Talking
(Thinking)
'Whispering'
YELLING
{Telepathy}
[Translated]
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This chapter continues right where we left off in the temple.
Ellegaard: Would someone care to explain what he is doing here?
You all look in the direction she was facing and saw Magnus with Axel on the other side of the map room. Gabriel noticed you and the others with Ellegaard and decided to make his way towards you all.
Petra: Call this a hunch... But do you two not like each other?
Before Ellegaard could say anything Gabriel arrived.
Gabriel: Ellegaard. My old friend.
Ellegaard faced Gabriel and smiled. She then went in for a hug.
Ellegaard: Boy are you a sight for sore eyes. Maybe with you here we can actually stand a chance against the storm.
Gabriel: *Chuckle* How I've missed your optimistic spirit.
They separated from the hug.
Ellegaard: Gabriel, what's Magnus doing here? Do you know?
Gabriel: Hehe... well...
Lukas: Oh, right. I forgot to mention that Axel, and Gabriel-
You made a few subtle hand signals towards Lukas telling him to zip it. Ellegaard didn't notice the hand signals, but Lukas did... the problem, however, was that he didn't understand the signals and continued on.
Lukas: -made it back here from their adventure to get Magnus before you guys got here with Ellegaard.
You face palmed.
Ellegaard: What?! An adventure to get him? *Gestures towards Magnus* Did you know about this? Why didn't you tell me?
Gabriel: Um...
Jesse: And this... is a problem?
Ellegaard: You bet it is. I will not work with him. Not after... well. Let's not talk about it.
Y/n: Hm? Not after what?
Ellegaard: Look, I don't want to talk about it. I'm not working with him and that's final.
Gabriel: Ellie, you can't focus on the past right now. We need to focus on the task at hand and stop this storm from destroying our world. You don't need to get along, you just need to be willing to cooperate with Magnus until this whole thing is over.
Ellegaard: ... *Sigh* You're not going to stop trying to convince me are you?
Gabriel: No. I am not.
Ellegaard: *Sigh* Fine... I'll tolerate his destructive nature until the world is safe again, but only if he is willing to cooperate and not get on my nerves by calling me all sort of nicknames like "Queen of the Nerds."
Gabriel: That is... acceptable.
Ellegaard: Good... Jesse?
Jesse: Yeah?
Ellegaard: Can you go talk to Magnus and see if he'll be willing to cooperate?
Jesse: Sure, just wait here a second. I'll go see if he's willing to cooperate.
Ellegaard: Much appreciated.
Jesse made her way towards the other side of the room where Magnus, and Axel were. You, on the other hand, stayed with the others.
Petra: Sooo... When did you get here Y/n?
Y/n: Well... when did I get here Lukas?
Lukas: You got here an hour after Gabriel and Axel left I think.
Petra: Really? So what were you guys doing while we were gone?
Y/n: Nothing much to be honest. I did teach Lukas how to use the bow better.
Lukas: Let's not forget your conversation with "Sofia."
Y/n: I didn't forget about the conversation we had Lukas.
Olivia: Wait, Sofia? Who's Sofia?
Y/n: Sofia is a wandering trader that stumbled upon this place while you guys were gone.
Petra: A wandering trader?
Y/n: Yeah, a wandering trader. Like a trading villager, but they travel the world to gather things and trade.
Petra: Oh, ok. (A villager? That's good I guess.)
Olivia: (So she's just a villager...)
Lukas: But she wasn't a villager Y/n...
Olivia/Petra: (Eh/Huh?)
Y/n: Ah, ah, ah! She was raised by villagers, and she speaks like a villager, so technically she is a villager.
Lukas: I guess... I still don't get how you could understand her.
Gabriel: Understand her?
Lukas: Yeah! She couldn't speak english she could only speak like a villager.
Gabriel: Really?
*With Jesse*
Jesse made it to where Magnus and Axel were in the other side of the room. Magnus and Axel faced Jesse when she made it to them.
