Marz paced back and forth, over and over. Her heart was pounding and she looked down to find her hand slightly shaking. It wasn't as if she was afraid of her father, it was just that she was afraid of what he wanted these people for. She felt a presence behind her and she whirled around, coming face to face with Raven. 'Raven,' Marz mentally sent, and Raven sent back, 'He's here'. Marz froze. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't seem to make herself move. Noah teleported over and put a hand on his sister's shoulder. He whispered, "Let's go," and slightly pushed her forward, only to get her to move. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, clenched her fists, and moved toward where Hero waited for his children. Marz leading up the middle, the others following behind. Without realizing it, Marz had become almost the unofficial leader of the small group, despite her being the youngest. The other siblings were cold and stand offish, while Marz tried her very best to empathize and understand you. It was incredibly ironic when you thought about it. The group walked the halls until they were met with a door. Marz hesitantly opened the door, only to be greeted by their father.
He looked as he always did, emotionless, frightening to a mere overlanders. But to the siblings, they saw a role model, or at least, Raven did. He looked all of them up and down, sizing them up. He said nothing, but motioned for them to show the way. Marz pushed away her fear, keeping up the tough leader façade for a bit longer. Her face never slipped as she led through the halls, all though she was truly sick to her stomach. She had a bad feeling about what was about to go down, and she didn't even know what was going to go down. Finally they stepped into the main cell block, and her breath hitched in her throat. "Excuse me," she yelled, much more confident than she actually felt. All eyes turned to her and she felt compelled to shy away, but she barely stood her ground. Gasps were let out among the cell block as they realized who stood before them. Then there was silence. The maddening, deafening silence. Each person stood at the front of their cells, waiting, anticipating. Tension was thick in the air as the only noise that rang through the room was the click of Herobrine's shoes on the cobblestone floor. He breezed past each cell, looking them up and down. He stopped and stood face to face with Sparklez. "Sparklez," he said, dangerously calm. "Herobrine," Sparklez sneered, looking him straight in the soulless eyes. "All you have to do is join us and all of this could stop. They could go free. All you have to do is just accept your place at my side, and this could all be just a memory," Hero purposed, and Sparklez snapped. "It would never end, because even if I did join you, you would keep on torturing them, never letting us forget. You are just a heartless, lying, sadist, and why should I believe anything you say," he snarled, looking at his father defiantly. Deep down inside her, a small part of Marz wished that she would be able to do that, stand up to Hero. "Have it your way," Hero said, a sick smile forming on his already menacing face. He turned on his heel and just walked up and down the rows, eyes scanning the prisoners. He stopped dead in his tracks as he turned to face a prisoner. That prisoner just happened to be Slammer. Marz literally stopped breathing for a split second. She began to slightly shake and panic, the world going dizzy. Noah, realizing, moved and stood behind his sister, waiting to catch her if she fell. Hero just looked Slammer up and down, while Slammer looked like he was about to be sick. Hero just turned to Marz and said, "Open the door and bring him to me." Her world began to collapse around her as she heard these three words. She couldn't explain it, but something compelled her to protect Slammer. She took a step forward, stood face to face with Hero, and simply said "NO." Hero looked at her stunned, but as soon as the emotion was there it was gone. He just raised his hand and Marz was elevated in the air, being held by an invisible force she could only guess was Hero. As she struggled to break free, his grip on her neck only got tighter, and eventually she fell limp. A loud 'THUD' echoed throughout the jail as she fell to the cobblestone. "Do not EVER defy me again. You are lucky. I could have left you to burn back in the woods. I didn't take you back to the Nether to have you speak out against me. You owe me EVERYTHING. You owe me your LIFE," Hero said, calm as ever, but Marz could see the fire in his eyes. She shakily stood up with the help of Noah, and shooting one last defiant glare at the twisted father figure, she made her way over to the cell of Slammer. "I'm so sorry, I swear if he hurts you…." She mumbled under her breath as she fiddled with the lock, too lazy to simply teleport. He simply stood, looked her in the eye, and sent her a look that told her everything she needed to know. Nothing that happened would be her fault. She tried. She failed. But she still tried, and he didn't want her to get hurt for him. She put a hand on his shoulder as she led him out. They stood before Hero, Sparklez with his body pressed against the front of the cell, watching this all go down. Slammer and Hero stood face to face, Marz's hand still resting on Slammer's shoulder. Hero raised his hand, and struck Slammer across the face. He fell to the ground with the impact, holding his cheek. Tears stung Marz's eyes, but she didn't dare let them fall as Hero dragged Slammer down the hallway by the collar of his shirt. Noah ran down the hallway after them, and Raven just came up to Marz and very uncharacteristically put a hand on her shoulder. They all heard the screams coming from down the hallway, but it really hit home with Marz. Something within her triggered as she ran down the hallway, only to be stopped by Raven. "You're gonna piss him off even further, and you may be ok with it, but I don't feel like dying!" Raven screamed as she held Marz back. Marz fell to the floor, and Noah rounded the corner with a bloody, bruised Slamacow over his shoulder. Hero followed behind his son, directing him to the main cell block. Noah set down Slammer in front of everybody and gasps filled the cell block. "You have brought this on him, Sparklez. Keep denying me; I dare you, because every time you do someone else gets hurt. Think about this Sparklez," Hero said as he turned to the children and looked them over. "Remember what I said," he whispered as he walked past Marz, vanishing in a puff of purple particles. Marz got on the floor and shuffled over and laid over the unconscious Slamacow, doing something she hadn't done in a while. She cried.
A/N: I KNW. I'M A HORRIBLE PERSON. YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO THROW THINGS AT ME. Just try and watch out for my beautiful face. Cause I'm The "Dashing" . (I'LL CITE YOU IN MY NEXT AUTHOR'S NOTE IF YOU GET THAT REFERENCE X3) I actually have an excuse though. School just started and I have all of my super fancy important exams this year so I'm taking two super fancy exam classes. I'm taking Reagents, so my science and math teachers have been drowning me in homework. Plus I'm a professional crastinator, so that doesn't help. This is literally the first bit of free time I have had since last Monday, because my weekend was packed with auditions and catching up on lost sleep. So yeah. This chapter was painful for me to write. I really tried to stick with Marz's character and be true to her, but I was craving fluff, me being the fluffy romance writer I am. So I added some twisted fluff, just the way I like it. Oh yeah, and that fic that I said was crap but all of you insisted on seeing anyway? It's on my second account, CrAzYcHiCkSrUlE. It's called The Good Life, but I don't suggest checking it out, cause it sucks. But I am a pleaser, so I posted it. Expect random drabbles, rough drafts, horrible fics, and one shots from that account, though this is my main one. I'm also getting a Quotev, and I'm MsMinecrafterz on Wattpad, so check me out there. You get fist updates, Wattpad a day later, and Quotev two days after you. Okay guys, I'll see you in the next update :P