The weekend had finally arrived, a welcome reprieve that offered the rare chance to settle in and spend some quality time with your family.

It was now Saturday night. Your parents had just headed out to the grocery store to grab ingredients for tonight's dinner, leaving you with the house entirely to yourself. The silence was the perfect opportunity to try something you’d been curious about: summoning one of the most infamous Creepypastas currently trending online. BEN—the twelve-year-old boy who tragically drowned back in 2001.

Sinking into your gaming chair, you pulled up the "Cleverbot" website. You spent several minutes typing back and forth with the AI, but the responses were nonsensical and repetitive. Realizing it was likely a dead end, you sighed, stood up, and headed to the bathroom to splash some water on your face.

However, when you returned a few moments later, the air in the room felt heavy. Your heart skipped a beat as your eyes widened at the sight of someone sitting casually on the edge of your bed.

It was a young boy with unruly blonde hair, dressed in a tunic and cap that mimicked Link’s iconic outfit. But the colours were muted, stained a much darker, forest green. Most unsettling of all were his eyes—void-like pits of black with piercing, neon-red pupils that glowed with a faint, unnatural light. Thick, dark blood streamed endlessly down his pale cheeks like permanent tears.

Noticing your frozen stature in the doorway, he tilted his head, a slow smirk spreading across his face.

"Well, hello there..."

His voice was low and crackling with a distorted, hoarse quality, sounding as though his vocal cords hadn't been used in an eternity.