An hour later, the teens were having lunch at a picnic table which just happened to be in front of the table where Nyma, Romelle, Rebecca, Pidge, Lotor, Narti, and some other teens were sitting. Pidge along with Narti wanted desperately to go and sit with the teens but their 'friends' stopped them from doing so every time they tried to.
"Hey, how are you guys?" Lance asked as he walked up to the group. Though, no one answered him. "Listen, what happened wasn't your fault, so let's just let it go," Lance said as he stepped behind Keith and softly rubbed his shoulders. "Everything will be better after the Coronation tomorrow," Lance assured them but not one of the four seemed to believe him. "I have to go and take care of some things, I'll see you all tomorrow okay?"
"Sure," Keith softly, his blank expression remained the same. Lance nodded his head softly and walked off, a frown on his face.
"Acxa, about earlier," Narti said as he pushed past Rebecca and walked up to Acxa. "I-"
"Narti!" Rebecca called out with a glare towards Acxa.
"It's my fault," Acxa said with a frown on her face. "Don't blame yourself."
"But I-"
"Narti!" Lotor called out.
"What?" Narti asked as she turned to Lotor. However, she got the meaning behind his expression.
"Narti-"
"I'm sorry-" Narti said with a sigh as she walked back to where Rebecca was.
"How long does he think that's gonna last?" Nyma asked as she and Romelle walked by. Romelle was wearing a pink knee-length dress with quarter length sleeves, short white heels, a gold bracelet with teal stones, a golden chain necklace, and a jeweled headband. "After all, villains never get the good ending."
"And Lance would never make a villain's kid a King," Romelle said to which the girls burst out into laughter as they headed back to their lunch table.
"Beware, forswear, undo Romelle's hair," Keith said as he flipped through the pages of the spellbook and switched Romelle's hair back to its short bob from before. Romelle screamed and all the girls burst out into laughter. Rebecca, in fear, grabbed at her hair as if her hands were going to protect it.
"There's a lot more where that came from," Keith said as he stood up and turned to the girls behind him, spell book in hand. "Anyone feeling brave enough to speak up?"
"Excuse me but just who do you think you are?" Nyma asked with a glare.
"Did I stutter?" Keith asked with an equally cold glare as he opened his spell book and started to flip pages. "I am Haggar's son after all," Nyma and the crowd turned away from Keith and quickly headed off. Rebecca dragging her sister and Narti away.
"Wow," Matt muttered under his breath with a small frown.
"I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. Let's grab that wand and let evil free," Keith said as he grabbed his stuff and walked off, the trio following behind him.
The next day, the kingdom was crowded around the cathedral to catch a glimpse of Lance along with Keith. Currently, Haggar, Ladnock, Trugg, and Sendak were watching the coronation on the television in front of them, a bowl of popcorn in Haggar's lap.
"And we are outside of the cathedral, bringing you live coverage all day of Prince Lance's Coronation, this is Queen Hira reporting live," Ladnock scrunched up her nose and tossed a handful of popcorn at the television screen.
"Oh, I can't wait to get my sweet revenge on her."
Meanwhile inside, Nyma and Lotor were showing off, as usual. Nyma was wearing a pink halter gown with white heels, a white cropped cardigan, silver teardrop earrings, a snowflake necklace, and a silver bracelet with a heart pendant. Lotor was wearing black pants, a white shirt, and a purple blazer.
Romelle walked by but due to her hair, she was once again invisible. Romelle was wearing a spaghetti strap pink slightly poofy gown with white heels, a two-chain necklace, silver earrings, and a golden headband.
"And Fairy Godmother Shay is looking as radiant as ever," Hira said with a smile as the camera fixed on Shay. Shay was wearing a black skirt with angled ruffles up to her waist with a silver belt around her waist, black heels, silver hoop earrings, a golden necklace, a matching golden bracelet, and another plain gold bracelet on her other wrist.
"I can't say the same for her daughter Romelle though, her hair has reverted back to what it used to be," Hira said as the camera panned to Romelle who blushed and quickly walked away. "And here we have Fairy Godmother Shay's wand which will be used in the Crowning Ceremony later today."
"I want that wand!" Haggar cried out as she passed the popcorn bowl to Trugg behind her.
"Really? I never knew," Sendak said with a roll of his eyes. "It's not like it's brought up every single day," Haggar turned to him with a glare.
"And here comes Prince Lance now," Hira announced as the camera fixed on Lance and Keith in the carriage.
Lance was wearing a blue suit with a white shirt underneath and black dress shoes, gold detailing decorated his suit blazer. Keith was wearing black dress pants, a red blouse, a black blazer, and black dress shoes. Acxa had styled his hair so that his bangs were cleanly loose and the rest of his hair was in a ponytail.
