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A/N: Well, it seems like there are some people who seem to enjoy reading this, so I figure it would be good to make more. That, and I actually have fun making this thing. This chapter is actually about double the length of the previous chapter because its not a...prologue, I guess. Oh, and to those who reviewed, I thank you profusely! If you per chance want to contact me for a question or something like that, feel free to PM me. Or, you could leave whatever it is in a review. Keep in mind, I don't know how often I will update, but I hope for it to be a week or less for each update. I'm sure you're sick of hearing me at this point, so please, enjoy the chapter!
Jeff's point of view:
"So you almost finished yet?" DJ asked as he sat on the grass, watching Andr and I working on the jumbo sized building. Night had already fallen, and we had not finished the house before nightfall as we had hoped. Due to this, we had concluded that DJ would guard the perimeter while Andr and I worked to finish the house as soon as possible. We only had the second floor to finish at this point.
"We could have waited to finish the rest…" Andr commented as she slid a block into place. "I mean why not just build a one story instead of building a big two story like this?"
"Don't try to convince him, Andr." DJ advised. "This is how he always does things. Build a bigger structure right off the bat instead of cutting our losses. Heck, he's being generous; this is actually considerably smaller than the norm." DJ finished as he bit into an apple.
"Really?" Andr asked, surprised.
"Let's just say I prefer to go the full mile." I responded.
"If this is what you consider small…I wonder what your other worlds are like…" Andr mused, curiosity showing.
"Friggin' awesome." DJ interjected.
"They're okay. But I have to say, this is the most interesting one so far." I added. "Sure, no giant floating steam punk ships, but we can get around to that later. The fact we were sucked into a computer game is what worries me." I commented, wondering if my family was freaking out at my absence.
"It's still hard to believe you guys are real users…instead of just avatars. Then again, you aren't blocky, so that's kinda a giveaway." Andr said.
"Neither are you." I retorted.
"That's because of a…what did you call it? Mod?" She tapped her chin for a moment. "Besides," She continued, "I couldn't imagine being all blocky…it looks like it would be hard to sleep like that!"
"Ditto."
DJ's point of view:
I smirked at the two's banter as the house was steadily constructed. "I knew he'd appreciate the mod." I smiled as I leaned back, lying down on the grass. I know I should be on guard. But, I placed torches all over the place so a regular mob won't go out of their way to-
"BOO!"
"HOLY SHIT!" I yelled as I shot up, tripping myself in the process, falling flat on my face.
"BWAHAHAHA! That was great! I really got you!"
I looked up to see a purple haired girl with a long ponytail and gray jacket pointing and laughing at me. What, did she find something funny? Is it because I possess that of a smaller stature? THE GALL!
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A TINY BUG THAT ESCAPES THE WRATH OF A SHOE BECAUSE HE'S SO SMALL THAT HE FITS IN THE GROOVES AND CAN'T GET SQUASHED!?" I yelled. She went silent at the outburst.
"Eh?" She looked confused.
"YOU'RE GOIN' DOWN!" I yelled as I lunged at the girl, sending both of us into a wrestling match that would decide the fate of my dignity…
Jeff's point of view:
"And…that'll do it!" I announced as the last block was put into place. "Not too shabby, huh? Nice teamwork, Andr!"
"It's great!" The Enderwoman agreed as we enacted a celebratory high-five.
"HOLY SHIT!" I heard DJ's screech…that sounded strangely girlish.
Andr and I traded glances as we ran to the side of the roof…to see DJ rolling around on the floor with a purple haired girl. "Come on." I said to Andr, indicating the stairs. It didn't seem like DJ was in any REAL trouble. By the time we got there DJ was in quite a…humiliating position.
"UNCLE! UNCLE!" DJ yelled as the purple haired girl sat on his back, hands pinned as he flailed his legs about uselessly.
