Chapter 4: proving ourselves

We rode through the path the seemed to go on forever. I couldn't even see where the path ended or where we began. The only source of light that was available to us was the lamp that was hanging at the front of our horses. We rode in silence not saying anything at all. Saul just kept on looking forward. He was like a statue he was that still. Until he looked back at me and his face looked like he had no emotions.

"Now that were in the tunnel I have to tell you something. We are almost to the end of the tunnel, but where we come out will not be pretty." He said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"The reason why we have stayed hidden for so long is that our base is right under the last great battle the villagers had against Herobrine's army. It was our first and last victory we have ever had." He said with a sadness in his voice so low I barley heard him.

"How big was the battle?" I asked very curious.

"Let me tell you. I was a young prince at the time my father King Sul decided that it was time to fight back against the power of Herobrine. He had gathered many of villages that were willing to join the fight. I like my father shared his view that we need to fight back. We gathers 12 of the biggest villages close to twelve thousand strong.

Around the kingdom I was well known to be a skilled fighter and I knew that if my men saw me by their side I could inspire them. So I requested to be in charge of a Platoon that would lead the fight. My father didn't agree that I should be by his side farther away from the fight. I pleaded with him until he finally gave in. I gave the news to my men and they cheered for joy. Many of them yelled that if I was with them that they would be ok.

It was two days before the battle and for those two days I trained hard with my men. They all were well fighters I was honored to fight alongside them. On the day of the attack, we were all ordered to get into our ranks so that we would be ready to move out. My father came to me and told me to be safe and to lead my men to victory. He gave me a hug and if I didn't see it I wouldn't have believed it my father cried. I was very surprised that he did this. Don't get me wrong I do love my father but he was never the one to show affection. My father got on his horse and rode off and gave the order to move out. A massive horn Blew and like one being we all made our way to the battle field.

As we arrived on the battle field it was empty no sign of the enemy it was just us. I looked at my men and many of them were looked nervous. I just reassured them that we were going to be fine. Until all of a sudden I felt a presence looking at me. I turned to see a lonely figure in the distance walking towards us. He rode a black robe with a black hood covering his head. He stopped four hundred yards away and pulled his hood back. It was a young man didn't look like any other villager that I have any seen. His eyes were closed and he was speaking like he was saying a prayer. He opened his eyes and a dark chill went down my spine. His Eyes were as white as Snow and they were glowing with power. It could only mean one person Herobrine. A deep voice spoke in my head and I looked around and I wasn't the only one hearing it. It said, "Why are you here weak villagers? Why are you dressed for war? Don't you know that a fight against me is a death's wish?" he said.

The Horn for battle was blown and all of the villagers readied their weapons and raised their shields. He laughed at us like he was amused. There was twelve thousands of us and one of him there was no way he could defeat us, I thought. As I thought that Herobrine raise his arms and there was a shacking coming from the Ground. All of a sudden the ground about a hundred yards behind Herobrine burst open and a massive crowd of Zombies followed by Skeletons rose from the ground. Herobrine said, "Fine if you want a fight then let's have a fight. Attack!" the zombies advanced into a run and the Skeletons raised their bows to fire.

My father blew his horn and I raised my sword and charged to the enemy. "Charge!" I said. The enemy got closer and closer, I readied myself for the hardest battle of my life. Both sides clashed and the battle was on. I fought my way through the sea of zombies that me and my men had jumped into. The battle was long and hard and we were pushing the zombies back towards the skeletons who were firing an endless amount of arrows. Until I turned to see that my father was not at the command center. Where was he I thought I gave command to my second in command and ran over to the command center? I asked the closest soldier to me where my father was and told me that he didn't know that he just disappeared. I worked my way back to my men and told them the situation. I gave the order to push forward, that we needed to take out the skeletons to give our men a bit of breathing room against the zombies. As we got closer and closer and Herobrine spoke in our heads again, "Enough you have been defeated your king is dead." I turned to see Herobrine floating above the battle. I looked at him a bit more and realized that he was holding a head and not just any head but my father's head. My body filled with rage I gave the order to my men to keep on fighting. Many of my men looked at me and I told them that I was their King.

I ordered them to fight on. With a rush of courage we all Broke through the zombies line and made our way to the skeletons. As we were about to strike the archers there was a massive explosion went off it knocked me off my feet. I staggered to my feet and looked around to see that my men were getting up many of them weren't even moving. I turned to see that Herobrine was staring down at me. He said, "You fool do you think you can defeat my army. You have failed now you will die." I ran towards him with sword in hand he blasted me into a nearby bolder. I looked up to see Herobrine smiling down at me. He said, "Goodbye." He lifted up his sword to finish me off.

Right before he swung down a blast of white light hit him. He flew fifty yards away and landed on his back. I was so surprised. "Are you alright?" Said a voice I could not recognized. I looked up to see a young man that stood above me. He reached out his hand and pulled me up. He wasn't alone a young women was with him. "Steve you need to be careful Herobrine is someone not to be trifling with." She said. Steve I thought there wasn't anyone I knew that was named that besides the Steve that was created by Notch. If the man before me was Steve then the women was Sarah.

There was a scream I turned to see Herobrine had gotten up and he definitely looked angry. "You two, you shall pay for this. I will be back to finish these villagers off once and for all." He had yelled. At that moment he had disappeared and his army and disappeared as well. For once the villagers felt safe. I looked at Steve and he told me years from now, young heroes will arrive and they will help you in this war. They are crucial for your victory." He said to me. With that they both were gone.

