A/N Hello, wonderful readers! I come bearing another chapter of The Reborn King! From this point on I'll be upload one chapter each weekend, instead of two. As you already know, I don't own Minecraft. I also don't own Legend of Zelda, which is something that I haven't said yet. I should have, since Elf Boy over here has been part of the story since Chapter 2. By the way, I'm really excited for this chapter. This new character is the comic relief. That's for sure.
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Ravenstar-I guess that you'll just have to find out who the Warrior is. I think that this chapter may help with your theory a lot. I admit that for the longest time I wanted to do a story with Steve in it, and this is the result. I feel bad for him too. He hasn't to be one of the kindest people around, yet he's carried the weight of his history and guilt all by himself for a little more than twenty years. Do you need an icepack for your face? *holds out icepack* I advise watching some Naruto if you want to see ninja exits.
Chapter 13:
A Weary Wanderer
Levi trudged through the forest, alone. He pushed his sunglasses up to make sure that they weren't falling off. He was still trying to get used to the idea of Elf Boy being his wife. I can't even imagine her as my girlfriend, much less my wife! A flash of anger passed him. Why did Steve have to bring that up-No, it wasn't Steve's fault. He had to tell them all their roles in the prophecy. Could he blame the mysterious man that had given Steve the information? He doubted it. He was probably just passing along information. Maybe he could blame fate. Or destiny. Or his past life. He liked the last one. Blame Herobrine for being an idiot and deciding that Elf Boy would make the perfect wife. I mean, what did he even see in her back then? I don't see what he saw at all!
And then there was the matter of Gwen. He had seemingly pushed it off earlier, but it actually did bother him that he couldn't remember her at all. He couldn't remember their childhood, even after he had heard the name Gwen Jones. She loved him, as Orpheus had pointed out earlier, but he didn't remember what she had found so amazing about him five years before.
He threw an apple that he had grabbed from a tree earlier up into the air, occupying his hands as he walked down the dirt road.
Suddenly, he heard a rustling in the bushes. In an almost effortless motion, he pulled his sword out of its sheath. "Who's there?" He questioned, holding it out before him.
A person stumbled out of the bushes, concealed by the ratty green cloak that they wore. They tripped and fell to the ground, arms sprawled out before them in an almost comical way.
His sword returned to his sheath. This stranger wasn't a threat.
"I'm staaarvviinnggg." The person, whose voice identified them as a woman, whined. "I'm going to die of starvation!"
Levi, not quite sure what to do, merely stared at the barely moving woman. She lifted her head, green eyes staring at his sunglasses-covered eyes. Her gaze shifted to his hand. "Can I eat that?" She questioned.
The still unnamed woman wiped the drops of apple juice off of her face, giving a satisfied grin. "Thank you for the meal!" She said, jumping to her feet.
"The apple was barely edible." Levi pointed out. Who was this woman? She had to be around Steve's age, but she seemed almost childish.
"So?" She said. "It's a meal, something that I haven't had in ages!"
Levi eyed her stomach and saw how thin she was. "When was the last time that you ate?"
"Last month, I think."
Levi gaped at her. "How did you survive?!"
She grinned sheepishly. "Well, I did eat in the last month. I didn't have an actual meal. I just snacked on bugs." At Levi's look of surprise, she quickly explained, "It's actually not all that bad! You just eat their heads first and then they can't bite the inside of your mouth!"
She must be homeless...And it's not that hard to build a house...Levi thought to himself. "Who are you?" He questioned.
She gave a large smile, but Levi noticed that it seemed almost fake. "I'm just a traveler, that's all." Her green eyes glanced around the edges of the forest. "Just wondering, have you seen the name Alex anywhere? Like on any wanted posters in your village or something?"
"I don't live in a village."
"You don't?" She gave a sigh of relief. "That's good."
Her stomach growled. "Do you have anything else to eat?"
Levi groaned. At this rate the entire house would be filled, with not a bit of bare spaceā¦The days with only him, Steve, and Wolf seem to have happened long ago. But once he eyed her stomach, Levi took pity on her. "Fine."
The woman gave a large smile as the boy led her to his house. Finally, she would have some actual food! She hadn't been lying when she said that she had been without food. Her eyes shifted around them, watching for any of the villagers or humans that had been following her prior to her meeting with the boy.
Lucky, none of them seemed to be there. But despite that, she found her fingers grasping one of her several knives underneath her cloak.
She wasn't oblivious. She had noticed the sunglasses-A fact that she deemed suspicious. The sun wasn't out. She wasn't sure who this boy was, but she knew that he would certainly give her a good adventure.
She also had noticed his striking resemblance to him. He could easily be his younger brother. The two were practically twins. Guilt hit her hard. If only she could fully push away the memories of that day, the day that happened so many years ago.
"Say, what's your name?" She questioned, a smile appearing on her face.
"Levi." He replied. "Levi Novelo. You don't seem so hungry right now." He pointed out.
"It's an on and off thing." She answered.
"What's your name?"
"Al-Alice." She quickly covered, mentally cursing herself for her mistake. She didn't want anything to happen to Levi because someone found out that she had been given food by him.
Levi stopped in front of the house. "We're here." Alice bumped into him because of his sudden stop. He glared at her from behind his sunglasses. After finishing his glare of death, he turned back to the house and opened the door.
When he entered the living room, he saw that Aria and Gwen had rejoined Orpheus and Steve. Gwen's eyes were slightly red, but other than that, they all seemed fine. Orpheus seemed to have just made a joke because everyone else was laughing, even Pandora.
"I'm home." He said, and once the laughter stopped, everyone's attention turned to Levi and his companion. "I've brought someone else. Her name is Alice."
Steve watched the woman that Levi had brought into the house with interest in his purple eyes. She wore a dark green cloak, revealing only a pair of green eyes on a pale face. As she gazed throughout the room, he noticed how her gaze lingered on him longer than the others, even though he had to be the most normal member of their group. Shivers raced up his spine.
Aria got up and shook her hand. "My name is Aria Wright. I know that I look like a boy, but I got stuck looking like this when I was brought into Min-"
"What she means to say is that she was enchanted by a sorceress." Orpheus quickly said. Smart...We can't trust Alice just yet, so it makes sense to change the facts slightly. "My name is Orpheus, by the way. The enderman on my lap is Pandora. I'm a mage, and though I was human I did this so I could be like my companion." Alice shook Orpheus' hand, managing to avoid getting scratched by his long claws. She also shook Pandora's outstretched hand.
"My name is Gwen Jones. I was also enchanted to look like this by the same sorceress." Gwen introduced herself, ears twitching slightly.
Alice's gaze turned to Steve, and he stood up. "My name is Steve Addams." He said, holding his hand out for her to shake. But what she did wasn't what he had expected.
She looked down at his hand, then back up at him. And after doing that she hugged him. He felt like he was going to suffocate from how hard she was hugging him. He stood still as the woman continued to embrace him.
"Why are you...Why are you hugging me?"
Her tear-filled green eyes met his purple ones. "I've just found out that my brother is alive. Why wouldn't I be crying?"
Shock filled him. If he was someone who fainted easily, he would have at that moment. She has to be lying... "Why are you lying to me? And how do you know about...about Alex?!"
"Because I am her, Steve." 'Alice' removed her hood and pale orange hair tumbled down.
He stumbled back, pushing her away in fright. All color drained from his face. "But you died! You died all of those years ago!"
"That's what I thought about you too."
