The rain poured and the lightning lit up the really darken sky, the thunder roared in Auradon. It has been a couple of weeks since the coronation, since Maleficent had been stopped. Mal was in love and she had her friends from the island she was happy, finally.

With the happiness had to come a problem, Mal would be kept up at night, she would sleep but she would toss and turn and most of the time she would stare up at the ceiling, Mal was in a deep nightmare sleep.

In the Dream

After Mal decided to be good along with Evie, Jay and Carlos they joined hands along with Ben who Mal coached to join. Mal rested her head lovingly in the crook of Ben's neck she was truly happily after confessing how happy she was here in Auradon and being with him. She was about to hand the wand back to the kind fairy godmother who was nothing but smiles after the almost incident of the wand being taken and almost taken to Maleficent by the evil daughter herself.

Expect it did get stolen by Maleficent who had swooped in and taken the wand from Mal's hand laughing wickedly, Mal could remember how loud and vicious it was, she froze time making the good people in Auradon frozen while the four of the teens were able to move. Her mother had turned into a black dragon after the four of them had stood up to her, Jay being the bravest to confront her ended up being chased with the breathing fire targeting him, targeting her own daughter and her friends.

In reality they had beaten the evil but in her dream the dragon had burnt everyone in the room except her and Ben, she saw Ben's frozen face tears fighting to come out, she ran to him trying to save him, her mother had returned to her human form getting in the way of her and her true love.

"Mother, You made me watch as you killed my friends...Please don't make me watch you kill my love..." Mal cries pleading to her.

Maleficent only laughed she turned and snapped Ben's neck with the snap of her fingers, Mal screamed and Maleficent moved so she can run to his side cradling him in her arm tears falling.

"I'm so sorry, Ben...I'm so sorry, Everyone...Everyone's dead because of me..." Mal cries.

"Mal, Mal!" Mal woke up screaming by her side sat Evie who looked really tired but concerned.

"W-What?" Mal asks through her panting, her chest heaving as she's trying to calm her breathing.

"You were screaming in your sleep, Mal...I had to try and wake you but you wouldn't wake...I guess you had to wake yourself up." Evie says. "Another bad dream?"

Mal nods. "I keep dreaming of that day...Everytime you all die and each time worse..." She answers almost to tears. "I'm sorry I woke you...Go back to sleep."

"I want to be here for you, Mal. I can sleep some other time." She says.

"A beautiful queen needs her sleep, I'll be okay..." Mal answers.

Evie stands up and sighs. "Okay, Maybe you can sneak off and sleep with Ben...It always helps. "

Mal didn't answer her, she only sat up and pondered the idea. She didn't want to bother Ben. She had been sneaking into his room almost every night since that day because of her dreams, she realized she had been keeping him up and she knew she couldn't do that because he needed his sleep.

When Ben suggested that she come move into his room so she wouldn't have to sneak in all the time during the middle of the night Mal had declined saying that she can get her nightmares under control and that she will be able to sleep in her own bed from now on

"One more time..." She says to herself taking the blankets off of her and sneaking out of her room and going down the hall without any problem she reached Ben's room and twisted the knob quietly slipping inside.

As Mal entered the huge bedroom she made sure the door clicked quietly, The girl with the purple hair started to tip toe towards the bed as she neared she saw him shift.

"Mal, I know it's you." Ben says.

"Sorry Ben...I didn't want to wake you." Mal apologizes. "Can I sleep in here with you?" She asks softly.

"You don't even need to ask." Ben answers he pulls the covers to let her climb in.

She crawls in and cuddles up next to him, his arms around her holding her close to his chest and her head laying gently on him.

"Another bad dream?" Ben questions.

"Yeah...I thought I could handle it...I didn't want to bother you tonight but I guess that's what I ended up doing." She says.

"Mal, Don't ever think you're bothering me. I actually love that your comfortable enough to come and sneak into my bed." Ben confesses.

"Now you make it sound dirty." Mal says laughing a bit.

Ben chuckles. "Get some sleep, Mal." Is all Ben says before kissing the top of her head and falling asleep in her warm embrace.

It didn't take Mal long to drift off to sleep, the rest of the night she slept like a baby, no nightmares surfacing.

The birds chirped and the sun burnt through the curtains of the elegant room, Mal almost forgot she was in Ben's room her green eyes fluttered open as her hands felt for the body that wasn't next to her which made her sit up quickly. She saw the note laying on his pillow and the clothes at the foot of the bed, she smiled and took it reading.

My dearest Mal,

Sorry to have left you this morning but I had duties to attend to being the leader of the school everyone has to look up to me to be early...Evie dropped off some clothing for you to wear, I can't wait to see you.

Love, Ben.

Mal smiled and left the note to put on her clothes she exited the room and made her way down the hall back to her own room, she opened the door.

"Thank you, Evie." Mal says stopping to see Carlos sitting on Evie's bed and she was comforting him as he was in tears, Mal was weirded out but concerned because she's never seen the boy cry before. "What's going on?" Mal asks softly closing the door and making her way over to Evie and Carlos.

"Carlos is in love." Evie says.

"Yeah I know I saw him dancing around with Jane at the celebration party, Why is it such a big deal to cry about?" Mal questions crossing her arms and standing in front of the two who sat on the bed.

Carlos jumped up from the bed and paced the room. "You don't understand, Mal...I'm not in love with Jane, I only danced with her because I felt it would have been right but it wasn't...Nothing is right."

"If it's not Jane then who?" Mal questions. "Wait...You're in love with Lonnie, You do know she's with Jay right?" She says reminding Carlos.

