"We know what we're building," Axel said as the seven friends walked to the competition site, "we've got all the stuff for it. We are so ready."
"This year it's going to be different," Olivia began, "I'm not just ready to build, I'm ready to win."
"Nice pig, losers," a hatted man walking past them said. Just then, everyone noticed four people that Jesse and his four friends are very familiar with.
"Oh, great," Axel pouted, "there's Lukas and the Ocelots. The rivalry continues."
"Lukas and the Ocelots?" Steve asked.
"They we're our rivals for years," Jessica said, "we lost to them nine times, but it's gonna be different for the both of us."
"I know what you mean by "both of us"," Alex said, "both teams."
"Man," Olivia began, "They got matching leather jackets and everything."
"They look like gangsters," Steve said.
"So cool..." Axel said. Just then, one of the Ocelots with brown hair and brown eyes wearing a green shirt under the jacket and blue jeans saw them.
"Well, well, well," he began, "if it isn't the Order of the Losers."
"Great," the girl of the gang said, "the fail squad's here."
The bearded Ocelot got Lukas's attention. "Hey Lukas," he said, "get a load of these losers."
"Let's go guys," he ordered them. They all left. Lukas had blonde hair in the style of the first to notice Jesse and his friends. Under his jacket was a red and white stripped shirt with a pink line running through the red stripes from top to bottom. He had blue eyes, and wasn't mean to Jesse and his friends like the other members of his team.
The seven friends made their way to the stand.
"Name, please?" asked the overseer.
"Axel," the big guy said, "and a how do you do?"
"No," the overseer corrected him, "your team name."
"Team name?" Axel asked. "We're not ready for this."
While everyone thought about what the team name should be, the Ocelots were looking at them. Three of the Ocelots, minus Lukas, were mockingly giggling at them.
"So much for losing anonymously," Olivia said unsure.
"I got it!" Alex exclaimed, "we're the Craftminers."
"The Craftminers?" Steve asked.
"Doesn't sound so bad," Jesse said.
"Okay, Craftminers," the overseer said, "You guys are in Booth 5."
Alex went through the gate, but didn't fit through, so he struggled with all his strength till he pushed his way through. The Ocelots, liking this, went with Lukas to their Booth. The Craftminers made their way to Booth 5.
"Is that a freakin' beacon?" Axel asked, noticing that they have a beacon, "They have a freakin' beacon?! Freakin' beacon!?"
"That's stained glass," Olivia said, "They aren't just building a beacon. They're building a rainbow beacon. We're gonna lose."
"A beacon sounds awesome," Jessica said.
"Almost as awesome as us amitire guys?" Axel asked.
"I have no idea how we're gonna beat that," Jessica said worried.
"Don't leave me hanging," Axel said.
"This might be too much to handle," the girl began, "but then again, Olivia, what are you worried about? We got this."
"Who are we kidding?" Olivia hopelessly asked, "We got nothing."
"We've got... a mascot!" she finished.
"And to come in on this," Jesse said, "our design is way cooler. A gigantic zombie, creeper, or enderman, a zombie since we chose that, is WAY cooler than a fancy light."
"Their difficulty score is going to be higher than our total score," Olivia said.
"But we've got something they don't... fireworks," he finished.
"Everything seems to be settled," Steve said, "I hope the Craftminers win. And let's hope they don't harm Reuben."
"Yeah," Alex said, "let's hope not."
"We should probably stop staring at them," Olivia said.
"Hahaha!" one of the Ocelots laughed, "Look, it's the Order of the Losers. Again."
The female giggled, "Good one, Gill." Her name was Maya.
"We're just looking," Olivia said annoyed.
"There'll be plenty of time for you all to look at it after it wins and get's shown at Endercon," the green-shirted Ocelot said. His name was Aiden.
"You're being unpleasant," Axel said.
"Maybe not all of you," Aiden responded.
"And we're called the Craftminers," Steve told Aiden.
"Whatever," Aiden said, not caring that someone else is with Jesse and his friends, and pointed at Reuben, "Endercon doesn't allow outside food or drink."
Reuben's attention was caught, and Aiden said, "I'm talking about your pig."
"Shut up," Jessica said.
"What's that?" Aiden asked.
"Jessica said "shut up."," Olivia said, ""Do you need to hear it again?"
Aiden, after a few seconds, came up with an answer, "I dunno. Maybe."
"And to add more," Jessica's brother began, "Reuben's not food."
"Could've fooled me," Aiden said, "he looks delicious."
"That sounded like a weird compliment," Jesse said.
"You'll have to eat me first," Axel said, defending Reuben.
"Uh," Olivia began, "let's hope it doesn't come to that."
"One more thing for you, Aiden," Jesse began, Uhhh... you shouldn't really mess with Reuben."
"I do what I want," Aiden responded, "Besides, what harm could a pig do?"
"Keep talking and find out," Olivia told him.
"Stop wasting your time, Aiden," Lukas began, getting attention of the other two Ocelots, "We've got work to do."
The Craftminers smiled.
"You're lucky I'm busy," Aiden told them.
Just then, another girl arrived, holding a stone pickaxe in her hand, and a smile on her face.
"Hey, twins," she began, "Guys."
"Hey, Petra," the two twins said. She had orange hair, wore a blue shirt with a black sleeve around her right arm. She had a cyan hoodie on top of her head, and had black shorts and boots.
"How's the build going?" she asked.
"Only time will tell," Axel said, "But - we're optimistic."
