Road To The End
Chapter 5: Training... IN HELL!
Disclaimer:
Minecraft is a sandbox-building independent video game written in Java originally by Swedish creator Markus Notch Persson and now by his company, Mojang. Persson can be said to own Minecraft. I DO NOT OWN MINECRAFT! IF I DID, DO YOU THINK I'D BE WRITING FANFICTIONS ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF MAKING THE GAME?! I only own "Howl" Percival Winds Xenophon, "Scyther" Death's Scythe, Reese Wither(Spoon XD) Xenophon, Hauringu Scythe, "Violen" Violet Elena Hyacinthia, Dimitri Makenna, Lucius Tantibus-Branson, Alexis Branson, Samuel Branson, Faust Liouris, Alex Percival, Johnnothon Ethan Spirit, Virgo Darkland, Sachiel Darkland, Sophia Knowledge, Ethan Onyx, Edward Onyx, Dennis Endāman, Pad Twewy, Sahen Sukeruton, Endra Ergon, "Numeric" Erik Weiss, Penn Numeric, Xalbador Weiss, "Haunt" Alastor Haunting, Andrew Washington, Valerie Piki, Ian Rothvero, Lilian Dennis Cassachia, Virgil Song, Victoria Song, Valentino Song, Jacklynne "Halloween" O'Conner, Fernanto "Fern" Bouchart, Midnight Eclipse, Hamartia Vinecutter, Alphonse Mordred, Naito Nyx, La Mordred, Atmosphere Mordred, Aero Hawke, Dylon Hawke, Nightingale Fledgeling, Leski "Lancelot" Hades, Niji Iris, Kuroi "Ichor" Chi, Mira Quieta Cantus, Musica Angelus, Quill Estuans Pinnam, Lucifer Kurai, Mick'a'ella Hikari, Hellen Swallow, Shi Shinigami, Amedeo de Castigo, Akamu Kekoa, Lann Nikolas, Daniel Grace, "Val" Valere D'artannian, "Alice" Allistair Timewyvern, Winnefred 'Winn" Winds, Lettie Lands, Elek Hunter (Real name: Edric Evans), Mitsuki Sakura, Sterngucker Schönheit, Katherine Rosencrantz (Real name: Krysalis Roze), Adalwolf Andrews, Neil Nagendra, Gage Galvin, Edric James Lachtna (Or EJ), Lanette Lachtna, Zero Nicholas Winds, Nicholas Percival Winds, Princeton Alexander, Priscilla Xenophon, Lucille Alexander, Elizabeth Plum, Evelyn Serahphis Perseus, Adrian Lisbon, Ethan Webber, Isa Winds, Kina Webber, Atlas Plum, Xenophon Dewi, Mallon Dewi, Ralph Dewi, Elena Dewi, Seth Dewi, Kalie Dewi, Jeremy Dewi, Isabella Watterson, Scott Watterson, Vincent Rose, Lauren Santiago, Juliet Santiago, Ebony The Dead Horse, Shi-no Sora, Rakka Sora, Nethed Vitae, Abiisset Aeternum, Hildegard "Hilde or Hil" Ignis, Conradine "Contessa" Supaidā, Ula "Red" Dissonantia, Sephora "Wilder" Wildrose.
Howl's point of view:
"Huh?" I said, waking up, staring at a ceiling. I leaned my head to the side to see the spiders taking care of Cupa. "Cupa..." I said as the mother cave spider turned to me.
"Morning, Howl." she said, a bit of worry in her eyes.
"How's Cupa?" I asked her.
"She's fine... just needs some rest." she said, faking a smile.
"Thank you, miss..." I began, not knowing her name.
"Contessa, my name is Contessa, and this is Cavey." she said, turning around the little spider girl who waved happily.
"Good morning Howl!" she said, running over and hugging me as I sat up and wrapped my arm around her... wait, arm? I looked at my left arm to see nothing there.
"M-my arm!" I shouted, panicking as the bandage was wrapped tightly around my body as the blood had stopped. "What happened to it?!"
"... When you were fighting with Herobrine, he cut off your left arm, soon after, he disappeared and you fainted from losing blood." Contessa told me.
"That makes sense..." I said, getting out of bed and walking over to Cupa. "I'm so sorry Cupa... I will find Herobrine and take him down for what he has done to you." I said, walking out and into the kitchen where I saw Yaebi playing with her food, a sad look plastered on her face. "Morning Yaebi." I said, smiling as I pet her head. She began crying and buried her head in my chest as she cried.
"Is Miss Cupa going to be okay?" she asked as I wrapped my right arm around her, hugging her as best I could.
"Yes, and I'm going to help her get better." I said, smiling.
"B-but you've only got one arm! How can you help?" she asked as I smiled again.
"I will, a friend of mine also has only one arm, and he goes through the day... even though he has a prosthetic arm..." I said, then mumbled the second part as Yaebi dried her tears.
"R-really? Does that mean you're going to be staying longer?" she asked, looking up at me.
"Yes, I'm going to stay here until Herobrine is gone and can't hurt you all and Cupa and you guys are safe." I said, smiling as she nodded and smiled back. "Um, can you let go now?" I asked her as she nodded and let go, eating her breakfast of bacon, eggs and bread.
