Chapter 9: Perfection Or Reality?


Disclaimer:
Minecraft is a sandbox-building independent video game written in Java originally by Swedish creator Markus Notch Persson and now by his company, Mojang. Persson can be said to own Minecraft. I DO NOT OWN MINECRAFT! IF I DID, DO YOU THINK I'D BE WRITING FANFICTIONS ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF MAKING THE GAME?! I only own "Howl" Percival Winds Xenophon, "Scyther" Death's Scythe, Reese Wither(Spoon XD) Xenophon, Hauringu Scythe, "Violen" Violet Elena Hyacinthia, Dimitri Makenna, Lucius Tantibus-Branson, Alexis Branson, Samuel Branson, Faust Liouris, Alex Percival, Johnnothon Ethan Spirit, Virgo Darkland, Sachiel Darkland, Sophia Knowledge, Ethan Onyx, Edward Onyx, Dennis Endāman, Pad Twewy, Sahen Sukeruton, Endra Ergon, "Numeric" Erik Weiss, Penn Numeric, Xalbador Weiss, "Haunt" Alastor Haunting, Andrew Washington, Valerie Piki, Ian Rothvero, Lilian Dennis Cassachia, Virgil Song, Victoria Song, Valentino Song, Jacklynne "Halloween" O'Conner, Fernanto "Fern" Bouchart, Midnight Eclipse, Hamartia Vinecutter, Alphonse Mordred, Naito Nyx, La Mordred, Atmosphere Mordred, Aero Hawke, Dylon Hawke, Nightingale Fledgeling, Leski "Lancelot" Hades, Niji Iris, Kuroi "Ichor" Chi, Mira Quieta Cantus, Musica Angelus, Quill Estuans Pinnam, Lucifer Kurai, Mick'a'ella Hikari, Hellen Swallow, Shi Shinigami, Amedeo de Castigo, Akamu Kekoa, Lann Nikolas, Daniel Grace, "Val" Valere D'artannian, "Alice" Allistair Timewyvern, Winnefred 'Winn" Winds, Lettie Lands, Elek Hunter (Real name: Edric Evans), Mitsuki Sakura, Sterngucker Schönheit, Katherine Rosencrantz (Real name: Krysalis Roze), Adalwolf Andrews, Neil Nagendra, Gage Galvin, Edric James Lachtna (Or EJ), Lanette Lachtna, Zero Nicholas Winds, Nicholas Percival Winds, Princeton Alexander, Priscilla Xenophon, Lucille Alexander, Elizabeth Plum, Evelyn Serahphis Perseus, Adrian Lisbon, Ethan Webber, Isa Winds, Kina Webber, Atlas Plum, Xenophon Dewi, Mallon Dewi, Ralph Dewi, Elena Dewi, Seth Dewi, Kalie Dewi, Jeremy Dewi, Isabella Watterson, Scott Watterson, Vincent Rose, Lauren Santiago, Juliet Santiago, Ebony The Dead Horse, Shi-no Sora, Rakka Sora, Nethed Vitae, Abiisset Aeternum, Hildegard "Hilde or Hil" Ignis, Conradine "Contessa" Supaidā, Ula "Red" Dissonantia, Sephora "Wilder" Wildrose.


A little warning: A few characters will be called by their real or full name, here are their names.

Howl: Percival Winds Xenophon

Cupa: Cora Xenophon (Maiden Name: Kurīpā)

Andr: Andria Endāman

Alan: Alanterradima Bookswort

Stella: Estelle Sukeruton

Snowy: Selima Yuki

Spidey: Saffi Supaidā

Cavey: Cynthia Supaidā

Contessa: Conradine Supaidā

Ghastly: Gynne (Pronounced Gwen) Nekusasu

Wither: Reese Kurīpā Xenophon (She's actually got the mind of a 7 year old in a 14 year old's body.)


What is "Perfection"?

Is it peace?

Is it happiness?

Is it symmetry?

Is is existence?

Is it balance?

What is "Perfection"?

Perfection is nothingness.

For if nothing exists...

Nothing is imperfect.

And you've found perfection.

Nothingness means no strife.

Everything is not existent, leaving symmetry in its purest form.

Although... There is no existence...

And no balance...

There's a line between existing... And not.

There is no balance if there is just no existence.

So... Perfection is a dream.

But be careful...

For dreams are fragile...

Avoid the darkness...

It will follow you everywhere...

Shadows...

Night...

Illusions...

Lies...

You may ask...

Is this a lie?

No.

It is not a lie.

It is not the truth.

It is nothing.

Nothingness is Everything...

And the Balance is maintained.

-Lord of The Dead Crane


"He's a bit... Off the rocker." Percival said, reading his book. He looked up just in time to see his wife Cora. "Oh, hello dear." he said, smiling at her.

She smiled back and kissed his cheek. "Dinner's almost ready, okay?" she asked him.

"Thank you Cora." he said with a smile as she nodded. "You're the best."

"I know. Oh yeah, by the way, your daughter wanted a word with you." Cora said with a smile as he nodded. He set his book down before he walked into the living room, where his daughter sat.

"Reese? Your mother said you wanted to speak with me?" Percival began as he looked at the young girl. She stood up and ran over to hug him, smiling.

"I love you daddy!" she said, smiling. He smiled and hugged her back.

"I love you too sweetie..." He said with a smile before Cora called out for them.

"Dinner is ready!" she called as the fourteen year old girl dashed off toward the kitchen, dragging her father with her. He smiled, following her as she sat at the table next to her adopted mother, Cora.

"Mmm, meatloaf!" Percival said, smiling and about to make his plate before Cora smacked his hand away. "Ow, Cora! What was that for?"

"We have to say grace." Cora said as Reese giggled at him. "Why don't you say it tonight Percival?" she asked as he nodded. The three then put their hands together as he began praying.

"Lady Naito, Goddess of the Night... Milady, please bless our food so that we may receive all of the nutrients from this wonderful dish Cora made. Thank you for all of the blessings that you have set before us and given to us before this time. May the night be ever so peaceful. Amen." Percival finished as Reese and Cora smiled at him. They smiled and ate their dinner, finishing a bit after with laughs and smiles. Reese, being with how childlike she was, was covered in her food.

