Chapter 13

Chapter 13 From Now On, Can We Keep Eek on the Beach and Feel the Breeze All the Time? Air began to blow from the vents again. This time it was a welcome breeze, equalizing the temperature. Harper and Theo closed the windows while Jodi and Po reset their computers and booted up Minecraft again. They stepped through Ash's portal, and Harper watched as they walked out onto a familiar snowy landscape.

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How lucky! Their new portal opened on the surface, just a short walk from Eek's village. But everyone groaned when they realized it was about to turn cold again. Jodi quickly made a ring of torches around him to equalize his temperature. "Don't move until we figure out how to disconnect you from the school's AC," Harper said. Eek listened. "Not a bad place to move to!" Po said, already searching for his favorite house. "Maybe I'll move in with the blacksmith." "We might want to build something to hold back zombies and creepers," Ash said, "but it's already a safer base than the other two. And just a short walk from a Nether fortress!" "Sorry to rush you guys," Morgan said, "but we do need to go back and get those blaze rods. At least ten, but as many as you can farm before time's up. Then Ender pearls tomorrow, and then—"

"The End," Harper finished. "And we save Eek." Ash, Po, and Jodi left Eek in his ring of torches to return to the blaze spawner room. They picked up all the torches and let the spawner start creating blazes again, one at a time. With the computers cooled down, they could farm the blazes from a safe and non-laggy distance. Theo and Harper stepped away to find Doc Culpepper. Theo pulled something out of his backpack. "I have a water bottle in here—it's just room

temperature—and an extra granola bar. You forgot your snack, right?" Harper was surprised. "I did, but that's my fault. I don't want to take yours." "It's not mine!" Theo smiled. "I always bring an extra. You've just never needed it before." He held it out again, and she took it. "Thank you." Harper took a sip of the water and smiled. Theo didn't have to do that, but she was glad he had. It felt good to know that someone was looking out for her. She and Theo were different, but they were a lot alike in many ways, too. She made a mental note for the future to look for the ways she and other people were alike rather than how they were different. "You don't always have to be prepared for everything, you know. We're here to help you, too." Theo looked over at the rest of their group. "Remember when Morgan was worried we wouldn't need him anymore? And Ash rushed in by herself yesterday because she was feeling

lonely. They're both amazing players and leaders, but they made mistakes because they forgot we're a team. And we'll always be a team." "I bet we'll always worry about stuff like that. But you're right," Harper agreed. "I think I've been looking too much for the perfect way to do things. But there isn't going to be a perfect way— just the best way we have." "Like fighting blazes with snowballs because it's what's in our inventory!" Theo said. Harper laughed. "Yeah. Actually, being prepared means being ready to change when you need to. And to pay attention more than you plan. At least, I think so. And Eek—" She stopped. A whole new thought had popped into her mind. "Wait a second! If Eek is connected to the AC, that means he can access the world outside his server. Right?"