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"We can end this war at Jon's house, cut him off at sea," Horseluv stated a while later.
"But," countered Gibkids, "for this plan to succeed, there's someone else we need…"
"I know!" interjected PandaGal, coming in from her bedroom. "BUNNYLUV!"
"LeopardCool," Gibkids corrected driely.
"No, Bunnyluv!" PandaGal said, ready to press her point. "Bunnyluv is always ready to aid us, and she'll be a big help in this. Plus, she always wants to attack Jon. She can get back at him now."
"I don't doubt Bunnyluv's willingness to help," stated Horseluv cautiously. "I do doubt her ability to help…"
"She has ruby armor, a pink tourmaline sword, and a magical bunny wand!" exclaimed PandaGal. "Of course she can help! Now, homies, lets move on to more important things… mainly, how do I look?"
Gibkids looked at PandaGal appraisingly, taking in her new outfit for the first time. PandaGal now wore black leggings with orange-outlined pockets, white-and-orange sneakers, and an oversized black hoodie. The hoodie had embroidered flames coming up the sleeves, and the hood was edged in orange. When PandaGal turned, Gibkids could see that there was a sparkly orange panda on the back of the hoodie. PandaGal's hair was done up in a high ponytail. Overall, the outfit was well-put-together.
Horseluv voiced her opinion with, "Wow, you look a lot better without that derpy hat!"
PandaGal blushed. "It's. NOT. Derpy."
Gibkids got the two back on track. "We need to contact both Bunnyluv16 and LeopardCool54; we need all the help we can get to beat Jon. Horseluv, how are we going to do that?"
"Easy, LeopardCool set up a redstone device that, when activated, sends a signal to the desired person. I don't know if you have the system connected in here, PandaGal…"
PandaGal was already moving. "I'm not a complete fail at redstone, I was able to set up the device so that I could access it from here," she revealed. Walking over to the wall, she pushed aside a PANDICORNS RULE banner to reveal a small control panel, with five miniature levers, as well as a single redstone-torch head. She pulled a lever, labeled Bunnyluv16, back and forth several times.
"You know Morse Code?" asked Horseluv in disbelief.
"Face it, sister, there's a lot of things that you don't know about me," answered PandaGal, with more than a little exasperation. "Now, I just hope she's by her receiver…" She trailed off as the redstone-torch head began to blink on and off, in a rhythmic pattern. After a while, PandaGal jumped up and down. "She's going to come and help us! She knows where LeopardCool is, she's going to get him and bring him to Jon's house! They're going to bring the pets, so they can help us! We need to meet them there, so we're able to push Jon back."
"One problem," Gibkids said, deflating PandaGal's hopeful attitude. "We're almost 50 kilometers from the Housing District. Our horses are tired, and I don't think they're up to running back all the way. Even if they weren't tired, and galloped as fast as they could, it would take about fifty minutes to reach the location. At our distance and speed, it would be a piece of cake for Jon to find us, catch up to us, and overpower us."
"I know!" exclaimed Horseluv. "I've expanded the floating rail system over the Amethyst Empire in some places, so we can use that to access the Housing District. Then, we can run to Jon's house, where which is where he'll be if he hasn't already found us by then. We cut him off at the ocean, we ask him to surrender and get a fair punishment, we chop off his head if he refuses. We can't outright kill him; we need to humiliate him first to win the war. It's simple."
PandaGal was stunned. "When did I give you permission to build a floating rail system over my empire?"
"When did you get permission to get Gio out of his stall and bring him into danger?" asked Horseluv. "Don't question it unless you want to be left behind and miss out on all the fun. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to build stairs up to the rail, if anyone wants to come with me come now."
"Damn," whispered PandaGal.
The two silently filed out of the safe house, while Horseluv strode on ahead, stopping at a seemingly random place and starting to spiral up. Gibkids and PandaGal followed the ruler of the Emerald Empire onto the makeshift stairs as she built up and up, eventually intersecting perfectly with a tiny beam of redstone, stretching as far as the eye could see in either direction. Horseluv placed down three carts, which the Minecrafters sat in and started up. The carts accelerated quickly to a speed of 150 kilometers per hour, giving the trio hope that they would be able to face Jon in time.