"Reesy, look at you, you're a mess!" Cora said as Reese giggled happy. Cora then took her hand and took her to the bath. "Come on sweetie, let's get you to the bath." she said as she took her daughter to the bathroom for a bath.

Percival sighed and cleaned the table and washed the dishes. "... While she's bathing Reese, I should really get back to my script for the final scene." he said, letting the dishes dry in the rack as he grabbed his script on the couch before turning on some classical music. "Hmm... Final lines." he said, flipping through the script. "This is the end of the road... We've been walking on the road to-yadda yadda yadda... AH!" he said, smiling as he got to the final lines for the final battle. "Brine says 'This is the final battle' I say, "Then let's find that road to the lands they call 'paradi-" he began before his wife and daughter walked back downstairs in pajamas. "Hello dears." He said with a smile as Reese ran over and hugged him. "How was your bath Reese?"

"It was great daddy! Mommy told me that old bedtime story while she gave me a bath. You know, about that time that you moved here? It's so cute how you met mommy! Why did you punch her?"

"... Let's just... Talk about that later." Percival said, blushing as he looked away.

"Oh yeah!" Cora said, running over to the mailbox before pulling out a CD in a case. "That new scene you recorded last week just came in!" she said with a smile as she popped it into the DVD player.

Reese smiled and hopped onto Percival's Recliner as her father and mother sat on the couch. Percival smiled and grabbed the remote before starting the video. Reese ran into the kitchen before running back with a large bowl of popcorn and began stuffing her face adorably, causing her parents to smile at her.


The video...

"GET AWAY! AWAY, AWAY!" Percival screamed in pure fear as he ran. "PLEASE! SPARE HER! SPARE JANE!" he screamed at the young man holding a knife as he sat next to the thing crawling on the ground.

"... It's time for your nap." the young man said, raising his left knife.

"JAAAAAAAAAAAANE!" Percival screamed at the top of his lungs.

"H-Howll... Run..." she said, holding a hand out to him in a sense of telling him to run. She was silenced as the young man's knife was brought to her throat, slitting it.

"No..." Percival said, falling to his knees as he began to cry. "... I was too late..." He said, beginning to cry. He raised his right arm before slamming his fist to the ground. The youth then turned to him and gave a wicked smile.

"She's sleeping so soundly..." he said with that sick smile.

"You monster..." Percival said, still on his knees as he shakily stood. "You... You killed her..." he said angrily as he glared at him. "You should have taken me..."

"Nah. Maybe I'll take your precious wife next... Or maybe your daughte-"

"YOU'VE TAKEN ENOUGH LIVES!" he shouted with rage as he rushed at the killer. "I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR LIFE AND MAKE YOU SUFFER! JUST AS YOU MADE OTHERS SUFFER!" he screamed as the killer rushed back at them.

"No, you're going to get a nice, long rest." the killer said, smiling as he drew another knife. He began swinging them wildly as he rushed at the teen. "Go to sleep Howl!" it said.

"I'm gonna give you a nap in a nice coffin... JEEEEEEEFFFFFF!" Percival, or as Jeff called him, Howl screamed as Jeff nearly slit his throat with the blade. "NOW DIE YOU BASTARD!" he said angrily as he flung his left fist at Jeff's face, metal colliding with skin as the killer flew back about 58 blocks, quickly hitting a tree. He grunted in pain upon feeling Percival's hand around his throat. He gripped hard before throwing Jeff to the ground, the killer inching away from him, knives still drawn.

"... GO TO SLEEP!" Jeff shouted angrily as he threw a knife at Percival as it dug into his shoulder. He grunted in pain, causing the misshapen killer to smile once more. "FOREVER!" he shouted before feeling something stab him from behind... It was a tendril. "Slender! You're still alive? After what The Rake did?!" he said before a light hit the tendril... It was red... Like blood. "Th-that's not..."

"..." Percival began to laugh maniacally. "You fool..." he said, grinning as the blood formed tendril began twisting and turning, forcing groans of pain from the killer.

"AH! NGH! AAARGH!" Jeff shouted in pain, trying to get out of the pain of the bloody tendril.

"The blood of a killer... Mixed with the blood... Of another killer..." Percival said with a grin. The grin soon copied the grin Jeff wore before that.

"You're not..." Jeff said with fear filled eyes.

"Not Faust, not Howl... It's me... Remember?" 'Percival' asked, grinning even wider as he opened his mouth, blood beginning to drip from it. "I'm not Lukas or Ichor, if you're wondering about the blood..."

"No... NO NOT YOU!" Jeff cried out in fear.

"It is I..." he said with a smile. "Musical Mayhem."

"No! Please! Have mercy!" He begged, crawling away from him. Jeff stood up a bit after and began to run.

"Mercy is for the weak." he said, grinning as he sliced up his own arm, drawing much blood. "Ring around the rosey, a pocket full of posies. Ashes, ashes, we all fall down!" he sang as his blood flowed rapidly out of his arm and wrapped around Jeff's left leg like it was a whip, causing the killer to trip. He grinned as the killer screamed in mortal terror. He smiled as he flipped the killer onto his back as the other bloody tendrils surrounded him. "Pick the next song."

"N-no..." Jeff said, staring up at him.

"You call yourself a professional? You're a copy of the original programmed to be an enemy... So you'll be my plaything." Musical Mayhem said with a grin as he held him down with his tendrils. "..." he then went down and took off his shoes. "This little piggy went to the market. This little piggy stayed home. This little piggy had roast beef." he sang as he played with his toes. "This little piggy had none..." he was then holding his little toe. "And this little piggy went 'wee wee wee' all the way... HOME!" he shouted the last part as a large blade of blood cut off Jeff's foot, causing the killer to scream in pain.

"Stop!" Jeff begged as the blood splattered over the other.

"But I have one last song for you Jeffery." he said, picking up Jeff. The killer was so weak from all of all of the blood loss from his foot. "Rock a bye baby, on the tree top..." he sang as he held the killer in his arms. "When the wind blows, the cradle will rock... When the bow breaks, the cradle will fall, and down will fall Jeffrey, cradle and all..." he sang before tossing him off of the cliff... SPLAT!

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The video ended with a static screen soon after.


