In my, opinion, the song "Arms" by Chrisina Perri goes moderately well with this chapter, so, like, if you can, you should go listen to it on Youtube. Yup.

Games

Ch 45: Home

"Ty! Ty is going to respawn, too!" I scream happily, jumping up and flying towards the Challenge Room, because, yeah, this is a time worth flying over. "Ty!"

I burst into the room, immediately moving towards Ty's body, which is still on the ground. It is repaired, though- there's no blood on his body or on the ground nearby. There's no gaping gash in his chest. There's no smell of metallic death.

So why isn't he awake?

Frowning, I kneel down next to him. Just looking at his peaceful face is enough to knock off the frown and replace it with a smile, though. Because even if he's dead, he's beautiful, he's perfect.

Suddenly, the air is knocked out of my lungs as I fly backwards with a small 'oof.' I blink several times and shake my head slightly as I sit back up, glancing around the room just in time to see Ty's purple aura – that must have been what slammed me away from him – crashing into his chest.

I let out an elated squeak and scramble back across the room towards Ty. My face is only an inch or two away from his when his eyes flicker open and, for the first time in what seems like forever, I get to see his beautiful purple eyes once more.

"Ty!" I squeal, hugging him tightly to my chest. "Ty, Ty, Ty, you're okay! You're alive, you're alright, you're okay, you're not dead, you're here, Ty!"

"Sky?" he asks drowsily, rubbing his eyes cutely as his tail flicks around his waist. Aw, adorable! "What- What's going on?"

"The GameMaster killed you and I'm really sorry because I didn't stop him and I could have, I know I could have if I had tried harder, but that doesn't matter now because after that the Team and I went and totally owned my dad and the GameMaster, who is apparently also my dad, and then we twisted the lid off the arch and the souls of everyone who had ever died in the game show came out and everyone came back to life and Ty, you're okay!" I spit out all in one breath, closing my eyes afterward and burying my head in his shoulder. "Notch, I missed you, Ty."

"I- what? W-Well, I didn't understand half of that, but, no, you couldn't have done anything to save me earlier, and, yes, I'm okay, and, yeah, I missed you, too," he replies, sighing contentedly.

"Ty?" I ask semi-nervously, backing up a bit to look into his eyes as I speak.

"Eek, Sky!"

"Ahh! Sorry, sorry," I apologize quickly, hastily averting my eyes. "I'm sorry! I left my sunglasses over by the Living Quarters." I'll have to get new ones at home.

He shrugs and smiles, pulling me into another hug, but I push him back. "Seriously, though, Ty, I need to tell you something."

"What?"

"Well, earlier, I- I forgot to say that I love you, too."

A soft smile forms on his face. "Thank you, Sky," he whispers.

"What the Nether!? Sky said we'd just be trapped in the Nether for all of eternity, he didn't say we'd be trapped in that boring old arch!" someone yells.

Oh.

Oh, snap.

Ty's eyes widen in sync with mine, and I slowly stand up with him. "U-Uh-" I begin.

"I thought you guys got rid of them?"

"W-Well, we did, but- um, everyone who died on the game show set just respawned, and, uh, they died on the game show set, so..."

"It's alright," Ty assures himself and me. "We'll be okay. We have our powers, we can stand up to him."

"I have a feeling we won't actually need to stand up to him."

Ty and I walk to the Challenge Room door and carefully peek outside, gaping at the view. There are people all over the game show set, sitting up cautiously and glancing around themselves. Some of them tremor at the sight of the GameMaster, others jump for joy at their regained life.

My friends glare at my two fathers, who are both standing directly under the arch. "You're the one who put the arch there," Jerome points out. "It's more your mistake than Sky's."

The GameMaster huffs. "So? It still wasn't very enjoyable, and someone has to pay for it."

"Uh, Will? You haven't got your powers anymore," Herobrine whispers in his ear as He holds gently onto his arm.

This makes several recently respawned people look over at the GameMaster with evil smiles. "Oh, that's right! We've taken all our powers back- you're practically helpless now!" one of them realizes, standing up and heading toward the now terrified GameMaster.

"That doesn't mean you'll have any chance of harming him," Herobrine snarls, tightening his hold on William's arm. "Not while I'm here."

"Aw," I coo, accidentally alerting everyone else to my presence. Ty elbows me in the stomach, and I wince but smile anyways. "U-Uh, hi, Dads! Wassup?"

"The son of Herobrine is here, too? Oh Notch, we're screwed," one of the newly respawned people sighs, burying his head in his hands.

I stiffen slightly, and Ty grabs onto my hand. "A-Actually," I start, trying to regain my little bit of confidence, "I'm the son of both Herobrine and the GameMaster. So, there. Deal with it, noobs."

Ty giggles beside me, and my smile widens.

"Sky-" Herobrine starts, and my smile immediately drops. Oh, Notch, what does He have planned? He'd better not hurt Ty, Ty can't get hurt again. I won't let him get hurt again. Subconsciously, I start to gently push Ty back inside the Challenge Room, but my father notices. "It's alright, Sky. He's safe, I won't hurt him. I just wanted to, uh... thank you, I guess? Because I made a mistake in pushing William away all those years ago, and... somehow, you've... you've managed to bring us back together. So, thank you. I won't be bothering you anymore, and William won't be either, but, uh... We're... We're here for you? If you ever need us, we'll be down in the Nether waiting. A-And, um... I'm not gonna beg you to be my heir anymore, either, so... Have fun with your friends." He cracks a smile, a legitimate, happy, innocent smile. "And with Ty."

Ty and I blush slightly, but my wide smile keeps me from caring about embarrassment. "Thank you so much," I respond quietly.

He takes a deep breath and then just nods. Then He glances over at William, who is also giving me a real, true smile. "Goodbye, Sky," he waves a little, and then Herobrine shoots me one last smile before teleporting William and Himself away from the still-burning game show set.

"What- What just happened?" I laugh, turning to Ty. He shrugs, a large smile on his face.

"I don't know, but I'm happy about it."

"We're..." Seto stop and grins. "We're free, guys! The set has almost entirely burned down, we're free to go. We can go back to our lives. We can live again."

"We're going home, Ty," I whisper to him.

He leans into me. "Yeah. Home."