//------------------------------// // Chapter Five: Good News And Bad // Story: The Server Admin // by Elaine_Lunaris //------------------------------// We join our Heroes on their journey to High Rockwall, the automated wagon rolled across the path. A rainbow streak passes along the sky and birds are chirping in the trees, the wolves run along wagon in their attempts to chase it. A single person sits at the front of the wagon with a steering wheel in hand; the person is whistling a merry tune as the wagon bumps along the road. It seems we have joined our hero as he is singing a rather recurring song. This is the song that doesn’t end. Yes! It just goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, And they’ll continue singing it forever just because! This is the song that doesn’t end! “I swear to god if you don’t shut up I’m going to buck you in the face Admin!” Yes! It goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, And they’ll continue singing it forever just because! This is the song that doesn’t end! “Don’t make me come up there!” Yes! It goes on and on my friends. “Calm down codelord, I think it’s rather amusing.” Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, And they’ll continue singing it forever just because! This is the song that doesn’t end! “I swear this is his revenge for that pig prank all those years ago.” “Was that a pun codelord?” “HELL NO!” Yes! It goes on and on my friends! Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, “Please Admin! I’m begging you now! Look I’m down on all four trotters!” “Aren’t you always down on all fours?” I heard Rainbow reply. I stopped for a second just to reply “OH HO NO SHE DIDN’T” And they’ll continue singing it forever ju- “HE STOPPED!!! MY BEGGING WORKED!” Uuuuuuuuuuust Because! This is the song that doesn’t end! Yes it goes on and on my friends! Some people started singing it not knowing what it was, And they’ll continue singing it forever just because! “NOOOOOOOoooooooooo...........” *Splat* “Dude you knocked him unconscious.” I stopped singing and started laughing. “Revenge is a dish best served cold, with ice cream, and chocolate sauce. And maybe a few sprinkles.” A voice replied from the wagon. “Oooo I could go for some ice cream right now.” Another voice joined that one. “Too true that does sound appetising.” I looked up at the sun, “Oh wow look at the time! ALRIGHT EVERYONE AND PONY! WE’RE STOPPING FOR THE NIGHT!” I pulled the wagon over and watched as Twilight, Steve, and Rainbow came out dragging an unconscious codelord. “Yeesh, you weren’t kidding about him being unconscious.” Rainbow laughed. “Hey don’t you laugh. If we ever meet Pinkie Pie here I’m going to teach her that song!” Rainbow shuddered and Twilight visible paled. I laughed at their reactions. “Don’t worry girls, if we should ever meet Pinkie Pie here, I will make it my personal mission to not, not, not, not, not, not, not, not. Teach her that song.” They visibly relaxed and I laughed manically inwards to myself. Oh are they in for a surprise in the future. “Anyway.... Anyone know where the fences are?” Rainbow shrugged and Twilight pulled a booklet out from the back of the wagon. “Second chest from the right on the top, twenty fifth item down from the top.” I nodded to Twilight and moved into the wagon to grab the fences from the chest. “Steve, care to give me a hand?” I looked behind me and- oh shit - If looks could kill I would be dead right now, Steve was giving me the most killer glare whilst rubbing his temples. I smiled sheepishly at him, “Eh, never mind, I think I can manage on my own.” He just blinked at me and leaned against the side of the wagon. I set up the perimeter around the wagon and started a fire with some netherrack and a flint and steel. I placed five chairs around the fire and grabbed the bag of marshmallows out from the White Alchemical Bag in my inventory. Boy I am glad I had that mod installed, even if I couldn’t remember the name for it. I waited as the others gathered around, minus one unconsciousness pig. “So anyone want any smores?” Rainbow squealed in delight and grabbed a stick and a marshmallow from me, Twilight smiled and did the same, grabbing another stick and marshmallow, not squealing and Steve smiled as well and grabbed some also. I got my own marshmallow and stick and put it in the fire, watching as the white deliciousness started to turn a golden brown. “So anyone got any stories to tell?” I looked around at all the faces as they shook their heads, Steve just looked at me with a ‘you little shit, you know I can’t talk’ look, I just smiled at him. “Guess that means I’m up first.” Stabbing my stick with my now cooked smore into the ground to cool off for a second I slapped my hands together and coughed to clear my throat. Ok so this isn’t really a story, but more of a memory. For you see, I was but a boy when this happened. AHHH! Dash what the hell! Fine I’ll start it off properly. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V A Few Years Ago V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V The rain poured down unto my shoulders as Sam and I walked across the roads of adventure, which was literally what they were called. The roads of Adventure, nice sense of originality there mates. We walked towards the Inn where our informant said to meet him, I pushed the door open and Sam walked ahead into the Inn. A few tables were occupied and there were many people who stopped and stared at the two hooded people who had just entered through the door. Walking towards the bar, we sat down on two seats. “Whiskey, and make it strong.” The barman nodded and brought a bottle, pouring two glasses he made to put the bottle back but I raised a hand. “Leave the bottle.” The bottle was left on the table and the barman went about his business as Sam and I drank our drinks. I looked out of the cowl of my cloak, searching for our informant. Unfortunately I caught the gazes of several people of differing races inside the bar, each giving us hate filled glances. I smiled and tapped Sam on the shoulder. “Seems like our informant squealed, you want to take the three on the left or the four on the right?” He grunted. “Don’t worry, I’ll take them...” I cocked an eyebrow at him. “Feeling lucky tonight Samuel?” He smiled and chuckled. “Just watch me.” I stayed motionless as Sam got up and cracked his knuckles. “So ladies.... Who’s first?” All at once the seven men stood up from their tables and approached Sam. There were two Dwarves, an Elf, a Demon, two Humans and a Mechanist. I smiled mischievously at Sam. “Seems like quiet a haul tonight Sam, might want to be careful.” He grunted in response. I sat still as he cracked his knuckles; I sighed and motioned for another bottle from the barman. I heard the sounds of a fight behind me, grabbing the first bottle I threw it up into the air only for Sam to catch it. I heard a crashing sound of glass on a head and the thump of the last Dwarf hitting the floor. “Barman, check please.” I sighed as Sam sat down again. “So that’s another Informant that lied to us.” Sam shook his head, the hood covering his features. “We’ll find him sooner or later, the wars starting soon.” I nodded and finished off my drink. “I guess it’s time for us to leave huh?” “Yea......” I looked over at my childhood friend. “Hey you seem down, what’s wrong?” He sighed and finished off his drink. “I’ll tell you when we get out of here.” I nodded and we got up, exiting through the double doors. The rain started to pelt down upon us as we stepped out into the night; we started walking along the pathway with no destination in mind. “So you were going to tell me what’s bothering you?” He sighed and straightened out his cloak. “It’s this whole Herobrine business; didn’t you notice that people are starting to leave the server?” I nodded waiting for him to continue. “We all know the wars going to start soon, it has me on edge. Lately there have been reports of Mobs gathering in the Voidways, you know how dark it is in there.” I snorted. “That’s what you get when you try to build an underground pathway in the dark.” He sighed “Hey, cheer up Sam. If anything goes wrong, just know I’ll be there to pull you out of the frying pan.” He laughed at me. “Then we fall into the fire, like always.” We laughed together as we walked through the night, remembering all the times that the exact quote had applied to us. I looked at Sam and held up my fist. “Hey Sam me and you, together as partners forever, right?” He smiled, laughed and his fist bumped against my own. “Till the end of time Walker, till the end of time.” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Camp V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Rainbow looked over to me and smiled, “Sam seems like a nice guy.” I reached into my pocket and pulled out a photo, I smiled sadly, codelord having woken up before the story began, walked over and looked at the picture, his eyes turned sad as he stared at the picture of my family. “I’m sorry Admin, I didn’t realize the similarities before.” I looked up to him and smiled, “It’s no bother code...” I looked back to the picture as Rainbow walked up to me; she looked at the picture and had a confused look on her face. “Who are they?” I looked into her eyes and my smile faded. “It’s a picture of my family, this is my father Adam.” I pointed to the tall man in the picture, “My mother Jenna.” I pointed to the dark haired woman in the picture. “Little Jenifer.” I pointed to the small little dark haired green eyed girl clutching my hand in the photo. “Myself.” I pointed to the young man on the photo, who resembled me in every way, even the jacket with the grass block and a pick and sword crossed over it. “And my brother.... Sam.” At this they all gasped, I wouldn’t blame them; they just found out that I had to kill my little brother in order to kill Herobrine. I sighed and put the photo away. “That’s why I have to do this; my Brother needs me to pull him out of the fire and back into the frying pan. And even if it costs me my own life, I will end his suffering.” Everyone was quiet as I stopped speaking, “Well everyone, it’s been a long day. Tomorrow we should get to High Rockwall’s main underground entrance. So let’s get some rest.” I headed over to the wagon climbed on top and flopped down on my back, staring up at the stars. I swear to you here and now, I swear I could see Sam smile in those stars that hung above my head. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Next Morning V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I awoke to the wagon rolling across the ground, looking down I saw Steve at the steering wheel. Looking around I saw that we had traveled for about four to five hours after they woke up. I rubbed my eyes and sat up, “Morning Steve.” A hand was raised in greetings and then lowered back to the wheel. I opened the top hatch and landed inside the wagon. “Morning Admin.” Codelord was sitting at a table with Rainbow Dash and Twilight, they were playing poker. I walked forwards smiling, “What’s the stakes?” He grunted “Dinner rights.” I smiled and sat down to watch. I could see Dash had nervous eyes shifting from side to side; Twilight was calm and composed..... Best damn poker face I’ve ever seen, while codelord sat there with an excited glare in his eyes. Codelord put his cards on the table with a smile. “Three of a kind, HAH beat that!” Rainbow put her cards on the table, my eyes widened “Full house.” She smiled at codelord and he squealed out a profanity. Twilight finally broke her poker face and placed her cards down. “Royal Flush.” Everyone gathered had to pick the bottom of their jaws off the floor, except me, I laughed, “Well looks like you two aren’t eating tonight!” I laughed again and started slapping the table. “Aw come on, one more round! I can win it back!” Twilight shook her head and Rainbow laughed at the poor pig’s misfortune, I looked over to him with a confused expression. “How much did you lose?” He sighed and placed his head on the ground, “All of this week’s dinner rights....” I couldn’t hold it in anymore and fell to the floor laughing, holding my sides because of the pain. Suddenly the wagon stopped, everyone stopped laughing and spilled out on to the top of the wagon. Steve was standing on the top with a pair of binoculars over his eyes, bringing them down, he pointed off into the distance and handed me the binoculars. Taking them out of his hands I put them to my eyes and looked in the direction he pointed. “Damn, I knew something like this would happen.” Codelord looked at me and frowned. “What’s wrong Admin?” I looked at him and he could see the determination in my eyes. “Herobrine’s begun the chess game, and it seems he’s recruited a few new pawns.” They seemed confused by what I had said. “Steve, park the wagon in that cave there, and make sure that it’s nice and bright.” He nodded and we hopped off the wagon. “Alright everyone, listen up close, I’m not going to repeat myself twice.” They moved a little closer and I began. “Just over the hill there, Herobrine has moved an army twice as big as the hoard that we faced at the camp. It also seems like your brother expanded the castle. There’s now a Fort on the mountain side and a few towers surrounding it. Now there’s some good news and some bad news, what one you lot want to hear first?” They looked at each other and looked back to me. “We’ll take the bad news first.” I nodded at their decision. “The area has been tainted by Discord’s magic; this means he has been recruited by Herobrine. The area surrounding the castle is in total chaos, the only exception is the castle and fort itself. The mobs surrounding it are a formation of Spiders, Zombies, Skeletons and we’re lucky there are no Endermen there. There are also a few Wither Skeletons there, but they are being dealt with as we speak.” They nodded their heads and I continued. “Alright then, good news is. Codelord, you’re crazy bastard of a brother is still alive, and it even seems like he’s got some survivors helping him. There seems to be a Mechanist there as well judging from the cannons I saw lined up on the wall. There are a few Tesla Coils surrounding the castle stopping anything from approaching the castle. That is also spells bad news for us, since we can’t get past the Coils.” Again they nodded, although their faces were a bit grim. They could use some more good news. “There also appears to be a shield spell being sustained around the castle, this is also stopping anything from getting in. Twilight I don’t want you to get your hopes up thinking that Shinning is there helping Frozen.” Twilight nodded, but seemed a little overjoyed by the fact that her brother might be inside. I clapped my hands together and smiled. “I also think that there is some wonderful thing going on at the castle, for I saw about three other ponies on the wall, plus some Day and Night guards. This might mean that either the princesses are involved now or that the guards were brought here as well. And I defiantly think I saw Spike on the walls as well.” Twilight was overjoyed by the fact that her assistant was here. “Do you know what this means?!? I can send letters to the princesses again!” I nodded, and continued. “There also seems to be some black crystals surrounding the mountain. That means that Sombra has also been recruited, I also saw Chrysalis and some changelings there as well.” Their heads fell, downcast and before the battle had even begun they felt defeated. I stomped my foot on the ground to get their attention. “HEY! Do not do this to me now; I’m pretty sure your friends and families haven’t given up on you yet. So don’t give up on them!” Their expressions went determined again and my own spirits rose. “Now let’s figure out a plan to get inside or to send them a message...”