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"There he is," whispered Gibkids, as she looked down from the elevated rail, mindful of the fact that they were within earshot of Jon. "Next to his house."
"And the ocean," Horseluv reminded. The huge body of water was about a quarter of a kilometer from Jon's house. "We need to attract his attention, and push him back to the ocean. We can corner him there." All decent fighters in PE knew that fighting in water slowed you down drastically, and it was basically suicide to consider this option.
"There's just one problem," PandaGal stated. "How in the fluff are we supposed to get him a quarter of a kilometer away from his house without him noticing? He isn't that dumb."
"He killed you," Horseluv deadpanned. "If that isn't a sign of idiocy, I don't know what is."
Gibkids, however, agreed with PandaGal's sentiment. "I understand the basis of this plan, but I'm not sure if it will work in practice. Even if Jon is an idiot, which I highly doubt, he's still the best fighter in the empires, maybe even in all of PE. He isn't an idiot either. If you use reason, you can clearly see that it took some thought to carry out his plan the way he has. He has the advantage in this situation. I'm not sure if even the three of us would be able to take him in a fight when he has all of his weapons at his disposal, let alone push him back." Now, the trio climbed out of their carts, moving towards the elevator that would take them down to ground level.
"That's why we aren't alone," Horseluv stated, answering Gibkids' earlier statement. "Bunnyluv and LeopardCool should be here soon. We can manage to push Jon back, really easily."
"Horseluv," started PandaGal, raising her voice, "you're really underestimating Jon! Even fighting five-on-one won't distract him; he has true battle reflexes. He isn't really that stupid. I know him better than you. You have to trust me."
"And what if I don't!" shouted Horseluv suddenly. "What if I don't actually trust you? What then? Are you going to work with me, or go against me?"
"Horseluv, calm down," said Gibkids calmly, unsuccessfully trying to soothe Horseluv.
"Stop hiding your emotions!" thundered Horseluv. "The only thing your secrets get you are more secrets!" Directing this comment to both of her dumbfounded friends, she screamed, "How can I trust you if YOU DON'T TRUST ME YOURSELVES?"
The elevator suddenly sent out a pleasant ding through the tensioned air. The reaction to the innocent sound was anything but pleasant, however, as the thought that ran through all three of the girls was that they hadn't called the elevator up to them… someone must have been coming up to them, lured by their all-too-obvious voices.
Right on cue, the doors opened, and Jon stepped out in all of his glory. He swung his swords menacingly, and fingered the fire charges at his belt. "Did you really mean all that, PandaGal?" he asked, in a sickeningly sweet voice. "I'm truly touched that you put so much faith in my mental abilities, and I'm disappointed in Horseluv for not sharing your opinion. Well, I've found you." He sneered at Horseluv, ignoring Gibkids as she drew her sword. "Do you want to rethink your ideas of my I.Q, Little Miss Paranoid? Honestly, why do you ever put on that show of trusting anybody? They all know that it will stop one day."
Horseluv was frozen, lost without a retort as Jon twirled his swords and stepped towards her. He was blocked by Gibkids pointing her bedrock sword at his throat. "Jon4541, you are under arrest for illegal use of weapons, trespassing, and unprovoked killing," she intoned stonily. "Drop all of your weapons and hands over your head."
"Ah, Gibkids," drawled Jon, lowering his weapons and blatantly disregarding the sword pointing at him. "Still bound firmly by the law, aren't we? Shame. You can never get anywhere when you're bound by the laws all those diplomats insist on. Damn laws are useless, anyway. Disregard them, and you could get much, much further in life."
"That's not true!" exclaimed Gibkids. "All my life, I've followed the rules, and I'm happy with where I am. If you're willing to disregard the laws, you're willing to throw away logic, throw away reason, throw away who you are." She slid her sword closer, just barely touching the skin of his neck with the sharp point. "I haven't thrown any of it away. And now, who I am is telling me that my friends are more important that the law, just this once. After this, I'll be back to who I really am, while you'll be viewed as different. Untrustworthy. By following the rules, Jon, I haven't lost. I've won."
