*Author's Note*
Alright, It has been a super busy week for me cause I'm working night shifts plus I will be going on a short holiday trip to Hong Kong with my mom for a very special celebration. I will be away from April 1st to April 6th, just fyi to you guys. Enough about my boring little me, in this chapter, there will two special guess star.
And Thank you to my beta (legend fanatic) for helping me with my story.
Disney's Descendants : Good is the New Bad
Disclaimer: I own nothing at all, well, except my OC.
Spoilers: Well, the movie and a little of the prequel novel.
Castle Beast – Saturday Afternoon
After the party at Charming Castle, Mal returned back to Castle Beast with Ben and his parents while Evie, Jay and Carlos stayed overnight as per Queen Cinderella and King Charming's invitation. Mal wanted to stay with her friends but Ben had a video conference with General Li from the Imperial Palace so she decided to join Ben, hoping to have some alone time with Ben since all their friends will be at Charming Castle for the weekend.
After Ben finished his video conference, he quickly made his way to the dining room where he was sure that Mal and his parents would be.
"Oh my god!? Ben really did that?"
Mal's voiced emerged from within the room, followed by a string of Ben's favourite music in the world – Mal's laughter, when he saw a palace servant pushing a trolley with plates of silverware. Dish cover were placed on all the plates to keep the food warm.
"What were you guys talking about?"
Everyone in the room snapped their head towards the door and noticed their young King standing by the door with a warm smile on his face. Mal stood up from her seat and ran over to give her King a hug after not seeing him for almost twelve hours.
"Well, hello to you too, love." Ben instantly wrapped her arms around his purple-haired half-fairy fiancé as he leaned down to kiss her temple.
Adam and Belle remained seated as they look over the young couple before turning to each other and reaching a hand out to their soulmate. They are truly happy that their son found his true love and best friend, just like they did with each other. Adam raised his hand before bending down to plant a kiss on the back of her hand.
Even the palace servants could feel the love, not only between their former King and Queen but also from their current King and his future Queen.
"Alright, what were you guys talking about earlier?" Ben asked while pulling out Mal's chair for her.
Adam gave his son a sly smile in return, causing Ben to felt like a thunder just hit the back of his head and he was wrong, this was much worse than that.
"Your mother and I are telling Mal how you would like to wear your mother's favourite scarf around your neck while running around the Castle screaming 'Here comes the Mighty Beangermint to the rescue!'."
"Dad," Ben groaned, running his hands over his face.
"Pfft!" Mal snorted before bursting out into laughter, "Hahaha… Mighty Beangemint? Hahahaha…."
"I was five." Ben complained.
"Hahahaha….." Mal continued laughing while picking up her napkin to wipe away the tears due to her laughing so hard.
Adam and Belle just sat at their seat as they watched as their son continually tried without success to stop their future daughter-in-law from laughing.
"Ker-chang…"
Out of a sudden, sound of silverware dropping on to the floor filled the room, followed by Ben standing up from his seat, knocking his chair onto the floor, with his fist banging onto the table violently. His eyes darken as he started to breathe heavily, even his veins started to show.
"Ben!" "Son!"
Adam and Belle quickly pushed their chair back and ran to their son but Mal was faster, even the palace servants ran from different corners of the room to help hold down the young King.
"Rawr!"
After a fierce struggle, Adam along with some of the male palace servants were able to grab onto Ben's arm without him breaking free. In front of them stood Mal with her hand over her mouth in shock with tears starting to form at the edge of her eyes. Belle had her arms wrapped around her future daughter-in-law's waist, hoping to calm not only herself but also her future daughter-in-law down as they watched Ben clenching his teeth and growling at them while giving them deadly stares as though he wanted to eat them alive.
Mal slowly walked towards him, step by step, and when she was standing in front of him, she cupped her hands around his face as Adam and the palace servants tightened their grip on him to prevent him from hurting her.
"Ben it's me. Mal." Mal whispered softly.
"Grrr…" Ben growled even louder at her as he began to twitch his nose and show his teeth.
Belle turned her back and looked away, no longer able to bear seeing her son like this. She wrapped her arms around her body before bending down to sob, with her hand around her mouth.
"You gotta show me that you're only ever gonna be mine. Don't want to go another minute even without you. Cause if your heart just isn't in it, I don't know what I'd do." Mal swallowed the huge lump in her throat after reciting the lyrics of the song Ben sang to her to declare his love for her after giving him the love-spelled chocolate chip cookie, "I will always be yours, Ben. Please come back to me."
