A/N: Hey, there everybody! It's me, MBAV fan66!

So, this short here is inspired by the animated movie, Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron. So, for those who've seen the movie, you'll know exactly which part of the movie this short is inspired from. :)

As you know, all the shorts are suppose to be Bethan, but in this one you'll also see a bit of Bane (Benny/Jane), as well. *giggle* But it's strictly friendship related and not romantic. The romantic pairing is still Bethan, though. Lol! ;)

So, do enjoy and I hope you all like it! :)

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Disclaimer: I do not own My Babysitter's A Vampire or it's characters. I also don't own the movie, Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron, either. What I do own is this story, it's plot (sort a), and any unknown characters (or OCs) that may appear.


Bethan Short #6: A Spirit That Can't Be Broken

Up on a hilltop, watching as the clouds passed them by were two teenage boys. One a bit more taller than the other with green eyes and brown messy hair. The other was shorter with brown eyes and also brown messy hair, but just slightly longer than his companion's was. The taller teen's name was Benny, while the shorter one was Ethan.

The two had lived very different lives before they first met. Ethan had grew up in a little village with his little sister, Jane and their parents. Everybody in the village was always so welcoming and kind to each other. They all looked after one another like a family. The village was a place of peace and shelter from the more richer noblemen that ruled the land, as well as the king himself. Many of the people who lived in the village were refugees from slavery camps that were used to house those who were sold for slavery to the more wealthy people. The people in Ethan's village didn't believe in the need for money, as they all worked together in harmony with one another and would often share. Greed was not an issue here unlike in most of the bigger towns or cities. Although, everyone did live in harmony here they still had weapons and warriors who would defend their little village from those who sought them out in order to capture and force them into a life of slavery.

Benny, on the other hand, had grew up without knowing all of that. He grew up alone without human contact, as he had lost both of his parents when he was just a little kid when they tried to flee from some of the soldiers from a slavery camp. They told him to run and not look back while they stayed to fight off the soldiers to buy him time. At first he didn't want to go, but did reluctantly. When he was quite a good distance away, he heard two gunshots ring out and he knew that his parents were no more as they were out numbered. He kept running after that with tears in his eyes over the death of his parents, never looking back. He ran and ran until his little legs could take him no more, as he collapsed. He was alone. Lost and hungry in the woods with no one to turn too. His trust of people broken and weary after witnessing just how cruel people can be to one another without thought at times.

Eventually, little Benny learned how to survive on his own. By crafting tools needed for survival out of sticks and rocks. He learned how to live off the land and what nature had provided him with, all on his own. It was hard at first, but he quickly got use to his new way of living. He even found himself enjoying living on his own like this, after awhile. Enjoying the freedom without having to rely on others and enjoying the nature around him, as well. In his mind, he didn't need anybody. That is...until he met Ethan after being caught by soldiers from a slavery camp.


Benny was headstrong and refused to let them break him by showing off and making a fool out of the head soldier in the camp, who liked to show off to his men how great he is. Ethan laughed at the sight, enjoying the show as he watched from by the stable all tied up after being caught himself. Hearing the laughter attracted Benny's attention to him and when their eyes met, they both felt something flutter inside them. It was love at first sight.

After a bit more of humiliating the captain of the camp, the captain had enough and instead was going to shoot Benny for making a fool of him like that in front of his men. Knowing what the captain was going to do, Ethan's eyes went wide with worry. Right as the captain was about to pull the trigger after shoving Benny to the ground, Ethan broke free from his confines after discreetly rubbing the ropes (that bound him to the wooden pole) on a nail that was sticking out to cut them. Once free, he ran over to the captain and grabbed his hand forcing him to point it upward right when it went off, thus shooting the sky instead. He then elbowed the guy in the face and took his gun from him, proceeding to hit the guy over the head with the gun and knocking him out cold. When he saw the other men about to come after him, Ethan than shot the lock off the stable from where he was at with accuracy. The shot spooked the horses and caused them bust out of the stable and take off running. Surprised, the soldiers tried to corral them and keep the horses from leaving. While they were currently occupied with the stampeding horses, Ethan and Benny took this opportunity to make their getaway.

While walking Ethan back to where his village was, they laughed at the ordeal. They then exchanged names and started to get to know one another. Benny had told Ethan that he thought that was the most coolest thing he ever saw in his life before, when Ethan took out the captain and then he shot the lock off the horse stables, causing a stampede with the guy's own gun. Ethan chuckled and then told him how he thought how funny it was of him humiliating the captain like that and how brave and bold it was, too.

When they finally reached the outskirt of the village, Benny was a bit sad that he had to say goodbye to his new friend. For the first time in a long time, he didn't feel lonely anymore and had actually enjoyed having human company around. But he still didn't trust being around a group of people that much. He loved his life of freedom, on his own without rules and society to tell him what to do. When he told Ethan this, after he was wondering why he wouldn't come with him into the village, Ethan understood his reasoning behind his reluctancy after hearing his story of how he came to live in the wilderness on his own. But Ethan was persistent and wanted to show Benny that it's ok to trust people again and that not all people are bad. That living in a society is a great way of life and that here everybody treats everybody with kindness and respect. That everyone is an equal here, including their chief. Though he may be in charge of the villagers living here, he too is treated just like everyone else in the village.

After much convincing, Benny reluctantly agreed to living a life with other people around, but only just for a few days, though. Ethan was happy to hear that and offered him a place to stay with his family, who kindly accepted Benny into their home with welcoming arms.

During the first night there, Benny noticed how much his family had loved Ethan and how much he loves them, as well. It made Benny's heart swell with happiness to see such a close and loving family living together. Something Benny he himself never had. At least...not after his parents death, that is.

Over the course of the next 4 days, Ethan and Benny had begun to grow more closer together themselves, while Ethan showed Benny his way of life. But Benny's heart still ached and yearned for that life of freedom on his own out in the wilderness. Don't get him wrong, he enjoyed living the village life, but...his place was out there. Living free without rules to follow or having to rely on others. It was the life he grew up knowing and loved so much. He couldn't just give all that up for a life of domestication. Can he? No. He can't. He wanted to be back out there again. The village life was nice and all, but it didn't compare to living in the wild on your own. Just surviving off the land and your own skills without the aid of others. Their way of living off the land was different from his. He didn't farm or build shelters for himself out of animal skins. Nor did he make other things out of animal skins like blankets, shoes, or pillows. He didn't have to worry about going to the bathroom in a designated place designed for it, either! He could just go where ever he wanted to!

