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Ray POV
I walked alone, behind the others. Emma and Ty were in the middle, and the trio of girls: Sam, Carmen, and Ava, who we met earlier took the lead.
My head was down, thinking about the boy I had only met weeks ago, but… felt something around him I had never felt before.
The first figure spun around. Instantly I was mesmerized. He had shaggy light brown hair, shining brown eyes, and wore a black and red checkered jacket, blue jeans, red shoes, and wore an dog-tag made of gold. The boy held the handle of a diamond sword. He saw me in the grasp of the squid and raced over, chopping off the squid's arm.
"Thanks," I told him.
"No problem," he replied, smiling.
"How long have you lived in that city?" Mitch asked me.
"I told you… I prefer to keep my past to myself."
"Yeah… that's right… But I want to know something about you."
"Marley was chosen as sacrifice, but I volunteered to take her place."
"I was almost killed by a squid two times."
"I've had to hide my secret for eleven years."
Mitch stopped, but kept on walking. I paused as well, trying not to look at him.
"Want to hang out when we get to the base?" he asked, finally looking back at me.
"Sure. I would love that," I responded, glancing into his brown eyes.
"Ray?" Emma questioned, jogging back to my position and leaving Ty to talk with Sam about their friend Jason, "You okay?"
I nodded, trying to sniff back a few tears.
She continued and looked into my eyes with sympathy, "You remind me of someone… wait a darn minute… Sam!" Sam spun around and hurried over to us.
Sam acknowledged Emma and then smiled towards me, "Yeah, what's up?"
"You know that picture Tyler's been carrying around…?"
"And probably still is..."
"Yeah… well… take a close look at Ray."
Sam glanced at my face, closely inspecting. Once she realized something, her eyes grew larger, "That's the girl!"
"I know! I just figured that out! If he's still looking for her, we've gotta find him and whoever he's stuck with!"
"Jason!"
Emma tilted her head, "Why are you so obsessed with this Jason guy now?"
"Uh… I don't know."
I cleared my throat, "You know that I'm hearing everything you're saying, right?"
The duo became dead silent.
Emma chuckled, "Of course."
I went on, "What are you not telling me? How do you two know each other?"
Sam begun, "Well, I… I'm a princess."
Emma gasped, "What?!"
I glanced at them, unsure of what was happening.
Sam groaned, "Let me continue. I met Tyler in the royal court at my kingdom. We were supposed to get married, but then he mentioned that he had some secret love interest that he saw in a city. I left because there was this mission to save the kingdom from my father, but in the end… that hasn't really been working. So… moving on… Tyler and I were talking and stumbled upon Emma. We spent the night with her, and when we woke up, she had disappeared. Tyler thought she was dead and we both went along with it. Then we were attacked by squids, and Jason happened to be there. By the way, I saved him, not the other way around. Back to the actual story… Jason, Tyler, and I travelled to the Dwellers, where we stayed for about a week. We ran into guards from my kingdom, and Jason told me to go back home. I begun my journey with Carmen and Ava, ran into Steve, and then met up with you guys."
Emma nodded. A few moments later, she figured out something, "Wait… Steve?!"
Sam sighed, "Yeah. He almost had us thrown in his prison, but his assistants, Vic and Mai, helped us out. Mai told me the name of the descendant of Steve…" She stiffened when she figured out she said that last sentence.
"How does she know? I've never heard of anyone by the name of Mai."
Sam shrugged, "All I know is… Ray is the descendant."
I stood silently, not expecting Sam to be right. Emma lowered her head.
I glared over at the blonde who I called a friend, "Did you know this?" Emma nodded in despair. "You're definitely not telling me something."
Emma bit her lip, "If I tell you two, will you promise not to tell the others until I'm ready?"
Sam and I nodded in agreement.
Emma continued, "Okay." She sighed before revealing her secret, "I'm a daughter of Notch. The children of the gods have known who the descendant was ever since Steve awakened. So that means… I've known you were the descendant when I met you. I didn't want to tell you about this for your own safety. You too, Sam. It's probably the same reason you didn't tell me that you were a princess."
