Chapter 1 – Eternal Night


(Minecraft: Story Mode and its characters belong to Telltale Games, not me.)


Season One carries out the same way as in canon.

In Hero in Residence, instead of Vos falling out of the trap, Sammy falls out instead. The rest of the episode goes as canon.


(100 YEARS LATER)

Jesse had just finished fighting a huge giant Prismarine Colossus who called itself 'The Admin' and now he was confronting Petra who seemed to be planning to travel on an adventure with Jack, Nurm and Sammy without even informing him about it.

"Wait, you're leaving with these guys?" Jesse asked.

"Er, yeah." Petra said nervously.

"And that's, uh. Yeah, that's why we were… being weird before and, y'know, talking about, y'know, possible stuff." Jack admitted.

"Were you even going to tell me? Or were you just going to sneak off?" Jesse confronted.

"Of course, I was gonna tell you!" Petra responded, flustered. "I was just, working up to it. Slowly. Jesse, I promise I can explain. I just-"

A sudden static noise interrupted them.

"Wait, what? What's going on?" Petra asked.

Jesse saw that the other Beacontowners were just as confused about what was going on as he was. The static eventually faded, and suddenly a set of ringing sounds were heard. Fear sky-rocketed through Jesse's body as the sounds echoed through town. He knew those sounds. The last time he heard those sounds was when he was fighting PAMA, seven years ago.

"Oh no." Petra whispered.

The sounds suddenly stopped, and Jesse's gauntlet lit up.

"The Admin." Jesse said in realization.

He was answered by high-pitched laughter echoing through town.

"Why thank you, Captain Obvious." The female laughing voice answered. "Of course it's me, the Admin."

Looking behind him, Jesse saw a female hologram at the gates to Beacontown. The figure in the hologram had vibrant magenta messy hair, a purple colored suit with glowing yellow gems, and yellow skin. Her lips and nose had a blue tint to them and her pupils were glowing pink.

"Wait, you're the Admin?" Jesse queried.

"Uh, yeah?" The Admin responded, raising an eyebrow. Her voice had a slight robotic undertone. "What, you thought that giant Colossus was the real me? Come now, that was just one of my constructions. You know, to find out just how tough you are. And I must say, I am impressed."

"Thanks?" Jesse responded, uncertainly.

"In any case." The Admin continued. "While that Colossus might be all fun and games, I feel like it'll be easier to discuss things like this."

"Hold up, that was your idea of fun?" Jesse said, scandalized.

"Wow, rude." The Admin scoffed, narrowing her eyes at Jesse. "I mean, come on. Look at all of the stuff you've already done. Wither-Storm, Sky City, Murder Mansion, Artificial Intelligence, Old Builders. I knew a colossus would've been a piece of cake for you."

The Admin gave another high-pitched shriek of laughter.

"Where are you going with this?" Jesse assked.

"Let me explain." The Admin responded.

The Admin hologram clapped her hands, and the entire sky was plunged back into darkness. This time, with a red hue. Mobs were heard in the distance.

"Not again!" Jesse groaned.

"That Colossus? It was just a warm up. Now, it's time for your real test." The Admin announced. "You hear that? A giant wave of death and destruction headed right for town."

She gave another burst of high-pitched laughter that continued to make Jesse's skin crawl.

"She's psycho, that one!" Sammy commented.

Jesse nodded in agreement.

"They don't stand a chance, Admin. I am going to stop each and every one of your monsters." Jesse threatened.

"Careful, Jesse." The Admin warned. "You don't want to go biting off more than you can chew."

The Admin cleared her throat.

"Your objective is simple. If you want to pull your town out of eternal night, you will need to go and recapture that clock." She instructed.

"Which is where?" Jack asked.

The Admin responded with another burst of her high-pitched laughter.

"Oh, I won't tell you where. That'd be spoiling the surprise." She responded. "All you have to do, is follow the redstone trail. Easy!"

Sure enough, a redstone trail appeared behind her, slowly disappearing into the woods separating Beacontown from Champion City.

"Well, that sounds needlessly dangerous." Petra remarked.

The Admin gave a chuckle.

"You're putting innocent people in danger just for your games?" Jesse yelled.

"Ah, ah, ah. Let me stop you right there, Jesse." The Admin interrupted. "You're the one who is putting them in danger by not going for that clock."

"Why are you doing this? What do you want from us?" Jesse asked.

"Why? Because it's fun! I loved watching you fight that colossus, and I'm sure you too must have had the time of your life fighting that thing."

Jesse's right hand itched towards his sword, but Jack beat him to it.