She turned to us as we came through the door, looking suspicious, before her gaze softened upon seeing Andr. I guess DJ gave her the impression we didn't like mobs or something…
"Does this belong to you?" She asked, pointing down at DJ, who at this point had ceased struggling and was now lying there motionlessly, defeated.
Andr giggled as I answered the girl whom I guessed to be a female spider mob. "Well 'belong' is a strong word. He's my…friend." I explained. "What happened here?" I asked, wondering what had occurred to make things end up like this.
"I'm not really sure…I scared this guy and started laughing at him. Next thing I know, he's yelling something about how he's short and trying to attack me." She explained.
"I AM NOT SHORT!" DJ suddenly shouted his efforts to break free resuming full force.
"Shut up! I didn't even call you short!" The spider girl said, punching him in the head.
"So, what's your name?" I asked the girl, attempting to change the subject.
She smiled at me whilst holding the thrashing DJ down. "Ah, some manners. My name is Sabri. Nice to meet you!"
"Nice to meet you as well, Sabri." I greeted. "My name is Jeff, this is Andr," I motioned to the Enderwoman next to me, "And the person you are currently straddling is DJ." I finished, pointing at my friend whom appeared to have calmed down.
"Yeah, y'know, that's great and all, introductions and what-not, but how about you, oh, I don't know, GET OFF OF ME!" DJ yelled, clearly annoyed.
"Fine. Just don't attack me this time." Sabri ordered, stepping off the human. DJ grumbled as he got up. "So, nice place you have here. Who built it?" Sabri asked, indicating the house.
"Well, all of us did. Although, Jeff and I worked on most of it…" Andr replied.
"Hey! I guarded the house!" DJ countered.
"And you did a fantastic job of getting the crap scared out of you by a teenager." I added, smirking.
"Oh yes, a wonderful job indeed!" Sabri mocked.
"…I hate all of you." DJ mumbled, walking past us and into the house.
"Well!" Sabri started, "Guess its time for me to go. That was a good scare!" She finished as she stretched her arms, turning on her heel and walking toward the forest.
"Sabri! Hold on!" I stopped her.
"Hm? What's up?" She asked curiously upon turning around again. "Want me to scare your friend again?" She joked with a smile.
"No, it's not that." I said, pointing to the house. "I was actually gonna ask if you wanted to stay in the house with us. There's some extra room, and we got enough beds. And I'm sure it's a lot safer than running around in the forest." I finished.
"What's the occasion?" She asked, leaning in our direction.
"Think of it as an apology for my colleague's behavior." I replied.
She smiled widely. "Meh, I'm not as cold as to turn down such a thoughtful offer. I accept your invitation!" She said as she walked inside the house. "You have food right? I'm starving!" She added. From outside, we heard a faint voice. "Oh, hey shorty!"
I face palmed as I heard DJ once more. "What are you doing here? AND WHO'RE YOU CALLING SHORTY?!" I shook my head in bemusement.
"You're really nice, you know that?" Andr commented, as I turned to see her purple eyes.
"Eh, I'm not that great. I wouldn't label myself a good person. Just a regular guy." I said as I leaned against the house.
"Then why did you decide to offer to let Sabri stay here?" Andr pressed.
"That's just normal isn't it? To want to help someone, I mean." I looked at Andr with a smirk. "Besides, it seems to be a running trend that you mobs don't generally have a place to stay." Andr blushed.
"W-well…I never had a reason to stay somewhere before…" Andr mumbled.
"And you have a reason now?" I pressed. She looked into my eyes with her piercing purple ones.
"…I think I do…"
More might have been said, but the conversation was interrupted by none other than DJ. "Jeff! Andr! Get in here! We've gotta start thinking of a game plan!" Well, he certainly is the impatient one.
"Coming!" I replied, quickly making my way inside.
Andr's point of view:
I watched Jeff as he ran inside, instead of following right away. He was…definitely different from any human I had seen before. Though why did I feel so…odd right then? 'What…is my reason for staying?' I thought to myself as I looked contemplatively at the large building before me. 'What a beautiful night…' I thought to myself idly.
