Chapter 15: Forever

(Author's Note: This chapter is only a bit shorter because I wanted it to end a certain way. Sorry for that but please enjoy!)

It burned like acid, sizzling on her skin. She only could see black, was she dead? She could hear the sound of footsteps approaching her. Maybe, it would be an angel to take her to Heaven or a demon to take her to Hell? Either way, she was at whoever it was mercy. She wished she could at least see Herobrine one last time. To tell him she was sorry and she didn't mean to run away from him, of course, it was too late for that now. She felt like death was sitting on her chest and waiting for her to give in. She didn't want to die! Not yet…

"Every time you disobey look how I find you." A deep stern voice spoke to her from the darkness. It sounded just like Herobrine's but it couldn't be him? Was she just imagining it or was it really him? In the darkness of her mind she reached out her hand for someone to pull her out but no one was there, expect the voice she heard.

She felt hands touching her, someone was there for sure. Yet, she saw no one. Was this the touch of death taking her away?

"Open your eyes. You aren't dead, Scarlett. Not unless I permit it." Suddenly the touch started grasping onto her and began pulling her up with such ease from the darkness. She felt airy and began seeing light, a bright white light. Wait, that light wasn't just any light, but the light of someone's eyes. Herobrine's…

"H-Hero?" She murmured painfully as she forced herself to make her own brown eyes open. Death would not take her so easily. She broke free. Herobrine stared down at her, she was being held close in his arms. He inspected every inch of her body and grimaced at her wounds, but not at all was he alarmed by the blackness of her blood Her veins had seemed to have gone back to normal though. "I-it burns still…"

"We need to wash you off. This water is blessed and is not reacting well with your evolving power. As to be expected…" He muttered and began walking out of the chapel with her still in his arms and past a couple villagers that were lying dead on the ground where Herobrine had slaughtered them when he first appeared. Going to the well of the town, he gently put Red in a sitting position against the well's cobblestone wall. Herobrine went over to rip some cloth from a dead villager's clothing, that wasn't drenched in blood. Stepping back over to the well, he dipped it inside the normal water before kneeling down to Red, who was looking at him through half-lidded eyes.

"W-whats wrong with me? What's happening?" She asked Herobrine with a voice still sounding quite pained from the holy water. Herobrine began taking the damp cloth and wiping her down with it to get rid of the presence of the water that was causing the burning sensations. Herobrine was oddly calm as he started with her arms and then began taking her hands into his and washing them off carefully.

"You ran away from me… again. I do not know how you managed to get holy water thrown on you, but it is the reason you are feeling the way you are. I'd rather not explain the entire subject here. It is only a matter of time until the villagers' guardians come for the attack. Of course, it won't deter me, but it is an annoyance nevertheless." Herobrine replied with his still eerily calm voice. What was with him? She was expecting him to come here like a prowling lion, roaring at her and baring his sharp teeth at her before he came in for the attack. Yet, he seemed to be unnaturally calm, she was somewhat more afraid by this strange reaction from him, than yelling in her face as she would had have expected.

The pain was progressively dulling and eventually going away completely as he washed away the tainted water with normal water. He even made sure to cleanse her wounds with the water to get rid of the black blood that was drying on her skin and dress. He was only able to dab away the blood on her skin and not her dress but it was still helpful even so. "T-thank you." Red shuttered at the coldness of the water and occasionally seethed in pain when he touched her wounds. Herobrine stared at her blankly and was about to speak back, but was brought out of his focus when three Iron Golemns showed up and looked horribly angry with their eyes glowing red. Herobrine set the bloodied cloth aside and stood back up to his full height. The Iron Golemns roared and came charging at him, their stomps could be heard and felt shaking the ground under their heavy iron feet.

Summoning his diamond sword out in a flash of white light that looked a lot like the light that came from his eyes, he stood there with a deep glower on his face. Putting up his sword, he extended it forward and a white light shot out of the sword that started glowing white too. The stream of light went straight at the closest Iron Golem and hit it. The Iron Golem roared in pain as the surge of light engulfed the creature. It stood there stumbling back in insufferable pain. Hero didn't linger as he dashed forwards and while pulling back his glowing sword, he slashed it forward and with perfect precision and made a straight line through the 2nd Iron Golem. The 3rd one came up on his left side and tried slamming it's heavy iron fist down on him, but Hero quickly turned and blocked the fist with the clashing of his sword. The 1st one was still inflicted by the powerful light and was panicking as it began randomly swinging it's fists around itself, trying to hit whatever was causing it's pain. Not paying attention to what it hit, the fists slammed into the 2nd one and made it stumble back roughly. Herobrine smirked and dodged some more fists being swung down by the 3rd one.

