Hey guys! Remember that collab with NinjaMaster220 I told you guys about... well... It's finally here!
This story is called Rebellion and backstory: Ninja and I were first gonna write a fic about Team Smelted but we lost inspiration and this idea was created in its place! We're very excited because this is our first collab together and hope you enjoy!
As for Legend Part 2, you'll have to wait a bit longer. It's still in idea phase and I can't seem to start writing however much I try. Sorry bout that. Oh well.
*Ninja will be writing odd chapters (1, 3, 5, etc.) in the POV of her chosen characters, while I'm writing even chapters (2, 4, 6, etc.) in my selected characters' POVs. This story will not be posted every day, since you all know how my writer's block gets. Intense man.
Without further ado, welcome to the intricate world of Rebellion, and let us tell you a little story...
Liz's POV-
There was once a time of peace. This is not peace that you generally think of, but peace between friends. It seems so long ago for me. In reality it had only happened two years ago.
Many things have changed since that time. Life wasn't how it used to be. The only thing I used to care about was my friends and my older brother, but since then, I have had to change what I like and what I don't like. Life was much simpler four years ago.
Voices echoed all around me, causing a constant vibration in the air. There was also a constant feeling of body heat in the air. I pushed my way through the rolling sea of bodies, trying to get through quickly before the millions of recruits poured into the giant meeting hall. Many recruits moved out of the way when they realized that I was trying to get through, several also greeting me. I nodded to each recruit that said hi to me, a smile lighting my lips. This was home. Many of these recruits I had grown to know, whether they were human or not, older or younger. They respected me for me, unlike many other people, who didn't respect me because of my older brother.
Looking around the hallway that we were walking in, I saw many of the recruits armed with swords and other sorts of weapons. Generally everyone never left their tents without some sort of weapon on them. If we ever got ambushed at any time, and any one person didn't have a weapon on them, they would be killed. Many recruits had been lost due to this issue. I subconsciously put my hand on the hilt of my diamond sword, which I always tended to do when I was awake and moving around. Enemies constantly wanted to kill us, I had learned this the hard way, so since I began to fight in the war I had always put my hand on my sword.
After what seemed like an hour, the hallway broke into a giant meeting hall, and the crowd thinned out. I continued to walk forward, trying to find where my friends were located. The meeting hall, though generally used for meetings, was also used as a lunch hall. The room smelled of delicious pork and potatoes, which made my stomach growl. But I did not have time to eat.
"Liz, over here!" a voice exclaimed, and I turned towards the voice, which I recognized, and smiled. I ran over to him, and stopped when I was standing in front of him.
"Hey, Jason, is the meeting going to start soon?" I asked, brushing my bangs out of my face. Jason, one of my closest friends, nodded. I couldn't see if he had smiled, but I knew he did. In the six years that I had known him, I had never seen Jason's true identity. He always concealed himself, no matter the time or weather, always wearing the same blue suit that I had met him in and the same blue and orange helmet. Since I had first met him I had learned to tell his emotions by his body language and the tone of his voice, never actually seeing the emotions on his face.
"We were just waiting for you, Liz," another voice responded, and I turned to look at one of my other close friends, Deadlox. I smiled towards him, and then ran forward and gave him a giant hug. Like Jason, I had known Deadlox for a long time. When the Sky Army was created three years ago, he was one of the first ones to join my brother's army. They were the closest of friends, Deadlox and my brother. My brother helped Deadlox get through his rough past, as well as Deadlox helping my brother take control of the growing army that he was trying to set up. To me, both Jason and Deadlox were basically family. We always looked out for each other, even though I was younger than them.
Jason grabbed onto my arm, and he pulled me towards the back of the meeting hall. "Come on, the others are waiting for you." Together the three of us made our way to the back of the meeting hall, pushing our way through the giant crowd of recruits that were busy eating and chatting among themselves. Within a minute, though, we had pushed our way into a secure room, and Deadlox closed the door behind us when we walked in.
I turned around, and looked across the room to the other generals and lieutenants that were in the room with us. The seven other people in the room with us I knew personally, having worked with them for the past three years or so. One sat at the very end of the table, three open spots closest to him, and then the rest of the chairs were filled with the other six members that were in there before us. "Glad you could make it, Liz. What took you so long to get here?" Brotato asked, giving my a sly smile while flipping his long bangs out of his face.
