Chapter 2: Innocent Thieves

Sara's POV

Slightly hurt, hungry, and so were my friends. Since I was better than anyone else in hunting I took it upon myself to go searching for anything I could find useful. Ripened fruit, medical herbs, something! Anything at all! I started searching even faster, panicking, thinking about me and my friends dying in this Notch forsaken forest. As I was searching frantically I didn't noticed where I was stepping causing me to trip over a small tree root. Falling face first, into the hot, crisp, light brown dirt. "Ugh" I stared struggling to get up then I noticed 3 bags to the left hand side of me about a yard away. I quickly got up rubbing the dirt off my face then ran towards the bags and started looking in one of them.

My face lit up with joy, looks like we aren't' dying here after all.

Running as fast as I can toward where Cupa, Lilith, and Andr were hiding, holding 3 bags filled to the zipper with the necessary supplies to survive, they weren't mine but I didn't care me and my friends were literally starving. Finally reaching my friends I smiled excitingly.

"What are you smiling stupidly about?" Lilith said with an annoyed face

"Oh you won't believe what I found" I said tossing one bag between Andr and Cupa and the other towards Lilith. They both unzipped their bags and looked in it with delight. Andr immediately grabbed a pumpkin pie and started chowing down, Cupa was eating the bread and Lilith was eating the steak. I decided to eat a pork chop and started to drink on a health potion.

Cupa cheered in happiness "I can eat this whole loaf of bread in seconds!"

Andr's POV

"Mmmmm" I managed to say when I snatched another bite from the pumpkin pie. I could see all my other friends chowing down on the food that Sara found. Seeing these bags I wondered who the original owners were. "Hey, Sara where did you find the three backpacks?" I asked nervously. "It was just on the ground randomly" she replied "why would it matter anyway?"

"Cause wouldn't you think the owners of these would start looking for them?" I said. We were in silence for a brief moment when Cupa broke the ice. "Hopefully they are dead or long forgotten their bags". Perhaps…but I couldn't shake the feeling. In the middle of my thoughts I heard leaves rustling, ahead of us.

We could all tell it wasn't a wild animal. I searched for the nearest weapon I could use to fend for myself. I grabbed a hard Oak wood chunk off of a tree, Cupa got behind me, Sara got out her bow, and Lilith broke the bottom end of a beer bottle that she was drinking out of, we and readied ourselves preparing for the worse, though I highly doubt that we were.

Archer's POV

Peeking through the lime green leaves I saw figures of people and our backpacks already ransacked! Blue was to the left of me crouching down at my level and Zac was further down. "Whats the plan, Blue" Zac whispered. "Im not to sure" Blue said while trying to see the people that took our supplies. "Who are they..." he whispered. "I dont know but I said we get the jump on them, surprise them while they are off guard" Zac suggested, he looked pumped ready to attack.

" I usually would attack from a distance but giving the circumstance we are in" I said while looking at Zac and Blue "I don't think that's a logical option"

"Guess its a surprise attack" Blue said giving a look at Zac with a smile. Zac smiled with a mischievous look. We moved in closer to our target trying to get there in a hurry but tried to not make any noise or that much rustle in the bushes. Sweat began trickling down my neck, not because of the summer heat but also because I was nervous and i could tell Blue was too, even Zac. I started thinking how I could die from this, the thieves might be some high class thugs or even worse, the Federation. The Federation is a corrupted, dark group of people that only care about themselves. They say they are peace loving, cares for the people, and the beauty of the land. Sadly many people join in the group, thinking it would be their sanctuary from the hostile mobs. Then next thing you know they are all put to slave labor and tortured if they aren't doing their job right. That's why Me, Blue and Zac wanted to move as far away as possible out of their radar. Hopeully they haven't found us yet...

We were about two feet away from the patch of flat grass where the thieves were hanging out. Blue looked at me and I nodded nervously as I readied my bow and arrow. He then looked at Zac who was unsheathing his iron dagger and gave a nod at Blue. Blue initiated a silent count down with his fingers.

