i woke up to bright lights shining in my eye, princey's awake isn't he? well i don't blame him, it's his big day. i stretched as i got up so i could really wake myself up. music was playing and princey was dancing around in the room in his underwear. well isn't this something, waking up the see the future king of auradon dancing in his undies.

"good morning princey, you getting ready for a date or what?" i asked as i threw the covers off of me. princey turned around to look at me and laughed as he tossed a pillow my way. "it's coronation day." indeed it it my boy, indeed it is. princey lowered the volume a smidge and pulled me off of the bed. i get he's excited but what the hell?

"i'm going to be crowned king, can you believe that? i've been dreaming of this moment for so long, it feels like a fairy tale." i can believe that only because you're the kings son, if you were someone else i wouldn't believe it. "yes, and i love that for you! i'm sure you're going to be an amazing ruler." princey grabbed my hand and twirled me around, hey now i never agreed to this.

thankfully he stopped as there was a knock on the door. "come in!" hey no don't come in, isn't princey embarrassed about being seen in his underwear? this man is crazy. the door opened and in cane audrey, she was already dressed. make up and hair done and done. woah, what time did she wake up to do all that?

"good morning you two... uh ben, aren't you um going to change?" princey looked at audrey then down at himself before awkwardly using a pillow to hide his lower half. well the pillow isn't doing a very good job at protecting the rest so why bother. "v, have you showered yet?" i shook my head and looked at the time.

"we don't have to get ready until like what? 9? 9:30?" audrey laughed but stopped as she became very serious. "oh no, that's were you're wrong v. yes the coronation doesn't start until 10, however the carriages get here at 7:50. we have to start boarding at 7:55, since we're taking carriages and not cars there will be traffic as the horses are a bit slow, plus all the stopping for the people to get off. it's what? 8:30-8:45? then we get off and walk through the red carpet and snow white asks us about our outfits, how we feel about ben becoming king, and other questions she might have. then it's a little after 9 and we have to start heading inside to find our places. i will then have to go stand with my family while you go stand with the vk's. and then before you know it, it's 10am and ben is being crowned king. after that there's more interviews, more photo oops. a speech, blah blah blah and then it's tine to party! now no more wasting time and go shower, get dressed and call me when you're done so i can work on your hair and makeup. i'll be doing benny boo's makeup while you're in there. understood? i said, understood?" woah that's a lot, and it what's? almost 7:30! fuck.

"yes ma'am!" princey and i both said at the same time. i grabbed the outfit evie dropped off yesterday and ran into the bathroom while audrey began to boss princey around. hey that's his fault, he should've been dressed by now. after a very quick shower, and slipping into my outfit i was ready. i looked, weird. like a hot pirate?

"audrey, i'm ready for my makeup!" audrey wasted no time in coming in and plugging in a hair dryer. she as a great multitasker, she's blow drying my hair and doing my eye brows at the same time. not even i could do that. my hair was now dried and all puffy and curly, like it usually was but this time it looked neater. and the curls didn't look like dog shit either. she was finishing applying some eyeliner and blush before she was finally done.

"i am so proud of myself, let's go show ben." oh my gods, i look like a gay pirate. audrey opened the door and called princey. he turned around while fixing his little crown cufflinks. "what do you think?" audrey asked as i stood there awkwardly. princey didn't say anything at first, he just stood there with his mouth slightly opened and his eyes almost popping out.

"you look amazing, woah um just... woah." really? "you think so? you don't think the ruffles are a bit too much? don't the pants look tight? i mean, they're dress pants yes but they look like jeans, i mean come on." princey didn't agree with me though, he just kept staring at me. "no, they look amazing. and the earring too, it really pulls everything together. 10/10." woah how kind of you princey.

"well look at the time, we should get going. don't want to upset fairy godmother. we'll see you over there ben." wait what? he's not coming with us? "how come he's not coming with us?" i asked as audrey pulled me towards the door. "my carriage leaves last as i have to arrive once everyone is all set. you're going to be riding with audrey though, that is unless you want to ride with me?" is this man serious right now?

