Remind Me
Epilogue
Sky's POV
"Oh my Notch, guys, chill out! It's probably just a couple of people having nightmares or something," I say to Seto and Brice, who recently returned from fixing the Respawn Mechanism.
"No, it's not that. Like, they physically can not sleep. Minecraft won't let them," Quentin says.
"Um, are they trying to sleep in the middle of the day?"
"No, no, they're doing it at night."
"Well then, the only other answer is for there to be monsters nearby, right?"
"Yes," Seto says, "but there are no monsters in the city. There never have been."
"Do these people live on the edge of the city? Their beds might be detecting monsters just outside the fence and then preventing the Minecraftians from sleeping," I suggest.
"No, they live in the middle of town. No monsters anywhere nearby," Brice puts in.
"Hmm... Well, I guess we could just go visit them, try to find out what the problem is. Who are they? Do we know them?" I ask.
"Let's see..," Seto trails off, searching a clipboard he's been carrying. "Okay, their names are Ashley and Alesa. I don't think I've ever met them. Have any of you?"
We all shake our heads. "Well, let's go meet them!" I shout, marching toward the door. I just wanna hurry up and get everything sorted out so I can do a new jump map with Ty later.
Seto rolls his eyes. "We can't just-"
"Pfft, sure we can!" I exclaim. "They asked for help, we're gonna give them help!"
"But it's 4:30 in the morning-"
"But they can't sleep, right? So it's not like we'll be interrupting anything."
"Uh-"
"OFF WE GO!"
xXx
"Oh, I forgot to ask! Did Seth and the others finish building those walls around the Respawn Machine?" I ask.
"Yeah, we made it into a maze," Quentin answers. "You need eight keys just to get to the entrance, and then you have to know exactly which path to take to get to the Respawn Machine. Seto, Brice, and Seth are the only ones who know how to get through the maze. No one's going to be breaking in any time soon."
"Awesome. Oh, is this the house where Ashley and... was it Alicia? Anyway, is this their house?" I question, glancing over at Seto.
"I think so. Someone knock," he replies.
I step up to the front door of the two-story spruce wood house and knock gently on the door. "Hello? Anyone home?" No one answer, so I bang my fists against the door. "IS. ANYONE. HOME?" I shriek. Seto, Brice, and Quentin shoot me questioning looks, and I shrug. "I just want to get all this stuff over with so I can sleep a little and be ready for the jump map in the morning."
"I'M COMING, GEEZ!" a girl's voice yells. "Who the heck is- Oh, hi!" she says, opening the door. "I'm Ashley. Are you guys here about the bed problem?"
Seto and Brice nods. "We'll take a look at it," Brice confirms. "Where's your bedroom?"
"Back here," she says, leading us all down a short hallway and into a door on the left. "This is Alesa's room. She's trying to fix the beds on her own."
"Work," the girl – Alesa, I think – kicks the bed, "al-" she pauses to kick the bed again, "ready! Geez, stupid bed, how hard is it to just let me under the covers!?"
"Uh, I don't think that's going to work, Alesa," Ashley says, watching her friend with an amused expression.
Alesa groans. "Seriously, what is this bed's problem? There are no monsters anywhere nearby, but whenever I try to lay a hand on the covers or the pillow or anything, it shocks me and says, 'You can not sleep with monsters nearby,' in a stupid electronic-y voice." She groans again, grumbling the words "stupid bed" under her breath.
I laugh a little and walk over to the bed with Seto, Brice, and Quentin. Seto gets down on his knees and peeks underneath the bed, then stands up again. "It looks like it's working perfectly..."
"Try re-placing it," Brice suggests, breaking the bed and then placing it down in the same spot. He tries to touch the bed's covers, but it shocks him and gives him the 'monsters nearby' message. He sighs.
"Maybe there's a little cave or something beneath your house," I say. Although we checked this area for caves before we even built the city...
"If that's the case, you guys could just move your beds to the second floor. I don't think the beds would be able to detect the monsters, then," Quentin points out.
Seto shrugs. "That could work. We'll try to remember to mine a bit beneath your house sometime soon, to light up or fill in any caves," he informs Alesa and Ashley.
"Sounds good," Ashley agrees. "We'll just sleep upstairs tonight."
"I don't see much point in sleeping," I grumble, looking at my watch. "It's already 5:45."
"Gosh, someone's grouchy," Alesa giggles.
"Am not! I'm just annoyed that I'm going to be passing out from exhaustion during the jump map in a few hours."
"Pfft. Sleep's overrated anyways. You'll be fine."
A smile creeps onto my face. I like this girl. "Whatever. If I randomly fall off the platform today because of sleep-deprivation, I'm blaming it on you."
She laughs. "What's your name?"
"Sky."
Silence as Alesa and I just look into each other's eyes like complete and utter idiots. Quentin coughs, and Brice bursts out laughing. Seto and Ashley just shake their heads. "Come on, guys, we have to go deal with other stuff," Seto says, his lips twitching into a smile. "I'm guessing we'll be seeing you guys later."
"Yeah, probably. See ya!" Ashley waves as Quentin, Brice, and Seto walk toward the front door.
I move toward Alesa. "Hey, wanna exchange phone numbers and hang out sometime?" I ask, pulling out my phone.
"Sure, why not?" She tugs her phone out of her jeans pocket and taps in the password. "Here, you put in your number, I'll put my number in your phone."
I nod and we switch phones. I insert my number into her contact list, naming myself "THE BUDDER GOD OF BUDDERINESS" before handing it back to her. I read the name she gave herself in my contacts – "The Strong and Powerful Alesa" – at the same time she reads the name I gave to myself in hers, and we both burst out laughing. "Strong and powerful, huh?"
"Is 'budderiness' even a word?"
"Of course!"
"SKY! STOP TRYING TO TEACH NON-EXISTENT WORDS TO CUTE CITIZENS!" Quentin shouts, and I blush before waving to Alesa and following my friends out the door. It's morning now.
"Geez, calm down," I say quietly, still blushing.
Quentin snorts at my red face. "Well, at least you're getting over Dawn."
My mood darkens instantly, and I guess they can all sense it, because Seto says quickly, "So, weren't you going to do a jump map with Ty in, like, an hour?"
"Oh! Oh, yeah, I have to go, guys!" I make a move to sprint towards home, but I swing my right arm too fast, and it burns a little. I yelp.
"What's wrong, Sky?" Brice asks.
"Oh, nothing, I just... stepped on a rock," I lie. "See you guys later!" I sprint more carefully in the direction of my house, waving over my shoulder to the guys. This jump map is gonna be epic!
xXx
IT. IS. COMPLETELY OVER. WHAT!?
So, I'll have up a little thingy soon about the next book, plus a surprise thingamajigger that I didn't really think through too well... Pfft, whatever. :3
ANYWAYS. *happy dance* I can't believe I finally finished this thing. It's just like- *explosions everywhere*
YES. LIKE THAT.
Baii, Rulers, see you in like five minutes with the 'blurb/baiii' chapter.