Crack!

Stan smiled, the last of the broken, old buildings of Element City was going down under the quick upper-cut of energy he'd just sent toward it. The crowd below him cheered, and Stan saw Charlie waving his pickaxe with joy. His smile saddened. He missed Kat, and DZ. They'd've enjoyed this, he thought.

"Hey… Stan…. Come… Sal… ademy… Bring… Charlie… Jayden…" A voice came out of nowhere, startling Stan.

"Sally?" he asked

"Yep…" The voice responded, "Just… as… told…"

Stan whooshed down next to Charlie.

"Hey, Stan, what's up?" Charlie asked, confused.

"Sally contacted me. Grab my hand."

"What?"

Stan grabbed Charlie's hand and pushed the button in his mind, to go to Sally's server.

Charlie hit the ground and found that he could stand without any pain. He looked down at his legs. They were good as new! He jumped for joy, "Wooooooo hoooooooo!"

"What!" Stan's voice rang out next to him, "Kat! G! Archie!"

Charlie looked up and saw the three of them standing there with Sally flying a little above them. Sally smirked, "Surprise!"

Stan and Charlie were speechless, up until they were scared out of their wits.

"BOO!" yelled a player behind them.

Stan, remembering that he had operating powers, whipped out a diamond axe with the highest of Sharpness enchantments and struck the player in the neck, effectively decapitating him. The player respawned right on top of them, this not being a Hardcore PvP server. He was laughing uproariously in a New York accent, "Oh my gosh! I got you so good!"

"DZ!" Stan yelled, giving him a hug, "Man, is it good to see you!"

"What are we, chopped liver?" asked a player to Stan's left.

Stan looked over and saw a player with blond hair, glasses, a blue sweatshirt with a white t-shirt underneath, and blue jeans. He was leaning on a diamond sword that glittered with various enchantments.

Next to him stood another player, a boy with dirty blond hair, a grey sweatshirt, and grey sweatpants. He, too, was holding a diamond sword with enchantments. On the first player's right side was a girl, she had soft brown eyes, long, light blond hair, a purple jacket on over a white t-shirt, and blue jean shorts. This girl was holding a bow in her hand.

"Who're you?" Stan asked.

The boy in the middle responded, "Gameknight17, or Gameknight, take your pick," he gestured to the other boy, "this is ShadowFox07 or just Fox," Fox inclined his head and smiled as Gameknight pointed to the girl, "and this is my, uh, very special friend," Gameknight blushed, "Kelly."

Stan sensed a lot more to their relationship then Gameknight had hinted.

"How'd you guys meet Sally, G, Archie, and DZ?"

"Well, Stan," DZ said rapidly, "after I was banished from Elementia, I joined another server and I walked into a village that was, apparently, under attack from Herobrine! Well, a lot of stuff happened and, when Sally invited me to join this server, I asked if she could bring my three friends along, and she agreed!"

Gameknight nodded, "DZ was awesome when we fought."

"You're being modest, Gameknight," DZ responded, not only did you duel Herobrine, you…"

"Please, DZ, don't overestimate me."

DZ shook his head, "alright, I'll talk about Kelly now," Gameknight smacked his forehead, "she's an awesome archer and I thought, before we do the fun stuff, we could see who was the better archer, Archie or Kelly, and maybe see if you, Gameknight, could beat Stan in a fight."

"No operating powers," Stan agreed, smiling "Prepare to lose."

Gameknight smirked, "Agreed, but you need to prepare to lose."

Sally interrupted them, "Stan, can you please go and get Jayden, already!?"

Gameknight smiled, "You'll beat Archie, easy."

Kelly smiled as she pulled out her bow, with only an Infinity Enchantment, "You have too much confidence in me."

Gameknight nodded, "That may be true, but I could say the same to you, about me," his grey eyes clouded over.

"You worried about your battle?"

Gameknight smiled nervously, "Kind of. I've never fought without my double sword before."

"You did once, and were awesome with it."

"Kelly!" Archie called out, "You chickening out?"

"Of course not!" Kelly called back. She jumped up to the platform that Stan, Jayden, and Sally had constructed. She pulled out her bow and Archie pulled out his. It, also, had an Infinity enchantment.

"Okay, guys," Sally had flown down from the sky, "you each get one stack of dirt blocks to make small forts or protection or whatever with."

She handed each of them a stack, "Begin!"

Kelly instantly whipped out her bow, fired three shots toward Archie, then, using the time Archie had to dive out of the way, built a small dirt wall, one block tall. Archie leaped up, fired an arrow at Kelly, who dodged, and ran toward the wall. Kelly saw he was trying to take her cover from her, and whipped out three arrows. She fired the first two, then held the third one in her hand, lunged toward Archie, and stabbed him in the hand, making him drop his bow.

Archie yelled in pain and surprise while Kelly swept up his bow, and fired three arrows toward Archie. Archie saw the arrows too late, two sunk into his chest, and one into his left leg while he was diving away. Kelly stood on top of Archie and fred two arrows at his head. Archie moved his head so the first one hit next two his ear, but the second landed right between his eyes. He disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Fox cheered while Kelly lifted her hands in victory. Gameknight rushed forward and gave Kelly a bear hug cheering all the way. Archie respawned in the middle of the arena.

