Chapter 16: The Starless Gale

(Reader's Note: I know I said there was going to be a lemon but I changed my mind. So its safe to read on!)

Last night felt very long and remained very vivd inside the constrains of Little Red's mind. She wasn't the first one awake that morning, Herobrine was laying there next to her and holding her close to himself. Each one of them were bare of clothing but it was to be expected from the love they shared together the night before. Red didn't feel any shame for what she did with him, she only felt closer to him in a way that no one ever could. Her only remaining thought of protest was one that had not been so loud in her mind as it had been before. Her sister Sapphire would never approve of this, their relationship. Red wondered what her elder sister was actually doing this whole time she was gone. Blue was probably grieving her loss, considering her dead to the world she once was part of. It would have made Red absolutely sick to her stomach before… but now she just felt so numb about it.

Herobrine laid a small chaste kiss onto Red's forehead, she could feel the warmness of his body radiating from him from being so close. It was so pleasant and unusual, Hero had been her first to have ever taken it to this level. She had dated men in the past before she came to this world, yet none of them could ever compare to Herobrine. He was at a different higher level then all of them, even if he was evil in his ways, Red couldn't stop herself from falling for him as she had done. Snuggling up to him, she let her eyes open to take in his own familiar white eyes looking down at her with softness. "Good morning, my Queen." He said to her the moment their eyes interlocked. Red's heart fluttered in her chest, she felt warm from hearing him call her this. It was riveting and something she had first detested but now presently it was all she wanted to be was his Queen. Leaning in and kissing his lips softly, she smiled at him.

"Good morning to you too, my King." She greeted and couldn't help but grin cutely as she mentioned the king part. Herobrine reveled in her comment with an indulging smirk of his lips.

"I love to hear you call me that." He replied with amusement.

Red chuckled and just laid there in silence with him for a comfortable couple of minutes. "You know… what we did. I don't regret it at all."

Hero looked her straight in the eyes and smiled softly, "I would hope you wouldn't. Things will be much better from here on out, as long as you listen to me. Nothing will come in between us."

Red smiled but soon glanced down as her mind began materializing pictures of Notch. It seems odd she hasn't seen one action taken by him with the presence of someone not even of this world here. Did he even know about her yet? If he doesn't know, what will happen when he finds out? Red concentrated on the sheets as she thought. Herobrine noticed her zoning-out and extended his hand to run it through her short red hair gently.

"What are you thinking about?" He questioned curiously with a tilt of his head. Red furrowed her brows and was snapped out of her trail of thoughts. She looked back at him and wasn't sure if bringing up Notch would be a good idea. He really didn't seem to like the guy all too much.

"Its nothing important."

"Of course, its important. Important to me. What is it?" He pressed on which made her feel unsure. He was in a good mood, bringing up Notch just seemed like the perfect way to sour it.

"Well, that's sweet but its nothing." Red replied and began scooting away as she went to go stand up from out of the bed. Herobrine watched her stand up from the bed, he was bothered she wasn't opening up to him. She wasn't at all shy of her bareness because the two have already seen all of each other last night. Seeing her red dress was now laying on the side of the room and completely stainless of any blood or dirt. She snatched it up in her hands and began dressing, Herobrine watching in silence the whole time.

"Why are you not being open with me, Scarlett?" Herobrine asked, legitimately confused by her sudden unusual clamming up. Red zipped up the back of her dress and took her tiara and put it back into her hair, before looking back at Herobrine. With a look of dread, she shrugged her shoulders unsurely.

"I am open with you, its just- …I- I was just thinking about Notch is all." Red fumbled with the sides of her dress as she spoke of Notch. Herobrine's face darkened at the very mentioning of his name but he remained somewhat calm.

"Notch? Why would you think about him?" Also beginning to get out of the bed, Herobrine began grabbing his clothes and cape, also redressing. Red looked away and stared at a random wall like it was the most interesting thing in the world.

"Does he know about me being here? If he does than how come we haven't seen him try something?" Red finally spoke her thoughts. Herobrine dressed back in his usual clothes, he stared at her blankly. He seemed to be tense and as expected and not thrilled of the topic.

"If Notch is not as oblivious as I think he is. Then he most surely knows of you being here with me. Especially, with his little pitiful parasites being killed off. He will know, he most definatly knows now. See how much he cares? If it is an inconvenience for him than he doesn't bother with interfering."

"He doesn't care if I were in danger or not?" Red asked with a hurt tone and turned to look back at Herobrine, who began walking up closer towards her.

"Of course not. He only cares about himself and himself only. You are not part of his kingdom or his slave, so you are irrelevant in his eyes. Even if you are from your world as long as you don't get in his way, he could care less if I would have killed you. Not that I ever would." Herobrine told her with a grimace of disgust at the thought of his creator and Father, Notch. Red frowned and felt Herobrine grab onto her hand.

Looking up into his eyes, she gave him a questionable look. "Don't worry about Notch. As long as you are with me here and as my Queen. I won't let anything bad happen to you. I will protect you with my life."

Red could only feel her cheeks warm up and her heart pick up a beat. She simply smiled and went to take him into an embrace. "Thank you, Herobrine."

