Do not be deceived by the chapter title. This is an entirely innocent chapter, I swear.

This chapter is actually one of the most serious chapters. Seriously, it is. And yet- I named it after a stupid part. *facepalm* Hannah, you idiot! … Yeah, I'm not gonna change it, though. :3

WARNING: Character death. DERP. Let's sink ALL the ships! :D

Games

Ch 42: How Kids Are Made

I stare at him for a moment. "You- No. Stop. Now is not the time for stupid games. You are not gonna scare me with a freaking lie."

"Actually, he's telling the truth, Skybrine," my dad says.

I glare at him. "Sky. My name is Sky."

"Your name is Skybrine."

"I came up with the Sky part, and this unoriginal piece of crap added 'brine' to the end."

"Don't you call me a piece of crap," my father- erm, the father of mine who is King of the Nether growls.

The GameMaster breathes out slowly. "And why not? You broke my heart all because I wasn't 'equal' to you!"

"You weren't equal to me! You never were, you never will be!"

"Then why did you even pretend to love me in the first place?"

"I wasn't pretending!"

"Stop! Slow down!" I shout, trying to keep my breathing regular. "I need explanations! This- this- how!?"

"What, so literally all of you guys can be gay, but we can't?" Herobrine asks, putting his hand on his hip.

"No, I just- It- This isn't genetically possible!" I say.

Herobrine and the GameMaster roll their eyes in sync. Ooh, creepy. "We didn't- ew. Why are you thinking like that at such an early age? You're still a kid."

"I- I'm not a kid!" I huff, crossing my arms.

"Fine, fine. But who the Nether gave you 'the talk?' Neither of us were brave enough to do it."

"Dude, it isn't that hard to spawn a kid. It's just, what with your genders being the same, Notch wouldn't have been able to take the proper amount of DNA from the two of you to spawn a little one," I explain.

"That's not how kids are made-" the GameMaster begins, but Seto glares at him and starts making cutting motions near his throat.

"What are you talking about?" the sorcerer laughs nervously. "That's exactly how kids are made! Geez, didn't you guys get the memo?"

My dads raise their eyebrows in silent surprise as they stare at Seto.

Finally, they turn back to me. "Uh, anyways, we broke the rules. We found an ancient book above the top layer of bedrock in the Nether, and we used it to cast a spell that spawned you into the world."

"So- so, wait, how come I never knew the GameMaster as my dad?" I ask.

"Because you knew him as your mother," Herobrine replies, and my eyes widen.

"I- what!?"

"Your mother, Skybrine, the one who died a while after you turned four."

"Does he look dead to you?" I ask, glancing at the GameMaster, who rolls his eyes.

"Idiot. I didn't die, I just left and pretended I died."

"Well, why the Nether did you leave?"

"Because your father-" he points at Herobrine, "decided I wasn't good enough for Him. Back then, I didn't have any powers, so He sent me away until I could find some. He didn't think I'd actually find a way to get a couple of powers."

"A couple? I'd say you got more than a couple."

"To be exact, I got one hundred twenty-seven sets of powers."

"That is incredibly overpowered."

"I know, right?"

"So how come-"

"I haven't taken over the world yet? Well, I have to switch between sets of powers, which takes time and energy. Plus, I can never use the powers as well as the original owner did, and that is certainly a set-back."

"Oh."

"Mmhmm."

"So why the heck do you hate me so much if I'm your son?"

"He hates you, why can't I?" William asks, shrugging as he points to Herobrine, who is just watching in amusement.

"I don't know, He's just a jerk! But- But I remember my mother as being kind and caring and an actual parent figure in my life. What happened?"

"Well, Herobrine kicked me out, as you've heard. And then when you joined my game show- well, I thought I could get to Him by attacking you." He pauses, then gives me a slightly apologetic look. "Sorry, I forgot about the fact that He is only a heartless shell of a person."

"I may be heartless, but you still ship SkyMU," Herobrine sneers, crossing his arms and turning his back to William, who throws up his hands in exasperation.

"I'm sorry, okay? But there isn't even any Skylox to ship anymore!"

Jason, who is sitting by me, reaches over and pulls me into a hug before I can start sobbing.

"See? SkyMU," the GameMaster says, pointing at us.

Herobrine scowls at him. "You idiot, he's comforting him! They're just friends!"

"Says who? Maybe they're secretly in love! Even if Skybrine doesn't give a crap about Jason, maybe Jason is actually desperately in love with him!"

"I don't like this," I say quietly, glancing between my crazy fanboy fathers.

Jason hisses at the two, and they stop immediately, looking at Jason in surprise. "Did you just-"

"Yes. Can we talk about something else?" he asks in a growl.