"princey i'll have to say no as i don't like being a third wheel, but do enjoy your ride with mal." princey laughed and shook his head. "no that's not what i meant, i mean-" i cut him off as i looked at the time, 7:53. "we must get going, we'll see you over there. don't worry, you got this your majesty." with that audrey and i were out the door and rushing to make it in time to the carriages before we were left behind. i can't believe princey wanted me to share a carriage with him and mal, i thought he knew me better than that.

"that ones ours." audrey pointed at a pink and white carriage with a hint of blue, ah yes that screams sleeping beauty. "so it's just use or your family too?" i asked as the driver helped us in. no they're not drivers, what are they called? they just control the horses, they don't pull the carriage. eh whatever i'll call them the driver. "just us, my parents and nana will meet me there." hey i just remembered that audrey never told me what happened yesterday with fairy godmother.

"so, what did you and fairy godmother discuss yesterday?" i asked as we sat down, hey there's only room for two in here so i don't get how princey wanted me to go with him. "oh nothing, don't worry about it." i know that tone, what she really meant was that she didn't want to talk about it. "okay." we sat there in silence as the carriage began to move behind all the others.

"so," i looked over and hear, yes? "so?" i asked. "you and ben, what's going on there?" what did she think was going on? "nothing, why?" she let out a small laugh before she got all serious. "oh you're being serious." what is she trying to get at though?

"v, if you like ben that's fine. you can tell, yeah he's my ex but that shouldn't matter." well that's good to hear, wait no it's not. i don't like princey, where did she get that from? "i do not like princey in the way you're implying." she laughed as if she didn't believe me. "who are you trying to convince, me or yourself?" is she being serious right now? "what makes you think i like him?" oh maybe i shouldn't have asked that.

"well first of all, you're the only one that calls him princey. not once have i ever heard you call him ben, why is that? yeah you use nicknames for everyone, but you've been calling us by our names except for ben. why is that? does he like it? do you like calling him that?" the nickname has nothing to do with my feelings for him, there's like zero correlation.

"yeah well i just got used to it so... and yeah what if he likes it? a nicknames a nickname, nothing more nothing less." audrey didn't seem to believe me, why doesn't she believe me? "okay if you say so, but let me ask you something alright. when you're with him, do your cheeks ever feel warm?" as in like hot?

"not only do your cheeks go warm, but after one time you don't feel it anymore right? when you were around him, did your heart ever start to ache? did your stomach start hurting out of nowhere? do you ever find yourself stuttering around him?" okay i do not start stuttering, i don't stutter. "maybe..."

"so you're blushing, your heart aches because you long for him, those stomach pains are butterflies in your stomach. and you do stutter, you are a stuttering mess around him." oh she's got to be kidding right? "am not! i know myself, i do not stutter and i don't blush." audrey only laughed, well come on now.

"you so do, and you blush a lot. the day of the tourney day, when he picked you up and spun you around, you were all blushing and stuttering. when i left and came back for you, you two were about to kiss. you were born leaning in for it, and when he left you were blushing so hard. you might think you're not a stuttering blushing mess, but from where i was standing you were. you see yourself as this isle badass, but in reality you're a softie. you like ben, you're just blinding yourself from reality. well looks like we're here." i looked up and realized we had arrived at our destination.

we were helped out of the carriage and led to the red carpet, well isn't that too much now? i don't like princey, i know i don't. yeah i think he's cute, and okay maybe i have blushed around him but that means nothing. do i really stutter? i mean i guess i do see myself differently than how others see me. so what if i said i'd date him if i was a girl? so what if i liked that we woke up cuddling? that's nothing.

"you're the hearts boy right? well i'm snow white, mind if we ask you a few questions?" i was stopped by snow white holding a microphone up to my face. "oh um sure." i looked around and saw that audrey was being photographed. "so first of all, your outfit. it's amazing, tell us, who are you wearing?" who am i wearing? like who's the designer? "this is an original by evie grimhilde." i wonder if snow white would be able to recognize the name.

