Ty yelped as Ember grabbed his arm and slid off the boulder, pulling him along. "What are you— Oh."

They appeared right next to Wispice, Sky, and Rose. "Portal physics, babe. Get with the program," Rose said, popping her gum. "We heard you squeal from all the way over here."

"I am not your 'babe!'" he protested, heat rushing into his face. Rosewing rolled her eyes.

"Whatever, bitsy pookums. I wub you too." Wispice giggled, and seemingly encouraged, Rose wrapped her arm around Ty's shoulders, and looked towards her friends. What was going on? "What do you think, guys? D'you dare me?"

"Yes!" Wisp squeaked.

In an instant, Rose mashed her face against Ty's.

It was his first kiss, and it was not in any way pleasant as Rose grabbed his hair and held him close. Oh Notch oh Notch oh Notch someone save me please oh Notch get her off of me ah not good save me HELP!

Eventually, he managed to get his wits together enough to tear himself away from her. That was awful. That was beyond awful. It made the time that Mitch had—actually, no, it wasn't worse than that. But it was still on the list of the top ten most disgusting experiences of his life. "Stay away from me!" he warned Rosewing.

It didn't have much effect, as she had fallen to the ground and was laughing so hard that it sounded almost as though she were choking. "Y-your face," she sobbed, tears streaming down her face as she snorted with laughter.

Ember glared at her. "Rose. Stop messing with him."

"What? I was just—"

"You kissed him."

"So?"

"So…" Ember sighed. "So that wasn't cool. Guys, do you know why Herobrine has two dragons?"

"I think he might fuse Sky," Wispice offered.

Ty glanced at his pale friend and bit his lip. Sky had blood all over his face, and a closer inspection revealed piercings around his mouth. He raised his eyes—hazel, now that he didn't have sunglasses.

"What?" Ember asked.

"Yeah, probably so," Rose said. "He's almost as cute as Ty. Pity you have dibs on him, Em."

"I do not have dibs on Sky!"

"Oh, yeah, you like Seto, right?"

"I don't like Seto!" she said, voice shooting up an octave. "I like—" Ember gulped. "No. I don't like anyone. Rose, shut up."

Rose did not shut up. "Give me three guesses, okay? Okay. So… first of all… Jason?"

"I do not like Jason! Plus Aradyn would kill me if I did! Now be quiet!"

"Then, how about Mitch?"

While they squabbled, Ty moved closer to Sky, who flinched slightly, his bottom lip trembling. "Are y-you just like the rest now? Do y-you want to hurt me too?" His voice cracked as he slowly sank to the ground, pulling his knees into his chest and wrapping his arms around himself.

Ty knelt beside him. "Sky, no. I won't hurt you. It's still me. I'm still Ty." He blinked away the tears that had come suddenly to his eyes.

Sky trembled as Ty placed a hand on his shoulder. "Y-you hurt Jason."

That struck home, but managed to keep his voice level as he replied, "It was an accident. It won't ever happen again." Ty swallowed.

"Mitch is d-dead," Sky stuttered.

"No. Emma… brought him back."

"W-who's Emma?"

Inwardly he cursed himself. Why did he have to bring up Ember? Sky's sort-of girlfriend who had betrayed him and handed him to Herobrine and had a psycho dragon in her head… probably a fairly awkward subject. "Never mind. Sky, it's okay. Mitch is alive. Everything… everything is going to be okay."

"Y-you don't believe th-that."

"I do," Ty said, as earnestly as he could get the lie off his tongue. No, he didn't believe that. How could things ever be okay?

Sky looked up, revealing the tears on his face. "I want to go home," he whispered. "I want to go home and forget about all of this. D-don't think I'm… weak, but Ty, I can't handle it. I want to wake up and tell you all about my crazy dream, but it isn't a dream. I'm really in the End, and I really was tortured, and I'm really about to have a dragon in my head. I just want to go home." He sniffled slightly. "Is that t-too much to ask?"

Ty couldn't think of anything to say to that. Here, it was too much.

But they would be going home, wouldn't they, when Herobrine used them to invade the Overworld? They would be going home, but Rose and Wispice and Aradyn and Ember and Seto would all be… killing people. Yes, they would go to kill people. They'd want him to join in, too.

Of course, he never would. He would rather die than join Herobrine.

"T-Ty?" Sky said timidly. "Are y-you alright?"

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

"I do not like Mitch, for the twentieth time!" Ember shouted, drowning out whatever Sky had started to say.

"Really? Herobrine said you brought him back to life. That would earn you muchas smooches, wouldn't you think?"

"Rose, you can kiss Mitch all you want. I really don't care."

"Can I kiss Ty? I want to kiss Ty."

"No, you can't kiss Ty!"

"What's the difference?" Rose asked innocently.

"Ty doesn't like being kissed by you!"

"He just plays hard to get." She turned confidently towards Ty, and he fought the impulse to run. He would never, ever subject himself to the misery of being kissed by her again. "Hey, bitsy pookums! Come over here, babe!"

Ember snarled. "Stop it. Now." Her voice was a shard of ice, low and dangerous, and it sent a nervous thrill up Ty's spine. This sounded like it was going to get ugly.

"Geez, who's stepping on your tail? I just want to mess with him."

"Too bad. You need to leave Ty alone."

"Why?"

"Because I—" Ember bit her lip. A possibility occurred to him. Could Ember… like him? Somehow, this was an interesting thought. "Because you'll distract him."

Oh, nope. She didn't like him, and that was perfectly fine. That was good. Why the Nether would he want her to like him? Ty had enough to think about, like the fact that his closest friends were either about to be turned into dragons or were back from the dead.

"Yeah, right. It's because you lurve Ty. Well, I saw him first, sista. He is mine."

"Rose, I do not have a crush on Ty. Accept it."

"Okay, you don't have a crush on him, you have the hots for him."

"I will rip out your liver," Ember threatened.

"Aww, you know you love me. And he's still mine." Rose turned to Ty and grinned. "Ain't that the truth, sugar?"

"No," he managed to squeak. She just laughed.

Ty turned back to Sky, whose face had faded to an ashen grey. "H-Herobrine."

"Hello, Adam." The god chuckled, and Ty whipped around to stare into his white eyes. "I have quite a surprise for you."

I think I'll leave you there. And not update for a week. No, seriously, I can't update for a week. Y'all can handle it.

Also... I am starting a new short story, in which I must incorporate dares from the readers of my other stories. So far, thanks to ArcticHuntress, one character will believe he/she is a marshmallow, and some characters will be kidnapped by fangirls. Dare me for a Youtuber Minecraft fanfic! I'll take about twenty dares (so, hypothetically, we could have Jason believe he is a marshmallow, Mitch... IDK, maybe have a mental breakdown and start eating marshmallows compulsively, and everyone else abducted by fangirls from Mars, with Jason and Mitch as their only hope to be saved). DARE ME, EVERYONE!

"U Stink But I Love U" by Mucky Pup.