Hey guys, I need to say something. It has come to my knowledge, that some parts are a bit confusing with my story. I honestly understand you 100% and I will try and tweak it to the best of my abilities.
I hope you all enjoy.
Joe was starting to feel a bit annoyed at these dreams he was having.
"Darkness everywhere, and 'Zerobrine' is going to talk and try and intimidate me. Isn't that right?" Joe said, sitting down, criss-cross.
No.
Joe jumped a tad bit. The voice was much different than before. The last one, to him, sounded just a deep voice, as if it was trying hard to intimidate him. This one was much more raspy and deep, and it made him shudder at first.
"H-Hey, what's with the new voice?" Joe asked.
Oh? What's with the sudden shiver? Got cold feet? Hehehe…
Joe shuddered at the voice. The voice was much more intimidating to him.
"W-What's with you tonight?" Joe asked, almost stuttering.
Ah, I should explain myself. Its much much more freaky when you think about it. You see, the voice you heard before? That was a body-double of mine. I use them to torment people in my stead, because, I don't wish to deal with mortals and plebeians myself.
"B-Body-double, eh?" Joe stuttered.
I can see that the real me has you shivering. Where was all that bravery the past few days, huh?
Joe was silent.
"Zerobrine". I should kill you myself right now, but I have a good sense of humor, so I'll let you off for now.
"W-What made you want to deal with me yourself?" Joe asked, keeping his shaking hand down.
Oh? Isn't it obvious?
"W-What?" Joe asked.
It is time for you to taste real fear.
"H-Huh? What does that mean!?" Joe yelled, as he stood up, yelling into the darkness.
The voice said nothing more, as Joe suddenly felt light headed.
His lightheadedness then turned into a searing pain, as he collapsed, grasping on his head. He laid on the floor, writhing in pain.
"It feels like...My heads gonna...crack open!" He managed to say, still enduring the intense pain.
When he opened his eyes, his pain suddenly stopped, and he saw that he was in the middle of the first floor in his home.
He looked around, and saw everything in place..
"H-huh...Just a dream…" He said to himself as he picked himself up.
He then rubbed his temple. "But...How did I end up downstairs?" He asked himself, looking around again. He then realized he was alone. No Andr or Cupa in sight.
"W-Where did they go?" He asked, noticing nothing from them. Their beds were still there, but it was as if they never came to him. "They would have left a note…" He said, scratching his head.
In that moment, he heard a knock from his front door. He walked over, and opened the door.
The sight was terrifying to him, and it made his heart drop and the blood leave his face.
He saw Cupa, but she appeared in a terrifying sense.
She was beaten, covered with bruises, and nearly covered in blood, judging from the cuts she had all over her body.
What got to Joe was the fact her eyes were as if they were ripped out of their sockets, with what was left of her eyes and mouth making streams of blood running down her face.
Joe was frozen in fear, shaking profusely.
"C-C-Cupa?" He asked, terrified beyond belief.
The mangled Cupa then made a sinister smile.
"What's the matter, Joe-kun?" Cupa said in a raspy, and extremely eerie voice.
"W-W-What h-happened to you!?" Joe yelled.
Cupa then looked at herself.
"Oh….this? What about it?" She said, her hollowed-out eyes staring at Joe.
"W-What about it!? Y-You're all beaten up! What happened to your eyes!? What-" Joe yelled, but was interrupted by a loud and eerie cackle made my Cupa.
She then stepped towards him, slowly.
"Well…" She started, slowly walking towards him.
Joe was absolutely terrified, frozen from fear. All he could do was watch as Cupa walked towards him.
"...This happened, when you didn't keep your promise…" She said.
"W-What?" Joe said, shivering.
Cupa then made an evil grin, baring her teeth.
"You didn't protect me!" She said, before going into a fit of maniacal laughter.
Joe was both confused and terrified. He shook and collapsed on the ground in fear in Cupa's laughter.
She then slowly came to a stop with her laughter, as she cocked her head, staring at Joe with the wicked smile on her face.
"Same for both of us, Joe-kun…" she said, as she slowly stepped towards Joe.
"H-Huh? B-Both?" He stuttered, then felt something on his back. It enveloped his neck, and he saw what looked like arms, as if someone was hugging him from behind.
He recognized these arms.
They were Andr's arms.
He then turned his head, and was even more horrified at the sight.
Andr held him, but it was her face that horrified Joe.
She had her eyes hollowed-out like Cupa's, except half of her face was torn off, showing her skull and what was left of her muscles on her face.
"Why…" Andr said in an eerie tone, similar to Cupa's.
"A-Andr? W-What's going on!?" Joe yelled at Cupa.
Andr then held Joe closer to her, as she whispered in his ear. IT was as if the rest of the world was silent when she spoke.
"Why couldn't you save us, Joe-kun?"
