Chapter 26 – New Faces
POV Jay
As I walked through the hallway I am about to tell the girls that it is all clear, but what would I tell them about Zoe and Chloe. 'Looks like I am going to have to explain a lot'.
*KNOCK*
*KNOCK*
*KNOCK*
*KNOCK*
*KNOCK*
"Clear!" I shouted the code word and the door slowly opened with Alice's head coming out to check. "Don't worry, it is just me," the door opened revealing the girls. All came rushing out of the room and started to hug me, all but three. "Hmm?"
Grace floated above me and saw my confused face. "What's wrong Jay?" I looked around and didn't see three familiar faces.
"Where is Kayda, Wendy, and Irene?" All the girls got a look of sadness, but Andr just pointed back into the room. I rushed in and saw Kayda, Wendy, and Irene were all still unconscious. "They are still out? What did those monsters do to them?" Emma put her hand on my shoulder.
"I can try and heal them, but I will need some ingredients first," I turned to her with determination in my eyes.
"What ingredients do you need?" She listed off the ingredients needed, a nether wart, blaze powder, and a glistening melon. "Well we have a melon farm, all we need is a golden nugget for that, we will need to go to the nether for the nether wart and the blaze powder," I start to walk out the door to head to where I kept my nether portal.
"Hey, Jay," Blazette came running out of the room after me, "I have a simple way to get blaze powder," I tilted my head.
"You have a simple way? What would that be?" Blazette then blushed at this "W-W-Why are you blushing?" I was now worried about the 'simple way'.
"Well, I can get you the blaze powder, but I will give it to you after you return," I am once again left confused and also a little worried.
"O-Okay," I then turn to head to the portal room 'Wait, they can't go on the third floor' "Wait Blazette," She then turned back to me "Can you girls steer clear of the third floor? There were a few guys up there and it is a little messy," 'I hope she buys that, I don't want to come back to the girls chasing them around'
"Okay Jay, we will clean it up when you get back," I nodded and let out a sigh of relief. Now back to the mission at hand, getting nether warts.
I walked down the hallway and came to a room with an iron door. I pushed the button and it opened to reveal the room that held my nether portal. When I stepped inside I saw the purple particles coming from the nether portal and as I got closer my vision blurred until all I saw was purple.
When I blinked I saw that I was now in my cobblestone fortress in the nether. I walked around remembering the memories of playing this world. My friends that helped me build this fortress, conquer the woodland mansion and also finding many treasures along the way. 'Ah, those were the days, now is the future, and I need to help Kayda, Wendy, and Irene'
I ran through my cobblestone fortress and found my nether wart farm. I quickly grabbed a few nether warts and started to head back to the portal, but something caught my eye.
I saw a man at the end of the hallway, and he was making his way towards me. "Hello? Can I help you?" I asked the man, but then I felt something, murderous intent, and there was a lot of it. He then got closer and I now saw that he had a sword in his right hand.
"You! You stole Stella from me!" the man spoke out, and he slowly picked up his pace and got his sword ready for battle. "SHE WAS GOING TO BE MY BRIDE!" He then started to run towards me with his sword raised.
"Hmph, I am surprised she would marry a weakling like you," I caught him off guard and I could see it in his face that he really wanted me dead more than ever, but I didn't have time for this. I used my emerald ring and summoned a tiny dagger. "I can beat you with this tiny dagger, so how do you expect to be Stella's husband?"
His face contorted and he was now angrier than before "WHEN I BRING HER YOUR HEAD SHE WILL HAVE TO MARRY ME!" He was now in striking range. He raised his sword and swung right for my head…
*CLING*
But I raised my dagger and it cut his blade in two. He stared in shock and horror at me, but I was not going to let him off that easily. "So you will bring her my head? Let's bring her YOUR HEAD," I then ran towards his with extreme speed and cut his head clean off with my dagger.
Picking up his head, I made my way back to the portal, but something was bothering me. 'How did he know that Stella is with me? He also was going to marry Stella? What changed her mind?' I pondered this as I walked back through the portal.
After making my way out of the portal room I got to the cell room where all the girls were patiently waiting for me. "I got the nether warts," Emma quickly got up and grabbed the nether warts then made her way over to the brewing stand. "Who got the glistening melon?"
Pima stood up "I did, I had a golden nugget on me so I just went to the melon farm and made the glistening melon," I nodded and looked to Blazette
"So you got the blaze powder?" Blazette looked away while blushing then nodded.
