A/N Hello hello, wonderful readers! It is I, SoulErrorArwitch, and I come bearing another chapter of A Hero's Destiny! The end is coming soon. In both senses of the word. Because I have no sense of humor whatsoever, I find that hilarious. But back to this chapter. This one was fun to write. Although I did put the end of it off for awhile because I wasn't quite sure how to end it. *snickers* End. Sorry about that, guys. I just find that really funny.
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Chapter 35:
Sharing
Glow's PoV:
He wanted to slam his head on the netherbrick wall.
They had spent who knows how long searching for Aleks and Lex, out of all the mobs in existence, and the search was proving to be fruitless. Stone silently followed in his footsteps as they dejectedly headed down the hallway.
The sound of Phoenix's voice filled his ears as the passed the main room. He paused, peeking his head into the large room. His guess was right. It was the Mistress' chosen. Stone peered into the room as well.
She was saying something about a mob named Claire. But that didn't matter to him. What mattered to him was how there was a player standing right next to Phoenix.
His hand immediately went to his father's sword. The player seemed to sense his arrival and turned along with Phoenix. A grin grew on her face.
"We found Lex and Aleks." She said.
He started to survey the room for the wither skeleton-He wanted to punch the jerk in the face for worrying them for so long. But the only people there were his Mistress, the player, and Phoenix.
That was when it clicked. Didn't Hero's chosen take a potion to look like players? Had the two of them done the same thing and that player was them?
As the two entered the room, Glow noticed a dark glint in Aleks/Lex's eyes. It made shivers race up his back. "They took the potion." Phoenix confirmed his guess. She turned to them with a look of something in her eyes. Why did that look she gave make his blood boil? "…Lex is my boyfriend now."
Why did his heart feel as if it had just been pierced by a thousand thorns? Why was he feeling a monster grow in his chest as he stared at the couple? And why did he have to resist the urge to jump at Aleks/Lex with his sword extended?
Stone, sensing that something wasn't quite right with his brother, decided to speak first. "Th-That's nice…Y-You two a-are a-a-a good co-couple."
No Stone, they're not! I don't want the two of them to be together! Lex doesn't deserve her love-Where had that thought come from? Understanding dawned on him.
Glow had a crush on Phoenix.
His heart sunk at the realization. She had chosen Lex-Had the pigman ever stood a chance? Even if Lex hadn't turned out to be alive in some strange way, he just knew that Phoenix's heart would always belong to him and not Glow.
And that fact was incredibly hard to admit.
Zalio's PoV:
Zalio waited in front of the Nether portal, absentmindedly swinging his diamond sword at the tree closest to him. He knew that the trek to the portal would take some time, but he had been waiting for about an hour already.
A sheep wandered by, nervously glancing at him. The fake player stopped swinging at the tree. With a yawn he said, "Hi." About a second later he was alone once again.
He sighed, and resigned himself to trying to make shapes out of the clouds. It was something that he hadn't done in ages. He hadn't had the time to with trying to fight the players and now Télos. But as he gazed up at them, he was struck with a case of nostalgia. The last time he had looked at the clouds like this was a couple days before he met Hero. It seemed so long ago, but had it been really? He had grown so used to the base, and to the people there. He had grown used to Hero bringing injured or homeless mobs to the base, and he was even starting to feel as if Quartz had been there for a long time.
His hand suddenly trembled. Claire-one constant in his life at the base-was gone. She was like the mother he never had. She would always help him and Stesa back when it had been just the two of them. When he didn't have anything to do, he would either train or visit her. It had taken all of his mental strength to not get half as angry as Hero was.
His decision to do whatever it took to get her back to the base repeated itself in his mind.
Zalio was snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of mobs coming through the portal. As he yawned he turned to see Oracle with Phoenix standing at her side. A smile grew when he saw that Lex was on Phoenix's other side. Yet there was something different about the former wither skeleton. He couldn't place his finger on what.
His gaze swept across the mobs behind them. Standing farther away from the threesome was Glow and Stone, the older of the two looking dejected. And behind them was a very small army of twenty or so blazes, pigmen, magma cubes, and wither skeletons.
"Hello, Oracle." He greeted Hero's sister with his signature yawn. "I'll show you all to the base. You'll see it when we get there." As they started to walk in its direction, Zalio fell back a bit to talk to Lex. "Hi Lex." He said.
Lex gave a half smile. "Hi Zalio-You ******* forgot about me." Zalio was troubled with Aleks' response. It was a far cry from his usual response. And the half smile was unlike Lex. What was going on? Even Phoenix seemed to notice from the glance that she threw in their direction.
All of a sudden, Lex started to inspect his hands. A grin very similar to a madman's appeared on his face, and though Zalio didn't know it, his eyes gained the same dark glint that they had earlier. "I ******* did it." Aleks said in amazement. "I ******* did it." In an almost effortless motion Lex pulled Aleks' sword off his back and made quick work of a tree near them. He slid it back onto his back, a satisfied grin growing on his face.
"Lex?"
The same evil grin from earlier reappeared. "The ******* can't answer right now."
"Why?" Phoenix questioned.
A finger tapped his forehead. "He's in here."
That was when it clicked. Lex's strange behavior, and how relatively angerless Aleks had been moments before. It was because Aleks had been trying to regain control over his body, and now that he was in control, he was throwing his own version of a victory party.
