*Author's Note*
Sorry for the delay posting of chapter 19. I have been busy with my new story that I have forgotten that I should be posting this story last week.
As promised, I have pmed a small part of chapter 20 to one of you who have guessed the closest to the ending. I do hope that I do not disappoint you guys with the ending of this story because I am terrible in writing fighting scenes so I have decided to add a little twist. :)
Any update of any new story will always be posted on my profile just in case if you are wondering about any new story coming up.
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
Summer Palace Garden – Saturday Before Dawn
Mal and Ben had almost spent the whole night talking about their dreams, passion, future and they have never felt closer to each other than ever.
I would never ever get tired of this view.
Ben smiled and tucked her hair behind her ears as he continued to watch her princess sleep. He knows she will give him a knuckle sandwich if she knew what is on his mind right now but he could not help being buried deep in his love for his fiancé. He loved the sound of that, but he would love it more to call her his wife but he knew that Mal is not ready for that kind of life yet. He knew she needs time to be his wife and furthermore, be his Queen of Auradon. He is willing to give her time. The only thing he would ask for is that she would not leave his side. He could not imagine how his life would be without his light. Eternal darkness is not enough to describe his world, he would be broken…
"Ben? Ben… Ben… Ben!" Mal whispered, trying to get her fiancé's attention.
Eternal darkness is not enough to describe what my world would be. Broken is not even close to describing how I'll be if I'll ever lose you…
"Uh, oh. Sorry, Mal." Ben apologised as he pulled himself out of his head.
"Are you feeling alright?" The memory of Ben going outrage came into mind as a wave mixed with worry and fear swept over her.
"I'm all right." Ben caught a glimpse of the sun's position. "We should go if not we will not have enough time to prepare for the party. Besides, Evie, Jay and Carlos must be worried sick about you."
Mal pouted and nodding her head, causing Ben to chuckle softly before leaning down to give her a soft kiss on her lips.
Castle Beast – Saturday Before noon
By the time, Mal and Ben have returned to Auradon Prep, Evie, Jay and Carlos were waiting by the limo for them. Everyone had returned to their home after school the day before, so there were only left with Evie, Jay, Carlos and school guards in the whole school since the night before. Mal and Ben quickly hopped on the limo with their friends and make their way to the castle to prepare for the party. Everything was ready for them at the Castle by the time they have arrived. Belle had made some food for them to help build their energy for later. After sharing what Evie, Jay and Carlos have discussed with Mal, Ben, Belle and Adam, Mal and Evie excuse themselves to prepare while the boys took their time since they do not need as much time as the girls.
"Stay still, Mal," Evie said as she was curling Mal's eyelashes.
Ten minutes later…
"Mal, please stop fidgeting."
Five minutes later…
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Five minutes later…
"Mal Bertha! Stop moving if you don't want to spend another hour on redoing your makeup."
Five minutes later…
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Two minutes later…
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N minutes later…
"Don't make me get Ben." Evie straightened her body, rested her hands on her tiny waist and warned again.
"Alright, alright." Mal chuckled. "I'll stay still. Stop threatening me with meaningless threats. As though, Ben can actually keep me from doing what I want to do."
"Do you want to try me?" Evie quirked an eyebrow at her purple-haired best friend.
Mal let out a soft chuckle before she pretended to zip her lips and gave her best innocent look to her boiling best friend.
Evie rolled her eyes at best friend before picking up the mascara again.
Ten minutes later…
"All done!" Evie announced after applying the last stroke of blush on her purple-haired best friend's cheekbone.
"Thanks, Evie," Mal beamed as she watched her best friend around to pack up.
"Wipe that big smirk off your face. Don't think I don't know you were fidgeting on purpose to annoy me." Evie hissed under her breath, with her back facing her best friend. She knew Mal too well to know what she was doing behind her back.
Mal let out a string of laughter, causing Evie to drop everything on her hand so she could turn around to smack her best friend on her upper arm.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't help it." Mal defended as she flinched.
"Hmph!" Evie rolled her eyes at her best friends before turning around.
"Let's get you dressed," Evie said after closing her makeup case.
"What about you?" Mal asked.
"I've done my makeup when we were waiting for you at school early this morning. Just some touch up before the party will be enough. I have packed some makeup in my purse for later." Evie said as she pointed to her purse on the couch. "I'll help you get dress before changing into my gown. We were late this morning, so we don't have a lot of time to spare."
"I'm sorry." Mal apologised as stepped into her dress.
Without Mal continuing, Evie knew exactly what Mal was referring too. Evie quickly zipped the dress before wrapping her arms around her surrogate sister's shoulders. "I am just glad that everything is fine between Ben and you. With everything we've been through, we cannot afford to lose each other. You are all I have left. And, happy that Jay did not tear Ben into two."
"Thanks a lot for helping me keep Ben in one piece." Mal chuckled.
"Well, what're sisters for?" Evie beamed.
After a few minutes of touching up on the dress…
"All set." Evie took a step back to take in the full view of her beautiful surrogate sister.
