Author's Notes
ThinMintE, I'm glad I didn't. I was exited to write the brawl, actually. Hope it lives up to your hopes! :D
ZombiesGuy115, CDs? And I've never played modded Minecraft. So I'm not sure about which weapons are in tinkerer's construct. So... my story takes a few dozen liberties (i.e, nothing's blocky, gravity exists fully, clans, demons, etc.). :s
Anywho, let's get on with the story!
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Eba's POV
Everyone had gone to sleep except me. Blight insisted on training more before the game.
You're going to give them one hell of a shock.
I know! I can't wait to see their faces!
You forgot to ask Thomas if warping was allowed.
I won't warp. It would be less surprising if I did.
Hm... true.
So, in the middle of the night, I warped to the clearing where Blight and I always trained. He appeared in front of me and drew his sword.
"Are you ready?" I answered with a confident smile.
"Of course."
We sparred the night away, and I beat him every single time. He sat down on the grass, panting. I was breathing heavily too, but not as much.
"You... you're getting better..."
"I... have a great teacher..."
My demon smiled. We rested for a few minutes before he stood up.
"How about this; we try on multiple targets."
I looked at him slightly confused.
"How? There's only two of us." Blight grinned again.
"You seem to forget I can summon things with my rot-sand." He stood up and more of the strange material caressed my skin, trailing down my arms towards him. Two more Blights appeared on each side of the 'original'. The three of them looked less defined.
"These are my shadows. I can summon up to seven of them, but they'll become weaker the more that exist. This is how we'll train."
I stood up and drew my rapier. A few nights ago, Blight suggested that I give it a name. 'Needle-point', I answered. Now the thin blade of the sword had it's name carved into it. "Okay. Im ready."
My demon smiled widely, and all three shadows grinned too. "No, you're not."
Then they all dashed at me.
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Simon's POV
I woke up extremely exited. In fact, I was so exited, that I dashed downstairs and made breakfast before anyone else was up. I woke up Iza and Eba with my racket, and they both walked downstairs. Iza looked slightly disheveled, but the endergirl looked fine. Giddy, even.
"Hey, girls! How'd you sleep?" Iza sat down unceremoniously and mumbled.
"Mmmkay..." Eba simply nodded and sat down besides Iza. I walked over with their plates and served them some water. I kissed Iza's cheek and gave her a brief hug. The slime girl brightened up and began eating.
The rest of the guys trudged down, awoken by the smell of breakfast. We all ate and then walked out side. The spiders were carrying all the armor while Adrian, Jack and Thomas brought the structures. We placed them down on the area they cleared out.
Thomas whistled. "Okay, guys? Everyone aware of what we are doing?" We all nodded.
"Okay. Eh... take off your hoodies, or sweaters or cloaks or whatever so the padded armor isn't uncomfortable."
I took off my creeper hoodie, and my unkempt hair stuck out at odd angles. Iza giggled and began to play with a tuft of it. Thomas cleared his throat and continued.
"The armor has pictures and colors on the front. I'm sure you guys can figure out that they mean and who they belong to." We nodded again. "Okay. Weapons. Jack, Sarah, come get a shortsword from the pile. You can keep your bows, but need to use these padded arrows."
The skeleton cousins picked up their gear, a shortsword, a set of armor and a quiver with cloth-tipped arrows. The chestplates had a light blue square with an arrow drawn inside it.
"Valory and Lila." The spider sisters walked forwards and picked up their stuff: Val had a doubleheaded spear with dull ends. Valory picked up two pouches with a dozen knives inside. Their armor had a black square with a red cobweb drawn on it.
"Iza and Simon." We stepped forwards and picked up shortswords. We also got bags filled with clean sand which we would use as 'healing dust'. Our armor had a green square with a white cross inside it.
"Eba and Kaitlin." The Blaze princess and the endergirl walked up to the pile of stuff and picked out their weapons. Kaitlin's had a large bag of cloth balls which she would use as fireballs. Eba picked out her wooden rapier, which seemed like a weapon too aggressive for her. Their armor had a purple square with a red question mark.
"Lastly, Adrian and I." Thomas and the wither skeleton got their stuff: two broadswords, a wooden shield and the armor. It had a red square with a blue sword in the center.
"There. Let's choose teams. Who, eh... who's in charge of that?" I smiled and pointed at the house. Ara was walking towards us from that direction.
"Ara's the moderator. She gets to choose." They nodded and we waited for our creeper friend to arrive.
"Hhhhey gaisss." We all smiled and waved at her. I stepped closer and hissed her instructions. Then I turned back to the rest of the guys with a thumbs-up.
"All good! Ara, choose away." The creeper walked over to where the gear had been.
"Teeem won. Thomasss... Layla... Eba... Jack... Izzza. Teeem too. Aydrian... Valory... Sssarah... Kaytlin... Sssimon." We all nodded and got into our groups. I walked into the storage shed and dragged out two boxes. One was filled with 'snares' while the other had smoke bombs.
