I do not own Minecraft Story Mode or any of the characters. Okay, so, I watched one play through of the available episodes of Story Mode Season 2. I like the drama between Jesse and Petra. And I like a few of the characters, though I'm not a huge fan of Jack.


Recovery

Jesse sighed, opening his eyes and looking around. He and his friends had gotten a hotel room for a couple of days while Jesse recovered, however, there were only two beds. Axel and Em both volunteered to sleep on the floor since they each took up a full bed, and Lukas decided to keep watch, since their track record showed that they would be fighting something soon. That left Ivor to spend all night brewing potions to make up for the ones used during the Skywars incident and Olivia and Petra. As far as he could remember, the plan was for Petra to sleep with Olivia, leaving Jesse the bed all to himself. So why he suddenly found himself lying beside Petra he had no idea.

"You were having nightmares," Petra mumbled as though having read his mind, not bothering to open her eyes. "Every time I tried to go back to my bed they would start again, so I slept here."

Jesse nodded, staring up at the ceiling. He couldn't stop thinking about what had happened when he had almost died. It had felt so real, and yet he knew that he hadn't been saved by an angel's kiss, he had been saved by one of Ivor's potions. And yet, he could practically still feel the angel's lips on his. He glanced at Petra who still had her eyes closed. The movie flashed through his mind, or rather, one scene did. He closed his eyes, forcing the thoughts out of his mind. He couldn't dwell on that. He wasn't sure what they really were, but he wasn't going to ruin it by getting nervous and only thinking of that.

"Why the long face?" Petra asked.

"It's nothing," Jesse lied.

"You know, as amazing as you've become at fighting, you still can't lie to save your life," Petra said. "Talk to me, Jesse."

Jesse sighed, rubbing his eyes. He decided to tell a half lie. "I've been having nightmares again."

"Like before?" Petra asked.

"Sort of," Jesse said. "In the first one, I saw all of you dead. Your bodies were just lying there, but I was so scared. I don't really know why. Ever since it's been...different. After the movie I dreamed about losing Reuben. Then I...I dreamed about leaving you behind, and you being infected by the Wither Storm. I...I dreamed about what you would have become if we couldn't save you. And about what I would have...what I would have had to do. After those nightmares came the ones from the Portal Network. What might have happened if I couldn't save you from PAMA, the Old Builder's games, but without a respawn. Then last night, it was skywars, except...that guy stabbed you instead of me. And...you died."

Petra sat up, wrapping her arms around him. "I'm not going anywhere, Jesse. You're not that lucky. Like it or not, and no matter how often you dream of being rid of me, you're stuck with me."

Jesse managed a weak chuckle before nodding. "I still can't believe I lost Ellegaard's armor."

"I don't think she'd mind, since you're alive," Petra said. "Besides, you made an awesome replacement."

Jesse looked over at the armor, smilkng to himself. He was pretty proud of the armor as well. It looked like Ellegaard's except with iron where hers had had gold, Obsidian for most of the plating, and where Ellegard's had had redstone, such as the chest and back, Jesse's replacement had diamond.

"I did do pretty well, didn't I?" Jesse smiled. "I could probably make bank as an armor smith."

"Yeah, but then you'd have to give up adventuring," Petra smiled.

"True," Jesse nodded before sighing and climbing out of bed, pulling his armor on, then his sword. "Let's go for a walk."

Petra nodded in agreement and also put her gear on before the two left the room, walking through town, enjoying the peace and quiet of the nearly-empty early morning streets and the slight chill in the air.

"It's nice here," Petra said. "Peaceful."

Jesse nodded and smiled. "It's cooler than back home."

"So, what's on your mind?" Petra asked.

"Beacontown wants me to be their Hero in Residence," Jesse said. "They want me to be the recognized champion of Beacontown and to essentially run it."

"That's awesome!" Petra grinned.

Jesse smiled but stared at the ground. "Yeah, it's all I ever wanted before. To be recognized as one of the greatest heroes in history. But..."

"What's wrong?" Petra asked.

"I...I love to go on adventures," Jesse said. "I love to spend time with my friends. It may not be bad now, but with Axel as the ruler of Boom Town, and with Olivia essentially being the new Ellegaard, and therefor the ruler of Redstonia, and with Lukas writing in his journal, that leaves most of our original group gone. Heck, even most of the new guys are gone a lot. Ivor keeps running off to see Harper, thinking we don't know what he's doing, and Em's always with Axel. That just...that leaves you. If I became Beacontown's Hero in Residence, I wouldn't be able to spend much time with you."

"But you could protect town," Petra said. "That's the important part. You've always wanted to protect the town."

"Well, yeah, I suppose," Jesse sighed. "I just...wish I could protect them and hang out with you."

"I'm sure we could manage," Petra smiled. "Besides, we don't have to be fighting a Wither Storm to be adventuring."

"True, but still," Jesse sighed.

"Hey, it'll be fine," Petra said. "You'll run Beacontown, I'll be your assistant who sneaks you out of town for fun whenever we can, and the others can join in when they have time."

Jesse sighed but nodded, smiling.

"Alright," Jesse agreed. "Sounds like a plan."

Petra nodded as well, grinning just as they stepped out of the town and looked around. All around the town there was a mix of rolling green fields and mine entrances. Petra glanced at Jesse and he grinned knowingly. Both wanted to go mine, but both decided against it. Jesse walked away from the gate, climbing the wall around the city and stopping at a spot overlooking a lake. It was perfectly still, giving it a mirror quality, the moon and stars reflecting in it. It gave a sort of surreal feeling to the view.

"I love it here," Petra said, leaning on the wall beside him. "Every time we come here it's so peaceful."

"True," Jesse nodded. "If only I wasn't hurting. I bet the mines here are amazing."

"In a city of miners and craftsmen, they're probably extremely safe." Petra said.

Right now, safe sounds like an excellent idea," Jesse chuckled. "Still, once I'm better, maybe we can go to that world with all the old ruins and go tomb raiding."

"I'm like that," Petra smiled. "I'm glad you're okay."

"Yeah," Jesse said, staring at the lake. "it's a regular miracle."

"Thank God for angels," Petra said with a half-hearted smile.

"Yeah...angels," Jesse mumbled.

"Are you alright?" Petra asked, brows creasing with worry.

"I...I don't know," Jesse sighed. "Every night...I dream that the people I care about most are dead. And when I'm awake, the dreams are all I can think about."

"They're just dreams," Petra said, setting her hand on his. "We're not going anywhere. I promise."

"I hope so," Jesse sighed. "Let's head back. I'm tired."

Petra sighed and nodded. They walked back to the hotel, returning to their room. Jesse sat on his bed, staring emptily at the floor. After a moment, Petra gently pushed him onto the bed, climbing in beside him. He smiled slightly as one of her hands slipped into his, her other arm draping across his chest. He turned toward her, taking her hand in both of his and closing his eyes.

"Goodnight Jesse," Petra whispered.

"Goodnight," Jesse smiled. He fell silent, but try as he might, sleep never came.


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