Framed

Chapter 10 - ...the cookie crumbles.

From the Perspective of Ben

My heart broke as I saw Holly kiss the new villain kid, with more passion than she did me.
I felt like I was about to cry as she accepted his proposal, that's exactly what I was going to do on our date tonight. But who knows how long they've been together.
I thought she was different, like Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos, but I should've known that she would want to be with a villain kid. I mean, who am I next to him?
He's hot, sporty and one of the best Tourney players we have.
Of course she wants him.

But she was so much like Mal: caring, kind, sassy and she hated Chad. What more could you want?
Plus her kisses were like literal fireworks compared to Mal's sparks.
I think I truly loved her.
Guess she didn't love me.
I needed to talk to Evie, she is Holly's best friend.

"Who is it?" Asked Evie as I rapped on the door.
"It's me," I replied.
"Hey Be- Ben? What's wrong?" She asked, tears were threatening to spill from my eyes and she let me in.
"Ben? What's wrong?" She asked again and the tears began to leak.
"H-Holly," I sniffed.
Her face softened.
"What about Holly? Is she okay?"
"She k-kissed someone else, t-they're together n-now," I whimpered and Evie hugged me.
"Its okay Ben, I'll talk to her."
I nodded.

Later, Holly and Evie were in their room together, I was hiding in the bathroom so I could hear what Holly would say.
Evie doesn't mind, it was her idea.
"Holly, what did you do to Ben tonight?" Evie.
"Nothing, why?"
"He came in here crying earlier."
"I didn't do anything to him. Well, we kissed but I didn't feel anything."

Ouch. That hurts.

"Okay, why was he talking about you kissing some other guy?"
"Quentin? Yeah..."
"Quentin? I thought you hated him?"
"No, I could never hate my Q."
"Your Q?"
"Yeah, we're together now."
"Say what? You always told me that he would stalk you and try to feed you weird things!"
"Maybe so, bit that doesn't change the fact that I love him."
Suddenly, Evie gasped.
"Okay I need to go to the bathroom, go see Quentin."
"Sounds great," said Holly and I heard the door slam.

Evie pulled open the bathroom door, a terrified expression on her face.
"I don't understand what happened," I said as she dragged me out to sit on her bed.
"She's been spelled," replied Evie and I gasped.
"How do you know?"
"Her eyes flashed pink when she spoke about Quentin. She did eat one of his things earlier, the love spell was probably in that."
"So it's like when Mal gave me the love cookie?"
"Exactly."
"So how do we save her?"
"Same way you saved yourself."
She smirked and I grinned. That should work.

I was just being myself and wondering around the hallways until I saw that disgusting VK (Quentin?) Has pushed Holly up against the lockers and is attacking her lips.
Still makes me feel horrible.
I had to leave, tears were threatening to leak, I couldn't watch.
"Hey Ben, have you got any ideas on how to get Holly to the Lake?"   
Carlos and Jay were in on the plan too. I shook my head.
"Not yet, do you know if Evie has?"
Carlos shrugged.
"I don't know, go ask her," And they walked off.

"Psst! Evie!"
She looked around and I pulled her into a storage cupboard.
"Wha- Ben?"
"Yeah. Have you had any ideas on how to get Holly to the Lake?"
"Actually, yes."
She whispered her plan in my ear and I smiled. This should work.

Jay snuck into Quentin's room and stole his phone, bringing it back to me.
Then, I texted Holly on it, asking her to meet 'me' under the bleachers at 3.
She showed up and I grabbed her, we had to wrestle and surprisingly, she nearly won, but Carlos injected her with something that I've never seen before, knocking her out.
Then we dragged her to the Enchanted Lake, Evie woke her up and we threw her in the Enchanted Lake before she could scream.
Then, all of us but Evie ran away before she could kill us after getting out of the water.

"What? What's going on? E? Why am I so wet?"
"Holly, charms," hissed Evie.
"Oh, right. Enchanted Lake must have washed it away."
Slowly, we all crept back to where the two girls were standing.
"Ben? Carlos, Jay?"
"Are you... you, again?"
"What?"
"Are you still in love with Quentin?"
"What? No!"
I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Quentin had you under a love spell," Evie explained and Holly's face began to glow red in anger. She turned around so we couldn't see her face.
"That boy is dead," she growled then turned around, her eyes closed.
Then she gave an evil grin, it was a lot like Mal's signature smirk.
"I should mess with him a bit, for revenge."

When we got back to Auradon prep, Quentin was conveniently near the front gates. When he saw us coming, he yelled for Holly.
"Holly!" He shouted and she rushed into his arms. I felt jealousy rush through me but I ignored it, eager to see how Holly's plan would play out.
They kissed again and Carlos shouted his line:
"Get a room!"
"Shall we do that Q?" Asked Holly and Quentin smirked.
"I really have you wrapped around my little finger, don't I babe," He said and Holly smiled dreamily.
"I'd do anything for you Quentin," she said and they kissed again.

Then she lead him to a nearby cupboard, the same one that I'd pulled Evie into when we were trying to fix Holly.
As soon as the door shut behind them, loud banging could be heard and I heard 'ow' after 'ow'.
Eventually, Holly came back out of the cupboard, brushed herself off and came back up to the rest of us.

"Well, Quentin got his just desserts," she said.
"Did you break up with him?"
"Of course."
"Holly," I got down on one knee, "Will you be my girlfriend?"
She laughed, "Well, I can't say no to that Can I?"
I stood back up and kissed her again.

All was well, except for one thing;
'Mal'.
I needed to find out who that was and why she/he was here.
I went back to my dorm room and sat on my bed. Shortly after, a little Purple and Pink cat came and sat on my chest. This cat always comes to sit on me, I don't even know who's cat it is, let alone her (the cat's) name.
But she was great, there for me when Holly broke my heart, even though that wasn't her fault.

Suddenly, the kitten lifted her nose into the air, like she wanted me to scratch under her chin and I was going to, until she lifted her head down at just the right moment to make my fingers get caught on her nose.
"Hello."
Oh my Auradon, there's voices in my head.
"No, no voices. I is talking."
I looked around, confused then realised that it's the cat. Can cats talk in your head? Apparently so.
"Okay," I said.
"I is Chel-see."
"Well Hello Chelsea, I'm Ben."
"I is knowing you is Ben. My mistress is telling me about Ben."
"Your mistress?"
"My mistress is the Holly."
"Your Holly's cat? I always thought she was a dog person."
"My mistress is being very stressed."
"Holly is stressed? Why?"
"She is nearly knowing who is being Mal."
"She knows?"
"She is nearly knowing."
"Who does she think it is?"
"She is thinking it is the mother."
"She thinks it's her Mum?"
"The Maleficent."
"Her mum's Maleficent?"
"She thinks it is the Maleficent that is the Mal."
"So Maleficent isn't Holly's mum?"
"It is the Maleficent."
"Yeah, but is Maleficent Holly's Mother?"
"The Maleficent is the Mal's mother."
"So no?"
"Holly's mother is the not known."
I breathed a sigh of relief. What would I have done if I had found myself another Dragon Fairy.

But the important thing is that the Mal that is here might be Maleficent.
I need to find out if she is, and what she's doing here.
Chelsea said that Holly was working on It, perhaps we could work together. Sounds fun, it may give me an opportunity to get closer to her.
I put the cat down, off my lap and layed down in my bed, mulling over what I'd just discovered.
Maleficent is probably the fake Mal.
Does she want the wand?
Probably.
Or maybe she just wants to say hello.
HAHAHAHA. Nope.
But she wants something, and I won't stop until I find out what.

Question of the Chapter!
What do you think Maleficent wants?

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