> The Server Admin > by Elaine_Lunaris > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter One: Intoducing The Admin > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi my names Admin or you can call me by my last name Walker. Depends on whoever you ask. Anyway, I’m 19 years old blue eyes, dirty blond hair around 6 feet tall, pretty slender for my age. And, well, I like MLP and MineCraft. To me it was just another average Tuesday, go to school, get home, play MineCraft. You know the usual. Well, something strange happened when I logged in to my personal server. I was just doing a check-up before letting some people on and when I looked at the coding, there was a glitch. And I think I saw something.... I don’t know what it was but I wrote it off as Mojang doing some technical thing with the systems. I got up and walked into my kitchen to grab a drink and a bite to eat before heading back into my room to continue maintenance on the server. Looking around my room you would never really guess I was a Brony until you saw my desktop background and my desk. I had a little Luna plush on my desk hanging from the top of the screen, it made it look like it was staring into the computer. And my background was a picture of the two princesses’ cutie marks. Sitting back down at the computer I pulled up the server files and noticed someone had hoped on. Checking the logs I found it was my friend. Server>Hey mike. What’s up? Mike>Not much you? Server>I’m running maintenance on the server. Mike>Oh.... Want me to hop off? Server>Nah you aren’t doing any harm to the server by being on. Mike>Ok! I’m going to build my castle. Chat with ya later! And with that I saw one of the commands activate, looking at the teleportation command I saw that he was headed in the right direction. Hmmmm, well at least I’ll have someone to chat to later, if I get bored. Yawning, I moved some documents around and started on the coding and plugins for the server. Well, everything looks in order. After a couple of minutes I go back to checking the coding for the server, again I see the glitch. Looking closely I see an image inside the codes. It looked like..... Suddenly an Blinding flash of light and a ungodly screech came from my computer; it felt like an assault on my ears and eyes. I quickly closed my eyes and waited for it to pass, after a couple of minutes I opened the server chat Server>Mike? Did you experience any lag or did anything weird happen? Mike>Nope! Well.... Dinners ready cya mate! Chapter Two: Dangers Of The Night > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight watched me as I placed the wood and cobblestone around the area, creating a wall out of the raw materials. All in all it was a pretty good wall if I do say so myself! The ten foot wall surrounded the entire clearing, and stood five metres away from the forests edge. I whistled as I placed the torches on each corner of the wall, walking to the edge I head a distinct hissing sound. “Well shit, I thought I heard a Creeper. Oh wait, I did.” Jumping over the wall I made my way back over to Twilight as Steve set out some wood and a chair for her to sit at, making a makeshift desk. Clearing the dust off my hands I spoke. “Well guys, looks like I finished up just in time. Good thing too, otherwise those Creepers would have gotten in.” Steve breathed a sigh of relief and Twilight looked a little confused by what a Creeper was. “A Creeper is, well.... How do I put it....? You know what a bomb is right?” When she nodded I continued, “Yea basically it’s a moving bomb that sneaks up behind you and blows up.” I watched as Steve pulled out an orb and set it on the table. “Is that what I think it is?” He nodded and started to sort out his inventory. This included an assortment of foods, potions, materials, a couple of picks and the sword I had given him. “Quite a load you got there Steve.... Sure you don’t need any help?” Shaking his head he began to put it all away, I sighed and moved over to Twilight. I looked at the book she was writing in, Today, Steve and I encountered a strange individual by the name of Server Admin or by Walker as he says. Although our first encounter didn’t go off to a good start, it reminded me that first impressions are.... I got bored reading what Twilight was writing and moved to the hole in the ground. I spawned in a piece of Netherrack in the shallow hole and lit it on fire. I placed a couple of log slabs around the fire and sat down on one. “So Server Admin.... Do you think we are the only ones here?” Twilight sat down on the slab opposite mine. I shook my head at the mare and pointed north. “When I was flying this morning I saw a great obsidian castle in the distance, I have no clue what it is but it looked familiar to me.... As for us being the only ones here? No, I think there are many more people... Or ponies, that are waiting for us to find them. We just need to look....” Twilight went back to her writing leaving me to think on the situation, I’m sure we aren’t the only ones here. The castle is a testament to that might even be other ponies here, like Luna! Shaking my head to clear it of thoughts I decided I wanted to go for a flight. “Hey guys. I’m going to go flying for a bit, catch ya later!” I waved as I took off from the ground. I flew over the forest and just spread my wings, gliding from thermal to thermal. It was pure bliss. After the relaxing flight I landed on top of the tallest tree I could find and sat down. I faced towards the moon in the night sky and smiled, my precious few moments of bliss were interrupted by a laughing voice I knew all too well. “Well, well, well. What have we here? Walker? Is that you my dear friend?” I turned with a scowl on my face to behold my greatest enemy, “Herobrine.” I leapt at him spawning a Diamond sword in my hands. In a flash, he teleported behind me and smacked me to the floor. He smiled at me from beneath his hood. “Sorry dear friend, but you need to play by the rules of my new world. So that means.... none of this.” He tapped me on the forehead and I heard a beeping sound. Looking in the chat I saw the one thing that scared me more than anything.... >You are no longer Op >Your Gamemode has been changed He laughed manically and grabbed me by the throat. “I guess this is truly goodbye this time my friend. Who knows? Maybe you might spawn again, maybe you won’t.” He shrugged and started to drag me to the corner of the skyscraper like tree. “Anywho.... See ya.” And with that he tossed me off the side of the tree. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Forest Floor V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V A distinct female figure moved about in the dark, her head swerving in all directions as she took in the forest surrounding her. She remembered that it was sundown when she had awoken to the sounds of the waves lapping over her form, and she felt the sand beneath her hooves. Over the time she had remained awake in search of any signs of civilisation, and had gotten lost in the forest waiting for her wings to dry. She stopped under a colossal tree and leaned against it. Sighing as she spoke to herself. “I swear Pinkie if this is another one of your jokes it’s not funny.” She looked around the area under the big tree and sighed, slowly lying down on the ground. “I still have no clue where I am. Might as well be in Tartarus for all I know, can’t tell where I am based on cloud movements and star alignments.” She stretched an injured wing wincing at the pain. “Still need a splint for that.” The rainbow manned mare, sighed as she leant against the massive tree. “I hate walking....” she jumped out of her skin as she heard something hit the ground behind her. “What in Celestia’s name was that?” Walking around the oak tree the mare saw a pair of massive wings cradled over a broken form. “Oh My Gosh......” A hoof rose to her face as she spoke, a groan came from the small crater and the wings moved to reveal a bipedal creature with blue hair, red wings and wearing a leather jacket with an emblem on the side. It was a block, maybe grass? With a red pick and sword crossed over it. Slowly the figure reached into his pocket and grabbed a red vial of liquid and drank it. “Lucky.... the bastard.... didn’t clear.... My inventory!” he coughed as he dropped the now empty vial to the floor with a clatter. She watched as the wounds on his form healed and the broken wing mended itself. “Whoa.....” The man’s head swerved and he glared at her, but slowly his eyes opened in recognition. “Rainbow.... Dash....?” Said mare’s eyes widened as he spoke her name, he reached into his pocket and pulled out another red vial. “Here.... looks like.... you need it.” She took the vial after remembering the wonders it had done for the biped in front of her. She took a swig and waited for the awful taste that always accompanied medication, her eyes widened as the flavour of raspberries filled her mouth and she quickly finished the drink off. Hey wing and hoof tingled as well as her ribs as they were healed by the potion of red liquid. “Thanks mister....?” he looked up at her and smiled. “Admin...... Admin Walker.” She nodded and threw the empty vial away, the rainbow mare saw him pull out a white bag and drag out a bow and an arrow. “Time... to call the Calvary.... mind... ugh..... shooting this up into the air?” She nodded and took the bow and arrow of him. The Pegasus braced the bow against the ground and placed the arrow on the string. Grabbing the wood in her mouth, she drew the bow till it was fully drawn and released it. The arrow shot up into the air and exploded in a flash of purple and white light. The light lingered in the sky for several minutes during this time the two talked to each other. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I looked at Rainbow Dash in front of me and smiled. “So I take it you were brought here as well?” the mare cast a suspicious glare at me. “Look it wasn’t my fault okay? Take a chill pill.... Geeze.” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and responded to my question. “Yea I was brought here as well, I don’t know what for though.” I shrugged my shoulders and sighed. “That’s another pony from Equestria here in Minecraftia. Oh well, the more the merrier.” Rainbows head spun till she was facing me. “Wait, did you say another pony?” I shrugged “well yea, you would think it would be someone important, but no it’s just the egghead.” She giggled as I spoke about Twilight and Steve back at the camp. “So Walker, how’d you end up here?” I smiled at the mare sitting beside the fire next to me; I had thought it was a good idea to make some smores, boy was I right! I reached into my bag and pulled out a cup of coffee, I also offered Rainbow one as well. “Well it all started when I sat down at my computer one fine average morning......” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Twilight & Steve V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Twilight looked up from her writing to look at the quiet Minecraftian at the crafting bench on the other side of the camp; she smiled and went back to her writing. It’s been around two and a half months since I was brought to Minecraftia, during that time I met an odd character, he calls himself Steve. When I arrived those two and a half months prior, I was lost and confused. I had wandered around the forest till I found a house, made of wood like the library back in Ponyville. I had thought that at first, I had been asleep for a very long time and this was the future. That thought quickly changed as the creatures known now as ‘Zombies’ came out from the wooden dungeon and attacked me. A quick shield spell stopped them from causing me harm, but I had no way to defend myself, I did the only logical thing at the time, I called for help. Steve heard me from his home and came to my rescue, clad in diamond and Iron armour he killed the ‘Zombies’, after doing so he took me in and helped me to get adjusted to this new world, Minecraftia he called it. After two months with Steve in the wilderness, we became more.... ‘Attached...’ to each other, if you would say it like that. The other day we met another ‘NPC’ as Steve would put it, turns out though. This wasn’t an NPC, but another ‘Minecraftian’ by the name of Server Admin Walker. He told us that he was brought here like me, didn’t explain how though, much to my annoyance. He seems to know a lot about this world, I will ask him some questions when he- Twilight was interrupted as a giant purple explosion filled the night sky, it stayed hovered over a specific spot, north, forty miles by the looks of it. Steve looked up from the table he was sitting at, immediately recognising the Flare for what it was. Walker was in trouble, and he needed help. Steve put on his diamond chest plate, and iron pants and boots, picking up the enchanted sword that Admin had given him he moved to the wall and climbed over it. Looking back at Twilights worrying gaze he motioned for her to stay before leaping off the wall and heading into the dark, monster infested forest. Twilight looked at the spot that Steve had occupied for a moment before he leaped off and headed into the forest. She trusted him to come back, and she knew he would come back; it was all a matter of time. V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V “-And that’s how I ended up here, talking to you.” I finished of my narrative with a glance in her direction. Needless to say, my story had her confused and suspicious. I’ll reassure her at a later date. “Let me get this straight, earlier today, you used to be an average guy, till some guy messages you on your ‘computer’ and you get brought here where you have a god like influence?” I smiled and nodded at her, before remembering what transpired but a few moments ago, and I frowned. “At least, I ‘used’ to have that god like influence. I don’t anymore. Someone way more powerful than me took it all away, and then the bastard threw me off the top of the tree, and that’s how you found me.” She nodded, clearly relieved that I had been stripped of the powers of an OP. “So who was this guy that you mentioned?” I sighed as I spoke. “His name was Sam, but now he’s known as Herobrine.” She seemed confused by my statement, bah let her figure it out..... Unless she asks me to... “Wait how can Herobrine be Sam? And who the hay is Sam anyway!” Yup she asked. I smiled sadly as I recounted Sam’s tale. “Sam was one of my friends before we came to play MineCraft. We were the best Server back then, filled with people who loved to get along. Then the newest update came out, and with it came the release of Herobrine. We all thought he was removed, and so he was. Until Mojang added him back into the game. He killed hundreds of players, and before we knew it, players started to leave the server. Sam and I hatched a plan to kill Herobrine, we built the Obsidian Fortress, the last bastion of hope on our server, and there we gathered players and their pets, Dogs and Cats of all forms, from across Minecraftia to battle Herobrine. Little did we know that Herobrine had power over the mobs, he gathered his own army to battle our army of players. The zombies were the main melee group, outfitted with dropped iron armour and discarded swords. The spiders acted like the rouges one would find on an RPG game, they were outfitted with special types of leather armour over their forms. The Endermen were the Assassins, or teleport specialists, they teleported behind our lines and killed players, before we could kill them they would teleport away. The Creepers were the sappers, blowing holes in the bunkers the players had built to defend themselves. The Spider Riders were the officers of Herobrine’s Army; they gave out the orders and sometimes led the charge against the trenches. All throughout that time, Herobrine had recruited the EnderDragon to help him; travelling from the end he tore a hole between the fabrics of the two worlds leaving the world open to invasion from the end. The Nether was torn open too, with a giant portal that Herobrine had constructed. This let the Ghasts, Magma Cubes, Blazes and Zombie Pigmen come through. All throughout the battle raging below, Sam, myself and a few player made operators were fighting Herobrine and the EnderDragon. It was a dramatic battle and at the end...... it took a turn for the worse. With the EnderDragon being cast down and with us being stuck in the end, we fought Herobrine. Somehow he had gained the ability to turn OPs into normal players again, he used it on the player made OPs and he killed them. Leaving only Sam and myself, the last two Admins on the server, to battle him to the death, we fought bravely, but no one could have anticipated what happened next. In the last moments of the battle, Sam stabbed Herobrine with the most powerful weapon we had, the sword of Notch. During his last moments of death, Herobrine cursed Sam, saying. “You will take up my mantel.” And with that he died, none of us knew what he meant by what he said to Sam. But we forgot about it, and we rejoiced. Herobrine was dead and we won the war. Months passed and after a time, I noticed the changes in Sam. He became angry at the drop of a pin, his eyes started to go white and his skin became pale. I confronted him in the Obsidian Fortress, and he told me this. “The mantel has been upheld, and Herobrine has risen again.” I fought him as we had fought Herobrine all those months ago. He cast me down to the bottom of the Obsidian palace and he laughed, I was confused, until he said this. “It is a cycle dear friend, there will always be a Herobrine, and after a time. You too will uphold this role.” And with that Sam disappeared from the face of the real world, only to replace Herobrine inside the game world. I left the server after that, leaving it in the grasps of Herobrine.” Rainbow looked at me with sadness in her eyes, I could tell why. Sam’s fate will be my own sooner or later, it was all a matter of time and place. I looked into the crackling fire and continued speaking. “The server was shut down; no one was on it at the time. I could hazard a guess by saying that Herobrine’s powers go far beyond that of the game, and that this is the physical manifestation of the Server, which means all the dangers of the previous world are in place. But we have one thing to be thankful for, that the end was destroyed when the battle ended, and the dragon that resided there is either dead or in hibernation somewhere in this world.” Rainbow looked at me with a curious expression, “How did you get out? Or the end, I mean.” I hummed in thought. “How did I get out? Well, many years ago I had heard a rumour that a player had accidentally trespassed into the end. All he had with him was his armour, twenty four pieces of obsidian and a flint and steel. It’s said that he escaped by building a nether portal and going through, then building another and entering back into the normal world. Sam and I used this method to escape the end.” I placed my hands on my knees and we sat in silence for a long time, I heard a something coming towards us and I smiled. “It’s about time you got here Steve, is everything alright?” He walked into the clearing and towards me; his armour was painted in the greenish blood of Creepers and the red blood of zombies. His sword was covered in the blood of foes cast down into the maws of death. He wiped the blade clean on the grass next to me and sat down. I looked at him and he frowned and pointed up. “Why didn’t I fly?” He nodded at me, and I sighed. “I didn’t fly because I encountered an old enemy, I didn’t want to risk the chance of being spotted.” He nodded his head then gave me a curious stare. “Who was he?” Again he nodded, “His name ‘was’ Sam when I knew him, but you may know him as Herobrine.....” His eyes widened in fear and he began to shake, “There is no reason to fear Steve, I think he is long gone. But for now we have a guest to lead back to our camp, care to lead the way?” With a nod he got back up and motioned for us to follow. “Alright then, let’s get going Dash.” Together we put the fire out and started walking back to the camp, where a warm bed, some hot coco and a few ghost stories awaited us. > Chapter Three: Don't Eat Me!!! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V the Next Morning V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I awoke in the morning to the sound of my stomach grumbling, I groaned and sat up, holding my sore stomach. This is what I get for not eating anything last night....... I groaned again and shook Steve awake; he got up slowly, with half lidded eyes. He stared at me with a questioning gaze. “Hey Steve....? Got any grub?” A louder rumble echoed around the camp and we both stared at his stomach. “I’ll take that as a no.....” My stomach rumbled again, witch awoke the two sleeping mares. Rainbow looked around the clearing, before setting her gaze on us. “What the hay is going on?” Both Steve and my own stomachs rumbled in harmony, causing the rainbow manned mare to laugh, I looked back to Steve. “So.... As I was saying, do you have anything to eat?” Steve reached into his pockets and pulled out two delicious shiny red apples, my mouth began to water and our stomachs growled again. He handed one to me and we were about to start eating when two other stomachs growled out in protest against our action. We both stopped before we took our first bite and looked towards the two sheepish mares sitting on the beds. Sighing I grabbed Steve’s and my own apple and handed them to the girls, and they greedily dug into the offered apples. “Well Steve, looks like we need to find something to eat....” I looked at the four entrances to our camp that we constructed overnight after we got back. “Tell you what, you head that way,” I pointed out the south gate. “And I’ll head this way,” I pointed out the north gate. “We’ll gather any food we can find, including apples, carrots, anything that’s edible, and then we’ll meet back here at noon. Sound good?” He nodded. “Ok then Steve, Let’s roll out!” He looked at me with a confused look and I sighed, “Never mind, let’s go before I lose my patience.” We both headed opposite directions and the two mares stayed behind to catch up about the past two days in Minecraftia, I stopped at the crafting bench on the way to the north gate. Reaching into my bag I pulled out a long bow and a stack of arrows, I strapped a quiver to my back and placed the arrows inside before slinging the bow across my back. I pulled out some spare leather and a piece of iron and crafted a belt with it. Using the excess leather I made two sheaths and some straps for two dagger hilts. I then pulled out some sticks and iron and crafted two daggers, I placed the sheaths on the belt in the middle before strapping it diagonally across my chest, leaving the daggers in the middle of my chest, where it would be easiest to grab. I nodded to myself and headed to the north gate out into the wilderness, humming to myself as I went along. I crossed over the simple bridge that had been quickly constructed the night before; I looked in the trees and saw coco beans hanging from the jungle wood. Picking some off the tree I continued along my journey to find food. Might find a pig in here, ya never know... V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Back At Camp V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Twilight looked over to Rainbow Dash and smiled; “So Rainbow, how did you end up here?” said mare lifted a hoof to her chin in thought before replying to her friends comment. “Well, I arrived here only yesterday. I woke up on the beach with a strained wing a sore leg and some hurt ribs. I walked into the forest while waiting for my wings to dry and found Admin; he helped me to get better by giving me a potion that healed me. How did you end up here Twi’?” Twilight sighed as she remembered the past two months she had spent here. “Well it’s been two months since I got here.” Rainbow gasped at that. “What is it Rainbow?” Rainbow shook her head and responded to her friend. “Twilight, it’s been about a day back in Equestria since you went missing. After that I ended up here.” Twilight scratched her chin in thought before replying. “I can only theorise about what this means, but it might have to be about the planets position or it might be because of this ‘Herobrine’ that Admin and Steve were talking about last night. Like I said all I can do is theorise about our current situation.” Rainbow looked over to Twilight as she started writing in her journal. “Did he tell you yet?” Twilight looked over to the downcast mare with a confused expression on her face. “What do you mean Rainbow?” She looked up from the ground. “Did he tell you about Sam?” Twilight looked towards the north gate where Admin was just walking out the gate. “No. He didn’t tell me anything last night, I don’t even think he went to sleep last night. What did he tell you Dash?” “His friend Sam was like him once. He was powerful, respectful and caring. Until the Herobrine attacked their homes, they fought him and killed it. Only for Sam to be cursed with Herobrine’s magic, slowly he turned into the monster which he had slain, and before we got here. Sam said to him, “It is a cycle dear friend, there will always be a Herobrine, and after a time. You too will uphold this role.” Don’t you know what that means? It means that sooner or later he’s going to have to kill his friend! And he will then become the very monster that he defeated!” Twilight gasped as Rainbow finished with a yell, Admin had never told her about that. