Author's Note:
Another chapter! This fanfiction's been my most successful one, but (I hate to say this) but it's almost over. I mean, this can't keep running on forever. That means that it's time for some of these romances to come to their climaxes. I'll try to do it in a reasonable manner, but it might seem a bit rushed...? But it's not like there's only three more chapters. It's going to be a bit of a while, but I just wanted to let you know. Oh well, here yah go! This one takes place the morning after the big truth or dare night. Enjoy as I write while my baby sister cries her loud yet adorable head off! I've got a headache from hitting my head, so her "Singing" doesn't help my situation. Stupid Murphy's Law! Whyy?!
"Ung... what happened?" Itscartooncookie moaned, sitting up in his bed and rubbing his sore forehead. LonelyWhistler promptly sat up in the bed beside him, not showing obvious signs of a Nyanide hangover (lol, all that Nyanide!). Itscartooncookie looked across the room to see Ocelott sleeping peacefully.
'Three... two... one... um... maybe it was my counting?'
"TEDDY BEAR GUSHY!" Ocelott shouted, as if waking up from some nightmare. She quickly sized down, exhaling in relief. Looking to the two boys, she smiled. "I had a dream about the Fazbear!" She explained to them gleefully. Itscartooncookie sighed.
"Alright. Time to start a new day. To the ice-cream parlor?"
"To the ice-cream parlor!"
POV Switch
His eyes blinked open. He found himself staring at the ceiling, a blanket tossed over his body. He felt carpet on the back of his bald head, rather than a soft pillow, and sat up.
"What happened?" He asked before suddenly laughing nervously, only to stop and feel a wee bit sad afterwords. Maybe it was part of the Nyanide withdrawal? But there was nothing about waking up in a new room that had to do with withdrawal. He looked around and saw Gabriel asleep on the couch, Soren on the floor holding his hand, Ingersol hanging from the ceiling fan and Axel and Jesse with Reuben using a bookshelf as a bunk-bed. He looked back at Soren, who still cradled Gabriel's hand in his own, speaking softly and... sensually?!
"Anything for you, Pamela. Anything..." He cooed before kissing Gabriel's hand. Magnus's eyes widened in shock when he noticed that the other was French-kissing the hand.
"What the heck?!" He shouted shockedly causing everyone to jerk awake. He cringed as Jesse and Axel both hit their heads on the shelves above their heads. Ingersol made too quick of a movement before he fell to his knees. Soren jerked awake, yelping at the sight of Gabriel's hand in such close proximity to his own face. With a snort, Gabriel jerked into a sitting-up position, clutching his sword with both hands before his attention was brought to his slime-covered right hand.
"Uh... what happened?" Jesse asked, rubbing his head. Axel fell out of the bookshelf onto Lukas who awoke with an otherwise feminine scream. Magnus looked around. In the kitchen, Olivia and Ellegaard were calmly playing a game of chess... or checkers... I always mix the two up! Maya already had breakfast ready. Gill was leaning coolly on a wall, staring at him. Olivia made a move.
"Checkmate." She declared happily as she took her prize which was probably some of Ellegaard's pieces. Ellegaard took one look at the board before moving a piece across the board in one act.
"Checkmate." Was the more experienced redstone-engineer's riposte. Olivia looked at the board in shock, leaning over it and inspecting it closely.
"I don't believe it." She muttered under her breath. Ellegaard braced herself. "I TOTALLY LOST TO ELLEGAARD THE REDSTONE ENGINEER! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! SELFIE!" Olivia, fangirling, rushed off to get her iBlock while Ellegaard, grinning to herself, shook her head in a humored dismay.
Magnus was about to sit up, when he felt a something soft on his chest. He looked down and saw that it was a note.
Hiya! Don't forget that you and Ellegaard have to swap roles today! You'll be the redstone engineer, and she'll be the griefer. Figured you'd forget with the Nyanide hangover, so I wrote you this note. Biya!
Ocelott
'She just doesn't let off, does she?' He thought to himself annoyedly.
"Hey, Ellegaard... um... we still gonna do that whole swapparoo thing or whatever?" He asked, still staring at the note.
"What are you talking about?" Ellegaard asked confusedly.
"I don't really know. Apparently, it's a dare of some sort." He replied. She thought for a few moments.
"Aren't you into dares, griefer?" She asked with a hint of play to her voice. He chuckled.
"Yes but, I mean, being you for a day? The only thing I can do with Redstone is... this..." He placed a piston and a block of dirt. Then a torch on the side, activating the piston. If Ocelott was there, she would've marveled at it. What half-cat happy smushy rainbow girl wouldn't freak out over something as simple as a piston pushing dirt? If it was Olivia, to state things simply, she would've needed some more space to work. That dirt-pusher would've probably become... eh, a dirt based mob-farm complete with reversed-flow loot collectors, T-flops, all that fancy stuff that I know nothing about. But this was Magnus, so he just stared at it.
