Chapter 14 : A step closer to the truth

Hey guys, Agithos here, since I am now in Holiday, I had the time to write another chapter. Hope you enjoy this one.

The next morning, Home, Mickaël POV

"Aahh" I yawned as I woke up. Despite having slept a couple of hours, I was still tired. I must say, yesderday was pretty eventfull : The meeting with Andr, both of her sudden fit of killing everything in sight and lastly, the assault on the house. My back was killing me and my muscles were all sore. On the bright side I was still alive...not like those guys outside, so I shouldn't complain too much. I really didn't want to get up. After what happened yesterday, I wanted to do only one thing : Sleep through the whole day. I put my head on the pillow and tried to get back to sleep.

But, that didn't happen as a familiar little she-demon with red eyes and purple hair burst into my room while yelling :

"WAKE UP YOU LAZY ASS, IT'S MORNING !"

"Lazy ass, lazy ass...I would kick YOUR lazy ass, right now, if I could …" I grumbled, my nose sunk in my pillow. Vanessa went next to my bed and began to shake me with one hand.

"Oh come on Mickaël. Don't be such a cry baby !" She said.

"As I recall you are not the one who nearly had your head cut of your body yesterday !"

"Hey, you are the one who told me to hide upstairs. Now get up and go eat your breakfirst !"

"Yes mommy...Geez !" I thought.

"Alright, you won, I am coming !" I said to Vanessa

Vanessa exited my bedroom with a grin or her face.

I got up, put on my pants and my armor, then I went downstairs. There, were Ayumi, Ari, Vanessa and Yaebi eating and talking to each other. But I couldn't see Cupa anywhere.

"Hi Mickaël !" Ayumi called me "How are you ?"

"Hi everyone, I am fine, a little tired but fine and you ?"

"A little shocked about what happened yesterday. Yaebi told me what happened. You really went to fight a guy who could summon lightning at will and Cupa saved you ?" Ayumi said

"Humm yea..." I said, swallowing my pride a little " Speaking of which, where is she ?" I asked.

"She prepared two breakfirsts and returned upstairs !" Yaebi answered "I guess she wanted to stay close to her friend, in case she wakes up !"

"Ok !" I just responded.

As I went to my seat and began to eat, Yaebi said to me :

"Hey dude, about your problem with Andr, I asked Ayumi and Ari about it while you were still sleeping. Ari said there is a plain next to their former home. Last time she went there, there were some pumpkin. You should go there if you want one !"

"Alright, thanks Yaebi !" I thanked.

"No problem !"

The breakfirst was a normal one. We were talking, laughing, telling joke. I was about to finish my breakfirst when Cupa hurtled from the stairs. Her hair was a mess and she had big dark rings under her eyes

"Quick everyone, Andr is waking up !" She nearly shouted

We quickly forgot about everything we were doing at the moment and we rushed upstairs, in Cupa's room.

We gathered around the bed where was her friend Andr, lying with her eyes half she opened her eyes fully, she looked around her.

"Where I am ? What happened ?" She asked

"You are in my room !" Cupa began "We brought you here after you fell unconscious. How do you feel ?"

"I feel like I have been struck by lightning !"

"Well you couldn't be more right. Aft...Ouch !" I grunted in pain as I felt something punching me on my left arm. I turned my gaze and saw Yaebi giving me a dirty look. He approached his head toward me and whispered :

"Dude, Andr is a really sensitive endergirl. Hearing she killed nine people could destroy her !"

"Oh crap..." I murmured.

Andr looked at us and noted Yaebi whispering to me.

"W-What did I do ? I-I killed someone did I ? Someone triggered my primal instinct and I killed someone !" Andr said as she began to panick. Now everyone was giving me a dirty look, even Vanessa. I tried to rectify my mistake.

"N-No, nothing of that, you...just stayed under a tree...during a thunderstrom...yea, that's what happened !"

"Why would I stay outside during a thunderstorm, we, endermen, can't bear water !"

I was screwed, I did not have an explanation for that. How could I explain an enderman suicide attempt. Cupa spoke up :

"You...saw a cat under a tree, you know you love cats, right ? You saw it meowing and you thought you could go, get the cat and come back before the rain hurt you too much. You teleported to the cat but it's at this moment a bolt of lightning hit you !" She explained.

"But why can't I remember anything ?"

"The electricity must a have broiled a part of your memories !" I continued.

"O-Ok. Thank Notch I didn't hurt anybody !" Andr sighed, relieved.

"I think we should leave you two alone !" Ayumi said.

Ayumi made a hand gesture at us, exept Cupa, to come with her. We all exited the room, leaving Cupa and Andr alone. Once we were all outside, Vanessa asked :

"Why did you make us leave ?"

