Chapter 2: The Deal

8 year old Anna sat in her black dress, sobbing. She didn't want anyone to talk to her. Not even her father.

"Are you okay?" asked a girl her age.

"No!" Anna sobbed, not even looking up. "My mom is dead!"

"I'm sorry." the girl said.

There was a brief silence.

"Are you lost?" asked the gitl.

Anna shook her head and started to cry harder.

"Don't cry!" exclaimed the girl, putting her arm around Anna. "It's okay."

Anna looked up at the girl. She was Petra, a girl who she had seen around town. The red haired girl was around town and didn't seem to have any family.

"Don't you have a family?" asked Anna.

Petra looked down at the floor.

"I did- once." Petra said.

More silence.

"Maybe... we could be each other's family?" asked Anna.

Petra smiled. "I'd like that." she replied.

Anna walked from the woods to Endercon. She held the photo of her and her parents in her right hand. That's when she met up with Olivia, Axel, Jesse, Ruben, and Petra. Anna looked up and saw the giant Enderman that Jesse, Axel, and Olivia had built and smiled.

"Hey guys!" she chirped as she approached the group. "Congratulations on winning! You did great!"

"Thanks Anna." Olivia responded.

"I wish I could have been there to help. But everything that's been going on... I just thought it would be smart if I skipped the sign-ups this year." Anna said, looking at the picture in her hands.

"It's okay Anna," Axel responded. "Your dad needed you."

"Well, I say we celebrate!" Jesse said "We deserve a party!"

"Yeah!" agreed Axel.

"Jesse, remember that really important thing I was telling you about?" asked Petra.

"Oh, right, that. Sorry guys. I'll meet up with you later." Jesse told the others

"Subtle," Olivia said "As a punch to the face." Anna could tell Olivia felt a little left out.

"We'll see you guys later. I heard there was free cake a the map booth." Axel said, walking away with Olivia.

"Hey, mind if I tag along?" asked Anna to Petra. "You know... for backup. In case we run into any mobs." It wasn't in case they ran into mobs, it was that Anna knew Petra. She would run off for days at a time, not being seen at or heard from anyone. Anna was always worrying she'd get hurt or worse, killed. Petra was like a big sister to Anna, and she didn't want her getting hurt.

"Sure. Just be quiet and let me do the talking." Petra told her.

"My lips are sealed." Anna told Petra. Petra smiled pleasantly at Anna. Although she was a little worried Anna might get hurt. After all, Anna wasn't as great of a fighter as her and was rather sensitive.

Jesse, Ruben, Petra, and Anna walked into an alleyway. "Just wait here," Petra told Jesse and Anna. "If the guy shows up... stall for me."

Anna, Ruben, and Jesse waited for a little while. Jesse looked incredibly nervous.

"You okay?" asked Anna.

"Just a little concerned." Jesse told Anna.

"Concerned about what?" asked a voice that made the three jump. Anna turned and saw a man about her father's age with a black beard and a green outfit.

"Well, are you just going to stand there or are you going to do the deal or not?" asked the man.

"Oh... hello." said Anna, rember in what Petra said about stalling. "so, do you come here often?"

"I won't come here at all if we don't do the deal soon." the man told her.

"Petra has the skull... and she'll be here soon." Jesse quickly filled in.

"I'm here and ready to deal!" Petra exclaimed, running up to the man. "Very sorry about my partners"

Petra gave Anna and Jesse a hard glare.

"But I have the skull."

Petra handed Ivor a wither skull. Anna would have been shocked and surprised if Petra had not shown her the skull earlier that week.

"Now, about that dimond..." Petra asked the man

"Take it. You earned it." the man told her, pointing to a chest.

Jesse, Petra, and Anna peered inside the chest.

"What the- this isn't a dimond- it's lapiz!" exclaimed Petra.

"That no good-" muttered Anna

"I knew something was up! We have to get you skull back!" Jesse told Petra.

Still, as she and her friends ran after the man, Anna couldn't help but think she had seen him before. While she was thinking abut this, she tripped and fell. However, someone caught her. It was Lukas.

"Oh Lukas- hi." Anna told him, blushing.

"Hey Anna. You okay?" asked Lukas.

"Well, pretty sure I can stand on my own feet." Anna responded.

"Oh-sorry" Lukas told her, helping her back up. "So, where were you going?"

"Some jerk swindled Petra out of a dimond. I must have gotten separated from Petra, Jesse, and Ruben." Anna said.

"Well, if anyone messes with Petra, I'm in." Lukas told her. "Let's catch up with Petra and Jesse."

Anna and Lukas walked throughout Endercon.

"Um... Anna... I was wondering if maybe afterwards, you'd like to... well... hang out?" Lukas asked her nervously.

"Sure!" chirped Anna.

Phew. She said yes. thought Lukas Maybe then I could... no, it's too soon.

Wow! What was Lukas thinking? And how is the group going to find the msn? And what relations does he have to Anna?

Thanks for being so patient. I've been quite busy with my other stories and my own life and it took a while for me to write this chapter.

This is Summer saying Sayanora!