There was a knock on the Gold mansion door and soon Gabrielle came to the door and answered it with a small smile. "Hi, Evie." she then greeted the blue-haired girl.
"Hi, Gabrielle. How's it going?" Evie greeted softly.
"Oh, we're doing fine," Gabrielle replied softly. "Mama's out again at the moment."
"With Will Scarlett?" Evie guessed since Belle decided to pursue other opportunities after the banishment of Ben's father.
"Yes. It seems serious... I'm not sure I like it though..." Gabrielle admitted and nodded. "You?" she then asked.
"I've been better." Evie said softly.
"...something wrong?" Gabrielle frowned in concern. "Do you want to come inside?"
"Yes, please..." Evie nodded. "Also, is Ben home? I was hoping to talk to him." she then added.
"Yeah, he's here, we're in the kitchen about to get some lunch, would you like some too?" Gabrielle explained and then added.
"...I guess I could eat if there's enough to go around." Evie replied with a small shrug.
"Well, come on in," Gabrielle smiled as she opened the door a bit fully. "This seems serious." she then added softly.
"It is in a way..." Evie admitted as she came inside the mansion and looked around while taking off her jacket to hang up.
Gabrielle looked concerned as she took Evie's jacket and hung it up for the other girl. The two girls then went into the kitchen as they could hear sizzling and smelled something cooking.
Ben walked by and soon plated a grilled cheese sandwich until he looked over and looked surprised. "Oh! Evie." he then greeted his lifelong friend.
"Hey, Ben." Evie gave a small smile at her lifelong friend.
"This is a surprise." Ben remarked.
"Yeah, I know..." Evie agreed as she tried to keep her smile.
Ben had known Evie for longer than he could even remember and he usually knew what she was really thinking behind her smile depending on circumstance, so this one told her that something deep was on her mind. "Would you like to have a grilled cheese?" he then asked her softly.
"Oh, um, sure," Evie replied. "Only if there's enough to go around."
"Oh, there's plenty, Evie," Ben reassured her. "Especially when you come to visit."
"I feel so special around here, Audrey might get jealous." Evie giggled a little.
"Well, I've known you longer than Audrey." Ben said before he looked down at the plate and was about to offer her the sandwich.
"Oh, isn't that for someone else?" Evie asked him.
"...well, it's hot and ready..." Ben pointed out.
"You know how I eat my grilled cheese and that's not it." Evie reminded him.
"...I'll make you one Evie Mills style then." Ben decided, going to give this one to Gabrielle then.
"Thanks, Ben." Evie smiled softly.
"No problem, old friend." Ben nodded as Gabrielle took the sandwich.
"I'll give you two some privacy." Gabrielle offered since this seemed like a matter between two old friends.
"Oh, you don't have to on my account, Gabrielle." Evie remarked.
"No, I better get out of the way," Gabrielle replied. "Besides, I'm expecting a phone call very soon."
"Well, all right." Evie said with a small shrug as Ben came to bring out the shredded cheese and a box of blueberries while getting ready to make a sandwich just for her.
Gabrielle smiled and nodded and soon took her sandwich, going away further from her brother and his friend so that they could have privacy.
"Okay, what's bothering you?" Ben asked as he set the items down while buttering a slice of bread.
"Why do you think something's bothering me?" Evie replied.
"...Evie," Ben said as he made a face similar to his father when he wanted to hear the truth from a question when he already knew the answer most of the time. "I've known you since forever, your mother always visited my dad for whatever would trouble her, I might not be a fellow girl, but I always know what you're thinking. Something is troubling you and I think you should tell me what it is."
"Wow, look at Ben Gold being all creepy~" Evie remarked and nodded. "Well, I guess it's about Mom."
"What's wrong with Aunt Regina?" Ben wondered, calming down once Evie opened up to him.
"I'm worried she might be turning evil again." Evie admitted to him softly.
"Turning evil again? Regina?" Ben wondered as he set the slice of bread down and then looked over his shoulder. "Thirsty?" he then offered.
"A little, yeah..." Evie said with a nod. "You got apple juice?"
"Always." Ben nodded in return as he went to the fridge to get the jug out and get her a glass.
"Thank you." Evie replied.
"Always welcome." Ben said in return.
"...it's just... I'm not fully sure, but I happened to overhear something last night..." Evie explained softly. "Something about joining these Queens of Darkness. The devil woman Cruella, the Sea Witch Ursula, the Dark Fairy Maleficent, and... whoever this Cassandra woman is, I have no idea who she's supposed to be or who she could be here for."
"I've wondered about her too, but I have this theory that she's one of the Lost Ones' mother or something," Ben said as he poured Evie a glass of apple juice as he was talking. "But that's just a theory."
"A game theory?" Evie smirked.
"Very funny..." Ben scoffed and rolled his eyes at that as he held out the glass to her.
"Thank you, Doug says I'm very funny." Evie smirked, accepting the glass and taking a quick swig.
"Of course he did." Ben muttered to himself a bit.
"I haven't even seen Henry lately." Evie then added.
"Ah, don't worry about him," Ben reassured her. "He's at the shop with Mom and Dee Dee still trying to find the Author."
"...well, that's good." Evie said softly.
Ben gave a small smile since Evie seemed relieved about her little brother's whereabouts at least.
"But yeah... I'm worried she might be turning evil again, especially since one of the few people who believed in her is gone..." Evie said softly. "Robin Hood. I was very open to having a step-father even though step-parents get a very bad reputation in our world."
"I would rather have Robin Hood than Will Scarlett..." Ben said as he grimaced a bit. "I'm not fond of that guy."
"...he does seem like one of the more annoying Merry Men..." Evie had to agree and nodded.
"But what're you gonna do?" Ben shrugged.
"True..." Evie nodded.
"I just say you keep an eye on your mother," Ben said to her as they sat down and shared grilled cheese together. "That's the best advice I can offer for now."
"Well, it's better than nothing," Evie replied before she took a bite. "Thanks, Ben."
"Anytime, Evie," Ben smiled. "That's what friends are for."
Evie smiled back a bit and soon bit into her grilled cheese, gushing at the taste, especially with the blueberries.
Evie then walked down the street, thinking out loud to herself a little as she passed by other people on the streets. She nodded and waved at those who saw her and passed her way, but her thoughts were mostly occupied about what to do about her mother. "Man, what am I gonna do about this weird case about Mom probably turning evil again?" she murmured a bit.
"Your mom's turning evil again?" A familiar voice asked.
Evie squeaked and ended up giving a roundhouse kick to whoever was behind her, knocking them down to the ground and he was now groaning in pain and holding his nose. "Jay! You scared me!" she then complained.
"Wow, I didn't think I could scare The Evil Queen's daughter..." Jay remarked as he put his hand to his nose before he let go. "Am I bleeding?"
Evie knelt down to help him stand up and checked him over. "No. No nosebleed." she then reassured him.
