Sky POV—

I hate my life. Honestly do.

How could I let a Squid get into Sky Army HQ undetected and let them kidnap Dawn?

Because I was stupid, careless, and deserved to be punished.

When we made finally got all of the Sky Army recruits to evacuate, we moved on to The Alternate Army, then The Dwellers, Team Press Start.

The main problem was The Audience. Since The Squids claimed to have done something with Toby, we had no choice but to try and cooperate with The Audience. The second in command was who needed to talk to, and that would be a little bit tough, considering who the second in command was.

I walked into the main gates, watching Audience Members stop whatever they were doing and watch us. I had most of the Sky Army generals with me—

Er... the Sky Army generals that remained...

—all of them walking behind me. We had already sent all the Sky Army recruits and every other alliance to Alpha Base #1, telling them exact orders to stay as silent as they could and not anything else until we said otherwise. Every other leader followed me—minus Vic, Red Flare, and Ck, who were investigating the disappearance of the children of Notch, Herobrine, Bodil, Toby, Seto, Ssundee, and PBG.

No one knew where they went. They just vanished.

We all walked into the main building, every single Audience Member turning their gaze towards us. I couldn't blame them, considering that we were all wearing full battle gear and holding our weapons. This was like a drill to us: If we ever walked into The Audience HQ like we were about to go into battle, that meant that every Audience Member was to automatically go into battle positions.

As I had expected, every Audience Member began to pull on armor and get into ready position.

We walked straight through the chaos, finally making it to where Toby's quarters were. I forced open the door, immediately startling a small white dog who ran underneath a large bed. Reading a book on Squid Anatomy on a nearby desk sat a muscular man, wearing a short-sleeved purple shirt with the name "Gabuscus," jeans, and an iron helmet over his normally spiked black hair. He looked up at us with slightly annoyed eyes and slammed the book shut.

"Dammit. What now? Did Toby say that there was a Mini-Minotaur invasion over here again?" Gabuscus asked.

I did a quick bow in respect and shook my head. "No. There's a real Squid invasion happening. All alliances of Sky Army are required to evacuate to Alpha Base #1 immediately."

Gabuscus blinked. "All alliances?"

MUDKIPZ stepped forward. "If you don't believe us, have fun getting kil—"

Sparklez and Kermit quickly slapped their hands over MUDKIPZ's mouth, silencing him. "Don't listen to him!"

I looked back at Gabuscus. "All alliances. Yes. We need you to evacuate all of The Audience and direct them to Alpha Base #1. Please, Gabuscus. This may be your only chance. Toby disappeared, Dawn was kidnapped, both the children of Notch and Herobrine went missing. You need to evacuate."

Gabuscus stood from the desk, rising to what felt like three blocks high. He sized me up, inspecting me as if I were just a lost puppy.

"What if you're responsible for his disappearance?"

The question hit me like a runaway minecart. "W—What?"

Gabuscus had a mean look cross him. "You could be responsible."

My mind was already reeling at the two sentences he spoke. What if I was responsible for his kidnapping/death?

Minecraftuniverse pulled out his sword. "Gabuscus. You're being rational."

The secondary leader of The Audience turned to my friend. "Really? I'm just as responsible for my friend as you are. What if you just carelessly left him to die?"

Jerome, Deadlox, Ethan, and Bajan all pulled out their bows and notched their arrows. "Don't fuck with Sky," they warned.

I waved them off. "This is between me and Gabuscus, guys. Put down your weapons."

Gabuscus looked at me. "You did leave him, didn't you?"

I shook my head. "No. But I did send him on a mission."

Gabuscus raised a balled fist, ready to send me flying across the room, when I heard a tiny: "Gryphon! You wanna treat?"

Gabuscus stopped as the small white dog from earlier yipped in happiness from under the bed. "What the Nether?" Everyone turned towards where the little white dog was.

"Kill!" the same small voice ordered, almost demonically.

