Pregnant.. the small white stick on her lap confirmed the news she didn't want to hear. She had hoped she was over reacting and that she had just come down with some bug or virus. She had been feeling very unwell recently and Ben obviously had caught on and made her stay home today. Never in her wildest dreams did she believe she would find out she was pregnant. She was staying in her room in Castle Beast while Ben had a meeting. Usually she would attend these meetings with Ben but he wanted her to rest and get better before returning to their hectic schedule. She noticed that she was late and that was when this reality became a possibility for her. All of her symptoms pointed to one thing...

Ben had sent the staff home for the weekend so that they could have the place to themselves. Ben was currently in a meeting and has been for the last number of hours. After searching around the castle, she finally found what she was looking for. A pregnancy test. She didn't believe she was pregnant but the thought was sitting there in the back of her head and she wouldn't be able to relax until she got confirmation that this was false. Unfortunately this was not the case...

It was a disaster. In two months, she and her friends were meant to graduate. Sure, by the time the baby is here she wouldn't have to worry about school but she couldn't raise a baby. She didn't have the best example growing up. Maleficent wasn't exactly mother of the year and her father, was god knows where. He left her and her mother when Mal was only two years old and she hasn't seen him since.

Mal could already imagine the gossip magazine headlines. She would be on the cover of all those terrible magazines. Lady Mal pregnant with King Benjamin's baby out of wedlock / Lady Mal baby traps his highness / Auradon's next heir is on the way... years before expected. The Villain Kids had to work so hard just to earn respect here and now this happened. She could ruin all their hardwork if this news got out. Mal was sweating with nerves and stress.

It had taken her months to make Ben's parents realise she wasn't like them and that she was a good girlfriend for Ben. She finally had a good relationship with them but now she had screwed it up. They would hate her when they found out and if they didn't make Ben leave her when the news got out, they would never forgive her for this.

Ben couldn't have a child out of wedlock. He had a reputation to hold and a child before he was married was frowned upon. To add to this the couple were only seventeen and eighteen. They were too young for this. This wasn't meant to happen but it did and Mal couldn't go back now.

She knew one thing for sure. The father had to know. Ben. It was physically impossible for it to be anybody else. Ben had to know. The last thing she needed was Ben reading news articles online about her being pregnant or even worse Audrey or someone finding out and blabbing the news to Ben. She knew that the news articles would accuse her of baby trapping Ben or they might even go as far as accuse her of cheating on Ben. Her heart sank. She and Ben had got themselves into quite a bit of a mess. Alas, Ben didn't even know yet and she didn't have any idea how to tell him. She was scared of how he'd react. Disappointing Ben is the last thing she wanted to do even though she knew it was kind of both their faults.

Every straight girl in the kingdom was waiting for Mal to mess up so they could take their opportunity to be with Ben. They were stalking his social media waiting for him to confirm their break up. It was a bit creepy in Mal's opinion considering some of these girls were in long term relationships. He had a long line of girls waiting to hook up with him. None of which could make him turn his head away from Mal. Well, before he learns her secret anyways. They were in it for the crown unlike Mal. Mal genuinely loved him and wanted the best for him. She would completely understand if he wanted to leave her for this even though she knew Ben wasn't like that. It didn't make any of this any easier.

Her mind was battling against each other. Part of her told her that Ben would support her and wouldn't leave her because of this but she had fear in the back of her mind telling her that he would be upset, she would ruin everything that he wanted to do and his family would resent her for it. No magic spell could help her run away from this problem.

She took another test and another one to be sure. Positive, Positive and Positive. The three tests all told her she was pregnant. Mal couldn't hold in her emotions any longer. She just started sobbing in her bedroom hoping that nobody was around to hear her.