(Minecraft: Story Mode and its characters belong to Telltale Games, not me.)
Choices made in the story so far:
Jesse built a creeper.
Jesse went after Reuben himself.
Jesse told Reuben to run.
(FRED'S POV)
Fred did not know exactly how long it's been since Romeo went rogue and built his new world, but he did know that it has been many decades since then. Ever since the day he had faked his death, he had taken a new identity and relocated to Romeo's new world.
He felt a twinge of guilt in his stomach whenever he thought of his old life at his keep. He didn't want to make them think he was dead, but it was necessary to make sure Romeo didn't find out he was alive. He didn't even know if Xara was still alive or not.
The disguise he was currently wearing was his human form, which was a tall Caucasian male with dark blue hair, tied back into a bun. He had blue eyes and was wearing a grey t-shirt with black sleeves, board shorts and flip-flops. It had been so long now that he almost forgot what his Admin form looked like. He was just hoping that Romeo had forgotten what his old friend looked like as a human.
Right now, he was checking out the festivities at Endercon. He had heard about some group who called themselves 'The Order of the Stone' and that one of its members was going to be there. He forgot exactly what their names were, but he did note that the citizens of this world seemed to worship them. Since he had nothing better to do, he had decided to check the festivities out. Little did he know that tonight, his life will once again be turned upside down.
He was distracted out of his thoughts by a sound of someone threatening a butcher with his sword.
"Give, me back, my pig!" The guy threatened. He was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with blue jeans and red suspenders.
"All right, you little maniac, fine! Take him, he's yours!" The butcher snapped, shoving a pig off the bench.
"C'mon Reuben." The guy said, bringing his pig with him.
Fred made a note to not get on his bad side, as he seemed to mean business. He continued on to the Usher where he displayed his ticket that he had purchased earlier that day. The Usher stepped aside, and he continued into the hall. He saw a beardy guy step in behind him.
(JESSE'S POV)
Jesse tapped on Olivia's shoulder, getting her attention.
"Remember that thing I had to go do with Petra?" Jesse reminded. "Long story short, we met up with this guy, he cheated me and Petra on a deal, and now we're trying to track him down. You in?"
"Oh, I'm in, all right." Olivia said, nodding.
"Any sign of him?" Petra said, approaching Jesse and Olivia. Axel was behind her.
"I thought I saw him earlier, but it was just a false alarm." Jesse said. Looking to the side, he saw the guy in question following a tall blue haired guy into the hall. "Wait! There he is! Looks like he's heading towards the hall."
"We're going to have to get past that usher to follow him." Petra observed.
"Let's go!" Jesse said, gesturing for them to follow. They approached the Usher.
"So, yeah, hey." Jesse greeted.
"What would it take to get us inside tonight?" Petra asked.
The Usher looked confused.
"Uh…tickets?" He laughed as if that was the funniest thing in the world.
"This might sound crazy, but we're actually on an important mission." Jesse explained.
"I hope your mission came with tickets to the show. 'Cause otherwise…" The Usher said, not moving an inch.
A chicken flew in front of them. The Usher flinched back in fear.
"CHICKEEEEEN!" He almost screamed. "Chicken! Chicken! Chicken!"
Jesse rolled his eyes. Was this guy seriously afraid of chickens?
"It's gone, you're totally fine, you're a totally cool dude." The Usher said to himself.
"We have to do something." Petra said.
"Like what? This show has been sold out for ages!" Olivia stated.
"I could bust right through." Axel suggested. "I just need a little wind-up room."
"We need a distraction." Jesse responded, eyeballing a chicken machine behind them. Petra caught on.
"A lot of chickens running around might be a distraction." Petra suggested.
"Shoo! Shoo!" The usher said, trying to brush away a stray chicken.
"The usher is afraid of chickens…" Jesse observed. "What would you say if I told you I wanna break this guy's chicken machine to create the mother of all distractions?"
"But you have to break that pane of glass. How're you going to reach it?" Olivia asked.
"Let's look around." Petra suggested. "There has to be something we can do."
Jesse nodded.
Looking around, he saw a guy bouncing on a slime block.
"Hmm… I bet I could reach that glass with a slime block." He said to himself.
There was just one problem, the woman who was at the till was the same woman who he had accidentally threatened earlier. Gaining courage, he stepped up.
"Ohh…heeyyy…we meet again…hehe…he.." Jesse stuttered. The woman just glared at him. "One slime block, please."
"We don't give out slime blocks here. Just slime balls." The woman answered. "But we've got a limited supply today and we're only giving out 2 per customer. You could craft your own slime block if you had 9 slime balls."
