Chapter 21: Prideful Battle
Meanwhile outside, Magnus was walking in the tunnel before noticing that his tunnel was leading to the outside. He sighed deeply, disappointed that he was nowhere near Soren. He walked out to sit by a tree, and wait for Jesse to show up which is going to be a very very long time.
So, Magnus took this time to reflect his action towards the team and... Ellegaard. He just wanted her back in his life, but he didn't want THIS to be happening again for his to see her.
He took this time to think about the times he was in The Order and when he first meet Ellegaard.
(Flashback)
Magnus, who's fourteen at the time, was standing by the map steps as Ivor and Gabriel were talking about something important or whatever, he didn't really care. But the way they were smiling and having a laugh bothered him, so he walked up to them and asked. "What's all the giggle-fest for?" Magnus' squeaky voice demand.
"Oh, Magnus." Gabriel said in surprise as he turn to face the little boy. "Didn't you heard, Soren is getting the last member for our team."
"No, I didn't heard that." Magnus told them in a snippy tone.
"Oh don't worry Magnus." Ivor told him, smirking softly at the end of the sentence. "I'm pretty sure that you'll like this person. Wink wink."
Magnus got confused with what the younger boy was saying, but then Gabriel saw someone form behind him, "Oh hey, Soren's back."
Magnus turned to see the fearful leader and- Her.
A beautiful girl about twelve years old. She had long brown hair with perfect smooth skin, wore a button up suit and black pants. Her eyes were brown and fill with light.
Magnus stared at this pretty girl for a long time; Even though it was a minute. Drooling over at her before Ivor snapped him out.
"Magnus?"
"Uh?" He finally said as he looked at Ivor. As he wiped the drool from the side of his mouth.
"You were looking at her for a while now, even looking at her lovingly." He told the griefer, before giving him a smile like smirk, "You have a crush on her.~"
"W-wh-what!?" Magnus yelled in surprise and embarrassed, his face turned to a nice shade of red. "N-n-n-no! I-I-I d-d-don't!"
Ivor stared at him with an unamused look, "Yeah, sure. Now go say hi to her."
The younger boy pushed Magnus towards the girl, he gave him angry look before walking to Soren and the new person.
"Magnus." Soren said smiling at him, "Nice to see you. Oh yeah, this is the new member of the Order of the Stone, Ellegaard."
'Ellegaard. What a beautiful name.' Magnus thought in his mind as he look at the beauty up close. She was looking around before she had her attention towards him.
"Uh, hey." Magnus said awkwardly as he smiled like an idiot.
"Umm, hi." Ellegaard manage to say softly.
'Her voice was equally as pretty.' Magnus can't help but blush as she spoke, he shuffled his feet around as the awkward silence turned into cringe.
Soren was still in the middle of this before he broke it, "So, Ellegaard. Why don't we meet with the rest of the guys?"
The girl nodded as they walked over to Gabriel and Ivor. The griefer just stared at her as he took this time and reflect on this change. He run his hand though his buzzcut; He wanted to say to her that she was cute but he couldn't he was scared and embarrass. But hopefully though-out their years, he can be with her.
A mouth later, Ellegaard had taken a liking to engineering and loved Redstone materials. Magnus had lived up to his dream to be the greatest griefer ever like his father. And he noticed that Ellie had become a little rose in the team and in his eyes.
But unfortunately, Ivor and Gabriel had caught on about his small crush on her and began a bet on whatever Magnus has a crush on her and will confess to her. This made Magnus a bit ticked off about their constant asks about if he loves Ellegaard.
But Magnus try to play it cool to make sure that she didn't catch on. And so far, she only thought of him as a friend. A good teammate.
A few weeks later on, Gabriel and Ivor are trying to make Magnus confess his feelings.
"Come on Magnus," Ivor wined at him, "You have to admit that you kinda like her."
"No, I don't." He hissed in a harsh low tone.
"You're ssoo lying." Gabriel told him as he was sitting on a stool. "Drop that 'cool guy' act and tell her."
"I don't have to." He hiss again.
"Oh come on, Mag! It as clear as day that you at least like Ellegaard!" Ivor growled in annoyance. Not putting up with his denial.
"Look, she just our friend." Magnus insisted as he faced the two boys. "She only my friend. I don't have an embarrassing crush on her since the moment we meet."
