Gardenia a lovely little coastal town in California where a betrayed former hero made his home for the first few weeks there he was alone without anybody he could trust at least that was until he met a girl called Bloom at the park one day with the two becoming quick friends after that and a few weeks after Bloom invited him back to that same park to hangout in order to celebrate summer vacation not knowing that this trip to the park would change their lives
*BEEP*
*BEEP*
*BE- Smack*
"Ugh I should really get rid of this thing" Ben says sounding quite tired as he sat up while rubbing his eyes "what time is it?" He says quietly as he checks his alarm clock and it's around the mid morning or so as he just stares at it for a few moments before the fact that he's gonna be late for his meet up with Bloom hits him square in the face
"Oh crap I'm gonna be late!" He says as he tumbles out of bed and rushes to his closet quickly changing into some casual clothes as he then runs into his kitchen as he looks for something quick to eat as his eyes land on a half empty box of poptarts "eh good enough" he says with a quick shrug as he grabs one for himself and as he then runs to the front door only to stop at the entrance to his room as he notices something
A soft green glow was coming from underneath his bed "What the?" He says quietly as he walks over and kneels down as he reaches down underneath his bed and pulls out a small locked box as he then opens it to reveal the most powerful weapon in the universe, THE omnitrix something he has not worn since he first arrived to this universe though what's odd is that it was no longer glowing like it was a few moments prior "why did glow like that?" He says quietly as he inspects it close but doesn't see anything wrong with it but he then hesitantly puts it on as a quick and high pitched beep comes from it as it confirms his identity
"There's nothing with it" he says quietly as he puts his middle and index finger on the faceplate as a circular holographic playlist of all his alien transformations comes to life as he just looks at it while the soft green light illuminates his face for a few moments wondering where did it all go wrong and wishing that things could go back to how they used to be........but then again why would he wish that as he didn't exactly have the best life growing up but then suddenly he remembers what he's supposed to be doing "wait a second….oh right Bloom!" He says as he quickly stands back up and runs out the front door forgetting to take off the omnitrix
"She's probably gonna be real...mad...at me" He says as he stops his panicked running as he looks down the street in the direction of Bloom's house and sees her talking to some girl he doesnt recognize as he takes small sigh of relief since this means she probably also overslept as he starts making his way over
"Bloom hey sorry I overslept" He says as he slows down to a walk and gives her a quick and sheepish smile
"Oh Ben It's alright and Ben this is Mitzy" Bloom says as she looks a bit nervous to be introducing him to her since it's kinda clear the two do not get along
"Well it's nice to meet you Mitzy" he says with a quick smile as he puts his hands in his pockets as he gets into a more relaxed stance
Mitzy looked Ben up and down with her then sneering "never heard of you let me guess your her boyfriend huh" She says mockingly as Ben loses his relaxed stance and looks a bit more serious as he rolls his eyes
"Oh boy Bloom let's get out of here we don't have time for girls with daddy issues" He says as he makes a quick head motion in the direction of the park they were going to
Bloom looked at Ben for a bit looking a bit shocked he stood up to her but feeling happy anyways as she grabs her bike and begins walking away alongside him ignoring Mitzy as she curses him out
"Man its been a while since we've been to this park" He says as he sits down under the shade of a tree next to Bloom as he stretches and during that she notices the omnitrix
"Hey Ben, is that a new watch?" Bloom asks as she's looking at the omnitrix though she quickly becomes confused once she sees than there really isn't any way to tell the time and even more so once she sees Ben become a bit nervous
"Umm well Bloom you see" He says as he avoids eye contact with her only to be saved by screaming from Bloom's rabbit Kiko as it runs up to them jumping up and down while pointing towards a the trees behind him
"What's wrong Kiko?" Bloom asks softly as she looks at the panicking little rabbit only to be startled by a distant explosion which causes Ben to immediately stand up and instinctively reaches down to the omnitrix in order to transform
"Bloom stay back I'll go check it out" He says not even waiting for her respond as he rushes followed shortly by bloom into the woods running faster than he ever had during his time in Gardenia ignoring Bloom's pleas for him to wait up
"Ben, wait!" She yells as she runs after him as they then soon get to a small clearing as she sees Ben trying to focus on something as he then grabs Bloom's shoulder and pulls her to the side barely avoiding this creature that comes flying towards them and crashes into a nearby tree before disappearing