Glaring towards him, I then shot, "Unlike you, I have other important things to do before coming over here since I'm not a lieutenant and have more responsibilities." Brotato returned the glare, and then shut up when the man at the end of the table held his hand out to him. Everyone else fell silent, and then the man at the end of the table stood up. He brushed his hair back away from the front of his sunglasses, and looked directly over to me.
"Sorry, Adam, I didn't mean to get you angry," I said, lowering my gaze to the ground.
My brother, Adam, looked over to me and smiled. "It is fine, Liz. Anyways, would you three like to take a seat so we can start the meeting?" Adam asked, and then me, Jason and Deadlox all nodded. We moved around to the end of the table, and took our respective seats at the table. I took my spot to the right of where Adam sat, while Jason sat to the left of Adam and Deadlox sat to Jason's left. the other general that was in the army other than me, Deadlox and Jason was my friend Ian, who was the oldest out of the group, being only a couple months older than Adam. The other lieutenants, Brotato, Bashur, AntVenom and Brice, also sat with us. At the very end, the Army Doctor, Quentin, sat and looked to the front of the table, keeping silent like the rest of the group.
Once everyone fell silent, Adam breathed in, and then he said, "As you all know, we have two rivals in this war that is going on, the Squids and the Power Moves Army. Two years the PMA, as they call themselves, has fought against us, constantly making it a problem to focus our main efforts on attacking the Squids. Though they used to be our friends, they have made themselves our enemies, and we have to deal with them like we would the Squids. Tomorrow morning, when the sun rises in the sky, we will march towards their camp and attack them. If we can stop them, then we won't have another problem to deal with when fighting against the Squids."
"We have tried for two years to defeat them, Adam. We have tried everything to stop them before, and nothing has worked so far. What do you have planned that is so different than all of the other ideas that you have had?" Quentin asked, leaning over to get a better look at Adam. The others agreed, though I just stayed silent and listened to the others.
"Quentin, we have learned their ways in attacking. Every time they attack, it is the same. If we take this knowledge and use it to maximize our chances in defeating them, then we can stop this fighting between us and only focus on the Squids," Adam said, looking to the others. "Mitchell, the leader, all he cares about is vengeance against us. He doesn't see what lies ahead in the long run, only the immediate time in front of him. He makes mistakes easily, and is cunning and crafty. With these, though, he is still an effective leader. We will have to be careful when we devise where we are going to strike from. Brotato, Bashur, Ant, Brice, I need you four to start prepping the recruits for battle. Tell them to make sure all of their gear is prepped for battle, but don't make them worry about what is going to happen. Deadlox, Jason, I need you two to make sure that we have enough supplies that we won't run out of it while we battle. This battle is going to be a long one, and we don't want to be the ones to give up the fight while they have the advantage of being on home turf. Quentin, I need you to start preparing to heal wounded soldiers tomorrow when we get there. Potions, bandages, anything you need to help the bleeding stop for a wound so that we can have as many recruits fight as we can. Finally, Ian and Liz, I need you two to go scout the border. Make sure that they are not preparing for a battle as well, that way we won't have twice as much blood on our hands at the end of tomorrow. Does everyone understand what they are doing?"
In unison, everyone nodded. Adam smiled towards us, and then he said, "Meeting dismissed. Liz, before you go, I have to talk to you." With that, everyone got up from the table and left, the lieutenants leaving first. Jason, Deadlox and Ian pulled back to wait for me while I walked up to my brother, who dragged me to the side to talk to me privately.
"Are you OK, sis?" Adam asked, looking towards me while whispering loud enough that I could hear him.
I was confused by this question. "Why wouldn't I be OK? I'm with my brother and my best friends, what else could anyone ask for?"
"I just thought that something was going on when you left the camp yesterday. You know how that worries me, Liz, when you go walking off on your own."
"Adam, chill! I can't stay cooped up here all of the time, and yesterday I needed to get out to cool down from training with the recruits. Besides, I took my sword with me, so if something would have happened, I would have been able to protect myself," I exclaimed, looking to my brother with annoyance plastered on my face.