"... Dears? Ar-" Percival began before the loud sounds of his wife losing her dinner was heard in a bathroom nearby.

"Daddy's a good actor!" Reese said with a smile as Percival sighed in relief before petting her head. She giggled as he did. Suddenly the door opened revealing Syth, Percival's best friend. "Uncle Syth!" she shouted happily as she looked at the teen who smiled at her. "Daddy's a good actor!" she said with a smile.

"Oh really?" Syth asked with a smile before she tackle-hugged him. Thank goodness for his strength or he would have fallen down. He hugged her back before she broke off the hug and dived onto the sofa that Percival stood up from. "What happened?"

"Oh you know... That scene from the horror movie I'm in as the antagonist just came in." Percival said with a sigh as Cora walked out of the bathroom and waved to Syth weakly. He waved back with a smile and nodded.

"So, how'd it go? C'mon Pierce-kun! I want to know!" Syth said excitedly.

"I massacre a killer." Percival said calmly as Syth sweatdropped.

"You know... That'd make you number one on the killer list... What is this? No More Heroes?" he asked, smiling weakly. Percival shrugged. "Anyhow, up for the night shift again tonight?" he asked as Percival looked at his wife and daughter.

"Ladies?" he asked politely as they nodded. Reese ran over and hugged him.

"Go have fun daddy!" Reese said with a smile. "Oh! And bring me back some nachos! Pretty-please with cherries, sprinkles and a marshmallow on top?" Reese asked, giving the most adorable Puppy eyes that you could ever freaking imagine in your entire life. Percival smiled and petted her head.

"With extra cheese, chips and then chilli, right?" He asked her as she smiled, nodding happily. "Done." he said with a smile. Cora then walked up and kissed his cheek.

"Be back by eleven dear." Cora said with a smile as he blushed lightly and nodded. Syth then left the house, waiting by the end of the front yard.

"I'll be off then." he said with a smile as he grabbed his sword and began walking to Syth. They smiled at each other before waving back to Percival's family and walking off. They then walked up to the bulletin board in the middle of the villages square. As they left the house they walked on to a bulletin board and read the notice for the night guard. "Mayor Herobrine has declared that no one shall go to the beach to partake in merriment of any kind, and decrees that none shall go into the waters of the ocean and shall instead swim in the lake." Percival read aloud. "What do you make of this Syth?" he asked.

"It has "suspicious" written all over it..." He replied, crossing his arms "Why don't we "take a quick" look at the shores?" He added with a grin.

"But what if Herobrine wants us to be safe? I mean, he has kept us safe since we were kids." Percival said, looking up at his friend. "I don't think we should deny him too soon."

"What he doesn't know, won't hurt him!" Syth smirked "And besides, we're only going to look at it."

"If you say so..." Percival said, his eyes flashed for a second before the flash died down. He then gripped his head.

"Is something wrong?" Syth asked, worried for his friends sudden pain.

"I-I'm fine... just a headache." Percival said, smiling weakly. "I'll be fine. Let's go."

"Then lets take this easy" Syth replied as he lead the way to the sea.

"Okay..." Percival said, following his friend. "What are these visions?" he thought as visions of a girl, a tall bald man, a teen with red eyes, black hair and a metal arm like his, a girl with green eyes and blonde hair, a man with orange eyes and brown hair ran through his head.

"Is something bothering you?" Syth asked as they walked the path to the beach an noticed Percival's slowing pace.

"It's... Just... My mother, Contessa... My sisters Scyther, Cynthia and Saffi... And even my wife Cora and my daughter Reese... What if this place is fake?" Percival asked. "What if... Ah-forget it, I'm just rambling." he said, walking faster.

"Everything... Fake?" Syth thought "Where did he even thought of that up?"

"Hey! Who's the one slowing down now?" Percival called out to him.

"Sorry!" He called back and hurried to catch up to him "...Why does it feel like what he said was... Possibly true?"

As they neared the sea and stepped out onto the beach, Percival sat on the sand. "I mean, you're my best friend, I know that much... But, what if, in another world, we're enemies... Or just allies... Or maybe even other things?"

"What are you talking about? Of course we'll be friends, even in another world!" Syth replied. "No matter wha-" He wa suddenly cut off by a sudden shot of pain racing through his head, then a faded image of static played in his head, the image was almost impossible to see, but he could make out himself and... Percival? They seemed to look like they were... Clashing weapons against each other, not a playful spar ... But a fight with rage and hatred.

"You okay there buddy?" Percival asked, looking at him. Immediately, something shot through his head, it was a message. As he tried to understand it, his headache increased. "Don't... Go... Into... Water..." he said, gripping his head. "Syth... I don't think we should be here... I need to go into the woods... The one with the pine trees... You coming?" he asked, standing up and offering a hand.

"Y-Yeah ... I really don't think we should stay here too." he replied as he took Percival's hand "Let's go."

Percival helped them up as they left. But as they neared the woods, the headache went down drastically. "Huh... that's weird.." Percival said.

You okay now?" Syth asked him.

"Yeah... You?" Percival asked.

"Strangely... Yeah... I wonder what this means?" He muttered.

"Let's go further..." Percival said as they walked in. Both teens looked left and right for anything to jump out at them as Percival looked forward. "Look!" He said, pointing into the distance. Syth looked off in the direction that Percival was pointing to.

"Look at what? A tree?" he asked a bit sarcastically as Percival shook his head angrily.

"That really tall fellow!" Percival said, pointing off again as the man stepped out from behind a tree in a suit.

"... Isn't that..." Syth asked, his eyes widening as he took a step back.

"Th-th-the Slender Man..." Percival said, eyes widening in fear as both teens bolted. "RUN! If he catches us we're so screwed!" Percival shouted as they began running toward the ocean.

"Why are we running away from the village?" Syth asked Percival.

"We can't lead him to the village!" Percival said as they reached the water and skidded to a stop.

"We're sitting ducks Pierce-kun!" Syth said, turning around as he reached for his blade, Niju-sei as he turned to face the Slender Man, who was calmly walking toward them.

"But I'm not going down without a fight." Percival said, drawing his Diamond Sword.

"Don't you mean we?" Syth asked, looking at Percival who shook his head.