"Whaaat? Oh, come on!" Jack exclaimed. "Time to show this purple freak what the Skitarro Crag-Jumpers do to town destroyers!"

Jack unsheathed his sword and lunged straight at the hologram, only to phase right through her. The Admin gave another laugh in response.

"You cannot attack a hologram, dummy!" She taunted, turning to face Jack who was now behind her. She clapped her hands together, and armored skeletons appeared behind the group, inside Beacontown.

"Ah, stray mobs. Pesky little consequences of eternal night." She continued. "And Beacontown's new residents until you get through my new challenge. Remember, get through the challenge, find the clock and save the town. Ciao!"

The hologram faded.

"Augh! We need to protect the people!" Jesse instructed.

Sammy and Nurm turned around and ran back inside the town.

"RUN!" Sammy screamed as they ran off. Meanwhile, Jesse unsheathed his sword and proceeded to start attacking the mobs that the Admin had spawned. Once all of the mobs were taken care of, Jack spoke up.

"I've got a bad feeling more will be on the way soon." Jack said.

"Guys?" Lukas' voice called out. Jesse saw Lukas, Radar, Sammy and Nurm race towards them.

"Jesse! It was the craziest thing! That clock just vanished from under my nose!" Lukas reported.

"I know, and now the situation is just going to get worse until we get it back." Jesse said.

"Yeah, by following this stupid redstone trail here." Petra added.

"I'm coming too." Radar said. "I was happy to stay behind and watch Beacontown last time you left, but this time I wanna do more. If it's to keep Beacontown safe, I'll do anything."

"Oh man, proud of you, Radar."

"Really?" Radar asked.

"Of course!"

"Well, I… I won't let you down!" Radar assured.

"All right, everyone. We've got a clock to find." Jesse instructed.

As they began to follow the redstone trail, Jack stopped Nurm.

"Can't let you come along on this one, old friend." Jack said.

Nurm made a noise of confusion.

"I promise, I will come back."

"You stay safe, Nurm, okay?"

Nurm responded by hugging Jesse. Stampy and Stacy rushed out of the hiding spot they were in.

"Is that woman gone?" Stacy asked.

"Yeah, for now. Block this up after we leave, would ya?" Jesse instructed.

"On it."

"Yes, we will defend Beacontown with our very lives." Stampy assured.

"Thanks, guys. Bye Nurm!"

Jesse, Jack, Petra, Sammy, Lukas and Radar set off into the reddish colored night, following the redstone trail.

"We're all counting on you!" Stampy called.

"I wish I knew more about whatever their quest is." Stacy added.


Nobody really said anything for the first part of the journey, until Jesse stopped and took a look around.

"Stay close." Jesse whispered, before continuing on. The group continued to follow him.

"I don't mean to sound suspicious, but do we really think the Admin is going to keep her word about this clock?" Jack asked.

"Yeah, I don't exactly get a 'trustworthy' vibe off of her." Petra agreed.

"I dunno. I mean, I thought she seemed sincere. Why set all this up if she wasn't going to really let us fix things?" Jesse said.

"Yeah, well, color me skeptical." Jack said.

Petra approached Jesse.

"Hey Jesse. Uh, can we, um, talk?"

"Right, I'll just walk a little bit away from you. Give you some privacy." Sammy said, moving away from Jesse and Petra.

"Oh! Uh, right, ha, me… me too." Radar said.

"About that trip with Jack." Petra started. "I promise, it's not like it seems. It's just a little trip. A little time away from Beacontown. To, I dunno, find myself?"

Had the Admin not showed up and forced them on this quest, it definitely seemed like Petra and Jack were gonna rush off without telling Jesse. Jesse felt betrayed at this.

"And you didn't invite me. You didn't even tell me until I caught you." Jesse pointed out.

"I, I thought you would be busy with all the rebuilding and everything." Petra admitted. "I, I really am sorry that it happened this way. I was just so excited to be hanging out with real, hardcore adventurers again."

"Especially because I was worried that you, that you didn't… need me anymore." Petra finished.

"Petra, of course I need you. That's ridiculous." Jesse said.

"Ugh! See, this is why it would've been so much easier if you hadn't found out like this. It's just…"

Petra sighed.

"Everything's so different from when we first became friends. Everything's changed." Petra ranted. "Lukas, Axel, Olivia, they all changed too. They found what made them happy. Their thing."

"But me? I still haven't found mine." Petra continued. "Do you know how hard that is? How, how that feels?"

"I mean, if I'm honest. It does seem like adventure is your calling. The open road." Jesse said.

"Right? That's kinda what I thought too." Petra agreed.

