This is the second and last day of Mal and Ben's mini vacation. He's managed to wake her up early so they can get to know the city and between the Louvre Museum, the Eiffel Tower and other historical monuments, they're having a great time.

Mal says his favorite part was seeing the old village where Belle lived. Ben tells her that his mother hasn't been there since his grandfather died, even though it's so close to Auradon. The people are festive and funny as "Little Town, It's a Quiet Village," the couple are on a lovely honeymoon after all.

(...)

Auradon City

Peace reigns in Auradon City, which is to be expected from a kingdom that was made to hold all the Fairy Tales.

"Evie? Evie, can we come in?"

The white-haired young man asks, accompanied by Jay.

"It's open!"

She shouted for them to enter her house.

"Good morning." Jay opened by taking an apple from the fruit basket in the kitchen. "What are you doing?" He plopped down on the couch, watching her put some finishing touches on a dress.

"What does it look like? It's the only thing Evie does after she breathes." Carlos wryly threw himself onto the other couch. "Where's Doug?"

"Hi Jay, do you still exist and remember you have a family? Interesting." She talks honestly about what's bothering her. Her friend has been doing nothing but working or volunteering lately. "Hi again, Carlos, and again, this is my job, so I have to do this to support myself and Doug went to his aunt and uncle's house, Grumpy isn't doing too well." She replied to both of them while sewing incessantly on the cloth in front of her.

"Didn't Ben make a retirement plan for them? Why don't they use it?"

Carlos asked about the dwarves.

"They love to work, they don't know how to do anything other than flatter Snow. You should learn from them, Carlos, you know? Work."

"Funny, I'm going to work, I'm just looking for another sector I like."

Carlos left the shelter; unfortunately, the dogs didn't survive the tragedy two years ago, and it was difficult for him to recover.

"Jay, anything to tell me?"

Evie asked and sat down next to him.

"What? I have a job."

"Oh sure, that's why Lonnie went to her parents' house, and you haven't shown up for two weekends at the family lunch?"

"You don't know anything, okay, Evie? Lonnie wants to dispute the kingdom with his brother on a fun, and I'm not going to support this."

Jay repeated what he said to his girlfriend when she left.

"Shouldn't husbands support their wives?"

Evie thought.

"Firstly, we're not married, and secondly, it's stupid. Changing the subject, where's Mal?"

"Paris. Traveling with Ben"

"Ben and Mal traveled? What did I miss?"

Jay asks, almost spitting out the apple he's eating.

"An anniversary present, they deserve it after all this time."

"Yeah, they really deserve it."

"What about Jane, Carlos?"

Evie asks.

"Oh, she's with her aunt, I think."

Carlos replied, thinking about how he hadn't spoken to her for a few days.

"What about you, Evie? What are you doing asking so much about us?"

"The usual, dresses."

She pointed to her work.

"I heard your mother went back to the island. Why did she do that?"

"I'd like to know, too." She said it sadly. "I think she's gotten used to living there, or she just can't stand living in the same kingdom as her enemy. Is Jafar all right?"

Aladdin's villain is very ill and now lives in a hospital.

"I think so." He said it cheerlessly. "Aunt Nasira is looking after him, but when he gets better, he'll go back to the island for good." He said this, avoiding looking at Evie so as not to show his sadness about his father's condition.

"Jay, don't you think..."

Evie was about to start talking in an attempt to advise him.

"I have to go to an organization, if you'll excuse me."

Jay hasn't been the same since the war, and it's not just him, everyone is the same. They're tired of going through so many battles and always ending up hurting in the end.

(...)

Enchanted florest

The forest has existed for years, even before Auradon was born. When fairies, gnomes, witches and everyone else lived in harmony and peace. Today, it stretches from Auradon to Aurora Castle. It's not as vast and large as it once was, but it's still trying to stand on its own two feet.

There are currently a few good old witches and fairies living there who are not part of Clarion's reign, and all the others refuse to go to Queen Leah's kingdom. It's not a very big community, they're like a big family. Auradonians don't go there much, except for two women who now go often.

"Auntie? Auntie, I'm coming in."

Young Jane said, entering the old fairy's room.

"Jane, how are you? I haven't seen you for years."