"I'm really sorry about earlier – I honestly thought you were someone else." Jesse said in response when the woman kept glaring at him.
"Apology accepted." The woman deadpanned.
"A round of slime balls for everyone, please." Axel said. He, Petra and Olivia approaching Jesse.
They bought the slimeballs and moved to go and create the slimeblock when Jesse noticed that they only had eight.
"Wait, this is only eight slimeballs, we need one more to make a block." Jesse pointed out.
"Okay. We need to find another way to get some more slime, and quick." Petra responded.
"On it!" Axel said, before rushing off.
Looking around, he saw Lukas with a slimeball. He and Lukas seemed to get along earlier, so he went and asked.
"Hey, uh, Lukas? Can you do me a favor?" Jesse asked.
"Anything's possible." Lukas responded.
"I need slime balls. I swear, I have a really good explanation." Jesse explained. He saw his friends approaching them.
"Whatever you guys are doing, count me in." Lukas said, handing Jesse the slimeball.
"Thanks, Lukas." Petra said. "Told you he was useful."
"Aw, man. This guy isn't actually cool, is he?" Axel said, glaring at Lukas.
"Remains to be seen." Olivia said.
"It's craftin' time." Jesse said, moving to the crafting table. He put all 9 slimeballs into every slot.
"So, you guys been building together long? You've got good chemistry." Lukas complimented.
"You jealous?" Axel retorted.
"I'm just saying, I think it's cool you have a team that works so well together." Lukas defended.
"You're totally jealous." Axel said.
Jesse finished crafting.
"Ta-da! One slime block!" Jesse announced. "Gross!"
"I'll take that." Olivia said, taking the slime block. "Riiight there."
She put the slimeblock in the middle of the walk way.
"It's all you, Jesse." Axel said
"Gimme a boost!" Jesse told Axel, gesturing towards the roof of a stall.
Using Axel's body. Jesse climbed to the top of the stall. He prepared himself and then a running jump off the stall, landing on the slime block and bouncing off it towards the stall.
"Weeee!" Jesse exclaimed as he flew towards the glass. He prepared his fist and smashed it into the machine, sending chickens flying everywhere.
"My poultry! My previous poultry!" The guy running the stall cried out, running towards the broken machine.
"Keep your eyes closed! They will peck out your eyes!" The usher said, running towards the chaos. A chicken knocked him over. He screamed as chickens flew over him.
"Now's our chance!" Petra said. The group started running towards the hall, in pursuit of Ivor.
"Hey!" The usher called out, spotting the group before getting pushed over by another chicken.
The group entered the hall.
"Where'd he go?" Petra asked looking around.
"There!" Jesse answered, looking at a door that was hanging open a crack. "Through that door!"
They ran towards the door.
"What do we do once we catch him?" Lukas asked. "There are a million ways to play this."
"We 'politely' ask for what's ours." Jesse answered, putting a lot of emphasis on 'politely'.
"Short, sweet and to the point. Not bad." Lukas commented.
"Ready?" Jesse asked. Petra flexed her arms out.
"Ready!" She answered.
And they descended into the basement.
"See anything?" Jesse asked as they looked inside.
"He must have gone out another way." Petra answered, noticing that the place was unoccupied.
"What is all this?" Olivia asked.
"Looks like it used to be the basement. Weird place to have a hideout." Jesse commented.
"I bet you anything I'll find my wither skull here." Petra stated.
"And if we find anything else cool to steal along the way, so be it, right?" Axel added.
"Axel, that's not what we're here to do." Petra said.
"I said we should ask politely, Axel." Jesse reminded.
"Yeah, but if the guy's not here, we can't ask. So, I say we take!" Axel defended.
"I don't want to stoop to his level." Petra insisted.
"But isn't that the best way to get back at him?" Axel asked, confused.
"Let's focus on finding the skull, not stealing." Jesse said.
"Nobody ever lets me have any fun." Axel complained.
"We let you hang out with us." Jesse pointed out. "The faster we find what we're looking for, the faster we can get the heck out of here."
They had a look around the maze of books. They were mostly about brewing. Noticing Petra digging in a chest, he went to investigate.
"Oh, hello." Petra greeted, before swinging a sword around, barely missing his face.
"Too heavy. And too soft." Petra said, not impressed.
"But super flashy." Jesse commented.
"Yeah, I don't think this guy does much fighting." Petra agreed. "Hey, you still have that one stone sword, right?"
"Yeah, I had to wave it at this jerk-wad butcher earlier. Y'know, to save Reuben's life." Jesse stated.
