The Second Wielder | Ben Tennyson

𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 #𝟏

May 11, 2025

11:45 pm.

I can't believe how old this journal is, 5? 4 years? The last time this old thing was written in was when my therapist recommended me to take up journaling to release pent up thoughts and feelings. I don't know why I suddenly decided to pick it back up now. Maybe it's to tell whoever ends up reading this that how much my life changed from the moment I was 10.

I thought I would live and die under the same roof as my aunt. To live in guilt of being known as the sole survivor of a fire nobody knows the cause of so they pin it on me so the case can be closed. And I took the fall, losing my parents and in that process, losing myself. Even now sometimes when I sleep I can still hear her voice shouting in the back of my mind to the extent I can't fall asleep on my own.

But don't worry too much about me, reader, I'm happier than I was before. I have Grandpa Max, Gwen, Kevin, Ben and recently I even made friends with Rook. He's our new partner since Gwen went to college early. (I always knew she'd make it there, she was the smartest person I ever met. Even though I still miss her a lot from time to time I'm really glad she got to expand her horizons from this small town of Bellwood) Kevin also went along with her. . . don't tell him but I even catch myself missing his company. As much as he bullies me around sometimes, He still cares enough to remember to keep his fridge stocked with my must eats.

But I still have Ben, I don't know what I'd do if he had to leave too. But then again, he wasn't the brightest kid in school. He only survived without going to summer school thanks to my decent torturing sessions before tests. Speaking of, I forgot to mention we started dating a lot months back. Little me probably never thought that'd happen but somehow I broke through his density somehow. Call it a work of miracle. Life is great now. I have lots of fun missions and adventures off-world with Rook and Ben and patrols are never really that much of a bore. You never know what the omnitrix brings you everyday. It gets really tiring at points. Not to mention aching bones.

I still am in contact with Ms.Sikowitz, she is after all my foster mom. She sent me a book full of spicy recipes the other day that I'm itching to try out once I finally have an afternoon free of heroic duties. Even though I'm not the biggest fan of spicy, Ben's been talking about trying out spicier meals but there's not a lot of restaurants that serve good stuff so I took it on myself to learn how to cook it good enough to be called a at most 4 and a half star meal. Rook is also coming over for dinner tomorrow since he wanted to try more "earthly" dishes. I've been trying out other cultural dishes to teach him (while also learning new sorts of cooking strategies myself). So far I am working on a Spicy chicken curry dish back at my foster place so I can surprise Ben and Rook on my few hours off earlier today. According to Ms.Sikowitz I'd have it down by tomorrow if I manage to get just the right amounts of spice in there. Planning to crank up the heat gradually over the course of dishes.

I could consider myself living my best life if a alien troll princess didn't claim my boyfriend as her husband and coming back in a few years for a wedding I'm determined to make sure will never happen. But you gotta take the good with the bad right?

. . .

two bads actually, I nearly forgot about Zander. Met him during a trip to Rook's home planet and it turns out he's actually a plumber trainee I'll be seeing a lot more often than I hoped not to. But his annoying personality aside, he's abilities are nothing to be underestimated. He's quick on his feet for a trainee, I see why they decided to test him out in the field slightly earlier.

All in all, I'm doing much better than I would've thought. And I hope whoever reads this will have the same luck I had in life. If I learned anything, it is to always keep a tiny hope for the better. Because nothing ever remains bad for long. It's like they say, after the rain comes the rainbow. I hope you all find your Ben (or Gwen─ actually finding a Gwen is much more urgent, having a Ben without a Gwen would probably give you more mental stress than you hoped to relieve. . . trust me)

If you're going through anything and reading this as comfort, I hope you can feel my hugs through these words ♡

─── Jenny

I decided a nice way to go in depth with Jenny's character would be writing out her journal entries after every chapter from here on. A way to connect with her deeper thoughts and emotions. I hope you all like this idea. Consider it to be a second update after every chapter. Also it wasn't very clear the years Ben 10 Omniverse took place so I took a wild guess from how advanced their futures tend to look.