Chapter 9

Chapter 9 A MOMENT THAT HAS LONG OVERDUE: THE LIBRARIAN COMES TO THE RESCUE! Po dragged his blocky hands against the walls. He couldn't find anything to grab hold of. He kept floating up, up…. And the ground kept getting farther away.

"This is going to be some major fall damage," he said. "Can't we do anything to soften the landing?" Ash said. "I still have a few potions of slow falling," Harper said. "But we can't drink potions anymore." "WAIT, LOOK DOWN THERE!" cried Jodi. "What is that?" Po squinted. Down below, he could see a strange pixelation effect. The air itself seemed to shimmer. Then there was a loud pop, and a familiar figure stood on the ground. It was the Librarian! "I'm here?" she said. She looked at her blocky hands. "I'm here! He did it!" Who did what? Po wondered. But he was certainly glad to see her. The Librarian looked like an average villager, but she was smart and very good at gathering resources. She'd been aiding them since the very beginning of their adventures. And they could sure use some aid now.

"HELP!" Po cried. "WE'RE UP HERE!" The Librarian looked up. Her eyes went wide when she saw them floating there. "Stay put!" she said. "I need to take care of this shulker first." "You can't damage it," Ash warned her. "I don't need to," said the Librarian. She produced a water bucket from her inventory. "YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET A SHULKER WET, DON'T YOU?" "Oh," Morgan said. "Of course. That's brilliant!" "What?" Po said. "What happens when you get a shulker wet?" He watched as the Librarian doused the mob with her bucket of water. As soon as the water touched it, the shulker teleported away. "That happens," said the Librarian.

She didn't pause to celebrate her victory, though. She immediately set to work building a column, leaping into the air and placing bricks beneath her feet, one after the other. She had almost reached them when Po felt a lurching sensation in his stomach. They weren't levitating anymore. They were falling! The Librarian stopped building her column. She now focused on building out instead of up, creating a flat block structure high above the ground. Po fell onto the platform, and his friends all landed nearby. It didn't hurt, because they hadn't fallen very far.

He peered over the edge of the platform. The ground was far below them. That would have hurt. "Thanks for the help," he said. "I'm just glad I got here in time," she said. "The Evoker King found a way to lock me out. But I've got a hacker on my SIDE—AND HE WAS ABLE TO FIND A WEAKNESS IN THE KING'S FIREWALL." "So you're not another artificial consciousness," Harper said. "You're a person. You've got the missing sixth headset!" "That's right," said the Librarian. "I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WONKY ABOUT DOC'S INVENTION, and I wanted to make sure you were all safe. You've probably guessed my identity by now."

"ARE YOU THE LUNCH LADY?" Po guessed. "The principal? Oh my gosh. Are you Amelia Earhart? So that's what happened to you!" "You're Ms. Minerva," said Morgan. "Aren't you?" The Librarian smiled. "You're right." Po's mouth hung open. Their teacher had been helping them all along? She'd been the one filling chests with valuable resources and top-tier enchanted weapons?