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Chapter 19

Why? Why? How did she come in this world? Why did she hate me so much? Who was she talking to the day she betrayed me? And most of all? WHY? WHY COULD SHE DO SUCH A TERRIBLE THING!

I burst into sobs and tears. Suddenly, I felt a sharp poke in my back. I turned around. Alex was standing there, behind me.

"Come on!" She said. "We have to get out of here when we have the chance!"

"But-but.."

"Come on!" Screamed Alex as the employees ran toward us.

I ran with Alex toward the door, which Steve was waiting for us in front of. We burst out through the set of double doors, panting. Behind us, the employees were catching up. There is only one choice. I shapeshifted into an enderman, and without warning, teleported both Alex and Steve, along with me, to the house.

My tears were still flowing by the time we got into the house. Steve and Alex were throwing up in the corner. First time teleportation always does that.

I threw myself on the lime couch, sobbing. Alex came to me, and sat down.

"What happened?" She asked.

"It-it was h-her." I said between sobs.

"Who? Who was it?" She said, handing me a napkin.

"St-st-acey. I k-killed her!" I said, and burst into more tears.

"No! It wasn't her! That was Alicia!" She protested.

"It was her- she pret-end-end-ed to be- Alicia." I sobbed.

"It's all right, she's just a pig who never deserved to live." She reassured me. "But how did she come here anyways? And how did you shoot that purple thing out of your hand?"

I stood up. "You're right. She's a dang grunting pig with a snorting face. But I don't know how she came. And I also don't know how I did that."

Alex giggled about me calling Stacey a pig with a snorting face. And also, it turns out that Steve heard everything. I wiped my tears and walked to my room. My life was really starting to change.

I sat on the bed, and realized that the diamond and the prismarine chunk and shards were on it. I got an idea.

There was a pickaxe next to my bed. I grabbed it and stared at the chunk.

I hit the chunk with the pickaxe at the most uneven side of the chunk, and smoothed it until it was a flat area. I did the same with the other sides of the chunk until it became a perfect cube. I removed every corner of the cube till I got a flat area instead of a corner.

I worked on it for a long time, until it was a crystal shape. But it needed to be shiny, glimmery, something that caught your eye whenever you looked in its direction.

I set the now-crystal chunk on the bed, got off, and walked out the room. Alex was sitting on the lime couch, her nose stuck in a book.

"Hey Alex, have you got anything that might make the prismarine chunk shine like a crystal that it is now?" I said, interrupting her reading.

"Umm.. No, but that lady over at the brewery might have a potion that might do the trick. She's good, I tell you. She could make up potions that never existed." She answered.

"Kay, thanks!" I said, as she stuck her nose back in the book.

I walked out the door, and looked around. There were no signs of any brewery. I looked at the nearest person. I walked over to him.

"Hey." I said to the man."Do you know where the brewery is?"

"Yes."He answered."It's over there." He pointed at a small building in the distance, which had small amounts of smoke coming from the chimmeny.

I walked towards it, then broke into a run. I was too impatient to wait.

There was a small wooden building, with a horizontal twelve block hole with a woman standing behind it, and a counter. I came closer.

I expected an old lady, or someone with a wart on her nose like a witch. But I saw a young woman, with long, braided, light brown hair. And when I say long, I mean way down to below her waist. It was filled with flowers. She had very bright blue eyes, pale skin, and very slight freckles. She wore a gorgeous knee length teal colored dress that hugged her legs.

"Umm..hi." I said timidly.

"Hi, how can I help you?" She said cheerfully.

"Do you have a potion that can make anything as shiny and reflective as a diamond?" I asked.

"Why, yes." She answered.

"May I have three bottles please? And what's the price?" I said.

"That'd be twelve gold nuggets." She said."And by the way..are you new here? If so, my name is Chelsea. What's yours?"

"Yes, I'm new. My name is Cecilia."

"Then you'll have the three bottles for half the price of one. Which is two gold nuggets. That's what I like to do, give new customers and constant customers a nice deal and a cheaper price." She said.

"Thanks!" I said.

She disappeared through the hole for a few minutes then came back out with the potions. She set them on the counter.

I fiddled in my pocket for the gold nuggets Alex gave me. I set two of them on the counter, and took the potions.

"Come back soon!" Said Chelsea.