"True that," Sam replied.
"I have a brother named Jordan, who is somewhere in the Overworld, and three cousins that are after the Jewel of Notch, which I have yet to track down… Cassandra, who kidnapped you, Ashley, and Fia."
"I know Fia…" I mumbled, "She's a friend of mine. She's probably trying to find me right now…"
A floating almost non-visible version of Sky floated next to a tree.
"Sky?!" I called out, hoping the figure would see me. He did, widened his eyes, and disappeared.
"Ray?!" Another familiar voice echoed.
"Fia?!" I replied.
"Yeah, where are you?!" Fia raced in the group, two girls following her, "Whoa. There's a lot of people."
"Um…" Emma murmured, "This is a bit awkward."
"Emma?" Fia questioned.
"Hi."
"Wait… how do you know her?!" one of the girls demanded.
Fia tried to calm down the girl, "Dubjay, chill off. I think it's about time I told you all something."
"Yes?" Sam asked.
"I don't know you…"
"Does it matter now?! We have a mutual friend!" Sam pointed to me.
"Okay. Whatever… I'm a daughter of Herobrine… and Emma is my cousin."
"Mind blown," Ty responded.
"Ty," Emma ran over to her friend, "Don't get mad at me…"
"And you got mad at me for keeping my secret as a Sky Army general?! That's nothing compared to this! I thought we had something going, Emma!"
"Ty!"
Ty peered off through a few of the trees and spotted a figure passing by, gasping, "JEROME!" He rushed off, and the rest of us, led by Emma and I, found a group of Sky Army generals walking around a large golden base, including Jerome, Jaymee, Anna, Riegg, Tiff, Quentin, and Ian. The Sky Army. Finally.
Someone else in the general group caught my eye and I begun crying, "Mitch?"
He found me and allowed me to run into his arms. I placed my face in his plaid jacket.
"Ray?" Fia asked, "I have some bad news that you may wanna hear…"
"Oh no… I just got back," I grumbled while hugging tightly to Mitch's torso, tears streaming down my face.
"Marley's been kidnapped."
I tried my best not to have a mental breakdown, "Are you kidding me?! By who?!"
"My sister. The one who kidnapped you."
"NOTCH DANG IT! I have to find her!"
"Well, Kae, Dubjay, and I were on our way to the Nether, but we ran into you first. There was no time."
I replied instantly, "We need to split up into groups and find the portal. Whoever can find it first… tells the others…"
"I can't…" Jaymee whispered to me, "I have an issue with my health…"
"Jaymee?" Jerome questioned, "Why can't you come? Don't you wanna be my partner…?"
"Jerome, I do, but I can't."
"How dare you?!"
"Biggums?" Mitch nervously queried his best friend.
"Jaymee… I like you. And now you burn out on a chance for us to be alone?!"
Jaymee started whimpering like a frightened child, "It's not like that…"
"It sure better be not like that!" Jerome bursted and pushed the female bacca onto the ground.
"Jerome! Get off me!" Jaymee screamed, and the rest of us watched in panic.
Seconds after Jerome slapped Jaymee's face, Mitch raced from me and pulled his friend off. Quentin helped Mitch, while Anna and Tiff helped Jaymee, who soothingly rubbed her face.
"I think something's broken," Jaymee yelped, "It hurts…"
Anna stared towards Jerome, "What did you do?!" She shook her head, and her and Tiff helped their friend back into the base.
Mitch had a brief talk with Jerome, and forced him to apologize to Jaymee before returning to me. We entered the base.
"So, how's life?" he asked me, a slight smile on his face.
"Better with you," I faintly replied.
The answer to Chapter 25's question was D !
Aw! :3 Mitch and Ray are reunited! Wonder what'll happen next...
Time for a random question! Whoever gets it right gets a virtual cookie! You can look back if you wanna!
Q: What was the name of the original creator of Minecraftia in Legend? (hint: It's not Notch. 2nd hint: Chapter 17) Note: This character also plays a large role in Part 2, but I've haven't told you about it yet.