Ben the Pirate Hamster - Ep. 2

In the last episode, Ben and his father were fishing out in the sea when a giant meteor crashed into the ocean and the resulting tsunami separated them both. Ben woke up to meet Sky, a young Hamster girl who'd been taking care of him, and sitting on the nightstand was the glowing bottle from his dream.

Ben grabbed the bottle to look at it closely.

"My family's had this bottle ever since I can remember. We've tried to open it many times, even when it started glowing we tried again and again..." said Sky.

"But it just won't open. Someone even tried to go as far as dropping a boulder on top! The boulder broke in two and the bottle - not even a scratch! Why don't you try opening it, Ben?" Sky asked.

"Some people said you might be able to since you seem to be the reason it's glowing. Go on, try!" said Sky.
 Ben drank the water from the cup he was holding, then set it aside and got ready to open the bottle.

"Hmmrph!" he struggled as he tried his hardest to twist the bottle stopper off, but nothing happened.
"Oh, well, you tried." sighed Sky.
Ben put the bottle back on the nightstand. He had other important things to worry about anyway.

"Sky, was my dad also found in the ocean with me?" asked Ben.
"Is your dad a Hamster from Jeram?" asked Sky.
"Yea!" answered Ben.
"Sorry, I don't think so." said Sky.

"Very few were brought here from Jeram and none of them were Hamsters, except for you. I'm sorry, Ben, but your island was devastated by the tsunami from the meteor." she told Ben.

"What? The whole island? But my parents… and my friends…" said Ben.
"I'm so sorry, Ben. Y'know, everyone thinks the meteor is the rock where Luzae was sealed in the Legend of Galoriin." she told Ben.

"Oh…" Ben sulked. "My parents never told me that legend. They never let anyone tell me either. I'm not sure why." he said.
"Really? That's strange. Well, how about I tell you the legend?" asked Sky.

"It should keep your mind busy while you rest here for a few days. And when you're finally feeling all better I'll help you find your family and friends. Sound good?" asked Sky.
"Thanks… " said Ben.

The sun had just set and the sky was getting dark. It was now time for dinner. Sky walked into the room with Ben's plate on a tray.
"Here you go, Ben." She carefully set the tray on Ben's lap.

"So, the Legend of Galoriin." said Sky as she sat with her dinner next to Ben on the bed.
"Hm, yea." said Ben as he started eating.
"Alright, there's two parts to this story." said Sky.

"First, the birth of the universe - legend goes that the universe was born when Galoriin, the Ultimate Being broke itself down into two elements - Chaos and Order." Sky started.

"These two elements interact with one another to keep themselves balanced and in doing so three new elements were born - Time, Space and Life."

"As Time began to spin and Space began to grow around it, Life divided itself into yet another set of elements - Air, Fire, Water and Earth. These four elements are very important for Life to exist on this planet."

"And finally, when any two of those four elements interact they create a final set of elements - Ice, Lightning, Steam, Mud, Rock and Magma."

"Chaos, Order, Time, Space and Life are known as the Forbidden Truths. By Nature, no one is allowed to use them, or they may bring Chaos and Order out of balance, dangerously putting them at the risk of one overcoming the other."

"On the other hand there's Air, Fire, Water, Earth, Ice, Lightning, Steam, Mud, Rock and Magma known as the Free Truths. These elements are free to be used by anyone through abilities called Mojo."

"Wait. That's the Legend of Galoriin?" asked Ben. "But that's what we learn in school when they teach us how to use Mojo abilities."
"Oh? Well, how about the second story that goes along with it?" asked Sky.

"Let's hear it." said Ben.
"Alright, so, about a hundred years ago a powerful wizard was born who could control Time, Space and Life. Because of that, his parents named him Gallorin." explained Sky.

"As he grew older, he became obsessed with the powerful gift he had been granted. As an adult, Gallorin, the Wizard now wished nothing but to seek control of Chaos."

"Blinded by this goal, he eventually succeeded in controlling the element. With it, he created Luzae - a great, terrorizing and virtually invincible monster made purely of Chaos."
"But this feat had used too much of Gallorin's power and he eventually lost control of Luzae. The monster now ran rampant with no one or nothing to stop it."

"And it wasn't until Luzae had put the wizard's wife and son at risk that Galoriin realized the error of his ways. Ashamed of himself, he looked at the immense pain and suffering growing before him."

"With very little power left, he apologized to his family and asked the elements to work together and seal Luzae in a giant rock to send it off into space where it would lay dormant for eternity."

"In return the wizard would sacrifice his life to raise a set of monuments upon the land where a chosen hero's worth would be tested should another creature attempt to disrupt the balance between Chaos and Order again."

"And so, five monuments known as the Trials of Balance now sit on five different lands. They are the Tower of Wind to test one's agility, the Labyrinth of Water to test one's intelligence,"

"The Palace of Earth to test one's endurance and the Arena of Fire to test one's strength. The fifth monument remains a mystery. It's called the Tower of Legend and no one's been able to go inside it."

"These monuments also serve as a source of energy for Luzae's seal to work. And that's how Luzae sleeps in space. Unable to cause destruction ever again. And that's the Legend of Gallorin." Sky finished.

With the Legend of Gallorin now told, would Ben now figure out why no one was allowed to tell him the story? And what of the giant rock that fell from the sky? Could it really be Luzae, the creature of Chaos?