Chapter 27 : Lost

Hey guys, Agithos here. This chapter took me quite a while to write because I was stuck at one part of it. Now that it has been solved, I managed to finish the chapter and finally post it. With that being said, enjoy the chapter.


Present time, The Nether, Blazette POV

"Faster Jade, they are closing on us !" I shouted at her from above.

I looked behind me to see a dozen of those monsters, shooting fireballs at us. Thanks to my Blaze's nature, I was completely immune to fire. However, that wasn't the case for the skeleton and the human girl underneath me.

"I am running as fast as I can !" Jade replied, almost out of breath.

I felt something hot collide with my back and I was sent rolling in the air for a few seconds until I managed to stabilize. I turned to face the 'Blazes' like Mickael called them. Like I am anything like these...things.

"Alright, which one of you did that ?" I glared at them.

The monsters said nothing and continued to float towards us. One of them fired at me but I easily dodged it.

"There you are !" I grinned before grabbing two of my floating blaze rods "Let's play, shall we ?"

I rushed at them, gracefully dodging the many fireballs the group was shooting at me, even though I didn't really care if they hit me. It was just for the show. They couldn't hurt me anyway. Unfortunatly for them, the same rule didn't apply to me. I quickly floated to the closest monster before bashing its skull with my rods. I didn't seem to do it some good, because, a second later, the blaze's skull fractured and fell into the lava ocean along with its rods.

"Ah, how pathetic monsters like you could even only scratch a pure blaze mob like me ?" I grinned as I turned to the others "So, who wants to go next ?"

I heard a loud high pitched voice behind me and I saw a huge shadow covering my own as well as the blaze's ones. I slowly turned around and found one of those giant white squids a meter away from me. Its eyes became red and its mouth opened to reveal a massive fireball forming inside of it.

"Notch damn it !" I sighed in my head.

Just as the giant floating head was about to fire at me, he received a well shot arrow in the right eye. I turned to saw Ayumi smiling at me. The creature screamed in pain and fired his fireball at the ceiling, completely missing me in the process. The projectile exploded and the ceiling began to crack.

"BLAZETTE, LOOK OUT !" I heard the villager girl scream at me as she was pointing above me.

Some big block parts were starting to fall from the ceiling, some even crashing on the blazes next to me. I didn't think twice as I let myself fall and I dived into the lava ocean down below. While it was really hot, I loved the feeling of swimming in lava, and my body could handle it. My head emerged from the sea a few seconds later. Ayumi finished the ghast before it could make even more damage but some of the blazes were still there, firing at the others. I flied back toward the cliff as Ayumi and Jade were running away from the mobs chasing them.

"Are you okay you two ?" I asked them.

"We are fine, but we can't keep up like this !" Ayumi replied.

"I have to agree, they don't know when to quit !" I continued.

Ayumi turned around and fired at one blaze. The arrow penetrated the monster's skull, killing it on the spot. The rest of the blazes fired at her in a rain of fireball. She dived backward and managed to dodge every projectile. All, except one which grazed her upper arm. She winced in pain and put a hand on her burn.

"Ayumi !" Jade runned to her.

"I am okay, it's just a flesh wound !"

Jade helped the skeleton girl get back on her feet just as another rain of fireball poured onto them. Ayumi took the village chief's daughter hand and began to run at full speed again.

"Girls, look !" Jade pointed to a another crevasse in front of us.

"Oh no..." Ayumi muttered as she looked around to see if there was another way around. There was none. Then, she turned toward me :

"Blazette, we need to go back, we can't pass this gap !"

"No, we can't, cold one. They would kill you both !" I replied.

The creatures behind us were getting closer and closer. Ayumi drew her bow and the village girl pulled out a stone sword from its sheath...like it would do any good against flying enemies.

"This is not looking good..." Ayumi gritted her teeth, slowly walking backward to the edge of the cliff.

I floated behind them and looked inside the crevasse. Something caught my attention : Deep down, just a few blocks above the lava ocean, a hole could be seen inside of the cliff. The grey-haired skeleton shot at one of the blazes, killing it on the spot as the arrow went through its skull. I placed both on my hands on their shoulders.

