Sorry for the long wait. I've just been lazy and I got writer's block, but I'm back! Here is the penultimate chapter of The Koopalings in Minecraft 2! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Super Mario Bros belongs to Nintendo and Minecraft belongs to Mojang AB. I own nothing.
Lemmy didn't have a long sleep. Before he knew it, it was dawn. He deconstructed the house and destroyed his bed.
"So, we're going to go look for the shrine of the ancient that is guarding the Diamond of Skill. I hope this isn't too hard," Lemmy said.
"Yeah," Iggy said. Lemmy and Iggy drew their diamond swords and went into the forest. Even though it was just after dawn, inside the forest it was so dark that monsters could spawn. Lemmy and Iggy fought off many zombies and skeletons, and even more spiders. Eventually, they reached a heavily wooded part of the forest. They could barely see where they were going, if not because of all the trees, then because of the cobwebs that were littered around this portion of the forest.
Suddenly, the two Koopalings heard a huge screech that vibrated through the forest.
"What…what was that?" Lemmy asked, scared.
"I have no idea…" Iggy said.
"Let's be careful," Lemmy said.
The Koopalings continued until they reached a part of the forest that wasn't so heavily wooded. This area was less dense than the previous area and was a 64x64 area.
Suddenly, a gigantic spider at least four times the size of a regular spider leaped in front of the Koopalings!
"AAAAH!" The Koopalings were terrified. The spider screeched even louder.
"Iggy! I think this is the queen spider!" Lemmy said, pointing at the crown on top of the spider's head.
The spider screeched even louder, and out of the dense area of the forest scurried hundreds of regular spiders, maybe even thousands! Lemmy and Iggy desperately swung their diamond swords at the spiders, knocking them back. The queen grew enraged at even the thought that her children could be hurt and charged at the Koopalings. Lemmy and Iggy ducked beneath the queen and Iggy cut off one of the queen's eight legs, causing enormous amounts of pain to her.
"Lemmy! I think the legs are her weak spots!" Iggy called out over the sound of multiple spiders.
"It's a bit hard to attack them with this many spiders on you!" Lemmy yelled. "I wish I had TNT!"
Lemmy and Iggy fought off the spiders while avoiding poison shot by the queen spider, their vision becoming blurrier as they got weaker and weaker. Lemmy's legs threatened to collapse. After a few minutes, though, it seemed that the flow of spiders had stopped. There were only a few left to deal with.
Lemmy hacked at the last spider with his diamond sword, killing it. The queen screeched in rage, but then screeched even louder in pain as Iggy severed one of the queen's legs. There were only six to go…
"We've almost got it!" Lemmy said. Lemmy cut off another of the spider's legs while avoiding the poison shot at him.
The queen fought to stand now, but she toppled over as another one of her legs was severed. She tried to shoot poison at the Koopalings, but the Koopalings were able to outmaneuver the injured spider. "Fools! Nethor shall destroy you!" the queen said.
Lemmy was a bit surprised at the fact that the queen spider could talk English, but then again, he was in a world where blocks floated and green monsters blew up if you got close to them. "Not likely!" Lemmy said. Iggy dealt the killing blow to the neck.
"Alright!" The Koopalings did a high-five. "Do you suspect that killing the spider was the task the ancient wanted us to accomplish?" Iggy asked.
"I don't think so. The queen was allied with Nethor, I think. So…Nethor knows we're here," Lemmy said.
"We have to be extremely careful," Iggy said. Lemmy nodded.
The two Koopalings continued deeper into the forest. The deeper they got, the
more dense the forest got, until the Koopalings couldn't tell their own hand from a tree branch. It was beginning to become difficult to move among all the trees. The Koopalings continued until they reached another clearing. The treetops still blocked the sun, but no monsters appeared to be in the area. Something that caught Lemmy's attention was a chest sitting in the middle of the clearing.
"A chest!" Lemmy said. The Koopalings ran toward it and opened it, not hearing a clicking sound as they passed over a pressure plate. Lemmy opened the chest and saw nothing.
"Nothing," Lemmy said.
Suddenly, the entire clearing blew up in a massive explosion of TNT! Lemmy and Iggy ducked into the forest and the trees shielded them. After about 2 minutes, the last block of TNT went off. The Koopalings went to examine the damage. Where a clearing once was, a giant crater was. Lemmy spotted some diamond at the bottom of the crater.
"Woah! I lost almost 9-"Iggy was cut off by noises. They sounded like footsteps from the forest. Lots of footsteps. Suddenly, an army of humans, zombies, skeletons, spiders, and pigmen charged at the Koopalings!
