Inspired by my favorite fairy tale, I decided to do this story! Enjoy and no flames!

"THAT'S IT!" Ben yelled as he stormed out of the Plumber Base. He face was bruised and his whole body was a complete mess.

Rook chased after him. "Ben! Come back!"

Ben had failed to stop Kyber from escaping. The ruthless hunter disabled Ben's Omnitrix, preventing it from working.

Enraged, Ben tried to attack Kyber head on, only to be defeated in mere seconds.

Kyber didn't stop there. He gave the young hero a horrible beating.

Before he blacked out, Ben remembered Kyber's words.

"Too bad you don't have your own natural abilities to rely on, Tennyson."

And if that wasn't bad enough, The Plumbers tried to call Azmuth to help repair the Omnitrix, but the senile Galvan blocked out their calls.

Ben was furious.

"Ben, please!" Rook caught up to him. "You can't go out in your condition!"

"Rook! Look what Kyber did to me! He's gonna pay for this!"

"Not with the Omnitrix busted, you're not." Max Tennyson said. "You need to set this one out and recover, Ben. You didn't stand a chance against Kyber! He could have killed you!"

"But Grandpa-"

"No buts!" Max shouted. He sighed. "You need to stay here."

"He is right, Ben." said Rook. "Without the Omnitrix, you are just a-"

"A what?!" Ben snapped, glaring at his partner.

"Uh, um," Rook tried to say the right thing.

"A weak, powerless human? Is that it?" Ben said, his anger rising.

"I did not say that!"

"But you were gonna!" Ben yelled. "You know what?! If you pinheads think I'll be dead weight and can't fight my own battles, FINE!" He spun on his heel and stomped away.

"Where are you going?!" Rook said.

"Somewhere away from you people! You don't want a worthless, weak, and pathetic human in your way!" Ben said angrily.

It was a cool summer evening. Ben was furious as he walked down the streets to go home.

He wished Kyber wasn't right about Ben not having any abilities of his own.

Suddenly, something red ran into Ben face. He jumped back. "Hey!"

Ben saw a bushel of red roses in front of him. A red haired girl with glasses poked her head out beside them.

"Gwen?! What are you doing here?"

Ben's cousin, Gwen Tennyson, grinned. "Thanks, I'm happy to see you too." She gasped when she saw Ben in bad shape. "Ben?! What happened to you?"

Ben scowled. "Well, Kyber escaped, deactivated the Omnitrix, beat the snot out of me, and now I'm a worthless human that no one wants." he said coldly. "What's up with you?"

"Ben, don't be upset." Gwen tried to coax.

"I have every right to be upset!" Ben snipped. "And what's the flowers?"

"I picked these up for Professor Hex." Gwen said. "He says they're magic."

"Seriously? You're running errands for Hex?!" Ben shook his head. "No matter how many times you say it, I'll never get used to Hex being a good guy."

"How about you stop being a grump?" Gwen suggested. "Hex really has changed for the better."

Ben sneered. "Well, Teacher's pet, you can just go ahead and smell the roses while I have better things to do!" He took off.

"What? Being a jerk?" said Gwen.

Ben did not reply as he kept walking all the way home.

The next morning, Rook, Rachel, as Sasha arrived at Ben's front door.

"You think Ben's really in the mood to see us?" Sasha asked.

"Sasha, Ben's family to us. He needs our support more than ever." Rachel said.

"You're right." said Sasha.

"But it won't be easy." Rook reminded them.

The trio entered Ben's house. His parents weren't home, but Rachel and Sasha knew Ben was here somewhere. They went to his bedroom.

"Ben?" Rachel knocked on the door. "Are you in there?"

"No! Go away!" Ben said from behind.

"Come on, Ben! You can't hide in there forever!" Rachel said. "Let us in!"

"NO!"

Rook sighed. "Stubborn as always." He took a step back, and kicked the door open.

"Ben?" Rook, Rachel, and Sasha came in. The room was dark as a cave.

But the gang saw something rather large in Ben's bed.

"Ben, come out of there." Rook said.

A pair of green eyes peeked from the covers. "Uh, guys. I'm not feeling well. You should go."

But Rook wasn't giving up. "Ben, come out of there now!" He marched right over to the bed.

Ben jumped off the bed. He held the blanket over himself. "NO! I-It could be contagious!"

Rook frowned. Ben was acting like he didn't want to be seen.

Then he heard Rachel and Sasha gasp. Rook saw the girls with shocked expressions, their faces were white.

Rachel pointed down at something. Rook looked back and saw what Rachel was looking at.

The Revonnahgander's eyes grew immensely large.

"Ben," Rook said after a pause. "Do symptoms include hairy, clawed toes?"

Ben looked down and sure enough, his toes were seen.

They were furry and clawed, like an animal's.

