Yes, DarkWolf133. It IS based off Mr. Murakami ;)
I wrote this in just a few hours. Wow. This explains why you guys got two chapters in sequence for Chapter 9 and 10 in just a day. Go figure. While I write, I read Vikklan fanfiction too. Surprising how my mind could switch between love stories and adventure ones xD My mind is sooo complicated.
BajanCanadian POV
Boy, was I surprised when Aquarius went out of the forests in my merch.
We waited for Aquarius to return, and she came back with an armful of jackets. She actually counted which of us had disguises already, coz she got just enough jackets for us. Since me and Rob has rods swirling around us and there's no way to hide them under our jackets, we decided to walk among the group. Our rods give off light, so we have to make sure we don't go into dark places.
Alby went off himself when we arrived at a crossroad. He said that his home wasn't far, and he wished that he would see us again. He probably will, though I don't know when.
With Preston, Lachlan and Rob's lead, we arrived at Preston's apartment. We split into two groups in the lobby and ride two elevators since cramming 24 people in the elevator is hard, not to mention that it would be overweight.
Everyone threw off their jackets as soon as they entered safe area, except for Aquarius. The hood hung from her ponytail, and she barely notices it. Hakime and the rest of the kids explored the apartment while Zek and Aquarius returned our phones, which are all stashed in their packs earlier. As soon as I got mine back, I made a quick vlog immediately to tell the viewers that I'm okay. I'd also realize that I have been gone for almost a month. They must be worried sick.
As soon as I finished uploading the apology vlog, I received a text message and so are the others. There is nothing else in the message except for an address. It looks like the place is somewhere in California.
I looked up from my phone. Everyone has a puzzled look on their face except for Aquarius, who was absorbed in a book with a Minecraft-like cover. The problem is there is no title on it. Is that a notebook I'm looking at?
"Aquarius," I called, and she looked up. "Did you receive a strange text messages?" I waved my phone, showing the message I got earlier.
"Nope," She checked her phone. "No SIM, no message,"
I compared the message I got with the others; turns out that they are all the same. Ian searched for the place on Google Maps, and it showed us a section of California where rich people usually live.
"Wow," Lachlan gasped, his slitted eyes widening. "Those houses usually cost millions. Who could be inviting us there?"
I checked the senders' phone number. It wasn't one that I recognized. Now is the problem: should we go or should we not?
"Try calling the number," Rex suggested, and I did. A while later, somebody picked up. I switched my phone to speaker mode so everyone can hear our conversation.
"Hello?" The speaker sounds like a female. "Can I help you?"
"I'm sorry," I said. "But did you send me and my friends text messages?"
"Yes, I do," The female said formally. "Do you have any questions?"
"One, maybe a few," I replied. "What do you want us to do?"
"Go to that address," She said. "Lord Notch wanted to see you,"
I looked at the others who are listening, their eyes wide with surprise. Notch is the nickname of the Minecraft creator, Markus Persson. Why would he want to see us? I mean literally all of us, including the kids. And why is the woman addressing Notch as 'Lord'?
"I'm sorry," I thought of our current situation. "We can't go right now. None of us can-"
"If you wanted to learn the true story, you must come," Her words startled me. She sounds like she knew our situation. "I cannot say more. Come in two days, or you're on your own," With that, she ended the call.
I looked at the others. "Should we go?"
Neonz POV
Since Notch might be the guy that could solve our problems, we decided to go. The bad thing is that California is about 18 hours' drive from Texas, and we don't have that much car space for all 24 of us.
"We might have to travel our way," Aquarius said. "By flying," So that's what we're doing. It's night, so we don't have to worry about people seeing us. We grabbed our partners and took off. Just once or twice we have to duck to avoid hitting an airplane. Hope the pilot didn't get a heart attack.
Luckily, flying is much faster than driving, since cars might get stuck in a traffic jam. Plus, cars have to follow the winding road, while we don't. We can fly in a straight line, which is very helpful. At almost dawn, we arrived at the address.
"So this is Notch's house?" Simon gasped at the mansion towering above us. One look at it tells me that I'm not even close to worthy to step foot in one of those places. Before anyone saw us, we put on our jackets and stood around Rob and Mitch. Jason reached out and pressed the doorbell.
Notch himself opened the door, wearing a black T-shirt and a pair of jeans. He looked like he knew we would visit at this time of day, so he had gotten ready. Does he ever sleep?
Notch gestured us into the house, and wasn't even surprised to see the rods circling Rob and Mitch. He led us into a big study, where there are couches enough for all of us.
"I'm sorry I didn't keep in touch," He said like he knew us already. He turned to Kim. "I could have taken care of you when you're sent here, but I can't afford raising you at that time. Are your father and mother treating you well?"
"Wait a second," Rex said. "What do you mean 'Kim was sent here'? You mean she was an orphan?"
"She wasn't," Notch shook his head. "You guys should have guessed by now: her father is The Wither,"
"The Wither Boss?" ZexyZek asked.
"No, not Wither Boss," Notch waved his hand. "That one is summoned. This is spawned when the world is first created,"
"Spawn," Aquarius defined the sentence. "As in the creator of the world decided to put it in,"
"Exactly,"
"So her father is The Wither," Rex eyed Kim. "Her mother?"
Notch just shrugs. He doesn't know either.
"There's too much to explain," Notch said. "I think I'll have to explain from the very beginning: when the world was first created,"