Before the Blue Fairy could waive her wand to show the next bit, Queen Belle raised her hand.

"Forgive my interruption Blue Fairy, but I believe we said at the end of the previous clip that we'd watch one more and then stop for a bite," she said. "Now, I'm not sure about the rest of you but I certainly could go for a break."

Ben looked over at Mal and the others, wondering what they would choose. It was clear that they wanted this over with as quickly as possible but then, Ben didn't blame them in the slightest. This was their past being aired out throughout the kingdom.

"Mal, come on," he heard Carlos hiss. "When's the last time we've had a break?"

"Carlos is right Mal," Evie muttered. "Thanks to that fiasco of a conference call, we didn't have a chance to eat before the parents showed up. I'm starving!"

"Nothing you're not used to, E," Mal muttered back, her eyes scanning the room as if looking for any potential threats. "But you're right. Sides, if we have to run it might be better to have our strength up."

"Why am I not surprised that it's that argument that got you to agree to a break?" Jay shook his head, almost like an exacerbated older brother. Mal ignored him and quickly locked eyes with Ben, her head only moving half an inch but it was clearly a nod.

"Very well," the Blue Fairy said, and Ben realized that she had been looking over at Mal as well. "We can stop for around an hour."

With a wave of her wand, a nearby table was suddenly covered in more food than the Isle four had ever seen. Their classmates formed a nice and orderly line, chatting away about what they had seen.

"So, I guess we should get in line," Mal said, as the four of them had hung back.

"Maybe it'll be better if we wait a little more," Evie said, trying to avoid looking at the decadent food and having her stomach growl audibly with hunger. "With everything that's been revealed, the tensions from Family Day are probably still very strong."

Mal looked over at the boys, who nodded in agreement. Mal couldn't help but be relieved—there was no way she wanted to join the line. Little did she know that two of her friends had noticed that they weren't in line.

"Ben," Lonnie whispered as the crown prince joined her in line. Ben never believed for using his position to further himself and so had avoided Audrey's invitation to join her near the front of the line. In fact, his father and mother were even further back than he was—he was in the middle of the line, making sure to not cut any younger viewers who might have been trying to get to the food.

"I see," Ben nodded, looking over at his girlfriend and her friends. He could understand why they were avoiding the lines.

"What should we do?" Lonnie asked. "I could talk to my parents, see if they could grab some plates. I feel bad making them sit by themselves."

"The last thing those four would want would be our pity," Ben told her.

"What pity?" Lonnie said with a smirk that could rival Mal's. "You would do the same for me right?"

"Of course!"

"Hey, are you guys going to sit by Mal?" Rachel Fitzherbert chimed in, causing the two of them to freeze. "I love her hair, with how purple it is! Why aren't they going to get food? Do you think we should grab plates for them?"

"Breathe Rach," her brother Evan said with a chuckle.

"That was the plan, but I didn't know you knew them," Ben told Rachel, who rolled her eyes.

"Mal's been helping me in History and Evie's been helping boost my science score," Rachel told him. "Not to mention the two have helped keep an eye out on Rose, Rowyn, and Robin."

"Evie and I went out for a week," Evan said. "It stopped when she realized that I wouldn't be heir to my parents' kingdom but we're still friends."

Ben couldn't help the small chuckle that emerged from his lips at that. The whole situation was just Evie.

"Okay, Lonnie, can you and Rachel grab food for Carlos and Evie?" Ben asked. "I'll grab a plate for Mal if Evan doesn't mind grabbing a plate for Jay?"

"Considering you're the one dating her, I would have thought you wanted to grab Mal's plate," Lonnie said with a chuckle and the four of them quickly moved through the line, grabbing anything they thought the Isle Four would like. Ben especially grabbed a huge portion of strawberries for Mal, as he remembered how much she loved them on their date.

"Hey guys," he said as he sat down next to Mal, carefully balancing his own plate on his forearm as he handed Mal hers.

"How crazy has this whole thing been?" Lonnie asked, sitting down next to Carlos and doing the same; Rachel and Evan following suit. Mal couldn't help but look confused, an action that Ben found adorable and yet had his heart aching at the same time. Did Mal really think he wouldn't grab food for her.

"Thanks," Mal said softly. "We were fine waiting though."

"We were already there," Ben said. "It stinks that you have to sit by yourselves. You should be with the group."

"Ben, we're the villains," Evie told him as Mal had taken a huge bite of a strawberry. "It's better if we're by ourselves. I'm sure you guys would rather sit by your families anyway."

Rachel and Evan snorted in amusement, which caused Evie to look their way.

"Evie, did you ever find out what our father did before he married our mother?" Evan asked.