Before Ben could make an excuse, Rook grabbed the blanket and yanked it away.

Ben froze. Rook's mouth went agape.

Rachel went stiff and whimpered. Sasha became lightheaded and almost passed out, but Rachel kept her balanced.

Ben was no longer human. He was a gigantic, top-heavy, but slender beast. With thick light gray fur with a mane like a lion's. He had hind legs and a furry tail.

The only thing that didn't change were his green eyes.

Embarrassed, the boy cringed, revealing his sharp, gleaming fangs.

"Ben," Rook said, a bit hoarse. "What happened to you?!"

"I don't know." Ben said weakly. He looked at his hands, but they were paws. Big, scary, sharp-clawed paws.

"How could this happen to me?!" Ben screamed, alarming his friends. "It's wrong for this many bad things to happen to one person! Even for me!"

"Ben-"

"WHHHHHYYYYYY?!" Ben screamed, or rather, roared.

"BEN! Calm down!" Rook shouted. "You have to remain calm!" He took out his phone. "I shall call Gwendolyn-"

"OH, NO YOU DON'T!" Ben smacked the phone out of Rook's hand. "Remember what happened the last time I became a hideous monster and you called Gwen for help?!"

Ben had a point. Last time, Ben's face was covered with monstrous, puss-filled zits due to Swampfire's blossoming stage. Gwen told Rook nonsense ways to remove the zits just to torture Ben.

And Ben refused to go through that again.

"We don't need Gwen on this one!" Ben said. "Besides, it's not a big deal anyway!"

"Not a big deal?!" Sasha blurted. "You're a-a beast! A giant, scary, horrible beast!"

"Yeah, Ben. This ain't a good look for you." Rachel said. "Maybe we should take you to Frankenstrike."

Ben grumped. "Alright, but he better not try to mess me up!"

At the Grant Mansion, Frankenstrike ran some medical tests on Ben, but the alien scientist and up with nothing.

"My results showed me that Ben is completely healthy, the problem isn't a scientific issue." said Frankenstrike. "But I'll see what I can do about a cure."

"So, I can leave now, right?" Ben said. "I'm gonna get a smoothie."

"Ben, are you sure that's a good idea?" Rachel asked. "Won't you, uh, scare everyone?"

"Oh, please." Ben sniffed. "With all the gross looking aliens running around town, what makes you think I'll scare anyone?"

Ben arrived at Mr. Smoothy's. There were humans and aliens enjoying their smoothies. There were a few curious glances at Ben, but he didn't care. He just wanted a smoothie and wanted it now.

But just as it was his turn, an alien jumped in and pointed a gun at the clerk.

"HEY!" Ben yelled, he grabbed the alien mugger and turned to face him. The crook aimed his gun, but Ben snatched his out his hand and crumpled it like a piece of paper.

"GET OUT OF HERE!" Ben grasped the alien by his windpipe and threw him all the way into a building. Bystanders could only gaze in shock.

"Hey, you!"

Ben turned and there was Chadzmuth, the Galvan lawyer. "That was gonna be my new client, ya little-"

"ROOOOOOOAAAAAR!" Ben let out a horrible roar right in the tiny alien's face.

The force of the roar blew Chadzmuth right into the store wall.

"Never mind..." he grunted out. He fell painfully on the ground.

Ben smirked. "Y'know, I could get used to this."

After the smoothie break, Ben decided to take his beast form for a test drive. He looked up at a tall building and jumped, all the way up to the roof.

"OH, YEAH!" Ben cried out. He ran on all fours, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, his fur whipping in the wind. The rush, the adrenaline pumping, the feral nature flowing inside him,

Ben felt happy again!

"THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!" Ben roared for the whole town to hear.

The news was heard all over town. Ben the Beast was catching criminals at a record pace. From Animo to Fistrick to Zombozo, they all came crashing painfully down at the hands of Ben's monstrous beast form.

Rumors about Ben spread all over the alien underworld. And criminals didn't dare cross paths with him.

Not even innocents...

At the Plumber Base, Rook watched Ben skillfully jump through the obstacle course. He was passing it with ease.

"Your physically training has progressed well." Rook noted.

"What'd you expect? I've got mad skills!" Ben bragged.

"Ben, it's not you. It's the Beast." Max told him as he walked in.

"Come on, Grandpa. This is the greatest thing that's ever happened!" Ben said. "Being a beast is a hundred times better than being a human!"

"Oh, well, excuse me." Max said harshly. "I'm so sorry your own species is so pathetic."

Ben forgot that Max was a human. "Grandpa, don't get jelly just because I'm bigger and stronger than you."

"I'm not jelly." Max said. "I'm just disappointed in you."

"Oh, break my heart." Ben mocked with fake sadness. He turned away. "You better buck up and deal with it."

And the beastly young man swaggered away.