Chapter 7: The Craziest Christmas Ever
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.
The blade was millimeters from Howl's stomach when suddenly it stopped by a barrier. "I knew something was wrong, thank me for this!" Syth said as he raced towards the sudden attacker with his sword. The attacker jumped out of the way and slashed furiously at Syth with a knife, Syth jumped out of the way and placed a torch down revealing the attacker. His face looked horrifying... it looked like it was tortured into the shape it was. Syth flinched at the abomination as the attacker jumped out the window and into the forest.
"What happened?" Mumbled Cupa waking up the sound. She rubbed her eyes as she sat up and looked at her boyfriend and friend.
Howl smiled. "Thanks Syth." Howl said as Cupa laid back down, cuddling his arm as he blushed wildly. "How'd you even see that coming?" he asked Syth who shrugged.
"Just... had a feeling." Syth said, sheathing his blade. Behind Syth, a grey wolf had come strolling up with a smile.
"Crap..." Howl said, glancing behind Syth before turning away and covering Cupa's eyes. "Syth, whatever you do, do not look behind you, do not..." Howl told him, closing his eyes.
"Why-" Syth said, before th grey wolf walked in front of him. He then looked down. "Aww, would you look at the cu-" he began before the wolf suddenly grew a wicked smile and turned orange, smacking Syth with a paw and making his eyesight bad. "Gah!" Syth shouted, rubbing his eyes, before the dog prepared to make a killing blow. It's grin seemed to grow in size before it raised a paw. The nails sharpened as it was about to bring it down.
"SYTH!" Howl shouted, panicked for him. But by doing so, Howl had attracted the dog's attention as the sickening smile flared at him. "Holy, shi-" Howl began before someone came in holding a raging blue sword, the blade looking as if it was crafted for style instead of battle and jammed it in the dog's head, killing it on impact. It must have been weak already from the trek to the house, possibly having battled with many other enemies. The teen pulled the sword out of the corpse's head as it faded in a black smoke.
"It's been a bit, hasn't it, Howl?" he said, turning around and smiling.
"Blade?!" Howl shouted, looking at the teen.
"And Phantom." The sword said before flying out of Blade's hand and landing on the floor in a human form. The human standing there smiled, his eyes covered by shadows from the hat he wore. He then looked down to where Syth sat on the ground and bent down, offering a hand. "Need a hand buddy?" the black hood wearing teen asked, offering a hand.
"Thank you." Syth said, taking his hand and standing up.
"... Dude I hear something." Phantom said, looking out of the window.
"... Sounds like... Crying." Blade said, stepping on the windowsill. "We'll be back." he said, leaping out of the window, doing a front flip and then hit the ground running. Phantom followed suit.
"We'll be back! We're gonna check that crying out, then we'll be back!" he called out, rushing off.
"... Just like them to go and save someone recklessly." Howl muttered, looking at the duo as they ran off. "They're good guys... Just going out there to save someone's life recklessly.
"... Well... I'm gonna go to sleep..." Syth muttered, yawning lightly. Cupa and Howl nodded.
"Night Syth." They said as Syth walked out to his room and crawled back into bed... But he didn't realize... Someone else was in it. She blushed and fell back asleep as he did... Poor Blazette fell asleep with a blush on her face.
The next morning...
"Uuuuggggghhhhh..." Howl let out a long groan, he had to wake up early so they can search for more of the ultimate weapons. He moaned softly, sitting on the chair in the kitchen.
"Well aren't you the morning bird?" Stella laughed as she and Virgo sat at the kitchen table across them.
"Well aren't you just a sparkling ray of sunshine?" Howl asked angrily."I had to deal with 2 weird creepypastas in the middle of the night, of course I am grumpy! Even if I naturally wake up at the stroke of midnight! Even if it's not midnight, I don't sleep with a person watching me." He snapped tiredly.
"You should really thank Syth, he saved your sorry ass back there you know." replied John who just came downstairs.
"I'll do that... After getting some more sleep..." Howl grumbled dozing off into dream land again as he slammed his head on the table, snoring.
"Boo!" Andr shouted behind Howl, appearing quickly.
"Jeez! Don't teleport behind me like that!" He snapped awake and had a really funny looking startled expression.
"Haha! Sorry." she rustled his hair and began helping make breakfast with Contessa. Soon after Syth walked down the stairs rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. John was the first one to notice him, quickly stood in front of Andr to prevent any onslaught as he drew his sword. Howl, despite the save last night, reached into his pockets and held onto the Fire Sword. Virgo gripped his right hand, where he wore his gauntlet.
"What's with the mood here?" He asked while walking up to the group.
"Morning Syth!" Andr greeted cheerfully.
"Good morning... Onee-san." he replied with a slight blush.
She giggled and blushed too, "Would you like your eggs, sunny side up or scrambled?" She asked.
"Scrambled is fine." he replied softly and excused himself from the table and ran out the door. Now everyone was shocked at the change of attitude, they had their jaws wide open during the pep talk.
"... The Hell?" Howl said, quickly following Syth outside. He stopped him by the wall and put his arms on both sides of him, preventing him from moving. "Okay, what's going on?" Howl asked, putting on the gauntlet as he reached Syth's height.
"... Little buddy, this is kind of awkwar-" Syth began before Howl already had the Fire Sword at his thoat.
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING LITTLE?!" Howl snapped at him. Syth grinned slightly.
"You, shrimp." he said as Howl swung the blade, missing him by hairs. Syth didn't even flinch. "If Cupa-sama wasn't so generous, I'd beat you to pulp." Syth said with a grin. Howl was the one person who, for some reason, he couldn't stand.
"If I weren't dating her, your head would be on a stake!" Howl said angrily. He then looked down. "... It's still snowing... EEEEK!" he shouted, running for his life as he went into the house and wrapped himself up in the blankets.
"... Well, that was... New." Syth said with a sigh as he walked back into the house to join the others for breakfast. "Maybe Alan and I should soon get back to our travels." he said, walking into the house as he passed the empty living room to go into the dining room. He put his smile back on upon returning to the room as he was greeted with a hug from Snowy.
"You came back!" she said, smiling as he hugged her back slowly.
"... Of course, anything for you kid." he said with a smile as he sat back down between her and Blazette. John and Virgo were talking across the table from each other and they were smiling happily as they ate their bacon and eggs. "Why're you happy John-kun, Virgo-kun?" he asked them as they gave a grin.
"Okay guys, let's make Christmas!" Virgo shouted as he, John, Andr, Howl, Cupa, Scyther, Blade, Phantom, Leon, Ghastly, Scarlet, Blazette and Alan stood in the cold day in their clothes.
John was dressed in a sweater with a snowman on top of it and his regular pants. Andr was dressed in a snow suitable version of her regular dress, as was Cupa. Ghastly and Blazette were in their regular cold because of their natural resistance to the cold due to being from the Nether. Virgo was still dressed in his regular outfit. Scarlet suddenly sneezed.
"Are you okay Scarlet?" Leon asked her as she shook her head. "What's wrong?" he asked her.
"... I-I think I caught a cold..." she said as her left arm began to freeze up from the cold.
"That's not good." Leon said, grabbing her right. "Let's get you into the house." he said, taking her into the house. Howl sighed and played with his tie, which was under his scarf. He wore a thick version of his jacket and sighed. Syth was dressed in his regular clothes along with Alan, who was mysteriously transformed into his humani form.
"What the Hell?" everyone asked before they looked around.
"How the Hell did that just happen?" Howl asked, tugging his scarf tighter because of how cold it was.
"How did what happen? We're gonna make Christmas right now." Virgo said with a smile. He quickly smiled and grinned.
"Bah humbug." Scyther said, walking into the house.
"Yeah... I'm not, much of a holiday guy..." Blade said, following her.
"Blade, come on, don't be so bah humbug." Phantom said, following him and trying to change his mind.
"... That leaves the rest of us!" John said with a smile as he looked at the others.
"My, my ... What is all this racket?" Alan sighed, walking out of the house with Syth.
"It's Christmas, you dope." said Syth "And don't just stand there, help us with the decorations!"
"Yes "Boss, right away." Alan smirked and grabbed a box of ornaments.
