| Chapter Seven | A Troubled History {Inshire}
Just a warning, I have not grammar check or spell check this chapter yet because I just finished writing it...
Anyway...enjoy the chapter...
*Jason Probst's P.O.V*
*Flashback*
"Aaawwww! He's cute!" Mel said. I stop and look at her as she crouches down in front of a piglet. "We should keep him, Jason." I smile a little.
"We can't keep everything you see because it is cute, Mel." I said. She picks up the small piglet and stands up holding it in her arms.
"PPPleeaaassseeee! It's all alone and has no family, it's kind of like us. Expect we have each other." She said before she smiles at me, holding the small pig in her arms. I look at it and is oinks at me. I sigh. I can't say no to her...
"Okay, fine." I said. She squeals suddenly and hugs me.
"Yaayy! Thank you! I'll take good care of it, I promise." She said before she let go of me. I smile a little.
*End Of Flashback*
Why does it seem so long ago? Why? I stare at the small picture of me, her and Jeffrey as a piglet resting on her head and she is smiling big. I miss her...So much. I close the star charm as Jeffrey's nose nudges it. I feel a tear fall down my cheek and I quickly wipe it away. I hold Jeffrey in hug, I stare at the foot of my bed. I'm still stuck in the infirmary ward, I'm all better but they won't let me leave this place.
I can't tell if I want to see Inshire version of Melissa or not. I mean...I can't get that toothy smile and her lighthearted laugh out of my head. She happened about a year before I met Sky and them. And even them don't know anything about her because I don't like bringing her up, she's my little sister, but...she died when she was 15 and I was 18. It hasn't even been a decade since it happened and the day it still permanently scarred in my mind, forever. Jess is the only one I have ever told about Mel and she swore to never tell anyone.
I change my mind, I don't want to see Inshire Melissa. I can't. It is too many bad memories and..I just want to be home to my dimension, Minecraftia. Where everything made sense.
Where Adam, Ian, and Max weren't working for the squids. Where Quentin and I aren't dead. Where everyone actually got along with each other and more importantly where the squids haven't took over, at least not yet. Could this be our future right now?
I mean we are in the middle of a huge squid problem back home, they are advancing and taking over the lands slowly. And they need me...wait..Do they? I mean...They probably haven't even noticed that I am gone yet.
I mean...I...I feel my eyes water. I cover my face with my hands, my eyes looking at my wrapped forearm and hand. I'm not useless, I mean something back home...right? I mean something here in Inshire, does that mean that I don't matter at all back home? My forearm suddenly starts to hurt and I grit my teeth. I look over at the door, pulling my knife out if my boot.
I grip the knife, unwrapping some of my forearm, exposing scars on my wrist. I bite onto my jacket, hovering the knife over my forearm. A hand grabs my wrist making me jump, I connect with brown eyes. She is giving me a very concerned looked.
"What are you doing?" She asks me. I look away from her and she takes my knife from my hand. It's Melissa. I know it is because she looks like her. She has the same dark brown hair that is up to her shoulders, dark brown eyes, a dark blue jacket with black skinny jeans with rips in it, slightly tanned skin, dark brown boots with a orange stripped shirt and a black cloak. But she also has a black star charm around her neck that rests on her belly hanging on a black chord. She sits down on my bed beside me. I rewrap my arm, not saying anything.
"You do look a lot like my older brother." She said quietly. I look at her. She is a pretty girl, but this just feels awkward.
"How old are you?" I ask.
"20." She said. I nod slightly and look at my knife in her hands. I gently take that back and put it into my boot. Jeffrey sniffs her and than oinks at her, going back into my lap almost immediately. She gives Jeffrey a small smile and than looks at me. "And you?"
"23." I said.
"Weird, my Jason was younger than that." She said. Yeah same...But she has only been without her brother for not even a year yet, I have been without Mel for 8 years. "He was 21. How about yours?"
"Um...Mel died 8 years ago, when she was 15." I said. She loses her smile.
"Oh.....I'm so sorry. I--"
"Yeah um...I rather just not remember." I interrupted. She nods and looks away. She smiles suddenly.
"Mel, huh? Is that a nickname? Everyone just calls me Melissa." She said.
"Yeah and everyone back home in Minecraftia got along with each other. Adam is the reason why the squids stay in their holes and an actual human rules. And Seto is actually a nice person and Quentin isn't dead but...Barney is." I said quietly at the end. I look at my knife. Dan created the little slot in my boot to own it in, he would always steal my boots so he can experiment designs until we found a design we likes and use in the Sky Army.
"Well..You home sounds better than mine. I was considering not coming here to see you when I got the letter from Alesa telling me. Ashley, Jessica and I don't really get along like we use to when my brother was still here. But Ty and Mitchell couldn't come. Actually, Mitchell could care less and I don't really trust Ty with you when he is in his little problem mode." She said. I look at Melissa.