"Yo! Andr! You comin' in or what?" Sabri asked upon sticking her head outside the door. "They have food you know! It's delicious! You don't want to miss out do you?"
"Oh! Um…no…I guess not…" I replied nervously.
"Then come on!" She said, grabbing my hand and dragging me inside. I managed to close the door before we sailed past it.
"The Nether, huh?" I heard Jeff's voice as we entered the kitchen.
"That's right!" I noticed both DJ and Jeff seated at the table talking about…the Nether? "Minecraft's equivalent of Hell! I'm sure we gotta do something there."
"What makes you say that?" Jeff questioned looking pensive.
"Well, we're in a game, right? So let's think about it like a game! Just like beating levels, we have to beat zones! Like defeat something in the Nether, or the Enderdragon in the End. Something like that." DJ explained, writing on a piece of paper. "There must be something that brought us here. And I think I have a hunch of what, or rather who, brought us here." DJ concluded, holding the piece of paper up to Jeff's face.
He frowned. "Herobrine, huh?" Jeff noted. DJ appeared to have made a crude drawing of a blocky man with no pupils, the name, 'Herobrine' written above it.
DJ sighed. "What else could? He's not officially in the game, so we don't know where to look, unlike the Enderdragon. My bet is he left clues where he knew we would go." DJ suggested. "That's all I got, though. Other than that, maybe the villagers know something."
"It makes sense…I just wish we had some way of knowing we're going in the right direction." Jeff agreed.
I began walking to the table, until I noticed something on the kitchen counter. "Um…Jeff? What's this?" I asked, carefully picking up a disc that was in such bad condition it looked as if it might break any moment. His eyes widened.
"That's…"
"It looks just like the disc from the Herobrine mod!" DJ exclaimed.
"Herobrine, as in Herobrine: the grim reaper of Minecraft?" Sabri asked, looking a little disturbed herself.
"The very same." Jeff confirmed, taking the disc carefully from my hands, scrutinizing both sides of the small circle. "There was a mod that involved activating a disc which would call out Herobrine. It was either beat him in every battle, which occurred at random, or game over. Herobrine wins."
"We never actually took the time to play the mod, though. Kinda regretting that now." DJ added.
"I doubt it would make a difference." Jeff commented. "Looks like it's time to put that diamond you got to use, Andr." He said, pulling out the diamond and some wooden planks. "And there." He mumbled as a new block formed in front of him. "Anyone order a disc player?" Jeff joked.
"That we did." DJ confirmed.
"Hurry up and play it!" Sabri urged, looking like she couldn't decide whether to be eager or nervous. Before Jeff put it in, I spoke up.
"W-wait!" I called. Jeff looked up.
"Andr? What is it?" He asked, confused.
"Well…if it's like you said...Herobrine might appear and you'll have to battle him if he does, right?" I asked, as Jeff nodded. "I…I don't want the fist person who showed me kindness to get hurt…maybe even killed…" I held back tears. "I don't think…I could handle that…" I finished, looking down.
Jeff's point of view:
'Does she…care that much about me?' I thought to myself as I stared at the slightly shivering Enderwoman. "Andr." I said. She looked up at me as I walked over to her. Upon reaching her, I wrapped her in hug. "I'm right here. Look, if we put this disk in, and Herobrine does show up," I began, separating from her slightly to look into her eyes. "And things go from bad to worse, you have my permission to teleport me out of here if you feel like it's too dangerous. I don't think even Herobrine can match an Enderwoman in teleporting. He's not all-powerful." I finished as I stepping away from the red-haired teen. "Okay?"
"…O…okay…" She agreed, managing a smile.
"Well aren't you two just adorable!" I heard Sabri's voice as my face, and Andr's, went red.
"Should we give you some privacy?" DJ goaded, smiling from ear to ear. "I knew you'd enjoy the mod!"
"…Shut up…" I mumbled, walking back to the disc player. Andr merely tried to hide her red face with her hat.