He didn't ride horses to get around or to help with labor, either. In fact, he didn't need to worry about even working and having to contribute to a society at all. He just lived liked any other animal would. On their own using the skills they developed while growing up. Maybe with an exception, since unlike animals he did have fingers and opposable thumbs to work with, which allowed him to do things that animals couldn't. Like build traps to capture food or to start fires to keep warm at night.

But while he may miss all of this, there was only one thing keeping him here in the village. Ethan. He knew that if he had left, he would miss him greatly because he had fallen in love with him. Benny hated this. Having to make a decision between the life he loves or the person he loves, instead.


So, here was now, as he stared up at the clouds and a cool relaxing breeze blew by across his face. Benny closed his eyes imagining what life would be like if maybe Ethan had come with him to life in the valley with him. Just the two of them living out in the wilderness without other humans around. Living the life he's known for so long now. Benny sighed in delight at the idea. He wanted to show Ethan his way of living, now. It was only fair, wasn't it? After spending a few days living Ethan's way of life in a village. It was his turn now to experience Benny's way of living in the wild on his own without all that came with living in a village. So, Benny decided to ask him.

"Hey, Ethan?" he said absently to the teen laying next to him.

"Yeah, Benny?" replied Ethan, continuing to look up at the sky without a care in the world.

"What would you say about...leaving this place? And going to start a place of our own, without all the rules of human society to weigh us down with?" asked Benny.

Ethan blinked a few times in confusion, as he then sat up to look at Benny with a confused look on his face. "What?" he said perplexingly, as if he heard him wrong.

Benny sighed, then he too sat up to face the shorter teen next to him. "I've been thinking." he began, looking down sullenly. "Living here with you is nice and all, but..." he trailed for a second before looking up out over the horizon with a forlorn look on his face. "It's just not my thing, E. My place is out there. Living free from life's human rules. Sleeping under the stars on those pretty nights. Seeing nature blossom and prosper with life everyday. Not having to be assigned chores or jobs to do that make me feel as if I'm responsible for everyone else. Not having to rely on others just to get by. I miss being free, Ethan. So...I think it's time that I finally take my leave from this place and return to what I've known my entire life." explained Benny whole heartedly. He looked back over to see Ethan sitting there with a sad look on his face.

"I see." was all Ethan said. He then looked up when he felt a hand being placed over his own to see a pair of earnest green eyes staring back.

"Ethan, I want you to come with me. Please. My spirit may be to live out there, but my heart belongs to you. You've shown me your world and I really do appreciate it, but now...let me show you mine in return. I just know you'll love it as much as I do, if you just give it a chance." pleaded Benny in a sincere and earnest tone.

Ethan was surprised by this. He didn't know what to think. Sure his heart might also belong to Benny, but...his place was here. With his people. With his family. He just couldn't leave and abandon them like that. Could he? But at the same time...he also loved Benny and wanted to be with him, too, but...Benny had wanted to return back to the life he was so use to living to before being captured and brought in by those slave camp soldiers and then had escaped to here. Ethan knew that Benny was always a free spirit and would eventually want to leave. Deep down he had hoped that maybe after getting a taste of what it felt like to live with other humans again that he would want to stay...for good.

"Benny...I...I can't." spoke Ethan sullenly.

"But why?" asked Benny.

"Just as your place might be out there in the world, mine is here. In the village, with my family. They need me Benny. I can't just leave and abandon them all of a sudden. I love you. I really do. And I want to be with you, but...what would my family think if I was to just suddenly wanted to leave them? How would they feel about it? It would...break their hearts. Especially, Jane's. You know how close me and her are, as siblings and...I just can't do that to her. I can't hurt my little sister like that. I'm sorry, Benny. I hope you can understand." explained Ethan whole heartedly, as he expressed his feelings and concerns to Benny about going with him.

Benny could tell that Ethan was scared that he'd probably wouldn't understand, but the truth was that he did understand he's reasoning of why he wanted to stay in the village. The village was the life that Ethan had grown accustom to living to ever since he was a child, himself. And he's seen the strong bond that he and his little sister had shared first hand. How he always looked out for her, no matter what. So, he understood Ethan's decision, even though it might've pained him to accept it in the end. Benny wasn't gonna lie, his heart ached a bit at the decision, too, but he wasn't about to force Ethan into leaving with him if he didn't want to go.

Benny gave Ethan a small sympathetic smile. "I...understand, Ethan." he nodded sincerely at the teen, earning a small smile from Ethan, as well.

They sat there in silence together enjoying the peace and quiet, as they stared into each others eyes lovingly. A cool breeze blew by, sweeping across their faces as it gently blew through their hair. They both slowly leaned in for what was suppose to be a soft and tender kiss, but was rudely interrupted by the sounds of nearby gun fire and screaming before their lips could even meet.

Immediately drawing back from the almost kiss, Ethan stood up quickly in alarm. Benny doing the same as well, after Ethan. Ethan knew the direction that the violent sounds had came from and quickly raced over to the other side of the hill to gaze out towards the village's direction.

He stood there in shock with a look of horror and fear spread across his face at what he saw, as Benny came up behind him to see the same thing.

The entire village was in ruins and was on fire in some places, as more gunshots and yelling could be heard. There was black smoke billowing up towards the sky from the small fires that where lit. People everywhere were running around and screaming for their lives, as they were under attack by the slave camp soldiers. They had found their peaceful little village and where now raiding it. Some of the men from the village had taken up arms to defend and fight off the soldiers so that others could escape to safety, but it was hard when their weapons were all made of wood and stone that had to be used up close, while the soldiers where made from metal and could be used from a distance.

"The village!" cried out Ethan in worry, before gasping loudly. "My family! Jane!" he shouted in fear, as he took off running down the hill and towards the village.

"Ethan! Wait!" called out Benny to Ethan, reaching out to no avail. He knew that Ethan was worried about his family and wanted to help protect them, but he was also worried about Ethan more. He didn't want him to die! So, he ran off after him.