"No... This one's mine." Percival said, readying his only arm as he held his sword tightly. Syth nodded, quickly making a break for it as Percival told him to. Percival sighed, readying his sword as he swung it. "Bring it on Slender!" he shouted, looking forward as the tall and pale man walked up to him, hands crossed behind his back. "Let's rumb-" he began before the tall man bowed to him, confusing him.


Percival's Point Of View:

"Hello child." the man said with an extremely soothing voice... One that could put a child to sleep as it was softer than a lullaby. I blushed deeply at the man's beautiful voice as I was dragged into a sleepy state upon looking at his face. I shook myself out of that trance as I swung my leg at it, clashing with a tendril. "You are weak." he said, picking me up by my tie as he held me into the air. "Too weak." he said, hurling me to the left as I flew through multiple trees, eventually skidding into the village. I quickly drove my blade into the ground and caught balance, panting heavily as I leaned on my sword with my only arm.

"Damn... He's very powerful... I should have asked Palador to help me." I muttered, talking about my best friend as I reached into my jeans, finding my Soul Gauge, basically a small crystal that allowed me to increase my power and allowed me to use my most powerful attack, given to me by my teacher. I quickly put it in my mouth, grinning as I saw the man exit the woods slowly, walking in my direction. I then let the crystal slip onto my tongue before I swallowed it. "It's gonna have to come out later... Hopefully I can cough it up..." I muttered, blushing as I pulled my sword out of the ground and raised it to the sky. As the sun set on the horizon I grinned. My goddess wasn't titled "Goddess Of Night" for nothing as energy began gathering in it. The energy of both my soul and the night sky were absorbed into the blade as the moon seemed to eclipse itself in shadow, making the glow of my blade ring out in the darkness. It began glowing in a rainbow array. "... Huh... Niji must be helping out too." I muttered as the man walked closer. I then noticed that there was something about the beam... It was getting stronger as the man grew closer.

"Send your worst dear child." the man said, walking closer as I saw the door to my house open, to reveal Reese, going out to play with our pet Strider.

"This is gonna sting! Sword Beam!" I shouted, swinging it horizontally as it collided with the man, sending him flying away in a puff of smoke as I fell to my rear. "Whoo... That... Was horrifying." I said, laying on my back before blacking out.


The Next Morning...


Normal Point Of View:

Percival's eyes shot open, looking up into red eyes... The eyes of his sister. "... Scy?" he asked curiously.

"Hello there little brother." she said, smiling at him as she tightened the bandages on his torso before buttoning his shirt back up. "Were you fighting an Iron Golem last night? You broke about three of your rib bones."

"... No." he said, sitting up before grunting. "... It was the Slenderman."

"You seriously fought him?" she asked as he nodded before coughing up the crystal. "Oh... That explains how you survived." she said as he shoved it in his pocket. He nodded slowly as he stared into her eyes as she sat on the bed of her house. "... You know... I'm really happy you're safe." she said calmly as she put a hand on his shoulder.

"... Yeah." he said as she leaned toward him, getting on her knees as she began crawling closer to him. He smiled, wrapping his arms around her as she grew closer. She placed a hand on his chest as her lips grew close to his.

"... Percy?" she asked, staring into his eyes.

"Yes Scy?" he asked, starting back into her eyes as they both began blushing.

"... I know you're married... But I still love you baby brother." she said, looking away before he held her chin.

"... Likewise." he said, pressing his lips to hers as she blushed deeply, moaning softly as she kissed back.


Meanwhile...

"Mayor?" Syth asked, walking up to the mayor as the man turned around to face him, his white eyes glowing with happiness.

"Welcome my boy." the man said, smiling. "Please, take a seat." he said, motioning to a chair. The teen nodded and calmly sat in the chair as the man sat in the seat behind the desk. "Tea?" he asked as Emerald walked in, carrying a few glasses of tea.

"No thank you." Syth said, watching as Emerald sat in a nearby chair. He crossed his arms and faced him. "Brine-sama... This is about the night time... Percival and I encountered the Slenderman." Syth said calmly as the mayor nearly choked on his tea. "Exactly. And we have no idea why it has taken interest in our village. He told me to escape and warn you as he handled the battle. Right now he's recuperating at his sister's house."

"And what of the Slenderman?" the mayor or, as Syth called him, Brine asked. Syth shook his head.

"Percival-kun luckily sent it packing with one of those 'Sword Beam' techniques that he learned from his home village." Syth said as Brine nodded.

"I would like to attend your 'Night Guard' shift tonight, may I?" Brine asked as Syth nodded before standing up.

"I will go check on Percival." Syth said, walking away from his chair.

"Syth." Brine said as the teen looked back. "... Be careful." he said as the teen nodded and left.


With Cora and Reese...

Cora was at Scyther's house, knocking on the do... Well actually, she was pounding the door with her balled up fist. "Scyther! Open up! Is Percy in there?" she called out, knocking before the albino girl opened the door, staring at her. "Scy!" she said, hugging the girl who hugged her back.

"... It's great to see you too Cora." she said before acknowledging the Wither-Girl standing behind her as Cora let her go.

"Auntie Scy!" Reese shouted, tackle-hugging her to the ground as Scyther giggled and pet her head.

"It's great to see you too Reesie." she said as Reese got off of her. The two girls stood up slowly as they looked back at Cora.

"... Is Percy here?" Cora asked as Scyther nodded, leading them into the house before closing the door. "Where?"

"He's lying down in my room... He should be fine in an hour. I gave him a potion, so his wounds should heal up very soon." Scyther said, sitting on the couch as Reese jumped onto the recliner and Cora sat next to Scyther. "Did you hear?"

"Yeah... One of those mythical creatures did this." Cora said as Scyther nodded.

"Yeah... And I found this in his back pocket." she said, holding up a piece of paper as Cora raised an eyebrow. "It's written in a language I don't understand." Scyther said as Cora opened the folded paper. "I think it's Hylian."

"Why do you think that?" Cora asked, looking at it. "... This is... But Hylian is like... A universe away... Like Percival and you came from."

"Yeah... Shoul-"

"I can read it!" Reese said excitedly as she raised her hand, held it up with the other and began hopping up and down and up and down excitedly. "Please can I read it? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEAAAAASE!?" she begged as her mother and aunt giggled. Cora then handed her the paper as she began reading it.