"Don't be so nervous, you just need to sit there and look handsome," Lance said with a smile as he grabbed Keith's hand in his own. "No problem there, you already do that."
"Flatterer," Keith said with a smile.
"it's my specialty," Lance said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Um, Keith? Would you wear my ring?" Lance asked as he pulled a gold ring with a blue gem off his finger.
"Um, I don't think it would fit me, it would probably slide right off," Keith said to which Lance nodded in understanding and slipped the ring back on his finger.
"I'll have to get you a matching one in your size then," Lance said with a smile.
"I do have something for you though," Keith said as he grabbed the blue and gold wrapped box that had been sitting on his lap.
"For me?" Lance asked in surprise.
"Yeah, for later, when you need an extra energy boost," Keith explained as he passed the box over to Lance.
"You're always thinking of me," Lance said as he opened the box and smiled seeing the cupcake decorated with blue icing. "But I can't wait until them, I could use that extra boost of energy," Lance said as he pulled out the mini cupcake and bit into it.
"No!" Keith called out with wide eyes.
"Mmm, this is really good," Lance said with a smile. "You're a really great baker."
"Uh thanks," Keith said before shaking his head. "Uh, how do you feel?"
"Keith?"
"Do you feel okay?"
"You bet," Lance said as he put the box away.
"Uh, do you feel okay enough to say that you're still in love with me?" Keith asked.
"I don't know," Lance said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Ask me in a few minutes when the anti-love potion has kicked in."
"Uh, right," Keith said before turning back to Lance in surprise. "Wait, you knew?" Keith asked in surprise with wide eyes
"Knew what? That you spelled me?" Lance said with a knowing smile.
"I-I can explain-"
"No, I know why you did it," Lance said with a shake of his head.
"You do?" Keith asked with a wince.
"Yeah, you had a crush on me," Lance said to which Keith mentally face palmed me. "You saw that Nyma was a bit controlling in the relationship and decided to take matters into your own hands, right?" Lance asked.
"Uh, yeah," Keith said shaking himself out of his thoughts. "You're spot on there," Keith said with a nervous chuckle. "So, how long have you known?" Keith asked with a small smile.
"Since the first date," Lance said as he adjusted the ring on his finger. "The Enchanted Lake washes off any and all spells," Lance said as his smile faded a little bit.
"So, you've just been faking it? Just going with the flow?" Keith asked as he watched Lance slip his ring off his finger.
"I haven't been faking anything," Lance said as he slipped his ring onto Keith's pointer finger and kissed his hand.
"Wait, isn't that Keith?" Ladnock said in surprise as the camera shifted to show Lance helping Keith out of the carriage as it stopped at the stairs of the cathedral.
"Oh my god," Haggar said with wide eyes. "Why is he with that boy and looking like some-"
"Prince!" Hira finished with a surprised look on her face, she was expecting Nyma to be with Lance. "Now, let's see which designer this young man is wearing," Hira said as she pulled out a card and read it over. "Acxa."
"Acxa!?" Ladnock exclaimed in surprise.
"According to this, Acxa is the best friend of this young man and has been designing ever since she was young."
"That's my daughter!" Ladnock exclaimed with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, yippee, she sewed a suit," Haggar said with a roll of her eyes. "If Keith got close to the Prince then that means he's only one step closer to grabbing that wand!"
"Wow, bitter much," Ladnock said with a roll of her eyes.
"It's happening, people! Get ready! Because our reign of terror begins today!" Haggar said with a smile on her face, the trio behind her bursting into evil laughter.
Keith and Lance walked up the stairs, hand in hand, to where Shiro and Adam were standing. Adam was wearing black pants, a white blouse, a dark brown vest, a dark grey blazer, and black shoes. On top of his head was his crown which was a simple gold crown with light blue jewels around it. Shiro was wearing black pants, a white blouse, a black vest, a purple blazer, and black shoes. He was also wearing his crown on his head that in a few minutes would be placed on Lance's head.
"Your Majesties," Keith said as he stood up from his bow in front of Adam and Shiro. "About yesterday at the celebration, I-"
"You don't need to apologize Keith," Adam said with a smile. "This experience was new for all of us."
"Adam's right," Shiro said with a smile on his face. "And I told Lance when he was finalizing everything that this wasn't going to be an easy project."
"You also taught him that a King leads by his heart and believes in himself," Allura said as she walked up with a smile. She was dressed in a blue off the shoulder gown with glitter on the off the shoulder straps and white heels. She was also wearing a silver necklace, silver teardrop earrings, a blue and silver jewel bracelet, and her wedding ring with her hair tied into a high bun.
