//------------------------------// // 6: Nightmares(?) of Herobrine // Story: MineQuestria // by sunnyday //------------------------------// After a bit more of explaining to Twilight how enchanting works and some of the things it could do, I realized just exactly how tired I was. I guess our conversation went on for a lot longer then I had ever anticipated. Because when I looked out of the window, I saw the moon. "Well Twilight, it's been nice talking to you, but I'm pretty beat right now. We can talk more in the morning if you'd like." Twilight turned her head towards the window and then back at me, frowning. "Oh, is it that late already?" She asked rhetorically, "Well, then I guess we better get to bed." Me and twilight stood up from the floor in the library and began to make our way to our respective beds. As I laid down I felt strangely uneasy, as if something unnatural was watching me. I kept slowing my breathing and waiting for sleep to take me, only it didn't. Something was wrong, really wrong. I felt the strange presence getting closer and closer. I'd like to describe to you in more detail about what it felt like, but all I can say is that it just felt... wrong. I was just about to get up to check around the house to do a quick monster check when something caught my attention in the corner of my eye, a mirror. I wondered for a moment, That wasn't there before. What's a mirror doing in the middle of the room? I stood up and made my way to the strange reflective surface. Now that I could get a good look at it, I realized it wasn't exactly what you would call a normal mirror, as it was just a pane of reflective glass floating about a foot off of the ground. One look at my reflection in the mirror and my entire mind was filled with a sense of dread and I could feel my stomach churning. For when I looked into that mirror, what looked back wasn't me, but was instead, Herobrine. Suddenly, everything started changing around me. The library began to fade away and was replaced by a vein-filled, red, stone-like substance known as Netherrack. The curves of the Equestrian world were straightening out, and the uniqueness of everything around me became red and bland. It was obvious where I was now, it was no other place then the Nether. I don't know how much sense that made, but I didn't have any time to question it as I could hear a loud voice speaking to me. "So, YoU tHiNk YoU cAn DeStRoY mE wItH tHeSe, 'ElEmEnTs Of HaRmOnY?'" It boomed, coming from no specific point but yet everywhere at once. I recognized this voice almost immediately, it was definitely Herobrine's. He began to speak up again, but this time his voice no longer wavered as he spoke in a more forceful tone, "YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN DEFEAT ME." His voice is now deafeningly booming into my ears, almost assaulting my very brain with just his voice. "I CAN EVEN PROVE IT RIGHT NOW. LET'S PLAY A LITTLE GAME, STEVE. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A FRIEND TO HELP YOU, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RUN TO THE FORTRESS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND DEFEAT ME. IF YOU CAN'T, YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS IN EQUESTRIA WILL PERISH. IF YOU DO, HOWEVER, I WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE FOREVER." I simply nodded as Herobrine boomed for the "game" to start, what else could I do? As I began to head forward, a figure materialized in front of me in almost the same manner as how I left came into the Nether. It was another Minecraftian like me. Except he was wearing some sort of combat clothing and a helmet. When he fully appeared, he immediately took a militarized position and saluted me. "Ender, at your service, sir!" I greeted him and he eased from his salute. "You know what you're doing here, correct?" I stared him down, not sure whether to trust him or not. "Sir, yes, sir!" He replied directly, saluting once again. I nodded at him and then motioned my arm towards the fort and told him to move it as fast as he could. We didn't have any time to waste defeating Herobrine. Just before we began to move, Ender retrieved from a backpack he was holding a diamond sword and he handed it to me. I nodded at him again and we were on our way We ran past a small horde of Zombie Pigmen, who really didn't seem to pay us much attention so long as we didn't bump into one them and finally were at the small entryway inside the fort. I looked at Ender and he looked back at me, and we both took a step inside. Once we were fully inside we were met with the screaming sounds of the poor lost souls of the sand. From what I could figure, the entire Nether Fortress was built on top of a Soulsand deposit. No matter where we went inside the twisted halls, we could not escape the cries of the souls below us. Eventually we reached an impossibly large room, and in the center of it, a golden throne where Herobrine sit. Even from the distance we were at, you could still feel his presence just by looking in his general direction. "CHARGE!" I yelled as me and Ender ran at full speed towards the throne. I can't lose this, I thought, There's no way I'm going to let anyone else die because of me. Wait... anyone else? What did I just say? I was questioning what I meant by anything else, it felt like some sort of lost memory was welling up in the back of my mind but just wasn't quite there yet. There was no time to contemplate it at the moment, I had a battle to win. Before we could even reach Herobrine, some mysterious black force took Ender and sent him careening into a wall at almost mach speed. There was going to be no getting up from that. I bit my lip as I jumped to try and strike Herobrine from above, but to no avail. He simply lifted his hand and was able to shove me down back to the floor. "NOW IT'S TIME TO PAY FOR SEALING ME HERE." The last thing I remember going through my mind before he struck me was what he meant by sealing him here. Author's Note: I apologize for the shortness of this chapter. It was intentional, as this is the third the last chapter of this little adventure, and it was only appropriate to leave it hanging here.