Chapter 11 ~ Forest of Illusion
The Order woke up to see the sun rising up. They suddenly smell the food coming from the furnace to see Nikki cooking the food.
"Good morning, Nikki!" Radar smiled.
"Morning!" she greeted.
"Man am I hungry!" Shira yawned.
"Your not the only one that's hungry dude!" Nell rubbed her eyes.
"We got a big day ahead of us." Nikki said.
Everyone else got up from their sleep as they all started eating their breakfast. After they were done Nurm put out the fire with his foot but suddenly the fire went to his foot as he tried to get it out. Shira use her ice to cool his foot and it went away. Nurm thanked her and some of them chuckled to see that. They all went out of the forest but before they left Aiden managed to sketch the waterfall view before he followed them. As they were walking, Nurm was looking at the map for the direction they were in and pointed the ways where they could go. Aiden though he had a feeling that someone was watching them and just shrugged. Nurm looked to see where it says "Forest of Illusion" and looked up to see something frighten him and all of them. There is the forest with no leaves but just branches with fog and was blocking the sun and the sky is grey. (Picture)
"That's where we're heading." Shira said.
"It looks scary.." Radar whimpered.
"Don't worry you guys. We're the Order of the Stone we always look out for each other." Jesse said.
"You're right." Radar said.
Jesse looked at the forest for a moment.
"Here goes nothing." she sighed.
"Remember. Don't let the twigs touch you." Shira warned them and others nodded and went through the forest.
It was very spooky. There was nothing but silent. They all shivered from the sudden cold breeze. Lluna started to shake and went closer to Jesse. Aiden yelped to see that it's just a stick. He sighed in relief and stayed close. Out of nowhere the trees with no leafs started to move looking at their direction as they are walking. The twigs stretches and slithered on the ground towards Jack. It grabbed Jack's leg and dragged him down. Jack yelped in fright who was caught off guard as he was dragged.
"Jack!" Jesse yelled and ran after him and others looked back.
"Jesse help!" Jack yelled back.
Jesse managed to grab Jack's arm and took out her enchanted sword and starts cutting it out of his leg. The twig let go of his leg and slithered back.
"You alright?"
"Yeah. Thanks."
Just then the twig was behind Jesse and was about to poke her head to give her nightmares. Jack pushed her out of the way and got poked in the head. He yelled in pain and gripped onto his head.
"Jack! Jack can you hear me?" Jesse patted his back trying to comfort him.
Jack couldn't hear her and was suddenly disappeared into the fog and can't see Jesse, Nurm, & others. He was alone.
"Guys?" no answer.
"Guys?!" still no answer.
He started to panic and looked and ran around to see no one around. He heard a voice coming from over there to see two figures. Jack thought it would be his friends as he ran towards them, but was shocked to see his old friends. Vos and Sammy.
"Vos? Sammy? How are you alive? I saw you guys die in the Sea Temple!"
"We are fine. We are now safe. Don't worry. Now we can stay together and have some more adventures." Sammy smiled at Jack.
"Calou cale. So happy to see you." Vos giggled in happiness.
"I don't understand." Jack tried to understand what is going on.
"You don't have to worry. Come with us." Sammy took her hand out to him.
Jack looked at her hand for a moment then his two old friends.
"I can't. I have to find my friends. You guys stay here until I find the others."
He was about to turn away when he noticed he was now in the Sea Temple and they're by the wall hiding from the two sea masters who was guarding them that wants to go through.
"Me and Vos will go grab the sponges to take out the water from the sea creatures while you go and head towards the door. Got it?" Sammy said.
Vos nodded but Jack refused.
"Don't you think this is a good idea to do that?"
"Relax Jack. We can handle them." she assured her.
"But..." he was cut off to see Vos running towards the sea creature while Sammy goes to the other one.
"Guys wait! Don't look at their eyes!"
But it was too late. Sammy have already looked at the sea creature and it started to zap at her.
"Sammy! No!" he tried to run after her but she already puffed into smoke left with only her inventories.
"No...." he whispered.
Vos was nowhere to be seen and Jack thought he was dead but then saw Vos with red eyes right in front of him. He noticed that he's no longer in the Sea Temple.
"You should have save your friends if you knew that you weren't ready. You are a coward! No wonder you have least friends because you aren't worthy enough to be like a hero! You...dolt!" Vos/Admin scowled at him.
"No...NO!! This isn't real! This has to stop!!"
"You cannot escape your guilt! You killed them!"
"NOOOOOO!!!!! STOP!!!!" he screamed and collasped on the floor sobbing uncontrollably wanting this madness to end.