"What was that?!" Bloom says as she looked up at Ben who looked a lot more serious than she had ever seen him as she then looked to what he was looking at and saw this blonde girl fighting against some of the same creatures
"Bloom stay back" He says in a serious tone as his hand slowly begins hovering over over the omnitrix
"Solar Wind!" The blonde could be heard saying in the distance as she blasted away some of the same creatures from earlier as one gets grabbed and squished by this yellow ogre looking thing wearing overalls
"Ben, did you see that?" She asked as she looked over at Ben who seemed to not notice what she said as he lets out a small gasp as he sees the blonde girl get punched back by the ogre as she's then sent flying back crashing to the ground near them
"Ghoulies grab the scepter!" The ogre yelled out as more of those began running towards her
"Not on my watch you won't!" Ben yelled as he ran forward immediately reaching down and activating the omnitrix
"Ben, wait no!" Bloom yelled as she tried to grab his shirt in order to stop him from endangering himself but failed only managing to grab air instead
"Cmon omnitrix give me something good" Ben says as he doesnt bother even trying to choose an alien as he just taps it and then slams down the core once it comes up
Immediately after his skin begins being covered by red volcanic rock like skin going up his left arm which soon also covers his entire body before that soon cracks open and he's engulfed in flames as he then stands protectively in front of the girl with the ghouls stopping in their tracks but they still hiss at him
"W-what in the name of the sun!?" The blonde says as she sits up and looks at him in shock though he ignores her as he then looks down at his hands and confidently smirks
"Heatblast huh? I can work with this" Heatblast says before he looks back at the girl "Stay back I'll deal with big, yellow, and ugly over there" He says confidently
'Ben?' Bloom thinks as she looks at him with her eyes as wide as saucers before she then realizes something 'wait wings, magic, and that thing ben transformed into...could this mean aliens and fairies are real!?' she thought in sheer amazement
As he then turned around slowly walking towards the ghouls and ogre "I'll give you once chance surrender or get burnt" He says as he puts his hands together and slowly begins charging up a fireball
"Ghoulies take him down then take his watch her highness will want it" The ogre says as he does remember his mistresses saying something about a boy with a watch that allowed him to change shape as then the ghouls began swarming towards him as he just sighs
"They never learn do they" He says to himself with a small sigh as he then throws the fireball at the swarm of ghouls as it manages to incinerate most of them
Though a few of them manage to sneak behind him and as they try to jump on his back a ray of light energy takes them out which surprises him and as he turns around to see the blonde girl has her staff pointed in his direction before she does a little spin and plants it on the ground
"What you looked like you needed help" she says with a little smirk at the pyronite only for it to vanish as they hear a scream as the ogre holds up Bloom by her arms
"Bloom!" he yells as he begins rushing over as fast as he can as he charges up a fire ball on his left hand ready to hit the ogre with it
"Let me go!" Bloom yells out as Heatblast and the ogre are immediately blasted back by a large explosion caused by bloom as Heatblast crashes into a tree and then slumps down neither of slumps down
*BWEEP
*Bweep
*bwoop*
A bright flash of green light suddenly lights up the area as soon as the beeping is over and once it dissipates Ben's back to being human and now weakened
'What was that?' He thinks as he tries to stand up only to collapse back onto his knees as he the explosions seems to have weakened him severely
One of the ghouls takes the opportunity and charges at him as it then bites down on his jacket trying to get to his actual arm "get your filthy hands off of him!" The blonde yells as she shoots another ray of energy at the ghoul though this one's able to dodge at the last moment ripping off part of his sleeve in the process as it then runs away with the two girls then running over to help him
"Are you ok?" Bloom and the blonde girl ask at the same time though Ben just waves this off as he looks at the omnitrix wondering why it immediately timed him out after being hit by that attack from Bloom before he notices the two of them put out their hands to help him up
"I'm alright but we still have that troll to deal with" He says as he takes their hands and forces himself to get up as he looks down on the omnitrix to get the alien playlist to pop up only for him to immediately slam down on the core since at this point why bother choosing an alien since he's had good luck so far today
