Chapter 7: The Portal
Reaching the top, Herobrine and Little Red went back to her little brick home in the forest biome. Hero being appreciative of her companionship on their little adventure together, he built her some more rooms for her, which consisted of a large kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, blacksmith area, and last but not least a study where she could work with enchantments, brewing, and a place for a portal to the Nether.
"Wow, my place isn't looking too shabby anymore." Red complimented as Hero finished up her study with a couple of potted red roses for decoration on the window seals.
"Is it to your satisfaction?" he asked and turned towards her in question.
She nodded with her character, "Yes! It looks wonderful! Thanks so much!" She thanked him with a smile on her actual face. He nodded back at her and then glanced over out one of her windows in a certain direction.
"I will built the opal portal in a separate building outside. If that is acceptable to you."
Red went over closer towards him and looked out the same window he was looking through, "You've helped me this much. A separate building close by wouldn't hurt. It might even look cool." Red responded agreeably, "I just want you to help me make a farm some time. It would be nice to plant and grow my own crops."
Herobrine nodded, "If that is what you would like."
"We can make the portal first though. I know you're anxious and I'm pretty curious as to where it goes."
Herobrine turned to her character and stared for a while before responding, "Indeed, I am." Right after he said that he tossed her flint and steel from his inventory. "Take this. I want you to do the honors." With that said, he went outside her study and headed outside. Red shook her head at his abruptness again and could only chuckle to herself and then finally followed after.
Hero was outside next to her home and was beginning to set up the unique styled building with brick blocks for the portal. Red wanted to help, so she went over and cut down a few oak trees and turned them into planks. She began digging out the dirt and replacing it with the planks as he worked on the brick walls. Once the two were finished, Herobrine made double doors for the entrance and walked inside with her behind. Walking over to each side of the room, he set up torches to light up the room and then looked at Red. "Built a crafting table, please."
She nodded her character and did as he asked and put it off to the side in the corner. He thanked her and then went up to it and began forming the black opal stones into pure black opal blocks, that prettily glittered and shimmered separate different colors of the rainbow. Red watched in fascination as he began placing down the unfamiliar blocks into the same shape as a Nether portal.
"I hope there is enough." she commented teasingly as he was almost finished.
"There is… It's perfect." he replied, finishing and then backing away to admire his handiwork. He stood beside Little Red and both stared at the frame of the portal together, side by side. There hands even looked to be touching, as if they were holding hands.
"It's really beautiful for a portal. I wonder why they would only keep such a material under bedrock. I don't know how you were able to do it, but I'm pretty damn lucky to be one of the only to see it. I haven't even seen mod versions of this block."
"Only I am aware of the black opal and the caverns under the bedrock, well, other than … Notch."
"What? Notch knows about this? Really?"
Hero merely nodded in response, something about him seemed to produce thick tension in the air. She had to guess that it was his way of acting the part for Herobrine, being that Herobrine was said to be Notch's undead brother of Minecraft after all. She doubted Herobrine and Notch got along too well. He really knew his part in this Herobrine stuff, maybe a bit too much, unhealthily so.
"Now what?"
"I just need you to ignite the portal." He told her as he turned to look directly at her with those eerie but transfixing blank white eyes of his.
"Well that's simple enough. Where does this go? Can I know now?"
…..
It took a while for him to respond, which made her feel on edge, "No… It's a secret. You will know. Please ignite the portal… now."
Red felt the curiosity making her stomach do flips as she went to stare back at the portal's rectangular frame, her flint and steel still at hand. "You're so secretive, you know?" Red stated jokingly and then began walking over in front of the portal. Herobrine stayed back and without her knowing or being able to know, he was muttering something under his breathe, something like an ancient language that was old as time itself.
"So… I'm gonna ignite it now!" Red typed and was just about to click on the portal's frame.
"RED!"
Scarlett froze and turned her head to look back at her older sister. "Get off of there and do your damn make-up work! Don't give me that, I'll do it later shit. You've been on there for hours and your eyes are probably blood shot by now!"
"But Blue!"
"Not buts, Missy!"
"You're not my parent!"
"I have to act like one with you." Blue yelled and stomped over and suddenly slammed her laptop's lid down.
Red gasped and deeply glared her older sister, "DUDE! I was playing with someone! I was just about to do them a favor!"
"Too bad, they can wait!" Blue replied with a glare with her hands on her hips. Red groaned and felt terribly guilty for ditching Hero like that.
"Fine, I'll do my fucking work. Then tomorrow I'm playing again because you just made me look like an asshole to my friend."
"Like I said, they'll get over it." Blue shook her head with an eye roll, before suddenly pulling out a stack of papers from nowhere and shoving it into Red's face. "Here's your work. Professor Gallows actually printed it out this time."
Red groaned some more and snatched the multiple papers from her hands grouchily, "I'll do it! I'll do it! Thanks for making me come across as an asshole, Sapphire!" Red growled and then jumped up from her spot on the couch to stomp up to her room and away from her straight-laced nag of a sister, Sapphire.