"amazing, we're gonna have to keep an eye out for her future designs. so tell us, how well do you know prince ben?" well not as well as others. "well we just met recently, but i think i've gotten to know him pretty well. after all, he is my roommate." she seemed to like this answer as she grinned towards the cameras. "well isn't that great, prince bens very own roommate here with us. so is there anything you can tell us about him that the general public might not know yet?" as if princey was different with me compared to others.

"uh no, not really. he's a really great guy, super kind and supportive. he knows how to be there for a friend, i feel lucky to have been placed with him. he really made me feel welcomed, i'm glad he's going to become auradon's new king. he totally deserves it." some white didn't seem to like that answer as she moved me along, did she really expect me to have dirt on the guy? pathetic.

"v, let's get our picture taken!" audrey pulled me through the crowd of people to find a photographer that was free. when she found one she made me pose in a bunch of different ways, and the crowd seemed to eat that shit up. i actually felt happy like this, i mean no one seems to be mad that i'm here. i don't even think they care if i'm a vk or not.

"look at the time, we must get to our places. let's go find the vk's and get you guys seated. let's go before it gets any later." audrey yet again dragged me through the crowd as we looked for the vk's. once we saw evie's bright blue dress and hair we were set. "just follow those people and you'll be fine. v, i'll see you afterwards okay? and think about what we talked about, please?" oh honey that's all i'm thinking about right now. "okay, i will."

the vk's and i walked with the crowd of people we didn't know, they all kept looking at each other with pained faces. oh right, the wand. the master plan, the whole point of today. we ended up on a balcony so we weren't close to the wand, but mal was going to be close to the wand. after a bit of waiting it was time. the king and queen were walked to their spots next to fairy godmother and her wand, mal was at the front close to the royal families, and princey was bound to be brought in soon.

as soon as the doors opened everyone turned to look at him. he seemed so tense, he was nervous. he walked slowly and smiled as everyone bowed to him. i don't like princey, right? i mean, would it be such a crime if i did? i'm not saying i do, i'm just asking. i mean as far as i know i'm straight, right? i mean i could be bi, or gay but those questions never came to mind. i've dated girls, three actually. that's more than guys i've dated, that number being zero.

well okay there was freddie facilier, we dated for a month or so. then again i didn't really like her, i only dated her because cj told me to. then she broke up with me, and then i dated cj. then again i only dated cj because freddie and harry both told me to. but then again, cj broke up with me. then cj and freddie started dating. i never felt anything towards them.

let's not forget uma, she and i dated for months. yeah i loved her, but that's why we broke up. we found out we confused our feelings for each other as romantic rather than friendly. now i see her as a sister, i guess i've always had but we just didn't think of that first. and yeah, maybe harry and i flirted a few times here and there, but we never did anything because he's with gil. okay yeah gil, harry and i always used to flirt with one another but it was just playing around.

i mean i guess okay, none of my relationships have been genuine. am i scared of commitment? maybe. would i give a relationship with someone who actually likes me a try? yeah maybe so. do i like princey? yeah i do. am i scared of the fact that i like princey so i've been blinding myself from reality until i got over it? yeah, maybe i have. do i want us to take the wand and rule over auradon? no i don't. do i want a relationship with princey? yes i think i do.

okay yeah maybe i like princey, but there's no chance in hell we could ever date. he's an ak, i'm a vk. we're from different worlds. plus he doesn't even like me, so yeah. this is why i was pretending to not like him, because i don't want to face rejection. maybe i'm an evil tyrant with anger issues like my mother, but rejection still hurts. it will never not hurt.

my thought were interrupted by a crash. i looked down to see what was happening. jane has fairy godmothers wand. why did she have her wand? what did i miss? her hair had gone back to how she had it before, but when did mal do that? what did she do to make mal do that in the first place? wait now mal has the wand! evie grabbed my hand and here i am being dragged around like a chew toy again. great, thanks my shoulder might be dislocated now.

once we reached the bottom she let go of me and we all ran in and stood behind mal. the look on princeys face made my stomach churn, he can't believe we're doing this. i don't want to do this though! i looked over at audrey and she had the same expression on her face, guys please don't look at me like that. please don't.