"I worry for you sometimes. I know that you can take care of yourself, but you are only 16. You may have been fighting since you were 13, but that doesn't change the fact that if I lost you, I would be devastated. You are all that I have, Liz, and I want to protect you as much as I can."
"I get that, Adam. I would feel the same, but you don't need to be overly-protective like you are acting right now. Accidents happen sometimes, and nothing but Fate can control it. Even if I am 16, I am a general! I have proven my worth in fighting and commanding, even if I am younger than most everyone else."
Adam breathed in, and then he said, "You... you're right. I should trust you that you can protect yourself, Liz." My brother then brought me into him to give me a hug, and once he pulled away, he said, "You be careful out there with Ian. Make sure that he doesn't kill himself."
"No problem, sir." I pulled away, straightened up, and quickly saluted my brother. He saluted back to me, and then I turned around and walked back towards Jason, Deadlox and Ian. "Come on, let's get going," I said, walking past my friends. They quickly followed behind me, and Jason ran up to my side, Deadlox and Ian quickly joining him.
"What was that for?" Ian asked, looking over his shoulder quickly towards Adam, who had stayed behind to watch us go.
I waved my hand vaguely. "He was just checking up on me. The average brotherly-protection stuff that siblings go through. He just worries for me, which is normal with him. I don't remember a day in my life that he hasn't been protecting me from everything in the world."
All three boys laughed, and I looked to them all. My closest friends, my fellow generals. The only one over me was Jason, who was the head general. Deadlox and Ian were my companions, having the same rank as me. They were the ones that I worked with generally, the ones that I did missions with and the ones that I fought alongside with. We had gone through thick and thin, days with danger and days that were calm. I couldn't imagine my life without them.
"Well, we have to get going if we plan on scouting the border and making it back before nightfall. Have fun checking up with supplies, Deadlox and Jason," Ian said, smiling over to them.
Deadlox rolled his eyes, and then he laughed. "This will be a blast. Don't get yourselves killed out there."
"We don't plan on it. May Notch be with you always."
"Notch be with you two."
With that, Deadlox and Jason turned to walk deeper into the camp, and I turned to Ian. "Let's go," I said, and then I pulled out my diamond sword and began to walk to the outskirts of the camp. Ian pulled out his diamond sword as well, and he quickly followed behind me. It didn't take long to reach the edge of the trees where it marked the outside of our camp, and then we pushed through into the trees. The sounds of the camp were left behind as we traversed into the forest, the only sounds being our breathing and the steps of our feet.
Half an hour later, we walked out of the forest and to an open plain, where the edge of our border and the PMA border was connected. There wasn't an actual border, as most provinces work, but there were markers, like the most prominent marker was a giant chasm that stretched across the plains, separating the two areas for a good six hundred blocks in every direction. I approached the edge, careful to not fall in, and looked down to the bottom. At the bottom there was a small river, and I could see many different ores in the walls of the chasm that hadn't been mined yet.
Ian walked up beside me, glancing down into the chasm. "That's still a deep drop. Let's hope we never fall down in there," he commented, taking a step back from the edge.
I smiled over to him, and then I said, "Then you wouldn't be too happy if I pushed you down there?"
"If you do that I may have to bring out Derp SSundee."
"Never mind, never mind! I was just kidding!" I cried out, holding up my hands and walking a couple steps away from him. Ian laughed, and then he walked up beside me, glancing across the chasm to the other side.
"OK, time to scout. I will go east, you go west. Sound good?" he said, looking to me. I just nodded. "Meet back here an hour before sundown. Good luck, Liz."
"You too, Ian," I responded, smiling towards him. He nodded towards me, not giving me a hug like most of the other boys do, and he turned around and began to scout the border, soon disappearing into the edge of the trees once again.
I sighed, and then began to do the duty that I was tasked to do. I walked towards the west, heading opposite the way the sun was traveling, my sword at the ready in case some Power Moves Army recruits attacked me out of the blue. I walked into the trees, making sure that I was not being followed or being tracked. My job was really easy to accomplish, since the border was clear until we hit the sea, which was the basic end of the border. I looked up towards the sun, and breathed in. The task to scout the border only took three hours. Not that taxing, surprisingly. I turned around and began to walk back towards the spot that Ian and I had planned to meet back up at.