Charging his sword with more of his odd powerful light that seemed to be obviously painful, he lunged into the 3rd one right into it's chest. The 1st one almost pounded Hero with it's flailing arms but Herobrine being as skillful as he was in battle, effortlessly dodged it. Once again the 1st one hit the 2nd one and it eventually fell to the ground, unable to pull itself back up. Now it was only down to the 1st and 3rd one.

Red watched with amazed eyes at the expertise, grace, and sheer power that Herobrine was clearly showing off against the three Iron Golems, that were hardly making him break a sweat. With a couple more powerful swings of his diamond sword the 3rd one was taken out and the 1st was still in a blind punch throwing frenzy. Herobrine sighed in boredom, "And these fools consider these iron guardians to be unstoppable. Pathetic." Herobrine boasted and then turned his eyes to the last remaining one. Red could tell ever so slightly that the one that was left was the same one that had put the yellow flower in her hair. It was a bit sad to see it be so effortlessly taken down but it had to be done, unfortunately. Herobrine watched as it aimlessly slammed it's rough iron fists into buildings around it as the light power that inflicted it was attacking it's body from the insides. Herobrine was somewhat amused by it's destruction that it was causing but finally decided it was time to put it down.

Lowering his glowing sword, he simply put out his free hand and made the Iron Golem freeze on the spot. It tried twisting and turning in it's strong hold but it couldn't move anything but it's head. With one whisk of his hand, the Iron Golem followed the direction he brought his hand and went flying into a building. It crashed into the cobblestone wall and the collision was so hard, it actually broke through the stone and landed on it's side in the building. All of them were defeated and just a couple of minutes. It was extraordinary to see, especially with one's own eyes.

'Remind me not to piss him off again. Damn…' Red thought to herself and was feeling somewhat prideful to have a boyfriend so powerful. Wait… HE wasn't her boyfriend! He was just a… She didn't even know what to consider him… A friend just didn't seem to fit nor acquaintance, but he certainly wasn't her enemy either. What was he to her? Her thoughts were befuddled and she just didn't know why in the world every part of her wanted to just accept that she might possibly be in love with this considerably not so benevolent man, that wasn't even from her own world. Figures, she would want the guy that was not your nice off the street average-joe, but rather your everyday murderous 'mythical' video game character that actually was kinda really evil, had a terrible temper, and also had glowing white iris absent eyes! Yeah, defiantly not your Average-Joe…

"That was amazing!" Red couldn't help but compliment as Herobrine looked back over at her. She was expecting him to be puffed up by such a comment but nope, he glared her. Yep, he was actually pissed at her, she knew it!

"Amazing but a waste of my time. I already had my share of pillaging villages today. Now I'm sure your legs are not impaired. You can stand up." He said harshly to her as he glared over at her and her legs.

She put up her hands defensively and made a face, "OKAY! Gosh… It's not like I actually purposely tried to run away from you, ya know?" Red said and noticed Porkchop was racing over towards her and then nuzzling his snout affectionally into her side. Red giggled and pat Porkchop's head, "Hey there, buddy! You're still here?! I'm doing okay! Just a minor setback, but everything's fine now. Hero's here!" Red told her pig friend, who snorted and glanced over at Herobrine as Red began to shakily pull herself up from the ground.

Red could see different villagers were hiding around the town. Herobrine was still glaring Red and wasn't at all paying attention to the other villagers. "What do you mean you didn't purposely run away? I rather think it is difficult of one to 'accidentally' run away. Don't lie to me Red. I hate liars." Herobrine threatened in a warning tone that made Red nervously laugh.

"Hey, calm down. You don't know the whole story. It did sorta happen by accident. I did something kinda stupid but it was only because I was curious!" Red tried to defend herself. Herobrine stormed over closer to Red and towered over her intimidatingly. She looked up into his eyes and she could tell he was inspecting her for deception. Hero growled under his breath and then turned away from her, his crimson colored cape swishing dramatically as he did. He appeared to be really tense and distrusting towards Red. What had she done to make him so wary of her intentions? … Oh wait… Yeaah. Now she remembers, but it wasn't like that this time! She was telling the truth!

