-Withered Heart- MCSM x OC

-The Forest-

(Part Two)

(Third Person)

Jesse began climbing down the ladder holding onto Reuben tightly to themselves. Jesse wouldn't dare to look down towards the ground. Once Jesse made it a few inches from the ground they jumped off the ladder and softly put Reuben on the ground and dusted their hands and looked at Axel and Olivia with a grin. Olivia gave a small smile "That's everything."
Axel then sighed in relief putting his hands on his hips "Let's roll!"

They all began walking. Jesse still kept Reuben close to them making sure he was safe from any harm that could get to them.
Axel then cleared his throat to break the silence a little. "Hey guys! I heard a pretty juicy rumour from the con! But you guys have to promise not to say anything."
Olivia and Jesse looked at him in intriguement and tilted both of their heads interested about what Axel heard. "Also it's in two parts! Each part more exciting than the last!"
Jesse became a little impatient and felt their excitement brewing higher by the second. "Spit it out!"

Axel then sighed and answered with a big smile on his face. "Part one. The special guest of this year's Endercon is none other than Gabriel The Warrior him-freaking-self."
Jesse's eyes were widened. They were pleasantly surprised and gave a big smile. Olivia gave a small sceptical look but was still excited. She hoped that the rumour was true. "Woah! Really?! What's part two?!" Jesse exclaimed. Reuben gave a small happy squeal wanting to hear more. "Part Two. According to my sources the winner of the building competition is gonna get to meet him." Axel explained with a big grin. Olivia gasped silently with her face wide in shock. "No way!"

"It doesn't mean anything if we lose... But if we win... oh man! This would make for all the losing."

Jesse gave an excited squeal followed by Reuben. "Meeting Gabriel would be a dream and an honor!"
Olivia nodded with a big smile on her face. "Meeting Gabriel would be a dream and an honor!" Axel gave a small giggle with enthusiasm in his tone. "Reuben better be careful in that costume, last time Gabriel saw a dragon, it didn't end well." Axel chuckled a little which made the whole group chuckle except for Rueben who gave a worried huff.

Olivia then glanced at a nearby tree and huffed out some air and crossed her arms. "Soooo... does this 'source' of yours make posters for a living?"
The four of them glanced at a small area of trees that had probably twenty posters on the trees. "Yeah... my source... doesn't exist. You guys are my only friends" Axel chuckled dryly with a sad look on his face. The group continued walking away to the competition. "Guys let's stay focused, we have a competition to win." Jesse said trying to build up some confidence in their friends. Which made Olivia gave a disappointed look. "We never win, and this year we've got Reuben with us. We basically have no chance." Olivia then huffed and glanced away from the group lowering her head a little.

Jesse then looked at Olivia hoping to raise her spirits they sighed and gave a small smile to Olivia. "Anything can happen, Olivia!"
Olivia then sighed and rolled her eyes at Jesse's response and glanced back at them. "Then why have we lost nine of these in a row?"
Jesse then tried to think of a solution to get Olivia out of her self doubt. "You can't.. no, you can't look at this as a whole. The odds are... refreshed each time... maybe no one else will show up!" Olivia then chuckled a little and responded back with a hint of sarcasm. "Now you're being realistic. Same as always." 

Jesse then felt a light bulb light up in their head and they gasped with excitement and looked at the two. "Wait a minute! We have been thinking about this all wrong!! The point of the building competition isn't just to build something! We have to do something to get noticed by the judges!"

Olivia then hummed with a small nod thinking it was a good theory. "Sounds good.. then. So how do we do this?"
"We don't just build something functional, we build something FUN! After we finish the fireworks machine like we planned, we then build something cool on top of it!" Jesse exclaimed with their hands on their hips. Reuben gave a small excited squeal.
Olivia gave an approving hum in reply "You might be onto something Jesse!"

Axel then spoke up with excitement in his voice. "If you wanna get a reaction out of the judges, you need to build something scary. So I say we build a creeper!"
Olivia then shook her head with a small irritated sigh.  "Wouldn't an enderman be better? I'm more scared of endermen than creepers."
Axel shrugged a little. "They both have their moments. Both are pretty scary."
"Then again, you scared the crap out of us with a creeper today."
Jesse then blurted out with their idea of what they all could build. "Let's build a zombie."
Olivia and Axel thought about the idea and shrugged liking the suggestion. "I guess that's kind of like a creeper."
"It's a monster, it's fine." Olivia said.

Axel gave a huff in determination and confidence with his hands on his hips. "We are so ready!" "Yeah. I think this is the first time we've decided on something before getting to the competition." Olivia responded with a small smile. Then Olivia responded with a small question. "Think we've got everything we need?"
Jesse then tilted their head thinking of an answer. "It wouldn't hurt to grab a little more."
"Let's get with the Grabbin', then." Axel responded with a smirk.
We're so prepared. We can't lose. Cannot. Bring it in!" Jesse exclaimed putting their hand out.
The two others held their hands in the middle. "'Dare to Prepare' on three. No. 'Preparing is Daring.' Nope, that's the same thing.. forget it. 'Team' on three. One, two, three...!"
They all exclaimed and shouted "Team". They all then ran in different areas in the forest to prepare for their best build ever!