Minecraft: Wrath of Herobrine: Chapter 10: Gary vs Malchior, Part 1
(I have decided to finish this story before I continue working on any of my others and since I'm grounded I can do that quickly!)
A week passed, nothing important happening really. After hours of seemingly endless walking through a featureless plain a mountain loomed into view.
"Is this the place, Gary?"
"Yup, the guy should be here."
After another few hours of walking towards the mountain that didn't seem to get any closer, a familiar face materialized in the air a few feet away.
"Anybody miss me?"
Malchior had a sadistic looking grin on this time, and he was holding one of those pure black swords in his hand, the blade resting against his shoulder.
I put my hand to Velgan's old sword, but Malchior somehow made me unable to unsheathe it.
"Sorry, but I can't have you playin' with sharp toys right now."
"Bastard, let me fight!"
"I would but I'm not here for you."
His gaze turned to Gary. Taking advantage of Malchior's temporary blind spot, Hannah shot an arrow at him. This turned out to be ineffective as Malchior turned around just in time and turned the arrow into an earthworm.
"Sorry girl, but you can't hurt me with those sticks. I'm here for the wizard."
At this Gary jumped into the air and floated on an equal level with Malchior.
"If you want some of this, I'll be happy to take you on."
"Excellent."
Gary looked back at Hannah and I and said, "Whatever you guys do, don't stop running. Go right up the mountain. This guy's house won't be that hard to find."
"But-"
"What can you guys do in this fight? I used to know Malchior back when I was in the Resistance, he's never been defeated. Just go!"
"I'm not letting you fight him alone-Wah!"
Hannah had grabbed me by the arm and started dragging me toward the mountain.
"Hey, lemme go!"
Annoyed, she smacked me upside the head and said, "What do you think you could do without a sword? You'd just end up unnecessarily sacrificing yourself when we need you!"
She let go of my arm and I stood up, convinced.
"You're right. Let's go."
And with that we kept running to the mountain, looking back every now and then.
Meanwhile, Gary, holding a wand in each hand, was sending all of his most powerful spells at Malchior, who was being hit with fire, ice, lightning, you name it. As the last spell, one that engulfed a person in a strangling shadow, faded away, Malchior was still standing there in midair, sword resting on his shoulder, not even raising his guard. He just stood there and took the spells, unaffected by them.
"Ya done? Good."
And with that Malchior appeared right in front of Gary and took a swing of his black sword at him. Gary dodged it, but barely. When he got back into a standing position his robe was cut along the length of his sleeve and after he turned his head he realized that Malchior's single slash had broken the plain they had been walking on for hours cleanly in half.
"What the hell?"
Malchior lowered his sword for a moment, an amused grin on his face.
"You're probably wondering by now what happened. You're probably thinkin' things along the lines of 'Is he so powerful he can break the land without touching it' or 'can his sword extend or something' right?"
Actually that was exactly what Gary was thinking. He chose not to answer though. Ignoring this, Malchior kept talking, lifting his sword so that Gary could plainly see it.
"For you to fully understand, I have to tell you what's so special about a black sword like this."
Gary's eyes shifted to Malchior's sword, barely contrasting with his business suit.
"This sword is made of what is known as 'Dark Matter'. Dark Matter is a substance that, if touched, has varying effects on the person who touches it. When condensed into the form of a weapon, depending on the wielder and the form of weapon it takes, it can have many different effects on how the weapon is used. For example-" He turned to the right a little, where the moon was rising like it did every night, raised his sword, and slashed, seemingly to cut the moon into two horizontal hemispheres.
…Wait a moment… the moon DID get cut in half! Split horizontally, the two halves of the moon drifted slowly away from each other.
Acting like nothing happened; he turned back around and said, "Whenever I swing my Dark Matter Sword, anything and everything in front of the slashing movement I made is cut. If I really wanted to, I could kill your little friends in an instant. However, I don't find that fun."
"So that explains it. Now that I know what your sword does, I can counter it!"
Gary raised his wands again and started shouting incomprehensible incantations, several pillars seemingly created out of a golden light surrounded Malchior, red tendrils of electricity arcing between each of them. Not too long after their creation, the pillars of golden light turned inward, their pointed ends pointing directly at Malchior.
"This is the end, old friend."
Malchior just stood there smiling.
Gary, who had his wands crossed and held out in front of him, slid the wands diagonally out of their X shape. In response the pillars moved inward at lightning speed, their red electric arcs affecting the pointed ends of the pillars.
Then all of a sudden the pillars were gone, dispelled by Malchior's sword.
"If you thought a spell like that would finish me, you're dead wrong."
But it was Gary's turn to smile this time.
"Is something amusing?" Malchior asked, looking slightly puzzled.
"I thought you'd do something like that. That's what the red electricity was for. When you deflected the pillars of light that were meant to draw the eye away from the electricity, the magic housed within the electricity zapped your sword, negating its ability!"
Genuinely shocked, Malchior swung his sword in Gary's general direction, the man in question not dodging or being affected by its unique ability.
"Well played, but the battle's not over yet!"
Gary raised his wands again and smirked.
"No, but it will be soon."
(Who do you guys think is going to win? I've already determined the winner, but I wanna hear your opinions. Leave your response in the reviews!)