"Well, that's good," Jay said with a small sniffle. "Sheesh, you're pretty strong when you want to be."
"Yes, I get that from my mom," Evie nodded. "Are you eavesdropping on me?" she then asked.
"No, I wanted to catch up with you, but you seemed distracted," Jay explained as he put his hands to his sides since he wasn't bleeding. "Something about your mom going rogue and these mysterious ladies in town?"
"Well... actually yes," Evie admitted with a sigh. "She's making such great progress, especially with Henry trying to find The Author to get her a true happy ending she deserves."
"Maybe I should come with you." Jay wondered.
"Why would you come with me?" Evie retorted. "Is this some kind of game to get one of my mom's prized ornaments or something?"
"Evie! The audacity!" Jay gasped dramatically. "I'm a lot more than a common thief around this town, I'll have you know."
"Yeah, well, everyone knows you have sticker fingers than the Zimmer twins when they tried to steal candy from Dark Star Pharmacy and blame Henry," Evie retorted and countered. "Doug's Uncle Sneezy even has a poster that says not to accept checks from you."
"Hey, I was just trying to be a Robin Hood back then for when it was me, Mal, and Carlos," Jay defended. "Though speaking of Mal, I hear she's backin town but she has a new look."
"Yeah, I've seen her..." Evie nodded and admitted. "No doubt that Maleficent's gonna try to get her on her side like Ursula with her daughter and whatever Cruella and that Cassandra woman want from us."
"I still say I should go with you, keep an eye on you too," Jay offered. "What can I say? You're like a sister to me."
"We don't really hang out all the time..." Evie reminded him.
"What have you got to lose? I'm a super spy around here," Jay shrugged. "Maybe James Bond is my father, he came from a book too ya know."
"James Bond isn't a fairy tale, Jay." Evie smirked at that.
"Neither is The Wizard of Oz, but we faced The Wicked Witch." Jay reminded her.
"...actually-" Evie was about to clarify.
"So can I go with you or what?" Jay asked her hopefully. "It's not like either of us have anything better to do."
"...okay, Jay, you can come too, but no one else..." Evie then sighed and shut her eyes.
"How come no one else?" Another voice asked.
Evie opened her eyes and suddenly saw Carlos, Carla, Enid, and Gil there too. "Where did you guys come from?" she then complained.
"We were just in the neighborhood too?" Carlos said innocently.
"Ugh..." Evie groaned and put her palm to her face. "Look, it'll be too much if you all go along and it's going to be Jay since he came to be first. Okay?" she then said to the rest of them.
"Well, I guess that's fair," Enid had to admit. "I was just wondering if I could see these Queens of Darkness because one of them seems kinda familiar to me... like linked to my past somehow."
"You're starting to remember your past?" Jay asked hopefully. "Before that green fly whisked you away to Neverland anyway?"
"Peter Pan isn't a fly, I mean he can fly and he does wear green, but he isn't a green fly, because-" Gil piped up.
"Quiet!" Evie complained before sighing.
"Yeah, guys, give Evie some room, it's been weird enough for her lately," Carlos said to the others. "Sorry about that, Evie. We shouldn't have followed you."
"No, you shouldn't have..." Evie shook her head. "Look, I'll see about the rest of you, but right now only Jay is coming with me so we can settle this and see what's going on with my mom. No offense to the rest of you." she then said.
"None taken." The others murmured and reassured her.
"Can I at least tell Enid what happens?" Jay asked softly.
"I guess..." Evie sighed and shrugged.
"That's sweet of you to ask for that, Jay~" Enid beamed before hugging Jay, causing him to blush.
Evie hid a small smirk as she seemed to notice that.
"Uh, no problem, Enid," Jay said sheepishly. "What are friends for?"
"Somebody's looking mighty red there~" Carla said with a small teasing smirk.
"Uh, guys, don't bother us!" Jay complained sheepishly. "Me and Evie have a mission to do right now."
"Okay! We'll see ya later." Gil said with a bright smile like always.
"Um, yeah, see ya around." Jay replied.
"See ya, guys." Evie added.
Everyone then said bye as they split up for now with Evie and Jay wandering down the sidewalk together further into town.
"So, where are you going right now?" Jay asked.
"Home at the moment unless I see Mom somewhere else," Evie explained. "I need to find out what she's doing before she dooms herself again. She needs to realize she can be more than an evil queen like Grandmother Cora or even what might happen to me in the future."
"I wonder if those extra gifts from Santa Claus have anything to do with it?" Jay remarked.
"Extra gifts?" Evie wondered until she thought about it. "Oh, you got a little box that says not to open until a certain day in school?" she then added.
"Yeah, it's killing me not opening it right away," Jay nodded. "Ms. Lotus keeps hiding ours from us so we don't get greedy. Carlos and Carla are good with obeying that rule at least."
"Unlike you who has to be the one to push a button that says 'Do Not Push'." Evie smirked.
"Not funny." Jay complained.
They soon came to the mansion as Evie used her key to open the door after insisting several times to Jay that there would be no need to break down the door since it was locked. Evie soon shushed Jay as she heard her mother's voice almost instantly.
"So it's agreed that you ladies will be at the diner tonight, Cassandra?" Regina asked, speaking on the phone as the two teenagers came inside to confront her about her possible plans for the evening. "Of course. Let me just run it by my daughter. You can count on it," she then added, going to hang up before she crossed her arms. "All right, Evie, come out wherever you and your friend are hiding." she then demanded.
"Man! How does she do that?" Jay complained since they were busted right away.
"All mothers have eyes in the back of their heads." Evie advised.
"Gross." Jay grimaced as he took that seriously.
"Um, hey, Mommy~" Evie greeted innocently.
"Hello dear, missed you and Henry this morning," Regina remarked. "What's going on?"
"I think maybe you should tell us, Mom." Evie then said strongly.
"Wow. Evie." Jay blinked at how Evie tried to sound brave and forceful.
"What are you talking about, dear?" Regina asked, surprised at Evie's behavior at the moment as well.
"Mom, you can't turn evil again!" Evie then cried out, getting straight to the point out of fear and concern for their future. "You've come so far! I know that Robin Hood went away with his family and I miss him too, but you can't just turn bad again! You just can't!"
"Turn bad again?" Regina replied in concern.
"I heard you and Ms. Blanchard talking last night!" Evie explained. "I heard the whole thing; you're going to join The Queens of Darkness!"
"Yeah, so you better not or else!" Jay added, trying to sound brave.
"...or else what, Jayanth?" Regina asked the kleptomaniac boy, unimpressed with that.
"Or else... I'll tell Jordan Glass and the whole school newspaper!" Jay then said, trying to be assertive.
"Is he for real?" Regina murmured, raising an eyebrow.
"Jay, let me handle this, she's my mom," Evie told Jay before facing Regina. "I heard you on the phone last night."
"I didn't call you, dear." Regina replied.
