Ch. 7: The Encounter & Argument
Ariana's P.O.V
I pull the rag off of Seto's forehead and put my hand on his forehead. His fever is lower then before. He is fast asleep. I dip the rag in some cold water and squeeze some of the water out. I refold it and place it on his forehead again. I am feeling a little sick, but other then that I feel fine. I'm not getting sick from Seto. No way. I get up and go downstairs and stop seeing Notch sitting there on my couch uninvited. I cross my arms at him.
"I'm not here to get Seto." He said standing up.
"Then why are you here?" I ask.
"To apologize to you." He said. Notch? Apologize to me? He doesn't like admitting he was wrong, like ever. "I'm sorry about trying to take Seto away from you. Clearly something way worst would have happened if Seto went on the job instead of Jason."
"Um..Jason didn't go on the job. I was just talking to him five minutes ago, he had to go take the serum for the wither curse to remain in his control today." I said to him.
"Wait. If Jason and Seto didn't go. Ty is out of town, then......" Notch said. He looks mad all of a sudden. "Farla." Ooohhhh someone's in trouble!
Farla's P.O.V
"I told you that Adam wasn't allowed to go on this job!" Notch yelled. I take a step back.
"Well umm...at least he only got one of his many headaches." I said.
"Farla you know what it means when Adam gets his headaches. He was in a lot of pain, his memory could have came back." Notch said. I cross my arms.
"Well it doesn't matter anyway, you fixed him. No harm done." I said. Notch looks over at me.
"As Adam gets older I need to keep his memories under control more frequently. It would help if I tell Seto then he could do my headache spell on Adam." He said.
"Then tell Ty, Jason, and Seto about Adam. What's going on with him. You haven't exactly told them about Herobrine's and Adam's connection yet." I said. Notch shakes his head.
"No. I know them. They would see Herobrine as the good guy in this type of situation." Notch said. I would too I guess. Notch looks at his ball thing that makes it so he was see the OverWorld. "Besides, there's too much going on right now that I don't need distrust from my Guardians towards me."
"So lying to their faces is better then telling them the truth?" I ask. Notch looks over at me.
"Well obviously no. But Adam has been worrying me, his brine powers are stretching too far. He's becoming like his Father. I don't need that. I took Adam away from Herobrine and Sofie for a reason." Notch said.
Ty's P.O.V
I stare at the floor as I listen to their conversation from the hallway, well ain't this just great to hear.
"I know you did. But you got to tell them sooner or later Notch." Farla said. I bite my bottom lip back.
"Seto is getting better. Once he is healthy again and Ty is back I'll talk to them all about going to the Nether." Notch said. After that I fly down the hallway and outside. Seto is hurt? I fly over to Ariana's house and knock on the door. The door opens and she smiles.
"Hey Ty. How was your trip?" She asks.
"Fine. Is Seto here?" I ask. She nods.
"He is actually sick Ty. So it might be better to talk to him when he isn't contagious." She said. I nod.
"Okay. I'll see ya later then." I said taking off and towards out aether portal. I go through and hit a stone wall again. I yelp and fly backwards a little. I keep forgetting to not fly through the Aether portal because the stone wall is like a few feet away from it and I always hit it when I fly through the portal. I fly down the steps and out of our portal room. I fly over the bridge and to our temple. What I heard, what is Notch hiding from us? From Adam?
I land on the grass as I feel something coil around my right arm and jerk me towards it. I look at the end seeing some girl holding a vine that is coiled around my right arm. I look at it and then her.
"You want to be doing this girly?" I ask.
"Yes." She said. Her hood is shading her face so I can't get a clear look at her face, but she'll be screaming when she's falling from a thousand feet. I grab the vine and take off into the air. The vine digs into my right arm in a way I didn't think it could cause it actually hurts a little. I grit my teeth a little and my claws grow in and clip the vine as a stop and I watch her fall back towards the ground. I fly down towards her and then she disappears making stop. I look over at the temple seeing her climbing up the side of it. I roll my eyes. I fly towards her and grab her. I turn her around and push her in the wall and she grabs my arms and tries to kick me. "Let go!" My fangs grow and I grip her shoulders a little bit. Her feet are standing on a ledge so it's not like if I let go of her she'll fall.
"Don't start something you can't finish girly." I said. Her eyes suddenly turn pure white like Adam's does. I instantly put my claws on her throat making her stop saying her spell. "How did you find this place?" She grins for a second.