"WAH!" Lemmy and Iggy started to run back to the entrance of the forest, but there was another army approaching from that direction. The Koopalings were cornered. They had no decision but to fight.
Lemmy and Iggy took out their bows and shot at the incoming army. Arrows were a lot more powerful now, and it now took at most four arrows to take out a monster. The humans and pigmen were a different story. They wore armor and took out their own bows, returning fire. The arrows that the humans shot exploded upon contact with the ground. One exploded near Lemmy, causing him to drop his bow. Lemmy quickly recovered and took out his diamond sword, taking out monsters that got too close on their own.
Iggy's bow suddenly broke, shattering into pieces. "What? Bows don't have durability!" he said.
"They do now!" someone said. Suddenly, Wario jumped in front of the Koopalings and attacked them with his diamond sword! Lemmy parried the first strike and dodged the next, but the third strike narrowly cut his arm and did about half a heart of damage.
Lemmy got up and started to attack Wario. Wario was a lot quicker than Lemmy remembered. Wario dodged most of the attacks, and then got a quick attack on Iggy, who was fighting off about four zombies. Iggy was knocked back, causing him to lose his focus. He got hit by a few zombies, but quickly regained the upper hand.
"You're a lot more agile than when we last met!" Lemmy said.
"Nethor has granted me the power to destroy you!" Wario said. "Give up now! There's no hope!"
"Yeah, just like there was no hope before we defeated that queen spider!" Lemmy retorted.
"I've been toying with you too much!" Wario said. "Now, it's time for me to unleash my true power!" Wario's stomach got bigger. Even though he got fatter, Wario was quicker than ever. Lemmy was hard-pressed to dodge or parry Wario's attacks. When Lemmy attacked Wario, instead of attempting to move out of the way, Wario just stood there. Lemmy's sword collided with Wario's stomach. Instead of slicing it open, the sword bounced off as though it collided with rubber. The sword flew out of Lemmy's hand and landed in the forest. A pigman abandoned his golden sword and exchanged it for Lemmy's diamond sword.
Lemmy now had no weapons. Wario attacked with his Diamond Sword again, breaking Lemmy's diamond helm. Lemmy gasped, then was depleted to one health by another attack.
Meanwhile, Iggy wasn't doing nearly as well. The entire army was focused on him while Wario battled Lemmy, so he had to fight off a lot of enemies. He used the sprinting attack to both hit and knock back enemies while using his agility to avoid the explosive arrows. However, the battleground was slowly being destroyed, and Iggy found that he had less and less places to stand as more and more caves were opened to the surface. More monsters came out of the caves, and to subtract more from Iggy's chances of winning, his hunger was starting to deplete faster and faster. Iggy had already eaten all of his steak.
A critical hit from a pigman's sword broke Iggy's diamond chestplate. Another hit broke his helm while simultaneously bringing him down to one heart.
"This is it…" Iggy thought. "It's over…we failed…"
Wario was about to strike Lemmy to finish him off, but then, he froze in midair. Another pigman was going to defeat Iggy, but he froze too. All of the Koopalings' attackers had suddenly frozen in time!
"Wha…what?" Lemmy said.
Suddenly, the two were whisked away somewhere else. Wario and his army unfroze. Wario fell onto the dirt face first.
"Grah! What happened? Where are they?" Wario asked. "You!" Wario pointed to human. "Did you see where they went?"
"No, sir!" the human responded.
"You!" Wario pointed to a pigman. "Did you see where they went?"
"Oink," the pigman responded.
"Talk about deus ex machina…" Wario muttered.
Not too far away, Lemmy and Iggy reappeared a few feet above the ground. They fell onto solid stone.
"Ouch! What…where are we?" Lemmy asked.
"You are at one of the legendary Shrine of the Ancients," a mysterious voice said.
"Shrine of the Ancients?" Lemmy asked. Lemmy looked around. There was a small well with steps leading up to it. The well and steps were made out of stone brick. There was a small wall around the surrounding area made out of green wool. The floor was made out of stone. There were also a few trees surrounding the well. Suddenly, Lemmy remembered that this is where they wanted to go. This was where the guardian of the Diamond of Skill was!
"You-you're the guardian for the Diamond of Skill, aren't you?" Iggy asked.
A human came into view. He was about seven feet tall and wore a mask that hid his face. He had fiery red hair, not too much unlike Bowser's hair. He also wore a red shirt and a dark blue cape.
"I am," he said. "I must admit, I didn't expect you to survive that long against the onslaught of your enemies. That shows your skill in battle. Your purpose in coming here is also noble; you wish to defeat the greatest villain this world has ever seen, Nethor. Is that correct?"
