Hey ya'll, it's Ender! I hope you're having a great day and I hope to make it even better with this final chapter! 1,477 words this chapter. 15,550 words this story. NOTE: I do not own Minecraft, Mianite, any YouTubers mentioned, and really, I don't own anything except this story.
Chapter 10
User jerked back to reality and found that the battle had almost ended.
But it was not in the Overworlders' favour.
Sparklez was sprawled limply on the ground, blood covering his forehead from what looked to be a deep wound. Wag was crying, distraught, a little ways away from User, holding the two halves of his snapped wand. Firefoxx was panting from exhaustion, but was still fighting weakly while Twisted was desperately trying to hit Ianite with a bow.
Ianite was barely hurt at all, and her green/purple eyes burned with a murderous anger. She was shooting more purple power orbs, which were exploding all around the area, creating huge craters in the sand. User flinched as one of the orbs exploded a few meters away from him, sending dark purple shrapnel flying at his face.
"Come to join the show?" Ianite jeered, throwing a dirty look at User. "It's about time you woke up!"
"And whose fault is that?" User spat, grabbing his own wand. He usually preferred using his bow, but the wand was more powerful – and besides, he might know a spell to imprison Ianite for good. He just needed a source of containment.
User's eyes drifted to Ianite's crown, the gold circlet gleaming in the evening light. It was studded with a gleaming eye of ender – a rare and valuable item. It would be able to hold a god's power.
The problem was getting it.
"Twisted!" User hissed, darting over to his friend. Twisted turned to face him, his eyes bright with pain. "We need to get Ianite's crown! It's the only way to stop her! If we imprison her powers in the eye of ender, then she won't be able to harm us!"
"That's great," Twisted grunted. "How do we get her crown?"
"You distract her," User was reminded of Syndicate when he started to come with a plan to defeat Ianite in the midst of battle. He grew braver as he thought of where Syndicate was now, taking down all those lost souls with a spirit of fire, and making all hell break loose. "I'll get Firefoxx to retreat. From then on – I'll improvise."
"Sounds like a typical plan," Twisted shrugged. "Alright. Oh, and make sure Firefoxx is definitely safe before you… attempt to take Ianite's crown. Ianite – she was able to get a pretty nasty hit on Sparklez when he got too close."
"Duly noted," User stole another glance at Sparklez, who hadn't moved. "Let's go."
Twisted ran to the left while User sprinted at a diagonal angle towards Ianite. Firefoxx was completely on the defense now, her weapon knocked from her hands. She was rolling and dodging, trying to weave her way around Ianite's explosive energy orbs, all the while slowly making her way to her fallen sword.
Twisted started to shoot more arrows at Ianite, causing the goddess to turn her attention to him. She roared angrily as Firefoxx recovered her sword and tried to attack Ianite again. Ianite knocked the mortal aside with one solid swipe and Firefoxx yelped, clutching her ribs with her face twisted into an expression of intense pain.
"Move, Firefoxx!" User shouted, spotting one of the purple energy crystals heading at a direct path towards her. She managed to crawl out of the explosion radius of the blast before it impacted with the ground, but immediately fell limp, the exhaustion and the pain sapping any energy that she had left.
User swallowed. He was still able to keep fighting, but Twisted was much weaker, having been in the thick of the battle before. Firefoxx, Sparklez, and Wag were out of the action completely. They had only one chance at retrieving Ianite's crown. If they failed…
If they failed, the world would end.
User took a deep breath and jumped forwards, knocking Ianite off her feet. She screamed in fury, trying to attack User with her sword, but the wizard wrested it from her grasp before she could strike him.
"You have caused enough chaos, Ianite," User snarled, shoving his wand to her throat. Her multi-coloured eyes burned in rage, but she didn't speak up, perhaps sensing that User wouldn't hesitate to kill her if she resisted. "You sent a dragon to murder us. You upset the peace in this world; the balance. And you. Killed. Syndicate." User forcefully pulled Ianite's crown away, ignoring her angry shout.
"It is time," User hissed, "For you to be silenced." Ianite's eyes suddenly widened fearfully as she realized what User was going to do.
"Bound į valdžią, savo įgaliojimus yra saugomi tik nuo magijos, jūsų atstatytas," User chanted, and watched as a thin purple vapor trail appeared from Ianite's chest and drifted towards the eye of ender on her crown. "Sunaikinimas praėjo, atnaujinimas arti, ir jūs savo įgaliojimus, įkalintas gali meluoti!"
Ianite screamed as all her powers were absorbed into the eye of ender. Her form began to glow brightly and User swallowed down his fear. He had to complete the spell. He couldn't let go of the crown.
There was a flash of bright light and then there was nothing.
Was he dead?
No... death wasn't this bright.
There was a high-pitched ringing in User ears, but he couldn't get rid of it. The ringing slowly died away to be replaced by worried voices. User blinked and the world fell back into place around him.