"Nice," I then remembered what that one wither skeleton said "Hey Stella?" she was sitting next to Skelly, and they were clearly lost in a trance, but me calling her name brought her out of it. "Can I talk to you for a bit?"
Stella was a bit confused at first, but she followed me out into the hallway. "So what's up Jay?" I then pulled the wither skeletons head out of my bag and she stared at it wide-eyed.
"He tried to kill me in the nether, he somehow knew me, and he said he was going to marry you. Can you explain?" she was still staring at me with a shocked expression, but she blinked a few times and was brought back to her senses.
She sighed and looked down in defeat. "I am actually the daughter of a general wither skeleton, and that man was going to be my husband, but this changed when I saw a certain someone enter the nether," 'A certain someone?' I questioned who this was, but she gave me the answer "It was you, Jay,"
"M-Me?" 'that answers one question, but how did he know who I was?' but before I could ask her…
"I know you are wondering how he knew you," 'That was easy' "When I saw you I didn't have the urge to kill you like the other players that came before. There was something different about you, I would normally see a blockly player walk through my fortress, but I could see who you actually were. I don't know how or why, but I saw, you," my eyes widened at this. She saw me? Like me in real life? Why would that happen? "I then told my father about you, but he didn't see it the same way I did,"
Stella then glared and looked at the head of the wither skeleton, "He also heard and tried to kill you," her expression then lightened a little "but I couldn't let that happen, so I had to stop him. We fought, but I was trained and way more experienced than he was, so I was able to stop him. Then after this, I told the other girls about you."
"So that is how everyone else knew me, but one thing still doesn't make sense. Why me? You could have married a powerful and handsome wither skeleton, so what made you all like me?" Stella just smiled at my statement and let out a little chuckle.
"You didn't see any of us following you? You have been playing this game for a very long time, so I am surprised you didn't notice an ender dragon or wither following above you, or all the mobs from the nether and end following you," now I was contemplating how good I was at this game.
"How long were you following me?" I asked Stella and she started to count on her fingers
"Uhhh, probably, uhhh, five years?" My eyes widened at her statement 'Five years?! How did I not notice any of them?!' "We have seen you through good and bad times, but you still played Minecraft, and we felt bad that you never had anyone to keep you company or anyone to love."
"So that is when you all decided to come to my world and love me?" Stella nodded "Wow, I feel really special now, all of you left your home just to come to me, a guy that didn't even know you existed,"
"Yeah, but most of us didn't have the best of lives here, like me, some of the girls are the daughters of power mobs, but when we wanted to go to your world, they did not agree, so we had to fight our way there,"
I now felt bad, they gave away their lives just for me. I sighed and looked down, "I never knew this, I-I wish I knew sooner," I then felt arms wrap around me.
Stella whispered in my ear while she kept me close to her. "Don't worry Jay, we all wanted to be with you, we all love you, and we don't know what we would do without you. You have saved our lives many times, and we are all so happy to be here with you," I start to tear up from her words.
"I-I am glad that y-you all are here with me," Stella gently rubbed my head and she held me in her embrace. We stood there for a few minutes, just holding each other close. That is when I noticed how long we were standing there. "We should probably get back before they think something is wrong,"
Stella and I then sperate and we stand there with blushes on our faces. "Y-Yeah, but Jay," I turn back to Stella who had a completely tomato red face, and before I knew it she was right in front of me and…
*Smooch*
After Stella pulled back from my face she was smiling with a slight blush. "St-Stella?" instead of giving me an answer, she just kept smiling and walked back to the room. 'She, she just kissed me? I know that was an emotional moment, but, wow'
When I eventually gathered my emotions together, I also went back to the room, but what waited for me was scared faces. I then saw a flash of black, then I saw Andr standing in front of me. "JAY! THERE ARE MORE INTRUDERS IN THE HOUSE! THEY ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR!"
"Are you sure? I thought I got rid of all of the intruders!" Andr just shook her head.
"There are two of them, and they are in the kitchen. I only got a slight glimpse before I teleported back here," 'Wait, two of them? Both are in the kitchen? Oh no'
I sighed, knowing what was going to happen soon, "Ok, everyone, follow me,"
"J-Jay," I then heard a voice, it was Kayda, I quickly rushed over to them. "Make sure you protect everyone," I saw that Kayda was conscious, but still injured. Wendy and Irene were both out cold, but their wounds were healing. The healing potion Emma made must be working.
