A look into the past
Determined to get the answers that he couldn't get from Herobrine, reaching his room, Nuka grabbed the diary that still lay untouched on his desk and sat down on his bed to read.
He quickly flipped through the pages looking for the right entry. As he skimmed the pages, he noticed that no matter how much Herobrine hated his brothers now, he must have liked them very much in the past and seemed to have emulated them in everything.
He seemed to have trusted them blindly, Nuka thought sadly, when suddenly a photo fell out of the book.
Quickly Nuka picked it up and looked at it.
The picture in it looked even more worn and torn than the book itself and the color of the picture was very faded. Nevertheless, Nuka could still clearly see three boys in the picture.
The oldest and largest of them stood in the middle and had his arms laid over the shoulders of the other two. He had brown hair, matching brown eyes and smiled from the picture. He wore a brown and red coat over a white shirt, hanging slightly loose over orange-brown pants.
The boy to his right was about half a head shorter, also with brown hair but his eyes were blue. He had one arm raised and was waving at the camera. All Nuka could say about him was that he was wearing a turquoise T-shirt and purple pants.
"Steve...", Nuka murmured and his gaze wandered to the last and smallest person in the picture, although the difference in size between him and Steve was not very big.
He had one eye squinted shut and his fist raised in the air. He also had a band-aid on his face. Like all the others in the picture, he was grinning at the camera and had the same brown hair color as them, but the one eye he still had open was a bright green.
Like Steve, he wore a turquoise T-shirt and purple pants. He and Steve looked so similar, that the only way Nuka could really tell them apart was by their different eye color.
Nuka turned the picture over, hoping to find out when it was taken or who was in it, even though he already guessed that he had an idea about the last.
As expected, the back was empty, except for a sentence that someone had scribbled there.
Me and my brothers on a trip, that will be the best of my life!
Nuka faltered.
So his hunch was right.
The picture actually did show Steve, Notch and Herobrine, still united in peace, everything had been fine and they were still normal people.
Knowing this, Nuka turned the picture over again and looked at it again.
He had already recognized Steve, so that had to be Notch in the middle and...Herobrine on the left.
Nuka's eyes wandered again to the green-eyed boy and looked at him closely.
He looks so different! He thought in surprise. Much younger, friendlier and...happier...unbelievable how much he has changed...
Nuka looked at the picture and pity for all three rose in him.
This moment... He thought sadly ...so full of happiness... If only they had known what was coming... maybe everything would have been different...
He sighed.
Carefully he put the picture aside before he would become even sadder and continued to leaf through the book until another entry caught his eye.
Day: March 5th Year: 1705
Hey, it's me again.
I should be asleep but I cannot.
Tomorrow is my 12th birthday and that means that there is a huge celebration, but I don't feel like it at all.
If it were up to me, I would just go on a little outing with Notch and Steve, like we used to do. It was so much fun, but now we can't do that anymore, because Notch is king, and he and Steve have so much to do.
They don't have any time for me anymore.
However, I haven't asked them for anything in a long time either, so maybe I can try again? After all, it's my birthday. They won't be able to refuse my only wish after all.
I'll ask them right now!
They are probably already asleep but actually that's even better! This way, when they wake up, they will surely be very tired and won't want to talk with me.
I should probably start with Steve, because he's much easier to convince than Notch and if I already have him on my side, then I can convince Notch with his help!
Oh, I hope so much that it works out!
This would be the best birthday present ever!
Nuka swallowed.
That must have been just before he fell into the ravine, he thought, while he looked with dejection at the crumpled writing in front of him. He seems to have waited so much for this trip, and he must have been so happy when he actually got to go with Notch and Steve… If only he knew how fatal the whole thing would turn out for him...
With these thoughts he sighed deeply before turning the page to read the next entry, which to his surprise seemed to consist of only a few words.
Day: July 14 Year: 1705
They betrayed me!
They both betrayed and lied to me!
But they will regret it!
That was it, that was all it said.
Puzzled, Nuka looked at the page more closely.
It looked as if Herobrine had written these words quickly and furiously at that time, because this writing was even worse to read than his normal one.
Nuka shivered.
He could almost feel the rage and pain coming from the words on that page.
This entry had almost nothing in common with the previous ones.
What could have happened to make him so angry? Nuka asked himself.
What did Notch and Steve do? How did they betray him?
Curious and hoping for more answers, he turned the page.
Day: September 23 Year: 1705
Well.
Let's put it this way.
It didn't turn out quite the way I thought it would.
I've been stuck in this filthy dimension called Nether for a month now and have gotten so bored in the meantime that I'm going to write in this stupid book after all!
There is nothing else to do here!
So, I found out that Notch, that dirty liar, is actually not our brother!
And I mean NOT AT ALL!
Because instead of being born like normal people, Steve and I were somehow created out of nothing by him!That's why we look so much alike! That's why we don't have parents either!
Which Notch didn't tell us, of course.
No, instead he pretended to be our dear, caring brother and LIED to us our whole damn lives!
Then again, why would he BOTHER to tell us the truth! He doesn't care about us! If he did, he would have gotten me out of here long ago!
But this is not even the worst!
The worst is not even Notch, but Null, that weird guy I met shortly after my fall into the ravine. It was he, who told me about all the lies that our "big brother" told us every day, but of course I didn't want to believe him.
I am such an idiot! I should have listened to him.
