Sorry that it took so long to get this chapter on... I have been having issues with my computer trying to delete it and I have been stuck on Writer's Block... luckily I managed to make this chapter work out. Hope you enjoy it! :) :P

Without further ado, here is Chapter 5!


Ocean's POV-

The last time that I saw any member of my family was two years ago. The very last person that I had contact with in my family, though, was Summer. As I had gathered everything that I would need to travel on my own, I saw Summer walk in on me, and she immediately saw what I was doing. "Are you leaving?" Summer then asked, placing her hands on her hips.

I shouldered my backpack, and then I said, "Maybe. But if I am, you cannot tell Mom and Dad."

Summer then grabbed hold of my arm, and then she said, "You can't leave us here. Mom will be crushed if she found out that you left!"

"I have to go, Summer. Just… just promise me that you won't leave as well," I then said, looking to my younger sister. At that point, she was only a couple days away from turning eleven, although she looked to be sixteen years old. Her golden-blonde hair was pulled up in a high ponytail, and her bangs hung in her face. She was wearing a light pink tank top with black short shorts, and I remember having the thought that I may never see her again pass through my mind. It wasn't a pleasant moment for me.

"Why would I? There is no reason for me to leave home. Just… be careful, Ocean," Summer then said, and then I gave my little sister a hug. That was the last contact I had with my sister.

I could see the obvious shock on Sky's face when we saw who the two Minecraft Finest girls were. I was stunned, although I could already tell who they were by their eyes. My sister's had the most unique eyes that I have ever seen. When they saw me, I acknowledged the recognition in their eyes, and I knew it was Summer and Winter.

"Hello, Sky, hello, Ocean. It's been a while, hasn't it?" Winter asked, smiling slightly towards me and then to Sky.

Sky kept on opening and closing his mouth, but nothing came out. Looking around the table, I then saw that a couple of people were shocked as well. They were Sierra, Jerome, BajanCanadian, Deadlox, MinecraftUniverse, and KermitPlaysMinecraft. They were staring at Winter and Summer in shock, although just a minute ago they were looking at them as if they didn't recognize them.

"Oh, my Notch…" Jerome then muttered, staring with wide eyes at the two girls.

The whole room was in complete silence as everyone stared at the two girls. It was actually quite awkward, with no one talking. Finally, Sky managed to quietly say, "Wh- I- What are you two doing here?"

Winter sighed, and then she said, "Well, about a year ago, we met Minecraft Finest when they were in our area reuniting with some old friends. We immediately became close friends. A couple weeks later, Danny offered us a spot on Minecraft Finest, and we took it, knowing that we might be able to find you guys if we went with them."

"What about Mom and Dad?" I asked, leaning forward and looking at my two younger sisters.

Summer bit her lip, and then she quietly said, "Mom and Dad… died. In a car crash, actually. It was right before we left with Max, Jordan, and Danny. The other person was fined for their deaths, and we got everything in our parents' will. Winter asked a close friend to keep everything watched for, and then we left. We had no choice but to find you now, Sky. You are the closest legal adult that can care for us now, and no one else even offered to take us in."

Sky slumped into his chair, overwhelmed by the information that they gave us. Everyone else was watching this happen with unconditional interest. Sky then shook his head, then looking back to Winter and Summer. "You left to join with these three without even knowing them that well?! How did you know that they weren't going to hurt you!? No offense on your part, Max, Jordan, and Danny," Sky said, then looking quickly over to the Minecraft Finest crew.

Jordan held out his hand, and then he said, "No offense taken."

Then, Winter said, "We trusted them, Sky. They were like you and Ocean. They protected us everywhere we went, and they cared for us. We knew that they wouldn't have hurt us."

Sky then fell back in his seat, and then he shook his head. A moment later, he then looked up, looking over to everyone else that was still sitting at the table. "So, everyone else, how have your tasks been going? Have you completed them yet?" Sky asked, trying to avoid eye contact with Minecraft Finest, Winter, and Summer as much as possible.

