A Second Chance

Chapter 11: Deep Breath!

Lukas's P.O.V.

Dear diary,

We are still walking down this path, has it been a day or two now? The sun never sets here so I have no idea. I wonder if this is the second round, how long can we go until we die of boredom. If Jesse we're here right now she would make some funny comment like...

"Hey, what are ya reading?" said a voice suddenly. I quickly shut it as I felt my face get red with embarrassment.

"Nothing!" I said quickly. Wow, smooth... I thought. I looked over to see Jennifer walking next to me.

"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you." She said. "Hey, I never got the chance to properly thank you for saving my butt back in the first round."

"Don't sweat it." I said smiling.

"Yea," she said returning the smile, I think. I have kind of been wondering what she looks like underneath her mask. There was an awkward silence between us until she broke it.

"Hey, I never heard what you thought the next challenge would be." She said looking at me.

"Well, mostly because I don't know." I lied, I did have one idea.

"Come on, I know you have an idea." She pushed.

"Fine, fine," I said defeated, "When Ivor first told us about this place, he said it was everything the Order ever glitched out of existence. And one big thing they glitched, was the Ender Dragon. I have a feeling that at some point or another we are going to run into it."

"That is true," Jennifer said nodding. "But with what you people have gone though, I bet the Ender Dragon is a walk in the park for you, huh?"

I just nodded. I didn't have the heart to tell her that Jesse was the only reason the Wither Storm was dead. Without her, I don't know how we can survive the Ender Dragon.

"Well either way, it has truly been an honor to fight with you!" Jennifer said. Petra called her over after that. She gave a quick nod and ran up to go talk with her. She's really something all right, I thought to myself.

After a while, Olivia fell behind to walk next to me. "So, Jennifer is pretty cool." She said looking over to me. "What do you make of her?"

"Well," I started, "She's a surprisingly good fighter, and has a great sense of humor. She's also pretty nice. Ruben seems to like her a lot..."

"Well, seems like Ruben isn't the only one who likes her..." Olivia teased me.

"Hey, we were talking on the way up just as much as you and Axel!" I retorted.

"Touché..." Olivia said walking back over to talk with Axel.

I opened my journal again to finish writing.

Jesse's P.O.V.

It had been forever since we started walking on this trail. We stopped to rest a few times because of how long it was. I was about to lose hope.

"Hey!" Olivia shouted, startling us all. "I think I see something up a head!"

We all looked up to see what there was. The path finally lead out of the forest and onto a sandy beach. There was water stretching out as far as the eye could see.