The white dog growled and leaped from the bed, baring his sharp teeth as he attacked Gabuscus. He screamed and fell to the ground, a tiny white ball of fur and teeth trying to rip him to shreds.

"AAAGH! GRYPHON! GRYPHON! DOWN! DOWN BOY! NO!" Gabuscus punched randomly.

"Don't mess with Sky, Gabuscus!"

I looked back at the bed. On top of the red bedsheets, sat a tiny man about half a block high. He had wild brown hair, a green T-shirt, cargo shorts, and maroon shoes that hung from the edge of the bed. He was laughing hysterically, his voice high-pitch like he had breathed in a bunch of helium.

Everyone's eyes turned wide. "Toby?!"

"Gryphon! Heel!" the tiny Toby ordered.

The small white dog yipped and ran back under the bed. Gabuscus lay on the ground, breathing hard and bloody. "What the Nether, Toby!"

Tiny Toby leaped to the ground and landed with a tiny thud! He sheathed a miniature diamond sword and scurried over to us. "Don't mess with Sky or anyone else, Gabuscus!"

I walked over to the bed and knelt to where Toby was standing. I tilted my head to one side. Then the other.

"Okay..." I mumbled.

Toby sighed and stuffed his hands in his short pockets. "I hate my life. The only thing cool about this is that I can ride Gryphon."

Don't laugh! This could be dangerous for Toby! This could kill him! Aether screamed in my mind.

No! Laugh! This is fucking hilarious! Nether argued.

I stared at him for another few seconds, then burst into laughter. "WHAT THE FUCK!? HAHAHAHAHA!"

Dammit, Sky.

There you go! Who's my best friend?

Dawn POV—

I was thrown violently into the dirty cell, my head aching from the abuse The Squids had just put it through. I quickly sat up and put a hand over my stomach. Please be okay...

I sighed in relief when I felt a kick of protest from the inside of my stomach. I leaned back on the ground. The baby was okay.

I looked at my captures. "Go fuck yourselves!" I spat.

One of the captures laughed. "Same to you, sweet heart."

"Call me sweet heart, and I will see to it that I personally torture you in the Nether," I hissed through clenched teeth.

The second Squid laughed. "You got spunk. If only we had people like that fighting in the front lines..." They both shut and locked the gate, sentencing me to darkness.

I sighed and stood up as soon as my eyes adjusted to the darkness. I took a quick recon of the room: The cobblestone walls had a very light and soft glow, informing me that the walls were enchanted.

Shit. I could've tunneled my wall out.

I checked if there were any items in the room. I found a small wooden bed on the wall, supported by iron chains. There was a standard toilet. And that was it.

Geez. Could they at least put a glowstone light here? I thought to myself. Or are they too stupid to do that? I snickered at the thought of a Squid trying to install a glowstone lamp in a prison cell. Sure, it wasn't the funniest thing, but it at least cheered me up considering the situation I was in.

I walked over to the bed, touching the sheets. They were dark, and damp. I quickly recoiled. I knew what they were doing. They soaked the sheets in Squid blood so when I slept, my skin would absorb the blood and I become one of them. It was like when they tipped those arrows with Squid blood and shot Antvenom about... what? Five years ago?

I instantly knew what to do. This was normal drills that Sky put me through.

I ripped off my sleeves of my shirt, wrapping the cloth shreds around my hands and palms to protect them. I then carefully grabbed the sheets and tossed them in the toilet along with the bits of cloth around my hands, flushing it and watching the water overflow from the bowl.

I brushed my hands and smiled at my handy work. No turning into the enemy today!

I looked at the bed longingly. I had just been tightly tied and thrown into a minecart, then thrown into the ocean, unable to breathe until I reached the underwater base. I was tired.

I walked over to the empty bed and lay down, curling into a ball and putting my arms around my belly in hope maybe that I would salvage extra warmth. I closed my eyes and sighed. Why? Why did it have to be me?

Then I began to think: How did Sky even become enemies with The Squids in the first place?