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V I walked through the forest, jumping from vine to vine that hung from the trees above. I looked for apples that hung from the branches above me, picking the red fruit whenever I came upon it. My hand slipped and I fell to the floor below, quickly I snapped out a hand and grabbed the vine next to me. I slowly slid down to the forested floor below me. “Well, that could have ended up worse than it turned out.” I walked towards some wild carrots and wheat that was growing on the forest floor. I picked the carrots and wheat up and pocketed them into the small white bag, and I continued walking along the forest floor. What am I going to do when the time comes that Sam and I face each other again? Will I kill my only friend? And embrace the darkness like he did? Or will I let myself be killed by him? And forever be in the darkness of the abyss. So many questions and no way for me to answer them, I have no idea what I’m going to do when the time comes, or how I will handle the situation. For all I know the people and ponies sent here will be the next army to face Herobrine and his minions. My eyes widened in realisation as I came to the conclusion that at that exact moment Sam had as well. We would be gathering a new army, and I needed generals for my army, I needed people, and ponies to help me fight the evil. But most of all, I needed a weapon that we used to kill Herobrine the last time around, The Sword of Notch. I’m going to need to start looking for people, and ponies to help me fight..... I could look for survivors from the last war, if this is a physical manifestation of the server, then everyone who was on it, and participated in the last war, has a higher chance of being dragged here as well. So I could either look in the Nether for survivors, check the Aether to see if there are any other surviving Ops that headed there, or check the underground cities that I built for shelters. So many places to check, but where do I go first? I sighed as I gathered more apples that had fallen from the trees; I continued to place them in my bag for some time. I got up and continued walking and I thought to myself. I wonder what Steve’s doing right now..... V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Steve V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Steve stood as still as the trees that surrounded him, he had a bow in one hand and his other on an arrow. Drawing the bow, he pointed it at the cow in front of him. Taking a deeper breath he pulled the bow so that it was straining in his hands, and when he could hold it no longer he let the string go. The arrow flew towards its mark and hit it in the back of the cows head, toppling it in one fell swoop. Walking towards the fallen animal Steve pulled a carving knife and got to work cutting the meat from the carcass. His thoughts drifted to Twilight and his new friends that he had encountered throughout his lifetime. Something seemed different when Admin had returned with Rainbow Dash; he seemed less imposing and more afraid of the world around him. More..... Normal. Shaking his head to clear the thoughts away he returned to the task at hand, carving the meat of the fallen animal and continuing the search for food. After completing the gruesome job, he jogged along the forest floor, jumping over the roots that stuck out of the ground and ducking under the branches that threatened to hit him in the head. He walked for many minutes just enjoying the scenery around him, until he spotted a dark cave that produced many noises that monsters make in the night. Walking towards the cave entrance, Steve peeked inside to see zombies gathering in the dungeon below him. Walking away from the cave entrance, Steve stumbled on a root sticking out of the ground and landed on the grass. Steve got to his feet and began sprinting back towards the camp, he needed to warn them to prepare for an attack, and he needed to tell Admin about what he saw in there. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I searched around me for any signs of danger before I prepped my fishing rod, grasping the handle I swung it over my head and watched as the hook and buoy hit the water’s surface and sunk, only to reappear in a few seconds. This was one of the basic ways that I could collect food for me and Steve to eat, unlike the two mares back at camp we required meat to survive. The only logical solution would be to hunt, but I had not seen any animal for many minutes. So I decided to fish for, well.... Fish....? I sat there humming a merry tune as I hauled the fish in for tonight’s feast; I wonder what Steve would think if he knew that I now have a heart that beats inside my chest. That I am no longer the Admin the he knows, he would probably freak out. I sighed as I hooked another fish and stored it into my inventory, packing up my bag and fishing rod I equipped my long bow and headed to the other side of the river. As I walked I remembered all the past times that Sam and I had spent together, the time at school where we stood up for each other, the time in that alleyway where we each stopped an old lady from being mugged. I missed him more than I cared to remember, my own thoughts betrayed my feelings and I stopped and sat down on a log of a felled tree. I sighed again slowly pulling my bow off my back and resting it on my lap, looking across the lake I saw a perfect place for target practice. A clearing lay at the other side of the lake, I made my way around and walked into the clearing. A single birch tree stood at one end of the clearing, I lifted my bow up and aimed at the tree. Pulling the string back I concentrated on the middle of the trunk, I took a deeper breath and pulled the sting back more, I could hear the bow straining under the pressure. Letting the string go I heard the familiar wiz as the arrow flew towards its mark, the telltale thud marking the end of the arrows journey. I do not remember how long I stood there taking pot shots at the trunk of the tree, but when I stopped to take a break I looked up. It was almost noon, which would mean it was time to head back to the camp. I walked over to the birch tree and collected all of my arrows up; sighing as I walked out of the clearing I noticed a pink blur on the edge of my vision. I spun around and saw what had its back to me, a pig. I moved my bow in front of me and placed an arrow on the string, I drew back the bow and heard the familiar creak as I pulled it back. The pig stopped in its tracks as it heard the bow being drawn; I continued to pull it back until I could pull it no longer. I spoke to myself then, “Don’t worry little pig, it’ll all be over soon.” The pig turned towards me, looking at me with a furious look in its eyes. It scraped its back leg against the ground and charged towards me, I was surprised and let my bow go. The pig charged into me and head butted me in the stomach. “ARGH WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK! I thought pigs were docile!” The pig growled at me. “Who you calling a pig asshole, if anyone’s a pig here it’s you, bastard! You tried to kill me and eat me!” My eyes opened wider as I looked at the pig. “Did.... you just-?” The pig snorted in defiance before looking with its snout in the air at me. “Did I just talk? Why yes I did in fact talk! What in God’s green earth made you think I was a pig in the first place?!?!?” “Well the fact that you are a pig would be one wouldn’t it, short four legged little bitch!” It snorted again at me before sighing. “It’s not my fault I’m a pig, I was just casually sitting at my computer when-” We both finished the sentence together. “A bright light appeared and I ended up here.” We stared at each other before I laughed. “So what’s you name pig?” He snorted again “I thought that at least you would remember me from the sound of my voice, but nope! I have to tell you, useless Admin, you are useless, my username is codelord.” “Well it’s good to see another human here..... Albeit in a differing form, but you play the cards your dealt, and play them I shall.” I walked towards him rubbing my stomach, “So, how did you end up as a pig?” He sighed, “Sam.” That was all that needed to be said; I knew that Sam and I had met codelord before. The trolling bastard had spawned a shit ton of pigs inside my house in the Aether. I shuddered at the memory. “Wait a minute, if you’re a pig..... Then will a saddle work on you?” He gave me the ‘you fucking try it and your dead look’ and I didn’t make a move for a while. In the end he laughed and said to me. “Kind of kinky for a first date my friend, but I’ll let it slide.” “Alright then code, let’s head back to camp!” We walked towards the camp talking about the old days; a sudden question came to mind. “If Herobrine brought you here, what did he want from you?” He continued trotting next to me before responding. “He’s gathering an army Admin, and he asked me to be his general. When I refused, he did this to me. You need to start the search Admin, gather your own army. Just like the last time.” I nodded at him, and we continued walking whilst we talked. “I was thinking of checking for survivors that may have been brought here from the last war.” He nodded and stopped trotting. “I know where we could find an alchemist for our ranks; the crazy bastard was brought here as well.” I was confused by what the man turned pig was saying. “Who is he codelord, and why did you say he was crazy?” he shuddered whilst talking. “My brother, FrozenFire_ was brought here as well. He was the Alchemist in the last war that supplied us with the potions that kept those on the front lines alive. We were both brought here at the same time, but in different locations. I know where he is because it was all he talked about, The Labs he called them. Hidden deep beneath the earth, in the Dwarf city below, High Rockwall it was called I think.” He pointed south. “About that ways, maybe more than two to four kilometres, he also said something about gathering survivors himself. That Admin would be a good place to start as any.” I nodded at the pig beside me. “Ok that I get, but why did you call him crazy?” He shuddered again. “The bastard was too into making potions, explosive kind of potions, poisonous kinds as well. Oh, don’t get me wrong he made lots of other potions that helped as well, like invisibility potions, healing potions and strength potions. But offline he was a normal kid just about 16 years of age, online he was a laughing lunatic, throwing firebombs and explosive casks at any enemy that dared invade his castle. Herobrine tried to recruit him but he threw an acidic cask at him..... And well, now Herobrine wears a hood, if you catch my drift.” I nodded and said to the pig beside me. “Anyone who can stand up to Herobrine and live to tell the tale is good in my book. But first, let’s get back to camp and sort all this out before we go grab your brother and any survivors that he may have with him at the time.” He nodded and we continued walking. It became dark as the camp came into view, I could clearly see that something was wrong and we both stopped in our tracks. “Admin..... Are the entrances meant to be blocked?” I shook my head and cupped my hands over my eyes in a pair of hand binoculars, I saw that there was a hoard of zombies surrounding the entrances of the camp and that Steve was on the wall, shooting arrows down upon the decaying corpses below. I looked to the pig beside me and smiled. “Well my old friend, it looks like Steve and the girls have gotten themselves in a spot of trouble.” I smiled even wider as I pulled out some pig armour and handed it to him. “Should we call the Calvary?” He smiled at me as the armour slid over his form and would protect him from damage. “Just like old times Admin?” “Just like old times indeed my friend...... Let’s go and get us some zombie meat.” “I prefer pork chops.....” I looked at him and we laughed together like maniacs as I pulled the two daggers out of their sheaths, we started sprinting down the hill towards the encampment that was being attacked by zombies, We cried out in outrage as we charged the evil friends below us. > Chapter Four: Wrath Of Admin > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve arrived back at camp just after midday had passed, he raced into the camp and threw open one of the chests, startling the two mares in the camp. He grabbed cobblestone and wood from the chest and ran over to patch up the north, west, east and south gates. Once he had done so, he went to the crafting bench and began to make some arrows for the upcoming battle. Twilight and Rainbow Dash were confused by Steve’s actions, moving over to him she asked him what was wrong. “Steve, what’s wrong. Why did you block the entrances?” Steve looked at her with a determined expression on his face. “You want me to go inside your head again, don’t you?” He nodded and Twilight began to cast the spell. What she saw inside she could not describe, for she saw Steve as he stumbled upon the cave of horrors. She saw how he reacted to them, and that the fear he felt was shown to her. Slowly a thought entered the vision. “I have to warn them, I have to tell Admin.” As Twilight left Steve’s mind she looked into his eyes, she saw there the determination and dedication to keep her safe. She nodded and Steve went back to preparing the required items when night should fall. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Later That Night V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Steve stood on the wall with bow and arrow in hand, looking off into the distance he saw the sun setting, looking the other way he saw the moon rising. He slowly loaded the bow with an arrow and waited for the sun to finally drop below the horizon. Play this as you read He looked south and saw the moon rising more higher into the sky, his face grimaced in determination and hatred as the sounds of moaning filled the night. Cocking the bow he pointed it towards the forest edge, just as the first zombie exited the forest he loosed the arrow and watched it as it hit a zombie in the head. Arrows levitated next to him as Twilight handed him a stack of arrows, taking one he loosed it into the hoard exiting the forest. He felled two more with well placed shots to the head, and still the stack of arrows levitated by his side. Twilight herself was levitating a bow in front of her and sat beside Steve. She too was shooting arrows towards the mob of zombies that grew ever closer to the camp. They shot arrows off into the night together as the zombies still drew closer. Soon Twilight was close to exhaustion as the magic spent to keep the duplicating spell on the arrows working, soon enough she sat her bow down and looked towards Steve. He nodded and Twilight got off the wall and walked towards the chest, with Rainbow’s help they pushed the chest towards the wall and opened it. Inside was some modified armour for the two equines. For Rainbow Dash, there was Leather chest plate, helmet, leggings and two coverings for her wings. For Twilight there was a set of chainmail armour, a chest plate, a helmet with a hole in it for her horn and some leggings. There was also a pair of iron swords inside the chest as well as a ton of arrows for Steve if he should run out. Rainbow Dash grabbed one of the iron swords inside the chest with her mouth; Twilight levitated the other with her magic and placed it over her back. Together the two walked towards Steve and waited below him. Rainbow looked towards Twilight with a nervous glance. “Well.... I guess this is a good time to say, I think you two go well together.” Twilight smiled at her friend. “Thanks Rainbow, I was wondering what you would think of me and Steve.” Rainbow chuckled at her friend. “Always knew you would like the strong silent type.” Twilight laughed at her friend’s accusation. “I know Rainbow.... I know...” Steve jumped off the wall with hope glimmering in his eyes. He pointed over the wall and the three of them climbed up, that’s when they heard it. The cries of rage and hatred coming from the hill, looking at the hill they saw Admin running down with an armoured pig galloping beside him, his face contorted into a grimace of rage. Just before he reached the line of zombies, he jumped onto a rock protruding from the ground. Bracing his legs he jumped and bellowed at the zombies below him. He landed onto of one of the zombies burying his daggers into the head of the beast, the pig beside him bucked a zombie in the legs and head butted it in the face. Admin got up from the downed zombie and threw one of his daggers into the face of a zombie whilst burying the other into the neck of another. Pulling his dagger loose he ran towards the one with his other dagger inside its head. Grabbing the dagger and pulling it free, he ran up the body and jumped off its head and kicked another zombie in the face. He was like a raging storm with his twin blades, slitting the throat of one zombie whilst simultaneously stabbing another in the head. Soon enough he was surrounded by the bodies of his felled enemies, and still the pig stayed by his side breaking the legs of zombies and pounding their heads into the ground. Rainbow Dash watched the monsters that they had thought would have killed then, being felled one by one by Admin. His wrath felled them swing for swing. Slowly but surely, the numbers that the zombies held over them began to diminish. Admin got down on all fours and tackled one zombie while the pig jumped off his back and head butted a zombie in the face. The two were inseparable; it was almost like they were dancing the dance of death. Soon enough the zombies were all dead, and the two stood atop a mountain of dead and decaying corpses. Blood dripped from Admins twin daggers, and the two were covered in blood and gore from the zombies that lay underneath their feet. The two shared a look and laughed atop their mountain of dead, they walked down the steps of the dead reaching the door to the camp. Admin called out to them. “Hey ya’ll alright in there?” V^V^V^V^V^V Time Unknown, Place Unknown, Date Unknown V^V^V^V^V^V Play this background music for best effect The hooded figure looked into the glass in front of him on the desk. He watched as Admin felled the hoard one by one, his rage amplified as he saw the pig beside him. “So a side has been chosen the general has begun construction of his army, and so to have I.” He looked up from the orb in front of him. “Bring them in.” An EnderMan nodded its head and teleported away. The hooded figure lowered its head again to stare at the orb on the desk in front of him. After a few moments the door opened revealing a mismatched creature, a bug like pony, and a Stallion with smoke coming from his eyes. They walked towards the figure on the black throne. When they got close enough two Wither Skeletons blocked their path with black swords. The figure looked at them with lifeless white eyes. “Do you know why you are here?” The three looked from one to the other, they looked back to the creature and the bug like mare spoke up. “Why are we here, I have a swarm to get back to.” The figure looked towards the bug like mare and scowled. “Silence insolent worm, did I give you permission to speak? No I did not, now be silent before I cut of that blubbering tongue and feed it to the spiders.” The bug mare gulped and quietened down. The hooded figure smiled. “Good, now the answer to the rhetorical question that I asked is simple, I need generals for my army. I have chosen you three; you represent the evil I wish to spread into this world, Chaos,” He looked towards the mismatched creature. “, fear” He looked towards the Stallion with smoke coming from its eyes. “And control.” He looked towards the bug like mare and smiled. “You three will help me conquer this world. And in the end, I will help you conquer your own. Do you agree?” The three creatures nodded towards the cloaked figure. “Excellent. Your first task is to find these people and kill them.” Pictures of Admin, Steve, codelord and FrozenFire_ and a few others appeared inside the orb. “The first three are already together, and will be your hardest targets to kill. I would recommend going after those who are alone first, they will be your easiest targets to kill.” The figure waved a hand and three more orbs appeared before the three. “Your first targets will appear on those orbs, they will also be my means of contacting you. And be warned of the Alchemist, he is cunning, and deceitful. Go after him first.” The mismatched creature spoke up. “We understand, but may we ask, who are you?” The hooded figure smiled underneath its cowl. “Me? I am the one who lurks in the dark, the murderer in the night. Lord of death and destruction, I am the one who goes bump in the night. I am Herobrine, and you will server me.” The three left the dark chamber of Herobrine, the door closing seemingly on its own behind them. The stallion with smoke coming out of his eyes spoke up with a dark and menacing voice. “I do not like this Herobrine that we find ourselves employed to.” The mismatched creature nodded to the stallion. “I don’t like it either Sombra, but he offered us the world, and I intend on taking it. Don’t you agree Chrysalis?” Chrysalis nodded. “I agree with Discord here Sombra. He offered us the world, who would not be smart enough to realize this opportunity?” Sombra shook his head. “Obviously you two have been blinded by this Herobrine, the targets he has given us have no information on them, and although we know who they are we do not know what they are capable of.” Discord nodded agreeing with the smoky stallion that walked with them down the blacked corridors of the Worlds End Citadel. “I agree that we only know who they are, but come friends, we have spent long waiting and I am tired. Let us retire to the quarters that have been given to us, in the morning we leave to join the hunt.” V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I shuddered as I felt a presence watching me; I was confused as to who would be capable of doing so. I stopped in my tracks as the thought hit me. “Everyone stop...” The two mares, Minecraftian and pig stopped what they were doing. After a few minutes the presence left, leaving me with a chill down my spine. Codelord walked up to me. “What’s wrong Admin?” I looked at him. “He was watching....” His eyes widened as he realized who I was talking about; I turned to face the others. “This camp has been compromised! Pack up anything of value, we leave at midday.” They all nodded at went about packing things up onto the wagon