His eyes started to dilute and his breath started slowed down as he stopped struggling. After blinking his eyes for a few times, he mumbled, "Mal?"
"Ben!" Mal blubbered.
Her arms wrapped around his neck instantly while Adam and the palace servants loosen their grip to give the young couple some space.
Ben wrapped his arms around her waist loosely, still not sure of what had happened that causes the sudden exploding of affection from his fiancé.
After hugging him for a few minutes, Mal loosen her grip around his neck before wiped her tears and looking into his eyes and announced, "You need to see a doctor. Now!"
"Mal, I'm sure Ben will be fine." Belle reassured for the tenth time after looking up to find her future daughter-in-law standing by the stove. She was stirring the chicken soup with a ladle while looking into space.
Unlike the previous nine times, Mal did not reply. Belle let out a sign. She pushed the chopping board in front of her with a half chopped chicken towards Mrs Potts before turning to the sink to wash her hands. She walked over and wrapped her arms around the empty shell by the stove.
"Belle?" Mal gasped in shock when her spirit returned back to her body.
"Mal Dear, I know you are worried about Ben but you have to take care of yourself too." Belle tucked Mal's now-long purple hair behind her ears and away from the fire which was only an inch away from the naked fire under the pot.
Mal looked down and instantly noticed what she meant before looking up to reply a weak smile.
"Alright, why don't we let Mrs Potts and Chief Bouche continue cooking the chicken soup for Ben while you and I have some tea by the fireplace to have a little mother and daughter talk?"
"RAWR!"
A loud roar emerged from the second level of the palace when Mal and Belle walked out of the kitchen. They shared a quick glance at each other before running up the stairs.
"Ben!"
"MAL, No!" Adam quickly held the purple-haired girl's shoulder just as she was about to bolt into the room. He saw his wife was just a few steps behind her.
"What happened?" Mal tried to struggle for a few seconds before resting on Belle's chest when she felt two skinny arms wrapped around her shoulder.
Adam shared a look with his wife before letting out a heavy sigh, "I was with the Royal Physician Dr Light when Ben lost control again. We tried to calm him down but he got worst. Cogsworth called in some reinforcements from San Fransokyo."
"Baymax?" Belle blurted out the name of the first person she could think of.
Adam nodded. "He's with Ben now. Hiro is helping them now."
"Don't worry, Mal. Ben will be fine, we will be with you no matter what happens." Belle comforted as she rubbed her arm gently.
"Belle is right. Mal, we are a family now. We will always be here for you. You are no longer alone." Adam reached down to wrap his arms around his wife and his future daughter-in-law. "I know Jay, Evie and Carlos have been your surrogate siblings but never forget that you will have me and Belle. You two are now engaged, this will not be the only problem you will face as a couple. There will be more in future and you will have us with you." Adam patted the back of her head gently as he spoke.
"Thanks, Adam. That really means a lot to…"
"I'm sorry to interrupt, your majesty."
Adam, Belle and Mal turned to find a tall, slender, fair skin boy with slightly messy black hair and brown eyes standing by the doorway of Ben room.
Behind him stood a squishy white plush-like vinyl robot with stout limbs and long arms with four fingers on each hand. He had black dot eyes and small badge-like slot on his chest.
"Hiro, thank you for coming to Auradon under such short notice." Belle looked over to Hiro and smiled politely.
"The pleasure is ours. We are just on our way to the Domes when we received your call." Hiro walked out of the room with Baymax closing the door behind them.
"How is Ben?"
Hiro turned to the robot behind him and nodded his head towards the former King and Queen.
Baymax nodded at Hiro before turning his robot head to the former King and Queen. "I have done a scan on King Benjamin. I have given his majesty a clean bill of health."
Mal frowned. "Are you sure?"
"Positive, Ms Mal. Baymax have done a full check on King Benjamin a hundred and twenty times."
Mal widened her eyes in shock. This was not the first time she heard that her fiancé is of perfect health. If Ben is not sick, what is causing him to go Beast?
"Thank you, Hiro and Baymax. We will not hold you two here any longer, please let Cogsworth send you two out. Do feel free to drop by Auradon in the future."
"Sure, we will be glad to visit Auradon during my school vacation. We will be in touch. Thanks in advance, your majesty." Hiro and Baymax took a bow before following Cogsworth.
"Is that a robot?" Mal voiced out her concerns after Hiro and Baymax disappeared around the corner.
