giggle and smile down at her. "But now it is me who is leaving" I look at mom "Are you ready to go?" She stands up and nods
"Let's go fix this mess" she walks to me and put her hand on my shoulder, I smile at her and let go of Evie
"Where are you going Ben" I look at my dad and see that he is very calm.
"I'm going to talk to Mal" I hear everyone except mom gasp. "Yes I remember, a true loves kiss is not only from the love of your life it is also from your family." I look at mom and see her nod.
"How do you plan to do that? How will you get into the Moors?" I look at dad then back at mom.
"Well I did get crowned queen before going back here and I would like to believe that I still have the title." Mom say and walk to my dad "Adam please let me take him to see her, they are going to have a child together and they should not be separated like this" I watch them and see dad nod.
"I trust you Belle, you know that. I'm just worried about our son"
"If we do not do this the curse will be activated and the beast in him will come out, and trust me Adam it is not a good thing. I saw it yesterday, he threatened to throw me in the tower yesterday after he said that he wanted to declare war against the moors and I refused to take his side" I look down feeling the shame inside me. "So you see, we have to give it a try"
"I see, I trust you Belle" I hear him walking, and suddenly I see his shoes and know that he is standing in front of me "Ben, look at me son" I look at him " Do not blame yourself to much, this is all the curse playing a trick on your mind, and it is not your fault."
" But I still threatened her with the worst possible thing" I look back down and close my eyes. I feel tears in my eyes and try to hold them back.
"Oh son" I feel myself being pulled into someone's arms and into their chest. I let my tears fall.
"I just want to be able to control it dad" I cry into his chest. I feel his arms tightening around me.
"Go to Mal and talk to her, get her to come back here or go there one week every month to see her and the baby or whatever fits the best in this situation" I look up at him.
"Dad how do you control it?" he smiles a little
"I have your mom and you. Now go talk to Mal, I will make sure the country still stands when you get back" he hugs me again then lets go and looks me in the eyes. " I will talk to the council and make them understand the situation" I nod and walks to mom.
"I'm ready mom" she nods and leads me out of the room. We walk to the garage and get in one of the cars. She starts driving; I lean back and try to calm my nerves.
" it takes a few hours to get there Ben, so if you want to sleep you can do that" I look at her and see her smile a little "when you were small we could always go on a ride in the care if you could not sleep, it made you very calm to be in the car." I smile at her.
"I still fall asleep sometimes when I am being driven somewhere" She laughs lightly and looks at me. "I'm also quiet calm right now, to be honest to you"
"I can see that Ben" she puts her hand on my knee and squeezes it "You will get her back, I have no doubt about it Ben. When it is true love there is a special connection that makes it hard to stay away from each other"
"I hope you are right mom, I do not want to lose her and I do not want to lose my child either" I look at my hands "They mean the world to me mom"
"I know they do Ben" I close my eyes again and feel myself falling asleep.
Belle's point of view
I watch Ben as he falls asleep. My poor son; I do, however, understand Mal's reason for doing this, but it hurts me to see Ben like this. I just hope that he will be able to convince Mal that they need to be together in this special time. I look at Ben one more time then focus on the road and continue driving to the Moors.
After a few hours I see the barrier in the distance and notice how the colour is now brighter than before we left. Please God let us be able to enter, have not let her do anything to the barrier, please.
We get to it and I stop the car. I get out and walk to the barrier and touch it, I see how the barrier open and smile. I walk back to the car and open the passenger door, Ben is still fast asleep, I touch his cheek lightly and kiss his forehead. "Ben it is time to get up, we are here" He opens his eyes and blinks a couple of times then he focuses on me.
"We are here already?" I cant help but laugh at him "what?"
"You have been sleeping for the past couple of hours Ben. Now come on and get out of the car, we have a princess that we need to find." I walk to the barrier again and turn around to wait for him. He walks up to me and looks at the barrier I turn around a looks at it.
"How are we going to get through mom?" I look at him and see he is worried.