The two didn't buy it as they started laughing their heads off, "That's a big fat lie and you know it."
"NO, IT'S TRUE!!" He screamed at them. "I never had an afar with Ellie and I'll never will! She just a lame nerd queen and I'm impulsive griefer. We will never be a thing. Do you hear me? I DON'T LOVE ELLEGAARD!!!"
Ivor and Gabriel were taken back as their friend just yelled his guts out in anger in front of them. But they were also looking at something behind Magnus.
He huff and puff as he catch his breath, and saw their shocked faces. At first he thought he said to much to convince them at he didn't loved Ellie, but then he noticed at they way they were looking it was like a 'You don't want to turn around because it might be something you'll regret'.
But yet, Magnus turned around and saw...
Ellegaard.
Her face had a shock and hurt expression; Eyes were drench in tears as some were still rolling down her cheeks. The tears had stained her white shirt as she was crying.
"E-E-Ellie! I-"
Before he could finish, Ellegaard look angry at him and started running out of the room.
"No! Ellegaard, Wait!" Magnus yelled out as he tried to stop her, but to late for that as she had already ran out of the room. He stop instantly as he couldn't catch her or a her see that it was a misunderstanding. "E-Ellie..."
Ivor and Gabriel stood there silently as they saw the drama that happened in front of them. They thought that he wouldn't go that far, as well as the girl heard it.
Magnus just stand in the same spot as he started crying as river of tears stream down his face, but he didn't made a sound.
He walked sadly to his room where he could cry his heart out.
Four years later...
Ellegaard, who's seventeen, now wore a button red suit with a red gem in the ascot of her outfit. Her hair was shorter, up to her shoulders, due to Magnus cutting it as a prank. (She still flat)Other than that, she pretty much the same.
Magnus, who's now nineteen, had his armor on which was light green with golden buttons with a light brown safety belt. His head is completely bold now because of all the exposure to a lot of explosions and fire can do the trick. And he wore a black band over his eyes as it had decant eyeholes for him to see.
And They were arguing.
"Why can't you see that this path through the forest is the better way to find the underwater temple!" Ellegaard snarled at him, pointing her finger at a section of the map.
Magnus shook his head, "No, No, No, Ellie. A trip through the desert is the WAY quicker path to take."
The woman sighed annoyingly as she still looked at the map on the table. "Well, you're just being incoherent."
"Well, you're just not seeing the benefits!"
"You're just being idiotic and not seeing the consequences!"
The two argued away as they were at each other's throats. And two men were watching them barking like dogs.
Ivor, now fourteen, was wearing his golden and blue armor. His hair was now at his shoulder blade and more wavy, a small mustache is forming above his lips and a bit of hair below his chin.
And Gabriel, at 20 years old, had on a white tank top with very short sleeves. He had long dark blue pants and yellow wrist bands, and he have a mustache as well.
They were looking at them, disappointingly. Gabriel looked at Ivor, "Their at it again? Aagghh. Can they ever get along?"
"Or kiss?" Ivor added, not forgetting their bet.
Ellegaard and Magnus heard the alchemist and yelled, "IVOR?!"
The two then laughed as the two yelled at them now before Soren came in the room, "Children, children. Focus. We have some prismarine in a underwater temple to find now."
Everyone nodded as they talked about the trip and what to bring.
(End of flashback)
Magnus smiled at the memories he had with the Order. He even remembered that a mysterious potion that Ivor found did something weird to Ellegaard, and boy was she mad at Soren for accidentally splashing it on her.
He laughed as he thought about that moment in their lives... but thanks to him, Ellegaard never like him to being with.
He sighed before noticing wet liquid flowing down his face, and it was tears. The greifer buried his face in his knees as he wait for Ellie to come out of the tunnels.
Back with the inside of Soren's fortress, Jesse panicked as her face was a deep shade of red.
"OH NO! No no no no! I'm so stupid! This was a mistake! Why did I did that?! I mean sure this place ships them, but WHY here and now of all things!"
Jesse was still unsure what to do with Ivor now, because he had passed out. Before she can do anything, she heard a familiar voice calling out to her from behind, "Jesse, Jesse! Are you okay?"
Jesse turned around to see Petra as she was accompanied with Reuben. "Petra! Umm, yes I'm fine."