As Gibkids prepared to shove the sword forward, there was a sudden clatter. She blinked, finding that her sword had landed on the edge of the platform. Looking at Jon, Gibkids could see that his swords had been raised again, and he had caught the end of her sword between them and forced all three weapons up, twisting her sword out of her grasp. She rolled backwards under Jon's swords as he viciously swung them towards her head. As PandaGal and Horseluv drew their swords, Gibkids made to grab her bow. Horseluv stopped her.
"No. Use your elytra to glide down and warn LeopardCool and Bunnyluv about the situation when they come," she whispered to a reluctant Gibkids as PandaGal strode forward. "PandaGal and I can hold Jon off until you bring the reinforcements. Go!"
Muttering curses under her breath, Gibkids took out her golden elytra wings, unfurling them and fastening them around her neck. "Why didn't I get more of these?" she asked herself. Of course, that was because she had been being chased when she had found them, and she hadn't had the time, the means, or the motive to acquire more of the elusive elytra. She ducked as Jon's swords came a little too close for comfort, and PandaGal countered him with a potion that caused the griefer to shake uncontrollably. Taking this opportunity, Gibkids sprinted towards the edge of the platform, scooping up her sword as she launched herself into the air.
For one split second, Gibkids was falling through thin air. She instinctively started to curl in on herself, to feel more protected, but resisted the urge. Then, the golden elytra wings spread wide, and the ninja's free-fall turned into a controlled glide. She shifted her body weight slightly, and the elytra responded beautifully, As she spiraled below the platform, she heard sounds of battle. Although Horseluv and PandaGal were currently holding their own, they were being pushed to the limit. Every blow that they parried left them even more vulnerable to the next. Knowing this, Gibkids decided to buy her friends time.
"Hey, Jon! Bet you can't catch me!" Gibkids cried, leveling out her glide and drastically slowing down her descent. Up above, she saw a familiar face, surrounded by black, sneering at her.
"Famous last words," Jon yelled back at her. He pulled out several fire charges, proceeding to launch them at Gibkids between parrying the renewed attacks of Horseluv and PandaGal. Even through his distraction, Jon had amazing aim, and Gibkids struggled to avoid the deadly missiles. She knew that if he had been taking these shots in an undistracted situation, she wouldn't have survived this long. As it was, it took all her courage to stop from banking down, out of range of the fire charges. Her friends still needed her help… even if she had to risk everything.
Eventually, after about a dozen fire charges had flown past the elusive ninja, some of them mere centimeters from clipping her, Jon seemed to get bored of this sport. He turned his full attention to the battle above. Gibkids sighed in defeat, then perked up when she spotted two figures, far below. One had long, reddish-brown hair and wore ruby armor over a long, slitted pink dress. The other had short blonde hair, almost the same shade as Horseluv's, and was clad in titanium armor, over a red shirt and jeans. Even from this distance, she immediately recognized them as LeopardCool54 and Bunnyluv16, the rulers of the Iron Empire and the Fluffy Empire, respectively. She also noticed that several oddly-shaped figures stood by them; the loyal pets of the rulers, as well as Gibkids, had come to assist. Diving at yet a steeper angle, she rushed towards the two, trying desperately to forget just how much she hated landing.
A few meters above the ground, she pulled up sharply, running as soon as her feet brushed the ground. Gibkids managed to come to a complete stop without falling over and looking like a complete idiot, and she allowed herself to feel satisfaction with herself for a moment. The feeling was washed away, replaced by determination, as she furled up the wings of the elytra and turned to the pair.
"Gibkids! Thank the Bunneh you're okay!" screeched Bunnyluv. Gibkids tried to paste a smile on her face as the over-exuberant ruler tackled her in a hug. She may have considered the ruler of the Fluffy Empire an acquaintance, perhaps even a friend, but hugs were really pushing into her comfort zone. "Where's PandaGal and Horseluv?"
"Not to mention Jon," LeopardCool chimed in. "I want to show that little piece of shit just what happens when you mess with us!"
Gibkids smirked. "LeopardCool, don't let Horseluv and PandaGal hear you use that language if you value your life." She rapidly explained the situation to the pair. "We need to stop them, get Jon down here, and get him to the ocean. Come on!"