I vaguely remembered Sky teaching some other humans about a new biome he and some other people discovered. The Squids had burnt down a few trees when they showed up to watch, but Sky ignored them. Then, The Squids just began to annoy him when he tried to show other humans some new things. Sky began killing them in anger and rage, they attacked back, and...

The war started.

I sighed. The simple act of annoyance set the entire story of bloodshed and tears into motion. So many people had died because they just annoyed Sky.

Wow.

I opened my eyes again. What if they just... offered to be friends with him?

Nah. They tried that, but still annoyed him.

I rubbed my stomach, feeling another kick from inside. I sighed and smiled. "Daddy's coming. He's gonna bring us out of this nightmare."

I felt my eyes become heavy, and I closed my eyes. I was tired. So very tired...

The dank prison cell disappeared from my world, and I felt myself drifting in a white void. It was warm, comforting me and making a smile grow from my lips. I saw a man in white clothing appear in front of me. He reminded me of Sky: Black sunglasses, a budder sword at his hip, tangled brown hair. The only difference was the pure white clothing.

I smiled happily. "Sky!"

The man shook his head gently, putting a hand on my cheek. It was warm to the touch, a soothing feeling of calm and rest washing all through my body. The man put a finger to his lips, making a quiet: Shh... He pointed behind me.

I turned around, noticing a screen-like thing in front of me. On the screen, a series of images flashed: Toby, PBG, Seto, Ssundee, Lignite, and Blabid fighting a blurry man, but all of them failing. I couldn't make out the features of the man, but I had a bad feeling that he was powerful and dangerous. Lignite and Blabid escaped, so he turned his attention to the others. He tossed Seto, PBG, and Ssundee into a portal that glowed a soft Navy blue, and quickly captured Toby. He forced a potion into his mouth, then left him on the ground unconscious.

The screen disappeared, and I turned around to the man. "Toby?"

The man nodded. He is okay, however, the others are trapped with you, he spoke in my mind.

"Me?"

Yes. They are imprisoned. To become bait to lure in Sky and everyone else.

The portal!

"I... I gotta get out of here! Send me back so I can escape!" I demanded.

I cannot. I can send you back, but you will be unable to escape.

"Um... why?" I asked.

Because you will be imprisoned like the others. Stronger bait to trick the fox. You can only warn him.

"How?" I demanded, grabbing his shoulders and shaking them. "How can I warn him?"

The man bowed. I am a messenger for Sky himself. I am Aether, correct and mature conscious of—

Aether, you fucking asshole! What are you doing here!?

Aether growled. Please excuse me for a moment. He dissolved in a white light, only to appear two seconds later. Please pardon the interuption. My friend... is the other part of Sky's conscious.

I decided not to ask.

I nodded. "Please, just tell Sky to not come to the Squid Army base, and that he must find another way here," I told Aether.

Aether smiled and bowed. I give you my word the message shall reach him.

I smiled. "Thank you."

iAngel POV—

I collapsed on the ground, blood and tears streaming down my cheeks. I had left behind my brothers and sisters, only to save myself. Did anyone else escape? What happened? Why did I decide to do that? What had I done?

I curled into a ball, vomiting to let my body rid the rest of that tear gas from my system. The Squids were more intelligent than we thought, which only meant that they were more dangerous.

I finished vomiting and crawled away from the bile I had made. I looked around. As far as I could see, I was in the center of a rain forest. Had I really run that far? I had just ran from a forest. Maybe I was just so desperate to get away...

I took a slow breath, steadying my breathing and pulling myself to my feet. Whether I was lost or somewhere near some familiar ground, I would have to start walking. I looked up at the sky. It was almost nightfall.

Shit. The monsters would start coming out any minute now.

Father, I prayed quietly. I would appreciate it if you could give me some guidance. To a shelter that I can stay in for the night. Anything will do, Father.

I began to walk in a random direction, the only catch to get away from the Squid Army base. I put a hand over my side, a shot of pain traveling up. Had I injured myself?

