Descendants BenXMal One Shots

Will you Still Save Her? (1)

Ben had been super stressed lately, the council had dumped a massive amount of paperwork onto him. Most of it was about the new set of VK's that were coming over next year and then most of it was about several strikes that were happening in Auradon.

Sometimes he saw Mal, but most of the time he didn't. The only time he saw her was when they were passing in the halls or when they had the one lesson together in the week. They could barely exchange more than 10 words without being disrupted by either his phone, a guard or a teacher.

He rarely smiled anymore, Mal was his reason to smile but now he couldn't see her, it made his chances of smiling again slimmer and slimmer. He loved Mal so much, to the point where words wouldn't describe it.

So, when he received a message from an unknown number and a picture attachment with a caption that read is she loyal?, He freaked out. Before Ben even opened it, his mind was racing with ideas of what Mal could be doing. Sure, it had been just under a year after his coronation when Mal stated her love for Ben in front of Millions of people but could she be moving on this fast?

Before Ben could open the attachment, he put his phone back into his pocket and headed straight for his private dorm room at the top of the dorm building. His hands grew warmer and sweatier with every step he took towards his dorm. By the time he had reached the door, his pockets were practically mini swimming pools. Ben fished his keys out of his pool pockets and tried to insert them into the lock. A lot of fumbling and frustrated grunts later, Ben finally unlocked the door and entered his room. He slammed the door shut and draped his blue blazer on the back of his chair. Usually, Ben wasn't this mad at tiny things like this, The press had always been looking for a way to make Mal and her friends look bad in hopes that the teen king would send them back to the Isle. However, this time it was just directed at Mal and his beastly anger magnified the situation tenfold.

Ben slammed himself down onto his king-sized bed and pulled his phone out. He unlocked his phone and scrolled down to the mysterious number. He re-read the caption Is she loyal? And pressed open attachment. Once the picture finally loaded, Ben froze. The picture was clearly taken from a bush as Ben could see the leaves in the corner of the centre of the picture were two figures, one Mal and the other was an unknown person to Ben. They were hugging while sitting on a bench and Mal seemed to be enjoying it.

Ben grunted in frustration and slammed his foot down on the ground out of anger, the people in the dorm under him probably thought that an earthquake was coming due to the amount of force he used. Before Ben had the chance to throw his phone across the room in anger, he received another message from this mysterious number.

King Ben,

I know a lot of things about your precious girl here, I have many sources and many photos. If you don't cooperate, I will leak these to the press and I will destroy your and Mal's reputation. I just need you to do some simple tasks for me. The question is will you still Save her?

~ X

Ben read this text over and over again until it sank in, but his brain could only come to three understandings;

1. Mal had been doing something dodgy and this person was exposing her for a price.

2. Mal is in danger

3. They have some good photoshop skills to make this look real.

Ben's anger slowly decreased as he lowered his phone from his cold gaze and began to write a reply, clearly not understanding of what was being asked of him. He then sat in silence, waiting for a reply, his feet tapping along with ticks of his clock.

Nice to see that you are cooperating. First, if I find out that you have spoken a word of anything we discussed to anyone, I will leak the photos. Second, you disobey anything I instruct you to do, I will also leak those photos and someone will get hurt, the question will be who?

So, your highness, the first thing I need you to do is stay away from Mal, don't look at her, think of her or even breathe in the same direction as her. if you do then there will be consequences. Starting from now, Mal is nothing but a stranger to you. Disobey and I will destroy everything you have.

If I see one more romantic gesture between you and her, I will hurt both of you, maybe Mal more than you. I guess we will have to wait and see.

So King Ben, Will you still save her?

~ X

Ben stared at the reply with tears in his eyes, any anger he had at Mal or anyone else had suddenly dissolved. He collapsed back onto his bed, his hair flying everywhere. How could he do it, avoid Mal and pretend that she doesn't exist? If that was what it took to save her then he would do it.

Ben then spent the next fifteen minutes on his bed in silence, preparing himself for the days to follow, he knew that if he could get through the rest of the week without her, then the person would leave them both alone and no one would get hurt. However, Jay, Carlos, and Evie are another story when it comes to getting hurt....

What will the next Chapter hold?

Can Ben survive the week?