"Oh, no?" Evie countered. "I heard you talking to Ms. Blanchard and that it's her and Mr. Nolan's fault that Maleficent lost their child."
"Whoa! Snow White and Prince Charming are the reason why Mal left Storybrooke?" Jay asked, astonished. "Didn't see that coming!"
"Okay, calm down," Regina sighed and soon said, putting her hands up. "I think I need to explain everything."
"Damn right you do!" Evie glared.
"Watch your mouth, young lady." Regina said in her most maternal voice.
"...Sorry, Mom." Evie then said as she regretted it as soon as she said it.
"I'm just not sure about sharing this with him." Regina then told Evie with a gesture to Jay since he was an outsider and they were mother and daughter.
"Hey! Whatever you can say to Evie, you can say to me too, right Evie?" Jay replied, trying to stay strong.
"Simmer down, Jay." Evie said to the boy who blinked at that.
"I still owe Enid an explanation at least." Jay then said.
"We'll see where we go from here." Regina suggested as she came to speak in private with her daughter a moment.
Jay watched them go and just sighed a bit. "Man, this mission sucks. I didn't get to break the door down or be the total badass I was destined to be!" he then groused a bit.
"We don't know who your parents are yet!" Evie called back and reminded him.
"Maybe you're a Prince of Thieves!" Regina added playfully.
"Not funny, you two!" Jay complained.
And so, Regina and Evie sat down to discuss what had happened last night.
"So... you're not turning evil again, Mom?" Evie asked as they sat down to talk this over.
"No, I'm not, I promise," Regina reassured her daughter. "I'm just going undercover with The Queens of Darkness so I can figure out what they're planning and Ms. Blanchard told me she suspected it was because of what she and David did to Maleficent's first child before Mal was even born."
"They made Maleficent lose her child." Evie remarked from what she remembered.
"Yes, that is true, and there is more to their plan than just revenge on that and I figure since I'm The Evil Queen that I should join them and find out what they're up to and report back to everyone else here but as a secret," Regina explained. "You can keep that a secret, can't you?"
"Sure Mom, I'm a better secret keeper than Snow White." Evie vowed.
"I knew that would be the truth." Regina smirked.
"Do you know what they're all up to then?" Evie wondered.
"I don't know everything yet, but Cassandra mentioned she was looking for someone who was lost from her a very long time ago, perhaps a child of her own, but I don't know what her fairy tale identity is and she refuses to admit it until she finds who she's looking for," Regina explained wearily. "She's a bit of a complicated person."
"Well, it sounds like she could use some help as long as she isn't doing anything malicious." Evie admitted.
"Yes, she seems to be misunderstood in this whole deal unlike Cruella, Ursula, and Maleficent," Regina nodded. "I'd let you help me, but I'm not sure how you could... you seem pretty good at detective work."
"Well, Graham used to let me ride with him sometimes back in the day if it wasn't too dangerous like the Dumpty estate being broken down or someone taking pumpkin patches or pickled peppers away from Farmer Peter," Evie remarked. "I used to think he was as smart as Sherlock Holmes or Basil of Baker Street."
Regina chuckled, amused at that and the memories of when Evie was a lot younger, long before Henry had been brought to Storybrooke. "I suppose I have this one idea that might work... seeing as you girls are the same age..." she then began to think out loud.
"What? I hang out with them because we'll have a lot in common since we're all the same age?" Evie guessed.
"Well, yes," Regina nodded. "Maybe you all could have a slumber party and you can see what the girls are up to while I bond with the women."
"Hmm... chilling with the villains and having a slumber party.,." Evie mused in thought. "I wonder how that would go?"
"Only one way to find out, partner in crime, daughter of mine," Regina replied. "Are you up for the task?"
"...I guess I am..." Evie replied thoughtfully. "What could go wrong?"
Later that night, Regina and Evie walked to Granny's Diner together where they knew that Maleficent, Mal, Uma, Ursula, Cassandra, and Cruella would be. They shared a look together to remind each other of their jobs and to try not to get lost in the charade. Maleficent fiddled with the mysterious item that was way more important to her than anyone else could imagine.
"So, are we calling you Artemis or Mal then?" Uma asked Mal.
"I guess I'll be Mal now that I'm here." Mal shrugged.
"You know you gotta tell the others about what happened since you disappeared on them." Uma reminded her.
"I know that, Shrimpy." Mal retorted.
Uma snarled almost like a shark at that nickname since she hated it and Mal smirked since she knew that it annoyed Uma. Suddenly, they all were in company of a certain mother and daughter duo who were the only ones left to join The Queens of Darkness.
"So, the rumors are true," Regina glared at The Dark Fairy. "You are back from the ashes."
"What are you doing here, Regina?" Maleficent demanded.
"Making it easier for you," Regina grinned darkly. "If you want to try to kill me, my daughter and I are both right here."
Maleficent narrowed her eyes and suddenly fazed right in front of the Evil Queen. "So that's why you think I'm back... To kill you." she then taunted.
"I trapped you underground for 30 years, and you're not big on forgiveness," Regina defended and reminded her. "Also my daughter didn't invite your daughter to her sixth birthday party where everyone else in town would be."
"That's your family legacy, huh?" Uma teased Mal. "Getting snubbed out of a birthday party of the century? Queen Briar Rose got married and Carabosse didn't get invited, Princess Aurora had a christening and didn't invite Maleficent and The Good Fairies were hired to protect her? I'm just surprised you aren't throwing a bitch fit over maybe not getting invited to that Audrey girl's Sweet 16 when it was Princess Evie's Sweet 6th."
Mal merely glared and showed a certain finger to the Sea Witch's daughter who cackled.
"That's true, but what you did is nothing in the grand scheme," Maleficent told Regina. "There are far worse crimes that must be answered for."
"Careful, darling. She's thick as thieves with those heroes." Cruella advised.
"Who knows what she might do?" Cassandra added.
"Not by choice. You know how much I wanted my revenge, but in this town, I had to play nice to survive. Alone... Watching them enjoy, the happiness I was denied," Regina countered strongly. "If you're planning on destroying some of that happiness, I want in."
"You can't expect us to believe that." Ursula scoffed.
"Of course she doesn't. That's why she's here," Maleficent remarked. "She wants us to see she's still one of us and if her daughter can carry the tradition."
"We both are." Evie stated, determined and trying to play it cool like the other girls might have done.
"Then let's find out," Maleficent replied as she handed a glass to the Evil Queen. "Are you still a bad girl, Regina?"
Everyone else shared glances as they wondered what might happen next.
Regina took a swig from the glass and shattered it in her hand instantly. "The worst." she then replied.
"All right, let's go for our own night of fun," Cruella smirked. "Perhaps we should drop the girls off."
"I think we can manage." Uma replied.
"Uh, yeah, we don't wanna ruin your perfect driving record." Mal added.