"We walk" I walk to the barrier and enter without any troubles. I turn and see Ben looking at it; then he takes a deep breath and walks towards the barrier. I hold my breath hoping that he will be able to enter. I try to remember the spell she used and what she said, she said something about keeping enemies out, but does she consider Ben an enemy now? Just then I look at him and see him walking through the barrier, I let out the breath I was holding and smile at him. "Let's go to the cottage where Mal is staying" I link my arm under Ben's and start walking, I look up at him and see him smiling at me "What is it Ben?"
"I'm just happy that I get to experience the Moors with you mom" he kisses my cheek. We walk to the cottage and stops by the threes at the edge of the garden. I look around and see Mal and Luna sitting in the grass playing with some flowers.
"Stay here Ben I'll go and talk to her and let her know that you are here" He nod and lets me go. I walk out and walk towards them; Luna is the first one to notice me.
"BELLE!" she gets up and runs to me, I pick her up and hold her as she hugs me. "Where have you been? Mommy, daddy and Mal said you were not coming back to us" I smile at her and look at Mal who is now standing up watching me.
"Well I had to come back and see everyone" I walk to Mal. "I'm sorry Mal but the spell is broken. Ben remembers everything and he threatened to declare war against the Moors because you took his child from him" Her eyes widen.
"Are you serious Belle? Is he going to declare war against us?" I notice her hand moving to her stomach. I place Luna on the ground and she runs inside the cottage. I move in front of Mal and pull her into a hug; I hold her close.
"I made a deal with him sweetie. I promised to take him here to talk with you before he could declare war" I feel her nod against my breast. I turn and look towards Ben; I nod and see him stepping out from the shadows. He walks towards us and I move Mal into his arms instead. I notice tears running down Mal's cheek then look at Ben and see the same thing; I kiss their foreheads and walks towards the cottage where I see Mira and Luna standing in the door smiling. "Let's give them some privacy" Mira nods and walks inside, I pick Luna up.
"Why?" I smile at her and follow Mira inside.
"They have some very important things to talk about" She nods and lays her head on my shoulder; I smile and kiss her hair then sit down on the couch and play with her while Mira stands by the fire cooking some lunch.
Mal's point of view
I knew it was not Belle who was holding me anymore, however, in these arms I felt safe as well. I turn into the person and cries into their chest.
"Please do not leave me Mal and please do not take our child from me" I look up and see Ben is the one holding me, his arms wrapped tightly around me with tears running down his cheeks as well. "Please my dragon fairy do not do this to me" I whip some of his tears away
"What about your dad or the council?" He puts his hands on my cheeks.
"It was he who told me to go and see you, he will talk to the council and make them see reason" he leans down so his nose is touching mine "he told me to either bring you back home with me or stay for a week every month for the rest of our lives or find some other solution"
"Won't the people of Auradon think it is weird that we are together but staying in different places?" I pull back, take his hand and start walking towards the lake
"I don't care what they think, I just want you Mal and our child" I look at him and see that there is something he isn't saying. I stop walking and make him look at me.
"What are you keeping from me Ben?" he looks down "I can see that there is something going on in your mind, what is it" He looks at me and I see tears in his eyes again.
"Apparently I have my fathers curse, and when you left I snapped I threatened my mom with placing her in the tower if she didn't support my decision" he looks away from me "my decision to declare war against the Moors" I take a deep breath then make him look at me.
"I'm sorry for what I did, at the moment I didn't think rationally I just wanted to get away. And I spelled you, which is the worst thing I could do" I take his hand and place it on the small bump and look into his eyes "I promised our child when we got back here yesterday, that I would never keep it away from its dad and that you would be in each others lives." I feel tears falling down my cheeks "because I did not want our child to think it had been abandoned by you, like I was by own father when I was a child" Ben whips some of my tears away and kiss me, I lean into the kiss and put my arms around his neck "god I love you so much Ben, and I don't care about the curse because that is how much I love you" we hold each other close and walk the rest of the way to the lake. When we get there we sit down with me leaning against Ben's front and him holding me from behind.
"I love you my dragon fairy" he kisses my head; I smile and feel myself relaxing against him.
"What are we going to do Ben?" I look at him "You cannot stay here full time and I cannot leave the Moors, I just found them and our child will have to grow up here as well to understand what it is it has to rule over when it is old enough" He looks at me then at the water.
"How long does it take for you to fly from the Moors to Auradon?" I keep my eyes on him while thinking about the question.
