A Destructive Reality

(Chapters 3-4)

 

3: Targets Found

 

It was at 1:13 when the two bumped into each other. It was when the kids went to their seventh period class. Tommy had been rushing down and halls and wasn’t  looking where he was going before he ran into someone. The other kid was much taller than Tom. He was big and buff and had a small scar on his right cheek. His eyes were a pale red mixed with brown, but the hint of red gave everything away to Tommy.

 

“Xa-Tul.” Tommy growled. He knew he made a mistake, but this was getting out of hand.

 

“User-that-is-not-a-user, it’s been too long.” the former zombie king growled. It was like an exact replica of him-well it sorta was!-besides the green skin and claws.

 

Tommy looked into the king’s eyes and said, “What’s going on?! You would probably know, right?”

 

“Why would I tell you?” Xa-Tul responded as his hand turned into a fist. Tom backed up a bit, fretting ready for impact. Xa drew his arm back and threw his arm at the kid’s face.

 

Suddenly, someone stood in front of Tommy and rested a hand on Xa-Tul’s arm.

 

“That’s enough Terrance.” the new teen said and but his hand off the bully. Xa-Tul-Terrance-growled again and stormed past the two kids.

 

Tommy didn’t sleaziest he was sweating until a drop of sweat landed in his eye. He whipped his head and eyes and looked up at the kid who had helped him. It was a big, buff kid who was probably six foot. He wore a ripped-sleeve grey shirt and dark blue pants. The guy seemed like he had been through a lot.

 

The two stood there for a while without saying anything.

 

“Uh…thanks,” Tom said with a smiled. The other boy just looks down at Tommy and walked off.

 

Tom stood up with a blank expression on his face. He didn’t do anything until a smaller skinnier boy dragged the bigger kid to Tom.

 

“Say you’re welcome,” the short kid said to the taller boy.

 

Blushing, the bigger kid said, “Y…You’re welcome.”

 

Tommy smiled and looked at the smaller boy. “You really didn’t have to do that.”

 

“Well Dillian did!” the smaller kid exclaimed and pulled his black hair behind his ears. “Names Herman. Herman Herndon.”

 

“Tommy Feynman.” Tom said and shook the boy’s hand.

 

Herman smiled and grabbed Dillian’s hand. He skipped down the hallway dragging the larger teen behind him.

 

Tommy laughed. Herman’s smile seemed to brighten up his day. It reminded him of…

 

“Herder and Digger.” Tommy said out loud. It was so obvious now, of course it was them! Herder was pure and adorable, which was literally Herman. Digger was always silent and awkward when you first met him, which was Dillian.

 

What next? Tommy thought and walked to his next class. Stitcher?

 

 

 

Sally Spio happily skipped out of her last period to her locker. She entered her code and pulled off the lock. Throwing in her finished homework, she slammed it shut and clicked the lock back on. She continued to skip down the hallway till she found he older sister Samantha.

 

“Hey Sam!” Sally happily exclaimed and ran to her older sister.

 

“Ssstop calling me that,” Samantha hissed and quickly put her hand over her mouth. “I-I meant stop that! It’s Shaikulud and you know that Valak.”

 

Sally just rolled her eyes and grinned. “Come on! It’s just roleplaying, it’s not like this is your life forever!”

 

“Well it beats than being dead.” Sam snapped and put her hands into her hoodie. “Also I heard that Feyd wants to see you…or something…I don’t really care I just wanna destroy Gameknight and get a decent life.”

 

“Feyd wants to see…me?” Sally asked. Yeah Feyd was cool, he was the first king she had ever met. Sure he helped her hatch and was really nice to her when she was born and seemed to always be there for her…

 

Sally realized how much that Enderman had actually meant to her. She asked where he was and dashed to classroom 7G.

 

“FINN!” Sally yelled when she saw him walk out the classroom. “What’cha want with me?”

 

Finn looked at Sally and sighed, it wasn’t Xa-Tul. He calmly walked over to her and gave her a bright smile.

 

“Yo, what’s up?” he asked happily and messed with the girl’s hair.

 

Sally shook him off. “What’s that about? What do you want with me?”

 

Finn pulled his hair out of his eye and but his lip. “Could you talk with me and Oxus about it elsewhere…where no zombie king’s are lurking around?”

 

Sally turned around and saw Xa-Tul-Terrance- stand in the hallways death-glaring Finn. She knew the two hated each other but she never knew why.

 

“Uhh…sure.” Sally replied and looked back at Feyd. “But why’s Oxi in this?”

 

“Oxi?”