"Very well," Cruella sighed and shrugged, not seeming to care one way or the other. "You girls have fun with your slumber party."
"And I'm a bad girl too just like the two of you," Evie said to Mal and Uma as she picked up a glass of apple wine. "Just watch me."
Regina gasped and looked wide-eyed as her daughter brought out some alcohol and was going to drink it up. Mal and Uma were both surprised at Evie as well especially since Evie was very harmless and innocent despite being the daughter of the one and only Evil Queen who envied Snow White.
"Who dares me to drink some of my mom's apple wine?" Evie challenged as she took a swig and soon things quickly got hazy.
The next day in Storybrooke High, Evie was at her locker and was suddenly in company with Mal just like things would have been.
"Hey!" Mal greeted.
"Hey, what's new?" Evie replied. "Besides that your purple is hair again instead of blonde." she then added.
"Nothing." Mal shrugged.
"Are you sure?" Evie asked hopefully.
"Evie, today will be a day just like any other, but you know what the weird thing is?" Mal insisted and then prompted. "I don't remember waking up this morning."
"Yeah, me neither..." Evie had to admit.
"Out of my way, Code Blue, stat!" Mrs. Sprat, the school nurse who could not eat lean, was heard yelling as she came barreling around the corner with a uniformed medic pushing a trolley laden with medical equipment.
"What's going on?" Mal asked, sounding a bit dramatic like in a soap opera series.
"The old janitor just collapsed." The girl known as Mia Mack, daughter of the one who had a black dress with buttons down her back, rushed over and provided her an answer.
"And we have excitement." Evie remarked to herself.
"Mal, at last I've found you," Ben said as he strode over to the purple-haired girl along with Doug. "We need to talk in private." he then pulled the purple-haired girl away from Evie by her hand and came to the corner where they didn't see a certain someone listening in.
"Is something wrong?" Mal asked eagerly.
"No, something's right, very right," Ben explained. "Just say you'll meet me by the reflecting pool in the courtyard at 12:36."
"12:36? That's really specific." Evie murmured to herself.
"It's important." Ben urged Mal.
"Okay." Mal reassured him.
The school bell then suddenly rang for the students.
"The bell!" Mal gasped and put her hand to her forehead, almost like she was going to faint.
"We must go." Ben declared.
"I'm so happy." Mal beamed as she held Ben's hand on the way to class.
"OMG, it's so romantic, it's like Ben and Mal are getting back together after Mal's long absence to parts unknown." Evie gushed to Doug who merely smiled at her.
They soon went off to class after Ben and Mal.
"But not for long." Audrey said with a dark smirk as she overheard everything and her eyes nearly glowed as green as ones who had dragon blood in them such as Maleficent and Mal.
Evie was now in one of her favorite classes of the day with Doug which was of course Chemistry Class.
"Now we've been dancing around it all year, so let's get to it," Mr. Deley told his students. "Today we're going to study reproduction."
"Yeah! Whoo! Alright!" The students all cheered, especially Chad who tried to get a high five from Doug who just looked at him.
Later. Things had quietened down as all the students were sitting with mouths hanging open.
"So then the sperm hits the ovum and embryo genesis begins," Dr. Deley soon concluded his current lecture after writing on the board. "Any more questions?"
"Where do dwarf eggs come from?" Doug asked as he raised his hand, but the bell suddenly rang.
"Well, that's all we have time for today," Mr. Deley told the students who were just sitting there. "You can go now." he then added with much emphasis.
The students then came out of their trance-like states and began to head out of the classroom.
"Until 12:36, my darling." Ben told Mal as he took her hand delicately.
"See ya." Mal smiled and beamed.
Evie could only squeal in excitement as today sure was interesting even if she forgot all about last weekend.
Meanwhile in the nurse's office, the old school janitor was lying in bed with a heart monitor in place unaware of what was about to happen with Nurse Spratt and Mr. Deley of all people. They were holding onto one another very tightly.
"Oh, Elizabeth~" Mr. Deley gushed.
"Oh, Jonathan~" Nurse Spratt added.
"Oh, we shouldn't, we mustn't. Not during school hours," Mr. Deley said, pushing himself away from the pudgy woman. "Especially since you have a husband at home with a stable diet of salad."
"I just can't control myself around you Jonathan, besides Jack and I are a total mismatch," Nurse Spratt replied tenderly. "He can't eat no fat and I can't eat lean."
The two then came in very close for a kiss, about to meet each other's lips.
"I'm here for my flu shot." Evie suddenly said as she came into the room.
The lovers quickly parted and pretended to be interested in other things, but not quite quick enough. Evie suspected that it was a lot like when David and Mary Margaret were part-time lovers when the former was still married to the daughter of King Midas or Kathryn as she was known in this world.
"Ah, Mr. Deley, your blood pressure is normal." Nurse Spratt reported as she checked her clipboard.
"Thank you for squeezing me in." Mr. Deley nodded and soon left quickly.
"Come on, I'll give you your flu shot." Nurse Spratt told Evie, helping her to a seat before swabbing the bluenette girl's arm and picked up the hypodermic syringe.
"So, are you and Mr. Deley dating?" Evie asked with a small smirk.
"No! Course not!" Nurse Spratt reassured her before waving the needle in front of the teenage girl's face threateningly. "And if the school board, your mother, or Mr. Spratt knew anything about this, we'd both be out of jobs. Do you understand?"
"Yes." Evie said meekly as that was somehow scarier than her mother would ever be.
"Good, now give me your arm. I promise this won't hurt," Mrs. Spratt beamed and soon gave Evie a jab. "All done. Would you like a cold compress?" she said and then added.
"I don't have time. It's 12:30, I have to see what Ben and Mal are doing like I'm in the audience of a soap opera," Evie replied. "Can I get a lollipop to go at least?"
"I'm all out." Nurse Spratt said, hiding a jar full of them behind her back.
Evie squinted her eyes suspiciously and then left the room.
"Heh... Suckers... my favorite part of being the school nurse~" Mrs. Spratt chuckled and beamed before she brought the jar out and brought out a rather large one, unwrapping it and sucking on it instantly.
At the school courtyard, Evie went to sit on the steps next to Doug who was there with a book. She looked all around and soon found Ben sitting on the lap of the reflecting pool waiting as Mal came out, but her hair seemed violet instead of deep purple for some reason.
"Ben!" Mal called out.
"I thought you weren't going to make it." Ben said dramatically as he stood up in front of her, glad to see her.
"I wouldn't miss this for the world, Ben," Mal replied. "So what did you wanna tell me that couldn't wait 'til 12:37?"
"Something I should have said a long time ago," Ben explained as he sat down with her. "I think we should go steady."
Evie gasped with a big smile and tear in her eye.
"Steady? I'd like that," Mal beamed. "I'd like that a lot."
"Me too." Evie whispered, so happy for her friend.
"And I want to give you something, so we'll never forget this moment." Ben said as he brought out a jewelry case from his back pocket and handed it to the purple-haired girl.
