Hey Guys...

So lets start with this. I am sorry I didn't update last week, lets just say I personally think life is out to get me. First it started with helping my mom get ready for her lunch party she was giving, but before we could even start planning, my dog got sick. We had to rush her to emergency animal clinic, and they said she had fluid around her lungs, so we had them drain it. Then we got home and watched her until Tuesday (Labor day Weekend) so we could get her to her normal vet. She survived and we took her, they started running test, they thought it was posion, but we couldn't figure out where it happened because we had been putting rat posion in our backyard for years, and she had never touched it, we think it happened when we took her on vacation in July because she had a bad case of stomach bug, but by the time we got back she was better. So we forgot about it...then fast forward to last week. She couldn't breath. They still don't know what it was, but even after getting the fluid drained from around her lungs, she still was panting heavy...When we took her on that Tuesday, they gave her two types of medication. 1) was antibotics 2) was Vitamin K. She refused to take it, so my mom would make her. But she wasn't eatting might I add, but one night I got her to eat some of the cheese, from a slice of pizza. But we ended up being able to plan the lunch party, which was that Friday. Then the next day (Saturday) we ended up taking Lucy to the vet for the last time. They said she wasn't getting better, it had gone to far, so we made the decision in her best interest to take her out of her misery. She wasn't happy, and it hurt to watch. So guys I am sorry, I didn't update I just couldn't bring myself to, I was so fragile, and I still am, but I have to get better and get over it hopefully, so I have to start somewhere. And I know I had chapters pre-written, but alot is happening in my stories, and I want to be there and be able to enjoy it, and if I get backlash I can handle it. I might still not be able to, but I am going to try. So please accept, my deepest apology for not updating. I just couldn't handle it. But enough with that, because I am already teary-eyed. So lets get on with the story: What you truly came for. I give to you: Her Plan and Their Plan

Mal's POV-

I am going to miss this a lot. Even thought I was only on the isle for a day and then came home to this we never really did this because we were always busy or Ben was staying at the castle. I mean friends still do this. But he has a girlfriend now and it's not me. So she'll be the one to stay over in his room and hope not to get caught. But it would be my luck that they did. It would be great, she could finally learn what's it like to have everybody watch their every moves. Ugh..why is my phone going off. "Mal, make your phone quiet." Ben groaned from beside me. "Ugh." I turn over to look at my phone to see that everyone is texting me. They are saying that I should turn on the news an that Uma is coming. "What the heck?" I whisper. "What's wrong Mal?" Ben asks turning over to face me. "Everyone is texting me to turn on the news." "And something about-" knocking starts at the door. "Ben! I know your in there! You too Mal!" Someone says from the door. I think it's Uma. "Hide"Ben yell whispers to me throwing on a a shirt. Did I mention he doesn't wear a shirt to bed? I run in the bathroom knowing that she will look in here and see my stuff I quickly cast a spell to turn me and my stuff invisible. "Oh Hey Uma." I hear Ben say as he opens the door. "Don't hey me. Where is she?" "I am afraid I don't know what you are talking about? And why a she? Are you implying that I am cheating on you?" "What no? I know that couldn't happen I am just saying everybody has seen pictures of Mal and you coming back to your room." "Yes because she left her favorite pair of slippers here so I came back and gave temh to her then she went back to her room. It didn't show that did it?" Ben asked pretending to get angry. Man I am so proud of him. Well I better get back to my room and get ready and come save him. So I spell myself away and quickly change and make sure to tell Evie to tell everybody that I only went to grab my slippers than went to the lake and fell asleep. After that I grab my bag and head over. As I get there I hear Uma telling him something but I can't make out what it is. So I knock on the door and he opens it. "Hey Ben I know it's kind of early but I was wondering if we could go now I wanted to meet your mom early cause Evie wanted to grab a movie later." "Um yeah sure let me just change and we can go" "okay, I'll meet you out side?" "Great." He shuts the door and I walk outside. I immediately regret it when the press swarms around me asking me a million questions a minute. I decide I should answer a few. "Is it true Ben broke up with you last night?" "Umm yes he found someone else he fell in