"Look who finally woke up." Virgo said, leaning on the wall.
"... Virgo, was it?" I asked, knowing he was on our side.
"Yeah, Virgo Darkland, nice to meet you." he said, looking at me.
"What are you still doing here?" I asked him.
"I'm here to help." he said, his eyes serious. "I thought you were the one keeping me locked here, turns out it was Herobrine." he said, a bit angered at the name of the man.
"... I want revenge too, for Cupa, sucking me here and my arm... what do we need to do?" I asked him as he pulled a notebook out of his pocket.
"I've collected some information, there are many weapons powerful enough to kill him." Virgo said, flipping through the pages.
"Is one of them Soul Edge?" I asked as he nodded.
"But it's not here, not in this universe." Virgo said, looking at his notebook.
"There's the Hammer of Notch, The Vampire blade... is that what we're looking for?" I asked as he nodded.
"Then there's more, but the others are hard to find." Virgo said to me.
"Which should we go after first?" I asked him.
"The Hammer of Notch." he said to me.
"Where would it be?" I asked him.
"Legend has it, that the Hammer be laid in a dungeon in the sky..." Virgo read.
"... WELL JUST GREAT! HOW THE HELL WILL WE GET TO THE SKY?!" I asked, shouting loudly.
"... Well, there is something called the Aether portal, that might get us to the sky... but I don't know where to find, or how to make it at all." Virgo said, scratching his head as I gave him a shocked look.
"I wonder if we'll ever get out of here, Virgo." I said as he nodded.
"Even if we don't, first things first, Herobrine must be taken down." he said as I nodded. "So, I heard these guys talking back at that town, they were saying that there's another place, like a Hell in Minecraft."
"Oh! You mean the Nether!" I said as he nodded.
"You've heard of the place?" he asked me.
"Heard of it, of course I have... I just don't know how to make a portal to it... I think we can get to it another way." I said, thinking.
"How?" Virgo asked.
"Help me dig down, eventually we'll hit lava, then we'll set some cobblestone to block the lava from coming in, then we climb down." I said.
"I don't think we can reach Hell that easily." he said as I frowned.
"Fine... wait, did you sleep over here?" I asked as he nodded. Stela suddenly walked in, fixing her hair... wait... her hair is always perfectly the same... did... something happen?
"Morning Howl..." she said, yawning as she sat next to Yaebi.
"Morning Stella." I said, waving my right hand to her.
"Hey Stell." Virgo said, kissing her cheek as she blushed lightly and smiled.
"... Wait, are you two like..." I began.
"Together?" Stella interrupted. "Yes, we are." she said standing up. She walked over to me and put her hand on my shoulder as she looked up at me, since the gauntlet made me taller. "But don't worry Howl... I'm saving myself... just... for... you..." she said, sliding her hand down my now toned torso, even though I wore a shirt. I jumped back blushing wildly, and touching my shirt, gripping it closer to my body.
"W-WHAT?!" I shouted as Virgo was cracking up laughing.
"I was getting jealous and stuff, but your reaction is hilarious!" Virgo said, cracking up. Stella giggled and sat next to Yaebi again. Yaebi was smiling happily as she ate her food and put her empty plate in the sink, smiling.
"Well, should we visit the Nether?" I asked Virgo as he nodded.
"Look! It's snowing!" Yaebi shouted, pointing outside as the sun had disappeared. "That's so cool!" she said, smiling as she grabbed some wool and stuff like that and passed it to me, giving me puppy eyes. I smiled and made her some snow clothes as she smiled and ran outside, leaving the door open as I froze.
"BRRRR!" I said, teeth chattering.
"Howl, maybe you should head back to your and Cupa's room." Virgo said, leading me back to my room and walking away as I got in, seeing Cupa, alone in the room, eyes staring at the ceiling.
"... Howl's gone now, get that through your head. He saved you and left..." she said, shedding a tear, before burying her face in her hands. "Why did he have to leave? I don't want him to leave! I barely know him, but I-I think I..." she said, before I shut the door and she looked at me.
"Howl's right here." I said, smiling as she jumped out of bed and tackle hugged me, I landed with my back against the door as her arms were around my torso, as she laid her head on my right shoulder.
"H-Howl!" she said, crying a bit. I smiled and kissed her head as she looked up at me.
"I'm sorry, Cupa." I said to her.
"Why?" she asked me.
"Your TNT... it's gone." I said to her as she smiled.
"It's okay... I like being human." she said, unzipping her jacket as she let me go to show me the scar on her stomach. "See, I can't blow up now." she said, smiling at me.
"But Herobrine..." I began before she put her finger to my lips.
"I'm happier this way." she said, looking me in the eyes, her orange, entangling with my dark brown. I turned away, blushing as she did the same. Until now, I never realized how cute she was.
"I-I'm going to be here for the next few months or so." I said to her, as she smiled. "Um... can you, you know... zip up your jacket? Or put on a shirt?" I asked her as she blushed, nodding as she zipped her green jacket. She got off of me as I struggled to get up and fell over.
"Howl! Y-your arm!" she shouted, pointing to the empty socket.
"It's not a problem." I said, just before she pushed me onto her bed, since it was on the left side of the room and looked at my arm.