"Girls, do you trust me ?" I asked.

"Umm, I guess..." Ayumi answered with doubt in her voice while Jade did not answer and simply nodded.

"Good enough !" I replied as I saw a ghast mob opening its mouth.

I quickly grabbed them by the collar of their clothes and quickly let myself rapidly fall inside of the crevasse along with my two companions. Jade was screaming and almost close to tears, she even let go of her stone sword which fell down on the cliff. Above us, the place we where standing on had blown up into a million pieces by a ghast fireball.

"BLAZETTE ! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ?" Ayumi screamed at me as we were falling down.

"Trust me, cold one !" I responded.

A few seconds before hitting the ocean, I grabbed them both by their waists and tried to slow down our fall. Even if they weren't as heavy as Mickael with his armor, they weren't exaclty light either. I was trying my best to aim for the hole in the wall but the landing was going to be rough.

"Blazette slow down !" The skeleton said as she saw the ground getting closer faster than I expected.

"I can't, you are...too heavy. Brace yourselves !"

Just before crashing on the ground, I dropped Ayumi and Jade inside of the hole . I managed to slow down my own fall, avoiding a potential painful crash in the process. The skeleton girl landed on her feet and rolled on the ground to ease her landing. As for the village girl, she didn't have this much luck, she arrived face first into the ground.

"Are you alright, Jade ?" Ayumi asked as she helped Jade get on her feet.

"Ouch..." She rubbed her back and we all heard a small crack coming from her vertebras.

"Blazette, WHAT H..." I quickly interrupted her by placing my hand on her mouth.

"Shhh. They could still be close us !"

We all went silent and listened to the sounds around us. Apart from the lava boiling hot, we heard nothing. Not even a ghast crying or screaming at us. After a few seconds, Ayumi smacked my hand away from her mouth and frowned at me.

"Blazette, what went through your head ? You could have warned us !" She glared at me.

"What ? I asked you if you trusted me, did I not ?" I chuckled, crossing my arms.

"That's not what I would call a 'warning'. That was way too dangerous. You could have killed us !"

"Maybe, but we are safe now !" I replied "Isn't that what matters ?"

"Yes, but it was too crazy, even for you !" The skeleton girl argued.

"I take that as a compliment !" I grinned.

That being said, Ayumi sighed and picked up her bow which had fell on the ground. Then, she looked a little deeper at the hole we were in. It not a little hole, it was a tunnel leading deeper into the cliff.

"Let's go, we can't let ourselves spend more time here. Those monsters could find us !" Ayumi spoke up.

"But, what about Mickael and Andr. They are still outside !" Jade replied with a worried voice.

"Don't worry !" Ayumi smiled "I always find a way to overcome obstacles. He will rejoin us at the magma cube's kingdom. I know he will..."


Meanwhile, The Nether, Mickael POV

"Notch, how much time do I have left ?" I asked him as I was swimming as fast as I could, desperatly trying to reach a shore I saw a minute earlier.

"You have 45 seconds until the potion effect wears off, but I am afraid you endergirl friend have even less time than you do !" He answered.

"Damn..."

I gritted my teeth put on a spurt to get on land as soon as possible for I and Andr's sakes. I was glad I didn't have any mobs chasing after me or it would have been almost impossible. Swimming in lava is like swimming in mud, it takes twice as much energy to do the same distance. And that is without counting the unconscious endergirl on my back which made it even harder.

"10 seconds left for your friend Mickael, hurry !"

"I am almost there !" I replied out loud.

I caught the edge of one of the block and managed to lift myself and Andr on top of it, not without difficulty. A second later, the orange particles around Andr disappeared into nothing. Mine followed soon after. I stayed there, lying on the netherrack beach for a minute just so I could catch my breath.

"That was a close one !" I muttered to myself.

"Indeed, a few seconds later and everything would have been lost !"

I sighed and looked at Andr who was still lying on the ground. I took the opportunity to take a closer look on her injury. The wound was not as deep as I thought. Altough there was no need to stitch the wound, I didn't want to left it like this. I searched inside of my bag And pulled out a small water bottle to clean the wound. I was about to remove the bottle's plug when I facepalmed. Andr being an endergirl, water would not help at all. I put the water back into my bag. Then, I tried to search for a bandage of some kind but I couldn't find any.