That is how my people became to be and twenty five years later you three show up." He said.

"Wow that was some kind of tale." I said.

"Indeed and we are here." He said.

I looked forward and saw that we have reached a stone wall. I was confused there was nothing there. We kept going forward then I heard a clicking sound. I looked from side to side and then a gap in the wall opened and a stream of light flowed through the crack. The crack got bigger and bigger until we were able ride on through. I couldn't see for a moment while my eyes adjusted to the sunlight.

It took a moment for them to adjust but when they did I was in complete shock. The Land was permanently scared from the battle. There were pieces of armor and weapons everywhere. There was even Skeletons of Fallen soldiers as well. I could feel Saul's pain for his people from just seeing this.

We rode on to find ourselves at the edge of a massive forest. There were animals walking around without a care in the world. For the next hour we rode in silence again the only thing I could do was follow him. It was starting to get late when I finally realized how close we were to our home.

"We are close to your home and close to where a zombie cave is." He said.

"Yeah we already had a run in with their king." I said.

"What do you mean you've met their king? Any who goes into their caves never returns." He said.

"Well we have and killed the king too. They attacked us that night as well and defeated them again." I said.

"So that is why it looked like a battle field around your house." He said.

We continued to ride past so trees until we reached a small clearing with a stream.

"Let's stop here and let the horses get a drink of water." Said Saul.

As the horses rested and take a drink of water I went over to Saul. He was sitting by the edge of the water.

"Saul can I ask you something?" I asked.

"Sure." He said.

"Alright how old were you when your father died?" I asked

"I was 19 a prime age to take over. My father trained me well so that when something happened I can take over." He said.

"Wow I'm 19, strange I couldn't think that I could take over my house when my dad died." I said.

"Indeed, I was scared after my mind after the battle. Everyone was looking to me for guidance and leadership." He said.

"Hey look at you now your people are safe, you have a kid and hopefully soon you will realize were here to help you." I said.

"Yeah I guess you're right." he said.

There was a snapping of the stick coming from the trees on the other side of the stream. Saul stood up and drew his sword. He scanned the trees keeping very still I looked at him then the trees. He finally relaxed and sat back down.

"It must have been an animal." He said.

"Hopefully, I don't really want to meet any monsters when I can't even fight." I said.

"Agreed, come on let's get on the horses and move on." He said.

We walked over to the horse and as I stepped onto the foothold a burst of excitement came out of the stream. I backed away from the commotion to see what it was. It was a person with a torn blue shirt with ripped dark green jeans. It was zombie.

"Finally we have found you. Now we will get revenge for killing our king." The zombie said.

Before I could even react the zombie rushed at me with its mouth open and its arms raised to grab hold of me. Right before it grabbed me it stopped and with a shock of pain an iron blade burst from its chest. It was Saul, he came behind and killed the zombie.

Even more zombies burst out of the water. I counted about 20 zombies.

"Were completely out numbered here I need a sword." I said.

"What? No I'm not giving you a sword you can attack me when my back is turned." He said.

"Saul you don't have any choice. If you don't give me a sword were both going to die! Do you want that for you son, to go through the pain that you went through and entire kingdom to look to him." I said.

He looked at me and looked at the zombies who were encircling us. I looked at him and he wouldn't move he just stood there.

"Saul come on. Snap out of it!" I yelled.

"Ahhh fine you got a point, but if you try anything I'm going to kill you." He said.

"Don't worry, I would rather kill these guys than kill you. Come on you decaying sacks of dust! You want a piece of me! Well then I'm right here!" I said.

The zombies looked at each other and then turned back to us. The all smiled and the first one of the zombies rushed towards me. I raised my sword and ran towards it. I jumped and kicked it in the chest. It staggered back in pain and I quickly cut its head off. I quickly ran to the next zombie and stabbed it in the heart and kicked it into another.

This battle went on for about 15 minutes before the last zombie was killed. I looked at Saul and he looked at me. We both smiled in delight.

"You fight well for a spy." He said.

"Like I said, I'm no spy and here this belongs to you." I said.

He took the sword and put it back on his back. We stood there for a moment to take in what just happened. I walked over to the horse to check on them to see if they were harmed in the battle. The horse were not harmed just a little jumpy now. I had to calm the horses down before they were even ready to move.

As soon as they were ready we got back on and started to make our way to the house. We soon arrived at the house, the house looked like it was completely fine. The house looked same as I left it.

"Come on Saul, I want to show you the book. I want to put all of this behind us." I said.

"Agreed, I want to get back to my people." He said.

We got rode closer and closer and still nothing seemed to change about the house. No signs of movement besides the scars that my friends and I had made a couple days ago. We stopped right in front of the house I jumped off and tided the horse to a wooden beam. With a little excitement I quickly walked up to the door and walked inside. I went over to the bed and found the book under my Pillow. I opened it up and quickly read to make sure that there was no tampering to it.

As I walked outside I saw waiting for me to show him my proof. I handed the book to him and he read words of Notch. He looked up to me and then back at the book and then back to me.

"So what you told us was true that Notch did send you. Then why hasn't he tried to help us before?" he asked.

"I don't know maybe he felt like at the moment you could handle the threat." I said.

"We still needed his help though. Many of my people died after that battle." he said.

"Well he's helping you now, and were going to help you get through this." I said.

"Thank you, my king." He said.

"I'm no king yet, but you can teach me." I said.

"I would like that." He said.