"I'm so sorry!" she said to me as I shook my head.
"It's not your fault." I said, smiling. "I'll get another eventually." I said, lying on my side so I could pet her head, she had taken off her hood for the first time. "Besides, we risked our lives for each other before, and I guess we just paid the price of stupidity." I said, smiling at her. I then reached in my shirt pocket and pulled out a wrapper with something in it.
(O.O WARNING! HowlXCupa LEMON! O.O)
"What's that thing?" Cupa asked me, pointing to the thing I held in my hand.
"This thing? It's something from my world." I said, smiling at her.
"What's it for?" she asked.
"Well, it's a flavored thing, you put it in your mouth and suck on it." I said, opening it. I then placed the candy in her hands. She stared at it and put it in her mouth.
"What is this thing called?! It's so good!" she said, sucking on it, smiling.
"It's called a jawbreaker, lemon flavored." I said, smiling.
"It's really good!" she said, enjoying the candy. "I've only ever had sugarcane." she said, as I gave her a shocked face.
(There's your lemon. =w=)
"That's what passes for candy here?!" I asked as she nodded. "Cupa, you don't know what you're missing!" I said, smiling. She then looked at my ears. "Why are you looking at my ears?" I asked her as she pointed to my earrings. "Oh! My scythes!" I said, smiling as I looked at the scythe trinkets on my ears.
"Weapons? They're a bit small." she said, before I pulled the one on my left off, as my ear didn't rip, and the ornament turned into a hand scythe like in Darksiders 2. "How did you do that?!" she asked me as I handed her the scythe.
"It's a weapon from my past, I've had her for years." I said, ripping the other off. I then took the one from her hands and dropped both on the floor as they fused into a regular scythe. I bent over and picked it up before it turned back into earrings. "I'm probably going to be here for a while, so, are we cool?" I asked as she nodded.
"I can't stay mad at you." she said, smiling at me. I smiled back and hopped into my bed. I suddenly felt a draft in the room just before getting hit by a snowball by a girl with a pumpkin on her head.
She was giggling happily. "Got you!" she shouted, before running off to play with Yaebi again.
"Huh? Never seen her before... you know her?" I asked Cupa, who shook her head. "... I need some more clothes." I said, putting my jacket back on as I tried to button it up.
"I'll get it Howl." Cupa said, buttoning the first three buttons at the top of my denim jacket.
"T-thanks Cupa." I said, blushing as she nodded. She looked up at me and kissed my cheek, as I blushed even more.
"Not a problem." she said, turning away and blushing. I smiled and looked at her.
"... Wait, you haven't been wearing pants... this whole time?" I asked as she nodded and blushed wildly. I smiled and made her a pair and passed them to her.
"Th-thanks Howl." she said, blushing as she put them on.
"How do they feel?" I asked her as she smiled.
"I don't know, but it feels a lot better to wear these instead of just my leggings." Cupa told me, smiling as she held my hand, blushing. I blushed and looked away as we both walked outside, just in time for me to get hit in the chest by a snowball by Yaebi, who was giggling. "Hey!" I said, laughing. I smiled as Cupa ran over to Yaebi's side and grabbed another snowball before hurling it at me. I giggled and ran to the girl with the pumpkin. "Hey, I'll help." I said, smiling at her.
"Thanks!" she said, smiling as she handed me a snowball.
"I'm Howl." I said, hurling the snowball at Cupa's torso.
"I'm Snowy." she replied, smiling happily. I got hit in the face by a snowball from behind me. I turned to see Stella pelting me with multiple snowballs.
"Hey! Stop it!" I shouted, giggling as I hurled a snow ball at her. Andr and the others ran outside. Each side had either a red or blue flag, made by John and Virgo.
We continued to throw snowballs until it was about, maybe 3:00 in the day, so most of the people went back in. The sun was gone the entire day, blocked by the clouds that dropped snow upon us. "What will you do now?" Andr asked me.
"I want to adjust to the one arm thing." I told her, gripping my scythe as it took another form. "Huh? This is new..." I said, swinging it as I pulled a trigger on it. Suddenly something like a bullet flew from the tip of the pole, shooting past Andr's head as she flinched. The projectile burrowed itself into the house.
"Wh-what was that?" Andr asked me, her legs shaking.
"I-I think it was a bullet." I said as a handle appeared next to where I held, I gripped the handle and pulled the trigger at a tree, the blade pointing skyward as a bullet flew out of the pole and hit the tree. "Whoa... I've got a gun now." I said, smiling as I walked off toward the cave. Andr sighed and walked back into the house as Cupa followed me, the snow slightly in her hair as I giggled.
"What's so funny?" she asked me as I giggled a bit more.
"You've got snow all over you." I said, sheathing the scythe on my back as I dusted the snow out of her hair, off of her shoulders and smiled. Her face was turning red at a rapid pace, quicker than she normally would. I then realized how close we were to each other, our faces were five inches away as I turned away, blushing wildly. "S-so... I'm going to go to that cave over there..." I said, walking forward with her right behind.
"I'll come with you. And I'll be fine, don't worry, I've got a weapon." Cupa said as I turned around to see her swinging her sword.
