Hello Everyone! Glad to have you back. Important note: Until further notice, the entire squad wears their mask to hide their identity, since the Order of The Stone set up monuments to honor them. Also, it's no secret that Jesse is the stranger, it's mentioned on the first chapter. You're probably wondering why the identity would be revealed at the first chapter. It's because I want the reader to relate with Jesse. Not an "OC" dude who comes out of nowhere, NO OFFENSE FELLOW FANS. Anyways, sit back, relax, and enjoy the chapter!

Petra's eyes eventually peeked open, and she stretched.

"Those beds sure are comfy..."

She then scanned the area and saw Stranger. She squinted her eyes at him.

The stranger was going around in each area of the animals, and tending to them. He fed the pigs, cows, and sheep. Stranger then set up a large table, with a lot of cooked chicken, and bread. She noticed the stranger didn't take the groups masks off. She huffed. The smell of the food begun waking people up.

Axel woke first. "Something smells good..." He grumbled drowsily. Olivia woke up next. "Someone's cooking..."

The rest of the gang eventually woke up, and the stranger sat there.

"Hungry?" The stranger said.

Axel leapt out of his bed, and sprinted towards the goods. "You bet I am!"

Olivia put her hand on her hip. "Hey!"

Axel turned around. "What?"
"Manners."

"Oh." Axel looked ashamed. "I'm sorry er, Stranger."

The stranger waved it off. "No need. I'm sure you're bodies crave nutrients for energy to survive."

Everyone gave Stranger an odd look, but proceeded to the tables. Everyone helped themselves, and ate in silence. Axel finished first obviously. "Hey, you got any dessert?"

The stranger nodded. "Cookies and cake."
Axel shot up from his chair. "CAKE?!"

"Cake."

"Whoa...can I have some?"
The stranger nodded.

Lukas smiled lightly under his mob mask. "A few cookies wouldn't hurt."

Stranger tossed a few, and Lukas caught them easily and munched on them.

After everyone finished, they began grabbing their weapons.

"Safe travels everyone," The stranger said, waving. The group waved back.

Magnus grumbled. "For such a spooooky mask, he's rather odd."

"I like him," Ellegaard said. "He's friendly."

Petra shrugged. "He's alright."

"Think we'll run to him again?" Soren asked curiously.

"I'm sure our paths will cross with the mysterious stranger once more," Gabriel said as a matter of fact.

They finally found themselves on the correct path to the gang's old treehouse to set up and "live" there for awhile.

They all stopped at the ladder that led to the top of the tree.

Lukas gripped his sword. "There could be monsters up there."

Olivia got her axe out. "I'll go first."
Axel frowned. "Are you sure?" Olivia nodded. "I got this."

She began climbing up the ladder, axe gripped in her hand.

Olivia finally got to the top, and looked around. Moss and vines grew from the walls.

She turned to the ladder and poked her head over the top. "Look's clear from here-"

Olivia gasped, and froze.

"What?" She heard from the ground. "What's wrong? What do you see.?!

"Oink!"

There as if he teleported there, Reuben stood there with a irritated look on his face, glaring at the intruder.

Olivia backed up, and couldn't form words. Reuben saw he had intimidated the intruder and begun walking forward, causing Olivia to fall over and tried crawling backwards. She then yelped when her weight pushed on nothing. She fell out of the ladder and hit the ground. The group crowded around her.
"Whoa Olivia, you alright?" Ivor said concerned.

"Yeah Olivia," Petra chimed in. "That was quite a fall."
All Olivia could to was keep gasping and point up. The group followed her pointing and saw what had caused all this, and their hearts sank.

"Reuben..." Axel said sadly.

"It seems the pink pal of Jesse's still resides here," Magnus said.

"I'm sorry..." Olivia said. "I just... couldn't face him. I feel guilty for some reason. We should head out."

It was a good idea, with Reuben staring down at him from the top of the ladder and all.

The group headed back to town, where they saw a huge crowd booing and yelling.

"Looks like trouble," Lukas said, scratching his arm.

Petra nodded. The gang walked and saw a...

"Wow." Petra said. "That's new."

A giant house made too look like a skull with tentacles with LAVA pouring out sat in the middle of the plaza.

"Not my fault!" A voice shouted out.

"Oh heavens," Gabriel sighed. "Could that be..."

"Ivor." Petra said, face palming her mask.

They ran up and got absorbed into the crowd where on top of the tower, Ivor was waving his arms and shouting at the protestors,

"My majestic tower is way more important then your pathetic injuries!" Ivor's voice boomed.