 

“It’s the nickname I have Oxus!” Sally exclaimed. “Yours is Fey, my sis’s Kulud, and Herobrine’s-”

 

Finn quickly covered Sally’s mouth with his hand. Two boys behind them were laughing.

 

“HEROBRINE?! You gotta be kidding me!” one of them said. “Minecraft’ for baby’s, which I guess you are, kid.”

 

Sally started to blush and tear up.

 

“Aww, you gonna cry?” the other mocked. “Why don’t you go cry to your Minecraft friends?”

 

A tear came down the girl’s face.

 

“Such a baby.”

 

Finn walked past the sobbing girl and looked down at the two boys. He pulled back his hand and slapped the first guy in the face and kicked the other in the shin.

 

“Stop.”

 

That’s all the Finn said. The two boys quickly ran off away from the two. Finn turned around and was greeted by a small, warm hug around his waist.

 

“Thank you.” Sally sobbed happily.

 

Finn hugged back and put his chin on her head. “It happens to all of us. We just gotta keep our past life a secret.”

 

Sally nodded and looked back up and Feyd. “So where we gonna meet Oxi?”

 

 

 

Hunter Villance pulled the bowstring back and fired at the target. Bullseye. She smiled and turned her head.

 

“See, it’s easy! Why don’t you try it?”

 

Tom shook his head. “Sorry, but you do know it’s not as easy as it looks.”

 

Hunter just smiled and walked over to the boy. She handed him the bow and laughed. “Hey if you wanna quit your house is always down the street.”

 

“He, true.” Tom replied. Turned out Hunter lived down his street so he just went to his house and told his parents where he was going. Hunter had invited him over so he came. Right now he was in her backyard watching her practice archery.

 

“Just try.”

 

Tommy rolled his eyes and stood up. He already had the equipment on(Hunter made him put it on) so he was ready. He stood in front of the target and pulled out an arrow outbid his quiver.

 

“Okay, so rest the arrow on the string-” Hunter started to explain before getting cut off by Tom.

 

“You told me. Plus I know how to do it.”

 

“Oh, really?” the red-head sarcastically asked. “Fine. I won’t help nor say anything. Knock yourself out!”

 

Tom smiled and notched an arrow onto the bow. He pulled back the string but had some trouble with it. It wasn’t as easy as the Minecraft bow. He looked at Hunter but she didn’t say anything. Turning back to the target, he took a deep breath in and let go. The arrow flew onto the target and only missed the bullseye by an inch or two.

 

“Aw! So close!”

 

Tommy turned around to find a younger girl standing in the back porch. She had the same curly hair as Hunter and it flowed down her back. The girl’s green eyes sparkled in the sun and she ran down the stairs to the backyard.

 

“Soooo,” the girl said and looked at Hunter. “who’s this?”

 

Hunter blushed and said, “It’s Tommy. Geez Sara, stop being so nosy!”

 

Sara just giggled and looked at he boy. “Hey Tom! I’m Sara, your girlfriend’s sister!”

 

Hunter quickly shot up and grabbed her sister by her ear. “YOU LITTLE BRAT STOP SAYING THAT STUFF WHENEVER I HAVE A GUY FRIEND OVER!”

 

Sara wiggled her way out of her sister’s grasp. She smiled and said, “Heh, sorryyy sis.”

 

Hunter just rolled her eyes in response and looked at Tom. “Sorry about that, Sara’s just a-” she castes a deadly glare at her sister. “-little annoying sometimes.”

 

“It’s okay,” Tommy reassured and walked over to grab his arrow.

 

He didn’t realize that when he turned around, Hunter smiled and blushed as she watched him.

 

4: A Speck of Hope

 

Brine opened the door to his apartment and yawned. He walked over to the kitchen counter and threw the keys on it. He didn’t bother closing the door, he knew that they were gonna come.

 

“Three…two…one.” Brine counted down as three other teens walked through the door, the last one closing it.

 

“Welcome fellow creations-I mean friends, right?” Brine asked sarcastically and he opened his arms and stood on his heels.

 

Only one of them laughed. The one girl slowly walked her way over the the couch and threw her bag onto it and laid down.

 

“Why did he have to be a teenager, Brine?” the girl-Samantha- groaned. “It’s so boring and you actually have to pay attention to people!”

 

“What, you didn’t pay attention to me?” Brine asked in a childlike voice.

 

“Well when she did it got her killed.” Erebus said and dropped his bag on the floor.

 

“Same did for you.” Mason-Malacoda-replied in a harsh tone.

 

“And you!” Erebus snapped.

 

“You killed me!”

 

“Which took like, what, no effort!”