"I CAN SWING MY SWORD, SWORD!" I began singing before the disclaimer slapped me in the face and scolded me. "Just ignore that..."
Cupa nodded as we walked into the cave. "So, what should we do?" she asked me as I reached into my bag. "Wait, can your blade mine?" she asked, pointing to my scythe and some diamond.
"Let's try." I said, swinging the scythe as it flowed through the diamond block, breaking it in a second.
"WHOA!" Both of us said in unison.
"That thing is powerful!" Cupa said, pointing to it as I nodded. It shifted to another form, a single hand scythe with a trigger on it. "Why does it keep changing shape?" she asked me.
"Um, I think she's scared, since she's from the other world, plus she is a morphing scythe." I said, looking at her as she was smaller than a pickaxe, possibly one for archaeology.
"She?" Cupa asked me.
"It's a girl." I assured her.
"Um, no, it's a weapon." she said.
"I say! How dare you!" my weapon shouted at Cupa.
"Who said that?" Cupa asked before I pointed to my weapon.
"Cupa, meet my trusty weapon, Death's Scythe." I said, as she looked at her.
"Um, hi, Death's Scythe?" Cupa said.
"Please, I've assured Master to call me Scyther." she replied.
"Okay Scyther." Cupa said, an awkward look present on her face. "So, how often do you two talk?"
"Um, not often." I said to her. "Scyther is the strong silent type... unless with me..."
"True, I do not often have the desire to speak with master. He is a bit of a how you say, bullheaded nincompoop?" Scyther said.
"Hey! You shut up!" I shouted hitting her.
"Oh yeah?! Well you are!" she shouted back bonking me on the head with the bottom of her pole. "... I'm going to go back to sleep now." she said before being silent.
"She will do that often." I assured Cupa, who nodded to me.
"So, how will we get to the Nether?" she asked me as I shrugged.
"I dunno, I've heard that we need some obsidian, four blocks wide and five blocks long." I said, as I looked around for some. "How deep would obsidian be?" I asked her as she giggled.
"Howl, there's some obsidian back at home, that's what the basement is made of." She said as I blushed. "We can just go back and make a Nether portal." she said as I nodded. We walked back to the house and she walked in, opening the door before looking at me. "Aren't you going to come in?" she asked as I shook my head.
"I want to practice, I haven't used scythes in a while." I said, swinging my toy like blade.
"Can I watch you?" she asked, grabbing a chair as I nodded and started swinging the small blade. "That's got short range, doesn't it?" she asked me before I pulled the trigger and it began flying around me by a chain as I whipped it around my body as it was like a jump rope.
"Hurricane of Death!" I shouted, spinning in a circle as the scythe span around me like it was a sword and wind whipped in a circle. I stood still and let the blade come back into the casing as I smiled at Cupa.
"Wow! That was cool!" she said, smiling as I scratched the back of my head after putting Scyther on my belt.
"Thanks." I said, looking at her.
"You don't need any practice." she said as I shook my head.
"I do, now I can't do Whip Wing." I said.
"Whip Wing? What is that?" she asked me.
"I need two arms in order to use it, whipping it around me along with another chain scythe." I said as she nodded.
"You'll get better... right?" she asked me as I shrugged.
"I sure hope so." I said before she looked up at something.
"Look! A portal!" she said, pointing to the sky as I saw something fall out from it, a metal arm, just like Lukas'.
"Huh? Lukas' metal arm! How did..." I began before hearing a voice speak.
"Here, this should help." I heard before it was silent.
"Um... I guess this is helpful." I said, as I put the top to my arm, it suddenly began digging into my skin as I screamed in pain.
"Howl!" Cupa shouted, worried.
"I-I'm fine..." I barely managed to mutter as I looked at her. "Now... I've got my arm back." I said, moving the arm up and down, repeatedly.
"Okay, so, should we get you to the Nether?" she asked as I nodded to her. "Okay then, follow me." she said, smiling as she led me into the house's basement, under the Spiders room, since Spidey moved with them... I think.
"This really is obsidian..." I said, pulling out my mini scythe and used it as a pickax and began mining the obsidian. After getting the right amount, I looked to Cupa. "Hey, where should we place the Nether Portal?" I asked as she put a hand to her chin. "Well, there is the roof, no one put anything up there." she said as I nodded, walking up the stairs behind her.
"So, what's the Nether like?" I asked as she shrugged, still walking up the stairs.
"I don't know, I've never been there." she said, looking at me as we reached the top.
"Wow... this place is perfectly symmetrical." I said, looking around. She grabbed my bag and began to take out the Obsidian and placed them near the edge, where a door-less entryway was soon after. "What now?" I asked her.
"Hand me your lighter." she said, as I tossed her said device. "Thanks." She said, flicking it as the flame appeared. She smiled as she pressed the flame against the obsidian. "Muy caliente!" she shouted as the inner half of the portal radiated with a purple mist.
"Whoa..." I said, walking next to her.
"Ladies first." she said, about to get in, before I grabbed her jacket.
"What if there's something on the other side? Something strong?" I asked as she nodded. "I recommend that we just look through first." I said as we stuck our heads through to see... fire and lava, everywhere. "Is this the Nether?" I asked, looking around.
