A/N: Hey, Ender here. I would like to thank Endervice for reviewing this week.
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Herobrine's POV
*Wakey wakey Herobrine.* I felt someone send. Irritated that I had been disturbed, I ignored it, snuggling further down into the soft surface I was laying on, pulling the nearest blanket close around me. This was abruptly snatched away from me, exposing me to the light breeze that filled the room.
"Go away." I murmured sleepily, trying to snatch back the blanket "I jus wana sleep."
"Come on Herobrine." snapped the voice "You've got to get up now."
"Why." I groaned "It's cold out there and it's warm in here. I like it when it's warm."
"Yeah, well that's tough." he said "Now get up."
Annoyed, I forced my eyes open to glare at the source of the voice. A tired looking Notch sat on the edge of the bed next to me, rubbing bits of sleep from his eyes. Reluctantly I sat up, feeling how cold the room actually was. Before I had just thought the feeling was from being warm before, but now it was apparent that this was not normal.
"It's freezing in here." I gasped, snatching back the blanket and pulling it over myself like a cloak.
"Yeah, I've kind of lost control of the weather around here." Notch said unhappily.
"Why'd you wake me up anyway?" I yawned, the warmth of the blanket threatening to put me back to sleep.
"Some type of meeting." he said shrugging "Maybe the others will be able to explain why I feel so awful."
"Maybe." I agreed "Where is it anyway? The more quickly we do this, the sooner I can get back to sleep."
"What is it with you and sleep?" Notch demanded.
"It's cold." I explained "When I'm cold, I want to sleep more."
"Well then come on." he said "I think they are just downstairs, so get up already."
"Fine." I grumbled "But the blanket is coming with me. I'm not dressed for this kind of weather."
Notch sighed "It's not that cold."
"It is to me." I pouted.
"Yeah, but you live in the Nether most of the time. Where it is boiling hot all the time."
Reluctantly I stood, keeping the blanket around me with one hand and holding onto the edge of the bed with the other. For some reason I felt drained, as if I had worked for a full day rather than just awakening from a presumably long sleep.
Notch walked from the room and I followed. "I thought that you said they were down here." I said, seeing that there was no one in the lower area we had entered.
"Well, this is where they said they would be" he said in confusion.
"Who told you anyway?" I asked.
"Cresilia, weirdly enough." he said "I didn't know she was here."
"Alright." I sighed "I know where they are. Follow me."
"How do you know?" he asked quizzically.
"Because if you don't know better, the lower gallery seems like the downstairs area of this place."
"All right," he said "Lets go."
We shoved open one of the small side doors of the palace and went out, being careful to close it tightly behind us to keep out the mobs. Following a path of quicksoil, we went down towards the lower galleries of the palace. Notch had been right when he said that he had lost control of the weather, unless he had intended there to be several inches of snow covering the ground. Each footstep sent freezing flakes of snow up over the top of my boots, bringing a numb feeling to my feet. The cold seemed to cut right through my blanket, chilling me to the core.
What is wrong with me? I asked myself. I never get this cold. Usually my powers kept me relatively warm, but their effect seemed nonexistent today.
The way down from Notch's palace seemed to be much longer than usual today, extending off into the distance.
"I've got to do this." I whispered, pulling the blanket more tightly around myself. Glancing at Notch, I saw that he wore cloths that were much more useful in this environment than mine. He wore a long yellow robe with gold trim, the hood of which was pushed back to partially cover his wings.
Noticing my slow pace he turned, a concerned look crossing his face. Apparently I looked about as bad as I felt for him to show that kind of worry. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"What do you think?" I gasped, the cold even more noticeable now that I was not longer moving.
Notch sighed. "Come on." He turned his back to me, gesturing that I should jump on.
"No, I'm okay." I assured him, wishing that the shiver running through me was not so apparent when I spoke.
"It's really clear that you're not, so come on."
"No, just go ahead, I'll be right behind you."
"Well, alright." he said reluctantly "If you are really sure."
"Yep, I'll be fine." At this, he started walking again, the light haze of freshly fallen snow obscuring his light colored form. Each footstep towards him was a struggle, the snow piling up around my boots and weighing me down, making an already difficult task almost impossible. The snow concealed some hidden object in the terrain, sending me crashing forwards into the cold powder.
Notch's POV
A soft thud behind me made me turn and my eyes widened as I saw Herobrine laying face down in the snow. His unmoving form unnerved me, and out of reflex I mentally checked our link, ensuring that he was okay. Upon doing this, I realized just how little power either of us had right then. Sighing, I walked towards my fallen brother.
Why do you always have to do this? I thought, looking down at him Your blasted pride gets in the way far too often. Any normal person would have accepted help, but you, well of course you have to make things difficult. Wincing at the cold snow, I wrapped my arm around Herobrine's waist, turning him over onto his back. A slight blue tinge had come to his cheeks, and his pulse was slow, very slow considering how hyperactive he usually was.
"Come on, be okay." I murmured, gently tapping him to get some kind of response. It took a bit but finally he shifted, a low groan sneaking past his lips.
