So, the arc continues! I'm not sure how often I'll be updating after school starts Tuesday. Maybe I'll be more motivated to write? Maybe I'll be swamped by homework and not be able to write at all? Who knows?

This chapter... it's just way too short. I wanted to get this out today, and I worked on it awhile, and I didn't know how to get past that last bit without cutting it off, so yeah. I'll try to update soon, I promise!

Important author's note at the end!

"Raise a glass to freedom," sang Horseluv386. Her voice, clear as a bell despite her resentment of it, drifted throughout the Emerald House, where she, PandaGal5046, LeopardCool54, and Bunnyluv16 were celebrating. They had finally established an official peace treaty with GP, Jon's empire. Now still in royal robes, they were revelling in the idea of peace.

"Something they can never take away!" continued Horseluv. Her gown was a brilliant green, with three horizontal white stripes across the front of the bodice. The dress left her shoulders bare, with sheer gold-and-green sleeves. The skirt started at Horseluv's waist, and split down the middle to reveal a lower white skirt. A tiny golden crown was nestled in her elaborately braided hair. Her expression was happy, but her eyes were guarded.

"No matter what they tell you…" chimed in PandaGal and Bunnyluv. PandaGal wore a royal purple gown, with triangular sleeves, ruby red triangles descending from the top of the bodice and ascending from the hem, and silver buttons running down the front. She wore a silver crown with a single amethyst in it. Bunnyluv wore a shining silver gown, flecked with metallic pink, with floating sleeves and a slit up the side. They were completely carefree in their joy.

"Let's have another round tonight!" exclaimed LeopardCool. He was wearing a simple scarlet jacket with bronze buttons running down one side, as well as seal brown pants, knee-high black boots, and an iron crown. He seemed bubbly and bright tonight.

"Raise a glass to the four of us," continued Horseluv, saluting the completed peace treaty. "Tomorrow there'll be more of us…"

BAM! The door slammed open, Gibkids123 bolting through. "Creepers - running everywhere - thought you should know," she gasped. The ninja bent over, wheezing heavily, still clad in the rainbow-striped dress she had worn for negotiations. Her auburn hair hung in her face, undone from its elaborate braid, and she was barefoot, black heels kicked off in a desire for speed.

"Creepers?" inquired Bunnyluv in a shaking voice.

"Yes," gasped Gibkids after another deep breath. "Hundreds of them. None have blown up yet. They're all across the empires." She paused for a moment, then continued with, "I've only seen something this abnormal once before, when a world, and all of its occupants, was about to be… erased."

As LeopardCool, Bunnyluv, and PandaGal stared in shock at Gibkids, Horseluv got up from her seat and raced to the front of the Emerald House. "We need to act NOW," she growled.

She reached a pedestal in the front of the Emerald House, where a Dragon Egg was displayed. She slammed down a button, cleverly hidden on the base of the pedestal, and stalked over to a nearby map of the Emerald Empire, which slid open to reveal a huge control panel.

"Here, use this to contact Jon," she told an astonished LeopardCool, gesturing to a device similar to the one PandaGal had used to contact Bunnyluv. He lurched over to the device, powered it on, and looked at Horseluv expectantly. She huffed and instructed, "Tell him to prepare for evacuation."

"Evacuation?" exclaimed PandaGal, but Horseluv was already moving again. The ruler of the Emerald Empire pulled down a lever, pressed several buttons in a code too fast to follow, and pressed a finger to an observer block. Another one of the many paintings swung open, this time revealing a button marked, "Emergency Evacuation: Initiate." Without hesitation, Horseluv slammed down on the button.

The others rushed to the front windows, where they could see red lights emerging from all the nearby houses; their own, in fact. Gazing across the nearby ocean to Seaport Village and the Trading Outpost, they could glimpse similar lights, and they knew it was probably the same everywhere, across every empire. Horseluv's voice blared from hidden speakers. "Attention, citizens of the Emerald, Amethyst, Iron, Fluffy, and GP Empires. As of now, I am declaring a state of Emergency. Portals will be appearing to your approximate location at the end of this message. Please proceed through the nearest portal immediately. You will be transported to a safe location. Please do so in an orderly fashion, for your own safety." A portal appeared in the middle of the Housing District, white with a green center. Gibkids suspected that the portal led not only to safety, but to a different place altogether… but she opted to confront Horseluv on this later, once the danger had passed.

"Come on!" exclaimed Horseluv, startling the dumbfounded rulers. "We need to get to Star City, since the most people are there, and help evacuate everyone. I think the officials have it covered here. Grab your supplies, summon your animals, and let's go!"

As the others raced off to their houses, Horseluv pulled Gibkids aside. "How much time do we have?" asked the ruler.

"About half an hour," responded Gibkids, "but the world will continue to destabilize. More abnormal events will commence, making it harder and harder to evacuate. We need to act quickly."

Horseluv nodded. "I'll get some grooms who live in Seaport Village to evacuate all the horses, llamas, dogs, and whatnot once they're sure every person is out. I want to save as many animals as possible, but human lives are priority. Once William and Kate are out, you get Hotfoot and start riding over to Star City, horseback is faster than minecart. We'll meet you as soon as possible."

Gibkids nodded and left, racing to the royal vaults. There, she retrieved her tiger's eye armor, bedrock sword, ninja bow, and extra supplies that she had brought from her former life. She broke a golden vial on the ground, and William and Kate appeared next to her. After sending them along with her extra supplies through the portal, Gibkids ran to the barn, where she pulled out Hotfoot, hopping on without a saddle or bridle. Urging Hotfoot out of the barn and in the direction of Star City, Gibkids glanced at the sun. Five minutes had already elapsed. With any luck, she would make it to Star City with fifteen minutes to spare.

Horrible cutoff, I know. Just know that they will try to evacuate everyone, they will find out where Horseluv is evacuating to, what happens to PE, and Horseluv is confronted...

Also, this arc currently depends on YouTuber characters. This is mostly because I don't want to have to deal with any more OCs, and I want to play around with actual, pre-developed characters.

Some will consider using YouTubers as using living people, but hear me out. When I write the YouTubers in, I will be writing as the character that the YouTuber plays, not the YouTuber themselves. These characters will have just gone through events similar to the games the YouTubers have played, and act a lot like them, but they are not actually them. Got that?

If you don't agree, and you don't think I should use them, just review. If you make a good case, I'll just use Story Mode characters or something.

If you don't understand my points for using YouTubers, PM me and I'll try to explain.

See you next chapter!

~Horseluv