"I hope this will turn out well." said Snowy, as she breathed in the cold air with a smile.
"It'll be the best, so don't worry Snow!" Syth smiled as he shouldered a rope of Christmas lights. Snowy smiled at him and nodded.
"Hey... I... I'll set up stuff in the house... Bye." Blazette said, walking in and peering out the window. She really hated the cold.
"Hey, Ghastly, can you lend me a hand?" Howl asked, hanging off the branch of the tallest tree, which... Was actually a few hundred blocks high and right next to the house.
"Got it." she said, flying over and grabbing his hand as he held the star in the other hand. He suddenly dropped it as it was headed toward the ground... More specifically, toward Syth.
"SYTH, LOOK OUT!" Howl shouted as loud as he could to warn him.
"Huh?" before Syth could react, he was pulled from where he was standing and tumbled into the ground, the shooting star barely missed him as it fell to the ground with a thud.
"Um ... Th-That was close" Snowy sighed as she fixes her crooked cap when she pulled him out if the way.
"Syth!" Blazette cried out as she ran out the door and to where he lay "Are you okay?!"
"Don't worry, I'm fine, Snowy-chan here saved me." he replied as he sat up properly. "Thank you." he said, smiling as Snowy.
Snowy blushed lightly from his thanks "You're... You're welcome." she mumbled.
"I could've done the same thing ..." Blazette muttered.
"Hmm?" Syth said, looking at her as he stood up. She blushed lightly.
"Nothing ..."
"What happened?" John asked as the rest of the people followed.
"This isn't the time to make snow angels Syth!" Andr giggled.
"Sorry, I suppose I should have been careful for what I wished for on that shooting star." Syth joked.
"What is he talking about?" Virgo asked.
"He's talking about that, Virgo." Stella said, walking out with a tray of hot cocoa for everyone, well, and a cold cocoa for Snowy.
"Thanks Stella." Snowy said as Stella handed her her cup.
"Here you guys go." Stella said, handing everyone some cocoa.
"My turn!" Ghastly said, smiling as she landed on the ground with Howl.
"Sorry about the star Syth." Howl said, looking at Syth and then the shattered star. "That was a family heirloom... Oh well." Howl said, as if he didn't care about his family, which he really didn't. "That was my old family's heirloom."
"Oh well?" Syth questioned. "Hardly a reaction from a family member with his family's heirloom."
"... Well, I didn't really like them when they were alive." Howl answered coldly.
"W... Wait, Howl... Are you-" Cupa began.
"Yes Cupa, an orphan. I'm adopted." Howl said with a sigh. "But oh well..."
"... Cheer up, it's Christmas." Virgo said, patting the teen on the head.
`"At least you had parents too spend time with Howl-kun..." Syth smiled sadly "I mean... I don't even remember mine, I don't even know if they're alive."
"Well... My adopted parents have been looking to adopt again... You're always welcome at my house in the other world." Howl told him.
"Thanks..." Syth thanked.
"Hmmm... Getting along well now aren't we?" Alan chuckled.
"Even rivals can change for the holidays." Cupa said, sipping her cocoa.
"Yeah, the holidays are about being with the people you care for." Ghastly said. "And besides, if they finally start getting along, maybe we can all get along, despite the fact that Minecraftians hate the Mobs."
"Wonderfully said, Miss Ghastly!" said Alan. Ghastly blushed lightly and smiled.
"Oh shut up lover boy." Syth smirked as he sipped his drink.
"Silence!" Alan snapped.
"Well, thanks anyway Alan." Ghastly said, smiling at him.
"Note to self: Push them under the mistletoe." John said, pointing to Syth and Blazette. Blazette was using her natural body heat to heat her cocoa up more.
"Noted." Virgo said as the two teens laughed.
"What was that?" Syth asked, looking away from his mug.
"Nothing of importance maybe" Blazette shrugged as she finally drank her drink.
"Well, let's get back to putting up decorations." Cupa said with a smile. Stella smiled and got the cups. She then walked back in to take care of the kids with Contessa and help them all take care of the decorations in the house.
"Yeah... This time, I'll get the star." Ghastly said, flying back into the house to grab another star.
Howl said, "I'll get the snow off of the roof." Howl said, opening his left hand as if it were like a claw as he leaped at the wooden wall of the house and began to climb it, the sharp fingers of his left arm digging into the wood.
"I'm gonna beat you spidermonkey!" Virgo said, rushing to the rooftops.
"What are you gonna get, Syth? Alan? Blazey?" John asked.
"I'll fix some decorations on the house." Syth replied "C'mon Alan."
"Alright." Alan sighed and followed with the lights.
"I ... I think I should help too." Blazette added.
"I thought you were cold." said Snowy.
"I'm all warm, I'm a Blaze too you know." Blazette replied in a bit of "as a matter of fact" attitude.
"Oh, okay then." Snow looked down at her feet.
"Well, Snowy, can you help me make snowmen?" Andr asked.
"Um, sure." Snowy said as they walked off.
"... I guess that leaves us." John said to Blazey.
"Well, I think I should go help with Syth and Alan" said Blazey and headed towards the two.
"Well... I'll go help out Andr and Snowy." said John as he walked off.
A few hours later... So that it was around midday...
Syth quietly was reading a book that a friend of his back in the village he came from before running into Cupa and the people in the house.
"Geez, you love to read, don't you?" said Flip as he hovered over his head, as if he were peeking over his shoulders.
"Well, yeah." said Syth bluntly. He looked up at Flip for a second before looking back down to his book to continue reading.
"Isn't there anything else you can do that is more productive?" Asked Flip in a annoyed voice.
"No. Don't you have anything else to do rather than bug me all the time?" He said in a stern voice.
"Noper, and-" he paused. Syth looked up to see the book glaring at Howl who looked strange for some reason flirting with Ghastly.
"Not this again..." Syth groaned. They just dealt with that the day before.
"Why that two timing bastard..." Flip growled. He didn't know about Howl's... "Alternate" personality. He quickly flew to the area where they were talking.
"SooOOOoo sould you like to go out with me tonight?" Howl purred at Ghastly who sighed with a blush and depressed face.
"Ummm... No thanks." she replied.
"Oh come on, just a date pretty lady." he said, winking at Ghastly as she sighed.
"Come on... I'm not going to be an affair." she said with a sigh. "You've got a girlfriend... Don't drag me into this." she said, looking down.
"But I like you better." he said, cupping her cheek with his hand. He grinned and lean closer to kiss her.
"No... Please stop..." she said, blushing as she leaned away.
"You heard the lady, now back off Slim-Jim." interrupted Flip as Howl looked away from her, letting her go.
"And who are you?" Howl asked, annoyed at the floating object.
"Didn't I already introduce myself? The name is Flip, now back off you prick." Flip growled at him. Howl's eyes glowed with anger.
"Why don't you?" He growled back. You can already see a static spark between the duo.
"Hey! Shut up! If you are going to fight, then do it outside!" Shouted Virgo while watching TV with Stella on the new TV that the group just installed. They were watching some random kid's show with Cavey and Yaebi sitting on the rug, watching intently. Jack and Spidey were chatting behind the couch.
"Yeah, we should!" Howl replied angrily.
"You are going to regret this." Flip growled at him. They both stomped out the door (well in Flip's case, flew) and came face to face with each other in the front yard. Flip quickly transformed into his human form ready to battle.
"Nothing can save your ass now! Not even that transformation. Your ass is grass." mocked Howl with a grin.
"We'll see about that." Alan snapped at him. They quickly drew battle stances and readied to battle. "Mirror's of the past, become my weapon!" Shouted Alan as a sudden hurricane of pages whirled around him and stayed their while still turning.
"What are you going to do? Paper cut me to death?!" Laughed Howl, rather maniacally.
"I am going to make you swallow your words!" Shouted Alan, who for some reason, lost his calm self.
By this time everyone was watching them eager to see who would stand victorious, but... Before both of them could run forward and attack, Syth and Scyther ran in and stopped them. Scyther tackled Howl and quickly took out the ear plugs he had. "BWAH! NYAH! Gah... Nah... Lah..." Howl muttered, calming down instantly.
