De Fragee Prutia

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"And you thought it was okay to go behind my authority and use the Auradon Collective to arrest my fiancée?!"

Ben was in an emergency meeting with all the kingdoms of Auradon. Although it was an emergency, they took their own time in traveling to the capital for it. Some taking weeks, making those that came right away forced to stay in the guest suites at the palace.

"To schedule council business without me and then arrest my fiancée? How many of you voted yes for this?"

Only a few of the kingdoms raised their hands, admitting to the vote. There weren't that many and not even all their representatives voted; but they were the kingdoms with some of the largest votes and that was enough to initiate the Collective.

"That's the problem. With all due respect, King Benjamin, we never wanted to go behind your authority but you were too involved. Your personal interest in Nami was preventing you from doing anything about it," The Blue Fairy said.

"Doing anything about what?"

"Your fiancée was practicing dark magic!" King Arthur yelled, stressing the word fiancée.

"My sister ain't never practiced no dark magic a day in her life." James stood up from the table in rage, he was the only representative for Maldonia, Tiana and Naveen were trying to keep their kingdom together with the news of their princess' arrest.

"Your sister clearly conjured a shadow creature!"

"What about Pan? You never question his shadow."

Peter nodded in agreement with James.

"Peter Pan's shadow cannot do what Nami does. That creature she conjured was of no Neverland design. It was clearly Shadow magic."

"Princess Nami used that to save all of Auradon," Jasmine interjected. Aladdin agreed.

Aladdin and Jasmine had always been supporters of Nami's and Ben's ideas to bring about a new Auradon. Agrabah and Charmington were a few of the only large kingdoms who didn't have any representatives vote for her imprisonment.

"She's no princess. She's been exiled, titles stripped. You'd do well to remember that."

Ben grabbed James' arm to stop him from lunging across the table at King Arthur.

"King Benjamin, please don't misunderstand..." Sleeping Beauty spoke up in an attempt to diffuse whatever was about to happen between Arthur and James.

"We're very grateful for everything she has done but we've seen what can happen when magic like that is used. It can turn sour for everyone involved. That's why we decided on the Isle. We can't take the risk but we appreciate all she's done. That's why we didn't want to place her in prison, she can live her life freely on the Isle."

"On the Isle? You mean the one that half of you didn't want to help? That same Isle where I had to fight just to give them fresh food! Where you all were perfectly content using like your waste dump."

Ben was amazed. They had the nerve. Nami saved their lives and they thought this was a repayment.

"I'm sorry, we couldn't risk it. That shadow would've eventually turned on us."

"Shadow magic isn't evil," Ben recalled what Nami told him.

"We don't know that. Do you have any proof? Because we've seen the Shadow Man and what he can do," King Triton spoke.