While Gibkids and Bunnyluv raced to the elevator, LeopardCool disappeared inside his house, which caused the ninja to panic for a moment. Was LeopardCool really running away? Then, she remembered that LeopardCool was an expert parkourist, and had a small roof deck that was accessible by a high-speed elevator, that LeopardCool himself had designed, using his amazing redstone skills. With that much power, LeopardCool could reach the level of the train track at a much faster pace than the girls. Gibkids calmed herself down, preparing mentally for the coming battle as the voices of the combatants became coherent.
"You won't escape the consequences of your mistakes this time, Horseluv!" cried Jon, from up above the ascending elevator.
"Can you just quit it with the damn villain monologue?" snarled Horseluv in return. "Everyone makes mistakes. The biggest one you can make is not forgiving the shortcomings of others!"
"Obey your own advice about mistakes, Horseluv, and I'll listen to it," drawled Jon. "You're going to be sorry you ever messed with me!"
"No, Jon," came LeopardCool's voice, from high above. "You're going to be sorry you ever messed with us!"
The doors of the elevator parted with the annoying ding accompanying the action. The arrival of Gibkids and Bunnyluv, however, remained unnoticed by the three combatants. They were staring at LeopardCool, who smirked at Jon from the deck of his house. Suddenly, though his stance had not betrayed any thought of motion, the ruler of the Iron Empire was in motion, soaring through the air. He came crashing down with his titanium boot against Jon's raised swords, pushing the griefer back. Horseluv and PandaGal whooped and raised their swords, but Jon suddenly turned tail and swished out a water bucket. He poured it over the side, jumped over the edge, and scooped it up behind him, which seemingly left him out of harm's way, descending along with the trail of water.
He was unprepared, however, for LeopardCool to use some of his amazing pistons to build a piston elevator. The elevator lowered Jon's five opponents to the ground even before Jon. The griefer gaped at the attackers, being surprised by their sudden appearance.
"Dude, who uses water towers anymore?" taunted LeopardCool. "Piston elevators are so much cooler!"
Angry, Jon tried to launch another attack on the group, but Bunnyluv brought forth her bunny wand, given to her by Gibkids. She screeched, "Bunny POWER!" and swished the wand down through the air, striking it on the ground.
Jon was suddenly attacked by a horde of angry, flesh-eating bunnies. He was able to fight them off, but they significantly tired him out, slowing his sharp reflexes and battle-ready mind. The bunnies soon vanished, but Jon still stood, shell-shocked, in front of them.
Then, Gibkids heard a roar as the ruler's pets came to join them. Callie, Horseluv's black Lab, dashed to her mistress's side and bared her teeth at Jon. Icy, LeopardCool's polar bear, growled menacingly, while Mango, Bunnyluv's bunny, chittered in anger. Ralph the piggycorn appeared next to PandaGal and snorted defiantly. Finally, William and Kate, the Prince and Princess dragons, flew to Gibkids' side. Gibkids raised her sword and yelled to all, "ATTACK!"
The first to step forward to Jon was Horseluv. In a fury, she swung her emerald sword violently from side to side, slashing back and forth. Although Horseluv was frankly horrible at dueling, Jon was too dazed to put up much of a fight, especially when Callie was racing in and nipping him whenever she had an opening. After pushing the griefer back by about ten meters, Horseluv started to scatter canisters of dynamite. On the outside of each canister, she quickly set a blast radius and intensity. Soon, the builder had loaded the area with her weapons, and she pressed a button. The small canisters of explosives were set off, and due to their expert placement, they pushed Jon back by another twenty meters.
The next to come up was LeopardCool. As Icy engaged Jon in an all-out brawl, LeopardCool danced around the griefer, jumping around setting up pistons and parrying the occasional fire charge with his redstone sword. Finally, a large contraption had been set up in front of the furious Jon. LeopardCool smirked and touched the end of his sword to the final piston. The end of the parkourist's sword caused a redstone signal to run through the entire formation, setting off the pistons. Jon, who had just started to recover from his disorientation, was smacked head-on by the pistons, forced backward by the pistons themselves for ten meters and flying an additional thirty as a result of the force, straight into the ground.
