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"Fairy godmother, where are Ben and Audrey's parents?"
The question hung in the air for a moment. Fairy Godmother seemed hesitant to answer. She sighed before resigning herself to answer.
"We don't know where Ben's parents are. We have not been able to find them. We were hoping that you may have some ideas as to where they could be, but for now we are assuming the worst. However, we did find Audrey's parents, Maleficent placed them both under the sleeping curse, we sent Audrey to her parents in the hopes that she could wake them with a true love's kiss." She explained. Ben stiffened next to Mal at the possibility of his parents being gone. Mal knew that she had to get him out of there. She quickly thanked Fairy Godmother, who nodded, and led Ben to her and Evie's room at Auradon Prep. She sat with him on her bed and let him cry into her shoulder. She held him close and whispered words of comfort until his sobs finally quieted and he looked up at her. His eyes were red from crying and she brushed a stray her out of his face. She leaned forward and kissed him softly on his forehead before resting her forehead against his. They stayed like that for a few moments before Ben finally spoke up.
"I don't know what to do without them." He whispered. Mal knew that it was time to speak up, she had an idea of where they could be but only one. If they weren't anywhere on the Isle, nor where they in the dungeons here, there was only one other place they could be.
"Ben, I have a theory of where they could be, but you aren't going to like it." She said. At Ben's questioning glance, she told him her theory. Ben suggested they go to see Fairy Godmother and Mal immediately agreed. The two made their way out of the dorms and to the field where everyone had gathered. They spotted Fairy Godmother and Mal approached her.
"Fairy Godmother, can we talk in private, please?" She asked. Fairy Godmother took one look at the two distressed teens and nodded. She led the two to her office and gestured for them to sit. Once they were settled, Mal began to speak.
"I have a theory as to where Ben's parents could be, but first I have a question for you about something that happened while we were fighting Maleficent at the coronation, I called for the wand to come to my hand and it immediately glowed gold, unlike while it was in the hands of my mother, and flew to my hand. I was in such a shock that my mother was able to overpower me, but I noticed that it did not glow gold for Jane and I was wondering what that meant." Mal stopped speaking at Fairy Godmother's soft gasp.
"It means that you are to be the wand's next owner. It means that it chose you and I for one could not be happier that it chose you. But we will talk more about what that means later." Fairy Godmother said. "Now you said that you had a theory of where Ben's parents are?" She asked. Mal nodded.
"I think that they could be in the Forbidden Forest at the Dragon's Keep. It is where my mother hid her scepter, so it makes sense that she would imprison them there." Mal said. Fairy Godmother nodded.
"We will assemble a team to head to the forest right away." She said. Mal nodded.
"Please bring one of the Isle kids with you, we have traveled there before and will be able to help, I would ask Jay, I do not feel as if I can go at this time otherwise I would say that I was going." Mal explained. Fairy Godmother accepted this with a nod and sent the two on their way. Mal noticed that Ben seemed tense, so she suggested that they go to the enchanted lake. Ben nodded and the two were off. When they got to the lake, they sat in silence for a while before Ben spoke up.
"I need to do better. I need to help the children on the Isle." He said. Mal was unsurprised at Ben's need to do something, after all it had been his idea to bring them over in the first place.
"I think it might be a good idea to sit down with all of the Isle kids, myself included, and see if they have any ideas as to how the kids can be helped. I for one have an idea. What if we create another Isle? One that is like a halfway place, the Isle kids go to school there and learn about goodness and other subjects, such as art and music, subjects we didn't have on the Isle. When they reach the year before high school, we evaluate them, if they seem more inclined towards good, they can come to Auradon Prep for high school, if they do not they can continue to live on the halfway Isle, where they can create a family and be in better conditions then the true villains, but maybe not quite as good as in Auradon. They should have access to doctors and hospitals, the island should be clean, perhaps access to magic only in one or two rooms at the school, so they can learn about it but not use it for evil if they end up going that way, they should also have access to food on a regular basis, not just a monthly delivery." Mal said. Ben nodded at her thought, it was a good idea. It might take a while to implement but it was a good idea. He would mention it to Fairy Godmother when they got back. Mal's phone beeped then and she looked at the text before standing up.
"The group is leaving for the Forbidden Forest soon. We should go see them off." She said. Ben stood with her and the two headed back to Auradon Prep.
Author's Note: There are probably 1-3 chapters left in this story, however there are two ways it could go, please review~should they find belle and beast or should they not?