Immediately after a bright green flash blinds the two girls momentarily as before them now stands a large muscular 4-armed red skinned alien with multiple eyes which towers over the two girls
The two of them take a step back as the tetramand looks down at his arms and flexes them before he looks at the omnitrix symbol on his belt "Well I'm done fighting you if it means you'll give me the alien I want" he says as he then grabs the tree that he had crashed into earlier ripping it out of the ground with a bit of force and then throwing it at the ogre
The tree hits the ogre pinning him against another behind him as Fourarms then begins walking forward ready interrogate him on why he was attacking the girl as it began suddenly began panicking hard as it didn't have any means of escape or well that's what they thought
"I'll come back and get the scepter and your watch!" It says before clapping his hands and teleporting away living away burn marks from where he was a moment ago
"Guess that settles things" Fourarms says as he taps the omnitrix symbol on his belt turning back into his regular human self "Are you two ok?" He asks as he turns to the two of them
"I'm alright......I think" Bloom says even though she's starting to feel a bit light headed so much so that he doesn't hear Ben call out her name as she begins slowly teetering back and forth as unlocking her powers took quite the toll on her body before she then collapses into his arms
"Bloom Bloom!" He yells calling out her name repeatedly trying to wake her up out as he then looks at the fairy who also begins looking a bit woozy
'Crap I'm too far away I wont be able to catch her' He thinks and almost as if the omnitrix is listening to his thoughts the area is filled with a green flash of light and just as she begins to fall forward this green stretchy gelatinous hand catches her and then slowly lowering her to the ground
"Goop?! But I didn't" Ben thinks as he looks up at the tiny gravity machine that helps him keep his shape which makes him think that the omnitrix really does have a mind of its own
"Wait now how am I going to get these two out of here...…..Oh man" He says as he sighs thinking that this day can't get any worse
Meanwhile in this dark and gloomy place surrounded by fog the ogre appears and begins to walk forward until he is met with three pairs of glowing yellow eyes
"Knut you have failed us" one of them says sounding quite bitter about his failure which does scare Knut quite a bit since this means he'll likely get punished
"N-not my fault your highness I nearly had the scepter but this earthling boy and girl appeared" Knut begins only to be cut off by another one of the voices
"An earthling boy and girl?" they ask a bit intrigued by this sudden development
"Yes and one of them could turn into these things using a watch" Knut says as two of them don't know what to make of it but the last one…..t last one is slightly scared and worried
"That can't be.....so the guy that Eon told us about is here.....Ben Tennyson" one of them says sounding angry since having him interfere with their plans would make them nigh impossible unless they got their hands on the omnitrix
"This changes things. What did he look like Knut?" Another of the voices says and he just pauses since he couldn't exactly see very well what he looked like before he transformed as he didn't have his glasses on
"I uhh...well he had a jacket that one of my ghouls took a chunk out off" he says as he pulls out part of Ben's sleeve that the ghoul had bitten off
"Excellent take a hunting troll with you with any luck those three will still be together and don't fail us this time" one of the voices says before Knut is teleported away leaving the three of them alone
"I don't understand why you're worried about this so called Ben Tennyson" Darcy says as she drops the illusion that made them appear so mysterious as Stormy joins the two
"Yeah we're this close to getting the scepter and you start freaking out because of a boy with a watch that allows him to change into different creatures. What's the big deal?" Stormy asks while just shrugging while Icy does look visibly worried about this Tennyson guy
"You don't get it sisters…..you didn't have the long conversation I had with Eon" Icy says while walking back and forth while mumbling something about if Ben turns into some transformation called Alien X then there plans are as good as dead in the water
"I dont think I've ever seen her this worried" Stormy whispers to Darcy as the two are just watching their sister walking in a circle trying to come up with a plan in case they come across him
"Neither have I but this makes me wonder who really is this Ben Tennyson" Darcy says quietly before she re-casts the illusion obscuring the three sisters
"Bloom...….Bloom...….dammit Bloom wake up" a distant voice can be heard saying before Bloom feels herself being shaken violently causing her to sit up and accidentally end up headbutting Ben sending him to the ground holding his head
"Oh my God Ben I am so sorry!" She says as soon as she realizes what happened as she then knelt down to see if he was bleeding