Joe then felt his heart sink, hearing Andr's question. He could feel it.
True fear.
Cupa then knelt down, her face inches from Joe's.
"You broke your promise." She said in a serious tone, her face straightened away from the laughter.
Joe couldn't move. He was too terrified to do so.
Andr then made a sinister giggle behind him.
"Oh. He's shivering." She said.
Cupa then smiled.
"Then...we should cure him." Cupa said, before both girls stifled laughter.
Joe was shivering beyond control. He was paralyzed.
The girls' stifling then turned into sinister, and maniacal fits of laughter.
He then couldn't take it anymore, as he finally screamed, but finding that the laughter was drowning out his screams.
The girls then continued to laugh, and laugh, maniacally and evilly, until it enveloped his mind.
Joe was writhing in his bed, experiencing his nightmare, screaming.
"No! Get away!" He yelled between fits of screaming.
In that moment, Cupa and Andr then came rushing upstairs, and ran towards Joe.
"J-Joe-kun!?" Cupa said, watching Joe squirming in his bed, screaming.
"C-Calm down, Joe-kun!" Andr yelled, in an attempt to wake him up.
Cupa then took it to herself to sit Joe up, him screaming in her face from his dream.
She then raised her head, and slapped Joe across the face, instantly waking him up and stopping the screaming.
Joe was still frantic, as he looked over everything.
"H-Huh? W-What!?" He yelled.
Cupa then shook Joe around.
"Calm down! It was just a dream!" she said.
Joe was gasping for air, as he saw Andr and Cupa in front of him.
"C-Cupa?...A-Andr?" He asked, still terrified.
"Y-Yes, its us. Just calm down, you just had a nightmare...:" Andr said, rubbing Joe's head.
"Don't worry, it was just a dream." Cupa said to Joe's face.
Joe then looked at both of them, and looked like he was about to cry.
"J-Joe-kun?" Andr said confused at Joe's reaction.
He then pulled both of the girls in, hugging them both at the same time, holding them tight.
"J-Joe-kun!?" Both girls yelled, both surprised at Joe's action.
He dug his face into their shoulders, sobbing.
Cupa and Andr looked at eachother, then smiled. They then both returned a hug to Joe.
The three then sat there on Joe's bed, all in a tight embrace, Joe sobbing and keeping back tears.
A few hours had passed, as Joe then finally settled down. He was sitting on the couch, as the two girls were talking among themselves.
Joe was lost in his thoughts.
What the hell kind of dream was that? Did the real Herobrine make me experience that to scare me? Or…
He then looked over at the two girls, who noticed he looked at them, and both smiled.
...Is it a vision of the future….?
He then stood up.
"I'm...going out…" Joe said to the two girls.
"Huh?" they both said.
"I'm gonna go fishing, to clear my head…" He said, rubbing his head.
"O-Oh, could I come?" Andr asked.
"Oh, uh...Sure. Did you want to come, Cupa?" Joe asked.
Cupa shook her head.
"I was thinking of going to the village. We are getting a bit low on food...If you can go and get some fish, I could get us some other food." she said.
Joe was surprised. Usually she would be the first to jump with going somewhere with him.
"U-Uh, well, okay then…" He said, scratching his head.
He looked at Andr, who shrugged.
"You sure?" He asked Cupa.
Cupa then smiled.
"If you need to clear your head, then go ahead. And I trust Andr to help you if you need it." She said, but it was almost as if she struggled to say so.
Joe noticed this, but for her Cupa's sake, he decided to nod.
He then went over to his chest, and pulled out his fishing rod, along with what he could use for bait, along with some food for him and Andr in case they got hungry.
All three then went out the door, as Cupa immediately headed for the village.
"You think she'll be alright?" Joe asked.
Andr looked over at Cupa, who looked like she was dragging her feet on her way towards the village.
"She'll be fine, I know she will. I think she's worried about what happened this morning." she said, looking at Joe.
"Hope so…" Joe said, as he started on his way, with Andr following behind him.
A few moments pass, as they found a shore of a small lake, and set up their spot there.
Joe sat down criss cross along the shore, and sighed.
"You alright?" Andr asked, noticing his behavior.
"Just thinking about the dream…" He said, staring at the lake, away from Andr.
"What was it about?" Andr asked, her hand on his arm.
Joe then shook his head, remembering the terrifying image from his dream.
"I-I don't really want to talk about it…" He said, as he then cast his line.
It was silent, as Andr sat next to Joe, looking at the lake with him.
Joe then spoke.
"Did you notice Cupa hesitating to talk back there?" He asked.
Andr then sighed. "Yeah, I did."
"You think she will be okay? I haven't seen her like that…" He said, not looking at Andr.
Andr then had a look of jealousy on her face.
"She'll be fine, she's tougher than you think." she said back.
