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Chapter 3: Deja Vu
Part 1
Naresee sighed with relief that he escaped death. He was afraid about his family knowing nothing of his death. However, now, he was being taken to a spare room in a village filled with monsters under the guidance of the rulers of mobs.
(...Okay... Restrain yourself from anger...) Naresee thought.
The walk seemed silent. He felt okay with silent walks. Sometimes, he doesn't. He felt like making a small talk but, he knows that he's gonna be dead the moment he tries to make a small talk.
However...
...He had questions in mind.
"What is this place?" Naresee asked.
"This is the Village of Darkness, but I'm sure you already know that. This place is a meeting place for the mob rulers. Usually, we live at our own homes in our own areas, but... circumstances have changed that." The girl said.
"So, do you rule anything? I mean, I know the others rule zombies, creepers, etc. But..." Naresee trailed off.
"I have the appearance of a human, but I'm something else. Something you don't want to trifle with." The girl said.
Once they reached the spare room...
"This is your room." The girl said in a flat tone.
Naresee, deep inside, is shuddering at her casualistic threat. He looked inside the room but felt the touch on his shoulder.
"One of us will retrieve you when you're ready. Don't do anything stupid." She warned. With that, she left.
He sighed, going inside the room calmly, closed the door and sat on the bed.
(Good thing I think of my family... I still can't forget them. I don't want to die because my family worries about me the most and if I die, my family won't know!) Naresee thought panicing.
He looked around the room and found two red circular glowing lights. He felt fear as his face has fear expression on his face because he knows what are those. Entity 303. He feared about the Entity coming to control Minecraftia. He somehow wanted to alert Herobrine about this but he doesn't have anything to alert him. The two red circular glowing lights then disappeared into darkness. He was frozen in place. He heard a loud slurping sound but, he wasn't responding. He was just looking at the darkness where the two red circular glowing lights were before it disappeared. The face had a fear expression. He blinked a few times, getting back to reality. He was about to lay down on the bed when he heard a yelp that a red and green slime pile fell infront of him.
"W-what the!?" Naresee jumped on the bed. The red pile glowed like lava while the green made the slurping noises.
Then, they moved.
Both piles began to grow and get taller. Naresee watched with curious horror as the piles became more humanoid. Finally, they took shape.
"Wow. Emilia. You just had to get in the way, do you?" One of them said, annoyed. She's grey with glowing red hair while the other's bright green. Naresee already noticed that they were sitting on the table. The green one scoffed.
"We wouldn't have fallen, if you didn't squirm for so much, Kara!" The green one said. The two continued to argue, only to annoy Naresee, as he already had enough of the arguing of his friends before.
"Okay, I've had enough of your arguing!" Naresee stopped the argument between the two girls as they looked at him. "Tell me. Who are you two and what are you doing here?"
The girls blushed.
"Sorry about that. My hot-headed acquaintance here was so impatient." The green one said. The redhead was about to say something but grumbled instead.
"Impatient?" Naresee said as he felt so confused. He was about to say something but was interrupted by the green girl leaning into his face.
"...What are you doing right now?" He was even more confused as he asked. She put a hand on either side of his face. Naresee noted that they felt cold and wet but, not uncomfortably so. The girl turned his head one side to another.
"I'm examining you. We don't see many people our age around here." She said. After some moments, she backed away.
"You mean, there isn't much people around your ages?" He asked.
"Yes." The redhead said.
"Well, anyways... Are you two the rulers of your own lands? Or..." Naresee trailed off. The girls giggled, which puts in some confusion to Naresee.
"Of course not! We're rulers in training! Our big sisters rule while we stay in here all day to learn the basics. We're only here because our big sisters want us to watch our baby sisters." The redhead said.
Naresee muttered something after his short laugh, looking away. But his muttering was clear for the two to hear. "...Sounds a bit more like a family there..." He simply wished his family would be here. But, discarded it afterwards, as he realized his family would be in panic, while he's the only one who's not in panic. These girls were not a threat but, were here to ask questions.
