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Pearl laid on the ground, staring at the sky through the leaves of the canopy above her. Her dog laid next to her, asleep. Pearl checked her arm, looking at the green heart she shares with her soulmate. She sighed, placing her arm back under her head.
Smajor and Cleo shared a look with each other, knowing they just got one of the server's most important things hidden in the flooring of their base.
"You know the entire server will know after this happens!"
"Whatever happens, we'll be ready for it."
"Alright, I trust you. For now, at least."
"Are you ready?"
"Yeah. Let's go."
Smajor and Cleo walked up to the pillager outpost, looking for a raid captain. The remnants of a previous base cast a shadow over the area.
"Our soulmates will know what's going on, won't they."
"Maybe?"
As they ran through the pillagers, dodging through as many attacks as they can, taking them down as fast as they can. They took some damage, but it didn't take long before a pillager captain was slain.
"Hey guys!" Someone said behind them. Smajor and Cleo turned around. It was Jimmy, but neither knew why he was over. "What's up?" Smajor asked. "I just saw you two over here fighting pillagers! Need any help?" Jimmy asked. Cleo and Smajor shared a quick look. Jimmy stood there awkwardly, realising he may have stumbled upon something secret.
"Sure, we're trying to get crossbows" Cleo responded, giving a smile to Jimmy. "Oh, that'll be easy!" Jimmy exclaimed, before dodging an arrow a pillager fired towards him. "And arrows" Smajor added. "That too," Cleo said. "I'll get you a ton in no time!" Jimmy said, running to a pillager and swiftly taking it out.
"Bad Omen can build up, you know."
"Does that mean we can get more?"
"Do you guys want emeralds too?" Jimmy asked, rushing back up to the two. "Nah, you can keep all the ones you get" Cleo responded. "Sweet. Now hurry up you two! I'm not gonna do this by myself!" Jimmy mentioned, before going to kill more pillagers.
"It's more dangerous though, with ravagers and all."
"It'll be fine, we can just bow them down."
Smajor and Cleo started killing some of the pillagers again, making sure Cleo got all the extra captains that spawned in to increase the bad omen. They got it up to the max level, then stayed for a bit because Jimmy said to.
"Alright, I think this is good!" Jimmy said, throwing a few crossbows and a ton of arrows to the other two. "Have fun with the emeralds!" Smajor said. "I will! Hopefully Tango loves them as well!" Jimmy said, running off. Smajor and Cleo watched him, watching where he was going. After he ran out of eyesight, the two waited a bit before going onto the bridge.
"If we die here, then what?"
"We're both green, Scott."
"I meant forever, losing all three lives."
"If Martyn and I go red because of this I'm not coming back to the raid."
"We'll still get use out of the totems!"
"But then you're own your own from there."
"Same goes for you, you know."
"Lets just go over and start the raid."
The two walked over the bridge, Cleo stopping right before where she thinks the range of the spawning is. The two share a glance, before Cleo steps forward. "Wait the horns-" Smajor exclaimed, but it was too late. A swarm of pillagers started coming into the area.
Pearl looked out from the trees where she stood, feeling a ton of damage come from her soulmate. Not seeing anything, she got down without taking damage and ran towards where Smajor's house was.
"Scott! I'm really low and Martyn isn't eating!" Cleo shouted, building herself up onto Smajor's roof after the second wave was cleared. "There's some food hidden in the corner" Smajor shouted back, stretching his arms inbetween the waves.
"What are you two doing?!" Pearl exclaimed. Cleo and Smajor immediately turned towards the new voice. "Pearl? What are you doing here?" Smajor asked, before turning his head and shooting a pillager down with a crossbow. "What are you doing with a raid?" Pearl refuted, slashing a pillager that was near her.
"It was an accident!" Cleo shouted, safety making her way down from Smajor's roof. "Yeah like trapping a villager is accidental" Pearl said, taking down more pillagers for them. Smajor sighed, knowing leaving his own soulmate for a second time would be a bad idea.
The third wave was cleared, and Smajor ate some watermelon. "Where's Martyn? Weren't you two grouping together after we left?" Smajor asked. "He left, just like you guys did" Pearl said, making Smajor feel worse about his decision. "Why would he leave you?" Cleo asked. "Well you left him easily too, you know" Pearl argued.
Before Cleo could say anything, Smajor pointed out more pillagers and they got to fighting. Pearl took to fighting many at once, so Smajor and Cleo took a step back.
"When do the vindicators spawn?"
"Next wave, I think."
"Make sure Pearl doesn’t kill any."
"Already ahead of you."
They went back out to fight more, hoping they could get to the next wave faster. Pearl panic pearled onto Smajor's roof, with Smajor building up quickly after. "You two doing ok?" Cleo asked, realising that there were two ravagers after her now. "Going to be in a second" Pearl responded, eating some steak.