"You don't need to thank me." Was his reply as he brought his arms around her and embraced her back in a loving hug. They remained in a hug for a prolonged moment before letting go. Herobrine smirked and adjusted her tiara in her hair. "How about we go to the Overworld and do something fun? I really don't want you prodding around with my Nether portals again and almost getting yourself killed." Herobrine smirked smugly and Red made a face and pouted.

"Well, if you entertained me more, than we would have these problems! Boredom makes me do strange things, but before we go. I have to know what the hell was going on back at that village? What happened to me?"

Herobrine sighed heavily and shifted his weight on his other foot, "Do you really want to know?"

"Of course, I do! You keep leaving out the important details! Like you never told me I can speak to your henchmen and you have a French zombie chef named Bernard! These are the kind of things I gotta know! Speak to me, man!" Red teased and grinned as Herobrine rolled his eyes.

"I'll tell you in the Overworld. Hold onto me, alright?"

Red smirks, "Clingy much?" Herobrine gives her an annoyed 'hurry up' look, that makes Red snigger. Holding onto him, the two were teleported away through Herobrine's powers.

Appearing in a grassland biome that was windy and full of red and yellow wildflowers growing in the vast field. Red took in the gorgeous sight, "Wow, its beautiful here!" Red piped up and began running through the field and spinning around, like she was the in the musical, "The Sound of Music". Her dress twirled around with her, which made her feel even more like she was some kind of Disney Princess.

Herobrine only stared at her in amusement, "Having fun already? It seems like you amuse yourself easier than I first thought."

Red glanced back and was sincerely enjoying the rush of wind that blew past her, it was cool and not too cold that it would be uncomfortable. "Sometimes, a girl just has to improvise." She commented back in a teasing tone. Rushing back to Hero's side, she grinned at him and then made a thoughtful expression.

"Sooo, can you tell me now? Or do I have to force it out of you?" Red smirked wickedly, Herobrine smirked back and made an overly confident expression.

"I'd like to see you try." He remarked and snickered at her as she rolled her eyes at his self-assured prideful demeanor.

"I could tickle you for it but I don't want a sword lodged through my head." Red whined while Herobrine continue smirking. Crossing his arms, he took a 'threatening' step near her.

"What would make you think I would ever do that?"

"I donna'." Red rolled her eyes and stomped her foot. "Stop stalling! Seriously, having black veins and glowing hands is seriously not normal! What did you do to me?" Red asked as she now began to become more serious, or at least as serious as Red could be.

Herobrine sighed and started walking off in a random direction through the biome. Red strolled along at his side and watched him carefully as he began to speak. "Remember when you ignited the opal portal?"

"The one that you tricked me into making with you?" Red deadpanned. Herobrine shot her a slight glare and shook his head.

"It was hardly a deception as I told who I was, multiple times. I did what was necessary to get you to comply with me."

"Well, you sure got me, Mister. I legitimately thought you were just some weird dude just pretending to be you. Which people in my world do, you know?"

"Well, they should be killed for misrepresentation then." He simply said like it was no big deal. Red shook her head and snickered.

"Off with their heads then! Anyways, back to the point…"

"Indeed.." Herobrine nodded and paused in his walk alongside her as he made a thoughtful expression. "The black opal stones we had collected is of arcane origin. It of course had been banned and made illegal throughout Minecraftia by Notch because of it's raw corrupting power that it instills. It being considered a rare stone, it was very revered by the witches around Minecraftia when found. Yet none of them were ever capable of truly extracting the dark energies like I know how to do. Making the portal was only the start of a ritual that I had commenced when I had finished it. You igniting the portal was what finished the ritual, connecting yourself to the portal and myself. The dark energies released from the portal were subjected to you. I was able to connect your world to my own through the kindling of the portal. The dark energies now reside in you and are gradually expanding the longer they remain inside you. Don't worry too much though, I know how to control the energy so it doesn't all together consume you."

"Uh, well that's reassuring and a hell of a lot of information to take in." Red replied and looked shocked by all that she was hearing. "You do know I actually killed a villager by mistake back at the village with this power? I touched him and he started going berserk, literally foaming from the mouth and convulsing." Red said and slightly shuttered when she thought back on it.

"Not the first time you've killed. It shouldn't bother you. He looked to be a follower of Notch, anyways. You only did what I would have done when I took over that village." Herobrine told her with a shrug of his shoulders, he began walking again but this time taking Red's hand into his own.

"What do you mean not the first time? Er well, I guess there was Ruth and Wolfgang but-"

"No. The first time was when I tested you to see how compliant you were, was your first time." Herobrine told her, which made her eyes widen as she looked at him in disbelief.

"What do you mean!? Those guys were just characters! Well, in my world.."

"You killed them, which killed them in your world also."

Red froze suddenly and let go of his hand. "W-what?" Backing away slightly, she shook her head repeatedly. She couldn't have actually killed someone!? Like someone from reality- or well from her world. She didn't know what to consider 'reality' anymore. This WAS her reality now.

"That's impossible! I-I'm not actually a murderer!"

"You 'actually' are. You so loyally took care of those imbeciles for me when I asked. That was what I was testing you on. Not so much if you could defeat them or not. That is why I interfered when I did."