"Great work Emma, you made that potion very quickly," Emma tilted her head which left me puzzled
"What are you talking about? When you and Stella went out to talk, you came back an hour later," 'We were out there for an HOUR?! Wow, I really lost track of time'
"Oh, dang," I looked over at Stella and she had the same reaction I had. Now we had to get to the pressing issue. "Ok, we should put them in their rooms so they can rest, then we will deal with the intruders,"
After we made the plan, I carried Kayda bridal style to her room, Irene was teleported to her room by Andr, and Wendy was carried to her room by Grace and Pyra. We then gathered in the meeting room afterward.
"Ok, girls, I am going to get the intruders, then I will be right back," they all nodded and wished me luck. I then left the room and headed towards the kitchen "Oh man, this is going to be difficult to explain to them,"
I walk into the kitchen and see Chloe and Zoe sitting on the chairs, until they noticed me and quickly got up and bowed before me. "Hello, Master," they both said in unison. I sighed and tried to think of a way to explain this to the girls. That is when Chloe and Zoe cling to my arms and Zoe looks me in the eyes, "Is everything alright, Master?"
I sighed again, "Well, you two are going to be staying with us as well, so I will need to explain why, and I will need to tell them what those monsters did to you," Zoe and Chloe then figured out why I was so down.
Then I noticed that Chloe and Zoe were shaking a little. "Master?" Chloe was looking up at me with terror in her eyes, and I also felt Zoe bury her head into my shoulder, "Will they hurt us?"
"No, I would never let them hurt you, you have gone through enough suffering," Chloe and Zoe both gained a few tears in their eyes, but they kept it together. There wasn't much I could do at this point except pull them both into a hug. "Now we should go introduce you two before they start to worry,"
They both nodded and we started to walk towards the meeting room, but before we got there I stopped and turned to Zoe and Chloe. "Ok, so I am going to talk to them first, then I will come back here to get you two," they both nodded and I turned back to go to the meeting room.
I entered the room and found all the girls patiently waiting. "Like I said before Andr," They all turned to me, "There are no intruders left, but I do have news,"
They all looked confused, then Charlotte as the million dollar question, "Is this good news or bad news?" I thought for a second. Well, it is good news that Zoe and Chloe are saved from those monsters, but it is bad news cause there will be the issue of finding rooms for them.
"It is, well, it's news," As I look around the room, I have made all of them more confused than ever, but I could also see a hint of curiosity. I then think it is about time to introduce Zoe and Chloe. "I am going to be right back, and can I ask you all to keep an open mind?" before they could spout their complaints, I turned and went to get Zoe and Chloe.
Chloe spotted me and her tail started to wag, "Hello, Master, is it time to meet everyone?" I nod.
"Now, they may be angry at me for not telling them, but once you tell them your story, they will understand, so once I introduce you, just tell them what happened," they both nodded and started to follow me.
When we got to the room I stepped inside and saw all the girls staring at me, waiting for the news, and they soon got what they were waiting for. "Hello, uhhh, Master?" I turn to Zoe who pulls me a little closer "What should we call them?" I pondered this for a moment.
"Well, since I am your… Master, I guess they are, your Mistress?" Zoe and Chloe smiled and then bowed to the girls.
"Hello Mistresses, I am Chloe, and this is Zoe, a pleasure to meet you," I looked to either side and I saw that Zoe and Chloe were both still bowing. When I looked up, I saw all the girls with confused, scared, and angry faces.
"Ok, before everyone shouts and this turns into a warzone, just hear out their story before you say anything," I saw the situation was going to turn out bad right when I saw their faces, so I just need them to hear out Zoe and Chloe's story.
-Time skip – After Zoe and Chloe's story
*BANG*
Blazette slammed her fist on the table, nearly breaking it, "THOSE MONSTERS!" I was a little scared of her reaction to this, but I completely understood. That is when the unexpected happened, Charlotte came down from her web loft and walked over to Chloe and Zoe and… hugged them.
Charlotte spoke in a soft voice, and I was barely able to hear her, but I made out a few words. "I am sorry you had to go through that, but you are safe here, with us," this act brought smiles to all of our faces, and for some, tears.
All the girls then joined Charlotte and hugged Zoe and Chloe. "As Charlotte said, you are safe here with us, so let's finally have a normal day," after saying this I earned a chuckle from the girls.
'Maybe one of these days will be a normal one, just maybe'
