6 Years Ago, some time before Jesse's first competition with Olivia and Axel.


Olivia, Jesse and Axel would have been at the Endercon Building Competition, had it not been for the fact that it was cancelled a few days ago. A really bad storm was predicted to come at around the time of the competition.

Whoever made that prediction was right.

The group was huddled underground, their 'bunker' only big enough to fit the four of them.

Inside the makeshift bunker, Reuben was stuffing his face with cookies, Jesse was digging the surrounding dirt, and Olivia was trying her best to read a Redstone guide book in the light of a single torch. Axel was out to grab some extra supplies, something the two girls had objected to because of the storm.

He was stubborn.

The 'room' was silent, save for the muffled sound of rain coming from above, the sound of Reuben eating cookies, and Jesse digging dirt with her bare hands.

"Don't dig, Jesse." Olivia said without looking away from her book, sounding like an older sister telling her younger sibling what to do. (Which she might as well have been.) "You might cause a landslide."

"Sorry."

The younger girl immediately refilled the spaces she dug, until there was only enough room for them to stand, and for Axel to duck his head to even be able to do that. After her task was done, she sat down beside Reuben.

Silence had filled the room once more, until Jesse spoke up.

"Why don't you guys like them?"

Olivia looked up from her book, confused by the sudden question.

"Why don't we like who?" She asked Jesse, who began to wipe her hands on her overalls, removing the dirt from them.

"The Ocelots."

Jesse first met the Ocelots a year back, while she was out hunting for food with Olivia. They had bumped into them a few other times. It never ended well. She didn't ask anything besides 'Who are they?' Just recently, she and Axel had a run in with the other group at a mine as they were gathering materials for the build. Specifically, with Aiden and Gill. Axel got home fuming, while Jesse was just as confused as ever.

Is that what brought it up?

Axel suddenly popped his head into the room, letting the rain in in the process. He was soaking wet, even with his hood on. "I heard the word 'Ocelots,' what's this about?"

"Jesse's asking why we don't like them." Olivia said, flatly. "Hurry, you're letting the rain inside."

"Oh-oomph." He stumbled in, landing on his stomach. "That's easy. Because they're jerks."

Jesse frowned at his answer as she stood to help the older boy up. He handed her some fishes, which she held in one hand as she helped him stand with the other. "That's not very nice."

Reuben raised his head from the pile of cookies he was stuffing his face with, and turned to Jesse, bewildered. Olivia and Axel felt the same way. "Jesse, they're not nice."

The youngest of the three closed a chest shut, an oven in her hand. She placed the oven beside the chest as she asked, "How so?"

Axel sighed, exasperated, as he took of his jacket. "You only spawned three years ago, you wouldn't get it." He said dismissively. Jesse's frown deepened upon hearing this. She gave something like a glare to Axel, pursing her lips, before she closed up the hole he went through with dirt. She then walked to the chest, at the farther side of the room, with the raw fishes in hand.

Olivia glowered at him. "Axel." She whispered (or hissed), tugging at the sleeve of his shirt.

"What?" He whispered back, "It's true!"

The two looked at the girl, who had begun to cook the fishes with some sticks.

Olivia hoped she didn't hear.

"That doesn't mean she wouldn't get it." She said, her voice low. Axel had the awful habit of being insensitive sometimes. She would know, she'd experienced it first hand a few years before.

Axel scoffed. "Try her."

The girl groaned inwardly. She was about to get up to talk to Jesse, except the other girl had beaten her to it. She came back to them with the cooked fishes, handing one to each of them. She offered one to Reuben, who declined it, favoring the cookies instead (he had one left, she'd noticed). So she pocketed the last one in her inventory, then sat down in front of Axel and Olivia.

"So," she said, before she took a bite of her fish, "why don't you guys like them?"

Olivia took in a deep breath, trying to think of a way to say it in a way that Jesse would understand. It didn't take her long.

"It's because they go out of their way to put down people who they think are inferior to them." She said, her tone of voice making it sound like she was talkingt to a child.

"How do they do that?"

"By telling them lies."

The younger girl chewed her fish in thought. "Do they tell you lies?"

Olivia nodded.

Jesse's brows furrowed. "Then why do they tell me the truth?"

Olivia turned her head to Axel, who shrugged as if saying 'What are you looking at me for?' She sighed.

"What do you mean by that?"

It was Jesse's turn to shrug. "I dunno. They just... tell me the truth."

"What do they tell you?" Olivia asked, even though she already knew the answer.

Axel responded for her. "So far, the Ocelots have called her stupid, useless, an idiot, a waste of space, mentally ill... I could list down more, if you want."

Olivia raised a hand to stop him. "I was asking Jesse."

Axel grumbled under his breath, but said nothing. Olivia glanced at him, before she turned back to Jesse.

The girl just shrugged. "What Axel said. Aren't those true?" She asked, genuinely confused.

"No, Jesse.." Olivia scratched the nape of her neck, "That's not true, don't listen to them."

Jesse blinked at her, then looked down. "Okay."

She moved so that she sat beside Reuben, leaning on the wall as she did so. She stayed quiet for the rest of the night.

Olivia sighed, removing her beanie and running a hand through her hair. "I'm not looking forward to the competition.."

"Relax," Axel said, finishing the last of his salmon, "We've got this."

The girl gave him an unsure glance, before she leaned on the wall behind her and finally began to eat her own salmon.

She couldn't help but disagree.


A/N: no joke this is the longest thing i've written thus far

i mean. Not in general, i've written longer. Just that this one's the longest document of all the current ones right now. ._.

anyway. Urgent question! Should I do a flashback from Aiden's perspective too? It won't exactly be set in the same time as this one, but...

i mean i didn't originally plan for one from him, but if you want a clearer version of his perspective, then...

..just please tell me ;;-;;

Have a good day!

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Writer- right? I really like Aiden/Jesse things. Don't know why. I'M SORRY Q_Q at least this one is longer? You will get more!.. i think. Uhm. I mean if there will be an Aiden flashback, then you get two to three more. If no Aiden flashback, then just the last part and the bonus. :I

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