•Threat of the South• [TOTS]

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Welcome to...

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There is no escape.

Would you like to continue on?

[ yes ]

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Outstanding! Enjoy your time here.

We will pick you up shortly, along with all the other players.

Zelk sat up quickly. He was in bed. The cat was sweating, looking around the room very quickly. Nothing was out of the ordinary. He saw his alarm clock to his right, the windows opened light flowing onto his bed. Rubbing his eyes, Zelk looked to his left and saw his twin brother staring at him with a smug face.

"Someone had a nightmare?" Kez (I'm naming him that now-) smirked.

Zelk shook his head quickly, speechless. What had he seen? He decided it was best if he told no one.

The cat got up from his bed, hearing a creaking sound and ignoring it, for he hears it every time he gets out of bed. But this time it sounded a tad bit more eerie. He decided to do nothing about it, pushing past his brother. He needed to get to Invaded, he had work to do.

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The Minecraft Hub was a big, bright blue area, in which the minecraftians can choose the server they'd like to join.

Zelk placed his paws behind his back, admiring the hub, just as he does everyday. The most popular servers were up on a pedestal, their nether portal glowing bright purple against the walls. There were spaces for every type of server. Whitelisted servers, open servers, and servers that were still being built.

Among the whitelisted servers, there was Minecraft Daycare, Hermitcraft, and Krewcraft. Zelk knew these as the most popular servers there, the youtubers that thrived in them were rarely seen, and if they were, they would always be surrounded by other players. There were popular servers among the non-whitelisted areas, including Invaded Lands; the server he is admin in.

His friend, MegaPvP usually waits for him outside the portal to Invaded, but when Zelk got to the portal, the only ones hanging out there were a6d and BadBoyHalo. a6d wore a grey-ish black-ish sweatshirt, his eyes covered with a multicoloured bandanna. Bad wore a hoodie that was rimmed with a red streak.

"Hey! Zelkam!" Bad waved to the cat. He came over, muttering a 'hi' to the two.

"What's going on? Where's Mega?" Zelk looked around one last time, hoping to see the boy turn up somewhere, only to be disappointed with when no one other than regulars were around.

"Mega's in Invaded. We need your help, though. Skeppy's not acting normal," a6d briefed. Zelk tilted his head slightly in confusion. "Just follow us." Both boys ran into the portal, leaving a flabbergasted Zelk. He walked in as well, not expecting anything wrong to be happening.

All at once, he felt a strain in the air. The server was closed to regular players.

That's not good.

When Zelk's vision cleared, he saw Mega, a6d, and Bad all surrounding something. Rather, someone. "Skeppy?" He hesitated.

The other mods were around too, but they kept their distance, flying within a 5 block radius of the small crowd.

Zelk crept closer and saw that Skeppy's eyes were closed, as if he was concentrating on something. Which never happens.

"Skeppy?" Zelk asked with more bravery. His touched the boy's hat, which had a derp face on it. Skeppy jumped, getting a wooden sword out. His eyes were open, and a startled expression rested on his face.

He was wearing his usual hat, and a blue t-shirt. Unlike him. He wore navy blue jeans.

"Skep! It's me, Zelk," The cat reassured him. The rest of the staff, including Bad and a6d stepped back to give Skeppy some room to breathe.

"What was that?" Bad exhaled slowly. Skeppy's tense shoulders gradually calmed down, as he put his sword back in his inventory.

'Wooden sword? Dear God, are you okay?' Mega typed out in chat. He seemed to be laughing.

"I'm okay! I just had the weirdest dream, I was thinking about it, until someone came and ruined it. It's a rare scene, me sitting down and thinking about something," Skeppy huffed.

'Yeah, sure.'

Zelk stood for a moment, "Was it about some type of encrypted message? As in 'Welcome to...' then we can't read it?" Skeppy's eyes widened in amazement. So did Mega's, Bad's, and a6d's.

"It looked like words from a crafting table..." a6d thought aloud.

'It said 'The South Game.' I've been studying up on the language, which is known as Galactic. You guys should be as big brain as me one day.' Mega placed his hands on his hip, in a superhero type of stance.

"Aw man, you guys had a cool dream and we didn't! Not fair," Lumboc; one of the mods, complained. He waved a green hand, smiling awkwardly, "But in all honestly, this must mean something, and I'm glad that I'm not involved." The girls beside him nodded; being s0v and Nvs.

They walked to the portal, said their goodbyes and left the server.

"...I guess they didn't want to be as cool as us," Skeppy shrugged with a smirk.

Bad lightly punched him, "You always think you're so cool! In reality.. we are all as cool as you."

"You wish!"