Meatius then spoke up a moment later, saying, "CaptainSparklez, BrotherGUNNS and I managed to make the five million budder swords that you had requested for, Sky. Granted, it did take all night to make all of them, but we managed to get it done."

After Meaty, Deadlox then spoke up, saying, "Ssundee, Bodil and I took some recruits into the mine yesterday and managed to get a lot of budder, diamond, and iron needed for armor and weapons for the recruits. They are all in the resource chests by the storage units, if you are wondering where they are."

"TrueMU, Ryan, Gizzy and I went into the woods with the recruits that we took and got a lot of wood needed for crafting and other things. We basically completely took out the whole forest, but we replanted everything. Hopefully soon they will be able to grow again so that we can continue to get wood," Seto then said, looking at everyone quickly with a sweeping of his eyes.

Bajan then glanced with Jerome and Ethan, and then he said, "The three of us managed to create and set the traps yesterday. Jerome almost got caught in one of the traps, although he continually says that he did it by accident, I still think it was to make sure that they actually worked." Immediately afterwards, everyone began to laugh, which released the tension on everyone's soldiers slightly.

Sky nodded, and then he smiled at everyone. "Good job, everyone. Hopefully this will help even out the odds in our fight against Herobrine. Everyone is dismissed. Jerome, can you go and tell some of the recruits to go and start building… um… about a hundred more wings of resting quarters? We will be having a lot more recruits coming, and we want them to be greeted the nicest possible way that we can. Afterwards, can you also send out a resource group to gain wool for the beds? We will need a lot of sheep to kill if we are going to use all of the wool for the beds that each recruit will need, and there will not be enough even if we did use all of the sheep that we have in our herds right now. Bajan, can you then go to the Minecraft Finest recruits and assign them places to work? There are about 343 thousand recruits, so it may take a while," Sky then asked Jerome and Bajan, looking to them specifically after looking at everyone else.

Jerome and Bajan nodded, and then they, along with everyone else, stood up to do what they were assigned to do. Deadlox, Setosorcerer, xRpMx13, Ssundee, MinecraftUniverse, and gizzy14gazza immediately began to prep themselves for the long journey to where their assigned people were, and soon they left to go and travel to wherever their people were. All that was left after everyone else had left was Minecraft Finest, Summer, Winter, Sky and I.

Sky then turned to Minecraft Finest, sighing quickly. "I have to admit; at least you took good care of my sisters. That is a good thing. If you hadn't… well, let's just say you would have to have hoped that Herobrine was in a good mood to not let you guys suffer in the Nether," Sky then said, which then caused the five of them to look at each other.

"So, what do you want us to work in, Sky?" Jordan then asked, looking over at Sky.

A moment later after thinking, Sky then said, "I have heard that you guys are excellent miners and fighters. Perhaps you can go and help mine some ores for Sky Army. With your skill, we should be able to get more resources then we have ever had in a long time. Summer, Winter, you can join them if you want. As long as you are busy working, we will be fine."

The five of them nodded, and then they pushed themselves up as well. They walked out of the room, and then Sky turned to me. "So, Ocean, what do you want to do? What do you specialize in doing? Hunting, mining, gathering, crafting, what do you prefer to do?" Sky asked, looking to me.

I bit my lip, and then I said, "Well, for the past two years, I have been hunting more than anything, but I guess I can do anything that you want me to do."

Sky's face then lit up. "If you are good with hunting, perhaps you can take the place as main hunter until Husky gets better? The recruit that was Husky's right-hand man in hunting was… taken by Herobrine," He then asked, and then I nodded. I pushed myself up, and then I walked out of the room, slowly making my way outside.