As best as he could, Benny tried to keep up with Ethan, but he was just too fast and it was hard for him to keep track of Ethan amongst all the chaos and smoke that was happening once they reached the village.

He searched around desperately trying to find where Ethan went, but no luck. Until he heard a small scream that he knew was Jane's. He ran in the direction that he heard it coming from, which was by the edge of the river that ran near the village.

Benny stopped just atop a small little hill, as he looked down to see Ethan standing in front of his sister protectively with a large stick in hand. Jane hid behind her big brother in fear, as she clung to his shirt as a safety blanket. Benny couldn't help the smile that appeared on his face, seeing that he was alright. But it soon fell to worry as he realized that Ethan was trying to protect Jane from one of the camp soldiers that had them both corned at the river's edge with nowhere to go. The soldier had a gun pointed at them and Benny knew that they were in danger as a stick is no match for a gun.

Fearful for their sake, he quickly ran down the hill towards the soldier and then shoved him down using the momentum of the hill to add a bit more force to the push. The soldier fell down, but not before the gun when off.

However, the shot had startled Jane enough to take a step back, but she had lost her footing along the edge as it had gave out from underneath her and she fell into the river. As she fell though, so did Ethan as she still had a hold of his shirt. Resulting in both of them tumbling into the river together.

Benny's eyes grew wide in fear at the scene, as he ran to help them. He stopped short of the river's edge as he looked into the worried filled eyes of Jane, who had manage to swim to a large rock to hang onto to keep from being swept away by the river.

"Benny!" she shouted desperately to him. "You have to save Ethan! He can't swim!" she pleaded.

"What about you?" he asked worriedly, but in truth he was more worried about Ethan, though. "I'll be fine! Truth me! Just save my brother!" reassured Jane. "Now, go!" she command urgently.

Benny gave a quick nod as he didn't hesitate on the matter and took off running along the river's bank. As he ran he tried to find Ethan. Ethan soon popped up out of the water, splashing and flailing about as he desperately tried to keep his head above water.

"Benny! Help!" called out Ethan anxiously, as he struggled in the current, trying to keep afloat.

Benny could tell that Ethan couldn't keep it up for much longer from all the splashing and struggling he did just to try to swim in the water while keeping his head up for air. He had to do something and fast!

"Hold on, Ethan! I'll save you!" shouted Benny back, as he surveyed the land further ahead of him.

He then saw were a huge boulder with a flat top came sticking out of the side of the ground over the river a good ways. Benny ran on ahead of where Ethan was, in hopes of making it to the rock in time to jump in before Ethan could pass it. It was the only place safe enough for him to jump in at, since he would land more in the deeper part of the water due to how far out the rock was sticking.

As soon as he made it to the rock, Benny leapt into the water with all his might. Thankful that he landed in the deeper water without bashing his head in on hidden underwater rocks and branches. When he came up for air, he frantically looked around for Ethan, who had just so happened to come floating down right by him. Benny got a bit worried when he saw Ethan stop moving and had sunk below the water's surface. He swam over to where he last saw him and then dove down after him.

When he had surfaced again after awhile, he had taken a big breath to regain air in his lungs, again. When he had came up this time he had Ethan with him, with Ethan's arm draped around his shoulders. He was glad that he was strong enough to be able to keep both of them afloat for now.

"Come on, E! Stay with me!" encouraged Benny concernedly, to an unconscious Ethan.

When he looked over at Ethan, as he tried to keep them up top of the water, he saw Ethan open his eyes a little to give him a weak and tired smile. Benny smiled, happy to see that he was still with him and alright, but when Benny tried to swim them both to safety he found that he had a hard time swimming in the direction he wanted to go. Though the river did get a bit more shallower so that his feet could just touch the bottom, it was still too deep for him to get a good footing on the river's bed. He tried with all his might to try and get them to safety, but the current was just too strong for him.

As he desperately tried to swim against the current, he looked back real quick and saw that there was a waterfall. Scared, he tried even harder to swim against the current and to safety to prevent them from going over, but he was no match for the river's strong pull and they both went over the waterfall.


Minutes later, after going over the waterfall, Benny surfaced at the bottom of the fall gasping for air. He was lucky that the fall didn't knock him unconscious and really thankful for the fact that he had survived the waterfall itself, too. He swam over to a nearby tree log that was halfway underwater and halfway out of the water, so that he could rest for bit and finish catching his breath.

While resting once he reached the log, he then remembered that he wasn't alone when he went over the waterfall. He anxiously looked around for any signs of Ethan. It didn't take him long to spot the boy laying still on the shore unconscious it seems. Worried, Benny quickly swam to shore and over towards Ethan.

"Ethan?" said Benny worriedly, as he gingerly shook Ethan's shoulder in an attempt to wake him. "Ethan, come on! Open your eyes for me!" he pleaded desperately. When he stroked Ethan's wet hair from his eyes, Ethan's eyes slowly started to flutter open. Ethan looked up at Benny with a weak smile, which made Benny smile too seeing him awake. But then Ethan's smile soon fell into more of a painful grimace, as Ethan felt a sharp pain shoot throughout his side. Benny's smile also fell, after seeing Ethan's pain filled expression, into a concerned frown. He realized that Ethan must've been badly hurt somewhere.

When he scanned Ethan's body for injury he found a bullet wound on his side that was bleeding. When Benny had tried to redirect the soldier's shot earlier away from Ethan he must've not changed it's direction in time, enough to completely miss Ethan when it went off. Luckily, though it didn't hit anything in his body that would have been an instant death for him, like a major organ.

Benny suddenly grew really worried for Ethan when he saw it. He knew that Ethan needed to be treated to get the bullet out now or else, but he had no medical supplies whatsoever to treat it or at least stop the bleeding. And he had no idea of how far the village was from here or if anybody had even survived the raid or not. Benny had no idea what to do and Ethan's outcome looked bleak from where he was standing.

Tears started to fall from Benny's eyes. Ethan looked at him and saw this. "D-don't cry, Benny." spoke Ethan weakly, as he tried to put on the best reassuring smile that he could for the man he loved. He reached up to place a hand on Benny's wet cheek. In response, Benny placed a hand over Ethan's to keep it there. "E-everything...will be...alright. You'll see." Ethan said, breathing heavily as he struggled to remain conscious.