I pulled up a part of my hoodie to take a look, and I nearly screamed. There was a large red welt the size of a chicken on my side. How the Nether did I get that?

I thought back a little bit. I remembered that I had kept running into trees and swatting invisible bugs at my sides. Was that it? I was just delirious, and maybe that was why I kept...

Oh, nevermind. I don't think you want to hear about what I remember doing. It would probably take too long.

"iAngel?"

I stopped in my tracks. What was that? I looked around, only to see nothing. I shrugged and kept walking.

"iAngel? Um... can you...?"

I looked around again, only to see nothing.

"Yo! Look up!"

I craned my head to see a dark figure around ten blocks high up in a tree. I squinted to make out a dark suit and a long yellow tie. It was a man, in a dirty business suit and dark sunglasses. He was hanging from his tie in a tree, holding on for dear life so he didn't fall or accidentally hang himself.

I crossed my arms, a smile creeping across my lips. So someone did survive! I opened my mouth and tried to speak, only for no sound to come out.

I clasped a hand over my mouth. Did I lose my voice?

"Can you... maybe make a ladder or something to help me down?" Bodil asked.

Around fifteen minutes later (Don't ask why it took so long... please) I had Bodil out of the branches of the tree. He brushed off the leaves and twigs from the suit. He thanked me, and I took a glance at the sky.

Oh shit, I thought to myself.

It was nightfall. The sun had already sunk underneath the horizon and the moon was rising, bathing the world in a liquid silver. The stars began to rise along with it, making tiny lights that dancing in the night sky. A cool breeze blew through the rain forest.

I grabbed Bodil's arm. We gotta get outta here! I wanted to scream, but my throat didn't release a sound. I instead waved my arms around and pointed at him. We have to leave now!

Bodil tilted his head. "What is the matter, iAngel? Why can you not speak?"

I threw my arms in the air in frustration. I pointed at my throat, then shook my head. Something that I breathed in!

"Hisssssss..."

I turned stiff. Bodil's jaw dropped as he grabbed my arm. "Don't. Move. A. Muscle."

Every nerve in my body shrieked for me to run. To get away from where ever we were. But I trusted Bodil and held still. I could already hear creepers shuffling through the forest. I saw an arrow sail through the air just behind Bodil's head, embedding itself in a tree. Multiple red eyes glistened to my right, the hiss of a spider coming from the same direction. A liquid moan came from directly behind me.

Bodil slowly leaned forward. "They cannot see us, iAngel. But if they hear us, they will come to kill us."

I swallowed, tilting my head as if to say: How?

Thankfully, he understood. "I... um... er... I don't know. I guess it's just one of the many talents of a Troll."

I silently giggled.

Bodil pointed to his right. "I know of a place we can stay for the night. It is not too far from here. Just follow me, and don't. Make. A. Noise. Got it?"

I nodded, understanding every word as if it were a lifeline, which it was. As we began to walk away quietly, I watched the monsters surrounding us closely. I had survived four attacks from The Squids, been captured by Herobrine, and traveled all of Minecraft even though it was dangerous. I was not going to die by a few monsters tonight.

I then saw purple eyes materialize behind my friend, and I stared in horror. It was an enderman, cloaked in darkness except for his eyes. The enderman croaked in a curious manner, tilting it's head as it stared back at me. I couldn't tear my eyes away from him, but I knew that I had to look away if I wanted to survive the night.

I slowly felt for my sword, but found myself grabbing at empty air. My sword was gone! I must have dropped it when I was running away! I felt the cold hand of fear grip my heart and ice it over. Oh, Notch, why?

The enderman then decided that it was pissed, and unhinged its jaws. A terrible screech from the depths of the Nether erupted from its mouth as its eyes turned a shade of scarlet red. This got all the other monsters' attention, each one turning towards us and looking into our very souls with hatred.

Bodil looked at me. "Okay. Change of plans: If you have a brilliant idea that may... oh, I don't know... save our lives!... then be my guest."