"A bracelet! It's beautiful." Mal beamed as she opened it up.
"Read the inscription." Ben requested.
"'I Love You, Mal. Did I mention that?'" Mal read aloud, sounding very touched and emotional while Evie squealed and shook Doug violently in excitement.
"Look on the back." Ben requested.
Mal did just that. "'12:36'?" she then asked.
"That's what time it was when we first spoke in the cafeteria on the first day of high school." Ben explained.
"Oh, Ben, it's perfect." Mal beamed as she wore it right away.
"No, you're perfect." Ben grinned at her.
Evie squealed a bit more while squeezing Doug in her hold.
Meanwhile, in the chemistry classroom, Audrey was pulling out drawers and dug through Mr. Deley's stuff as Mia, one of the other girls in school, kept watch at the door.
"Audrey! We shouldn't be in here." Mia warned the brunette girl.
Audrey ignored her and soon pulled a bottle from the top left-hand drawer. "Toadstool Softener?" she then grimaced as she read the label. "Ew! Who would have this?"
"What are you looking for?" Mia wondered urgently.
"A way to bring that dragon down since she's stealing my boyfriend," I'm going to plant something of Mr. Deley's on her, then sit back and watch her take the fall along with Evie."
"What does Evie have to do with it?" Mia wondered. "I want payback on Evie since I was the fashion queen until she decided that she was."
"Simple, Mal and Evie are very close best friends before Mal disappeared, so Evie will wanna go down with Mal." Audrey said like it was obvious.
"You are pure evil." Mia remarked.
"Thanks. Now if I can just find the answer key to next week's test, or something even better," Audrey smirked proudly as she continued to look around until she pulled out a jewelry box from the top right drawer and opened it as Mia came by for a closer look. "Like a diamond ring."
"What's Mr. Deley doing with a diamond ring?" Mia wondered.
"Dreaming," Audrey said as she took it from the case and held it up until she suspected something. "Do you hear something? We gotta get outa here." she then added as she soon closed the empty box and stuffed it back in the drawer and the two thieves ran for the other door.
They got out just before Mr. Deley came in whistling The Wedding March to himself and looking very happy. He soon went to go his desk and took out the jewelry box, he slipped it in his pocket. As he was about to leave, he heard a buzzing. "Ah! Wasp!" he then cried out and batted it a couple of times before pulling his jacket up over his head and dashing from the classroom.
In the hallway, Mr. Deley came out of the chemistry classroom and pulled the door shut before he walked up to a man leaning against the wall. "Excuse me, have you seen the new janitor?" he then asked the man.
"You're looking at him," The man said, turning around and his shirt was open to the waist and he seemed to have an eyepatch. "I'm Bashful and I came to Storybrooke High because I'm tired of being even quieter than Dopey because of my shyness."
"Then, er, don't eat the meatloaf," Mr. Deley advised. "Anyway, I saw a wasp in my office. It's got me worried, I think there might be a nest." he then added urgently.
"A wasp's nest, that could be deadly," Bashful remarked dramatically. "Let's hope you're wrong."
In the school cafeteria, Ben and Mal were sitting together and enjoying a romantic candlelit lunch.
"Well, here we are, back to where it all started." Ben told Mal romantically.
"Mm... Good burger..." Mal beamed. "Pass the strawberries."
"I just heard the most amazing thing," Audrey said as she came out of nowhere and came to sit with them. "Did you know Bluebeard was married six times and he's not even a pirate?"
"That just bursts my enthusiasm about this place!" Harry complained as he appeared to be sitting with Uma while Audrey came to slip Mr. Deley's diamond ring into Mal's bag as the brunette girl spoke.
"Well, that's all, see ya." Audrey then said and she got up and left suddenly.
"Wow! Audrey was friendly." Ben commented.
"A little too friendly," Mal remarked. "Even if she's supposed to be the daughter of Princess Aurora."
Audrey made it halfway to the cafeteria door when she was attacked. The loud buzzing came from the air ducts. "Aaah! Wasps." she then complained. "Keep them away from me, I'm terribly allergic!"
Ben reacted quickly and covered Mal's head with his jacket and stood protectively over her. Audrey was soon stung on the neck and yelped as she shuffled sideways, and she collapsed dramatically into Ben's arms.
"What happened?" Evie asked as she walked by with Doug.
"She's in epileptic shock! I have to get her to the nurse," Ben said urgently as he ran for the door until he swung around first and looked at Mal. "Wait for me." he then told her.
"I will." Mal promised him.
Evie just looked very thrilled and excited as Ben and Mal were getting back together.
Back in the nurse's office, Nurse Spratt's stomach had expanded as she was polishing off the final lollipop until Ben suddenly rushed in with an unconscious Audrey in his arms.
"Help! Help! Wasp sting!" Ben cried out.
The nurse groaned a bit before going over to the cupboard and swept everything on it onto the floor. "Put her over here," she then told the boy and when he did that, she got her trusty hypo and squirted a bit out of the needle. "She needs Epinephrine and she needs it now. Don't you quit on me!" she then cried out before jabbing the needle home, then tossed it over her shoulder as Audrey came to. "There."
"Where am I?" Audrey wondered wearily.
"The nurse's office," Nurse Spratt replied. "You're going to make it thanks to this young man."
"Oh, Ben, I-" Audrey began to speak.
"Shhh! You need to rest." Ben told her calmly.
"Help me get her to a bed." Nurse Spratt told Ben and soon, the two supported Audrey as they went through to the school emergency ward.
"How's Mr. Spratt?" Ben asked the nurse.
"He'll be fine once he gets a carrot or two for dinner," Nurse Spratt replied rather uncaringly. "I'll go get a cold compress."
Ben then helped Audrey onto the bed beside the old school janitor as the nurse left.
"As long as you're okay, I'll be getting back to lunch." Ben began to tell Audrey.
"Don't go, stay with me, Benny Boo." Audrey urged.
"No, I have to follow my heart and return to Mal." Ben insisted strongly as he started to leave.
"I don't know what you see in her." Audrey scoffed coldly.
"I don't know what you don't." Ben whispered and soon left the room as Audrey slumped back on her bed.
The old school janitor's heart monitor flat lined with a continuous high-pitched tone.
"How annoying!" Audrey complained as she sat up, grabbed her pillow, and whacked the old man on the chest with it and soon, the monitor started to keep regularly again.
Back in the hallway, Ben came out of the nurse's office and went to the water fountain passing the new janitor on his way.
"Good day." Bashful greeted the boy.
"It is, isn't it?" Ben replied before blinking. "Bashful the Dwarf?"
There was then a dramatic pipe organ sting at that and it came from the music room where Gabrielle was with a friend who was teaching her how to play.
"...Meh." Ben shrugged and then bent down for a drink just as the formerly shy dwarf janitor lifted the ladders that he had been using to hunt wasps.