Petra grinned deviously. "Tear it down!" She called. People in the crowd nodded in agreement, and began chanting to "tear it down". Ivor struggled to yell over the volume of the crowd. When it looked like he was about to give up...

"It's Jesse the Lone Warrior!" Someone shrieked in excitement.

The crowds chants died in an instant, and got into cheering. The gang stretched their necks to see if it was really Jesse.

There he was, Jesse came out from around the corner, looking like death.

The crowd whooped at his arrival, and Ivor took notice of Jesse's arrival. "Oh, Jesse! Up here! Hi!"

Jesse rubbed his eyes. "Morning Ivor. What's going on here, I didn't sleep at all last night."
A citizen in the crowd spoke up. "He's built a fire hazard, people could get hurt!"

Ivor glared at the woman. "Only if you're dumb enough to walk into LAVA!"

Jesse growled under his breath. And inhaled deeply. "Ivor obviously put a ton of hard work into this. He has much as a right to build as anyone else, to leave him alone."

The woman shook her head. "But people could get hurt-"

"I said, LEAVE IT ALONE." Jesse growled.

"But the lava-"

"I KNOW ABOUT THE DAMN LAVA, DO YOU THINK I'M BLIND?" Jesse shouted, making the gang's mouths hang wide open. The woman quickly shut her mouth.

Jesse punched the wall. "Look, leave it alone. Last warning." Jesse growled at the woman, which made her nod quietly in fear.

Ivor pumped his fist "Long Live my lava house! LONG LIVE LAVA! Thanks Jesse!" The crowd began quietly dispersing from Ivor's new home. "That's right! Walk with your tails between your legs! Wimps!"

"Ivor," Jesse said calmly.

Ivor stopped shouting at the shameful crowd. "Oh, yes Jesse?"

"Do you mind at least putting glass around the lava? I have a bad feeling some idiot is actually going to be stupid enough to walk right into it."

"Not a problem Jesse!" Ivor said with his chest puffed out with pride.

"Oh. I forgot to mention yesterday, I went to the place you asked..."

Meanwhile they were talking, the gang had blended into the crowd walking away.

"Did you see that?" Magnus said. "Little pipsqueak's taking command! Good on him."

Petra shook her head. "That's not my Jesse I know. He's changing for the worst. I hope we can reveal ourselves in at least a few weeks. He NEEDS us."

Gabriel sighed sadly. "With the way the Voice spoke, we're not going to be speaking with Jesse any time soon it seems."

Petra hung her head.

"We should focus on building a house on our own," Lukas said. "With our numbers, building a large house won't be a problem for us."

The group split up, and headed into the forest. Little did they know Petra hadn't moved from her spot. She watched Jesse chat with Ivor, then Ivor suddenly got excited, and shook Jesse then sprinted away. Jesse looked stunned for a minute, then shook out of it and trudged toward the big mansion they lived in.

Petra felt a tear down her cheek.

"Petra! Let's go!" Lukas whispered loudly.

Petra turned and ran after the group.

Later...

Jesse finally arrived at his house, and threw his stuff down and jumped into bed. His eyes fell shut quickly and he soon fell asleep.

He woke up in 3 hours, and headed to the treasure room as Ivor requested earlier.

Jesse observed the treasure room and their goods, when he spotted Ivor leaning against the wall.

"Hey Ivor."
Ivor's eyes shot open. "Ah! Jesse! There you are!"
Jesse smiled weakly. "Glad to see you came too."

"Do you have it?"

Jesse nodded and pulled out the enchanted flint and steel.

Ivor's eyes widened.

Jesse just smiled. "Like it?"

"That's no normal enchantment Jesse, it's old!" Ivor said, barely containing his excitement.

Jesse shrugged. "How old?"
"Older then the ORDER OF THE STONE!" Ivor shrieked like a girl.

That got Jesse's attention. And Reuben's, who just trudged into the room.

Reuben oinked excitedly.

"And that's not all," Ivor said. "It's said to be built by "Old builders."

"Old builders?" Jesse questioned.

Ivor jumped up and down. "They were the people who had the "Eversource!"

"The Ever what?"

"A tool said to have UNLIMITED resources! Think about it Jesse! Everyone could have houses, mansions CASTLES!"

That idea sounded appealing. "I like that idea Ivor, where do you think it is?"

"Possibly at that building you found that enchanted flint and steel!"

Jesse sighed. "All over again?"

Reuben oinked noisily.