"Ayumi will surely kill me for this !"

I removed my armor and tore a small piece of my clothes. Then, I put it around Andr's forehead to cover the injury.

"This will have to do..." I thought.

"You two should find another place. I fear you are too exposed here !" I heard Notch suggest.

"You are right. Let's get moving !" I answered.

I picked up Andr and placed her on my back. She is so tall that her feet were almost touching the ground. After looking around the place, I noticed a small cave dug in the wall. Seeing no mob around, I made a sprint toward the cave. After making sure the place was safe, I placed Andr on the ground, in a sitting position with her back against the wall.

"We should be able to stay here until she wakes up..." I thought as I sat next to the endergirl.

I removed my backpack from my bag and made an inventory of what we had left : Three cooked porkchops and two bottles of water along with a few cobblestone blocks.

"This should be enough to get us going until we arrive to the Magma cube's kingdom !"

I sighed and pulled one of the chops and began to eat it. I occasionally took a glance towards Andr to see if there was any sign she would wake up soon. I took a sip of water and closed my eyes.

I don't know how much time I have slept but I remember being awaken by someone shaking me vigorously. My eyes snapped wide open and I saw Andr staring at me with worried eyes. She almost was on the verge to tears.

"Mickael ? Thank Notch...You are alright !" She said, relieved.

"Yea...how are you ? Does your head still hurt ?" I asked her.

"A little bit..." She placed her hand on the bandage before looking around her "Where are we ? Where are the others ?"

"We got separated after you fell unconscious !" I answered "We are on our own until we reach the Magma cube's kingdom !"

"What...What are we going to do ? Without Blazette, we have no way to know the way !" Andr began to panick

"We will try to the find the way once again and see where it leads us !" I answered.

"This is not really an option Mickael, many wandered into the Nether aimlessly. Not many returned !" Notch spoke up.

"Not really, but it is the only one we have at the moment !" I replied.

I went on my feet and handed a hand toward Andr and helped her get on her feet.

"Come on, we should get going, we have a long way to go !"

That being said, we exited the cave to find our way to the kingdom.


Meanwhile, At Home, Ari's POV

"Come on Vanessa !" I said as I dragged my sister outside our home.

"I don't get why do you would want to do that !" She argued.

"Because it will be fun !" I replied with hand still grabbing her arm "He won't see it coming !"

"It will never work, your pranks never work sis' !"

"This time, it will work, trust me !" I responded to my little sister "You are just pessimistic !"

"No, realistic, that's different. You could have, at least, let me finish my chapter. You cut me in the middle of an interesting moment !"

"You will finish that later. Follow me !" I said.

"Fiiiiine...but you own me one !" She rolled her eyes.

I let go of her hand and she quietly followed me until we arrived in front of a tall tree overlooking our house. A bucket of water was present at the tree's base.

"Seriously, the old water bucket trick ?" Vanessa chuckled.

"It's a basic one but it always work !" I replied as I picked up the bucket and began to climb inside of the tree.

"Yeah...exept when YOU do it !"

"Shhh, get up here. He will be here soon !"

Vanessa sighed and rejoined me. We were both on a branch above the house, hidden behind some leaves.

"So, who are you trying to prank this time ?" My sister whispered.

I said nothing and simply pointed toward our home. Hayden was there, slowly walking toward our tree, a paper in his hand. He was looking around him, like he was searching for something.

"Ari ? Are you there ? I got your message !" We heard him say from our hiding spot.

"If I manage to time this right, the water should fall on top of him !"

I grinned and prepared my bucket full of water. Seeing me, my sister shrugged and simply waited for my plan to fail.

"Just a few more seconds...NOW !"

I let go of my bucket and a wide smile appeared on my face as I watched the water falling down. Finally, my time has come, one of my many pranks will know a great success that will be written in...

"Hayden ?" A female voice asked making the hazel-eyed man stop in his track.

"Yes Cup..." He tried to ask before he noticed some water falling on the ground, a meter next to him "What was that ?"