As I walked back through the trees, I pondered the war that was going on between us, the PMA, and the Squids. Unlike most of the others, I didn't like the rivalry that we had between us and the PMA. They all used to be Sky Army members, until one day they randomly seceded from our army. I really don't remember why they had left the army, but what Adam thinks is that they had gotten bribed by someone outside of the army to leave, or they just simply hated the army, and they left after a battle and never returned. However, I couldn't disobey orders that Adam had given to me. I was loyal to the army, wanting to stop the threat that the Squids have against the world, although I may not have agreed with the rivalry that we had against the PMA.
The next three hours were very boring, consisting of me climbing over small stretches of mountains or hills and walking on for long periods of time. I continually looked back up to the sun, keeping track of the time. Sundown was going to be in another two hours, so I still had another hour to kill before I had to meet up with Ian. Because of this, I decided to take a little detour to go and explore the area past the border. I walked past the border, and explored the beauty that was past my normal line of vision. Lately I had been trying to get further and further into the border that wasn't during a time that we were attacking the PMA, curiosity overwhelming my body. I found many cool sites to see, but when there was about ten minutes until I had to meet up with Ian, I turned around and began to go back to the meeting place.
Half an hour later, I became annoyed. I didn't recognize any of my surroundings, and couldn't pinpoint my location from my knowledge of the area. I was officially lost. Groaning, I then sat down, and rubbed my face. Adam was going to be pissed when I didn't come back to the camp with Ian. He wouldn't let me out for another month, keep me confined in the camp, and basically torture me. I absolutely hated being kept inside of the camp for long periods of time, which, for me, was about two days.
"OK, let me see if I can find where I am..." I muttered to myself, scanning my surroundings and trying to find something that I recognized. But no such luck came to me. Exhaling, I then stood up, and began to head west, guessing that was the direction that I had to go in to return to the Sky Army camp. I walked for only a couple minutes when I suddenly heard some talking. Ducking down behind a bush, I then glanced over and saw an Enchanted Lake. I gasped when I saw the lake. "Squids!" I hissed under my breath, looking to the three Squids that stood only a couple feet away from me, talking among themselves. I fell silent, trying to listen to them and figure out what they were talking about.
"When do we attack them?" one of the Squids asked, looking over to the other two Squids he was with.
"In a couple weeks. They won't be expecting anything since they are so caught-up in their own little battles between one another," the one closest to me said, his voice being deeper than the others. It took me a second to realize what they were talking about, but then I fell back in shock. They were talking about the Sky Army and the PMA.
"What are we doing about it again, then? I wasn't there for the meeting, I was busy gathering some ink to help patch up wounds of the injured," the first one asked quickly.
Finally, the other Squid spoke up. "Next time don't miss a meeting, Derpy. Do you know of the potions that the Minecrafters make to enhance themselves?" he asked, which the first Squid, Derpy, nodded to. "Well, some of our scouts have gathered up the remains of some of their potions, and we are finally going to use them to defeat the Sky Army. They don't realize what power they are giving to us! No longer will the Sky Army defeat us, but we shall defeat them! Nothing can stop us then!" He broke out laughing, and soon his comrades broke out laughing as well. I crawled away from there, shock filling my body. I couldn't believe what they were planning to do to the Sky Army.
I silently ran away from there, making sure that I wasn't followed before I collapsed behind a tree and tried to process all of the information that I had just learned. The Squids were going to use potions that Minecraftians had thrown out to defeat the Sky Army? I knew personally what some of the effects of the potions could do to some people, but didn't know what they could do to Squids. The potions were powerful for the humans, often helping them win competitions that they were fighting in. The effects the potions could have on the Squids could be disastrous. I shook my head quickly. "The Sky Army won't be able to stop them alone..." I muttered, thinking of the odds we would have in battle. Even though the Sky Army had almost eleven million recruits, the Squids could reproduce and make more soldiers quicker than we could. And with all of the potions that they had gathered, who knows how many Squids they could enchant for battle!
Suddenly, an idea popped in my head. The idea was completely crazy, and probably next to impossible to accomplish, but if it worked, it would help us completely defeat the Squids. Pushing myself up, I then began to run towards the direction that I thought the camp was in, not wanting to slow down with darkness approaching. I had to go home... and tell someone of the issue we had with the Squids.
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