"Raed dlihc, fi uoy era gnidaer siht, neht uoy wonk tahw lliw neppah. I ma eht nosrep ohw dekcatta uoy tsal thgin, dna I ezigolopa rof gniod os. Tub uoy deen ot dnatsrednu, siht si a gninraw. Yb siht thgin, a erutaerc nwonk sa Eht Grim Reaper lliwevirra dna kcatta eht egalliv. Siht si ruoy ylno epacse. Uoy tsum hsup mih tou drawot eht hcaeb dna neht hsup mih otni eht retaw dna teg tuo erofeb yeht evirra dna gard uoy nwod, gnitcelloc rehtona luos ot eht tsvrah." Reese read as Scyther and Cora's eyes widened. "... OOPSIE!" she said, coughing before translating. "'Dear child, if you are reading this, then you know what will happen. I am the person who attacked you last night, and I apologize for doing so. But you need to understand, this is a warning. By this night, a creature known as The Grim Reaper will arrive and attack the village. This is your only escape. You must push him out toward the beach and then push him into the water and get out before they arrive and drag you down, collecting another soul to the harvest.' -Slenderman." Reese translated as Cora and Scyther's eyes widened.

"The Slenderman speaks Hylian?" Scyther asked as Cora face-palmed.

"That's not important. What's important is that someone's going to be after Percival, and we can't let them get to him." Cora said.

"What's the point? He's upstairs in the obsidian room, he'll be fine." Scyther said as Cora glared at her. "... What?"

"But it's just a Reaper. Daddy's got the powers of one, so he'll be fine!" Reese said with a smile.

"... Reese is right." Cora said, looking away. "... He'll be fine... After all... No one knows him better than us, right?" Cora asked as Scyther nodded.

"... We should go. Get his other weapons." Scyther said, standing up as she walked over to the front door and opened it. Cora and Reese soon followed.


At the library...

"A little help here, Serah?" Virgo asked, carrying a large stack of books that were about to tip over and fall as he followed the librarian.

"Oops! Sorry Virgo!" she said, helping him hold up the book stack.

"It's fine, but... When's Alan's shift again? He's always sleeping in his book forme on top of the Textbook shelf." Virgo complained as Serah giggled.

"But he still does more work." she said as he sighed.

"That's because you said I couldn't run in the library." Virgo said with a sigh.

"Well that's the rules of the library, no running!" she said with a smile. He sighed again and put another book in its spot on the shelf. He then began hopping into the air as he set more books into the shelf.

"I wonder how Estelle is doing right now..." he muttered.


With Estelle (Call her Stella if you want to live)...

"Well...This is boring." Estelle said, swinging her sword back and forth as she paced back and forth in front of the village. "When's Leon and Scarlet gonna get here and handle their shift?" she muttered, sheathing her sword as she began swinging her bow. After a while, Leon and Scarlet walked up, smiling at her. "Well fiiii-nal-ee!" Estelle said sarcastically as she walked up to them. "The fuck took you two?"

"... Lunch?" Leon said as Scarlet nodded.

"That sounds great right now, I'm wasting away." Scyther said as the others giggled. "Ah, stereotypical skeleton joke always works." Estelle said with a smile as she put her bow around her body again. "What did you have?" she asked.

"Well, Blazette and Ghastly were nice enough to treat us to lunch, so we had some baked chicken in a sandwich." Leon said as Estelle licked her lips.

"That sounds great." Scyther said, about to head out before Scarlet spoke up.

"They said to tell you to come over, and then bring Andria, Syth, Alanterradima and Virgo over." Scarlet said as she nodded, running off.

"Whoo!" Estelle shouted excitedly as she ran off.


In The TRUE Minecraftia...

"What's happening here?" asked Contessa as she inspected Syth's body. She held her right index finger and middle finger to Syth's throat. "He's breathing, but he's not alive."

"What do you mean mom?" Spidey asked, sitting on the bed.

"I mean, there's no soul in him... He's just a hollow." Contessa said.

"Like in Bleach?" Cavey asked as Contessa shook her head.

"Not like Bleach at all." Contessa said. "I mean, look at this, Syth, Howl, Scyther, Cupa, Stella, Leon... All of the strongest fighters in our cast... They're all gone." Contessa said, pointing to the bodies in the hospital beds.

"We've got another one!" someone shouted, running inside with a man on a stretcher. This person was May as she came in, pushing him in. "Any sign of Serah?" she asked worriedly as Spidey shook her head.

"Watch out, coming through!" Jack shouted, rushing through with Serah on a bed. May quickly ran over.

"Serah! Serah speak to me!" May shouted, running over and shaking the bed.

.

.

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No response. "WAKE UP!" she shouted, slapping Serah as the girl failed to awaken.

"May, calm down." Jack said, watching her as she shook her head, looking at him.

"Look! If they hurt someone who was re-" she began before Jack placed a hand on her shoulder.

"They will all find a way out of the predicament." Jack said quietly as he looked at her.

"... Understood." she said calmly. "But what do you think's happening?"

"I don't know... So I've looked at something... A different way." he said as the girls raised an eyebrow. "There's something weird about Howl's body."

"Define weird." Spidey said as he shrugged.

"There's... Multiple souls inside of him." said Jack, shivering. "It's unnatural to have that many souls in a body." Flip then quickly flew in.

"What is going on?" Flip asked calmly before falling to the ground and becoming enveloped in a golden light before taking his human form.

"There's something up with these guys." Contessa said, pointing to the teens and man on the hospital beds. "Their souls are missing."

"... Then why is Howl's soul still there if he's also on the beds?" Alan asked, looking at Howl.

"I don't know, but it's something big." Jack said. "It's unnatural for him to have multiple souls in him."

"Multiple?" Alan asked, raising an eyebrow.

Jack nodded. "Even this man's." he said, pointing to the sleeping man in the blue clothes. Alan then walked over and opened an eyelid before gasping and taking a step back. "What's wrong?" Jack asked as Yaebi ran in, standing next to the sleeping man.

"That's Herobrine." Yaebi said, poking the man's cheek.


In the real world...

"Quick! We can't let him get near Howl's body!" Alexis shouted, dodging a giant rocket as she began rapidly slicing it to pieces with her thin katanas, her golden hair whipping into the wind before she jumped back, recalling her blades as she blocked a blade as black as night.