"How do you guys know her," Steve asked.
"It's a long story," Jesse said.
"Hey Petra," Lukas called to her, "I forgot to thank you for that nether star.
"Hey Lukas," Petra said, "Not a problem."
"You helped these tools," Axel asked.
"For the right price," Petra said, "I'll help anyone."
"Then again," Alex began, "she might unknowingly help the WRONG person for the WRONG price."
"What are you talking about?" Petra asked her, "And who are you?"
"Alex," she replied, "the man over there is Steve, she said, pointing to Steve."
"The both of us are two of the most skilled beings of this world," Steve told Petra.
"Me being one of them," Petra replied before leaving, "If you need anything, you know where to find me."
"None of us know where to find you," Olivia told Petra.
"Exactly," Petra said. With that said, she was gone.
"No hard feelings guys," Lukas began, "but if you're cool with Petra, you're cool with us. So why don't we just forget about all this, and, y'know... make this about how cool our builds are."
"We're cool with Petra...," Jesse began, "but you need to teach your friends some manners."
"He's just trying to get in your head," Lukas responded, referring to Aiden.
Jesse then asked Lukas, "Well, have you heard the saying... it's possible to be nice and win?"
"Sounds like something a loser would say," Aiden replied.
"We're still going to crush you," Jessica told Lukas.
He laughed at that remark and then said, "I don't know if you know this, but... we're pretty good...ohhh. Wait. I get it. It's like a joke, right?"
"No," Jessica responded, "I'm serious. We're going to destroy you."
Lukas then said, "Ha. Y'know, you're really funny. That's awesome. Hey, good luck."
"May the best team win," Jesse said.
"Careful what you wish for," Lukas playfully warned him.
"We'll see about that," Jesse said in a low pitch.
"Ladies and gentlemen...," the overseer shouted, "Welcome to the Endercon Building Competition."
Everyone cheered at that before she said, "The winners of this year's competition will have their build featured at Endercon - the winners will also meet, in person, Gabriel the Warrior."
The Craftminers waved their arms freely at that before hearing and looking at the Ocelots doing a handshake of theirs.
"Woah," Olivia said, "Handshake. We don't have a handshake."
"We'll just make one up," Jesse said.
His sister then said, "We'll call it the uuhhhhhh..."
"The "Redstone Rap!"" Jesse shouted.
Everyone then bumped their fists at each other, resulting in a bad handshake.
"Aaaand just like that," Olivia said, "I'm nervous again."
"Don't talk like that!" Jesse explained, "We can do this. Just stick to the plan and everything will be fine."
"This year," Jessica explained, "the Craftminers can't lose!"
Everyone placed their arms together.
"Let's do it," Axel said.
The overseer then shouted, "Building...starts...now!"
At that, the Craftminers built their fireworks dispenser.
When they we're finished, Aiden mockingly said, "Oh, no! A fireworks dispenser?! I'm soooo scared!"
"You worry about your build and we'll worry about ours," Jesse told him.
The Craftminers jumped down and them built their wool zombie in front of the dispenser. When they finished, the twins looked at all the builds of the other teams, including the rainbow beacon by the Ocelots.
"And now - the moment of truth," Jessica said.
"Here goes nothing," Olivia said as she flicked the lever. Suddenly, the fireworks dispenser was began shooting fireworks in the sky.
"This looks so cool," Olivia said, "We'll win this for sure."
"How could anyone NOT love a monster?" Axel asked. "Good call, Jesse."
"Yeah," Steve said, "the zombie was definitely the right way to go."
"It's not like someone would destroy it and cheat," Alex said.
Everyone was looking at the zombie and the fireworks coming from behind. And so did, Aiden.
"Guys," Jesse began.
"People are looking at us," his sister finished in a singsong tone.
"Good build, man," a hatted guy wearing an "E" shirt said.
"What?" Aiden asked himself, "No way. It's just a bunch of dyed wool."
He found a stone block and punched it, causing it to break, letting lava flow free.
"Whoops...," he said.
Reuben was unknowingly standing too close to the lava, causing his costume to catch on fire, stressing him out. Steve saw Aiden do the action and noticed Reuben catching on fire.
"REUBEN!" he screamed, pointing at him as the other animations saw Reuben running towards a forest.
"Oh no!" Jesse screamed, "Reuben's on fire!"
"Reuben, no!" his sister screamed, "Come back!"
"It was Aiden!" Axel angrily said, "That punk!"
"The lava's getting closer!" Olivia said as Aiden carefully stepped away from the lava. Lukas was a witness at all these actions.
"It's gonna ruin the build!" Axel said.
"Those cheaters!" Alex said, infuriated about one of Lukas's team destroying their sculpture and device.
"Three of us need to deal with them and protect the machine," Steve began, "the other three will have to rescue Reuben."
"Reuben's going to get lost!" Olivia said, "We've gotta do something."
"But our build is about to go up in flames," Axel told her.
"Jessica, Steve," Jesse began, "We gotta get Reuben!"
"Right," Jessica began, "Alex, Olivia, Axel, you guys stay and save the build."
Jesse, Steve and Jessica jumped off the statue to find Reuben, running over Aiden in the process.
"On it," Axel said.
"We've got it covered guys," Olivia said, "Be careful."
Axel and Olivia jumped down, Olivia lading in Axel when he landed first. Olivia got up to tell the other three, "We'll meet up with you at Endercon!"
Alex jumped down and helped the other 2 in using cobblestone to block the lava flow.