Magnus: So, who are you, then? And why did you bring the Queen of the Nerds with you?
Axel: That's Jesse, one of my best friends. Trust me. Jesse's totally cool.
Magnus: I'll, ah ha, I'll be the judge of that, huh?
Jesse: Yeah and you two are going to have to get along okay? The whole world is at stake and the last thing we need is you two at each others throats.
Magnus: Really? You want me, Pyrotechnic Extraordinaire, to work with the Queen of the Nerds?
Jesse: Yes, I do.
Magnus: And if I don't?
Jesse: Gabriel will keep on bugging you to cooperate with her.
Magnus thinks back to the old days, when he was in the Order of the Stone with the others, and remembers that when Gabriel committed to doing something, he would not stop until he achieved his goal... This caused Magnus to shutter because he did not want to deal with Gabriel bugging him for the rest of the time he's with his old friend.
Magnus: *Sigh* Fine.
Jesse: 'Yes!'
Magnus: On one condition.
Jesse: Huh?
Magnus: That she keeps all of her "mumbo jumbo" talk out my hearing range. I don't want to listen to her going on and on about her contraptions.
Jesse: Well, I guess that can be arranged.
Magnus: Cool, cool.
Axel: See? I told you she was cool.
Magnus: Riiight.
Jesse: So how was Boom Town, Axel?
Axel: It was kind of a crazy adventure in Boom Town, but it all worked out in the end. And now, I'm the King of Boom Town!
Magnus: Urghhh.
Axel: We've been bonding and stuff. I've had, like, the best day.
Jesse: Did you say "King"?!
Axel: Yeah I did!
Jesse: Way to go Axel!
Axel: Well, it wasn't easy... I had to beat him in a crazy tournament and-
Magnus: Long story. You had to be there. Short version? Epic battle of explosions and mayhem... Death-defying action shenanigans and pyrotechnics... Badabing badaboom... Your friend here is kind of Supreme Ruler of my kingdom now, you know what I mean...
*With you*
Gabriel and Lukas were still confused as to how you could understand villagers and were still questioning you.
Gabriel: But that still doesn't quite answer the question Y/n.
Y/n: Well I don't know what to tell you man.
Ellegaard was looking at the other side of the room where Jesse was and saw her chatting with Magnus. She decided that now would be a good time to make her way towards Jesse.
Y/n: Ellegaard? Where are you going?
Ellegaard: I'm going to talk to Magnus. You know? Get it over with.
Ellegaard begins making her way to the other side of the room where Jesse was.
Gabriel: Oh this isn't going to go well.
Gabriel goes to the other side of the room where Jesse was as well, and you and the others followed.
*With Jesse*
Jesse and Axel were chatting until Ellegaard arrived. Magnus and Axel then faced her. Magnus had an unhappy look on his face.
Ellegaard: Well this is unexpected.
Magnus: I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but I'm definitely sure that I don't like it.
Axel: Yeah! Show him some respect!
Ellegaard: Oh, you're sticking up for Magnus. That's very... sweet.
Gabriel, Y/n, and the others then arrive.
Magnus: Yeah he's sticking up for me. It's because I'm really awesome and super cool.
Ellegaard: I'll never understand your fans.
Jesse: Will you cut it out?! You both agreed that you'd cooperate with each other.
Both Ellegaard and Magnus walked away angrily.
Jesse: Uh, people? Can we please focus on the bigger picture? We have a very hungry Wither Storm in the process of turning the whole world into its dinner.
Ellegaard remembered the Storm. All the screams, people running, and the destruction.
Ellegaard: It was terrifying. It came out of nowhere and just destroyed... everything.
Magnus: *Scoff* Little too scary for you Ellie? Couldn't just think it away?
Y/n: Ellegaard is right Magnus. The Wither Storm destroyed Endercon, and now it's destroyed Redstonia. So maybe you should consider taking this a bit more seriously.