"Vampira... Decimate her." a boy with black hair and silver eyes said as the sword glowed white and pushed Alexis back.

"Ngh!" she shouted in pain as her swords broke in half. Her cloak lifted slightly to reveal her green shirt and blue jeans. She didn't even flinch as she dodged a swing from the golden sword in his other hand. She quickly slipped her legs under his as she attempted to trip him up... It worked. "Take that!" she shouted before feeling him wrap his arms around her body and grip her tightly. "What th-" she began as he quickly wrapped his leg around hers, tripping her up before flying her to the ground as he got back to his feet. She grunted in pain before her husband ran forth, jumping over her with his dagger drawn.

"Don't you lay a finger on my wife and boy!" Sam shouted, diving over her as he swung his dagger, forcing the teen to block with his swords before slipping backward and kicking up into the air, kicking Samuel in the throat as the corpse fell back, holding his own throat as he looked at the teen.

"Midas... Slaughter." said the teen as he raised the golden sword and span around Sam's dagger. He slipped past his blade and suddenly drove the golden sword through his stomach. Sam barely felt it as the boy's eyes widened. "What in the Worl-"

Sam grinned and leaned down before whispering, "I'm a cross between a redead and st, kiddo." and grinned. The boy suddenly grinned back as Sam raised an eyebrow.

"Then you'd better learn to sew." the boy said, spinning as he sliced Samuel in half before cutting off both of his arms, knocking the zombie to the ground. Sam grunted as he tried to wiggle to him as the boy kicked him away. "Worthless." he said, walking away before seeing Alexis slowly stand up and drag away Sam's pieces as the corpse argued.

"Let me go Lexi! I can still fight!" he shouted as she shook her head.

"Let our oldest handle it." she said as he nodded, allowing her to take him out of the room.

The boy gave a "Hmph" before turning back to step up the staircase before he heard a scythe grind against the floor as he looked back to see a red eyed adult with long, straight black hair. He had a thin body with lesser broad shoulders than Howl. "And who are you?" the boy asked.

"Lukas Tantibus, Knight of The Bloodline, at your service!" he shouted as he launched at the boy, scythe raised as he drew a sword and swung it at the boy. The boy dodged, bringing his fist to Lukas' chin. Lukas fell back before spinning on the floor, tripping the boy with his scythe's pole before punching him with the hilt of his blade.


"... Syth..." Percival said, walking in as Syth looked at him from his couch.

"Pierce-kun... What are you doing here?" Syth asked, standing up as he dropped his book. He quickly ran over to catch his friend who almost fell to his knees. "And are you wearing your sister's cloak?"

"She wouldn't let me button my shirt over my bandages." Percival said weakly as he rested his head on Syth's shoulder. "I-I need your help... More than ever before."

"... What is it?" Syth asked him.

"Something big is coming... Bigger than the Slenderman... The Grim Reaper is coming tonight." Percival said. "First I need you to get those speakers... I'll need to use The Flow."

"That thing that you learned from Mari-"

"The very skill... It could tire me out completely." Howl said. "And I need you to finish it off..."

"But what if you di-"

"You have to."

"Percival-ku-"

"You HAVE to... You have to kill it... And make sure my entire family is safe." Percival began as the moon began rising. "... It's time."

Syth nodded slowly and pushed Percival up. "Do you have your sword?"

"No... But I do have my staff." Percival said, lifting his staff with a trigger on the side that seemed to be only for a grip.

"The bullet one?" Syth asked as Percival nodded. "The one that Scyther made you for your birthday?" asked Syth as Percival nodded again. Syth then opened the door as he watched Percival walk over through the door. "I'll get the music."

"And I'll get the fighting." Percival said, walking out into the village square.

With Cora and Reese...

"Where's Scyther? Wasn't she was just here?" Cora asked Reese as she looked around from the couch.

"Oh! Daddy walked in and Auntie Scy turned into a long stick before they left to go fight some bad guy!" Reese said with a smile as Cora raised an eyebrow.

"Your imagination is so cute Reese." Cora said, petting her daughter's head.

"No mommy! I'm telling the truth!" Reese said, pouting slightly as Cora smiled.

"Of course honey." Cora said with a smile as Reese pouted and ran out. 'R-Reesie! Where are you goi-"

"If you won't believe me mommy, I'll find someone who will!" Reese said, running out and to the town square where she found her father. "Daddy!" Reese said, tackle-hugging him as he grunted in pain. "Ohmigosh Daddy! Are you okay?" she asked as he weakly nodded.

"Reese... I need you to go to your mother... Daddy has work to do." Percival said, pushing his daughter away. "Your Auntie Scy and Daddy have something to do."

"But Dadd-" she began before he shook his head.

"Butts are for sitting." Percival said with a smile as he pet her head. "Just go back and protect your mother." Percival said as she nodded, both of them standing up.

"... Bye Daddy." Reese said sadly said as Percival smiled and petted her head.

"Goodbyes are for the dead. I'll see you in the morning." he said, petting her head as she walked home. She smiled and ran off. "Now... Shall we dance?" Percival asked, drawing his staff as he looked at the new enemy that had approached out of the shadows of his house. The Grim Reaper nodded as it flew its scythe at him, causing Percival to block it with his staff before rolling out of the way. "And this is the perfect time to not attach my extra arm." he muttered before hearing a loud KLANG. "Huh?" He said, looking to his left as he saw his prosthetic arm, laying on the side with a note. "Love Reesie." he read aloud as he smiled, dodging another slice as he quickly attached it with a shout of pain as the blades dug into his arm. "Thanks Reesie." he said, holding his staff with both hands. "Scyther, you ready?" he asked, looking at the staff.

"Ready to go Howl!" Scyther said, her pole shaking.

"... What's that?" Percival asked, looking at her in her staff form.

"I figured Howl would sound cool." Scyther said with a smile.

"... Howl, huh?... I like it." Percival, or Howl said as he pulled the trigger on her, sending a strong bullet out of the bottom of the pole as he launched at the Reaper. "Got to Hell ya' sonuvabitch!" Howl shouted as he span rapidly, picking up speed with each swing as the pole began transforming into a scythe. "Whirlwind!" he shouted as the scythe made contact with the Reaper's scythe which was glowing purple.

