Chapter Two: Virus Detected
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"Hi Sophie, remember me? I found you today in the woods. What do you think you're doing?"
After the whole day of gathering supplies, everyone had head back to their homes for a big rest before the building competition the next day, but Sophie couldn't sleep. She was too busy thinking and talking to Notch.
"Hey Notch, I saw someone earlier today." She said.
"Everyone sees people, unless they can't see." He replied.
"No I mean, I saw someone I recognized, and they weren't from this game."
"What makes you think they aren't from this world?"
"I don't know, I just have this feeling."
"Just ignore it for now and get some rest."
"After that dream I had last night, no way."
"What happened last night?"
"You didn't see it?"
"No." With that, Sophie's strange feeling just grew, and she never ended up sleeping that night, she was just too aware and suspicious…
Endercon came the next day, and Sophie was so ready meet Lukas, Petra, Ivor, and Gabriel. The only thing that was putting off her excitement, was the feeling that she was being watched. Every second, she would turn her head to see if someone, or something, was there.
"Would you rather fight one hundred chicken sized zombies, or ten zombie sized chickens?" That famous question, the first choice you make in the game. This meant the story had just begun, and it was nowhere near over. Jesse thought about the question as he whacked his armor stand with his wooden sword.
"I would go with the chicken sized zombies." Sophie replied, playing with Reuben.
"Ditto." Jesse agreed.
"Imagine their giant feet." Said Olivia.
"Yeah, that'll be really weird, like they had fallen into a lake of toxic waste." Said Sophie.
"A lake of what?" Sophie then realized that toxic waste didn't exist in their world, and so she wished she hadn't said that.
"Never mind." She said, hoping that they'll forget about it.
"Sooooo, I've put a Daylight Sensor on the roof." Said Olivia, walking over to a redstone circuit with some redstone in hand.
"Mmhm." Jesse nodded along not really listening.
"And if I did this right, it should turn on when it gets dark." Olivia continued, placing the redstone dust down.
"I know what you're going to say Olivia, Reuben is coming with." Said Sophie, not even thinking twice.
"Yeah, Reuben's coming with us." Jesse agreed, putting his sword away.
"Yeah, it's two against one Olivia." Said Sophie.
"No, I'm not saying shouldn't come, I'm not, but don't you think it's a little weird that you take him everywhere you go, Jesse?" Asked Olivia.
"Everyone loves pigs!" Exclaimed Sophie.
"Yeah, that's why he's my wingman," Said Jesse, "People always want to talk to the guy with the pig."
"You mean talk about the guy with the pig," Olivia corrected, "Like 'look at the weird guy with the weird pig, how weird'."
"Don't be a party pooper Olivia." Said Sophie. For her to be honest, Olivia was always one of her least favorite characters.
"I'm not trying to, look, I'm glad he's coming, it's just, I'm just tired of being called a loser." Said Olivia, looking down at the wooden ground in disappointment.
"Who cares what other people think!" Exclaimed Jesse, trying to cheer her up.
"I care!" She argued back. Sophie wanted to intervene, but this wasn't her argument.
"We're not losers," Jesse tried again to cheer her up, "We're great at many things!"
"We're great at losing, that's for sure." Sophie couldn't take it anymore, so she intervened.
"Okay you two, that's enough arguing before fists get rammed into each other's faces." She said, standing between the two.
"You're right, sorry." Olivia apologized.
"Apology accepted." Jesse said. A hissing sound was then heard, coming from the trapdoor. Sophie knew exactly what was coming next.
"Do you hear that?" Asked Jesse, right before the sound was heard again.
"Oh no." Olivia trembled slightly in fear, thinking what was there was actually a Creeper. Jesse slowly and carefully walked over the trapdoor and was about open it, but then…
"BOO!" Axel had jumped up from beneath the trapdoor, wearing a Creeper mask. Olivia and Jesse both screamed at the top of their lungs and Reuben had almost fainted, but Sophie wasn't even fazed by a slight bit; she just stood their with her arms crossed, smiling at the amusement of them all freaking out. Axel then took the mask off and started laughing.
