It was a normal day in the world, and Steve and Alex were walking through a forest, happy about the bright, sunny day.
Steve had tan skin, blue eyes, and brown hair. He wore a cyan shirt, blue pants, and gray shoes.
Alex had Caucasian skin, green eyes, and blonde hair. She wore a green shirt with gray highlights around the edge of the sleeves, a black belt around her waist, brown pants, and gray boots.
They were the most skilled beings of the world, miners, crafters, builders, fighters, and helpers. They were the closest friends of Notch and Jeb, the original creators of the world.
"Hey, Steve?" asked Alex.
"Yeah." he asked back.
"Do you think that we'll meet some new friends?"
"I don't know," he answered, "only time will tell. You never know when it's gonna happen."
"Yeah," she looked around.
On their way, they found a book lying on the ground.
"Is that a book?" Alex asked.
"It is," Steve said as he picked it up, "wonder what it was doing there."
As the two of them were walking, they examined the book to notice that it was labeled "Order Of The Stone".
"What does it mean?" Alex asked.
"According to this," Steve began as he opened the book and began reading it, "they were a heroic organization of beings that went on adventures and journeys."
Nothing built can last forever. and every legend no matter how great, fades with time. With each passing year, more and more details are lost until all that remains are myths...half truths. To put it simply, lies. And yet, in all the known universe, between here and the Far Lands… The legend of the ORDER OF THE STONE endures, unabridged, as self-evident fact. Indeed, it is only a troubled land that has need for heroes - And ours was fortunate to have, so long ago, four heroes, such as these:
Gabriel the Warrior - Before whose sword all combatants would tremble. Ellegaard, the Redstone Engineer - Whose machines would spark an era of invention. Magnus the Rogue - Who would channel his destructive creativity for the benefit of all. And Soren the Architect - Builder of Worlds. And leader of the Order of the Stone.
"Sounds alot like Notch," Alex said.
"Yeah," Steve responded, then continued reading...
These four friends together, would give so much to gain their rightful place as FOUR heroes. Their greatest quest would take them on a dangerous journey, to fight a mysterious creature known as the Ender Dragon. In the end, the Order of the Stone emerged victorious and the dragon was defeated. Their story complete, they slipped away into the pages of legend.
"Wow," Alex said, "they must've been as brave as us."
"Yeah," Steve said, "many beings have fought Ender Dragons within their own worlds before. And in this world, a legion fought the dragon."
"Yeah," Alex said, "but there's always the possibility of cheating."
"Right, Steve said, "wait, there's one quote left in this book."
With that said, he read the quote…
But when one story ends, another one begins.
"That quote is always there whenever there's that possibility," Alex said. Just then, she heard some grunting.
"Wait, Steve," she got his attention, "do you hear that?"
"Yeah," he said, "sounds like someone's training. And it's coming from up there."
He pointed at a treehouse.
"Maybe we could make some friends with them," Alex said.
"Let's go then," he said.
With that said, they headed toward the treehouse.
Inside the treehouse were a pair of twins. The male was named Jesse. He wore a white, long-sleeve shirt with yellow buttons, red string that wrapped around his shoulders and stretched to his blue pants, and grey shoes. The female was named Jessica, She wore a white T-shirt with red sleeves and red highlights, blue overalls, and golden shoes. Both beings had the same Caucasian skin and the same blue eyes. However, they lack the same hair color. Jesse was brown, and Jessica was black.
The two twins were doing fights with their wooden swords and hitting an armor stand to train themselves for possible fights against the monsters of the night. Another girl was with them. She had brown skin, wore a white shirt covered by a red tank top, a green hat with goggles, black pants with grey boots, and earrings. Her name was Olivia, an expert on redstone.
"Would you rather fight a hundred chicken-sized zombies, or ten zombie-sized chickens?" she asked the twins, "Just to be clear, you wouldn't have any weapons or armor. So you had to fight them with your hands."
"Huh?" the twins asked.
"Huh?" Olivia asked back, "It's just a dumb question, forget it."
