So, I took a bit of a break in between chapters 1 and 2, but I am now back! I'll be playing more with the elements of the story such as constant plots changes, as well as incorporating the main plot line as well. I am posting this chapter as the entire chapter, not adding or editing afterwards (hopefully.)
Now back to the story!
-=Herobrine's Kingdom=-
"He escaped didn't he?" Herobrine bellowed to his faithful servant below. "Yes, your greatness." "Well, seeing as I have to do all the work around here," at this Herobrine rolls his eyes, "I'll find and capture him myself. After all, it was me who built this kingdom. It's a lot of work, taking castles and smaller kingdoms then transporting them here to get 'integrated'" using air quotes for the last word. "You'd rather chase after him yourself?" The servant questioned. "Yep, now before I go, I must put my two gems of power in safekeeping. I trust you can look after one." The servant's eyes widen. "Yes, of course your greatness. I'd be honored!" Herobrine chuckles. "Good, now I'll have to hide the second one. Know a good spot?" The servant laughs with excitement, then responds, "Oh yes, I know a very good spot indeed." A mischievous smile comes across the servant's face...
-=Back to Xavier=-
"Ouch!" I yell as I land suddenly in another realm. More of a new universe than anything really. "Hello, and welcome to the Hypixel minigame server!" "Um, hello?" I replied to the message I just heard. It was from a metal box thing. Almost like a machine. It had a holographic face being displayed in front of me. "Hello, and welcome to the Hypixel minigame server!" It repeated. I asked aloud, "What are you?" To my surprise, it answered. "I am H301, a welcoming bot for all new players on the hypixel server. I answer the questions of anyone and everyone!" I grinned. "Well, what's a server?" "A server is a multiplayer online system that allows people all parts of the world to connect in Minecraft! This particular one is owned by Hypixel, a famous redstoner on Youtube." "You lost me at YouTube." H301 sighs. "So when did you buy the game? Prince_Xavier?" "Well... I don't know. That's the thing I don't remember anything. Other than to keep this stone away from Herobrine." The bot had wide eyes. For a robot it showed a great sense of emotion. "Don't talk about him here, he was the very reason why we had monster invasions. A "map" was made to make it seem like a game, but in reality without the map, his army would still be approaching." "So, I take it you've heard of him?" The bot shakes it's head. "Everyone knows him to be honest. They know him from fear pain and suffering. He truly is evil and devilish. Right now, He's collecting all of the gems, (which I am assuming you already know about seeing as you have one) to... We'll I really don't know actually. All I know is that it won't be Fun Friday much longer." Sensing it was humor to lighten the mood, I chuckle. "So what is this place anyways?" "Oh, this?" H301 waves his imaginary hands at the world full of players. "This is a minigame server. It's where people come to have fun. Why don't you try one of the games? It'll be fun!" "Sure! Which one should I play first?" H301 grins as he says, "Paintball."
-=A few minutes later=-
I was ready to play Paintball. It was teams of 12 versus 12 as there were 24 players. I ended up on the blue team at random. We were playing in a map called Babyland. Why it was called that, was very much unknown to me. "Now listen up! I am the leader of this team so I will give the command. When you enter the arena, I want three soldiers to stand their ground at base, two offensive players, and the rest defensive. Got it?" A player called LucyTwo yelled out in a feminine voice. "Yes, Ma'am!" Everyone called out. "Good. Xav, Trev, and CreeperLord200, you're on base. Me and HelixFossil312 will be on the offense. Let's make this a good game everybody!" She barked out. "Yeaaahhh!" Everybody yelled as we entered the arena.
The arena was to be honest, amazing as hell. It had overhangs on both sides for dodging and advances, as well as a water front full of obstacles. It was white, green, and pink. I remained at base waiting for people to come. To my surprise, lots came to us, and we shot them down with snowballs. If you got hit by one you were "dead" but respawned back at your appropriate base. The first team to 80 kills wins. As I kept throwing snowballs I noticed players coming down the sides. I sneaked over to them, so when they reached the floor, they got hit. It was exhilarating to say the least. Until, I got hit. I racked up a 25 killstreak which got me extra coins, and kill tokens used for special shots (but since I was new, I couldn't use any of them). It didn't hurt like I thought it would, and was confusing to me as to how the people back at the castle died when they should have respawned. Does Herobrine have the power to erase them? As I thought further about it, I got into a sort of rhythmic motion of shooting snowballs at the offenses. When the game ended and the blue team won, I didn't know I had 37 kill tokens, which was a lot. LucyTwo gave me a pat on the shoulder and said, "Good job! I knew we could count on you guys!" And with that, the world went black.
It reappeared with a sharp twist as I landed back in the lobby, unharmed by the last adventure. "Now what should I do?" I asked aloud. I was shocked when someone asked, "What not play a game of survival games with us? It'll be fun!". Guess I was getting good at being a player.