"Maybe an hour, but I'm not allowed to change and use magic while I'm pregnant, my uncle was so mad at me that I used it back in Auradon" I see the confusion in his eyes "it is apparently dangerous for me to use magic as it can hurt me or worse" Ben gets up from behind me and starts pacing in front of me. Then he turns and looks directly at me.
"YOU KNEW THE DANGER OF USING MAGIC AND YOU STILL DID IT" I notice Ben's cheeks turning red and I know the anger is making him lose control of the curse
"Ben you need to calm down"
"CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN!" he strides towards me, and I know that if I do not do something to stop him he will do something that he will regret. I look behind him at the water and see there is a stone right behind him. I push him as hard as I can; he falls over the stone and into the water. I watch him go under, when he comes up to the surface I gasp at what I see. I slowly get into the water and walks to him.
"Ben?" I stop in front of him and touch his face where a beard is now covering his chin
"I'm okay Mal" he puts his arms around my waist "I'm so sorry Mal, you did the only thing you could do. Let me tell you I'm still mad at you, but I'm calm now" He smiles and I see there are fangs in his mouth
"Ben do you feel any different at all" I see the confusion in his eyes
"No?" I point at the water. He looks down and when his eyes return to me I see the worrying in his eyes. "Mal, what is going on" I hear the panic in his voice and put my hand on his cheek to calm him down.
"Ben, deep breath" I take a deep breath to show him and he follows my lead. "There we go. Ben I think the water has done something, I know it is magic, but I didn't know that it could do this" I smile a little "but I do like the beard" he turns his head on kiss my hand "Let us go back and find my uncle maybe he knows more" Ben nods. We get out of the water, I take Ben's hand and walk back to the cottage. When we arrive I look at Ben, I see he is focused on the ground, I step in front of him and make him look at me. "Ben, nothing is wrong with you. I think that the water allowed the curse to release some of the tension that your body has been keeping in. But I'm not completely sure that that is the case, and that is why we need to talk to Rick, okay?" He nods. We walk inside the cottage. Mira is the first one to notice us.
"Oh dear" she turns her head to the side "Belle, Rick?" They both come into the room we are in and notice Ben.
"Ben, what happened" Belle run to him and starts checking him over.
"I'm fine mom. I lost my temper with Mal and she pushed me into the lake to make me calm down." Belle looks at me and starts checking me over "I didn't hurt her mom, I just yelled at her" I see him look back at the ground.
"You fell into the lake?" Rick walks to Ben and takes his chin in his hand and starts checking him over. Ben nod and look at Rick "I see. Well, the water has allowed the curse to release some of the tension that your body has been building up over the years. I think you should see yourself as happy that it is only this small amount of things that have changed. But I wonder" Rick looks behind me, I turn and see that it is the barrier he is looking at.
"You think it is only in the Moors that the curse will be released uncle Rick?" He nods "Well let's go see if that is the case." I take Ben's hand and start running towards the barrier; Rick and Belle follow us. When we get to the barrier, I look at Ben. "Try walking through it." He looks at it then at me
"What if I can't walk back into the Moors once I go out there" I kiss him
"I'll make sure that you can come back to me in here, I promise" He nods then turns towards the barrier, he takes a deep breath and walks out. Once outside he turns around and looks at us. I feel a smile forming on my face, I run through the barrier and jumps on Ben "Now look at you beastie, not so beastie now" I see the smile forming on his face, he picks me up and hugs me close to him. After a minute or so he places my feet on the ground and looks towards Belle and Rick.
"So whenever I return to the Moors the beast will be allowed to come out and play?" Rick nods and I see a small smile on his lips
"I believe that is the case Ben, but we'll see it now when you cross the barrier again." Ben looks at me and takes a deep breath; he steps towards the barrier and steps through. I watch him and smiles as he returns into the Moors without any problems "And there we have it, whenever you return here the beast will be released" I clap a little when I hear this. Suddenly I hear a branch snapping behind me, I turn and see some soldiers standing near the treeline, one of them is pointing an arrow my way and is getting ready to release it. I start running towards the barrier: I get inside and hear a thud; I look back and see the arrow on the ground on the other side of the barrier. I put my hands on my knees and release a breath and feel someone standing behind me, I look up and see that it is Ben and he looks furious.