Benny smiled and nodded feebly at Ethan's words, but he wasn't sure if he believed them or not due to the situation. From Benny's point of view it didn't look like Ethan would make it and he didn't want to lose him. Not now. Not when he wanted to have a life with the person he loves.

"I..I love you, Ethan. So, please...don't...don't die on me. Ok?" replied Benny sincerely with a hint of sadness in his voice. He wanted to tell Ethan that he loves him at least once in case he...doesn't get the chance to say it to him ever again.

Ethan smiled hearing that. "I...love you...too, Ben...ny..." he said softly, as his words began to fade out and he lost consciousness, again. His head then slowly rolled to the side suddenly, as he closed his eyes with his hand slipping out of Benny's to the ground.

Benny was heartbroken now as he cried even harder now, not wanting to leave Ethan's side. He knew that he was still breathing and alive, but he just felt so helpless in not being able to do much for the injured teen except for just be there for him in his final moments. He scooped Ethan's upper body up gently into his arms, as he just sat there cradling him with their foreheads touching, crying.

"Ethan..." cried Benny sadly.


He sat there like that with Ethan for awhile now, until he heard the voices of someone approaching them. When he looked up he saw that it was soldiers dressed in uniform. Ethan too, who had regained consciousness again, looked up to see the soldiers coming also.

"Benny...I'm s-scared." said Ethan softly, as he looked at him.

Benny held Ethan more closer to him to comfort him. "It's ok, Ethan. I won't let them hurt you. I promise."

When the soldiers had finally reached them, Benny looked up at them glaring menacingly at them. "Stay away from him!" yelled Benny threateningly at the men.

But the soldiers ignored Benny's warning to them, as he wasn't much of a treat considering he didn't have any weapons on him to fight back with. Two of the men came at Benny, grabbing his arms and yanking him away from Ethan. Benny desperately tried to fight back against them, as he didn't want to leave Ethan's side.

"Benny!" called out Ethan weakly to him.

Benny struggled against them, as they had manage to eventually tie his hands together. "Ethan!" called back Benny to Ethan, as he looked over at him worriedly. He was then yanked back up to his feet, as they tried to force him to walk in the direction they wanted him to go in. They had tied another piece of rope to his bonds to lead him with, as if he was a horse or something. Benny fought even more against his captors, trying to break free from his bonds as he refused to go with them. He tugged and pulled trying to get back to Ethan, but it was useless they were stronger than he was. "Let me go!" demanded Benny, as he struggled. "Ethan!"

As he refused to go with them, Benny heard one of the soldiers (probably the one currently in charge) tell one of this fellow soldiers to just leave the other one (Ethan) there because he wasn't going to make it. Hearing that gave Benny the mini boost of strength that he need to yank the rope out of the soldier's hands who was trying to get him to go in the opposite direction away from Ethan. He ran to Ethan's side and dropped down to his knees. He took Ethan's hand in his and held it after placing a small kiss on it. He then leaned over so that their foreheads where touching.

Sadly, though their sentimental moment together was short lived as the soldier manage to retrieve the rope and give it a good pull on it to pull Benny away from Ethan. Benny tried to fight back again, but this time the guy had help. Slowly, the two lovers hands slipped apart from one another as Benny was slowly being pulled away from Ethan.

"Benny!" called out Ethan to Benny, as he too didn't want Benny to leave his side.

"Ethan! No!" yelled out Benny back, as he struggled against their force. He desperately tried to reach out for Ethan as he was slowly being dragged away.

"Benny!" cried out Ethan one more time, as he weakly reached out for Benny as well. But his hand was barely able to make it off the ground before he suddenly went limp and it dropped back down to the ground with Ethan passing out, again.

"ETHAN!" yelled out Benny more loudly this time, as he saw Ethan fall limp and black out again. Seeing Ethan like that broke him, as he soon realized that there was nothing more he could do, now. Benny then finally quit struggling against the soldiers and went with them willingly without a fight, allowing them to lead him away from the love of his life, forever.


As the soldiers and Benny were further away and almost out of sight, a tiny figure who had been hiding and watching, came out from behind some large rocks and a large tree log that had fallen. It was Jane, who had followed the river downstream in search of Benny and Ethan. She hid there the moment after she came stumbling upon them and then saw the soldiers there. So, she stayed there until the coast was clear.

She ran over to where Ethan laid with a look of sympathy on her face when she saw the gunshot wound on his side. "Oh, Ethan." she said sympathetically to her badly hurt brother, as she leaned over to hug him with tears in her eyes.

Jane couldn't help, but to feel a little bit guilty for Ethan getting shot like this. He was trying to protect her and now look what happened. She then sat up to wipe away her tears, knowing that crying isn't going to help him. He was going to need medical attention, FAST. Luckily, most of the villagers weren't caught and the village wasn't far from here. She could easily run to fetch help or try to carry him herself back.

Jane then looked up out into the horizon to see Benny being led away by some of the soldiers, off into the distance. She frowned at the sight, as she saw how he held his head down low, as if in defeat. She felt sorry for him. Not to mention, guilty as well. She knew how much he loved her brother and how much Ethan loved him, but...deep down inside her she had held a bit of a grudge and resentment for the tall teen for loving her big brother before the raid had happened. She was afraid that if Benny ever decided to leave that he would take her big brother with him and leave her behind. She didn't hate Benny entirely. He really was a nice guy and all, but...she didn't like the fact that her brother was in love with him and that Benny could take him away from her forever.

Of course, she'd still have her parents and all, but...her and Ethan have always been so close to one another. He was always there for her when she needed him. And to imagine that someday she'd have to go on without him around anymore was a scary thought for her. So, instead Jane would just put on a happy face whenever Benny was around for Ethan's sake and just pretend to like him. She knew how much he means to him and she didn't want her big brother to be upset or disappointed with her, either. So, she kept her real feelings towards Benny to herself only.

But now...after what just happened. Jane felt differently towards the teen now. Especially, since he saved her life earlier, and possibly even Ethan's, as well. She saw in Benny's eyes the worry and concern of not only just for her brother's sake, but for her as well when she was in the water. When he had charged into that soldier that was about to shoot them, she knew that he wasn't only saving Ethan's life, but hers as well. She saw the same look of love and over protectiveness that she always saw in Ethan's eyes, too. That's when Jane realized that he also really cared for her, as well and saw her like the little sister that he probably never had, too.

