I'm so sorry.
Please don't hurt me.
WARNING: TEARS, SADNESS, AND OTHER SADDENING THINGS.
Jason was floating up in space, looking around at the beauty surrounding him.
Except the beauty of it all wasn't reaching him.
In his arms was a small, motionless pink body. No friendly snort came from the astronaut's swine companion today, nor ever again. Jeffery, after many fun adventures, had finally moved on to the Aether. Jason shed a tear, remembering how his small friend met his end.
*Flashback*
Jason had been wandering through a Taiga biome, searching for a lot of snow to create an army of snow golems for his new base. However, much of the ground was bare or covered in unsuitable snow. Jeffery snorted to the cosmic adventurer, signaling that he had found some good snow.
Jason ran over to the small pink animal and eagerly dug up the snow.
"Thanks, buddy." Jason said, patting his friend's head and giving him a carrot, earning a cheerful short. They continued on their way, passing a small pack of wolves.
After finding enough snow to create a few golems, Jason looked at the sun's position.
"It's getting dark. We should head home, Jeffery." Jason said, looking around for his companion.
"Jeffery? Where are you, bud?" He asked, getting worried.
Suddenly, he heard a pained squeal from back the way they had come a little ways.
"JEFFERY!" Jason yelled, sprinting off to the source.
He ended up in a clearing where four wolves had cornered Jeffery and had begun attacking.
Jason pulled out his sword and began attacking the feral canines. They put up a tough fight, but Jason's determination to save his friend won over.
He stepped over the dead wolves and ran to his injured companion. Jeffery lay on his side, blood flowing heavily from a severe wound across his stomach.
"No, no, no, no," Jason said, trying to put pressure on the wound. He knew deep down that Jeffery wouldn't make it, but wouldn't believe it. "You're gonna be ok, buddy. Everything is gonna be ok."
Jeffery oinked in protest, knowing his human friend was lying to himself.
Jason tapped a switch on his neck, retracting his helmet so that his friend could make eye contact with him. "Don't be like that, dude, you'll be fine. Everything will be fine. You'll have lots of yummy carrots to munch on..." By this point, tears were running down Jason's cheeks, pooling in the rim where his helmet met his suit. "Dammit, Jeffery don't do this to me! Please..."
Jeffery weakly reached up a hoof to his friend's tear streaked face, knowing his time had come. He quietly oinked in farewell, before closing his eyes and going limp.
"Jeffery? Jeffery?!" Jason asked, knowing his friend was gone but refusing to allow himself to believe it.
He wailed in despair, scaring many birds away with the pure anguish in his voice. Jason sat there sobbing for hours, no mob daring to come near.
As dawn broke in the sky, the astronaut, his tears now silent, once again covered his face with his helm, picked up his friend, and walked home.
*End Flashback*
Jason looked now at the body in his arms, the blood washed away and the wound stitched. Jeffery could have been sleeping, if it weren't for the complete lack of breath or heartbeat.
Jason hugged the body close, not wanting to let go but knowing that he would have to eventually. Finally choosing a direction, Jason released his friend, before activating his jetpack and returning home.
Jeffery's body began to float away from Minecraftia, moving towards the beautiful nebulae that his eyes had once admired. A small note was attached to his side, along with a ripened carrot.
May you forever float among the beautiful cosmos you once admired so very much.
I will never forget you.
-Jason
Based on this fan animation by SuperChopOnline (/watch?v=YpY9loZNOGY)
I'm literally crying my eyes out at 11pm writing this.
Not helping myself by listening to Imagine Dragons and Coldplay, either.
-Jordyn out...