"I did?" Shiro asked in confusion.
"You did," Allura said as she pulled her nephew into a hug. "You raised your son well."
"We all had a hand in it," Shiro said with a smile.
"Lance, know that we are very proud of everything you do and have done," Adam said as she drew Lance into a hug. "Never stop listening to your heart, you hear me?
"Loud and clear."
"I know you'll make a great King," Shiro said as he patted his son on the shoulder with a smile. Shiro turned to Adam and together the pair headed off inside to their places, Allura following after giving Keith a gentle smile. Lance turned to Keith with a soft smile.
"Wish me luck," Lance said as he kissed Keith's hand, Keith chuckled and turned at the sound of a soft cough. Behind him was a servant who would be escorting him inside to his designated spot.
Acxa, Rolo, and Matt were all uneasy as they watched from above.
Acca was wearing a black dress and silver sandal heels. She was also wearing a silver necklace, silver chandelier earrings, and a black and gold cuff bracelet. She also wore a gold crown-shaped headband in her hair.
Rolo was wearing grey pants, a light grey blouse, a black vest, a black blazer, and brown shoes. He was also wearing a black belt and a black watch. Matt was wearing black pants, a green blouse, black dress shoes, a black belt, a black blazer, and his black hat. In his arms, he held Bae Bae.
As the singing came to a close, the doors opened and Lance walked down the aisle. The crowd bowing as Lance walked down, a new song forming as he did.
"Don't blow it Keith," Haggar said softly as she anxiously watched as Lance stepped up in front of Shay.
Shay bowed to Shiro who bent down to allow her to pluck the crown off his head as Lance bowed down. Lance smiled up at his father as Shay placed the crown on top of his head and turned to the magic case where her wand was.
As the case was lifted, Keith turned to Acxa with a nervous look. Acxa just looked back at him with a similar look, as did Matt and Rolo. Allura picked up the wand and handed it to Shay with a soft smile.
"Do you solemnly swear to govern the peoples of Altea with justice and mercy as long as you shall reign?" Shay asked as she stepped in front of Lance, her voice echoing throughout the cathedral.
"Hurry up and grab it already!" Haggar called out as she nervously ate popcorn from the bowl.
"I do solemnly swear," Lance said with a nod of his head.
"Then it is my honor and my joy to bless our new King," Shay said with a smile. Though, that smile faded as the wand was pulled out of her hand. The crowd gasping at who had grabbed the wand.
"Yes!" Haggar cried out as the island started to shake. Which only meant one thing, the barrier was broken.
"The barrier is broken!" Ladnock called out as Haggar ran over to the balcony and opened the doors.
"Our time has arrived!" Haggar said as she let out a laugh and disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke.
"Romelle! What are you doing!?" Shay called out as she ran over to Romelle.
"If you refuse to make me as beautiful as you did for everyone else! Then I'll do it myself" Romelle yelled out, Lance ran in front of Keith and pulled him behind him, Shiro doing the same to Adam and Allura.
"Take cover!" Shiro yelled to the crowd as magic sparked from the wand. Keith ran behind Romelle and fought her to try and pull the wand out of her grasp.
"Keith! Watch out!" Allura called out as Keith pulled the wand out of Romelle's hands. Acxa, Matt, and Rolo noticed and hurried down from the balcony. Romelle quickly ran back into the crowd.
"Keith, give me the wand," Lance said as he stepped between Keith, his parents, and Shay.
"Stand back," Keith said just as Acxa, Matt, and Rolo ran in through the door and behind him.
"It's okay," Lance said as he took a step towards Keith.
"Lance, I said stand back!" Keith said, his voice growling a little bit at the order.
"I told you this would happen!" Nyma said as she stepped up with a glare. "They're just like their parents!" Nyma cried out but jumping back as Queen Luxia pulled her back just as Keith turned to her with the wand still in his hands.
"Let's go!" Matt said from behind Keith.
"Revenge time? Ring a bell?" Rolo chimed in.
"Keith, do you really want to do this? Be like your mother?" Lance asked, his eyes never leaving Keith's.
"We have no choice, Lance!" Keith said with a sigh. "If my mother doesn't get this wand then-"
"I wouldn't let anything happen to you, you're not your mother," Lance said with a smile. "She chose her destiny already, but remember, you get to choose your own," Lance said as everyone watched the scene, waiting to see what would happen. "So, choose now," Keith glanced around the cathedral. His eyes studied how fearful and worried everyone was about his choice, considering he had the wand in his hands.
"I-," Keith said as he stared back at Lance with eyes that shimmered with tears. "I want to be good," Keith said in a soft voice.