"You saved my life." mumbled Jane softly in disbelief to Benny, even though she knew he couldn't really hear her. She stared off into the distance, watching them go.


The small group of soldiers had led Benny to a train, where they had loaded him up into one of the train's boxcars where other prisoners were being held at. A few he had recognized from Ethan's village and the slavery camp where he met Ethan at, too.

They all looked at him with hope and guidance in their eyes from hearing about his exploits when at the camp, but sadly...Benny wasn't feeling as brave and adventurous as he once use to be, then. Now...now his spirit was broken, after having to leave Ethan behind to die and knowing that he'll never see him again.

Benny sat there in a corner by himself with his knees held up to his chest and his arms wrapped around them. He placed his head wearily on them and just sat there, sulking with a defeated and sad expression on his face. Soon enough, the train started to move.

As the train continued to move down the track, Benny just sat there in a corner with a broken heart. The few other captives who were loaded up with him in the same boxcar and who had recognized him from the village and has heard of his and Ethan's escape from that slave camp, tried to cheer him up with a few words of encouragement, but they only fell on deaf ears as Benny only ignored them. Nothing would make him feel better.

Seeing their attempts in cheering the poor depressed teen up fail, the captives gave up and remained mostly silent during the rest of the ride.

Benny glanced up and looked between the boards of the door to see the world outside passing him by as the train moved along. He stared at the moving landscape, thinking. Thinking about what will happen to him now. What his future would look like now that his will to be free was gone.

Then his thoughts took him back to his home. His previous life back in the valley, where he was living alone and free. Happy to do what he pleased and do whatever he wanted without a care in the world or anybody to say otherwise. Living by his own rules and not by others forced upon him. A strong feeling of nostalgia then coursed through him, as he began to get homesick.

Then his thoughts wondered to Ethan. From the day they first met and to all the other glorious days that had spent together, afterwards back in his village. He started to imagine it and had started to see all those great times together playing out before his very eyes, once again. It was all so clear to him. He could hear Ethan's voice to him. Telling him how he should never give up and stop being who he is. To continue being the free spirit that he is because that's what makes Benny, Benny. The spirit that can never be broken and the person who he fell in love with.

Even though he was only imagining Ethan saying those words to him, they still got to Benny. He knew that that's exactly something Ethan would say to him now, in a time like this. And hearing those words in Ethan's voice had rejuvenated him. The fire that once burned brightly inside Benny Weir had been rekindled, once again. He couldn't just give in to defeat so easily, only to become someone else's slave or pawn. He had to keep on fighting! So, that someday he could return home, back to the valley were his heart belongs! To live the life he chooses for himself and not what others have chosen for him! He owed it to not only himself to keep going, but to his parents and...Ethan, as well.

Benny smiled fondly as he felt his courage and confidence return, once again. He closed his eyes as a cool brisk breeze blew in through the boards and against his face, with that smile of his never fading away from his face. Benny was determined, one way or another, to make it out of here and back to where he belongs. The place he calls home!

When he opened them again, he turned to look at the others there and smiled brightly at them. They could see the mischievous glint his eyes return, along with the will and determination to never give up. To never let others bring you down and break you, so easily. They all smiled back at Benny happy to see the person that they've heard about and seen back, to his old self once again. Hope was once again returned to their hearts.


The train eventually came to a stop, as the train workers had stopped to set up camp to rest for the night at the base of a mountain. They led all the captives out of the boxcar to take them to a makeshift boarding house for them (more like a really prison cell, really) and locked them inside for the night.

Benny wasn't exactly sure why they were brought here or what was going on, but he remained vigilant and on his toes, nonetheless. He had a funny feeling that something wasn't right, here. So, he remained on guard until he could figure it out.

He heard a loud booming sound and looked out the small barred window they had, to see them trying to blow a hole into the mountain side. Seconds later he then heard someone yell out that the blast was no good and that they had hit bedrock. He then heard a different man say that they would have to haul the steamer over the mountain, instead. Benny found this all very suspicious, but decided to wait to figure out more of where they were going.


The next morning, the workers prepared to haul the train over the mountain. They had hooked up a bunch of horses to the steamer part of the train to pull it up and over the hillside, while they had Benny and the other captives do the grueling work of building the track ahead of it. Of course, they had all the captives tied together by one of their ankles so they wouldn't escape, while some of the train workers stood there with whips to "encourage" them to keep working and for them to not get any funny ideas about escaping, either.

While at the top of the hill, Benny could get a clear view of the land before them. He looked out into the horizon where the sun was still setting. Out in the far distance he recognized the land. That was where the valley he called home was at. Then he looked back at the track that's already been laid and followed where it was leading to off into the distance, where a path had already been cleared for track laying. Benny's eyes grew wide as he realized just where exactly they were going. They were headed straight for his homeland.

He knew that by them building a railroad straight through there would ruin the peaceful environment that he calls home. He couldn't let that happen! So, he quickly got to thinking of a plan to stop it. When he looked back at the streamer behind them being hauled a ways off by horses, an idea had came to him, but he had to wait a bit longer before executing it.


A bit later, Benny had waited for them to almost have the heavy steamer at the top of the steep hill before putting his plan into action. He then suddenly just collapsed to the ground, pretending to be dead as if he had died from over exhaustion or something. The other slaves all stood there with concerned looks on their faces, worried about Benny. They had no clue that he was only just pretending and that it was all just part of his plan to escape.

One of the train workers came over to examine Benny. They opened his eyelids to see that his eyes had rolled to the back of his head. When he placed an ear to Benny's chest to see if he was still breathing, Benny instantly held his breath to make the guy think that he wasn't breathing. The guy then looked up seconds later to look at his fellow co-workers, who were awaiting on the verdict on Benny's health status, and shook his head to indicate that he wasn't alive anymore. The moment the guy walked away Benny released the breath he was holding to breathe again. He was thankful that the guy wasn't smart enough to also check for a pulse, too.