"I think so..." Cupa said, looking with me. "This place sure is friendly, isn't it?" she asked as I nodded.
"You're very sarcastic, aren't you?" I said, as she giggled. "So, should we go in?" I asked her as she shrugged.
"Should we get everyone else?" she asked as I shrugged.
"I we can handle ourselves, besides, I've got my scythe and you've got a sword." I said as she nodded.
"You're right Howl!" she said as we walked into the Nether, and hearing moans and groans of pain. "Yeesh! Creepy isn't it?" Cupa asked.
"Ah... home, sweet home." I said as she looked at me like I was insane. "Kidding." I assured her. "Hey, you ever notice how we've fought only Minecraftians and only one mob?" I asked her as she nodded.
"Yeah, it's weird, because most of us Creepers would have tried to kill you by now." She said as I nodded.
"Oh well." I said, taking ten steps forward.
"Howl wait!" Cupa said as I stopped in my tracks and looked at her. "I've... even though I only met you a few days ago... I-I lo..." she began before something appeared between us... like a cannonball as the ground broke. Now we were separated. "Howl! Are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine!" I said waving to her, from the middle of lava. Great time for the two of us to not bring anything.
"I'll go back and get some help!" she shouted, jumping back through the portal.
"... Now what?" I asked myself looking around, before seeing a pale girl with a pale white dress flying towards me. "HOLY SHIIII-" I began to swear before she lifted me up by my arm and flew me away from the lava and into what looked like a castle. "Huh?" I said as she let me down near the top.
"Are you okay?" she asked me. I nodded. "What were you doing in the middle of lava?" she asked me.
"I don't know..." I said, looking at her as she offered me a seat on... a rock... or something. I sat across from her. "There was something... then an explosion... then I couldn't get back to Cupa." I said, looking at her.
"Oh... well, you're welcome to stay here if you like." she said, smiling as I smiled back.
"Thanks... but I don't want to impose... I'll go find another place." I said, standing up.
"Wait!" she said, grabbing my hand, I looked back at her. "I didn't catch your name..."
"It's Howl." I said to her, smiling.
"I'm Ghast... Well, Ghastly." she said, blushing.
"It's a cute name." I said, smiling. "So, can I have a tour of your castle? Princess Ghastly?" I asked as she giggled.
"I'm not a princess, and this is only a fort." she said, looking around.
"Then can I see your fort?" I asked as she nodded and stood up. She was at least eight inches taller than me. We walked around, looking at everything.
"And this is..." she said, pointing to some type of machine before someone in... a bikini? Came running.
"Ghastly!" she said, smiling.
"Blazey!" Ghastly shouted, running to her.
"Where have you been?" Blazey asked her.
"I've just been around the Nether. Where have you been?" She asked.
"Well, I was trying to learn how to use those Minecraftian weapons... speaking of which..." she said, looking to me as I flinched.
"Oh, this is Howl. I saved him a bit ago." Ghastly said, pointing to me.
"Hi..." I said, waving.
"Well, then... What do you want?" she said, walking over and looking down at me, since I took off the gauntlet earlier.
"Um... TO GET THE HELL OUT OF MINECRAFT!" I shouted in anger.
"I know what you really want." she said, glaring at me.
"Oh, and what is that? What I want is to get out of this universe, go home, graduate high school, go to college, and live happily ever after... if that last part is even possible." I said, looking at her.
"No, you want what all males want." she said.
"... What specifically... because if all males want tacos, then I DO WANT WHAT MALES WANT!" I said, smiling happily.
"No, you want me to take off my clothes and look at me." she said.
"Um, no, I'm pretty sure I said, I wanted tacos..." I said, putting my hand to my chin.
"Oh really?" she asked, glaring at me.
"Yes... really." I said, looking at her.
"Is that so?!" she shouted.
"Yes it is so!" I shouted, putting on the gauntlet from Virgo as I stood as tall as her.
"OH REALLY?!" She screamed at me.
"YES! REALLY!" I screamed back, fire... no... Hellfire in my eyes as we glared at each other.
"Whatever." she said, turning away.
"Well, I guess you're pretty cool." I said to her. She turned around and glared at me.
"Is it because I'm a Blaze?" she asked. I grinned, I was going to have fun with these disses.
"I dunno, maybe you're not cool, I guess you're pretty hot." I said, leaning on the wall.
"Sh-shut up." she said, looking at me.
"Aw, why so rude? I thought you were warming up to me." I said, grinning as she glared even more at me.
"Sh..." she began before her glare lightened up a bit, a smile barely noticeable on her face. "That was actually a good one... got any more?" she asked, grinning.
"Well, I guess to say... you're the hottest girl I've ever met." I joked as she gave a light giggle.
"You know, you're alright." she said, looking at me.
"Thanks. You too." I said to her.
"Well, if we get you out of here, why don't you come over and hang out tomorrow?" she asked me.
"Um sure... why not?" I asked, she gave a grin that I didn't notice.
"Okay then." she said, smiling at me. "Ghastly, do you know how this guy got here?" she asked the ghast.
"Well, I saw him come through that portal." she said, pointing to the portal I came through.
"Oh, okay. Let's get him back there." she said as Ghastly nodded.