"It's fine don't worry" He says as he lets out a small sigh from the pain of getting head-butted as he stands up alongside her with Bloom then realizing that they are back at her house with her parents nowhere to be seen
"How did you get us here?" Bloom asks as she looks around with her eyes eventually landing on the blonde from earlier currently laying on the couch still unconscious
"Eh it was nothing too difficult I just used Fasttrack to get you here" he says as Bloom decides that this is probably the best time to ask about that very thing
"But if you could turn into aliens this whole time why didn't you do so earlier?" Bloom asks in a very soft tone not wanting to make Ben uncomfortable in case it's a touchy subject
"Well...it's something I don't really wanna talk about" He says as he averts his gaze as the reason why he stopped wearing the omnitrix was something he really didn't wanna talk about
"Oh.....sorry I asked" Bloom says as she also looks away though it's clear now that she's angry with herself for making him upset at least that's until Ben suddenly speaks up
"Rook Blonko" Ben says suddenly as he looks down at the omnitrix not really sure why he's telling her this but it just feels right "his name was Rook Blonko he was my best friend.....he died warning me that they were going to betray me and take away the omnitrix" He says quietly and to his surprise he doesn't feel the pain of Rook's death suddenly flood back in like a tsunami of emotions instead he feels strangely...relieved?
Like a weight he didn't know he was lifting was suddenly lifted off of his shoulder letting him get a long deserved rest
"Ben I..... I'm sorry" Bloom says in an incredibly soft tone as she gently grabs his hand and looks up into his eyes she wanted to comfort him but ….even if they had been friends for over a month she didn't know how to as he just shakes his head letting off a small laugh
"You have nothing to apologize for, you asked and I answered" He says softly as he then smiles at her as she can feel her cheeks heating up just seeing his smile, she wanted to confess her feelings for him right then and there to tell him how she had liked him for weeks for but…..given that he just told her his best friend was dead and he partly blamed himself....now wasn't the best time but that didn't mean she couldn't just enjoy this little moment
But unfortunately their little moment was interrupted as they heard a small click coming from the door as Bloom's parents opened the front door walking in "Oh Bloom there you are and…..Ben right? I'm Mike" Bloom's dad says as he shakes Ben's hand though he feels oddly…..nervous? Though he doesn't know why as it wasn't like he was dating Bloom or anything like that
"Hey who's this?" Bloom's mother Vanessa says as the two teens suddenly remember the unconscious blonde in the room as they look at each other wondering which of the two should start explaining…..and fast
"Uhh this is...a fairy?" Bloom began as Ben could only facepalm knowing they were about to have to explain way too many things
A bit later Ben and Bloom had explained as best as they could or rather Bloom tried to since Ben wasn't the best when it came to explaining things
"Run that by me again Bloom, you mean to tell me you two were out on your date and you happened to find this girl fighting some ogre and then Ben turned into a flaming alien using a watch" Mike says honestly having a hard time believing every single word that came out of their mouths
"It wasn't a date......anyways you believe us?" Bloom asked as she could feel her face heating up again as soon as the word date came out of her fathers mouth as that was her original plan before they ended up meeting the fairy
"No in fact we need to get this girl an ambulance" Her dad says as he begins walking to the phone only to be stopped as they hear a groan from the girl as she begins sitting up
"No don't call anyone" she says as she begins shaking her head trying to get rid of the headache she was currently having
"Are you ok you passed out on me after the fight?" Ben asks kinda worried since unlike Bloom who he guessed passed out from having her powers awaken, she kinda passed out for no apparent reason
"Oh I'm fine also thanks for helping me, my name's Stella in case you were wondering" The now named Stella says with soft smile on her face as she then feels a presence behind her as she turns to look
"Do you need us to call your parents?" Bloom's mother asks as Stella pauses searching for a way to explain before deciding to just say the truth
"Well that's gonna be a bit difficult as I live far away in the kingdom of Solaria, I was on my way to Alfea, a school for fairies" Stella says which only makes Mike think that she's actually crazy as he starts wondering just where those two found this girl
"Oh but of course I'm calling the police let them sort this out" Mike says and just as he's going for the phone it turns into a pair of a cabbage and a banana with bandages then wraps around his arm to prevent him from reaching for it
