Wither Skulls

Chapter Seven

Petra's POV

We had reached the fortress in a short amount of time and were now sitting down around the table again, with wolf-girl sitting next to Olivia.

"So, want to tell us what you were talking about before?" I ask, narrowing my eyes slightly.

I'm gonna be honest, I don't trust her entirely, but I need to know why she thinks we need help.

"I meant what I said. You are the ones in need of the help. Not me." She states simply, making Axel narrow his eyes.

Lukas shrugs, looking confused.

Something wasn't right here.

Jessie was being quiet beside me, and no one seemed to know what to say.

Chapter Six- Backwards Talker

Wolf-girl twiddled her thumbs, which had small little claw markings on the pads.

"So, you gonna enlighten us with who you are?" Axel grumbles, making the girl shoot him a glare.

But she decided to answer anyway.

"I'm Jennifer." She spits, glaring at me like I was public enemy number one.

Jessie looks over at me, resting her hand on mine under the table to help me keep my cool.

Thank Notch she did that or I might have done something I would have regretted.

"Okay Jennifer, would you mind telling us why you think we need help?" Jessie asks, her voice quiet and small.

Jen looks over at Jessie, a guilty expression in her eyes.

"Believe me. You are the ones that need help theres no two way about it." She starts, but she doesn't seem to want to continue.

Axel grumbles something about her needing serious help before Lukas buts in.

"Okay. Why?" He asks, making her ears twitch.

She shakes her head.

"There is a monster. A monster that you've created." She states, staring right down the table at me.

They all turn to me, making me confused.

"What? I didn't create a monster. What are you talking about?" I ask, feeling anger start to rise in my chest.

A snort comes from her.

"Let me finish. A monster that you created by giving that final skull to Ivor." She states, making Olivia's eyebrows furrow.

I let my eyes travel to the ground, remembering all the guilt I've had for giving that skull to Ivor in the first place.

Jessie continues to rub circles into my hand, not saying a word as the others seem to be staring at me.

"The Wither Storm is dead. And I didn't know Ivor was building it." I growl, trying to stay calm by focusing on Jessie's hand on my own.

It wasn't working all that well.

Jennifer nods.

"I know that. I meant the monster that was created when it died." She states, making us all confused.

Did I miss a huge part of my life or is this weird for everyone?

"What do you mean, 'the monster that was created when it died'?" Axel asks, sounding on the edge.

He seemed to think it was her from that tone in his voice.

She opened her mouth to answer but closed it again, almost like she didn't know how to explain it.

Jessie had frozen, almost like something was wrong, but the other were too busy waiting for a reply to notice.

"Jessie? What's wrong?" I whisper, making it so only she can hear me.

She shakes her head, opposite to to the way she normally would.

Jessie would shake her head from left to right, but this time she shook it from right to left.

To most that would seem normal, but to me, I knew something was up.

"The monster that people call The Master. He wears a Wither Skull on his head to hide his face from everyone. He has the powers of the storm, and can destroy blocks all the way down to bedrock." She begins.

In all honesty if this was anyone else telling us this, I would have brushed it off.

But this girl had a tail and wolf ears.

If that's possible, than what isn't?

"And let me guess. He can fly too." Axel mocks.

She shoots him a glare.

"No. But he can make others float by using his levetation beams." She spits, baring her teeth over at him.

He scoffs, standing.

"And how the hell would you know all this?!" He shouts back.

She stands, fuming.

"Because unlike you I've been held captive with that monster since the storm!" She shouts back, making Olivia cringe.

Even I didn't dare counter that.

"You may have saved most of the world, but you missed a lot of it after. So many people were taken by him, put into his army. Punished when we disobeyed. You have no idea what that's like." She growls.

Jessie looks pale now, like she was horrified by more than just what Jen was saying.

I couldn't take it.

"Jessie. What's wrong?" I ask in full volume.

Everyone turns towards us, making Jessie close her eyes before she mutters something I'm not sure I understood.

"Wonk t'nod I." She mutters, covering her mouth immediately afterwards.

Lukas' mouth hung open and Olivia just stared.

Axel however glared over at Jen, who was looking down at the ground almost guilitly.

I just stared at Jessie, who looked like she was freaking out in silence.

"R-run that by me again." I choke out.

She looks up at me, eyes filled with fear.

"Em htiw gnorw s'tahw wonk t'nod I."

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That was painful to try and write. Anyway hope you enjoyed and I'll try to update soon.

-Fox