A noise made the group stop. Jesse slowly walked up to the front of the group and waved the torch he was carrying around. A silhouette of a mob was approaching them in the distance, and it eventually entered the light, revealing it to be….

"Lluna?" Jesse questioned.

"Is that llama wearing a scarf?" Sammy asked.

"Huh, think she ran away again?" Petra suggested.

"Uh, excuse me." Lukas spoke up. "Speaking for the group; you guys know a llama?"

"Where'd she come from?" Sammy questioned.

"This is Lluna. She's kinda cute, right?" Jesse commented. "We returned her to her owner, Stella."

"She is cute, isn't she?" A familiar voice agreed. "Everyone get away from my llama!"

It was Stella.

"No!" Petra groaned.

"Jesse! My rival." Stella greeted. "Should've known I would find you here."

Lluna made a noise.

"Hush, I'm talking."

"Yeah, I'm… I'm still really not your rival." Jesse corrected. "Really."

"So you say. And yet here we still meet."

Jesse honestly didn't know whether he disliked more, the Admin or Stella. If he didn't know better, he'd say they were sisters.

"Okay, what is going on here?" Lukas asked.

"Lukas, this is Stella. The leader of Champion City." Jesse introduced. "This is Jack, Sammy and Radar."

Stella approached Jack.

"Jacques, was it? As in, the legendary champion?"

Jack gave a sheepish grin.

"So, what exactly are you doing here, Stella?" Jesse asked.

"I don't know if you've been paying attention, but you might have noticed that the entire world is now trapped in this hideous red colored night. That's what." Stella said. "I came out to investigate and surprise, surprise, it's you. If you're smart, you'll undo, whatever it is you did and put things right again."

"Just, wow." Petra commented.

"Can't believe you're all alone. Thought you had people to do things like this for you." Jesse quipped.

"Ha, that's what you think. But when Champion City is threatened, I am not going to refuse the call." Stella shot back.

"I believe we have the job well-covered." Sammy said. "We're on our way to fight a mighty Admin and set things right."

"The what now?" Stella repeated, confused.

"Admin. Crazy powerful woman." Jesse explained. "She's the one who's behind all this, and she's the one who we are going to fight."

"All right, let's say I believe you." Stella said. "I suppose I'll just have to find a way to fix it, it's my world too, after all."

Stella hopped into Lluna.

"You'll see, I'll fix it all on my own. I don't need any of you losers." Stella boasted, before gasping in surprise upon spotting the moon.

Jesse saw that the moon too was colored red but was also glitching around.

"Whoa. The moon!" Jesse exclaimed, at a loss for words.

"Okay, that's freaky." Jack added.

"So, Stella." Jesse continued. "You were saying?"

"I was saying that, maybe I'll… stick around for a bit. Just to keep an eye on you." Stella suggested.

Jesse rolled his eyes before continuing on.

"Y'know, I've been thinking about it, and I totally agree that 'adventure' is probably the closest I've got to a 'thing.'" Petra said. "But did this adventure really have to include Stella?"

Jesse gave a chuckle.

They continued on in silence until an echo from Lluna made Radar jump.

"Uh, you okay, Radar?" Jack asked.

"Yes! Yes, totally fine."

"Guys, shh." Jesse snapped. "We need to keep an eye- whoa!"

Jesse's eyes widened upon seeing what was right in-front of them. A giant tower loomed out of the ground like a sore thumb. Jesse could see millions of redstone circuits, connecting to various different things within the tower.

"I'm… actually kind of speechless right now." Jack commented.

"Man, all that redstone wiring. Color me impressed." Petra added.

"If I didn't know better, I would believe that it was powering some big." Jesse said. "Like PAMA, for instance?"

"PAMA?" Sammy asked, confused.

"Mind-controlling computer that they had to fight in one of their previous adventures." Jack explained.

"You holding up okay?" Jesse asked Jack. "Not gonna have another, episode?"

"No, no. No I'm not. I'm taking my fear, my anger, my rage, my fear, and um, converting them into pure awesomeness." Jack responded.

"Uh, good. Good." Jesse said, uncertainly.

"Hey, found the clock." Lukas pointed out.

Looking up, Jesse could see the yellow outline of the clock. Sure enough, it was suspended over 200 feet off the ground.

"Oh, perfect. But, how are we gonna get up there?" Petra asked.

"Well, the Admin mentioned challenges." Jesse said. "I'm guessing there's gonna be, like, obstacles or something when we get there."

"Wait, do I have this right? Are you telling me that this Admin woman is so powerful, she built all of this instantly?" Stella questioned, awestruck.