The sky was stained with the fire of the evening sunset, the fluffy clouds outlined bronze and gold. Twisted and Wag were leaning over him, both with concern very clear in their eyes. User shifted his head slightly and saw Sparklez sitting up and staring around, confused, while Firefoxx cleaned away the blood on his face.
User sat up, and ignoring Twisted and Wag's cries of relief, searched around the sandy desert area.
There. There was the crown that he had risked his life to trap Ianite in. The goddess was nowhere to be seen, but now the eye of ender shimmered with a faint purple light, holding Ianite's powers inside of it.
"It's over," User breathed, staring at the crown. "It's finally over."
"Indeed," Wag followed User's gaze over to the crown. "Do you think we should put it in Mianite's temple and then explain what happened?"
"That sounds like a good idea," User nodded. "I see you healed Sparklez and Firefoxx as well?"
"Yup," Wag smirked. "My wand self-regenerates over time. But you gave us quite a scare, User. You stopped breathing for a couple minutes there."
User was surprised when Wag mentioned that he had almost died. He didn't feel afraid anymore when he thought of the land of the dead. He felt – stronger now. As though avenging Syndicate's death had refreshed his mind and energy.
"Well, I'm going to take the crown over to Mianite's temple," Wag walked over to the crown and picked it up. "I can go ahead and teleport Sparklez and Firefoxx back to their houses, but I don't think I'd have the strength to teleport you two as well."
"That's alright," Twisted shrugged. "We can walk. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt us."
"Twisted," User frowned. "I am a wizard too. I can teleport too. Do not underestimate me."
Wag burst out laughing and doubled over, but Twisted's face turned tomato-red. User chuckled at the sight of his best friend's embarrassed face.
"Did you forget?" User teased, watching as Twisted stared down at his feet, not wanting to meet the wizard's playful gaze.
"Well," Wag swallowed back another laughing fit. "Come on over Sparklez, Firefoxx. I'll see you guys a little later, I suppose. Oh and User?" User glanced back over at Wag as his fellow wizard grabbed on to Firefoxx and Sparklez's shoulders. "Good job today."
User nodded his thanks as Wag teleported away with Firefoxx and Sparklez, ready to take them home. User beckoned Twisted over with a wave of his hand, noticing with amusement that the half-wizard had finally recovered from his embarrassment. "Let's go home buddy."
User and Twisted teleported back to their own house where it still sat on the cliff top, overlooking Syndicate's home, black against the rapidly fading sunset. The landscape looked beautiful and unworldly on the cool twilight evening and User breathed in deeply, reveling in the feeling of breathing in life once again.
"You go on inside," User told Twisted, who was staring at him curiously. "I'll be a couple minutes." Twisted nodded wordlessly, though with a smile, as though he understood, then walked over to their house on silent feet.
User put on his goggles, just to give them a test. He blinked, and then slowly, a grin spread across his face. Night vision. He could see again. He could see hope.
User gazed out into the small grove of trees in front of his and Twisted's house, and just for a moment, he saw two dark eyes staring back at him, filled with an all-too familiar playful light.
Then he blinked and the eyes were gone, vanishing into the night as though they had never existed.
*wipes away tears* That seemed... like a fitting end for this series... *smiles* And I am very much content with all that I have accomplished within these stories!
Random Observation: Although I am sad to see the Mianite Collection come to an end, (and I'm sure y'all are too!), I have to remind myself that I have a new (non-Mianite related) story coming in just a week! So everyone, keep watch for Amulet! It's going to have a bunch of different YouTubers including AntVenom, CaptainSparklez, Skydoesminecraft, and more! Leave suggestions in the reviews if there are any YouTubers you want me to include!
ironhideandratchet4ever: Are you content with how I ended this then? ;)
Phoenix-Magic: I would hope that I answered most of those questions then!
YesIAmAUnicorn: But yay! A happy ending!
kay66727: Well, you'll have to answer the mystery for yourself - but personally, I think Tom managed to beat those lost souls to a pulp and was able to visit the Overworld for just a glimpse of his old life. Oh, and thanks for the cookie! *eats cookie* Ooh! How did you know macadamia nut was my favourite?! *hugs*
RusYRP: So what did you think of this ending? Seemed a little bittersweet to me... ;)
DiamondScribe: Maybe 'Feel-provoking'? Yes... "This last chapter was definitely feel-provoking." That doesn't sound half-bad, now does it? ;)
Statistics of the Mianite Collection:
Total chapters: 80
Total words: 105,461
Total Reviews: 394 (as of 10 AM, February 25th)
Longest Chapter: 2,630 words, Chapter 7, The Hunter's Memories
Started: October 25th, 2014
Ended: February 23rd, 2015
Add-ons: I Am King Now
Favourite Book (My opinion): The Priest's Dagger
Favourite Quote: "You will never wear a mask upon your loyalties..." Khione to Phil (BruteAlmighty87), Chapter 9, The Wizard's Curse
Favourite Character (To write about): Declan (CommunityMC)
Favourite Shipping: Ryden or Ryley (Champwan) x Linden
Favourite Fans: YOU GUYS! *give many hugs*