I put a hand to my chin, pretending to think, but I shrugged. I was out of ideas.

"Okay... in that case, I have one last thing to do."

I tilted my head to ask.

"Shit my pants, because we're fucked," he answered me.

Of course, I thought to myself. I pinched the bridge of my nose. I can't believe it. I'm going to die, by a FREAKING ENDERMAN!

The enderman screeched again, and my friend clung to my arm. "It was an honor to fight with you!"

Ditto.

I then saw a glimmer of yellow catch my eye, and I looked at his hip. There, glistening in the liquid moonlight, in PLAIN FREAKING SIGHT, was an budder sword right next to Bodil's leg. My eyes turned wide as I frantically pointed down. There! Your sword! Look! Save us!

Bodil followed my gaze to see his sword. He looked back at me, an annoyed look on his face. "I didn't think about my sword."

I rolled my eyes. No shit.

The enderman hissed and charged, a bunch of creepers and skeletons and spiders and zombies following its lead. He quickly unsheathed the budder sword and pointed it at the enderman. "Now listen here, you little shit!"

The enderman stopped, an angry glow still in its eyes.

"Leave us the Nether alone, or we will personally hunt you down and... um... take your blocks! Yeah! Take your favorite stolen blocks from you and burn them in front of your family!" Bodil threatened.

The enderman growled angrily to cross its point, then teleported away. However, all the other monsters kept charging. I felt several arrows lodge themselves in my shoulder, and I mutely cried out in pain. My Notch, it BURNS! Did they coat it with something. My vision became blurry and ringed in red. Shit! Potion of weakness!

A spider hissed from behind and jumped at me, fangs glistening with a deadly venom. I lifted my arm up and shoved it away, sending it into a skeleton that was about to fire an arrow at Bodil. My friend was currently putting a deadly pole of budder through a skeleton's skull, shattering the bone and making the monster go limp. A spider leaped at him from behind, a loud and triumphant hiss escaping its mouth, but Bodil heard that. He quickly ducked as the spider sailed into a nearby.

"iAngel! Climb a tree!" he shouted at me, whirling around and chopping the head off of a creeper flawlessly. "Go!"

I didn't think as I quickly sprinted for the nearest tree. The vines were thick in my hands as I put my feet against the trunk of the tree and pulled myself away from the battle. Several arrows followed me, most hitting my shoulders and back. I wanted to cry out, but I still couldn't make a sound. As soon as I got out of reach from most of the monsters, I camped out in a branch, looking down at the battle before me.

Bodil was almost losing, arrows sticking out from almost every possible spot on his body and blood running down his face. The monsters that were trying to kill me gave up and turned their attention towards Bodil, running over to try and kill him. To see him bleed on the ground in front of them. To watch blood of a human spill by their need for murder. My friend's sword was heavy in his hands, and it was obvious that soon he was going to basically drop his weapon and yell: "Eat me! I'm tasty!"

I put a hand over my mouth. No... It can't end like this... I should be down there. Not Bodil.

I looked up towards the night sky, sudden tears springing from my eyes. Father, I prayed desperately. I have asked for so many things, but this may be the biggest favor I ask. I wish to see that Bodil will not die tonight. I will take his place if it means he survives the night. I beg you, Father.

I looked back down. Bodil was now breathing hard, his budder sword almost touching the ground in tiredness. The monsters were already closing in, ready for the final kill that would spill his blood on the ground for the world to see. Creepers exploded, sending Bodil flying forward into a volley of arrows. He landed on his side, clothes ripped and sunglasses broken into a million tiny black shards. He tried to stand up, but the spiders pounced on him, pushing him back to the ground as they hissed in pure hatred. Endermen teleported to watch, watching with purple eyes and different blocks in their arms, like gifts for the death of my friend. I was too tired to teleport down.

Why...?

FATHER! I shrieked in my mind. I BEG YOU! LET ME TAKE HIS PLACE!

