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Chapter 27:

Theories

As the two passed, Diane kept a hand over Second's mouth to prevent it from whimpering again. She wished someone would do the same to her. The sight of the two creepypasta absolutely terrified her. Both were ghosts, which was scary in itself. But even though Herobrine and Ben Drowned were usually less deadly than the other creepypasta, both were also usually trapped inside of a game. Now that Minecraft had become reality, she didn't doubt that they would both be far more powerful.

They waited several tense minutes before emerging from the bushes again. The entire time Diane was sure they would hear her frantic breathing, or her racing heartbeat.

"I should have confronted them."

Disbelief in her golden eyes, she turned to stare at her best friend. "Are you crazy?!" she exclaimed.

A voice quietly added, "They would have killed you." She glanced at James. Even though they were long gone, he still looked terrified.

Lucy crossed her arms and continued staring in the direction the two creepypastas had gone towards. "I'm not crazy. I'm being perfectly logical."

"And suicidal," Rita piped up.

There was a moment of hesitation before she offered a response. "That too." She turned around to face them. "We have no idea how we ended up here, alright? We have several possible explanations." She held up a finger. "One: I'm dreaming, but I doubt that's the answer." She put up another. "Two: This is like the plot of Sword Art Online. The creator of the game, Markus Perrson, has trapped us here for his own twisted enjoyment. We haven't seen any other players, which is strange, and there is no trigger for that. So we can rule that off the list." Lucy put up a third finger. "Three: Jens Bergensten, the man currently in charge of the game, has done exactly what Notch might have done in the last scenario. It also is just as unlikely for the same reasons."
"And the fourth reason?" Diane asked.

Lucy smiled. It was a disturbing, animalistic grin, but it was still a grin she recognized to be her best friend's. "Herobrine brought us into the game, like in those fanfictions I know we've all read at some point in our lives-"

In the next moment, two things happened. One of those things was Rita screaming in surprise and fear, quickly followed by her using her taller brother as a makeshift shield while pointing in Lucy's direction. The second was a bat flying into Lucy's face.

The bat almost fell to the ground, but she managed to catch it with her only hand before it could do so. "Lorcan?" she questioned in disbelief. He gave a very dazed nod. Shaking his head, as if to focus, he quickly got up and started frantically squeaking. "Matey, I can't understand you. I'm a human, not a bat."

Just as frantically as before, he began pointing with his wings in the direction he had come from. He proceeded to do several other actions that confused the group. Well, everyone except Lucy.

Her face paled. "Lorcan thinks people are looking for us," she informed them.

"I'm guessing that's a bad thing," Rita said.

Lucy nodded. "He obviously can't go into specifics, but they aren't human."
"How did you do that?" James asked incredulously.

"A pirate ne'er reveals his secrets, landlubber."

Realizing that they were getting nowhere – and realizing that the people looking for them must have been closer – Diane piped up with, "What's the plan, then, Lucy?"

Second gave a questioning pew before further burying itself in her arms.

Her best friend crossed her arms. "I'd say we should return to where I woke up."

"Which is?" Rita said, also crossing her arms.

"Freddy Fazbear's Pizza."

Amber eyes widened in horror. She spun around and would have begun running away from the group if her brother hadn't grabbed her by her hood. "I'm not going there!" she shouted. "That's suicide! Utter and absolute suicide! You guys are insane! I'm not going to be stuffed in a Fazbear suit! Nu-uh! I'm going to live, thank you very much! Well, I would if a certain James Asteri would let go of me!"

Diane turned to her best friend. "It's your replica, right?"

Lucy nodded. "Aye."

"The one with the modded animatronics?"

"Aye."

"They wouldn't do anything unless you press a button?"

"Aye."

"And you can wear armor that's modded to look the animatronics?"

"Aye."

Her gaze returned back to Rita. "Then why aren't you telling her that?"

"Because it be very entertaining."

After having reassured Rita multiple times that there was no actual danger involved in going to Lucy's spawn point, the odd group embarked on a rather brief journey.

"This is it," Lucy said. Behind her, Rita gulped. The thought of entering the building still terrified her. Though the group thought they had dispelled her fears, they remained. She was just very good at masking her emotions.

Or somewhat good, anyways.

The door creaked as Lucy opened it. Rita trailed behind the rest of the group, and was the one to carefully shut the door.

She took one glance at the animatronics on the stage before plopping herself down in the chair closest to the door. No matter how many times they tried to get her to get up, she wouldn't budge. "I'm not going anywhere near those things," she adamantly informed her brother.

"Why?" Lucy piped up. "They can't harm you."

"Still," she said, shuddering. "They look terrifying. Even if I hadn't played the game, I would be peeing my pants at the sight of them!"

A golden eye widened as the words sank in. "Rita, ye be a genius!" the pirate exclaimed. She suddenly grabbed Diane and James, both giving startled yelps as she did so.

"What are you doing?!" her best friend yelled. "Lucy? Luce, let us go!"

Rita simply watched with a mixture of amusement and worry as Lucy brought the two terrified players into spare parts room.

A/N Hey there, my wonderful Souls~ I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. If you did, please leave a review. They really make my day, and I always have fun reading them.

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