Hero seemed to be brooding, probably trying to figure her out, that or he was just pissed and trying to retrain himself from turning around and punching her straight in the face. That could very well be it too… "Hey, uhm I know this might be a bad time but the villagers look pretty upset and OW!-" Red yelped as a stone was tossed at her by a female villager who had a scary look in her eyes. She picked up another stone and was about to throw it but Hero dealt with her quickly as he tossed a fireball in her direction. She screamed and ran out of the way of the incoming ball of fire, that she was able to escape but instead it hit a building and set it on fire. The villagers ran around screaming bloody murder as they watched one of their precious buildings burn wildly and in which eventually set another building on fire in a chain-reaction.

"I think we need to get out of here." Red said as she watched the fire consume to building and then looked at Porkchop sadly, "I think this is goodbye for now, Porkchop. Thanks for sticking by my side for awhile. You're a pretty cool pig." The pig snorted wistfully as if it understood and nuzzled her leg with it's snout. Red pat the pig on it's head and then looked back at Hero who had thrown another fireball at another building before looking back at Red. His eyes were intensely staring at her, she couldn't really read him at the moment but he didn't look that happy. She couldn't help but very randomly think of how attractive he looked right now though. His thick brown locks of hair were a bit disheveled but it made him look really sexy in some sort of strange way. Not to mention the cape for some reason really made him have an 'authoritative' aura that was equally rousing, and his eyes were just as always hypnotic the way they had those white wisps flowing from them and seemed to stare into your soul. It was sometimes freighting and gave her chills but lately those chills were completely full of longing and pleasure. How could she really be thinking this right now?! Why?! She seemed to keep forgetting he deceived her, kidnapped her from her world, and is sometimes evil and mildly abusive in ways. Abusive was not at all attractive but when you got passed that... something about him was undeniably charming and mysteriously alluring. That should be a red flag to run for the hills, but all she wanted to do was run to him and right into his arms. It scared her yet she wanted more…

Herobrine merely glanced blankly at her pig friend and then back at Red. "Hold on to me. We're going home. I have little patience to deal with the rest of this village right now." He said and then held out his hand to her. She made one last comforting goodbye pat to Porkchop before without hesitation, she took his hand into her own. He pulled her to himself and she for once leaned into him and just enjoyed the feeling of being close. He noticed her movement towards him, which made him seem to become less tense. Bringing his other arm around her, he embraced her and glared off at the remaining villagers that could only watch in horror as the two disappeared at the blink of an eye.

Appearing back at the castle in the Nether. Herobrine was still holding onto Red and she was still leaning into him and not making the notion of letting go. He stared down at her in confusion, "Why do you do this to me?" He spoke in a whisper that was loud enough for her to hear. She didn't let go and didn't plan on doing so right away. She snuggled her head into his chest closer and just wanted to let him know by mere action that she was not deceitful towards him. She really didn't want to run away, it was an accident.

"Do what?" she murmured back.

"What you're doing now. Why? You turn around and run away from me and then do this. Nothing has ever left me more confused than you, Scarlett. It really pisses me off." He muttered harshly and suddenly pulled back but still held onto her arms tightly to look her in the eyes. She gasped and looked up at him with wide eyes. "Why?" He asked again, his eyes were once again looking fierce as they flamed that infamous white light. "Why do you do this to me?"

"I-I didn't mean to Hero… I was being stupid and goofing around with a Nether portal. I didn't think it would actually activate on me, then this Creeper blew up in front of me and deactivated the portal in the Overworld. I was trying to find a way back but I didn't have anything with me to ignite the portal back." She pleaded to him with nothing but honesty. She tried to prove that to him merely through the desperation in her voice and expression on her face that she was being truthful. He stared once again unreadable to her for a few prolonged couple of seconds.

"I said I was going to punish you… I'm not taking back what I said." Herobrine said and tightened his grip on her arms to the point it was slightly painful. She wanted to remain strong, she had too, or he would only have his way with her.

"No, you're not." She suddenly said boldly back, glaring him back all the same. The wisps from his eyes flashed furiously, he looked mildly surprised for a moment, before looking absolutely livid.