Jesse sighed. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to check it out. But how about in a day or a two? Let's let things calm down. But you might want to prepare, since it might be a day or two before we get there."
Ivor nodded. "Excellent! I can't wait! I'll pack my adventuring items IMMEDIATLEY!"

And with that, Ivor charged out of the room. Reuben charged after him. Jesse then remembered, he ran out towards a special building.

The Witherstorm had been playing with wooden blocks, specifically oak for an odd reason. Or maybe it was the only type of wood to play with.

"Hey John."

The small Witherstorm turned and let out a squeal when it saw Jesse standing there grinning.

"Hey buddy, how have ya been?"

The Witherstorm reached out to Jesse with it's small tentacles, and patted Jesse's head. Jesse chuckled.

Jesse went up to the Witherstorm and stroked it's flat head. It grumbled affectionately.

The Witherstorm let out a shriek. The Witherstorm wasn't made for communication that much, as Ivor said it wasn't supposed to be talkative.

Jesse shrugged. "Yeah me too. I've come to let you know we might be gone for a few days tomorrow, we found something incredible!"

The Witherstorm let out a small coo of sadness. Jesse frowned. "Hey, it'll only be for a few days. Besides, with the townspeople visiting once your attraction opens, it'll be fun for you!"

That was all it took for the Witherstorm to let out a small shriek of delight. It had an attraction, and it was the center of attention. And the Witherstorm loved attention.

Jesse chuckled at the Witherstorms pleased noises. "Glad your happy buddy," Jesse said.

Then Jesse remembered. "Oh! I forgot! I got you something special for when we're gone.

Jesse then pulled out some obsidian, and built a nether portal, and he lighted it (With normal flint and steel lol) and the portal sprung to life.

The Witherstorm squealed, and reached a tentacle into the portal, moved it around, then came back out with a zombie pigman. Jesse just smiled. "Glad you're enjoying the treat. When your attraction opens, build something around it. I don't want some dumb citizen wandering into it then getting shot up by ghasts."

The Witherstorm just hummed, confirming it had heard Jesse's mini speech.

Jesse then turned. "I should go pack my things too."

Jesse walked to the door, waving cheerfully at the Witherstorm who waved back with his tentacle. Jesse just laughed softly. For an invincible monster, it was pretty cute sometimes.

Meanwhile...

The gang had built a nicely sized treehoused that could fit them all comfortably. Soren had taken to decorating out of missing his old home.

"Well, is that it?" Axel wondered out loud.

Soren walked into Axel's room with a bed. "Just set this down where you think it should go, and you'll be finished."
Axel smiled. It felt nice to be out of that mask now that the group was alone in their own house. No people to disturb them.

"Hey champ, what's up?"
Axel turned and saw Magnus leaning on the doorway.

"Pretty sweet with this new tree house and all," Axel said. "It's a lot bigger then our old one. Let's just hope the people won't notice almost 50 trees disappearing out of thin air. It might raise some eyebrows."

Magnus shrugged. "Don't sweat it man, people mine all the time. It's only 50 trees out of like, 6000000."

Axel frowned. "Eh, I suppose."

Meanwhile Olivia and Ellegaard's rooms were full of redstone tech, big surprise.

Magnus and Axel's rooms were very explosive themed.

Soren's was like his mansion, very "Fancy" and some enderman decorations here and there.

Gabriel's room wasn't even a room anymore. It was more like an armory for knights, weapons on stands, armor on display.

Petra's...well she hadn't come out of her room since she built the walls to her room.

Olivia peeked out at Petra's door. She glanced over at Soren. "Think she'll be okay?"

Soren just smiled softly. "Of course she will be. She's obviously been through worse."

Olivia shrugged. "I hope you're right." She glanced out the window and saw the moon come out and illuminate the area.

Meanwhile...

A lone creeper was stuck in a small dirt trap. It hopped, trying to get out, but to no avail.

Crunch...Crunch...

The sound of crunching sticks and leaves were audible. The creeper hissed.

"Heh heh heh. Struggle all you want. It won't do you any good," The stranger growled. He delicately placed water into the hole, then quickly covered it. The dirt and the water quite literally drowned out any audible noises the creeper made.

Whew! That's a big chap! I feel like I owe you. If you guys are curious on why I never put Jesse and Stranger in the same sentence, is a bit of a mystery. Jesse IS the stranger, but why does he put on a different act with the mask on? Eeeep I'm getting excited!

As always, PLEASE leave a comment, and favorite if you want to see more. Happy building! See ya in the next chapter!