"We need to get rid of all the evidences outside. Remove every body and clean all the blood !" Ayumi answered.

Vanessa sighed in exasperation. I decided to make fun of her a little.

"Now, look who is the lazy ass here !" I laughed. Vanessa looked at me straight in the eyes and grinned.

"Oh, you're on !"

I guess she took that as a form of challenge. I chuckled and I put my hand in front of her, waiting for her to clap on my hand to seal the challenge.

"Ready to loose ?"

"I am not afraid of a man who is seven years older than me !"

She placed her hand above mine and we clapped. After doing that, we turned around to the other. Ari was laughing out loud, Yaebi was doing a sort of 'Poker face' with one of his eyebrow raised. As for Ayumi, seeing our childish behavior, she was purely and simply facepalming.

"What ?" I asked.

"Nothing. Let's just get going !" Ayumi said

We went outside to see ten bodies scattered across the battlefield. This was going to be long.

"Alright, me and Mickaël will move the corpses away from the house. Ari, you will be in charge of burying the bodies. And finally, Yeabi and Vanessa, you will clean the blood from the house. Understood ?" Ayumi spoke up as she gave us orders.

That being said, we all went to our tasks. With the help of Ayumi, I began to move the corpses where Ari was, so she could bury them. Some were clean, like the first one Andr killed by snapping his neck but some were completely gross. We arrived in front of the one with his head cut in half, I could see his skull and a bit of his brain.

"Yuck, how did this one died ?" Ayumi asked.

"You don't want to know, believe me !" I answered.

"I didn't know endermen could be this violent !"

"Yea, me neither..."

We to picked up the body and we dragged him to Ari. Upon seeing this, her eyes opened wide and stared at the body for a few second before looking at me.

"What the nether, Mickaël ? When you kill someone, do it cleanly !"

"Hey, that's one of Andr's kill. Mine is right there !" I said as I pointed a corpse with a hole in its armor, a few meters away.

"Whatever, put him in the hole, quickly, he already begins to smell !"

We dropped the body into the hole dug by Ari.

After a hour of moving corpses, Ayumi and I went to see how Yaebi and Vanessa were doing with the cleaning. I saw them trying to polish a block of wood with blood on it.

"So, how you two doing ?" I asked.

"We are doing fine, it's long but the blood is coming of slowly !" Yaebi answered.

"Need any help ?" Ayumi offered.

"No need to, we have just this block to finish and we will be done !"

By looking behind us, we saw Ari had nearly finished burying the bodies. Ayumi and I decided to come back into the house.

"Hey Ayumi ?"

"Y-Yes ?" She said with a little bit of blush

"Can I ask you a favor ?"

"Of course !"

"Do you think you could craft me a new T-shirt. This chestplate is really itchy and it have a hole in it !"

"Well, probably, I mean, we have all the resources I need. I just need some time. It will be ready by tomorrow. For now, you have to keep your armor !"

I sighed.

"I'll need to be away for a while !"

At these words, Ayumi's eyes widened.

"What ?" She asked, surprised and with a little bit of fear in her voice.

"I need to find some pumpkin and Ari said there is some growing near her former cave !"

"Then I'll come with you !"

"No, sorry Ayumi but I need you here in case there is an attack. We can't ask Andr to have a fit of rage everytime we are under attack. You are the only one in this house who really knows how to fight Do you understand ?"

"Yes..." She began with a small voice before continuing "But at least, take someone with you, Vanessa hasn't been out a lot lately. It will do her some good !"

"Alright..." I just sighed while in my head, my brain was screaming for help "Whyyyyy ?"

"I am going to cook something for you and Vanessa to eat on your travel while you prepare your stuff !"

"Fine with me. I'll see you later then !"

I went to my room and began to decide what to bring.

"Armor...check. Weapons...check. Food...almost check. Tools...check. Torches...No need to bring some, I guess !"

My armor was already on me so I put my pistol in it. Then I took Exbarelyburn in her sheath and put my bow on my back. I filled my backpack with a pickaxe and a shovel. Now I just had to wait until Ayumi was done with the meal. I went downstairs to see Vanessa and Yaebi entering the house. I called her

"Hey Vanessa, pack your things. We are going on an adventure !"

"No thanks, I'll stay here !"

"Vanessa..." I began "That was not a question, it was an order. Go get what you need before we get going !"

The little cave spider girl sighed heavily and began to pout. Ayumi saw that and walked toward Vanessa.

"Ayumi, why must I go ?

"Because you need some fresh air once in a while. You don't go out very often, you stay indoors most of the time !"

"But I just went outside for about an hour. I just came back two minutes from now !"

"Vanessa..." Ayumi said, with a serious voice.