"Ha, that was awes—ow!" Axel was cut off from Reuben head-butting him in the stomach.
"Axel, what's the matter with you?!" Olivia yelled at him. Sophie then walked up to him and gave him a hi-five for his simple prank.
"Cool mask." Jesse complimented.
"It is isn't it?" Axel replied.
"Yeah, very convincing." Jesse said sarcastically.
"Oh man, the look on your faces!" Exclaimed Axel still chuckling slightly.
"Axel, do have the fireworks?" Asked Olivia.
"Of course I do," He replied, "I even have something for the little guy." He then pulled out a small dragon costume for Reuben. The little pig started jumping up and down in excitement to wear the costume.
"Reuben is not wearing that!" Exclaimed Olivia.
"Hey, we're going to a convention," Said Axel, putting the costume on the overly excited Pig, "Someone has to wear a costume."
"Can I wear the costume?" Asked Sophie, scratching the back of her head.
"Uh, sorry, I made it for a pig, not a human." Axel told her, putting together the last pieces of the costume. Once the costume was secured on the little pig, Reuben started joyfully running around.
"He looks awesome!" Exclaimed Jesse, happy to see his animal companion so happy.
"Thanks," Said Axel, "It only took like a billion hours to make."
"It's awesome!" Exclaimed Sophie. Suddenly, a spike of irritation came into her head. She tried to force herself to ignore it, but it wouldn't go away.
"Sophie, something is not right." Said Notch.
"You think?" Sophie mumbled under her breath.
"I don't know what's going on, so you're going to have to ignore it for now."
"Hey Sophie," Olivia's voice caught Sophie's attention, "You coming your not?"
"Yeah." Sophie then followed Axel and Olivia down the ladder to wait for Jesse while he gathered up everything he'll bring. Sophie's head was pounding and she didn't know why. She looked to her left to see the same person she saw before; however, like last time, before she was able to get a good look at them, they vanished, as well as her headache. This time, she was able to see that they were a male, but she still didn't know who they were exactly. Once Jesse had come down the ladder with everything he needed, as well as Reuben in his arms, they all head off to the building competition. Everyone were talking nonstop while Sophie walked far behind them in complete silence. All she could think about was if that guy was the boy Herobrine sent into the world.
"Hey Sophie, did you hear?!" Asked Axel, getting Sophie's attention.
"What?" Asked Sophie, not paying attention. She already knew what they were talking about, but she just didn't want to give away.
"The winner of the building competition gets free tickets to see Gabriel!" Axel answered.
"Oh cool!" Exclaimed Sophie in the most convincing voice she could put on. Straight after that, Sophie went back to minding her own business. She had only been there for around two days, but she was already getting bored and homesick. She just decided to think about meeting Petra to get her home out of her mind. Eventually they came across the field that the competition would take place. As everyone walked on, Sophie stopped in the middle of the path, knowing that something was missing.
"Wait, wasn't there supposed to be this whole materiel collecting montage?" She asked Notch.
"Yes, but since you brought up making the fireworks dispenser themed yesterday, you all already collected the materials you will need, so now you are early." Notch replied.
"Oh." Sophie felt a little bit disappointed for some reason, but she just pushed it aside. She ran over to meet up with the others at the checkin counter.
"I guess we're a bit too early then." Said Jesse, seeing that the checkin lady was not there.
"What should we do until it starts?" Asked Sophie.
"I dunno." Said Jesse, shrugging his shoulders.
"I'm gonna go pee before the contest." Said Axel, walking off into the bushes to pee in private.
"CENSORSHIP!" Screamed Sophie, covering her eyes with her hands. Jesse and Olivia just looked at her like she was crazy.
After around half an hour of random talking and Sophie trying to teach them all the Creativity Song from Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared, the checkin booth was finally open.
"Finally." Said Axel, standing back up from where the five of them were sitting and going over to the booth, and Jesse followed close behind him. Sophie could barely contain her excitement; she was going to meet Lukas and Petra, her two favorite characters.
