BEN Drowned © Alex Hall, also known as "Jadusable"
Jeff the Killer © Jeff, also known as "Sessuer "

It was brief, about a year. They were young. Extremely young. They had met before, before everything happened. Before all the changes and before his death, and the other moved. They had met briefly. They didn't remember now, but they knew each other.

It was before Jeff moved, before his parents decided to move to a new neighbourhood. The old one he lived in being a bit underclass for his parents taste. There was another kid, not just Jeff and his brother Liu. No another boy about a year younger than him. Shy, quiet a shut in, flinches if you lift a had just to wave. Of course with every neighbourhood there are bound to be bullies, but not this neighbourhood as there was only four kids. Jeff, Liu a girl and this quiet boy.

Once Jeff had asked what happened to the children and the only reply Jeff and Liu got was;

"One day they were here, and by the next day... They just disappeared."

It was another reason they moved. Their parents wouldn't admit it though.

"Jeff."

The twelve year old turned towards his name being called as he stared at the blonde boy. Liu looked up from where he was sitting on the grass. They both had just been lounging around as it was the holidays.

"Ben Douglas... Right?"

"Y-Yeah..."

Blue eyes stared at Jeff before the front door of Ben's house opened and his mother stood there, trembling before spotting her son.

"Ben. Baby it's d-dinner time. Don't keep your dad waiting, okay."

"Yes mother."

The boy turned back towards Jeff before turning and running into the house, his mother backing nervously back through the door before closing it. The street was so silent that if you listened hard enough you would hear that front door being locked and the muffled shouting from inside.
Jeff turned to his brother with slightly nervous eyes. It was the first time Ben had spoken to them at all, Jeff was in the same classes as the other boy but he only showed up on certain days, where as Liu was in a different class. They were soon confronted by the only other kid in the street as she stood there and smiled gently.

"Hello. I see you met Ben?" They just nodded and she sighed. "It's not his fault. Whatever you hear. It's not Ben's fault."

"What do you mean?"

"The disappearances. Some of the people around here think it's the Douglas family. That whoever Ben befriends just goes missing."

She crouched near them as the two boys of twelve and thirteen listened, whilst the girl explained what she had noticed so far.

"And that's it. Whoever goes into the Douglas' house never comes out, so they don't let Ben out and they don't let anyone in to stop rumours. The thing is, it's not Ben or his family. It's the forest." The girl pointed at the forest behind the row of houses that Ben's house was in. "Once you go into the forest. You don't come out. They just blame the Douglas family because to get to the forest you have to go down there. The alley between the Douglas house and the entrance of the street."

"Why is he so timid?"

"Oh. I'm not sure, but my dad says it's because of Ben's dad. He is an alcoholic and has anger issues."

Jeff nodded as the girl nodded and smiled standing up before dusting off her skirt.

"Thank you..."

They both looked at Liu as he smiled softly. Jeff just huffed at his brother as the girl smiled ans waved bye. Only then did Jeff turn back towards the house before catching the curtain close at the top front window. Catching a glimpse of the blonde hair.

'Ben huh?'

Not even three weeks later. About four conversations. And two newly made friends. The four kids would hang at school and then when at home would just sit on the front lawn of their homes. Ben would get told off if he left the front lawn, and Jeff wasn't sure what would happen to the new friend he had made, so they just agreed. Sometimes they would play a game called curby with Liu's ball.

Then one day Ben wanted to explore the forest. He wanted to go and find the children and prove that his family were innocent, but he was to scared to go alone and he told the three others this. Jeff wanted to help, but Liu and himself had been told the day before that they were moving, so they weren't allowed to leave the street in any kind of way. Maya the girl also refused as her parents would get extremely upset with her, her father was already upset with her just hanging with the three boys whilst her mother just silently disapproved on her hanging with Ben.

Next day Jeff and Liu were gone, Maya was banned from going outside and once again Ben was alone. His father got worse. His mother had up and left not being able to take no more of the torment.

That's when Ben found himself in the forest.

Well he thought it was the forest. The harsh scrapes against his feet and legs as he was dragged by a rope that was tied around his ankles arms and wrists. He couldn't actually see what was happening, he didn't dare try to speak to his father. It was so quiet in the forest, but the stench told him everything.
His father was drunk and having another anger fit and since his mother was no longer around, Ben was the next best thing to take the anger out on. Although Ben felt like this time would be different. That this was going to be the last time he would go through this.

'And... I almost had finished it.'

'I nearly beat Skull Kid and saved Clock Town.'

'I nearly returned the Mask...'

