MC:SM Rewritten: Book 1

Chapter 9: Truth Be Told...

Hmmm...my "catchy pre-chapter statement" meter is low right now...can't seem to think of anything witty...

Jesse's POV:

Jesse trod steadily along the path, the high tension from last night fresh in his mind. Nikki sure got mad last night. But he could tell she had felt bad about doing so. She had even faked sleep to butt herself out; he could tell. Now, she was a little better, but how long would it last?

"Hey! There's something over that way!" Lukas suddenly called out, pointing to something in the distance from atop a hill.

"What is it?" Olivia called back.

"Some kind of...building,"

Jesse's interest was caught. Could the temple of the Order of the Stone be that close? Only one way to find out.

The gang climbed up the vined cliff Lukas stood on to catch the most breathtaking building they had ever seen. True, it was weathered and covered in vines and moss, but it was immense, had gold block details, and a giant emblem of an amulet. No wonder it was here the Order of the Stone chose to meet. Together, the group pressed on inside, entering a long hallway. If the Order was there, maybe they could help.

Olivia's POV:

Olivia's eyes wandered everywhere in the hallway. It may have been old, but it was still beautiful. There were more chiseled stone bricks than she could count, and the glowstone lamps above shimmered like the stars last night.

"Isn't it weird how dispenser faces are carved to look like spooky little faces?" Axel randomly mentioned, directing Olivia to several dispensers in the right wall. "What do you dispense, little guy?"

"I get the feeling that we don't really want to find out," she nervously said back. As she spoke, Olivia heard the hiss of a spider.

"Get behind me," Jesse ordered, slightly spreading his arms to defend everyone else. Well, ALMOST everyone else.

"Yeah, like that's ever going to happen," Nikki said sarcastically, drawing her sword and walking ahead.

"Nikki, are you insane?! That was a spider! There's no telling what kind of problems it'll bring!" Olivia protested. Just then, Nikki turned around and faced everyone. She threw her iron sword directly above her and crossed her arms, waiting. Olivia heard a stab, a hiss, and then the whistle of wind. Suddenly, right in front of Nikki, fell a spider, an iron sword in its head. When Nikki pulled it out, the spider disintegrated.

"Problem solved," she said simply, before sheathing her sword and continuing on, leaving everyone dumbfounded, except Jesse, who only muttered "Show-off," and kept moving. Olivia wondered how he was used to this kind of action from her. She wondered, not for the first time, why she wasn't.

Just then, everyone heard a loud creak. Spooked, Reuben raced ahead, and Olivia's instincts told her to run after him. Apparently, so did everyone else's, as they chased after Jesse's pig. Without even noticing, they ran over a set of pressure plates. A fence post gate closed behind them, blocking off their escape.

"That's probably not a good sign," Axel gulped. Then, the dispenser faces powered up. "Aw, come one, dispenser faces! I thought we were friends!" he complained. And then, the faces shot arrows at the gang.

"Run!" Jesse cried. Like Olivia needed someone to tell her that.

She leapt and dodged and rolled and dove. She did anything that would avoid getting her skewered. Panting, she rested her hands on her knees to catch a breath when the others reached the middle of the hallway. But of course, that was a problem, because there were more arrows shooting in front of them as well!