"Ah! Howl I'm feeling weeaaaaak." Scyther said, her weapon form slipping before Howl gripped her tighter, eliciting a loud squeak from her as he recalled her.

"Then we're gonna have to stay away from his scythe." Howl said, dodging a slice from the Reaper as he span out of the way if the blade. "Where's Syth with that music?!" Howl shouted, ducking under the scythe of the Reaper as Scyther turned into a baseball bat. "Home run!" Howl shouted, swinging it as it collided with the Reaper's skull, leaving a large crack in it as it fell back in pain. "Aw-yeah!" Howl shouted happily before it came back at him with its scythe at his throat. "AW CRAP!" Howl shouted, falling back. "... Looks like... This is the end Scy..." Howl said, closing his eyes as he was ready to die.

"Arrow Barrage!" he heard a girl shout before opening his eyes, watching multiple arrows hit the Grim Reaper in the skull, sending it falling back.

"Estelle!" he shouted excitedly as he looked up at the skeleton-girl as she stood on a building. She shouted a VERY loud curse and sent an arrow at Howl, which grazed his neck.

"My name isn't Estelle! And you should remember who YOU are by now, Howl!" she said angrily as she lowered her bow. "Remember? You're not married, you've got parents in the real world, and Scyther's not your sister!" Stella shouted as Howl gripped his head.

"Y-you're right..." Howl said as the Reaper lifted the scythe to slice Howl in half. "Uh-oh..." Howl said, watching before seeing someone with red hair run up.

"Try and keep up shorty!" Virgo shouted with a grin as he slid past Howl before doing a backflip to kick the Reaper in the chin, sending him up into the air. "Besides, you'll never catch up sitting on your ass." Virgo said with a grin as he looked up. "We've even got Brine helping." he said as their mayor (OR WAS HE?!) came in and began rapidly slicing at the Reaper.

"Brine!" Howl said, sitting up.

"Focus on your enemy boy." Herobrine said, going back to rapidly stabbing it before Howl heard the music playing.

"... Oh I'm feeling it..." Howl muttered as he began moving. He was holding still and bobbing his head as the music was in its calm phase, but the moment it went into a more energetic phase, he launched at the Reaper, each attack connecting as the music hit a beat.

"... Whoa." Virgo, Stella and Herobrine said as they watched him dance and fight. The Reaper shouted in pain, rapidly swinging its scythe as he deftly dodged them, sometimes even dancing on the scythe.

"Stop fooling around and finish him." Howl heard Syth say just in time to see him come flying down with his sword in a circular motion. Howl nodded, quickly leaping from the Reaper's scythe at Syth as they grabbed the other's hands. They began spinning faster as they did one last jump in mid air and let go of the other's hand.

"Let's finish this!" Howl and Syth shouted, both spinning. Syth quickly threw his sword to Howl as Howl caught it. Scyther quickly morphed into a very long broadsword that would usually require two hands to use. Howl quickly raised both swords to the night sky as Howl's sword began glowing with bloodshot red energy, and Syth's sword began glowing with a light blue energy.

"Now!" Howl shouted, quickly stopping before rapidly spinning in the opposite direction, holding both swords far out as he began glowing purple. "Double Kai-Ten-Giri Beam!" he shouted, stopping as he directly faced the Reaper. He grunted in pain upon feeling a fist hit his stomach and sending him flying away. The Reaper grinned as he looked at a pair of red eyes in the middle of air. The swords were still in the air, resonating with energy as Syth jumped up into the air, catching his sword, "Nijū-sei" as he swung it in an attempt to use the energy.

"... Oh well!" Syth said, swinging it at the pair of red eyes, knocking the enemy back before it appeared. It seemed to be a gas in a cloak. The cloak seemed to burn up, along with the enemy with blue flame. "What in the world?" Syth asked, landing on a tree branch as he stared at his flaming sword. "... It never did this before." he said before seeing someone falling from the sky... It was Scyther.

"Watch out!" Scyther said, glowing as red as her eyes as she landed on the ground next to Syth and suddenly launched at lightning speeds at the Reaper before doing a flip, her leg turning into a blade.

"Whoa." Syth said, feeling as his hair whipped in the direction that she was headed. Stella, Virgo and Brine's hair did the same.

"Take this!" Scyther said, hitting another burst of speed as she drove her bladed leg into the skull of the Reaper before she removed her leg and kicked it away. There was a purple orb in the middle of the skull as she grinned. Doing a backflip as Howl landed on the ground, she turned into earrings and landed in his ears. "Howl do it!" she said with excitement as he ripped the earrings off, patting his legs. All of a sudden, Scyther turned into what appeared to be skates.

"Got it!" Howl said, smiling as the music hit an even louderr part, the guitar solo as he launched at the Reaper, faster than Scyther could. "Time to finish this and get back to Minecraftia!" Howl shouted, jumping as he did a frontflip. Scyther had turned into a sword as she began glowing red again. "Evil Sword Be-"

"DADDY!" he heard Reese scream as he stopped, looking at his house, where Reese, Cora (Or Cupa, since that's what we readers and the writer know her as), and Serah were held with knives at their necks by the cloaked enemies.

"Reese! Cupa!" Howl shouted, stopping as he landed right in front of the Reaper before being held by his throat. He began choking before hearing a loud crashing just in time to see a girl with black wings beating down the cloaked figures with her bare hands, feet and wings. "Endra!"

"Focus on the battle dumbass!" Endra shouted, dodging a swing from one of the knives as she punched it with her wing, sending it flying. Howl was still choking in the air as he began falling into unconsciousness.

"Um... take this..." he heard a quiet voice say before seeing Andr appear behind the Reaper as she quickly did a spin kick, smashing the skull as it released its grip on Howl.

He quickly fell to the ground, grasping his throat as he took breaths. "Th-thanks Andy."

"No problem Howl." Andr said with a small smile. She quickly looked back, seeing Syth rush at it again before blocking the Reaper's scythe as he slid back. A burst of flame appeared from behind him as a girl with tanned skin, blonde hair and a bikini appeared behind him, fire in her hands. "I got them too." Andr said quietly as a girl with white skin appeared from above, throwing a large cannonball out of her hand at the Reaper appeared.

