Chapter 16

Chapter 16 THE RESULTS ARE IN! EVERYBODY'S A WINNER! BUT THERE'S STILL ONE LITTLE PROBLEM…. Jodi swung a pickaxe, and the "Vote for Po" sign was destroyed. Po laughed. "THAT LOOKED LIKE FUN." "It really was!" said Jodi, smiling.

Po and his friends had returned to the caverns of Minecraft. Back at school, the votes were in. Shelly had won by a landslide…and Po could not have been happier about that. Woodsword's students had chosen the right candidate for the job. It wasn't totally necessary to remove the glowing signs he'd placed throughout the caves. It wasn't as if anybody but the five of them would ever see them. But Po hoped that getting rid of the signs would help them put the whole experience behind them. Especially the parts where he'd behaved badly. The sooner they forgot about all that, the better he'd feel. "For what it's worth," said Morgan, "I voted for you, Po." "You did?" Po couldn't help it: he smiled. "I think we all did," said Jodi, and Harper nodded. "NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE OUR FRIEND," said Harper. "BUT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN YOU." "You would have been a great president, Po," said Morgan. "Even if you weren't totally prepared…You ALWAYS RISE TO MEET WHATEVER CHALLENGE YOU'RE FACED WITH." "Aw, you guys," Po said dramatically. "Careful, or my high-tech VR goggles are gonna end up full of salt water."

As Morgan demolished another sign, Jodi reached down into a pond where a blue axolotl was swimming. "I'M JUST GLAD EVERYTHING'S BACK TO NORMAL," she said, patting the mob's head with affection. With the last sign taken down, the five friends prepared to return to the surface. But Theo pointed into the darkness. "What's that?" he asked. Po saw what Theo meant. There was a faint glow coming from around the corner. "Did we miss one of the signs?" he asked. But when he turned the corner, he was met with a shock. Big, blocky letters were shining on the cavern wall. Someone had written a message in glowing ink.

Po read the message out loud: "Come to the zoo… if you dare." "What does it mean?" asked Harper. "Who could have written it?" asked Theo. "We'll have to find out somehow," said Morgan. "I hope we can pet the animals!" said Jodi. Beneath the words was the image of a butterfly. But somehow, that was not very comforting….