"You should already know that deep down you are good," Lance said with a smile on his face. "I know you're good."
"But how do you know that?" Keith snapped, his voice shaking along with his body.
"Because, I'm listening to what my heart says," Lance said with a smile as he placed a hand over his heart. "And my heart says that you are not an evil person."
"I-, I want to listen to my heart, too," Keith said with a soft smile. "And my heart is telling me that we are not like our parents, not at all," Keith said with a watery chuckle as his eyes glazed over. "Rolo, stealing things doesn't make you happy," Keith said as he turned to Rolo. "Playing tourney with the team and chowing down on greasy pizza with everyone makes you happy."
"Pizza makes anyone happy," Rolo said with a nod and flashed him a smile.
"Matt, you're not afraid of dogs anymore, you love scratching Bae-Bae's belly," Keith said with a laugh to which Mat nodded a huge smile on his face.
"Dogs are not at all what my dad said they were," Matt said as he turned to Bae-Bae.
"Acxa, you are so much smarter than you give yourself credit for," Keith said as Acxa nodded with a watery smile. "Who says you need a Prince or Princess, to make yourself happy?"
"What about you?" Lance asked softly, Keith froze for a moment before he stared down at Lance's ring on his finger.
"I am not my mother, I don't want to take over the world, that's not me and it doesn't make me happy either," Keith said as he turned to Lance with a smile, holding up his hand that held Lance's ring on his finger. "Being with you makes me happy, you make me happy," Keith said to which Lance smiled.
"You make me happy to."
"All of us being friends makes me happy," Keith said as he held out a fist, a smile on his face. "So, I'm choosing good."
"Same here," Rolo said as he joined his and Keith's fists together.
"I choose good," Acxa said with a smile as she also put her fist in.
"So, we don't have to worry about our parent's right?" Matt asked in a small voice. "Because they're gonna pretty mad we didn't complete the plan and instead are going against their wishes," Matt said which drew a smile from everyone.
"You don't have to worry," Lance said with a smile. "Your parents can't reach you here in Altea."
"Great," Matt said as he placed his fist in with a smile. "Then I'm choosing good to."
"Come on," Keith said as he turned to Lance. The prince stared at him for a few moments before stepping up and adding his fist to the pile. The crowd cheering at the happy resolve.
However, that happiness was over when a cloud of purple smoke followed by lightning appeared and floated down between the teens, Allura, Adam, Shiro, and Shay. Everyone's eyes widened when they realized who the smoke had been as Haggar appeared.
"Guess who's back!" Haggar called out with a smile.
"It can't be," Keith whispered as Adam pulled Lance beside him. "Go away, Mother."
"Oh sweetheart, you're too funny," Haggar said as she turned to her son laughing. "Now enough of this game, hand me the wand."
"No!" Lance called out as Keith went to hand the wand over to his mother but at the last second, he tossed it back to Shay.
"Bibbidi-bobbidi-"
"Boo!" Haggar said as she snapped her fingers and the room froze in place. All except her, Keith, Acxa, Rolo, and Matt. "Aww, a pity," Haggar said with a laugh as she headed up towards Shay.
"Evil like me, don't you wanna be mean"
"Someone obviously got a little too used to not using their magic," Haggar said as she grabbed the wand from Shay and started to play with the godmother's nose. "Now, where shall we start with our reign of terror?" Haggar asked as she turned to Keith and using the wand, summoned Lance's ring off Keith's finger and onto the wand. "How about we start by getting rid of this ring?"
"Mom"
"Clearly, you've forgotten what I told you," Haggar said as she walked up to Lance and tilted his crown with a smirk on her face. "Love is weakness, it's overrated and not something you want in your life."
"You don't know what I want!" Keith said as his eyes glazed over. "All you've ever focused on is what you want!" Keith yelled which caused Haggar to stare at her son in shock. "You've never asked what I want because you want me to be you. But I'm not you!"
"Obviously, I've had years of practice building my evil core," Haggar said as she walked up to her son with a roll of her eyes. "You'll get there too."
"No, I won't," Keith said with a shake of his head. "And I wish you never went down this path in the first place," Keith said, which shocked Haggar a little bit. "You were wrong, love is not weakness," Keith said with a smile as he glanced over at Lance. "Love is amazing and warm."
"I may not know what you want," Haggar growled with a sharp roll of her eyes. "But I know you have no room in your life for love!" Haggar yelled with a glare.
"And now I command, wand to my hand!" Keith said with a glare to his mother. The wand began to glow and was forced out of Haggar's hand and into Keith's. "Oh my god, it worked!" Keith exclaimed in shock. He was shocked his magic actually worked. When it came to his mother, his magic was never stronger than hers. Her magic always overpowered his own.