"Wait! Is there any like... super powerful weapons here?" I asked as both girls shook their head.
"I've never heard of any weapons." Blazey said, as I nodded.
"I'll just find some more at home." I said, looking at the two. They nodded and I smiled. "C-can I go home now?" I asked as Ghastly nodded to me.
"Sure." She said as she lifted me up by my arms and flew me out of her fort and to the portal, which was now missing a block. "Oh no."
"The portal!" I shouted, looking at it. "I can't get home now!" I said, frowning as Ghastly blushed.
"W-well... y-you c-can s-stay... well obviously you don't have to... but I was just asking... and... um..." she tried to say, blushing. "Um... you can stay here... if you like..." she said, blushing as I nodded.
"Thanks Ghastly." I said, smiling. She nodded and we went back to her fortress. It was a seemingly peaceful walk. I put on my gauntlet again, to be careful.
"Look out." Ghastly whispered, pushing me to the wall in a corner as some zombie pigmen passed. My gauntlet was still on, so I could look her right in the eyes. I blushed wildly at how close she was to me.
"Um... Ghastly?" I asked, looking at her. She looked back.
"Yes H-" she began, cutting herself off as our faces were micrometers away from each other's. She let go, blushing wildly. "I'm so sorry!"
"I-It's okay." I said, blushing as I looked at her. Suddenly we heard loud stomps on the ground.
"Oh no... we have to get back." Ghastly said, lifting me up and flying me back to her fortress. "Blazette, they're back." she said.
"Not the Fire Soldiers again..." Blazette said, sighing.
"Fire Soldiers?" I asked.
"They're a new mob, stronger than a lot of things." Blazey explained. "And they're big as shit." she said, looking at the Soldiers outside.
"Is it possible for me to beat them?" I asked.
"It'l be hard." Ghastly said. I nodded, smiling. "You're seriously thinking of taking them... on your own?" she asked me.
"You are one insane kid." Blazey said, smiling at me.
"I try." I replied, smiling back. "So, who's the boss?" I asked.
"The Fire Lord, but there can be more than one." Ghastly said.
"Well, is it bigger?" I asked.
"Bigger and much stronger." Blazey assured me.
"Well, the bigger they are, the harder they fall." I said, grinning. The two girls giggled and looked outside, noticing a lone Minecraftian fighting at least ten Fire Soldiers on his own.
"Whoa..." we all said, watching this ferocious warrior. He was taking the mobs down with mere sweeps and swings of his dagger.
"Kill him!" a Fire Soldier shouted before he jumped up, giving it an uppercut with his sword and slicing it in half.
"Uppercut takes on a new meaning..." I said, thinking of a Tobuscus song. He suddenly drove not only his knife into another's body, but his arm went with it. "His arms gonna need some cleaning..." A Fire Soldier began running, before he threw his dagger into its head. "Try to run but he's intervening!"
"... What?" Ghastly asked as I sighed.
"Never mind." I told her as she nodded. We watched the hooded warrior take down the mobs as they faded in a black smoke. I jumped down from the fortress and walked over to him. "Nice work there man, that was pre-" I began before he swung his sword at me, forcing me to jump back as he cut my jacket. "Oh come on! This was my favorite jacket!" I shouted in anger as I ripped my earrings off, forming two, hand scythes.
"Ready Howl?" Scyther asked me as I nodded. He then silently rushed me as I raised the scythe in my left hand, blocking the blow before he swung his dagger and I was forced to block that. He suddenly dropped the blade and flipped me onto the ground.
"Ow..." I said, getting up as he ran off. "Get back here!" I shouted, running to him as he began running up the wall of Ghastly's fortress and doing a back-flip forcing me to look up and watch him as he drew a bow and began firing arrows at me. I jumped back to avoid the arrows before running sideways on the wall and launching myself to clash blades with him as I glared into his eyes. He pushed me back into the wall as I hit it, dislocating the metal arm I had. He suddenly, in midair launched at me and before I could retaliate, he slammed his fist into my stomach, making me cough up blood, before grabbing the collar of my jacket and throwing me back to the ground.
"HOWL!" Ghastly and Blazette shouted in worry for me as I slid near a lava bath, inches from falling in.
"Say your goodbyes." the teen said to me before lifting me up and tossing me in the lava.
"HOWL! NO!" Ghastly and Blazette screamed in fear as I sank in the lava, screaming in pain. I blacked out...
Ghastly's point of view:
No... I can't believe he's dead... "Look!" Blazey told me as Howl suddenly jumped out of the lava with a sickening grin before something that sounded like Rawkfist by Thousand Foot Krutch began echoing through the entire Nether.
"What's happening?" I asked before seeing Howl hit the ceiling and begin ripping blocks from the ceiling and throwing them at the Minecraftian, who dodged, broke and even grabbed a few. Out of nowhere, I saw Howl launch himself from the ceiling and rush toward the Minecraftian, slamming his blade onto him as he dropped his scythe on the ground as she turned into... a girl? The Minecraftian suddenly tried to impale Howl with his blade before Howl dodged, grabbing him by the hood and slamming him to the floor, taking the hood off as he did.
