Petra's POV

"Hey! Guys! I think I've found something!" Jesse's voice carries out from the dead end.

I rush over, seeing Olivia glaring, eyes filled with suspision at Jesse.

Axle stands there, avoiding my gaze.

"What is it?" Axle asks, happy to get my attention away from him.

"A lever." She states, pulling it down.

Not a moment later the end of the room opens up to reveal soul sand with a weird block in the middle of the golden like pattern.

"What is that?" Olivia asks, edging forward.

Jesse stops her, nudging her back in line with the rest of us.

"I don't think you should touch that." She offers, making Olivia huff and look away angrily.

What's up with her?

Jesse walks forward, Reuben holding onto her leg for dear life.

"Wait, this is the recipe for a wither!" She exclaims, her gaze locked on the block.

Reuben tugs on her shirt, making her look down.

"Jesse, isn't that a command block?" Reuben whispers, trying to hide his voice from the three of us.

Jesse opens her mouth to answer only to yelp when Rueben is swiped from her side.

Lukas stands there, holding Reuben back from the others.

"Alright. Tell me what the hell you guys are up to now, or I will make sure you never see pipsqueak here again." He threatens, making Jesse gasp.

I however narrow my eyes.

"Tell me! Were you going to use that wither to get back at us for beating you in the building competition?" He asks, making Axle snort.

"You're so conceded! Like we would threaten the entire world because we lost a dumb competition." He growls, crossing his arms.

Before the group can continue to arge, the sound of a door open makes them all go silent.

Jesse takes something from the chest below the build before closing the secret door.

"Scatter!" I whisper, running behind one of the bookshelves.

I look in time to see that Jesse made it in between a shelf and a chest.

Reuben was with Axle somewhere, and Olivia wasn't far from me, hiding behind another bookcase.

Ivor walks into the room.

"Surprised to see me!? No.... That's not it." He mutters, like he's practicing a speech.

He walks past all of us, going into the dead end room.

He goes to open the chest Lukas dove into, only to be saved by Olivia accidentally knocking over a potion.

We all turn to see her eyes widen as she ducks behind the shelf.

"Who's there!" Ivor shouts, walking towards me.

I hold my breath, hoping he doesn't spot me.

"Hey! Ivor!" Jesse shouts, running at him in time to stop him from spotting me.

She looks slightly afraid of what the sketchy guy will do now he knows she's here, but I'll need to remind myself to thank her.

"You! What are you doing here?" Ivor asks, sounding almost... Afraid?

Why would Ivor be afraid of Jesse?

"I'm here to get back that skull, and I know what you're doing g her too." She growls, making the man with black hair shocked.

"You're smarter than I thought you'd be." He states, crossing his arms.

The statement makes Jesse look puzzled, but Axle steps in, pushing the guy back.

"Hey! No one talks to my friends like that!" He shouts, Reuben running after him.

"Yeah! Leave her alone!" I shout, blocking the second exit.

Even Olivia takes the final one, blocking Ivor from escaping.

"You, you're all fools! Taking care of these two!" He shouts, rushing Olivia.

He pushes past her, shoving her into the bookshelf.

We all logo after him towards the beginning of the room, unable to locate him again.

"What did you mean by that?" I shout, making Jesse look slightly awkward.

Ivor appears ontop of four iron ingots, placing a pumpkin on top of them.

An iron golem explodes out from the blocks.

"They're not one of you! They are bad luck! And will only get you into trouble! Take my advice and leave them now! Before they get you killed!" He shouts, sending the golem on us.

It swings for us, making us all jump over its large arm.

Jesse however dives for her brother, rolling him out of the way before either of them can get hit.

"Run!" Axle shouts, leading the way up the stairs.

Jesse catches up to me, holding Reuben as he hides his face in her hair.

All I can think as we run into the small crowd waiting for Gabriel, who is just walking onto the stage now, is what Ivor meant.

How could Jesse not be one of us? That makes no sense. Sure she's a little, odd, but she's still one of us....

Right?

We all breathe heavily, Jesse especially.

"Is everyone okay?" Jesse asks, making us all nod.

I feel slightly bad.

I dragged them all down there and we didn't even find the skull.

"Hey, cheer up. We did go down there to get this." Jesse states, taking out a skull.

We all stare in disbelief.

"Also, bad news and good news. There were three, so he is definetly trying to build a wither, but now, he won't get the chance." Jesse boasts slightly, putting away the skull.

We all chuckle, only to have Jesse's frown ruin the mood.

"Wait.... Where's Lukas?" She asks, looking around.

Axle scoffs.

"He's probably down there with that golem still. Just leave him. He'd do the same to us." He growls, making me shocked and Jesse frown angrily.

"I don't care how big of a jerk he is Axle. I'm not letting anyone get hurt." She says.

I find myself admiring her.

I know that I wouldn't want him to die, but I don't think I would want to be the one to save his ass.

But then again Jesse was different.

Maybe that's what he meant.....

"You guys tell Gabriel about what Ivor was planning, just in case I get caught. I'll meet you all back up here as soon as I can." Jesse says before running back to the door.

Reuben goes to follow but I stop him.

"Sorry little bro. You can't follow her this time." I say, making g him frown angrily at the ground.

Olivia leads us through the crowd, making it to the front.

"Gabriel! We have something to tell you!" She shouts, making all eyes turn to us.

....

Hey guys. So just so you all know, once I get to the either storm, things will change up a lot. This story will not stay completely true to every single little thing that happens in the episodes. Things will change, but I'll stick to the main plot. Anyway! What did you all think? What did Ivor mean? Does he know? Why does Jesse feel like she needs to save Lukas? Find out soon!

-ThePurpleWarrior