They teetered and started to fall.
"Rogue ladder, look out!" Bashful warned as loudly as he could which wasn't a whole lot.
Ben had no chance as the ladder toppled on top of him and he let out a very slow and long yell "No" and suddenly fell with the ladder.
"Good Grimm, not another one." Bashful muttered as he looked down at the struck down pupil.
Back in the school emergency ward, Nurse Spratt was now getting ready to eat a very large submarine sandwich just as the bashful dwarf carried the unconscious boy in.
"Incoming!" Bashful warned as he came in and put Ben down on a bed.
"What happened to Ben?" Audrey asked in alarm.
"He took a ladder to the head," Bashful explained before facing Nurse Spratt. "He's in your hands now."
Nurse Spratt sighed and rolled her eyes slightly. "I'll go get a cold compress." she then said.
"Is that all you do?" Audrey asked, unimpressed.
"My hands are tied by the state." Nurse Spratt shrugged as she and Bashful left the room.
"Ben! Benny Boo, speak to me!" Audrey cried out as she jumped from her bed and went over to the boy before kissing his forehead and some weird rainbow magic blast filled the room.
"Hey!" Ben blinked as he woke up.
"Ben, you're awake." Audrey said in relief.
"Who's Ben?" Ben then asked.
"You don't know who you are?" Audrey asked.
"No. Who are you?" Ben replied.
"I'm Audrey, don't you remember?"
"Actually I don't remember anything."
'Amnesia, I can work with this,' Audrey thought to herself with a rather sinister smirk despite being the next Sleeping Beauty. "Listen, no matter what anyone says, I'm your girlfriend. Also you're lifelong friends with a boy named Chad. I'm the only one you can trust, you got that?" she then told him aloud.
"And you are?" Ben asked.
Audrey simply said her name just as Mal and Evie came running in.
"Ben, we've just heard." Mal said urgently.
"Are you okay?" Evie added.
"Yeah..." Ben nodded before looking confused. "Who are you?
"You don't know me?" Mal frowned. "I'm Mal, your girlfriend."
"And I'm Evie, I'm your childhood best friend," Evie added. "We've known each other since we were babies."
"I don't think so," Ben shook his head is my girlfriend. "This is my girlfriend and she says someone called Chad is my lifelong best friend."
"Audrey?!" Mal and Evie gasped and glared.
"Yeah, Audrey." Ben nodded at both girls.
"Oh, no. Ben has amnesia," Evie said to herself anxiously. "This can't be happening."
"It can and is. Now I think you'd better go, my boyfriend's had enough excitement for one day since he should be with more hero kids like the daughter of Sleeping Beauty and son of Cinderella and not the daughters of The Evil Queen and The Dark Fairy." Audrey nodded and she soon stood up and took Mal and Evie by their arms and dragged them away from the ward into the nurse's office.
"But Ben!" Evie cried out.
"Nice meeting you." Ben replied casually.
"What are you doing?" Evie asked, hissing at Audrey.
"Ruining your lives," Audrey smirked. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go remind Ben about being in the fashion show.
"You're going to make him wear a tux?" Mal asked.
"And a cummerbund and you can't stop me." Audrey added and grinned.
Mal and Evie were just in a state of shock and they soon came into the cafeteria.
"I can't believe Audrey did that." Mal remarked as they shared some chocolate milk together.
"And now the whole school's going to see them together tonight at the fashion show." Evie added, feeling bad for Mal because this might send her away all over again when she knew deep down that Ben and Mal should be together like her mother and a certain outlaw.
"Don't worry, I've got a plan," Mal suddenly said with a sneaky smirk. "She'll get hers."
"What do you mean?" Evie wondered.
"If I told you, you'd only try to stop me," Mal said as she got up to leave. "Just be at the fashion show."
"MAL!" Evie called out as the girl turned around. "Be careful."
Mal nodded and continued to leave to carry out her plan.
"Oh, Mal, you need to organize this bag..." Evie sighed as she picked up the bag and decided to go through it and include some of her notes and notebooks for Mal to borrow so that she could stay on top of her classes and not get in trouble with Headmaster Goose or anyone else in school. She then didn't realize that a certain something slipped and fell into her own bag, but little did she know, that was exactly what Audrey wanted.
Back in the chemistry classroom, Nurse Spratt was sitting on a lab bench cross legged as Mr. Deley made his play. "Of course I can't offer you riches, until society decides to reward its teachers, but I can offer you this," he started to tell her as he held up the jewelry box and opened it for her to see the beautiful diamond ring. "Elizabeth, would you leave your lame and lean husband and be my-"
"Jonathan!" Nurse Spratt interrupted and gasped, taking the box and turned it to show him. "
"WHAT?!" Mr. Deley gasped as they both faced each other dramatically as another crescendo was played.
"I think I'm getting the hang of this, Felicity!" Gabrielle giggled from the music room.
Later. Nurse Spratt had gone and Emma had taken her place in the science class. The incriminating empty jewelry box sat on one of the tables.
"Don't you understand, I gave up professional haircuts to buy that ring?" Mr. Deley was heard complaining to the new sheriff of Storybrooke.
"I can see that, sir, but let's stick to the facts," Emma remarked. "Who has access to your room?"
"Everyone. I don't lock my door, I'm always here," Mr. Deley explained. "Except I had to stop by the nurse's office today."
"Can you pin-point the time you were out?" Emma then asked.
"Between 12:30 and 12:40." Mr. Deley simply stated.
"Lock the exits, I'm going to crack this case if I have to search everyone on campus." Emma then said and slid on a pair of sunglasses while some jazzy cop music played in the background.
Back in the cafeteria, Evie was still sipping her chocolate milk and thinking over her problems. 'How could Ben forget me and Mal? And what is Audrey's scheme? Why would Ben wanna be friends with Chad? This day is taking some strange twists and turns, but it sure makes a good carton of chocolate milk. Don't ever sell that cow, Headmaster Goose.' she pondered and was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't see Mr. Deley and Emma coming until they were right on top of her.
"Excuse me, ma'am." Emma began to say like Evie was a stranger.
'You mean me?' Evie asked in her head until she realized she just thought that and spoke aloud. "Oh, you mean me?"
"We'd like permission to search your backpack." Emma demanded.
"Oh, I see no reason to disturb Evie, she's one of my best students." Mr. Deley advised the blonde woman.
"Oh, it's okay Mr. Deley, go ahead," Evie reassured her favorite teacher as she put her bag on the table and Emma looked through it. "So, what are you looking for?" she then asked.
"This." Emma said as she held up a certain diamond ring.
"Evie, how could you?!" Mr. Deley gasped. "You stole my ring."
"I didn't!" Evie defended, feeling shocked as well.
"I'm calling your parents and bringing you downtown." Emma glared at Evie, taking her by the arm and pulled her toward the door.
"What? Why? How?" Evie panicked as they were going through the hallway.
