Downfall: A Descendants Story

The King is Dead

Mal woke up to the castle bursting with conversation she did not know. She reached for her phone on the night stand next to the bed to check the time. It was 9 AM, but she wasn't really staring at the time. She was staring at the thousands of social media notifications that she had gotten overnight. She had no idea what was going on that thousands of people would set off notifications, yet she decided to check them later because she wanted to wake up and get ready for the day.
She got out of bed, put on a robe, and left the room. She headed to the kitchen, but the eerie staring of people roaming around the castle stopped her.
"So, who's going to tell her?" a butler asked everyone roaming the halls around him.
"Tell me what?" Mal asked.
Beast and Belle walked in, and saw everybody staring at Mal.
"What seems to be the matter?" Beast asked.
"She doesn't know about...well...you know what..." the butler said, very seriously.
Belle started to cry, and walked up to Mal.
"Mal, Ben is...dead..." she said trailing off and crying.
Mal started bawling as she stood in shock. Ben was just here with her yesterday, and now he was gone forever...
Mal ran to the room that used to belong to the both of them and locked herself in.
I'm pregnant and now Ben is dead?! What else has to happen to me? Mal asked herself and the universe.
Mal laid down on her bed, still bawling, and went on her social media accounts to see what all the notifications were for.
Mal looked and saw thousands upon thousands of DMs telling her that they were sorry for her loss, and that Ben was dead.
Mal set her phone down on the night stand, sunk her head into a pillow, and continued to cry.