I grew serious again upon picking up the disc. "So," I began, gathering everyone's attention. "Is everyone ready for this?" I asked, readying the disc in front of the player. They all gave an affirmative nod. "Well…here goes nothing!" I declared as the player accepted the small device and it slid into the block.
"….." All we heard from the player was a crackling noise, as if it was trying to play but just couldn't seem to manage to start it. This went on for about a minute until someone decided to speak up.
"What a rip o-WAH!" Sabri yelped as a gravelly voice began speaking, causing her to stumble back in surprise.
"So…the new lambs come to the slaughter, do they? Hehehehe…" A laugh came from the box, chilling everyone present to the bone. "As you may or may not have already guessed…I am Herobrine, and this is a special message, from me, to you." The voice continued. "Now, now, don't be so jumpy. I'm only here to inform you…yes, I am the one who brought you here. But can you blame me? I just get so positively bored around here! And what better way to make some excitement than putting lives, REAL lives, on the line, hm?"
"Bastard…" I heard DJ mumble.
"Name calling? How immature…" The voice responded…wait, responded?
"You can hear us?" I asked, staring at the block.
Another deep laugh originated from the block. "Oh yes, quite clearly, I might add." This caused everyone to gasp in surprise. "Please, don't act so shocked. I AM Herobrine, after all."
"W-what do you want?" Andr stuttered out.
"No need to be so scared, young Enderwoman. I'm not here to kill your little boyfriend…yet. As I said, I am only here to give you all a message…or, if you prefer, a warning." He repeated.
"Then get to it!" I snapped, walking over to Andr and putting an arm around her as she trembled in fear.
"What a shame…I thought we might chat a little. Oh well! As for why I'm giving you a warning…the game would be no fun if I killed you straight out of the gate, don't you agree? I gave the others the same chance." Herobrine elaborated.
"What do you mean others?" DJ questioned, eyes widening. Apparently he was thinking the same thing I was.
Another sickening laugh. "Why, the ones who I brought here before you, of course! They were quite disappointing, really. The last three groups didn't even clear the first stage! I mean, how boring is that?! It's like they weren't even trying!" He admonished, seeming to scoff.
"They were fighting for their lives!" Sabri shouted.
"I know! And poorly at that! Disgraceful, truly! But enough about those pawns. I'm hoping you four rank at least a rook. That would at least provide more entertainment. I expect great things! Great things, you understand? Oh, I'm sure you do! I'm getting goose bumps just thinking about it!" Instead of the previous laughing fits, he let out an extremely creepy one.
"Are you going to get to the main point?" I asked, getting annoyed.
"You're right! Where ARE my manners? I need to give you the first clue! Well, technically you already found it, but I need to give you the information first!" Herobrine explained.
"Information?" DJ asked, leaning forward.
"Right! In other words, your first destination." He paused for a moment. "What's hot, full of ugly undead bastards, and smells like millions of burning carcasses?" Herobrine questioned, awaiting an answer.
"The Nether." DJ answered with complete certainty, trading knowing glances with me.
"DING-DING-DING! WE HAVE A WINNER! Someone give this boy a prize!" Herobrine confirmed, mocking us at the same time. "When you get there…well, I'm sure it will be perfectly obvious where you need to go. Oh, and bonus points if you save any of the others." Herobrine informed.
"Wait, others? What do you mean?" I asked, fishing for information.
"Didn't I already tell you? The ones who came before you! Sure, they may have been subdued, but they're not out of the game yet. Maybe you can help point them in the right direction, no? I mean sure, most of their friends may have died, but who needs friendship anyways? Totally overrated! Lame!" He paused a moment. "Some of the best ones even went alone, instead of a group, and got pretty close! I may have even lost track of a few, what with them getting battered and bruised and subsequently running from the trials they just couldn't live up to. So sad!" Herobrine revealed, once again breaking into a fit of maniacal laughter.
"You bastard! I'll kill you!" DJ yelled at the block, clearly losing his temper at Herobrine's blatant dismissal of lives.
