So since Abducted has now finished I've decided to upload this story that I adopted from Stardust16, it was previously called Curses & Catastrophes. I have been working on it for a while. I hope you like it x

It had been a week since Ben's coronation and much to Audrey and Chad's disdain Ben and Mal were still together. But Mal was beginning to worry about her boyfriend, he hadn't been himself lately. He had bags under his eyes and was snapping at the littlest things. As she was walking to the cafeteria Mal noticed Ben was heading outside and decided to follow him, knowing she would have a better chance of getting him to open up about what was wrong if they were alone.

She followed him out to the courtyard and was about to shout to him when Audrey came out of nowhere and headed straight for Ben. Mal stopped walking when Ben did and thanks to her sensitive fairy hearing she was able to hear what was being said without having to move closer. "Hey Benny-Boo." The prissy princess greeted Ben in an annoying and clearly fake cheery voice.

Mal heard Ben sigh before turning to face the brunette. "What do you want Audrey?" The teen King practically snapped at her. As much as Mal hated Audrey she couldn't help but worry about Ben even more now. He never spoke to anyone like that, not even Audrey or Chad was spoken to like that but Ben.

"I just wanted to see if you were okay." She told him, her voice sickeningly sweet. "Everyone had noticed that you haven't been yourself lately. So I was thinking that we should go to Fairy Godmother and have the spell that evil fairy spawn has you under removed. Then you can come back to me and we can be happy again." The princess told Ben. Mal was shocked. Not by Audrey's words, they had no effect on her, but by Ben's answering growl. She had never heard Ben growl before and the sound wasn't pleasant.

Ben spun to face Audrey as quickly as his tired aching body would allow and the brunette could see the teen King's anger before he even opened his mouth. "Enough Audrey!" Ben snapped. If Mal didn't know any better she would say Ben sounded almost like her mother right about now. "I swear to hell if I hear you say Mal has me under a spell one more time I will lose it! She doesn't have me under a spell so you better drop it now! Believe it or not I love Mal! Why on earth would I want to leave her and get back with someone as shallow and self-centred as you! Now leave me alone!" Ben shouted at the brunette.

The purple haired teen watched as Audrey quickly ran away from Ben. But Mal's eyes never left her boyfriend. The purplette was debating on whether or not to let him calm down when she noticed him grasp a nearby table, almost falling over. Mal immediately rushed to his side to support his weight so he didn't fall. "Ben are you okay?" She asked as he took a seat on the bench.

"I'm fine." Ben stated and Mal immediately noticed the anger that was lacing his voice.

It was as crouched in front of him that she noticed just how poorly he looked. His hair was messy and sticking up all over the place, his skin was almost pure white, there were dark circles around his eyes and his eyes conveyed just how tired he was. "Ben I'm worried about you. You look really poorly." She told him.

"Yeah, 'cause that makes me feel so much better. Thanks." The teem king told her, sarcasm lacing his voice.

Gently grasping Ben's hands Mal shuffled a little closer to her boyfriend. "Are you sure Ben?" She asked. Ben sat there and seemed to ignore his girlfriend but when she tried to place her hand in his forehead to check for a temperature, he decided he'd had enough. He couldn't just sit here and watch her fuss over literally nothing.

Ben stood up abruptly, the unexpected action causing Mal to fall the short distance to the floor. The purplette couldn't help but look up at Ben with a shocked look on her face. "I told you I'm fine." The teen King told his girlfriend. "I'm tired from the stress of being King. So for goodness sake just stop your unnecessary fussing." He snapped at the shocked purplette. Ben looked down at Mal one last time before rolling his eyes at her and walking away.

Mal followed Ben with her eyes and determined he was heading to the castle before he disappeared from view. The purplette didn't know what was going on with Ben. She wanted to believe that it was just the added stress of running the Kingdom, but even that wouldn't cause Ben to behave like that towards her. His behaviour was becoming more and more eratic, it had been since his coronation. She didn't know what was causing Ben to behave like this but as Mal stood and brushed the blades of grass from her clothes she knew one thing, she would need help to figure this one out.

Author's Note: I know this isn't very long but I hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you have any preferences to other pairings please review and tell me. Please review and let me know what you think x