Descendants

Benlos

Title: You Protect Me From My Nightmares

Summary: Ben and Carlos have been having nightmares about losing each other. But they never have to worry about them because in the end they are alwasy there to comfort each other.

Author's Note: Italics are the dream sequence and normal is real life.

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Chapter 1: Ben's Nightmare #1

Ben's Pov

"Ben my dear all you have to do to free yourself and everone around you is give me the throne. And if you don't I will hurt the one you love the most"

Maleficent told me these as my only choices. She had barged in during my coronation after the mishap with Jane. Now everyone was frozen except for her and I, it was like we were alone in a crowded room. I thought about my choices and to me they weren't the only ones. I wasn't going to give her power because she was only going to use it to torment the world and besides I can't just give it to her, there are rules and traditions. Like with my parents, my father wasn't just handed the position he was already a prince at the time. And as for her hurting the one I care about most she thinks it's Mal, I know she wouldn't kill her own daughter and while I do love her there is someone I care about more. I told myself I couldn't be with them because it would be more complicated than me being with Mal.

"I can't put my kingdom into the hands of the most evil villain in our history just to protect one person, a king puts all of his people first and they are all equal" I told her.

"That is very wise for someone so young. But if there is one thing you haven't learned yet as a hero is that you will anything for love"

With a snap of her fingers Carlos was unfrozen and he looked around confused until he spotted Maleficent and you could see it all coming back to him. My other thoughts at the moment were me wondering how she figured it out.

She suddenly shot forward and grabbed him by the front of his shirt and pull him closer to her. She shoved her staff under his chin and pressed it threateningly to his neck. Carlos looked at me with fear and all I wanted to do wa tell him that everything was going to be okay but I wasn't so sure of that myself.

"I'll ask you one more time: give up your crown and declare me the new ruler or I will kill him"

"Don't do it Ben!" Carlos yelled at me.

"Be quiet! This is between Ben and I" She said after she magically sealed his mouth shut.

"I'll do it but only if you promise not to hurt him" I told her defeated. I was giving up on everything I believed in but I had to make sure he was safe. Maybe together we could figure out a way to bring her down.

"I can't make that promise, in fact I think I'll take care of him right now!" The head of her staff glowed and magic began to swarm around Carlos. And second by second he was getting weaker, his skin was getting paler and he could barely stand.

"No!" I made to move forward and try to stop her but my feet wouldn't move and I knew that she was holding me in place.

"Why are you doing this?!" I demanded as Carlos collapsed to the ground and as tears began to pool in my eyes.

"To teach you a lesson: you can't always protect the people you care about because sometimes putting them first will only get them hurt. Now if you'll excuse me I take what I came for and be on my way" She grabbed Mal and the wand and vanished into thin air. I felt my ability to move return and I ran over to kneel next to Carlos. I could feel people moving around me but I didn't care. I reached down with shaky hands and Carlos's skin was already cold and I couldn't feel the beat of his pulse, he was gone. I allowed my tears to fall freely. I grabbed him body and clutched it against mine as I cried.

"I'm sorry I couldn't save you. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you I love you" I whispered to him the words he would never hear. I wished I could have told him when he was alive, I wished I could have kissed him just once.

"Ben? Ben you need to wake up" Someone was shaking my body back and forth. I woke up slowly and cracked my eyes open to see Carlos standing over my bed with Dude in his arms looking at me with worry. In my dazed state I had forgot that Carlos became roommates a few weeks ago.

"What's going on?" I asked groggily as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes.

"I think you were having a nightmare. I heard you yell in your sleep and then you started crying so I figured that I should wake you" I actually cried in my sleep? I looked down at my pillow and sure enough there was a wet spot that was now stained with my tears.

"I guess I was, thank you for waking me"

"No problem. So what exactly were you dreaming about?" He asked me curiously and I figured that this was my chance to tell him. That nightmare in this moment seemed more like a vision of what would happen if I didn't tell Carlos how I felt and if that was the outcome then I would gladly fight my fear and insecurities.

"Honestly, I was dreaming about you. Maleficent showed up at my coronation and gave me a choice between giving her the thrown or giving up the life of the person I care about most, she knew it was you and she threatened you. So I told her I wold give it her so long as she didn't hurt you but instead she killed you, grabbed Mal and the Fairy Godmother's wand and left. I couldn't stop her and I never got the chance to tell you how I felt" When I finished he was silent and silence was never a good sign, which is why I was happy when he spoke up.

"And what exactly didn't you get the chance to tell me?"

"I didn't get the chance to tell you that I love you"

"At least now that won't happen because you just did"

"I guess you're right"

"And is there anything else that you didn't get to do?" He asked me curiously as he moved until we were pressed together side by side.

"Yes there is. Would you like to find out?" I asked as I leaned in.

"I think I already know"

"Prove it"

He leaned in and kissed me. I cupped both of his cheeks and he wrapped his arms around my neck. We only pulled apart when Dude decided to pounce into both of our laps which gave us both a good laugh.

"By the way, I love you too"

This time I pulled him into a kiss and my nightmare was forgotten.