"Nether portal duh." She said. Her eyes soften a bit suddenly. "I just wanted to know if Adam was okay." I open my mouth to say something but nothing comes out. I feel her hand move to my cheek and she smiles. I grab her wrist as I feel her hand move down and pin it against the wall. She yelps a little and flinches as well.
"Don't try that feely crap it ain't gonna work. What's your name?" I ask. She meets my eyes.
"What good will that do?" She asks. Well for one she looks exhausted.
"You look too exhausted to teleport again and that's a 200 foot drop if I decide to let go of you." I said. She looks at my right arm.
"At least I'm not the one with poison in my system." She said. I roll my eyes.
"Do you know nothing of enders? Only a certain type of poison works on me and it sure isn't the one your vines use. So it was a nice try. What's your name?" I ask her. She mets my eyes again.
"Sofie." She said. Sofie? Wait Adam's so called sister? She tilts her head sideways a little. "Wait why do you look like you know me?"
"Adam's sister right?" I ask. She nods. "I'm his friend." Her face lights up a little.
"Ooohhh. This is awkward then. Sorry for poisoning you then even though it doesn't affect you." She sId.
"Put your arms around me." I said. I let go of her wrists.
"Excuse me?" She asks sounding offended.
"Well how else do you plan to get back down?" I ask. She puts her arms around my neck as I put my arms around her waist. She puts her face in my shoulder as I pull away from the temple and go down to the ground. We let go of each other and she takes a few steps back. She is blushing as well for some reason. I look at the sky seeing it's getting dark and I have to cover up the fact my arm is bleeding from the stupid vine.
"You should probably go home Sofie. They all will be coming back soon." I said. She looks away from me and nods.
"Alright. But...I never got your name either." She said. My fangs and claw finally retract.
"Tyler but everyone calls me Ty." I said. She walks pass me.
"See ya Ty." She said. I turn halfway watching her leave before my arm sends a shock of pain and I shake my head a little. I fly into the air and to the doors. I land and go inside.
"Sooo...what happened to your arm?" Jason asks. I meet his eyes.
"Um...I crashed." I said. He nods a little.
"Alright, who was the girl as well?" He asks.
"What is this 20 questions?" I asks. He crosses his arms and shakes his head.
"Not really. Just 2 questions." He said.
"Where was the first aid kit last at?" I ask him.
"Kitchen." He said. I walk pass him. I know he is suspicious and whenever he is suspicious, he usually finds out the truth just like that. That is what makes me nervous, I plan on keeping this a secret.
Seto's P.O.V
I open my eyes feeling something cold and wet against my forehead. My stomach still hurts, but not as bad as earlier.
"How are you feeling?" Ari asks. I sit myself up and let the towel fall into my lap.
"Better." I said.
"Good. Can you hold some food down or will it just come back up?" She asks.
"I wouldn't trust it to keep it down." I said looking at her. She is sitting next to me reading a book.
"Well you have to eat something, maybe something light?" She asks. Her hand goes against my forehead and she pauses. "You still feel warm."
"Yeah well my stomach still hurts. What were you and Notch arguing about by the way?" I ask her. She takes her hand away.
"He wanted you to take some job while you were sick." She said. Not a surprise to me.
"I've done a job while I was sick before Ari." I said.
"Really? Seto why? When you're sick, that's when you do nothing but sleep and-"
"Adam, Jason, and Ty weren't gonna be able to handle it. They weren't as you would say...um..up to their full capacity." I said. She signs and closes her book.
"Yes Notch as told me of their drinking problem." She said. I look at her.
"I wouldn't call it a problem. Jason isn't one to drink, he drinks rarely. But Adam and Ty are a different story. They usually pass out before anything happens." I said. I smile a little and look away from her.
"That's ridiculous." She said.
"Actually it's kind of funny. Seeing Ty crash into the temple-" She grabs my arm making me look at her.
"Seto. They can't depend on you all the time to cover for them." She said.
"They don't." I said.
"It sounds like they do. They basically give you away to Notch so they can go ahead and get drunk whenever they damn well please." She said. It's complicated. They offer alcohol to me but I don't really like the taste of alcohol, besides alcohol can make my magic control me instead of it the other way around.
"It's complicated Ari." I said.
