The One Life War

Chapter 8 - Buddy?

"Hey Lizzie! Someone is at the door for you!" Joel called up stairs.

Lizzie started hyperventilating. First her castle was ruined, and now she didn't even have time to fix it before Joel was calling her down the stairs.

He probably did it. He's trying to undermine me! She thought to herself. I have to play it cool. She slowly began to get her breathing under control.

She pulled her phone out of her pocket and quickly texted Joey. "Someone pranked the castle." This message was quickly followed up by another one saying: "Send help."

She turned her phone off and opened the door to her bedroom, just in time for Joel to call her name again. She put the phone in her pocket and went down stairs, to find Joel and her best friend, Yammy, in the living room.

"Hey, Yammy," Lizzie said, trying not to sound extremely threatened and uncomfortable. "Why are you here?" Lizzie realized that might of sounded rude, but she didn't say anything about it.

"I feel like we haven't seen one another in forever... I came over for lunch. You didn't answer your phone so I just told Joel I was coming over." Yammy explained to her colorful-haired buddy. "Kyle, Scott, and Callum wanted to hang out with Joel anyways, so it worked out." To Joel, she added "Kyle's waiting in the car for you."

"You're going out with Scott and Kyle?" Lizzie asked, eyeing her boyfriend suspiciously.

"Yeah? We barely seem to see one another outside of Minecraft anymore." Joel told the seemingly nervous girl.

"Come on, Lizzie, let's make lunch and do a puzzle." Yammy said, seeing Lizzie's unhappy demeanor. The purple-haired girl lead the pink-haired girl into the kitchen, nodding for Joel to leave.

It's for the best. he assured himself. We are doing it to help her. "Bye Lizzie! Love you! I'll see you after lunch, okay?"

"Alright. Bye. Be safe." Lizzie called back.

"Look." Yammy said, pulling out a puzzle from her purse. "I got a new Disney puzzle. You want to help me do it?"

Lizzie's eyes lit up. For the first time since this whole thing started, she started to feel almost like herself. She nodded. "Let me just let Joey that I'm not going to be on for awhile."

"Lizzie..." Yammy sighed. "Aren't you the leader of this war? What do you need him to know for?"

"I-I guess you are right." The girl slowly put the phone back into her pocket, and sat down at the kitchen table. "What characters do you have?!" Lizzie said, cracking a small smile.

"The best ones." Yammy replied in a teasing voice, sitting down across from her. I hope you have this under control, Yammy thought. I miss this Lizzie.

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"What are you guys doing here. Wait... Is it D&D time already? Where's Lizzie and Yammy?"

"We aren't here for D&D... It's only Wednesday." Joel reassured his friend. "We are here about the war."

"I'm not going to choose a side." Callum told his friends.

"We aren't asking you to choose a side." Scott sighed. "Can we come in?"

"I guess." Callum nodded. "If you aren't here for D&D and you aren't here to get me to pick sides... What are you here for?" The confused fox-themed YouTuber asked.

The four men entered Callum's house. Callum led the three others over to his living room, where they all sat down.

"To answer your question, Callum, we are here about Lizzie." Scott told Callum as they walked in.