"Oh no! I'm so scared! I'm just quivering in my boots! Please don't hurt me, mister!" Herobrine mocked, before laughing once more. DJ was seething at this point.
"DJ, calm down. He's just trying to wind you up." Sabri said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Is that all? We have to go to the Nether, beat some enemy, and find the next clue?" I asked making sure I got everything, while trying to end the conversation as soon as possible. Andr was shaking in fear, and I didn't like seeing her distressed.
"Let me think…hm…yep! That's everything! Good luck my four little rook pieces! Don't keep me waiting for long!" With a final bout of laughter, the disc was launched out of the disc player like a bullet, smashing against the wall and breaking into so many particles of dust, which proceeded to vanish into thin air.
"Finally…I was sick of him." DJ commented as he looked angrily at the cube which Herobrine's voice had been originating from moments before. DJ looked over to me as Andr began to calm down. "I guess it's no question where we're going now, huh?"
"Yeah…" I mumbled, looking at Andr, and then to Sabri who looked a bit shaken herself. "Andr, Sabri." I said, getting their attention. "If you want to get away from us, because being around us could be dangerous in and of itself, I understand if you want to leave." I said. I didn't want to drag them into something like this. "I don't want to force you guys into this boat with us."
"Are you kidding?!" Sabri immediately responded, yelling at me, "You think I can just ignore this?! This guy is throwing away innocent lives like it's going out of style! No way, I'm coming with you guys!"
"But-" DJ began.
"DON'T TRY TO CHANGE MY MIND SHORTY!" Sabri shouted.
"SHORT!?" DJ clenched his fist, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS TINIEST SHORTY?!" DJ shouted back as the two lunged at each other and began another wrestling match. I smiled at this display of normalcy…it was far preferable to that damned Herobrine.
"Jeff."
I looked down to meet Andr's eyes glaring at me. "Um, yeah, Andr?" I don't know why, but that glare made me nervous.
"I'm staying with you. No arguments." Andr said in such a way I could tell it wasn't a debate.
I sighed. "Alright, alright, I got it. I won't bring it up again. I promise." I agreed as I scratched the back of my head in embarrassment. "Um…Andr, do you think you could…like…let go?" I asked, as she was still tightly holding onto me.
She went red as redstone in a second. "Oh! Um…Sorry!" She said, letting go and spinning around, hiding her blushing face with her hands.
"It's alright…" I mumbled, embarrassed as I was.
"So what's the plan for tomorrow?" I heard DJ ask as I looked down to find Sabri pinned underneath him.
I thought for a moment. "Well, I guess I would want to get some obsidian to prepare for the portal…but we don't have a diamond pick, let alone diamonds, so we can't get at the obsidian as is. So, we'll search for diamonds, I guess." I concluded.
DJ shrugged. "Okay…works for me."
"I'm fine with that." Sabri agreed. "Get off of me pipsqueak!" She yelled, throwing DJ off as he gave a cry of surprise.
"I think that sounds like a good plan as well." Andr agreed, now having recovered from her embarrassment.
"Then it's decided. Remember, this isn't just for us, but for all the others still trapped here, wherever they are." I reminded everyone as they nodded their affirmation. "That being said…" I began, "…It's actually pretty late. So, we'll sleep away the rest of the night and start searching tomorrow. I don't know about you fellows, but it's been an exhausting day for me." I finished, punctuating my sentence with a yawn.
"You said it!" DJ agreed yawning himself, "Y'know, they say if you watch someone yawn you get sleepy as well…is that true?" He asked.
"Dunno, but its working on me…" Sabri commented, blinking her eyes slowly.
"The same for me…" Andr agreed, stretching whilst yawning. I pointed down the hallway.
"We've got two bedrooms right now, two beds each. So, we should decide who goes where." I suggested, looking expectantly at the others. "I'll leave it up to you guys what you would prefer." I said.