"Fine..I'll go !" The little girl gave up.

Vanessa went slowly upstairs. I had to wait at least fithteen minutes before lil' miss Vanessa finally dediced to come downstairs with a backpack nearly empty. In there were just a few pieces of bread.

"What took you so long ?" I asked.

"I took me a while to choose which pieces to take for the travel !" She answered as she picked one from her back and began to chew on it. I stayed with my eyes wide open and my mouth gaping while my brain was processing the information. Vanessa turned to me and said with her mouth full of bread.

"So, are we going now ?" She asked.

"Y-Yeah !" I regained focus on reality. I went with Vanessa to the front door "See you later everyone !"

"Take care Mickaël !" Ayumi said.

"Yea ,and also take care of my sister or else I'll rip your head of !" Ari continued.

"Don't worry I'll..."

"W-Wait, Mickaël !" Someone called me. I looked at the stairs to see Cupa going downstairs. She seemed to walk strangely, nearly loosing her balance between two steps. She still had those big dark ring under her eyes. She approached me, giving me a small hug.

"Come back in one piece please !" She pleaded

"I will, don't worry...Cupa ?"

"Mmmh ?" She turned her face toward me

"Did you sleep last night ?" I asked, full of concern

"Well...N-No, I wanted to stay awake in case Andr wakes up !"

"You should really get some sleep now that you know she is fine !" I suggested

"I...know..."

Without a warning, she put her face against my shoulder and her body became limp.

"hey hey hey !" I nearly shouted, startled by this "Cupa ? Cupa ?"

All I heard was a quiet snoring come from her. I turned toward the other

"Is she fine ?" Ari asked

"Yes, She just fell asleep. I guess the emotion of being under attack took most of her energy and her sleepless night took the rest !"

"It looks like she just wanted an opportunity to sleep in your arms !" Yaebi joked.

"Shut up, Yaebi !" I replied with a small chuckle

I sighed for the two hundredth time since I arrived here, in this world.

"I'll put her in my bed so she can rest. Vanessa, wait for me !"

"Like I could go anywhere, anyway !" She said to me.

I picked up Cupa in my arms and went to my room. I put her on the bed and placed the blanket above her. As I went to exit my room, I heard Cupa talking.

"Mickaël, don't go !"

Thinking I have awoken her when I placed her on the bed, I took her hand and went on my knees next to the bed.

"Hey, I am not leaving forever, Cupa, I'll come back in a few hours. Sleep well now, you need some !" I reassured with a soft voice.

That being said, I exited the room and rejoined the others downstairs. I said goodbye to everyone for the second time. Then Vanessa and I went outside the house at the search of pumpkin. How prestigious was that for a quest ? Because I am pretty sure it would not feature in a top three.

"So, where are we going ?" Vanessa asked.

"To a plain, we need some pumpkin !" I answered.

"Seriously ? We are going on an a four hour trip just to go on a plain to search for some pumpkin, then we come back ?"

"Yep, that's pretty much it. Come on, the longer we stay her, the later we can go back home" I grinned

I began to walk in the forest, followed by Vanessa still chewing on a piece of bread.


Unknow time, Unknow place, Cupa POV

"H-Hello ? Is anyone here ?" I asked as I walked in a totally dark place I have woken up into a moment earlier.

"Mickaël ? Ayumi ? Andr ? Where are you ?" I called, but no one answered

"Where am I ?" I thought as I looked around.

Suddenly, a dark figure with two eyes with absolutly no pupils in them appeared in front of me. I backed away in fear. I lost balance and I fell on my butt.

"W-Who are you ? Where am I ? What is this place ?" I asked to the shadow

"Fear not young mob. I am your god, the one who created you in the first place. It's thanks to me you were born !" The shadow answered with a slightly distorded voice

"Notch ? Is that you ?" I said as I another question.

My question seemed to leave the shadow starlted. It turned his back at me and began to talk to himself. As he talk, I managed to hear what he was saying.

"I see...even my name has been erased from history. Very well, that doesn't matter. Soon, they will all bow before me !"

"Who are you ? Where am I ?" I asked for the second time.

"You are in a dream, young mob. I called you here because you will be a major part of my plan !"

"W-What plan ? What are you going to do to me ?"

"Face your destiny, young creeper !"

The shadow teleported away and the setting changed. I found myself at the border of a forest, in a small clearing borded by two hill. It was raining really badly. Puddle of water were forming everywhere.

Behind me, I heard someone crying loudly behind me. I slowly turned around to be face to face with...myself. It was me, crying at the top of my lungs. My other me was on her knees and was repeatedly hitting the ground with her fist. I decided to approach her. For some reason, she didn't seem notice me even though I was right in front of her. I got on one knee and went to put my hand on her shoulder. To my surprise, my hand passed through my other self. Between two sniffing, I heard her make out some words

"Why ? Why did it have to be like this ?"