Ellegaard: Thank you, Y/n.
Magnus: Ha! Yeah, right! He was able to hold off the Storm for a bit, so it's clearly not that tough if he can pull that off.
Ellegaard was fed up at this point, so she stopped and faced Magnus.
Ellegaard: You weren't there, Magnus. I'm telling you, this thing was like nothing I've ever seen.
Magnus: Why? Because it's never come inside one of your little workshops?
Jesse: Hey, hey! Yes, it's scary, but it's nothing we can't handle alright? We're gonna do this.
Magnus: Ok... How?
Y/n: Well, for starters, you can both stop arguing and we can go from there.
Magnus: 'Wise guy.'
Ellegaard: Then what?
Y/n: Then we find a way to destroy it. Either by some sort of contraption, or by some sort of explosion.
Petra: Y/n's right. We need to find some way to stop that thing.
Magnus: Well I don't know if you've had the chance to poke around this old dump yet, but it's pretty much stripped bare. It would take a mountain of TNT to kill that thing.
Ellegaard: *Sigh* I hate to say it, but you have a point.
Meanwhile the others whispered to each other.
Axel: 'This is amazing.'
Olivia: 'I know.'
Lukas: 'Are they... getting along?'
Jesse: Can we start crafting some then?
Magnus: I don't think we got that kinda time.
Y/n: But against something like the Storm, I don't think even all the TNT in the world would be enough.
Ellegaard: I was about to say the same thing... Wait... Magnus, I've thought of something.
Magnus: Ugh. "Thinking." What else is new with you?
Ellegaard: If Soren were here... He might have something we could use.
Magnus: Oh, Ellie. Not this again.
Gabriel: Wait Magnus. She may have a point. Soren did have certain... Objects, Inventions.
Magnus: You know I hate when you brag about you and Soren's little brainy club.
Ellegaard: I'm not bragging! I think I've got a legitimate idea here!
Y/n: Let her speak Magnus. This might be helpful.
Magnus: Fine. What are you thinking, Ellie?
Ellegaard: Soren had a kind of "Super TNT," stronger and more explosive than anything else in the world. The "Formidi-Bomb."
Magnus: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've heard all about the "F-Bomb" before.
Axel: "F-Bomb?"
Magnus: Yeah, Soren claimed that dropping the F-Bomb could destroy anything. But, I've never seen it before.
Ellegaard: It's real. I swear.
Magnus: Uhhh-huh.
Axel: That sounds so cool.
Olivia: I think you mean dangerous.
Axel: Dangerous? Cool? What's the difference?
Y/n: Do you know where we can get a Formidi-Bomb?
Ellegaard: Well, there's a little problem there... We don't know where Soren is. But, Jesse, you found us. Do you know where he is?
Jesse looks at the map for a moment. Then she walks to the map and everyone follows. Soon, Jesse was standing in front of the map along with everyone else.
Ellegaard: Our map could locate him. Unless he's in the Nether, or the End. But it's worth a shot.
Jesse: He wasn't on the map...
Y/n: But we can find him, right?
Jesse faced Ellegaard, and Ellegaard gave her an assuring nod. After that, everyone separated and made there way to a different part of the room. Magnus and Axel were standing near the right side of the map, Lukas was standing next to the pedestal where the amulet goes, Gabriel was standing near Axel and Magnus, and Petra and Reuben were sitting on the steps in front of the map on the left. You, however, noticed Olivia standing in the back of the room looking a bit down, so you decided to go ask what was wrong.
Y/n: Hey Olivia. You ok? You look a bit down.
Olivia: I'm alright, Y/n. I just can't shake the feeling that I embarrassed myself back in Redstonia in front of Ellegaard. I think she kind of judges me a little bit.
Olivia looked down towards the ground with a sad look on her face. You gently put your hand on her shoulder.
Olivia: (Huh?)