"mal give me the wand." princey had his hand out but mal didn't move. she was scared too wasn't she? as i looked around i realized none of us wanted this. we all realized auradon isn't a bad place, we can live here. we can make new lives for ourselves. it what we deserved. "stand back! i said stand back!" everyone backed up, don't upset the witch with a wand. or well fairy.

"you really wanna do this?" princey asked her, though it felt like he was asking all of us. "we have no choice ben." maybe we do. okay i might regret this, but i had to do something. the guards seemed ready to attack us, and i don't want to be attacked by any guards. as princey and mal argued i moved towards her, i needed to her close enough to grab the wand out of her hand. okay, close enough. do it val, do it.

"val?!" i did it! i had the wand, okay ouch it hurts. why does holding it hurt? okay maybe i've never used magic, but it shouldn't burn. "val hand me the wand, don't do this. please, i know you. you're a good person, please just give me the wand." the longer i held it the more it burned, but before i could hand princey the wand my hand couldn't take it anymore. my veins were glowing? i screamed and dropped the wand, my body following in its steps. i fell to the ground, this time there was a burn mark on my hand. it was blue though?

"val!" i looked up and saw princey squatting next to me. "are you okay?" he held me up, and hey look fairy godmother had the wand back. the others were all hugging each other and crying? what did i miss as i was talking to myself? "yeah i'm good, i'm good." he didn't believe me as he held my hand. "fairy godmother, his hand. it's a blue burn mark? it seems to have been caused by the wand." fairy godmother took a look at my hand and shook her head. what happened? am i going to die?

"i don't get understand, it's like the wand was trying to spark the magic within him." magic within me? mother wasn't magic, she didn't have any magic so why would i? it made no sense. "but it didn't agree with it so it turned against him, dark magic and evil forces may be within you young man. however, that doesn't mean you're evil or dark, as long as you are good then you don't need to worry." dark and evil magic within me? "oh okay, thank you?" i didn't know why i asked instead of just saying, i'm not myself today. i have too much on my mind right now.

"princey, i'm sorry we r-" the sound of another windows being crashed into interrupted me. a cloud of green smoke following it. the cloud circles the room before it landed right by princey and i. someone was in the cloud. no, it wasn't right? that's maleficent. what the fuck? what the fuck? when did she get out and how?

"i'm back!" she sang as she held her staff up in the air. holy fuck, did mal do that? no she didn't use the wand, then it must've been jane. "go away mother!" i looked over at mal and the others, they seemed to be just as scared as the others. "oh she's funny, i'm so- you're so funny. where's the wand? well? chop chop!" maleficent turned around to see that fairy godmother had it back in her possession.

"now why would you do that huh? when has mommy ever steered you wrong? well i was prepared for something like this." as maleficent raised her stag towards her i felt a rush and my body moved without my brain being able to completely understand what was happening. "it was me! i gave fairy godmother the wand." i don't like mal, i have never gotten along with her, and now i'm okay with risking my life for her? this makes absolutely no sense. this ain't me.

"you? well samael, if it's you i must punish then i shall." what did she just call me? samael? who the fuck is that? "the names valentin! and just do it, just leave everyone else alone." now why am i sacrificing myself for these people? yeah maybe i'm nice but this is too much! "val no!" i looked over at princey who looked ready to jump in front of me as his mother held him back.

"bibbidy, bobbidy," before fairy godmother could even finish her spell thingy maleficent stopped her. "boo!" with the slam of the staff to the ground the people in the room were frozen in place. oh no, oh no, oh no. maleficent walked over to fairy godmother and grabbed the wand from her hand. "someone needs to pluck their nose hairs. well where shall we begin? oh i know! why don't we get rid of this!" she pointed the wand at princey and i felt my heart sink to my stomach.

she didn't hurt him, thank the gods, but she took his crown. "being good is for weak and ridiculous people. it's not what you want." maleficent began walking towards princey, please don't hurt him! i just found out how i feel about him. "you don't know what i want mom, have you ever once asked me what i want? i'm not you!" mal was still behind me as she spoke to her mother. you could hear the hurt in her voice.