I saw a flash of light down below. The monsters recoiled in sudden fear, hissing and screeching as the light blinded them. Bodil lay helplessly on the ground, bleeding profusely and dying. Nothing else happened. Flashes of multicolored lights filled the night, fending off the monsters from the dying Sky Army general.

I took this chance. I grabbed a vine and tied it around my waist, draping it over my branch to use for later. I then stood up and leaped from my perch in the tree, landing on a creeper with a thud!

Serves you right, you little asshole! I spat in my mind.

I grabbed Bodil by the shoulders and yanked him from the ground. He was barely conscious, leaning heavily on my shoulder. I gave him a light slap on the cheek. Hey! Hey! Stay with me! You're okay! I wrapped a vine around his waist and tightened it to make sure he didn't slip out. I began pulling on my vine, lifting the limp Bodil up the tree. He would make it to the branch I was on, and he would survive for the night.

"Hisssss..."

I quickly tied the vine to a rock and the ground and turned to face a creeper. It was pissed, running towards me at full sprint. It flashed white twice before it exploded. I was sent flying into a tree, landing hard and silently crying out. The pain. The pain. The pain.

I saw multiple monsters start running towards me, and I pulled myself to my feet. Maybe my death wouldn't be as embarrassing as I had imagined. I gave a good fight, right? I saved one of my friends, right? I was dying for a good cause, right?

Yes.

"iAngel..." I heard the quiet moan from above. I vine dropped down from the tree Bodil was hanging from. "Grab on..."

The monsters were closing in, more anger and hatred then before reflecting in their eyes. I looked at the vine. That was my only chance...

Risk it!

I dashed for my last hope of life, monsters firing arrows and exploding behind me. Endermen teleported in front of me and placed blocks down, hoping to slow me enough to let the monsters deliver my death. But when I was determined, I was unstoppable. I leaped out, grabbing onto the vine and pulling myself up the tree.

Bodil! I screamed in my mind. Grab my hand and pull me up! He couldn't hear me, but those echoing words in my head were the only things holding me to my sanity. Help!

I heard the hisses of spiders as they crawled up just as fast as I could climb. My body shrieked in pain and fatigue. But I was not going to be killed by a few spiders now! I was so close!

I watched a weak and bloody hand reach for mine. I threw myself up with my last bit of energy and hope, reaching for the hand and pushing my foot against the head of the closest spider for more leverage. Bodil's face appeared, screaming for me to grab his hand. "IANGEL!"

A spider bit my leg, and I flinched. My fingers just barely brushed Bodil's hand, and I began to fall. No! NO! NONONONONONONONONONONONONONOOOOO!

"IANGEL!" Bodil shrieked as I fell.

My voice found the ability to speak again. "NO! BODIL! HELP MEEEEE!"

I hit the ground, landing on a zombie on the way down. An Enderman screeched as it lifted me from the ground and forced me to stare into its eyes. I weakly obeyed, watching as the purple irises turned to a scarlet red. Creepers and zombies almost danced in victory. Skeletons and spiders cheered the enderman to kill me.

I smiled bravely, my brown eyes flashing defiantly. "I'll see you all in the Nether."

The enderman opened its mouth, ready to bite my head off and consume me, and I raised my gaze to the sky. "Thank you... Father..."

The enderman raised me to its gaping maw, but stopped. An unknown being came from behind it and shoved it away, dropping me to the ground. It was a basic silhouette in the silver moonlight, but it looked like something... different? Evil? I didn't know what the right word would have been. I could only describe its figure: A strange dog-like thing with horns coming from its hands.

The monsters did not take a liking to this thing. They charged at the thing, wanting blood. The thing gently lifted me and ran off.

Sky POV—

Tiny-Toby. That was the name we decided to give our... er... "new" friend.

Tiny-Toby.

Toby crossed his arms as I held him in my palm. "So, how about we get over the fact that I'm almost a Mini-Minotaur and get to the... gee, I dunno... Where you tell me what you're here for!"

Ethan nodded in agreement.