"Mike I believe this is sufficient proof that this is very much real" Snare-oh Ben's mummy-like alien transformation as he then slowly retracts the bandages which then form part of his hand once more as Bloom's parents look in a mix of amazement and slight horror at him
"See what I mean Ben and Bloom saved my life when those creatures attacked" Stella says though Ben still doesn't understand one thing about that encounter
"So have you registered for the new program at Alfea it's the best school for fairies like us" Stella says as she looks at Bloom only for Bloom's dad to interrupt
"No stop your talking crazy" He says as a semblance of him still doesn't want to believe what he's seeing and hearing with Snare-oh just looking at Bloom and Stella with an unreadable expression that's something in between 'is this guy serious' and disappointment before he reaches down and taps the omnitrix symbol on his belt de-transforming as he returns to being human
"Listen Mike we'll give you some time to process this" He says quietly since he understands the shock he's going through as his parents were also surprised when they learned about the omnitrix
"Yeah we could go to my room cmon" Bloom says as she grabs Ben's hand and begins leading him away with Stella just following them but at that very moment loud pounding could be heard from the back door as Kiko runs up and hides behind Mike's leg looking horrified
"What in the-?!" Bloom's dad begins saying as then the door bursts open revealing this large troll creature with nipple piercings for some odd reason as it steps in revealing that it was the ogre from earlier accompanied by a bunch of ghouls
"Where's the fairy and Tennyson?" Knut says as he looks around as he then hears the cracking of knuckles with him looking behind him as he sees Ben, Bloom, and Stella by the stairs
"Right behind you" Stella says as she raises her ring to the sky while Ben taps the omnitrix as he scrolls through his alien playlist before suddenly two flashes of green and yellow fill the room blinding Knut and as the troll steps forward only for it to get punched with it being sent flying into a bookcase behind it
"Rath! Let me tell you something ogre and troll, Rath is gonna make you pay for breaking into Bloom's house!" The tiger like appoplexian yells as he then tackles Knut through the part of the kitchen wall
"Looks like Ben's got the ogre" Stella says as she then looks at Bloom before an idea pops into her head "Bloom take care of the ghouls and if you can take them outside" Stella says as she flies over kicking the Troll right in the face sending it stumbling back
"I-I can try" Bloom says as she begins to run out of the house with the ghouls right on her tail as she can barely get out of the house due to all the chaos Rath was causing
"I gotta tell Ben to not turn into that alien at least not indoors" Bloom says to herself while slowly backing away from the ghouls as they get crushed by the Troll from earlier landing on top of them making them disappear but then Stella gets thrown through the window alongside Rath with her landing on top of him as Bloom rushes over
"Are you two ok?! Bloom asks worried as she can see that Rath is bleeding from some small gash wounds caused by the glass
"I'm alright don't worry" She says as she pats away some glass that landed on her making a glass shard land on Rath as she then freezes and slowly looks over to his face
"Let me tell you something Stella princess of Solaria...Rath is asking you politely to get off" Rath says in a surprisingly soft tone compared to him yelling his head off just a few moments ago
"Oh yeah sorry" Stella says quickly as she stands up finally letting Rath stand up as he then brings out his claws smirking ready to go for a round 2 as the troll forces his way through the front door
"Cmon Rath is rumble ready" Rath says but before he can get any kind of punch in some type of lasso wraps around the troll's throat as it's revealed 4 guys are standing behind it as then Rath lets out a growl not liking that his fight was interrupted
"The specialists? but I didn't call for backup" Stella says wondering how in the world did they get there as she hadn't even gotten the chance to call for them yet
The specialist holding the lasso gets pulled over its shoulder which let's Rath get a chance to strike as he runs over before jumping into the air reeling his foot back "Serious butt kicking!" he yells as he quite literally kicks the troll in the ass sending it flying nearly crushing the three standing in front of it
"Watch it" The one with blonde hair says only to get snarled at by Rath who was quite pissed now'
"Let me tell you something specialists Rath did not need your help, Rath had things under control!" Rath yells as he points his claws at him only to get blasted back by a few small missiles from the one in glasses with it creating a cloud of smoke as he crashes into a business across the street
"You idiot, why did you shoot him?! He's on our side!" Stella yells to the specialist in glasses as she then looks over to where Ben landed worriedly hoping that he's ok. I mean it's gonna take more than that to take him down....right?