"Oh get over yourself, you're acting like a child," Haggar as she paced back and forth in anger. "Now give me the wand!"
"Keith, maybe good really is stronger than evil," Matt said as he placed a comforting hand on his friend's shoulder. "Like in the books."
"Oh please! You really believe that?" Haggar said with a roll of her eyes. "You all will regret this!"
The teens watched in shock as Haggar, in a cloud of purple smoke, transformed into a large purple and black dragon. Keith, Acxa, and Matt turned and ran as Haggar blew a breath of fire. Rolo just barely rolled out of the way.
"Rolo! Come on!" the teens called out as Haggar flew up and then turned and flew after them. Rolo got the message and ran after his friends.
"Magic mirror, shine your bright light!" Acxa called out as she pulled out her magic mirror, Haggar roared as the mirror shone a bright light into her eyes and made her land on the ground in front of them.
"Get behind me!" Keith yelled as he stood in front of his friends. "This is my fight," Keith said as Haggar approached, a harsh glare in her eyes.
"Keith-" Acxa trailed off but Mat just shook his head to keep quiet.
"The strength of evil is good as none, when stands before four hearts as one," Keith said as Haggar's and his eyes started to glow yellow.
"The strength of evil is good as none, when stands before four hearts as one," Keith repeated again as he stared into his mother's eyes. This time, he was determined to win.
"The strength of evil is good as none, when stands before four hearts as one!"
With a shake of her head, Haggar disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke. Keith turned to his friends who were just as shocked as he was.
"Oh!" Shay cried out as Haggar's freeze spell on her lifted.
"What just happened?" Acxa asked. "Where is she?"
"I don't know," Keith replied as they ran up to where Haggar had been.
"Did we win?" Acxa asked as they took notice of the miniature version of dragon Haggar in the middle of the aisle. "Did you do that?"
"I don't know."
"It wasn't you, it was your mother," Shay explained as she ran up to the teens. "She knew she couldn't win so she shrank to the size of her heart."
"Will she stay like this forever?" Keith asked as he and Shay bent down to his mother.
"Not forever," Shay said with a shake of her head. "Just as you learned to love, so will she, and then she might return back to normal," Shay said with a smile.
"I believe this belongs to you," Keith said as he handed Shay back her wand.
"Thank you, and this belongs with you," Shay said as she picked the ring off the wand and handed it back to Keith.
"Thanks," Keith said with a chuckle as he slipped the ring back onto his finger and stood up with Shay.
"Well, I can proudly say that you all have earned an A in Goodness class," Shay said with a smile to which the teens burst out laughing. "Frozen in time these people stand, release them now and back to the land!" Shay called out and everyone became unfrozen. Lance yelled as he ran towards Keith as Adam went over to Shiro and they collected themselves.
"Lance, it's okay," Keith said with a laugh as he grabbed Lance's shoulders to stop him. "We've taken care of it."
"Right," Lance said with a nod. "In that case."
"Oh!" Keith cried out as Lance suddenly picked him up in a hug and spun him around with a laugh before he was placed back onto the ground.
"You got this one, next time I rescue you, deal?" Lance asked with a smile.
"Deal," Keith said with a nod. "But, let's hope there is no next time, okay?" Keith replied with a chuckle.
"Deal," Lance said with a smile, kissing Keith's cheek gently. Keith then noticed Shay had pulled Romelle to the side and turned to Lance. "I'll be right back."
"Romelle, I love you," Shay said as she scolded Romelle. "But you are grounded until you're-"
"Fairy Godmother Shay, don't be so hard on Romelle," Keith said as he walked up to the pair. "I'm the one who put that stuff in her head."
"I see," Shay said with a sigh before Keith turned to Romelle and grabbed her hands in his own.
"You are beautiful, you don't need a magic spell to make yourself feel better," Keith said to Romelle with a smile. "You're mother got that part right."
"Yeah, I'm lucky to have a mother like her," Romelle said as she gave her mother a soft smile.
"You can say that again," Keith replied with a smile as the pair walked off.
Keith noticed Nyma with Queen Luxia and forced a bow to the princess. Nyma gave him a smile and curtsied back, her grandmother nodding her head to Keith. Keith nodded back and turned back to where his mother was, he hurried over as he noticed a servant placing a glass case over his small mother.
"Hey!" Keith called out as he grabbed the attention of the servant. "Careful! She may be evil but that's my mother!"
"Now that the battle is won, let's get this party started!" Rolo exclaimed as the teens formed a group hug.
"Ohayohay, hey!"