XLV: You and Me


Ben turned to Priscilla, and she greeted him with a warm smile while handing him his crown. Ben's smile mirrored hers as he accepted the crown from her. He walked to the middle of the boat as People patted him on the shoulder

As Ben settled his crown atop his head, a loud screech filled the air, drawing everyone's attention to the sky. Priscilla gazed up at the descending dragon, Mal, who landed on the boat with a soft thud. A burst of purple smoke enveloped her, revealing her transformation back into a human. In her newly acquired purple Cotillion dress, she looked down at herself and gently patted out the small fires that had sparked on her attire

With a slight chuckle, Ben shared a lighthearted moment with Mal. She composed herself and made eye contact with Ben, wearing a beaming smile, her hand covering her mouth. Mal then gathered the bottom of her dress and gracefully knelt down to the floor, while Ben bowed down, his hands stretched to the sides. Mal giggled at this playful exchange. Evie glanced back at Priscilla, nodding in the direction of Mal, and Priscilla understood the cue, following her lead as they approached Mal

Two guards who had been standing beside Mal took hold of each of her elbows, just as the fanfare played and the crowd erupted in cheers and applause for Mal, as well as for Evie and Priscilla

Mal nodded at the guard, signaling for them to release her. Evie and Priscilla moved closer to Mal. Mal let out a sigh and commented, "So, I did not know that I could do that." She and her friends turned to face the crowd. "Tell me about it. That makes two of us." Evie responded

"I think that makes all of us," Priscilla quickly added with a chuckle. The two other girls joined in with laughter. Suddenly, a sizzling was heard, Evie glanced down at Mal's dress and spotted a tiny fire. She lets out an 'oh' before leaning down to blow it out. Mal looked down and thanked Evie

"Well, shall we?" Priscilla asked, gesturing to the people in front of them. Evie extended her hand to Mal, and Mal placed her hand on Evie's. "We shall," Mal replied with determination. The girls lifted their dresses and walked confidently forward, heading directly toward Ben

Mal approached Ben with a smile, and he looked down at her. Meanwhile, Evie and Priscilla stepped back to stand next to their respective dates. Mal sighed in relief, but her relief turned into a gasp when Ben suddenly grabbed her by the waist, pulling her closer to him and passionately kissing her

People around them laugh at the move. Priscilla smiled and glanced down at her feet while Carlos placed a hand on Ben's shoulder, saying with a chuckle, "Alright, alright, alright, alright."

"I owe you guys so much," Ben expressed, looking around at the people nearby. Everyone responded with playful agreement and laughter, and Carlos slapped both of his shoulders

"Just a little bit," Evie said and Priscilla nodded with posted lips "Absolutely" She added with a laugh of her own

"If there is anything that you, or anything I can do for you.."

"Um," Evie interrupted Ben, her voice cutting through the conversation as she glanced down at the flooded floor. She raised a finger to get his attention, saying, "Actually, there is, Ben." Priscilla observed Evie's gaze drifting toward the Isle and added, "I know a girl who would love to come to Auradon." Ben turned his attention to the Isle as Evie continued to speak.

"It's Drizella's youngest daughter, Dizzy" Evie stated, pausing to glance at Mal, who nodded in assurance. "She's like a little sister to me"

"Then she should come," Ben told her sincerely. His words elicited a bright smile from Evie, and Mal placed a hand on her shoulder with a smile of her own. "Okay" Evie laughs "Okay, great" Ben smiles and glances at Mal

"Actually, um," Evie began as she walked up to Ben before he could speak up. Mal raised her hand in mock surrender, causing laughter to ripple through the group around them. "Ben, there's a lot of kids who would really love it here in Auradon. Kids just like us, who also deserve a second chance. Can I maybe get you... a list?" Evie asked, glancing at the isle before returning her gaze to Ben.

