I'm back! So sorry about delays, been a bit busy…
So who's excited about Hannah's advent calendar, Martyn's Christmas ADVENTure, BLACKROCK BEING BACK! And the new INTHELITTLEDREAM CHANNEL!
Hang-on-I-must-stop-fangirling-but-so-happy! J
Anyway, hopefully more updates once my Christmas break starts; school's kinda boring right now. (Except for cough, big science test, cough,) Anyway, here we go! I'm rambling now!
Also, I have been inspired for new title ideas. Here are the suggestions:
You Can't Forgive Evil. or
Four Evils, Too Many Secrets.
Vote for which one you think sounds nicer, catchy-ier, etc. I'll accept votes until Christmas break starts for me. That gives you all about a week or two.
I don't own Minecraft, the Yogscast, Jaffa cakes, or anything else except plot and Reyanna. L
Also, a bit more swearing in this chapie than normal. Just a warning.
Fanus Obscurus-As you saw, yeah, I updated my other story, and no, not quite what I meant by the cookies and dreams. They're actually separate things. But you were right about the blue cookie reference! The dream reference was quite different. It's off YouTube. But it's not very popular, so good luck actually finding it. If you want to try, anyway.
Reyanna Pov
The next day almost managed to start off normally.
I got up, dressed, brushed my hair, grabbed a fresh mask, and paused at the door. Something tugged faintly at my memory, something about a book, and dreams, and…
Screw it; I'm going to look for it. It'll bug until I do anyway. I thought. I checked the bookshelves, and finally found the leather-bound book right in the far corner. And it just had to have the title done in sparkly pink ink. Great.
I flipped through the pages, noticing the tell-tale yellowing and old script. It was really old, for sure. Maybe it would be useful anyway…
"Reyanna? Are you awake yet?" Rythian's voice startled me from the other side of my door. I quickly slipped the book into my alchemical bag and opened the door. Rythian was looking worried, like something was wrong, and I tensed. Rythian was usually calm and collected, not nervous. And he never woke me up in the morning. My enchanted alarm did that for us, unless it was a weekend or day off.
"What's wrong?" I asked straight out. He didn't even ask how I guessed.
"We've got a letter from Ridge. He doesn't say exactly what's wrong, but we're meeting in an hour and a half from now at the Jaffa Factory. And we need all our best survival gear with us." I blinked in surprise.
Well, crap. That was my very first thought. Ridge was super powerful, and as far as I knew, never needed help. He was an Aetherborn, after all. Why now, all of a sudden?
"Zoeya's making us breakfast. Can you pack your stuff up in half an hour?" My brother asked.
"It should all already be in my bag, but I'll double check anyway." I told him.
"Good. I have to help Teep with some packing." Rythian probably tried to smile at me, but all I could focus on were the worry lines across his brow. He turned down the hall and towards Teep's tower.
I checked my bag in just under 20 minutes, making a mental list of everything I could need.
Tents, fold-out bed, lots of food, water, Dark Matter armour, the matching tools, enchanted diamond armour, diamond enchanted tools, Klein star, all four rings, crafting supplies, I haven't learnt how to make a life stone yet…
I decided to go downstairs and help Zoeya. She was smiling, as usual, as she made us all our breakfasts; tofu scrambled eggs and toast. I greeted her and started to set the table.
"All packed?" Rythian appeared at the base of the stairs, Teep in tow.
"Yep." I said simply as I set out glasses.
Teep waved to me, silently as always. We'd gotten along quite well since he'd taught me advanced archery and hunting tricks.
"Serve yourselves, I guess, since you're all invading the kitchen." Zoeya joked.
Rythian laughed and grabbed his plate, and Teep snorted. I picked up my own. I couldn't seem to join in on the happy feeling. Maybe it was my dream, or the craziness of yesterday, or maybe the mention of invasion, even jokingly. I shook my head slightly and smiled a bit under my mask. It was foolish to feel so scared. Ridge could respawn any of us at will, literally with a snap of his fingers. And I had some of the best armour available anywhere, to boot.
Breakfast passed quickly, with the chatter mostly coming from Zoeya. Rythian, Teep and I answered quickly and quietly to her questions. If it hadn't been for the bubbly Netherborn, it would have been completely silent.
"If we go now, we'll get there a few minutes early." Rythian said.
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot about that! Well, I did, until you reminded me! I don't mind being early! Let's go!" Zoeya chattered. Rythian shrugged and passed his plate to Teep, who placed it inside the dishwasher. I stood to help, and set the dishwasher to start before we left. I couldn't help but notice that the mooshrooms had extra food and water, and so did the dogs and Ringo. As we flew away, a spell flickered to life around our land, and I realized it quickly.
We probably wouldn't be back for a long time.
Time skip to the Jaffa factory
We landed quietly outside. Ridge, Xephos, Honeydew, Lalna, Lomadia and Nilesy were there already, talking to each other. A table and chairs sat off to one side, probably for the meeting. Nilesy greeted us right away with a nod. He wore diamond armour and a matching sword. Xephos, too, had a diamond sword, but wore a type of scientific armour I couldn't remember the name of. Honeydew wore the exact same armour, a diamond pick hanging from his belt besides TNT, a flint and steel, and Jaffas. Lalna was kitted out in another type of scientific armour, laser at ready. Lomadia had a sapphire sword and diamond armour as well as a bow.