"No, why—"

"He was a thief," Evan told her. "Had wanted posters and everything."

"Don't get him started on the nose thing," Rachel muttered.

"My mother practically broke the law when she joined the army dressed as a man," Lonnie told them. "Any way you slice it, almost all of our parents have done something with a slight shade of grey to it."

"Well maybe not Aubrey's," Rachel muttered.

"Does produce her count?" Mal muttered back and Evan snorted in amusement, having heard the muttered comment. The small gathering of students did not escape the watchful eye of their parents.

"Blondie, it's fine," Eugene said, trying to steer Rapunzel away.

"But—"

"If they have an issue, you know Rachel or Evan will get us," Eugene told her. "Besides, they're with Ben and Lonnie. Do you really think Mulan let her daughter grow up without any way to defend herself?"

"Well, no," Rapunzel sighed. "I guess you're right."

"Besides, even if I could, I don't have Max to set as a guard," Eugene told her. "Now come on. This is the first time I've seen those kids relax since we all arrived at the school."

Rapunzel smiled at her husband and sat down next to him. She knew how much he cared for their children and if they were somehow in danger, there would be no way Eugene would allow them to sit anywhere near the children from the Isle.

"I never knew the kids on the Isle had it so rough," Rapunzel said softly, looking down at her food. "I mean, I know we put the villains there but the children never did anything to us."

"I agree," Anita chimed in. "I'm sorry to interrupt but I heard you talking about the children from the Isle."

"No I understand!" Rapunzel said and tried to shoot one of her amazing smiles but this one didn't seem to reach her eyes. Eugene inwardly sighed; his wife was so caring and wonderful. It was one of the many reasons why he loved her but they had five kids already. He didn't think they'd be able to adopt a child from the Isle.

"Which child is yours?" Eugene asked, making room for Anita and her husband to sit. Everyone knew of the 101 Dalmatian owners, so it didn't make much sense to ask for their names. By the looks on Rodger and Anita's faces, Eugene knew he had pretty much stuck his foot in his mouth.

"We haven't been fortunate enough to have kids," Anita said quietly. "It's one of the many reasons we love our dogs so much."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Rapunzel told her, her bright green eyes welling up with tears.

"No, it's alright," Anita said, wiping away any stray tears that may have fallen from her eyes. "Believe it or not, it was in spite of this that we decided to attend Parent's Day. You see, I had heard that Cruella's son had been selected to attend Auradon Prep and I wanted to see if any thing remained from the Cruella I knew in school."

"That does not seem to be the case," Rodger pointed out.

"Hush Rodger," Anita scolded. Eugene couldn't help but chuckle at the interaction between husband and wife.

"We were actually hoping to talk to Queen Belle or Prince Ben," Anita continued, ignoring her husband. "But I see that Prince Ben is busy."

"It's good to see the kid acting like a real teen," Rodger nodded, looking over at the group of teens. It was a little sad to see that they were still sequestered from the other student population but at least Ben, Lonnie, Rachel and Evan had stopped caring what everyone thought.

"Why are you looking for Queen Belle?" Rapunzel asked. "I can go get her if you'd like?"

Anita sighed in relief. "That would be great, actually. Rodger and I weren't royalty before the lands merged and we're not royalty now. It would feel weird to just demand the queen's time."

"You don't need to worry about that," Aladdin told her, having had listened into the conversation. "Belle's pretty good about being accessible unless she's gotten a new book. Though that usually takes about three to four days."

"Thank you Aladdin," Belle chuckled from behind him, causing the former street rat to jump. "Rapunzel informed me that someone was looking for me?"

"I was, your majesty," Anita said softly, looking down and dropping for a quick curtsey.

"You don't have to do that," Belle said quickly. "What did you want to talk to me about?"

Anita went to open her mouth but then the Blue Fairy fired a warning shot from her wand, causing the room to light up in blue sparks. It had seemed that their time was up.

"Find me in the next break," Belle told her, having seen the sparks as well. "We can talk then."

"Thank you," Anita said with a smile, hoping to get some answer about where Carlos would go during the holidays. She barely knew the boy but she knew that him living with them would be ten times better than living with his mother.

"Are we ready?" The Blue Fairy asked, as everyone quickly found their seats. Aladdin had kept his seat by Eugene and Rapunzel, as well the kids who had eaten with the Isle Four had decided to keep their spots to much dismay.

"We're ready, Blue Fairy," Ben said and Mal nodded firmly in agreement. One was never really ready to have their past shown to the world but at least she would have Ben by her side throughout the rest of it. Wait, the rest of it. Would they show the cookie?

Well, it was fun while it lasted.