Steve and I had built after the battle. The smell of burning bodies wafted through the camp as the giant bonfire of dead zombies burned in the night, keeping the other creatures of the dark away. I stood in the middle of the camp, watching as the others went about their packing. Twilight and Steve picked up a chest and placed it in the back of the wagon, Rainbow walked up to me. “Was he really watching us?” I nodded. “So what are we going to do now?” I sighed as Twilight and Steve packed up the crafting bench and placed it into the wagon. “We leave; this place has been found by Herobrine. And there is no doubt in my mind that he has sent assassins against us. We must reach High Rockwall in two days time; otherwise I fear what might happen to Frozen....” Rainbow’s head lowered onto the bench. “How do you know codelord and FrozenFire_?” I smiled at the mare next to me. “Do you remember that I told you that a few players made operators were killed during the war by Herobrine?” When she nodded I continued. “Those two were part of the group that helped in our battle against Herobrine, they supplied us with healing and strength potions, supplied the troops with food and water. They helped us defeat Herobrine and the EnderDragon, but in the end we thought them dead as they were cast down by him. Turns out I was wrong, and am I thankful for that.” I smiled at the pig as he squealed profanities at the small chest in front of him, shaking a foot at it. “They were the glue that kept the army together, and I’m glad that they didn’t pass away in the real world.” My face took a sombre expression and my voice sounded deflated. “Unlike the others that were killed by Herobrine....” Rainbow looked up to me and I knew she could see the sadness in my eyes. “The others, they weren’t so lucky.... As they passed away in this world they suffered heart attacks in the real world and passed on.” Tears fell from my checks and I stopped talking, I felt a pair of hooves wrap around my neck and I didn’t resist as Rainbow hugged me. I cried in rage and sadness that all the lives that Herobrine took all those years ago would happen again. Twilight and Steve stopped what they were doing and looked in our direction as they heard me cry, but as they saw that Rainbow was trying to comfort me they continued packing the tools and supplies onto the motored wagon. Eventually I stopped crying and stared out into the night sky, “You know.... I think you were brought here to lead us.” I looked at the rainbow mare that had a leg wrapped around my neck, she looked into my eyes and smiled. “I’ve only known you for a few days now, but you seem like an alright guy in my book. And I trust you, I believe in you. Just remember that we all believe that you can pull us through this.” I smiled and wiped my eyes. “Thanks Dash, I needed that.” She hugged me again and flew off to help codelord, who was still squealing profanities at the small chest in front of him. I smiled and chuckled lightly, hopefully I can find the strength to finish the task to which I have been given. I looked out towards the rising sun and breathed in a fresh new breath. A look of determination rose upon my face; I will find them a way back, I will protect them this time, and even if it costs me my own life I will do so. > Chapter Five: Good News And Bad > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...” > Chapter Six: Dungeon Blues > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A man with a white cloak stood at a half circular workstation. Surrounding him were many glass vials and alchemical ingredients that ranged from rare to all too common. He stared at the most recently completed vial that sat on a tripod with a purple cork in the top to stop the pink liquid from escaping. Slowly the Alchemist lifted the potion, off of the tripod, and into his hands. As he undid the cork, a small pink cloud floated off of the lip of the vial. The Alchemist brought the potion over to a box; which contained a small spider. Taking a small drop from the vial, he fed it to the spider. Smiling in satisfaction as the spider started to glow pink. Picking the spider out from the box, he moved over to a small station that had been prepared for his experiments. Placing the spider onto the table, he picked up a scalpel and brought it towards the spider, aiming to cut off one of the spider's legs, only for the blade to be stopped by the pink aura surrounding the spider. His smile grew ever wider as he fervently wrote down the results of his latest test in a notebook. His curiosity got the better of him as he suddenly slammed the notebook down on the spider in an attempt to crush it. Lifting the notebook up slowly, the man observed that the spider was still standing in the same spot. The attempted crushing of the little spider had instead left a small dent in the table. Nodding in satisfaction, the Alchemist picked up the notebook and left the room, quickly scribbling down a note about the spider’s performance against the notebook. Entering one of his strongholds larger rooms, the man walked up to a white pony in gold armour, who was currently talking to a very amused Alicorn. Noticing his presence, the Alicorn ended the conversation with the other pony, turned towards the man, and spoke; “Ah, Frozen, how goes the research?” The man lifted up the notebook, which became enshrouded in a golden aura. “It was a success? Congratulations FrozenFire_! You are the first person to create a shield potion.” The man beamed at the praise from the white Alicorn before turning towards the golden armoured pony. He lifted out a blue coloured potion and held it out to the armoured pony. Cautiously wrapping the potion in a magenta aura, the armoured pony lifted it up so as to read the label. “What is a ‘Mana’ Potion? What is it supposed to do?” Asked the armoured pony questioned. The white Alicorn gave the Alchemist a curious stare, watching as he made the motions of drinking it. “Now why would I want to do that?” The armoured pony queried. The Alicorn chuckled at the armoured pony, before chiding him; “Shinning Armor, it’s been a few months and you still don’t trust him?” Shinning Armor shook his head a frown clearly evident upon his face. “Sorry Princess, but no, I don't.” The Princess sighed. “Even though he took us into his home and provided us with food. Not to mention the fact that he stopped those creatures from entering this building, stopped them from attacking us on multiple occasions, and has even given up his voice to save us. Through all of this, you still doubt his loyalties?” Shinning Armor looked at the mute Alchemist, before sighing to himself. “I’m sorry Frozen; this world is getting to all of us. For the Princesses sake, I’ll trust you.” Shinning Armor took a swig of the potion; the effects began immediately as he felt a burst of magic course through the entirety of his being. Feeling like he could power the shield around the castle seven times over and still have energy to spare, Shinning Armor looked to the Alchemist as an overjoyed expression spread across face. “It’s like a recharge for magic users! This is brilliant Frozen!” Shinning Armor exclaimed with glee. The mute Alchemist merely straightened his white robes and accepted the praise from the stallion. The Alchemist looked at the armoured pony with a half-smile. The door opened as another man walked into the room. This man had a rather interesting appearance; he had a mechanical claw where one of his hands used to be. And glaring out from his scared face was a red mechanical eye. Several extra mechanical arms were connected to his back and attached to his only remaining human arm were miniature versions of the Tesla Coils. Where his leg used to be there was only a mechanical limb which, every so often, hissed as a small amount of steam spurted out of one of the joints. He walked up to them momentarily bowing his head out respect of the Princess. “Frozen, the Tesla Coils are still running fine. And the cannons are prepared to fire upon the hoard below should they move within firing range. The Plasma generator is overworked and the Scientists are working on a solution to the problem.” The man's clawed hand spun and clacked together a couple times before he continued. “Also, the clouds seem to be moving in a type of formation. We don’t know if this is due to a coming storm, or if Discord is involved in it. The guard thought it best that you be informed.” FrozenFire_ waved a hand in the air, causing the Mechanist to stop. After a few minutes, he nodded and the Mechanist completed the telling of his news. “There also appears to be movement beyond the armies influence, one of the unicorn guard sensed a strong magical presence surrounded by four others. This may mean that more survivors have arrived, but it may also herald the arrival of Herobrine. Do you wish to send the scouts to find out what is happening?” The Mechanist asked before falling silent as he waited for further instruction. Frozen motioned for him to carry out the plan he had suggested. “It will be done my liege.” The Mechanist intoned as he bowed to both Frozen and the Princess before leaving the room. “Well, it would appear that we have some uninvited guests, don’t we Frozen.” He stared at the window, his eyes glazed over as he stared out the window. He opened a notebook and wrote a sentence down for the princess; ‘We shall see princess, we shall see.’ V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Beyond Herobrine’s Army V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I walked towards the cave wherein Steve had parked the wagon. Inside there were a few torches on the side of the wagon, lighting up the interior of the cave. I brushed some dust off my jacket and sat down at the cave's mouth. Rainbow walked towards me and sat down on her haunches. “So how do we get a message to everypony inside?” I looked at the rainbow mare next to me and smiled. “We’ll I think tha-” I started to say before I was interrupted by the sound of a bow creaking right beside our heads. Two men appeared with bows in hand pointed at myself and Rainbow Dash. I hummed in admiration. “Seems you boys, have been hooked up with some high grade invisibility potions.” They made no move to acknowledge that I had said anything, their eyes trained on myself and the mare beside me. I looked over to find Steve, Twilight, and codelord in the same situation. “So boys, now what happens?” Suddenly, another man appeared out of nowhere. He had mechanical limbs attached to his back, his arm and one of his legs had mechanical replacements, and one of his eyes had also been replaced. I whistled as he moved towards me. “Not every day you see a Mechanist alive and well, congrats on that.” He grunted at me. “Stand and state your business here.” He ordered. Standing up and brushing the dust off my legs, I smiled at him. “Heh, I thought one of you guys would recognise me, I guess not.” I stuck my hand out. “The names Admin Walker, this here is Rainbow Dash, that over there is Steve, Twilight Sparkle, and codelord.” His eyes turned to slits. “Bullshit! You sure as all hell aren’t Admin Walker. He’s dead.” I pointed at the symbol on my shoulder. “Don’t you remember, on everything I built, on everything I made, I put this symbol.” I pulled out one of my daggers and held it out to him, hilt first. “Check for yourself.” Taking the dagger in a mechanical arm, he inspected the blade, his eye curiously going from one end of the dagger to another. “This is one of his daggers alright. Still, that doesn’t mean you couldn’t have just found one.” I sighed again, his leg hissing out some steam as I shook my head. He continued speaking; “Alright boys. We got a teleporter set up nearby, follow the lord’s orders and let’s get them inside. Oh, and he wants them to wake up later.” The guards each took out a potion, pulled rags over their faces, and threw the potions on the ground, where they exploded into clouds of green smoke. I took a whiff of the air. “Chloroform how qua......” I landed face first on the ground and fell asleep. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V High Rockwall V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V FrozenFire_ stood on top of the largest tower, directly in the centre of the above ground fort. The Pile Driver, one of the first massive cannons that the Mechanist had built, stood behind him. Casting a dark shadow over the future battlefield, he smiled as a runner came through the trapdoor. “My lord, the scouts have returned! The Mechanist has arrived back with the intruders. He says that one of them claims to be Admin Walker, sire.”He turned to face the runner, his eyes narrowing in suspicion. “My lord, the Mechanist has separated him from the rest of the group and taken him to a holding cell. The rest are being guarded in your quarters.” He waved a hand and dismissed the runner, turning back to face the hoard below. A there was a brief flash of white light and the Princess appeared next to him. “I heard about the intruders.” The Princess began, taking a moment to look at the Alchemist. He waited for her to continue. “I wish to meet them before you do anything, some of them may be my subjects, and I do not wish harm to befall them.” He nodded towards the Princess and she disappeared in a flash of white. Frozen mentally sighed to himself and brought his hands to his head, trying to sooth the headache that was beginning to make its presence known. He grabbed his staff that was lying against the railing; a crystal orb on the top of a metal rod. Waving a hand over the orb, an image of the intruders appeared. Two of them were ponies while one was a resident Minecraftian, and one was...... was that a pig? What was a pig doing inside the fort? He rubbed his temples and tried to fight off the pain, this was so confusing. First he appeared inside his castle, and then these annoying ponies appeared who were so distrusting of him, even when he had offered his castle as a refuge for all those who had been brought here. Then Herobrine appeared and tried to recruit him. When he refused the bastard severed his vocal cords and cut out his tongue. Then Herobrine sent assassins tried to murder him, then hoard below him, and now this? It was all too much. He screamed out in silent rage and smashed the butt of the staff against the floor, causing several cracks to spread out in all directions. Again he sighed mentally to himself. What did he have to go through just to get some peace and quiet? All he wanted to do was brew his potions and further his knowledge of magic and science. He leaned against the staff and stared at the setting sun. Today marked the third month here. A celebration was in order, for surviving this long in the harsh world they had been thrust into. Shaking his head, Frozen gathered some magic into the staff and tapped it lightly against the stone below him. A flash of blue magic later and he had teleported to the dungeons. He nodded to one of the guards, and they opened the entrance to the dungeon. He walked down the barely lit corridors of the dark dungeon, red light reflecting of the damp floors. He walked towards the guarded room and noticed the guard twitching. His eyebrow raised in confusion, until he too heard it. ~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! 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! ~ He smiled in amusement as one of the guards finally snapped and started hurling profanities into the cell, which only made the prisoner laugh at the guard. Frozen mentally chuckled to himself as he walked towards the guards, the one guard who hadn’t snapped yet stood at attention while the other had his back to him, still shouting profanities to the person inside. Frozen tapped the top of the guard's helmet with his steel staff, causing the guard to gulp audibly, he smiled at him as the guard turned to face him. “M-my lord, I-I was just talking to the prisoner!” The guard pleaded. Frozen shook his head and waved a hand, dismissing the guards. They saluted and left. He opened the door and walked inside to find the prisoner tied to a chair. The prisoner's back was to him and on a table lay the prisoner’s inventory; a white Alchemical bag and two other colours of Alchemical bags, a pair of twin daggers in sheaths on a belt, a jacket with a symbol of a MineCraft grass block with a red sword and pick crossed over the top of it, along with a bow, a stack of arrows. Lastly, a black travelling cloak was laid out over the table top. Frozen nodded in admiration of the prisoner’s inventory, it was well organised. The prisoner coughed to get his attention and he noticed the blue hair and the pair of red wings attached to his bare back. He had a good physique, medium build, toned muscles, with tanned skin. He was wearing black jeans with black combat boots on. “As much as I LOOOVE sitting here in a damp chair in a dark cold dungeon, I would love some hot coco, a warm bed and some clean clothes.” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V I sat staring at the wall, waiting for the person who had entered my cell to respond to my sarcasm, when he didn’t reply I felt... sad, yet another person without a sense of humour. I sighed, but upon hearing the tap of metal on stone, I realised that the man or woman was walking around me. A few seconds later the man with blue and red hair entered my vision. He had a white science cloak and the T-shirt he wore underneath looked to be on fire. He wore blue pants and bright blue shoes. His eyes were different colours, one red and one blue. The pair of gloves that wore made it seem as if his fists were on fire. His smiling face was covered in stubble. Leaning on a steel staff topped with a small crystal ball, his smile widened. “Oh, so you do have a sense of humour?” A nod from the strange man made me continue. “Well, it’s good to see you again Frozen.” His eyes turned to slits as I stared at him; “Oh come off it Frozen, I thought you would remember me from the war, but I guess I have to remind you.” I stood up, surprising Frozen and causing him to backup into the wall. Swatting the dust off my pants, I stuck out my hand. “Admin Walker.” Frozen’s eyes widened in shock as he remembered me, he stuck his hand into my own. We shared a strong handshake and I moved towards my gear. “Been a long time Frozen, you have no idea the kind of crap I went through to get here.” Frozen rolled his eyes and motioned to the pony guards outside. “Yea I figured you had it harder than I did, with all this 'Herobrine’s army' business.” The Alchemist nodded as I continued; “Well let’s see; first off, I appeared near the Obsidian Fortress. Next I met up with Steve and Twilight Sparkle, that’s Princess Celestia’s student. After that I went for a night flight, met Herobrine, had my Admin powers stripped from me, got chucked off a skyscraper-of-a-tree and impacted on the ground, met Rainbow Dash; fastest flier in all of Equestria, met your brother-turned-pig; codelord.” Frozen's eye held a look of mirth upon hearing the last part. “Defeated a hoard of zombies with naught but my own two daggers, travelled over two kilometres to get here and then I got captured by your goons.” I finished, putting all of my equipment back on. Turning to face him, I had a confused look in my eyes. “By the way, who the heck is that Mechanist? He’s interesting.” He had an amused smile on his face, pointing to his throat he made a slitting motion and cutting motion where his tongue used to... oh. My face grimaced in mock pain; “Ouch man, that must have hurt.” He shrugged. Digging out a purple vial and pointed to the label on it. “You made a potion of Painkillers? Smart.” He nodded. “Well, I’m going to go find the gals, want to come?” Again, all I got was a nod from him. “Well let’s go then!” With that we walked out of the dungeon and began heading upstairs. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Upstairs: Frozen’s Quarters V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Rainbow woke up to find herself in a comfortable bed. Confused, she got up, tearing the blankets off in the process. Looking around the room, she noticed that there were two other beds which had Twilight and Steve in them. The door opened and a very familiar purple and green dragon entered the room. “Oh my gosh Spike! What are you doing here!?” Spike smiled at Rainbow Dash before responding. “We were all brought here Rainbow, even the Princess is here.” Rainbow’s eyes widened at the good news. “That’s awesome news! We can ask her to get us back to Equestria!” Spike looked down at the floor and sighed. “The Princess already tried Rainbow, as soon as we were safe from the dangers of this world.” He looked her in the eyes and saw the pain behind them. “The spell didn’t work Rainbow; we’re stuck here until we find a different way home.” Codelord groaned as he awoke, “Did anyone get the number of the Truck that hit me?” Rainbow looked at him, confused by what he said. “What’s a Truck?” He shook his head to get rid of the dizziness. “Never mind, forget I said anything.” Steve bolted upright; he went to reach for his sword only to find it missing. He looked around the room and relaxed as he saw Rainbow Dash and codelord not panicking in the slightest. Slowly, he got out of the bed and walked over to them and sat down at the table, where an assortment of foods and drinks had been placed. The pig looked to Steve and smiled. “Are you alright Steve?” He got a nod from the mute Minecraftian before he looked at the bed that Twilight was sleeping in. “When is she going to wake up?” Spike shrugged in response to the pigs question, “Twi’ was always an early riser, and she must be tired because of all the stress of what’s going on.” Everyone gathered nodded at the little dragon’s assumption. The door opened again and a white Alicorn walked into the room. “Ah, Spike, I see that you've reunited with your friends.” Spike nodded and walked over to Twilight’s bed, where he sat in a comfy chair to wait for her to wake up. “Rainbow Dash, it’s good to see you again.” Rainbow smiled at the Princess. “It’s good to see you too your highness. How is everything going?” The Princess sighed and spoke. “Well, everything inside is going just fine, it’s what's going on outside that's a little bit tricky to explain. Please tell me how you ended up here.” Rainbow looked over at the door before responding. “I think somepony else can explain that better than me your highness.” Rainbow said as she pointed a hoof at the door. The Princess turned to the direction Rainbow was pointing, gasping as she saw the person who was now in front of her. He was just a few feet shorter than her and had blue hair and blue eyes. He wore a black jacket with a symbol of a grass block with a red sword and pick crossed over it, a pair of black jeans, combat boots, a pair of dark blue fingerless gloves. Stretched out behind him was a pair of wings. The wings were nearly the same length as the Princess’s own, and had red feathers with black tips. Across his chest was a pair of iron daggers rested in two sheaths that were attached to an X shaped belt that went diagonally across his muscular chest. A charming smile plastered across his face as he casually leaned against the door frame with one arm while his other hand was in his pocket. Pulling his hand out of his pocket, he casually waved to the Princess. “Evening Celestia, beautiful afternoon is it not?” Rainbow stared at him with a look of shock and slight admiration at his choice to disrespect the Princess’s title. This Princess only smiled back at him before kindly asking; “And who might you be?” He scoffed and looked at the mute Alchemist beside him. “I thought you told her.” Frozen shook his head and smiled, indicating with his hand that he should introduce himself. Shaking his head, the man walked towards the Princess. Sticking out his hand he spoke. “Name’s Admin, Admin Walker. Local hero, defeater of zombie hoards, tamer of the wolves of the wild, builder of the Obsidian Fortress. Hero to the free Peoples of Minecraftia, Hero of the Hoard Wars, and defeater of Herobrine’s