Mal had her long purple hair in a waterfall braid. She was wearing a long puffy lavender gown with a heart-shaped neckline and a silver belt around her tiny waist. Mal has taken off her necklace that had her engagement ring on it and replaced it with a simple white diamond necklace, a gift from Belle, and a pair of white high heels with pumps flowers on the heels on her feet.
"You're so beautiful, Mal. I'm sure Ben will be head over heels for you if he wasn't before seeing you in your gown." Evie praised.
"Thank you. Now it's your turn. Let me help you." Mal offered as she bent down to take off her heels.
Evie rub her forehead in frustration while she watched her beautifully surrogate sister unzipped the bag of her gown, ignoring the fact that she needs to be careful and elegant in that dress.
No matter who Mal become in the future, Evie knew that she will always be her Mal.
While Mal and Evie were getting ready, Ben, Jay and Carlos have finished changing into their tux and had found the others around the punch table in the Castle's Open-Air Cathedral.
"Have you guys seen Heres anywhere?" Ben asked as he scanned the room.
"Not yet but we found Gaston Jr," Doug said as Chad pointed towards where the rest of the Tourney team were, "and Ylma," Doug continued before turning towards where Liz and Gavin were standing.
"What about Gaston the Third?" Ben bent his head slightly to take a sip from his punch while scanning the area with his eyes.
"He just went to the bathroom. Jayden just went after him." Chad informed.
"Hey boys!"
The boys turned to find Audrey, Lonnie and Jane behind them. Audrey was wearing a baby pink fluffy cocktail dress with spaghetti straps. Lonnie was dressed in a jade green low-high dress. Jane was dressed in a blue and white halter dress.
"Woah!" Jay, Chad and Carlos blurted.
Ben and Doug shared a knowing look and smirked, ignoring the fact that their girlfriends were just as breathtaking as Audrey, Lonnie and Jane and the possibility to make a complete fool of themselves later.
"Where are Mal and Evie?" Lonnie asked as she looked around.
"We kind of were late this morning, so they are still preparing," Ben explained with an apologetic smile.
Everyone except Jay and Carlos chuckled as they did not know what happened yesterday afternoon. It would not be surprising if they were to assume Mal and Ben were being mushy again. Jay and Carlos shared a knowing look. Suddenly, the feeling of uncertainty grew stronger.
"You girls looked divine." Belle praised as she walked into the room where Mal and Evie were preparing. "Ben and Doug are two very lucky young men."
Evie had changed into her dark blue dress which was wrapping her upper body like a second skin, showing off her body figure with an opening at her thigh to show off her long legs. She had a pair of gold metallic heels which was covered with tiny sparkling stone on her feet, some gold bangles on her right arm and a beautiful sparkly blue gem necklace on her neck.
"Thanks, Belle. For everything, you have given my friends and me. We will never be able to repay you with all the showers of love you and Adam gave us." Mal wrapped her arms around the woman in front of her.
"Well, I believe all Adam and Belle are short of is simply a daughter-in-law and may be a grandson." Evie rested her hands on her tiny waist and beamed.
"Evie!" Mal protested as she unwrapped her arms around the former Queen.
"Evie is very right. All we could ask for a daughter-in-law and a grandson." Belle chuckled and nodded in agreement.
Mal's cheeks instantly got even redder.
"I know you and Ben are only 18 but promise me that you'll not let me and Adam wait too long to call you my daughter-in-law. You four are long considered as part of our family, but it would be even better if you're my daughter-in-law. I'm sure Adam and Ben felt the same way." Belle wrapped her hands around Mal's hands and said from the bottom of her heart.
Tears started to form at the corners of her eyes, but Evie quickly grabbed a tissue and wiped it off. Mal turned and mouth 'Thank you' to her surrogate sister before turning to Belle and nodded her head.
"You girls will definitely steal the spotlight of the room. Let's go and show everyone how beautiful my future daughter-in-law and her sister is." Belle reached out for Evie's hand, and together the three of them walked out of the room hand in hand.
"Woah! Who are the pretty ladies beside your mom? That purple-haired girl is absolutely breathtaking." Isaac commented as he caught a glimpse of the former Queen.
Isaac is the son of Anna and Kristoff from Arendelle, and one of Ben's best friends. Isaac is exactly like his mother – bright, brave and adventurous. Ben would always hang out with him when he was visiting Arendelle with Adam and Belle during Auradon Prep's winter break and Isaac's cousin, Kenneth, would join them whenever he was not held up by his royal duties.
Isaac and Kenneth's parents had some last-minute emergency to attend to in Arendelle, so thus, only the two of them could make it. They are in Auradon to celebrate Ben's birthday, and the two of them were also representing their parents and Arendelle to be at Ben's party.
Ben turned to find his mother walking towards him with his beautiful purple-haired fiancé and her surrogate sister.
"Hush! She's taken." Ben proclaimed softly towards his friend.
"Man. Who's the lucky man? If he is not dashing like me, I might steal this arm candy." Isaac commented.