3...2...1

We jumped out of the bushes. I looked at the figure standing a few feet away from me and pulled back the string on my bow with my arrow loaded. Using my peripheral I could see Blue with his iron sword and a splash potion ready to be thrown and Zac making his attack stance holding his dagger on his right hand. I focused my vision, and then was astonished at what I saw before my eyes. It was a girl, with a bow drawn back making the same stance as me readied to fire. I could feel my face change from determined, focused, concentrated, to a face expression of surprise, sudden beauty, I was pretty sure I was blushing because of what she was wearing really short shorts, with long light grey hair, wearing a top that left her stomach and the middle of her breasts exposed. She noticed my expression changed and lowered her bow, looking at with a surprised look as well. She looked the same age as looking at my friends and the other people who were also beautiful girls, looking the same age as us. Everyone'd already lowered their weapons thought I could see the girls had nothing to defend themselves with just broken bottles, and chunks of hard blocks.

"H-Hi" I managed to say with a sudden smile that I didnt know I was making until later. "Uh- hey" she said with a worried tone in her voice. "Don't worry were not here to hurt you" I said, ignoring the fact that we intentionally were going to. "I'm Archer but my friends call me Arty" I said cheerfully hoping to lower her tense level, which im pretty sure was high. "The names Sara!" she said with a smile. "Pleasure to meet you Sara, These are my friends Blue and Zac" I said pointing at both of them. They were gazing at the girls in front of them. Zac was looking a girl that has the same height as him wearing a grey jacket with black stripes on the arm parts, short shorts that is connected to long sock looking clothing that was also the same color scheme as her jacket, she has a unique purple hair and red eyes.

Blue was memorized by the tallest look girl who wore a black jacket covering over her shorts that you could only see the bottom rim, also wearing dark black thigh heightened socks and a black hat with purple ender eyes on them, I could see behind her was a girl that dressed similar to the tall one bu instead wore green clothing and her jacket is a hoodie with a creeper face on the top. Embarrassed by how they were acting I snapped my fingers hoping to think the girls thought we weren't perverts. But surprisingly the girls was staring back at them. The snap cracked the silence and everyone looked at me.

Sara's POV

Cupa, Lilith, and Andr looked at Archer then to me. I was giving them a look that gave a "don't screw this up" face. They understood, and noticed that I thought Archer was attractive. They smiled at me but the thing is we all know each other very well and we could read each others expressions, body language, and mood and notice how she was feeling, and right now I think we were basically adoring the looks of those 3 guys. Except for Cupa surprisingly. We all started to talk to each other about things and how we met. Lilith and Zac seamed to be hitting it off, Andr and Blue was talking to each other well, Cupa was budging into everyone's conversation as usual she could be annoying but she is pretty funny, and me and Archer was talking to. "Oh! let me help you with your cut on your leg" Archer said then grabbed some sort of medicinal cream out of Blue's backpack. "Oh no its ok im fi-" a good, cool, feeling was then spread onto my knee and thigh, relieving the pain of the cut "Aahhh..." I said then noticing what i said I instantly covered my mouth and started blushing. "O-oh that was embarrassing" I said removing my hand off my mouth. "Haha, its completely fine, quite cute honestly" Archer said with a joyfull smile. I felt good inside and not just because of the ease of my injury but also of him. His nice soft hands finally stopped rubbing my leg "There that should last until we bring you back to Blue's lab"

"Your bringing us with you?" I said in slight shock

"Well yeah, we cant just leave beautiful girls stranded, hurt, and hungry...that is if its ok with you"

"Yes! Please!" I said almost shouting in happiness "Alright then the sooner we get to Blue's lab the sooner you and your friends will get patched up" he replied. Archer then signaled The others that we were going to start going. He then helped me up, and then surprisingly carried be bridal side! My face was as red as lava and I looked at his brown eyes. I could see Lilith and Zac was doing the same thing but Lilith wasn't hurt on the leg. Andr and Blue was just walking side by side fairly close to each other continuing talking among themselves. I stuffed my face into Arty's grey shirt and drifted off to sleep. I ahve a good feeling about this.

Authors Note: Here is the next chapter of the story! It is longer than the last one. I also had some difficulties describing the female characters from the Minecraft mod Mob Talker. But hope you guys like it! Tell your friends! -Porkchops456