"I'll ask the questions." Emma retorted as they left the cafeteria.
"This is a mistake!" Evie cried out on the way while other students looked alarmed. "I've never stole anything in my whole life."
"We'll discuss it at the station." Emma told her.
"But I don't know how that ring got in my bag," Evie then said until she suddenly figured it out as she saw Audrey with a gloating smirk at her predicament and she soon she desperately kept pointing at the daughter of Sleeping Beauty. "Audrey, she set me up. You've got the wrong person. Get her! Get her! Get her! Get her! Get her!"
"Bye-Bye~" Audrey smirked.
Jordan brought out her camera and snapped some photos and wrote down some notes to add to the school newspaper.
Soon, Evie and Emma were at the sheriff's station to talk this over.
"Where were you today between 12:30 and 12:40?" Emma asked Evie.
"In the courtyard with Ben." Evie simply said.
"Any witnesses?" Emma asked.
"Ben." Evie stated.
"Any witnesses who can remember their own name?" Emma then asked.
"I mean Mal was there too, but she's busy trying to ruin the fashion show for one reason or another..." Evie shrugged until she gasped.
"So Mal is a suspect as well?" Emma asked.
"No! That's not what I meant!" Evie cried out.
"You're not making this easy, Evie, I think your villain roots are starting to seep in and I should know since I'm the daughter of Snow White," Emma then said, about to go over some other methods. "I'll call my dad so we can do Bad Cop/Worse Cop."
There was then suddenly a knock at the door and in came a certain couple.
"Mommy..." Evie murmured before doing a double take. "And Robin Hood?!"
"We're here for Evie." Regina told Emma.
"Has she been charged?" Robin added.
"Not formally." Emma replied.
"May we speak to her alone, Sheriff Swan?" Robin demanded.
"Sure, maybe you can get a straight answer out of her." Emma shrugged and decided to allow that.
"Evie, what's going on?" Regina asked softly as she came to sit down with her daughter.
"It's this day, it's totally out of control!" Evie begged. "Make it stop! And Robin Hood, I thought you went to New York City with your wife and son?"
"That's right Evie, it is I, Robin Hood... I'm here too." Robin said dramatically and faced her paternally.
"I'm sorry, Evie, but you seem to be in the middle of a soap opera teen drama spell and until you make it to the dramatic climax, you're stuck here." Regina replied oddly.
"But I am in so much trouble," Evie replied. "Emma thinks I stole the ring Mr. Deley bought for the nurse, but Audrey's setting me and Mal up to get me out of the way because she wants to steal Ben who has amnesia."
"Oh, this is even better than those soap operas I used to watch during The Dark Curse," Regina chuckled before sighing to her daughter. "Except that it's happening to you."
"Argh." Evie groaned.
Later in the school hallway, Audrey was wearing a pink dress just like her mother's when she was reunited with her parents and went to marry Phillip.
"The place is really filling up." Mia said to Audrey, wearing a black dress similar to her own mother's and Chad was wearing an outfit like what Prince Thomas wore when he first met Cinderella.
"Five minutes to show time and please remember, you're Miss Mary Mack girls now." A familiar looking woman informed Mia and Audrey.
"Eat your heart out, Amalie Bonnfamile." Mia smirked and winked.
"You too... Evie." Audrey giggled and tittered with Mia before they both sighed.
Ben then showed up in his tux complete with cummerbund and bow tie.
"Benny Boo, you look cute and...?" Audrey beamed at him before she gave a bit of a pathetic pout. "How about me?"
"Ah, you look great..." Ben smiled and nodded before glancing down at his palm where her name was written down. "...Audrey."
Meanwhile in the school utility room, Mal was making her preparations dressed in combat fatigues. She was in company along with Jay, Carlos, and Enid.
"Just a little more, there," Mal instructed Enid who was pouring signal red gloss enamel into the funnel to fill a toy water gun. "She's not going to steal my boyfriend. Because we're all rotten..."
"To the core." Jay, Carlos, and Enid added as they all bumped fists together.
"That's right," Mal nodded as she took her gun once it was ready before they climbed up some boxes and Jay opened the airduct. "All right, Jay, you looked over the plans, what's next?"
"Now all we have to do is crawl through this duct to the vent overlooking the fashion show and then we'll see who's face is red... and glossy." Jay replied, smirking and winking while Enid giggled.
Once inside, they pulled the grill closed behind them and they started to crawl on their elbows and knees, Commando style, though Carlos struggled a bit.
"Come on, Carlos! Pick up the pace back there!" Mal called out.
"I think I landed on my keys." Carlos groaned.
In the school hallway, Emma had let Evie and her legal guardians come and look for Mal who can help defend the alibi. At least Evie hoped that would happen.
"Okay, you have 15 minutes to find your friend." Emma told Evie as they came into the hallway along with Robin Hood and Regina.
"She's gotta be around here somewhere..." Evie said thoughtfully.
In the school courtyard, a catwalk was set up from the school doors to the reflecting pool with students and guests sat on either side.
"Let's get things started with Mia and Chad." The hostess announced to the crowd who lightly applauded.
As Mia and Chad took to the catwalk Mr. Deley took his seat in front of Nurse Spratt and turned to face her. "We must talk." he then urged.
"Meet me by the pool after the show." Nurse Spratt requested.
"I can't wait that long." Mr. Deley urged as Jordan took photographs for the school newspaper and yearbook.
"Shh! Fashion." Nurse Spratt shushed him.
Mr. Deley sighed and began to watch the show.
In the school air duct, Mal, Jay, Carlos, and Enid continued their Mission Impossible.
"Oh, there's the hunky dwarf janitor, he'll help us." Regina said in the hallway.
"Seriously! Bashful the Dwarf?" Evie complained. "Doug says he talks even less than Dopey and I didn't think that was possible!"
"Sir, have you seen the student called Mal?" Robin asked as the dwarf looked at the ceiling and held his mop as a weapon.
"I've seen a lot of things... but no bracelet." Bashful replied dramatically.
"Are you sure?" Evie asked. "She has purple hair, green eyes, and has an alibi to provide me?!"
"I'd like to help you ma'am, but this entire school's in danger. You see, I'm huntin' wasps." Bashful said and he soon stalked off after his pray.
"Then it's over, it's hopeless. We'll never find Mal and she told me to come to the fashion show because she had something going on.
Back in the hallway by the catwalk, Audrey was giving last minute instructions to Ben. "Now Ben, I don't wanna overload you, but there's one more thing you have to remember." she said to him.
"What?" Ben asked.
"When we get to the end of the runway you have to kiss me."
"Okay."
"Oh, this is the best night of my life," Audrey gushed. "Total control."
In the school airduct, Mal, Enid, Jay, and Carlos were getting closer.
"How much further, Jay?" Enid asked.
"20 more yards and it's Splatterday." Jay chuckled, making Mal roll her eyes.