Naresee then looked back at the girls. "What are your names?" He asked politely.
The green one stepped forward. "I'm Emilia. Junior Ruler of all slimes!" Emilia introduced herself. After her introduction, the redhead stepped forward as well.
"And I am Kara. Junior Ruler of all magma cubes!" Kara introduced herself.
Naresee somehow, smiled at their pride and confidence in their titles.
"I'm Naresee. Just a human around your ages." Naresee introduced himself. After his introduction, Emilia approached him. Which resulted his smile to fade away as he felt nervousness. As soon as Emilia put her hand on the left side of his face, she felt something. It felt like something was inside of him. She couldn't describe it. After feeling it, she backed away.
"...You know, you're a bit different from a human." Emilia said. Naresee was shocked and Kara was confused.
(How come can she know that!?) Naresee thought in panic.
"What do you mean, he's different from a human?" Kara said.
"When I put my hand on his face, I felt something. I couldn't describe it."
"...I guess this is something you should know, then..." Naresee sighed, as he went white, transforming into a child Minecraftian version of himself. Almost instantly.
After his transformation, the girls were in shock because...
...He transformed into a Minecraftian, but a younger version as if he was 6 years old in this.
"...Yeah. I look like a child in this." Naresee in his child voice pouted, as his arms crossed, looking away. "Deep inside, I'm just a little kid."
"Umm... Okay... I... wasn't expecting that..." Kara said, as she was still in shock.
"I pretty much figured this out myself. If I'm in this, then I'm a child with a voice of a little kid while some that remains are my mind, my thoughts, my strength, pretty much everything except my body and my voice." Naresee explained as he is a bit grumpy.
He then transformed back into his real self. His teenager self.
"So, what do you think? Would you prefer my younger self or my current self?"
"We... don't know..." Emilia said, still in shock.
A door opened slowly, only for Naresee to see that the skull-hat girl is in shock as well.
"...What just happened...?" The skull-hat girl asked in confusion and shock.
Naresee sighed in annoyance, that he can't stand this for too long.
"Alright. Time to go." Naresee walked through the door but stopped, noticing that the girls were looking at him and weren't moving as they were still in shock.
Naresee held his head with his hands, grunting in annoyance.
"Are you gonna make me get impatient or what? You never told me the reason why you need me, anyway!" Naresee said, using his annoyed tone. This made the girls snap back to reality.
"My apologizes." The skull-hat girl said. Naresee sighed with relief that he finally get back to business.
The skull-hat girl and Naresee then went for a walk.
"Anyways, I haven't got your name yet." Naresee said.
"Skelly." The skull-hat girl, Skelly introduced herself while walking.
"Alright. Skelly, what is this plan you're putting in?"
"You'll find out." Skelly somewhat smiled.
Naresee smiled as well, as he felt a trust build.
It wasn't long untill they reached the meeting hall, where the rulers were still sitting around the table. Naresee saw Emilia and Kara, as he shuddered inside about the looks they both gave him. It wasn't the previous but, he could tell that these two really need something from him. Naresee was infront of the table, standing while Skelly went to her seat.
"Naresee, we've come up with a plan. But first, we'll need a confirmation that you won't outright betray us." Skelly said. Naresee kneeled.
"Trust me in this. I'll do whatever I can." Naresee said. This result made Skelly to put up a smile.
"Good. So, here's the plan..."
The scene changed into the desert clearing, where the rulers were watching him not far away as he stood there in the middle of the desert clearing.
(At least, I could use my percise reaction to my advantage.) Naresee thought.
Flashback
"You've probably already figured out that the mutants aren't our doing. We can't even control them! The plan is to have you wait in the clearing near her where some of the mutants have been showing up. If you attract one, we're all gonna come in and ambush it!"