I sighed. "Okay. One second." I turned to everyone else. "Alright guys. Go ahead and spread around The Audience HQ. Tell everyone to evacuate to Alpha Base #1. Do whatever it takes." I pointed at Ruby, Sapphire, and Susan. "You guys go ahead and try to communicate with Vic and the others. Get the follow up."

All of my friends nodded and walked out the door to carry out the orders. I turned back to Tiny-Toby.

"Alpha Base #1? What's happening that's so bad that we have to evacuate the Sky Army and the alliances over there?" Toby asked.

I ignored him. "Alright. You want the clearer, detailed version or the quick not-so detailed version. Or, if you really want to know what's happening, you can—"

"Just shut up and tell me what's happening or I'll send Gryphon after you!" Toby snapped.

"You've got a short temper," I joked.

"Gryphon!"

"Okay, okay! Don't be an asshole!" I told him. "Um... So the children of Notch and Herobrine went missing about a couple hours ago. While trying to find them, you and the others went missing for no apparent reason. We sent Vic, Ck, and Red Flare to find you guys. Meanwhile, I had just learned of a possible attack from The Squids that could endanger all of us."

Toby nodded. "Okay. Anything else that I should know?"

"There are Nuggets-in-Biscuits back at Sky Army HQ," I said, a grin growing on my face.

"Why are you doing this to me? I just got shrunk to half the size of my own dog. I'm not in the mood."

"Fair enough," I said finally.

"Speaking of my dog..." Toby made a sharp whistle. "Gryphon! Heel!"

The tiny white dog stopped tearing Gabuscus to shreds and sat down next to me. Gabuscus slid to the floor, shaking like he had seen a ghost. "Why...? Why...? Why did you teach him that trick, Toby...?"

Toby, walked to the edge of my hand and leaped off, landing on Gryphon's head. He held the dog's collar like reigns. "Okay. Let's go kill those Mini-Minotaurs!"

I suppressed a laugh. "Um... I think you'll be trampled by your own army before you even get to the battle field."

"Dang it." Toby hung his head in shame. "Why did Herobrine have to do this?"

My eyes turned wide. "Whoa... Herobrine did that to you?"

Toby looked back at me, anger burning in his eyes. "You make a joke, and I swear to Notch Almighty that you will be sent to the Nether."

I raised my hands in surrender. "Okay, Tiny-Toby."

"Gryphon! Kill!"

The white ball of fur growled demonically and lunged at me, throwing me against the ground and trying to rip my throat out. "Augh! I'm sorry! I'M SORRY!"

"Gryphon! Heel!"

I inspected myself. Not a scratch. Incredibly lucky considering what I saw Gryphon do to Gabuscus. I stood up. "Alrighty, then. I think it's time to start heading over to Alpha Base #1."

That's when—very obviously—things began to go wrong.

Blabid and Lignite suddenly materialized in front of the door, covered in wounds and blood. They were obviously tired, from fighting and the teleportation. Blabid actually collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.

I ran over. "Holy squid shit!"

"Blabid! Lignite! You guys are okay!" Toby snapped the collar on Gryphon and steered him over to our friends. "I wondered where you guys had gone!"

Blabid looked down at Tiny-Toby. "Why are you so small?"

"Don't ask."

Lignite coughed, a puff of black smoke coming from his mouth. "We went... over to the... Sky Army HQ... but there was nothing left."

I turned stiff. "What do you mean?"

"The Squids," Blabid answered. "They blew it up right in front of us! We thought you guys were dead!"

I growled. "Dammit."

Lignite nodded. "I said the same thing. I thought about going to the Skyhub 2013, but..."

A tear ran down Blabid's cheek. "THOSE SONS OF BITCHES BURNED IT! THEY BURNED THE SKYHUB 2013!"

I stared at the two Sky Army generals. "Are you guys fucking with me right now?"

"No!" Lignite hissed, puffing out his chest and showing the black L. "The beloved Skyhub 2013 has been laid to rest..."