"NOTCH DAMN IT !" I screamed out loud while my sister gave me 'better luck next time' look.

Unfortunatly, it looked like my little outburst blew my cover as Hayden and Cupa were looking at us from underneath our branch. He had his arm crossed and he was giving us a wierd look.

"Ari ? Vanessa ? Is that you ? What are you doing up there ?" He asked with an eyebrow raised.

"I. Was. Trying. To. Prank. You !" I almost shouted while I was going down on the ground.

"So, that water was your doing ?" He began to laugh.

"Yes, and it would have worked if Cupa didn't save your ass !" I pointed a finger at the creeper girl in front of me.

"Me ?" She exclamed as she put a hand on her chest "W-What did I do ?"

"You showed up right at the moment my home-made waterfall would have fallen onto him. That's what you did !" I replied.

I then sighed, closed my eyes and let myself fall on the ground. Another failed prank added to the list. While I was lying on the grass, Vanessa climbed down from the tree and rejoined us.

"Told you it would fail !" She looked at me.

"Shut up sis !"

Out of nowhere, a foul odor suddenly tickled my nose and I grimaced. Cupa, Vanessa and Hayden seemed to have noticed too as Cupa and my sister quickly put a hand on their nose. As for Hayden, he was looking for the source of this putrid smell.

"Do you guys smell that ?" Cupa asked "It stinks !"

"That wasn't me, I swear !" I responded as I got on my feet.

"Smells like rotten flesh !" Vanessa added.

We heard several bushes being moved and our eyes widened in horror when we saw what was moving them : Several humans figures with green skin and black eyes walking toward us. I remembered fighting those creatures back at the village a month ago. Mickael refered to them as 'Zombies mob'. They were slow, weak and really stupid but could be really strong in large group.

"This is not looking good !" Hayden spoke up as two lightning balls formed in his hands.

"Come on Hayden, don't tell me you are afraid of some monsters ? We fought them before and there were more of them !" I replied as I watched one of them trip on a root sticking out of the ground. The zombie fell on the dirt and another zombie tripped on him "...And they are just as stupid !"

"Maybe but the fact is that they found us. And this could be a problem if we don't kill them fast !"

"You have a point !" I frowned before turning toward my sister "Get back home, Vanessa and tell Yaebi to come here. We may need some help !"

I saw her quickly nod and runned to our house. However, just as she was about to pass the front door, I heard a strange hissing sound. I looked to the source of the noise and saw a giant black spider with red eyes just a meter above her.

"VANESSA, GET INSIDE !" I shouted at her.

The spider jumped at my sister only to be send flying into the air by one of Hayden's lightning ball. That being done, two more spider crawled down from the trees. Vanessa quickly got inside the house.

"Cupa, go back home and bring me my sword !" Hayden ordered.

"Got it !" She responded before dashing toward her own house.

Hayden threw another bolt at a zombie who fell on the ground, his body spamming with electicity. A zombie tried to grab me but I punched him in the face. The creature groaned and took a few steps back.

"What is going on here ?" Yaebi spoke up as he runned outside of the house.

"What do you think is happening ?" I asked him "We are under attack !"

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Cupa coming back, Hayden's sword in her hands.

"I got it !"

"Good work, give it to Yaebi. I'll be fine !" He replied.

"What ? But...I am not really that good with a sword !" The zombie boy replied.

"Take that as a training then !" Hayden smiled as two bolt appeared in his hands.

Yaebi reluctanly took the sword from Cupa's hands and went into a battle stance. The creeper girl put both of her hands in the pockets of her clothes and pulled out some TNT's, a flint and a steel.

"I figured it would be useful !" She explained.

I chuckled and we faced our enemies. They grew in number as more monsters came out from behind the trees. I could see two green creatures with no arms and four legs slowly coming towards us.

"This is going to be fun !" I cracked my knuckles before rushing towards them.


Meanwhile, The Nether, Mickael POV

It has been a while since we left our cave and went on our way to the Magma cube's kingdom. We were lucky no monster had spotted us yet. Truth to be told, there wasn't a single living soul in there. Apart from the lava and the sounds of my steps on the netherrack, I couldn't hear anything.