"What the hell is going on" the soldiers look at him; one of them steps forward
"We have been ordered by the queen Leah to find Mal and get rid of her" Ben helps me stand up, I lean against him and feel his hands moving on to my stomach.
"I am your king, Leah does not have the power to give this kind of command!" I look at him and put my hand over his on my stomach.
"I'm okay Ben, the baby is okay. Calm down, nothing happened" I see him take some deep breaths, when he is calm he looks at the soldiers again
"If I see you here again or hear that you are here, you will be punished. And it will not only be you but also your families. Do I make my self clear?" They nod, except one of them who run towards the barrier with his sword in his hand. Ben pushes me behind him to protect me. As the soldier runs into the barrier he is thrown back and lands near the other soldiers.
"Ben the barrier, it protects the Moors" I stand next to him instead of behind him "it protects us" I look at him and see him focusing on the soldiers. He suddenly steps forward and walks towards the barrier "Ben what are you doing?" He ignores me and keeps walking "BEN!"
"Benjamin Florian!" he stops walking and turns around. I look at Belle and see her walking angrily towards him. "When Mal is calling your name you return to her, you hear me?" I see something changing in his eyes; he looks at me then his mom. He nods and walk back to me.
"I'm sorry Mal" he hugs me; I hug him back. I put a hand in his hair and feel him calm down.
"It's okay beastie. It's okay" I pull back and smiles a little "Let us get away from here" I take his hand and pull him back to the cottage. I notice Belle and Rick is not following us, but I ignore it and continue getting Ben away from the toxic situation. We get back to the cottage; I sit on the ground outside and look up at him. He follows my lead and sits next to me. I take his hand and place it on my stomach; I see his smile return.
"I cannot wait to meet him or her" he lays down with his head in my lap, I smile at him "Hi little one, I'm your dad. I'll always be here to protect you and your mommy, I promise you."
"Only 3 more months Ben" he looks up at me, I run my fingers through his hair and smiles.
"3 more months" he closes his eyes and relaxes. I hear someone walking towards the cottage; I look up and see Belle and Rick. Rick stands next to me and touches my hair then walks inside. Belle sits next to me and looks at Ben.
"Rick took care of them and made sure that they left." I nod and lay my head on her shoulder "Are you okay Mal" I nod against her shoulder.
"Yeah I'm fine Belle, just a little tired that's all. It has been a long day" she kisses my hair
"When was the last time you ate?" I look up at her
"This morning"
"Mal it is early evening now, you need to eat. It is not only you now it is also my grandchild" she gets up
"I know Belle, but with everything that has happened I just forgot" Ben sits up and looks at me, I see the disappointment in his eyes. He stands up and holds his hand out to help me up. I take it and let him pull me to my feet.
"Come on my dragon fairy let's find something for you to eat and then get some sleep" I nod and follow him to the cottage. As we enter we see Luna placing the last plate on the table she looks at us and smile.
"See mally, I was good. I helped with the table." I smile and pick her up
"You did an amazing job Luna, it looks so good" she smiles. I put her on her chair and sits next to her; Ben sits down on the other side of me and kisses my cheek. Mira walks over and put a salad on the table then sits down with Rick and Belle by her side.
"Let's eat and enjoy some family time, before the children" Mira looks at me "Are going to bed" I smile and start eating. We enjoy some hours of family time before Ben and I decide to go to bed, but as we are leaving Rick stands up and looks at us.
"I have a surprise for you behind the cottage. Follow me" Ben and I look at each other and follow him out behind the cottage. When we get there we see a very small cottage. I look at Rick confused "I used magic to make this for you. I thought it would be nice to have a room that wasn't in the main cottage. There is also a bathroom in there." I hug him
"Thank you Uncle Rick, it means a lot to me" Ben shakes his hand and smile.
"Now get some sleep, you both need it" he turns and walks back to the main cottage. Ben and I walk into the mini cottage and look around. We get ready for bed and lay down cuddling as close as we can. I kiss Ben's nose and smile at him, he puts his hand on my stomach and we both fall asleep within minutes.