"Wait, that's essay," Jesse said, "I'll take the little tiny... little zombies."
"Really?" Jessica asked annoyed.
"A hundred of them," Olivia asked, "crawling all over with you, with their tiny hands." At that, she started making zombie noises.
"All I need is, like, a shovel," Jesse said, "I'm telling you, way too easy."
"Jesse," Jessica said, "she said you'd have to fight them with their own hands, without any weapons OR armor."
"I was just joking with her," he said, "what would YOU suggest?"
"I'd have to go with the giant chickens," she responded, Olivia hearing the whole thing.
"So would I," the brother said, "Not because I wanted to or because I think it would be easy, but because they would be an abomination."
"Imagine their giant feet," Olivia said.
"Like I said," Jesse said, "an abomination."
"What he said," his sister added.
"It's just a hypothetical question, guys," Olivia said.
"I'd go for the chickens as well," Steve said, he and Alex listening on the conversation.
"So would I," Alex said, "fighting a hundred small zombies without any weapons or armor is suicide."
A big guy came in wearing a creeper mask, climbing up the ladder.
"Hey," Steve said, "what are you doing?"
"Do you mind?" the big guy asked, "I'm trying to perform a prank here."
With that said, he climbed up the ladder to perform his prank, Steve and Alex unable to stop him.
"Soo... I got a daylight sensor on the roof," Olivia said.
"Mmm-hmm..." Jesse said.
"And if I did this right," Olivia said, "these lamps should turn on once it gets dark."
"Mmm-hmm," the sister replied.
" I just didn't want to leave Reuben here with nothing while we're at the building competition," she said as she completed the redstone link.
"Building competition..." Alex tried to put some pieces together, "maybe that Endercon poster we noticed has something to do with it."
"You're probably right," Steve said.
"He's coming with us," Jesse said.
"Really," Olivia asked.
Reuben was the name of a pig that Jesse and his sister befriended a while back. He was the pig using his face to hold the armor stand still for the twins to do their training.
"What kind of question is that?" Jessica asked, "of course he is."
"Okay, I'm not saying he shouldn't come," Olivia said, "I'm not... but don't you think it's a little weird that you take him with you everywhere you go? He kind of makes us look like... I don't know... amateurs."
"He's our wingman," Jesse said.
"People always wanna talk to the twins with the pig," Jessica added.
"You mean talk ABOUT the twins with the pig," Olivia said, "Like, "Look at the weird twins with the weird pig. How weird."
Reuben made a weird look on his face, while the twins gave Olivia an annoyed one.
"I didn't mean anything by it," Olivia said, "I'm glad he's coming. I just don't want to give people one more reason to call us "losers." I'm getting tired of it. I'm tired of being a laughing stock."
"Who cares what they think?" Jesse asked.
"I know," Olivia answered, "I'm just... it wears you down."
"You say you're not a loser, Olivia..," he said, "so win."
"Okay," Olivia said, annoyed, "Fine."
"Don't be like that," the twin sister spoke after a few minutes, "we may lose at everything, we may not remember the last time we one at anything, but if that's true, it would mean that we're winning at losing."
Olivia laughed and said, "Oh, alright."
"I wonder if Reuben is like other pigs," Steve said.
"Probably not," Alex replied.
"I'm thinking the same thing," Steve said.
The two of them are watching the big man put his prank into action.
"Sssssssss..." a hissing sound is heard by everyone in the room.
"Do you hear that?" Jesse asked.
"It's coming from the trap doors," his sister said.
"Sssssssss..." another one is heard, making it obvious that there's a creeper in the door.
"Oh no," Olivia said.
The two twins take a look at the door until a big guy shouts, "BOOM!" while popping out, wearing a creeper mask.
Everyone screamed as the prankster scares them, causing Reuben to fall on the floor.
The prankster laughed before removing his mask and said, "Oh man! You guys totally freaked out! That was awe-"
The big guy was cut off by Reuben angrily ramming his head in his belly.
"Axel!What's the matter with you?!" Olivia asked angrily.