He then felt them cut the rope that connected him to the other slave workers and then looped a rope around his feet, that tighten once he felt a pulling sensation on it. He was then being drug across the ground by his ankles by a mule. It hurt a little bit, but thankfully there weren't too many large and sharp rocks along the path, in which they had drug him on. About ten seconds later, he opened his eyes to notice that the train workers were all too busy to notice him awake and sitting up slightly while being dragged along. Benny then quietly and swiftly leaned over and undid the loop that was around his feet to free himself.

Once free, he quickly got up and ran over to where the train was being pulled by horses. In the background he could hear the train workers yelling at him, while the other captives all cheered for Benny's bravery and courage. Also, that he isn't really dead, either.

He quickly picked up a large rock laying off to the side, out of the way of the train and began to bang on where the chain, that had connected one row of horses, was connected to the train. After a few more whacks, he managed to break the chain off and with that the horses took off running. Benny smiled at his little victory, but it was short lived as he still had another chain to disconnect. While most of the workers were occupied in chasing after the horses, he quickly set to work on breaking the other one until it too finally gave away. Like before, all the horses took off running.

He then signaled for the other captives to make a run for it, while the workers where all distracted. They did as he wanted and they all ran for it after dropping their tools. Benny smiled, happy that they were able to get away, but now he had a bigger problem. He had to find a way to escape himself, as some of the workers stayed to try and stop him from going anywhere and from causing even more chaos then he already has.

Benny looked up at the gigantic steamer when he heard it creaking, as it was starting to slide back down the mountain towards the workers campsite. He saw some of them try to stop the train from moving, but it was obvious that without the strength of the horses pulling it that it wasn't going to stop so easily until it reached the bottom of the hill.

As Benny was trying to make his escape, one of the workers had manage to lasso a rope around his neck. Benny fell to the ground choking slightly, but was quick on his feet to think up a plan to get away from the guy. He swept his foot under the guy's feet that was holding the rope and caused him to fall to the ground. As soon as the man fell, Benny instantly scrambled back up to his feet and took off away from the guy, forgetting about the rope that still hung around his neck. He figured that he'd deal with it later after he was somewhere safe.

One of the workers then pulled out a gun and aimed it at him. So, Benny ran around to the other end of the train right when the guy pulled the trigger. The worker had missed, as his shot had instead hit the metal of the train, instead. Benny slipped and fell once he made it to the other side, but then realized that he was on the wrong side of the train. He was instead on the side that was about to tumble over and start rolling back down the hill.

Benny's eyes bugged out at the massive thing about ready to crush him if he didn't move fast. He jolted back up again and ran down the hillside for dear life, as it finally fell over and started to slide and tumble down the mountain side behind him. He ran for everything he was worth and was lucky that the momentum of going down the hill gave him a bit of a boost in speed. Sadly, it also gave the train the momentum it needed, as well, as it continued to tumble down after him. But since the train was obviously more bigger and heavier than he was, it didn't go down the mountain as fast as he did, though. So, he was able to stay ahead of it the entire time.

When he finally made it down the mountain, he didn't stop running. He kept on running as the train kept on rolling even at the bottom of the mountain, taking out most of the tents and buildings they had there, for a while longer before finally coming to a stop by ramming into another powerful train engine that was there.

Benny had ran past the stationary train, while the two steam engines collided with one another, causing a huge explosion. Luckily, Benny was able to avoid getting caught in the explosion as he continued to run and had a good distance between him and the falling engine right before it had collided with the other one.

The explosion had created a massive fire that was quickly spreading everywhere. Benny took this time as his chance to escape, as all the workers were busy trying to figure out what in the world had just happened before quickly setting to work on trying to put out the fire. He had manage to make it back to the top of the mountain, where he stood over looking the now destroyed campsite. He jumped in the air with glee and yelled out in celebration at his victory in possibly ending their goal to run a railroad track through the place he calls home and for his escape from them, as well.

With that he then took off, leaving the workers down below in chaos.


Benny ran some more when he realized that the fire had quickly spread already to the surrounding area. As he ran, he could feel the fire getting closer to him. If he didn't hurry soon then he'd be dead. He ran and ran, but then suddenly a tree had fell and blocked his only means of escape, as it was too late for him to turn back now since the fire was more thicker that way, now.

He sarcastically rolled his eyes at the crummy situation he was in, now. "Great. Just my luck." he grumbled unhappily. He looked around for any other way out, but there was none. So, he decided to try and jump the fallen tree instead. He took a few steps back first and then bolted towards the fallen tree. He knew that he wasn't going to make it completely over it, but if he could just land on top of it then he could just roll over to the other side of it with ease.

The moment he was close enough, he leapt up in the air with all his might and just like he hoped, he barely made it onto the tree with a "oomph" sound escaping him, as he landed on his stomach with is head hanging over. He then pulled his hind end up and over the trunk and rolled to the other side.

But unfortunately for Benny, the long draping part of the rope that was still around his neck had caught on a small crook in the tree's side. So, when he went over all the way to the other side, the noose part of the rope had tighten around his neck, thus choking him. Benny clawed at the rope that was around his neck still, as he gasped for air desperately in his struggle to get free. At that moment Benny truly thought that he was gonna die at that moment, as he couldn't get a good footing on the ground to ease the tension in the rope a little to avoid it from choking him to death.

Suddenly, Jane appeared out of nowhere and had climbed up onto the tree log. She quickly pulled out a knife and began hacking away at the small part of the tree that the rope was caught on until it broke, thus freeing the end of the rope.

Benny slide down on the other side slightly, heaving as he tried to catch his breath after being choked by the noose. He was grateful for whoever it was that had saved him. He didn't have to wonder long, though, on just who it was either, as she came clambering down the side of the log to see if he was alright.

"Jane?" wheezed Benny tiredly, as he looked at her incredulously.

She smiled and nodded at him. "Yeah, it's me." she replied happily, as she reached over to remove the noose from around his neck.

Benny's stunned expression soon turned into a grateful one, as he smiled at her. "But how?" he then asked her. He was curious as to how she even knew where to find him or that he was even in trouble.

Jane shook her head. "There's no time, Benny!" she stated worriedly, as she then stood up and took a look around. "We need to get out of here, while we still can and fast!" she stated firmly in a determined tone.