Petra sighed in relief before she notice the bearded man on the floor. "Uhhh... care to explain what happen here?"
"Umm" Jesse mumble softly as she tried to think of something to say to her friend, "He- I punched him, in the face."
Petra looked confused and unsure at the pale woman, "You- you really did?"
The raven-haired girl nodded before she then saw something in the library with them.
It was the shadow.
"Why hello, Jesse." the shadow teased her as he leaned against one of the bookshelves. Jesse was taken back by his appearance as well as it took her a while to process in her brain.
Petra was also taken back by this mysterious person. "Who-who even are you, and how do you know Jesse?"
The shadow laughed at Petra's statement "Ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha oh that's funny Petra; I personally know her way longer than what you have."
"Just go away," Jesse snarl. "Why are you even here?"
"Oh Jesse. He purr as he walked a few steps forward. "Don't you see a certain part of history is not here? I'm just filling the void."
'What are you- Oh no.' She finally thought as it came to her head. Ivor finally got up and wake up.
"Now it is time for the fight!"The shadow said as he ran towards Ivor. The older man didn't had enough time to react, as the shadow jump on him and a big blindly light filled the room.
As the two women shield their eyes, the light disappear after a few seconds, and what they saw was horrible.
The shadow possessed Ivor.
Ivor was now glowing an orange halo around his body and his hair was spikily now. He had long claw-like nails and wolf-like teeth. His eyes were somewhat normal but his left eye had a ring of orange around the iris and his right eye was completely orange.
"Oh yesss.~" The shadow said in his voice and Ivor's voice together. "Now this is better."
The two looked in horror as they saw this new person possessing a living person. But Shadow had no time for stares, he then formed an orange glowing gold sword. "Now, It's the time for action."
Petra was quick enough as she got out her sword to defend herself as the possessed Ivor charges at her.
Jesse knew that this guy was going to be tough to defeat but she got out her stone sword before she slash at him. The guy slid into the ground before he yelled at the two, "Ivor's the only to stop the Witherstorm! Not you! Not the Order! Don't make yourselves the villains in his story." He snarled the last sentence before running at Jesse.
She quickly blocked the attack before he did another one and she reflect it as well. Jesse didn't want to hurt Ivor, but with the shadow possessing his body, she had no choice.
Jesse then raised her foot and kicked him right in the chest, sending the man to the ground, before he on his feet again as Petra came up him.
"You're not going anywhere." She hiss, knocking him to the side. Shadow scramble to his feet, turning to face the two as they advanced on him.
"This could have all been avoided." He said before he laughed at the remark. "Ha Ha. But this is not the case here.~ And I-"
Shadow started growling in pain and held his face. Jesse looked in confusion at the man before she saw the eyes were back two blue, "J-Jesse." He managed to say and his voice was back to being his.
"Ivor?" She said in surprise as he was shaking and Petra also looked surprised by this.
"I-I'm trying to f-fight him, just try to- Aagghh!" He cried in pain before the eyes were back to be orange, "Oh no you don't, little man." He now pulled out a type of potion from Ivor's pockets. "If you want to stop me, you'll have to catch me first!"
He then drank the bottle contents, "Jesse, look out!" before Petra try to hurt him, the man was suddenly gone. They looked around the place as they heard Shadow's creepy mix laughter, Petra quickly run towards the gap between the bookshelves; Also known as the exit. "You're not getting out of here that easy, Ivor. Or whoever you are now."
Shadow began zooming around them, going so fast that he was like a blur, laughing all the way, "I'm like the wind!"
He held his sword to the side, running right towards Jessie to cut her in half. Jesse lean backwards as if she was playing limbo, The blade brushing against the tip of her nose. Shadow ran on straight towards Petra. He raised his sword before he then knocked her down.
Jesse gasped in horror, as Petra climbto her feet. Shadow continued hitting at her, Petra blocking the best she could, but her forehead was beaded with sweat and she was even paler than before.
"I'll cut through you if I have to!" yelled Shadow. But Jesse soon walked quietly towards him before slashing his body with her sword, knocking him to the side. He yelled, be in pain or surprise, and climb to his feet again, "Don't tempt your fate."
He ran right at Jesse, who slashed and stabbed with her sword in an attempt to hit him, and finally she succeeded. Possessed Ivor once again slam the body onto the hard ground, gasping and panting as the potion finally wore off.