Once I walked outside, I took a deep breath in, and then I began to look around. This already felt like home to me. Everyone was kind and caring for everyone else, and no matter what anyone did, they always welcomed anyone in that wanted to be a part of the Sky Army. I then spotted Minecraft Finest, along with Winter and Summer (you know, it will be easier if I just say Minecraft Finest, and I am meaning Max, Jordan, Danny, Winter and Summer, because my little sisters were in fact members of MCFinest). They were laughing and talking together, appearing to just be having a good time. I smiled to myself. At least my sisters had someone they could trust outside of the sibling bonds.

All of a sudden, as I looked closer at them, I saw something that really disturbed me. I didn't think it was possible. Winter was holding hands with Jordan, while Summer was holding hands with Max. I couldn't believe it. They were only thirteen, while Jordan, Danny and Max were sixteen and seventeen years old. I was shocked. Could my little sisters really be dating two members of Minecraft Finest?


Noah's POV-

I walked through the dark hallways of my father's castle, passing by several Zombie Pigmen and Wither Skeletons that were going the opposite direction that I was. I kept my head high, making sure that I still looked as evil as everyone here still believed I was. For all of my sixteen years of being alive, my father has been making me do his evil work, and I actually liked it… for a time. That was, until I began to see humans being taken to my father's castle. Most of them were just passing into the Nether to get supplies, but the second that my father realized that they were there, he snatched them up and tortured them for answers. All of them didn't have the answers that he was seeking, as he could not actually go up to the Overworld himself because of a curse that was set upon him a long time ago. I took pity on them. They didn't deserve to be hurt like this. It was just not right in my mind. But if I ever told my father about the feelings that passed through me constantly, I would be the one being tortured. I was supposed to be evil, not becoming "weak and pathetic like the wretched humans in the Overworld are".

Right then, I heard a voice echo through my head. Noah, I want you to go and make sure that the prisoners are not dead… yet… I heard Dad's deep voice then say, and then I exhaled to myself.

Yes, Father, I then responded, and then I turned around, to go and pick them up some food for Eaglefan2569 and Wolfstar727. I was still confused why Dad didn't keep on capturing Sky's recruits, and why he still was keeping the two girls that he had captive at the moment here and alive. Was Dad going sof-? No, that wasn't a possibility. Herobrine was never soft… it was almost unbelievable to think of Herobrine being "soft". I used to think that Dad was soft when he would occasionally spare a couple of the humans from being tortured, but I realized that it was for a plan in the future… he wasn't soft at all.

Walking into the storage area, I then began to gather up a couple pieces of food, then slipping a couple better items onto the plate. I also slipped a couple more items onto my person, hiding them beneath my jacket. A moment later, I picked up the tray, and began the long walk from the main level where I was at until I reached the lower levels were the dungeons were located. I slowly did so, making sure that no one was around as I made my way down to the lower levels. Several mobs passed by me, but they did not pay any mind to me. They already knew that everything I did was on Herobrine's request, so they learned to never pay attention to me.

When I reached the level where Eagle and Wolf were being kept, I opened the door that led into their cell, and then I said, "It's OK, it is just me."

Looking around the dark room, my vision quickly changed, and then I could see the room clearly. I easily spotted the forms of Eagle and Wolf against the wall, and a moment later, I walked over to them. Making sure that Herobrine wasn't watching us at this moment, I then knelt down next to them, gently placing the tray of food by them. "Here's your food. I hope this helps a little…" I then said, balancing myself as I was kneeling on the tips of my feet.

I saw Wolf's head move around slightly, and then Eagle began to move as well. Wolf's eyes opened, and then they immediately flew to mine. A slight smile appeared on her lips, and then she immediately began to eat. A moment later, Eagle joined her, and soon, half of the food was gone. They pocketed everything else, mainly for them to eat later. Wolf then pushed herself up from her previous position, sitting up straight against the wall.

"How long have we been in here now, Noah?" Wolf asked, rubbing her eyes sleepily.

Smiling, I then responded, saying, "A couple days for both of you. I believe it has been five days for Eagle and three days for you, Wolf."