End of the flashback
Naresee somehow, feeling confident about this plan. The only reason he defeated a Mutant Creeper was because of his reaction. Now, this time, he's gonna be the head on with the help of the rulers. The zombie ruler had a grin on his face before they left, though. Naresee was really focused on waiting untill a screech broke through the air. Naresee looked back. Just a little ways off, there was a mutant. Looking right at him, which is something he knew. A Mutant Enderman. It looked like an Enderman but, extremely tall with two long arms and legs. The purple particles floated around it's body. As it got closer to him, two more arms sprouted from the body as it screeched. Naresee doesn't even felt the unnerve. He felt nothing, but courage. He withdrew his sword, holding it in reverse...
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...But, one strange thing he noticed:
The rulers didn't move from their spot. Naresee's courage was slowly fading as the mutant get closer and closer.
Not even a single movement.
Finally, Naresee jumped, but one thing he noticed is that he's high in the air, which made him put up a shocked expression. He noticed that he transformed into a young 6 year old blocky version of himself right at the time he jumped. The sword seemed big for him, but he still wouldn't give up.
He then did the head-butt with the head of the mutant. This dealt a major damage to the mutant, as it bleed some purple blood from the forehead. While he had minor damage, as a strange red liquid came from his forehead as well. It was seen by the rulers. He know what that strange red liquid was.
Blood.
It was his blood.
"Now, that's a skull fracture for sure!" Naresee, now in his child voice, taunted the mutant. This resulted to make the mutant mad. While it was mad...
...the mutant teleported.
Naresee was somehow blinded, but he wouldn't let himself lose focus so, he put in a pose of which he knew. A Samurai pose. He sheathed his sword, not letting go of his sword while waiting for his enemy's movement.
The rulers however, were annoyed except for Emilia and Kara, who had worried looks on their faces, and Skelly, who showed no emotion.
"What does he think he's doing? He's gonna get himself killed anyway-" Yaebi's mouth was blocked by Skelly, as she knew his tactic.
He was waiting for an opening.
"He won't. He's waiting for an opening." Skelly unblocked Yaebi's mouth, as she knew that he was alot more focused than others. "He's much more focused than his current self."
Naresee could hear the sound of teleportations. Left, Right, Behind and every direction. He was focused on what's infront of him, even if he's blinded. The mutant teleported infront of him only about to punch him to the ground but, was countered by...
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...a large slash across the black screen. Diagnally.
Naresee slashed the mutant in half, which considered him to be a very dangerous threat when faced. The rulers were somehow stunned in shock.
He opened his eyes, only to see that the mutant was in half. He slashed the mutant's chest in half, leaving the only body part with the legs. He then looked at the rulers, who were stunned.
"It is better not to mess with me because I'm more dangerous when extremely focused." Naresee warned. The rulers blinked a few times, getting back to reality.
"...How?" Skelly asked.
"Focus mixes well with Patience. You gotta know that when you're patient in battle, focusing on the movements of your enemy's and waiting for an opening, that means you're focused and patient as well at the same time." Naresee explained.
"But, why didn't you die...? That way, when you die, you'll respawn!" Yaebi asked.
"Because, I can't get myself dead without my family knowing. If my family didn't know I am dead, they would be worried about me even more. I'm just a little kid who is older than my younger sister who is smarter and stronger than me." He explained again. The rulers were taken aback. "If I die, I can't respawn. The reason why, is that I'm not from this world. The exception is, you guys, can respawn. Just like how mobs do as well."
The rulers were in shock again but, only for a short period. He knew alot about Minecraft more than others do. He knew Minecraftia better than others.
Now, the rulers stepped forward to him. Naresee sighed in defeat, as he sheathed his sword.
"What did I expect on that one?" Naresee said. He went to the ender arm, brought his sword out and sliced off a chunk of it's arm.
"And what are you gonna do with that?" The zombie boy spat.
"I'm taking this with me for examination." Naresee put a chunk of ender arm into his backpack.
"Oh no, you're-"
"Let him, Yaebi. It doesn't matter." Skelly said. The zombie boy opened his mouth to say something but closed it afterwards. Naresee turned to walk away, only for the rulers to see something on his back. A mark written in something they didn't know but only him.