Blue glared her younger red-haired sister and rolled her eyes, "She's so immature, sometimes…" Huffing Blue glanced at her laptop and shook her head in disbelief, "How does she find that game so addictive, anyways? I just don't get it." Muttering to herself, she sighed heavily and stormed away to her own room upstairs.
The next day came by and Red woke up to having her paperwork sprawled out on top of her face and chest. She had fallen asleep working on her late calculus papers last night. Rubbing her eyes, she yawned and then looked at the time, it was shockingly extremely early. Thinking about on her last session on Minecraft and her rude exit because of her stupid sister. Red jumped up, still in her clothes from yesterday, and rushed downstairs. She hoped that Hero would be on so she could apologize and ignite that portal for him. Heck, he probably ignited it himself by now.
Flinging herself on her couch, in a drowsy daze, she flung her laptop lid open and saw that her screen was now on the login screen to Minecraft. "I'm so sorry, Hero." Red muttered to herself and then signed it to her last session. It took a few seconds for it to load until she found her character laying in bed. "What the?" she muttered with narrow eyes, "I was at the portal! How'd I get here? … Oh, well I didn't save last time. Maybe, it sent me to my checkpoint… But wait- the last time I slept was at the camp." Red didn't know what to make of it, so she tried to chalk it up to just coincidence again, it seemed her game was glitching a lot anyways.
"I hope I can find Hero…" Red spoke aloud to herself and then began heading back to the portal that was outside her home. Entering through the doors, she saw the portal's frame still there but it wasn't ignited. 'So Hero didn't ignite it-' her thoughts were cut off when she yelped in surprise when something hit her from behind, but shockingly it didn't take any hit points off her health.
Red turned around, thinking it was a monster, but was shocked when she saw Herobrine standing there. "Where did you go!?" He typed to her speedily fast, he even somehow looked angry. His eyes were piercing through her with an ominous glow of white.
"Hero! Oh boy, I'm so sorry for last night! My stupid ass sister turned off my session last night on me. I didn't mean too!"
Herobrine stood there staring, she swore his glowing white eyes dimmed a little, as if he actually calmed down at her reply. "Your sister did it then? Why?"
"She's a bit of stickler and was getting pissed at me cuz' I didn't do my make-up work for my college classes. I'm sorry about her. I'll ignite the portal now if you want." Red typed back, still feeling guilty by her unintended actions last session.
Herobrine nodded, "I see. Well, I would appreciate it if you could ignite the portal now. I would also like to meet your sister one of these times. She should know it's rude to keep someone waiting." He typed back with a somewhat dark undertone.
Red smiled sheepishly at her screen and typed back, "She isn't a big fan of Minecraft but maybe you can meet her." Red then brought out her flint and steel again and headed over to the front of the portal's colorful rectangular frame.
Not spending anymore time to be interrupted this time, she clicked onto the portal and ignited it. Her eyes widen as it made a strange burning noise before a rainbow aura flashed and appeared as the portal was activated. Once again, Red was completely unaware of the mutterings in a different language by Herobrine and then finally the wide sharp teeth that pulled up into a wicked grin from behind her.
"It's complete." He simply wrote.
"It seems so. Can I go through?"
Herobrine didn't answer her, instead she saw a blur of brown and aqua colors pass by her character and speed right into the portal's colorful entrance. The portal made the same noises as entering the Nether would make, before Hero's character disappeared off the screen. The second he did her game froze and began making loud beeping noises before reverting to a blue malfunction screen.
"What the fuck!" Red shouted, "Did he just hack my game or something!?" Red glared at her screen and tried clicking buttons on her keyboard but it did nothing.
"Fucking asshole!"
"Now that isn't very nice to say, Little Red…" A rich deep masculine voice whispered seductively into her ear from behind. She could feel warm breath tickle the side of her neck, before suddenly she felt lips grace down it's side in small feathery kisses.
Red inhaled sharply and then snapped her head back to come face to face with pure white eyes. Her brown eyes widen and before she could make a sound, a large calloused hand stifled her scream. "Shhh, my Little Red. There is no need to scream… just yet." The soothing and rich voice that belonged to a tall muscular man behind her, continued to whisper to her. Scarlett began to tremble as the man pulled her up from the couch and held her tightly against his firm chest.
"If I remove my hand from you. You will not scream. If you do, well… Let's just leave that to your most vivid of imagination."
Red wanted to struggle but knew it was fruitless as this man had such a tight grip on her, he didn't even seem to be trying very much as it was. Leaning back towards her face from behind, he kissed and then licked the side of her cheek and groaned softly, "How long have I waited to hold and taste you? For far too long." He murmured and kissed her neck again with a slight nibble of his sharp teeth. Red squeled, though muffled from his hand, as she continued to tremble under this intruder's unbreakable hold on her.
"Now will you stay quiet or do we want to play defiant?" Red not wanting to know what he would do to her if she didn't obey, she simply nodded reluctantly. "Very good, I had a feeling you would be a good girl. You have been ever so obedient, listening and obeying my every command. Such a good girl you are." He purred and nibbled on her ear once, before chuckling at her trembles and finally letting go of her mouth with his hand.