"And no one else has been captured?" Eagle then asked, looking to me in curiosity. I looked over to her, and connected gazes with her quickly. At least Eaglefan trusted me now, instead of hating my guts for doing nothing at all. I nodded, and then Eagle rested her head back against the wall.

I then looked back and forth. Luckily, Dad was paying attention to the Overworld, and not to down here. I then took out the wooden swords that I had managed to slip under my outfit, and handed them to the two girls. Both of them stared at the wooden weapons as if they were something that came from the Nether itse- oh wait… we are in the Nether, never mind. "Quickly, hide them. I have enchanted them so that they have the strength and resistance of diamond swords, and I have also placed an enchantment on them so that Herobrine and the other mobs here cannot see the swords," I then said, and both girls looked at the swords in shock.

All of a sudden, Wolf threw her body at me. I jumped back in shock, mainly from that action that she just performed. Was that an attack or… what? Wolf's arms squeezed me quickly, and then Wolf pulled away to look at me. "Oh, Notch, thank you!" Wolf cried out, smiling brightly. Then, she saw my expression on my face. She cocked her head slightly, and then she said, "What's the matter?"

"What was that that you just barely gave me?" I asked curiously, looking from Eagle and then to Wolf.

Eagle was shocked. "You have never heard of a hug before?" She asked, and then I shook my head.

"You have to realize, my father is Herobrine and there are no other humans here other than yourselves. A 'hug' doesn't exist down here in the Nether," I then said, chuckling slightly.

"Well, a hug is basically physical contact between two people, usually used when either someone is happy or the one person hasn't seen the other in a long time. It is a friendly greeting and a friendly gesture. My hug was that I was happy… although there can be other uses and excuses for giving people hugs," Wolf then said, smiling towards me.

I smiled back, and then I stood up. At that moment, I sensed Herobrine's attention being drawing down here. "And if you ever dare try to backtalk me again, I will beat you harder than I just barely did," I then said, winking softly towards the two girls. I then turned around, and marched out of the room, slamming the door behind me. Slowly, I then made my way up to the top level of the castle, where my father's throne was at.

When I walked up there, immediately Herobrine looked over to me. "Did you check up on the prisoners, Noah?" Herobrine asked, and then I nodded. A slight smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and then he said, "Good, because I want them alive when I start to bring in their other friends."

I was shocked. I tried not to show it though, because then Herobrine would have been curious to why I was acting like I was. "S… So you are going to start bringing in more of the recruits now?" I asked, then moving to my father's side.

Herobrine smiled softly, and then he said, "Sky is just walking into my trap… this is too easy." Then, Dad pulled up a screen in front of us with the simple wave of his hand, and then I saw a large building made of obsidian in front of the screen. It was huge, and I quickly realized that it was the Sky Army HQ. I stared at the building in fascination. That place was huge. How many people were being housed in that thing?

"What are they doing, Father?" I asked, staring at the progress of something being built upon the original base.

Herobrine was silent for a moment, and then he said, "They are building more places for recruits to sleep… they are trying to get as many people as they can to help them fight against us, son. But it is only making my plan progress further on."

I looked over to my father, and I could see his evil white eyes studying the screen, as if watching something play out before him. At that moment, I really wanted to know what his actual plan was. But knowing my father, he would never tell anyone, not even his own son.

I sighed to myself, and then I said, "So, do you want me to go and prepare a bigger dungeon than what we have at the moment?"

Herobrine quickly shook his head. "We already have a place for them to go… just make sure that the two prisoners that we have here are kept alive, no matter the costs. I will keep on torturing them for the answers that I need, even if I have to kill a couple of their close friends to get it out of them."


Sky's POV-

It took me a while to realize that I never spend enough time out with the recruits anymore. Ever since this whole Herobrine incident has occurred, I have been paying too much attention to my close friends and have been trying to stop the battle from my dream from happening.