"oh obviously! i've had years and years and years and years of practice being evil. you'll get there." how old is this bitch? i don't think anything mal says will actually get through to her though, nothing gets through those thick horns of her. "no i will not! i really wish that you had never gotten yourself there. being good is not weak or ridiculous. love isn't weak or ridiculous. it's actually really amazing." okay now when did she have this character growth? and the whole love thing, she's talking about evie and not princey right?

"i know one thing young lady, you have no room for love in your life." she pointed the wand her way, or well my way considering i'm standing in front of her. "and now i command, wand to my hand!" we all saw the wand fly out of maleficent's hand and into mal's hand. this angered maleficent which wasn't good for anyone. "this is tedious and very immature, the wand. hand it over. give me the wand." mal didn't listen though, and maleficent became angrier.

"hold on mal, maybe good really is more powerful than evil." well that would only work if we all had magical powers and i don't think that's true. "oh please, you're killing me! arf!" did this bitch just bark? oh my gods what the fuck is happening? i should've just stayed in the dorms. then i saw dude, the dog, begin to attack her. well isn't he a brave dog. then jay did something which i consider both brave and stupid. he went to try and take away her staff from her. now why would you think that's a good idea?

"gaston would be jealous." oh eww why'd she have to say it like that. with that she flicked him off and he fell backwards. "enough! you'll regret this!" she yelled, why is she yelling we're the only ones that are like unfrozen and plus we're a few feet apart. there's no need to yell ma'am. that didn't matter though and she continued to be loud until the cloud of green smoke came back.

that's when it happened, she had turned into a dragon. a motherfucking dragon. how is anyone supposed to take down a dragon? how? she began to breath out fire which like what the fuck. i should probably be running, but this all felt straight out of a fiction book. before she got to kill me i felt myself being moved, it was jay. we began to run around trying to avoid her, i do not want to be burned alive.

"run you two! run!" i didn't want to look behind me, she was right behind us wasn't she? i was about to go in a different direction when jay grabbed my armed and dragged me behind mal and the others. well if i had gone in a different direction we could've finished this all quicker. i distract her and they attacked, but no let's hide behind mal.

"magic mirror show your bright light!" i looked away as a blinding light came out of evie's mirror. the light hit maleficent directly in the eye causing her to fall down. "evie get behind me." mal commanded her girlfriend, or well her friend if they don't want labels, and evie did as told. mal held the wand close to her and looked at her mother with nothing but anger fueling her insides.

"leave my friends alone! this is between you and me mother!" when she said friends she didn't mean time right? i don't think we're at that point yet, or ever. maleficent responded with a roar, though what else could we expect? "the strengths of evil is good of none when stand before five hearts as one. the strengths of evil is good of none when stand before five hearts as one. the strengths of evil is good of none when stand before five hearts as one." mal repeated the same spell three times as she and maleficent had a stared down. maleficent shook her head and stumbled backwards before she had a transformation.

a lizard? she turned herself into a lizard? what the hell? then it happened, fairy godmother became unfrozen. we all looked at her before stampeding towards her which probably scared her. "what just happened?" mal asked though i think it was pretty obvious. "i don't know." well i thought fairy godmother was all knowing? "did you do it?" mal asked, though i'm pretty sure maleficent did it on her own. how? i don't know. why? i don't know.

"no, your mother did. she shrank down to the size of the love in her heart. that's why it's so itty bitty." well that's kinda harsh, did that mean she didn't love mal? ouch. "is she going to be like this forever?" well damn i hope so, i don't want to see another dragon ever again. "well forever is a long time. you learned to love and so can she." ha yeah right, as if. if she couldn't back then why would she now?

"this belongs to you." mal returned the wand to its rightful owner, so this means we can all go back to whatever we were doing before this? "i think you all have earned yourselves an 'A' in goodness class." oh yes because this was a fun final project. with a flick of the wand and her bibbidi bobby whatever saying, the room full of frozen in place people became live again.

before i could process anything else princey threw himself at me, i guess that's what he was going to do before he was frozen. well ouch, you walnut you crashed into me. next time just be more careful. princey composed himself and looked at me up and down, hopefully to make sure i was okay and not to check me out. i mean unless he wants to you know, he can if he wants too.