"That will be yes, Mal dear." Belle chuckled softly, finally feeling relieved after hearing that Ben had gotten a clean bill of health.
"They are from San Fransokyo? Is that like on the other side of the globe?" Mal recalled learning about this city during geography.
"Auradon U it's a sister school in San Fransokyo which was where Tadashi, Hiro's brother, created Baymax five years ago. Unfortunately, Tadashi died in a tragic accident and Hiro took over his brother's role as Baymax caretaker." Adam opened the room to Ben's room to let the two ladies in first before closing the door behind him. "I believe you heard about the team Big Hero Six?"
Mal walked into the room and nodded her head at Adam.
"Hiro and Baymax are both members of the team. Well, Hiro is the engineer of the team and Baymax is the physician of the team…"
The view of Ben sleeping on his bed stopped Adam halfway. His face was pale with white lips and his hair was messy. Ben looked just like a broken doll that was being sewed back together.
Mal covered mouth with her palm in shock as she started to tear up. She slowly walked to her sleeping King and sat beside him carefully, not to wake him up. She reached down with her other arm to tuck his messy hair behind his ear. She felt a warm embrace behind her. Instantly, she knew it was Belle.
"You have to be strong for Ben, Mal." Adam whispered while he reached down to pat her shoulder.
"I know, Adam. Can I take care of Ben for the rest of the day?" Mal swallowed the big lump in her throat as she asked softly, her voice breaking as her bottom lip began to quiver.
Belle shared a worried look with her husband whom gave her a nod. "We will be outside if you need us." Belle rubbed Mal's arm gently for a few times before turning around to her husband.
Adam reached out for his wife's hand. He knew that Mal was not the only one on the edge of breaking down because of his son, he knew his wife needed him to be strong for the both of them and also for Mal. He knew it's time to ask Fairy Godmother about this.
Mal and Evie's Dormitory – Sunday Evening
"Mal!"
Evie got up from her bed and ran towards to give the tired looking girl a hug. Evie and Carlos who were also in the room with her also stood up from the floor to wrap their arms around their surrogate sisters.
Mal returned back to Auradon Prep since she will have school the next day. Adam and Belle insisted it after seeing that Mal hadn't eaten anything or had anything to drink except taking care of Ben for the whole day.
"How is Ben?" Evie asked softly as she held her best friend's hand and walked back to her bed.
"Weak." Mal bit her lip as she tried to hold back her tears.
"Oh no. Mal." Evie instantly wrapped her arms around her.
"Mal, you have to take care of yourself too." Jay reached up to hold his surrogate sister's hand.
Carlos who was sitting beside him on the floor also reached up to pat Mal's knee, even Dude walked over to licked her leg to comfort her.
"I'm sorry to burst like that." Mal slowly took a deep breath to soften her tone.
"Mal, we are a family. We are no longer on the Island. Our parents are not here to scold us for being weak so you no longer have to hold back your emotion around us. We will always be here for you." Jay scolded softly at his surrogate sister.
He had been friends with Mal the longest among the four of them. Mal had always been more than just a friend to him. He knew what Mal have been through that Evie and Carlos do not know. It really hurts to see his friend and surrogate sister trying to hide the fact that she is worried about her boyfriend. He has seen how the two are when they are with each other, Ben really helped Mal to open up a lot in the past year and he was really thankful for it.
"Thanks Jay." Jay's words drew a small smile on her face.
"It's not Ben's health that I am worried about." Evie, Jay and Carlos turned to look at Mal, all were stunned and shocked by her words. "I think Ben may be spelled or cursed."
"What makes you think that?"
Mal turned to her best friend and nodded before telling her surrogate siblings about what Dr Ann and Baymax told her.
Evie, Jay and Carlos shared a look.
"What do you plan to do?" Jay voiced out his doubts.
"What can we do to help?" Evie added.
"We will be here with you whenever you need us, Mal." Carlos reassured her.
Mal turned to look at her friends. This is my family. Mal felt the stone on her chest have disappeared. Now, she had Ben, Evie, Jay, Carlos and also Adam and Belle. She really felt like at that moment she was not alone. She smiled and exhaled a sigh before reaching down.
"I have a plan…"
Hope you guys liked this chapter. As for the plan, it will only be elaborated in the last few chapters.
What do you guys think about the appearance of Hiro and Baymax?
Please read and tell me what you think :)
~ xoxo, Bella