Syth grabbed Alan by the ear and held him like that. "Oww! Quit it and let me go!" Alan shouted in fury.
"How many times do I have to tell you, don't use that power against allies!" He shouted at Alan, pulling his ear.
"Owowowow! Okay just let go!" He shouted while reverting to his old self again.
"W-w-what happened?" Howl asked puzzled as he sat up with Scyther taking her earring form and staying in Howl's ear.
"What do you think dipwad!? We were going to fight!" Shouted Flip at the young (and short) protagonist.
"W-what? Why?" He asked in confusion. Now flip was confused at his actions.
"I'll explain later man," said Syth as he held on to Flip and walked into the house.
"Awww... And I wanted see how he fights!" Complained Virgo.
"I wonder what Syth meant by "too dangerous to use against allies?" Asked Cupa as she walked over and helped Howl up.
"Thanks Cupa." Howl said before noticing Ghastly looking down and then walking away.
"Maybe it's sooooooooo dangerous that you can kill someone!" Suggested Andr.
"I don't think a couple of pages could kill you that eaisly" muttered John under his breath. Then everyone returned to their original places as they wasted the rest of their Christmas holiday.
Howl sighed and walked outside. "Scyther, are you going to relax or are you going to train with me in case Jeff comes back?" Howl asked her.
"... I'm tired... Is it okay if I just get some rest?" she asked... Wait... Asked? Not commanding?... Why not?
"If you want to Scy." Howl said with a smile. She nodded and jumped into her human forme and landing on her feet.
"See you later Percival..." she said, too tired to think. She suddenly leaned down and kissed his forehead, causing him to blush before she left. Suddenly Virgo walked up with Leon.
"Hey Virgo, Leon." Howl said, looking up at his taller companions.
"We've discovered another weapon that can defeat Herobrine." Virgo said as Howl looked up with interest and lowering the Fire Sword.
"I'm listening." Howl said as he put the sword in his pocket. "What is it?"
"It's called the Ultimate Hammer." Leon said, holding up a picture. "Apparently, if we defeat a Mega Block, it may drop this." he said, before running off to the top of the house... No wait, he was literally just jumping toward the top of the house. "And it can jump about this high."
"Leon, you be careful up there!" Virgo said as the new ally leaned over from the balcony.
"What was that?" he asked, holding a hand to his ear before falling off.
"Leon!" Both Howl and Virgo shouted in worry. Leon burst into laughter. He continued falling until he was six blocks from the ground.
"Psych!" he said with a smile as he landed on his feet. "You guys really fell for that one." he said with an innocent smile.
"Don't scare us like that again." Virgo said. Leon smiled and scratched the back of his head.
"You guys, I was just joking aro-" he began before getting tackle hugged by Scarlet.
"Don't you DARE do that again Leon! You could have gotten severely injured!" Scarlet said, holding him closely and tightly.
"G-got it..." Leon said, blushing as he petted her head. "I won't..." she sighed and let him go.
"Alright... I trust you..." she said, sighing as she walked back into the house.
"... Anyway, we're about to head off to go and fight the thing. Want in?" Virgo asked.
Howl shook his head. "Virgo you should know by my reactions. I hate the cold. I'll probably stay out for an hour before coming back into the house to go snuggle with Cupa under the blanket in the bed in order to warm up."
"... Okay." Leon said. "You go warm up, I'll go get John." he said before darting off. A minute later he came back with the young blonde who was carrying his sword.
"I'll be back. Howl, can you watch all of the girls with Syth and Alan?" John asked.
"Don't forget Jack. But yeah, I'll be fine." Howl said, nodding as the trio left.
With John, Virgo and Leon...
As the trio walked they slowly began getting through the woods into the mountains. "So Virgo, where'd you say the Megablock is?"
"Well, they should be surrounded by a bunch of Creepyblocks. They're like it's offspring. I heard back in Broken Realm Village that there was a Minecraftian who summoned two Megablocks." Virgo answered. "He made them somewhere in these mountains and then he turned tail and ran because fighting two on one is WAAAAAY too much when you're fighting something like a Megablock." Virgo said.
"Dude, what are you?" John asked him.
"... I'm a... Run!" he said, grabing John and Leon before darting away from the area.
"Virgo, what are you doing?" Leon asked as he tried to struggle out of the older boy's grip.
"Look!" he said as the two younger boys looked just in time to see a Megablock landing on the ground and completely decimating the landscape where it landed.
"I got this one!" John said, running under it as it jumped up into the air.
"He's not gonna survive that explosion!" Leon thought. "Virgo give him a boost!" he said as the red-head nodded and ran over, grabbing John and throwing him up at the Block as he gripped his sword tightly and did rapid front flips in a way to create a bladed wheel attack. John continued to fly into the air before he sliced through the block as it dropped a hammer that Leon caught. "H-hey!" Leon said as Virgo grabbed his foot.
"Look!" he said, watching as John landed on a tree. Multiple Creepyblocks were flying at him, each homed in on hitting him.
"Let's go!" Leon shouted, gripping the hammer. Virgo nodded and launched him at John as he flew through the air, knocking Creepyblock after Creepyblock away from him. Suddenly another Megablock came flying in.
"Look out!" Virgo shouted, running over at his regular speed... 200mph. He quickly stole the hammer from Leon before launching into the air and jumping over the Block just in time to land on top of it, mid-flight. "Now guys!" he said as the two on the ground nodded and raised their blades to impale it as it stuck to their blades.
"Do it!" Leon said with a grin as Virgo held up the hammer.
"Court is adjourned!" Virgo said, slamming the hammer on it as it crumbled to pieces, in its place, leaving... Shoes. "... SHOES?!" He asked, falling down and landing right in front of the shoes.
"... We might as well bring them with us." John said, picking the shoes up as the other two nodded.
"Hey, we make a great team." Leon said as the other two nodded and they began making the long trek home. After they went back, everything went smoothly... Dinner went finely.
"Okay kids, time for bed." Contessa said as Cavey, Spidey and Yaebi sighed.
"She's right, it'd be best if you three got to bed." Jack said.
"I DON'T WANT TO! I WANT TO SEE SANTA!" Cavey said, pouting. Jack sighed.
"Santa won't come until you are sleeping children." Contessa said with a smile. The three younger girls sighed as Jack sent them to bed before jumping onto the couch and falling asleep.
"... Okay Howl, got the suit?" Leon asked.
"Yep." Howl said, holding a Santa-Suit, minus the beard. "Kids asleep?"
A small whirlwind whipped through the house as Virgo landed right in front of Howl. "Check." Virgo said.
"Girls gone?" Howl asked.
"Check." Contessa and John said. Howl nodded and left the house before climbing up the wall. "Okay, now we just wait until the stroke of midnight..."
HOURS LATER...
The grandfather clock in the house rang as the children ran downstairs just in time to see "Santa" drop in. "Hey there kids." SantaHowl said to them as Spidey, Cavey and Yaebi were to mesmirized by his presence as Santa to notice it was Howl.
"Santa..."
And everything went swimmingly as gifts were exchange upon Santa's leaving and Howl's return. All of the presents were given and Virgo still held the shoes and noticed that Howl had none. "Hey Howl, what happened to your shoes?"
"... Oh, they melted in the lava." Howl said.
"... Sorry about that." Leon said as Howl shook his head.
"No problem." Howl said with a smile as he looked at him.
"... Oh yeah, I didn't give you a present." Virgo said, handing Howl the shoes that he got from the Megablock. "Merry Christmas shrimp." he said, ruffling Howl's hair.
"Shut up you tall crap!" Howl said as the two laughed and began play fighting. Alan snickered, watching the two fight and Syth was smiling as he played with the kids along with Jack.
Syth's POV
Boy this was long~ and tiring day, everyone was full of the Christmas spirit that they literally just collapsed on the floor or couch asleep, Stella and Virgo-san were leaning on each other as they slept on the couch, Howl and Cupa-sama were sleeping in a awkward position on each other, and John and Onee-san were sleeping on the couch too and were leaning and holding on to each other, Ghastly-san and Alan were sleeping next to each other too, I chuckled at the sight. Then there was Jack-kun and Yaebi-chan and Spidey and Cavey-chan all huddled near the Christmas tree with Contessa-chan sleeping while sitting with each of the kids heads on her lap like a loving mother... "A Mother..." I trailed off, I've never seen my mother or my father as I was born, everything about my childhood was a blur, I sighed and looked at Snowy-chan sleeping in my arms that were carrying her, I smiled, she was cute as she slept I really felt close to her as a brother, I carried her to our room and laid her down on her bed .
