Day Four: A Block and A Hard Place
Jesse Used: Female
Pairing: None
Words: 965
Notes: :(
SO LONG, FAREWELL
Everything hurt…
His body…
His insides…
Everything…
Why did Reuben have to wake up to be in such pain?
What happened...?
Oh…
Oh right…
The Witherstorm…
There was a Witherstorm.
Jesse was going to go into the Witherstorm all alone and… and Reuben didn't want her to go in alone. He was scared something terrible would happen and he jumped in the minecart without a second thought and came with her.
But it was dark and scary in there. There were people frozen within that dreaded monster. There was even that evil butcher that had tried to kill Reuben earlier and that had terrified him. Reuben remembered that he ran like the coward he was.
The inside of the Witherstorm was terrifying for the small piggy.
But Jesse… Jesse was brave. She went after that command block even if she was probably quaking in her new armor. Jesse went after the command block determined to stop it once and for all.
And she was doing so, so, SO well…
… Until she dropped her enchanted weapon.
Jesse needed that enchanted weapon. She needed it to fight that dreaded command block. Jesse had no one else to turn to other than Reuben.
So he did what he did best.
Reuben played fetch.
Reuben was beyond scared. Heck, he might as well have been trembling his tiny stout legs and ran out of that Witherstorm in fear.
But Jesse needed him.
His best friend needed him.
Reuben grabbed the weapon and climbed up to reach her and made one final jump as she caught the weapon he was holding in his mouth in her hand.
Jesse had gotten the weapon she needed.
… And then the massive Witherstorm head clamped down on poor Reuben's body.
He remembered squealing in fear, trying his best not to get eaten by the mouth as Jesse screamed for him to hold on.
And then the mouth opened…
Reuben remembered seeing Jesse's shocked face…
… And then he fell.
Reuben had fallen from such a long, long height.
Everything hurt…
Every-
Wait, where was Jesse?
Was Jesse alright?
JESSE!
Reuben tried to call out to her, but the only noise that came out were whimpers. Everything hurt, but he wanted to see Jesse.
So he tried squealing louder. Where was she? Jesse had to have been okay, right? She just had to be…
"Reuben!" The little piggy swore he heard someone call out his name. Was it Jesse? Was it one of his other friends? Reuben wasn't entirely sure, but he knew his head was hurting and his eyes were barely open. He could have sworn he saw the blue sky he thought had long disappeared because of the Witherstrom.
Through the slits of his eyes, he saw Jesse standing over him. He wanted to run up to her, give her a little nuzzle with his snout while she gave him a hug… but everything hurt and the only thing he felt he could do was whimper.
It hurt… it really hurt, Jesse.
"Oh no…" He heard Olivia say, shocked from what Reuben could make out.
Reuben tried to lift his head up higher, trying to keep his eyes as he continuously whimpered from the pain. He saw Jesse, Axel, Olivia, Petra, and Lukas…
They were all looking so, so grim.
"Reuben…" Jesse mumbled, almost in shock and disbelief.
What did Reuben look like that made them all look so sad?
… How hurt did he look?
"You're a hero, you know that?" Jesse said gently, kneeling down next to Reuben. He could hear her voice wavering as if she was trying as hard as she could to not start crying. "You just helped saved the world!"
He… he did?
He was a hero?
Reuben turned his head away slightly. It was honestly hard for Reuben to believe. He had been so scared up in that Witherstorm that he had run away.
There were plenty of times where he had ran away.
The only reason that he didn't run away when it counted was because Jesse was in trouble.
Reuben became a hero because of his best friend.
He did it to save her.
"Come on, Reuben. Say something…" It sounded to Reuben that she was almost pleading to him.
It… it still hurt… his body was in pain and he swore he was getting weaker and weaker by the moment.
Reuben tried to push himself up, to get himself to stand despite how difficult it was…
… But he fell back onto the cold, hard stone ground.
He… he wasn't going to make it… was he?
"It's okay, boy. I'm here," Jesse whispered, lightly placing a hand on Reuben's cheek. The little pig could see tears in the corners of Jesse's eyes as she closed her eyes for a moment before looking back at Reuben. "I-I'm here." Her voice was beginning to fail her, despite trying her best to keep herself together.
Reuben could see that Jesse was being strong for Reuben, despite the cracks that were beginning to show. She was trying so, so, so hard to not burst into tears. Reuben could tell it was taking everything she had to not scoop him up and cling to him one last time.
Even though he could feel himself getting weaker and his vision was beginning to fade, Reuben looked up at Jesse for a good long time.
He wanted her face to be the last thing he saw.
He… he didn't want to go! Why did he have to go?
Why can't he stay? It wasn't fair… it's not fair!
He wanted to stay with her forever!
He… he loved Jesse.
She was his best friend.
She will always be his best friend.
He didn't want to go.
He didn't…
He…
H… e…
…
A/N: And then episode four happened and... oh wait... :(
ANYWAY, since people seemed to think me doing it in Reuben's POV was interesting, I thought I'd do 'that scene' in his POV.
Because I'm terrible. :D
Next one isn't anything special, I kinda rushed it since I'm working on another thing.
What is next on the countdown? FIND OUT NEXT TIME!