"You got Ghastly and Blazette?" Howl asked as she nodded. The cannonball made contact with the Reaper, sending it flying back before Blazette launched a fireball at it, setting off a massive explosion that for some reason didn't bother the ground, but destroyed the trees around it, sending wood flying everywhere.

"Uh-oh." Scarlet said, walking by as she saw the headless reaper flying at her. She quickly ducked as it bounced off of her gelatin-like body and flew back into the air. As if planned, Leon was waiting atop a tall tree as he quickly took a breath.

"... Leap of Faith... Just like those Assassins taught you." Leon whispered to himself as he took another breath. He slowly did so, flipping multiple times with his right leg raised. Eventually his leg collided with the Reaper, sending it flying at the beach as Howl went running by at a speed faster than Virgo. He then raised Scyther to the sky as she turned into a Bastard Sword.

"Sword Beam!" Howl shouted, swinging Scyther as he sent a black beam at the Reaper, sending it into the water as it dropped its scythe at the edge of the beach. Howl grinned, quickly grabbing the scythe as everyone met up with him. "... Looks like it's time to go." he said, coughing as he began glowing. Syth looked back at the village as Howl began swinging the scythe as Scyther hopped off of him and landed on the ground.

"I'm really gonna miss this peace..." Syth said before Howl leaped into the air before swinging the scythe, a sudden tear in reality opened, a purple void awaiting everyone to enter.

"Me too Syth." Howl said as everyone began entering the portal. Howl took one last look as Cupa and Reese walked in. "... Goodbye... Slendy." he said, smiling as he took a step toward the portal. He suddenly felt something grab his leeg as he fell over. "Huh?" he said, looking back as he saw a bony hand gripping his foot as he began clawing at the ground.

"You will not leave..." he heard a voice say as he saw the Reaper's skull come out of the water.

"Ah!" Howl shouted, claying at the ground as he began trying to wiggle out of its grip. "L-leave me alone!" he shouted, attempting to kick the hand of of his leg. It didn't let go as the portal began closing. His eyes widened as he reached for the scythe, which was just out of reach. He suddenly began screaming in mortal terror. "H-H-HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLP!" he screamed, digging his fingers into the ground. He grunted in pain as he felt his leg bones being slowly pulled apart. "NGH... GGAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" he screamed in pain as he felt his entire left leg dislocated. His eyes widened as he felt the hand release his foot. He looked up in time to see Herobrine holding the scythe as he sliced the skull in half and placed the scythe in Howl's inventory. "B... Brine?"

"Scythes aren't my specialty... And I'll be the one to finish you off." Herobrine said, helping him up as he had him put his arm around him. "Let's get back to our world." he said as he led the limping Howl through the portal... "Howl..."

"Yes?" He asked as they stopped just before it.

"... Thank you."

"... No... Thank you Herobrine."

"... Why do you thank me, boy?" the deity asked, watching the weak protagonist.

"... If you didn't save me... I couldn't raise Reese... Or even say goodbye to my loved ones."

"Don't underestimate me. I will defeat you soon enough." Herobrine said as the two enemies smiled at each other.

"Let's hope you can." Howl said, smiling as they stepped through the portal. "You're a good guy..."


A week later...

"Okay, looks like you're all patched up." Andr said, looking at Howl's leg. He smiled, sitting up as he moved his foot. "You'll need to stay of it for a bit, maybe a day or two."

"Thanks Andy." he said, touching it. "It really helps." he said as she nodded, smiling.

"It's no problem. Besides, Reese used the Puppy-Eyes." Andr said with a smile.

"It's understandable. After all, she is my daughter." Howl joked as she giggled.

"You're not cute." she teased as he got off of the bed and limped to the door, opening it to see the man with white eyes leaning on the wall.

"... You waited."

"What did you expect?" Herobrine asked, standing up straight before walking away. Howl quickly grabbed his hand and looked at him. "Yes?"

"... Brine, do you know someone by the name of "Lord"?" Howl asked as he stopped in his tracks.

"... Why do you ask?" Herobrine asked as he looked back at Howl.

"... I think he's the one who put us in that world."

"Do you really believe so?" Herobrine asked as Howl nodded. "What gives you such ideas?"

"He massacred all of my friends here without even getting knocked down, healed us all and suddenly, we all woke up in that world." Howl said as Herobrine put a hand to his chin.

"Hmm... Strange world we live in, correct?" he asked as Howl nodded. "He appears to be an enemy to us both. We are still enemies, but if you ever encounter this man again, I will fight alongside you." Herobrine said as Howl nodded, raising a fist. "... What?"

"... It's something I used to do in my world."

"... What am I to do?"

"Just put your fist to mine." Howl said as Herobrine nervously did so. "Much luck in your battles."

"... You will need it more." Herobrine said coldly as he walked out of the village beore flying away.

"... Thanks again." Howl said before Syth walked in and tapped him on the shoulder. "Yeah? What is it Syth?"

"Why'd you let him go?" Syth asked as Howl watched the entity leave.

"We may be enemies, but look at it this way. He knows our weaknesses now, we are fighting the Lord and so is he... Murder two victims with one bullet." Howl said as Syth raised an eyebrow.

"... Are you sure?" Syth asked Howl as he nodded.

"It takes two to tango. Two armies battling creates a war." Howl said.

"... You're really ready to fight an entire war on your own?"

"Yes. It's my destiny to fight."

"Why?"

"... It has been since the moment the council fell."

"... Council?"

"..."

"... Just who are you?"

"Oh, just your everyday ex-mass murderer."


Chapter nine. I'm fine... Just... FINE! XD


Questions to be answered:

None this time! XD JUST KIDDING! LOOK DOWN!

WILL I EVER SHUT UP!?


Staff:

HowlXenn13: Writer

HowlPers12: Assistant/Co-writer

Jackson Crowley: Joke maker

Alkatrez: Leon's owner

The 13 Paged NoteBook: Syth, Flip/Alan, Whistle Grass Village's owner/Co-writer

Preemie98: Jack's owner

Magasquage: Owner of Cooper the Creeper, Cupa's older brother.

maritrollthe46th: The Creator of "The Flow".