"Impressive." Petra said, sheathing the sword. So much for not stooping to his level.
"You're keeping it? But I thought it was too soft, too heavy." Jesse complained.
"Eh, it still might come in handy." Petra said. "And it 'is' super flashy."
Jesse continued on, before looking at a fancy enchanted potion. It seemed to glow.
"Oooooh, take a look at this!" Jesse commented.
Axel approached him.
"You're not gonna believe me, but I swear I had a dream about this." Axel said, almost drooling at the sight of it. "Okay, potion – I know this is a big step, but… I would be honored if you'd come home with me."
"C'mon, Axel. Make yourself useful and go find that skull." Jesse reminded him.
"I am." Axel answered, before picking up and pocketing the potion.
"Nope. You're literally doing the exact opposite of what I just asked you to do." Jesse deadpanned. "There's no way he won't notice his fancy potion is missing."
"A good thief always covers his tracks." Axel said, grabbing a random potion. He placed it down on the pedestal. "Fixed it."
"Oh, yeah. The perfect crime." Jesse complimented. He approached a lever on the wall and flipped it.
A bookshelf moved out of the way, revealing soul sand and a strange block arranged into a T shape.
"What the hell is all this stuff?" Jesse asked.
"Soul Sand. It was everywhere in the nether." Petra commented.
"What about that block in the middle?"
"I've never seen one of these before." Olivia said, approaching the block. She pressed her hand on it. "I wonder if I just, take a closer look."
"Do you feel that? It's… almost pulsing."
"Don't touch that, Olivia!" Jesse yelled, approaching her.
"I was just curious." Olivia defended.
"Don't forget what we're here for, find that skull." Jesse reminded, once again. He noticed a chest underneath the weird block, he opened it up. It was the skull.
"Soooo, good news, weird news." He called out. "I found the skull but…"
"What the hell? Why'd I risk my neck for that skull if he's got two of them already?" Petra complained. "He was in such a hurry to get it, too."
"This is gotta be connected somehow." Jesse said, out-loud. "The chest with the skulls was hidden back here with everything else, that's gotta mean something."
"But what?" Petra asked.
"I think I know what's going on here." Lukas said, paling.
"Soul Sand, plus three wither skulls. That's the recipe for a Wither."
"But a wither, that's…" Petra started.
"One of the worst monsters there is." Lukas finished.
"We came down here to find the skull. Well, we found it." Jesse announced.
"Maybe we should just grab it, and get out of here, while we still can." Petra suggested. Jesse went to grab the skull when a door sound interrupted him. That only meant one thing, Ivor's here.
"Uh, guys?" Lukas asked.
"Scatter!" Petra said. The group ran to different hiding places.
Ivor entered the room.
"Don't you recognize me?" He called out. He seemed to be rehearsing something. "Or wait. 'Surprise to see me?' No, that's not good. 'Thought you were rid of me, didn't you?' That's better."
A bottle clanking sound snapped him out of his thoughts.
"What was that!" Ivor said. "Who's there?"
He ran to the bottle that was lying on the ground.
Jesse, acting on impulse, decided to get his attention.
"Over here, jerk!" He called out.
"What are you doing here?!" Ivor asked. "What did you see?!"
"Leave him alone!" Petra commanded.
"Yeah, back off, pal!" Axel threatened.
"You two?!" Ivor said, a glare written on his face. "Did you follow me here?"
"You thought you could just screw us over and get away with it, didn't you?" Petra accused.
"We're here to prove you wrong." Jesse threatened.
"What are you going to do about it?" Ivor asked, mockingly. "I have what I want and you have exactly what you earned. Now get out before I put you out."
"We know what you're doing down here." Jesse said. "Soul sand and three wither skulls? You're building a Wither!"
"Heh, smarter than you look." Ivor commented.
"Hey! Nobody talks to my friends like that!" Axel said, dangerously approaching Ivor. "Now shut your mouth, or else!"
"Enough! You've wasted too much of my time already." Ivor said, before speeding off.
"Where'd he go?" Petra asked.
"If you won't leave of your own volition, I'll happily remove you myself." Ivor threatened, as he created an iron golem.
"Show our friends the door, will you?" He commanded the golem. The golem went to attack the group. After dodging a few hits, they ran out the door.
Back in the stage area, they saw that the place was now crowded.
"Oh man, this is so exciting." A woman on the stage exclaimed.
"It sure is!" A man responded.
"And now, for the first time ever here at Endercon! We are very proud to present…."
"The one, the only!"
They stepped aside.