"What could have happened to me ?" I asked to myself

Suddenly, the face of the other Cupa changed brutaly from sadness to fear. She was also repeating only one word.

"No..."

Just as I was about to get close to her. A thunderbolt coming out of nowhere came crashing into my other self. The blinding light of the thunderbolt forced me to close my eyes. When I opened them again, I found myself in a completely different place. I was in front of our home but there was one big problem. It was burning. An explosion came to my ears behind me and what I saw when I turned around frightened me. All my friends were on the ground, bleeding badly.

"Ayumi...Ari...Vanessa...Andr...Yaebi" I thought when I saw their corpses.

I didn't know if they were dead or not but I needed to help them. I wanted to rush to them but I couldn't. It was like their was something trapping me on the block I was actually standing on, like some kind of glass even though I couldn't see anything blocking my path.

"Why are you doing this Cupa ? We are friends remember !" I head someone yelling on my right.

When I turned my face, I saw Mickaël in front of a woman, I guessed. He was still standing but I could see he was badly injured. Blood was pouring of his many wounds. The woman in front of him was strangely wearing the same clothes as me, but those had holes in them, like they were stretched. I was scared, I expected the worse.

"You see Mickaël, I really love you..."

"No..." I felt tears coming up to my eyes

"...and I would prefer to kill you with my own hands instead of seeing you with another girl !"

"No..." I began to cry

Out of nowhere, the woman in front of Mickaël picked up a TNT and throwed it at him. Because of his many wounds, Mickaël didn't have the force to dodge the pack of dynamites landing in front of his feet. I saw the TNT beginning to glow white.

"NO !" I screamed. I couldn't believe it. How could I do that to my friends and my love.

As I screamed, time seemed to stop. Everything stopped, the fire, the leaves, the wind...even the TNT stopped glowing. But one thing seemed to move : The woman in front of me. With her back turned, she began to speak.

"You will accept it Cupa, because I accepted it and I am you !"

Then she turned around. My mind blew when I saw her face. She had exactly the same facial features at me exept she had red eyes and blue hair. Her body seemed more mature too. An evil smile was on her face.

"Accept your destiny Cupa !"

"NO ! I'LL NEVER DO THAT !" I yelled.

"Oh, you will because, after all..." She began as she prepared a TNT "I am YOU !"

She throwed the TNT, I began to scream. I saw the TNT glowing white and I felt the burning flame coming toward me.

I woke up with a start. I looked around frantically to see I was in Mickaël's room. I put my knees up to my head and burried my face in my arms.

"Hopefully, it was just a nightmare !"


Meanwhile, In front of Ayumi, Ari and Vanessa's former cave, Mickaël POV

"Here we are, the plain should be close now !" I said as I looked around the entrance of the cave. At one point I saw some kind of meadow between two trees "Hey, I found it. Come on Vanessa !"

I began to walk to the meadow but I only heard my steps on the ground. I turned around and saw Vanessa still staring at the entrance of her former mine. I smiled and went I retraced my steps. Arriving in front of the mine, I sat next to her.

"You miss them, don't you ?" I asked.

"Of course, who wouldn't miss their parents, idiot ?" She answered.

"True..." There was a moment of silence "That remind me, why are you so lazy ?"

"Excuse-me ?" She said with a bit of anger. I could see a little vein popping out of her forehead.

"I mean, Ayumi told me that before your parents...well died, you were always playing with her and Ari. You were the one constantly asking to play or go on exploring the mine. What happened ?" I asked

At these words, Vanessa's eyes began to tear up.

"It's my fault. It's all my fault !"

"What ?"

"I said it's all my fault ! Are you deaf ? If I hadn't wanted to play that day. None of this would have happened and our parents would still be alive !" She nearly yelled at me as she cried.

"Good job, asshole, you made her remember the murder of her parents. You will burn in hell for that !" I said to myself. I looked at the ground in shame for a few second before I had an idea. I opened my arms wide and said

"Hey, come here and, if you want to, explain to me what happened !"

I saw Vanessa hesitating a little before accepting the offer. She sat on my laps and burried her face in my chest. I wrapped my arms around her. After a while, she was still sniffing but she had stopped crying.

"Feeling better ?" I asked with a soft voice.

Without saying nothing, she nodded.

"Would you mind telling me what happened ?"