Y/n: Olivia, look at me.
Olivia looked up from the ground and faced you, and you gave her a reassuring smile.
Y/n: It'll be okay. You'll be able to show her that you're a great redstone engineer soon.
This was able to bring a smile on Olivia's face.
Olivia: I... I hope you're right.
You removed your hand from her shoulder.
Y/n: I'll talk to you later Olivia.
Olivia: Okay... Y/n?
Y/n: Hm?
Olivia: Thanks.
Y/n: Anytime, Olivia.
You walk back towards the map and sit down on the stairs in front of it to the right. Reuben noticed you sit down and waddled to you. Once he was next to you he sat down.
Y/n: Hey, Reuben.
Reuben: *Oink*
Y/n: Want a carrot?
Reuben: *Oink!*
You got out a carrot from your inventory and gave it to him. While Reuben was eating the carrot you were patting him on the head. Jesse noticed this from bit further away and chuckled.
Jesse: 'Heh, he spoils him too much.'
Jesse decided to check up on everyone in the room to see how they're doing. She first made her way towards Axel and the others.
Jesse: Hey, Axel. How are you doing?
Axel: I'm hanging out with Magnus! I am doing awesome!
Jesse: Glad to hear it, buddy.
Magnus: Hey small fry. No shame in admitting you can't turn that thing on. It's very very sophisticated.
Gabriel: Don't talk like that Magnus. Go on Jesse. Show them what you can do.
Jesse: Right.
Jesse begins walking away.
Jesse: 'I know what I'm doing.'
Jesse then makes her way to Ellegaard.
Jesse: Hello Ellegaard.
Ellegaard: Oh, hi. You can activate the map right? I'm very curious to see it. I've never actually seen it work before.
Jesse: I can activate it, don't worry.
Ellegaard: Great! I can't wait to see it work.
Jesse walks away and begins making her way to the pedestal. Once she was there she put the amulet on the pedestal. She then decided to talk to Lukas who was standing next to the pedestal.
Jesse: How are you holding up, Lukas?
Lukas: I'm alright. This has all been pretty intense. I feel like if I think too much about what's been going on... well, I'll just think I'm completely nuts.
Jesse: Yeah, everything has been pretty intense, but we have everyone at least. We can rest easy about that.
Lukas: Yeah... you're right.
Jesse: Bye, Lukas.
Lukas: Bye, Jesse.
Jesse walks away and took a closer look at you. At first glance you looked alright, but when she took a closer look she noticed that you looked a bit more... pale than usual. It might of just been her imagination, but she wanted to check in with you just in case.
Jesse: Hey, Y/n. How are you doing?
Y/n: Hm? Oh, I'm doing fine. Why do you ask?
Jesse: Well it's just... you look tired. Are you sure you're alright?
Y/n: (Tired?) I'm alright. We can talk about it later Jesse. Just focus on getting the map activated.
Jesse: Okay...
Jesse walked away and towards Petra. Petra was looking at Y/n, but made sure he didn't notice.
Jesse: Hey, Petra.
Petra: Hi, Jesse.
Jesse: Are you alright?
Petra: I'm fine Jesse. It's just... 'I can't shake the feeling that something is off with Y/n.'
Jesse: Yeah... 'but I'm sure he's fine... I hope...'
Petra: Yeah, I hope so too.
Jesse: I'll talk to you later Petra.
Petra: Bye, Jesse.
Jesse began to make her way towards the switches, but she decided to talk to Olivia on the way there.
Jesse: Hi, Olivia. How are you holding up?
Olivia: I'm doing a lot better now.
Jesse: That's good to hear. I'm going to go activate the map.
Olivia: Alright. Bye, Jesse.
Jesse: Bye.
Jesse finally made it to the switches, and after pulling a few of them the map activated again. The lights were active and three of the lights (cyan, red, and green) were all in one spot.
Magnus: Alright, there's your light, another light, and my light.