Red gasped and her breathing was heighten from the fear, "W-who are you!?" she demanded in a loud snappish whisper.
"I have many names, many titles... but you may call me by my most given name, Herobrine."
Her eyes widen and she struggled just enough to turn around in his grasp to look at him. He still held her around her waist as she looked up at his face with scared giant wide eyes, "Y-You…" she trailed off in a murmur and took in his appearance. He looked just like Herobrine, except he was naturally human looking, not at all blocky, just painfully handsome. He had messy but shockingly still well taken care of short brunette hair, slight beard, and a slight tanned and very muscular tall build, probably from mining. He even had the same torn blue jeans and light aqua colored t-shirt. Yet, the most striking attribute were the glowing white wisps that trailed from the side of his white eyes, that held no iris or pupils, just pure white light. His eyes were almost hypnotic to stare into, she almost didn't want to stop looking into them.
"You… You can't be real."
"I told you. I am very real, my dear. You were the one to not believe me."
"You're lying! Herobrine isn't real! H-he's just some made up scary story to tell children on Minecraft! You're not Herobrine! Notch doesn't actually have a brother! He said so himself! It was all just a big joke!"
"It is no joke! I am Herobrine! Notch lies!" he growled deeply and leered in towards her face with his own. Her wide eyes could never leave the white void that was his eyes. They were noses apart, Red felt completely at his mercy and intimidated, he could easily over power her and even murder her if he wished.
Shaking her head she just couldn't believe any of this, "Y-You can't! It's not possible!"
"Look at me, Red. Do I look fictional to you? I told you numerous times who I was and you went along with it all and even complied to ignite the portal yourself. I showed you many pitiful minuet examples of my ultimate power and still you persist not to believe me? Well, if that's the case, I'll make you believe and when I do… You are going to be mine. My Queen… forever."
"Q-queen? You're bat-fucking-shit insane!" she accidentally shouted very loudly and was shocked again when he roughly slapped his hand onto her mouth to shut her up.
"What did I say about screaming?" he threatened her with a frightening glare that made the white fiery wisps of his eyes become much brighter and way more fierce. She could feel his stone-hard grip of her tighten to the point it could leave bruises.
"You're hurting me!" She cried under the muffling of his hand. All the while trying her best not to cry and look weak in front of this crazy Herobrine impostor.
"I think it's time to go home. Say goodbye to this pitiful world."
"NO!" she screamed and tried her best to struggle with all her strength under his grip.
"Stop struggling, Red. It's a pointless effort. You don't have a choice in this matter." Herobrine whispered harshly in her ear, before turning to her open laptop and walking her towards it. Red tried kicking and even throwing punches but it did nothing to him. It was like trying to punch a stone hard rock!
Her older sister heard screams coming from downstairs and ran out of her room to see what the commotion was. From above the railings upstairs, she saw Red being held captive by a strange white-eyed man, that was enough for her to take action. "SCARLETT!" She screamed and began rushing down the stairs with wide eyes. Herobrine glanced over at Blue in irritation, before extending a free hand over at her with his palm open. Blue was now downstairs but the second he put out his hand, a powerful magic force froze her on the spot. She couldn't move her legs! "Oh my God! Scarlett! LET HER GO, YOU BASTARD!"
"Sapphire!" Red finally was able to scream without his hand over her mouth since he had it extended at Blue. Holding Blue in her frozen hold, she could only watch in terror as her younger sister was brought over closer to the laptop.
"Say goodbye to your sister. I'll be taking her with me. Oh, and don't try getting her back. You'll only be wasting your time. She's mine." Herobrine grinned wickedly as he bared his inhumanly white sharp teeth. Blue's eyes remained widen while acidic tears were pouring down her face, she felt so helpless!
"I'm so sorry, Sapphire! I-I'll figure out a way back to you, I will!" Scarlett tried yelling in reassurance to Blue, but it only evoked deep mocking laughter from Herobrine.
"Sorry, my sweet. But when we go home, you won't even want to ever come back to this world. Now let us take our leave." Herobrine continuing to smirk, flung his hand away from Blue and then over at the open laptop's screen. Blue's hold was uplifted and she tried to lurch over with her hand extended to save her sister. Though, it was all for nothing as the second Herobrine's hand swept over to the computer, a blinding rainbow flash of lights filled the room. Blue screamed at the top of her lungs her sister's name one last time. Until the flash enveloped Red and Herobrine, leaving nothing by Sapphire left in the living room in tears.
The room went deathly silent, except for the sniffling and depressed sobs of Sapphire Chandler. The blue haired sister blinded from her own tears, fell to her knees and stared at Red's laptop with worried tear-stricken eyes.
"I'm so sorry, Scarlett…But I will find you, I promise!" Blue lamented, then brought her shaky hands to her face and continued to painfully mourn the kidnapping of her little sister.