Once upon a Ben

A Fairy Tale

At the dinner
Henry sat bored, waiting at the dinner at his and Bens's agreed-upon time.  The place was quite busy by this time, which meant that Ruby and Grandma weren't listening. As he waited stacked plates traveled left and right, the overworked Staff, specifically Rook. He sat way at the end of the Dinner at the corner, for added secrecy. The little boy keeps looking at the clock "Where is he" Henry started to Rook earning a worried sweat drop. "My apologies, Ben isn't easy to work with, trust me I I'know" his fingers at a puzzling adventure book. This book is filled with dozens of pages about his grandparent's adventures. He fingers for a bit longer until. Ring "You're late," the boy said annoyed." sorry about that," Ben said sheepishly. "Well let's get this started," Ben said conveying the seriousness to be had with this conversation. "alright," Henry said Forgiving the punctuality of his new friends.
"So first things first" got the attention. Of Rook who tried listening in as well.
"Everyone that you see in this town is a character from a fairy tale," the boy said with one hundred percent seriousness. This usually results in people laughing at him or telling him that he has an active imagination. But what shocked Henry was their reaction, they actually took the information seriously, they didn't pretend like the rest and they didn't think he was crazy.
"Okay," Ben said, and "fascinating" was Rook's reply. A pause lingers be Henry asks the question. "Just who are you guys," he says with bafflement.
"I'm Ben Tennyson, he said with a smile" A bright glow emanated from him as he pointed at himself with his thumb sticking out and his i-deck finger pointed towards his grin. Rook sighed at this and
Henry grew shocked, the boy thought  (cool). "Alright back to the important business," the kid said. "You guys sure you didn't come from any fairy tales?" The kid asked gaining their attention. "No, I don't think so at least," Ben said with a knowing smile at all the adventures and trials he faced. Rook stepped in after he finished his important tasks. "I'm not sure what this Fairy tale implies, or is this another earth expression?' he says looking on at Ben. "trust me, dude, it inst a death expression," Ben says with a chuckle. Rook chimed in again "Henry, is this the requirement for being put here?" Rook asked curiously gaining curiosity from Ben as well. "well yeah, you can't be in this town otherwise if you're not a fairy tale character, that's why I was so surprised to see you guys." this earns a puzzled look from both Ben and Rook "Okay then, I think I'm getting it now," Ben says "maybe we can leave then, since we're not supposed to be in this town, to begin with," Ben continues with hope in his eyes. Henry sort of frowns at this and looks an away slightly earning more puzzled expression. "sorry guys, but the wolf that you saw means that you're stuck hear like the rest of us. The town recognizes you as a fairy tale character." this earns some disappointed frowns from both of them. "well there goes that idea" Ben says. "don't worry though ill keep helping you guys out, ill find out what I can." "what can you find out though if we cannot uncover any information?" Rooks questions with worry in his voice. To this, the boy looks away once more this time with even greater disappointment. "that's because I'm the son of the evil queen." suspenseful pause takes the please of the constant chatter, you can cut the tension with a knife. Confused expressions from both Ben and Rook manifest on there faces. "what!?" they say in unison.