previous reincarnation, but none of that really matters right now.” Celestia was impressed with the amount of titles that he had, she spoke to him, while shaking his hand. “Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria, Goddess of the sun.” He cocked an eyebrow as they shook hands/hooves and smiled at the white Alicorn. “Oho! Goddess of the sun, that’s an impressive title. Well I might as well add my final titles in there for the sake of introduction.” He cleared his throat and stepped away from her and towards the window. He stopped and turned around; the sun was at his back. The light shining through his red-black feathers, causing them shine as well. His blue hair also began to shine as it was framed by the evening light. “I am as I said Admin Walker, brother of Herobrine, and last Admin, or one of the last Gods as we were called, alive in this world.” He half smiled at her, making himself seem more impressive in the evening light. “It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Princess Celestia.” > Chapter 7: Nightfall Part One > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nightfall – Part 1 Discord walked through the hoard of zombies; they were more quiet than normal. A single tent stood out amongst the hoard, the withering masses parted as he walked along the checkerboard ground. Walking into the tent he saw Chrysalis and Sombra at a table with a map on it. Clicking his fingers chairs appeared around the table and glasses of chocolate milk on the table. Sitting in one of the chairs Discord frowned. “So how are we going to get inside the fortress, the shield is still active and those ‘Tesla Coils’ are still active as well.” He sighed as the two nodded sagely. “You know what, you guys are no fun. I’m the spirit of ‘Chaos’ and Disharmony! Not a damn scout.” Chrysalis sighed. “My changelings are capable of turning into other ‘ponies’ not these ‘humans’ or ‘Minecraftians’. Therefore with your abilities to randomly move about, we can tell locations of guards and other beings on the walls.” Sombra nodded, agreeing with Chrysalis completely. Discord sighed again. “Fine I’ll do it, but as soon as we’re inside I’m going to have a little fun with them.” Their orbs all glowed and they all saw a throne room that was made of the blackest materials. Upon the throne sat a hooded figure with black wings, white glowing eyes came from under the cowl of the hood. A large black gem sat imbedded in the wall above the black throne. Torches of black fire burned along the walls, and the gem radiated dark power. The figure was pale underneath the hood, although none could see his face except his mouth and the glowing eyes. He wore a large black cloak, with a black scale from the Ender Dragon shaped into a semicircle that covered one of his shoulders. A pure black blade leaned against the side of the throne. “Ah, good to see you three again, how fares the siege of High Rockwall?” Sombra was the one to respond. “Lord Herobrine, they have as you would put them ‘cannons’ that are overlooking the entire army. If we walk into range they will open fire and obliterate the entire army in mere minutes. If we could request some spiders, we might get an edge over them if they get over the walls and disable their cannons.” Herobrine chuckled, “As you wish Sombra, I will send you the spiders. But I better get results.” He leaned forwards from his throne, finishing off in a menacing tone. “Don’t make me come down there Sombra. Or you will regret it.” The image faded from their visions, the three looked at each other in worry. What had Herobrine meant by that? What would he do if they did not succeed in their task? They sure as all hell didn’t want to find out. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I sat leaning back in a chair with my boots on the table; my eyes were open and I had a pair of sunglasses over my eyes, and although I looked asleep to those gathered around, I in fact wasn’t. The table in front was surrounded by other ponies, people and Minecraftians that they had gathered for the U.M.H.P.H.O, the United Minecraftian Human Pony Herobrine Offense. I listened closely to what the newest Mechanist Scout Captain SilentAnth was saying. “I say we take the fight to them! We obviously have more firepower, let’s use it against them! We fire ‘The Pile Diver’ and wipe out their entire army in one fell swoop.” He tapped a finger on the little red flag that indicated where the hoard was, knocking it over. “Then we march in and take out any stragglers.” People in favor of this idea were nodding their heads and murmuring in approval that is until Shinning Armor spoke up. “Have you seen the forces gathered against us? Have you bothered to look out the widow recently? No? Then what you are proposing for us to do is in fact, a bad idea and will most likely get us all killed. I propose that we sneak around here.” He pointed to a spot on the giant map. “Of course the first thing we would have to do is eliminate their archers and spiders. After that though, things start to get tricky. I propose that we release a timed barrage from the plasma cannons to keep the hoard at bay. Then, when ‘The Pile Diver’ is fully charged we attack the main army. This way we don’t have to send anyone out who isn’t good in combat, no unnecessary losses.” Ponies, Humans and Minecraftians nodded and spoke their approval of the Guard Captains sound logic. The ones with SilentAnth spoke out their disapproval; the two sides began arguing with each other. I sighed silently to myself; over the dull conversation a single voice broke out “Will you all be quiet!” The man slammed his hand into the table for added effect. Everyone gathered stopped their talking and turned to stare. “I know what you’re all thinking right now..... Both of these ideas sound good to you, and yet they both sound like bad ideas at the same time.” The man shook his head. “We need to work together here people, not be at each other’s throats.” Everyone gathered nodded their heads in approval of the man. I smirked, just a small one, completely unnoticeable to them. Finally though someone was getting the situation sorted out. One of the Ponies gathered spoke out. “What are we going to do about the spiders though? It’s obvious, come nightfall that they will attack us.” More nods and murmurs of agreement. I chuckled then, which gained everyone’s attention. “Isn’t it obvious?” My question was met with confused stares. I lifted the shades off my eyes and placed them in my inventory. “We let them in.” Before I could continue my proposal was met with the roars of anger and disapproval of most of the people gathered. I sighed to myself as they yelled at me; I shook my head, I stood up. Everyone quieted down, confusion replacing what was rage and disbelief but moments ago. I climbed onto the table and stood in the middle, my wings tucked neatly behind my back. “Now, are you going to let me continue? Or are you going to interrupt me for the umpteenth time.” I turned towards the separate groups, staring at all of them in turn before continuing. “Like I said before I was rudely INTERRUPTED.” Some of the Ponies turned away with sheepish looks on their faces. “We let them in.....” I held up a hand to stem the incoming tide of disapproval. “But we don’t just ‘let’ them in so easily.” They turned towards me with confusion evident on their faces. I smiled at them, making them even more confused. “I say, we let them in. And when they DO come in, we ambush them.” I point to some of the buildings on the map. “We post archers inside the buildings; here, here, and right here!” Some of the groups gained thoughtful looks at my plan. “When they enter, we trap them inside a repulsion shield spell, with the top of it open. When the filthy monsters enter it, the sides of the shield will push them into the center, allowing the archers to take the cleanest shots available to take them out. If this is not the only area of attack they do move into. We should place archers in this quadrant as well, same routine. Repulsion shield, archers in the buildings, kills the filthy monsters.” I tapped a finger on the map for emphasis, many of the groups nodding and murmured at the clearly sound plan. Shinning Armor, the leader of the Guard Ponies and representative of the Princess, SilentAnth current leader of the Humans who have been trapped in Minecraftia, and the mysterious leader of the Minecraftians all looked in my direction. Shinning Armor cleared his throat. “It is a sound plan Admin. We agree with this course of action.” I nodded, determined to succeed, at the gathered groups of the U.M.H.P.H.O. “We begin at nightfall.....” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Three Hours Till Nightfall V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I sat on top of the tallest tower I could find, staring off into the dwindling day. The Pile Diver stood tall behind me, stacks of ammo for the massive cannon laid beside it. The familiar clip-clop of hooves across the stone sounded behind me and I sighed. Rainbow Dash sat down next to me. “Do you think that we can get rid of them?” My gaze stared between my two dangling feet, down at the city below a thin smile raising the corners of my mouth. I shifted a bit, so that Rainbow was more comfortable beside me. I looked out towards the flickering sun that was falling out of sight. “Do you want to know what my father would say, if he were here right now?” Rainbow looked at my face, which was still staring at the city below us. “He would say one of two things, the first one being. ‘Boy, I don’t want to know what you did to get into this situation. But all I got to say is this; don’t make the same mistakes I did. Never forget what you are fighting for. For if you forget what makes you want to fight, then you might as well surrender right now.’ He always knew what to say about situations like these.” I raised one finger and pointed towards the dwindling sun. “The second thing he would say is this, ‘Spend every moment with those you love the most, for those are the times most precious to us. And it makes you look forwards to tomorrow.’” Rainbow looked at the sun where I had pointed. “He sounds like a man who knows his stuff.” A smile tugged at the corners of my lips. “Aye that he was.....” “So who do you love the most?” The smile faded from my face as I raised my head from staring down onto the city. “Who do I love the most?” Rainbow nodded at me and I sighed. “That’s just the thing Rainbow..... Who do I love the most? It’s one of the biggest questions I have asked myself in my time alive. ‘Who do you love Walker?’” I shook my head the answer obvious since I had thought a long time about it. “My friends and family would be one, another would be you girls.” She cocked her head to one side. “But you only met us a few days ago. What have we ever done for you?” I snorted and continued. “In my world, we have many things. But none of them equal the amount of things I have seen in your world.” I raised a clenched fist and started numbering of on my fingers the amount of things that would help my world. “Magic, we could do so much with it. Just think of it, a new field of research, thought to never be real. And yet, I see it all the time in your world. "Rulers as kind as Celestia and Luna, if we had someone like them two leading our world, we wouldn’t be as barbaric as we are, there would be no wars, no conflicts, only peace……" "Heroes, if we had heroes like you girls on Earth. Then our problems would be solved." "The last thing that’s important. Friendship..... If I saw the level of friendship you share with the girls in our world... well there wouldn’t be anything to fight about in the first place.” I looked at the city below us and smiled. “In my world there is a ‘fictional’ show,” I emphasized the fictional part with my fingers. “It shows your world, and this has helped many people to overcome these problems in our world. So you see, what you are doing is helping us. You girls have helped my world blossom into something beautiful. And every human here can thank you for that. And yet...... Not all of them appreciate that.” A single tear escaped my eyes and I felt a wing being draped over my back, I looked up and saw Rainbow smiling softly at me. “We’ve only known each other for a few days Admin. But over our time together everypony has come to trust you. Nopony here would betray you, not me, not Twilight, nor Steve or Codelord. We’re a group, and nothing can separate us.” “She’s right you know.” Rainbow and I turned and saw our friends all there. Twilight and Steve, FrozenFire_ and Codelord, Shining Armor and Princess Celestia, all of them were smiling at me. I realized that these friends will never abandon me; I smiled again at the seven friends gathered around me. Together we stared at the setting sun, knowing full well what would be coming when night falls. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V High Rockwall Streets V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V A single man walked the dark streets, heading towards the gigantic metal doors that stood, towering over the city streets. His metal leg clanking against the cobblestone on the floor, whilst his metallic arm hissed in the cool night, arcs of lightening traced down the miniature Tesla Coils imbedded into his arm. Reaching the gate two guards crossed their spears into the man’s path. “Sorry, Admin has not permitted anyone to leave the city. This includes you Captain SilentAnth.” Steam hissed out of Anth’s metal leg and a cruel smile played across his face. He lifted his hand and twin arcs of electricity shot out of his palm to impact against the two guards iron breastplates. “You boys are way out of your league, best you get some sleep.” The two guards fell to the floor smoke smoldering of their bodies. The man continued his journey out of the city gate, his journey leading him towards the checkerboard land beyond and a single tent in the distance. Dark smile covered his face. He chuckled menacingly to the night sky; his chuckles soon broke out in to a dark menacing laugh as he walked towards the hoard below. “Time to get me some old fashioned payback......." "And this time, you won’t have anyone to save you.” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Hoard Camp V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Sombra stared at the mechanical man sitting in the corner of the room, his gaze burning into the man’s eyes. Discord sat upside down in a beach chair sipping at his golden goblet of chocolate milk, he casually sighed as he sat there. Chrysalis was the only one who engaged in conversation with the man robot thing, and what they had learned had piqued their interests. Black smoke drifted around Sombra and he spoke in a cold tone, devoid of emotion. “So you are willing to let us into High Rockwall, upon the conditions of sparing your pitiful life and killing Admin Walker and his group?” The mechanical being they had come to know as SilentAnth nodded. “Aye as long as these conditions are met, I couldn’t give two shits what you three do to anyone else." Discord laughed a hearty and full blown laugh. “I like this one Sombra! He’s got spirit, and guts to think that we would agree to his pitiful, annoying terms.” The mechanical being smiled knowingly, “But do you have a choice, to not agree?” Discord scowled and his char disappeared with a soft poof, “Look here mister rusty, I don’t trust traitors, because they betray people.” Chrysalis sat in the corner with an amused expression on her face. The sounds of hissing and moaning echoing around the camp alerted them to the time. Sombra looked toward Discord. “We need to prepare, send him out.” Discord clicked his fingers and the human Mechanist was teleported away from the room. “I agree with sending him out Sombra, I take it you don’t trust him either?” “I trust them about as far as I can throw them.” The chaotic creature scoffed at him. “Come now, we both know that you can throw these Humans as far as you would like.” “It was a metaphor Discord, a metaphor.” Chrysalis gained a smug expression to her bug like features and she started humming her wings. Sombra looked over to the Changeling, a hint of confusion evident on his face. “What is it Chrysalis?” Said Changeling started beaming with joy. “They are beginning the night shift; there will be fewer guards now. My Changelings also report that there are lesser guards tonight, some of them might be slacking off.” Sombra’s features turned into a suspicious frown. “That is unusual.... Send in a few scouts, we need to know a better report.” Chrysalis scowled at the dark magician pony. “Do you doubt my Changelings powers of observation? They are the best spies and assassins that you will ever find.” Sombra walked towards the bug-mare, scowling all the while. “I do not doubt your Changelings; I am simply saying that we need more information than they might be slacking off. For all we know they could be preparing a trap for the Spiders.” Chrysalis got off the chair and hovered into the air, pointing a holey hoof at the dark pony. “And what if you are wrong Sombra, what if they are not preparing a trap and we send these extra spies in. We might be discovered and our entire plan will be destroyed all because of your foolishness.” Discord landed on the ground between the two, raising his two mismatched paws to block both of the offending parties. “Ladies, calm down would you? I actually think that Chrysalis is right on this one Sombra.” The dark smoke intensified around the dark magician. “Fine, I will trust your judgment Chrysalis. But hear me now; I will not bear the blame should this fail.” A silence descended upon the three, all of them contemplating the course of action they were about to take upon and what might be the consequences to their actions. None of the three wanted to know what should happen if they were to fail. All through this time a sinister presence was watching with interest, a smile tugging at the corners of his lips, his hood obscuring any vision of his face. A menacing chuckle escaped his lips, soon breaking forth into an evil and dark laugh. “This war just got a tad bit more interesting.” > Chapter 7: Nightfall Part Two > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nightfall – Part 2 V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V High Rockwall V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V During another meeting of the U.M.H.P.H.O the unicorns and local magi introduced a Magic image display before the gathered assembly. The image showed the groups stationed in each quadrant of the city. Each member of the group was equipped with a bow and some arrows along with a unicorn present for each spell to take place. Each squad had a communicator in order to receive new orders from command, which was set up in the main dining hall of the castle inside the city. There were the main leaders of each group except the missing leader of the Mincraftians, SilentAnth. He had been replaced with a spirited young lad who told us his name was Gamer. It was a shorted name, and he would spare no other details of it. It was my idea to split the groups into named squads, as the people and ponies in it would be spending a vast amount of time together. The first group was named Sword, for most of the groups talents lay in the art of the sword or some other form of close quarters combat. The second group was called Shield, for their talents lay in defense of the shield type or magical barriers. The third group was named Spear, for their talents lay in long range weaponry. The last and final group was called Medico; their talents lay in the arts of brewing healing potions or casting healing spells. Each main group was given a main leader, I was given Sword, Shinning Armor was given Shield, Spear went to Gamer and Medico was given to the newest addition to our Captain group, Zecora. Zecora had joined our Captains when she was found just outside the Hoard Camp. She had been wandering for days before the scouts that we had sent out found her. When I was on the roof after the others had left, she was released from the infirmary and ran into our quiet friend, FrozenFire_. He took her to the lab and the two had remained for some time, brewing up a storm of potions that would make even the best alchemist green with envy. Even I was surprised with what the two had cooked up. I tapped the quill against the ink pot and sighed. “Alright that’s enough writing for now. Hmmm, just like Twilight said, it is good to keep a record of things.” A tap at the door alerted me to someone else’s presence. I hummed. “Ah! It’s open!” The door was caught in a purple glow, Twilight and Steve walked into the room. Looking over my shoulder I grinned at them. “Oh hey guys! I was just finishing up my writing.” Twilight raised an eyebrow and Steve folded his arms. “You have taken up writing Admin?” I scoffed at the statement. “Nah, it’s more like a diary account of events leading up till now. Maybe later on I could get you guys to write your side of the story.” I chuckled to myself. “What a story all of this will make when it’s all over.” Steve smiled and nodded his head. “I mean it’s only been a few days since I got here, but for you guys it’s more like almost a year now isn’t it?” Twilight placed a hoof to her chin in thought. “Actually I think it’s closer to four months now.” I hummed. “Oh well. It’ll probably be a year by the time this war is over. Probably longer if we can’t find a way back to our respective homes.” Steve rolled his eyes and I smiled. “Ahhh. Come on Steve, we know this is your home but what about us? Twilight’s got a Library to run in Ponyville and, well Celestia’s got a country to get back to. Speaking of princesses.... I wonder if Luna is here as well. That would be an interesting thought.” Twilight shifted from side to side. “Actually Admin, I don’t know if it’s common knowledge yet but...” I laughed and it stopped her from continuing her sentence. “If you’re about to say that you and Steve are an item, then it’s too late. I already know. Probably the entire castle knows to, with the amount of time you two spend together. To be honest Twi’ didn’t take you to like the strong silent type.” Steve made an ‘are you fucking kidding me face’, which in turn, just caused me to laugh, really, really, loud. All the time Twilight was blushing at my observation skills. Oh well, time to get going. “Anyway, our group is scheduled for a catch-up in a few minutes, this time with a few new additions. Namely Shining Armor and the princess but that’s about it.” Twilight cocked her head to the side. “What about the attack tonight. Aren’t you worried?” “Pssh. I ain’t worried about it. The captains can handle things in our absence, if anything dire comes up; they know where to find us.” Together Twilight, Steve and myself walked towards the room specially put aside for the group that was originally my own. We walked through the quiet stone brick walls of the castle, occasionally passing a guard pony who would salute as I passed them. Might as well strike up a conversation as we walk, or else this will be too boring. “So Twi’, do you mind if I ask a question?” Said mare smiled. “Sure go ahead.” “What’s life like in Ponyville?” A small laugh was what I got in return. “Well, life is really quiet.” I scoffed. “Hey you live in a Library; of course it’s going to be quiet.” Steve smiled and Twilight continued. “Well.... yes, I do live in a quiet place in Ponyville. But the rest of it is fairly loud, for example Vinyl Scratch’s music in the early mornings usually wakes up half of Ponyville, and that’s just her alarm.” I suppressed a laugh as we walked, keep it cool man. “Usually it’s quiet. And by quiet I mean nothing exciting really happens. But then again, Ponyville has been sort of a hotspot for weird activity.” I held a finger up. “Like the return of Discord?” Twilight blinked twice, and nodded. “Well, yes. Moments like that are when the usual quiet place turns into a really noisy place.” “Ok then, please continue.” I said whilst nodding. Hmmm looks like