"They don't sound like friends if they are just using you like that." She said. They aren't using me. I look away from her. I push her hand off my arm. Sure they may not be perfect but they are the closest thing I got to call a family. Ariana can't understand that because she can see her parents whenever she wants.
"You know what...I'm..I'm just gonna go home now." I said. I slip on my boots and grab my jacket off the couch as Ari gets off the bed.
"No Seto. Your still sick." She said. I look at her.
"I'm fine." I said. I walk down the steps. I still feel like crap but I just feel uncomfortable for some reason. I leave her house and she grabs my arm making me turn halfway and almost collide with her which makes her blush slightly at me for some reason.
"Seto wait-" I yank my arm out of her grip.
"I don't like the way you talk about my friends." I said.
"They don't treat you like a friend." She said.
"I don't care how they treat me in your eyes! They are the only people I know that gave me a chance, that cared enough to actually talk to me. With my past, that means more then you will understand." I said.
"Why?" She asks.
"You wouldn't understand Ariana." I said backing away from her. I slip on my jacket as I turn from her and leave. I walk on the bridge and through the aether portal. I wipe tears from my eyes. My friends aren't perfect, but they are all I got. I walk down the steps and get a sudden dizzy spell. I grab the railings to balance myself. I don't feel so good, I feel a little worse actually. I keep walking down the steps. I could always do my pain spell on myself, but that has horrible side affects. It's easier to use the spell and then drink a sleep potion.
Once I finally make it down the many steps I sit down and wait for my world to not be spinning. I put my face in my hands waiting. I groan slightly and put one of my arms around my stomach. I need to just get to my room, sleep for a few days.
"Hey, you okay?" Someone asks. I open my eyes seeing a girl standing in front of me.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"Sofie. I just need to talk to Ty." She sajd. Wait a second, I know her!
"Nether portal right?" I ask. She nods.
"You asked for it." She said.
"Yeah well I'm not gonna fight you." I said.
"Do you want some help or something? Your pale." She said. I nod. She puts her hand on my forehead. "No wonder. Your sick. Come on." She puts my arm around her neck as a spear comes pointed at her. She looks at it as I see other angels come with weapons pointed at her.
"Back into the Nether, brine." An angel said.
"Oh so Notch is okay with one his precious guardians being sick as a dog?" Sofie asks standing up straight and crossing her arms. I look at Sofie.
"No, go back into hell." Another angel said. Sofie backs away and angels go in front of me. "We're in charge of protecting the guardians whenever they can't protect themselves." Sofie smiles slightly.
"So if I was to kill this guardian, how mad would you be?" She asks sounding serious.
"Very." An angel said. I see a dagger form in Sofie's hand making my pull myself to my feet with the railings. She throws the dagger towards me and I put up my shield and it hits it. Sofie disappears and kicks my back. I stumble forward. An angel grabs me and flies into the air with me in their arms. We go outside as I hear fighting and we land in front of the temple. He lets go of me. I take a step back and look over at the bridge connecting to the portal room and the side of the cliff that's on our side to the temple. Farla comes flying out.
"She has been thrown through another portal." Farla said. She lands next to me. "I will take it from here captain." The angel leaves. Farla looks at me. "Why did you leave Ariana's place Seto?" I stare at her for a second and then look away.
"Thanks Farla. But..I can take care of myself." I said walking away from her.
Farla's P.O.V
I felt the pain and hurt in his voice. What did Ariana do?!
"Is Seto safe?" Notch asks over my communicator. I sigh.
"Yes. He's in the guardian's temple now." I said.
"Okay, tell Ty I need to speak with him immediately." He said. He hangs up. I walk inside the temple. I fly up and around, looking for Ty. I go into the kitchen and find him there. I grab the unopened beer bottle from his hand.
"How many have you had today?" I ask.
"None. Can I have it back?" Ty asks. I shake my head.
"Notch needs to speak with you now Ty." I said.
"Damnit." He said quietly. He leaves. I put the bottle on the counter. I walk out of the kitchen and see Adam asleep. I never asked how he was. I walk over to him. I shake him.
"AAddddaaammmmm." I said. I jerk him and he wakes up. He picks up his head and looks at me. "Hey. How was your job?"
"What job?" He asked. I look at the floor. Right, Notch swiped his memory of it.
"Nevermind. Whatca doing?" I ask sitting down next to him.
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