The lady smiled and sat down on the bed. She did indeed look the way Jane remembered her, with her white hair, angelic face and huge smile, except for her tiredness and advancing age.

"I came here yesterday, auntie."

She said it sadly when she saw that the woman's memory isn't as good as it used to be.

"Really? Do you want some tea?"

"I'd love to." She let Nanny go and prepare everything, and she sat down at the table to be served. "How are you today? You seem very cheerful."

"I'm fine and happy, like I've never been before. And my sister?"

Nanny and the Fairy Godmother aren't the best of friends, but since Nanny started to get sicker, they've given up fighting and tried to put the past behind them. Jane looks after her aunt while her mother works, and when Jane is studying magic, Helena goes there, but her visits are rare at the moment.

"Well, Mom's not a big fan of magic unless it's necessary, you know this. She's not even suffering from Ben's trial."

Although Nanny hadn't interfered in the war, Jane had passed on to her everything there was to know, including the king's decree on the use of Fairy Godmother magic.

"Ben and Mal."

She said quietly, almost whispering, but smiled as she picked up the cups and carried them to the table.

"Why the smile? Did you see something?"

Nanny is able to see the future, one of the attributes of her magic. It used to be more natural, but now it's harder to use these powers since she's lost most of her fairy attributes.

"I saw it, but you wouldn't believe it, Jane."

"Auntie, after you told me you looked after Maleficent when she was a child and the sorceress who turned Adam into a beast, I don't doubt a thing."

The old woman laughed, thinking back to those dark but beautiful times.

"You see them like this, for you the sorceress, but for me the lovely Circe. Mistress of all evil, for me, my sweet girl." She always smiles when she remembers the years she took care of Maleficent: "She's beautiful, don't you think? My sister says I'm crazy to look after a monster, but I thought I could change her. Maleficent is just a little girl." Jane knows that her memory oscillates between the past and present. Nanny knows that Jane thinks so, since she can read minds too. "I love remembering the past, you know? It makes me think about the future."

"That's great, Auntie."

"Jane, you'd love to live here when the world hadn't become such a mess, but you know, this mess is going to end." She smiled, taking her niece's hands. "Jane, my mistake didn't affect the future."

" What do you mean, auntie?"

"When I found out that Maleficent had a daughter, I almost freaked out. I insisted that your mother take her to me, but the immediate answer was no. The little girl is beautiful, isn't she? She looks like her father, but she's practically all her mother."

"Who are you talking about, auntie? Mal?"

"Mal? How is she? Her mother refuses to take her out of that hell they call the Island. At first, I thought that resurrecting the villains was too stupid and cruel, but ever since I've had this dream, my hope has been reborn every morning."

Jane had lost herself in the past, present and future.

"What dream?"

"The same as always, my mistake wasn't enough to end everything. I was terrible, Jane, and I didn't change the future. My little girl has turned into a monster. But she'll make it, my girl's daughter will change everything. Doesn't that sound lovely?"

"It is, auntie, very cool. Do you want to go to bed now?"

"You think I'm crazy, but in a while you'll understand everything. Do you want to know more? The signs are already starting, and she knows it."

"Who knows what, auntie?"

"Mal, isn't she coming back from Paris today? She'll be in for a pleasant surprise, but she won't find out today. I'm going to dream again, Jane. Send Carlos a hug."

The lady got up and went back to her room. It's in these moments that Jane doesn't understand much, but she believes that her words make sense, even if she doesn't.

(...)

Paris

"Mal, are you okay?"

Ben knocked on the bathroom door.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I think that escargot made me sick."

She replied, wiping her mouth clean of the vomit she'd just made.

"You get sick from food? You want me to believe that?"

He asked, hurrying to get their suitcase.

"Stop being annoying, Florian, at least I'm not allergic to honey. Seriously, who has a honey allergy?"

She went over to him to get some clothes to change into.

"When your father is turned into a beast, we'll talk." He watched her try to put her bra on. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just a bit tight, I think I took a smaller size."

She tried to button the cloth around her breasts

"Or they've grown."

Ben came closer, kissing her neck

"No, our flight leaves in an hour."

She tried to break free of his arms.

"I'm sure you're in no hurry to get home."

"Auradon can wait."