Hey guys, sorry for the late update. Haven't been in the writing mood lately.
Yoshi POV
Of course I wanted to celebrate, I wanted to have fun, but I can never get any of that. This whole time I haven't had any time to have any slack. I know, were stranded, but I can't just sit and do nothing. The only time I had for doing nothing is when I was sick or when I had those injuries. That was so many months ago. I laid in my bed, wide awake. I just stared at the ceiling. When are we going to get out of this place? When can we go home? To see our friends. Our family. We have to find them somehow. I looked over at Icy. She's had a rough day. I've had days like this. It was like staying up to study for a test, but this was obviously not a test. I guess my body knows to stay awake if put under a bunch of stress. I groaned and walked up the steps to the main house.
I trudged my way to the fridge and got out some water. I sat down on a chair and looked outside. The people were outside celebrating. Joining them was so tempting. I resisted the urge and looked away. My eyes widened at the sight. I saw Audrey, looking straight at me. Her eyes were like sparks of flame. She was out for blood. I know it. I looked away, a little startled of her, then looked back. She was gone. That was NOT my imagination, right? I shook it off and went back to the basement. I didn't have anything with me, but I needed to put my time into something. And so, I went back upstairs and out the door. I looked for the angel father. I found him with a group, laughing. I tapped his shoulder and he turned around, tensed up at first but then relaxed realising it was me. "Look! It's one of our heros!" He shouted. All the people around me cheered. I smiled, but then got focused on what I was going to do.
"Um, Mister-"
"Call me Alex." He said, cutting me off.
"Well, Alex, do you ha-"
"Here! Have a drink!" He said humbly, giving me a mug with what seemed to be alcohol. I never really tasted any type of it, and I didn't really want to right now. But he looked at me so smugly, I guess I had to do it, unless I wanted to turn this guy's offer down. And so, I drank it. I finished it, then gave the mug back.
"Ok, now can I ask you a question?" I asked him after.
"Ok, what is it?"
"Do you have a pen and pa-" Again, I was cut off by someone else.
"I bet I can drink more than you!" One man said, obviously drunk.
"You probably can. Now excuse me, I need to go get some sleep." I said politely, walking back to the house, now feeling a bit tired. The man was throwing constant insult at me, which I guess aggravated me and I came back to the table. I don't remember the rest. All I know is I woke up in my bed, my hair all messed up and my shirt off. What the hell did I do? My hangover wasn't very bad, thank goodness. I put on my shirt that I put into my bag a little bit before. I noticed that Icy was already out of bed, so I walked upstairs. I noticed the angel mother cooking with Icy. Alex was sitting on a chair, smirking at me. I pulled him out.
"What happened yesterday!" I asked him frantically. He just smirked.
"You are a party animal! You beat everyone in drinking games!" He said, laughing heartily.
"I didn't do anything bad did I?" I asked, a little scared.
"No you didn't. You just passed out on the table. I carried you to your bed."
"Thanks." And with that, I went back into the kitchen. The women already had the food prepared. I sat down and ate in silence while Icy and the rest of the people talked with each other. I still can't believe it. I got drunk! Me! I am the happy guy, but not THAT kind of happy. And during all this havoc. I am actually really disappointed in myself. I sighed, and finished my breakfast. Icy did as well, so we went on our adventures. Looking for where Audrey was. I remember I still had that black thing from when we fought the Wither. It was black, like the black heart on the elemental blade. I put it in the pocket along with the Elemental time, it didn't shimmer and glow. It looked like it steamed. Panicking, I took out the sword to only find that it turned a dark black. Icy saw this as well. I gripped the handle, and it felt like my skin burned. I screamed out in pain and fell to my knees. My eyes turned white, no pupils in sight. I immediately dropped the blade and turned back to normal. The pain fading away. That blade was definitely powerful, but I didn't want to transform right now or I would probably be overcome by the power and go crazy. Icy understood that as well.