Sighing in relief, although I never would admit how worried I had been to him, I wrapped my arm around him, shifting his weight onto my back carefully. He was already weak enough as it was and it would not do him any good to have extra injuries because of my carelessness.
When he was safely positioned between my wings, I started off towards the lower galleries, mentally cursing whoever had decided to make such a long and winding path leading to them.
Moving with Herobrine was no easy feat. Each bump and hidden crater threw me off balance, sometimes dangerously close to an edge. Right now if I were to drop Herobrine, especially if it was off an edge, there would be no chance of catching him. The cold had seeped into my exposed wings, stiffening them and making them almost useless.
At last the tall archway of the lower galleries came into view, the soft glow of its quartz exterior a welcoming beacon in the icy wind. Stiff fingers met with smooth quartz as I pushed the door open, allowing a warm blast of air to sweep across me and Herobrine. This sudden shift in temperature made him stir and I readjusted my hold on him as his movements threatened to send him tumbling to the ground.
The sight that greeted me was not a pleasant one though. Several strange lords sat in various positions near the center of the room, all focused on some sort of sketch in front of them. Some of the lords I vaguely recognized, like a weary looking one with bluish wings seated close to a magenta robed lord. But one lord stood out among all the others, a lord I had hopped never to see again. Sure he had changed a bit in the time since we had last met, but he was still undeniably the lord who had held me prisoner. Teloxen. Never mind that it was apparently at the command of his father or something like that, he had still been the one to keep me locked up and away from my life for years.
The lord looked up with startled eyes as I approached, pulling strangely damaged wings tightly around his seated form like some kind of makeshift shield. Noticing this, a lord with bright red and gray wings looked up, concern apparent in his eyes. When his eyes met mine, he paled, nudging the blue winged lord to draw his attention to my arrival.
"Why are you here?" I hissed, stalking towards the chaos lords.
"Things happened and we had to come here." the red-winged lord said.
"And what makes you think you have permission to be here?" I asked icily, glaring at him "The last time any of your kind were here I was a prisoner and you were messing up my realm. SO you have a choice. Either get out of here right now, and I mean right now, or have a lovely stay in the prison to see hoe much you guys like it."
The lord looked at me with a mixture of scorn and disbelief. "Really?" he sighed "And how are you going to enforce that? There is only one of you and there are at least two of us who could defiantly fight back. And we wouldn't want to injure your brother there would we."
"What is going on here?" demanded Cresilia, crossing her arms as she strode into the room. Sh did not look pleased my any means. Behind her Jeb was talking to a Crafter I had never seen before, and it did not look like he was happy with whoever it was. When we failed to respond in a timely fashion, she asked "Well? Any of you have anything to say for yourselves?"
"He said that he is kicking us out." said the red-winged lord, pointing at me "We were just sitting here, minding our own business when he showed up."
"Really Notch?" she sighed "I told you to come here, not start a fight." She started when she saw Herobrine "What happened to him?"
"It's cold outside." I said "And it doesn't agree with Herobrine apparently."
"Really." she said "I could have told you that. Lords of fire rarely do well in cold places."
"Why are you okay with them being here?" I demanded, pointing an accusatory finger at the Chaos lords "You know I have no desire to associate with them."
"Well we didn't have a whole lot of other options." snapped Cresilia "It was either that or risk Steve bleeding to death."
"Wait, what?" I gasped, her words distracting me from my complaints.
"Yeah, Israphel and a couple of his buddies ambushed us while we were helping Michael, that Crafter over there, with some trouble near his town. Steve got hit by one of Israphel's arrows and it was really bad. Then Shadow got hit while we were leaving, so he has to recover too."
"That explains a lot." I said, thinking of how Herobrine and I had felt and initial wave of pain followed by another a few minutes after.
"So will you put up with the Chaos lords for a bit?" asked Cresilia "They were attacked by other Chaos lords so they have that going for them."
"I guess." I sighed "But only as long as you keep them down here and away from me."
"Good." she said "Steve and Shadow are just in the other room if you want to see them. Just leave Herobrine over there. He should be okay once he warms up a bit, but I'll keep an eye on him just in case. Oh also, Jeb wanted to talk to you, so you should go do that. I am sure he would be delighted if you saved him from continuing his current conversation.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter. If so, please consider leaving a review, they are always appriciated. Now for questions for the characters.
From Endervice to EnderFriend: Why are the Crafters displayed as suspicious, idiots that jump to the nearest conclusion, isn't there any smart Crafters like Team Crafted, CaptainSparklez or even Markiplier! why aren't those guys here to knock some sense into the other Crafters!
EnderFriend: Most of the Crafters are very suspicious at this time, especially considering that they know Steve had been keeping Herobrine in his castle on numerous ocasions. Add that to the fact that few of them know about Chaos lords and the weird conflicting stories they heard when Teloxen was in charge and they are bound to jump to conclusions. There are groups like the ones you mentioned that do acknowledge that the rumors are probably not true, but Michaels town happened to not include many of that type of person, so there was nothing to stop them. Things will change eventually when the news spreads, but it may be too late by then if Israphel gets his stuff set up.
If you have questions for the characters, you can PM them to me or leave them in a review. I hope you have a great day and I shall see you all next chapter. Bye! :D