"Um…I'll sleep in the same room as you." Andr offered with a light blush as DJ cracked a smile.
"Okay…" I agreed, "Then Sabri and DJ, you guys take the other room." I told them, walking over to one of the bedrooms and opening the door. Looking around the room, it seemed I had chosen the one with red wool and a bookshelf in the corner, with a couple of desks to the side. It also possessed a mirror. "Well, it matches my jacket." I noted as I removed the red garment, leaving me in my black T-shirt. "Andr, come on. It's important to get plenty of sleep. We've got a big day tomorrow." I informed while looking back at the group. I directed a suspicious gaze at DJ and Sabri. "No fighting, okay?"
"Geez, that's the first thing you think to say? Not 'good night'?" DJ scoffed.
"I'm awfully hurt." Sabri added, putting a hand over her heart as she pretended to look offended.
"Whatever." I rolled my eyes before disappearing into the room, Andr following shortly thereafter and closing the door. I noted that I faintly heard DJ's and Sabri's door close as well. "Hey Andr." I called, getting her attention.
"What's up?"
"It's funny. When I played Minecraft before this, I used to hate Enderman. Always attacking me when I accidentally passed my gaze over 'em…Never thought I'd become friends with an Enderwoman. Some surprises are nice huh?" I questioned, smiling.
Andr sported a smile of her own, looking at me from her bed. "Yeah…some are." She agreed.
"Then again, I suppose I never expected to see human mobs in the first place." I added as an afterthought. "I wonder what everyone's doing right now…"
"Everyone?" Andr asked, hearing my offhanded comment.
I offered a bittersweet smile, lying down on my bed. "As in, my friends back home. My family too…heck, even my pet lizard." I included, laughing a bit. "I love that little guy…"
"If you don't mind me asking…what is your world like?" Andr asked me as I looked over at her, "I-I understand if you don't feel like telling me! I mean we did just meet, so…" I held up a hand to silence her.
"Sometimes you don't need to know someone for long to know they're a good person. It's alright." I told her, turning my gaze to the ceiling. "Where to begin…" I mused to myself, thinking. "Well, I guess I can start off by saying it's not quite as…blocky, as this world is." I began. "There're also a lot of buildings. Replace the number of trees here with buildings, and that's around how many buildings my neighborhood has." I gave her an example, seemingly surprising her. "In addition, nights aren't totally dark. There are tall light fixtures called light poles that brighten up the night outside." I continued.
"Wow…I can't imagine that." Andr commented, looking intrigued.
"I'm not surprised. It's a lot different than this place. I'm probably not even giving you that clear a picture, I mean, I never thought I would have to explain it to someone." I explained. Another thing I often saw in my world came to mind. "Oh, yeah…also, people drive around vehicles called automobiles, which are essentially transportation devices with four wheels that expedite the process of moving from place to place considerably." I continued, "Additionally, we have something called school. It's a program utilized the world over, that was made to teach the youth of our world skill sets they need to succeed in my world. Things like Math, English, Science, and a variety of miscellaneous other subjects." I explained.
Andr looked confused. "Why do you have to do all that?" She asked.
I thought for a moment. "Hm…How to explain…okay, think of it like this," I began, "There are millions of people in my world, all trying to live a full, prosperous life. Due to this, my world has a system of trade using money. If you don't have money you can't buy anything you want, not even food. In a way, it's a little disturbing. If you don't succeed and make money using the skills you learn, you live off of trash cans and cardboard boxes." I took a breath. "Some people succeed more than others, and become rich. These people can afford luxuries, and live the dream of a carefree, wonderful life. The grim fact is that for one to succeed, many must fail." I finished.
"But…why?" Andr asked. "That sounds really sad…"
I shrugged. "It may seem sad to you, but for me, it's the reality. I don't have to like it, but I can't change it." I looked at her. "Honestly…I'm making it sound worse than it is. There are lots of fun things to do in my world as well, like play video games, hang out with friends, go to the movies, attend festivals, the list goes on." I admitted. "Unfortunately, you have to live it to really understand how fun it is. My explanations really don't do 'em much justice."