love with." "Do you plan to never speak to him again?" "Not at all. In fact I am friends with him. It hurt that he choose that I wasn't right for him. But in the end I am happy if he is happy." "What do you think about his new girlfriend?" "I have personally not seen her in a long time. But if he likes her than I am clearly missing something." I wonder if they know this is a lie. Oh well. "Is it true that Ben was secretly seeing her while you were together and now she is pregnant, so he was forced to leave you to raise the baby as a heir?" I wish. "No, when we were together it was just us. This happened while we were briefly broken up and we decided that it would be permeant so he could move on with her and follow his heart." sadly. Would it be wrong if I cry in the middle of the interview? "Is there anybody else for you?" "No, not at this time." Or ever. "Do you wish that he stayed with you instead of going with her?" Of course. Every single second of every minute of the day and it only happened last night. But before I could answer. Ben came to my rescue. "What was she doing in your room last night?" "She left a pair of slippers in my room and I gave them back to her. Then she left." "Are you secretly seeing Mal on the side of this new relationship?" "Is this because you want all of them to turn good? So you are dating them then setting them free for the next one?" "Okay. We are done here." Ben says grabbing my arm and leading me out of the crowd. We get in his car and we head to the castle. "Ben why are we going to the castle? I ask. "Because I want you to cook. And there is noway we are going out in public after that." "Fine. But only because I don't think either of us would survive another one of those" "yeah, you know you could have told them the truth?" "What? That you ended the relationship before it got serious and instead of leading me on you ended it because you weren't in it. that isn't a bad thing you know. You were just following your heart. " "yeah but I did it very public. And I didn't even warn you for that I will never forgive myself." "I know, it wasn't the best way. But you should forgive yourself I forgive you." "Thank you." Ben said smiling. "It's okay. Now what is the story when everybody realizes that I really did stay in your room?" "I don't know. I was kind of hoping that they never did. They wouldn't understand." "Do we even understand?" "I was hoping you did." "We'll I don't, but lets change the subject. What do you want for breakfast?" I said trying to ease the tension. "Something easy. So whatever you want I don't want you to feel over whelmed. And I am really sorry about not being understanding before." "It's okay. And I am sorry that I didn't come and tell you." "We were bad at communicating weren't we?" Can't argue there. "Yeah but it's going to change now." "Yeah. So are you going to come by my office after seeing my mom?" "Yeah." "Hey Mal, do you think we can go back to the enchanted lake?" He ask as though he is afraid of the answer. "Sure, when?" "After you hang out with my mom I figure since I'm not going to bring down the barrier, I should at least use that time to teach you how to swim. Is that okay?" "Of course. But try leaving me to do it myself. And you just might die. " I said trying to act like I don't want to go sit in his lap and kiss him. "Don't worry I won't." He said smiling. Man I could get lost in that smile. Wait no! Mal, he is your friend, he has a girlfriend 'who someway or another wants you dead. Or and did we mention that she's a you know what' "well I'm going to have to run home f I am going to get A swim suit." "No, we can just go buy one." "Nope press." "Right, um why don't we just call Evie and she can drop one off?" "Sure. I'll text her right now." I say grabbing my phone and going to send a text I quickly tell her I need a swim suit at the castle and that it shouldn't be flirty. I already know that it is so I asked Her to bring a big t-shirt for me to wear afterwards. After I click send we arrive at the castle, I head to the kitchen and decide to make scrambled eggs with strawberry and Creme pancakes with sausage on the side. (IHOP) Knowing Ben loves sausage I cook extra. An hour later I am done with everything so I go and grab Ben from his room and we eat We didn't say much to each other, besides him saying he loved the food. Then he is off and I grab the plates and put them in the sink. I quickly grab some cookies and tea and head up to the library where I know Belle is. I open the door to see her reading a book. She notices me and comes to help me set everything down. We then talk about books and what we've done in the past few months. Then she looks at me, and says that see saw the news. I knew it was coming but I was hoping I could delay it. "Right, I don't even know how to explain that you see we just came back from the enchanted lake and I changed in his room and was about to head out but