Bunnyluv stepped forward next, Mango right beside her. Swinging her pink tourmaline sword, Bunnyluv rammed Jon's armor again and again, making him fall backwards. Mango used his sharp teeth to tear Jon's clothes and tug him towards their destination. After Jon had been pushed back about five meters, the animal lover grew bored and raised her bunny wand, ready to fire. Jon started to stumble backwards, terrified of what would happen if he stayed in range of the weapon. He managed to move thirty meters back, before coming to his senses and brandishing his swords once more.
Gibkids was ready to counter his renewed attack, William and Kate by her side. For several moments, the others simply watched as the bedrock sword clashed against the diamond pair, then both being drawn back, only to blur as they clashed once again. William and Kate breathed fire at Jon, forcing him to back up several meters. Thinking quickly, the griefer pulled out several fire charges and launched them at Gibkids, who simply pulled out her bow and shot them out of the air. Finally, she aimed an arrow at Jon, who was ready to toss another fire charge. He froze, which gave the ninja a chance to shoot an arrow directly into the weapon in his hand. The resulting explosion knocked the griefer backwards by another forty-five meters.
As Jon slowly climbed to his feet, his adversaries glanced towards where PandaGal was, waiting for her to begin her part of the fight. They were surprised, however, when they realized that she was no longer in their group. They looked around desperately, finally spotting her; but she was now over by Jon's house.
"PandaGal! Come over here now!" shouted Horseluv. "Or do you want to pass up the chance to finally beat up this little piece of shit?"
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" yelled PandaGal in return. She threw a potion down to her feet, and she sprinted at an incredible speed to them. After five seconds, she had arrived at their position. She looked down at her feet dejectedly, noticing that she no longer bore the effects of the potion. "Damn, it already wore off."
"That's not the priority right now, PandaGal!" said Horseluv sharply.
"Oh, yeah," remembered PandaGal, "I still need to beat up the little piece of shit. Sorry."
The troller proceeded to engage the griefer in combat. The amethyst and diamond blades flashed as they moved at incredible speed, just as they had the night that this grudge had been founded. Ralph dove in, shooting sparks from his horn and causing general mayhem. Jon stumbled back, rubbing the glare from Phil's sparks out of his eyes, as PandaGal looked through her potions hurriedly. Finally, she threw one at Jon, who found himself levitating above the ground by several centimeters. This removal of friction allowed the griefer to sail backwards an impressive amount when PandaGal ran up to him and body-slammed him.
"The ocean is in sight!" called Gibkids. "Give it everything you've got!"
Jon barely had time to stand before Gibkids shot several arrows at him at close range. The ninja's arrows clanged against his armor in strategic spots, forcing him backwards. PandaGal smashed a potion on the ground, screaming, "ANOTHER!", as a giant hand appeared, and flicked Jon back like a pesky fly. Ralph ran straight towards Jon, aiming his horn at a specific, sensitive body part. The griefer let out a high-pitched scream and dashed away from the sharp protrusion. Horseluv rammed her emerald sword against Jon's chest, knocking out his breath, as Mango landed on Jon's face and chittered angrily. LeopardCool then used a piston to smack the disoriented Jon backwards. William and Kate each seized one of Jon's hands in their mouths, and carried him as far as they could before the griefer started waving his swords dangerously. Callie jumped up, using Jon as a springboard to knock him directly into Bunnyluv, who rammed her bunny wand into the ground without hesitation. After a few moments, Jon waded out of the mess, dazed, only to be bowled over by Icy. The griefer pushed off the polar bear, and tried to run away from the murderous group.
He was met with the ocean, stretching as far as the eye could see.
The defenders had succeeded.
The five, along with their faithful pets, ringed around Jon, forming a half-circle and cutting off all escape routes. Some, who shall not be named, started forward, intent on finishing the job, but Gibkids stopped them, remembering their agreement to give Jon a chance.
"Jon4541, you have been charged with treason against the empires, and been proven guilty. All present are witness to this judgement. You have the option to surrender to us, and we swear that you will not be harmed before a fair and just punishment is decided upon."
"Or, you can disagree and become subject to our non-existent mercy," supplied Horseluv helpfully.
Jon eyed the group warily, before laughing. To any who did not know him, the sound would appear genuine. "Oh, come on. This is personal, not political. This won't go to court. It's not like you're actually gonna kill me anyway, guys. You give me options, but there are none."