She then moved closer to Joe, with him not noticing. She was within hugging distance with him, but he didn't seem to notice.
She tried to go to hug his arm, but Joe then spoke.
"It just kinda made my feelings drop when I saw her face like that.." he said.
Andr then stopped, and then moved her arms back to herself, looking down.
Joe then looked at Andr, noticing her behavior.
"You alright?" he asked.
She was silent.
"Andr?" Joe asked, not hearing anything from her.
Andr then stood up.
"If you care about her so much…" She started, balling her hands into fists.
Joe didn't know what to say about this situation. He had never seen her like this before.
She then turned around, and started running into the first, running away from Joe.
"H-Hey!" Joe said, standning up. "Where ar eyou going!?" he yelled.
Andr ignored him, as she kept running.
"Andr! Wait!" Joe said, running after her.
Andr kept running, ignoring Joe.
She had tears in her face, as she ran.
If he cares about her so much, why doesn't he just go to her!?
She then stopped, to catch her breath. She found that he had lost Joe, as she couldn't see him at all.
She heard some droplets.
She looked up, and saw a grey sky, and watched it start to rain.
She ran over to a nearby tree and sat against it.
The rain would hurt her, so she sat to protect her from the rain.
She hugged her legs.
I don't have a home...I'm sure hes mad at me…
Tears ran down her face, as she thought to herself.
The rain poured and poured, as she kept to herself.
She closed her eyes, like she would usually do when she's alone.
"The hell are you doing? Its pouring out here!"
She opened her eyes to see Joe in front of her.
"J-Joe-kun…" She said.
"There's a cave nearby. We can get away from the rain there." Joe said, offering his hand.
Andr let her hand out, but didn't take his hand.
Joe then took her hand by force, and carried her bridal-style.
"Come on, lets go." He said, as he covered her from the rain using his own body.
She was surprised, but she felt her heart settle.
Why was he helping her? Wouldn't he rather go back to Cupa instead? She didn't quite know.
Joe then walked until they found a cave, which they walked into.
He let her down to her feet, as he took off his sweater, which was soaked.
Andr, on the other hand, was completely dry. Joe was taken all the rain for her.
His hair was completely soaked, as he looked over at Andr.
"Well, this should keep us dry until the rain settles." he said, wringing out his hoodie.
Andr remained silent, standing in place.
Joe then pulled out a few wood blocks, and some flint and steel and lit them, making a campfire.
Joe then knelt near the fire, and warmed his hands form it.
"You gonna come by the fire?" He asked Andr.
She hesitated, then came by the fire. She started shivering, realizing how cold she was.
Joe chuckled at this, and pulled Andr into his lap. This made her blush profusely.
"J-Joe-kun?" Andr said, before being silenced by Joe's finger.
"You're shivering. And you're not changing my mind." He said, as he enveloped his arms around Andr.
They sat there for a few minutes, as Andr then rested her head on Joe's shoulder.
Joe held on to Andr, making sure Andr was secure and warm. He was a little pink from this, but he didn't show Andr.
Andr then closed her eyes, and spoke.
"Joe-kun?"
"Yeah?" Joe said back.
"...Why did you come for me?" Andr asked.
"What kind of question is that?" Joe replied.
Andr opened her eyes, and looked at Joe.
Joe looked at Andr in return.
"You're important to me." He said.
Andr then went red immediately, and looked away.
"I-Is that so…" she said, twiddling her fingers.
"Yeah. You're one of the first friends I've made since I came here…" Joe replied.
Andr looked at Joe again.
"Since...you came here?"
Joe chuckled.
"Yeah...I just woke up here. I have no idea how, or where I was at. But I knew what to do to survive...and I met you and Cupa." Joe said.
"R-Really?" She asked.
"Yeah...I'd probably gone insane if I didn't have you two by my side…" He said, laughing a bit.
Andr remained silent.
"But...We depend on you so much…" She said, looking down.
Joe chuckled, then held Andr closer, making her blush more.
"I depend on you guys as much as you do for me. Maybe even more…" he said, laughing a little.
Andr then looked down, and smiled.
She then dug her head between Joe's shoulder and his head. She felt like the spot was made just for her.
Joe smiled, and rested his head on her head.
They then stayed like this, until the rain settled.
Joe looked out, and saw the rain clear up. The fire he made had gone out, as Andr was still in his lap. She stood up, as they both stretched.
"Heh...That took a bit, huh?" He said, popping his neck.
"Yeah…" Andr replied back, looking at Joe.
Joe then turned towards Andr, and held out his hand.
"Here. Lets go home." He said, offering his hand.
Andr then smiled, as she took his hand.
They walked out, holding hands, walking through the forest.
Phew...I hope I could clear some confusion, but I'll try and clear it more in due time.
Thank you for your time, and I'll see you in the next chapter.