'Why couldn't dad just wait one more day?'

Was the last of his thoughts through the beatings his dad laid out on him. Black and purple bruises appearing on his frail and easily damaged body, before the grand finale as one would say.

His body hit the open water. It felt like concrete. Oh right it was frozen over. The rocks had smashed the ice and dragged Ben under with them.

Cold. Dark. Open. No not cold. Freezing. Wet.

His felt his ears pop as he gulped in lake water not being able to hold his breath no more. Ben continued to struggle in the restrains. Sinking lower and lower. The blindfold eventually loosening and being washed away, his body grew heavier and tired. Ben gave up as the last thing his blue eyes saw was the pale silver rippled reflection of the moon.

Not even a year later. Jeff had been through chaos as well. From moving to a new neighbourhood. Meeting bullies this time. He had injured them in ways a thirteen year old shouldn't have. Liu had gone to juvy.

Though it was Jeff's mentality that topped everything off. He had snapped and he had hurt the people he thought he cared for before attacking the people who had made him like this, not before thanking them with a beautiful carved smile just like his own.

17 kills before he disappeared.

Jeffrey Woods no longer existed and neither did Benjamin Douglas.

Neither new how long it had been and neither recognised each other when they finally met each other again. Slenderman. The person or creature that had taken Jeff in after the teen had wandered aimlessly into the mans territory, was sent to investigate a lake that was near the eastern boarder of his forest. At first Jeff groaned but when Slender had mentioned that Jeff may be surprised with what he would find, the teen agreed, curiosity lacing in his dull lidless eyes.

So now he found himself in the eastern section of the forest and it looked familiar. The fir trees and the bark with stones glass and loose sticks and branches. Walking more he came upon a street. It was nostalgic but he just couldn't pin point why. Quietly walking through before stopping near the front of the street and staring at the house. Jeff soon marched into the forest.

He didn't see the point in staying in the street when he was meant to be finding a lake. Apparently the lake hadn't unfroze for three years now and Slender was getting curious. Strange things had been happening with his enemies, and now a lake that wouldn't unfreeze?

Reaching the lake, the whitish blue eyes scanned the lake before he picked up a rock and launched it at the frozen lake. His eyes widened more as the rock just skidded across the surface. Didn't even dent the ice, but that wasn't what shocked him. What shocked him was the hand that seemed to pass right through the ice, before shoulders a head, torso to hips and lastly the legs and feet. Blonde hair covered the face before a sickening laugh rang in the air.

"You shouldn't have done that. Jeffrey."

"Who the fuck are you!" A grin widened the grin that was sliced into the teens face already. "And it's Jeff. Not Jeffrey!"

Black sclares and red pupils stares towards him as the male seemed to float above the ice. Lifting his hands to shrug, silver shackles glinting in the moonlight.

"BEN." He grinned, "And this is my lake."

"I don't think so short stack. This lake is in the territory of Slenderman and you are trespassing..." Jeff shoved his hands in his hoody pockets before shrugging. "Not that I care though. I've just been sent to investigate instead of one of them stupid Proxies."

"Proxies?" Ben tilted his head and blinked. "Slender Man?"

Lifting a hand to his head Ben soon ruffled his hair a little. Jeff watched as the boy tried to make sense of his jumbled thoughts.

"I remember vaguely. Yeah. Zalgo told me to hack into something of Slender Man's a few years back." There was a low growl from Jeff but when Ben looked up he stopped. The younger looked so lost. "I don't remember getting the information back to him though. I got to here and I just had to cross the lake to portal back but... when I got to this spot. Everything went blank and I found myself beneath the ice. After that everything is a blur."

"Dude. That's dangerous man. Zalgo is probably looking for you."

At that Ben tensed and stared at the teen with fearful wide eyes. Zalgo was looking for him? Ben didn't want to go back there. It was just like before he died. Jeff noticed the panic and sighed.

"Want to come to Slender's mansion? Maybe you can explain about the frozen lake."

"What's the catch?"

"There isn't a catch."

"Fine." Ben spoke before hovering his way nervously towards Jeff just to drop disgracefully when he reached land. "But don't get to friendly with me. I don't need them."

"Hah! Like I want a short elf like you as my friend anyway. Come on midget. This way."

"I'M NOT A FUCKING MIDGET."

"Whatever you say. Midget."

Jeff walked off with a furious Ben stalking after him. Stumbling now and again from the lack of use, as they made their way to the mansion. Ben was scared he wasn't going to lie. He was with Jeff the Killer and Zalgo probably had an army looking for him.

At least he wasn't in the lake no more.