Apollius swooped down over the battle. He pinned down a recruit, so that he would make them think that he wasn't going to betray them. The recruit was surprised when the dragon whispered, "Play along with it. I'm on your side." The recruit nodded and the dragon pretended to kill him.

"Apollius!"

The dragon turned to see Kara holding a bow and arrow aimed for his forehead. She had bleeding wounds from swords and arrows, yet her eyes shone with a silver fire. "I should have finished this long ago."

Apollius saw a squid attempting to sneak up on her with an iron dagger. He launched a fireball and Kara put up her diamond sword as a shield. But the fire never hit Kara, it had killed the squid instead. Kara looked behind her and nodded at Apollius. They had a chance to win at last.

As the squids and pigmen turned on the dragon as well, Apollius roared, "NOW!"

On his command, all of the recruits that Apollius had pretended to kill leapt to their feet and started hacking squids and pigmen with budder, iron, and diamond swords. Soon, the Squid and Nether armies were defeated. Herobrine growled with rage. "Apollius, you TRAITOR! You will join me in the Nether and your soul will suffer eternally like these fools!"

A lava pit was created in the middle of the battlefield, and cages dropped down a foot above the lava containing SkyDoesMinecraft, Deadlox, Tobuscus, the Minecraftian, and many others. Herobrine teleported down and grabbed Kara, who desperately tried to stab him with an iron dagger. "Either you surrender to me, or they die. Which do you choose, traitor?"

Apollius lunged for Herobrine, but he teleported above the lava pit along with Kara. The dragon turned on Derpollous, attacking the squid with claws sharp as diamond. Derpollous wrapped his tentacles around the smaller boss mob, and Apollius tried to bite through the thick hide. He eventually burnt off the tentacles before ramming the squid king into the lava pit.

"Does THAT answer your question, HEROBRINE?!" he roared.

The brother of Notch dropped Kara and she plummeted toward the lava. Luckily, Apollius leapt and caught her by the shirt before landing on the other side of the lava pit.

"What are you going to do, you can't possibly defeat Herobrine," Kara asked.

"But no matter what, I will try, even if it means the end of me. To the Nether with vengeance, my friends are what's more important."

After he had said those words, Apollius' tail tip began to glow before bursting into full flame. As the fire spread up from his tail, his scales turned crimson and his horns and spined became a fiery orange. The dragon's eyes went from purple to a regal amber color. He attacked Herobrine and sliced his blazing claws through the entity. Herobrine was not defeated easily, and he countered with lightning, damaging Apollius. As more lightning tried to strike him, Apollius jumped out of the way, but was hit by another bolt.

"You fool! Nobody can defeat Herobrine!"

The injured dragon slowly rose to his feet. The Sky Army, Kara, and the Minecraftian cheered him on. He fought Herobrine with renewed strength, knowing that he had finally found people he would die for. Apollius launched a fireball at Herobrine, who blocked it with his diamond sword. He flew down and sliced the dragon's muzzle.

Kara knew she had to do something. She looked in her inventory and found TNT along with flint and steel. While Herobrine was distracted fighting Apollius, she lit the TNT and threw it at the ground behind him. "EVERYONE GET DOWN!" Sky ordered from his cage. Those who were free took shelter while the people imprisoned shielded their faces with their arms.

Apollius hadn't noticed the TNT. Kara was about to yell at him to get down, but the TNT exploded, shaking the ground with a large boom.

Wow, this story has come to a close quickly. I believe the next chapter is the last, unfortunately. After that, if I can get enough questions, I MIGHT do a Q&A for Apollius.

Apollius: WHAT?

Me: Yup. If you have something to ask him, you can go ahead, but it won't be answered until the story is over. I might even squeeze Kara in as well!

Kara: Seriously?

Me: ONLY if I can get a lot of questions. So send 'em in if you want to, guys!

~TheAlmightyFireHawk