he asked me to stay te night. I tried to tell him no. But I didn't mean it and I knew it was one night so I stayed we didn't do anything we just slept the past few days off." "I am glad your are being honest but you know that you shouldn't have stayed. But I do understand where you are coming from so for future reference don't or at least be somewhat secretive about it" she said giving me a smile. Wait did she just give me permission to stay in her sons room? It's official best mom ever I mean I don't have anyone to base it off of but from what I've heard that's not supposed to happen. "I know. Wait what? Did you just give me permission to spend the night in your sons room?" "Yes, because I so believe that he does still care about you and that this will be happening a lot." "I am not so sure about that. But I promised Ben I would meet him in his office later so I must be going." I said grabbing my phone and my bag as well as our dishes. I drop the dishes off in the sink. Then I take the secret entrance to Bens office and I see him working away. "Your kingly ship, do you have a few moments to spare for me?" I said being dramatic as I enter. "I am sure I can somehow fit it into my schedule." He said smiling and playing along. "Debby, clear my schedule for the afternoon i am going out." "Oh and Evie dropped off a bag for you, he said pointing to bag next to the door. "Okay. I'll go change then meet you by the door." "Okay." He said walking to the door to his room. I quickly p the the bathroom across the hall, and change I then grab my hair and put it up. I then race to the door to see if I won. Which i did. I waited 10 minutes but he didn't come, so I decide to walk to his room. I walk in and see he fell asleep on his bed. I decide to get changed again and then I go and sit at his desk. I decided to start drawing him. I finish drawing him and the decide to draw the flower garden. But while I am drawing someone comes up behind me and looks overt shoulder. "Oh so Beasty boy awakens." I said joking. "Yeah sorry I sat down for a minute to relax and I guess I fell asleep." "It's fine you can teach me some other time. How about we watch a movie instead?" I ask not ready to leave. "Sure. You pick." He said turning around to go to the kitchen for snacks. While he is I see Mamma Mia and decide I want to watch that. So I get it ready and go and sit on his bed under the cover. He comes back and come and gets in bed with me with all the snacks. He got strawberries some with chocolate and some without, gummy bears, popcorn, chips, and then some banana chips. We were watching the movie but we got bored so we decided to re-enact one of the scenes. We were dancing and having a good time. Then I landed in his arms. We looked into each others eyes and we both started to lean in. We kissed, I loved it but knew we shouldn't have. But the second we pulled apart he pulled me back. But I broke it. "Mal" "I know Ben, I'm sorry it was just the moment. And you have a girlfriend so we can't do thy anymore." He kissed me again. He wants me to die. But I am not complaining. We broke apart with our noses against each others. And the he breaks the silence. "I don't." "Don't what?" "Regret the kiss." "But your with Uma." "I think she spelled me." He said plain as day. "What? Why do you say that?" "Because before that I was so confused my heart wanted you but my brain wouldn't let it. It kept saying Uma. And then we kissed and everything was clear." "But what about when we were in the lake? It's supposed to wash away all magic?" "I didn't put my head under and it did a little bit. It was still confusing but it was getting clearer. And because it washed away the same spell it couldn't do it again in one visit" "That make sense. But what do we do now?" "We figure out how to stop Uma. Clearly she was trying to use me get the barrier brought down. But what for?" "She wants to get all the villains free so she can have revenge." "Now how do we stop her!" He asked. "We'll she thinks your spelled so maybe we can use that. Your going to act like you love her. We can tell FG so she can help but I know how we can bring her down." "I swear if this happens again I am giving my crown back." "Hey! If I hadn't done it the first time and we never would have fell in love with each other." "Yeah, you know I love you right?" He asked giving me a hug. Time to make this his greatest day ever. "I love you too." He heard. He looked at me in awe and then he kissed me. I knew no matter what we would always have each other and I would be okay with that. "As much as I love to kiss you. The press would kill us." I said looking outside. "No, tinted windows." "Are we telling your parents?" "We are going to have too. My mom is right behind you." He said smiling. "Yay! I knew it! I knew you still loved her. But dear why break up with her if you were just going to go back to each other a day later?" "I didn't. Uma spelled me