"Sleep well kid." I smiled. I exited the room to take a walk around the house, only to have me bump into Blazette-san as I walked through the door.
"Blazette-sama." I said, smiling at her as she blushed.
"Just Blazey." she said.
"Okay Blazey-sa-" I began.
"Just Blazey..." she said.
"Okay, Blazey... what is it?" I asked, looking at her.
"Nothing..." she said, placing a hand on my shoulder.
"... It does not appear so." I said, looking at her hand.
"Well, there is... just one thing... and I didn't mean for it to happen..." she said with a blush on her face.
"What is-" I began before she pointed up to the mistletoe. I blushed. "Who put that there?!" I screamed in my mind, if that was there and I was under it with Blazey-sama that meant... I blushed deeper, sure maybe this was a tradition, but I was so not ready for this.
"Is... something wrong?" She asked giving a cute little guilty face. I swallowed hard trying hard not to think of anything, not that I can think of any anyway.
"I-It's not like that! It's j-just..." I stammered trying to find the proper words.
"Just...?" she asked looking deeper in my eyes, I turned away and blushed.
"It's just that... I... It's my first serious k... And I'm not into this stuff and..." I babbled.
She smiled seductively "Well... I'll make sure your first is worth it..." she cooed.
"I... Uh... Um... Urr." I stammered.
"Shhhh..." she whispered in my ear and pulled back to lock lips with me.
The kiss felt strange... It felt... Surprisingly warm and soft... her lips gave a slight hint of a sweetness... It was intoxicating... I didn't know what came over me, I just placed my hands on her waist and pulled her closer to get a better feeling, she responded by placing her arms on my neck and pulled me closer too, this went on for a few minutes as we were lost in each others embrace, we pulled apart and stared at each others eyes.
"I told you it will be worth it..." she giggled softly.
"Well... It did feel good..." I blushed, she laughed softly.
"Syth..." she whispered.
"Yes ...?" I replied
"... I think I lo-" she began before a loud crash was heard before some loud barking. Everyone snapped awake.
Normal Point Of View:
"What the Hell's happening?!" Howl shouted from downstairs as he noticed some Smile Dogs standing in the kitchen. "Shit!" Everyone quickly gathered around him as he stood there in the long hallway.
"Mr. Howl!" Yaebi shouted, about to run up to him until he pushed her back.
"Howl, let us help!" Virgo said as he shook his head and drew his Diamond Sword.
"Get the Hell out of here!" Howl said, gripping the Diamond Sword.
"Howl, I'm not leaving!" Cupa shouted, who was being dragged by Scyther.
"Go!" Howl said, raising his blade to do the Sword Beam. "Syth."
"Yes Howl-kun?" Syth asked the teen.
"... Protect Cupa and the others..." Howl said, absorbing the energy of the night into his blade as he stood between the Smile Dogs and the entire group.
"Why... Why is it always you?" Virgo asked Howl, looking at him. Howl looked back and gave a smile.
"Why not? I've got you all to defeat Herobrine." He said with a smile as he suddenly turned around.
"What are yo-" Contessa began before he looked at the ceiling above them.
"Sword Beam!" he shouted, forcing the mansion to begin collapsing. Blocks began falling from the roof. "Go." he ordered everyone.
"You're too reckless you idiot!" Syth cried out as he sliced a wooden block in half, and the rest of the ceiling gave in.
"CR-" he started until the ceiling collapsed onto the group in a heap of rubble with a loud crash.
Dust filled the air and nothing seemed to remain alive or moving at all in the wreckage.
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But when all seemed to go silent, the wreckage started to lift as block after block of the mansion removed itself from where it laid, to reveal a large clear area unaffected by the damage with the group still safe. "Next time... Warn me." Alan smirked as his barrier died down.
"No need to, you got out backs all the time." Virgo coughed as the dust in the air still hadn't settled down. Anyway, thanks for protecting all of us AND lifting that rubble off us too."
"I did the protecting, NOT the lifting." Alan replied, with a smirk still on his lips, but it showed curiosity rather then a joke's.
"Then, wh-" John started, when a soft chuckle was heard.
"Who's there?! Show yourself!" Scyther demanded when a figure appeared in front of them, the figure wore a long cloak that hid his face and body, leaving only few strands of black hair to be shown.
"Well, well... Look what I've fished out." the figure chuckled as his voice revealed him a a "her".
"Who are you? And what do you want?" Scyther growled.
"Ah, ah, ah~ ... Let's not become enemies on our first meeting shall we?" The figure replied, the cloak was brushed back by her hand to reveal a mouth with a sly grin on it. "I've just helped you after all."
"Well, whoever you are, thank you for your help." Syth bowed.
"No need to thank me... Syth." the girl giggled as she turned and left, leaving a confused group looking at Syth.
"... You... Know that girl?" John asked.
"I... Don't think so..." He replied, still trying to see if e met any strange girls in his travels(and yes he did meet a few).
"We can worry about that later, we need to-" Alan started, before being interrupted by Cupa as she pushed pat him towards another heap of the wreckage. "Cupa! We have to go!"
"We can't leave him here!" She cried out as she tried to lift a block off of the heap to no avail.
"He's going to be fine" Scyther tried to coax the creeper-girl.
"Oh yeah? Then how do you know!?" She cried out.
"Hey, he's Howl" said Syth "Not even rubble can defeat that guy, he's way too persistent."
"Syth is right." John added. "He wouldn't have done all that without knowing what he was doing."
"I would highly doubt that, but I'll just keep that to myself." Virgo smirked, receiving a smack in the head by his girlfriend, Stella... Even though she was giggling.
"Look, we can look for him later, everyone's tired, and we have other people to worry about." Ghastly pointed out to the kids and Contessa. Jack was barely managing to keep Spidey and Yaebi awake as Contessa held Cavey in her arms.
"I agree, let's not waste anymore time." Scyther replied, she turned to Cupa. "Look, I know you're scared and deathly worried about him, but there's nothing we can do about it now, so let's at least follow what he wanted us to do, and did another place to be." Cupa didn't reply but stare at the rubble with worried eyes, but soon she complied and turned to leave with Scyther helping her.
"We might have a problem..." John muttered. "Just where are we going to go?"
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"Great, now we're stuck with no place to go, in the middle of the night!" Blazette grumbled, Ghastly tried to lift her mood with her happy mood.
"Got any bright ideas?" Virgo asked the group.
"... Actually..." The group turned towards Syth. "...There might be a place."
Alan's eyes widened in realization "Oh no... Please don't tell me-"
"Whistle Grass Village." Syth said with a smile.
"And where is that?" asked Virgo.
"Not too far from here." Syth replied pointing south-west of there location.
"Then to the village Syth suggested it is." said Virgo "Come on people, lets get going." Without any denial, well maybe from Alan's groaning. The group venture towards the village of Whistle Grass.
"This is not going to end well ..." Alan moaned, receiving a glare by Syth who was leading.
After a WAAAAY long walk...
"And... Here we are..." Syth whispered, trying not to attract to much attention fearing that the Creepy Pastas were near, or any other dangerous Mob.
The time was still night, but it wasn't going to last long. The entire group was exhausted from deprive of sleep and traveling. Syth wasn't showing any sign of fatigue, since he was always traveling and used to walking long distances.
A small moan came from his back, a sleeping Snowy stirred in her light sleep, he let a soft laugh escape his mouth, she insisted on walking but Syth gave her a piggyback and she fell right asleep. The kids were all asleep, Spidey and Cavey both being carried by Alan, and Yaebi was carried by Virgo.
"Took us long enough..." John moaned, receiving a moan from Syth to keep quiet.
"Let's get going, we won't have much time before the sun comes up again, we need our rest too." Virgo interrupted.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Blazette hissed. As the group made ther way down a grassy hill, Cupa began to grow doubtful about their current situation.