"That day...I went with my sister to play with Ayumi after telling her I wanted to play tag in the mine. I knew where to hide so she wouldn't find me. The thing is that when I arrived to my hiding spot. I saw adventurers. They started to chase me and Ari. It is I who led them toward our home. It's my fault our parents died and we forced to leave our home. It's my fault Ari was made a slave. I thought that if I was not doing anything, then nothing bad would happen !" She explained between some sniffing

"I think I undertand. She blames herself for the murder of her parents. If she doesn't do anything the whole day, it's not because she is lazy, it's because she wants others to be safe !" I thought.

"Let me tell you a story Vanessa..." I began.

"Huh ?" She asked, suprise.

"Yes, my parents died when I was six years old in an accident !"

"Oh...H-How did it happened ?"

"Well, let just say an explosion occured just right next to us !"

"Caused by a creeper ?"

"Humm...not really, but that's not the point. The point is that, when the accident happened, it was my birthday. The explosion occured when we were going to a place where you can play all you want. For month, I thought it was my fault that it happened, since it was because of me they were next to the explosion when it happened. But I met some people who brought me back to reality with facts : It was not my fault, it was just by accident we were next the explosion. They explained to me that if I continued to believe it was my fault, it would destroy me from the inside !" I said

"But I was the one leading the adventurers to our home !"

"And what makes you think that they weren't going to pass by your home anyway ?" I asked

That question left her in her thought for a moment before sighing

"Nothing...but what if..."

"Nope ! It wasn't your fault and that's all. Repeat after me : it wasn't my fault !"

"It wasn't my fault !" She finally said, her eyes staring at mine

"Very good, now how about I give you a reason to be lazy for a while? Jump on my back !" I offered

"Yay !" She smiled after wipping the tears from her eyes.

Vanessa quickly got on her feet and jumped on back. Then she sit on my shoulder. I began to run and I could hear her laughing. When we arrive to the meadow, I challenged Vanessa.

"Now...how about that bet we made earlier. The first one to see a pumpkin win !"

"Alright, what do you bet ?" She asked me

"If I win, you have to do the dinner for everyone, even if Ayumi is here !" I suggested

"Fair enough but if I win, you have to...clean my entire bedroom !" Vanessa said proudly

I gulped. Last time I saw her bedroom, there were cobwebs that were HALF my size everywhere. It took three hours for three people to clean up her room. If I was going to do it alone. I would loose a day of my life. But I wasn't going to back down.

"Alright, it is on !"


A few hours later, Near home, Mickaël POV

"I hate my life. How could I lose against a little girl ?" I thought while I was walking. Vanessa was still on my shoulder and was wearing a very proud smile.

"Oh come on. You just have to clean my room. It won't be so bad !" She began to laugh.

"Another proof you that don't do it yourself !" I said

When we arrived in front of the house, it was evening, the sun was beginning to disappear behind the horizon. We ate our meal on the return trip...On second thought, I did because the cave spider sitting on laps was not hungry. Not a surprise when you consider she ates all the bread she took with her. And I'll surely find more in her room.

"Brrr, don't think about that, stupid brain !"

After a moment, we finally arrived in front of the house. I said to Vanessa :

"End of the line. Come on, get down !"

"But I am having fun up there. I can see everything !" She pouted

"Vanessa, we can do this some other time if you want to, but for now, get down !" I ordered.

"Fine...but I'll take your words for it !" Vanessa responded.

She quickly got down from my shoulders. I walked toward the door and just as I was about to enter the house. A scream resounded inside it. I didn't have time to think as the door opened violently and a girl with a green hoodie crashed into me, making me fall on my back. The girl, more known as Cupa, recovered from the collision to see me under her.

"This seems familiar, right ?" I joked, remembering our second meeting.

At these words, she blushed madly and quickly got of me.

"S-Sorry Mickaël, it's just that..."

"Hey, you two, if you want a room, just say it !" A voice I recognized as Yarbi's was heard by Cupa and I. I saw everyone getting outside.

"I swear Yaebi. One day, I'll make you eat your own sentences !" I thought

As I got up, a familiar endergirl teleported in front of me. But this time, I was ready. This time, I had a pumpkin...yea, that sounded better in my head.

"Hey Mickaël, I need.." She began before I interrupted her.

"Wait a second !"

I searched in my bag and picked up the pumpkin. Then I placed my head in it. It was really uncomfortable but, hey, it is a blessing in disguise. At least, I could look at Andr's face without triggering her primal instinct. Andr was staring at me with a questioning look on her face.

"Mickaël ? What are you doing ? If you don't mind me asking..." She asked

"I am wearing a pumpkin so I can look at you without you having the urge to kill everything in sight !" I answered

"That was very thoughtful of you Mickaël, but it was not necessary. Cupa explained to me how you protected my body from the rain when I was struck by lightning. You have gained my trust, there is no need for you to wear that !" Andr said with a quiet voice, almost as if she was embarrassed.