He then looked around to see the forest that he has went and sighed in relief. But still he was crying from that terrible vision he has losing his old friends he cared about.
Meanwhile, Jesse was looking for Jack through the fog as she called out for him. What she didn't know is that her friends isn't around either.
"Guys?! Oh no. Don't tell me I'm lost. Lluna? Lukas? Where are you??" she tried to get an answer from her friends but everything she heard was nothing.
She then heard an oinking sound which got her confused. Jesse looked around wondering who could it be that she did not think it is. Suddenly she saw her one and only best friend that she ever have missed and not wanting to let go for a very long time. It was Reuben who was oinking at her with happiness and excitement.
"Reuben?! Oh how I missed you!" she ran over to her friend and hugged him tightly.
The pig snuggled close to her.
"How are you alive? How did you know where I am?" she asked her buddy.
Reuben oinked in not knowing how.
"I'm so happy to see you."
But then something doesn't feel right. She noticed she had her enchanted diamond sword sticking out and she was inside the Witherstorm. She remembers that time when she's in the battle after Ivor spawned that monster and they went through crazy adventures to bring the Old Order back together and defeat the Witherstorm.
"No...This can't be happening." she looked at the command block then at Reuben.
"If I can try and save Reuben just in time after I destroy that command block. Stay safe here. Okay? I mean it."
Reuben nodded and hide from the tentacles.
She jumped on the head of the Witherstorm and jumped and grabbed one of the tentacles to hang on. She carefully and steadily made sure not to drop her sword like she did in long time ago but this time she is not gonna let that happen. As she was about to aim for the last strike on the command block, the tentacles grabbed her and dodges it and was so close to hit the block when another tentacle knocked her sword which caught her off guard as the sword dropped to the ground right next to Reuben.
"No! No! NO! This wasn't suppose to be as planned! Maybe I can try and grab Reuben as fast as I can! Reuben bring me my sword! Remember when we use to play fetch?"
Reuben looked at it and grabbed the sword with his mouth as he bravery ran up to her.
"That's it! You can do it! I can still save you." she said as she got ready to grab her buddy.
Reuben jumped and Jesse grabbed him by the stomach and grabbed her sword. She then got ready to hit the block when she saw the head of the Witherstorm grabbed Reuben's leg. She gripped onto him as she desperately tried to hold him close. But it was too late when Reuben started to fall out of her grasp and fell to the void as he oinked for Jesse.
"No! NOOO!!!" she then hit the last strike of the block and fell to the void.
She collapsed on the floor to see everything pitch black. Jesse looked around for Reuben and found him on the ground all weak and hurt. Tears were threatened to spill as she ran after him and placed her hand on his face.
"Reuben...no...."
Reuben weakly gave her a last smile before he fell back down and puffed out of smoke with only the pork chop. Jesse covered her face and cried her eyes out as the darkness disappeared and was back to normal to see the forest she was in with her friends. She couldn't believe that this was all the illusion but it felt so real for her.
Back to the group, Shira and Nikki were searching for her friends. They both heard pleading and crying coming from Lukas and ran to see him on his knees crying Jesse's name.
"Lukas? Lukas! Snap out of it! This isn't real! Think about it! This is just an illusion!" Shira shook him by the shoulders causing him to snap out of it.
He looked around with tears in his eyes still.
"Jesse! I saw her dead when she was fighting this glow eyed man and I tried to help her but...I...I couldn't. I don't know who that white eyed guy is but she was just gone." he whipped his tears.
"This is just the nightmare. That's what the forest wants you to think. Think about your friends who was there for you." Shira assured him.
Lukas though for a moment and looked around the forest.
"You're right. But where's Jesse?"
"I don't know. But try to find her. We will search for others." she said and heard Aiden's scream and ran after him while Nikki who heard Radar's scream also ran.
Lukas got up from the ground to find Jesse. He suddenly heard the grunting noises which he knows who that is and saw Lluna looking for Jesse as well.
"Lluna do you know where Jesse might be?" he asked.
Lluna shook her head and suddenly heard sobbing causing them to know who it is. They ran and found Jesse on her knees crying while whispering Reuben's name. Lukas frowned knowing what was happening and walked over to her.
"Jesse? Jesse it's me."
Jesse looked at him before hugging him with more tears threatening to spill.
"This whole vision of Reuben's death hurt me!"
"It's ok. I'm here for you."
Lluna joined in to hug Jesse. They sat here for a while before they pulled away. Jesse wiped her tears away forgetting smiling up to him.
"Come on. Let's go back to others." he smiled back, blushing.
They both walked away holding hands together. Lluna smiled at the soon couple as they're walking.
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