Axel was big and strong, he wore a green shirt, had black hair, some gold highlights on his green shirt with some white clothing underneath, brown shoes, and tan pants.
"Great," Axel said, "now I'm gonna smell like a pig at Endercon. I thought we we're buddies."
"That wasn't funny, Axel," Jessica said, "it's what you get."
"I brought you good times, and now I'm being punished for it?" Axel asked.
"You scared us half to death," the twins said in unison.
"Why didn't we stop him?" Steve asked in disappointment.
"At least they'll get over it," Alex said to cheer him up, "Also, we kinda share the same name, except the 2nd and final letters are switched around."
"Wow," Steve said.
"Nothing is fun if you're not scared half to death," Axel said.
"Not to you, maybe," Jessica said.
"Cool mask by the way," her brother said.
"It is, isn't it?" Axel asked.
"Very convincing," Jesse said.
Axel laughed and said, "The look on your faces..."
"The twins were still a bit ticked at Axel's prank.
"Did you bring the fireworks?" Olivia asked.
"Of course I did," Axel said, "I even brought something for the little guy." At that, he held up a dragon face and a pair of wings.
"Nice," Jesse said.
"You brought Reuben a disguise?" Olivia asked.
"Uh, we're going to a convention," Axel said as he put the costume on Reuben, "SOMEboby's gotta wear a costume."
Reuben began running around wearing the costume that made him look like the Ender Dragon.
"My sister and I don't know whether he looks awesome or ridiculous," Jesse said, "but we're both happy as long as Reuben's happy, unless he isn't."
"It'll take some getting used to," Jessica said.
"She's right you know," Axel said.
"You definitely brought the fireworks right?" Olivia asked.
"Yes. I'm ready," Axel said, "Waiting on you guys."
"See, NOW he's your wingman," Olivia told the twins.
"Stop," the twins in unison told her.
"Hurry up and grab your stuff," Axel told the twins.
"Well meet you downstairs, okay?" Olivia asked them. The both of them went down the ladder, not noticing Steve and Alex underneath the treehouse.
"Okay!" the twins answered in unison.
With that said, they opened their chests to grab the stuff they'll need for later. Jesse found a flint and steel...
"Hm. Flint and steel, not to shabby," he said.
Jessica got some shears.
"Shears. Definitely taking these. Never know when we might need to shear some sheep," she said.
"We got everything we need," Jesse said, "Let's go."
They got Reuben and then went downstairs to meet up with Axel and Olivia. None of them know that two new people are there.
"That's everything," Olivia said.
"Let's roll," Axel said.
"Yeah, dude. Roll," Olivia said.
"Wait," Axel said, "I think I ran into two people before I pranked you guys. Maybe they're still here."
"We are," said a blonde female.
"WHO ARE YOU?!" Jessica asked surprised.
"My name's Steve," Steve said, "and that's Alex, my friend."
"Nice to meet you," Jesse said, shaking his hand.
"Jesse, was it?" Steve asked.
"How'd you know that?" Jesse asked.
"We heard grunting after reading a story on the Order Of The Stone and listened in on everything you all said," Steve explained.
"You EAVESDROPPED ON US?!" Jessica asked in disbelief.
"Something like that," Alex said, "but not really. We only eavesdrop for the greater good. That listening we did wasn't eavesdropping."
"And apparently," Steve said, "Reuben is not like other pigs."
"He isn't," Jesse said, "my sister and I found him one day and we've been best friends ever since."
"Alright," Steve said, "also, sorry we all got off to a bad start, but how about Alex and I come with you to the Endercon Building Competition?"
"Sure," Jesse said, "we COULD make some new friends, and maybe get help with our fireworks dispenser."
"So THAT'S what the fireworks are for," Alex said.
"Exactly," Jessica said, "but we're gonna be late. Let's go!"
With that said, everyone left for the competition site.
"I heard a pretty juicy rumor about the building competition," Axel began, "but you guys have to promise not to say anything."
"Okay," Olivia said.
"Also, it's in two parts," Axel continued, "each part more exciting than the last!"
"Spit it out, Axel." Jesse said.
