Despicable

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Once upon a time, long, long ago... well more like 20 years ago... Belle married her Beast in front of 6,000 of their closest personal friends. Big cake. Yeah, so instead of a honeymoon, Beast united all of the kingdoms and got himself elected king of the United States of Auradon. He rounded up all the villains and sidekicks... basically all the really interesting people... and he booted them off to the Isle of the Lost with a magical barrier to keep them there. This is our hood. No magic. No wifi. No way out. Or so we thought. Hang on, you're about to meet us. But first, this happened.  

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Prince Benjamin was staring off at the Isle, not having to pay attention to the tailor who was working on his suit. As he stared off at the clouded island in the distance, he thought of the young people whom he wished to save... Before the Prince could drift any further, his parents, Queen Belle and King Beast (Adam) walked in.

"How is it possible that you're going to be crowned king next month? You're just a baby!" King Adam exclaimed as he entered.

"He's turning 16 dear," Queen Belle countered.

"Hey, pops," Ben greeted his father.

"16? That's far too young to be crowned king. I didn't make a good decision until I was at least 42."

"Uh, you decided to marry me at 28," the Queen contradicted.

"Ah it was either you or a teapot," Ben laughed, "Kidding," the King confirmed after receiving quite the look from his wife.

"Mom, dad..." Ben became serious and stepped towards his parents, but the tailor chided the young prince and he stepped back, careful not to undo any of the tailor's well-placed pins.

Ben continued, "I've chosen my first official proclamation. I've decided that the children on the Isle of the Lost should be given a chance to live here on Auradon," the king and queen gasped, but the prince continued, "Every time I look out to the island I feel like they've been abandoned."

"The children of our sworn enemies, living among us?" King Adam questioned harshly.

"We start out with a few at first, only the ones who need our help the most, I've already chosen them," Ben told his father.

"Have you?" the King kept his harsh tone.

"I gave you a second chance," Belle backed up her son, "Who are their parents?"

"Cruella De Vil... Jafar... Mother Gothel... Evil Queen... and Maleficent."

Ben's parents expected everyone to be on par with the first few villains on that list, but one Ben said the name Maleficent, it seemed as if the room itself gasped. The tailor dropped his circle of pins and the King motioned for him to leave, which he promptly did.

"Maleficent!? She is the worst villain in the land!"

"Dad, just hear me out here!"

"I won't hear of it. They are guilty of unspeakable crimes."

"Dad, their children are innocent. Don't you think they deserve a shot at a normal life? Dad?" Ben pleaded with his father.

"I suppose their children are innocent," the King conceded.

The Queen walked over to her son and patted his shoulder, "Well, well done," she said before turning back to her husband and leading him out of the room, "Shall we?"

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Thanks for reading my story! I promise that it will eventually not follow the movie so exactly, just stick with me. I will try to update once a week. Like and comment, please don't be a ghost, lovely readers!