Mal walked through the forest, she reached Ben where she left him last, his beast form lay on the grass unconscious. The girl with purple hair, trembling as she opened the bottle and propped Ben's head up feeding him the liquid.

Mal dropped the bottle and stepped away from the body watching as he transformed from beast to human, the wound leaving his body. Ben was brought to his feet he looked at Mal.

"How do you feel?" Mal asks slowly approaching him.

"I feel...Fine, How is this possible, How did you find this for me, Mal?" Ben asks.

"Let's not talk about that, What matters is that your back to your normal self." Mal replies.

Mal couldn't hold herself back from leaning in to kiss her king passionately, Mal rests her arms around his neck as Ben kissed her back with a lot of passion, he pulls away feeling her tears slide down her cheek.

"Mal, Are you alright." Ben says pulling away, he wipes her tears.

"I'm just happy you're alright." Mal says, it was the truth but also she was sad because she also had to say goodbye.

"Let's go home." Ben says taking her hand.

She pulls away facing away from him. "About that…I'm not go back to Auradon." Mal announces.

"W-What? Why? Mal, Auradon is your home now and I'm your home...Why don't you want to come back with me?" Ben says, he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"I don't want to go back to Auradon, I'm not good enough, I don't belong there and I don't want to be good. I hate it there, I need to stay where I belong. " Mal says.

"Mal, This doesn't sound like you, I can see you're happy in Auradon…What is this about?" Ben asks.

"Just accept it, I'm staying here, I'm not coming with you." She says, she takes a pink envelope out. "This letter...Please, give it to Evie." Mal says handing it to him.

"You can't do this to me, Mal…I love you." Ben says taking the letter looking at her with such hurt in his eyes.

"I love you, Ben…I'm sorry, Don't come after me…This is goodbye." Mal runs off before Ben could say anything else.

Ben stands wanting to go after her, he looks at the letter and sighs, he goes to run after her but is stopped due to a force field separating them. "Mal!" Ben screams, he watches her silhouette fade into the dark, he turns to go home but he wasn't done fighting for her. Ben wouldn't be defeated they've been through so much to let some strange decision tear them apart.

Mal stormed inside the newly modeled home that once was a small place but now was a dark giant castle thanks to the wand that Ursus finally gave to Maleficent.

"It's done, Maleficent…I've given the potion to my boyfriend, I made sure he left with a shattered heart to go along with it, Now you know that I was serious about everything, I will do as you wish, I will...marry Ursus… " Mal says she begins to go up the stairs. "I will be in my room...Where ever that may be..." She adds running up the castle stairs to find a room to call her own.

Mal sat by the window looking out at the sunset, also at Auradon which was luckily in view, she thought about Ben and how she broke his heart and then she thought about Evie, Jay and Carlos who would be upset about her not returning, they would want to come back to this place just to be with her, she hoped that Ben kept them from doing that because she knew they were happy in Auradon, they would be miserable being her and she wouldn't wished that.

Tears fell slowly down her cheeks, Mal sobbed silently missing the magical place. Importantly, her friends and Ben.

Ben had been met by his father who had been searching for him, Adam was happy but Ben kept his silence, he was directed back to Auradon, Adam asked about Mal but it was too hard for the king to say.

He showered and changed into some clean clothes and directed his attention to finding Evie.

Evie was alone in her room, Doug did a great job distracting her but now that he was gone and she was alone her thoughts returned to her friend as she looked out the window. A knock on the door rose her to her feet.

"Mal!" Evie chimed hopeful, she ran to the door opening it with a smile, the hugeness of it faded to a small smile seeing Ben. "Ben."

"Hi Evie." He says softly.

"I'm glad you're back, Ben how are you here and human?" Evie asks pulling him inside and shutting the door.

"I don't know how but Mal found me and gave me something that turned me back.." Ben says softly.

"That's great, I assume Mal's up in your bedroom sleeping." Evie replies.

"Mal…She didn't come back with me she decided to stay on the island, she said she hated it here but I don't believe her I ran after her but stopped because of ts forcefield I think Maleficent put up.…asked me to give this to you." Ben says, hands her the letter.

"How could she not come back, How could she leave us…She should know how this would have upset me, the four of us were a team, family…All we had until we got here. We as family decided to stick together and stay here…Now that she's gone it feels like everything has just shattered… " Evie says pacing the room.

"Maybe she can explain it to you in this letter, I'm truly sorry that she's gone...If you need anything don't hesitate to come to me, Evie." Ben says turning and leaving.

Evie opens the letter sitting at her desk, she begins reading.

