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Meeting the Bigger Sister
It must've been hours or even days since I had passed out. And yes, I admit that I had passed out. Of course, when you're put through what feels like an eternity of getting your entire being put through an ocean of highly radioactive chemicals that burn your skin and melts you from the inside out, you get a little leeway.
My dreams that plagued me that night were surprisingly different than the usual ones of me being tossed aside by everyone and left to rot while I was forced to watch them ridicule and humiliate me, because while I had a small and irrational fear of everyone who was around my age and up, I always craved to be accepted for who I am among my peers.
No, the dreams this time were even worse in my opinion. I was somewhere where there was an endless desolate terrain and there was an enormous silhouette that glowered down at me. It glared at me like I had stolen its toy and it wanted it back. At least, that's what it felt like to me. After a seemingly never-ending staring contest, it let out a low rumble that I could've sworn was laughter if I wasn't so terrified. As soon as it was finished rumbling, I heard a voice enter my thoughts.
Never have I thought that He would send such a weak individual to fight in His absence. He must be really grasping at straws if he was desperate enough to send you. Take my heed, human. When my child finds you, then you will eternally suffer for even believing you could make a difference in this realm.
After it had finished with its monologue, I stood there dumbstruck.
After I had regained control of my mouth I said, "Umm, I wasn't sent by anyone. I was helping a child and she pulled me into a portal that had appeared. She said that it would take her home and I guess she just kind of brought me along without thinking about it."
The figure started laughing again.
You believe that was mere accident that the child happened to end up where you could hear it? That it was mere chance that the portal opened behind you? No. It was orchestrated by that damned God that the Minecraftians follow. No mortal, you are meant to be a part of His plans to put me to sleep once and for all. That said, I should just wipe your pitiful existence out of this realm right now.
Before I could make a sound, the silhouette opened what I assumed to be its jaws, let out a viscous roar, and lunged at me.
My eyes shot open just as the silhouette reached me. Or, at least, I had thought they opened. It was dark. And I mean I can't see my hand directly in front of my face dark. I strained my eyes to see something, anything that could help me discern where I was. While my eyes were attempting to adjust to the blackness, my ears began functioning. I could hear voices outside of where ever I was. One of the voices I could barely make out to be Lime's voice, so I assumed that I was in a seemingly unhostile place.
"I don't care! He can't stay here! He's one of them. If he tells others where we are, they'll come back and slay us with no remorse! Do you want a repeat of what happened to Mom and Dad? They trusted Them and They ruthlessly murdered our parents! Ever since They arrived, us Princesses have been hunted to near extinction, and prior to belief, we can only Respawn as long as we maintain control of our domains. The Players have long since wrenched control of our domain from us and now we must be extremely cautious otherwise we'll fade. I don't want to lose you Lime, you're the only family I've got."
"But Big Sister! This one's not a Player! He doesn't have the Mark over his head. Maybe he could help us gain control of our domain once again!"
"I'm sorry Lime, but he has to go."
At this point in their conversation, I had regained control of most of my bodily functions, and while I was unsteady on my feet, I had enough balance to make it to what I hope was the door. It was fairly obvious it was me they were discussing, so I took a chance and tapped my hand against the hard surface in front of me.
Almost as soon as I had knocked, both of the voices immediately silenced. I didn't take this as a good sign so I tried a different tactic and spoke.
"Um, h-hello?" I rasped. I was surprised by the coarseness of my voice since I didn't feel parched or anything that came with dehydration.
A thump and the sound of quick footsteps was heard before the door was wrenched open, and a familiar green blur slammed into me, knocking me on my ass. After the pain had subsided, I noticed that the room I was in was actually quite nice. It was furnished with a Queen sized bed with white sheets and a red comforter. There were chairs scattered around the room and tables that help what looked like personal items. There were a couple of bookshelves filled to the brim with books of several different sizes and colors. There was a dresser situated in the corner of the room and a door that lead to what I assumed to be either a walk-in closet or a bathroom.