before the cotillion." "I knew it!" We both looked at her. "We'll I didn't know that she spelled you, but I knew that you wouldn't meaningfully break up with her." "Yeah okay. So any ideas on how to stop her?" I asked getting us back on target. "Let her think Ben is spelled. I'll talk to FG about tricking her into thinking she will take down the barrier. Maybe have one where they can't leave physically but it looks like it been broken. She will obviously try something then we can grab her. She'll try using Ben to get out of it, and he'll come and take her from the guards only to take her to the dungeon and put a bracelet on her so she can't use her magic. Then we can send her back to the isle." "That might work. So we can all go talk to FG tomorrow as see what she thinks." I said getting ready to leave. I kiss Ben good night and hug Belle goodbye. Then I leave to head back to the dorm. Only I see Uma sneaking out, where is she going? I follow her. She is going to FG's home and Jane answered the door. She said that FG was in her office. I walk across the yard to the room I know to be the office's window. Uma spelled her. Now FG is going to do whatever she tells her. I have to find my book and find a way to get rid of her. I might have to put the barrier up myself. I better get back and tell everybody. Wait maybe I can try the teliportation spell I saw in the spell book. 'Send to the place in my mind and hope I don't get stuck in time.' I said that and a purple swirl engulfed me and took me to Bens room. I did! Yes! Now I just have to find Ben and Belle. I go out of his room and head to the library where I see Belle. I then decide to go find Ben and bring him here. I did find him in his office. "Ben come on we have to talk." I said walking in the door and grabbing his arm. "Not that I don't love this determined side of you but where are going and why?" "We're going to your mothers library, we have to come up with a new plan." I open the door to the library and Belle sees us. "Hey Mal, I thought you left?" "I did. But as I was getting to the dorms I saw Uma leave so I decided to follow her. She went to FG's house and I am pretty sure that she spelled her. We have to think of something else." "So we can't use her, but she might try and get her wand. I think I am going to get extra security for it. And Mal can you possible come up with a. Spell where only someone where a pure heart can touch it?" Belle asks. "I can try, I'll work on it. But we can't use her , which means that I am going have to talk to some other magic being about this. I just don't know who." I said. "The three fairies." Belle says. "That might work. Can you set up a meeting with them for me?" "Of course, lets do it tomorrow before Uma spells anybody else. And no one tells anybody. I won't even tell Adam. Mal you can't tell Evie or the boys. Same with you Ben you can't tell Doug." "Okay" Ben and I say at the same time. "Well just go home and try and get some sleep we have some busy few days ahead of us." Belle says putting her book away and getting ready to leave. Guess we don't know who we can trust do be careful who you talk to and where you guys talk." "Don't worry I found a spell that will keep our conversations quite. And if I feel like I need to, I can put us in limbo ad we can talk there." I said giving Belle a hug and saying good night. "Ben, I am scared. What if I lose you?" "You will never lose me, no matter what. Even if you decide you don't want us anymore." "I feel the same way. Ben did you really have doubts about our relationship?" "No, I only did because she spelled me. I was worried that maybe you had doubts but when you decided to be my friend even after what I did. I knew I was wrong." "I really love you." "And I really love you." I say. "I will never get tired of that." "Me either. Ben I have something I have to tell you." "Okay what is it?" "You know how now I have to do the magic spell by myself? And I don't have FG or her wand?" "Yeah..." "That spell takes a lot of magic and energy. Ben, I don't know if I'll make it." I said looking away. "Oh..Mal as much I wish I could tell you don't or lock you in my room, I know you wouldn't let me and you would do it anyways. So I believe in you. You are strong, I think you will." He says making me look at him. "I hope so too." "Sleepover in my room?" He asks trying to lighten the mood. "How could I say no to that face?" "That'd the same that I ask myself every time I look at you." "Your so cheesy." "Only for you." He says as he leads me to his room, even though I know where it is. Lets just say we didn't go to bed right way but can you blame me? He's him, and well we haven't in a long time. And we just needed it. I might not be able to do this anymore. With that I say I live him and good night and I drift off to sleep. (She had a nightmare that Uma wins and she kills Ben)

So that is the second chapter of this story. What did you think?