Now I know why Notch was so quick to agree to get rid of me, after they all found out that I have abilities. Even though I didn't do anything bad to them at all! I couldn't even believe that they would do something like this to me, until I read Notch's diary and the whole truth came out!
What I can't understand is why Steve, that traitor, stayed with him anyway after I confronted Notch about it and everything else! Even though Notch lied to him, too! Instead of taking my side and standing by me, he sided with him!
But anyway.
I don't want to see either of them again! Ever again!
After our argument, I ran away and destroyed their castle with my new powers. I fled into the wilderness, never to return! Unfortunately, they wouldn't leave me alone and followed me. They attacked me, accusing me of supposedly attacking and destroying towns and villages. That was not true at all!
OF COURSE they didn't believe me and started a fight. Idiots!
Of course I fought them with everything I had and even managed to kill Steve, but I couldn't banish Notch, who then banished me here. Just threw me away like a piece of garbage!
I tried everything I could think of to get out of here, but I just can't do it.
But I am not giving up, yet!
They're not worth it!
Even though they locked me up here and left me alone, even though I didn't do anything at all!
But that's fine.
If they really want me to be the bad guy, then I will be the bad guy!
I will set the entire Overworld on fire and show them how angry I am. Just wait until I get out of this dimension! I will never forgive them! NEVER!
I SWEAR THAT!
Nuka swallowed. He could understand how Herobrine must have felt.
Betrayed by everyone and left alone.
He would have felt the same way if he found out that his whole life was a lie.
He also understood why Herobrine didn't want anything to do with either Notch or Steve. What he couldn't figure out was why Steve and Notch banished Herobrine, if he didn't do anything wrong to anyone as he claimed in his diary.
The history book said the exact opposite.
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if the Minecrafters changed the story a little bit…
Nuka thought grimly while he turned to the next page.
Day: ? Year: 1810
I can't believe I'm still stuck here!
I thought after two months I would find my way out of here, but forget it.
This dimension has no exit and Notch obviously doesn't want me back either,
which doesn't surprise me. Not after all he has done.
Anyway, I found out by now that my body hasn't aged since my 20th birthday, which is great for my revenge. Unfortunately, I also had to find out through a couple of Endermen who port here from time to time for reasons unknown to me, that both Notch and Steve are both alive, too, and have been appointed as gods.
What a load of crap!
Now I will have these traitors by my side for all eternity and I can't even kill them!
So my revenge plan will need adjustments.
I've also heard that Notch ran off into the Aether, whatever that is, and Steve now rules Overworld alone. As if he would be capable of something like that!
The Endermen are also the ones who provide me with food down here, because as I had to painfully realize, I can't die of hunger, but I have to eat to keep my strength up.
Without the help of the Endermen, I would probably be much too weak to do anything at all, let alone defend myself.
I even tried to have one of the Endermen teleport me to the upper world, but it didn't work. Unfortunately.
At least I have enough time to look around and train.
Since I turned 20 my powers have fully awakened and I have begun to test their limits and practice fighting.
Soon I'll be so good that even Notch and Steve won't be able to fight me, even if they both fight me at the same time!
Oh, they don't even know what's coming!
So that's how he became such a good fighter, Nuka thought in amazement. Well, I guess there's not much else you can do in the Nether, tho.
He continued to turn the pages.
Tag: What do I know?! Year: 1904 (and even I'm not sure about that)
I'm so BORED.
I mean I was bored before, but now it's unbearable.
I now know the entire nether in and out and I have also trained my skills to the maximum of perfection.
Of course I'm still training but the mobs in the Nether are no longer opponents for me.
What wouldn't I give everything for a good, smart, strong opponent who is really good.
But of course that won't happen!
I'm so bored by now that I don't even know what to write in this book anymore.
And what is even worse, I begin to miss things.
The moon.
The night.
The cool wind on my skin.
Just being in the Overworld.
How I HATE waking up every day, knowing that I won't see anything but this red Netherrack again today!
Everything here is red!
I'm so sick of it.
I want to see other colors again, like the green of the meadows or even the blue of the sky.
I even miss people.
I want to have a normal conversation for once. With someone who will talk back to me!
I want to be able to argue or even just listen as someone tells me a story.
In other words, I want nothing more than to be free again.
Only no one seems to care if I go mad with loneliness down here, or if I'm even still alive. Even if they haven't already forgotten me, this is clear proof that neither Steve nor Notch ever cared about me.
But I don't need their help!
I'll get my freedom back on my own.
No matter what it will cost!
Nuka could not help but admire Herobrine for his strong will.
He imagined that he, himself, would have gone mad after a 100 years at the latest, if not earlier.
He must have incredible mental strength, Nuka thought in admiration, but in the next moment he became sad again. But he also experienced what loneliness means. He must have felt so terrible.
Now Nuka understood why Herobrine so clung to his freedom and why he had been so afraid of getting caught that he even sought help from the outside. He could not blame him.
Maybe Herobrine should not have reacted so strongly after he found out that Notch lied to him, but Notch only made everything worse when he locked Herobrine away.
Neither of them did the right thing, Nuka concluded and turned to the next page to read what seemed to be the last diary entry.
P.S. I know that Notch actually looks quite different, both his skin and his real person, but that's my idea of the character. Whoever doesn't get along with that can pretend he didn't read these lines where I describe him, okay?
Okay! Then thanks again for reading and see you soon hopefully!^^