OneShot Scenarios

Friends Give Friends a Hand

This oneshot is heavily inspired by FanfictionalWarrior! I read their oneshot "Confront", and it made me want to do a scenario similar! You'll find out what the scenario was about as you read!

It was early in the morning the day after Jesse and everyone defeated the wither storm, and everyone was asleep. 7 almost 8 A.M. if you want to be exact. They were all exhausted from the endless days of no sleep because of the wither storm being on their tail most of the time. Sure they had a moment to rest early on, but since then they hadn't had gotten any, so this sleep was really needed for all of them.

One person in particular needed this: Jesse. She had been the one working the most to make sure everyone was safe, and was the one to actually take down the wither storm. Plus, she was sore from all the swinging around she did and being grabbed by the wither as she fought it, and was just sore from running for so long away. Along with being physically hurt, she was also emotionally hurt.

You see, while Jesse and her friends had defeated the wither storm and saved everyone, there was one person who couldn't be saved. That would be Reuben. While Jesse was close to ending the wither storm, she had dropped her weapon, which prompted Reuben to bring it back to her. In the mist of him being up there with her, he was grabbed in the back legs, which caused him to fall in the hole in the wither storm and land on the ground. Jesse was lucky enough to land in the water below, but Reuben wasn't as lucky. She had lost her best friend that day.

They had quickly built a little tree house for them to live in shortly after they left the spot Reuben once was, mainly to let Jesse and everyone rest from the day and just everything. They had stayed in it ever since it was built, mainly because they were too tired to start anything. They had a living room, a kitchen, a bedroom where they all stayed, and a little balcony like area. They're going to do more to it, but for now, this was what they needed/wanted for now.

Olivia was already up, making breakfast for everyone. She was always someone to wake up super early, so it was no surprise that she was up first out of everyone. She still felt exhausted from everything, but she thought she could just take a nap later. They were going to help start rebuilding their town today though, so she doesn't know if she'll have time to have a nap before the end of the day. She'll have to see though.

She heard footsteps behind her and she turned around to see who it was. She smiled softly recognizing Petra. "Hey. Good morning."

"Good morning," Petra said softly, walking over to the table and sitting down on a chair. "Man that sleep felt so good after everything we went through."

"I know, it sure did," Olivia replied, going back to her cooking. "After being chased by the wither storm for so long, it felt so good to sleep it all away and not have to worry about anything."

Petra just nods. She was looking towards the bedroom where everyone else was. She half expected to see Reuben running out of the room, asking for either potatoes or carrots, but when he didn't, she frowned.

Olivia picked up what she was feeling. "It feels so weird not hearing Reuben's usual sounds doesn't it? I was looking out for the sound of him running in here earlier as well."

"Yeah it does feel so weird," Petra said. "It doesn't feel real that he's gone. I can't believe that, just like that, he's no longer with us, and we're left here hurting."

"Yeah, and I can't imagine how Jesse feels about it too," Olivia said, tearing up a little. "She lost her best friend yesterday. The way she was crying as she fell asleep last night, saying how much she misses him already... it just breaks my heart seeing her like this. Reuben should be here, comforting her and making her soreness feel better by just being there."