He got to his feet, backing away as the girl made her way towards him with her sword raised, "You know it didn't have to go this way, Jesse. You could've just let me go."
"Never, you spirit!" Jesse hissed at Shadow, hoping that he'll get out of Ivor's body. But he just spun around, and ran around, taking out another potion and smashing it at his feet.
"Now you see me, now you-" he vanished.
Jesse came to a halt as she look around for the invisible potion man. Laugher that was neither hers or Petros filled the air. She quickly ran next to her friend as she then told her, "He could be anywhere. Stay on your guard!"
"Vanish all you want, slimeball." Petra said, in a harsh tone. "You're still not going anywhere."
Jesse looked around, spotting a potion bottle floating in midair. She jumped to the side, hitting the ground as it smashed somewhere she'd been not been at that moment before. She got up, just as she saw another floating potion on the other side of the room, and step away as it was thrown, little swirls come up from where it had landed. The shadow laughed in amusement. Another potion appear just in front of her, and Jesse jumped over it.
"End of the rail, Shadow demon." Petra hissed, "We're not letting you get away with this." Silence reigned. Jesse and Petra look around the place, eyes narrowed. Another potion appears.
"This one's on you, you puffed-up fool!" The potion flew right towards Petra, and Jesse leap towards it, smacking it away and rebounding it towards Shadow just as he reappeared as the invisibility potion wore off.
Shadow gave a startled yell as the potion hit him, sending them back on to his back. But as that happen, the potion knocked the monster out of Ivor as Shadow hit the wall with a splat and orange goo got on the books from his impact.
"Ivor!" Jesse yelled out in concern and relief as she ran to him. "How are you feeling?"
Ivor groan in pain as he got to his feet, "Ow... not good. Heh, now I know how Lukas felt with PAMA."
"There's no time… No time for this." The shadow huffed out as his body limp towards Jesse, Ivor, and Petra; who still had their swords raised, stopping a few feet in front of them.
"Ha! Not so great now, are you?" Ivor snarled as he got to his feet without shaking.
Shadow just smile before a tattoo on his right arm started to glow. And it said... Pride.
"Jesse! Petra!" Lukas yelled, running towards them with Axel and Olivia right behind him.
The shadow growled in annoyance, "Oh, you guys too? Will this annoying parade of useless blabber never cease?!"
"What's going on?" Ask Olivia, coming to stand next to Jesse. "And who is this guy?"
"No one important." Jesse explain sharply, "But he possessed Ivor. We stopped him."
"Jesse did, anyway." Petra correct her as she held her own arm. Lukas and Axel walk to her left side.
"False." Shadow growled, glaring at all seven of them, "You've stopped nothing." He walked towards them almost casually, "A query... have you ever seen the effects of a Splash Potion of Slowness?"
Jesse frowned, "What-"
Shadow pulled out a potion that he took from Ivor and smashed it at the groups feet except are Ivor, and Jesse continued in a much, much slower voice.
"-aaaarrree yoooou dddooooiiinnnnggg?"
Shadow grinned smugly, before he possessed Ivor again. He walk past the group casually, Jesse turning to watch him far too slowly to do anything.
The group behind him slowly turning to face The Shadow, brows creased in rage as they realize what he'd done and tried to run after him. But can't do to the slowness potion effect.
"Yoooouuu bbiiiig jeeerrkk." said Axel.
"Ggeeett baaaacckk hheeerrreee!" Petra called out in anger.
Shadow Ivor turned around, just outside the gap between the two bookcases, the group still far from reaching him. "Oh little Magnus and Ellegaard may think they can stop Ivor, that they can destroy the Witherstorm… But they are mistaken. And it will cost them- their lives." The two bookcases slam together and close the gap, trapping them inside.
Started: 1/27/18 Ended: 2/19/18
(The End of Episode 2. That almost took a while to complete but her it is, Back in Time is well... back. Also, for confusion from the ship that happened last chapter; here are the season one ages of the characters.
Jesse:25 Olivia:21 Axel:23 Petra:26 Lukas:24 Aiden:25 1/2 Maya:23 Gill:23 Ivor:31 Ellegaard:34 Magnus:36 Gabriel:37 and Soren:35.
Hope you like it. And we'll see what happens in the next chapter for episode three. Bye.)