For him, it was a mark of Kanji. That Kanji, was Forgiveness. (Internationality alert!)
Naresee continued walking...
...and walking...
...and walking...
...and walking...
...untill he stopped on his tracks. He's now in the village. Reconstructed. He went into the Father's house, as he instantly transformed himself into a teen version of himself. A real one.
Naresee gave Father a chunk of ender arm. The priest examined it.
"Well, can you tell it?"
"I cannot say, My Child, but I do sense a sinister energy within this. You may have another journey ahead of you." Father said.
"You mean, your rulers?"
"Yes." The priest took Naresee's map and drew a small "x" on it. "This is the castle of our rulers. It is a treachous journey, about two days from here. But, I have my utmost faith in you." He said. Naresee took the map and but felt something that needs to be questioned.
"Do you think everything can respawn, Father? I heard one of the mob rulers say it." Naresee asked.
"There are exceptions, My Child. Animals generally stay dead, their souls go to Aether. Us Villagers, however, want to go to the Aether." Father said.
"Then, I guess it's just like the elders waiting for their natural deaths by the hands of age. I mean, you people are spritual." Naresee said.
"True, but we're also waiting for our natural deaths by the hands of mobs as well to go to Aether. It is very rare to see us respawn at will. Mobs can respawn as well, unfortunately. They don't need to mate, yet some do it anyways, making baby zombies and spiders. Indeed, they heavily outnumber us." Naresee doesn't need to put all of this infomation, since he knows alot.
"Well, what about the cube humans?" Naresee asked. The priest smiled.
"I bless them. They have a choice. When a cube human dies, they can choose to either respawn or stay in the Aether forever. Only the mightiest warriors have chosen to respawn." Father said.
"Then, that means the mob rulers can respawn as well as the mobs." The priest frowned... "Even your rulers can respawn as well." ...but looked up to him with a smile.
"But, unfortunately, Father..." Naresee somewhat frowned but hesitated to say this.
"I can't respawn, as I don't belong here. Because, in my world, dead beings stay dead. No respawning in there." The priest frowned, knowing that kind of death would affect Naresee. "Which in case, I have to be alot more cautious of myself. So, I might need an extra sword, a pickaxe, a bed and some food."
The priest accepted the offer and gave him what he asked for. Naresee then made his journey to the castle, but not without hardships. He scaled mountains and braved the dark forests. For about two days he travelled, he hid himself from the mobs that stalked the night.
Although, even if he made himself hidden well, he gets the feeling of being... watched. It was as if he's been followed. He then chalked it up to standard paranoia.
After those two long, difficult days, he finally made it. Infront of him was a castle. A large one.
Naresee then transformed himself into a young 6 year old blocky version of himself instantly, going towards the door and knocked. From the inside, a voice answered. "Coming!"
The castle doors opened. Naresee smiled but faded away quickly as he got serious.
"Hello there. I've got some important infomatio-" He quickly dodged as a large fist went at him. He then transformed into his real self instantly after dodging. Naresee got a better look on his attacker. It was a metal girl. A good few feet taller than him! Her body was robotic and grey, except her eyes that were alive... and glowing red.
"Mob spotted. Preparing to destroy."
"What!? I'm not one!" Naresee then tried ran away but tripped instead, causing him black out.
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Suddenly, his eyes opened wide fast. The last thing he remember was that he's trying to run from the metal girl but tripped. He sat up, as if the metal girl did something to him... "Was I... unharmed? How?" ...but he wasn't harmed.
"Oh my! You're awake!" A voice spoke. Naresee turned his head to see a person beside him. It wasn't the metal girl. This one is all alive. She had orange hair, bright green eyes with glasses and wore a white robe. "Sorry about Elvina. She thought you were one of those mob rulers."
"I guess she doesn't hesitate, then..." Naresee said. He got another question. "Who are you, anyways?"
"My name is Matilde. What is your name? May I ask what brings you here?"
"Name's Naresee. I've come here, seeking for help of the rulers here. Are you one of them?"