Cupa came up to Syth and asked "Are... You sure they'll be okay with all this?"
"Who?" Syth asked.
"You know... The villagers..."
"I'm sure they won't mind" Syth smiled "The villagers are the nicest people in Minecraftia, especially te Mistress of the village."
"Well... Okay, I'll trust you in this..." sad Cupa.
Soon enough, they reached the gate of the village. And slowly and quietly, Syth opened the gate and the group entered the dimly lit village.
"Wow... Kind of big for a village." said John.
"Yeah, I guess it's pretty big." Syth chuckled "Anyway, follow me."
The group followed close behind, trying to stay quiet the best they could through the silent village. Soon, they reached a small house near the outskirts of the village. Syth walked to the front door, and gave it a knock. After a wait, the door opened to reveal a young female villager in brown robe, her hair was a mess to show she just gotten out if bed, her soft green eyes looked tired and heavy.
"Yes... Who-... Syth?!" The villager cried out as her eyes snapped open in surprise.
"Hey, May." Smiled Syth meekly "I hope I didn't interrupt your sleep."
"Wha... Uh... I mean... What are you doing here?!" She asked.
"Long story, look I've got my hands full here." Syth pointed to the group behind him "Think you can help me?"
"... Uh, sure! Just give me a minute."
After they all got in... Most of the group collapsed from exhaustion.
Howl's Point of View:
"Get on the Strider you foolish boy!" the thin enemy ordered me as he whipped Jeff's knife out of his hand.
"Go to sleep, Slender!" he shouted, tackling Slender as he gave his wide grin.
"Slenderman!" I shouted in fear for him as he attempted to push Jeff off of him.
"I said run!" he said, lifting me up with a tendril and placing me on top of the Strider. "Take this! Find the one known as Cry and challenge him! He holds my blade, the Slender Sword." he said, throwing Jeff at a tree. He then stood up and looked at me, he was at the ideal height for us to be face to face. "Go, it is your duty and your friends to save Minecraftia from 'Him', you've freed me from his curse, and for that, I thank you... Howl." he said, a lighter aura was around him when he did.
"Y-you used my name..." I said, looking at him.
"Go now, get out of he-guh!" Slender said, grunting in pain as he saw Jeff burrow his knife into his leg. "Run now!" he said as the Strider took off, taking me away from him. My stomach was hurting... I think I might have been affected from looking at his face. "Now, young Jeffery, you will learn why man nor child has attempted to go up against me." he said, raising his tendrils as readied them to grab Jeff.
I looked back to see something human-like rushing to Slenderman. "No, i-it can't be! SLENDERMAN! LOOK OUT!" I screamed before it raised its claws and slashed at him. "SLENDY!" I screamed in fear and panic. I looked to him. Slenderman fell with the same blank expression on his face. He hit the ground with a soft 'Thud' before The Rake and Jeff looked at me. "Strider ho!" I said, turning it around as I glared at them. "YOU KILLED JANE AND SLENDY YOU KILLED THE PEOPLE WHO SAVED ME! YOU BASTARDS!" I screamed in anger as the Strider took off in their direction.
The Next morning...
Cupa moaned softly in her sleep, her eyes slowly fluttering open. "... Good morning Howl..." she whispered, leaning toward him to kiss his cheek... But... He wasn't there. "Huh?... That's weird... He usually sleeps with his back to the wall... Wait... Where is he?!" she asked no one as she shot up, sitting up and looking back and forth for her boyfriend. "This isn't the house... Wait... Where... Am I?" she asked, before noticing the walls of the room weren't made of stone. "... Now I remember..." she said, holding her head. "... He destroyed the house... To protect us... I hope he's safe... May Notch be with you... Howl..." she said, sitting down with her legs dangling off of the bed. She then put her hood down, which she did more often now that she was with Howl. She scratched her head and looked to her left... It was the fedora Stella gave Howl on his second night in Minecraftia.
"Huh... I never even learned his real name... Oh well... He'll come back, right?" she asked no one in particular as she stood up, still holding the fedora.
"Are you awake?" A voice called into the room, the sudden voice made Cupa jump from her thoughts.
"Y-Yes?" She replied to the voice. "Who is it?"
A young female entered the room, she seemed to be slightly older then Cupa. She wore a green shoulder-less dress and green gloves, her eyes were also green and her hair was ginger-brown, and done in a braid.
"I do hope I'm not interrupting anything?" The woman said.
"Um... Who..."
"Oh! Pardon me, where are my manners, let me introduce myself." she bowed slightly in apology.
"My name is Emerald, I am the mistress of this village, it is a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure all is mine, Emerald. My name is Cupa, and I don't want to surprise you, but I'm a-" she started.
"Yes, I know, we can discuss this 'Matter' later, for now, please come downstairs for breakfast." Cupa's stomach growled at the thought of food, it was a long time she ate after all.
"Um ... Thank you."
"It's what I can do, after all, you are the friend of the savior of this village."
Cupa would have asked for who this savior was, but the food was growing more tempting. To hear, she decides to ask at the table as she made her way out the door. The place she slept in was another mansion, only this was bigger, MUCH bigger. Cupa felt like an ant crawling inside an unknown house, the Mistress was kind enough to help guide her to the dining room and help her the steps, she didn't seem to fully recover from last nights event. As she walked towards the dining room with the mistress, the thought of last night kept bugging her and seemed to bring her mood down. She was worried, Howl could be in danger for all she knew.
"Is something wrong?" The mistress asked the troubled Creeper.
Cupa snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the mistress as she gave her a worried look. "It's just... Someone I love is out there, probably in danger, and it just kills me to think there's nothing I can do..." She explained "I just can't stop worrying about him."
"It's only natural that you should be worried about the people you love dearly." said the mistress "I had my share of worry too."
"Who made you worry so much?" Cupa asked.
"... My people." she answered "I worry about all of my people, they are my responsibility and my family after all, without them, I don't know what I would do."
"You ... Seem to be happy about it."
"Well..." The mistress smiled "It's because they are not babies, but people who will support each other even without me. But that doesn't mean I will stop being the mother of all of them."
"Wow... Syth was right about you."
"Hmm? Oh, well he is quite a young boy isn't he?" The mistress laughed. Cupa laughed too, to be nice. And soon afterwards they reached the dining room with people already sitting down and ready to eat.
"There you are!" Andr said, teleporting up and hugging her friend. "What took you so long?"
"I was... Sleeping." Cupa said, taking a seat next to her. "Hey... Where's Joh-" Cupa began before Andr and some of the others looked down.
"John-kun... Disappeared this morning..." Syth said.
"What do you mean 'disappeared'?" Cupa asked as Virgo butted in.
"Poof, into thin air..." Virgo said.
"I know he was online... Right?" Cupa asked, everyone shrugged. "If he was online, he should have respawned next to the mansion!"
"... What mansion?" Stella asked as Cupa looked down. "There is no mansion... We're all homeless..."
"Well... Something good is bound to turn up, right?" asked Snowy as she sat next to Yaebi.
"... Right... Hopefully, we'll get some good ne-" Contessa began before a loud shout was heard.
"What the Heck was-" Jack began.
"Hey guys!" Leon shouted, bursting into the room, holding something... No... Someone...
"... Is that?" Cupa began, putting on Howl's fedora.
"... I don't want to get up... Five more minutes mommy..." Scarlet said, snoring lightly as she was piggybacking on Leon. Alan snickered.
"Looks like the love-birds got up on time." Alan said with a chuckle, seeing as Leon and Scarlet shared a room.
"Huh? Who?" Leon asked, looking around. "There's only a few couples, like Howl and Cupa, Virgo and Stella, John and Andr... I think that's it." he said, setting Scarlet down before sitting next to her.
"... So, we're only missing two people... Mr. John... And Mr. Howl." Cavey said, counting on her fingers.
"Yes Cynthia." Contessa said as Cavey blushed.
"M-MOMMY! Don't call me Cynthia!" Cavey said, looking down at her legs, blushing. Spidey simply laughed at her baby sister. "What are you laughing at, Saffi?!" she asked as Spidey blushed.
