Mining Camp Memories (MCSM)

Year 3

This is a time skip to the third year because the last two years isn't that eventful. If you want me to write it with the two years included let me know. I'll make a separate story for it.

For two long years I stayed paranoid but Jesse and I became good friends. For the first time, in a very long time, someone actually understood me.(Lukas's POV)

I was planning on pranking him but spending time with him just didn't feel right to get him like the others. I decided to make it easier and more calmly even if he did go to the extreme with the cream cheese hair. (Jesse's POV)

Lukas's POV

Strangely I found it odd that she hadn't pranked me for the first few weeks. I heard the girls already knew who pranked them. Some girls had already pranked their pranksters. Wasn't Jesse suppose to be the toughest girl in the camp? She was awfully calm, most of the time. We mined in groups and she didn't even dare push me to the water. Nor did she dump any milk on my head. She was suppose to be extreme here. I'm being paranoid about her pranking me and she hasn't done anything! Something isn't just right here.

"Alright today you all shall be learning how to ride a horse."  Jim told the groups of future miners and builders. "If you don't have a mine cart or railroads to use, a horse is the fastest way to get around." He walked in front of us with a stern face. He pulled a lever that opened the doors of small cave with five horses. 7 small caves opened as well having horses in them as well. "Now this is the biggest group of campers I have had in years so since there's not enough horses for each one of you, you shall share with the one's in your group. These horses cannot carry more than two at a time so please be gentle with them." After a few more explaining we all went to the horses. I tried getting one but it kicked me against the wall. When I looked up I saw Jesse had already tamed the same horse I had tried. She was petting it as she fed it a carrot.

"You're very good with horses." I walked over to her.

"Well I did come a lot as a child." Jesse looked at me. "Lukas, this is Daisy." She handed me Daisy's leash. "Be gentle with her. She's a toughie." She petted it again. "But she means well." She smiled. I smiled back looking at the horse.

"Hey uh...like to share?" I asked but I soon noticed her getting on another horse.

"No thanks. I think Bruno here can handle little old Jesse." She smiled and rode outside. I didn't know why but I was a bit disappointed when Aiden got on the horse with her.

Jesse's POV

I would of shared the horse with Lukas but I had promised Aiden a while back. We kind of knew each other for a few years and it felt wrong to not share it with a long time friend. His mother was friend of my mother's.

"Alright what mountain shall we explore first?" I wondered looking at three mountains in front of me.

"How about that one?" Aiden pointed at the largest mountain. 

"Hmm...I don't know." I questioned it seeing a lava-fall.

"Oh come on a little lava won't harm us." He chuckled.

"Well...alright." I steered the horse towards the mountain. Once we got there I noticed Maya and Lukas there, sharing Daisy.

"Hey Lukas!" Aiden greeted as we rode beside them.

"Hey you two." Lukas smiled towards us. We all got off the horses and tied them on a piece of fence and headed into the small cave.

"Okay let's go see what we can find." I told the group. They nodded and we split up in hopes of finding any ore on the book we had.

"Is there any specific ore we need to find?" Maya asked. I took out the book and opened it as they gathered around me.

"1.Diamond Ore (Rare)

2.Iron Ore

3.Gold Ore 

4.Lapis Lazuli Ore

5.Emerald Ore

6.Coal Ore

7.Redstone Ore

8.and Ruby Ore"

"Well that should be fun." Aiden stated sarcastically.

"Oh come on don't be such a downer." I told him. "There's eight different ores. We can split it. We can each look for two."

"Sounds good to me." Lukas agreed.

Lukas's POV

I took charge of looking for Emarald and Coal while Maya took Diamond and Redstone, Aiden took Iron and Gold and Jesse took Ruby and Lapis. I decided to make a stair well. My father always said it was a good strategy to work with when looking for Emerald. Although it did seem kind of weird. I finally reached a good level finding some gold and redstone. It wasn't something I was looking for but it was part of the list. We mined for a few hours before we all met outside a few minutes before sundown.

"What did you guys find?" Jesse asked.

"I found some some gold and restone." I told her.

"I found some Diamond" Aiden mentioned.

"I found some Lapis." Maya added.

"All I found some Coal." She took out some coal. "Not much of value but it shall do. Let's head back. It's almost dark out." We all got onto the horses. It was quiet on our way back but it was comfortable.

"So I heard that your uncle is making a dance for the camp." Maya mentioned.

"Yeah." Jesse nodded. "He always makes it on the third year of camp. He says it helps the campers connect with those not on their team. He said that's where he and my aunt fell in love. Not that I'm complaining but it is a bit odd for him to mention."

"Why is it odd?" Maya asked her as we rode beside them.

"Well he usually doesn't talk about how they met." She looked ahead. "Neither does my aunt. They say it reminds them of my mom." We were almost to the camp but we had to pick up the pace if we wanted to get there before the rain.

Jesse's POV

We arrived fairly quickly back to the camp and got to our cabins. Our next assignment was to build something out of the things we collected. I really couldn't do much besides a couple of torches.

"So, you and Lukas? You two a thing?" Maya suddenly asked. I looked at her surprised as she tied her hair up.

"What?"

"You two have been getting quite close lately."

"I don't know what you're talking about." I placed the torches in a chest. "We're just friends."

"Oh come on. You're the roughest girl in camp and you still haven't gotten him back for the prank he pulled on you on the first day."

"I just don't know what to prank him with is all." I sat on my bed. "Besides, I still have the rest of this year and next year to prank him." I took of my hair clip causing it to fall over my eyes.

"You two have gone on many assignments together too." Maya smirked.

"Not as much as you and Aiden" I smirked.

"At least I admit I find Aiden cute. You don't admit anything about Lukas."

"Well...he has nice hair."

"Yeah I guess you're right." We giggled before finally falling asleep.

Not my best chapter ever but I hope that you all enjoyed it. I'm aware that Jesse mentions in Episode 4 that it's his/her first time on a horse but I didn't want them to ride pigs or donkeys.