"A dead end..." I sighed as we arrived in front of another lava pool way to big to be crossed with the means we had, even with Andr's help.

"Are we lost ?" The endergirl asked with a sad voice.

"I don't think so !" I tried to reassure her "We just have to find another way !"

We started to go back the way we came. Being constantly so close to lava really took its toll on me. It's step was more difficult than the other and was becoming really tired as sweat was dripping down my forehead. Fortunatly, I had some water bottle at my disposal, I think I would have died from dehydration long ago otherwise.

"Are you alright Mickael ?"

"Yeah, I am fine !" I shook my head.

We continued until we arrived at a junction. I took another sip of one the water bottles and took a look around.

"So, we come from there and we already went left !" I resumed "There is only one option left !"

Andr nodded and we proceed to follow the right path with the hope it would lead us on the right way. The pathway was leading upward which was a good sign. I really wanted to get as far as I could from the boiling ocean. Even if the air was still hot, it seemed cooler than a moment earlier.

Suddenly, both Andr and I heard something groaning behind a corner. I unsheathed Nightfall and prepared myself to fight. Andr took a few steps back but was ready to teleport us out of there if we had to. I carefully and quietly passed the corner and found myself face to face with a sort of zombie with pig features. He had a golden sword and parts of his flesh was missing, leaving the bones and muscles for everyone to see.

"A zombie pigman...just my luck !" I thought sarcasticly.

I looked behind him and saw that he wasn't alone. There was a group of them, five to be exact, all of them groaning and walking aimlessly around the place. I was expecting a battle but the pigman simply looked at me in the eyes before walking away from me. It didn't even pay attention to Andr who rejoined me and was standing a meter away from the scene.

"I remember now, zombie-pigmen are neutral. They are peaceful until you attack one of them !"

"What is wrong with them ?" Andr teleported next one of them.

"Don't touch them !" I warned her "They are not hostile, at least, not until something provoke them !"

Andr immediatly teleported next to me after hearing my warning. One of the zombies, probably surprised by this sudden teleportation, looked at the place she was for a second before returning to its occupations.

"Let's go, but no rash move, okay ?"

"Okay !" She quietly replied.

We walked past the group with no problem. Most of them didn't even pay any attention to us. Andr was clinging to my shoulder and looked anxiously at the pigmen. That being done, we passed around a corner and the mobs disappeared from our sight. After a few minutes of walkingn the tunnel led out on the side of a cliff. The good thing was that the slope was not too steepy. However, something else caught our eyes.

"Do you see that ?" I asked Andr.

"Yes !" She simply replied.

Fifty meters in front of us , we saw someone entering another tunnel. The person looked like a skinny young girl with green hair. Apart from the sort of pink mask covering half of her face, she barely had any clothes on her. She also had a gold sword in her right hand. It looked like she hadn't spotted us because she didn't even paid any attention to us.

"Let's follow her, she could help us go to the Magma cube's kingdom !" I suggested.

"O-Okay !"

We carefully climbed down the cliff and walked toward the tunnel where the young girl went. The tunnel was quite long but some fire was liting the place a little. The girl was nowhere to be seen for the moment. With my armblade still out my armor, we quietly made our way through the cave. As we were getting closer to the end, we could hear some strange noise, like a hubbub. We put our backs against the wall like we were some kind of spies and we exited the tunnel.

"Wow..." was all I could say.

We arrived in front of some stairs leading down in a big open space. The place was filled with tents made of leather and I could see at least thirty people walking around the camp. However, they were really strange, most of them were made of a translucid green color. There were also some other people like the girl from earlier, they had green hair and each of them had a gold sword in their hands. On the other side of the camp was a lit nether portal.

"I-I think those people belong to the slime's race !" Andr spoke up as we were hiding behind some blocks.

"Slimes ?" I asked as I took another glance at the camp in front of us "Why would they be here ? Slimes usually live on the overworld !"

"If they are really at war with the Magma cubes, I don't think finding a slime camp in the Nether is that strange !" Notch answered.

"I guess you are right !" I replied.