"You sound almost jealous." Radar commented.

"Almost? Of course I'm jealous of power like that." Stella said. "Power is how the world is run, little man. It's what people respect. What they listen to."

"Stella, I know you haven't met her yet. But I promise you, the Admin is nuts." Jesse pointed out.

"Yeah, you really don't want any part of that. Trust me." Jack agreed.

"Ah, lesser minds often DO mistake true genius for madness." Stella said.

"On second thought, with the way you two act. Maybe I can't wait for you two to meet each other." Jack continued. "You're practically sisters."

"Oh, Stella, you'll never change." Radar said.

"Oh, I thought I recognized you!" Stella recognized, her voice almost going as high as the Admin's. "You're the quitter who used to work on my inventory management team!"

"Wait, wait. Do you two know each other?" Jesse asked.

"Uh, yeah. I, uh, I used to live in Champion City." Radar admitted.

"What?"

"I don't know what he told you to get on this little 'team' but I don't think he even knows how to use a sword." Stella whispered.

"Oh, you don't know anything, Stella, so zip it." Radar snapped.

"Ooh, how do you put up with that little voice of his, Jesse? I know I never could." Stella commented.

"Not everyone needs to know how to swing a sword, Stella. Radar has a lot of his own skills." Jesse pointed out.

"Yeah! Thanks, Jesse." Radar exclaimed.

"Can't wait to see 'em. I'll call you if the Admin needs to file anything." Stella laughed. "Come along, Lluna."

Lluna bucked Stella off before racing ahead. Stella racing after her.

"Thanks, Jesse. I appreciate that." Radar said. "I'm not the person she thinks I am anymore. I've changed, and I can prove it. I can be different. Braver."

"Yeah, you've definitely changed, Radar. It's always important to try and grow."

"Yeah, and I promise; I'll make you proud."

Lukas whistled in amazement.

"Would you look at that."

"Yeah, the Admin could definitely give Harper a run for her money, and that's putting it lightly." Jesse agreed.

"Haven't seen anything that grand since the last time I visited the Overcompensating Builders of E'gesh." Jack added.

"You and me both." Sammy agreed.

Jesse saw a lever to the right.

"Oh boy, my favorite: mystery levers." Petra commented.

Jesse approached it and pulled it. The static noise from before was heard, and the hologram of the Admin appeared again.

"Well, well, well." The Admin said. "Who do we have here? Didn't expect there to be so many people here."

"Here we go again." Jesse sighed.

"Still a little early to make judgements yet, but I can't say I'm very sure of your choice of company though." The Admin pointed out. "This building here, it's specifically designed to cater for the best of the best."

The Admin glanced at Sammy, Petra and Jack, before moving her gaze to Lukas, Radar and Stella.

"Not exactly suitable for your average… loser?"

Stella stepped up.

"Admin, ma'am. I'm Stella." Stella introduced, doing a salute gesture. "Founder of Champion City. Maybe you've heard of me?"

"Can't say I have." The Admin said. "Although, I do like your style, Stella. Let's just hope you have what it takes to make it through to the end."

The Admin turned around, focusing her glowing pink eyes on the giant tower that was filled with trails of redstone dust.

"This tower here? This is where we separate the strong from the weak." The Admin announced. "So, ready to find out just how capable your miserable excuses of companions are?"

The Admin gave another high-pitched maniacal laugh that made Jesse's skin crawl once again.

"You watch it, missy." Jack warned.

"Wow, I'm terrified." The Admin deadpanned sarcastically, giving Jack a bored stare.

"I'll admit, I am totally stoked!" Jesse said.

"Are we really sure what we're getting ourselves into?" Radar whispered.

"AHA! That's more like it!" The Admin exclaimed in response. "New creations of my own design, plus mining fatigue at every corner. Wouldn't want to risk you cheating. I abhor rule breakers."

"I can see that you all want to get to that clock, but first, you have to get through my challenges." The Admin continued. "And trust me, they're hard. Really, really, hard! To be honest, I can only see Jesse here making it to the end."

"I'll give you one thing, Admin. This place is pretty spectacular." Jesse said.

The Admin's yellow face beamed at this. She gave a grin.

"Well, enough jibber jabber. Let's get cracking!"

The Admin clapped her hands, and the floor underneath them opened, dropping them into a pit. The Admin gave one last sinister chuckle before the hologram disappeared.


Author's Notes: Oh, and here's the link to the tumblr post that gave me the idea to start writing this. (Remove the spaces)

mayomamasui . tumblr post / 1838 85470 784/ swap-xara-and-romeo

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