"Well... I mean, it's not so bad." Ellegaard tried to comfort Magnus just as Olivia walked into the room.
"Ooh! What's this?" She asked, excited to see Ellegaard at work.
"Oh, just something Magnus hooked up." Ellegaard explained easily. Olivia's smile brightened.
"Great start!" Before she could say anything else, there was a knock at the door. Jesse quickly ran to open it, being presented with Jessica, Ocelott and her friends.
"Hey, brought a few friends. Mind if we come in?" Jessica asked sweetly.
"Not at all! Petra should be here soon..." He allowed them in. Ocelott walked right past the "amazing contraption" without giving a flip.
'Three... two... one... freak-out.' Ocelott rushed back to where the three stood. Magnus gestured to Ocelott with a face that said 'I told you it was coming'. Ellegaard smirked.
"Ooh! A dirt-pusher!" She shouted, removing the redstone-torch and replacing it with a switch. "And on and off and on and off and on and off and on and off! It's so much fun! You can even switch it to say 'in and out' and in and out and in and out and in and- ooh! Cream of tartar!" She shouted before rushing into the kitchen.
"Well, she's easily impressed." He said to the two girls who giggled in exchange.
"Breakfast is ready!" Maya called from the kitchen in which Ocelott gorged herself on the cream of tartar. Everyone was seated to a nice breakfast of eggs and bacon (couldn't be more cliche than that!).
"So, Jessica, maybe you'd like to go out with me later on tonight?" Ivor asked.
"Sure! What do you have planned, Ingersol?" She asked. (for the record, assume that Jessica and Ivor have been dating since their first date, so they're a pretty confident couple as of now)
"Oh, just thought we'd go for some chocolates, then take a stroll."
"Sounds nice." Jessica said just as Olivia sat at the table.
"Ooh, Jessica and Ingersol!" She teased in a singsong voice as Axel sat next to Olivia.
"Ooh, Olivia and Axel." Jessica backlashed in a girlfriend-ish way, causing Olivia to smirk back at him. There was another knock at the door and Jesse answered it. It was Petra.
"Hey, Petra." Jesse greeted her with a peck on the cheek.
"Hey, Jess." She replied with a smile as he allowed her into the dorm. "So, you all slept over here at Gabe's?"
"Yeah. 'M surprised you managed to make it room." Jesse noted as he pulled out a chair for her to sit. After retreating into the kithen for a few seconds, he returned with two plates of eggs and bacon for her and himself.
"Yeah. Good thing I didn't drink too much of that stuff, unlike whoever slept over here." She half-joked. Jesse gave an embarrassed laugh.
"Has anyone seen Ivor around?" Gabriel asked after a few seconds. Ingersol flinched a bit.
"Now that you mention it, no, I haven't." Ellegaard replied. Ocelott gave the air a subtle whiff.
"I think I can smell him." She told everyone. At first, they all stared at her with shock before Itscartooncookie reminded them that she was part-cat, to which they nodded feeling more relaxed at the girl's sudden advance. "He's really close, too!" She added, sniffing more openly.
"Well can you find him? I mean, sure he unleashed the Witherstorm and almost got me killed, but... I mean, we've had some good times together." Magnus remenisced a bit.
"Yeah, we're still friends." Soren added. Ingersol felt tears budding in his eyes and couldn't help but sniffle as he wiped one away. After receiving a few odd looks from the rest of the gang, he pointed at an onion and the issue was dropped. "Well, can you find him, Ocelott?" Soren asked.
"Well, I can try." She replied. She didn't like making commitments because she was afraid of what the future could've brought. But at the same time, she never liked to completely turn people down. She started sniffing around the area. Ivor shifted a bit in his seat as Ocelott worked, but to his avail, her nose broke his space-bubble. She opened her eyes, shocked to see him. "NOOOOO! MY NOSE IS BROKEN!" She yelled before falling onto the floor and flailing all over the place. Itscartooncookie looked at Jesse.
"She does that when she thinks the world's ending." He told him. Ocelott continued to flail and weep before she eventually levitated off the floor and sank through the ceiling!
"That is some cat!" Magnus noted. The shrieking could barely be heard after a few seconds, but slowly became more audible. But it was coming through the floor, exactly below the point where Ocelott was just flailing! After a few seconds, she arose through the floor, still flailing, but wearing Germanic attire and bearing with her chocolate bars! This time, she didn't lift off the ground.
"Where'd you go this time?" Itscartooncookie asked. Ocelott imediately stopped her freak-out session and smiled.