Then a fourth light activated, a grey one, and it was pointing north of the groups current position.
Axel: That's new.
Ellegaard: There he is. Soren had his fortress deep inside the mountains. After the Order... broke up that's where he went to keep doing his experiments.
Magnus: Look, he invited me there a couple times, but it always seemed a little...
Ellegaard: Weird, right? It always seemed a little weird.
Magnus: Glad we can agree on that at any rate.
Ellegaard: Well, I mean I never actually went there with him...
Magnus: And that was probably the only time you made the right call.
Jesse: Sooooo... why aren't we going? Is there some kind of problem?
Before any of them could answer, a fifth light activated... a blue one. Ellegaard's, Magnus', and Gabriel's eyes widened because they knew who it was.
Ellegaard: Woah...
Olivia: It didn't do that before.
Lukas: Are you sure it's working?
Jesse: Blue?
Jesse's eyes widened in realization.
Jesse: Blue?! That's Ivor!
Ellegaard: Ivor is going to Soren's! We need to move!
Y/n: Hmm... It's not too far. We can make it on foot.
Magnus: Righteous. We'll get some rest and head out first thing in the morning. Avoiding all the nighttime and monsters and everything.
Ellegaard: If you had seen that monster you wouldn't be saying that. We need to leave, now.
Y/n: She's right. And besides, we need to get moving if we want to make to Soren before Ivor does.
Ellegaard: Yeah, and I think it's following us, Magnus. And I don't want to risk it catching up with us. We have to go now.
Jesse: Yeah I don't want the Wither Storm to catch up with us. We should go now.
Ellegaard: An excellent call. And far more decisive than either of us are being.
Magnus: What a coincidence that it's your plan. But fine.
Everyone nodded in agreement and began to make there way out of the temple and towards Soren's fortress.
(Time skip brought to you by...)
(Sven!)
A few hours have passed and we find our group walking through the forest in the middle of the night.
But they have yet to run into any hostile mobs. You were walking in front of the group with Jesse next to you, and with Magnus and Ellegaard following close behind.
Jesse: Okay, everyone. Let's keep moving.
Magnus walked beside you and Jesse.
Magnus: Yo. We haven't really gotten the chance to talk yet.
Y/n: Yeah we did.
Magnus: I mean properly. Not talking about a plan.
Jesse: Oh, well, Hello.
Magnus: So I've been hearing so much about how strong this "Wither Storm" is. And if it really is that strong then you must be really strong to be able to hold it off, huh?
Y/n: Yeah, I'm strong... why are you bringing this up now exactly?
Magnus: Well... it's just that you don't look like much.
Jesse: Don't judge a book by it's cover Magnus. He can single-handedly block an attack from and iron golem.
Magnus: Really? It's not a lie right?
Y/n: My friend here is no liar. You can even ask any of my friends. They'll confirm it as well.
Magnus: So you're really leaving the creepers shaking in their boots, huh? ... I just kinda wish you had my back before... But whatever you still seem alright... ish. So, what's the deal with your buddy Axel? Can't tell if he's awesome... or a little bit of a dork. He's just a little, ah, doofy? Y'know?
Y/n: Axel's one of our best friends. He always makes us laugh, and he always sticks up for his friends.
Magnus: Interesting. Very interesting... I'll just get back to walking I guess.
Magnus continues walking but he goes back to where he was originally in the group. But then Ellegaard walked beside Y/n.
Ellegaard: Hey.
Y/n: Hi Ellegaard.
Ellegaard: I just wanted to say thanks for having my back before. With everything that's happened recently I'm glad someone can back up my claims about the Wither Storm being dangerous.
Y/n: Not a problem. I've seen what that thing can do up close. So don't worry, I'll be sure to back you up when someone doesn't believe your claim about the Storm.
Ellegaard: Thanks. I'm glad to hear that.
