Author's Note (IMPORTANT):

Hey, guys! It's been two weeks since I have last updated this book. I've been doing a lot of stuff lately so that is why I haven't been updating. I've been thinking about discontinuing this because I don't think it's good enough as the other ones I've read; I don't know if you guys want me to continue this so just leave reviews, telling me you do want me to continue it. However, his is my first time writing a fanfic so it's pretty understandable why it's not good. Away from that, I would like to appreciate RaInBoWsKuLlDrOpS for helping write a part in this chapter. I hope you enjoy this chapter and please leave reviews. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own the character and/or some parts of the story.

A Reunion

Quote/Poem of the Chapter:

"Everything I've never done, I want to do with you."

~ William Chapman

For the duration of the ride, all Mal did was look out the window, letting the familiar scenery sink in, and listen to music, setting the mood around her. The type of music she was listening to made her inattentive and fatigue. She decided to close her eyes for a moment, but her tiredness took control; she had no trouble going to sleep

The guard/driver woke her up carefully, telling her that they have arrived. She responded with an 'Alright' in her tired voice and he got out of the car to open her door and to get her luggage. She gathered up all her stuff and exited out of the vehicle. A group of people gathered up at the front of the house. As she was walking up, she swore to herself that they all looked familiar.

"Oh, Mal dear! It's great to have you back!" exclaimed as she walked to her and gave Mal a big, tight hug. loved Mal from the beginning and still does. Ever since she heard about the breakup between Ben and Mal, she was definitely heartbroken as they were. Throughout their relationship, she witnessed all the happiness and love they shared with each other. And now, she can no longer see that kind of love or 'true love' as she calls it.

" !" Mal exclaimed. She returned the hug back to her, showing how much she had missed her all these years. has done a lot of Mal. She has helped Mal surprise Ben on special occasions, helps Mal cook and packaged foods for their special date picnics, and many more. Mal feels that she owes a lot to for everything, but insists that she does not. However, this time Mal chose to be stubborn towards.

"I've missed you so much," Mal said lovingly.

looked her up and down, "You've grown up so much," she muttered with glossy eyes.

"Yes I did grow up, but I'm still the same Mal as before," Mal replied with a smile.

"Of course you are."

Mal looked at her once again and smiled; she then walked up to the rest of the group. Lumière and Cogsworth then greeted her by the front door, and Lumiere offered to take her luggage and backpack. Most of the people who were living in the household were asleep beside the three who greeted her. Sadly, told her that everyone was asleep, which was pretty understandable.

Although Belle was asleep, she still set up a little treat for her. led her to the kitchen to eat before she could finally rest for the night. prepared her Chicken Parmesan with Fettuccine Alfredo which was all made from the heart. When she directed Mal to a seat at the counter, there was also a folded note lying next to the meal. She picked it up and unfolded it up. The letter said:

Dear Mal,

Hi, sweetheart! It's great to have you back. I'm sorry that this is not a long note or letter as you had expected but it is because I want to welcome you in person more. Enjoy the dinner had prepared for you. I'll see you in the morning or afternoon, depending on how exhausted you are, and I am looking forward to our talk. Love you and sweet dreams!

Love,

Belle

A smile grew on Mal's face after reading the short note. She then started to eat the food that was set in front of her, and when she was done, took her plate away and placed it in the sink. However, that wasn't all she ate, walked up to the refrigerator and opened it, taking out chocolate covered strawberries. As she was walking up to Mal, Mal's head popped up from looking down at her phone and her eyes were gawking.

"Here you go Sweetie," said with a smile.

"Umm, this is too much; I can't eat all of these," Mal said as she gestured to the 12 strawberries.

"Well, I made a lot of these because I know that these are one of your favorites. The 12 you are looking at right now are not the only ones I made," she said. This made Mal's heart melt. Although she and Ben broke up, she still treated her like a daughter as Belle would also.

"Well, I can't finish these all by myself. Why don't you have some for yourself?" Mal asked her.

"No honey, it's fine. I only made these for you, not for me or anyone."

"Yeah, but you worked so hard. You need some kind of reward for it."

"Mal, honey, it's fine."

"C' mon; pretty please with a cherry on top," Mal begged with her lips pouting.

took time to think about it and eventually fell for Mal's adorable puppy face. "Fine; I still can't fall for that cute puppy face," said. Mal laughed in reply. They both took a chocolate covered strawberry and bit into it. Mal widened her eyes and looked at.