I picked out half a dozen and stuffed them in my dynamite holsters. They didn't fit perfectly since their shells are round and not cylindrical like the sticks of tnt. The spiders picked up snares, shoving the stick frames in their pockets. Valory also picked out a few smoke bombs.
Thomas clapped his hands. "Is everyone ready?" We all shouted excitedly. "Then move to your sides of the battlefield!" I followed our team leader, Adrian, to our little castle. There was a distance of maybe thirty yards between us and the other team.
Adrian had us gather around. "What's our strategy?" Valory spoke up before Sarah could retort.
"I can set up snares in the most direct routes to the castle. That way, they can't capture it and we have sitting duck targets." Adrian nodded. Sarah smiled.
"We have an advantage of speed. Simon's the fastest of us, no doubt about that. Jack's favorite gimmick is firing two arrows at once, but it has disadvantages. He's less accurate and fires slower, while I'm more accurate and faster. I'm pretty sure Adrian is faster than Thomas. I don't know about you two, though."
The skeleton gestured to Kaitlin and Valory. They didn't seem offended in any way.
"I'm slower than Lila, and she's the better fighter. But we have air support." She whistled and Nightshade swooped down from the sky. The Phantom perched itself on Val's shoulder, chirping quietly. The spider caressed the undead flyer's head.
"I can set up snares while Nightshade keeps watch. She can also drop smoke bombs on the battlefield. And I'm sure the others won't shoot her." Adrian nodded. Kaitlin waited quietly for Valory to finish.
"My mother insisted on having me participate in races. I may not be the fastest, but I can certainly outrun most people." She was tossing up a cloth ball and catching it. "I'm also a great shot. Unless I get nervous or scared. Then everything goes out the window."
Adrian chuckled. Then he turned to me, raising an eyebrow. I smiled and held up one of the black balls with fuses. "Smoke Bomb."
We all laughed and heard a 'ready!' from the other side. Adrian shouted back his own 'ready', and we heard Ara speak at the top of her lungs.
"Threee! Tooo! Won! Play!" I smiled and dashed forward, already holding a bomb in my hand. Val whistled again, and Nightshade chirped as she took off towards the sky. Sarah and Kaitlin stayed at the castle, and Adrian was trailing behind me.
I lit and tossed the harmless black ball, watching as it sailed through the sky and landed somewhere in the middle of the battlefield.
This'll be fun.
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Eba's POV
We had all agreed that the other team would be faster, so Thomas had us hold our ground, setting up defenses around our castle. I was itching to go out, but I stayed put like I was told. Blight was feeding me all sorts of weird information.
Lila is the fastest of you. She should be out there, destroying them.
What about me? I'm a good fighter too!
Yes, that's why you need to stay back and hold this position. If you get yourself taken out, the rest of the team will be defenseless.
Aww, but-
Listen to me. I can feel the other team' slice-force. Hear their beating heart. I can tell you where they are before they even realize you're there.
Isn't that cheating?
Not if I only use it to warn you.
Oh. Okay.
We waited. Almost immediately after Ara began the game, someone tossed a smoke grenade. Iza smiled. "That's Simon." Lila was setting up snares here and there, while Jack kept his eyes trained on the field and his bow ready.
After some time, we heard a surprised yelp. Everyone tensed up, and we saw Lila returning with a sad little frown. "They showed up out of nowhere! And they have Nightshade up in the air."
We nodded and Lila left the field. After a while, a smoke-screen began to rise from the ground, blocking our view of everything. I started panicking, but then a cool haze flashed in front of my eyes.
Calm down. It's alright. Focus.
Okay.
I watched a small arrow of rot-sand appear in front of my face, moving from left to right.
Someone's close.
Thanks for the tip.
I drew my wooden rapier and waited. The arrow grew bigger by the second, and soon it stopped right in front of me. A smoke bomb flew in from inside the dark cloud, rolling underneath me.
Sidestep, now!
I swiftly moved to the left, watching as a wooden blade swooped at me from the smoke. I stepped back and watched Simon run forwards. Jack fired at him, but the creeper blocked one arrow with the sword while he dodged the other one.
Thomas had his weapon ready, and he swung downward hoping to catch the rogue creeper. Simon dropped to the ground and slid beside him, dodging the blow and tapping Thomas in the back with his sword.
Iza 'eeped' as Simon stopped in front of her, stealing a kis before taking her out and running back into the smoke. Jack and I just stood there stupefied.
Eba! Move! Go get him!
I nodded to myself and ran into the smoke. The structures are 6 and a half feet tall to conceal us, so it was like running into a maze. I caught glimpses of Simon's green armor.
Adrian appeared from behind a structure, already swinging at me. I parried every attack and thrust my weapon forward. I took him out with a smile. Out of the blue, Valory dashed at me with her spear. Again, I blocked all of her attacks, stepping back every so often.
Jack showed up behind me, taking out Val. Both her and the wither skeleton looked stunned. Arrows began to rain from a few yards away, and both Jack and I took cover. Another smoke bomb landed at our feet, and I dashed away to another position.
I heard Jack grunt and then curse. He walked out of the smoke with his hands up and left the field.
Last one standing.
Indeed. Where's the Blaze girl?
Probably at their castle.