"So you gonna do that when we get to Audrey?" She asked, curious. I nodded, and she smirked. We traveled through the lands, looking for the silver dungeon Audrey was in. The occasional zephyr was here and there, but all in all, not many enemies attacked. This traveling was way longer than expected, but my mind was just...everywhere. I had a tendency to do that. I was thinking about the things on the mainland. What happened? It's been months ever since we got here, is someone coming to find us? And what happened to our things that we had on the ship? Our phones, our pictures, our other clothes. Or was it like in the movies that when we get back to the mainland, no time has passed. But, that can't happen, because the ship crashed and how would we get back? Questions just jumbled up in my mind. One in particular, actually. How will we get back? Killing Audrey? Or killing the Sun God? I almost can't bring myself to kill an actual person, even if I killed zombies and other monsters. This is an actual person. Like a human being. What could I do?
I was pretty much walking while thinking all these things. And right then, I walk off a cliff. I realise it soon, but it was too late. I was falling. I screamed as Icy called my name. This is the end of me, I guess. I braced myself for impact, but all I felt was something soft under me. I looked to see a herd of Sheepuffs. They were actually one of the things that were actually nice, besides the pigs and angels. I got off the sheepuffs and signalled for Icy to come down. She did so, using Frost to get herself down. I smiled at the Sheepuff and gave it a small pat on the head, and a carrot. It chowed it down gratefully and both me and Icy explored this island I landed on.
We traveled for hours. All we found were more Sheepuffs and bunnies. I'm not complaining, but it just gets sort of dull. We traveled until we found the place. It was a dungeon, a silver one. The one that Audrey should be in. Icy and I quickly found the place where Audrey was. She was on a throne, smiling. "Audrey!" I screamed. She smiled almost maniacally at me.
"Hello! Why have you come visit me on this lovely day?" She asked in an unusually casual tone.
"We have come to destroy you! Come down and fight, coward!" Icy screamed. I guessed the Holy Blade took over, since her hair turned blonde again.
"Hmm, the power of the Holy Blade huh? Such a weak soul. You depend on that blade to save you. I bet that's the only reason you even killed the Wither. You are too dependent on those fancy, magical weapons of yours." Icy's eyes turned back to their normal color. Icy put the blade into her pack calmly. I looked at her in confusion. She just looked at me and nodded.
"I can show you I don't need any magical weapons!" Icy exclaimed. Audrey just smiled.
"Well, let me just TAKE THEM AWAY!" And with that, she teleported behind Icy and I and took our backpacks. The ones with our weapons in them, Inferno, Frost, and the Holy Blade.
"Give them BACK!" I said, with obvious rage in my eyes.
"No!" She said as if she were a little girl. "How about a deal? If you kill at least ten of my valkyries, I will give them back." She said with obvious mischief.
"Fine.." I muttered quietly. I had the Elemental Blade in my back pocket, but it had that stance that caused me immense pain, so I decided to only use it for the fight against Audrey. And with that, we ventured off into the dungeon. We encountered Detonation Sentries, which hurt us quite a bit. We would run, since we didn't have any weapons. Thankfully, in a chest that wasn't a Mimic, we found two swords. We ventured within the dungeon again, and found a woman. She had a sword and armor. She also had wings, and looked quite similar to Audrey. She was turned the other way, and so I tapped her on the shoulder.
"Excuse me?" I said politely. She turned around the instant I touched her. I saw her tense up, but relax.
"Hello there! What do you need?" She said, almost too nicely.
"Do you happen to know what or where some valkyries are?" Her smile faded.
"I am one of them. Do you wish to fight?" Her tone was now more evil. Though I know she is...sort of human, she is probably corrupted.
"You can count on it." I said with a smirk. And with that, I unsheathed my sword and swung it at her. She was hit, but it didn't really affect her as she came at me and stabbed me. She nicked my side, and well did it hurt like hell. I fell to my knees, and she pointed her sword at my head.
"You are dead." Was all she said before putting her sword up. I smirked as I saw a sword go through her neck, killing her as she disappeared into a small white smoke. She forgot about Icy, I was guessing. I smiled her way as she did back. She lent me her hand and I took it.
"You ok?" She asked. I nodded. "Look what she dropped!" She said, holding up a small medal. I smiled. I guess we had to "Present" these to Audrey. We continued this tactic until we got ten of the medals. We made our way back to the throne room to find Audrey, still smiling that stupid smile.
