Insightful (A Yogscast and Area 11 Fanfic)

Chapter 3

I put my ear against the door, listening. "Are you ready? What took you so long?" A familiar voice asks. Zoey Proasheck. Is Joakim watching a video of hers? "I was busy. I'll start now." I hear Rythian say, his voice clearer than Zoey's. Wait. Is that how Joakim knew the Yogscast? I open the door slightly to see Joakim looking at his computer. And on his screen was a very familiar castle. Blackrock Stronghold. "Hello. I am Rythian, and this is Minecraft." I hear, not sure if Joakim is talking or the computer. I quickly run away, back to my room, but I'm not quick enough. "Andi, is that you?" Joakim asks. He comes over to my room, taking my hand. "I think it's time for you to meet a few of my friends." He says, leading me out of the room.

Joakim grabs a laptop out of the recording room, walking back into the main room, where he sits down on a couch. He looks up at me, then points at the laptop I grabbed from my room earlier. I sit down on the couch next to him. "Do you have a Skype?" He asks. "Ja." I reply, opening the app on my computer. Joakim opens it as well, adding a new contact. "What is your username?" He asks. I smile. "RainBoWW3500." I say. (Not my actual Skype) He nods, putting it in then calling me. My laptop beeps, and I receive a call from someone called EnderRyth. I look at Joakim, and he nods. "That's me." He comments, watching as I add the name to my contacts and accept the call. "I'm going to call a couple of friends, okay?" He asks. I nod, so he starts typing. A person called ProAsZo joins the call, and I notice that they don't have a webcam. A minute later, LewisXephos joins. I look down at my keyboard, adding all three as contacts, so I don't notice that only one has a webcam. Joakim and I also don't have webcams equipped, which is the first thing I notice when I look up. The second thing I notice is that a member of the Yogscast is staring at me.

I am shocked into silence, listening as Lewis speaks up. "Rythian, who's in the call with us? I see you, Zoey, and I, but who's the last person? Rainbow?" I look at Joakim, and he smiles. "Rythian? Liksom, YOGSCAST Rythian?!" (Rythian? Like, YOGSCAST Rythian?!) I exclaim in disbelief. Joakim nods. "Is that Rainbow?" Zoey asks. "Yes." Joakim replies. "Her name is Andi." He adds. "Andi. Jag går med Andi, eller Rain." (Andi. I go by Andi, or Rain.) I say. Joakim nods, but Lewis and Zoey look confused. "Was that Swedish? Rythian, care to translate?" Zoey asks jokingly. Joakim sighs. "She said that she goes by Andi, or Rain." He says. "Cool! Say, why don't you put on a webcam so we can see you two!" Zoey says. "Why don't you?" Joakim replies. Zoey sighs. "No thanks. People don't know what I look like, and I intend to keep it that way." She says. Joakim smiles. "By the way, Andi, have you realized who the rainbow girl is now?" He asks. "Ja. Zoey." I say. "So, Rythian, we know that this is Andi, but why is she in the call? And what about rainbows?" Lewis asks, getting back on subject. "Rainbows first. Andi, if you'd like, you can switch on the webcam and show them your hair." As I set about doing that, Joakim addresses the Yogscast members. "She has rainbow tips. They are very cool, actually. And my spare bedroom is a mix of different colors, so it looks rainbow themed, even though it was an accident." He explains. My webcam switches on, and I carefully cover my eye. I turn away from the camera, showing my long wavy brown hair that fades into rainbow at the bottom. I face the camera again, smiling. "That's so cool!" Zoey exclaims. "I should dye my hair like that!" I smile. Then Lewis speaks up. "Why do you have your eye covered?"

I shake my head, avoiding the question. "No one knows about my eye..." I say in near-perfect English. Joakim grins, while Zoey and Lewis look shocked. "I knew you could speak English!" Joakim exclaims. Then Lewis asks another question. "If you're Swedish, why do you have a British accent?"

"I'm from England originally, but I was put in a Swedish orphanage when I was 3." I say. Lewis looks at me in shock. "Why were you put in an orphanage?" Zoey asks. "I... Mina föräldrar dog i en bilolycka när jag var 3. Jag har en äldre bror, men han stannade i Bristol, staden som vi använde för att leva i." (I... My parents died in a car accident when I was 3. I have an older brother, but he stayed in Bristol, the city we used to live in.) I say, switching back to Swedish automatically because of nerves. "What does your brother look like? Maybe Lewis knows him." Joakim says after explaining what I said to Lewis and Zoey. I think for a minute. "Red hair, and he was kinda on the short side." I say. Joakim and Lewis exchange a look, then look back to me. "Do you know what he liked?" I nod again. "He was learning to play guitar, and he always sang to me before I went to bed. He cared about me a lot. He saved my life, got a giant scar down his back trying to shield me from the shattered glass. He was obsessed with video games, like every other teenage boy." The two men stare at each other in shock. "Lewis, if you do know him, don't tell him about the accident. It might have partially been his fault..."

Lewis quickly turns his attention back to me. "What do you mean?" Zoey asks. I frown. "He was playing a video game in the backseat, I was next to him. My dad was driving. I saw the words 'Game Over' on his game, then he suddenly screamed angrily. I think he got mad at the game, or himself for loosing. Whatever happened, my dad was surprised and lost control of the wheel. Next thing I knew I had glass in my forehead, my brother was hugging me tightly, and both of our parents were still in the car, dead." I say. Joakim pulls me into a hug. The door behind Lewis opens, and I see a red-haired man poke his head in. "Hey Lewis, you ready to go?" He asks. I smile. Lewis stiffens, and Joakim gives him a quick goodbye before ending the call. "Why would you do that?" I ask. Joakim smiles. "You're going to be a surprise for the other Yogs and the fans, at Insomnia. Sparkles* doesn't know about you yet." He explains.

I scream, surprising Joakim. "Are you alright?" He asks. I nod enthusiastically. "You try meeting some of your favorite people ever and not fangirling right then and there. It had to come out sometime" I say. He laughs. "You know more English than you let on." He comments. I smile. "I knew it once, I can learn it again. And can I ask, if you knew I liked the Yogscast, why didn't you tell me who you were earlier?" I question. Joakim smiles. "Because I knew you would react like that, and it would have been weird in the orphanage, plus we wouldn't want to get in an accident on the way here." He says. I stop smiling immediately. My parents died because my brother screamed at his game, and that caused the accident. Joakim notices my face and his expression switches to serious. "What's wrong?" He asks, concerned. I force a smile. "It's just, my brother..." I trail off, and Joakim nods. "It's okay. Now go get some sleep." I nod, walking into my room, then into the adjoining bathroom. I check that the door is locked before looking in the mirror. I push my hair away from my face, revealing my mystery eye. My brother is the only person who knows what happened to it, why it's like this. All I know is that it marks me as weird, so I keep it hidden. And it isn't exactly very useful. I mean, what use a blind eye?