Benny looked up at her in amazement at her bravery and courage for being such a little girl, before getting up himself. "Think you have enough energy in ya to keep going?" asked Jane, looking over at Benny with a grin.

He looked at her with a smug look. "Oh, yeah! I don't give up that easily!" he said to her confidently, flashing a cocky grin. The two then took off running from the fire.


They ran and ran, but then stopped as their path had ended at a high up cliff edge that was over looking a river down below. "Now what?" asked Jane worriedly, as she saw that the fire was quickly closing in on them. She glanced back over at Benny, who only smiled at her.

"Now, we jump!" he said confidently, as she then grabbed her hand, leaving very little time for her to protest in return, and ran towards the edge of the cliff. They both then jumped with all their might off the cliff and down below to the river, which was thankfully deep enough for them to not die in upon impact.


When Benny came too, he found himself laying on the grass under a tree in the shade, not far from where the river ran. Looking around he saw that they had washed down stream a ways. Upon further inspection, he noticed a small pile of apples laying there. He then looked up towards the river's edge where he saw Jane filling a canteen of water in the river. Benny smiled, happy to see that she was alright.

He slowly got up, as a mischievous idea then popped into his head. He grinned deviously, as she quietly snuck over to where Jane was busy filling her canteen, as well as stealing a drink of water from the stream herself. Once he was directly behind her, he then playfully pushed her into the water, laughing at her unhappy like expression. The water wasn't all that deep there and was pretty calm looking, so she didn't go floating down stream or anything. Instead, she smirked and decided to splash Benny with some water from the river as payback for pushing her in.

She busted out laughing at his expression, which was same exact one she had when he pushed her in. Soon, enough he too busted out laughing as he joined in the water for a water fight with her.

Benny was nice enough to walk Jane home to where the village's new location was at, since the last one was ruined in the raid and the slave soldiers knew where it was at, also. So, they moved it. Benny wanted to make sure that she got home safe and sound, since she was still a little girl who shouldn't be so far from home on her own like that.


When they finally made it to the village's new location, Benny stood there on the outskirts with a forlorn and sad look on his face, as thoughts of Ethan and all the time they spent together in the village, came rushing back to him.

Jane looked over and saw the sad look on Benny's face. She knew what he was thinking about and frowned, but soon smiled again. She then placed a couple of fingers to her mouth and blew on them to let out a really loud whistle noise.

Benny looked at her oddly, as he was confused as to why she did that. He remembers Ethan telling him something about how he and Jane had some sort a...distress call or signal that they would use whenever they needed one another or ever got separated while in the woods. Was this it? Also, he never knew a little girl could whistle so loudly like that, either.

"Jane? What are-" said Benny curiously to her, before being cut off by her.

"Just wait! You'll see, Benny! It's a surprise!" stated Jane gleefully, as she happily smiled at him with a wink.

Taking the little girl's word, Benny stood there patiently and watched as he looked towards the bustling little village.

Soon enough Benny saw a hobbling figure come limping from the distance in the tiny village. A figure he knew all too well and was very much happy to see alive.

"Ethan?!" he exclaimed confused at first in a mystified way, but soon smiled widely. "Ethan!" he said this time with more cheer in his tone, as he took off running towards the limping Ethan.

"Benny!" cried back Ethan just as happy to see him, too, as he tried his best to hurry towards Benny with out hurting himself further.

They then embraced each other in a big hug, happy to see each other again. Neither one of them wanting to let the other go, as tears of joy welled up in their eyes. Jane stood there watching the two with a big smile on her face, as a few tears of her own threaten to fall down her little cheeks. She was then met by her parents, who had came running up to her to hug her as well, as they were so glad to see that their daughter had returned home and was safe after sneaking off on her own after the raid. It was a happy family reunion.

"Oh, my god, Ethan! I thought that maybe you had died from that gunshot wound when those jerks took me away!" exclaimed Benny happily to him, as he held Ethan's face in his hands tenderly to gaze into his beautiful doe eyes once again, smiling. "How is it that you're still alive?!" he then asked Ethan.

Ethan placed his hands over Benny's and smiled at him. "It was Jane." he started to explain, staring back into Benny's gorgeous green eyes. He then turned his head to face his little sister, causing Benny to lower his hands from his face. Ethan smiled at her gratefully. "Thanks to her...I was able to make it back to the village, where the doctor was able to treat me and remove the bullet from my side in time. She showed up right after they had drug you away from me and had left me there to die. If it wasn't for her then I'd be..." he explained sincerely, as he trailed off not finishing his sentence as he figured that Benny probably got the point.

When Ethan looked back at Benny, he saw more tears flow from his eyes. Benny couldn't help himself at that moment and decided to kiss him with everything he's got. He was just so happy to know that Ethan was going to be ok now and that he get's to place his lips on his, once more. Ethan had no problem with the kiss, as he kissed back, as he was just so happy to see him again.

Once the kiss was over, Benny turned to face Jane. "Jane...thank you. Thank you for not only saving Ethan, but me as well. I would've been dead in that forest fire back there if it wasn't for you coming to rescue me, like that. I owe you my life." thanked Benny graciously to the little girl.

Jane shook her head. "No. You don't." she stated honestly with a smile. "Let's just call it even after you saving me from that guy trying to shoot me during the raid. Ok?" she declared genuinely to the tall teen.

Benny was shocked at first, but then smiled and nodded that he accepted her proposal to call it even. "But...why did you come to save me? I thought you didn't like me all that much because of my relationship with your brother?" asked Benny curiously. Even though he never said anything before about it, he knew that Jane didn't really like him all that well on the inside.

"What?! Jane, is that true?!" replied Ethan in shock, as he looked at her in disbelief and shock.

Jane looked down shamefully at him and nodded. "Yeah...it's true. On the outside, I pretended to like Benny when in truth...on the inside...I really didn't like him that much because well..." she admitted, as she started to explain herself. She didn't really know to put it easily, so instead she just came out with it. "I was afraid that he would take you away from me!" she exclaimed bravely, as she looked up at her big brother. There were tears of regret and shame starting to form in her eyes, now. "I knew that eventually, someday Benny would want to go back to his life in the valley and would want you to join him there! I knew how close you two were and I knew that you would probably go with him because you love him so much! So, I...had started to feel resentment towards him for it." she finally explained, sounding a bit hurt and sad at the end.