"I went to another Earth-country called Germany! You should try their chocolate! It's so much better than the artificially flavored brown edible bars that we have here!" She replied, handing some to everyone.
"Hey! This really is better than the artificially flavored brown edible bars that we have here!" Itscartooncookie shouted as they enjoyed the German chocolate! (really, it's SO much better than American chocolate, added that it's real) They ate in silence for a few minutes.
"Well, what happened that made me go all haywire?" She asked, calmed by the sweet chocolate.
"You were sniffing around for Ivor, but found Ingersol instead, so you assumed your nose was broken." Itscartooncookie replied.
"Oh! R-right..." She was obviously on the brink of destruction and quickly shoved an entire chocolate bar down her throat. "Um... I tried to find Ivor, but I found Ingersol... but I swear I can smell Ivor! I'll sniff around again!" Jesse was about to stop her, but Itscartooncookie interrupted.
"No, let her. If we're lucky, she'll bring back some Mexican food." He whispered.
"What's Mexican?" Before Cookie could answer, Ocelott went through another phase. She returned, dressed as a Swede and bearing with her Swedish meatballs.
"Oh! Swedish cuisine! She brought back Swedish food."
"Why do I have a strange, distant connection to that Swedish food? How do I know what Sweden even is?!"
"It's because you're part Minecraft. You know, Telltale Games started working with Mojang. That's why you're distantly Swedish." Itscartooncookie explained. The others stared back at him with stunned, confused eyes. Crickets made their music though it was broad daylight.
"Uh... what's Telltale?"
"And what's Mojang?!"
"Nothing." Itscartooncookie replied. "Meh... uh... so... your nose?" Ocelott tapped her nose.
"Yeah... I guess it's broken." She sniffled. Ivor sighed in relief. No one suspected a thing... well...
Almost.
POV Switch
Soren couldn't help but squint at Ingersol. Something really wasn't right about this. Ivor suddenly goes missing, Ingersol has always been with them since that day, Ocelott sniffs for Ivor and ends up scouting out Ingersol. Ingersol and Ivor both start with the letter 'I'.
The way Ivor was getting emotional when they were referring to him as 'friend' also raised a few flags, not exactly red-flags, but definitely flags of an ominous color. In addition to this, they both shared a few of the same physical-features. Their build was the same. Their hairstyle, different, but there was nothing new about the color. Skin tones, same. Eye color, same. Outlook on life... slightly different... Voice! Same! Who was anyone to tell Soren that nothing was up? Something had to be done! A test, an expirement!... what? Those are the same things? *sigh* Thank you for your constructive criticism! ;D
((Timeskip brought to you by Budder!))
The midday sun shone brightly overhead as Jesse and Petra tanned in the sun. Jesse wore a white t-shirt with usual red suspenders, plus blue jean shorts. Petra was laden with a shorter version of her usual attire, but still with her trademark blue bandana. Reuben rested calmly under a reclining chair (you know, those ones that you find at hotel poolsides and you can go to sleep on them or tan?)
"Beautiful day, isn't it, Jesse?" Petra asked. Jesse opened one eye, a smile crossing his face.
"Sure is, Petra." He replied, reaching out and taking her hand, shutting his eyes again as he napped. Petra wished that there wasn't any distance between them so that she could snuggle up with him to rest in the hot sun. She knew, however, that besides violating the rules of public conduct, doing so would probably cause Jesse to blush and heat up, causing the both of them to cook even more in the 90 degree weather.
With a small oink, Reuben hopped onto Jesse's stomach, awakening the boy a bit as he got settled, but the three quickly drifted off.
POV Switch
Ocelott was starting to question her nose. Sure on her own she was a very nosy person, but without her nose, her real nose, how would she ever be a proud cat again? Deep down, she knew she had found Ivor, but with so many thoughts against her, how could she come out true?
"So, Ocelott, why'd you call us?" Lukas asked as he, Ocelott, Aiden, Maya and Gill sat around a table at the ice-cream parlor.
"Well, I think that... well... you know how today I was supposed to find Ivor, but I found Ingersol instead?" She asked. Aiden snickered, silenced only by a jab from Gill's elbow.
"Go on, Ocelott." Lukas spoke encouragingly.
"Well... maybe we could... reunite as TMK and... stalk Ingersol until he goes back into his room? Maybe if he goes to Ivor's room that will tell us something!" She hypothesized. All attention was on her and she reaped the shocked eyes.
"Uh... as intelligent for you as that sounds, doesn't that completely negate the reason TMK united in the first place?" Aiden asked slowly.
"Well... yes, but... I mean... I don't want to have a broken nose for the rest of my life!" She finally cracked. When she reopened her eyes, she sported the trademark Boomtown Glare. "You shall not pass!" She screamed with a rather demonic voice into the sky which had faded into a dark color.
