Happy Easter, everyone! Here's a little something for your baskets, my second Ben 10/Ever After High crossover story! Enjoy!

It was a calm day in the town of Bellwood. Ben Tennyson was going to see his Aunt Natalie. He rarely visited her, but Ben's mother wanted him to deliver something for her sister in law.

Ben pulled into the driveway and brought out a big bowl of tuna casserole. He went up and knocked on the door. Natalie Tennyson opened the door.

"Hi, Aunt Natalie." Ben smiled. "How's it going?"

"Oh, the usual." Natalie said in her painfully dull voice. "Come on in."

Ben went inside. "So...how are things? Anything new?"

Natalie shrugged. "Not much. Other than my canasta club finally having the guts to have the game here tonight."

"Why? Are they afraid to play on your turf?" Ben joked.

But Natalie wasn't smiling. "No, because of all the aliens." she said. "Bellwood used to be such a nice place to live until..." She looked at Ben. "aliens came here."

Ben winced as if her words stung him. He knew she was going to say his name instead of aliens. Could there be a bit of guilt within him?

"Well, it can't be helped. I mean, what's done is done, right?" Ben tried to reason with her, but his heart he could feel some uncertainty. "And besides, not all aliens are bad..."

Natalie raised an eyebrow. "Really? Well, if aliens were more like us, they wouldn't be trying to take over the universe all the time and mind their own business on their own planets."

Ben was silent.

"Anyway," Natalie said. "I better get things ready for tonight." She sighed. "If only Gwen was here...we used to play canasta all the time."

"I miss her too." Ben said, for once agreeing with his aunt. "And Kevin too."

Natalie frowned. "I don't miss him. Personally, I think Gwen can do better."

"Come on, Aunt Natalie! Kevin's a great boyfriend! And your daughter's lucky to have him!"

"That's just his bad boy charm." Natalie's eyes narrowed into slits. "It's a very dangerous thing, Benjamin. Never fall prey to it."

But Ben has heard more than enough. "I better get going. I have to go on patrol." he lied.

After saying his goodbyes, Ben left. He was about to head home when he received a call on his communicator. "What's up, Rook?"

"Ben, there has been a robbery in Undertown!" Rook said.

"I'll be right there!" Ben activated his watch and became XLR8. He hurried over to Undertown as fast as he can. Which wasn't very long when you're an alien with super speed.

Ben arrived in Undertown in record time and spotted Psyphon, Liam and Bubblehelmet in their getaway car. XLR8 jumped up high and with a touch of the Omnitrix symbol, he turned into Upgrade.

With his Galavanic Mechamorph form, Upgrade took over the vehicle and no sooner than that, Fistrick was no longer in control of this heist.

"Tennyson!" Psyphon said as he tried to open the door to free himself. But Upgrade morphed the door into his fist and gave the crime boss a hard strike across his face. Then Upgrade used the car's seat belts to restrain the criminals in their seats. Very tightly.

"Next stop, jail time!" Upgrade said in his computerized voice.

BOOM!

Ben heard an explosion off in the distance. He saw a huge mushroom cloud billowing from a neighborhood.

Ben's neighborhood.

"Oh, no!" Upgrade drove off to the neighborhood.

"Ben! Wait!" Rook called after him. He hopped into his Proto-truck and took off after him.

Upgrade drove into his neighborhood and screeched to a halt.

His house was destroyed. Everything in it was now a smoldering husk.

"No..." Was all Ben could say.

He heard Psyphon and his cronies laugh. "Looks like you lose this one, Tennyson! Your parents are burnt to a crisp!"

"HOW ABOUT I BURN YOU TO A CRISP?!" Ben used Upgrade's powers to electrocute the criminals. They screamed and howled in pain.

Ben was raging mad. He wanted them to suffer like they made him suffer. Ben was close to ending their lives until a voice spoke out.

"Ben! Ben!"

Hearing that familiar voice, Ben stopped and looked. His parents were alive and well!

Ben's grandfather, Max Tennyson arrived with the Plumbers. "It's a good thing your parents were out shopping."

"Mom! Dad!" Upgrade returned to Ben again and exited the vehicle. He ran to his parents.

"Shopping?! They were out shopping?!" Psyphon roared. "How could you idiots NOT know that?!"

Liam clucked. "Sorry, Boss..."

"But at least Tennyson is homeless!" Bubblehelmet said, trying to calm his leader down.

Ben was still angry. He tightened his fists. He marched up to the villains but the Plumbers have already taken them in.

Ben and Rook flew the criminals to Plumber Headquarters. When they arrived, the Plumbers quickly took the crooks into custody.

Ben's grandfather, Max Tennyson noticed the angry look on Ben's face. "You okay, Ben?"

"No, not one bit." Ben said.

The elder Plumber put his hand on Ben's shoulder. "There's no reason for you to be upset. You stopped Psyphon and you're parents are safe."

"But they wouldn't have been safe if they stayed at home!" Ben nearly shouted. He sighed. "I don't know how much more I can take of this!"

"What do you mean?" Max asked.

"All this...madness! Why can't the bad guys just learn their lesson and leave me alone?! Why can't everyone just live in peace?! I'm sick and tired of it!"

"Ben, please." Rook said. "I know it is not easy keeping peace. But we have a duty to uphold."

"Whatever..." Ben grouched.

"Well, I think I have something to cheer you up." Max said. "I just got a message from Azmuth."

"Azmuth? What does he want me for?" Ben asked bitterly.

"He wants you to attend the Galvan ball!" Driba the Galvan Plumber answered before Max did.

"It's the biggest occasion on Galvan Prime!" Driba's partner Blukic said. "We gotta look our best when we get there!"

Ben raised a confused brow. "Why would he invite me to a Galvan party?"

"Well, he did. And you're his guest of honor! Can you believe it?" Max seemed happy for Ben.

But Ben was not happy. "Sounds like a pretty bad idea."

"Ben, Azmuth has done a lot for you." Max said very seriously. "He's your friend, and a friend shows up no matter what."

"We are not friends!" Ben shouted, almost by reflex. Him and Azmuth friends? Those two go together like sugar and salt.

Max folded his arms and gave his grandson a cold hard stare.

Feeling the angry glare shot at him, Ben heaved out a sigh. "Alright, fine..." he grumbled.

"Good, cause I'm going with you." Max said. "It wouldn't hurt for you to have a chaperone."

"Magister Tennyson, perhaps I shall accompany you as well." Rook said.

"Why's that?" Ben asked Rook. "You think this'll be a disaster too?"

"No! Of course not!" Rook implied. "I...simply wish to be a chaperon as well."

"Uh huh. Yeah, sure you do." Ben deadpanned.

"Let's stop talking and get ready!" Driba said. "The ball starts soon!"

Ben sighed. This was going to be a very long day.