The song for this chapter is: This Time by Pia Toscano.

This chapter has a lot of plot twists: so be prepared.

Sierra POV

Snowy, Yosh, and I were exploring a new territory. Yosh eventually smelled smoke coming from a close location.

"I think something's on fire around here," he told us.

"Forest fire, most likely. There are so many fires that it could be a grill-off with big fat guys eating bacon!" Yosh and I just stared at her, "What? I was using metaphors!"

He rolled his eyes and continued on toward the area with the smoke. We came upon a burnt-down village. There were people running around with medical supplies, trying to revive those who laid on the ground. One girl in particular caught my eye.

"iEcho?!" The girl turned towards me. I was positively sure she was my long-lost friend. She ran to me and we hugged, "I haven't seen you in forever! What are you doing here?"

She told me about Sky's capture, Mitch's death, and wandering around the woods, "Then I ran into Jordan…"

"Jordan? The CaptainSparklez Jordan?"

"Yeah. He helped me win the battle-to-the-death. He was trying to find some group near the arena that really didn't exist. We got kidnapped by these two teenagers who took us here. Turns out it's the Enderdragons, led by Mat, Ian, and Preston. A group of invaders that looked exactly like some of the recruits from the Sky Army, including Sky himself, came and they took him."

"Where is he now?"

"No idea."

Nervous, I glanced around. I turned to Yosh and Snowy, "You guys, please stay here. I need to go and find my friend."

iEcho piped in, "I'm coming too!" I acknowledged her by nodding.

"Sierra, you know we can't stay," Yosh mentioned.

"Why not?"

"We… or at least I… am a wanderer. I can't stay in one place for a long amount of time."

I sighed, "If you want to join us, then you can. If not, please be safe. The last thing I want is another one of my friends being kidnapped and killed."

"I want to come!" Snowy cheered, "Sounds fun."

Yosh glanced over at Snowy, "She goes, I go."

"Alright," I said, "Let's head out."

"Wait," iEcho stopped me, "I need to say goodbye to Preston." She ran over to Mat, Ian, and Preston and hugged all of them. I couldn't hear what they said to each other, but it honestly did not matter. In the last split second, I noticed Preston lean over and kiss her. iEcho smiled and hurried back to Yosh, Snowy, and I. There was still a big smile on her face. This made me miss Jordan even more.

Kitty POV (Sorry her POV is so short. But she'll show up again sooner or later. Also thanks to one of the guests for giving me this plot line.)

I walked through the thick forestry wondering if I was ever going to see my brother again. Out of nowhere, an arrow flew by my head. I cautiously went towards it. On the arrow there was a note. It read, "You will never find your brother for he saw what you cannot. He is in my captivity. I hope you die, Oblivion."

"Oh no," I thought, "She's back."

Fury's POV

I walked into an end portal. Landing on a hard substance called end stone, I glanced up and standing before me was Kitty's mortal enemy, Oblivion. I picked myself up and started run as fast as I could but she was faster, catching up to me in mere seconds! Alone and afraid I brought out my trusty void sword.

"Fury, Fury, Fury," Oblivion stopped me once I reached a dead end, "Thought you could be safe because of your precious sister. Well, once you're mine, I'll have her and your new friend! Muahaha!"

"You mean Jordan?"

"I don't know his name. I don't care. I just want him!"

"Why are you back?"

"Herobrine helped me out. He said if I killed your friend that he could give me all the diamonds I wanted."

"So you would kill to get diamonds?" I asked, extremely confused.

"Yes, you imbecile! Diamonds are priceless in this world. Whoever has them can get some real money."

I growled, "No one is gonna touch me, Kitty, or Jordan!"

"Oh, you think so?" In one single move, Oblivion knocked me out and dragged me away.

Beatrice POV

Once back at Illusionists HQ, I, undisguised, sat a seemingly hopeless Jordan down on a bench in the conference room. I untied his hands.

"I thought I was your captive," he commented.

"Technically you are, but I told you that I liked you. As a friend, of course." He stayed quiet, "I'm sorry. Had I have known that Void was telling the truth…"

"You thought she was lying to you?"

I nodded, "She usually does. Void is one of my father's favorites. She does everything for him."

"Such as…?"

"A spy for the Enderdragons! Herobrine would have placed me in that position if he had known better!"

"When I was back here earlier, you told me that he doesn't know that you're with the Illusionists."

"Uh… that wasn't true…" I nervously told him, "He told me to go after you… and then Void mentioned you were with their group. After I quit the Sky Army, I joined the Illusionists, who actually all are spies of Herobrine. Even Susan, believe it or not. I hope she told you the truth."

"I'm pretty sure she did. It sounded truthful."

I sighed, "Around here, you never know."

A loud boom was heard from outside. Jordan and I rushed out of the conference room to find the explosion had blown up a hole in the camp's center. A group of people surrounded our recruits. One boy stepped forward, most likely a representative. He had fair skin, neat brown hair, light blue eyes, and wore headphones around his neck. Also, he wore a red jacket over a black creeper shirt and blue pants.

"Beatrice," he cried out, "I know that the Illusionists killed Ember."

"What?! No. Wolf was killed out there!"

"He must have slashed her before someone else got him. But you and your group had better be on the look-out. Now the Homies know that you had something to do with our leader's death. So, I, Chris, will be the new commander. And I will do a better job than Ember has ever done." The Homies cheered him on. I groaned and rolled my eyes.

"First of all, Chris, I have no idea about Ember's death. If she did get killed by Wolf, it was his actions. Don't bring it out on my group."

"I'll bring it out on you, daughter of Herobrine."

I angrily growled at him, "How did you freaking find out?!"

He smirked, "I have personnel on the inside." Susan grinned and determinedly walked over to the Homies.

"No…" Jordan struggled to get out his words, "Not Susan..."

"I lied to all of you!" she yelled out, "I'm not part of the stupid Sky Army. All along I was with the Homies and we're going to rule the whole forest under Chris's command. Ember was just a sucker for our stories. She believed everything we told her. That's how we ran out all the people who could bring us down! Long live Sly!"