"Owkayy..." Lukas marveled as the sky dimmed back to its normal color.
"We have to-" Ocelott hacked a bit, getting her voice back to normal. She took a sip of water and continued. "Ah, that's much better. We have to find it out! I can't have a bad nose! That'd be a shame to my parents and rainbow-maned grandfather, the Nyan Lion! I couldn't bring that shame upon my family!" She buried her head in her folded arms on the tabletop.
"Uh... so... I guess we can't say no to this. We are helping out a friend... okay, TMK on three." Lukas replied reluctantly, smiling weakly when he saw Ocelott perk up.
"TMK!" The remaining three shouted after him.
"TMK is back?" Petra shouted from her reclining-chair.
"Yeah, only for tonight, though." Lukas replied. Petra shot them a thumbs-up and they instantly figured that they had just been assigned a new mission. Protect Jestra. "Alright! We've got 'cha!" And after their usual intro, TMK was back into action. For a limited time.
POV Switch
"So, you build anything exciting yet?" Ellegaard asked from the kitchen.
"Yeah, come look." Magnus replied. Ellegaard walked into the living room of Gabriel's room. She and Magnus had been there for most of the day, mostly so that Ellegaard could supervise Magnus's redstone endeavors, but they had grown to enjoy each other's company. Jessica and Ingersol had stayed behind to watch, something that Magnus was never in agreeance with in the first place. Gabriel was napping in another room, glad to be taking a vacation from being the warrior for once.
Magnus was sitting on the floor next to a switch that was attatched directly to a sticky-piston. Redstone dust was wired from the piston to a note-block on the side, and the same block of dirt was on the end of the piston. Magnus flipped the switch and the piston pushed the dirt block forwards. In addition to this, the switch activated the note-block which let out a 'ding' the moment the dirt was pushed.
"Whaddya think?" He asked proudly. Ellegaard smiled. "So, you do any griefing today, Ellie?" She blushed a bit. He hadn't called her that too many times.
"Well, I burnt some toast earlier. Does that count, Maggie?" She asked. He blushed a bit. She REALLY hadn't called him that, EVER!
"Uhhh... ssure..." He replied stunnedly. Giving him a playful smile, she retreated into the kitchen, and he shook his head when he caught his eyes dropping. He was an honorable man, most say, but no one can really help the first look. After a few minutes he turned back to his first redstone contraption and grinned. It was nothing like what she had accomplished, and her burnt toast grief was a mite compared to the building he had destroyed. That only made both of their efforts cute. Like, really cute! So cute, in fact, that Ellegaard returned with her iBlock.
"What're you doing?" Magnus asked as Ellegaard took aim.
"Making a video. Here, turn it on."
"Wait, you're recording this right now?!"
"Yes! Turn it on!" She pleaded with a smile. Magnus sighed in dismay, covering his reddened face before flipping the switch. She laughed when it was over, but not laughing at him. More so laughing at the cuteness of his first attempt at redstone. "Got it." She stopped the recording.
"Okay, now it's my turn." Magnus said with a mischievous smile, pulling out his iBlock. He started recording immediately.
"Magnus, what are you doing?" Ellegaard asked nervously, yet very playfully.
"Go into the kitchen."
"What?!"
"It's my turn. Go into the kitchen!" He commanded her in a playful manner. Giggling, Ellegaard walked into the kitchen, Magnus following and chuckling as well. There was a bag of sandwich bread on the counter. "Okay, show us how to grief toast." He told her.
"What?! No way!"
"Come on, show the world how to grief toast!" He repeated himself, failing a bit at trying not to laugh. Rolling her eyes, Ellegaard popped the toast into the toaster and turned the timer up to five. After about five minutes of awkward silence (yes, he just sat there recording her) the toast popped up, blackened to a crisp. She took it out, quickly dropping the hot crust onto a plate. They both started laughing, even after Magnus had stopped recording. Jessica and Ivor seemed to think that the whole ordeal was too cute to be true and were laughing as well.
"That was so funny!" Jessica shouted over the laughter. Meanwhile, Ivor couldn't stop laughing and had nothing to say. "They are so cute together." Jessica whispered to Ivor when she was sure the griefer and the engineer weren't listening.
"Oh, and we aren't?" He asked her with a cool smile, leaning into her.
"We sure are." She replied, leaning on his chest, an action he made no hesitation to accept. He pulled her closer into a friendly hug, releasing after a few seconds.
Author's Note:
Hyperfun by Kevin MacLeod! It makes me SOOO happy! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this cute couples stuff. More to come! Thanks for reading, and it'd make me really, really, REALLY happy if you readers out there left reviews, and, of course, thanks to those who already have! You're a great crowd! Goodnight, Fanfiction-dot-net! (walks behind a curtain)