"Then he noticed Mumbo was on fire. That was a first."

POV: Xisuma

  X smiled. He took a deep breath in, enjoying the fresh air, and peacefulness of the early morning. Today just might be a normal day. Sure, nobody had said anything about any prank though, which is quite odd, but hey, he wasn't complaining!

Annnnnnnnddd then he looked up. Then the regret came rolling in, or, falling in, so to speak. 

Looking up, he saw Mumbo free-falling from the sky. He stood for a moment, slightly surprised, but mainly not. Then he noticed Mumbo was on fire. That was a first. 

  He started running to catch him, but made it to late, as Mumbo fell right in front of him, dying before he hit ground. Quickly grabbing all of Mumbo's items, Xisuma hurried to Mumbo's base, only to find a section of it blown to bits, random-ish redstone pieces, and no sight of Mumbo, meaning he re-spawned somewhere else. 

The regret of looking up just got bigger. 

  Quickly hurrying around, Xisuma eventually found Mumbo, lying in the middle of nowhere, and in clear pain.
 

  Landing, he immediately fired questions at Mumbo. "MUMBO!! My goodness! What happened? Are you okay? You just went flying from the sky-and you- fire!- elytra-..!?"  Xisuma couldn't speak  fast enough, but luckily he didn't have to.

  Barely able to speak, his poor friend croaked out, "X....I'm fine.....just fell ..from...sky..." 

  "Exactly! The SKY Mumbo! The SKY! How in the nether did that happen?! You were on fire!" By now, Xisuma was straight up stunned. 

  "I-....I don't know honestly.....?" Mumbo barely squeaked.

  "Well I went to your base right after to see if you were ok. And guess what!" Not waiting for an answer,  X continued his babble. "A whole SECTION OF IT was blown to bits! I came here instantly. That couldn't have happened unintentionally Mumbo!"

  Lurching up, Mumbo exclaimed "WHAT?! THAT MUCH?!" then he fell back down.

  "I know! That's why-" Xisuma stopped mid-yell upon seeing his friend in this pain.

  He carefully pulled him up, then, using a much calmer tone, he spoke. "So, tell me what happened, ok?"

 Clearly confused himself, Mumbo replied, "I-I don't know....one moment I was looking at redstone...and I heard this noise.."

  "Then.....well I don't really know how to explain it now do I..? I guess something happened and I became a human rocket launched torch..?" The inventor weakly smiled at X, somehow finding this amusing, but also trying to keep the mood light(ish). 

  After thinking about the strangeness of this for  a moment, X decided on something. It wasn't his ideal decision, but as the admin, his decisions couldn't be bias, even if he didn't like it. "Want my opinion Mumbo?"

"Sure....?"

  Forcing himself to make eye contact, Xisuma spoke quietly, "I think it was a set up."

  Speaking softly, he quickly added, "I know it's a long shot alright? I just..... I really don't have any other explanation on why you became a human torch and blasted out of your own base dude. I mean, that couldn't have been some freak accident..."

  The way Mumbo looked at him made X feel even worse.

  X looked down, avoiding Mumbo's gaze. He felt bad, and he knew this was a long shot, but it fit. "I mean, he shot out of his base, which is in some chaotic mess. And there is redstone here and there. It makes complete sense.." Xisuma wisely kept this thought to himself, as he already felt bad enough.

  Without looking at Mumbo, he sympathetically and quietly asked, "Do you know what, why, or who caused this?"                                                                                      

  Then, sparing a glance, he saw Mumbo shake his head, freeze, and get a sad, betrayed look. The look made him look older and wiser. His weak smile faded, destroying the last bit of his youthfulness, making him look plain and sad. 

That one glance told X that Mumbo knew who did this, and wasn't too happy about it.

  "You know....don't you......?"  Speaking curiously, Xisuma asked this question.

  Looking down, Mumbo nodded. "I......I think I do...."  Mumbo said nothing else.

  Slightly irritated that Mumbo wasn't helping whatsoever, he asked again."Well? Who then? I don't read minds you know."

  "C-can we go back to my base......? I-I wanna be sure......" Mumbo spoke incredibly quiet, almost inaudible, clearing Xisuma's irritation, and bringing back the guilty feeling.

  Saying nothing, X quietly led Mumbo back to his base. And the moment they got there, X watched as Mumbo ripped through the rubble. He was about to say something, when some odd redstone caught his eye. Completely forgetting Mumbo, X walked over and looked some more at it. He bent over and pushed away some rubble. He stood there, studying over the scene.

  There was a dispenser, surrounded by scattered half-cooked-half-burnt-explosion-surviving-eggs. He stepped on some still-smoking redstone bits, and looked at the wiring. It looked way to messy and looked like Grian's work, but...something was off.. completely off.  Following the redstone best he could, X got a tour of the room. There were scattered marshmallow. And the way the redstone was set up, like it was slapped together, quite literally...  After putting these things together, and running down a mental list, he came to ONE person. Grian. The eggs, scattered marshmallows, sloppy redstone, it all said Grian.

  His thoughts were interrupted by the soft, sad, voice of Mumbo.

"I-...I think..I know who it is..."

  Still focusing on the mess, X paid no attention and went into auto-pilot (just like those times when you  just agree to your parents when they talk..anyone? No? Just me..? Ok...)"Mhmm uhmm who...?"

  Barely even acknowledging Mumbo had come over, he continued studying the mess. 

"Uhmm X...?" Mumbo looked slightly hurt, but that didn't matter right now, he was soo close... 

  "X?" Mumbo's voice was more down-to-earth this time.

  X turned and looked at Mumbo. "Hmm? Yes Mumbo..?"

 Mumbo looked down."I-I think I know who did it.." 

  Looking at him, intrigued, he asked "Who then..?"

Mumbo didn't look up. And he whispered something X couldn't make out.

  Xisuma looked at Mumbo. His voice possessing a slight edge. "Who was it Mumbo...?"

  Mumbo whispered the word, he whispered it so low and quietly, it was like he wasn't speaking at all.

  "Grian...."

  All of a sudden, it all clicked. It wasn't Grian, it was to obvious. Smiling, X looked at Mumbo and got ready to cut him off. "It wasn't Grian it was.." Keeping his smile, X got ready to speak his thoughts.

(Word Count: 1150)

(I tried ok? I tried to make it short but.....heh....yeah nope. Maybe the next chapter..? The next chapter will be switching between X and Mumbo, and their POVs of what's about to happen. Again I didn't mean to take any work or ideas doing this, and I don't think I did, but if I'm wrong, please tell me so I can do something about it..)