A/N: what do you mean i said i was gonna explain updates in a future chapter? what are you talking about? i don't know what you're talking about, nosiree
... /ahem. This is most likely going to be the last chapter for Precursor... 'cause.. the fic this is a prequel to will be up here. sooner or later.
yeah.
please read the fic when it comes out k thanks bye ;-;
Genre - ?
Jesse - F1st / First Female / Yellow Jesse
Two weeks' worth of making their way through portals has resulted in absolutely nothing.
Jesse coughed as she stumbled out of the portal, a hand flying to her throat as she tried to get the taste of coal out of her mouth. The sound of something rumbling behind her made her freeze, but she wasn't granted any time to react before something exploded from the other side of the portal. The force sent her flying, and, for a moment, she feared she'd end up going through another portal again. Luckily for her, however, she didn't.
She landed in the middle of the hall, not far from the portal and the rest of her, for lack of a better word, friends. All three lay coughing as they slowly got up.
"I thought I told you to run." She said, crossing her arms. A glare was given to her, courtesy of Petra, which Jesse countered with a frown.
She stopped when she heard something cackling, and she glanced left, jumping back a bit in surprise. "Lucy, your, uh.."
The blonde noticed as well, turning around in place for a moment as she tried to extinguish the fire, before she gave up and dragged her behind across the floor. Jesse stifled a laugh as she watched.
Once Lucy was done, she got up and adjusted her hat. "I think I'm gonna call that one 'Fire World.'" She proclaimed with gloved hands on her hips.
"Wow," Petra crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, "how'd you come up with that gem of a name?"
Jesse, Lucy and Ivor gave Petra confused looks. Lucy's brows furrowed in confusion, "Am I missing something here?"
"Yeah, Peets," Jesse's arms dropped to her sides, "What's up with you?"
"What's up with me?" She repeated, "What's up? I'm tired of all this useless portal-hopping trying to find our way home!"
The cyan-clad girl gave Petra an exasperated, half-lidded look as she continued, "'What's on the other side of that portal? A lake of fire and netherrack?'" She said in a dramatic, sort of mocking voice, "'Awesome! Let's go there!'"
"It's not like we can do anything else!" Jesse retorted, "Come on, we're the Order of the Stone! We don't just give up!"
Petra groaned before Jesse could even finish. "I know you love your pep talks and all, Jesse, but they don't exactly get us any closer to home, do they?"
Jesse rolled her eyes, preparing to say something back when she heard the same cackling again. She quickly turned, then lightly shoved Lucy's shoulder to get her attention once she saw the flames reappear behind her. "Lucy, you're on fire again!"
The blonde squeaked, then began to pat the fire away. Petra took this opportunity to continue her argument. "See? Ugh, this is what I'm talking about! We're stuck in a rut - go through a portal, avoid dying long enough to get back to this stupid hallway..."
"Wash, rinse, repeat.." Ivor continued, "Yes. It would be nice if whoever made these left some sort of signs." He turned to look at the portal they just came through, "Guideposts."
Jesse shrugged. "Sure, it would. But there aren't any directions, so obviously there's going to be some trial and error-"
"-and error and error and error and error!" Petra continued, her frustration becoming more and more obvious by the minute as she walked away.
"Petra," Ivor began as Lucy frantically followed, Jesse heaving an annoyed sigh as she did, "where are you going?"
"There may not be guideposts," she was walking up to a portal made entirely of redstone, "but someone must be able to get us out of these stupid portals." She turned, and motioned to the portal, "Okay, this one's redstone. Redstone means smart people."
Jesse raised a brow. She didn't expect Petra to be the kind of person to stereotype.
"Hopefully smart enough to help us find the way home." The three just made it up to Petra as she continued, "At the very least, it's gotta be better than 'fire world.'"
Lucy frowned, but said nothing. Ivor did, instead. "Seems a bit flimsy."
"Petra, we're going to find the portal home. I swear."
The redhead glowered at Jesse, "It's either that or die trying, right?"
"So what are you saying here, huh? That you've made up your mind?" Lucy asked. She seemed to be just as on edge as Jesse was right now. One of those rare times when they were feeling the same things. "You're just going through this portal and that's it?"
"Maybe I am. Maybe I'm just saying that I'm tired of Jesse calling the shots, every. Single. Time."
Jesse put her hands on her hips, her eyes narrowing at Petra. She could hear Lucy's and Ivor's reactions to Petra's words. The girl herself was giving Jesse the look that more or less said 'I dare you.'
"Well, someone has to be the leader," Jesse said as she stepped closer, "and that someone is me." She pointed at herself to emphasize her point.
"Really? Oh, I don't remember when we all voted to elect you the boss of me." She spat.
A million swears and counters were just waiting to be said, but before Jesse could even begin, Lucy interfered. "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" She stepped in between the other two girls, holding a hand out to each of them to keep the argument from turning into something bigger, "Everybody, calm down! I'm sure Jesse didn't really mean that."
She gave the ravenette a pleading glance. "Right, Jesse?"
The girl refused. "No, I meant every word that I said." She swat the blonde's arm away, accidentally causing her to stumble.
"Well, so did I! Ugh, forget this-" She turned and walked through the portal, "I am out of here!"
Then Petra disappeared through the portal.
A momentary pause, then Lucy sighed and looked at Jesse. "That could've gone better."
"Hey, that's not on me." She said nonchalantly, fixing her hairclip as if nothing had happened at all, "She was the one who blew off the handle and got all hotheaded!"
The blonde frowned. "She's tired, Jesse. We all are."
"And, well, you could've been a bit more sensitive." Ivor added.
"That's exactly my point.." Jesse mumbled as she fixed her bangs. She honestly didn't care if they heard her or not. "Come on guys," she walked forward, "can't let the idiot run off on her own.."
She didn't check behind her to see if they followed, instead walking straight, allowing the red material of the portal to swallow her.
As per usual, the weird, tingling feeling of the portal washed over her. It was starting to get nauseating, if she were to be honest. She waited for it to disappear and for the feeling of falling to take over. What was she gonna land on this time? Water? Rocks? Sand? Gravel?
Sleep overtook her before she could even get to the other end of the portal.
The next thing Jesse knows, she's in a really comfy bed that she honestly, really does not want to leave.
There's also a boy bothering her. He's probably why she's awake now.
"Miss?"
She grumbles. "Would it kill you to leave me alone?" She asks as she gets up.
The boy doesn't respond. What, did he get hurt by that, or something?
She opens her eyes, having to blink to adjust to the darkness. From what she could see, the only source of light in the room is a single torch at the far side. Weird.
Once her eyes have finally adjusted, she turns to where she assumes the boy is. Half of his face was shrouded in darkness, but from what she could see, his hair was blond, his jacket's black (possibly leather), and his eyes looked blue.
She squinted. He seemed.. awfully familiar, but she couldn't quite place it.
"What's up with you?"
He only stared at her, a stunned look on his face. She frowned, then brought her hand up and snapped her fingers in front of him. "Earth to Blondie, are you in there? Hello?"
The boy blinked, then shook his head. "A-ah.. sorry. It's just.." He laughed nervously, "You just sound a lot like a friend of mine, is all."
A/N: and so ends precursor. on to the actual story !
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