"Oh, Jane..." drawled Ethan sympathetically to her, as he went over to give her a hug. "I'm so sorry that you felt that way about me loving Benny so much. I could never leave you behind so easily, like that." assured Ethan comfortingly to her, while hugging her.

Benny then approached them and knelt down to Jane's level. He placed a hand on Jane's shoulder, which caused her to look up at him. She was surprised to see him smiling, when she thought he would be more disappointed with her, instead.

"He's right, you know." stated Benny genuinely to her, agreeing with what Ethan had said. "He would never just up and leave you behind like that. In fact...right before the raid on the village happened, I had asked him to go back to the valley with me. But instead of saying yes, your brother hesitantly declined my offer because of you and your parents. He didn't want to leave you behind because he knew how sad and heartbroken you'd be if he did. And he loves you too much to ever want to break your heart, Jane. That's just how awesome of a big brother you have." he said to her wholeheartedly, smiling fondly as he looked up at Ethan with loving eyes.

Ethan returned the smile with a small blush, before kneeling back down himself. He winced at the small pang of pain he felt in his side from the motion, but quickly got over it. Jane looked back over at her big brother with a sniffle and an unsure expression on her face.

"Really, Ethan? Did you...really turn down Benny's offer to go with him because of...me?" she asked softly to him, earning a nod from him as confirmation.

Jane then lunged forward to tackle Ethan with a hug, almost knocking him over in the process, as she cried harder this time, but with tears of joy and gratitude, instead. Everyone smiled at the touching and happy scene of the two siblings hugging it out.

Jane then pulled back from the hug and sighed, as she had something to announce. Something important that she just had to say to her big brother.

"Hey, Ethan?" said Jane meekly, as she looked down sullenly.

"Yeah, Jane? What is it?" answered Ethan.

"I know now just how selfish and stupid I was in feeling like that, now. Which is why..." she stated shamefully, but in an honest manner as she remained looking down. Then she looked back up at him and smiled. "I want you to go with Benny!" she declared cheerfully to Ethan, who was stunned by his sister's announcement.

"What?! But I thought you-" questioned Ethan, before being cut off by Jane.

"I know. But..." she began a bit uncertainly, before looking back over at Benny and smiling. "I've come to terms with myself that someday you'll have to leave me eventually. It's time I start trying to learn how to be more independent and to do things on my own, now. We can't always be together and I'm sure you'd like to start your own life with Benny." explained Jane sincerely, as she meant it.

Ethan and Benny were both surprised, as they both glanced over at each other with the same dumbfound expression on their faces, before looking back at Jane. "Jane...are you sure about this?" asked Ethan to his little sister.

Jane nodded. "Yes! I am!" she said with confidence. "It's like they say, 'if you love something, set it free. If it comes back, then it's yours to keep. If it doesn't, then it was never meant to be.' Only in this case, I know that if you don't come back then that doesn't mean it was never meant to be or that you love me any less because I'll always know that you'll do." she stated genuinely with a smile. "Besides, I know that Benny will take great care of you, big brother. And will watch over and protect you, too. I can see just how happy he makes you and that's all I want for you, Ethan. To be happy and loved."

"What about you?" asked Benny thoughtfully, voice laced with slight concern for the girl. He knew how much she didn't want her brother to leave. So, this had to be hard on her.

Jane turned to him and smiled. "I'll be ok." she said simply, in a chipper manner. "I'll still have Mom and Dad here to look after me and to be here for me when I need them." confirmed Jane reassuringly, as she looked back at her parents, who were both smiling at her with pride. It was if by having Benny come into their lives, had been a growing up experience for their little girl and they were proud of her for wanting to let her brother go to be happy with the man he loves.

"So, go. And be with the one you love, Ethan. I'll be just fine here with Mom and Dad. I promise." declared Jane whole heartedly to her brother, as she tried not to cry.

Ethan was so happy to hear that and hugged her gratefully. "Thank you, Jane! Thank you so much for doing this for me!" he said thankfully to her into the hug, as tears fell from his eyes.

She was happy to see him so happy. Letting him go was probably the best and most hardest decision that she ever made, but it was worth it in the end if it had meant his happiness. She was tired of always feeling like a burden to him because of her fear of never having her big brother in her life anymore, but now she was ready. Ready to face the world without him by her side.

"I love you, Jane." said Ethan lovingly to her. "And I'm going to miss you so much, too." he finished earnestly. He then pulled back to look at her, smiling.

"Me...too, big brother." smiled Jane warmly at him, with a sniffle. Ethan then placed a good-bye kiss on the top of her head.

Benny then came up to her and ruffled her hair a bit with his hand, smiling at her. "And I'm going to miss you too, you little rugrat." he stated sincerely. "Even if you did secretly hated me in the beginning." he added jokingly to her.

Jane giggled and smiled at the tall teen. "Yeah, well...now my opinion of you has changed, greatly. You're not so bad to be around after all, Weir." she comment back teasingly with a smirk before hugging him. "But I will miss you too, though. And I really am sorry for resenting you so much earlier for you loving my brother, too, Benny." she said sincerely to him.

"Hey! It's cool, Jane! I completely understand! So, no hard feelings! Ok?!" replied Benny assuredly to her in a kind and understanding way, while giving her a bright cheery smile, as well. Jane looked up at him and smiled with a nod, which made Benny happy to see. "Awesome!" he cheered, gratefully afterwards. Then he hugged her.

"Take good care of my big brother. Or else you'll have me to answer too." quipped Jane seriously to him.

Benny laughed. "Don't worry, Jane. I will. Promise." he said reassuringly to her.

The two teen boys then said their farewells to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, after grabbing a few supplies first, before finally departing for the valley that Benny calls home. Along their journey to the valley, Benny told Ethan everything that happened to him after he was forced to leave him behind after the waterfall incident, as they both held hands on the way home.


A/N: And that's it for this short! :D

I kind a had to change the ending from the movie a bit, to make it fit. Or else, this would've been a REALLY long short if I continued on with it all the way to the movie's end! Lol! :P

So, I hope you all liked it and feel free to leave a review if you'd like! :D

Until next time, I'll be seeing you all around in the next short! Bye! :D