"It is," Lemmy said.
"You have defeated the queen spider. You lasted longer than anyone I've seen
against an army. Though those were not my challenges, they proved your skill in battle. One task remains before I give you the Diamond of Skill."
The ancient drew two Diamond Swords. They both glowed and gave off blue light, enough to illuminate most of the surrounding area.
"You must defeat me."
Diamond armor suddenly appeared in front of the Koopalings. Lemmy and Iggy put the armor on, then drew their Diamond Swords. "Let's do this!" Iggy said.
"Let the battle begin!" the ancient said. The ancient charged at Lemmy and threw one of his Diamond Swords at Iggy. The sword flew through the air towards Iggy, but missed. Iggy ran to pick it up, but the sword came back like a boomerang, catching Iggy off guard and slightly damaging him. The ancient caught his sword and leapt into the air. He positioned his swords so that if they hit, they would slice right through Lemmy. Lemmy quickly rolled out of the way and hit the ancient with his sword. The ancient parried, then dodged an arrow sent by Iggy. The arrow barely missed Lemmy.
The battle broke into a swordfight between Lemmy and the ancient, each of them attacking and parrying each other's attacks while the ancient avoided Iggy's arrows. The ancient caught Lemmy off guard by not attacking one time and instead moving back to avoid Lemmy's hit. Lemmy was about to fall, but caught himself. Lemmy was then forced to fall to the ground so he could parry a hit. Lemmy rolled out of the way of another strike, but was hit in the knee by an arrow that the ancient shot. Not only was Lemmy knocked back a few blocks, but he also caught fire!
"Ouch! Fire! Hot!" Lemmy said. He was distracted long enough to take a hit from one of the ancient's swords, causing the fire to reignite. Lemmy somehow managed to parry and avoid the ancient's moves, despite literally being on fire. Eventually, the fire wore off. Lemmy ate some steak and started running from the ancient to regain some health.
Iggy took out his sword and charged at the ancient so that Lemmy could recover health more easily. Iggy mostly played defensively, dodging the ancient's attacks and not attacking until he saw an opening. Lemmy managed to hit the ancient with an arrow, distracting him long enough for Iggy to get a hit with the sword in.
"This doesn't seem to be working. It's time to switch up my strategy!" The ancient
took out a new sword. His two swords began hovering at the sides him. The ancient swung the new sword at Lemmy, even though he was far out of range. An arrow came out of the sword, hitting Lemmy and catching him on fire once more!
"Ouch! Hey, that's unfair! You get a sword that shoots arrows that lights the target on fire!" Lemmy said.
"True skill is being able to win even when the odds are stacked against you," the ancient replied. Lemmy dodged more arrows while firing his own back. Iggy also fired his own arrows, but the arrows would always be deflected by the two hovering swords. Lemmy and Iggy charged at the ancient, but the two swords knocked them back about fifteen blocks.
Lemmy and Iggy started shooting arrows once more, but the floating swords deflected them. Lemmy saw that he needed to make an opening, so he charged at the ancient. One sword slashed at Lemmy, but the attack was parried. The second sword floated to Lemmy and tried to hit him, but Lemmy knocked the sword away by sprinting and hitting it. The sword fell to the ground. Iggy charged at the ancient, attacking him. The ancient got hit once, but parried and dodged the rest of Iggy's attacks.
Lemmy continued battling the floating sword, parrying its attacks. Suddenly, the sword that fell levitated up in the air again, attacking Iggy. Iggy knocked the sword away, but got hit by the ancient. Iggy caught fire, and his diamond helmet broke.
Lemmy sprinted and knocked the floating sword attacking him back about seven blocks. Lemmy then charged at the ancient, hitting him two times.
Suddenly, the two floating swords blew up and were turned into items. The miniature versions of the diamond swords rushed toward the ancient, and the ancient picked them up. A chest appeared near the well, and the Koopalings' diamond armor disappeared.
"I have seen enough," the ancient said. "You are worthy. Take what you wish from the chest."
Lemmy and Iggy went to the chest and took the items. There were two Flint and Steels, a few stacks of Steak, two Diamond Swords which glowed radiantly, two sets of Diamond armor, four strange black pearls, and another strange pearl that looked like an eye.
"The black pearls have the ability to teleport you places," the ancient replied, as if he sensed that the Koopalings were going to ask. "Throw them, and once they land, you will be teleported to them. They are called Ender Pearls, and unlike other Ender Pearls, these Ender Pearls are reusable. However, I do not know what the other pearl does. I found it while doing a scan of the forest, and I haven't yet discovered what it does."
