So, you asked for it… here's the sequel!

This story won't be posted every single day. I'll try my best to post every couple days.

And if anyone wants to make a cover photo for this story and send it to me… I'll be more than happy to accept it. I'm also accepting new OC's. Not sure if I'll add them anything soon, but I hopefully will find a place for them.

Song for this chapter: To Love You More by Celine Dion (I personally love the Glee Version).

You're in the Aether. White clouds swirl above your head as you try to keep your balance on a floating boulder. Everything is colorful and crisp clear. A shining holograph of you sister stands in front of your face. She holds out her hand for you and you advance to take it. As soon as you place your hand in hers, she disappears. Confused, you search your surroundings for any reason why she could've vanished.

The sky becomes dark and gray. Strikes of thunder are heard and you try to cover yourself for protection. You close your eyes for a few seconds. Next thing you know, the boulder is dropping at sixty miles per hour. Worried, you hang on for dear life. But something pulls you back up. You open your eyes to notice a familiar figure, dressed in a brown shirt, grey pants, and a black mustache and beard. The top of his head is bald. You gaze up at this figure in shock.

"Notch?"

iEcho had told me everything I needed to know about my past. She and I were raised with our father and then brainwashed. We were sent to live down on Earth. Turns out that we were the most powerful of all our siblings and he wanted to keep us safe from Herobrine.

But, I was the most valuable. She told me that I had a special power that no one was to know about. Only I could figure it out for myself. And when I did, it would be a powerful weapon against my enemies, or my enemies to use against my friends.

Everything started several months after the events of the battle against Herobrine.

All of my friends who had not suddenly disappeared were doing their usual business in Sky Army HQ. We had found more recruits, such as Kermit, Noah, Seto, MunchingBrotato (Brotato), Bashur, Slamacow (Slam), Bodil, TheCampingRusher (Brayden), and many other small named ones. We waited on groups of our old recruits to bring back others, also accepting many new recruits.

Sky led the army, as usual, with me and Ty at his side, helping him plan every move. A new medical troop was assembled, led by Quentin. Several attack squadrons were created, led by Jerome, Ant, and Bashur. Several defense squadrons were also created, led by Mat, Ian, and Preston. A weapon-building and crafting team was organized, led by Bodil and Mitch. And teams led by Sierra and iEcho occasionally went out of borders to find new recruits. Everyone else joined at least one of these groups.

The Illusionists dropped out of their deals with Herobrine and joined the side of the Sky Army for good. They were under the command of Beatrice. Ray had left to figure out more of his past soon after the battles.

Cupquake's group, still a little suspicious, and led by Cupquake herself, had Yosh and Snowy to back her up in case of attack.

The Homies were no longer a threat. We remained allies with them, but decided not to join our cause. Sly had been traumatized by the incident, but wanted a strong friend to help him out.

The Enderdragons had split up, but all of their members became allies. Our recruits apologized to them for the misunderstandings.

Toby's Audience wandered off after they saved Sierra and Ty from Herobrine. We hadn't seen them, Kitty, or Fury since.

The squids had not been a problem since that one battle. But we were all on the look-out for another attack.

And as for Herobrine, I thought he was long-gone.

On that one day, I was out on a food gathering with Sierra, Ryan, and Mat. We had collected several stacks of raw meat and continued to slay pigs and cows. Out on the other side of the field of Ryan and Mat, Sierra and I stopped to relax. We laid on the fresh green grass.

"Jordan, I'm so glad it's back to the way it used to be. You know, with everyone on our side. Herobrine gone. Squids gone. Us together."

I smiled and looked over at her, "I am too. Don't be so certain about those squids though. That's why we always have the budder swords. Just in case."

"Yep." She paused for a moment, "How's iEcho?"

"She's fine."

"Oh really? I've seen her and Preston…"

"No need to get overreactive there. You never told me about your relationship with him. As your brother."

"It's not that long of a story. We grew up in the same household, with the same parents. He left once he turned eighteen, I left a couple years after that. I hadn't seen him since then."

"But… why are you so protective."

"I don't want my friends and family to get hurt from my mistakes."

"And?"

"That's it. Nothing more."

"You sure?"

"Yep." She shut her mouth in a teasing way and tried to ignore my looks.

"Not gonna say anything else, huh?"

She shook her head. I stood up from the grass.

"Then," I continued, "I'm going to have to chase you down in order to get something else out of you. Is that right?"

Sierra jumped up, shook her head again, and rushed off. I followed her.

"Ah!" she joyfully screamed. Mat glared over from killing a chicken.

"Can you two lower the volume over there?" he growled. He finished with the chicken and caught me in the act. Mat pulled back my shirt, "Jordan. We gotta go."

"Why?" I questioned, confused.

"Enough food. We've got plenty."

"What about Ryan?"

"He's on his way back already."

"Fine," I groaned. Motioning for Sierra to come back, she obediently followed my directions.

On the way back, we noticed one of our defense squadrons, the one led by Mat himself, meet up with us. Annie, the deputy of the squadron, stepped in front of the others.

"Mat, Jordan, Sierra, you need to come back to HQ. Now. We just got a message from Sky. It's urgent," she told us. Quickly, we were directed to HQ and into the main conference room. The people inside were me, Sky, Ty, Sierra, Mat, Ian, Preston, Jerome, Ryan, Ant, and Bashur.

"Why do you want us so immediately?" I personally asked Sky.

He glanced down at the ground and whispered in my ear, "iEcho. She's missing. Been gone for about an hour. Preston was the one to notice her disappearance." I gasped.

I looked over at Preston and saw him sitting on a chair, his head on the table, crying. I had never seen him cry before. Ian was trying his best to calm down his friend. Mat and Sierra were by his side. Looking back at Sky, I sighed and made my way over to Preston. I sat down in the chair next to him.

"Jordan… she's gone," Preston grumbled.

"No, she's not. Remember when we thought that Sky was gone for good? We rescued him from Herobrine and saved the whole Sky Army! I promise you that iEcho will be easier to find," I reassured him.

"But Herobrine's dead. How could he have gotten her…?"

"He didn't. That's the thing."

"Okay." I smiled, stood up from the chair, glanced around at all the others, who were chatting amongst themselves, and barged out of the conference room.

From my experiences with the Sky Army, they try to plan out things, but never get to them. You just gotta go and get it yourself. That's exactly what I did.

Into a large bag, I stashed my budder sword, my Sharpness II diamond sword, my bow, a stack of arrows, a stack of cooked pork chops, a stack of watermelon, plenty of water bottles, potions of healing, regeneration, and poison, and a picture of me, Sierra, and Sky. This was only in case I never made it back alive. With the bag on my shoulder, I crept outside the boundaries of the Sky Army HQ, surprised that no one caught me.

But to save my sister... I was glad I was back here in the wild.