The rot-sand arrow shifted in front of me, and I watched Sarah peek around the corner of the structure with her bow drawn, looking in the opposite direction. Quietly, I rounded the wall and tapped her from behind with my sword. She looked at me with surprise plain in her eyes, mouth a small 'o'.
I giggled and dashed away, headed to their base. I saw Simon a few more times, always running beside me and then disappearing. When I got to the castle, a cloth ball hit the wall beside me. I took cover.
Knew it.
Do you have a smoke bomb?
No.
Then run. Try to get to her before she can hit you.
Alright.
I dashed forward, skillfully knocking the balls away with the blade of my sword. Kaitlin looked absolutely terrified and I tapped her chest before she could run.
This is fun!
Simon's still at large. Find him.
Will do.
I stood up and walked calmly into the battlefield. Simon was still running from here to there, trying to psych me out. If it weren't for Blight, I would probably be panicking. I stood in the center, waiting. Simon stepped out from behind a wall, hands in his pockets.
"Hey, Eba."
"Hi Simon."
We stared at each other for a while, not doing anything.
Something's off.
Agreed. He must be plotting something.
After some time, I drew my sword. The creeper boy simply smiled.
"You're gonna take me out just like that?"
"You took out half my team in the blink of an eye!"
"I gave you some time. And I didn't revive my teammates. I think that's fair.
"How is that fair?"
"You're not being swarmed by five people."
"I could've taken you all on!"
The creeper pulled out a smoke bomb. "Oh, I don't think so." He lit the fuse and ran into the maze. I chased after him, much to Blight's dismay.
What are you doing? It's a trap! Don't follow him!
It'll be fine. I can take him.
My demon grumbled and 'sat back'. I chased after Simon, using the smoke trail from his bomb as a guide. He turned here and there, zig-zagging around without stopping. I pushed myself to go faster. Then something caught my foot and I fell.
I looked at my feet, and saw that one of the snares had caught me. I frantically began to pull on the string, hoping to untangle myself. I did the opposite, tightening the snare around me. The smoke cleared, and I saw Simon just staring at me with a smug grin in his eyes.
Told you.
Help me up!
I can't. He'll see me.
Aw, but...
He stepped closer, knocking my sword away from me. The creeper boy kneeled to my level and stared at me. I squirmed under his gaze. Simon smiled and took out a knife. I opened my eyes and a breathless gasp escaped me.
"No, no, it's okay. I'll help you out, Eba, it's fine."
He cut the wires to the snare and helped me to my feet. "I didn't mean for you to get caught in that. I almost did myself." I nodded and wiped some dirt off my pants.
"Okay. Now what?"
"I think we should call it a draw and restart." I smiled at him.
"Agreed. And this time, we'll beat you guys." Simon smiled back.
"I'd like to see you try."
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Theridas's POV
I wandered the hallways of the nether fortress, making sure everything was spotless as per Darkness's request. Yesterday's conversation with Ella still replayed in my mind.
"About the clans... about death. About you." I hugged the young girl.
"Don't worry, child. Sometimes... sometimes dreams are just dreams." She wiped tears from her eyes.
"But it felt so real. You... you fell. And nobody caught you."
"Ella, nothing will happen to either one of us. We'll be okay once we leave go to the overworld. Okay?" The girl sniffled.
"O-okay. Will you... will you save her?"
"Who?"
"The Queen."
I had managed to put the little Ghast girl to sleep with difficulty, but she didn't wake. Now I walked down, towards the dungeon. Where Darkness had imprisoned lady Anastasia. I didn't know if he fed her, so I brought with me a satchel with quartz and nether-wart bread.
There were a few lifeless skeletons in some of the cells, the rest where empty. Except for one.
Lady Anastasia was a grimy mess in the corner of her cell, breathing irregularly. She heard my approach and cringed back in fear, protecting her face with one hand.
"D-Don't... stay away... don't hurt my daughter..." It broke my heart to see her like this. I walked up to the bars and spoke softly.
"It's me, my lady. It's me, Theridas, your loyal servant." She moved her hand and stared at me.
"Th-Theridas? Is it... really you?"
"Yes, my lady. It's me. I've brought you some food." Her eyes lit up and she crawled over to me. I passed the satchel through the bars and she opened it. She began to shovel the meal into her mouth. Upon closer inspection, I could tell that she had gotten alarmingly thin. And her skin was much too pale.
After she was finished, the ex-Queen sat back against the wall.
"Th-Thank you, Theridas."
"Anything, my lady."
"Do... do you know... where my daughter is?"
"No. I'm sorry, madame."
"B-but... she hasn't been captured? Darkness didn't find her?"
"I do not think so, ma'am. I'm pretty sure she managed to flee."
Her tired orange eyes were filled with tears of relief. I searched through my pockets and found the key to her cell. She eyed me curiously as I opened the lock.
"Come on, my lady. We're leaving to the overworld tonight."
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Author's Notes
This one is very much what I've been wanting my chapters to be. Very little romance, lot's of fun and suspense/mystery. 3k words long. Yay! :D
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~ LeMafiaKreb