Blabid held up a small shard of budder and handed it to me. "This is all that we could salvage."

I held the tiny shard of budder in my hand, sudden anger filling me. "Listen to me, you two. Do you know what happened to PBG or anyone else that was fighting Herobrine with you?"

They both shrugged. "Nope."

I clenched my jaw. "What about the children of Notch or Herobrine? They all went missing about a few hours ago."

"Zilch."

I took a frustrated breath. "Is there anything else that we may need to know?"

Lignite shook his head. "Not as far as we know."

Then—of course—it got worse.

Sapphire, Ruby, and Susan all burst into the room, screaming for everyone to come inside. Deadlox, Ethan, Jerome, Bajan, and MUDKIPZ quickly ran into the room, firing arrows and fighting with swords. The trio of girls slammed the doors shut, leaning all their weight against them. "Gabuscus! Push something in front of this!"

The secondary leader of The Audience shoved a heavy bookcase against the iron doors, watching as the barricade quivered while something kept ramming itself against the door. We all stared in horror and listened to the screams of innocent people. The language of the Squidlantians shouted from behind the door.

Sapphire threw me a grenade. "We got company."

"Shit," I muttered, pulling out my budder sword.

Tiny-Toby steered Gryphon to my direction. "I'll cause a distraction. You guys find as many Audience Members as you can and send them to Alpha Base #1. Got it?"

"What?" Susan asked.

Toby smirked triumphantly and turned towards the door. "Gabuscus. Move the bookshelf, and get ready for the time of yo lives!"

Gabuscus only sighed. "Why am I friends with this guy?"

"Because I'm the muscle and you're the joker."

Gabuscus looked at him. "I think you have that backwards."

"Whatever. Just move the bookcase."

Gabuscus shrugged and braced himself against the heavy wooden shelf. "Please try to come back without an entire army following you."

"You bet your bucket I'll have an army with me!"

The secondary leader rolled his eyes and pushed away the shelf. "Have fun." He opened the steel doors quickly.

Toby pulled out his diamond sword. "FOR AUDIENCE!"

There we go! A week's worth of hard, tiring, best quality work that I can conjure during the first month of school!

IANGEL IS NOT DEAD! I SWEAR TO NOTCH ALMIGHTY SHE IS NOT DEAD! SO PULL UP YOUR BIG-BOY PANTS AND STAY PATIENT!

Also, I'm not being a b**** ***** ******* *** ***** ***h for no longer accepting OCs, like one of you PMed me from my last update! I will forgive you for now (Name withheld for privacy reasons), but next time, I'm blockin' yo ass!

Anyways, a quick announcement guys: Over the week, a few of my friends got together (Over Skype since I go to a school out of my county) and began to talk about Youtubers and Vine videos as a random subject. We talked about Tobuscus, Pewdiepie, Skydoesminecraft and other Sky Army generals, Smosh, blah, blah, blah! Then we directed our conversation to VLog channels: Toby Turner, IanH (Kind of...), HigaTV, and so many other channels dedicated to VLogs and other weird shit.

Then one of my friends said one sentence: "Why don't we make a Youtube channel!"

So, this may be a good possibility, and we may start a Youtube channel!

But remember, this is a work-in-progress idea. This might not happen, but I want to know what you guys think about the idea! We may do things such as casual VLogs and things like that (That was the original plan). But, I had one idea, thanks to a Vine video labeled: Belly-Flopping in Random Places (If you haven't seen this Vine, or don't know what Vine is, I would suggest checking it out). The idea was simple: Film ourselves doing random crap in our school, edit, post, boom! 1,000,000 subscribers, bitches!

Well, not really the last part, but you get the point!

So, quick recap: Possibility of making a Youtube channel. If we finally do decide to make the channel, I will inform you guys!

*Whispering* It's a promise.

As for now, make sure to submit questions, shout-out requests! Remember to follow and favorite if you enjoyed, and I will see you all soon!

So tell me, Awesomer Army Members: Why did you do dis?

-The Awesomer