My Evie,

I'm sorry to have to tell you this in a letter but I am not coming back to Auradon…We have been together for so long, we've been through so much. In order to bring Ben back to Auradon, I was forced to go to my mother where she gave me a potion but in return I had to stay with her and marry Ursus...Now you know what I have to do, I will be alright...I'm a survivor after all, Please take care of yourself, the boys and importantly, Ben. Do not worry about me, Forget about me, E. I will miss the boys but most of all I will miss you, My best friend, My sister.

Goodbye, Mal.

"You really think I'm going to allow you to suffer on that island...Mal, I thought you knew me but I guess you don't, I can't leave you in the hands of your mother..." Evie says, she rests the letter on her desk and marches out of her bedroom, she needed to find Ben.

As Evie reached Ben's room, she saw Audrey at his doorstep she had just knocked on his door and he emerges from him room, Ben didn't look happy. Evie stood a distance but she was close enough to hear what Audrey had to say as well as close enough for Ben to notice.

"What do you want, Audrey?" Ben asks.

"I heard that you were back, I also heard that Mal isn't returning to Auradon...Ben, I want you to know that I'm deeply sorry for the stunts I've pulled, I was vindictive and I hate that I took your time with Mal away from you." Audrey says.

Before Ben could speak, Evie walked over to the pair standing by Ben and in front of the princess, she rested her hand on her hip and glared sweetly.

"You lying little bitch, You're just sorry you got caught and now that Mal is out of the picture you think if you apologize and get in good with King Ben here that he will choose you, You didn't waste any time crawling your pathetic self over to his bedroom, Ben's way to nice to say it but I'm not, he hates you for what you've done. Now run along, Princess." Evie snaps, she smiles kindly and Audrey cowers running off, Evie knew she was in tears but she didn't care, she turned to Ben.

"I can't believe I'm going to say this but well done." Ben says.

"Thank you, Now when are we going to rescue Mal?" Evie questions.

"I'm glad you ask, Please step inside so we can talk." Ben replies turning and going into his room, Evie follows the door shuts behind them.

"So?" Evie asks.

"Tonight my parents are throwing a welcome home party, there will be guests of course and as well fireworks...I need to make an appearance and I advise you do the same...Afterwards at midnight we set off to get to Mal and hopefully we make it back by morning." Ben answers.

"Sounds like a plan." Evie says she turns to leave.

"What about Jay and Carlos, Shouldn't they come as well?" Ben questions.

"No, It's better they stay here and we don't need anymore people, It will only slow us down." Evie answers. "I'll see you tonight, Ben." She adds exiting out of his room.

The party goes on, Evie stands with her friends but pays no attention to Carlos and Jay who steal the chocolate covered strawberries or the finger sandwiches, or anything else that was edible, she didn't pay no attention to them when they stopped to pick on each other and eventually their kissing sessions, she didn't need to pay attention to know that was going on.

Evie was just waiting for the clock to strike 12:00, So that she and Ben could leave Auradon to find their beloved Mal. The thought struck Evie as she scanned the crowds, she didn't see Doug.

"Hey idiots, Have you seen Doug around?" Evie asks.

"Uh...No, He isn't coming..." Jay answers.

"Why not?" Evie replies.

"Don't tell her." Carlos whispers jabbing Jay in the ribs.

"Tell me or I chop your hair off, Jay." Evie threatens, she was never this mean but she was already pissed, she didn't need her friends keeping secrets.

"Okay, Okay...There's a rumor spreading that your cheating on Doug...That you couldn't wait until your best friend was gone so you could be with Ben..." Jay answers.

Evie glared at Audrey who sat innocently over by the punch bowl talking with Jane, Evie marches over and stands over Audrey who looked up at her sweetly.

"May I help you?" Audrey asks.

"Cut the crap, Audrey. Do you get satisfaction messing with people's lives with your lies? Stop this rumor, You know it isn't true." Evie says.

"Do you enjoy screwing your best friend's boyfriend while she's wherever she is?" Audrey replies grinning and sipping her juice.

Evie growls and tips Audrey's red juice allowing it to stain her white top, Audrey screams and stands up glaring at Evie.

"Oops...Sorry, Audrey." Evie replies pushing past her, she gives Ben a sorry look and leaves the party.

Ben mingles with the guests and does everything that a King should do, In the end he lingered by the tall window looking out into the night, the fireworks in the sky making that booming noise as they light up.

"Mal, I wonder if you're looking up here too..." Ben says to himself, He turns away from the window ready to close the party up and meet Evie at 12:00.