Chapter 18 - To the Far Lands
"Soren you need to listen to me!!" Ivor stated.
"Oh what good has EVER come of that!!" Soren retailed.
"OH will you BOTH stop arguing!!! No is not the time!!" Jesse yelled, interrupting their argument, and stepping forward.
"Oh no, this is not an argument. I'm trying to make Ivor leave us alone!"
"Sounds like you're doing a pretty bad job of it." Lukas added, earning a quiet giggle from Jesse.
Soren glared at Lukas before Ivor continued the conversation. "I told you I wouldn't have come here without a good reason!! What you don't understand -- is that this group is in grave danger." He said, matter of factly.
"Obviously!!!" Soren yelled as he walked to Jesse and Lukas.
"No!! I mean this group specifically. You see I may have programmed it to follow Gabrials amulet.." Ivor said, fiddling with his fingers and scratching his head.
This surprised Jesse and Lukas. They realised that the reason that the Witherstorm had been appearing everywhere they went, was because they were following Jesse. "Did you also know that I was the one Gabrial gave the amulet to?" Jesse stated as she pulled out the amulet.
"What?!.. I didn't know." Ivor responded, with slight regret in his voice.
"Ivor what you done? You have created a monster that is following Jesse!!"
"Well it doesn't matter anymore because nothing can defeat that thing."
"Yeah.... Except Endermen!!!" Jesse recalled, remembering when the Endermen pulled blocks off of the Witherstorm.
"That's right!! We saw them pull blocks straight off the Witherstorm so they could destroy the Witherstorm... If I'm seeing all the pieces correctly. Actually there's probably enough still at my fortress.. An unintended side effect off you flooding the end." Soren planned
"It's just like the old days, you and your crazy ideas." Ivor criticised.
"Hush, Ivor, for once!!" Soren yelled, he was at the point where he was ready to punch him. "The problem with the Endermen is that they don't follow orders there not pets.."
"Then instead of leading the Endermen to the Witherstorm, we lead the Witherstorm to the Endermen. We can use the amulet." Jesse added to the plan
"But what about the command block?" Lukas interrupted. "You know the block controlling that thing."
"It's clear nothing can destroy that..." Soren added.
"Well that's not exactly true. When I took possession of the command block--"
"You mean Stole it!!!"
"Right, well I created a fail safe.. A sort of backup plan in case all else fails... And enchantment book, one that contains the command blocks power. Enchant a weapon with it and you'll be able to destroy the command block forever!!"
"Great let's get it and enchant a weapon." Jesse said.
"One problem it's sort of far away... The farthest you can even go in the world. I can take you.. But the trip will be long."
Jesse looked to Lukas. Some how they both knew just by looking at each other what to say. "We've come this far, No point stopping now." They smiled before hearing a crash from the cave.
They ran towards it and saw everyone out the cave staring in awe at the Witherstorms as they started to get closer. "How did they find us so quickly?" Olivia asked herself.
"We need to get out of here now!! Ivor said if we don't that thing will-"
"Ivor!! It's is you!!" Elleguaard yelled angrily approaching him.
"Good to see you too, Elleguaard." He said sarcastically while she just glared at him.
"Anyway... Ivor programmed the Witherstorm to follow this amulet. So we're going to lure them to Sorens fortress and destroy the command block with an enchanted super weapon." She recapped as she walked to her friends.
"You planned all of that, just now!!" Olivia said.
"The point is as long as we have that amulet were not safe." Ivor said.
Jesse looked at the amulet. She didn't want to give it to any of her friends. This wasn't because she was being selfish, all she wanted was for her friends to be safe. Suddenly she saw a hand grab the amulet. That hand belonged to Axel. "Don't worry Jesse, I'll deal with the Endermen."
"Axel you don't have to.." Jesse said, with worry.
"I know I don't have to.." He said as he took the amulet and put it in his inventory "But I want to."
"I guess we better get going..." Jesse said before releasing. "Wait what about Gabrial? He's in no condition to travel."
"Don't worry Jesse, I'll take care of him." Elleguaard said "Besides I'm not going anywhere with Ivor!! You just take care of yourself and the group.. You've been doing a good job so far..."
The group got the horses an mounted them but before Jesse mounted her horse Axel approached her. "Hey Jesse, good luck dude. I'll see you soon." He said before he gave her a hug.
"Stay safe Axel." She replied as she mounted her horse.
Leaving one of her best friends was hard for Jesse, but she kept her chin up and smiling like Lukas told her to.
They were traveling for days. They traveled though freezing ice-crystal biomes, scorching desert biomes, and long forests. They were up for countless days and nights, getting no rest. Most days there was nothing but silence and everyone was left to their own thoughts. As they passed through the swamp biome, they finally started speaking to each other. "My butt has never been this sore in my life. Not that I'd remember." Petra said breaking the silence
"I feel like we've been riding forever." Lukas added.
"I'm telling you we CANNOT go to the far lands!!" Soren yelled to Ivor. "There not just the edge of our world but the limits of our comprehension"
"Oh please, the far lands are a happy accident. Natures way of keeping life interesting." Ivor protested.
"No no no!! They are perilous and unpredictable!!" Soren shock his head.
"Wait a second. Back up, What exactly are the far lands?" Jesse asked interrupting the conversation.
"You... Seriously don't know. The far lands are at the edge of our world. It chaotic there and logic doesn't exist." Soren explained. "They're a dangerous place to visit. And a ridiculous place to construct a laboratory!!"
"Just wait until you see it." Ivor laughed.
"Do those two ever stop fighting?" Olivia asked, rhetorically.
"Why you asking me?" Petra replied, not understanding it was rhetorical. "All can think about is food."
"Yeah, I'm starving." Lukas said.
"We all are. Maybe we should turn around." Olivia suggested as she attempted to turn her horse around.
"No way we've come too far to go back now!!" Jesse said stopping Olivia.
"Besides, swamps are way to dangerous." Ivor added.
"Alright let's stop here and get some rest." Jesse said as she climbed off her horse. "I'll try to find us something to eat."
Everyone sat down as Jesse walked up a hill. There she found two potatoes. Then Jesse went to lake, where she found two more in the water. She headed back to the group and handed them each a potato. "Thanks but I'm Still hungry." Petra stated.
"Don't worry I'll keep looking." Jesse said as she headed back to the lake.
She kept looking for a few more potatoes but what she found was even more scary. "A witches hut." Ivor stated, scaring Jesse. "We should stay away from it -- nothing good ever happens when witches are involved."
Jesse would agree with Ivor but she saw something that changed her mind. "Look a cake!! That's enough for everyone!!"
"It isn't worth it, Jesse. Witches hate trespassers. Besides there are plenty of potatoes."
"Don't worry I've got it handled.. (And the annoying line returns) Just cover me ok?" Jesse answered as she walked inside the hut.
She walked over to the cake and grabbed it. When she turned around she saw the exact thing that Ivor warned her about. A witch. Jesse wasn't prepared to fight the witch so she tackled the witch and ran back to the group. Unfortunately, when she arrived the group was being attacked by skeletons and a witch. "Jesse! Help us!!" Lukas yelled before and arrow hit the tree besides him.
"Hey you! Witch!" Jesse yelled grabbing her and the skeletons attention.
The witch threw a potion at her but Jesse dodged it and pushed her down so she couldn't throw another one at her. "We need to get out of here!! Like now!!"
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