"Hey, hey... Why don't we all just introduce ourselves properly? That way, we can all get to know each other better? But, we'll always use our nicknames... For example... My name is Conradine Supaidā, please, call me Contessa." Contessa said with a smile.
"I'm Saffi Supaidā... You'd better call me Spidey!" Spidey snapped at everyone as they nodded unsurely.
"Cynthia Supaidā..." Cavey said, blushing and looking down.
"Jack the Lion... They called me that..." Jack said, looking at the others.
"Selima Yuki... Yes my last name means 'snow' in Japanese." Snowy said.
"Gynne Nekusasu... I can't remember how to pronounce it... Just... Assume it's pronounced 'Gwen'." Ghastly said, blushing at her real name.
"Blazette Honō." Blazey said quickly.
"Yaebi Zonbi, at your service!" Yaebi said with a smile.
"Scarlet, Scarlet Suraimu." Scarlet said.
"Andria Endāman... Just call me Andr or Andy." Andr said, hiding her blushing face behind her jacket.
"Cupa Kurīpā... Pleasure to meet you all." Cupa said, smiling.
"... Scyther..." Scyther said curtly.
"... Do it." said Cupa with a glare.
"... Death's Scythe... But if I catch any of you calling me that, I'm slicing off your nuts or limbs." Scyther said, sinking back into her seat.
"Darkland, Virgo Darkland." Virgo said as Stella and Yaebi giggled. "And John's name is Johnnothon Ethan Spirit."
"... What about Howl's name?" Cupa asked Scyther.
"... Percy?" Scyther asked as she and Cupa giggled. "Yeah... It's a pretty cute nick-name... But, his real name is Percival Winds Xennophius... Apparently, one of the people he and I used to worship also happens to have the same first name as Howl's last name... Weird, being that his mother wasn't descended from the Angel Of Death." Scyther said, laughing. "... Your turn Sythypoo." she said, looking at Syth.
"But first... Stella." Andr said as the skeleton sighed.
"Estelle Sukeruton." she said quickly before sliding down in her seat.
"Now your turn." Cupa said, looking at Syth.
"Syth... Syth Karakashi." he replied sheepishly.
"I didn't know you HAD a last name." sad Cupa.
"He has a middle name too." Alan added with a smirk.
"What's that?" Andr asked.
"Palador. He's Syth 'Palador' Karakashi"
"Alan!~ Don't say my name like that!" Syth complained as his face brighten to a red "... It's embarrassing, and you know that!"
"Sorry, but it's such a pleasure to see you squirm." Alan smirked.
"Oh yeah? You think so 'Alanterradima' Bookswort?!(Pronounced: Alan-Terra-Dee-Ma)." Alan flinched at the name, like he just had a needle stabbed into his hand.
"... Who?" Ghastly asked.
"You heard me, Alan's full name is 'Alanterradima'." Syth said with a grin.
"Shut up Syth!" Alan snapped. Everyone stared at Alan, the cool-headed, and teasing spellcaster just lost his cool over a simple matter.
Alan just cleared his throat, and bowed slightly to the mistress "Terribly sorry mistress, please forgive my behavior."
"It's quite alright Alan." mistress smiled "That name DOES suit you well."
"Please mistress..." Alan blushed lightly.
"Oh, excuse me." mistress giggled "I might as well introduce mysel too, my name is Forêt Esmerelda, but please call me Emerald." Everyone bowed slightly in response.
"Thank you for letting is sleep here mistress, without you we will have been done for." thanked Virgo.
"Please, it's the least I can do, after all you're the friends of the savior of this village."
"Who is this savior by the way?" Cupa asked.
"It's the smart-aleck with the dog tags." someone answered. The female villager from last night entered the room with a smirk on her face "Can't believe he actually saved this village too."
"May! Is breakfast ready yet?" Syth snickered at the villager.
"Get your own breakfast stupid." May snapped at him.
"May, is the meal ready?" Mistress asked. May turned her attention towards mistress and nodded. "Good, I'll go get it then."
"Let me help." Syth offered as he followed the Mistress close behind. As the two left the room, an awkward silence took place in the large dining table.
"You sure seem friendly." said Leon, breaking the silence along with him.
"What do you mean? I surely don't know." May replied.
"So your name's May huh?" Scyther asked.
"Don't get me started granny." May spat because of Scyther's natural white hair.
"Who you calling-" Scyther started, before having Stella interrupt.
"So, Syth is this village's savior or something?" She asked.
"Yup, there were once these goons who won't leave us alone once. Long story short, he beat them up and they haven't come back since." May answered.
"Huh, he must have a big heart to help this village." said Virgo.
"Whatever, he has a heart and all that mushy stuff." May muttered.
"May ask you question?" Blazette asked.
"Yeah? What so you want?" May asked the Blaze-girl.
"What are the dog tags on his neck for? He never seems to let them leave his body."
"Those were made by our village, well mostly my sister's work." she answered bluntly.
"So, it's like a special gift?" Cupa asked.
"He received those when he first left the village, it was like a memento to remember us." she answered. "And yet here he is after such a long time."
"Oh, I s-"
"May!" Another voice interrupted the conversation.
"Serah? Is that you?" May called out to the voice.
"May! Did you heard?! Syth is back in-" another girl entered the room, she wore a white cloak and wore glasses, she also had the same hairstyle as May's.
"Yes, I know Serah, and here are his friends." May said.
"Hello" everyone greeted in unison.
"Um... H-Hello..." Serah muttered, shed face began to brighten to a red hue "I-I'm terribly sorry, I-I should introduce myself too. Um ... My name is Serah Bookswort, but Serah is fine."
"Hello Serah." everyone except May replied.
"... We didnt even let Leon introduce himself!" Yaebi said, pointing to Leon.
"... Leon Vail." Leon quickly said.
"Hello Leon." Serah bowed politely "If I haven't mentioned it before, I am the village's librarian."
"Nice to see you again Serah." Alan smiled as he got up from his seat.
"Alan! It's been too long!" Serah cried out as she mad faded towards the spell caster, and embraced him in a hug. Alan returned the hug, then a whistle was heard from the table, the culprit was Blazette.
"Silence, you imbecile." he hissed at her.
"Umm... Were we interrupting something?" Syth asked as he and the mistress returned from the kitchen with some plates with food. Serah turned towards the two and in a flash her face lit up like a red lightbulb.
"I-It's n-nothing like that!" She stuttered like a fool.
"I'm just joking Serah!" Syth laughed as he put the plates down on the table. "It's so nice to see you again."
"S-Same here..." She replied sheepishly.
"Well, it looks like everyone has said there greetings it seems." said Mistress.
"Yes we did Mistress." May bowed.
"May, Serah, could you help us with the food?" Mistress asked.
"Yes Milady." both girls replied in unisons an rushed to the kitchen.
"We'll be right back guys, don't get those stomachs in a knot." Syth grinned, as he left the room again with the Mistress following behind.
"Aren't they the nicest people, what do you think Blazey?" Ghastly asked her fiery friend.
"Hmm? ... Oh, yeah I guess..." Blazette muttered in response.
"You okay? You seem... Uncomfortable." said Ghastly, losing her smile to be replaced with a worried face.
"Just... Nothing, it's nothing to worry about..." She kept muttering the words in a slight angry tone.
"Someone! Anyone! Help!" a girl said, flying in through the large, open window with her black wings... Holding an unconscious Howl, who was bleeding rapidly.
"HOWL!" Cupa shouted, running over to the near-dead hero.
Hours Later...
Howl woke up, weak and tired. "Oh my Naito..." he said, sitting up and holding his head. "My head is killing me..." he said, holding it tighter before someone burst in.
"HOWL! YOU'RE AWAKE!" Cupa said happily as she tackle-hugged him on the bed.
"AH!... Hi sweetie." he said, smiling as he hugged her. She was crying as she hugged him tightly. "... Cupa... Are you crying?" he asked as she looked up at him, tears streaming down her face.
"I-I thought I lost you! I can't lose you! I LOVE YOU HOWL!" she said, crashing her lips onto his before he blushed and began kissing her back.