"He's denying the love," the GameMaster whispers loudly to Herobrine, who glares at him.

"He's standing up for his friend," Herobrine corrects him. "Skybrine can't exactly stand up for himself right now, you've gone and brought up the whole 'murdering Ty' issue."

"I will rip off your face and feed it to the squids!" I scream, jumping out of Jason's arms and towards Herobrine, whose eyes widen.

"Son, I will not hesitate to shoot you down here and now. Or, better yet, maybe I could shoot down your friends?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, the recipient of your threats has failed to give a crap," I snarl, lunging at Herobrine. "Try again never."

"Ack! William, help!"

"He's your son, you deal with him!"

"He's your son, too!"

William huffs and begins to walk over to where I have Herobrine pinned to the ground, but then Seto growls and shoots a barrage of magical blades toward him. "Eep, not fair!" he protests, putting up a magical barrier only a few seconds before the blades would have hit.

"Entirely fair," Mitch corrects, taking Ian's bow from him and immediately drawing back the string. A half-second later, three arrows are flying at William, and Herobrine is just watching with wide eyes.

"Y-You can't-" He starts.

"Sure we can!" I say cheerily. Then my tone darkens. "Say, Father, aren't you on your last life?"

His eyes widen even more. "Oh, no," He whispers. "I'm out of respawns."

"Mm," I hum, making sure He's completely pinned to the ground. "Thought so." I raise my voice so that my friends can hear. "Everyone, close your eyes!"

They close their eyes.

Crack! A single thought of mine sends lightning coursing down from the barely visible clouds above. A direct hit. Several direct hits, and all of them contain as much power as I can fit into them. My father manages half a cry of pain, but then He is silent.

He is dead, gone, passed.

And I am free.

Almost.

"No!" William shouts, shoving Mitch and Jerome aside and scrambling over to me. He literally just pushes me off of Herobrine, and I make a weird 'oof' sound as I fall onto the grass. I wrinkle my nose and glare at him, but he doesn't spare me so much as a single glance. "No, please, please no... Oh, Notch..."

For a second, I feel bad.

Then I remember Ty.

"How's it feel to have your other half ripped from your life?" I ask innocently, moving so that I'm laying down on my stomach and kicking my legs gently in the air. I prop my elbow up on the ground and hold up my chin with my hand, raising an eyebrow as I wait for a reply. I never get one, though, so I answer for him. "Not so good, huh? I should know, it happened to me not even an hour ago."

"I- I didn't know it hurt this much," William whispers, his eyes still glued to my father's. The light has dimmed from them, and the scowl has fallen off His face. "I didn't know anything could hurt this much."

"Well, it can. It does," I inform him, mentally cursing myself when my voice shakes. I clear my throat and continue. "On the bright side, His soul has to go somewhere, and it certainly isn't going to the Aether. He'll just be confined to the Nether for the rest of His life, which shouldn't be that big of a deal for Him. Although, He'll no longer be able to cause people pain with His powers."

William nods slowly as he registers my words. Then he asks something that catches me completely off guard. "Can-" He coughs a little, refuses to meet my eyes. "Can I- Do you think He would accept me now? Would I be good enough? C-Could I go down there to be with Him?"

Tears brim in my eyes, because this man loves my demonic father, Herobrine. And, despite how much I hate him, it's wonderful to think that there is a small chance that He loved him back. Is it even possible for Herobrine to love?

Part of me hopes it is.

"Yeah," I choke out. "Y-Yeah. I think you could. I think you'd be good enough."

William nods again. He takes a deep breath and then raises a hand, and a second or two later, Mitch's sword is flying out of his hand and into the hand of the GameMaster. "Right. W-Well... I'm sorry, Sky. I- If it helps, I- I don't ship SkyMU anymore." He gives me a sheepish smile before positioning the sword right above his heart, and my eyes widen. "Goodbye. Have a nice life."

And before anyone can react at all, he's gone, too.

Two bodies, one on top of the other in the middle of a nice, grassy plains biome.

A nice, bloody plains biome.

PIGGLEBIGGLEBOOMZAPBANGTSSSS!

I jump up at the loud noise, and my friends jump a little, too. As soon as the sound finishes, though, orbs that look similar to experience orbs fly through the GameMaster's chest and into the air. They hover there for a moment, soaking in the attention that my friends and I are giving them, and then they start to jitter a bit.

"What in Minecraftia..," Ian trails off.

"Are those..?" Jerome whispers.

"Take cover!" Seto shrieks, covering his face with his arms.

FINALLY, Herobrine and the GameMaster are gone! *cue happy dance*

Oh, but, uh, Ty is also gone.

Whelp.

…

Whatevs.