What am I up Against? (A Minecraft novel) book one

Chapter 25 - How to Save a Life

Samantha's POV
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We were a half hour into our trek. I saw Madelyn staring at Garrett.

I nudged her. "Hey." I said. "What are you staring at? Hmm?"

She shook herself out of her daze. "Nothing." She quickly said. "What? Why?" She then turned serious. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, you have been staring at Garrett." I said. "You like him?"

She shrugged. "Well, I kinda do." She said. "I don't know how to say it to him correctly. It feels like one wrong move and I screw it up."

I gave her a pat on the back. "If you want to tell him soon, then now will be the right time."

"I have an idea." She said. "I will say it in french.... No. Oh, I don't know. What do I do?"

I shrugged. "Just tell him how you feel, Madelyn. Don't be so afraid."

"Sam. I've done nothing but argue with him. He probably hates me by now."

"Oh, c'mon. Dont be like that. What happened?"

"All I am is just horrible to him. After he does something, that goes wrong or anything, I just give him shit about it. That's not the type of person I want to be."

"Listen, you have us. And bud. I've seen the way he looks at you. Whenever he can, he just tries to catch a glimpse. He cares about you. He is looking out for you like all of us are."

She shook her head slowly. "I fear that he's just gonna reject me. And I dont know how I'll repay him for saving my ass about a million times."

I stopped her. "Madelyn. Stop thinking like this. It's only going to make matters worse. Just listen-"

However, when we were talking, we were interrupted by a flash of white. We drew our weapons.

"Get behind me." Madelyn ordered.

On instinct, we all took position.

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Cora's POV
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Axe ready, the flash of white was going in several places. All I heard was the sound of teleportation. Out of nowhere, Eileen took a shot at it. The flash turned out to be a person, my brother.

"Run now!" I yelled.

We all ran and hid under a large mushroom. However, Eileen stayed out there. She started charging at him, cursing under her breath.

"How do you like me now, huh?" She hollered.

"Get back here." I yelled. "He's going to hurt you any chance you get."

"Screw him." She yelled, looking back at us. "He kidnapped me. He should know what it felt like."

She drew her bow again and fired another arrow at him. This time, it hit him and he staggered to the ground before healing himself.

Madelyn hollered back. "This is a freaking death wish, Eileen. Get back here."

"Make me!" She replied, before taking another shot.

Madelyn ran out to get Eileen. C'mon. Another freaking death wish

I screamed. "No, this is what he wants. You're putting this on yourself."

"C'mon Eileen. You're not gonna go through this shit again." Madelyn hollered as she tackled and dragged her to our spot.

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Madelyn's POV
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Just then, I heard another teleport sound. There was Herobrine. I ducked just in time to see his dagger swing by my face. Not long after a diamond axe came out of nowhere and knocked it right out of his hand.