Chapter Five
Valentine's Day
Zebedee had noticed a change in Elora after he'd came back. He was unaware that his niece was friends with his arch nemesis but also in love. Dougal had told him about what Elora and Zeebad had done to him and Brian but he didn't believe this. It was Valentine's Day soon in the Enchanted Village. Zeebad was thinking about that very day in his head. He loved Elora but he couldn't do or tell anyone about it. He thought that if he let others know that he pined for friendship or love, they wouldn't let him be part of it. He then saw someone come into his prison but it wasn't Elora. It was Sam. What was he doing here? He saw a sympathetic look in his eyes. "What do you want? I'm back down here, okay!" he growled to him. He wondered if Zebedee had sent him here. "Don't worry I wasn't sent here by Zeb but I wanted to know why Elora likes you." He said to him. Zeebad then wondered how he knew this. He looked at Sam's stomach. Part of the stitches that healed the hole when he'd taken his diamond out of it was still there. "Don't worry. I don't hold a grudge against you for that. I haven't told Elora about that yet. Does Zebedee even know you and Elora like each other?" he said to him.
"No she doesn't know about my evil past and Zebedee has no clue about it since Elora's been keeping our promise." He told him. Sam then heard footsteps coming near the Roundabout. "It's Elora! Get out of here now Sam before you blow everything!" he snarled glowing brightly. Sam winced at that. He then left at once. He then went to Zebedee's house in the sky. He hoped Elora wasn't being lied to by Zeebad. Meanwhile Zebedee was in bed trying to go to sleep but it was hard seeing as battle scars from the past remained in his mind. Sam knew this and entered the bedroom. Zebedee had his light still on and was lying in bed. He needed a calm ambience in the room to sleep. Sam knew what might help. He waited until Zebedee closed his eyes and then climbed into his bed so he could be with him just like when he was a little Magical Springer. Zebedee then found the calm ambience he was looking for. Meanwhile Zeebad and Elora were using their powers to make the prison a little more appealing to him. He gasped in awe as she turned the place into a frozen kingdom for him. Before dawn broke, Elora snuck into her uncle's house before he woke up. Sam was about to return to the Roundabout to resume his post. But someone touched him. "I'm sorry old friend but I've got to go. We can't let Zeebad get loose again, can we?" he said softly to Zebedee. He then saw Elora asleep in her room. Suddenly he began to scream in his sleep as he began to re live terrible battle scars of the past. He woke up screaming. Elora knew he needed help. She then watched as he vanished out of sight. She then went to the Village herself. She went to find Dylan. He was never bothered by anything bad. She then found him asleep under a tree. She then watched him open his eyes. "Hey Elora what's up?" he asked her. "I need your help. It's Zebedee! He's still having trouble with sleeping and stuff so I figured that maybe you could help me?" she asked him. He then understood. "Sure, okay! I'll help Zeb. I know a couple of things that might help him." He told her. She then went to find Zebedee. He was with Mr Rusty. He'd promised Zeebad about not telling Zebedee about him and Elora but maybe he shouldn't. Dylan then showed up. He was in a chilled out pose. "Hey Zeb you ready?" he said to him. He wondered what was going on. "What do you mean by this?" he asked but followed Dylan none the less.
She was unaware that it was Valentine's Day. She then went to the mail box near the Roundabout and found something. It was a light blue envelope with her name on it. There were icicles on it. Mr Rusty was smiling at this. Meanwhile Zebedee was very calm because of the meditation stuff Dylan was teaching him. Zeebad watched this from his prison. He wanted Elora to come visit him but it was impossible since the others were around and would probably tell Zebedee. Sam then watched as the kids ran off to find Zebedee. Elora turned around and saw Mr Rusty follow them. She then went into the Roundabout's core and into Zeebad's prison. He was watching Dylan with Zebedee. She ran into his arms. They kissed. They watched as Zebedee bounced off. "What if he comes looking for me?" she asked him. "You'd better go now. Come back later when your uncle and everybody else is asleep." He said softly as he touched her face. She then went out of the Roundabout but she was unaware that Florence had seen her. "You'd better not tell about it!" she snapped as both hands were full of fiery and icy lightning. She ran off afraid. But that night Sam snuck into Zebedee's house. He saw his friend struggling to sleep . He then climbed into his bed again. Elora saw this and laughed under her breath. She then went back to the Roundabout and Zeebad.
"I'm glad you're back! I missed you." He said to her. She smiled at this. "I missed you too. Have you seen Sam with my uncle?" she told him. He was curious. "What do you mean by that?" he said to her. "He knows my uncle can't sleep so he climbed into bed with him!" she told him. He laughed at this. "He hasn't done that since he was little." He chuckled. The mirror then showed Zebedee's room. He was asleep with his light on. Sam had his arms around Zebedee. "Thanks man for the ambience thing." He said in his sleep. Zeebad laughed at this. Elora then watched as he bounced off. "Come on, let's go!" he said to her. He had some unfinished business with Sam. Elora then hid as he snuck into her uncle's bedroom. He then touched Sam's stomach where the hole was. It began to heal a little but stopped. "I need you to use your magic to help me." He told her. She understood and touched Sam's stomach too. The hole then was mended. He then woke up but closed his eyes when he saw Zeebad. They disappeared. They ended up back at the Roundabout. Elora spent the night with him. Zeebad breathed peacefully in his sleep. Unlike Zebedee he had no nightmares but he had memories of the past firmly embedded in his mind. "Soon I'll tell her about me but I hope that she'll still love me." He said as he stared ay a drawing. It was of him and Elora.
Sam woke up and realised the hole and the singe marks were gone. "That's what he was doing? But I thought… he was going to hurt me. But I don't understand why he did that. Normally his heart is filled with malice and spite but now… something has changed him." He thought as he went back to the Roundabout. He then went to Zeebad's prison and saw Elora sleeping with him in his arms. He then came near them. Elora opened her eyes. "Elora you'd better get out of here before your uncle finds out, okay?" he said to her. She understood and left. Sam decided to stay with Zeebad for a while. He needed to talk to him about something.