CHAPTER THREE: FRIENDLY ADVICE
To prepare for the arrival of my friend, I had to spruce up, and so I spent that day decorating my ditch. I picked some roses from a nearby field, and used some dirt blocks to form a small block big enough for two players. When she joined the server, I had everything ready. I quickly sat inside the box to act like I hadn't just built the house I was sitting in. I heard footsteps outside. I stood up, ready to embrace my friend. Instead, I embraced the leadsr of the gang that had threatened me the previous night.
"What are you doing here again?" I asked.
"Why you building a house, kid?" he requested. His Master Chief skin seemed to glare at me.
"I'm expecting a guest."
"No you aren't. Not if they're gonna help you win OUR spleef tournament?"
"Bro, you have a serious superiority complex." I said.
"Alright, for that you're getting your house destroyed."
He picked up his sword and hit me with the hilt, knocking me over. As I watched from the floor, my once not-so-beautiful house was turned to floating blocks. Master Chief Guy picked them up, and tossed them into a convienently placed pit of lava about four blocks to the right.
"Don't let me find you trying to have a life again." MCG said, poking the tip of his sword into my stomach. He walked off, passing my friend Casey on her way in.
"Nice house." she said, brandishing her Oswin Oswald skin.
"It was a house 2 minutes ago." I groaned. "Get here early."
"It doesn't matter. Why did you ask me to come out to this server? You wouldn't unless it was something important."
"I'm entering a spleef tournament with a prize of 64 gold. It would mean the world to me. However, some unpleasant people are trying to bully me out of it, and they've destroyed my house and stolen my stuff."
Casey thought for a minute. She finally spoke:
"Heavy."
It was my turn to think.
"That's it? I got you out here and all you have for me is one word?"
"Let me finish! I think you should stand up for yourself and enter-"
"But I'll be bullied off the serv-"
"LET ME FINISH! Geez... I'll enter the tournament with you, give you support, and if I win, I'll give you the gold. Simple as that!"
If my skin could make facial expressions, I would've beamed at her.
"If I could hug you, I would. That's genius!" I exclaimed. "Let's go downtown now and sign you up."
Casey nodded in the affirmative, and we set off. However, as we reached the area of the town where the signup for the tournament was, I saw MCG standing in front of the sign that any participant would have to right-click to enter the contest. I told Casey to stay back, and walked up to him.
"What are you doing?" I asked, trying to act confident.
"I know what you're trying to do. You're gonna sign your friend up so you two can team up on us." said MCG.
"So what if we are? There's still at least seven of you."
"The point is that you're challenging our control over this server. And for that, I dub you the ultimate NOOB."
He had busted out the N-word. I was speechless. However, I still do have a brain, so at that moment I punched the guy in full diamond right in the face and ran for the hills.
"HEY!" MCG shouted, chasing after me with his sword raised. As I passed Casey, I nodded at her. She knew what to do. So as MCG was chasing me across the server, Casey was right-clicking the sign and joining the tournament. And while I ended up spending the night in an abandoned mineshaft, I was one step closer to a better life.
We met up the following morning, once MCG was tired of looking for me. The tournament was only hours away, and we had to prepare. We headed to a snowy biome a little ways away from the village, and finetoned our spleef skills with some diamond shovels on loan from the tournament. Unfortunately, I was a bit rusty. Casey kept knocking me in, and I responded to each fail with words I can't repeat here.
"You really suck at this." Casey teased.
"Shut up. I just need practice." I replied, grumbling as I jumped back up to the makeshift platform we had made.
"Go!" Casey said, and we charged at each other. I broke a couple blocks under her, knocking her in.
"Nice job." she said. For once, I was feeling good. However, when she won the next couple bouts I went back to grumbling.
"I think you perform better while angry." Casey noticed. "We should use that to our advantage."
"How?"
"Before the tournament, I'll show you some Blood on the Dance Floor fandom comments. Those will get you angry, and we'll see if they help you at the tournament."
"I guess we could try it." I said, not convinced. It was at this moment that I looked at the clock.
"GAH! THE TOURNAMENT STARTS IN AN HOUR!" And we're half an hour from the village!"
"Run run run!" Casey yelled, picking up the shovels and following me on the path back into town.
A/N: Cliffhanger! Complete with a take that to a group I truly hate and a new character to our story! Check back next time to finally see how the tournament goes down!
-Punk
Current Cast of Characters:
-PunkTheRocker
-Casey
-Master Chief Guy (MCG)
-The Server Deuces (MCG's gang)
I don't own Minecraft. I do, however, own my OCs.