Suddenly, the Diamond of Skill appeared above Lemmy. It looked like a normal diamond, but was green and gave off a radiant green glow. Lemmy jumped up and caught it. He felt a sudden surge of power, which faded after three seconds.
"Alright!" Lemmy said. "We only need two more Legendary Diamonds, then we can beat Nethor!"
"I have one more thing to tell you," the ancient said. "Actually, three more things to tell you."
"What are they?" Iggy asked.
"Close your eyes." Lemmy and Iggy closed their eyes. Suddenly, they saw a vision of the Nether. Everywhere they looked, there was Netherrack. Humans in chains worked at mining coal and iron. Skeleton and zombie pigman guards watched them. The vision turned to show a castle made out of an unknown material and Stone Brick. Atop the castle was a throne made out of diamond blocks. Seated on the throne was Nethor himself. He maniacally cackled, then the vision ended.
Suddenly, the Koopalings saw another vision. This vision showed the rolling hills and forests of Minecraftia, but everything, from the wood to the grass to the stone, was made out of a mysterious white stone. The only thing that wasn't made out of this mysterious white stone were lakes of ice.
The vision ended, bringing forth another vision. This vision showed the mountains where the Koopalings had made their base, as well as their obsidian house. Suddenly, it started getting hotter and hotter, until a massive explosion was heard. The vision cut to outside of a galaxy. The galaxy exploded, and the waves from the blast destroyed the other galaxies. When the heat reached the Koopalings, the vision ended.
The Koopalings fell onto the ground because of the abrupt ending of the vision. Lemmy got back up and asked, "What were those?"
"Those are three possible futures for the Minecraft universe," the ancient replied. "The first vision you saw is what would happen if Nethor succeeded. Minecraftia would be turned into a paradise of Netherrack and lava. All of the humans residing in Minecraftia will be turned into slaves, mining for precious ores."
"What was Nethor's castle made out of? I saw some Stone Brick, but what was the other material?" Iggy asked.
"Nether Brick," the ancient replied. "It will be invented by Nethor's scientists in a few days.
The ancient then continued. "The second vision is what will happen should another superpower besides Nethor conquer Minecraftia. Minecraftia will be turned into a barren wasteland of white stone, otherwise known as End Stone."
"The third vision-" Suddenly, a purple blur flew past Lemmy – and took the Diamond of Skill! It floated above the well, and was revealed to be Waluigi!
"Waluigi!" Lemmy and Iggy shouted.
"Wahaha! Once again, the great Waluigi prevails over the heroes!" Waluigi laughed.
"Give that diamond back!" the ancient said. With a roar, the ancient drew his two swords and leapt at Waluigi, but was knocked back by a wave of energy from the Diamond of Skill. The ancient tried to get back up, but fainted.
"Wahaha! Not even the ancient can hold a candle to the great Waluigi!" Waluigi said. "Now, to burn both this forest and your pitiful existences away!" Suddenly, Waluigi and the Diamond of Skill started glowing red.
"Oh no!" Iggy said. "What can we do?"
"We need to use the Ender Pearls!" Lemmy said. Lemmy and Iggy threw Ender Pearls to just outside of the forest. As the Ender Pearls were falling, a wave of heat began slowly forming around Waluigi.
Lemmy whispered, "Come on, hurry up…"
"Wahaha! You are doomed!" Waluigi said. The wave of heat stabilized. Within a few seconds, the wave would go out and incinerate everything in its path. Suddenly, Lemmy and Iggy were warped to just outside the forest.
The wave of heat was unleashed. It went out into the forest, destroying the trees and killing the grass. The wave stopped just short of the outside of the forest, but still killed the grass just outside of the forest. The temperature also rose significantly.
"Wow…we just BARELY survived!" Lemmy said.
"Wait! We forgot about the ancient!" Iggy said.
Lemmy and Iggy looked at each other for a few seconds, when finally, Lemmy said, "I'm sure he's alright. After all, he is an ancient," even though he sounded unsure.
"Yeah…let's go back to Minecraft Village. We have to tell everyone else that Waluigi has the Diamond of Skill. We need to prepare," Iggy said.
Lemmy nodded. The Koopalings sprinted back to Minecraft Village.
Back in the forest, the shrine was utterly destroyed. The water in the well had evaporated, and everything else was burned beyond healing. A pile of dirt was on top of where the ancient's body was.
Suddenly, a hand reached out of the dirt. Then, another hand emerged. The ancient pulled himself out of the pile of dirt. He sighed in relief, then looked at the shrine. His home. It was destroyed.
"…I will get you, Waluigi. You will regret this day for the rest of your life," the ancient said. He suddenly teleported away.