For a mnute, we simply observed what they were doing. Most of the slimes were not doing anything special, it looked like they were waiting for something. The ones with the gold swords were surely acting as guards. Two of them were guarding a tent a little bigger than the other.

"That must be their chief's tent !" I whispered to Andr as I pointed to the big tent.

"Mickael, something is wrong. I think you are spotted !"

I quickly turned around to see a gold blade aiming from my throat. Acting by instinct, I parried with my own sword and kicked my assailant in the chest. It stumbled backward, the air knocked out of it. I took a closer look at my opponent and noticed it was the girl Andr and I saw a few minutes earlier. The girl took a deep breath and did a few twirls with her sword before pointing it in my direction. Seconds later, a few other soldier rejoined the scene and surrounded us. Andr put a hand on my shoulder, in case something would go horribly wrong.

"Human...Enderman...What are you doing here, on slime territory ?" The girl asked.

"Hitting first and then asking questions ?" I said with a harsh voice.

"Alive or not, you and your friend were still found spying on our camp. Thus your are guilty of trespassing and are to be placed under arrest...or being killed right here and now. You choose !" The girl responded as the cercle of soldiers began closing on us.

"Mickael, causing a ruckus inside a slime camp is not something that would help our cause !" Notch spoke up.

"I agree on this point !" I sighed in my mind before giving my answer to the girl "Alright, you win, we will follow you !"

I put my sword back into my armor. Andr looked at me nervously but I placed my hands on her in an attempt to reassure her...not an easy thing to do when you are surrounded by soldiers ready to pounce on you.

"Good choice human, you are smarter than you look !" The girl chuckled before she began to walk away "Let's go, you two took too much of our time already !"

That being said, we were pretty much forced to follow the group of mob. Most of them were almost glaring at us. When we entered into the camp, everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at Andr and I. Some looked curious, other seemed scared.

"Step aside, citizen. We got the situation under control !" The green haired girl spoke up, reassuring the slimes who returned to their things "Come on, this way !"

Andr and I were led to a sort of barrack. Once we entered, we noticed it was a dark room with only two torches to lit the room. The soldiers forced us to sit on the floor while the green haired girl was standing in front of us.

"So...who are you ? You surely didn't come all the way up to this camp just to admire the view !"

"My name is Mickael Tabor and this is Andr. And you, who are you ?" I asked, trying to ease the tension within the room.

"Trying to make some humor, human ? Fine, I'll answer your question. My name is Korian, member of the zombie-pigmen species and captain of the royal guards serving under Queen Gelli of the slimes. Now Mickael Tabor, why were you spying on our camp ?

"We didn't really want to 'spy' on your camp. We stumbled upon it after we got separated from our friends. We were trying to reach the Magma cube's kingdom !" I explained.

"Why did you want to go to this place ?" Korian continued her questions.

"Because their queen and your queen are too stubborn to realize the end of Minecraftia is coming and that we need all the help we can to protect this world. That's why we tried to reach the Magma cube's kingdom : To try and convince both Gelli and that queen to make a piece treaty until the monsters problem has been dealt with !"

"Watch you language when you speak about our queen human if you don't want to end up in a cell !" The girl glared.

"P-Please...you need to understand...!" Andr spoke up with a shy voice "This war has to stop, it is costing too many lives...Let...let us speak with your queen, she will understand !"

Korian stared at Andr for a few seconds before sighing :

"I guess it's your lucky day...The queen is supposed to pass by in a while to see how the camp is going !" She then gave us a death glare "However, you will have to show respect toward the queen. If you try to do anything, your head will immediatly roll on the floor. Got it ?"

We nodded and she crossed her arms.

"Good, until then. You are staying here and, in case you are trying to leave, I posted a guard at each corner of the building !" She said before exiting the house.

"Well, this went better than expected !" I thought as we began to wait for the queen to come.


TO BE CONTINUED...Mickael and Andr are made prisonners. Ayumi, Jade and Blazette are trying to reach their destination while being chased and the others are defending the house against an horde of monsters. Things are getting really bad for everyone. So, as always PM or review to tell me what you think of the story : good or bad. And if you have any suggestion for the story, feel free to contact me. See you next time (^_^)/