The next morning, Twilight woke up early. Quietly trotting over to the door, she gave it a gentle nudge; her magic was depleted in Minecraft. After gently closing the door, she went over to Leader's house. After a brief conversation, Leader allowed Twilight and her friends to leave.
"May you stay safe in you travels," he said. "Our village will always be open to you."
Twilight nodded gratefully and went over to their hut after saying goodbye to Leader. She opened the door to find her friends packing.
"So I see you already knew why I left," she observed with a smirk. Applejack gave a small chuckle.
"Ye, we knew you were at dat guy Leader's house, so we got ready while waitin' for ya."
Suddenly Twilight noticed something.
"Rarity? How'd you get your magic back??" asked Twilight. Rarity simply flicked her mane.
"Oh, a kind fellow in this village gave me a tip on how to get magic back. I asked Spikey-Wikey to turn on a witchcraft mod. Try using your magic now!"
Twilight focused on levitating a chest and found she could lift it up easily.
"Sweeeeeeet!!!!"
***
"Ok, everypony ready to go?" asked Twilight after crafting a few backpacks and stuffing them with supplies. The others nodded. They went outside and said goodbye to all the villagers before heading out into the wilderness. They hiked over two mountains until they reached a flat piece of area. There they began building their shelter; a big house surrounded by a strong wall able to hold up 20 creeper explosions complete with walkways which anypony could use to shoot any mobs. They spent the whole day builing that and by the time night fell, Twilight pushed everypony in and closed the gates with a bang.
"That was tough work," she admitted, heading up to her room. "Goodnight everypony."
They all went to sleep, unaware that a sinister being was watching them with an eerie smile on his face. In the dark of the night, that creature teleported inside the house and went into the rooms. Trotting into the first; Fluttershy's; he teleported her to his lair. He did the same to the rest; except for Twilight. That one he was going to kill himself. Then, cackling, he teleported out and into his lair with the desire to torture Twilight's friends.
***
"WHERE IS EVERYPONY?!" shrieked Twilight as she read the letter that the creature had left her. Her eyes widened as she saw his name: Herobrine. In her mind, she imagined she was talking to Flash and Spike.
Flash,Spike...are you there??
Then a voice drifted into her mind.
Yes. What is it?
The others have been captured by Herobrine. Do any of you know where Herobrine's lair is??
Silence for a moment, then Spike's voice shot through her mind.
In the forest biome inside a large cave, came the voice.
Thanks guys. I'll talk to you later, thought Twilight before galloping up to collect her supplies.
In the forest, Twilight stalked forward swallowing nervously while holding up her iron sword. Then, when she turned a corner, she found herself facing down the shaft of an arrow, pulled back to be fired. A cerulean unicorn with striking reddish-orangish hair was levitating the bow and arrow. Her cyan eyes bore straight into Twilight's. But what Twilight found most intriguing about this pony was her cutie mark. The cutie mark was a pink heart surrounded in fire. Then the unicorn noticed Twilight's wings and bowed down.
"Forgive me Your Majesty," she said in a low voice.
"Just Twilight is fine. My name is Twilight Sparkle. And yours? Hunter, I presume?"
But to Twilight's surprise, the unicorn shook her head.
"Then what's your name?" asked Twilight. The unicorn leaned in close and whispered in Twilight's ear.
"My name...is Artemis."