Chapter 10:

Monster

"So that's my past?"

Nearly everyone jumped at the sound of Levi's voice. Not a single one of the three had noticed him enter the room, and none had realized that he had been listening to Gwen's story about his past the entire time.

But as the three turned to look at the nineteen year old, only Steve noticed the way that Levi's voice was slightly shaking. He must be upset about what his mother did to him...

Gwen looked at him, hope in her eyes. Steve could imagine what they would be like. He would love it if he found out that his family was still alive, even if it wasn't the way that they once were. His heart ached at the thought of his adoptive family members.

Before Gwen could speak, however, Levi quickly said, "I don't remember you. I may be your long lost best friend, but I honestly don't care." Steve turned to see that the hope was replaced by shock in Gwen's eyes. Soon afterwards it became despair.

"How could you say that, Levi?! Can't you tell how hopeful she was?!" As she spoke, Aria walked over to Levi and slapped him on the face.

"That hurt, Elf Boy." He said, but didn't apologize. He merely stood where he was, most likely surveying the room with his pupiless eyes.

"You're an a******, Levi!" Aria yelled, storming back to her seat. She crossed her arms angrily.

"Maybe I am. It doesn't matter." He replied. The teenager walked towards the door, not meeting anyone's curious gaze.

"Where are you going, Levi?" Steve questioned, getting to his feet. His adoptive brother wasn't acting like he normally did. Something was wrong with him.

"I'm leaving."

That wasn't the response that he had been expecting. "Leaving?!" Steve exclaimed. He rushed over to the doorway, putting his hand on Levi's shoulder. The younger of the two slapped his hand away.

"Leave me alone." He growled, but Steve wouldn't let him go.

"Why are you leaving? When are you coming back?"
Levi turned to look at him, white eyes glowing brighter than ever before. "I'm not coming back." When Steve didn't say anything, he noticed that Levi's hands were shaking. "Don't you get it?!" He yelled.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm him...I'm Herobrine! Why else would I have these white eyes?! Why else would the hostile mobs follow my every command?! Why, Steve, why?!"

Steve put his hand on Levi's shoulder again. Levi tried to push it off, but Steve stood his ground. "I'm a monster, Steve! I can't stay here-"

To Levi's surprise, Steve embraced his younger brother. "Don't you think that I knew that when I let you stay five years ago? I knew that you had to be him. I just didn't want to admit it." He pulled away from their embrace, still keeping his hands on Levi's shoulders. "Our world's official history must be wrong. You're not like what the stories stay, Levi. You've proven to me millions of times. Herobrine wouldn't save an idiot who went into the mines without his weapon. Herobrine wouldn't save an idiot from a creeper attack."

A smile started to form on Levi's face. "Herobrine wouldn't save an idiot when he decided to fight an entire horde of zombies."

"Herobrine wouldn't save an idiot when he fell into an abandoned mineshaft."

"Herobrine wouldn't save an idiot from a mob of villagers."

"See, Levi? You're not what the legends say. You're your own person." Steve said, finally drawing his hands back. "Now come and join us. You have two friends that are waiting for you back there."

Gwen and Aria both smiled when they realized that Levi and Steve were looking at them. The two started to head back towards the table, Levi trailing behind Steve. Steve sat down, and Levi was about to do the same. Unfortunately, the universe had a different idea for what would happen to Levi next.

He heard what sounded like an enderman, and the next second he found himself on the ground with two mobs sitting on top of him. The two started to talk together. "I hate to break up your all important conversation, but you're sitting right on top of me." Levi said, and the conversation immediately stopped. One of the enderman started to speak, only to stop midway.

"Sorry about that. I'm new to the whole teleporting idea." A boy spoke. A second later Levi found that the weight on his back was gone. He got to his feet, staring at the duo that was in front of him.

Before he thought that Elf Boy and Gwen looked strange. But they compared nothing to the strangeness of the creature before his eyes.

The creature looked like him and Steve...Sort of. If anything, it mainly resembled an enderman. It had long brown hair that turned black at the end, and a pair of bright purple eyes peered out from a slim face. Black scales covered the creature's body, the only area that the skin underneath could be seen was the majority of the creature's face. Its hands ended in sharp black claws, longer than the average human's fingernails. It was around his height.

The way that it was dressed was more like a human. Well, a human who performed dark magic. It wore all black-A black cloak, black pants, and black tank-top. Slung over its shoulder was a black bag, and Levi could see that pieces of paper were sticking out of it.

It brushed off its pants, the enderman next to it tugging at its arm and pointing at Levi. It looked down at its companion, asking a question in the language of the enderman. A language that Levi couldn't speak. The small enderman gave a nod, replying to the taller of the two's question.

The creature turned back to face Levi, interest in its purple eyes. It gave a short and quick cough. "Are you Herobrine? At least the reborn version of him?"
To everyone in the room's surprise, it was the voice of a teenage boy that came out of the creature's mouth. "You can speak the Creator's language?" Steve questioned, staring at him.

For the first time, the creature noticed everyone else in the room. "A Link skin..." It said as it looked at Elf Boy. "A half cat-girl skin..." It muttered when its gaze traveled to Gwen. "And either the default skin or Steve himself."

Its gaze returned to Levi. "Are you Herobrine?" It repeated, staring at him intently with a pair of extremely intelligent purple eyes.

"We all think so." Elf Boy spoke before anyone else could.

Levi turned to give a glare at Elf Boy. "That was my question, Elf Boy. I should feed you to a pack of wolves to keep you quiet. Voices has been telling me that his pack has been hungry lately..." He trailed, leaving the threat in the air.

But since Elf Boy knew Levi better than she had before, she didn't even flinch.

"Who are you?" Gwen asked the creature.

"My name is Orpheus." It replied. "And Pandora and I," It gestured at the enderman next to it. "Believe that I may be Herobrine's Dark Mage."