"Told you !" I heard Yaebi say

"Oh come on ! I have traveled eight hours to get this thing !" I exclamed before sighing "Well, at least, it will make a nice decoration !"

"Great, so this adventure was completely useless !" I thought

Immediatly after thinking that, I saw Vanessa laughing with her sister.

"Well...on second thought, maybe not completely useless !"

I removed the pumpkin from my head and asked to Andr.

"So, what did you want to ask me ?"

"Oh, stay right here, I need to show you something !" She answered before teleporting away.

"Is everything alright ? Because I heard a scream !" I asked

Ayumi put her hand on her face and said

"It's just that...Well, you will see !"

Not a second after that, Andr teleported again in front of me. She was holding...a cat ? Yep, it was a cat she was holding in her hands.

"Is that the cat I wanted to save yesterday ? I found it roaming near the house !"

"AAAAAAAAAHHH !" Cupa screamed upon seeing the cat. She backed away until her back hit a tree. "GET THAT MONSTER AWAY FROM ME !"

I looked at the cat, then at Cupa and finally at Andr.

"Can we keep him ? " She asked innocently.

"Him ?"

"Yes, he is a male, so can we keep him ? Please !"

"Hum...sorry Andr, but this cat would only bring problems !" I said as I pointed Cupa

Andr turned toward our creeper friend and teleported in front of her. Then, she shoved the cat in front of her face. Cupa tried to back away even more but no avail. It looked like she wanted to make one with the tree.

"Can we keep him...pleaaaaaaaaase ?" Andr asked as she made her most beautiful puppy dog eyes.

"NO ! GET THAT THING AWAY OR I SWEAR I'LL TURN IT INTO ASHES !" Cupa yelled, her face becoming white...literally.

"Alright..." The endergirl sighed before teleporting away from the creeper girl and reappearing in front of us. Cupa calmed down a little but had still her back against the tree.

"So what did we miss while we were gone !" I asked to no one in particular but it was Yaebi who answered.

"Well, Cupa slept for a while so we didn't see her for the whole afternoon. Andr woke up a few hours after you left. We talked a little and went to the direction of the forest. We all tought she was leaving, but, after a while, she came back with the cat. She asked everyone if ''we'' could keep. We all said no but she wanted also your, Vanessa and Cupa's opinion. You arrived right when she was asking Cupa who had just woken up. You know the rest !"

"Anything else I should know ?"

"Not really, today was pretty calm compared to yesterday !"

"Is that not better ?"

"Yeah...I guess !"

That being said, we all went inside the house. Andr teleported next to us, but without the cat this time. As for Cupa, she came with us but she kept looking everywhere around us to see if some cats were near.

"Hey Mike, don't forget about your bet !" I heard Vanessa say behind me.

"Crap..."

"Alright...Show me what I have to do !" I sighed

Vanessa took me by the stairs and led me upstairs. When we arrived in front of her room, she smiled proudly and said with a grin. :

"Admire the work you have to do !"

She opened the door and what I saw surprised me. Everything was clean and neat. When I turned to Vanessa, she seemed as surprised as me.

"What...what happened to my room ?" She asked out loud

"Oh, your room. Ari and I cleaned it while you were gone !" Ayumi answered from the first floor.

I began to laugh as I saw Vanessa's face.

"W-WHAT ? OH COME ON !"

"Don't worry, Vanessa. If you were able to beat me once, you are able to do it twice !" I said between laugh.

I went downstairs while Vanessa was complaining about her clean room. I smelled something really good going into my nose.

"What are we eating ?"

"Chicken with mushroom !" Ayumi answered

I had to wait a moment before dinner was done. Vanessa eventually came down to eat but was still upset. While we ate, Cupa asked :

"Hey everyone, can Andr live with us ?"

After nearly spitting the water in my mouth, I thought about it a little.

"That was a little sudden but...Why not ? She seems nice and fun to be with. Let's hear what the others have to say..."

"I don't have anything against it !" Ari said

"Me neither !" Yaebi continued

"I don't know, Mickaël, what do you say ?" Ayumi responded

"Yea, why not..."

As for Vanessa, she just chewed on her piece of bread, not caring about what was happening in front of her.

"So !" Yaebi began "I think the choice is clear. Welcome to our home, Andr !"

"YAY !" Cupa said happily "You are part of the group now !"

The rest of dinner was pretty calm. We talked about everything and nothing. Believe me or not, but, even to this day, I managed to keep my homeworld a secret from everyone, well...exept from Yaebi. They all believe I come from a very far country where technologie is much more advanced than here. I don't how I will tell them where I come from if I ever choose to tell the truth. I just they will accept it...


