Merry Christmas! This is a month overdue! I needed to focus on schooling for a while and when that was finally over, my computer broke down! So, it's been fairly busy on my end. This chapter isn't very long, but I hope it's satisfying enough!

Steve was exited; this meant that he would finally be able to meet Notch. Maybe then, he would find out the full story about why he was created. He looked over at Herobrine, his eyes were practically glittering with excitement and Steve could see a small grin.

Herobrine looked back up at Steve, "Well, let's go then!"

They both jumped into the portal, leaving the End.

When Steve opened his eyes, all he saw was blackness. He looked around for Herobrine, but couldn't see him. He soon felt like he was slowly falling, and before he knew it, he was on the ground and the inky blackness below him was replaced by a large expanse of dirt as far as the eye could see. Herobrine appeared next to Steve looking slightly anxious.

"Notch?" His voice echoed throughout the emptiness. A green glow filled the sky as he spoke, "Brother, are you there?"

A light blue replaced green, "It has been a long time dear brother."

Steve gasped, another man appeared before them. He was bald with a large black beard and his eyes seemed to hold knowledge beyond what man could ever know. This was Notch, the man that villagers worshiped as a god, the being that had created him and helped create the world. And he was standing right in front of him. Steve was awed into paralysis. Herobrine however, was a different story. He ran up to Notch and pulled him into a tight hug.

"You have no idea how much I missed you all these decades! It was so lonely down below."

Notch patted Herobrine's back, "It's alright now Brine."

Herobrine stopped the hug and stepped back from Notch.

And then he punched him in the face.

"Why did you not communicate with me at all? Why leave me in the dark like that?! I'm your brother for goodness' sake! I was nearly driven mad!"

Notch sighed and wiped his face with his hand, "I had a feeling that this would happen. I'm so sorry Brine. I wanted to talk with you, but I couldn't. I made a special connection with the endermen as a fail-safe in case something like this happened. Manipulating matter in the worlds we created and speaking with the endermen took all of my strength. There was no way that I would be able to speak with you directly. I had to wait a very long time in order to gather enough energy to create Steve."

Herobrine looked down at his feet, a small frown on his face. Steve took this as a time to speak up.

"Excuse me, um, is it alright if I ask a few questions?"

Notch coughed and fixed up his brown shirt, "Yes Steve. I'm sure that this is a bit bewildering for you. What would you like to ask me about?"

"I…understand that you created me. But, I want to know why I was created and, why Brine and I look so alike."

Herobrine raised his head at this, also curious to know the answer. Notch looked at both of them and smiled.

"I knew that Brine would be very lonely down below and that he would become a bit, umm, unhinged. He needed someone to calm him down and be with him in the times that he needed comfort, he needed a friend."

Herobrine's eyes widened in shock and understanding.

"Of course, someone like that would have to be a very complicated creation. And I'm not so good as to be able to create a person like that from scratch. I needed a template, a model so to speak. And who better to model them after than the person I knew best?"

Steve looked over to Herobrine. Notch began walking towards them.

"My only hope is that you may forgive me for leaving you alone for so long Brine…"

Notch suddenly stopped walking and stared off into space for a moment, but quickly snapped back to looking at them both. "You have to go. Now!"

Herobrine looked confused, not having yet sensed what his brother had, "What's going on?"

"A huge unbalance of power is happening down below. I fear the worst; you have to stop it, and fast."

Herobrine and Steve quickly turned around, ready to stop to the incoming threat.

"Wait, Steve." Notch called out, "I need to speak with you alone for a second."

Herobrine and Notch locked eyes for a moment, and with an understanding nod, Herobrine teleported away.

Notch grabbed Steve's shoulders,"Steve, you need to know that I made you more like us than you may realize. You hold great power, and when the time is right, I'm sure that you will know what to do with it. Go, Brine needs you now more than ever."

Steve found himself feeling a familiar tingling sensation throughout his body and once again he was in front of his house with Herobrine.

He heard Herobrine scream in a way that he had never heard before.

"NOOOOOO!"

Then, the sky turned dark.

The final chapter is coming up next! It has been a joy writing this and I hope other fanfics that I write will be nearly as successful as this one.