Leon's point of view:
"Huh? I'm okay!" I said, smiling as I looked up at the Minecraftian above me. "Thanks so mu-UGH!" I shouted in pain as he punched me in the chest. "What the Hell is wrong with-GAH!" I began choking as he grabbed me by my throat and began picking me up into the air. "St-stop p-please..." I barely managed to say as he tightened his grip around my neck.
"Stop it Howl!" an albino girl in a dress that covered her shoulders and a sword for an arm said, as she rushed toward us, making a cut up the guy's back. He turned, grinning before dropping me. "Wh-what are you doing?" she asked, blushing, before backing up into the wall and looking up at him as he put his arms on the wall, before leaning in to kiss her. But before his lips could touch hers I ran over, did a sweep kick, knocking him off of his feet and slapping him as he fell.
"You okay miss?" I asked her as she nodded. "Okay, that's good." I said, before getting an uppercut to the chin from the guy before the girl pulled him into a hug from behind.
"Take the things out of his ears!" she shouted as he writhed in pain. I nodded and reached into his ears, pulling out earplugs before he closed his eyes and fell, hitting the floor... HARD as the girl let go. "Thanks... I can't remember the last time I had to calm him down.
"Oh?" I said, looking at him as he woke up. "You okay there buddy?" I asked him as he nodded. "Thank Notch." I said, offering a hand up. He took it and stood up.
Howl's point of view:
"Howl? You okay there?" Ghastly called out, looking over her wall.
"Fine Ghast, thanks!" I said, waving up at her. "Anyway, sorry about my violent outburst. I'm Howl." I said, offering him my hand to shake as he took it.
"Leon Vail." he said, smiling as he shook my hand. "And I should apologize, I started it."
"Then I guess we're even?" I asked as he nodded.
"Yeah man." he said, looking up. "Oh, so you're also on the side of the good mobs." he said as I nodded.
"Yep." I said as we walked back up to Ghastly's fortress.
"Howl! You're alright!" she said, hugging me as I blushed and looked away. Scyther flared up in anger, but I didn't notice.
"You okay?" Leon asked her.
"Fine." She replied.
"Um... Ghastly... can you... you know... get off?" I asked as she blushed, letting go.
"Sorry, I was just worried about you..." she said, blushing as Blazette cracked up.
"Ghastly's got a crush on a younger boy!" she said as we both blushed.
"Sh-shut up Blaze!" she said.
"... Well, I really have to find a way out of here..." I said, looking outside.
"Oh, Leeeeeoooooooon?" Someone called out, a deep and booming voice.
"Not heeeere." he called out before something huge, at least twenty blocks tall appeared.
"Brothers, I've found him!" the large Fire Soldier said as four more came.
"Not the Fire Lords!" Blazey and Ghastly said, running into the fortress.
"... Did they just ditch us?" Scyther asked as I sighed and nodded.
"Yep." I said, as she turned into a sword. "New form?"
"Yes, it is." Scyther said as I smiled. Leon then looked out with me, drawing a diamond sword.
"Ready for this man?" he asked, swinging it behind him.
"Ready as I'll ever be." I said, standing next to him. "Let's go!" I shouted as we both launched ourselves at a Fire Lord, running up his arm and avoiding the swings he made at us.
"Get them off of me!" he shouted as another swung his blade at us, Leon jumped, landing on the blade.
"Leon!" I shouted, worried for him as he stood there.
"Hello." The Fire Lord said, raising his other blade.
"And goodbye!" he said, jumping off of the blade and slicing through the Fire Lord's head, grabbing a helmet as he fell. "Howl catch!" he shouted, tossing me the helmet. I caught it and put it on just before a Fire Lord attempted to slam his sword on my head, but it reflected the fire blade and sent it back to him. I then sliced his feet and he shouted in pain, swinging his sword at me, hitting my metal arm which sent it away.
"Howl! Behind you!" Scyther shouted to me as I turned around just in time to see a blade coming right at me.
"Howl!" Leon shouted, grabbing me by my jacket and pulling me down under the blade as he kicked the blade up, making it shrink to the size of a regular sword and caught it before slashing it against another blade. "Grab the boots!" he shouted, tossing me another piece of armor as I put it on.
"Why do I need so much armor?" I asked, before getting slapped by the flat of a blade.
"Howl! You okay buddy?" Leon asked, catching me before whipping me at another Fire Lord, as Scyther pierced his torso, driving her through his body. Another piece of armor fell as we landed, this time a chest-plate "Just one more." Leon said, looking to this last one as he threw his knife at its leg, burrowing inside in the first throw.
"Puny!" it shouted in pain before Leon jumped up, grabbing the dagger and slicing it in half as... pants?... appeared.
"Whew, that was hard..." Leon said, falling onto his rear and panting.
"Yeah..." I said, falling on my face as Scyther took her human form.
"I'm exhausted..." Scyther said, sitting next to me. Blazette and Ghastly suddenly came running, holding a bunch of weapons. "Where were you two?"
"... We were getting weapons to help... but apparently, you can do that." Ghastly said, sighing as she sat on a nearby block.
"Hey Leon?" I asked, sitting up as he looked at me. "Do you know of any portals back to the Overworld from here?" I asked.
"Yep, I found one a while back... before the... incident happened." he said, holding his own hand as he sat down.
