I joined a thing-

Yes  this is in the middle of life being chaos but it's calmer now and I'm a fast writer so... *le shrug*

Fandom/universe/place: Third Life (specifically the start of Episode 4)

Character: my persona, Ember

Replacing: Grian 

Pov: Ember

'Huh.'

Of all the words in the English language, the first thing I say upon seeing Scar, red, on Monopoly mountain, in the middle of third life is 'huh.'

He stops.

'Who... are you? Where's Grian? What did you...'

'Would lying that I can explain everything help?'

'What have you done with Grian?'

'Nothing, Scar. Wow... I'm with Scar. That's... hi, Scar.'

'How do you know who I am?' He draws a sword.

'I... probably can't tell you without you freaking out. But... I like what you do. Particularly with Cub.'

'How do you know about Cub?'

Worried becomes defensive in seconds. I back away, closer to the edge of the mountain.

'I've done nothing wrong!' I step even further back as Scar raises his sword. 'I just arrived!'

'How do you know Cub? Are you a spy? Have you been spying on us? Are you a WATCHER?'

'Absolutely not I HATE Watchers!' I snap. 'Someone sent me here. I think I've replaced Grian which MEANS... you can't kill me because I owe you my first life now like he owed you his first life?'

Scar pushes me.

Off the cliff.

Emberdragon34 hit the ground too hard fighting GoodTimeWithScar

Skizzleman: HUH????.?.

Tango: WHO? SINCE WHEN? WHY?

Chat fills with comments as I wake at spawn. I have no idea where I am, so I just wander in the direction I'm facing, very aware of the sun starting to set. I break into a run as mobs start spawning, until I reach somewhere I recognise.

Dogwarts.

Scar's enemy. Like I am.

I enter.

'FREEZE!'

I stop, turning to see Martyn.

'Wait, who ARE you?'

'Ember.'

'Ember...? Wait- you just died!'

'I'm a griffin person. With fire powers. Who was dragonificated by Watchers. Then died. Then got resurrected. And now I'm here. In Grian's place.'

'MY NOBLE HAND WHERE ART THOU?!' Ren sweeps from the central building in an unexpected crown that actually looks really good on him.

'I'M HERE MY LORD!'

'And I doth art also here and... I want friends.'

'What?'

'I want to ally with you.' I reiterate.

'Who... are you?'

'Ember. I'm lost and confused and Scar hates me. And you hate Scar. And you're roleplaying, and I... like roleplay. And being included. Please.'

'Uhh...'

'They replaced Grian.'

'Oh, yeah... But if I don't have allies I'll cry. And make it your problem.'

'Right... Uhh... Martyn?'

'I don't trust you.'

Chat buzzes again. The rush of comments about me had died down, so I check. Ren and Martyn do the same,

GoodTimeWithScar hit the ground too hard

Scar's out.

'He's... gone,' Martyn speaks. I nod. I was probably the last person he spoke to. Does that mean I own his stuff?

'He's gone,' Ren repeats.

'I did think he might be out first... a lot of people did...'

'People? What people?'

'The- uhh...' I stop. 'The people who watch?'

'The- WAIT, THE WATCHERS?!'

'NO! Watchers stink!'

'What is going on?!' Ren bursts out. 'Why are you here? Where's Grian? How is Scar dead?!'

'Probably Watchers.'

'And what are Watchers!?'

'Ren, it'll probably be alright, if we keep them in our sight...' Martyn pauses as our communicators buzz. '...and Bdubs is now red.' 

'REN!' Another voice, Skizz's, sprinting into Dogwarts. 'Ren! Martyn! Dudes, it's chaos out here. Everyone's raiding the desert, Bdubs... just died to a zombie, Jimmy's crying about Pizza...'

'Pizza?' I interrupt. Skizz stares at me.

'Wait- are you the new person?'

'Hi. I'm Ember.' I hold out my hand. Skizz narrows his eyes. 'What happened to Pizza?'

'Joel killed Pizza. Then... Jimmy got upset about it. Last I know, they were fighting.'

SolidarityGaming was slain by Smallishbeans

'Where's the nearest horse?' I ask. 

'What?!'

'The nearest horse. Preferably tamed. And saddled. Because I'M GOING TO MONOPOLY MOUNTAIN AND DECLARING WAR ON JOEL!'

Emberdragon34: JOEL

Emberdragon34: THIS IS WAR

Smajor1995: THANK YOU

Emberdragon34: ????

Emberdragon34: oh wait Jimmy was your husband that makes sense

Emberdragon34: i wanted revenge for pizza

Emberdragon34: but I like Jimmy too 

Solidaritygaming: thanks?

'I- I still don't know what's going on...' I glance at Ren.

'War. I'm in charge. Wait, that's a bad idea...' I stop, thinking. 'Let's just go.' I run off. To my surprise, Martyn follows. 

'I'm still keeping you in my sight!' He calls. 

'Thanks!' And then, as it comes to me: 'Would you like to lead a war?'

'...sure.'

'Where's Joel?'

'He's probably gone home.' 

'Where's that?'

'MARTYN! REN!'

BigB skids down the hill next to us, appearing ahead. 

'Wait, you're not Ren.'

'I'm Ember. I'm smaller and more chaotic.' We shake hands. 'I'm also now at war. With Joel.'

'Oh. I saw him heading past... He's going to Tango's game.'

'Then we are too... Martyn, lead the way!'

It doesn't take long to reach where Tango's explaining the game to Joel plus...

'SCOTT!' I run over. 'JIMMY!' 

'I- hello? Wait, are you that Emberdragon person who also liked Pizza?'

'Yes.'

'Oh BLOODY HELL why are YOU here?' I look over to see Joel, scowling at me.

'Magic?'

'No! Why are you HERE?'

'I was going to kill you but now I see lava and I want to see you die in lava.'

'Wait, that looks fun... Tango, how do we play?' Martyn steps closer.

'Get to the chest, and you get diamond boots. Enchanted diamond boots. Feather falling. Joel was just about to die- I mean, attempt it.'

'Die, die, die...' I start chanting. Jimmy joins in, Scott. Joel sprints across the game, grabs the boots, starts heading back and...

Smallishbeans tried to swim in lava

'YEAH!' I yell. 'DEATH! Who's next?' Jimmy raises a hand. Scott lowers it.

'Jimmy, no. You're on yellow.'

'Jimmy yes.' I reply, thinking. 'If you turn red, you can kill Joel. Or... Wait, we can both kill Joel. If we both turn red.'

'Absolutely not.' Martyn tries to intervene. 'You go red, we're all dead.'

'I'm still here, you know.' Joel crosses his arms. I ignore, set my spawn, and jump into the lava game. I'm immediately on fire, but quickly reach the chest.

'THERE'S NO BOOTS?!'

'Oh- wait, I didn't restock.' Tango laughs. 'Sorry... Wait, who ARE you?'

'Ember.' I jump into the lava. 'And crazy.'

Emberdragon34 tried to swim in lava

This didn't go where I expected at all.

Ember does what Ember does.

And I guess what Ember does is start wars and choose to go red.

Every time I wrote this, Ember ended doing something I didn't expect.

Anyway, there will be more parts of this, but only this is my contest entry.