"So that's why… I can't believe I actually killed someone…. I-"

"Stop fussing over it. You are not apart of your world any longer, so it does not matter. And those you murder here are for the betterment of our rein over Minecraftia. There must be sacrifices and all who you've killed are simply for our future together when we truly rule over Minecraftia and it's inhabitants. What you are doing is reputable."

"I guess that's war for you…" Red muttered apprehensively.

"Indeed… You will soon find the gratification that comes from slaying the infidels whose loyalty remains with that idiot. It is what you honor yourself with as a soon to be Queen of Minecraftia and not just the Nether. Defying you, death is what they deserve. Understand?" He said with seriousness as he stared at her intensely with his flaming white eyes. She bend down and plucked out a red flower from the ground and began twisting it around her fingers.

With a dubious nod, she replied, "I..I think I do." Red focused her attention on the blooming red flower that was in her right hand. She still wasn't sure if killing people was an okay thing to do, but Herobrine told her differently, that it was only an act of war and nobility. Herobrine had always seemed to be right in the past and listening to him for once was something she told herself she would do. Every time she didn't, she would end up on death's door. Herobrine knew what was best… Right?

"It will be fine, Red. I promise." Herobrine stepped over and took the flower from her hand. Gently placing it in her hair, he smiled at her. She smiled softly back and felt calm with him being so docile with her. Her face involuntarily flushed shades of reds and pinks as she stared at him.

"Why did you take me here?" She asked and began looking around the grass biome with curiousness. She decided she should just listen to Herobrine. He hadn't been wrong yet, so why not start now?

"To have some fun. Remember?" He replied with a menacing smirk appearing on his lips. The wisps from his eyes even brightened as he brought up the word, that seemed childish to someone like Herobrine. What does Herobrine do for fun?

"Your sense of fun might be different from my own.." Red pointed out with her own smirk working on her lips.

"You will learn to relish in it." He responded smugly and then extended his hand forward. A flash of flittering light and then his infamous diamond sword appeared in his hand. Red stared at it peculiarly as it glinted brightly in the light of the bright sun that was up in the blue white clouded sky.

"It makes me worried when we're in the middle of no where and you say you want to have fun then take out a sword. This won't involve me running right?" Red asked with the raise of her eyebrows.

Herobrine rolled his eyes and shook his head, "Not quite. You might as well practice with your power since you do have it. I want you to summon your own sword." He told her, which made her tilt her head and look at him like a confused puppy dog.

"You want me to what? I don't even know to the begin doing that!"

"Concentrate on what you want and focus it to your hand. It isn't difficult." Herobrine now waiting for her to try. She sighed and glanced down at her hand before extending it like he did and trying to focus. Closing her eyes, she took in deep breathes and tried picturing a sword in her hand.

"Focus… Think deeply of what you want." Herobrine stood behind her and watched her as she nodded to him. Her hands began to feel a slight tingle and her hand began to start glowing black. In a black ominous shadow, a sword began materializing in her hand.

"Good, it's appearing." He stated. At this she opened her eyes to see an enchanted black diamond sword that was razor-sharp and had ridges on it that were highly devastating, if on were hit with it. The hilt of the sword was golden with black opals encrusting it decoratively in places. Her eyes went wide as she inspected the sword in her hand. It was incredible.

"I've never seen a sword like this…"

"That is because it was made through black opal's energies. That sword you have there is extremely deadly and filled with dark occult power. I would take good care of it if I were you." Herobrine said and nodded at her. Reaching out from behind her, he guided her on how she should hold the sword correctly. "Hold it like this and swing."

Now holding the sword correctly, she clumsily swung forward like he had told her to. The blade of the sword made a 'whooshing' sound as a mysterious black aura trailed behind the weapon in a blur as she swung. "It feels powerful even just holding it! This is amazing! I think I should give it a name!"

Herobrine looked her on in amusement, "A name? What is it... a pet?"

"Well, that one girl named Ruth that worked for Notch named her sword. Why can't I?" Red put her nose in the air snobbishly.

Herobrine only chuckled and shook his head, "Do what you like…"

"I will… I'll name it hmm… The Starless Gale! I don't know why, that just sounds cool!"

Herobrine nodded in agreement, "That sounds just fine. Now we should commence to the real fun." Hero said and then glanced off in a certain direction. Little Red swung her sword one more time before looking back at Herobrine.

"What's the real fun?"

"Over there." Herobrine pointed with his sword out in the distance at a village that looked extremely much more well built than the one village they last were at in the dessert.

"A village? What are we going to do there?"

Herobrine smirked evilly as his flaming eyes intensified, "We're going to show them who the rightful King and Queen of Minecraftia is." Herobrine replied darkly and began storming forward with a blood-lust look in his raging white eyes.

"Oh…" Red gulped and then glanced down at her black diamond sword nervously. ""Well, Gale… Looks like I'm going to be destroying an entire village with Herobrine… This should be interesting enough…If not a bit morbid." Talking to her sword, she looked back up and began racing forward to catch back up with Hero. Her being completely unaware of the toils that lied ahead of her.