"Mitchell...That is gonna take getting use too. Yeah um, they told me about Mitchell's behavior--"
"Rumors can be deadly, Jason. And Mitchell and Seto has a lot surrounding them, Mitchell can be asshole and irresponsible at times but he has a good heart....it has just been damaged too many times. Seto, well....all those rumors are there just because he is one of the last five powerful mages that are left since magic is dying and there are about a little over seven mages to date we know of. But they are disappearing due to the King's rule of the fact it is illegal to do any form of magic. And witch hunters are..everywhere looking to get rich." Melissa said. Wait, that sounds horrible. Magic is cool and I don't know what we would do without. Yeah the hate it gets isn't new, but we have more mages then seven and we accept it. "And Ty...give him a chance, please? Because the side of him you will meet isn't who he is." Meeting them? I mean...I have an opened mind. I don't judge people harshly until I have met them and gotten to know them.
"So, what was I like and what's Adam and the rest like?" I ask. She looks at me.
"I like this version of you better, you actually listen to me instead of me just talking at you. You could be cold-hearted but when the fate of the human race is at stake and everyone depends on you, I cut you slack. And do you mean Commander Adam Skylen?" She asks. I nod. She looks away from me. "I rather you meet him first, Jason."
"Who let you in here, Melissa?!" Someone yelled right after the door were bursted open and injury people carried in. I sit up a little and Melissa stands as Jessica walks in front of her. I see them carrying Seto. Seto has charred skin and burns that are bleeding staining his clothes.
"What happened?" I ask.
"Witch hunters. Don't worry, Quentin's medicine will have him good as new in half an hour." Jessica said. Melissa looks at Seto and back at Jessica. "And you need to get out of here, you aren't allowed here." Melissa's hands turn into fists as they attend to Seto's injuries and others who have minor ones. Jessica starts walking over to Seto.
"He's my friend too, Jessica." Melissa said. Jessica turns around instantly look mad.
"FRIENDS DON'T STAB EACH OTHER IN THE BACK LIKE YOU ALL DID!" Jessica screams silencing the room. Melissa looks at me and than at her.
"Oh, don't you dare blame him. We all know that sh*t didn't start falling apart until after Jason died." Melissa said. I flinch suddenly at that last bit. Jessica glares at me still and I get out of bed.
"G-Guys, this isn't the time to fight." I said as I walk pass Jessica and stand at the foot of Seto's bed. Witch hunters....I mean...Seto has told me about how he had problems with them back in Minecraftia. But...Wait. "Where's Waglington?" I look at Jerome.
"Um...Who is that?" Jerome asks.
"Who are the remaining mages left?" I ask him. We could really use Wag right now, he would have a new destructive spell he created that he is dying to test on someone.
"Um..Seto Magi, James Haye...and a woman that went missing a few days ago. And a few others.." Jerome said. James Haye..I smile a little. Waglington's real name is James, so that must be him.
"Where is James--"
"No!" Melissa suddenly said. I look at her.
"What? Wait...Is James dead too?" I ask.
"No, but we all wish he was. He made where he stands and Seto almost died because of it. He is out of the question." Jessica snaps. I look at Seto and than at Jerome. He looks like he has something to say.
"Jerome."
"James was once one of us a long time ago, but something just changed in him and he...he isn't around us anymore." Jerome said. What? But...Are all my friend's Inshire Versions screwed up in some form of way?
"How is he? Wait..why is she in here?" Ashley asks as she rushed into the room as she looks at Melissa. Melissa motions at me. "How about you just take, Jason? Jerome! Where's Jordan?!" I look at Jerome.
"I-I don't know." Jerome said. Jessica crosses her arms.
"You sent to Blackwell Kingdom, the royal Kingdom, remember?" Jessica asks. Ashely looks at Jessica and nods.
"Ohhh right."
"Wait you basically threw Jordan to Commander Adam? Are you insane? That Commander is a monstrous killer." Melissa asks. Ashley glares at Melissa. A killer..Adam. That just doesn't fit. Melissa grabs my wrist and pulls on it. "And if something happens to Jordan like it did to over half of your once so powerful New World Order Society of yours, I will make the Star Resistance take over this place and all of you in a snap. I won't allow you to kill any more of our friends." Melissa pulls me out of the infirmary.
"Isn't thata little too harsh?"
"She isn't fit to lead. She is driven by lies and false leads. She's the reason why you died and Quentin did as well. Barney was missing for a long time until he popped up again suddenly. She is going to get all of them killed." Melissa said. I take my wrist out of her grip.
"And what about you?" I ask her. She smiles a little and than looks at me. Jeffrey pops his head out from my jacket and she chuckles.
"You'll see. After all I have only been in charge for a few months, Ty basically runs it though. I'm just the face." She said losing her smile.
"At least you got a pretty face." I said trying to lift her spirits. She smiles at me.
"Thanks. Come on, before Ty freaks out I have been gone for a longer time than I said I would." She said.
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