Dark Times

Beauty and the Beast

A week later

Mal knew that every minute was one less with Ben. Her heart told her that her time with him was running out. Rashid's injury prevented them from going to their next destination. In theory, it would have been nice to stay and look after Ben and Jay, but the feeling that everything she loved was slipping away from her wouldn't leave her.

She looked at Ben on the bed, his leg was injured, but Fairy Godmother got crutches for him. The two of them, Mal and Ben, had had a fight the night before, because Mal had wanted to go to Wonderland straight away and Ben had been stressed out by the talk of the end of the world, after which there were only words that should never have been said.

Evie woke up exactly as she had every other day. Wishing was in Auradon. She wanted her home, her room, her studio, her dresses, her life. Tommy is sick and that distressed her even more; she knew that if she were home, the boy would be fine. She looked at Doug and let out a long sigh, because the two of them had had a long fight too. Sometimes his calmness stressed her out, she wanted her husband to be angry or at the very least stressed about everything, but Doug didn't do that, he just concentrated on his son, even when Evie said things that were hard to digest.

Jay and Lonnie had just decided for a moving into a new house together, but that didn't change her anger at Jay's willingness to take risks all the time. Jafar's son is like an older brother and always wanted to be there for Mal. He is being on bed rest is stressing him out, which is why they've been shouting at each other all night.

Even the couple, who never seemed to fight, were getting into an argument. Jane and Carlos got into an argument when he found out that Jane was manipulating magic, and after she considered the possibility of them leaving Auradon and having a life in the fairy kingdom, the white-haired boy had a crisis of rage.

"Young people are very explosive."

Rashid commented to Mal, seeing that all the couples who had always been together were now far apart over breakfast.

"Oh? I'm sorry, did you say anything?"

Mal is distracted looking at Ben across the cafeteria.

"Forget it. I came to tell you that Clarion released me, so we can go."

"Really? Great."

"What's wrong with them?"

Adam asked Belle, watching his son alone with his coffee.

"Ben had a fight with Mal, Evie had a fight with Doug, Lonnie had a fight with Jay and Carlos had a fight with Jane."

The woman explained as she sipped her traditional coffee.

"Wow, come to think of it, they're already training for married life." He received a nudge from her. "Just kidding, we were never like that."

"True, not even when Ben was born were we so distant."

"Do you know what that's called? True love."

"I don't think that's it, it's just a lack of maturity. All problems are solved by talking."

"If they could see how quickly time passes, they wouldn't do this. One second we're dancing at balls and the next refugees with fairies."

Adam warned.

"The dances, I miss them. Remember the one after we were married for ten years?"

"I remember them all." He kissed her. "It would be nice to have one of those dances here."

"Would Clarion allow it?"

(...)

Auradon

"Your Majesty."