"How dare you command me what to do! Who do you think you are! Do you realize just WHOM you are talking too!?" He yelled at her but she didn't back down. She continued to look up at him bravely, her eyes and brows narrowed. She just stared at him as he was breathing heavily and looking like he was about to lose his mind in a blind fury with her.

"I know exactly who I'm talking too and I know that who I'm talking to doesn't want to hurt me! He only is trying to dominate me because that is what he is used to doing. Dominating others and scaring others… but he's not going to scare me… Because if what he says is true, if he really does love me, he won't lay a hand on me because he loves me too much." Red never stuttered once nor did she look away from his eyes fearfully. She was determined and nothing more.

"…." He was shaking and furiously glaring her. He wanted to just slap her across the face and make her beg for mercy as she cried helplessly on her knees. Yet, he froze and couldn't control himself, he wasn't making one move to harm her. He knew deep down she was right and that alone was maddening him. He loved her 'too' much. He couldn't go against his words, HE HAD to punish her! He had too! But he couldn't…

Ripping his hands away from her he began backing away. She took a shallow breath of relief but still wasn't going to let her guard down just yet. He was brooding again, looking down and tightening his fists so roughly, it looked painful. She had to act now or he was going to lose it… "Herobrine… I don't know how to prove to you that I'm not lying to you, but I truly wasn't running away from you. If you want me to be completely honest with you, I don't know if I even want to run away, anymore. I don't know why. I don't really have a reason to want to stay or at least I shouldn't. Yet, for some odd bizarre reason that is totally beyond me. I want to stay here with you! I should be the one to ask 'YOU' what you've done to me! I'm bleeding black, after all, and I know damn well I didn't do that before I came here to Minecraftia. I'm going to assume it is because of something you've done to me. You've done a lot of things to me. All of it is just as confusing as you're making me out to be. Can you please just believe me? Please...?"

She stood there staring in anticipation. He seemed to be waging on a serious battle in that mind of his. He was looking down and his hair was swept in front of his face, blinding his expression from her view. He was thinking, pondering what she had said. She could only watch in painful silence when he finally looked up at her with a blank expression. "I will believe you… On one condition." He replied in a eerily calm voice. Red titled her head just a bit and was unsure of his sudden mood change.

"And that is?" She questioned, not sure if she should possibly regret even asking.

He began taking large strides towards her, in just a few steps he was standing in front of her, towering over her again. She looked up and waited for his response. "Be my Queen."

Red stopped breathing momentarily as he brought up the same thing he has been wanting to be official this whole time she was here. She frowned and stared and thought hard about what he just considered. Grabbing onto the collar of his shirt, she surprised him as she leaned her head in dangerously close to his face. His eyes were wide as she stared into his eyes for what felt like a millennium. The two could only stare at each other until she finally spoke up when she finally knew she had his full attention and power over him.

"Fine. I'll be your Queen." She finally said and then pressed her lips up against his own. The second her lips touched his own, he in desperation brought his hands up to her face and cupped the sides as the two kissed with a severity that was shared between the two impassioned lovers. They both fought for dominance but Herobrine was not letting her have anymore control over him. He took over like a rabid animal and bit her lip. She gasped at the slight pain, while he smirked into the kiss and stole his spoils as he explored every inch of her mouth. Not once did it ever get dull. Scarlett Chandler was HIS and this time it was official.

"Know that I'm never going to let you go now," He whispered as he kissed her all over her mouth. She kissed him back just as starved and lost in the moment as him.

"I doubt you would have before." She whispered back and smirked at him. He smirked back and chuckled lowly.

"You know me well." He replied and then deeply kissed her again. The two tried kissing for as long as possible until the two were forced to back off for breath. Each one of them were breathing heavily as they stared at each other with lust filled eyes. "I love you, Scarlett." He said with a tone that rang as genuine as one could come. Red couldn't help but smile, she never knew just how badly she wanted this. She DID want this… And without a second thought, without even thinking anymore, she finally caved in.

"I love you too… My King."

Herobrine smirked, his sharp teeth could be seen as he swooped her up effortlessly into his arms and teleported away with her to his room. Tonight he would lay claim on her in nothing but the pure love he had for her. Now he knew, without a doubt in his mind, nothing would ever come in between the soon to be King and Queen of Minecraftia. No one, not her sister, not Steve, not even Notch himself. Together they would rule forever.