Steve is really paying attention to this. “Well there are normal days in Ponyville,” I gave her a flat look. “O.K. Mostly normal days, but it’s normal in its own way. Like the day we spent during winter, having a massive snowball fight with all the participants in teams of six. That was the most fun during that winter; afterwards we all went inside for some hot coco.” She looked up to me when she finished. “What about you, do you have any memories of Sam. Before the whole Herobrine affair, I mean.” I couldn’t really say what happened then but my vision sort of blurred and a single memory came to mind..... V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Admin’s Childhood V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V “Addie! Addie! Look what I found!” My brother tore into my room holding a white ball of fluff in his hands, jumping up and down constantly. I placed the quill down and turned the chair around to face him, an eyebrow raised in question and a smile on my face. “Oh? What have ya found little bro?” He held the little fluff ball up to him so I could look at it. “Look Addie! A bunny rabbit, can we keep him? Can we, please?” A hearty laugh escaped from my lungs, “Hahahahaha, you know what Sammy? Sure! Why not!?” I placed a hand on his shoulder a huge smile on my face. “We can look after him together!” My little brother smiled the hugest smile I had ever seen upon his little face. My heart was warm at that moment; a feeling of doing something good came upon my shoulders. He was about to tear off again but I wrapped my arms around him and I placed my little brother on the chair next to me. “Now now, one moment before you go tearing off to play with your new friend.” “Awww...” I smiled and lifted his chin so he looked at me. “Hey no need to frown, he just needs a name!” His mouth opened up into that huge smile I loved to see on Sam’s face. “OK! What should we name him Addie?!?” I hummed in thought before thinking up a name. “How about a nice name that suits him, so Snow Flake?” He giggled and hugged me. “That suits him Addie! Thanks for helping!” I placed my hand on his head and ruffled his hair. “Ha-ha! No prob’ little man! Now go off and play!” He ran out holding his newest friend, giggling and laughing all the while.... God I loved that smile..... V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Present V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V “Ad- are- th?” “Huh? Did you say something?” “I said are you there? You kind of zoned out for a bit. Is something wrong?” I shook my head and felt my checks, feeling the hot tears on them. “N-no Twi’ nothing’s wrong.” I sighed and rubbed my eyes. “Just remembering some fond memories....” Yea I still loved that smile.... V^V^V^V^V^V Time Unknown, Date present, Location Unknown V^V^V^V^V^V A figure sat on a black jeweled throne, a sword that was as black as night lent against the sinister black marble throne. Torches powered by dark magic illuminated the walls. In front of the figure, cupped in the palm of one hand sat a single orb. The orb showed a Castle at night time, surrounded by many a fell beast. It showed holes in the ground where spiders had once dug and busted through to the other side of the Tesla Coils. But the figure wasn’t interested in what was happening outside the castle, with but a thought the image of the castle magnified so that it showed what was happening inside its brightly colored walls. Spiders of varying shapes and colors raced through the streets, only to be stopped by multicolored shields, then to be bombarded by arrows and killed. The figure did not like this; it did not tolerate failure of any sort, not even from its own subordinates. The figure blinked as each spider was brutally murdered before its eyes; it felt each of their life forces slowly dwindle out of existence. Each and every monster was connected to him and he felt their pain, but did not experience the pain itself. The figure closed its eyes and sighed, its clawed gauntlet slowly crushing the orb in its hand. Fractures slowly began to appear on the surface of the orb, second by agonizing second passed and slowly, the orb fractured more. The pressure being produced by the figures gauntleted hand was enough to crush an iron bar. The orb could no longer take the pressure being dealt to it and exploded into millions of shards that fell to the black tiled floor below. The figure raised its hand to its face and frowned, this was wrong it thought. This wasn’t supposed to happen; he was unbeatable, immortal, Godlike and unstoppable. And yet, it had happened. All it took him to realize this was a single shard, no bigger than a pine needle. He watched the shard, fury evident in his gaze. If gazes could burn, then the shard would have vaporized out of existence at that moment. But just like the ones the figure fought, it stayed there defiant, this defiance stood immortal to the tests of time, it stood against the injustice of the world around it. The figure reached towards the shard with its other hand, and quickly plucked the defiant shard from its finger. The figure’s eyes widened as it saw the dark splotch leave its skin to trail down its hand. It watched with horror as the dark splotch fell from its hand to hit the black tiled floor below. Its hand shook as realization of the true horror of its situation now dawned upon it. Gods don’t bleed. > Chapter 7: Nightfall Part Three > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nightfall – Part 3 V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V High Rockwall V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V “Is that the last of them sergeant?” I asked through the communicator that was built by magic and science, personally hand crafted by our local mad scientist Frozen. “Aye sir” Gamer responded. “That the last of the blighted buggers. Hang on a moment Captain....” A single twang was heard as a bowstring snapped back against the wood of the bow. A spider’s screech was heard from the other side of the communicator. Gamer coughed to clear his throat. “Sorry about the false report, now it is the last of the blighted buggers.” I smiled as the last reports of the area’s being cleared came in through the communicator. The rest of the gathered groups sighed in relief as the last report from the sergeant went through. Shinning Armor walked up to me and smiled. “Well Admin, looks like your plan worked like a charm. No casualties either, you would make a good general you know.” I waved off the praise from the pony next to me. “I’ve been a general once, during the last war. That was not a pretty experience and I do not wish to be repeating it.” “What happened during the last war sir?” One of the guard ponies asked me from the corner of the room. My head rested in the cup of my palms, a single long drawn out sigh escaped my lips as I thought back onto one of the many battle I had had to face during my time as High-General of the Minecraftian forces. “Let’s just say.... That war never changes.” I lifted my eyes to face Shinning Armor. “If you need me I’ll be in my quarters.” When he nodded I gathered myself up and headed towards the tower my room was stationed in. Something tells me this is going to be a long night. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V A Few Hours Later V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V ‘A sweet dream is only a sweet dream until it turns into a nightmare....’ that is what my father once told me, and that is what this dream was slowly becoming.... I was sitting in a lush green meadow whilst Samuel and White Snow frolicked around the field giggling all the while. A smile tugged at the corners of my lips as I wrote on the parchment in front of me. Samuel fell down onto a group of flowers sending a few of them flying up into the air. A single raindrop fell onto the almost dry ink, making it turn into a black spot. Frowning I looked up and saw the storm clouds. I looked around and noticed that everything had taken on a grey tinge, which was also when I noticed that White Snow was sitting alone in the field. Getting up I looked around the quickly fading field. “Samuel? Where are you?” A single scream was heard and I started running towards it. The grey trees slowly disappeared and the landscape started decaying around me. The grass withered up and turned to ashes, leaving the earth charred and black like rock. “Samuel! Where are you?!” That was when I heard him. “Addie! Help me!” I sprinted across the rocky terrain, tears streaming from my face. I saw him.... on the edge of a cliff, with his fingers slowly slipping off the edge. “Don’t worry Sammy! I’m coming!” “Addie!” His grip loosened bit by bit and still, I was too far away to save him. My little brother plummeted over the edge of the cliff, screaming all the way. “SAMMY!” I halted at the edge of the black as night cliff, the sharp rocks digging into my knees as I fell down upon them. Bringing my hands up to my face I saw that they were stained with blood. The rain turning red as if blood was falling from the heavens, the trees behind me were set ablaze by an unknown force. Tears bolted down my checks as I wept, just as I was about to scream out in anger and sadness a dark menacing voice filled the air. “Give it up Admin; just like you couldn’t save Samuel in the end, you can’t save these little ponies, or the Humans. Just like last time, I will prevail.” His dark menacing tone was replaced with a boy’s sweet innocent voice, now tainted with the darkness that followed behind it. “Just like you couldn’t save me....” V^V^V^V^V I bolted awake a scream dying upon my lips, sweat sticking my skin to the sheets. Now I remember why I never slept for very long, and when I did it was always with the help of medication to give me dreamless sleeps. I clutched my knees to my chest and bent my head down, silently weeping to myself. “I-I’m sorry S-Sammy. I-I couldn’t save you.....” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Elsewhere a few minutes prior V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Rainbow Dash walked into the room that was occupied by a group of ponies and a few humans and one pig. She walked in and sat down on the faded yellow couch, looking around the room, all present could tell that one person was missing. “Where is Admin? Isn’t he supposed to be here as well?” Shinning Armor smiled at the rainbow mare. “He left to get some sleep; this whole affair has probably tuckered him out.” Rainbow Dash nodded and moved over slightly to make way for the quiet Alchemist. He slumped down onto the yellow couch and gave a silent sigh of content. She smiled slowly at the quiet being next to her. “Take it Zecora is running you ragged with all the potions you two a brewing up, right?” A silent nod was all she received before Frozen closed his eyes to take a little nap. Rainbow sighed as she sunk into the couch. Twilight, Shinning Armor and Princess Celestia were catching up on the time they had been apart, mostly Twilight was doing the talking, some of it off by heart and some of it from the diary account that she had kept since the beginning. Rainbow Dash closed her eyes, hoping to catch up on some much needed rest since the past few days had been hectic on her. A sudden scream woke both Frozen and Dash up as the others turned to look at Admin’s tower. The sudden alarm had thrown Dash from the couch and into the rafters of the room, she was breathing heavily as she clung to the beam, her four hooves wrapped around it in a bear hug. Looking down on her friends she scowled. “What the hay was that?!” Twilight looked up at her, confusion plastered on her face. “It came from Admin’s tower, but it didn’t sound like anything I know.” No one there noticed when FrozenFire_ looked at Admin’s tower with a hint of fear on his face; neither did they notice as he tore out of the room heading directly for the Lab. Frozen busted through the door startling Zecora into jumping with fright, the striped Zebra turned to face him confusion on her face, and an eyebrow cocked. “What is wrong my silent friend? Hopefully it is something I can mend.” He picked up his notebook and quickly scrawled down into it. ‘Zecora, I need the new potion I was working on under Admin’s asking. Second shelf to the far right there should be a bright white vial with blue contents. Please grab it, and with haste!’ Zecora nodded and dashed off towards the cupboards, gripping the timber in her hooves she tore open the doors and scanned the vials inside. Second shelf to the far right, indeed there was a vial of the whitest glass with contents that would make the blue sea green with envy. Taking the vial in her mouth she rushed towards FrozenFire_ and handed it to him. “Here is what you asked for, let me know if he needs more.” Frozen nodded and left the room, clutching the vial to his chest. He dashed towards the tower where the scream had originated from, up the stairs out into the courtyard, past the statue of the Maker and his bride, through the long hallways of color assorted marbles, through the tower door and up its stairs. He quickly reached the top, making sure not to trip or cause any damage to the glass vial clutched firmly to his chest. Everyone was gathered at the top of the tower, a single door stood closed, a bar blocking the person inside from getting out. Frozen looked over each of the faces gathered there, all of them had looks of concern or sadness from hearing the cries of rage and loss from inside the room. He walked quietly up to the door, removed the bar and opened it. Frozen looked around the dark room, searching inside before looking back through the door as he entered. ‘No one else is allowed to enter until I, and I alone say so.’ He quickly scrawled onto a pad he carried. An assortment of nods told him of the response. Closing the door behind him, he entered Admin’s room. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Admin’s room V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V I heard the door open, but my interests were on the blade in front of me. The iron gleamed off the moonlight streaming into the room through the only solitary open widow in the entire room. My hand reached up and rubbed my eyes, already red from crying so much. Tears still streamed down my face as I heard the footsteps get closer to me. My tongue was sore, as I had bitten it moments before in my attempts to quell my sadness. I sniffed as the sound stopped next to me; something clinked against the glasses on my nightstand. Looking up, I saw FrozenFire_ smiling sadly at me. I smiled awkwardly up at him. “I-It’s just not that fair ya’ know?” He nodded, and sat down on the bed. “Twi’ asked me a question today....” He cocked an eyebrow at my statement. “She asked me if I had any memories of him, before he became Herobrine.” My statement clearly took him off guard, as well as Twilight’s question, he knew what had happened to me, the depression, the self loathing, suicide attempts, all of it. He even stopped me a couple times from offing myself, I wasn’t really grateful at the time though. I looked up at him, my legs still clutched to my chest. “What am I supposed to do Frozen? I betrayed my little brother, I killed him-“ A loud smack echoed throughout the room, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Celestia backed away from the door, each looking at the other nervously. Frozen shook his head and pointed at me, then at the blue liquid inside the glass vial. There was also a small green liquid in a plastic cup next to it. I looked back up to him confused, he pointed towards the white vial with blue liquid first. Then he made a drinking motion with his hand. Understanding flooded through me. I reached out towards the vial and took it in my grasp, bringing it to my mouth I took long gulps of the blueberry tasting drink. I gasped as I finished and placed the drink aside. I was surprised that he had gotten the potion to taste like blueberries, and then the most surprising thing happened. The pain went away. I blinked, and then I blinked again. I looked up to him and smiled. “Thank you Frozen.... I knew you could do it.” He smiled and pointed towards the small green liquid in the plastic cup. I lifted it up and smelled it. I looked at Frozen and saw he had a similar cup in his hand and a similar liquid in it. He held up a hand and counted from five, I nodded. ‘Five’ I gulped and brought it closer to my mouth, the smell of lime evident in the air. ‘Four’ I looked him in the eyes and he smiled, mouthing the words ‘don’t worry.’ ‘Three’ ‘Two’ .......... ‘One’ Together we linked arms like the warriors of old as they were celebrating, we brought our cups closer to our lips and both drank at the same time. I tasted lime as I drank from the small cup, the lime numbing my tongue and making me have a buzzing feeling in my brain. All of my body, from the tips of my hair to the tips of my toes felt like it was receiving a small electrocution from the lime tasting drink. But that wasn’t the most surprising part, as I felt my brain remembering its functions, I well... felt is the only word to describe it. I felt as if there was something new in my mind, like a door had been opened. I looked at Frozen with a confused expression, which was made even more confused as I heard his voice. “Can you hear me Admin?” A shocked expression crossed my face and I looked at him. “D-d-did you just.....?” “Talk?” he cocked his head to one side an amused smile on his face. “No Admin, I did not speak. This is more of a telepathic connection between us two, the drink caused it.” I looked at the now empty cup in my hands and as I was about to open my mouth to speak again he shook his head. “You don’t necessarily have to talk. Like I said, it’s more of a telepathic connection. You can just think what you are going to say.” (For the sake of convenience I am now going to label Telepathic communication between Frozen and Admin in Red and Blue, Blue for Admin and Red for Frozen.) “...... Like this?” “Exactly, good job for a first try.” I smiled a little as the complement went through me. But I thought it would have been a lot more different than this.... “Oh no, it’s not that difficult to get your head wrapped around Telepathic communication. I mean if the unicorns are able to do it, why not us?” “Uh.... Frozen, that was meant to be to myself.” “Oh....” The two of us shared in an awkward silence. After a few minutes there was a tap at the door. “Frozen? Is he ok now?” He looked towards me. “You ok now?” I nodded and he went to open the door. When he did I saw all of my friends gathered around the door staring in. Celestia asked the question again and he nodded. “Ok then, we’ll let you catch up on your rest. We’ll call you in the morning.” I smiled as they closed the door. I actually haven’t found out what the date is yet..... “September 30th. Almost midnight, maybe half an hour left.” “Thanks Frozen.” I thought to myself for a bit, and then I slowly pulled the sheets off me and went to the window. I was kind of down right now, so I might sing a song. Might lighten my mood up, who knows. Pulling the window door open I went out onto the balcony. I smiled up at the stars shining through the night sky. Let’s see, hmm. An old classic from way back might help. How about Green Day, hmmm, and the song? Hmm, how about ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends.’? Yeah... I could remember the music, and before I knew it the band started up around me. I was surprised, but then it was time to start singing. “Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last wake me up when September ends” “like my father's come to pass seven years has gone so fast wake me up when September ends” “here comes the rain again falling from the stars drenched in my pain again becoming who we are” “as my memory rests but never forgets what I lost wake me up when September ends” Now that there was the moment to catch my breath, I waited for the music to continue from the one part that was remembered fondly. “summer has come and passed the innocent can never last wake me up when September ends” “ring out the bells again like we did when spring began wake me up when September ends” “here comes the rain again falling from the stars drenched in my pain again becoming who we are” “as my memory rests but never forgets what I lost wake me up when September ends” “Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last wake me up when September ends” “like my father's come to pass twenty years has gone so fast” “Wake me up when September ends” “Wake me up when September ends” “Wake me up when September ends” The music slowly died out and I sighed, that was undoubtedly my favorite song. Little did I notice the heads poking out of the window as I finished singing, nor did I notice the tears on their faces, or on my own. “I wonder what you’re doing now, Samuel....” > Chapter 7: Nightfall Part Four > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nightfall – Part 4 V^V^V^V^V^V^V Place Unknown, Time Unknown, Date Present V^V^V^V^V^V The wind blew against a cloak as black as night as he walked through a hoard of Zombies, the Zombies and spiders quickly fleeing before his dark might. He smiled as the scrambled before him, but he was quick to rectify his mistake of smiling by replacing it with a scowl. His gaze locked on a single tent as his steel boots clanked against the checkerboard ground. He could hear arguing from the tent. “I told you Chrysalis that this would go wrong! I told you that we needed to be sure! But no! You had to disagree with me, and now look at what your foolishness has brought upon us! Defeat, that’s what it got us!” A definite feminine voice now started shouting amongst the three inside the tent. “Don’t you go blaming me for this; Discord is just as much to blame as I am!” He entered the tent and sat in the corner, completely invisible to the three arguing creatures. Speaking of which, the mismatched one is talking now. “What! Why am I getting the blame for this? I agreed with you for pony’s sake!” Sombra growled and started his routine shouting. “BOTH OF YOU BE QUIET! You are both to blame for this situation that we have found ourselves to be in.” He spoke out then, his voice dark and menacing. “You have failed me Sombra.” All three stopped their arguing and gulped, they turned slowly to face him. And again, they gulped upon seeing him sitting in the corner. A black as night hood covering his entire body except for his mouth, they could see a pair of glowing eyes from beneath the hood. He sighed, and lifted his gaze to them. “I do not reward those that fail me....” Sombra’s eyes turned to pinpricks as his gaze rested upon him. He began stuttering out an explanation. “B-b-but Lord Herobrine, t-these two are the one’s who-” His voice boomed inside the small tent. “I DO NOT WANT YOUR EXCUSES SOMBRA! I LEFT YOU IN CHARGE HERE, NOT THEM!” Sombra gulped and the smoke began to fizz into thin air around his body. Herobrine advanced upon the small pony. “Do you want to know what I do to those who fail me?” Sombra gulped before shaking his head. “Well too bad, because I am going to tell you.” He leaned in close to Sombra, and spoke in as dark and menacing tone than what was normal of him. “I get rid of them Sombra, as they have no more use to me.” Leaning back up from him, he looked at the rising dawn and sighed. “When you want something done right, go do it yourself. Better be prepared ‘brother’. Cause this is going to be one heck of a wake up call.....” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Rising Dawn V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V The sounds of artillery going off is what woke me up, the second thing is the orders coming in through the communicators. ‘All units, be advised we have hostile ground forces inside the area.’ I bolted up and pulled the communicator towards me, time, time, time! What was the god damn time! 7:30 am. Well time to get up it seems. I gripped the woodwork with one hand and hoisted myself out of the bed, landing on the floor I began my mad dash to get to the dresser. With that done, I began my mental checklist. Armoured Greaves.... Check Steel Boots.... Check Chain Mail shirt.... Check Long Sleeved Shirt to go over the top of the chain mail.... Check Belt with Daggers in their sheaths.... Check Black cloak...... Maybe take the red one today.... Check Iron Pauldrons.... Check “.......” I looked around the room, searching for the one thing that would make the set complete. “Where did I put it? I know it’s here somewhere....” I look at the corner of my room and see the refined oak wood bow leaning against the chair. “Oh, there you are.” Picking it up, I slung it over my back Oaken wood bow.... Check The last thing I clip to my side is the bow’s ammunition, a full quiver of arrows. I smile as I stared into the mirror; I make an impressive figure when I try. Suddenly the window to my room exploded and a rock as huge as the king sized bed in there sailed through the widow to collapse the opposite wall. I started coughing because of all the dust, running over to the hole in the wall I poked my head out and stared down at the hoard below. Since when did Zombies know how to use Catapults?! I growled and clicked my communicator on, “Shinning, what the hell is going on?!” After a few seconds of impatient waiting, I busted out of my room and started heading towards the War Room. While walking down the corridors, I could see that many guard ponies were rushing about, preparing defences of moving wounded into the infirmary. My communicator crackled to life and a voice answered the line, but it was not Shinning Armor. Twilight was the one to respond, “Admin! Thank Celestia your awake! The main hoard has begun its advance towards the castle. The soldiers are out there right now fending them off, and the cannons are firing on their back lines. We need you up at ‘The Pile Diver’ now!” I skidded around the next corner, my slow jog turning into a full out sprint, I headed towards the tallest tower in High Rockwall. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Front Lines V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Herobrine stood at the front line, watching as the ponies and humans gathered outside their pitiful excuse for a castle. He scoffed silently to himself, who in their right mind would use Marble? He sighed and turned to face his remaining ‘two’ Generals. He grinned madly and pointed to a single pony standing amongst them, surrounded by Herobrine’s personal guard. Otherwise know as ‘The Corrupted.’ His guards were wearing a Black diamond mesh of armour that covered them from head to toe. Each one of them was specially trained by Herobrine to be as proficient in there chosen class as possible. In other words, they were his Champions of Darkness. “Let him be a lesson to the two of you, should you fail me again. I will punish those who fail me, do not let it happen again.” He turned to face the Alchemists pitiful castle ‘High Rockwall.’ A smile broke out on his face, quickly replaced by a toothy grin, only seconds later to brake out in a frightening and dark laugh. “You two, I am dispatching you to somewhere very special to these people. I believe the last time I visited that holy place, it was called the Aether. You will leave immediately and to assure no further ‘Treachery’ happens, you will find one my Personal Guard Captains awaiting your arrival. Trust me when I say you will notice him when you see him.” He turned to face Sombra, his face turning into a vicious scowl. “Now, what to do with you, ’My Little Traitor?'” Sombra went to begin talking only to receive a backhand from a distinct black metal gauntlet, “Did I give you permission to speak WORM?” He said in a very forceful tone, though not raising his voice like he did last night. His personal guards hissed at the stallion in the middle of the circle. He moved closer to the dark magician pony. “Sombra, for your crimes of betrayal I sentence you to the most despicable prison I can think of.” Wheeling on the small pony his finger turned as black as the clawed open gauntlet on his hand. “A prison made of Dark Stone. You should feel honoured not many get to be turned into it. Now don’t get me wrong, it would be easier to turn you into plain stone, but only Dark Stone can hold beings of my power or lesser in eternal confinement. I consider you the latter though.” The stallions eyes widened and he started back pedalling away from the Monster in front of him, only to fall into the awaiting claws of ‘His’ personal guard. They gave off a menacing aura and he started shivering in fear. Trying, unsuccessfully, to shy away from ‘The Corrupted.’ Herobrine’s black clawed finger was just about to touch the stallion’s forehead when an earth shattering ‘BOOM!’ was heard, the boom itself leaving echo’s in the air. He looked over to his army, only to see the forefront of the army explode in a gruesome display of earth, shrapnel, and body bits and blood. The very earth was rent in gigantic cracks that lead outwards from the epicentre of the impact site for about twenty-thirty miles. The ground had almost looked like it had been glassed from a space laser; in fact, there were massive chunks of the earth that had been crystallized into a black glass. The crater the plasma charge had left behind was about the size of the castles front gate, that’s almost half a football field. (Hoofball field for some of you guys who prefer the more accurate terms in pony speak.) That was the exact time that many sounds of small booms going off were caught by his ears. He growled as the plasma charges fired by the Castle cannons hit the front and backs of his army. ‘What idiot ordered that the army move into range? And why wasn’t I informed of this movement?’ Herobrine visibly scowled and turned towards the stallion surrounded by his Guard. “This is your doing Sombra......” He lifted his hand and wrapped it around the throat of the dark magician, the iron crushing grip immediately choking the stallion. He roared at the stallion and sent him flying into the wall of a Tesla Coil tower, hitting the wall hard enough to leave an indent; he then fell to the ground below, unconscious. “Seems I must call in an old favour.... Captain Manic Pandemonium, front and centre!” A man clad in black armour with a blood red shield with a daemon skull with horns clutching a scroll in its jaws as an emblem on the warrior’s Pauldron. The armour of Herobrine’s captain had a slight augmentation to it. Where his eye slits were meant to be, there was only white light pouring out, every crack where it would normally show chain mail to defend against attacks, a red light leaked out. A hood stood over his helmet as well, the inside decorated with runes. Twin Great swords stood proud and tall on the massive warriors back. On one blade it read in English ‘Madness,’ but was translated from Latin. It glowed with an eerie red black glow. Madness’s hilt was a black oaken wood hilt, enchanted to never break under any pressure. Decorated red cloth with black trims laced around the handle, creating the grip. The guard of the sword looked almost like a skull and crossbones, except it was made out of a red metal, the same could be said for the blade of the sword, except like the handle it hand a black trim leading around its edges and a single black streak in the middle, that neither touched the tip of the blade or the anywhere near the guard. On the other blade it read in English ‘Despair,’ but like it’s brother Madness it was translated from Latin, it glowed a sickeningly green glow. Despair’s hilt was said to be made from a fallen meteorite mixed together with an ancient wood with a long forgotten technique to give it a more natural look to it, it was impervious to almost any form of damage that would be dealt to the hilt. It was decorated with a green cloth wrapping with a black trim, creating the grip. The guard of the sword looked almost like two dragon claws stretching out to either side, and was made out of a green metal, the same could be said for the blade of the sword, and like its brother sword, Madness it had a black edge and a single black streak in the middle, also neither reaching the tip of the sword or its guard. Strapped to the massive warrior’s side was a set of skulls, Wither Skeleton Skulls to be exact. The warrior’s aura was as black as the void, and when he spoke it was with a multi-layered, erratic voice that perfectly represented his namesake. “YoUCaLLed For ME, My MAStEr?” Herobrine couldn’t tell anything from the warrior’s posture, voice, or the way he- or was it a she? –acted towards his brethren. Herobrine smiled at the warrior beneath his hood. “Captain Pandemonium, take fifty of the other Corrupted and lead a charge around the other side of the mountain. I want you to kill anyone you run into, be it civilian or soldier. My patience grows thin Captain, and I wish these pests to be dealt with swiftly. I will be dealing with the main bulk of their army; I will merely serve as a distraction as you go in through the mountain. If I remember from the visits I had with my ‘brother-no-longer’ to this long forgotten castle then there should be a cave big enough to fit in six carts at once. It leads directly into the underground ‘Lab.’ Now go.” The Corrupted Captain left to attend to the business that his master had given it; an iron grip on his arm stopped him from continuing to walk to his destination. “And Captain, I will not tolerate another failure, not even from you. Are we clear Captain?” “CryStaL, SiR....” The massive warrior left Herobrine to do whatever he needed to do to get the distraction ready. Herobrine turned to face the incoming army of massed races, He cleared his throat and in a voice louder than the RCV he looked towards the army. But it was not a shout when he talked; it was as if his voice had been amplified to reach directly towards the castle. “Insolent fools.... You dare to challenge me? Do you even know what it is that you are doing? I have no time to participate in this battle myself.... So I will call in a favour from a long and dearly held friend.” And with that he raised one hand and pointed at the ground, palm first. Dark magic began to encircle his hand. A single orb made of the foulest magic known to the world began to form in his open palm, and then he began to chant. Beneath hollowed ground Lays a Beast so foul Laid to rest in a long forgotten grave With power of death And a hunger unquenchable With these words of power You will walk once more Rise from your withered grave! I GRANT THEE LIFE ONCE MORE!! Arcs of black lightening began to hit the ground and turn it as black as the void. Souls of the dead began to drift into the ground around him, turning it into Soul Sand. Four chunks of it drifted into view and were paced down. Pointing at the ground with one finger on his opposite hand he shouted. Rise minions of the Wither! Reap the souls of the damned that face us! The ground began to crack open and skeletal hands that were black as coal began to reach for the surface. Each of the foul beasts easily dwarfing the miniature ponies and humans that faced them. Swords as black as their bones lay in each of their hands, and still the ground cracked and turned black as more and more of the foul beasts rose up from the ground. The Humans and Ponies quickly began to spot the difference as the numbers began to turn in their enemies favour. The tens of thousands of troops that the Humans, Ponies and Minecraftians hand were quickly being dwarfed by the hundreds of thousands of Wither Skeletons that seemingly began to spawn out from the ground, each one giving off its own ungodly screech as they were given new life. Again he pointed, but this time at three of the closest Wither Skeletons he could see. To call forth your master A price is to be paid A monster Remade The death of three To make the life of one! The three Wither Skeletons began screaming in pain and collapsing into piles of bones, their heads still floating in air around Herobrine. Quickly, they began to circle the Soul Sand that was stacked up into the air like a T shape. He began to smile as the three heads fell atop of the Soul Sand. “Its time old friend, time to slaughter these pests.” The ground erupted upwards and the skies went black. > Chapter 7: Nightfall Part Five > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nightfall – Part 5 V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V We stood at the top of the tower, right in front of ‘The Pile Diver.’ FrozenFire was to my right and codelord stood at the back next to the massive plasma cannon. Rainbow Dash hovered in the air above our heads and Twilight was leaning on Steve with a worried look upon her face. I frowned as the Wither Skeletons began to burst out of the ground below us. “This does not bode well Admin.” I looked over to the stairs only to see the white Alicorn princess walking onto the top of the tower from the stairs. “Now that you mention it princess,” Rainbow began. “What the hay are those things?” I frowned as the Skeletons began screaming at the amassed army heading towards it. “They are Herobrine’s Special Forces; they come from the Wither….” “And what is the Wither Admin?” I turned to face Twilight, Rainbow and the princess. Steve looked at me with a worried expression; Frozen was pacing back and forth before the cannon, and codelord was scowling as he moved towards the cannon. Before I could even begin to say what the Wither was codelord started talking. “The Wither is a massive creature that was discovered in its own separate Dimension to this. The creature is this world’s embodiment of death and decay. It has its own separate world that was cut off by yours truly, but yet somehow it seems Herobrine has linked it back to this world. The grass there was black and decayed; the trees were dead and the bark flaking off of the trunk. The plains a roamed by the Wither Skeletons, there is nowhere in that dimension that they cannot reach. The skies are locked in an eternal night, the ground is black and massive scars litter the land. They say, from the survivors willing to talk about it, that there is a gigantic black citadel on the top of one of the tallest mountains in that world. And from personal experience there is a Citadel there, they call it The Decaying Word.” Codelord had his head stuck in the side of the open compartment of the cannon, obviously messing with its internal workings. Sparks and hissing could be heard and seen as he worked on ‘The Pile Diver.’ Not missing a beat, he continued talking. “I faced the Wither once before. During the last war against Herobrine, he cast some of the moderators into other worlds.” He stuck his head out; half of him was covered in spark soot and he looked at me. “That’s where I was cast when Herobrine chucked me off the side of the end. I fell into The World of Decay.” He stuck his head back in and continued working, creating more sparks and noises as he worked. “I learned something then, a specific type of metal that I had come into contact with, deep underground it was found. This metal was pure, solid, and most of all, coloured.” He pulled out a metal ingot, a bright white shine coming off it that forced us to avert our gaze. “I called it Puritanium. For the aspects that it carried inside its silver surface, it held the decay at bay. And whenever it came into contact with any, it completely destroyed it. It’s completely safe to anything else. But when refined into its ingot form, it carries with it a power simple to a small sun, produces the same brightness when fired, same heat, and power.” My hands covered my eyes, but I could still see the light that it produced. I could sort of see some of the bones in my hand that is how bright it shone. When the light died down I uncovered my eyes to discover white smoke leaking out of the cannons exhaust pipes. Codelord stood next to the cannon, a trotter on his chest and a smug look on his face; a pair of goggles on his head, and was covered head to trotters in soot. I gasped in awe at the magnificence of what codelord had done; the entire metal surface had been changed into a silver brightness with a white glow coming from within the silvery surface. “I give to you, The Puritanium Titan Cannon!” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Meanwhile V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V The sky below was painted by a golden and pink glow from the radiant sun above the airship as it floated weightlessly above the clouds. Its twin propulsion engines spewing hot air from the depths of the engine drives, pushing the oak and spruce wood ship towards its destination. A single balloon, filled with hot air to help levitate the ship above the clouds rippled in the air. Four flags, two hanging down from the main balloon, whilst the others hung from the propulsion drive engines. Upon the sides of the deck stood six proud light particle cannons and two bigger heavy particle cannons. Each one made of a bright silver alloy that shinned in the sun, surrounded and held in place with dark spruce wood. The front of the ship was scaled in an iron plating mesh that covered the front, the metal glowing silver along the golden stripe in-between the iron scale plating. The mast that was in front was actually the shape of an arrow head, made from gold and iron. The most distinguishing feature upon the ship was a single image printed upon the face of each flag and upon the side of the hull. The golden thread fused together to make the image of the sun upon the face of the cloth, the silver threads making the image of a silver star shining brightly inside the sun, whilst on the hull was an iron and gold replica of said image upon each flag. This marked the name of the ship that floated gracefully through the sky. The airship’s name was, The Celestial Dawn. A single man stood on the mast of the ship, leaning against the arrow head for support. His servitor arm gripping the metal, just in case he slipped up, the metal on the arm was made of an obsidian iron mixture made by the finest artisans and Mechanists in the Aether. A mechanical eye that glowed blue with electricity was seen upon his face, the plating surrounding the eye was gold, with the crevices filled with silver to hold the plating together, it was also made by the same artisans and Mechanists in the Aether. He wore a long cloak that covered his shoulders down to his brown boots. The cloak was embodied with gold threads, and two Iron plates covered his shoulders. His black leather pants and white shirt only amplifying the aura of authority the cast down Operator held before he was sent here. Upon the man’s head was a single hat, it was made of leather and one side was flipped and pinned to the side of the hat. That side of the hat had a blue red feather stuck inside it. The cast down Operators name and title was Lord Dylan Woods. Or just Lord Wood to those he commanded. “Lord Wood?” Dylan turned around to face the one who had said his name. The Captain of the Aether Guard stood behind him next to Sergeant Stormy Skies and saluted. A two fingered American salute, whilst the Pony next to him raised a hoof to his forehead. “Captain Dragoon_Scales, and Sergeant Stormy Skies of the Aether Guard I welcome you aboard the Celestial Dawn. Finest Airship the Mechanists and artisans have to offer.” He waved a hand before him, indicating at the two Aether Guards to turn and look around and look at their surroundings. “Marvellous view.... Isn’t it?” Stormy Skies, A bright blue pony with a sky blue mane and a teal streak running jagged down the middle. His Cutie Mark emblemising his name, that being, a single storm cloud surrounded by white clouds. He wore a set of black armour similar in design to one Shining Armor with a blue tint around the edges, a single Silver Star outlined in gold on both shoulder pauldrons marking his rank. The Pegasus nodded his head, whilst looking around at his surroundings. They were surrounded by clouds of pink and white, the sun reflecting off the water in the clouds turning those different shades of colours. In the distance there were multiple mountains spread out over a vast distance, the peaks of the mountains poking through the cloud barrier like a needle to wool. “It is a stunning view Sire, but may I ask what you have called us for my Lord?” The Captain, sharply dressed in a dusters outfit with a black Stetson on his head smiled and chuckled lightly. “As much as I hate to agree with Shorty here,” “HEY!” He continued on seemingly to just spite the Pegasus, “I would like to know that as well my Lord.” A small smile crept onto Dylan’s face at the confusion the officers before him displayed. “That, my beloved Guards, is a story to tell later.....” Stormy Skies, who by the way is a Pegasus, groaned as Captain Dragoon_Scales smiled. “You sure like your secrets don’t you my Lord.” Dylan chuckled at the obvious statement and smiled. “Of course I do, whatever gave you the idea that I don’t keep secrets. Everyone, or in your case Stormy Skies, everypony keeps secrets.... Even I do!” The hull of the ship groaned and The bright blue Pegasus laughed. “See my Lord! Even The Dawn doesn’t like it when you keep secrets!” All three of them laughed at the statement, Dylan got off the arrow head mast and started walking towards the stairwell that leads to the inside of the ship. Dylan took the lead with Captain Dragoon and Sergeant Skies behind him. The stairs lead into an iron and oak wood hallway with colour coded floor ways. A sign above him told him where he was going. Red: Mess-Hall Blue: Barracks Yellow: Officer’s Quarters Purple: Training Halls Orange: Recreational Centre Brown: Briefing Room Black: Armoury Green: Storage White: Medical Hall Grey: Forge Pink: Brig Light Blue: Engine Room Dylan smiled as he stared at the sign on the wall. “Well boys, guess it’s time to head to the briefing room. We got a mission from the big man to complete.” The two nodded and followed closely as they completed their walk down the stairs and took a left, following the brown colouring towards the briefing room. The sound of hooves and feet hitting the metal flooring echoed down the dead hallway. The two guards trailing along behind Dylan walked a smidgeon slower than him, talking amongst each other in a small whisper. “So why do you think WE were called to serve on this mission?” The Captain squinted his eyes and looked at the man in front of them. None of the other guards shared a similar relationship that was shared between the two guards. “Well, word up top is that Rockwall’s under siege. And we were called because of two reasons A) we had good marks on the Guard Tests, and B) because we ate all of Lord Woods Cheetos.” Dylan smirked and looked back towards the two Aether Guards. “Still haven’t forgiven you two for that yet either! And come on you two! Pick up the pace!” “What did I do to ever end up in this situation......” Stormy Skies looked at the ground as he trotted after the two humans that had now started jogging towards the briefing room down the Brown lined hallway, his Steel clad hooves clanking against the metal flooring as he quickened the pace he was going to catch up two them before he got lost in this maze of an Airship. > Chapter 7: Nightfall Part Six > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nightfall – Part Six Window frames lay empty as glass lay scattered around the cobblestone streets of the once pristine clean white High Rockwall. Screams could be heard as Skirmishes between Herobrine and The Wither’s army clashed with the almost defeated Alliance. The entire mountain was completely surrounded by the army, towers lay in ruins and walls lay crumbled. The dead lay in the street, some getting back up to join the offensive against the alliance. A Foal stood next to the body of a dead Celestial Guard. The foal was crying over his father’s body. A skeleton turned the corner and seeing the foal, drew its bow to kill. It pulled back on the bow, making the string go tight with tension. The Foal lifted its head and stared at the Skeleton at the end of the street, his eyes filled with fear as it stared at its quite possibly killer. The arrow loosed and the foal cringed, waiting for the inevitable darkness to claim him. A thump sounded before him and he opened his eyes. A man stood before him, his left arm extended and his hand glowing dull green, as a shield was summoned before him. In his right hand, he held a metal staff with a red crystal on the top. From behind, he could see that the man had two shades of coloured hair, half blue and half red, mixing in some places to give it the impression of Frozen Fire... The shield dispelled as he gripped his staff using both hands, he spun the staff around him before slamming it into the ground. The stone cracked in all directions. The Foal stared at the man, he was sure he had caught a glimpse of his face. He had one red eye and one blue. More skeletons turned the corner as well as a couple Zombies. The Foal’s eyes went from awe at seeing his possible saviour to seeing the unmatched odds in front of him. The blue and red eyed man simply smirked. He sprinted forwards and leaped into the air, staff spinning and slamming into the nearest zombie as he extended his left hand, summoned a Typhoon spell that sent three Skeletons spinning into the wall to shatter into shards of white bones, as he flicked the decaying matter from his staff. One of the zombies ran at him arms extended, only to get the butt of his staff into its face as a force spell made its head explode, skin and skull fragments scattering into the street. It was then that the Foal noticed the man’s cloak whipping around him. It was a white scientists’ robe stained with blood, he also wore gloves that seemed to make it look like his hands had caught fire. A pair of mattered black boots, long ago stained with blood. The man had his back to him as he faced the Zombies and Skeletons. He spun the staff in a circle in front of him before imbedding it into the ground. He raised his hands to his side and seemingly caught fire. The man pointed both of his hands at the group of monster before him and a miniature sun formed before him. With a flick of his wrist, he sent the ball flying towards the monsters. He turned around and walked away from the burning monsters, walking slowly towards the little petrified colt sitting next to his father’s body. He could see his face now. His mouth was a straight line, he was slightly pale- whether that was normal or he was simply exhausted, the colt couldn’t tell- He had two different coloured eyes, one blue and one red. His shirt the colour of a normal red flame and his pants a normal dark blue. His staff clacked against the broken cobblestone street as he picked up the colt and started heading towards the capitol Tower. It still stood proud and tall amongst the rubble of the once proud city, as the singular cannon fired shots of into the distance, keeping the fear of, that thing getting into the city, at bay. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V “Keep that door secured!” I strained my back into pushing the wooden beams against our second to last line of defense. The door creaking as bodies smacked into it from the other side. Everyone, and everypony, knew what was at stake if that door fell. It had all gone so wrong so fast... They had defended against the attackers so well until he had appeared. He goaded them out onto the field, and then had spawned the Wither on them. Codelord was busy keeping it at bay with Shinning. The cannon thumped again and the tower shook. The door cracked and splintered. I looked back at Gamer as he locked eyes with me. He nodded and pulled a crystal transmitter from his inventory. “This is Gamer speaking, the second to last line of defense is holding, but not for long... We got ten minutes, fifteen tops.” A familiar voice, surrounded by the sounds of cannon fire spoke up. It was Codelord. “I only need five. But listen closely, if that door falls... Get your asses out of there; head down into the Dwarf city. Tell them this phrase... ‘Tartarus has fallen.’ They’ll know what to do. And don’t worry about me, Shiny here is holding his shield” A chuckle and a faded hey was heard before the transmission cut. Gamer smiled sadly, “Alright boys, you head the Pig, if the door falls, we get our butt’s out of this hell hole.” The door splintered again... The clock was ticking... V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective change Celestia V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Celestia stood on top of the tower, the tip of the mountain looking like a jagged razor behind her. The cannon thumped again, the tower shook, and again the Wither was held at bay. A squeaked profanity alerted her ears to Codelord’s anger. “The damned thing won’t sit still! I only need one direct hit for the Puritanium to take effect.” Celestia smiled softly and chuckled. “Patience is a virtue my trotting friend.” He grumbled, but Celestia’s ears caught his angry retort. “Obviously something I don’t posses...” She smiled again, until something caught her eye. Standing at the top of the mountain was an imposing figure, cloaked in a black as night coat. White glowing eyes and a taunting smirk, stared at the Alicorn, almost daring her to step before him, to challenge him in battle one on one. Celestia’s eyes narrowed in anger... this was the one who had killed so many of her ponies, who had put her subjects, and friends through pain and torment. “Shinning Armor, lower the shield for a second, I need to go somewhere.” Not one to disobey a direct order from his Princess, Shinning Armor nodded. “It will be done, Princess Celestia.” Celestia spread her wings and with one flap, was hovering above the Titan cannon. She looked in the direction of the cloaked figure to see it staring smugly at her. With a snort, she flew towards it. The black cloak snaked around him as he turned around on the outcropping. She would arrive soon, and then the true battle between God and Goddess would begin. Celestia landed with a clank and raised herself up to face the monstrosity before her. A bipedal figure, cloaked in shadows and malice stood before her. A single back sword in his right hand the left had red arcs of lightning flowing between its fingers. A cruel smile played out on its face as its white eyes glowed from beneath the black hood. “Well, well, well... Never thought I would meet another, ‘God’ this soon. Then again, this may be the last time as well.” The sarcasm, and venom dripping from his voice had no effect against the thousands of years old Immortal. “Your taunts will not sway my focus, Herobrine.” Herobrine placed his left hand on his chest; he feigned surprise and happiness about her statement. “Well, it seems you know of me! But introductions have not been completed yet, for I do not know of you.” Celestia simply snorted at him, not willing to play his games. He aww’ed and tilted his head to the side. “Fed up of me already? But I haven’t done anything,” His smile became evil as he drew a crystal from his robe. “Or have I...?” An image of a room filled with bars filled the orb, and although it was dark, a familiar form could be seen... One of midnight black wings and horn, of teal blue hair, of a form drained of magic. “... LUNA!” The form stirred, and groaned as black wisps gathered around her body as the image faded out. Celestia’s rage now built up in her body. “What did you do to my sister?!” He smiled cruelly and chuckled. “Oh... nothing much, just trying to bring forth another Ally. Did you know that the Elements didn’t kill Nightmare moon? Just think, with the power of eternal night under my command, Minecraftia will wither and die... The land will grow cold and grey, a perfect world to rule over, no?” Celestia roared and charged at Herobrine, summoning a golden sword to her side. She spun it in a circle, the momentum adding to the force of the strike, she aimed it at Herobrine’s heart. A black sword blocked hers’ and a thin scratch formed on the blade. Herobrine’s surprise at her quick attack turned to anger as he swerved her sword to the side. He gripped her horn, breaking her concentration and dispelling the sword. Herobrine lifted her two feet of the ground, a scowl on his face. Pain lanced through Celestia’s brain as her horn was holding her body up. “Such a valiant effort... But what was that moments ago, about not breaking your concentration?” She shuddered at the venom and anger in his words. Herobrine walked calmly towards the edge of the mountain, dragging the fumbling Celestia as she tried desperately to break his hold on her horn. He lifted her over the edge of the cliff and mountain. Through the pain, Celestia screamed at him. “I WILL KILL YOU IF SHE HAS EVEN ONE HAIR MISPLACED UPON HER HEAD!” He huffed. “Get in line.” He flicked the edge of her horn, drawing her closer to the edge of unconsciousness. He cleared his throat and spoke in a voice rivaling that of the Royal Canterlot Voice. “Hear me now, Ponies and Humans of the Alliance!” Heads below turned up to the top of the mountain to stare at the sight before them. Many gasped as they saw their Princess in the grasps of Herobrine, his black gauntlet holding the pristine white horn of Celestia. She could barely hear what was going on... “Your Princess has fallen in battle against me, I have defeated your greatest warrior in battle. And now...? I grow bored of this charade of ‘kindness.’ You think me playful, like the creature known as Discord. In truth, I am much worse.” He raised his sword in one hand, and poked Celestia in the forehead. Hundreds of players looked at their message system and saw a message that both frightened them, and surprised them. >Godmode has been removed >Player has been De-Oped >Player, Celestia’s Gamemode has been changed Herobrine clenched his sword again and swiped at both sides of the Alicorn. Pain... Celestia screamed as she felt two parts of her be severed from her body. Her vision tinted red and tears ran freely from her eyes. Ponies, and people, watched as two feathered, pristine white wings fell from the top of the mountain side as the sky seemingly rained blood. “WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW!?” And then, Celestia felt herself fall. > Chapter 7 Nightfall Part 7 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nightfall – Part Seven “Hear me now, Ponies and Humans of the Alliance!” Codelord looked up at the image of Herobrine holding Celestia by the horn, his black gauntlet grasping around the magical appendage. His Midnight black sword, grasped in his right hand. “Your Princess has fallen in battle against me, I have defeated your greatest warrior in battle. And now...? I grow bored of this charade of ‘kindness.’ You think me playful, like the creature known as Discord. In truth, I am much worse.” Codelord looked at Shinning Armor, the horrified Guardsman, no longer able to uphold his duty of protecting his Princess. “Shinning...” The guardsman looked at him, his eyes full of fear. It was right to be scared. But upon looking in the Pig’s eyes, he saw the look of determination in them. “Lower the shield.” He nodded slowly, the pink bubble dematerialize around them. Codelord equipped his jet-pack, the object seemingly manifesting from thin air. Before he took off, his message system alerted him to a new update. >Godmode has been removed >Player has been De-Oped >Player, Celestia’s Gamemode has been changed Shocked, he looked back up to the image of Herobrine raising his sword, swinging it at both of Celestia’s sides. And then the screaming started, blood rained down on the city below. Ponies looked on, horrified at the display before them. “WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW!?” And then he threw Celestia off the side of the mountain. She clearly was unconscious as she fell. No one could endure that much pain and still be awake. He knew... what it was like to lose your wings... -Flashback- The Ender dragon roared at the pitiful looking human in front of him, his little mechanical suit would not protect him for long. The human raised his Cyber Blade and went into a battle stance, his golden wings flapping to keep him aloft around the darkness that was the End Dimension. The Ender dragon roared and flew at the human. He had long ago beaten the little Alchemist mage. His potions stung his scales as they dissolved in the acid, but that was all they did. Many scratches upon his purple and black hide were caused by this human and his pathetic excuse for a sword. “I will be happy to see you fall to your death, human” A mechanical voice, projected through speakers, spoke up. “You’ll have to get through my suit first, Dragon.” The two flew at each other. The Human, raising his sword, swung it at the Dragons eyes. His sword scarred the left eye of the Dragon, causing him to roar in fury. The Ender dragon raked his black claws against the Human’s back, tearing off his glorious golden wings. The humans scream echoed around the End Dimension. The Ender dragon threw him into the stone below, watching as it cracked from the impact of the Human. The dragon landed in front of the human and flicked its helmet off with one of his claws. A pale faced human was revealed. Brownish black wavy hair and deep sea blue eyes stared up at the dragon. Blood leaked from a cut on its lip. “Your name, Human, so I know who my worthiest adversary, below that of Lord Herobrine is.” The Human tilted his head to the side and spat out a small amount of blood before facing the dragon again. A soft voice, no longer behind that of a metal suit, responded. “Codelord... my name is Codelord. And removing my suit is possibly one of the worst mistakes you could make!” An explosion sent both the massive dragon and Codelord, flying through the void. Power radiated from the cracks in Codelord’s armor and flowed from his skin, giving it a glowing appearance. They both finally landed on the End stone, skidding to a halt and kicking up white dust. A massive pair of ethereal wings sprouted from Codelord’s back as the armor evaporated into thin air. His Cyber sword changed from that of a simple glowing blue blade to a massive claymore radiating with golden energy. “Each operator and admin represents a certain aspect of life, or something of their choosing. I chose POWER.” With a single beat of his massive wings, Codelord was launched from one part of the end to the other. His movements being a simple flash of light, he appeared right in front of the Ender dragon’s snout. The Ender dragon flinched as the Claymore came down on his head. The dragon flinched to the left, barely dodging the swords trajectory as it sliced the membrane between his right wing. He roared in pain as he brought his claws again, on the back of the human, again raking the golden wings off. He smashed his two paws together, capturing the human between his claws. Purple blood ran freely from the many scratches that lay upon the dragon’s hide. Scales littered the End stone as he stared into the human’s eyes. “You have caused me great pain, human. But I will recover given time. And when I do, I will find you, and kill you. But alas, I told you I would see you fall to your death. Therefore, I will never see your pitiful form in my sight again. I hope you are forever lost in the spaces between dimensions, Human.” The Ender dragon tossed the human into the darkness surrounding them; the Ender dragon didn’t notice that he threw his Claymore at his chest. The blade pierced his chest and struck dangerously close to his heart. He roared as he fell forwards, tumbling into the crack between dimensions. The human smiled... knowing his death would be soon, but in knowing, that he had helped his brother survive another day, and that the downfall of Herobrine was near... And then, darkness consumed him... -Flashback end- Codelord stared as he saw Celestia fall. With a mental thought, he primed his jetpack and exploded forth from the tower top, aiming just a little lower than the Princess’s falling speed. He rocketed towards the fallen Alicorn, picking up speed in hopes of catching her. He pointed his forelegs forwards and pushed his mental link to the max, making the fire expelling from his jetpack change from red, to blue. His speed increased as he aligned himself with Celestia, just a couple inches away... The ground was fast approaching. He reached out towards the Alicorn and gripped at her tail. Catching that, he heaved himself further towards the head of chest of the Alicorn. “I hope she can forgive me for this...” He wrapped his four legs around Celestia’s chest and gripped her hair in his teeth. He pulled up with both his body and hers, the G-forces of the sudden deceleration caused him pain in his head as the mental link tried to keep the connection steady. “HNNG-!” They slowly pulled up, far away from the city, exactly near where the Wagon had been parked in that cave. It still wasn’t enough to stop them from crashing. He twisted around to save Celestia from most of the damage she would no doubt receive from the force of the impact. A quick look to his heath and armour bar confirmed his suspicion. He might die from the crash. He took the brunt of the impact from the hill and bounced from the top of the hill. His entire back had been scratched from the rocks and dirt as he scraped against the ground, kicking up dirt all around them as the slowed to a halt. Half a heart left, his entire armor set had shattered. “Ach...! Damn... that hurt.” He pulled a health potion from his inventory and forced it down his throat, he was lucky Frozen had changed the flavour from Cherry to raspberry. He got another one and gave it to Celestia, watching as the wounds slowly closed. But his fear was realized as the wounds on either side of her shoulders closed. She would never fly again... “I’m sorry... Celestia...” A shadow passed overhead and he looked up, his eyes widened in surprise and excitement. “No, bucking. Way...!” A rope fell from the shadow above, a figure stood over a railing on the side of a magnificent golden and silver ship. “Ahoy down there! Do ya need a lift mate?” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change, Admin Walker V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V The door splintered again as everyone jumped from it in surprise, drawing their weapons and preparing for combat. The crystal communicator kicked up then. The crackle and bangs of cannon fire could be heard over the voice speaking. “This is Captain Shinning Armor of the Celestial Guards. The Puritanium Titan Cannon has been deserted by Codelord. Who left to save the Princess, I have taken it upon myself to fire the gun and the Wither will be kept at bay, over and out.” Gamer nodded his head, “Alright, you heard the Captain. Head towards the Dwarves and say the phrase. This defense has fallen!” I pulled my knives from my belt and jammed them between the handlebars of the door, hopefully that would help. I glanced at Gamer and he nodded. I turned to the men and ponies around me as we headed towards the Dwarf holds. “Alright everyone let’s move.” They all nodded at what I had said and started lightly jogging towards the Dwarf door. All of us were tired and exhausted as we headed deeper into the mountain from the tower main entrance. That was when the explosion hit. We turned and saw that the door had been blown open and that a black cloaked figure strode righteously through the debris of the door. His cloak, as black as the darkness of night, black gauntlet on his left hand and a black sword in his right, mirrored the color of his cloak, giving him a foreboding presence.. White glowing eyes stared at the fleeing remnants of the alliance army. Gamer swore, “Alright, everyone. Start heading towards the door, I’ll hold him off.” One of the Celestial guards spoke up. “Sir, that’s suicide!” Gamer drew his Pistol and sword. “That is my repentance...” Gamer strode towards the Herobrine, who simply smiled at him. “Ah, well hello Gamer. I never got the time to thank you for the help all those years ago. Just so you know Manic has filled your place rather nicely, no?” I tried to tune them out as we hurried towards the gate. As I passed him I whispered. “Don’t get yourself killed. I want a crack at him myself and you have a lot of explaining to do.” He nodded and moved me behind him. “That's a promise I might not be able to keep, sir." He smiled sadly, hefted his sword on his shoulder and strode forwards. "Take care of my troops, Admin. We’re all counting on you to end it, and I’ll explain another time... If I survive this encounter, that is.” He rushed towards the black cloaked figure as the massive stone and metal doors behind him closed, sealing us from the outside and from whatever was happening to Gamer now. We turned to face the Dwarfs in hope of being secure from the Wither outside, only to come face to face with bodies littering the floor, blood on the walls and a Beast of a man in armour staring at us. In both hands he held two swords, I knew who this was. “Manic Pandemonium...” “AdmIn WAlkEr... wE MeEt aGaiN...” I picked up a fallen Dwarf’s sword and moved towards the colossal man, as he lifted his swords I let my battle cry go, and charged. