Portals- A Minecraft: Story Mode Fanfiction

Chapter 28- Erin's Secrets

Jesse's POV

Leaving the cafeteria was strictly forbidden during the lock-down so the moderators could rangle all the students, but it seemed that we had other ideas. I noticed Erin across the room getting up and stealthily moving out the doors. Lukas must have noticed it too.

"Jesse," he said softly to me, "Why's she leaving?"

"I don't know any more than you do," I said. He began to follow.

"Lukas!" I said, "What are you doing?"

"I'm finding out what she's doing," he said, "Something about her is weird today, and I'm not talking about how she wouldn't talk to me earlier."

There was no stopping him, so I caved and followed.

We were luckily able to successfully sneak out because the teachers were distracted by a commotion that Magnus was making with a football player; I didn't even want to know.

Outside the doors, once Erin thought she was alone, she broke into a run, darting out the front doors of the school into the rain.

"Come on!" Lukas said, pulling me along. We ran across the wet, squeaky floors and past the rows of lockers to exit out after her.

Outside, the rain was horrible. It was practically raining sideways because of how strong the wind was. It looked as though the sidewalks were starting to flood. The clouds blocking the sun made it seem like it was late at night. We had to hold our arms out in front of us just to see. Across the way, Erin was standing in front of a large, black... thing.

"—the heck?!" I exclaimed over the wind.

"I wanna get a closer look!" yelled Lukas. He began carefully going down the stone staircase to the bottom where this large black circular shape was. Erin stepped into it and disappeared. Once she was gone, it slowly began to close.

"Jesse! Hurry!" Lukas yelled. I grabbed the rail and made my way down the stairs as we jumped in after her.

We fell through a dark tunnel that only lasted about four seconds before landing onto a dirt ground.

I opened my eyes and looked around. The environment was calm, yet it ominously stuck feelings of anxiety in me. The sky was black and the ground was mostly flat. Gravestones sat around in the background with a whistling noise coming from the distance.

"Ugh... creepy..." I said.

"Why would Erin come here?" Lukas asked, "It's really uncanny."

"Well, whatever the reason, we're gonna find out. We're not just coming here for nothing."

We stood and looked around until Lukas said,

"Hey, over there!" He turned around and pointed to a big, black, castle.

"Ooh, now we might be getting somewhere," I said, "Let's go."

There was a path before us leading to the gates of the castle. It was a bit of a lengthy walk, or maybe it just felt that way. It felt like something was trying to pull me back, like a warning. A light wind would occasionally blow by that picked up only a couple pieces of dirt. I could tell we were both nervous, but not nervous enough to turn back.

"Look, Jesse," Lukas said quietly. I stopped and looked up to find that castle just before us, stretching far up into the dark sky.

"We're here."

"Okay, here goes nothing," I said as I placed my hands on the door knobs.

Inside, we heard a familiar voice. Two familiar voices. We kept quiet and hid in the shadows.