She looked pensive. "So…from an outside perspective, it looks worse." Andr deduced.
"Yeah, because isn't it your emotions that make you happy, sad, whatever? For you to have an emotional reaction to something, you have to experience it." I said. "Well, I guess there're books. You don't really need to see anything to react to those." I reasoned.
"My emotions…" Andr mumbled, then smiled at me. "I would like to see your world one day, Jeff." She said.
"Well, if I got here, I'm sure you can get there if you try hard enough." I said, also smiling, "And I'd be happy to show you all the good things about my world, Andr."
"You promise?" Andr questioned.
"What kind of man would I be if I turned down a beautiful lady?" I joked, causing Andr to blush. "I promise. If you ever come to my world, I'll happily show you around."
"Okay. Remember, you promised!" Andr stressed.
"I got it!" I assured her, turning to look out the window. "Ah…it's getting pretty late. We better hit the hay soon."
Andr turned to look out the window. "You're right. Like you said, we have a big day tomorrow!" She declared, offering me another brilliant smile.
"That we do." I affirmed with a smile of my own, before lying down and throwing the covers over my body. "Good night, Andr."
"Good night, Jeff."
And with that, the night came and went, and with it the first day of our crazy adventure began.
-The Next Day-
Sabri's point of view:
"Ah! That was delicious!" I said, satisfied as I leaned back in my chair. "Seriously, hanging out with you guys may be dangerous, but if I can eat stuff like this every day, it's a price I'm willing to pay." I finished as I looked across from me to see Andr seemingly just as satisfied.
"I appreciate the compliment." Jeff replied as he put some dishes in the sink.
"As do I!" DJ agreed, looking pleased. It had been DJ and Jeff who offered to fix breakfast, which I had assumed would just be cooked pork or something.
"I had no idea humans mixed food like that." Andr commented, looking over to the two cleaning and putting away dishes.
"In the human world, it's not so uncommon for people to cook. Admittedly, guys usually aren't good at it. But there are always exceptions; practice makes perfect, I suppose." Jeff replied with a smile.
"I prefer to make my own food…why wait around for someone else to do it? If I can do it, I can eat whatever I want, anytime I want it!" DJ declared with a proud smile.
Jeff nodded his head in silent agreement. "Well, we're finished here. What do you guys say we try our luck and find some diamond?" he asked, looking expectantly at the three of us.
"I'm good to go whenever." DJ replied, flashing a thumbs-up with a smirk.
"I'm ready whenever you are." Andr replied.
Looks like it's my turn. "Naturally, I'm ready too." I pointed to the door, "I'll go make sure there aren't any monsters waiting to greet us outside." I said as I walked to the front door. When I opened it I wasn't greeted with a clear view, a monster, or anything I was expecting. Rather, I was greeted by a tall, disheveled human with glasses taking residence on his face, a silver, flat square tucked under his arm, his other arm held up in preparation to knock. Upon seeing there was no reason to knock, he brought his raised hand to his face, pushing the glasses further up his nose.
"Hello," The teen greeted. "My name is Josh. Might I came in to rest for a bit?" he asked.
"Uh…" I hesitated, unsure how to go about this situation.
Jeff's point of view:
"I wonder what's taking her." I mused aloud.
"Maybe she couldn't figure out how to open the door." DJ commented.
"Hey guys!" We heard Sabri's voice from the other room. "Can you come here for a second?"
Me and DJ traded glances before we headed for the door, Andr following close behind me. Nothing would prepare us for what we saw.
There, standing in the doorway, was none other than my and DJ's best friend, Josh. His eyes widened upon seeing us.
"DJ? Jeff? Is that you?" He asked. Our response was slightly less dignified.
"JOSH!?" Both DJ and I shouted in unison. Looks like things were just getting more and more interesting…
A/N: Thank you for reading! I beg you, leave a review telling me your opinion!