"Audrey! We killed ten of your valkyries. Here are your stupid medals." I said as I threw the medals lazily onto the floor. Right then, the medals disappeared and were replaced with our bags.I looked into mine to find nothing. Nothing but a potion of some kind that was unknown to me. In Icy's bag, she found the Holy Blade, but not Frost. I glared at Audrey as she just smirked right back at me.
"Oh yes, your other weapons. I won't be giving those to you any time soon." She said. Rage built up in myself as I walked towards Audrey, slowly. My head down, my hair covering my eyes. She was still, continuously smiling. I grabbed the Elemental Blade and sprinted towards her. But, I was suddenly stopped by a pain in my everything. I fell to my knees, screaming out in pain and agony. My eyes...they turned completely white again. It was like couldn't move. I heard talking by Audrey and Icy but I didn't hear it. I couldn't hear it. All I could hear was a voice. The same voice as I heard before when I had Inferno in the nether. It repeated "Kill...Kill...kill.." Then, it was all just a haze.
Icying's POV
Yoshi was on the floor, screaming out in pain. "Yoshi! What's happening?!" I screamed towards him. He didn't turn or respond in any way. I ran up to him, but was interrupted by Audrey.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." She said. I simply glared at her. "Don't look at me like that. I am just trying to save your life for now." My eyes widened. I looked back at Yoshi, whose clothes have turned a dark gray. Like they were ash. Then back at Audrey.
"What's happening to him?" I asked in a low, quiet voice.
"Oh he simply lost his mind!" She said in an almost cheerful voice. I wasn't tolerating it. Though, I sort of believed her. No. Yoshi isn't crazy, I know that. I grabbed my Holy Blade and dashed for Audrey out of rage, but something stopped me as well. Voices. The Holy Blade was telling me to stop. Only fight without rage or anger. I nodded and just sat down, taking deep breaths. Yoshi's screaming stopped. He stood up. He wasn't himself. He stood up and glared at Audrey. I couldn't see his face, but I knew something was up since Audrey looked just utterly terrified. Then, Yoshi basically sprinted at the speed of light towards Audrey and swung his sword. Audrey, just barely, teleported away. He turned and faced me. I saw his face. His eyes were a pure white. Like...oh no...like the Wither. The blackness, the white eyes, it all made sense. The "Stance" he was in was the Wither stance. Even if he didn't have any pupils, his eyes and expression literally screamed bloodlust.
I was taken back from this. How could this happen? But more importantly, how could I stop him? Audrey did all she could. She summoned her valkyries to defend her, but that was a mistake made. Yoshi took that opportunity and cut Audrey a few times, damaging her so much she had to just teleport out of that room. Yoshi's attention turned towards me. His eyes still had that look, but the expression of his face was different. It turned into a smile. A maniacal smile. He sprinted towards me, trying to slash me but I swiftly dodged each attack. I didn't want to fight him. He was my best friend, and I just couldn't. I was screaming for him to come back but that, of course, didn't happen. I was forced to fight him. I fought swiftly while he fought relentlessly. When he tried to slash me, I would parry that slash and slash him back. He would whimper a bit in pain, but would come back to fight more. His slashes became sloppy over time. But I became sort of tired. I decided to end this. I didn't want to kill him, but I had to. I almost can't live without my best friend, but I just...I had to.
And so, I stabbed him in the chest. He stopped moving, stopped slashing at me. His pupils came back, but I knew that soon, they would leave. He dropped the sword and fell to the ground.I fell to my knees once I realised what I had done. I just killed someone. Not just someone. My best friend. The one who stayed with me through thick and thin. The one who stayed with me this whole trip. I panicked, looking for someway to save him. I checked his pulse. So very faint. I cried as he looked at me. He smiled weakly, moving his lips but unable to speak. And I just cried. "I'm sorry." I said quietly before his body went limp...lifeless... I frantically looked for something. Just anything, to help me with closure or grief. His body didn't disappear like the zombies or creepers did. It just stayed there, which made it worse. I wanted something to at least remember him by, and so I looked through his pack.
Cliffhanger. I left you guys on a big cliffhanger. Just...wow. I didn't know that that last part was going to be so sad, and I am sorry.