"GABRIEL!"
Said warrior was standing behind them on the stage, he turned around and walked towards the crowd.
The crowd almost exploded with excitement.
"Please, please!" Gabriel said, calming the crowd down. "Thank you!"
He took a breath.
"ARE! YOU! WITH ME!?" He called out.
The crowd exploded again.
Meanwhile, Jesse's group was hunched together near the back.
"Everybody okay?" Jesse asked.
"Um, guys? Where's Lukas?" Olivia asked, noticing that he was not with them.
"I thought he was right behind me." Jesse said, looking behind to notice that he was not there.
"Well, if he's not here, the only place he could be is…" Axel said, eying the door.
"He's still down there." Jesse realized.
"Ivor's got an iron golem and all the ingredients to build a Wither down there, if he were to unleash it in this crowd of people…We have to act fast!" Petra said.
"It just so happens that the greatest warrior of all time is in the building." Olivia pointed out. "We should ask Gabriel for help. This is the smartest way to help Lukas."
"He's tough. I just hope he's tough enough to hold out a little bit longer." Petra said.
"We need Gabriel to get Lukas back." Jesse agreed. "And to deal with everything else we saw down there."
"We're doing the right thing, Jesse. I just hope Lukas can hold out against that Golem for long enough for us to get help." Petra added.
"Come on then." Olivia said.
"Let's crash this party!" Axel added.
"With the right training, and guidance, anyone… and I mean anyone can become a hero!" Gabriel pointed out. "You just have to believe it!"
"We just gotta push through this crowd to get to Gabriel." Jesse assured them.
They started moving through the crowd towards the front of the theater. They finally managed to get to Gabriel at the front. Jesse put his hand up to get Gabriel's attention.
"Yes, next." Gabriel answered. He looked at Jesse. "What question do you have for the mighty Gabriel?"
"I saw something scary in the basement!" Jesse answered.
"I'm not following." Gabriel said, confused.
"This creep's been building a monster down there! I'm telling you, he's trouble!" Jesse explained. He wasn't sure Gabriel believed him.
"Is that so? Well, as you all know, trouble is what I do best." Gabriel answered.
"I'm not making it up! We really need your help." Jesse pleaded.
"Hmm. Perhaps we should have this checked out." Gabriel suggested.
(FRED'S POV)
Fred honestly didn't think it was possible for him to face-palm any harder right now. That guy with the red suspenders from before was not doing a very good job of convincing Gabriel about the threat that was supposedly down in the basement.
Before anything else could happen, a voice called out from the crowd.
"I have a question for you."
"Excuse me, sir. You'll have to wait your turn." Gabriel answered.
"Just tell me first. Do you really believe anyone can be great?" The voice questioned.
"With enough hard work, yes." Gabriel responded.
"Was that where I went wrong, I didn't work hard enough?" The voice asked, it was the beardy guy from before.
"Ivor?" Gabriel said, dumbfounded. "Is that really you."
Fred's interest piqued up.
"How dare you interrupt like this!" He said angrily.
"That's the guy who attacked us in the basement." The guy with the suspenders said.
"I wish I could say I was surprised." Gabriel retorted.
"If it's surprises you want, you're in for a treat." Ivor said. "Why don't you tell them the real story, Gabriel?"
"I see time has made you bitter!" Gabriel said.
"And it's made you an even bigger fool." Ivor spat. "Now, these people were promised greatness, and I'm ready to deliver."
"Gabriel, you have to stop him." Suspenders called out.
Ivor flipped a switch, raising a contraption. It was in a T-Shape with soul sand, wither skulls and, wait. Is that Romeo's old command block!? Fred inadvertently forgot all about his disguise when he saw it, revealing his Admin form for the first time in 94 years. (See A/N)
"Nothing built can last forever, Gabriel." Ivor spat, approaching it with the third wither skull.
Fred floated up and moved towards the stage in his Admin form. Disguise be damned, Fred had to stop Ivor. Using telekinesis, he pushed the crowd aside. None of them had any idea of when they were about to create.
"NO! STOP!" Fred screamed as he flew towards Ivor.
Too late, Ivor had placed the final skull on top of the command block. An explosion knocked himself, Ivor and Gabriel off the stage.
Author's Notes: Eric Stirpe, the writer of Minecraft: Story Mode, confirmed that 100 years had passed between the bedrocking and when Jesse freed Xara from her cell in the Sunshine Institute. Since Season 2 takes place 5-7 years after Season 1. (Confirmed by Eric) We will round that to 6, therefore we take 6 from 100 which equals 94.
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