Chapter Ten
Within You.
This confused Zeebad. This was long ago in the past but he realised what he had to do even if it meant going against his icy cold nature. He saw Sam about to charge on the moose and was worried. He then bounced over to him. This confused him. He then brandished his sword in front of him. "Sam stop! I'm not going to hurt you! I just want to talk to you, okay?" he said as calmly as possible. He watched as Sam put the sword away. "Don't try charging him up there! He's only going to… to hurt you! The diamond's inside your chest and when he realises that you guarded him… me on the Roundabout, he's going to rip open your chest and take it for his own." He said weakly. "How do you know this? You could be lying!" Sam told him sternly. Zeebad then stared at him sadly. "Because this is my memory and I did it to you… but outside of my mind, we're friends." He said to him quietly. Suddenly his mental self lunged at Sam but something hit his back. Zeebad had zapped his mental self with an ice blast. He whirled around at this. He growled angrily at Zeebad. "I can't believe you're protecting this lilly livered traitorous soldier! You're such a fool now since you've found Love but trust me, it won't last! You've grown a little weak since now." He said as he prepared to fight him. "I'm not weak! I'm still as evil as I used to be before Elora came!" he yelled angrily. His mental self smiled at him evilly. "If you're so evil, prove it." He told him. Zeebad looked sadly at Sam. "I'll do it!" he said as he approached him. Sam was confused. Zeebad had told him he didn't want to hurt him but he didn't know. Suddenly Zeebad's body glowed with icy magic. The ground then shook beneath them. "What's going on here?" his mental self asked angrily. He grabbed Sam and ran off with him. They heard Zeebad's mental self yell as an avalanche of snow covered him. Sam laughed at this. "Where're we going?" Sam asked curiously. "We need to find Zebedee. He'll be able to keep you and your diamond safe." Zeebad explained to him calmly.
"But sir you froze him off a cliff. How're you going to find him?" Sam said to him. There was despair in his eyes. "Don't worry, I can find him! He fell into the river underneath my old lair. But he's not dead. He's in an ice cube asleep." He told him. He then bounced off and Sam followed. He hoped this wasn't a trap. Meanwhile in the Village, Mr Rusty was worried for Elora. She hadn't come back from the hospital yet. He then went there. He found her asleep. Her head was resting on Zeebad's bed. Zeebad still hadn't woken up yet and this probably worried Elora still. He knew in the past Zeebad had done a lot of damage to the Village but since Elora had came, there'd been a change in Zeebad even though the others except for Sam didn't notice. He sighed as she opened her eyes. She was surprised to see him there. "What're you doing here?" she asked him. "I came to find you. Maybe you should go back to your uncle's house and rest. Don't worry, he's not going anywhere. Your uncle decided to go out of the Village for a while to clear his mind." He told her. She then got up and followed him but took one last look at Zeebad before going. He could tell this worried her more than her uncle. He then watched as she vanished out of sight. Sam had come down from the top of the Roundabout for a while. He was very sad that Zebedee had gone off and not told him. The others felt the same way. Meanwhile in his dream world Zeebad was at his old lair. Sam watched as he looked down at the river. He saw an ice cube floating down there with Zebedee in it and smiled. "Stay here! I'll be back in a minute." He said to him as he jumped off it and landed in the water. He then swam over to the ice cube and put his arms around it. He then jumped out and landed back on the cliff unharmed. This impressed Sam. "How're you going to get him out of there?" he asked him. "Give me your sword." He told him. Sam watched as he hit the ice cube hard with it. It then began to crack. Zebedee then fell through it. He was asleep. "We need to wake him up!" Sam said to him. "I know." Zeebad told him. He then put Zebedee near the sun. A faint ray shot from it down into his body. Sam watched as he began to stir. He wondered what was going on with Zeebad. He watched as Zeebad hid himself behind a large icy rock. "Why're you hiding for?" Sam asked him. "I'm making myself unseen until after he wakes up and you explain to him what's up with me." He said to him. Sam understood. He watched as Zebedee opened his eyes. "Is Zeebad imprisoned once more?" he said to him.
"Is Zeebad back in his prison again?" he asked him as he got up. Sam then saw Zeebad come out from where he was hiding. Zebedee tensed up at this. "Relax I'm not going to hurt you or go after the diamonds, okay? I just woke you up and got you out of the river. Besides this is a dream and anyways your niece and I are friends and in Love. Let me take care of my mental self. He's unaware of what I'm doing." He said to him. Sam smiled at this. This freaked out Zebedee. He wondered what was wrong with him. "Okay but don't you remember that the diamonds are the only way to imprison him?" he said to him. "Yes I know but he's only got the other two diamonds but we've got the third one but it would mean… hurting Sam." Zeebad told him. Zebedee looked at Zeebad. He saw a look of anxiety on his enemy's face. "I can't do it, not to my only friend." He said softly. Zebedee understood. "I know you don't want to hurt him but it's the only way to get the third diamond." He told him. Sam watched as Zeebad approached him. His hand glowed with icy magic. "I'm sorry amigo but I've got to do this." He said sadly. Sam then fell to the ground as his chest opened and Zeebad took the third diamond. Zebedee saw a tear roll down Zeebad's cheek and freeze over. "Don't worry, I can fix him later." He said as he scooped Sam into his arms as they bounced off. Meanwhile Zebedee was in a very deserted place. Many ruins lay there. It was the Land of Magical Springers or what was left of it after Zeebad totally destroyed it. He sighed deeply as thoughts ran through his mind.
Zebedee's POV
It was here where this all began. Zeebad and I were friends as children and thought that nothing could destroy our bond but it did the day I was given more power than Zeebad from the magical diamonds he is after to this day. Jealousy over came him and he took the diamonds for himself knowing that he could freeze the sun with them. I watched as he destroyed this entire land and all who once lived here. He also destroyed my parents with it hurting me more than words could say. We went into a fierce battle and I managed to imprison him inside the Roundabout in the Village. I then decided to move there so I could protect those who lived there from Zeebad's maniacal magic.
He got out a while ago but my friends managed to imprison him once more. But he has fallen for Elora my niece and made her his apprentice. I can only hope that she won't turn out like him. But there's been a change in my enemy's heart because of this. Maybe I should let this pain go but I can't stop remembering this because it hurts too much. One day I will let it go but not today.
End POV
He was very calm at the moment considering he was miserable at the moment. Thoughts of him and Zeebad as children were running through his mind. He closed his eyes and revelled in the joy of them. He hoped that maybe, someday the good friend would return and Zeebad's evil deeds would've just been a bad dream. "Maybe some day that will come true. But right now my friends and the Village need me. One day I will forget about this once and for all." He thought as he bounced off.
In his dream world Zeebad and Zebedee had entered the Village and were beside the Roundabout. Zebedee then put Sam's diamond on it's place on the Roundabout. They watched as Zeebad's mental self showed up. He had the other two diamonds in his hands. Zeebad smiled as his mental self was caught off guard by Zebedee. He managed to take the second one out of his hand and put in it's place on the Roundabout. "I knew it! You're not the ice cold dude you were once and this proves it!" he yelled as Zeebad grabbed the last diamond. He threw it into the Roundabout. Zeebad laughed as his mental self tried to escape from the rays of magic coming from the Roundabout but it was no use. "No! You can't do this!" he yelled as he was imprisoned once more. Zeebad then helped Zebedee up. "Good show! You managed to stop him." He told him. Suddenly beams of magic surrounded Zeebad and he vanished as Zebedee healed Sam.