Carlos turns back to Mal. "I'm not in love with Lonnie, I'm in love with the idiot Jay, I have for a while now..." He answers. "It's been messing with my head, I can't think and I can't even focus I always get hit on the tourney field because I'm always staring at him..." Carlos says.

Mal was concerned now, she walked over to him and hugged him tightly. "Everything will be okay, Carlos." She says giving him the support he most likely needed right now.

Carlos pulled away. "Everything is a disaster...Jay's with Lonnie, I can't tell him anything because he'll hate me and I can't live like that because I share a room with him." He says.

Evie joined them. "Haven't you considered that Jay might feel the same, I mean of course he may not realize it because how dense he is at times but...I'm sure deep down he knows how he truly feels you just need to be the one to bring it out of him." She says trying to encourage him to tell Jay how he felt before it drove him even more insane.

"Hey guys what are you guys talking about?" Jay asks barging into the ladies room to see the girls huddled around Carlos who had a freaked expression on his face.

"Have you heard of knocking, What if one of us was changing?" Mal questions.

Jay rolls his eyes and smiles. "You're like sisters, Trust me when I say I wouldn't care about your naked bodies...It wouldn't phase me any." He answers. "What's wrong with you, Carlos. Did Dude run off?" Jay questions.

"U-Uh...No, Dude's fine." Carlos answers. "Let's go get breakfast, friends. I'm starved." He says ducking under the girls and running out the door.

"He's so weird...But I agree we need food, I've been training all morning and my stomach is growling at me like a furious bear." Jay says running after Carlos.

Evie and Mal follow behind the boys, Mal being the last one she gave some small attention to the small creature concealed behind a breathable glass, it was her mother she was keeping as a pet

"Bye mom going to school." She says. "Thanks I will have a good day." She adds running off to join her friends.

The four grabbed some food and made their way to their usual bench. Evie, Carlos and Jay were in a conversation while Mal kept her mouth shut, a smile appeared on her face as she saw Ben nearing the table.

He slid in next to Mal wrapping an arm around her neck and kissing her cheek, Mal blushed her hands resting in her lap content with being surrounded by the people she loved, she eyed Ben and her friends.

"How's everyone this morning?" Ben greets.

"Fantastic except for the fact Jay keeps me up with his snoring." Carlos the first one to speak says.

"I do not, You keep yourself up because of your friendly friend, Dude." Jay spat.

"Everyone at this table is perfect, Thanks Ben." Evie says cutting the obnoxious boys off with just a simple answers.

Ben turned away from the three to set his attention on Mal, he liked Evie, Jay and Carlos they were really great friends but Mal was the one he loved and wanted to make sure she alright and that she knew that he truly loved her. His attention on Mal looking into her eyes, a gentle smile on his face. "How are you doing, I assume you didn't get much sleep last night." He says.

"When I entered your room and laid by your side I slept like a baby." She answers.

"Do you want to talk about your dream, It might make you feel better." Ben suggests.

"I don't want to talk about it, It's just the same thing over again nothing too big...But I just need to remember my mother is safe in my room in a glass cage she can't get to us." Mal replies.

Ben's smile still lingered he leans in and kisses Mal for a moment before pulling away. "I wish I could stay but I have been requested in the garden. I'll see you later." He says getting up and gracefully walking off.

The four teens continued to have class with Fairy GodMother because some of the other Auradon Prep kids and teachers weren't comfortable with the Isle of the lost teens, they felt they might turn on them any minute, even thought Ben was use to them it would take a while for the rest of them to get use to the teens living in Auradon.

Mal didn't pay much attention to the class since she already knew all the answers, instead she sketched on a blank piece of paper the last time she had drawn Mal drew the wand she was going to steal for her mother. This time it was of the loving King Ben, she felt a little weird thinking of Ben as a king especially because he was so young and kings were kind of suppose to be older than 17 but she didn't mind it just as long she wasn't called a queen for she felt she wasn't queen material, not even princess material. She had even told Ben this and he was okay with it because he also felt he wasn't much of a king, he still felt like a prince and or he rather be called an ordinary like the rest.

"Oh you kids aren't really paying attention but you've been doing great...Class dismissed." Fairy God Mother said figuring the rest weren't listening, plus the bell was going to ring in a second, it was no harm in letting them out a few seconds early.

Mal and Evie walked close as did Jay and Carlos as they exited the room, they stopped in front of the door.

"What are you boys going to do now?" Evie questions, she looked at Carlos hoping he would bring up the fact that he needed to talk to Jay.

"I was thinking of messing around on the field, Training some more. Carlos you should really train up as well... I mean I really want you to stay on the team it would be lonely without you..." Jay says.

Carlos knew Evie was pressuring him to confess, he sighed. "I will train but right now, I need to talk to you Jay it's important so let's go back to our room and don't you dare end up distracted like you always do because as I said this is important." He says he quickly darts off towards the stairs, Jay standing puzzled.

"What's with him?" Jay questions.

"Get going, Jay." Mal demands shooing him off.

Now that it was the girls, Evie turns to Mal.

"What?" Mal questions avoiding her gaze.

"You should go meet Ben in the garden and see who he's talking to, He will be happy to see you." Evie says.

"I don't know...Actually, It sounds like a plan." Mal says changing her mind. "I'll see you later, M." She adds walking off.

"I love being the love guru." Evie says a smile on her face as she skips off to find Doug to see if he would help her study for the upcoming test.

Mal strolled through the forest, in view she saw Ben's face and she lit up she started to prance over but stopped at seeing Audrey standing in front of him, she couldn't hear anything but she knew she did not like this one bit she felt anger and jealousy rushing to the surface at seeing this, Mal pushed it aside and made it her job to come out and stand by her man, she took her steps slowly.