"Ben!" Bloom yells as she rushes over only to see a magenta crystalline hand comes out of the smoke grabbing part of the shattered window before he forces himself out revealing he had changed into another one of his aliens when he crashed into the window
"Ugh phew I needed that I should've really chosen Chromastone instead of Rath" He says happy not to be dealing with Rath's explosive attitude anymore as he then looks at Bloom who's relieved that he was ok with Stella also showing some relief on her face as well
"Now then let's get back to business" The one-eyed alien says as he reels both of his hands back charging up a light based attack firing it at the troll who was just now getting up as it then gets blasted into a wall as he then rushes forward ready to continue beating it into the ground
"Stella watch out!" Bloom suddenly yells as she sees Knut about to punch her as then she lets out this little fire bolt from her hand hitting it straight in the face stunning it which lets Stella take the chance to summon her staff and then send him flying with an energy blast
"This isn't good I need to get out of here" Knut says as he claps his hands teleporting away once more once he realizes he was surrounded by the specialists and an angry looking Chromastone
"So no hard feelings?" The one in glasses says while giving him this sheepish smile as the Crystalsapien just gives them this look that says 'really?" before he then taps that little gun of his with it crumbling to pieces as he had sucked every ounce of energy out of it
"Now I consider it even" He says with a little satisfied smirk as he walks over to Bloom whos now just looking down at her hands as she now fully realizes that yes, she IS a fairy
"Bloom you doing alright you look distracted" He says as he de-transforms with a small flash of light returning to his human form
"Y-yeah I'm alright" She says taking a small deep breath to calm herself as Stella walks over joining the two as she clears her throat before making a small gesture towards the 4 specialist who she now holds a grudge against for hurting Ben
"Guys meet our....'heroes' Timmy, Riven, Brandon, and Prince Sky" She says with clear distaste in her voice just by saying their names as she wishes they didn't come by at all since they had things handled
"And where do you think you're going?" Ben asks as he suddenly looks towards the troll as he brings up the omnitrix with his playlist already out as it takes a step back only to be put in some sort of shock collar by Timmy before he begins getting taken away
"See you later" Is all they can really say as having a pissed off princess isn't gonna get them any good points back at Red Fountain plus they were probably gonna get punished later for hurting a civilian as they then teleported away
"Well good riddance" Ben says as he crosses his arms before he begins looking around realizing he's gonna have to clean all of this up "Oh man...." He says quietly as he sighs
A few hours later Ben managed to rewind everything back to the way it was with Clockwork they even managed to convince Bloom's parents to let her go to Alfea with a minor condition that Ben had to go with her which in all honesty was kinda surprising since they trusted him…..the guy who can turn into aliens...well it was kinda expected since they couldn't be there to protect Bloom
"I can't believe your coming with me to Alfea" Stella says as she's currently laying on a small sleeping bag as she looks over at Ben who's laying on the couch using it as a makeshift bed
"I know right but how exactly are you girls gonna sneak me in since if I remember what you told us earlier Alfea is an all girls school" Ben says as he looks up in thought trying to come up with a plan
"We'll figure it out as we go but you know they allow pets too bad you probably don't have a dog-like transformation" Stella says before the two make eye contact as she just sees Ben smirking
"Who says I don't" He says which makes Stella smirk back at him as the two had formulated a plan so stupid...…it might actually work...tomorrow is going to be fun