I walked around, watching each of the recruits as they went about what they were supposed to do. Most of them were busy building the extra wings of resting quarters so that the new recruits that would be coming in would have a safe place to stay, while some of them were down in the mines, trying to scavenge for anything useful. We have been running out of mines and ores lately, and we needed everything that we could to sustain the Sky Army.

All of a sudden, when I walked to the edge of the forest to see if I could see what some of the recruits were doing, I heard a strange sizzling noise to the left of me. Looking around, I then saw a Creeper walking forward. Its black eyes were staring at me, and I could feel the heat building up and radiating from the creature. I backed up quickly, realizing right then that I left my budder sword back in the conference room.

The Creeper began to swell up, and I held my arms protectively in front of my face, waiting for the explosion to come. When I didn't hear it come, I looked over to the Creeper again, and stood in shock there. The Creeper carcass was lying on the ground, and I could see an arrow lodged in the back of its head. Then, I looked up to the person that had saved me.

The girl that stood before me was smiling at me, almost as if gloating that she saved me. She looked to be around my age, with shoulder length brown hair and grey eyes. She wore a brown T-shirt, leather sandals and jeans, and she had a quiver of arrows strapped to her back. She was carrying a bow in her left hand, although at that moment it was hanging over her shoulder. I looked at her, and then I realized something: she was one of the girls from my dream in the forest.

"You're lucky that I was here to save you, Sky," The girl then said, flashing me a quick smile.

I stared at her for a moment, and then I blinked a couple times. "Yes, I guess that I am lucky. What is your name?"

"Terra is the name." The girl smiled, and then she looked around. "Looks like you guys are pretty busy. Are you expecting some people to show up?"

Turning around then, I began to walk away, but Terra ran up to my side to keep up with me. Nodding, I then said, "Lately we have been having some troubles with a deadly enemy, and we need all the assistance that we can."

Terra's face immediately lit up. "Can I join, as well? I have been journeying solo for a couple years, and I could help the Sky Army. As you can already tell, I am really good with hunting mobs, and I am crafty with the bow and arrow."

I smiled. "Sure, you can join! We need every possible person to help us fight that we can. Even one person can make a huge difference. Welcome to the Sky Army, Terra," I said, and then holding my hand out to Terra. She quickly took it, shook it, and then she released it just as quickly.

Looking around once again, she then said, "Well, who is this enemy that we need to watch out for? Squids? Creepers? Skeletons? What is it?"

Breathing in, I then turned to Terra, gazing into her grey eyes. "Our enemy is Herobrine."

Immediately, the blood seemed to drain from her face. Terra became extremely pale, and then she stuttered, "He-Herobrine?"

Nodding, I then said, "Herobrine is wanting something… he wants revenge on us."

"What did we ever do to him?" Terra then asked as we walked back inside the base. I made my way to the conference room, and quickly found my budder sword. Strapping it to my body then, I turned back to the younger looking girl.

"It wasn't us… but humans in general. Have you never heard the tale of Notch and Herobrine?"

Terra shook her head, and then I breathed in. "Well, in the beginning there was Notch and Herobrine. For a time, everything was in peace, until Herobrine wanted to have control of the world and take away our freedom. All of the people did not want Herobrine to be the ruler over them, and so with the help of Notch, they banished him to the Nether. Herobrine was mad. He created his army of mobs, and sent them to the Overworld in his place. The war between humans and the mobs began then. We have been in a war ever since then. But now, Herobrine is getting stronger. He is taking my recruits, and we can't do anything about it for the moment. He wants revenge for we humans sending him to die in the Nether," I said, which actually caused a couple of free recruits to walk up as well to listen to the story.

Silence surrounded me as the story began to sink into the recruits' minds. Then Terra, who was still deathly pale, said, "Oh… I see why Herobrine… wants to kill us." Terra seemed to be hiding something, but I decided not to pester her at the moment on why she seemed so afraid when I talked about Herobrine. I nodded, and then I looked around. Right then, I saw a bunch of recruits walking in front the forest. A couple of them looked like they had sustained injuries, but other than that, they appeared to all be there. I walked over to them, and then I froze when I saw one specific recruit walk out of the forest.

