The Enderdragon's Baker (A Minecraft Story)

Bargaining Chips

~Two Weeks Later~

Anna hummed a little song as she quickly glanced back at the recipe book.   'Hmmm, extra spicy, then it'll be perfect'. Dumping some more of a dangerous looking potion into the batch of Fire cakes, she mixed it all together then shaped them into little balls. (Imagine a demonic cake pop without frosting.) She popped them into the furnace, using the time to clean up her mess and think over her plan again. And then she heard an explosion.

"The heck?!" She wiped wet hands on her apron as she ran to the windows and found a giant crater in the front yard. She ran into the living room and out the door, looking around but finding nothing. She jumped as she head a familiar groan from the hole. "H, is that you?"

"Yeeess." She walked over and kneeled down, looking over the hole. Brine sat up and coughed some, groaning and complaining but nonetheless unharmed. She held out an hand to him and he took it, letting her help him up since she offered it.

"Can't you not blow up our yard every morning?!" Creeps scolded, rushing from the house. Endie popped up beside Anna, looking over the hole and sighing.

"Tried running again?"
"He's too good at this."
"Maybe stop running then."
"No way! Getting smited hurts!"
"Then don't give him a reason."
"Do you even KNOW me?"

Anna giggled at their bickering and took some dirt from Bones. She, Creeps, and Bones cleaning up the mess while they bickered.

"What does he mean?" She asked Bones.

"Usually when he and Notch have an argument, Brine will try teleporting away when it gets too heated. It usually works unless he's the one who started it. Then Notch will spawn a normal creeper to get the first shot than a charged creeper to deal the second."

"Wow." She said in awe. Boss Mob problems are weird, she's already learned this from the cookie incidents but every explanation after that just adds to it. They were almost done when she remembered something and grabbed Endie's hand. "Kitchen!"

Poof, there. She rushed to the furnace and grabbed some mitts, thanking the world that the cakes hadn't burned. Like some kind of second sense, Brine popped in right beside her, the smell of spice and hot cake filled the room.

"Ooo, what's that?" She moved the box of them away from him. She knew Endie wouldn't dare touch them; He hates 'em.

"None for you."
"Whaaat? No fair!"
"Not right now, anyway."

"Seriously, Anna? Again?" Endie chuckled. She giggled, the cute tone having something else behind it. "Your so cruel."

"What? What are they?" H asked. Creeps and Bones came in, took one sniff and instantly wanted one. She smiled and shook her head.

"Fine, you can all have one." She answered. She picked one up and handed it to him. "This, is a Fire cake."

"Is it going to set my mouth on fire?" Bones asked, taking the one she held out to them. She stopped and thought for a second.

"Mmmmaybeee." She answered, looking back to him and Creeps. "I refilled the milk, go ahead and try it."

Bones almost immediately took it out of his mouth and went to get a milk while Creeps laughed, mouth on fire but enjoying it still. Anna popped one into her mouth and grinned, humming happily. She loves these things. Their too spicy to be perfect but they aren't for her. She glanced over at the intended target and giggled. Brine practically melted, finding his new favorite dessert. He took the stick from his mouth, the whole thing already gone.

"I need another one. Or five."
"Nope. Bargaining chips."
"Whaat?"

"Anna has a thing for lowkey blackmail." Endie chuckled. "It seems to only have grown since leaving home."

"I thought you said she was innocent." Dodge, dodge, dodge. He continued trying to get at them but for someone so harmless looking, her reflexes were top notch.

"I am. I don't use it for bad, but it seems I'll need to more often now." She answered, taking out two before putting the box in her bag. She handed one to him, eating another herself. "Ever since I got here, the trio's admitted that there's been a lot more fighting lately. Seeing as someone won't let me move out because I'm 'recklessly kind', I came up with a better solution. Food."

"How's that work?"

"Break up a fight and everyone's still mad, it'll just start again if your not careful. Give someone something else to focus on, and it at least gives them time to calm down."

"Mines are cookies." Bones said, holding his hand up. Creeps laughed and put her's up, too. "Mines are redstone cupcakes."

"Ender rolls for me." Endie added.

"Also, You two can teleport, and I need ingredients." She hummed, happily. Her words were sing-song but her smile was smug.

"That city was a bad influence." Brine laughed.

"Not the city, that's a family thing." Endie answered for her. "A house full of anger issues." Brine smirked this time, poking Anna in the forehead.

"Does that mean I get to see your's someday?" He chuckled. She gave a small smile, almost challenging him with attitude alone. She swatted his hand away and giggled.

"I doubt it."
"That was absolutely a challenge!"

"Yeah, yeah it was." Endie said, crossing his arms. "Feel free to take it, I've never seen her angry."

"How do you live?" Creeps asked, making the whole room laugh.

"Because not all of us are a constant raging bonfire." Bones answered.

The room shut up as Creeps glared daggers at him. 3-2-1- "AHHHHH!" They ran out the door and the three left inside could see them running around the house outside windows.

"I don't think food can fix that."

"All in favor of letting her kill him?"
"I."-"I."

"Let's go visit the village."