They all then suddenly heard a buzzing sound.
"Someone turn their phone off." Mal commanded.
"...that wasn't a phone." Carlos said with wide eyes.
"Then what was that?" Mal asked before she saw it and gasped. "A wasp! Help! Somebody HELP!"
In the school hallway, Evie, Robin, Regina, an Emma all heard four voices crying for help coming from the ceiling. Fortunately, so did Bashful who ran around the corner with a step ladder.
"Mal's in the ceiling!" Evie realized. "Do something!"
"Don't worry, stand back," Bashful replied. "I've got a ladder and I know how to use it."
"Hang on, Mal!" Regina called to her daughter's friend.
The dwarf janitor quickly had the ladder set up under the grill outside the cafeteria and worked the release catch. "All right, I've got her." he then reassured the others.
The grill dropped open and Mal fell out onto the floor with a thump, but she was not the only thing to fall from the grill.
"No I don't." Bashful then mumbled.
"Mal! Are you okay?" Evie cried out.
"Yes, my wings broke my fall." Mal said, sitting up now with dark blue violet hair and she appeared to randomly have her dragon wings.
"Mal... where were we at 12:36?" Evie then asked as she helped Mal up to her feet. "...also why does your hair keep changing colors?"
"Uh, I was in the courtyard with Ben and he gave me this bracelet and you were there with Doug, I think." Mal explained like it was obvious.
"Okay, your story checks out, you're off the hook," Emma then said before facing Mal while Jay, Enid, and Carlos were hiding in the vents. "But you, young lady have some explaining to do."
"We have to evacuate the area," Bashful warned the others urgently. "There's a swarm headed this way."
They all then made a run for it.
"Wait!" Regina suddenly cried out.
"I can't wait, we have to get to Ben and make him remember." Evie told her mother urgently.
"But first you have to look fabulous." Regina then said and she soon waved her hand and her daughter and her friend disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Soon, the two were dressed up in embroidered silk ball gowns with matching white elbow length gloves and their hair up and the gowns were of course blue and violet.
"Wow!" The two girls beamed at each other.
Back at the fashion show, the hostess was announcing the next names. "Our next couple is dressed for a magical night, representing the sophomore class: Ben, the son of Belle and Audrey, the daughter of Sleeping Beauty."
And they made a wonderful couple as they walk down the catwalk arm in arm to the applause of the audience.
"Aren't I supposed to kiss you now?" Ben asked Audrey as they reached by the end of the reflecting pool.
"Oh, Benny Boo, you remembered!" Audrey beamed at them.
The two then leaned in for a kiss and two streaks hurtled down the walkway.
"Stop!" Evie cried out as she made it over and pushed in front of her childhood best friend and faced Audrey. "You can't kiss him, Ben is Mal's boyfriend!"
"What are you doing here, I thought I sent you and Dragon Breath to Juvey?" Audrey demanded and glared.
"Your little scheme failed and now I'm back to help Mal reclaim what's rightfully hers," Evie glared back. "Show them, Mal."
Mal then lifted her arm and showed Ben the bracelet.
"Look." Evie then said.
"'I Love You, Mal. Did I Mention That'?" Ben read aloud and it suddenly all came back to him. "That's right! I'm Ben and I love to mention that I'm in love with Mal! And The Bremen Avenue Experience is Storybrooke's best garage band! It's all coming back to me!"
"He remembers." Mal smirked at Audrey.
"You've ruined everything." Audrey glowered at her.
"Ben was never yours." Evie spoke up.
"I'll deal with her, BFF." Mal told Evie.
"You're going down, Maleficent Jr." Audrey threatened Mal as she grabbed her arms.
"And I'm taking you with me." Mal glared and soon grabbed her arms as well and they tussled, pulling and pushing until they fall sideways into the reflecting pool.
They both came up spluttering and fighting and drenched to the skin.
"Freak!" Audrey glared.
"Tramp!" Mal glared back.
"Dragon Bitch!"
"Prissy Princess!"
"Go with the jab, stay inside!" Regina cheered on during the fight.
"Come on, Mal, why fight Audrey when you can go back and see the boy who's been crazy about you since the moment you two first met?" Robin suggested.
Mal realized he was right and soon came out of the water with his help and approached the brunette boy. "Ben." she breathed.
"Mal." Ben replied.
"I missed you." Mal said as they held onto each other.
"I missed you too." Ben replied an the two soon hugged.
They hug. At the other side of the pool, the fashion show hostess now had hold of a very damp Audrey.
"But she attacked me!" Audrey whined.
"She did not, and for conduct unbecoming of a Miss Mary Mack girl, I hereby excommunicate you from the teen-board." The hostess scoffed and then added.
"What! Sob! This is the worst night of my life. Sob!" Audrey whined and complained as she stormed off only to plop down into the pool with her dress ballooning up about her.
"What a scoop!" Jordan chuckled as she took one last snapshot on her camera.
Meanwhile, in the audience, Nurse Spratt tapped Mr. Deley's shoulder to make him face her. "Now what was it you were going to say to me?" she then asked.
Mr. Deley quickly pulled away his chair and got down on one knee. "Elizabeth, I would be honored if you would agree to be my-" he began to ask her only for this to happen next.
"HELP!" Emma interrupted as he ran onto the walkway. "Is there a nurse in the house?"
"I'm a nurse, what's wrong?" Nurse Spratt asked as she shot up from her seat.
"The janitor's just been attacked by a swarm of wasps." Emma warned.
"Code Blue! And get me a cold compress with a side of cheese fries with bacon bits!" Nurse Spratt cried out as she ran off into the school.
"I'll wait for you, Elizabeth~" Mr. Deley called after her with a dreamy sigh.
Emma nodded and looked at the hostess in amazement. "Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, but did you ever run away from a Huntsman who was asked to kill you out of jealousy?" she then asked the fashion show hostess.
"Only as a child." The hostess shrugged.
"Rose Red?" Emma then asked.
"...Emma?" The hostess replied once her name was said with wide eyes, showing that she looked like Mary Margaret.
"My long-lost mother's twin sister AKA my aunt!" Emma then said before they fell crying into each other's arms.
A soggy Mal who was now covered in Ben's suit jacket on both sides of him an Evie on the catwalk were talking as things began to wind down.
"I can't believe I ever forgot you." Ben said to the girls.
"We don't blame you." Evie reassured her lifelong best friend.
"Yeah, we blame the ladder." Mal added.
Ben smiled as he bracelet back on her wrist and wraps her in his arms to ward off the evening chill. They sit until only they, the waiting Mr. Deley and Audrey were left behind with Audrey splashing in the pool.
"This has been such a weird day of school..." Evie sighed to herself.
"LOOK OUT!" Carlos' voice said as he, Enid, and Jay appeared out of nowhere in the courtyard.
"Carlos?!" Evie asked before gasping and suddenly she got drenched in a big splash of water during Audrey and Mal's fight.