[[Update Log: February 13, 2017]]

Alrighty! So here it is, my first Minecraft: Story Mode fanfiction. I hope you'll stay along for the ride :)

Also may include brief or implied Jetra/Luktra or Jesskas if you want to see it that way. But this is not a romantic story unless you choose to interpret it to be.

Shadow: Hey, what about us?! I thought you said we were going to be in a story!

Hush, Shadow.

Shadow: ...

Anyways, hit it Minty!

Minty: Yayyy, this is my favorite part! *flips switch* Flippity flip!

Uh, alright. Anyways, ladies and gentlegrie-er, men, the first chapter of "Playing God."

The moon shone brightly over the jungle trees, shining on the vines, but casting dark shadows under the trees. Every now and then, a creeper or zombie scuttled through the jungle, but otherwise, it was silent. The darkness settled like a cloak over the jungle, smothering the grass and trees trunks but in one place, it was fighting against a circle of firelight and five weary travelers. Their sacks were scattered around and they sat in the firelight, talking and laughing loudly at times. But now, they had lapsed into a period of silence.

"That was pretty intense," one boy piped up, fiddling with some gunpowder and grass. The powder spilled onto his green jacket sleeve and pants, so he quickly tried to brush the stuff off, but without much result.

"Yeah, whatever you say," a girl said, "Just put away that gunpowder, Axel. You're making me nervous." Axel grinned at her and stuffed it in a flask. She rolled her eyes and started playing with her dark hair again.

"But that was the weirdest dungeon I've ever been in. Gotta give him that, Olivia," the blond guy muttered, looking up from his writing and flicking ashes from his boots, "I mean, three spawners full of zombies, creepers, and bats. I've never seen that many in one place."

"Yeah, weird. But why the bats, though? They aren't particularly dangerous." Olivia asked. Another boy shrugged.

"Who knows? But Lukas is right. I've never fought so many monsters at one time in my life!" he exclaimed, then he looked at a red headed girl, "Hey, Petra. You alright?" She just shrugged and rubbed her dark eyes.

"I'm pretty tired. It's been a long day, Jesse. For all of us." Jesse just brushed some hair out of his eyes and looked into the fire, grinning.

"But that was crazy, though. Stepping into that cave and having to wave a torch to keep those monsters away. And all that... What do I call it?" he said slyly, "Yelling? No, more like screaming. Or high-pitched squealing." He glanced at Axel, who was weaving the grass stems into a small rope.

"Shut up," he growled. The group laughed.

"Hey, it was pretty funny at the time," Jesse countered.

"Yeah, like it was funny to see you yelling as you and Petra were being chased by those bats, huh?" Axel snickered. Jesse punched him in the arm, but Axel just chuckled as he got death glares from Petra.

"Uh-huh, and so was that time when that creeper-" Petra started.

"Whoa, guys, guys! Calm down, it's been a day, huh? So let's just, uh, talk about something else? What did you guys get?" Lukas cut her off. Axel pulled few gems out of his pocket.

"Finally got my emeralds to finish that floor," he announced, "And I got some cake!"

"Whoa! Cake?!" Jesse exclaimed. Axel just shrugged.

"Here. Have some." He broke off pieces of the sweet and passed it around. Jesse offered a bit to Petra, but she just looked away.

"Petra? Don't you want some?" he asked.

"Meh, I'm alright. I had some baked potatoes earlier."

"But- I mean, it's cake!" She took the slice from him, grinning slightly.

"Fine, I'll just keep it in my inventory for when I need it." She pushed through her sack, "Oh, and I got a few bars of gold and leather." Jesse nodded.

"Yeah, I think I have some iron bars," he said, "Good for a new sword if I ever need it."

"All I got were a couple of feathers," Lukas sighed, "No idea what they're good for, except for a couple of arrows."

"I just got some stone blocks, and a few sticks," Olivia added, "Nothing too exciting, but now I'll be able to finish that arrow dispenser!"

"And what are you going to do with that?" Axel remarked snidely.

"Well, I've got someone here who's just begging for a few arrows in the-"

"Okay, guys. Calm down," Jesse interrupted, "We're all tense, it's been a while. So let's try to get some sleep." He rubbed the back of his head, "Uh, I can keep the first watch, and if anyone else wants to-"

"Hey, sure. I can do that," Petra offered, narrowing her eyes.

"Uh, and you can have the second watch, then."

He got up and drew his sword, leaning against a nearby tree for support. Jesse watched as everyone lay down and nodded off in the firelight. The moon inched overhead, and the stars crept across the dark cloak of the sky, casting an even darker gloom on everything. When he saw that everyone was asleep, he started fencing with the shadows to keep his mind off drowsiness.

In his mind's eyes, he was attacking the Witherstorm all over again, getting revenge for killing- him. He hit the command block again and again, but it just wouldn't break. When Jesse finally managed to break it and opened his eyes, he saw that he'd just cut a piece of wood from a tree. He sheathed his sword and looked at the dying embers of the fire. Reaching out, Jesse grabbed some dead branches and threw them on the fire, which licked hungrily at the sticks. He stared meditatively at the fire, watching it devour the sticks and cast weird shadows on things in the circle of firelight, then closed his eyes for a second. Just for a second...

Suddenly, someone jerked him from his light doze.

"Keeping watch, huh?" someone laughed. Jesse opened an eye.

"Oh, hey Petra. You feeling better?" She rolled her eyes.

"Wow, you're worse than Lukas. He was asking me if I was alright, like all the time from that dungeon to here."

"Maybe he- you know," Jesse winked at her. Petra glared at him, then punched his arm. He just laughed.

"Stop that thought. Right there. Just leave this up to me," she said, waving a hand, "Go sleep or something, I'll be fine." He opened his mouth to protest, but she narrowed her eyes to threatening slits. So he just sat down by the fire, closed his eyes and listened to the crackling of the flames. Soon, Jesse was drifting off to troubled dreams.

I- uh, this is my first MC:SM fanfic, so I'm experimenting. And, mercy please? I've been working on three other plots beside this, but I felt like this would be the best and discarded the other three... But anyways, please critique! I know that there's definitely things I need to work on.

P.S. "Playing God" is not a reference to the song... I'll explain later :3

QTC: What's the better OTP? Jetra or Luktra?

I have no reviews to reply to. Boohoo. What a surprise.

~Meow