Herobrine's Point of View
Of course. The very place I still wish to conquer is where the prince is hiding. I went through one of the stationary portal's secured by my minions then traversed the space in between till I found the blue glow. Now, I can finally conquer! As I entered the lobby center, I transformed into a player model that I had... Retrieved. The hunt was on, and it was delicious. First off the Survival Games.
Hypixel's Point of View
I had been working on re networking the servers in the in between space, (which I think is the true void) when I spotted a figure going into the lobby. I then looked down below to see the bubble that was my domain. It glowed a light blue. I viewed the source from outside, receiving transmissions from bot H301. It was the prince of the prophecy. I looked out further into the emptiness, and found two bright lights coming towards the server. As soon as I saw this, I hid on the top, watching the hated man walk into my server. I knew what I had to do, before it was too late.
Xavier's Point of View
"The Survival Games is a game that puts players up against each other to see who will be the last one standing. A lot of people like to form teams within the game to get a higher chance of winning, but you still could win no matter what." Gareth explained to me. Gareth was the one who invited me. For that I was grateful. "We've got a 24 person party, meaning we get the arena to ourselves, and it will be a Free For All match. You up to the challenge?" "Sure!" I answered back. That's when I heard, "Can I join your guys arena? I've been waiting for 2 hours to play and the matches have been very long today." I turned around to see who asked. It was a young man with looked like a British Navy officer. (A/N Foreshadowing) Gareth replied, "Sure! We needed another player anyways." And with that, we joined the arena.
It was a beautiful thing, the arena. It was a grassy plain with several mountains. I was in a sort of petrified state till the buzzer rang out and I could move. I ran to a chest and grabbed a sword, some bread, and leather armor pieces. I ran out of the center to one of the mountains and began my ascent upwards. A hidden chest was on the side of the mountain and inside was a bow and two stacks of arrows. Looks like I was ready to fight. I continued up till I reached the top. Then, I aimed and fired my bow at the chaos below. It hit someone square in the back. A message went out saying, "The first has fallen. 24 players remain." At this, I continued to aim and shoot players down, until only 13 remained.
I went back down the mountain and got much better armor and weapons then I had before. Luckily, nothing was damaged too much, other than the leather armor. I scouted out in a circle, making sure I was alone. I heard another three fireworks go off, and a message saying, "Three more have fell. Only 10 remain. Congratulations for making it this far." Guess like this was going to be a lot easier than I thought. I walked out of the valley and found five players all in a team. Looks like it wasn't truly a free for all. I strung 3 threes on my bow at the same time and fired. Each arrow found it's target and three players fell. I then, ran over to fight with an iron sword. The other two parried my strikes trying to hit me and distract me. But I was smarter, and grabbed one of the players to use as a shield. The player realized his mistake quickly and struck down his own teammate. Now it truly was fair. I decided to do something different this time, and threw the sword at the player. He quickly fell and met his doom. I pulled out my sword and began my hunt to succeed. I'll need the practice to fight Herobrine. Two more fireworks went off, signaling the last three players were in the race to win. The last one went off, and it was just me and him.
As soon as their was only two, I was transported to the sudden death round. My opponent, none other than the British Navy Officer. We began our fight to the death with blow after blow, parrying each other's strikes. Sparks flew, and we clawed at each other's throats. Until, after 15 minutes of fighting, a chant began to grow, as I realized the entire arena that was killed was watching us with thrill in their eyes. It grew louder and louder each time we hit each other. Until, the officer started to glow. I was shocked, and confused. The officer then lifted into the air and exploded, and from that Herobrine stood, or flew, above us all. "Well, well. Xavier, it's time to surrender your piece of the gem. It'll only make your death quicker and painless. Maybe not painless, but hey. Still better than nothing!" The towering menace stood. And that's when I noticed my sword was glowing as well. It floated into the air and did the same effect as Herobrine, only this time healing everyone back to fight and stand. The man introduced himself. "As the owner of this server, I command you back to the emptiness for which you came!" At this, all the players except me bowed. "Haha, oh Hypixel. You sure are funny. I already own two pieces. Once I have another I will be unstoppable!" Herobrine bellowed. Hypixel just looked bored and replied, "Really? Is that what you think?" "Yes! Now make the Prince hand it over to me." "Why should I, you'll just destroy this server and all the rest. And for what, just to rule because you can?" "Exactly, glad you figured it out. Now Give. Me. My. GEM!" Hypixel turned to me. "Xavier, you must run from him." At this he put his hands up and made a, you guessed it, a portal. Then he started to hold Herobrine in place with his mind. "Go! Hurry, I can only keep this portal open for a short amount of time! Plus, there's the whole Herobrine trying to kill you thing." At this I ran and jumped, and said, "Thank you Hypixel.", as I went through the portal. "Keep going straight till you find the next portal, then go west and RUN!" I heard Hypixel in my head. I guess this will be a bit difficult.