I looked down and smiled slightly when I saw the bullet that was Lime giving me a near-bone-crushing hug. Her shoulders were shaking slightly as if she were crying. I tried to get a closer look at her to see if she was alright when I realized that the way I was smiling could have been perceived wrong. Now, don't get me wrong, I wasn't smiling like I was a perverted teenager which I definitely was not. I was just glad that she seemed to be fine.
It took me a moment to realize that someone else had entered the room, and with the way Lime was holding on to me, I knew that the other person probably wasn't too happy with me. Or she was, I guess, for I had helped her sister.
I looked up with an apology for interrupting on the tip of my lips when my jaw had nearly hit the floor. Standing in front of me might've been the most intimidating girl, no woman, I had ever lay eyes upon and I had unconsciously tried to make myself seem smaller by folding in my shoulders, bowing my head, and attempting to fold my legs up, and had there not been a 9 year old girl hugging me I would've been successful.
She was maybe around 5'11" and had dark green hair that cascaded down her back. Her attire consisted of a green pair of skinny jeans that hugged her thighs, a green tank top that while seemed to be loose, you could still tell it was still a bit too small, and she had a green hat much like her sister's. On her face was a very obvious scowl. Most likely because for 1: she didn't trust me. And for 2: Lime had taken an immediate liking to me and refused to let me go.
However, I could tell that she was at least a bit brightened that her sister was smiling.
She looked in between me and Lime, shook her head, and pulled her sister off of me, even though I could see the edges of her lips twitching upwards as she tried to contain her mirth. As soon as she got Lime up off of me however, her scowl returned full force and she glared at me with renewed vigor.
"Who are you and why are you here?" She demanded.
"D-Danny Wi-Winston Ma'am. I don't know why I'm here. I tried to help Lime back in the apartment complex, and then I'm shoved into the portal, and now I'm here. U-umm…if I may ask…where is here exactly?" I timidly replied.
"Hmm, Danny huh? Well Mr. Danny Winston, you're in our cave, yet I'm wondering exactly why you're still here." She said.
My entire face lit up like cherry, and I stuttered trying to give my reply, but this lady was not making it easy for me to talk.
"Slime! Don't be mean to Danny! He helped me and at the very least we should be nice to him and treat him with respect. Besides, weren't you always telling me to always treat people with kindness if they show it first?" Lime piped up from behind her sister's legs.
Slime seemed to calm down after Lime had reprimanded her. She turned around, kneeled down and hugged Lime.
"You're right Lime. I'm sorry, I'm just trying to be cautious around someone who came from Their world. But I guess he did help you when none of the others would, so that should earn him some degree of hospitality." Slime said.
Lime buried her head in Slime's neck and mumbled, "'s not me you should say 'You're sorry' to. It's Danny you should apologize to. He's the one you're being a big meanie to."
Slime nodded her head, released Lime, and turned to me. Her eyes help what looked like pain. It was like she was almost physically hurting because she had been suspicious of me when I had saved, for lack of a better term, her sister.
"My apologies Danny. I should not have been suspicious of you after you helped my sister. For that, I am forever grateful, because if you had not helped my sister, someone else might have harmed her." Slime apologized.
I stuttered trying to get out an embarrassed reply. "Um, it's no big deal Ma'am. I would have done it for anyone. Besides, Lime is quite lucky to have a big sister that cares as much as you do." Let it never be said that I didn't try to get on the woman's good side with compliments.
She smiled and said, "Lime is the only family I have left. If it weren't for her, I would've given up long ago. After our parents died, I hit an all new low and she was the light in the darkness I guess you could say. She always tried to put a smile on my face even if she felt worse than I did. It's odd how she was trying to console me and I'm the big sister, huh?"
At this point Lime had started crying and clutched onto her sister like she would just vanish. Slime looked lovingly at her and started to stroke her hair in an attempt to calm her down. It felt wrong for me to intrude on such an intimate moment, like I was a foreigner that had just walked into the wrong family's home. I guess I was a foreigner though, huh?