"Yes," Ben readily agreed, glancing back at Priscilla, who nodded with equal enthusiasm. He then looked back at Evie and said, "Yes, absolutely. Please." Ben reached for Evie's hand, and she smiled happily. Everyone clapped their hands at them

"M'lady Mal, we found your spell book below deck" A guard comes up to Mal with her spell book in hand, Mal softly grabs the book "Uma had it" The guard explains, Mal stared at her spell book as Ben stared at her expectedly

"You know, this seems like the kind of thing that belongs in the hands of Fairy godmother. Fairy Godmother?" Mal calls for the older woman, Fairy godmother walks through the crowd to Mal "That's me, thank you. Mhm" Fairy godmother nodded her head at the sight of the spell book

"This belongs in the museum," Mal told her as she showed Fairy Godmother the spell book before handing it to her "It does, yes, and I'm gonna take it" Fairy Godmother agreed as she grabbed the book from Mal

"Go for it"

Fairy godmother nods before disappearing into the crowd, some laugh at her. Mal and Ben made eye contact "I'm not gonna be needing it anymore" Mal stated making Ben smile at her affectionately. Mal let out a small smirk before kicking the water that flooded the floors towards Ben, the crowd oh'ed at the action as Mal laughed, she raised her eyebrows at him teasingly

She squealed when Ben splashed her back, everyone cheered and clapped for them as Ben brought Mal closer to him by the waist. Mal went for his crown and tilted it

Everyone gathered around with their dates on the main deck looking at King Ben and his lady Mal who were at the few last steps of the stairs. Ben and Mal looked at the crowd as he began to sing first "Looking back at yesterday I thought I gave it everything, but still there's so much road ahead of me" Ben looked at Priscilla who stood in front of Carlos, his hands on her shoulders as she held on of those hand. Ben and Priscilla smiled at each other

Mal turned to Ben as she started to sing next, Ben turned to her as well "When I looked into your eyes, I guess I didn't recognize. Who we are and all that we can be" Ben held out a hand for her to grab as they began to spin in circles in their spot as they sang together

The others grabbed their partner's hands and they formed into four lines. Priscilla and Carlos walked to the back of the two last lines "Sometimes it's hard to find yourself, but it's worth it in the end cause in your hearts is where it all begins" Everyone twirls to Ben and Mal, splashing water as they did

Mal went in between the lines to the right and Ben went to the left where Priscilla and Carlos were, everyone danced in their spot as they splashed some water "We gotta be bold, we gotta be brave, we gotta be free" Ben reached to Carlos as everyone Cormier to sing "We gotta get loud, making that change you gotta believe" Carlos went to Priscilla grabbing her hand, they stood behind Doug and Evie as those two stood behind Ben and Mal as everyone danced and sing "Whoa-oh-oh"

"We'll look deep inside and we'll rise up and shine" The boys twirled their dates from the right to the left, and the girls pressed their backs to the boy's chest as they held out their hands

"We can be bold, we can be brave, let everyone see" They all stomp on the ground making the water go everywhere. The girls kicked their feet to the side first then the boys followed along "It starts with you and me"

"Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, hey! It starts with you and me" Evie and Carlos grabbed each other hands as they went to the edge of the boat. "Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, hey! It starts with you and me" Priscilla went to Ben with a smile as they danced once Evie and Carlos sang together while they faced the Isle

Both of Priscilla and Ben's hands went up together, they slightly jumped in their spot splashing the water under their feet. Their hand went again, Priscilla's hand stayed still as Ben wrapped his around her arm, reconnecting their hands together, he soon spun Priscilla around, her dress flowing along. Priscilla's hand went to Ben's shoulder, he spins around ducking under her hand

"There's something special that I've learned, it's together we can change the world. Everybody's got something they can bring" Soon Jay and Mal joined Carlos and Evie to the edge of the boat. Both Ben and Priscilla changed their spot and repeated the same moves they did when Evie and Carlos were singing "When you take a look inside yourself. Do you wish that you were something else, but who you are is who you need to be"

Mal and Evie walked away from the railing, hand in hand, and the boys soon followed behind them. Carlos was quick to find Priscilla grabbing her hand, she smiled at him as she interlocked their fingers "Sometimes it's hard to find yourself, but it's worth it in the end cause in your heart is where it all begins" Both Evie and Mal sang before they backed away from each other. Mal held Ben's hand along with Jay's as Evie held Carlos and Doug's hands. Priscilla also held Jane who joined in the circle. Lonnie was in between Jay and Doug as everyone formed a circle facing each other