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Perspective Change, FrozenFire_ V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Frozen stood inside his laboratory with Zecora, stone littering the floor, a hole in one wall and cracked and broken flasks littered the floor. He pointed towards the exit then her and the sound asleep foal on her back. “You wish me to leave?” There was no time to think of Rhymes in this situation, people and ponies were dying out there, and only their potions could help. He nodded and passed her a potion. ‘Potion of Invisibility’ “You wish me to escape?” He sadly nodded and turned his back to her. He heard the door close behind him, before a smashing of glass and a clatter of hooves alerted him to the Zebra’s departure. They had agreed that Zecora was to take the Colt he had found earlier and escape from the castle. He silently sighed, and picked his staff up. He silently left his laboratory and walked about the broken hallways of the castle. He found a few ponies, lying on their sides. They were too far gone to save, he gave them potions to ease their suffering, and continued to his destination. He looked at the stained glass windows, once depicting certain events of standing in the castle. Now lay shattered in the corridors of the stone fortress. A hissing alerted him to the presence of a Creeper. He paused and hid behind the corner. The green monster walked into the pass, twisting its head from side to side. Hissed, flicked its green forked tongue at the air, before turning and walking down a side passage. He breathed a silent sigh of relief. He thought of Admin, and if he could contact him. All he could hear was silence though. He must be too far out of range to contact. He pressed off of the wall and walked back down the corridor, heading off to the throne room. Finding himself at the broken, golden doors of the throne room he mentally sighed again and walked up to the throne. He pointed his staff at it and drew an intricate design on the base, before casting dispel on the stairs. He watched as the stairs retracted and revealed a small case, hidden away from everyone but the most trusted of people and ponies. Those few being only Himself and Celestia. The case was small and blue, nothing too fancy as to not draw attention if anyone should possibly find it. There was a special lock on the chest that reacted only to his, and Celestia’s magical signature. He pointed his staff’s crystal at the lock and mentally commanded the lock to open. His manna bar emptied of the last of its reserves, and he mentally reminded himself to allow it to recharge fully or drink a manna potion An almost silent click, echoed through the throne room. Glancing behind him to make sure no one, or monster was looking in, he picked up the case. Frozen opened the case to reveal a shard of a glimmering gold and white hilt of a sword, a pure White Diamond embedded in the hilt and the grip being made of an engraved design of vines and flowers. A model hammer and anvil hung at the end of it, attached by a chain of titanium steel. This was the Hilt... the hilt of a long ago destroyed sword. One that many had forgotten, faded into myth and legend. The Sword of Notch. > Chapter 7 Nightfall Part 8 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I stared into the mask of the monstrous man in front of me, placing the tip of my sword between myself and him. Squinting my eyes, I placed my feet further apart to solidify my stance, watching as the tower of meat and metal drew its twin swords. I strengthened my grip on my sword and cracked my neck as Manic Pandemonium loudly stomped his way towards me. I steeled myself and charged with a war-cry towards the metal monster before me. With a clash of steal and sparks, our weapons collided and the vibrations shook down my arms as my weapon suddenly spouted cracks along the edge. Shoving back I twirled the blade and sheathed it. Pulling out my bow, I notched an arrow and let it fly. The arrow twirled towards the metal man’s mask, with a lightning fast blur, a greenish coloured sword swiped the arrows to the left. A dark menacing growl echoed around me as the fight between Manic’s honour guard and the remaining survivors from the retreat overpowered the sounds of my own thoughts. The metal monstrosity rushed me and I brought my bow up in self defence. A sickening crack was heard and I went flying back into a Dwarven pillar with a grunt. “It SeEms ThAT YoU STiLl LaCK MEaNs tO DeFeaT mE!” I grunted and looked at the shattered bow in my hands. Throwing it to the side I stood up on shaky legs. “Hookay… let’s see what I have here.” I swished my hand in front of me and brought up my inventory menu. Searching swiftly through some of the contents of the packages, I found something of use. “He…he…he…” Pulling the long metallic weapon out of my pocket, the hum of energy being charged echoed throughout the cave as I tore the remains of my shirt off. Slapping the barrel of the Mining Laser into the palm of my hand, I spread my wings and boosted myself closer to Manic and pointed the gun straight at his head. “Dodge this!” A red bolt of energy discharged from the weapon and slammed into the spine of his blocking sword and sent him flying backwards. Pressing a few buttons on the side of the mining laser, I changed it into scatter mode. “LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!!” The mining laser charged and fired its scatter round, tearing pieces of the ground and ceiling apart on its course to its intended target. While the gun fired, I flapped my wings and boosted myself to the left of Manic. I pulled the trigger twice and boosted away from the twin swords arcing down at me. I skidded to a stop further away than I’d intended. Charging another scatter blast, I pointed it towards Manic- wait… where did he go? Holding the tool in front of me, I turned sharply around, searching for my enemy. I heard a whistling and rolled to avoid the twin swords that impaled where I originally was. Groaning, I stood back up again, it seems that my left wing was broken from the amount of hits I’d taken… as well as most of my armor. “…shit…” Three hearts left… I had to end this quickly… I stood panting before the titan of a monster man before me. My mining laser dangerously low on power with only a few scatter shots left. A dark laugh echoed around the room. The owner’s voice no longer distorted from the lack of a helmet, I must’ve gotten a good hit in if he’s missing that. Manic pulled his twin great swords out of the ground and scoffed at me. “It seems, that you are no match for me still Walker. Perhaps you would like to come quietly and save me the trouble of beating you into the ground further.” Manic’s face clearly showed the murderous glee that he was feeling towards me. I scowled and spat a small amount of blood from my mouth. He chuckled, his silver hair swaying with it. I could clearly see the dark blue almost black veins bulge underneath his sickly pale skin. Gross… “Shall we continue?” I spread one of my wings out behind me, the other dragged broken on the floor. The feathers on both of them in complete disarray, I’d need to fix them later- if I even get out of here. “Before we begin, I have something to say…” His head cocked to the side, curiosity outweighing his want to kill me. “Very well, speak.” I pressed the mode button on the mining tool, switching it onto a high powered setting. “Your mother was a HAMSTER, and your father smelt of ELDERBERRIES!” I pulled the trigger and fired the laser from the gun. The explosion of power burned slightly at my skin as the humongous beam of energy exploded on Manic’s armour, sending him flying and crashing into the side of the Dwarven architecture. The impact made the mountain around me shudder as the entire wall was blown away, clearly showing the outside in the distance. We must have been far underground for the sky to look so far away. I dropped the mining laser and fell to my knees. Others around me were groaning in pain and trying to get up from their respective fights. One of the soldiers limped over to me and helped me up. “Come’on sir, we need to get out of here. The others are probably waiting for us…” I weakly nodded, and using my sword as a makeshift cane, we limped down the corridors towards the exit of the mountain. The light of the outside shined down at us, I squint my eyes against the blinding light. Altogether there were only ten others who survived the attack from the original thirty. That was including me. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Battlefield of Rockwall V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Numerous battles were being fought over the battlefield as warriors clashed against monsters. Many monsters carried arms and armour to protect them from the sun that breathed down its hellish light upon the dark-spawned killers. Metal clashed on metal as screams of both terror, and battle was heard across the plains. A dark shadow was cast down upon the fighters below, many looking up to see the looming darkness of the Wither. Its three heads spewed poison and its pores ooze a cloud of darkness, a black cloud forming over the field. A single loud horn echoed around the battlefield, a bright light came from the horizon as a golden and silver Artisian ship glided through the air to turn sharply and halt port facing towards the Wither. The three heads of the Wither let out a loud screech as several silver lights rocketed from the portside of the golden and silver ship. Five shots missed the Wither while two slammed directly into the beast’s belly, causing black blood to gush out of wounds inflicted by the cannons. The wounds themselves were glowing with silver light that cauterized the wounds as well as continuously burn at the Wither’s bone and skin. Several more shots fired off from the ship as its engines propelled it forwards. Flags flapped from the balloons that held it aloft, the image showing a silver star shining brightly a sun, whilst on the hull as an iron and gold replica of said image was attached to the hull of the ship. The airship The Celestial Dawn had arrived upon the battlefield. The Celestial Dawn glided hauntingly forwards as hundreds of black orbs were tossed from the sides of the ship, falling down to the ground below as the ship itself continued its assault on the Wither. A cry of war echoed around the battlefield as the orbs, now confirmed as Ender Pearls, shattered upon the ground. A haze of purple and black smoke erupted from the shattered shells as hundreds of Aether Guard stood from their crouched positions, drew their Zanite blades and charged at the monsters around them. Three soldiers stood out amongst the thousands around them. The first stood tall and proud, The Hammer of Notch in one hand and a Lightning sword in the other. He slaughtered the undead monsters around him with naught but a single flick of either hammer or blade. His servitor arm gripping randomly at monsters and throwing them into others as his mechanical blue eye winked merrily as the gold surrounding it reflected the faces of the monsters he killed. His long cloak flapped about in a twirling dance of death as his hammer caved in the head of a monster and his sword cut of the head of another. His brown, blood stained boots crushing skulls and breaking bones as he tread like death itself upon the battlefield. The aura of authority the figure held raised the moral of his troops as they danced the dance of death. Lord Dylan laughed as the monsters fell before his might. Teams of Pegasi flew about, raining death with their wingblades or striking from clouds with bolts of lightning, it seemed as if the heavens themselves had descended upon the battlefield to bring their wrath upon the monsters. The second soldier, a Pegasus pony, stood out as he twirled, dived and flew through the lines of monsters. His bright blue coat and sky blue mane standing out from the dark as night armor he wore. Sergeant Stormy Skies had a concentrated look on his face as he dived out of the way of an arrow, and returned the favor by slicing the head of the Skeleton as he flew past it. The third soldier smirked as he twirled his gravitite quarterstaff around him. A ring of Zombies surrounded the Captain of the Aether Guard. He chuckled softly as the ring of zombie’s converged on him. The Captain slammed the butt of his staff into the ground and repulsed the ring of zombies around him. Dashing forwards, he danced around the zombie and cracked open the monsters head, his gravatite quarterstaff sending it flying to smash into the few surrounding zombies. A zombie jumped at him, Captain Dragoon_Scale simply uppercutted the zombie with the butt of his staff sending it flying upwards and out of sight. He chuckled and focused back onto the rest of them. A squadron of Angelic Guards were fighting a large group of Wither Skeletons, wielding Holy swords and wearing Valkyrie Armour to protect and destroy their foes. The Angels fought; dealing massive amounts of damage to the Wither Skeletons as they decapitated them, Angels also fell in battle against the Wither Skeletons. A commanding shout sounded over the clash of steel as Lord Dylan Wood held his hammer above his head. He shouted out to his troops, inspiring courage to his warriors. “Hold this line my friends! We must buy them time to escape!” “Even though we walk through the valley of shadow and corruption, we shall fear neither death nor decay, for thou art with us!” “Thou art with us!” was the ferocious reply from his troops. “Thy love and loyalty, they guide us. Thy kindness and honesty, they comfort us. And the light of thine generosity shall warm our cold hearts. Thy magic shall illuminate our path so we shall neither falter nor trip upon the rock beneath our feet. As long as friendship stands strong in these dark times… good will triumph over evil, and we! Shall! PREVAIL!” “We Shall Prevail!” The war cry echoed over the battlefield, horns sounding the charge as the ponies and Aether Guard fought, rushed forwards to meet the army of monster. V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V On Top of a Hill V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Two figures stood on top of a hill as they watched the chaos unfold below them. One was eating out of a box of popcorn as he was snaked around the neck of the other. The second was impatiently tapping he holed hoof against the ground as her dragonfly wings buzzed in agitation. “Discord, will you please control yourself! We have work to get done.” “Come come, Cryssi! With Ol’ Smokey out of the way now, we have a better shot at getting in... Ugh, ‘His’ good graces.” “That’s not the point! We need to move now, not later!” “And miss out on all this delicious chaos…!” The draconequus gasped in a mocking way. “I swear to the High Ones, Discord! I will vaporize you if we aren’t gone in the next several minutes.” Chrysalis hissed to the mismatched creature that hung around her neck. “Oh, you’re no fun at all!” Clicking his claws, the draconequus appeared standing next to the changeling queen. He placed his lion paw on her outer shell and snapped his claws again. The two disappeared in a flash of white, only to appear upon a white cloud. “What is this place Discord…?” “Ah, there you two are, I’ve been expecting you.” The two turned around to face the feminine voice. The pony threw off her hood, revealing a flowing starry dark blue starry mane, a pair of cat like cyan eyes complete with fangs for teeth. “Come, we have work to do.” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Admin’s POV V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V “Sound the horn, we made it out…” After a nod from the soldier, he pulled a horn out and went further outside the exit of the mountain. I leaned against the wall, strength draining from me as the adrenaline wore off from my fight. I sighed softly and slid down to the ground. “Why does everything have to be so damn hard in this game…” “Maybe because you try too hard…” I turned towards the person- sorry, Pony speaking and chuckled hollowly. “And who are you?” “Well… some call me Notch, Notch Bow.” I curiously looked over the pony sitting next to me. He had a black coat with a brown mane and his eyes were kind’a a hazel blue- not unlike my own. I squint my eyes at him. “… Have we met before…? I feel like we have…” Notch Bow simply chuckled and shook his head. “Not in this lifetime I’m afraid. I doubt I’d met you before, you seem like someone who would be remembered.” I hummed and sniffed as the pony walked away. “Eh… he’s probably right. I mean come’on! I’ve never even met a freaking Notch Bow before.” I scoffed at the silliness of it all and looked back at where he was sitting. Resting against the wall was a Diamond Pickaxe and something bundled up in a cloth. Curiously I reached over and opened up the cloth, it contained… a shard of some sort. It… kind’a looked like a part of a blade, fractured yes, but still part of one. I looked over the shinning silver metal and noticed a script etched on it, hardly readable without the rest of the blade, but what was on this shard… It showed a single hammer on it… was this a clue to its maker? The etching was in diamond so… who could it be? I knew of no other Admin’s or Operators who had diamond etchings on their crafts. I noticed the same design on the Diamond Pickaxe’s handle. “…huh…” V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V Battlefield of Rockwall, Celestial Dawn V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V The battlefield had fires erupting in random areas. Bodies littered the ground, Minecraftian, Pony and Monster alike, none were spared the cruel fate of death. Several or more figures walked amongst the dead, chanting in a language of a higher order. Incense spread its smoke across the battlefield, masking the stench of death from those walking in its wake. Lord Dylan stood on top of The Celestial Dawn, his mechanical arm twirling slightly. He sighed, turned away from the view over the valley and walked back inside. He followed the signs to the medical bay and walked in, two forms resting upon the beds in there. One a pink and, slightly bruised, Pig. The other, the fallen Princess Celestia, bloody and beaten. “How is she Doctor Stable?” “She will make a full recovery, My Lord. But her wing joints have been seared shut, the nerves far too damaged to allow for the wings themselves to be reattached. Her magic reserves have also dropped immensely, we hypothesize that she now holds the same amount of power as her student does. Although, how this may affect her... we haven't the slightest clue. Most of what we are doing now is guesswork. The others and myself included, suggest symptoms such as drowsiness, sudden shakes in common with hypothermia among other symptoms that have yet to be seen.” “…and what about him?” Lord Dylan gestured slightly to the resting form of Codelord. “He will also make a full recovery… in fact. He already has and is now trespassing upon my hospitality. He has already tried several practical jokes to… lighten the mood…” Dylan looked around the room, noticing the few scorch makes and helium balloons on, or floating against the ceiling. “… I would be immensely grateful, My Lord, if you were to remove him from my care.” A chorus of pops filled the room and a few of the balloons floating around the room fell to the floor in ripped pieces of rubber, immediately a higher than normal pitch voice started squeakily laughing. “Ho! Oh Boy! I love the way Helium just makes your voice sound like a pre-schooler.” Dylan’s hand slowly traveled its way down his face and sighed, squeakily. “God dammit, Codelord… why do you continue to vex me.” Again, said in a squeaky voice. “Aw come’on dude, ya know ya love it when we get our squeaky on.” Doctor Stable didn’t say a word and just looked at Dylan in a pleading way, before leaving the room. A few more balloons popped and fell to the floor. “Hey! I sound like Alvin from the Chipmunks movie! Hahahah!” ‘This was going to be a long day…’ … A few hours later, the helium balloons were gone, and his voice and returned to normal. Leaving a sulking Codelord in his bed, Dylan checked up on Celestia. “Hey there Celly, looks like you took a beating out there today, how’re you feeling?” Celestia groaned and turned to face Dylan. “To be honest with you… like I got into Lord Festor’s Nordic Mead again…” “Well, Doctor Stable said the headache should be going away after tomorrow, and that you should make a full recovery with magical aid by then as well.” “Wonderful… wake me then will you?” Her head hit the pillow underneath it with a soft thud. “Thought she’d have wanted to know we won the battle here.” Dylan turned to face Codelord and grunted. “We’ve all had a long day my friend, and could each use our rest. Some… more than others.” The two of them glanced at the resting- now unicorn, her soft breaths barely being heard by both of them. “…I have yet to thank you for gifting us that Puritanium when we picked you up Codelord. So… thank you.” Codelord’s eyes widened in surprise. “Hey, even I can’t be a joker 24/7, I can take things seriously.” “…” “…?” Dylan cleared his throat before continuing. “We’ll be stopping in High Rockwall and dropping you lot off before returning to the Aether, there have been reports of spies amongst the guard.” Lord Dylan left the room, heading down towards the control room, giving a silent acknowledgement to his other brethren on board as he passed them in the hallways. Reaching the Control Room, he sat in the captain’s chair and pressed the intercom button. “Navigator Scott, please take us in.” “Right away My Lord.” Dylan relaxed in his chair, looking outside the viewport of the Control Room. The burning city of High Rockwall stood in the foreground, its towers painted in red flames, its walls shattered and most of the city burning. He huffed and rested his head on his hand… it’s going to be a long day… V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V High Rockwall War Room V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V^V The surviving leaders of The Alliance (We voted on shortening it to just The Alliance, it was too long a name anyway), sat around the fractured table of the War Room. Many sporting injuries from the battle prior. The room had some missing walls, but it’d do for a meeting place for now. I leaned against the wall, the Diamond Pickaxe that was left by that suspicious pony before, hanging on my belt. I’d decided to use the Pick as my main weapon from now on. It was more durable than the silver sword I was using prior and more durable than my daggers. This reminds me, I need to get some throwing knives at some point. I held the shard of the sword in my hand, staring at the single diamond hammer etched into the metal. I sighed and looked around me, they were at it again. “The only way they could have gotten in, is if we were betrayed! That is the ONLY logical solution!” Man… if these guys were ponies, they’d all have cutie marks in arguing- wait, what would that even look like? Shaking my head and chuckling softly in amusement, I refocused my attention on the proceeding before me. “We must find this traitor, it is vital to the continuation of our survival! The traitor could sell other secrets to the enemy!” “You forget the enemy is merely toying with us! Herobrine could crash in at any moment and slay us all! The only reason we are alive is because he either finds us amusing or not worth his time!” Probably the later rather than the former… (You remember this right? Frozen Red, Addie Blue.) You do realise I can still hear you? Ah, Frozey-bud! How’re you! I am quite alright thank you Walker, how are things proceeding up there? They’re at it again. You could stop them you know? But why would I end all of this funny business? Because you are an Admin and like it or not, keeping the peace is your business. I sighed and pushed myself gently off the wall, limping over to the war table and leaning on it. “Like it or not you lot, the traitor is obviously not amongst us anymore. We need to focus on different agendas at this time! Not… squabble like dogs over scraps of meat!” Lord Dylan nodded his head and added his piece. “Walker is right, we must focus on the tasks we can focus on. Finding the traitor right now is not our top priority- although it is amongst them.” “First things first…” I pushed off the table and gestured around us. “… repairs need to have begun immediately after this gathering has finished.” General murmurs of agreement sounded throughout the room. “But where will we get the supplies!” I looked at the Minecraftian who said this. “I will supply them. You may use all of my available tools to begin your reconstruction of High Rockwall.” Having said this, I pulled out most of my Alchemical bags and dumped them on the table. Keeping only the few that held my personal items. “Feel free to use these if you must, taking it all around with me is beginning to become frustrating. Honestly, there isn’t much I can do with this stuff.” I equipped my Administrative cloak and pulled the hood over my head as I left the room. There’s too much to do, and talking with those people isn’t going to make it go faster. Well, that went rather well, didn’t it? I turned to face the voice and saw FrozenFire_ leaning against the wall with his staff across his back. He pushed off the wall, straightened his laboratory cloak out and walked up to me. He gestured for us to continue walking down the ruined corridors. “As I was just thinking to myself, talking with them isn’t going to make this war go faster. If anything, it’s slowing us down when we could be out there helping those that need it.” Yes, I agree. There are other things we need to focus on at this point. For example, we need to be finding Notch’s forge as well as the remaining shards of his sword. While we do have the handle of the sword, its charging gem, along with the shards of the blade, are still missing. I nodded and looked over at the shattered stained glass windows. “We could be looking for those, but I was thinking more along the lines of an attack on the Nether Gate, as well as the prison inside.” Frozen looked over at me with shock. Addie, an attack on the Nether Gate as well as the Tartarus prison would be a suicide mission! “I know which was why I was thinking a six man squad in teams of three. One squad running diversion on the outside to lure the guards away from the Gate, and the prison. The other squad would sneak inside, kill the Warden and his Guards, free the prisoners and then take over the prison itself. Its cells are made of Dark Stone, and will come in handy when capturing our enemies.” And what of the shards? “We will be collecting those ourselves Frozen. We’ll need some volunteers to go to the Nether Gate, and some to come with us.” And how exactly did you intend to get us inside? And which of us will be going to the Nether Gate? I smirked. “Can you call a meeting? And, how many invisibility potions can you cook up in three days time…?” End of Nightfall Arc