"Can you help me get to it? I have to get back to the Overworld." I told him as he nodded, smiling at me.
"Can we come too?" Ghastly asked as Blazette nodded.
"The more, the merrier!" Leon and I said in unison.
"H-Howl?" Scyther asked as I looked at her.
"What is it Scy?" I asked, looking at her.
"D-did you meet any girls... y-you think are cute here?" she asked, blushing.
"Um... I guess so, but I told you, I found a girl I love already, and I'm going to meet her after High-school." I said as she sighed.
"Then I h-have to tell you something..." she said, blushing.
"Is she hurt?!" I asked, worried as I put my hands on her shoulder to look at her.
"... Maybe now is not the best time to tell you." she said, turning into her earring form and flying to my ears. "I'll tell you later... Master Howl..." she said, blushing as I nodded and stood up.
"Ready to go?" Leon asked, standing as he looked at the girls.
"Yep, we've got our stuff." Ghastly said, as she walked over to me.
"Ready Howl?" Leon asked as I nodded. He then led us through the Nether to a portal.
Syth's point of view:
"Now where am I?" I asked no one in particular as I traveled in the dead of night. I just left the village I awoke in where I heard someone was breaking portals in the Nether... wherever the heck that was. I soon came upon a mansion where there were many ocelots and wolves in front, blocked by gates. I passed them unfazed and opened the doors, walking in. "H-hello? Is anyone home? May I stay for the night?" I asked, no reply was heard. "Maybe they're asleep..." I said, walking in and up the stairs, finding myself on the roof soon after, where I saw a girl in a green hoodie with orange hair about to get in the portal.
"Now, I'm prepared, and I'm headed to the Nether to find Howl." she said, about to step in before I grabbed her hand and pulled her back in before she got through the portal completely. "H-hey, let go!" she said as I shook my head, pulling her back in.
"Where I just came from, they said that someone was breaking portals in the Nether. I do not think it'd be a good idea to go there, the portal you want to go to may not be the one that you find." I said as she pulled her gloved hand away.
"Who are you anyway?" she asked me as I smiled.
"My name is Syth." I said as she lightened her glare at me.
"I'm Cupa..." she said, smiling. "So, I guess you're just trying to make sure-"
"You're safe, yes." I said. "Are you the owner of this house?"
"Sort of... do you need a place to stay for the night?" she asked as I nodded slowly. "Well, there's another bed in the guest room, you'll have to share with the girl in there, okay?" she asked as I nodded, smiling. She then led me to the room, where I saw a girl with a pumpkin... no jack-o-lantern on her head. There was another bed to the left as I walked over to it.
"Th-thank you miss Cupa." I said as she shook her head.
"Just Cupa." she said, smiling. "Now get some rest."
"Good night... Cupa." I told her as I laid in the bed.
"... Now, I've just got to wait for Howl to return... maybe I can tell him how I feel when he gets back." she said, walking out as I sighed. All that happened ever since I woke up was people being nice to me, aren't I lucky?
In the real world...
"Where the fuck is Howl?" Phantom said, looking at his watch.
"He'll be here, just wait." Blade said, looking down the street from where they sat on the bench.
"He was supposed to meet us at the mall three hours ago." Phantom said.
"Why were we headed to the mall again?" Blade asked.
"Remember? My guitar broke." Phantom said, as Blade sighed and nodded.
"Maybe rocking out too hard last week at our first gig wasn't too good of an idea." Blade said.
"Hey! The crowd loved it!" Phantom said, angered as he messed with his black hoodie's zipper.
"Will you stop that?" Blade said, smacking his hand.
"Whatever..." Phantom said, sighing. "Howl should have been here by now... even with that new song..."
"It's like he completely forgot about the band ever since he got a girlfriend." Blade said.
"Yeah... but oh well, want to go to his house?" Phantom asked.
"Sure. Got nothing better to do, let's drag him out of bed." Blade said as they walked over to his mansion, and knocked on the door.
"Yo Luke, open up." they requested as said half-demon opened the door.
"Oh, hey you two." Lukas said, letting them in, they waved and made a direct walk up to Howl's room.
"Yo Howl." Blade said, knocking on the door.
"Screw knocking." Phantom said, opening the door to see Howl lying on his bed, sleeping in his bed like a baby.
"... Howl." Blade whispered, shaking him.
"Dude look!" Phantom said, pointing to the computer as Blade walked over. "Isn't that... Howl? In a Minecraft form?" he said, pointing to the human running with a ghast and a blaze behind him and another player in front.
"Whoa, it pla-" Blade began before someone crashed into them from behind. The person accidentally pushed them into the computer, activating the warp function and sending the trio into Minecraftia, yet Howl laid in his bed, sleeping so innocently.
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Chapter five: Bees live in bee hives.
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Questions to be answered:
Will Howl and the others make it to the Overworld?
Why is it snowing in Broken Realm?
What was Howl's reason for being locked into the Nether?
Will Cupa ever get to tell Howl how she feels?
All this and more, probably not answered on the next chapter of "ROAD TO THE END"
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Staff:
Crescent Crane: Writer
Withering Dragon: Assistant
Alkatrez: Leon's owner
SythOfOrganizationXIII: Syth's owner/Co-writer