Friendship is Hard to Earn

A/N I was watching the Magic Roundabout movie this morning in a long while and the scenes where Zeebad was compliennting himself made me come up with an idea that he's unhappy and lonely inside and wants friends but knows he couldn't try because of his icy heart and because of what he's done to the Village by trying to freeze the world in ice.

But he doesn't know Sam still cares about him even though he used him as a hench man and abandoned him when he needed him but he'll learn about friendship and that it takes a lot of hard work to get what you want.

I don't know if this should be an one shot or an entire fic but I'll leave that up to you the reviewers.

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Zeebad growled in anger as he watched Zebedee and his friends playing on the Roundabout but hated being imprisoned in the Roundabout again after he'd had his icy hands on all three diamonds but that fool Zebedee had helped his annoying friends get the diamonds back and had set things right again but he didn't care since his heart was ice cold and had frozen over long ago but something inside him bugged him as he heard somebody mocking him.

It was his reflection in the mirror taunting him again.

It'd been doing that ever since he'd been reimprisoned in the Roundabout again.

"How come you're so down?

You're Zeebad, King of Chill.

Remember?

Or does somebody wish he had friends like Zebedee?" it said.

Zeebad growled in anger at that as his reflection had hit an nerve with him about that but he had a point about friendship.

He knew that long ago he'd had friends and people who cared about him but they'd left him, said he was mad.

But that was when his heart turned to ice and he hated everybody.

"Talking to your reflection Zeebad?" the icy hearted Magical Springer heard somebody say.

He turned his blue skinned head around with his three strands of black hair and saw Sam there.

Sam was a clockwork soldier that had been Zebedee's favourite toy as a young Magical Springer but after imprisoning Zeebad in the Roundabout the first time he'd imprisomned Zeebad in the Roundabout eons ago, he decided Zeebad needed a guard to prevent him from escaping but chose Sam but had brought him to life but put the third diamond inside him knowing Zeebad would never look there but Sam had been nervous at first but wanted to help Zebedee keep their new friends in the Village safe but as time grew, he got used to it and liked it but felt good seeing his friends were safe from Zeebad's evil magic evetyday they played on the Roundabout.

"What do you want, you spineless coward?" he demanded harshly.

The clockwork soldier was shaking but knew it was okay since Zebedee wouldn't let him get hurt by Zeebad's magic.

"I-I was worried about you and Zebedee.

He wanted to......" he answered.

"To see if I'm being good and staying put?

Is that what you were trying to say Sam?" he spat.

The clockwork soldier nodded as he felt a blast of Zeebad's magic emit and hit him but froze his arm.

Sam grimaced in pain but decided to leave.

"You know Zeebad you should be happy you have somebody who cares about you like a friend, like me.

Maybe you should just chill." he said leaving.

Zeebad snarled as sparks of icy magic emitted from his moustache......


Zebedee was very nervous as he saw Sam join him as he was preparing for the picnic he and the others were having but the clockwork soldier saw sadness in his springy friend's warm eyes but understood as it'd been a month after Zeebad had gotten free of the Roundabout thanks to Dougal but they'd set things right and reimprisoned Zeebad back in his prison where he belonged but he knew that his friend had nightmares about what had nearly happened if they hadn't stopped Zeebad but also about that battle they'd had on the mountain but Sam had bad dreams about that too because he felt bad that he hadn't helped Zebedee or stood up to Zeebad right then but Zebedee had reassured him it was okay and that what had happened wasn't his fault but Zeebad's but decided to push those thoughts away for now.

Today was a day of fun, to be with their friends and feel good about all the good in the Village and forget about Zeebad for now but the red skinned Magical Springer understood seeing ice cover Sam's right arm but wanted to thaw it before the others saw as he put a gloved hand to his best friend's arm as magic emitted as the ice began to melt making Sam geel happy but Zebedee saw him looking at the Roundabout but wondered what he was thinking.

"Zeb?

I think Zeebad is just being cold hearted because he's alone in the world.

Maybe to him, taking the diamonds and trying to freeze the world is his way of trying to impress people and make them want to be his friends because of his magic.

Remember when you first came to the Village?" he said.

Zebedee nodded running a gloved hand through his black messy hair remembering that very first day he'd came to the Village when the Roundabout had no magic because nobody was riding it and Mr Rusty was sad until he and Sam had shown up and he'd used his magic to make people want to ride it and brought happiness to the Enchanted Village but made friends in such a short time.

He understood knowing that people, even Magical Springers where he and Zeebad used to live were afraid of Zeebad because of his blue skin and dark eyes but Zebedee had wanted to befriend him but was scared all those years ago but sighed.

"Maybe you're right Sam.

But he did wrong and he knows it.

Maybe by this century he learnt that it's not good to be alone along with trying to act tough to hide your feelings.

Let's go.

The others are waiting for us." he told him.

Sam agreed as he followed him........


That night in his house in the sky, Zebedee couldn't sleep because he had too much on his mind but was thinking about what Sam had said about Zeebad but was thinking about that fact that maybe Zeebad had tried to freeze the world to get people to like him but knew it was a dangerous plan to make friends as a crystal ball appeared in his gloved hand but showed him what was going on in the Roundabout but more importantly what was happening in Zeebad's prison but he gasped seeing something fall from Zeebad's dark eye.

It was a tear but the red skinned Magical Springer was surprised as it hit the icy floor but understood as he made the crystal ball disappear but couldn't get that image out of his mind but he knew Sam was right and he needed to find a way to help Zeebad help himself.

"Sam was right.

He is lonely.

I need to keep an eye on him." he thought yawning.

He knew sleep would help him come up with a way to help him.......