She nodded and smiled. "Yes, indeed! I am part of the Villager Council and the top librarian of all Minecraftia! Are you a ruler? You certainly aren't a mob." She leaned closer to him, examining his face, which resulted in making him blush, feeling nervous.
"I uhh... I'm... not a ruler... Just, only a human..." He said, making Matilde gasp.
"A human? But you look nothing like the others. Well, now I feel hypocritical. Ha!" Naresee smiled.
"Mind taking me to others?" Naresee asked. Matilde nodded.
"Come with me."
Part 2
Naresee marveled at the extravagant corridor. It was adorned with stone and red carpet. Paintings hung on the wall. Naresee then looked up and saw a huge ceiling. Matilde noticed his awe.
"You seem impressed. Haven't you seen a castle before? You had to have at least made one yourself." She said. Naresee could only frown.
"If only I could build a castle like this... I'm so jealous. Really, I am." Naresee admitted himself being jealous. She giggled.
Matilde made Naresee to wait just outside the Council Door she went in. Naresee decided to put his ear at the door and listened.
The Listening
"Matilde, is he awake?"
"Ah, yes... and he's here."
"What!? Here!? You were supposed to wait untill we sent Ingot to escort you. Next, you're gonna tell us you healed his wounds."
"..."
"Oh my Notch! You didn't!"
"He's not dangerous!"
"Calm down, Cristy. We should hear out this newcomer, Elvina is here should he try anything."
"I say he should get quarantined."
End Of The Listening
It wasn't long before Matilde came back to the door. She sweetly smiled.
"Okay, they're ready. Watch out for Cristy, though. She's a bit tense." She said. Naresee somehow don't know who Cristy is, but know he's gonna find out soon enough. He followed Atlas inside.
Naresee stood infront of a tall table. The denizens of the table were all female with orange hair and green eyes. However, each was wearing a different color. Next to them was a metal girl.
"Greetings." Naresee was about to say something after his greeting but, was interrupted by an arrow that landed infront of him just about one inches infront of him. The one who shot the arrow was a girl wearing a black apron. This ticked him off.
"Oh my gosh, why!? Why does this happen to me!? It's been twice already! TWICE!" Naresee was so ticked off that he held his head with his hands with anger. "Could you blacksmiths, please, please! Know the damn difference about the friendly one between the enemies!" He looked at the blacksmith with tears of rage, including the anger expression he had.
The other girls glared at the blacksmith. "Damn it, Cristy!" A girl in green dress said. But, Cristy wasn't responding as she was in shock about Naresee. She's looking directly at him. He was crying tears of rage. She didn't knew that happened to him once and she made this situation alot worse than his previous situation. She blinked a few times, snapping back to reality.
"I-I'm sorry. I didn't know you went through that situation before..." Cristy apologized, which made Naresee sigh.
"Apology accepted. Gosh, I swear. This situation. Doesn't. Need. To. Repeat. Again." Naresee warned. "Anyways, back to where we were." He said in a normal tone, even when he's tearing up. He kneeled while he's still tearing up. "My name is Naresee. I have some urgent news about the mutants." The rulers leaned in. A girl wearing a brown robe spoke.
"Really? What is it!?" She said. Cristy raised a hand.
"Hold it, Karlee." Cristy stood and pointed at Naresee. "How do we know you're not a mutant-" She was interrupted by Naresee.
"Do. I. Look. Like. I. Have. An. Ability. To. Explode?" Naresee asked with warning again. This made Cristy to shudder.
"I'm not a mutant. I knew for sure, that you were gonna say that I don't look like any creature naturally here and don't look like a human as well. Even you rulers don't look like your villagers."
"He's got a point." A girl wearing green dress spoke. "The mob rulers don't look like their subjects. Maybe he's a human ruler."
When Naresee heard that, he was shocked and held his hands up in defense, blushing as well. "I-I-I'm not a ruler!" Naresee said with a concerned tone. (If I were a ruler, how am I supposed to do what rulers can do!?)