 

“Guys stop!” Samantha exclaimed. “You guys gotta chill or the boss is gonna kill you.”

 

“Yeah I am.” Brine said.

 

“I was talking about Entity,”

 

Brine groaned but still smiled. That Entity guy-Evan-took over. Though Brine wanted to be in control, he knew that Entity was a better leader, though he hated to admit it.

 

“Did I hear my name?”

 

The four turned their heads to the door where a black kid with white hair walked in and gently swatted his bag on the floor. He was tall, taller than Erebus. He wore a white hoodie and everything else he wore was black.

 

“So, how’s High School guys?” Entity asked happily.

 

“Trash.”

 

“BORING!”

 

“It’s okay…I guess…”

 

“Well that’s good news!” Entity said.

 

The others stared at him as he grabbed his bag and walked into his room.

 

“I don’t get that guy,” Mason said and walked off to his room.

 

 

 

 

“Tom, why’s Cameron here?”

 

Tommy nervously looked over at Cam and shrugged. He had brought the five all together-six counting him. He though it would be good for them, but turned out they had a rough past with each other.

 

“I hate Herman-ARGH! Why’d you bring him?!” Sara asked.

 

“Hunter? HUNTER, REALLY?!” Cam snapped.

 

“Sara I didn’t mean it!” Herman whined.

 

Dillian didn’t say anything, he jut held Herman’s hand during the fight.

 

Tommy tried to act cool, but it was just getting annoying now.

 

“STOP!” he screamed at the top of his lounges.

 

The others looked at him and stopped talking.

 

“Look at you guys here, fighting yelling, and for what? A stained dress?” Tommy asked.(mainly to Hunter) “Hunter, I KNOW you aren’t a girly girl. What really happened?”

 

Hunter blushed and turned around from the brunette. “I was in the state championship for archery-”

 

“That wasn’t me!” Cameron exclaimed, as if he knew what she was going to say.

 

“-and he broke my bow in the last round! I had worked so hard getting there only for my bow to get snapped in half by my best friend!” There were tears in her eyes after she had finished her sentence.

 

Wide eyed, Tom said, “Best friend? You two were best friends?!”

 

Everyone shared glances, only Dillain spoke up. “Yeah, we were.” He boomed and looked down at the ground. “But that was so long ago…”

 

“It was a year and a half ago,” Herman said is a quiet tone.

 

Tommy sighed at looked at Sara. “You and Herde-uh, I mean Herman. What happened?”

 

The two looked at each other and back at the taller boy. “He made me fail a class and get held back a year.”

 

“I got held back too!” Herman snapped. “It’s not only you Sara, it was me too! I’m sorry I couldn’t help you on your project or cheat on your test, it just wasn’t the right thing?”

 

“When is the right thing ever important to you?” Sara growled and brushed her red hair out of her face. “All you care about is Dillain and no one else!”

 

Herman looked up at Dillain who looked pissed. Herman put his had up against the large boy and shook his head. “The right thing was to tell the teacher, but she caught both of us before I could tell her.”

 

Tommy looked at the two and groaned. This was too complicated. He just wanted everything to be the way it was in Minecraft…

 

“Minecraft.” Tommy said out loud in realization.

 

Herman stopped talking and looked at Tom. “MC? I love that game! You like it too?”

 

“Hey, stop copying me Her,” Sara said. “I love that game much more than you.”

 

“I’m the biggest fan!” Herman said with a smile.

 

“Nah, I could destroy all of you in PvP and Hunger Games any day,” Hunter bragged.

 

“I’ve been playing it since the day it came out,” Cam said. “In pretty sure I’m the most skilled.

 

Dillian stood their and smiled. “I’m related to Notch, so I’m pretty sure I’m the best.”

 

The others looked at him and smiled.

 

“Really?!” Cam asked excitedly.

 

“That’s so cool!” Sara said and jumped up and down.

 

“That’s it!” Tom said and clapped his hands together. “You guys doing anything Saturday?”

 

“Nope.” They all said as one.

 

“Then come over to my place and bring your laptops,” Tommy said with a smirk. “I need to show you guys a really cool server.”

 

“What is it? Creative? PvP?” Hunter asked.

 

“Nope.” Tom said with a smile. “It’s just a good o’l survival server. There a village close to the spawn point too that I think you guys wanna see.”

 

The lives of the puzzle started to click together as the words flew out of Tom’s mouth. Either this will bring their friendship back, or nothing else will.

 

 

(AUTHORS NOTE)

Hey, it’s Ender again! Here are the very wanted chapters three and four.

Keep reading,

-Ender