1 hour later, Cupa's room, Andr POV

After we ate, Mickaël was kind enough to craft me a bed to sleep in Cupa's room. I said goodnight to my creeper friend and waited for her to fall asleep. When I was sure she had fallen asleep, I searched under my blanket until I found...the cat I left there an hour earlier. I was glad he was still here or else I would have to search into the whole house. I took him and placed it next to my cheeck. I felt his fur touching my skin.

"There you are Twinkle !" I whispered "I just couldn't leave you in the wild, could I ? What could happen to you ?"

I couldn't help it, he was so cute I decided to keep him for the time being. I just hoped that Cupa will understand. Her phobia over cats did not disappeared over the years. I kissed the forehead of the cat before putting him next to me.

"Good night Twinkle !"

Then I put my face on the pillow and fell into a peaceful sleep.


The next day, Home, Mickaël POV

For once, I was the first one to wake up. Normally it would be Ayumi or Cupa but...nope, this time, it was me. When I looked outside the window, I saw the sun just starting to rise behind the horizon. Since no one was up yet, I decided to go outside, to take a bit of fresh air. I just put my back against the wall of the house, near the front door, and sat on the ground. It was something I wasn't doing very often, maybe one time a month at the very most. I began to think about everything and nothing.

"It's has been quite a while since I have seen Notch in my dreams. But, at the same time, our last meeting has not been very friendly. He said he would keep an eye on me but I doubt I'll meet him anytime soon !"

My thought were interrupted by something teleporting next to me.

"Hello Mickaël !"

"Hey Andr, how are you ?"

"I am fine and you ? What are you doing outside at this hour ?"

"I am fine. I am just chilling, thinking about some stuff !"

"Hum...Do you want to talk about it ? I mean, if you don't mind !"

"No...It's-It's personal !"

"Oh...A-Alright...That's fine if you don't want to talk about it !"

There was a moment of silence before I spoke up

"Hey Andr !"

"Mmm ?"

"You said your parents left your homeworld. Did they ever told you about the enderdragon ?"

"What ?" The endergirl looked surprise by my question "H-How can you know about him ? No human ever came to our homeworld !"

"And crap...I screwed myself like a pro. Quick brain ! Find a plausible explication !"

"I-I read about a legend of a very big dragon protecting another dimension populated by strange being !"

"Strange being ? You are the strange one here. You know things none of us knew. Cupa told me you also have the power to make anything just by placing some material on a table. How is that for ''strange'' ?"

"If only you knew Andr...I am probably the one who know the less about what is going on around here. Why is every mob human while they were what they were called in the game ? That's the real question !"

"Anyway, to answer your question :They said he is like a father to us all. He is very good ruler and would do anything to protect his people. He is very respected among endermen !"

"A dragon as good ruler respected by his people ? Why not a unicorn with wings ruling over a kingdom while we are at it ? I thought.

Suddenly, we heard something moving in front of us. I got up and said to Andr

"Stay here, I am going to see what that was !"

I began to walk in the forest but everything seemed fine...until I heard my name from behind a tree. It wasn't coming from Ari, which was the one I expected to find the most, or Ayumi. No, this was coming from a man's voice. I turned around to see one of the few person I never wanted to see again.

"Hayden ?"

"Hey Mickaël, I came to..."

Without thinking twice, I rushed toward him. He didn't have the time to react as I pinned him against a tree, my left arm on his throat.

"What. Are you. Doing here ? How do you know my name" I asked, half whispering, half shouting.

"It's not hard to know your name when there is you picture on nearly every wall of the village with a ''Wanted- Dead or Alive'' written underneath it. As for what I am doing here...I-I wanted to apologize !" Hayden answered

"Apologize for what ? Wanting to kill me and my friends ?" I forced my arm a little more on his throat.

"Well, mostly, but I also wanted to apologize to your two friend, especially the endergirl !"

"The endergirl doesn't even remember what you did to her. She believe she was struck by lightning while she tried to rescue a cat, and that's for the better. I also don't think my creeper friend wants to have anything to do with you after you tried to kill me. As for me I don't want you near my friends again, so you can take your apologizes and shove them up your ass !"

I released the pression on his throat and looked straight in his eyes.

"Get lost and never come back !"

"Please Mickaël, I have to do this. When your creeper friend looked at me. Something snapped inside me. I felt bad for what I did and I only want to apologize. Please..."

I looked in his eyes to see if he was hiding something, but I only saw sincerity. He really wanted to apologize to Andr and Cupa for what he had done. At this moment, two side clashed in my head :

One telling me that I should say ''I don't care'' and the other telling I should let him apologize. Eventually, after a moment of reflexion, one side won. I sighed

"Alright, but if you try anything, you will be a dead man !"

"Thanks !" Hayden simply replied

"I am going to regret this, am I ?"