And everyone else in the boat also formed a circle, holding hands and with their backs facing each other before they all stomped on the floor, water splashing everywhere. They all continued to hold each other hands as they spun around as they sang

"We gotta be bold, we gotta be brave, we got to be free" They threw their hands in the air disconnecting them, and they all kicked the water as they went to someone who wasn't their date. Priscilla danced with Doug "We gotta get loud, making that change, you gotta believe" They all switched to another person, Priscilla now was with Jay "Whoa-oh-oh" The two spun as they each held each other hands behind their backs "We'll look deep inside and we'll rise up and shine"

"We can be bold, we can be brave, let everyone see" The group grabbed each hand again as they formed a circle as everyone danced around them, they all walked towards each other making the circle smaller before raising their arms while walking backwards as people walked under them

"It starts with you and me, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, hey! It starts with you and me, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, hey! It starts with you and me" Everyone danced with each other as Mal and Evie went up the stairs

"If we all can do our part" They both sang "We know that it can be the start to bring about the difference that we need, yeah" People started to gather around the girls including Ben, Jay, and Lonnie "I promise we can work this out, I promise we can see it through" Both Evie and Ben sing, Doug, Carlos, and Priscilla soon joined them at the stairs. Evie held out her hand for Ben who gladly grabbed it while holding Mal's "Don't you know it's up to me, it's up to me and you!" Carlos and Priscilla held each other hands tightly as they ran forward with the rest and they all ended it with a jump

"We gotta be bold, we gotta be brave, we gotta be free" Carlos lay on the flooded floor as he was flapping his legs and arms as if he were making a snow Angel before he jumped back up to his feet and spun around, Priscilla was stomping her feet as she watched him with a grin. She turned around her back facing him before she did a back walkover towards him, her now short soaking wet dress sticking to her leg not moving as she did the trick

She turned back around and the two jumped as they got closer to each other. Carlos took hold of both her hands, turned around, and wrapped them around his shoulders before dragging her into the midst of the crowd, her left leg bent up in the process, making her laugh "We gotta her loud, making that change, you gotta believe, whoa-oh-oh"

It was Jay and Lonnie's turn as they went to the middle, they splashed the water with their hands. Jay was on his right knee with arms outstretched, lonnie kicked her legs up as she placed her hands on his shoulder "We'll look deep inside, and we'll rise up and shine. We can be bold, we can be brave, let everyone see"

Evie went to the middle of the circle right when Jay and Lonnie went back to the crowd, Evie did a twirl. She held her hand out for Doug and he slid towards her on his knees

"It starts with you and me" Doug spun her around and lifted her up, she spread both her arms and legs like a starfish as they spun around "Woah-oh-oh, Woah-oh-oh, it starts with you and me"

Mal and Ben went in next, Mal kicked some water towards Ben and he did the same to her. Ben lifted Mal up by her waist and Mal raised her arms up "Woah-oh-oh, Woah-oh-oh, it starts with you and me" Ben slowly put her down and right as the two were about to kiss everyone around them ran up to the two and completely soaked them again with the water by kicking towards them

"Woah-oh-oh, Woah-oh-oh, it starts with you and me"

Ben and Mal ran up the stairs to his parents & Fairy godmother who was dancing with Lumiere. Beast went to shake Ben's hand but Ben took off his crown and shook his head slightly wetting his dad making him immediately lean back. Everyone danced all over the boat having their own fun "Oh, Oh, yeah, yeah. It Starts with You and me. whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh. Hey! it starts with you and me, Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, Hey! It Starts with you and me. Hey! It Starts with You and me. whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh.It Starts with You and Me"

Ben slipped his gold Beast ring back onto Mal's finger. The two of them turned their gaze towards the dancing crowd.
At the end, they all jump up with their arms outstretched. Fireworks burst in the sky behind them right on cue. Everyone slowly bowed at Ben and Mal as the two waved at them. They all cheered and clapped at the two before they all continued to dance

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