"are you okay?" he asked me looking me over. "yes princey, i'm okay. we're okay. and i'm sorry if we ruined your big day." princey shook his head and hugged me tightly before mal got his attention. his crown, she was returning it. i looked over at audrey, hopefully she wasn't disappointed in me? as princey talked to fairy godmother and the others i rushed over to her and she was quick to embrace me in a hug.

"you scared me, i- don't ever scare me like that's again okay?" i nodded and noticed how her grandmother was staring at us with disgust. we should've let maleficent take her at least christ. we pulled away and brought her hand close my to me. "i thought about what you said and... well you were right." we both looked over at princey who was talking to the others, but kept glancing over to us.

"go get him lover boy." i nodded but brought her with me, i needed her for moral support. "so ma poule, you ready to party?" princey asked me as we went up to him. "well of course princey, let's get this party started."

**

the party had started and everyone had gotten into their party outfits, i was dancing with audrey when we saw princey being carried by the guards and some of his tourney teammates. princey joined us and began dancing. the music was blasting at top volume and everything felt good. evie and mal were dancing with each other, jay and carlos were dancing with some girls but it was obvious they longed for each other. i mean look at how they're looking at each other!

"oh i love this song! dance with me?" princey asked as a new song began playing. "he'd love to, wouldn't you v?" audrey looked at me with a stare that yelled, 'say yes you fool.' "of course, but i don't know how to dance." princey laughed and took my hands in his. audrey let out a small squeak before excusing herself.

"you so do know how to dance." just because you speak it into existence doesn't mean it's true. "you thought me one routine, that doesn't mean i should know every dance move out there." princey rolled his eyes. "just follow my lead."

"kings and queens it's our time to rise. write the book, the story of our lives. this is us taking back the night." princey sang along to the song as he moved my hands up and down, as it that were a dance move. "come on, shake what your mama gave you!" princey! don't say that!

"break the spell, we were born this way. be yourself, forget the dna. everybody raise your hand and say ohay ohay!" mal and evie past by us as they danced and sang loudly along to the music. evie bumped her hip with mine as to tell me to dance. i'm trying, and that should count okay.

"sound the alarm, get on your feet. let's set it off and rock this beat. dance till your heart is wild and free." i tried to copy everything princey was doing but it was hard considering i have two left feet. i might as well just start training to become a dancer since he seems to like it so much. he kept pulling me closer to him and twirling me around, and here i am blushing like a maniac. he even picked me up at one point.

"we got the keys, the kingdom's ours." as princey sang that lyrics he made deep eye contact with me which made my stomach feel like it contained thousands of butterflies. "come on sing along." princey told me as everyone was singing except me. "i don't know this song." he somehow didn't believe me but it was true. i didn't bother listening to music while we were here, which was my fault really.

as the song continued, princey brought me down from the little stage thing we were on and led me through the crowd. i looked back and saw that no one had noticed our absence, audrey and the vk's were all now dancing together having fun. we ran through the crowd together until we got to a little passage that lead away from the party.

"princey, where are you taking me?" i asked as the music began to fade. "you'll see, i just wanted some privacy." he stopped and looked around to make sure no one was around. then the unexpected happened, he pinned me against the brick wall. oh okay woah.

"princey, what are you doing?" i asked though i think it was pretty obvious. "something i've been wanting to do for a while, can i-" i cut him off before he could finish. "yes." he didn't hesitate to go for it. as soon as i felt his lips on mine, i knew this is where i wanted to be. yeah i missed would end up isle, but this was different. there were no princeys on the isle.

here i have him, and that's all could ever ask for. at least for now, who knows what the future holds. our lips were on each other, our hands exploring each other's set of hair, and the music playing in the background really set the whole thing in place. if i had realized how i felt sooner then i could've had him from the start, my fault for being such a fool. now that i have him, i'll be careful to not let him get away.