I led Hayden toward the house but I stayed behind him in case he tried something funny. Seeing that Andr was still outside, I decided to warn him.

"Whatever you do, don't look at ther in the eyes !"

"Yeah, I figured that out already !"

When we arrived in front of the house. Andr saw me and Hayden.

"Oh Mickaël, you came back and, who is your friend ?"

"Friend is a big word !" I began as I glared a little at Hayden "He may be the owner of the cat you found yesterday !"

"Oh ! Wait here, I'll get him !"

That being said, she teleported away, leaving me and Hayden alone outside. He turned to me.

"What the nether Mickaël ? I don't know how to take care of a cat !"

"Shut up and go with it !"

Andr returned with the cat in her hand.

"Is he yours ?"

"Hum...Yea, it's him !" Hayden answered.

"Well, then, you can have him back !" Said Andr with a saddened voice. I guess she grew quite attached to this cat, and I think Hayden guessed that too.

"Y-You know what ? You can keep him. If-If he fleed from my house, it means I wasn't taking care of him well enough !"

"Really ? Thank you !" Andr replied happily

"Andr ?" I called

"Yes ?"

"Can you make Cupa come here for a moment ?" I asked

"Alright !"

Andr teleported away...with the cat. The next thing we heard was a scream from Cupa's room, a scream that was getting closer and closer.


Present time, Home, Hayden POV

Suddenly, the door opened and a creeper girl came out, running and screaming for a life. Her eyes were closed so I guessed she didn't know where she was going. Since I was the one in front of the door, she collided with my armor. Then she did something I didn't expect, she hugged me making me blush madly.

"Did she just forgive me even though I didn't even apologize yet ?" I thought.

"Mickaël, help me. Andr came back in the monster !"

"Of course not !"

"Hum, Cupa ? I am right here !" Mickaël said.

"Huh ?"

She opened her eyes to see her human friend next to her.

"Then...who I am...hugging ?"

I lifter her eyes to see my face. She was as beautiful as the last time, her golden eyes matching the color of her hair. Her face, still cute. As for me, I was scratching the back of my head in embarrassment.

"H-Hey !" I greeted her

Next thing I know, I recieved a slap on my face, followed by another one.

"What are you doing here ?"

"I came here to apologize to you and your friends. I am truly sorry for what I have done two days ago !"

"O-Oh, Hum...I..."

Just as she was about to say something, the door opened again to reveal a zombie I remembered as Yaebi, but there were also a skeleton, a spider and finally a cave spider.

"Mickaël, what happened ? We heard Cupa screaming !" The skeleton asked

The zombie stared at me for a second before pointing a finger in my direction.

"It's him, it's the one who attacked Andr !"

I saw the spider placing herself in front of the cave spider and the skeleton bent her bow with an arrow. At this moment I thought about preparing a bolt of lightning in case something happens but I prefered to not appear agressive. I raised my arm in the air to show I didn't want to harm anybody.

"Hey hey, don't shoot ! I came here to ask for forgiveness !"

"How can you ask us to forgive you when you almost killed two of our friends ?" I heard the zombie say.

"I-I know ! I made some big mistakes. Please I really want to fix them, I am ready to do anything. " I said as my vision switched between Cupa and the others

The skeleton lowered her weapon and asked Mickaël

"Do you trust this man ?"

"Not for the moment, but maybe he can be useful !" Then he began to walk toward me "If you really want to fix your mistake, then fine, we allow you to work with us. At this moment, no one is trusting you, until we know for sure you are still not an enemy, you will build your own house and search for your own food. But, if you make me regret sparing you. I swear I'll kill you. Understood ?"

"Fine with me !" I answered.

"Glad that is settle !"

It was at this moment Andr chose to rejoin us.

"Hey mister, breakfirst is ready, care to join us?"

We all looked at her, faceplaming in our minds. Mickaël just told me to search my own food but the endergirl just asked me to join them.

"Sorry Andr, but Hayden have some work to do ! Right ?" Mickaël nudged me

"Hum...yea, sorry, but I can't..."

"Pleaaaase ?" She insisted, giving some puppy dog eyes to everyone.

There was a moment of silence before Mickaël gave up

"Fine. Let's go inside. The faster it will be over, the happier I wil be !"

When he entered the house, he turned toward me. I sure he was asking himslef if he made the right choice by giving me a chance to reedem myself. I won't blame him, just this morning, I was a random guy with lightning power who had attacked his friends, I just hopped Cupa would forgive me for attacking her friends.

I followed him and entered the house.

TO BE CONTINUED Wow, this is probably the longest chapter I have ever written. I think it was approximately 8k words. So as always PM or review to tell me what you think of the story : good or bad. See you next time ;-)