Suddenly, Aleks' limbs started to twitch. "It's my ******* body!" He shouted. He stopped spazzing for a quick second, but it began once again with more force than before. "Let me be in control of it, you *******!"
"Let me have control of it!" Lex shouted. "You've had a body for years, I haven't!"
"You *******, you had a body when you were alive! It's my ******* body!"
"Without me, you wouldn't have been created!"
Zalio and Phoenix exchanged worried glances. Neither knew how to break up their argument, and both knew that if the two souls kept acting like that, they wouldn't be able to defeat Télos.
Question Time! Today's questions and dares are brought to you by a hodgepodge of people, so I'll just put their names in front of their respective questions and dares. Thanks for creating them, by the way!
RavenstarIsAwesome: Aleks, if you had to live with someone for a month, other than Lex and Phoenix, who would you choose?
Aleks:...Télos, even though he's a ******* *******.
ThatRandomMooshroom: Hero, if you were to somehow be able to play Minecraft the way players do, what would you do and why? Also, would it cause some sort of wormhole?
Hero: I believe that it would cause a wormhole of some sort, ThatRandomMooshroom. I believe that I would try to combat the players-
Soul: Hero, what are you thinking? You can already do that now! You should build something awesome in creative!
ThatRandomMooshroom: Oracle, do you ship any of your friends or subjects?
Oracle: *smiles* From this past chapter, I believe you know who I "ship".
ThatRandomMooshroom: Lexal, is sharing a body with each other better than any other "roomie" options? (Stesa, Hero, etc…)
Lex: I guess?
Aleks: Even though Lex can be a ******* *******, I can't imagine being stuck with anyone else other than him.
ThatRandomMooshroom: Stesa, what is your biggest fear?
Stesa: *raises bow* Do you want me to shoot you?
Soul: *glares at her*
Stesa: *lowers bow and sighs* My biggest fear is that the base will be destroyed in the same way that my home was. I fear that everyday, and I fear that I'll lose the ones I hold close again.
Soul: *blows nose into handkerchief* Aw! No wonder you didn't want to say anything to ThatRandomMooshroom!
ThatRandomMooshroom: Phoenix, finish off this sentence. At the edge of the known universe I believe…
Phoenix:…I'm not quite sure what I believe actually. I'm really into science, so I think it's expanding…Maybe I believe there's dark matter?
Raiden the OC: Hero, what do you like about reading?
Hero: I like learning new things, and I enjoy reading about fictional characters' lives.
Raiden the OC: Hero, have you met any YouTubers?
Hero: No, but I did catch a glance of the infamous Skydoesminecraft…He was shearing a sheep.
Raiden the OC: Quartz, how many squids are in your family?
Quartz: *sniffles*…It was only just me, my dad, and my mom…
Soul: *hands over a tissue* Want this?
Raiden the OC: Zalio, if Stesa kissed you what would you do?
Zalio: *yawns* Pinch myself to see if I was dreaming.
Dare Time!
Raiden the OC: All characters, meet my OCs Ryder and Alex! (They're a bit mad.)
Hero: Hello.
Télos: Hello, humans. Do you want to join the dark side? We have gold.
Oracle: *smiles* It is nice to meet you.
Aleks: Are you two ******* players as well?
Lex: Hi!
Zalio: *yawns* Hey.
Stesa: If you two are players, I will shoot you.
Glow: Who are these guys?
Stone: N-Nice to m-meet you…
Quartz:…Hi.
Phoenix:…It's nice to meet you.
Claire: Hello. I'm Claire.
Carlie: Who the heck are these two, Author?
Soul: *grins like an idiot* Hey you two! What's up?
Raiden the OC: Phoenix, take Lex to the Overworld and push him into a pool.
Phoenix: We're already in the Overworld…I'm sorry, Lex! *pushes Lex into a pool*
Aleks: What the **** are you doing?!
Raiden the OC: Lex, take Phoenix to the Overworld and push her into a pool.
Lex: But we're already there…I'm really sorry, Phoenix! Blame Raiden! *pushes Phoenix into a pool*
Raiden the OC: ALL CHARACTERS DOG PILE ON SOUL!
Soul: *gulps* Why me-Ow! Hero, your shoe is digging into my side! *sniffles* I thought that we were friends, Raiden!
The scribe of the 4th brother: Zalio and Stesa, dress in old timey British outfits and speak with British accents.
Zalio: Why I am dressed like a bloody girl?!
Stesa: *wearing the clothes intended for Zalio* Do you want me to shoot you, Zalio?
Zalio: *hides behind a table* No! These clothes are perfectly fine!
The scribe of the 4th brother: Lex and Soul, have an argument using quotes only from Harry Potter and Star Wars.
Soul: I've modified this slightly because I haven't read Harry Potter in ages (I read it like nine times. It tends to get a bit boring after awhile.) and the same is with Star Wars. I also don't have the time to look up quotes.
Lex: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Soul: Don't get technical on me.
Lex: *glares* Never tell me the odds.
Soul: It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Lex: I'm going to keep going until I die-or succeed.
Soul: Alright, let's end it here! Things are getting a little dreary-And yes, all of those were from Harry Potter and Star Wars. *high fives Lex* You were awesome!
Lex: I know. *grins*
Soul: *laughs* Han Solo quote.