The Mark Of the Nether (A Minecraft fanfiction)

Night-Plans and Nightmares

Piper's POV:

"Quinn!" I shouted. From where she sat under the tree across the courtyard, she peered up at us through her glasses, lowering her book. "We gotta ask you something." I ran up to her and she closed the book.

"Do.. You," Nixie stopped to pant, completely winded. "Do you-" Pant. "Can't.. talk..."

"Maybe you guys shouldn't have started running from all the way in the castle." Micha leaned against the tree, not affected even if she was the first one to reach.

"Do you know what Bellibone means?" I finally asked.

"Bellibone?" Quinn raised her eyebrow. "Lucky for you, I do, in fact."

"Well... What is it?" Sav asked.

"A character in one of my books says it to the girl she loves. It's terminology that someone in a very small village would use, even then it's pretty old. It basically means 'pretty girl' or 'lovely maiden', anything along those lines. It's a compliment for a girl." She defined. "Why? Where did you even hear that word?"

Before I could say anything Remeer spoke up.

"Because we were spying on the meeting the adults had and overheard Bod call Evie that before defending her!" He blurted out. We all stared at him and Mich asked the question we were all thinking.

"Alright, who's doing it this time?" She said, boredly.

"AH!" He yelled as Nixie took the job of whacking him in the side of his head.

"You're just gonna let this happen without saying anything?" I tilted my head at Quinn.

She shrugged, "As long as you don't cause him any permanent brain damage, he should be fine,"

I laughed before dragging a groaning Remeer back to the castle, the others giggling, telling him to shut up, and rolling their eyes along the way. I'll let you guess who did what.

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(Later that night..)

"Get up," A muffled voice invaded my thoughts. I felt a sudden pressure being applied to my ribs and groaned, rolling over. "We gotta go." My eyes were still shut, but I recognized the voice as Ace. Was she seriously kicking me to wake me up again? 

"The rebels got Micha." That one sentence had me spring up and unsheathe my sword, eyes glowing.

"WHAT?" I gritted my teeth and glared at Ace before Echo ran forward and put her hands on my shoulders.

"Woah, okay, okay!" She said. "Calm yourself, your sister is fine. In fact she's just down the hall."

"Do. Not. Joke. About. Micha's. Safety. You got that?" I glared at Ace and she raised her hands in surrender. I relaxed and my eyes returned back to normal. "Alright," I took a breath. "Now would you like to tell me why I'm being woken up this late?"

"Wha-" Sav cut herself off with a yawn as she stretched, sitting up on the couch. "-What are you guys doing up this late?"