"... Sheesh, if she keeps this up, I'll have to move up to the next step... Dammed hormones..." he thought as she pulled away and wiped her tears. "... I love you too." he said, smiling. She smiled back. He quickly got out of bed and stood up. "... What the... I... My legs..." he said, looking at them. "... I thought..." He said.
"Thought what?" Cupa asked him.
"... I ran into some Creepypastas... And two of them helped me... The Slenderman... And Jane..."
"... Jane the killer? Jeff's enemy?" Cupa asked.
"... Yeah..."
"What happened?"
"... They saved me... Jane got killed by Jeff... And Slendy by a Rake... I... I rode back there on the Strider... And I... I..." Howl said as he began to tear up.
"Howl, what did you do?" Cupa asked him. He looked at her.
"... Let's just say... Half of the blood I was covered in... Belonged to Jeff..." Howl said as she nearly puked. "Hey, I told you!" he said. Someone else then walked into the room. Howl turned to look at her. "... Hey Endra." he said. She waved and looked at him.
"You're fine?" she asked as he nodded and she sighed. She then looked at Cupa and gave her the same blank expression. "Watch your boyfriend." she said before walking out.
"... Well isn't she just a sparkling ray of sunshine?" Cupa asked jokingly. Howl giggled lightly and smiled.
"She's Princess Celestia's right hand dragon." he joked as she gave a strange expression, the kind that says, "What the fuck are you talking about?". "... Never mind." he said, sighing. He peeked out of the room. "... Where's the others?" he asked.
"Leon's having everyone watch the outskirts of the village to keep the Creepypastas. For example, he had everyone build an obsidian wall around the town, to protect it." Cupa answered.
"... I want to go outside... See the sunlight... You know, just get some fresh air... Wait, village?... Where are we?" he asked, a bit frightened of what could have happened.
"Syth's old village. We're safe here... They said we can stay for now." she said as he sighed with relief and nodded.
"Where's Phantom and Blade?
"They went to go find Herobrine. They said they could take them down on their own, seeing as Phantom has the ability to teleport short distances and the fact that no one could seem to hit Blade."
"... Yep. That's just like them. First to rush into action, only ones to leave the riot unharmed." Howl said with a sigh as he walked out of the room and slowly began leaving the house. He opened the door and looked around. "... I don't have any of my weapons... But whatever!" he said, walking away. He needed to leave the house... Leave this village... He didn't want his insanity to hurt people... Like it did to Jeff.
"Look out! It broke through our defenses!" Leon shouted as Howl looked to his left just in time to see a Rake tackle him.
Howl was knocked down to the ground by the beast as he looked up at it. Suddenly Cupa ran past him with his Fire Sword and swung it, setting The Rake on fire as it recoiled in pain, jumping back before looking at its body. It flailed wildly, writhing in pain and rolling in the dirt before the fire went out. "Cupa run! Just leave me!" he shouted to her as The Rake looked up at her with those empty eyes and rushed toward her. She then raised the sword to hit it again before it launched into the air and opened its claws and sliced at her, cutting through her clothes and cutting into her flesh, allowing it to see into her body and see her insides. "CUPA!" Howl screamed with rage and pain as he grunted in pain and stood up, despite his beaten legs.
The Rake then looked at him as if he were saying, "Stay down boy, or you'll end up just like her."
"Take me instead you stupid son of a bitch!" Howl shouted in rage as he ran over to the monster with his hands opened as if they were claws themselves.
The Rake howled in anger as he turned away from the creeper-girl and turned to Howl. He glared with those empty eyes as he rushed and clawed toward Howl and launched into the air once again and raised its claws to cut the teen down. Howl suddenly growled like a do... no, not any animal... nothing even natural, let alone supernatural as he jumped up and opened his hands before swiping his right at The Rake. As the two enemies passed each other, The Rake's chest suddenly had four scars as if it were cut by claws. It shouted in pain before Howl disappeared in the blink of an eye and appeared in front of the beast again as he slammed his foot in its chin, sending it into the air again for another massive air combo. First his fist was slammed in its face, sending it to the left, then his foot, to the right, down, up, in a circle, in multiple directions is where it flew. It was suddenly sent up once more before Howl appeared before it once more.
"You're mine." he said, doing a double-jump and raising his leg. It looked up at him with a look of... fear? Why did it fear this child? He suddenly slammed his leg on it and sent it back to the ground, leaving a crater where it hit. He then launched down to the ground where its corpse laid and sank his teeth into it. He began to feast upon the beast as if it were a steak and the blood were its steak sauce. He howled to the moon as he feasted upon its bloody carcass, enjoying his meal as if it were his last. Something had changed about him... something... like he was an animal in the wild trying to survive... no, an animal would never be as ferocious... he was eating the bones as if they were sticks of pocky... drinking the blood like water... and eating the flesh like meat... but something brought him out of his blood-crazed fury.
"H-Howl..." Cupa said weakly as she reached out for her blood-covered lover. His eyes widened as he looked at the blood stained grass where The Rake once was. He then looked up as she barely managed to keep her eyes open as she bled. "C-come here..." she said as he stood up and walked over to her. She reached out for him, grunting in pain as she reached up at him. He bent over, tears in his eyes as she put her hand to his face with a faint smile. He cried and held her hand close to his face.
"Cupa, p-p-please don't leave me!" he said between tears as he looked at her. She smiled.
"Howl... I have one thing to ask..." she said weakly.
"Yes? Anything!" Howl said, crying as he readied to give his life force up for her.
"Don't ever change... or give up your life... for me..." she said as his heart broke. "I could never forgive myself if you died for me..." she said.
"Cupa I-"
"No..." she said, shaking her head. "I love you... and I don't want you to die..."
"I don't want you to die either!" he said, still crying as he could barely see her through his own tears.
"Kiss me... please..." she begged as he gave not even a second to comply. He continued to cry as he kissed her. She kissed him back blissfully and tasted the blood in his mouth. She ignored it and tried to enjoy her last kiss... before her lips fell away from his and she laid down with a smile and closed eyes.
"Cupa?..." Howl asked, looking at her. "CUPA!" he screamed in fear and sadness. "NO! YOU CAN'T DIE! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! I LOVE YOU! I NEED YOU! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME LIKE THIS! HEEEELLLLLLLP!" he screamed out desperately for someone's help as Syth ran up, covered in cuts and scratches from fighting a Smile Dog that had broken through their defenses.
"Oh my Notch!" Contessa said, running over to the couple. She quickly picked Cupa up. "Someone get a doctor!" she said, taking Cupa into the house.
Hours later...
Howl was on his knees, crying hard. Soon after, he walked to the middle of the village. "Oh my goddess, oh my goddess, OH MY GODDESS!" Howl shouted, still covered in the blood of The Rake as he stomped back and forth in the middle of the village in the middle of the day. Everyone else were all holed up in the building as Contessa, Andr and Ghastly were trying to heal Cupa, which was a very difficult thing, with the wounds she had sustained as she protected Howl. "I let her get hurt! I let her get hurt for me! Damn it all to fucking Hell!" he shouted, slamming his fist on the tree as he walked around, searching for more Creepypastas to brutally massacre.
"First Jane was killed, then Slender... and now they're after Cupa... MY Cupa! THOSE BASTARDS WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH, WILL THEY?!" he shouted in anger as he reached for his sword. Unknowingly, it began glowing with a purple energy as he raised it to prepare a Sword Beam. He glared in anger as he swung his sword at the tree... but nothing happened. "What the-" he began before a voice rang out in his head.
"Now that you've unleashed your rage, there's nothing holding him back..." the voice said as Howl suddenly fell to his knees and held his head, screaming in pain and agony.
"ARGH! MY HEAD! IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE RIPPED APAAAAAAAAAART!" he screamed in pain. His cries of pain had only attracted Syth's attention.
"Howl-kun?" Syth asked, peering around a house to see the teen screaming in pain and anguish. He then ran over and leaned down. "Are you okay?" he asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Howl screamed at him with hate and rage in his voice as he grabbed his sword and swung at him. Syth dodged just in time to avoid the decapitation that would have followed.