"These are so good," she exclaimed.

"Well thank you. Remember there is a lot more, just tell me if you want some," said.

"Will do." Mal decided to eat another and told Mrs. Potts to also eat another one. In the end, she ate 3 since she was so stuffed from the meal and only ate 3. "You know you could eat more; I don't mind at all," Mal said.

"Are you sure, sweetie? If I do, I'll consume all of them," she said with a laugh.

"Yes, and if you do eat all of them, I'll make more for us."

"Alright. Well, you should rest; I'm sure all of the travelings has made you all worn out."

"Yeah, it has," Mal laughed. She led Mal to her designated room. They both entered the room and gave Mal a tour.

Before left the room, she said, "Thank you, sweetie, and welcome home."

"No thank you for making it feel like home again." They then smiled at each other and hugged each other, and wished each other a good night.

Mal laid herself out on the bed, relieved that she can finally rest. But first, she had to change into a more comfortable outfit, brush her teeth, and wash her face. She changed into a sheer pink tank top with black joggers. She then headed to the bathroom and did her usual night-time routine. After that, she made her way to bed and flipped over the covers to settle in bed. As she settled, she enjoyed how comfortable she was; with the heat on and how soft the bed and pillows were. She was out like a light.

The next morning, she woke up at around 10 A.M, still weary from all the traveling although it wasn't long. She unplugged her phone from its charging cable and looked at the highly lit displayed screen, showing the time of 10:19 and the date of Saturday, January 24. Wow, did I really sleep that long?, she thought. Under that was a notification of a text message from Evie, which was about fifteen minutes ago. She opened it and said, "Are you here yet?". Mal flashed a small smile; she decided not to answer and surprise her instead, being the best friend.

She flipped over the covers and got up. She put a hoodie over her tank top since it was chilly. She slid her feet into cozy slippers and left out the door. As she made her way down the stairs, she put her hair into a top knot and heard laughter. When she was downstairs, she peeked behind a wall, seeing that everyone was there, but the food hasn't been administered yet. Before entering the dining room, she decided to enter the kitchen first.

"Good morning," Mal uttered as she sat on a chair and leaned over the marble countertop.

"Good morning, Mal," she greeted with a beam. "Did you meet with the others?" she asked.

"Nope, not yet; but that is a reason why I came here. I want to surprise them before doing anything else," Mal answered.

"And how do you plan on doing that?" She questioned as she continued to set up breakfast.

"Well, I was hoping I could help you carry out the food if you would allow me to."

"Of course I would allow you, but that is the only reason why I'll let you do this type of work."

"Thank you, But I hope you know that I'm stubborn at times," Mal pointed out.

"I do and I soon better do something about it," joked. They both laughed and continued to do what they were doing.

"Do you need any help with cooking or preparing something?" Mal asked.

"No, I should do fine sweetie. You're helping me take out the dishes later on so I should be good for now."

"Alright; I'll just keep you company then." Mal and continued to talk until she was finished.

Meanwhile, Evie, Carlos, Jay, and they were having this big conversation about what they should do for this coming week. "I think we should do challenges or play games since it's out last week together," Evie suggested to the group.

"Great idea, but how should we do it?" Jay also suggested.

"We could do some type of team competition and do a game each day or something; it could be like the Olympics." Everyone else agreed after Evie explained. "We could discuss more it after breakfast."

Cogsworth! Lumière!" called. All she prepared was scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, waffles, pancakes, coffee, cut up fruit, and orange juice. They both soon arrived into the kitchen in less than a second, ready for whatever she was going to tell them to do. "Go and get the eggs and bacon in the food warmer. Mal and I will get the sausages and waffles. While we serve it out there, you can get the pancakes and coffee; and we can get the fruit and orange juice."

"Got it and good morning," Lumière said.

"Good morning, Lumière and also to you too, Cogsworth," Mal greeted them both.

"Good morning," Cogsworth said.

They both continued to go on with what they were supposed to do. Mal started to get the sausages while gets the waffles. They both went through the door that was connected to the dining room.

"Mal!" Evie and the other girls exclaimed. Mal put down the sausages on the table and the girls got up to hug her. Mal was so happy to see all of them, but one problem was that she couldn't breathe.

"Um guys, c-can't breathe," Mal struggled to say. They all apologized shortly, but soon they all hugged her.

"It's great to have you back, Mal," Lonnie said.

"Thanks; I missed you guys so much," Mal said.

"And we missed you," Jane replied.