After a few moments, Lime released Slime and started rubbing her eyes trying to clear up the tears that had fallen. Once she had succeeded in clearing her eyes, she looked at Slime and asked, "So, can Danny stay with us?"
Slime looked apprehensive for a moment before she sighed and looked back to me.
"Danny, we would like to offer you a place to stay until you are well rested and have found yourself a place to live on your own. I ask that you not give away our position to any of the Players, though."
I was confused. Not only had they just met me, but not even 5 minutes ago, Slime didn't even trust me and now they're offering me to intrude on their home? It didn't make any sense! How could anyone just offer that to a complete stranger?
"I don't want to intrude or anything. This is your home, and I wouldn't want you to put yourselves out for helping me. It's not really worth the effort and-"
"Nonsense!" Slime interrupted, "You helped my sister when she was afraid and alone with no one else to turn to. The very least we can do is give you a place to stay. So I ask again, would you like to stay with us?"
Lime looked at me with pleading eyes, and I didn't know the look on Slime's face. I couldn't tell if she was asking me to stay for my own sake or if she was doing it for her own reasons. No matter what reasons Slime was doing this for, the look on Lime's face was too cute to say no to.
"W-well, if you don't think me too big of a nuisance then I guess I could stay until I can find a way home. Umm, where is here exactly?" I asked.
Slime smiled and looked relieved while, yet again, a green blur rammed into me and knocked me onto my ass for a second time that day. I hadn't even realized that I had gotten up to begin with.
"Yes! You're staying! Now we can play together all the time!" Lime exclaimed.
I had to admit, Lime was way too cute for her own good and I found myself smiling at her. Slime had a hand to her mouth, trying to contain her laughter while Lime was just chattering away.
"Ok, Lime!" Slime laughed. "I think you can give Danny's ears a rest. If you keep talking, then he can't get a word in otherwise."
Lime finally stopped talking and looked away with a pout. "Grr, fine, but you don't get to hog him Slime. I'm the one that brought him here. All you'll do with him is-"
"Ok!" Slime yelled, her face redder than mine. "That's enough Lime! Why don't you go to bed, so he can go to sleep and get some rest."
"But I'm not tiiired," Lime yawned.
I smiled and said, "Hey, Lime how about we make a deal? If you go to bed then in the morning, we can hang out while you show me around your home. Is that a fair enough deal?"
Lime brightened at the aspect of hanging out with me in the morning. "Ok Danny! I'll see you in the *yawn* morning. Good night Danny. Good night Slime." With this she gave me and Slime a hug and walked off to bed.
Slime giggled and said, "You know that's the first time I've seen her this excited since the Players arrived here. Thank you, even if you don't think you did anything, I still want to thank you."
"It's no big deal Ma'am. I didn't even do anything all too special. I just helped someone in need." I said.
She looked down and said, "Well, I guess we should get some sleep and rest. Would you like to sleep in the bed again?"
I looked at the bed, then back at Slime. "That's your bed isn't it?" I asked.
We both seemed to be unable to keep the blushes off our faces that day as she said, "Yeah, Lime kept pestering me to put me on a bed even though at the time I thought you would turn on us."
I looked away and said, "I couldn't sleep there. Do you have a couch or something?"
"Yeah, it's down the hall and take a left. The sitting room should have a couch big enough to sleep on."
I smiled and said, "Thank you Slime. For everything." I started to move out of the room. "And good night. I guess I'll see you in the morning."
With this I left the room headed toward the couch and sleep.
"Good night Danny, I will see you in the morning." Slime said as she closed her door.
Within a minute I had found the couch and collapsed on it, falling asleep. Before my higher thinking functions gave way though I thanked Slime once again before finally giving in to the clutches of sleep.
A/N: Hey, readers. Well, that's another chapter done and up. This one is slightly longer than the last one and I hope to make them longer as I go along. Right now, I'm just trying to get my story at least slightly noticeable.
Anyway, first thing on the agenda. I'd like to thank those of you who have Favorited and/or Liked this story. I'm not going to thank you by name because I figured you might want some privacy. I really appreciate you guys deeming this story worthy enough to keep track of.
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