I felt uneasy waiting for the others. Ridge was talking to Xephos and Lomadia, as Lalna, Honeydew and Nilesy joked around. Even though I had forgiven him, it was still very awkward. The last time I'd seen him, he'd been drunk at the big Christmas party. We hadn't even said hello to each other then.
Rythian talked to Zoeya quietly as they sat on top of the hot dog stand, swinging their legs over the edge. Teep wandered around, aiming at random mobs in the uncovered quarry. I decided to join him, pulling out my enchanted bow, taking down mobs with infinite arrows. We didn't even communicate in any form, just quietly aiming. It was a good distraction. We didn't notice the others joining the group by flying and landing until Martyn and Toby arrived, apparently having a disagreement. Or a prank war. Or both.
At any rate, Toby tried to shove Martyn over the quarry, only to have Martyn reach over and turn his ring to neutral. Toby plummeted, screaming, into the quarry, startling both me and Teep. Toby's ring still prevented him from turning into a Toby pancake, but he still screamed until he reached the bottom and sat down hard on bedrock. Martyn, meanwhile, was cracking up mid air, and I couldn't blame him. I laughed as well, Teep snorting several times at Toby's and Martyn's actions beside me. Finally, Toby flew out and started yelling at Martyn. Martyn threw an egg at Toby. Toby threw a snowball. Ridge called the meeting to start, stopping the fight, but everyone was cracking up at Toby's egg-covered chest plate. A few egg jokes got tossed out, and Minty gave Toby a handful of napkins.
"Alright, enough egg jokes. We're here on serious business." Ridge said. Everyone shut up.
"Alright, I know you're probably curious as to what's going on. And while I don't know everything… I've been commanded by one who does. There's this prophecy, given to the gods of the Aether long ago. At the very beginning. I'm sure you all know the main four dimensions. Each of them has their own leader of evil, their challenge to those who dare to survive there." Ridge said.
"Even the Aether?" Asked Honeydew.
"Even the Aether. And most of these evils can be banished for long periods of time, with the exception of one. And they prophecy states, that one day, the four evils would all awaken at once. And that once they are all risen, they can only be killed by those who have the curse- or blessing- of that dimension. The only group that has all four of those in all of Minecraftia…" He trailed off, and I thought I saw fear I his eyes. Real fear.
"Us." Rythian finished.
"But what's the fourth? I know Aether, Nether, and Ender, but what curse is there for the Overworld?" Asked Zoeya.
"There is none. But the prophecy states that the evil of this world can only be killed by one with a true heart. I do not know who that is from this group. But it is one, for sure. If not more." Ridge answered.
"And who exactly are these evils? If we're going to have to defeat them all, we should know who they are." Lalna said.
"The Queen of the End is one." Rythian broke in.
"Correct. There's the Lava Blaze, King of the Nether, and for the Overworld… The Lord of creepers." Ridge said carefully. Xephos swore.
"That idiot refuses to stay dead, doesn't he!" Honeydew yelled.
"That bloody white menace!" Xephos agreed. Everyone else appeared lost.
"You don't mean…" Lomadia trailed off. Sudden shivers traveled down my spine.
Lord of creepers. No, it couldn't be connected… It can't be! It just can't!
"Israphel." Xephos explained. Faces turned pale. Jaws dropped.
"Crap." Sjin said.
"He's not the worst, I'm afraid." Ridge said. "The Aether has evil too. The Lord of darkness, the white-eyed one. Do not speak his name. It will only enhance his power. He's already draining the magic from the Aether. Nobody can respawn until he is slain. He's allied himself with Israphel. The Queen of the End is at war with the King of Blazes. The dimensions are in chaos. I've already lost most of my power."
Nobody spoke. Ravs dropped his drink. Nilesy fiddled with a portable pool. Even Zoeya wasn't smiling. No respawning…
"Well, we're f*cked." Sips said. Minty whirled on him.
"We can do this! Come on! What are we, mice? We practically rule Tekkit-Topia because we're so powerful! We just-"
"Have to work as a team!" Kim cut her off.
"Actually, I was going to say kick some evil butt, but that's actually a better suggestion." Minty said.
"We can do both." I said.
"What do we do first? Which dimension?" Asked Toby.
"We go to the Nether first. It's the easiest to go to, plus the Queen of the End is already there as well." Ridge said.
"How tough is this Blaze king thing? Because the Ender dragon, been there, done that." Martyn said.
"Ditto." Said Toby.
Oh. Yeah, they used to go adventuring together, with… Kaeyi? That's her name, right? And a bunch of other friends? I remembered.
"Hopefully not too tough. We should be able to take them down when their weakened from fighting each other. But we'd need two teams, to do it at the same time." Ridge said.
"Teams are our new middle names. Let's get going." Lomadia grinned.