"Axel, and uh, how do you do?" Sophie heard Axel saying.
"No, your team name." Said the checkin lady. Before anything else happened, Sophie ran up to the checkin booth and yelled out, "The Order of the Pig!"
"Is that meant to tie us to Reuben, or to make fun of me?" Asked Axel, feeling a little insulted.
"Axel, who would want to make fun of you," Said Sophie, trying to cheer him up, "you're amazing." Axel couldn't help but blush a little to Sophie's compliment.
"Okay, Order of the Pig," said the lady, very confused, "You guys are in booth five." Once they were completely checked in, they all went over to the entrance of the competition. Axel was the first to attempt to get through the gate, but because of his large build, he got stuck, but managed to get through eventually. Once the gate was cleared, Sophie ran in as fast as she could and ran straight to their booth. She couldn't contain her excitement anymore, and started jumping up and down, looking forward to seeing the rest of what would eventually be The New Order of the Stone. The rest of the group then found where their booth was and stood there nervously.
"You seem excited." Axel commented.
"Well of course I'm excited!" Sophie exclaimed, finally starting to stop jumping up and down. A few seconds later, Sophie spotted The Ocelots coming through the gate. She was so excited to meet them, but then she remembered what Aiden is soon to become, but either way, she was still excited to meet Lukas.
"Oh great," Axel said, "There's Lukas and The Ocelots. The rivalry continues."
"Man, they've got matching leather jackets and everything." Said Olivia, feeling jealous.
"You have to admit though, that is pretty cool." Said Sophie, trying to lighten the mood.
"Well, well, well," Aiden started, walking over to them, "If it isn't The Order of the Losers."
"Great, the fail squad's here." Said Maya.
"Lukas, get a load of these losers." Said Gill, crossing his arms. Lukas just completely ignored him though, and continued to walk over to his teams booth. Sophie didn't hesitate once as she ran straight over to Lukas and embraced him tightly.
"Woah, what the heck?" Lukas was startled by this, and a little uncomfortable, "Can you get off of me please?"
"I will never let you go." Sophie playfully replied, holding him tighter. Lukas then looked over to Jesse and mouthed out 'do you know her'. Jesse nodded in reply. The rest of Lukas's team gave him a look of disapproval, and his face started to go red.
"Please, let go of me." Lukas asked again, but this time, he sounded a lot more serious. Sophie did what he asked and let go of him, right in time to see the rest of Lukas's team giving her dirty looks, but she ignored them, knowing they weren't going to annoy her anymore for a long time. She went back over to her and the others booth, feeling very impatient to meet Petra, when Aiden just started blurting out insults to do with Reuben.
"Endercon doesn't allow outside food or drinks," He said, making Reuben take a step backwards in a bit of fear, "I'm talking about your pig!"
"Um, you really shouldn't mess with Reuben." Jesse said. Sophie could tell by how long it took Jesse to reply that that was a lie, but then she remembered that if you do nothing with at the butcher part, Reuben beats him up.
"I can do what I want," Aiden replied, "Besides, what harm could a pig do?"
"Keep talking and you'll find out." Said Olivia, putting her hands on her hips in a sassy way; Sophie always liked to think that Olivia's the extremely sassy one in the group.
"Alright, break it up you guys," Said Sophie, standing in between the two groups, holding her hands out, "We can settle this after the competition."
"Stop wasting your time Aiden," Said Lukas, getting impatient, "We've got wok to do."
"You're lucky I'm busy." Said Aiden, raising his voice a slight bit. Sophie knew that only a few seconds remained until she meets Petra, but it was now that she realized that she might recognize her, but she just brushed that aside, for now was not the time.
"Hey Jesse, guys." Said a familiar voice as Petra came into Sophie's vision.
"Hey Petra." Greeted Jesse, a large smile forming on his face. Sophie so badly just wanted to yell out 'you guys are so canon, I ship it'.