"Dang, Kelly, you are good," he said, "Good game," he offered her his hand.

Kelly took it, "Good game."

"My turn," Stan said, wearing full diamond armour, no enchantments.

Gameknight quickly pulled out a full set of diamond armour and started putting it on. When that was done, Gameknight pulled out twin diamond swords and strapped one to his right hip. Sally was about to offer them dirt to build with, but Gameknight pushed it away.

"Thanks, Sally, but we don't need to defend."

Gameknight squared his shoulders then said to Stan, "Your move."

Stan charged, raising his diamond axe high. Gameknight feignted to the left, but charged to the right. Stan's axe hit the stone block at the corner of the arena, but then he swirled around and struck Gameknight across his sword-hilt, knocking the sword from his hand. Gameknight drew his other diamond sword and attacked, swirling like a cyclone. Stan raised his axe to defend, but it got knocked aside. Gameknight's sword cut him across the chestplate, cracking the diamond and knocking Stan backward. Gameknight jumped up and brought his sword down in a single strike, ready to finish Stan off.

Stan rolled to the side, and Gameknight's strike broke his sword. It vanished in a puff of smoke. Gameknight lunged toward the sword he'd left on the ground, but Stan slammed into him like a freight train. Gameknight tumbled to the side. Stan brought down his axe in a mighty chop, but Gameknight kicked Stan in the stomach while grabbing his axe, effectively wrenching the axe from Stan's hands. Stan was on his knees when Gameknight threw the axe toward him.

Stan reached out his hand and caught the axe! Gameknight took the time his distraction had made and rolled toward his sword. He snatched it up, rose to his feet and blocked the axe that descended toward his head. He then attacked from Stan's left side, where he was weakest.

Rushing forward, Stan brought down his axe on Gameknight's sword, knocking it to the side, then he brought up the axe, knocking the helmet off Gameknight's head, stunning him. Stan brought down the axe, ready for a killing blow, but Gameknight rolled away, grabbed up his helmet, then threw it at Stan. Stan obviously hadn't been expecting this, and barely dodged to the side. Gameknight rushed toward him and jumped, doing a flip, while sheathing his sword.

Stan felt his head get pulled back, then slammed to the ground. It hurt, worse than it should have with his diamond helmet on. He felt his head. Where was his diamond helmet!?

"Looking… looking for this?" Gameknight said between pants. He was holding Stan's diamond helmet in his hand. He put it on his head.

Stan looked around, and saw Gameknight's old helmet about five blocks from him. Stan lunged but Gameknight's sword thrust shattered his left shoulder-guard on his chestplate, knocking him to the side. Gameknight attacked again, driving him back, then lunged out with a furious combination of sword slashes, stabs, and punches with his free hand. Suddenly, Stan was knocked down, but did a worm motion, forcing himself back up, and kicking Gameknight hard in the stomach.

Gameknight stumbled backward, and in that time, Stan got to his feet and rammed into Gameknight, throwing him off balance. He tumbled backward and Stan grabbed the diamond helmet, shoved it haphazardly on his head, and rushed back at Gameknight, who'd just regained his footing. Gameknight saw Stan coming and thrust his sword at him, but Stan stepped to the side, and the sword went in-between his arm and his chest. Gameknight pulled his sword downward and did a front flip, bringing it down on Stan's left arm, cutting it from Stan's body.

Stan's axe had just cut a gash in the back of Gameknight's diamond armour when Stan dropped his axe from his hand and let out a howl of pain and anger. Stan head-butted Gameknight in the chest, grabbed him by his throat, swung him around and tossed him to the other side of the arena. Gameknight went flying one way, his sword went another. He forced himself to his feet, and ran toward his sword as Stan picked up his axe.

Gameknight turned around to see Stan leaping toward him, fire in his eyes. Gameknight raised his sword just in time, the axe clanged against the sword so hard Gameknight's teeth rattled. Gameknight recovered from this quicker than Stan and forced him back, then, catching the axe-blade on his sword-hilt, Gameknight forced the axe upward, above Stan's head. Gameknight suddenly pulled his sword down, and whirled like a tornado, hitting Stan in the exact same place on his chestplate as before, shattering it.

Stan was knocked back and his axe flew out of his hand. Gameknight's sword entered his chest before he could recover.

Gameknight stood, breathing hard, in the middle of the arena, Stan's helmet, leggings, boots, and axe all lay around him. Stan reappeared in a flash. He, too, was breathing hard. He reached his hand out toward Gameknight, "Well fought."

Gameknight took his hand, "Same to you."

Kelly cheered in the crowd and the rest looked on in disbelief. Gameknight had beaten Stan. They'd expected him to put up a fight, but, ultimately, to lose. Gameknight pumped his fist into the air, "Woho!"

Much later, the group was having a conversation.

"Guys, are you sure you want to go to Hypixel?" Sally asked, "Most of you have never played on multiplayer servers like it."

"I actually have," Gameknight responded, "I played BedWars on it once."

"Fine," Sally half-pouted, "let's go."

They all disappeared in a blink.