HEY EVERYBODY! RAPIDSAMMI IS BACK WITH STORY WITHIN A STORY!
Aiden: With ME!
Yup! Let's get to this, nothin' much to be said!
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~ Minecraft: Story Mode ~
~ Story Within A Story ~
~ Episode 3: The Last Place You Look! ~
~ Chapter 21: Realization ~
It couldn't be...
... could it?...
Lukas looked at Jesse with wide cyan eyes.
Was Jesse...?
"Whoa!" He heard Axel yelp.
The blonde's eyes widened when he almost went over,"T-that is very deep." He gasped, backing away a bit. Olivia peered down, curiosity washing over her.
Olivia's onyx eyes widened in terror, still looking downward,"We have to get out of here." She said nervously, but her voice was drowned out by the sound of water.
"What?" Aiden looked at Olivia, his cat-green eyes unblinking.
She shook her head, and backed away, her short pigtails whip lashing her tanned face,"We have to get out of here!"
"Why?" Axel asked. He TOTALLY wasn't staring at her. Totally not. No way.
"We just got here." The big-guy pointed out.
Olivia looked at them,"You don't understand! That's a grinder!"
Jesse looked down, watching as a few skeletons were washed down a small waterfall, and fell into a strange thing that slammed the mobs, making them puff into smoke immediately. He gulped, and backed away as well, vlue eyes wide.
"Problem is," The girl said,"they don't know the difference between humans and mobs."
"Holy crap..." Axel breathed, fiddling with his green sweater nervously.
"what's a grinder doing down here?" Jesse asked, stifling his coughs with his elbow. His vlue eyes flickered upward, meeting Petra's worried golden eyes which had question in them. Are you alright? She seemed to ask
Not just any grinder," Olivia muttered, looking over the machine, pursing her lips in a sign of confusion,"This is the craziest one I've ever seen. It has to be Soren's."
Suddenly, the sound of hissing floated to their ears. Their heads whipped around, spotting a few creepers running at them rather quickly.
Petra was the first to react, withdrawing her sword and running at the creepers. Jesse followed soon after.
Jesse killed one with a few hits, looking over his shoulder at Petra, who had killed the mob she had went after. He saw one creeping up behind her, and ran towards it, knocking it down. Petra twisted to look at him with wide eyes, watching as the creeper flashed upon interaction.
It then proceeded to blow up, destroying most of the tunnel. But luckily, Jesse pushed Petra away from the explosion, both landing in a rather awkward position.
The brunette's face was red,"Sorry." He muttered, leaping off of her and taking out the amulet, which glowed brighter than before as he neared the edge of the part of the tunnel that the creeper had destroyed.
"There he is, he's right down-"
Rushing water cut him off, and before he could even look to see what was going to happen, he suddenly found himself almost falling off of the edge, as well as Petra.
Aiden lunged forward, wrapping his arms around Jesse's torso, pulling him up. However, the amulet was knocked out of his hands, and he tried to reach for it, but Aiden pulled him back. Lukas had pulled Petra away from the edge, watching as she put her sopping wet bandana in her endless pockets,"So it doesn't fall off my head or anything."
Once the water cleared, Jesse went back to the edge, looking for the amulet to see where it landed.
"Was that-" Olivia was cut off by Jesse.
"The amulet? Yes." He sighed, ripping his hand through his ruffled brown hair in frustration.
"Don't tell me you're going to jump." Olivia said when he positioned to do just that, making him look at her. He sighed, and looked forward again,"Jumping is easy. It's the landing that's hard."
And with that, he leaped down, followed by his friends.
Jesse's scream was muffled by water as he was shot down with the water, smashing into the ground rather painfully, the water sliding him a bit before spreading out," Well, that hurt." He groaned. Before he could think to get up, a certain micro pig landed on him, which made him yelp in pain. It wasn't that Rueben was heavy, it was just his hooves were pretty sharp. And Jesse was sore from everything already, and he had Wither sickness, so yeah.
Rueben climbed off of his owner with an apologetic oink. Jesse stood, and looked around, his vlue eyes wide,"Whoa." Before him was something so complex and confusing he couldn't even explain what he saw, yet it was amazing.
He heard rushing water, and looked up at the tube, just in time to see water that carried three of his friends splash down a few inches away from him. Lukas slid to Jesse's feet, while Petra and Olivia slid in two different directions.
"I thought water," Lukas groaned as slowly climbed to his feet,"Was supposed to break a fall."
"Not in our case. Is everyone fine?" Jesse asked, walking over to help Petra when she kept slipping on a puddle of water. He snickered when she fell rather awkwardly on her stomach, which made her scowl at him,"I'd like to see you try this in boots."
"Alright, alright, point taken." Jesse said as he lifted the redhead to her feet with ease, despite his... disadvantages.
"Well, definitely not thirsty anymore." Lukas joked weakly, which made Jesse raise an eyebrow at the blonde.
"Thanks." Petra said, leaning against the wall, while ringing out her short red hair,"Bad thing about having short but thick hair is that it soaks up so damn much."
"Language." Jesse teased the dealer, who smirked at him,"Look who's talking, reeces."
He opened his mouth to retort, searching his brain, but the boy came up with nothing, so Jesse simply grinned, and shrugged,"Guilty as charged, I guess."
She laughed, and put her bandana back on, tying it again,"You never fail to amuse me, Jesse."
"That's my job, to amuse people." Jesse joked, playfully saluting her. This made Petra laugh again.