The whole group moved towards the smug griefer, raising weapons and baring teeth.
Jon whitened, trying to back up before he felt the lap of water against his boots. He looked towards the group, judging his options before he moved.
The griefer suddenly dashed forward, straight towards Gibkids. The ninja raised her sword in an instinctively defensive position, but Jon simply pushed past her. The others looked on in amazement as the griefer made a beeline for his house. All was silent.
"That little dickhead," muttered PandaGal finally.
"That little COWARD!" yelled Horseluv suddenly, as if the word was a worse curse than PandaGal's sentiment. "We beat him, we give him the choices, and he just RUNS? We need to go after him, and show him what happens when he shows such utter disrespect!"
"Oh, you don't need to bother with that, Horseluv," murmured PandaGal. "I already took care of it. Call me paranoid, but I thought Jon would pull a trick like this. As I said, I don't underestimate him."
"What did you do?" asked Horseluv, intrigued, as well as miffed at the mention of paranoia.
"Oh," pondered PandaGal teasingly, "I seem to have forgotten. All I remember is that it involved a new potion, Jon's house, and… boom?"
By now, Jon had reached his house. Panting in relief, the griefer made to enter his house, so he could plan his next move against his soon-to-be-defeated adversaries. He hurried, as he knew that his friend's miserable code of honor would prevent them from attacking him on his own turf. Once he entered his house, he would be safe
He failed to notice, however, that his windows were covered up, and the house appeared completely dark, despite all the lighting inside.
When Jon opened the door, he was met with his whole house, filled to the brim with creepers.
Damn, PandaGal knew how to play dirty.
That was Jon's last thought (for now) before the creepers detonated.
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"That. Was. Awesome," Horseluv finally stated.
"I. Agree," answered Gibkids.
"Works every time!" cried PandaGal, high-fiving Bunnyluv.
"Wait, have you done this before?" exclaimed Horseluv worriedly. "Who invoked your wrath?"
The war was won. The Defenders had prevailed against Jon, and the griefer, completely and utterly humiliated by being blown up in his own house, would not make any more trouble. There was no point in defeating him further. Eventually, he might have a chance for redemption, perhaps even forgiveness.
None would forget, however, the weaknesses uncovered, the distrust brought to light, the cracks in the friendship the five had formed.
For now, they ignored all of that.
For now, they basked in the light of glory.
"Sha-BOOM goes the cannon!" yelled LeopardCool.
Super long author's note this time- just skip to the bottom if you don't want to read.
So this whole thing, this whole plot-line I've been writing about for two whole chapters?
It's based on real events.
Very, very, very loosely based on real events.
All the characters except for Gibkids are based on real people. Horseluv is a darker version of me, PandaGal is basically a super-over-the-top version of my sister, LeopardCool is basically my brother, Bunnyluv is based on my sister's bestie, and Jon is based on one of our (former) friends, with a lot more brains added. Our skills are based on real life too; I'm great at building, my brother's great at parkour, etc. Gibkids is based on our computer Minecraft account, and her personality is how it is because they need someone serious.
The actual events in the Crafting Wars were as follows: Back in like 2014, before horses, infinite worlds, the actual Nether, and in the era of the stone-cutter, me, my sister, my brother, Jon, and Jon's brother were in the old Emerald World, in which I had a puny Emerald House with only four 4/10 floors and Jon had a diamond cube house. I walked into my house, and the door was blocked by crafting tables. Jon confessed, and I flipped out like the little kid I was and put crafting tables in his house. The most dramatic thing that happened was that we ran around one night, in our duplicated diamond armor and Steve skins, trying to kill each other. The most we did was kill my sister a couple times. Me and my sister actually did block up Jon's windows and lights and let monsters spawn in his house, but it was after he and his brother went back to their house. We blew the actual reveal of the prank, and he didn't blow up or anything. We were fine friends afterwards, until we crafting-table/furnaced his house on the computer as Gibkids123. Then, the American election drew us apart, so yeah.
From that, I got this.
Am I a genius?
Or completely boring?
Tell me!
Next time, we continue this, with a new adventure tied to this one.
~Horseluv