He then started to tell them his tale. From beginning, to the end. When he finished, he waited for response.
A girl in green dress spoke. "It does sound crazy, but it makes sense as to why we haven't heard of a human ruler. But, even if you are from another world, still know that we are in your debt. You saved one of our villages from the wrath of a mutant." This resulted to make Naresee smile. "That's not all. After my second run with a mutant, I was able to get this." He opened his inventory, pulling out an ender chunk. "It's the slice of a Mutant Enderman's arm. I was hoping you guys have something to do with it."
Matilde smiled. "Oh! I can! Bring it here, please!" Naresee did as she said. Matilde examined the chunk before going to the stand. As she touched it, a interface hologram appeared. She placed the chunk in the uppermost box and closed the interface. She smiled at her comrades. "It's going to take a moment to break down the chunk. While we wait, we should introduce ourselves to Naresee!" She said. A green dressed girl smiled. "A swell idea, Matilde. My name is Hannie."
A girl in purple robe stood. "My name is Janessa."
Brown robe girl. "Name's Karlee."
White robe girl. "My name's Alena."
Black robe girl. "Cristy."
The metal girl spoke robotically. "I am Elvina."
Matilde smiled. But, this doesn't stop making Naresee to wonder what's inside the chunk. "I really wonder what's inside the arm of a Mutant Enderman..." He said.
After he said it, Matilde suddenly squealed. "It's finally done! Let's see..." Matilde held a deep purple potion on her hands. "Oh... My..." She set it down infront of the Council.
"This is what was extracted from the chunk. We've finally found it. This is Chemical X!" Matilde exclaimed. Naresee was shocked that he didn't think about it in the first place. He looked at his hand, clenching it into fists "...How can this be...? How can some kind of person create this potion..." He said it angrily.
Janessa stood. "Sisters, this potion holds extreme power if it can force the mobs against their own ruler! There is only one being able of concocting such a sinful thing."
"Mariel. That wretch! We should have known. Who else would try this?" Cristy said angrily, as she frowned. She gripped the handle of her sheathed sword. This caused Naresee to clench his fist more, which results him to get angry. He knows what mob can do that. A Witch. But, he doesn't know Mariel.
"If it is her, we should go to her, directly. The legend has it that she doesn't even attend meetings held by mob rulers. There's no way she'd accompany us so willingly." Alena said, as she crossed her arms.
Hannie nodded. "If we are to face her, it would take considerable planning." She said.
Karlee stood. "Whoa now! Calm down! Just remember, we're only assuming that Mariel did this. We can't just go and wage a full war based on a hunch!" Matilde nodded.
"I agree. We have to meet her first. Interrogation, that is the key." She said. Cristy frowned.
"The mob rulers have been at our family's throats since forever! Now you want to meet with the one ruler who leads defected our villagers!?" Cristy said angrily. Matilde nodded.
The girls then turned to look at Naresee, who is still clenching his fists harder than before as he heard the entire conversation. Cristy knew how he feel. He felt anger. He's putting the blame on Mariel. Even though, the girls knew he doesn't know who Mariel is, he still felt anger. He later on calmed down and he relaxed his hands as Hannie called to him. "Naresee, we are very grateful for your help. As a sign of appreciation, we would like to allow you to stay here for as long as you like."
Naresee shook his head. He blushed, looking away to hide the blush. "Uhh... I... really don't know what to say... Really. Thank you."
The meeting then ended as the girls and Naresee walked out, with the exception of Hannie and Cristy.
"Is this a good idea? I mean, we don't know where his loyalities lie. He could stab us in the back any ti-" Cristy was interrupted by Naresee again.
"Why would I do that? I would be heartless if I did." He said. Cristy did not even expect that he has great sense of hearing, as she was in shock.
"It seems that he has great sense of hearing. Better watch your words when around him, Cristy. He's a good person, as he could be trusted." Hannie said.
The two then looked at Naresee and the girls talking. After their talking, they laughed together. Cristy sighed.
"I hope you're right..."