Then everyone heard the sounds in the distance. Everyone faced the direction of the sounds and saw a lot of hostile mobs. They saw zombies, creepers, skeletons, and spiders. At this point Magnus spoke up.
Magnus: See? This is why I said we should wait till morning! We wouldn't need to worry about any of this crap!
Ellegaard: At least we're keeping ahead of the Wither Storm!
Y/n: Come on guys. *Whips out sword* We can deal with them.
Gabriel: He's right. *Equips sword* Or did you just forget how to fight in your time of isolation, Magnus?
Magnus: What?! I can still fight! I'll show you!
Jesse: Good because we have got some monsters to fight here!
Jesse, and Petra got their swords ready while Lukas, and Ellegaard got their bow ready. Magnus had an axe in one hand and TNT in the other and Axel and Olivia could only watch as everything would unfold.
Y/n: It's time to test your skills with the bow Lukas!
Lukas: Right!
Everyone stayed close and watched each others backs. While everyone was watching each others backs you decided to deal with some mobs blocking the groups path. Blocking their path was a creeper, three spiders, four zombies, and four skeletons. The skeletons were in the back, two on the left and two on the right. The creeper was leading the charge with the zombies and the spiders following a bit far behind and was closing in quickly.
Y/n: (This will be easy.)
You ran towards the creeper and it began to his. Once it hissed you drop kicked the creeper towards the group of zombies and spiders. The creeper exploded and this caused the three spiders, and two zombies to die in the explosion. That leaves two zombies and four skeletons left. The others saw this and a few were shocked.
Magnus: Hey! The man's creative! I like that!
Ellegaard: Do you have any idea how hard he needed to kick that creeper for it to go that far?! Shouldn't we help him?!
Petra: I wouldn't worry to much Ellegaard! He's faced worse before!
You got back up and began making your way towards the last two zombies that were left, but as you were closing the distance the skeletons all fired arrows at you. Not wanting to risk getting hit you ducked and rolled forward, dodging the arrows. You then got back up and continued on running to the zombies with your sword ready. Once you got close you leaped and brought your sword down on one zombie killing it instantly. You then faced the other zombie and noticed the skeletons getting ready to shoot. Thinking fast you ran towards the last zombie, stabbed it through the chest, and used it's corpse to block the arrows fired from the skeletons on the right. The zombies corpse disappeared and you quickly dodged the arrows fired by the skeletons on the left. You then got out your bow and got two arrows ready, and then you fired both arrows at both of the skeletons heads that were on the left which killed them instantly. After that you put your bow away, got your sword out, and began running towards the last two skeletons that were on the right. The skeletons fired their arrows at you, but this time you deflected them and continued on closing the distance. The skeletons tried to get another arrow ready, but before they could, you were within melee range and with a big swing you decapitated them both with your sword. When you finished that up the others seem to have finished up as well, albeit some people were shocked.
Y/n: Guys! Come on! The way is cleared!
Everyone began making their way towards you and once they caught up with you, you all continued making your way towards Soren's fortress, but this time you were all running.
Magnus: Y/n I take back everything I said about you before! Remind me not to get on your nerves!
Gabriel: Your combat skills are remarkable, young Y/n!
Ellegaard: I'm just glad you're on our side!
Axel: Y/n, That was awesome!
Petra: I told you he'd be fine!
Olivia: Man I miss daytime!
Jesse: Don't worry, it's gonna be light soon! We're gonna be okay!
Axel: How far is Soren's?!
Gabriel: It can't be much further!
Jesse: Come on guys! We can make it!
Soon they all reached the mountain, and they all began to climb up the mountain. After what seemed to be about a couple minutes and soon they found...
An entrance.
(A/N: There! Chapter is out!! Sorry I didn't release this yesterday. A lot of things happened yesterday, but I'll keep it short. My dads needed help fixing his motorcycle, I had to go to Harley Davidson for the parts, yadda yadda. Anyway I'll see you all next time!)
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