"Hey," Olivia suddenly said,"Where's-"
More water rushed down, carrying Aiden and Axel. Axel, of course, landed on Lukas.
Aiden was on his bottom, looking like a drowned cat would,"Story of my life." He muttered, spitting out water.
"No, no," Axel said, not seeming to realize the crushed blonde beneath him,"I'm totally fine."
"But I sure as hell ain't!" Lukas groaned from underneath him, making the big-guy realize.
"Oh! Sorry Lukas." Axel got off of him, chuckling weakly when the blonde tried to get up, but just ended up slipping,"Here, lemme help."
And Axel did just that.
Petra, who had disappeared a few moments again, now stood by Jesse's side.
"Jesse?"
He looked down at her, meeting her golden eyes,"Yeah peets?"
Instead of attacking him for using that nickname, she smiled at him,"You know, I used to think you were annoying when I first met you."
"Ha ha-"
"Don't interrupt me." Petra said, and continued right on,"But after 3 years of knowing you, and this shit that's going on, you never shown any negativity."
"Any other would just give up and say it was too hard. But you, you're different. You have optimism and help others be optimistic. And hell, even with your, er, disadvantage, you never stop fighting, you never stop believing. Not even a minute."
She smiled and ran a hand through his hair in a friendly way, making it stick up even more.
Jesse flinched away slightly, and Petra withdrew her hand silently, as if sensing his discomfort.
~ Flashback ~
Daniel sat against a tree, tears running down his cheeks as he held the one thing he had never let go of. It had been a few months after his cruel discovery after waking up and reading that note to find out everyone he knew was dead.
Dead...
The word echoed in his mind, haunted his dreams, sucked the air out of his lungs. It just ripped him apart...
It was all too much to handle.
He lifted the item so that it wasn't hidden in his pocket anymore.
It appeared to be a golden hairpin with something engraved on it.
He brushed his thumb over the engraving, letting himself smile weakly.
"Petrunia. You will be my best friend, even when you're not here with me."
He flipped the hairpin, expecting to feel smoothness, but instead he felt another engraving. Confusion showing in eyes as he peered at it.
It was a heart, with the two letters D + P inside of that heart.
His fingers tightened on the hairpin, a true smile lighting up his face.
"D + P..." He muttered aloud, as if testing it.
He curled his fist around the small item, bringing it to his chest,"Forever." Daniel said, as if finishing a sentence.
"Forever what?" A voice said, making him look up. He saw a tanned girl with black frizzy hair that was in pigtails, with green goggles resting on her head contently. She wore a white shirt with a redstone-colored vest over it, and black tights with a pair of grey boots. Her onyx eyes were staring at him in obvious curiousity.
Dan grinned and stood up, holding his hand out to her,"Hi. I'm Daniel."
"Olivia, nice to meet you." 'Olivia' said, shaking his hand as a smile overcame her tan face,"But, ah, mind telling me why you're out here all alone?" His smile fell.
Daniel looked down sadly, which sent the alarm off in Olivia's brain.
"Oh, I'm so sorry..." She whispered, and then smiled, wrapping an arm around his shoulders,"Cmon Dan, let's get you to me and Axel's tree-house."
~ Flashback Ends ~
Jesse blinked out of the memory, sudden alarms ringing in his brain as he realized something important that he had missed for three whole years.
His vlue eyes snapped to Petra, lashing out and grabbing her wrist gently, taking her by surprise.
"Jesse, what are you-"
He took something shiny off of one strap of his suspenders with his free hand, and put the shiny item in her hand, closing her fingers around it.
Jesse smiled and let her wrist free, walking away. Axel, accompanied by Rueben, soon engaged in conversation with the teen.
~ Petra's Third-pov
She stared after Jesse in confusion, then glanced back down at her hand that held something that felt cool against her skin, yet it sent tingles up her spine.
Petra uncoiled her hand to see what he had given her.
Her eyes widened, and she looked up, meeting Jesse's eyes. He smiled at her warmly.
The redhead looked back at the item, which was a golden hairpin she recognized all too much.
She brushed her thumb over the engraving, feeling tears prick her eyes. But instead of sad tears, these were happy tears, for she had finally realized.
Jesse...
Was Daniel Noel.
Her best friend since she was 7 years old.
*claps hands and jumps up and down excitedly, screaming happily* Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!
Aiden: OH MY GOD!
I know you guys think this might be a stupid moment, but I couldn't resist any longer. I'm sorry, guys! I tried to wait for the perfect moment! I swear-
Aiden: And I had to tie her up 20 times!
Yup! What he said! Reviews!
Rebekahtpe- Uh oh, well, oopsies. AND I CHOOSE POTATOES! POTATOES SHALL RULE THE EARTH! I HATE CARROTS TOO! *snaps fingers and is suddenly wearing a potato costume, runs at a carrot and attacks it* BE GONE, ORANGE FOE!
Aiden: Uh oh, she's on crazy mode again... *sigh* Give me ten minutes to fix her.
*Ten minutes later*
*RapidSammi is seen resting in Aiden's arms, hugging him like a panda* Oh! Hey guys!
Aiden: *hugs her tighter* Nu.
Fine... but why?
Aiden: ...
Okay then, anyway!
Would you rather...
Be able to walk through walls,
OR,
Be able to jump over buildings?
Aiden&Rapid: TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODLES!
~ TOOODLES TILL THE NEXT CHAPPPPPPPPPPPPIE! ~