Kenneth shared a look with Doug and chuckled at his cousin's absent-mindedness. The rest of the gang were around the Open-Air Cathedral keeping a watchful eye for Heres, Ylma and the Gaston brothers.
"Isaac and Kenneth, welcome to Auradon. Please enjoy your stay here and remember to send my regards to your parents." Belle greeted.
"Certainly, Aunt Belle," Isaac replied.
"Our parents were held up in Arendelle, but they send their regards to you, Adam and Ben," Kenneth added.
"And please send mine to them too," Belle said.
Before Isaac could ask anything about Mal and Evie, Belle turned to his son and Doug to pass Mal's hand to Ben's and Evie's hand to Doug's.
"Here, I'll leave the girls in your hands. They are too beautiful to walk around alone."
With that, Belle smiled at the children in front of her before turning around to her waiting husband.
"Mal, there is no words that are fit enough to describe how beautiful you are." Ben praised as he wrapped his arm around Mal's tiny waist to give her a kiss on her lips before turning to give a face to Isaac.
Kenneth and Doug burst out into laughter as Isaac's jaw dropped.
Evie turned to give her boyfriend a puzzled look whom in return leant towards her to whisper her what happened earlier, with their fingers remained entwined the whole time.
"Ben, everyone's looking.' Mal complained softly.
"They are just jealous of how beautiful my girlfriend is." Ben flashed his cheesy smile at Isaac whose face turned bright red.
"Benjamin! You better watch out!" Isaac hissed under his breath.
Ben chuckled as he turned his fiancé around to introduce his friends from Arendelle, "Mal, Evie. I'd like you to meet our friends from Arendelle. This is Isaac, and this is Kenneth."
"Hi!" Mal and Evie greeted.
"Nice to meet you, ladies." Kenneth greeted while Isaac just waved at them, with his eyes shooting daggers at Ben who in return was flashing his cheesiest smile at him.
"Where is Heres?" Ylma asked, worried.
"She did not tell us anything about her plan, remember?" Gaston the Third shrugged.
"I love my life here. Why can't we just forget the past?" Ylma said as she watched her boyfriend dancing with his best friend.
"You know it's not that easy. Heres is not Mal." Gaston the Third reminded. "It is always not our choice to pick, remember?"
"I know but isn't there anything you will miss around here?" Ylma asked.
"That's why I have been keeping my distance with everyone and my shield up around myself. Ylma, I have told you this before. Even if you wanted something and you are willing to work hard for it or fight for it, it's not a certain thing to get it." Gaston the Third stared blindly at his tourney buddies. "If there is anything that I'll miss the most, it will be the team."
"It would be Gavin and Liz for me. They have been so kind, sweet and loving to me, even their parents. I cannot imagine how my life would be without them." Ylma sighed sadly.
"Hey! At least we will always have each other." Gaston the Third said, trying to cheer his friend up.
"Hopefully this is how Heres and your brother feel too." Ylma turned and gave Gaston the Third a weak smile.
As the sun set above their heads, Adam has walked up the stage and signalled the band to quiet down as he grabbed the mic.
"May I have your attention, ladies and gentlemen!"
Everyone turned to the stage to find not only their former King was on the stage, but their former Queen, current King, Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos were also all on the stage with him.
"Thank you to all our guests who have put aside your busy schedule to gather here to celebrate my son's 18th birthday with us." Adam signalled his wife to step forward. "This is not only a special day for my son. Today is also a special day for my family and me. I believe this will be my cue to pass the mic to my son, Benjamin."
"Thanks, dad!" Ben gave his father a hug before turning to the love of his life. He offered his hand and Mal gave him her sweetest smile before putting her hand on his palm. Instantly, their fingers entwined. "Firstly, I would like to say thank you once again for joining my family and me on my birthday. Secondly, my dad is right. Today is a very special day for us, especially to me."
Ben turned to pass the mic to Evie before turning aback to Mal and kneel with one knee as he reached into his pocket to grab a ring case from his jacket.
The audience gasped in shock as Mal widened her eyes at his fiancé.
"Mal, I know that I can be a handful sometimes, but you always know what to say to me to make me felt like the happiness man in the world. You have been my best friend since we met, the love of my life since we started dating and it would be my honour if you would be my Queen and be by my side so we can build our future together. I love you, Mal. Would you marry me?"
Mal stood there dumbfounded, she knew he was going to announce their engagement in front of the world, but she did not expect for him to propose to her again and in front of everybody. She looked down to see the ring and realised that it was the ring that Ben used to propose to her a few months ago. Now she finally realised why Evie asked her to remove her necklace. She turned to look at her friends who were on stage with her as an emotional support whom in return were all giving her their warmest smiles. Instantly, she knew that they knew what Ben had in mind all along.
Mal's lips curled into a smile and turned back towards his fiancé and said, "Yes. I would love…"
"Hahahahahahahaha… I should have known! You, weak little brat!"
Final chapter will be posted real soon, what do you guys think about an epilogue?
Please read and tell me what you think :)
~ xoxo, Bella