The Youngest Ro'meave/Minecraft Diaries Fanfiction/

Chapter Thirty

1 Week Later...

I ran.

And I ran and I ran and I ran and I ran I ran.

I had to get home. I had to tell Katelyn.

She didn't know yet, I wish I didn't know.

Jeffory...

He...

He... he's dead.

How I knew... is... something I don't want to share.
My legs burned from overuse but I continued to run. I had to run.

Was my house always so far away?

The images around me were a blur, the only sounds clear were the pounding of my heart in the cavern of my chest and my quick and rough breathing.

Right now, some people would have thought I would feel guilt or sadness, but I was so focused on...on running and telling Katelyn I...I didn't...couldn't, would be a better word, feel anything.

The top of the two story house peeks through some trees and I make a beeline for it, almost breaking down the door as I ran inside. As soon as I'm past the opening, I slam it shut with a thud and dart up the stairs, down the hallway and into my room. At that moment, I stop to catch my breath. To slow my heart. To recollect my thoughts.

It take a few moments but...my mind catches up.

My emotions catch up to me.

I scream, and I cry and I feel anger, shock, confusion, denial and a hundred other emotions. I cry till my eyes dry out and I scream until my voice disappears.

This was all my fault.

I. Should've. Helped. Him.

Why couldn't I have helped him?

Eventually, I collect myself enough to get to my bedside table. I open the drawer and take out the communication amulet that Katelyn had given me before she left. Sitting down on my bed, I stare at it, the purple reflecting off the moon outside ( I hadn't even realized it had gotten so late ). After a few minutes I took a shaky breath and inched my hand closer to the button to activate it.

I already knew what her reaction would be.

She was...so...so close to him, and I knew how she felt about him.

Eventually, I activated it with shaky hands and another small cry. It takes a few moments before I hear her voice from the other side.

"Hello?"

I'm silent, tears silently falling down my already tear stained cheeks, down my thighs and to the sheets beneath me, though I don't take much notice.

"Annie? Are...you there?" There was worry in her voice, confusion maybe. I wasn't sure, I couldn't right now in all honesty.

I'm silent once more.

"Annie? You're...you're scaring me? What's wrong?"
Her voice shifted to concern quickly. I take a moment and gain the courage to say only one word, it coming out quiet and hoarse, barely above a whisper.

"J-Jeffory..." The word comes out in a single breath and my throat instantly closes up.

"Jeffory...what? Annie, please tell me what's going on, I...I can't talk for very long."

Her concerned tone began to grow into fear.

"H...h-he...Za-ane...I-I-" I don't even get to finish my sentence before I burst out into tears.

"A-Annie...", someone is talking to her on the other side and I can hear a faint hold on from her, her voice coming back within seconds. "Please...tell me what happened? Are...you hurt?"