He was walking forward behind everyone else, holding a large diamond staff in hand. He stood almost half a head taller than everyone, probably being around the size of an Enderman. He has green skin, a spiked budder collar with a broken budder chain attached to it, a pair of budder spiked bracelets on his wrists, and bright blue eyes. He was the strange looking dinosaur that I saw in my dream as well, running behind Terra and the other people in the forest dream.

I walked up to the head of the group, trying hard not to stare at the green dinosaur recruit. "Sky, we have returned from the resource mission to gather wool for the beds. We have travelled all day, and managed to get a lot of wool. The only problem is that we will need to keep on getting wool, because there are going to have to be a lot of beds for all the recruits," The person in front said, and I then realized that it was kingboo415.

Nodding, I then said, "Well, in the morning you can go out and gather more wool. You have done a good job so far, and I don't want to have you guys overworking. How much wool have you gathered all together? I don't care about the colors of the wool, just the overall amount of wool."

"About 386 wool all together, Sky," The green dinosaur then said. Kingboo looked over his shoulder, and quickly shot the boy a quick glare.

"Yoshi, I did not ask you to talk," Kingboo hissed, which then caused Yoshi to glare at him. Shaking his head, Kingboo then returned back to his normal position. "Yes, Yoshi is… correct. We have gathered 386 wool for now. That should be enough to make 143 beds… but that won't be enough for everyone that we will need to house."

I pat him on the shoulder, and then I said, "Well, it's a good thing that we have a lot of room in the base and also a lot of our own sheep. You can go and rest for now." The group then smiled, and took off into the base. The only person that was left over was Yoshi. He was looking down at the ground, and I thought that he was sad and/or mad. "Are… are you OK, Yoshi?" I asked, looking at the tall boy.

A moment later, Yoshi looked up, and connected gazes with me. Yoshi shook his head, and then he said, "Yes, I am fine, Sky. I'm just… thinking." I raised an eyebrow towards him, but decided not to pester, like I decided not to pester Terra.

I then turned around, and began to walk back into the base. Right then, I heard shouting from behind me, which actually made me worry. Rotating around, I then saw another huge group running into the HQ clearing. But this time, they all looked like they had gotten into a fight. "Oh no…" I muttered, and then I ran up to the group. "What the Nether happened here?" I asked, looking at all of them.

"Sky, we got attacked by an invisible force. It took five of our members, and killed two recruits. We were gathering wood a while away, when all of a sudden, something began to attack us. There was nothing that we could do except for run," Bodil said, panting slightly. I could see that a section of Bodil's weapon was torn off and/or broken, and then I took in a shaky breath.

"This can't be happening again…" I muttered, shaking my head. I then looked over to my close friend. "Well, there is nothing that we can do about it now…" I said, which then caused them to all look at the ground. Soon, everyone left. Most of that group went to the infirmary for Dawnables to take care of them, while the others that were still in good condition went inside to clean up.

Right then, Terra ran up to me, along with a couple of my friends. "What happened here, Sky?" Bashur asked (he had not been here for a couple of days, as he was trying to find some resources for us far away deep in the ground and only had returned just a couple hours before), looking over to me.

Slowly turning around, I then looked to my friends and recruits that were there. Biting my lip ever so slightly, I then said, "Herobrine is getting stronger… and there is nothing that we can do about it."


This chapter was a little sadder than most chapters are... but I hope I did a good job. I might redo it later, as I was stuck on Writer's Block.

Here are some questions:

1) What pairings would you like to see in this story? Multiple pairings are preferred (I already know what the pairings will be, but I want your guys' opinions)

2) Should there be a really big twist coming soon that will change the story dramatically?

3) What POV's would you guys like to see in this story?

Keep on reading guys! This is Ninjamaster, and I will see you later recruits! :P

~Ninjamaster01