"Sophie, she better not recognize you." Said Notch, a little frustrated.
"Petra!" Sophie exclaimed, trying to get her attention, and succeeded. Luckily, Petra didn't recognize her, but she did have a bit of a puzzled face. Sophie held out her hand for a hi-five, and she got exactly that; the leather glove that was on her hand was wet with sweat and was warm, but Sophie liked the feeling nonetheless.
"I am never washing this hand again!" She exclaimed, looking at her hand in awe.
"Okay," Petra tried to ignore that had ever happened and continued her conversation with the others, "How's the build going?"
"Only time will tell, but, we're optimistic." Axel replied.
"Hey Petra, I forgot to thank you for that Nether Star." Said Lukas walking over to her.
"Hey Lukas," Petra replied, "Not a problem." Sophie couldn't help but chuckle a little at Jesse's face at that moment; it kind of said 'why you betray me senpai'.
"You helped these tools?!" Exclaimed Axel, a little mad that she would help the opposing team.
"Yeah, tools, 'cause Maya is a, uh, an axe, Gill, um, Gill is a pickaxe, Lukas is a sword, 'cause he's cool, wait, a sword is a weapon, not a tool, but who cares, and Aiden is a hoe, 'cause he sucks, oh wait, oh no, that came out wrong, oh no, oh crap!" Sophie said, trying to lighten the mood a little, but just ended up making it awkward, but either way, she got a hi-five from Axel.
"For the right price, I'll help anyone," Petra replied, once again ignoring Sophie, "If you need anything, you know where to find me." She continued as she started to walk away.
"But none of us know where to find you." Said Olivia, speaking the half truth, since Sophie already knew where she lived.
"Exactly." Petra replied, walking off into the forest nearby.
"Notice me senpai." Sophie whispered for no particular reason.
"No hard feelings guys," Said Lukas, scratching the back of his head, "If you're cool with Petra, you're cool with us."
"I'm cool with you." Said Sophie.
"Alright, that's one person, so how about the rest of you," Lukas continued, "Why don't we forget about all of this, and, y'know, make this about how cool our builds are."
"May the best team win." Said Jesse.
"Careful what you wish for." Lukas replied, not trying to sound mean.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" The lady at the checkin desks voice was then heard, "Welcome to the Endercon Building Competition! The winners of this years competition will have their build featured at Endercon; the winners will also meet, in person, Gabriel the Warrior!" Everyone started clapping and screaming in excitement. Sophie and her team were fist bumping the air when, all of a sudden, well not sudden for Sophie, they could hear The Ocelots yelling their team name while doing a sort of handshake.
"Woah, a handshake," Said Olivia, "We don't have a handshake."
"We'll just… make one up," Said Jesse. They all held out their hands ready to try what he had in mind, "We'll call the, uuuhhhhh… The 'Warrior Whip'!" They all tried it, and failed miserably.
"Aannnd, just like that, I'm nervous again." Said Olivia, feeling extremely embarrassed.
"Don't be like that, we can do this," Jesse said, trying to be encouraging, "Just stick to the plan and we'll be fine. This year, The Order of the Pig can't lose!" Jesse held out his hand for everyone else to put their hands above it, and that's what they did.
"Let's do it!" Exclaimed Axel, feeling very confident.
"Building, starts… now!" The checkin lady yelled for everyone to hear, and off they were to start building, but Sophie, once again had the strange feeling that someone was watching her…
Authors Note: Hi everyone! I am so so so so so sorry about how long this chapter took. Not long after I uploaded the first chapter, school started again, and the first thing they do is give us a million assignments! Well, I finally finished this chapter, and I'm not ready to cancel this story. I only uploaded one chapter, and was halfway through the second, but then I lost inspiration to continue, but I knew I couldn't stop once I've started, so yeah, here's the second chapter, finally, but so you know, updates will be extremely slow, so keep that in mind. Hopefully I'll see you in the next chapter. Oh, and also, my birthday is on Monday, so that'll be pretty cool, and hopefully I'll find time to write then. See ya!