"Howl-kun! What the-" Syth was stopped by a ever horrid sight before him, Howl was... Changing! Syth sensed the aura around him increase ten fold and almost appearing to burst like a bubble. And in that moment, the aura stopped growing and suddenly shrank down back to its original size but it was different... It had the look of a dark void .. The scent of a bloodthirsty monster...
"Whew... Been awhile since I was out..." Said Howl as he rubbed the back of his neck. "That brat and his ancestor sure can keep a guy locked away for a while.
"You... Your not..." Syth shuddered at the appearance.
"And who might you be?" Howl asked as he turned to face Syth, his eyes... They were definitely not Howl's... These eyes were crimson... Howl's eyes were silver or brown.
"Who the Nether are you?" Syth cried out, unable to contain his fear. He began shaking violently as he looked at the short teen who yawned and stretched.
"I asked you first .. But might as well introduce myself." The person in Howl's form, chuckled. "Then name's Faust Liuoris, and now answer my question."
"S-S-Syth..." Syth said, fear showing in his voice.
"S-Syth..." Faust echoed "...Have I heard that name before?"
"What are you talking about?" Syth gulped.
"Ahh... It's just a waste of breath to keep asking." Faust responded and pointed the sword at him "Let me propose a little warm up game, shall we?" he asked, grinning as he threw the sword into the air. "Survive 'Elizabeth Bathory', and I'll let you and this brat go." he said, catching the sword, backhanded.
Syth fearfully gripped his sword. "S-s-sure..." he said nervously.
"... Elizabeth Bathory." Faust said as the sun was suddenly blacked out and he stood behind Syth.
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Nothing happened...
"Huh. You survived... Good." he said before he fainted, the evil leaving his body.
"... That was... Scary... To say the least..." Syth said before looking forward, just in time to see a man in bronze armor rush up and slice off his leg. "NGH! AAAAAAAAAH!" Syth screamed in pure pain and anguish as he gripped the legless socket.
"Good... Squirm... Squirm like the little worms you are!" the man said, laughing as you could barely see his mouth from under the helmet.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Syth continued to scream as May and Serah walked out of the house to see their friend holding his leg and screaming bloody murder. "AH! IT HURTS, IT HURTS, IT HURTS, IT HURTS, IT HURRRRRRRRRRRRTS!" He screamed.
"SYTH!" Both girls screamed as they ran up to the man in the armor. May picked up the sword next to Howl and swung it at the man.
"Foolish..." he said, ducking under the blade. "You're all so utterly useless..." He said, standing back up before he shook. May grunted in pain as she felt as if she was roundhouse kicked in the face.
"MAY!" Serah shouted in fear for the girl who had recently flown through a house.
"Why does Note even keep you all alive?"
"N-N-Note?" Serah asked, shaking in fear.
"He's the only reason I don't erase your entire village from the pages of history... Even though I'm not God." He said, reaching upon his helmet and breaking off the left horn and throwing it to her. "Let your Mistress know that I, NIGHTMARE MOON, DECREE THA-... Crap, wrong line." the man said, picking a notebook out of his pocket. "... I did use the Royal Canterlot voice..." said the man.
"... Canter-wha?" Leon asked, jumping down from the building he stood upon. He had a confused face as Virgo and Stella ran over to Syth and tried to get him into the house as he continued to scream in pain and writhe. It was surprising that he hadn't fainted from all of the blood that he already had lost... At least a pint had leaked out from his missing leg... He was sure to die at this rate.
"You can call me Master or Lord... I'd prefer Lord... But... Since I don't care..." Master said with a grin as he swung his sword, wings flapped out from behind him to blow down the entire village, sending all of the blocks from the houses, and the villagers flying. He grinned and span in a circle with his wings outspread as multiple sounds of a sword being sheathed rang out and began slicing off most of the people's limbs. Cupa had finally awoken and was hidden under a large pile of rubble.
Howl had awoken just in time to see Master grin as he sliced off Syth's left leg. "Oh, you're awake..." He said as Syth laid on the ground, hissing in pain as he held the empty sockets in hopes to stop the blood from pouring out both of his legs.
"I'm gonna kill you!" Howl screamed, rushing at the bronze clad warrior with his Fire Sword drawn as he stood up. He had just wiped out the entire team and the enemies without breaking a sweat as he looked at Howl.
"Howl-kun!" Syth called out weakly to the teen who rushed at the warrior who looked at him as the eyes of his helmet glew red. "Stop! You're no-"
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Howl shouted, running at him as the bronze wearing knight drew a wooden sword and blocked it.
"You're still too weak to take me on boy, let alone my partner." Master said, knocking him back with a kick to the chest. Howl grunted in pain and rolled through the dirt, holding his aching chest. "And while I told you to call me Master... I could assume calling myself god would sound pretentious enough..." Master said, sheathing his sword. "And yet... The Knight... Is even stronger than I." he said, turning away.
"I'm not giving up!" Howl said, standing up once more. Master turned back to face him.
"I'm pretty sure my name means that I'll be able to kick your rear quicker than a horse can run." Master said, looking at Howl.
"Shut up!" Howl said, raising the sword.
"..." A grin spread across the helmet Master wore. It seemed as if he grinned underneath. "Make me... little boy." he said.
"WHO'RE YA' CALLIN' LITTLE?!" Howl snapped at him as he raised his blade. Master grinned and raised his wooden sword. Howl's blade began glowing black as the night sky with a spark of a red line circling it. Master's sword didn't glow much as it seemed to glow with a bronze energy. Both opponents brought the sword to their faces as the power increased. "Sword Beam!" Howl shouted, swinging his sword, sending a beam of black and red energy at him.
"Dying Crane..." Master whispered, quickly slashing an X in mid-air, before slashing a cross in the middle. Then he dipped his sword in the middle of the beam, sending it flying at Howl's beam. The two collided as Howl's was defeated easily and the beam Master shot continued rushing at him. "You're insignificant." he said, watching as the beam collided with Howl's body.
"Howl!" Cupa shouted, watching as her boyfriend. "You can't win! Stop it now How-" she began before noticing him glowing with black energy.
"GRAAAAAH!" Howl shouted as the energy was exerted before going back into him like it was a vacuum. "Now then... Let's dance." he said, rushing at Master before appearing behind him. "Say goodbye." he said, kicking the Master in the head, sending him flying to the left. "Welcome to Hell." he said, appearing below him as he kicked him into the air.
"What the Hell?" Scyther asked, watching as Howl relentlessly beat Master.
"Th-that's impossible..." Syth said, watching from where he was laying from the massive attack the Master had used.
"Now... It's time for this... Come my puppet." Master said, drawing his true sword as it turned into a black doll. "Let's show him the true meaning of power." he said, swinging the doll as it hit Howl and forced him to hit the ground, leaving a crater at least thirty blocks wide and ninety blocks deep.
"Ah!" Howl shouted in pain as he coughed up some blood. "You're stronger than you act." he said, looking up at Master. Master grinned and dropped the doll.
"Crash... Dying Crane." Master said as his doll set ablaze and tackled Howl, sending him deeper into the dirt before appearing back on Master's shoulder. "... Worthless..." Master muttered, lowering himself as he healed everyone but Howl. "What kind of useless scum did Nicholas decide to let live?" he asked, walking off. Syth sat up and almost grunted in pain... But there was none.
"... What?" He said, looking at the empty leg socket... There his legs were.
"... This... This is impossible." Leon said, looking at where his arm was missing... It was back there. Everyone was back in one piece... Everyone but Howl... His left, metallic arm was completely shattered as he laid on the ground. Was he dead? A young girl with black hair, a black jacket with things that seemed like ribs sticking out of it walked up. She ran over and got on the ground, looking over the edge at the unconscious warrior. The girl was around 13. Suddenly, tears began crawling down her face.
"D-DADDY!" she screamed bloody murder as she cried.
Chapter seven, GO TO HEAVEN!
Questions to be answered:
Who is this Faust?
Why is Herobrine not in this chapter?
What happened with Howl, Slendy and Jane?
Will I ever update this faster?
Who is Master?
How did he just heal everyone?
Why do Phantom and Blade just keep disappearing?
Will Howl live?
Who is this new girl?
When will other characters be introduced?
WILL I EVER SHUT UP!?
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