"Hey, Mal!" Carlos got her attention over to him and Jay. She went up to them and hugged them both.

"I'm sorry guys, but let me first help serve the food and then we can talk right after," she reassured them.

"Actually Mal dear, we can take care of it, you sit down and talk," said.

"But, -" Mal whined.

"Mal," warned.

"Alright, alright," Mal said as she put her hands up in surrender. She was then greeted by Belle, Adam, and her Mom. They then started to eat breakfast and talk more so they can all catch up with each other. After they were all done with breakfast, most of them went outside to the backyard. Mal decided to stay behind with her Mom to ask about where she is staying.

"Wait, am I staying with you or Belle?" she asked her mom.

"You are going to stay with Bella because you need to hang out with your friends, You've been hanging out with me more than with your friends. I want you to have a good time with them," her Mom said.

"I mean, are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure. I even talked to Belle about it and she's fine with it. Evie's mom did the same, too."

"Okay then. I guess I could spend more time with them."

Her mom smiled in return. "If you have any problems, I am one call away."

"Thanks, mom." She kissed Mal's forehead and made their way outside to where everyone was.

Mal admired Belle's rose garden because it is full of vibrant colors. Her garden is full of fragrances and is always peaceful. Whenever Mal would come over, she would bring out her sketchbook and draw whatever idea pops up.

"Go with your friends, I'll be inside with Belle and Adam," her Mom said.

"Okay, just call me if you need me," Mal replied. Her mom gave her a nod and a smile in return, telling her that she will.

She then made her way to where they were which was the patio. They all talked, laughed, and played around. It was a very contentful time for all of them until two people came around. Ben and Audrey, ugh the sound of their names together is worse but what's worse is seeing the two together. The two arrived at the household happily.

"Mom, Dad, I'm home!" Ben shouted as he and his girlfriend entered through the door.

"In here, Ben!" Belle, his mother, yelled back.

He and Audrey went into the kitchen, seeing that his parents and Mal's mom are helping clean up from breakfast.

"Good morning," Ben greeted Maleficent.

"Good morning, Ben," Maleficent replied with a grin.

"How's it over there at the headquarters?" His dad asked.

"It's fine over there, just a little mistake here and there, but we quickly fixed them. I also took care of the masquerade party, but you can check them yourself if you want."

"That's great, your mother and I will check it later on. How was the meeting?"

"Meeting went great actually. The team was impressed with the new phone prototype and they think that it is going to boost up our sales, which is excellent for the company."

"That is what I want to hear. I'm proud of you and thank you, I did make the right choice to make you the CEO of the company." Adam patted his back and gave him a smile.

"Thanks, dad."

"Of course, Ben wouldn't let you down. He's the most amazing person that anyone could have," Audrey said while gazing into Ben's eyes with a grin. They both looked at each other with a grin and their heads gravitated towards each other until someone interrupted.

"Alright, kids. I'll go tell the others to let them know you're here," Belle interrupted.

"No it's fine, mom; I'll just go to them since they're hanging outside. It's a good day to be out anyway."

"Alright, then. But we're going outside with you then. We're done helping. Right, Adam?"

"Yes, we are."

"Alright, then. Let's go," Ben said.

They all made their way to the patio and heard laughing.

"Hey, guys! What are you talking about?" Ben asked as he arrived, hand in hand with Audrey.

"We were just talking about memories of our childhood," Jay said. Ben nodded as he looked at everyone looking at him, but noticed that Mal was here and was looking into her phone.

"Oh Ben, Mal is here now, who you didn't invite to hang out here and to the Ball," Belle said.

"Again, I am sorry and welcome back Mal." Mal thanked him in response. Ben tried to make her feel welcomed and make it seem like nothing happened, but that was a fail.

"You must be Mal, Ben's ex-girlfriend? Ben's told me so much about you and no wonder he was able to move on so quickly unlike you," Audrey said as she and Mal handshake. This caused snickering between Jay and the others at the table.

"And you must be Audrey. I never thought someone would date you unlike Ben," Mal said.

"Water under the bridge?"

"Totes." They both laughed and with each shake, they both tightened their grip, trying to hurt the other's hand.

"Mal!" Maleficent called Mal right on cue. They both released hands

"I'll see you later." Mal smiled at her and then her face turned disgusted as she walked away.

Audrey did the same, but without doing the disgusting face because she was facing everyone. Mal saw this coming of course. But they're both in for a rollercoaster ride.