Smajor watched Pearl type something into her watch as they both for a moment and healed hearts. Smajor went back down to help Cleo, Pearl following swiftly after. The wave finished, before they all heard running towards them. "I heard you needed help?" Martyn asked, trying to catch his breath from running across the map.
"I'm surprised you two are helping us with this" Cleo mentioned. "I'm not doing this for you guys" Martyn replied, pulling out an enchanted crossbow. "Where'd you get that?" Pearl asked. "Found the ancient city, decided I wanted a really powerful crossbow" Martyn replied, chuckling slightly. "When did you…?" Cleo asked. "Like two hours ago lol" Martyn said, loading it with an arrow as the next wave came by.
They took down the wave easier than the last, but there were more trips to heal then the times before. Smajor had gotten the vindicator, now knowing he's secretly holding one of the most crazy things on the entire server. Cleo wiped some sweat off her head. "I forgot how easy it can be to die with both soulmates taking damage" Cleo mentioned. "True that" Martyn replied.
Pearl took a deep breath, noticing how well Cleo and Martyn were taking to each other. "They just… can bounce off each other's energy. That's it" Pearl thought. She ate more watermelon, regaining a single hunger point before going for the next wave.
The rest went down similarly, Cleo and Smajor making sure they get the vindicators, taking down the ravagers as a team effort, and shouting out when the soulmates are healing. As the final wave finished, the quado all stretched their limbs. "Wait a second" Cleo said, before all four of them got an achievement shown in the chat.
"Oh no" Martyn said, looking at the other three. "I forgot that would happen" Smajor said, putting his hands onto his head in order to cover his face. Pearl stood there looking panicked as she watched everyone in the chat. Cleo was already walking away to try and hide herself.
"Now the whole server knows" Pearl said, dread enveloping them all. Cleo stopped at the bridge, not actually wanting to cross at the moment. "So they know we have emeralds, they know we have good and many crossbows, they know we're strong enough to take down a raid, what else?" Smajor said.
Martyn looked over an iron axe he'd picked up from a random pillager. "So now all four of us are probably wanted by the entire rest of the server" Martyn said. "Well, sorta?" Smajor replied. Martyn glared at Smajor and sighed. Martyn lifted the axe up and held it somewhat comfortably on his shoulder.
"We have valuables and we have powerful weapons. And where are we going to keep all of them?" Martyn asked. "They can be hid somewhere" Cleo responded. "I have a target on my back because I thought this raid could help us tie bonds together. Was this your plan all along?" Martyn argued.
"Martyn, calm down" Pearl said, stepping in front of him. "Are you in on this too?!" Martyn asked, a flash of betrayal washing over his eyes. "Of course not!" Pearl replied. Martyn exhaled a long breath. "I shouldn'tve brought you along on my adventures earlier" Martyn said. Pearl's eyes widened, looking at what is now the back of Martyn's head.
"Martyn, this is all just a misunderstanding!" Smajor said. "What, because you wanted totems? You wanted a way to not be soulmates anymore? Don’t think I didn't see you two going for vindicators on purpose!" Martyn said, turning back around to look at the group.
Pearl looked to the other two, hoping Martyn wasn't right. But part of her knew it was. Cleo and Smajor looked at each other, knowing they've been caught. "I can't believe this" Pearl said. "None of this should've happened" Martyn said, bringing the axe down from his shoulder.
"Martyn, what are you doing?" Cleo asked. Before anyone could really react, Martyn lunged at Smajor, cutting through him with an axe. Two chat messages popping up. Pearl died, and Smajor getting a new achievement. The sound of Smajor's totem popping echoed through the air as they all realised what just happened.
Smajor covered his mouth with his hands. The chat started to go crazy. "Oh. My. God." Cleo remarked, stepping away from her soulmate. "You're crazy" Smajor said, fear shaking in his voice. Martyn started running without thinking about it.
"Hey, we're coming over to spawn to figure something out" Smajor messaged Pearl, before him and Cleo went a different direction towards spawn. They both arrived, spotting Pearl. Smajor kneeled down to his soulmate. "Are you ok?" Smajor asked. "I died, Scott" Pearl replied. "Do you want help with anything?" Cleo asked. "I don’t need help from you guys. Just get me some food and I'll find a nice cave underground" Pearl replied.
Smajor and Cleo glanced at each other. "We aren't real soulmates anymore, are we? You're still green and im just a yellow now" Pearl said. "We still get hurt from each other doing things" Smajor replied. "But it doesn't matter anymore" Pearl said, standing up.
Cleo handed Pearl some steak, a totem, and the stuff she had died with. "Are you sure about this?" Smajor asked, standing up. Something about the worry in Smajor's voice made Pearl hesitate for a moment. "Yes" Pearl said, walking away before anyone could respond.
"We just messed up."
"Yes Scott, yes we did."