"We don't have all day," his sister said.
"Part one," Axel began, "The special guest at this year's Endercon is none other than Gabriel the Warrior him-freaking-self!"
"Woah!" Jesse said,"What's part two?!"
"Part two," Axel continued, "According to my sources, the winner of the building competition's gonna get to meet him!"
Everyone became surprised.
"It doesn't mean anything if we lose," Axel continued, "But if we win... oh man, this would make up for all the losing."
"Meeting Gabriel would be a dream and an honor," Jesse said.
"Totally," Olivia began, "He's awesome. It'd be amazing to meet him."
"Reuben better be careful in that Costume," Axel began, "The last time Gabriel saw a dragon, it didn't End well."
"The massacre of the Ender Dragon," Steve remarked.
"Along with the other members of the Order of the Stone," Jessica said, "but I wish the rest of them were here."
"You have to meet ALL the secret members of the secret Order of the Stone?" Axel asked.
"No," Jessica answered, "but it would be good."
"Yeah," Alex said, "but it might not be THAT big of a deal to meet Gabriel the Warrior."
"He's a legend," Jesse said.
"We're as equally as legendary," Steve said, "but no one will know until the right moment."
Olivia then looked around, "Soooo, does this "source" of yours make posters for a living?" she asked.
"Huh?" Axel asked, noticing the trees of posters.
"Yeah," Axel said, "my source, uhhh, doesn't exist. You guys are my only friends."
"Me and Alex being your newest, Axel," Steve chimed in.
"Right," Axel responded.
"Guys," Jesse said, "let's stay focused. We have a competition to win."
"We never win," Olivia said, "and this year we've got Reuben with us. We never have the chance."
"Times change, Olivia," Jessica said.
"Times change," both twins said in unison.
"Thanks, guys" Olivia said.
"Wait a minute...wait a minute...we're thinking abut this all wrong," Jesse said, "The point of the building competition isn't just to build something. You have to do something to get noticed by the judges."
"That's right," Jessica said.
"Okay, then," Olivia began, "So how do we do this?"
"We don't just build something functional," Jesse began, "we build something fun. After we finished the fireworks machine like we planned - then we build something cool on top of it."
"You might be on to something," Olivia said.
"We are," Jessica said.
"If you want to get a reaction out of the judges, you build something scary," Axel began, So I say we build a creeper.."
"Wouldn't an enderman be better?" Olivia asked, "I'm more scared of endermen than creepers."
"They both have their moments," Axel told Olivia, "Both Pretty Scary."
"Then again," Olivia told him, "you scared the crao out of us with a creeper today."
"Let's build a zombie," Jesse said.
"I could go with my brother's idea," Jessica said, "besides, building a skeleton or a spider wouldn't be a good idea, since some of the fireworks machine would be exposed."
Steve and Alex agreed with the idea, and asked Olivia and Axel if they're going for Jesse's idea.
"I guess that's kind of like a creeper," Axel said.
"Eh, Olivia said, "It's a monster it's fine."
"We are so ready," Axel happily said.
"Yeah," Olivia said, "I think this is the first time we decided on something before getting to the competition. Think we got everything we need?"
"It wouldn't hurt to grab a little more," Jesse said.
"Let's get with the grabbin', then," Axel said.
"We're so prepared," Jesse began, "We cannot lose. Cannot. Bring it in."
With that said, everyone including Reuben placed their arms in the middle.
""Dare to prepare" on three," Jesse began, "No. "Preparing is daring." Nope, that's the same thing. Forget it. "Team" on three. One, two three..."
And in an instant, everyone rose their arms up and shouted, "Team!"
Axel unknowingly said, "Prepare." Then everyone ran off to collect more materials. Steve and Alex along with Reuben were watching the twins punch trees, do push-ups, dig sand, wrestle squids, do lift-ups, punching roses, doing sit-ups, mining stone, shearing sheep, and finally getting a wood block from punching a tree. After they gathered the materials, everyone meet back up to do the "team" thing again. With all materials gathered, they we're ready to build their project at the competition.