Crossed between worlds- A Minecraft story

Chapter 17

Paige's POV

It has been one week since Steve has gone missing. The cops came to my house today again to ask me a few questions. I didn't know about his whereabouts, so they left.

When did he go missing? I texted him in the morning a week ago, and then he had to go to someone's house...

Whose house did he go to? I thought for a while about it. I snapped my fingers. The new neighbor! I had to go to his house and confront him.

I got up out of my chair and peeked my head in day's office. He was busily typing numbers and letters on the computer.

"Dad?" I said.

"Yes, Paige?" Dad said. He didn't turn around.

"I'm going to take a walk. I'll be back in a hour!" I said.

"Okay," Dad said. "Just be home by 6."

"Bye!" I said.

I walked down the stairs to the doorway. I slipped on my Converse shoes and went out the door.

I ran all the way to Steve's neighborhood. I stopped to walk down the sidewalk and look for the house the neighbor was at. I kept walking until I knew I was pretty close to Steve's house.

Across the street from me I saw a boy sitting on the steps of his house.

"Hey!" I called out to him.

He simply waved, then put his head down in his knees.

I walked closer to him. "Do you know Steve?"

He didn't reply.

"Do you know Steve?" I repeated.

The boy looked up at me. His hazel eyes showed sadness, and there were dark shadows under his eyes.

After a minute, he finally said, "Come with me."

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I walked into his room. The boy shut the door and locked it behind him.

He took a deep breath. "My name is Hayden Brown. When I moved to town a few weeks ago, I was possessed by a evil spirit. He was always talking about revenge."

I interrupted him. "This has nothing to do with Steve, and how am I supposed to believe this?"

He glared at me. "Let me finish."

"The evil spirit wanted me to invite Steve over for a sleepover, and let me take over my own body for the rest of the day. I invited him, and we had loads of fun. When Steve went to sleep, the evil spirit took over again and tied Steve up."

"What did he do with him?" I asked.

"He threw him in Minecraft on Hardcore mode," Hayden said. "How did he even get in there, anyway?"

"Is that it?" I asked.

"Pretty much," he said. "It's okay if you don't believe it. It's pretty hard to believe."

"No, I believe you," I said.

"You do?" Hayden said, disbelief on his face.

I nodded. "He's Steve's brother."

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