Song for this chapter: Here I Go Again (the Rock of Ages 2012 movie version, of course).

Chris and the rest of the Homies charged for the recruits. Shocked, I pulled out my diamond sword and raced towards one of them heading straight for me. I knocked him down with the sword and switched over to another guy. This next guy I knocked down as well.

Looking over at some of the other recruits, I noticed Pixel and Harry having a bit of trouble. Focusing back on a Homie, I never realized that Pixel had been shot with an arrow in the chest. Once she collapsed to the group, I got a glimpse of her, and abandoned the Homie. Harry was already at her side.

A distraught Harry leaned in towards Pixel and took her hand. "Take me with you when you go to the other side, okay," she told him, smiling.

"How do I know that…?" Harry asked himself. He then gasped, glared at me, "Avery…"

All of the sudden, Pixel's purple hair turned brown with natural blond highlights. She laid on the grass, motionless.

"How…" I stammered, staring down at Pixel/Avery and Harry.

"Pixel was her alias. Avery was my best friend. She and I did everything together. We were inseparable. Especially that time when she stole my pork chop…" He paused, "I remember now."

"Remember what?"

"The day I disappeared."

"What happened? You gotta tell me."

Harry gulped, "Herobrine."

"Huh?"

"I was with Sierra. And we were going through the woods. He found us and injured me. After Sierra left, I got kidnapped and sent into the Nether. From there, Herobrine placed me in Cupquake's group for her to brainwash me."

"Oh. Okay."

From the corner of my eye, I spotted Ty slice off the head of a Homie. That Homie held a sharp knife. Annie stood by Ty, gaping.

"Jordan, watch out!" Harry and I ducked. I spun around to find Chris in full diamond armor and a diamond sword. Although he was more stacked than me armor-wise, I could easily beat him at any type of PVP. I clashed my sword with his.

"Sparklez, you think you can beat me? You've tried, and you've failed."

"That's because you never came after me."

"You were on our land. And you are now, so you're battling you."

"It's just for land? Really?" Confused yet relieved, I planned my next move. I finally realized that my signature maneuver was my option. In a single motion, I jinxed him and ran around, leading Chris to believe I was on his back. As he tried to look for me, he swung into thin air. To trick him, I had ran to his left side and knocked him down with the handle of my sword.

"What!" Chris declared, "I always win!"

"Not this time, you douche," I took my diamond sword and plunged it into his chest.

Once Chris exhaled his last breath, the Homies stopped attacking the recruits. One in particular ran up to me. He had ashy grey hair, and wore a grey T-shirt, black jeans, and grey sneakers. He looked around Beatrice's age.

"Thank you," he told me, "Chris was a douche. He made a stupid deal with Herobrine to free himself in exchange for the containment of his land."

"How do you know this?" I questioned.

"Ember."

"Isn't Ember dead…?"

"A while ago. He made the deal a while ago. And Ember told everyone everything. It wasn't rare."

"What's your name?"

"Isaac."

"Isaac? As in Isaac Drakonia?"

"Yes."

I glared down at my shoes, "And to think she was so close."

"What are you talking about?"

"There was a girl named Pixel, or should I say Avery, who had been looking for… five months for you and a Sky Army general named Summer Blue. She died during this battle."

"I'm… sorry."

"Not your fault. It was Chris's."

"Can you leave the Homies HQ?"

Isaac shook his head, "Not until someone breaks the deal or kills Herobrine."

"I promise I will help you guys out," I told Isaac.

"Thanks a lot… what can I call you?"

"Jordan, please. Good thing you asked."

"Alright. Goodbye for now." Isaac walked away and grouped together the remaining Homies. With Chris gone, they seemed harmless.

Sky grouped together his remaining recruits as well. Only a few of us, including Avery, had been slain. All of the generals were in good condition. Some of the recruits had not even stepped into the battlefield, since there were only a couple dozen Homies.

Sky, Ty, Sierra, iEcho, and I led the others to the stone temple. We finally reached it with no other distractions, besides the massive pains in my chest. No one else could tell, but it hurt. To keep the others not worried, I sneaked over to a side of the temple and held tightly onto my amulet to try to delay the pain.

"Sky!" I heard Sierra yell, "Where's Jordan?"

"I don't know," Sky replied, "He's gone… again. He seems to be in a habit nowadays."

"Never mind. I found him." Sierra spotted me holding the amulet and walked over to my location. She noticed my brows tighten as I grasped the amulet with all my might, "Are you okay, Jordan?" She asked, nervously paying attention to my facial expressions.

"Yeah…" I panted, "I'm fine."

"Is it the amulet? Is the amulet hurting you?"

"I don't think so… Ugh!"

"Jordan, I know what it is."

"You do?"

"It's the amulet. All of its power is permanently going inside of you. The same thing happened to Sky. Once a certain amount of time has elapsed, the potential power of the amulet gets sucked into you. After the pain disappears, the physical amulet is useless."

"So… it doesn't work anymore?"

"Yep. All the power should be with you at this point."

"I can trick Herobrine with the amulet. He may want it, so I take it to the Nether, bait him, and kill him."

"Jordan, it's a good plan, but you have to realize it's really dangerous. You could die."

"I'd rather kill Herobrine and myself to save you and the others than to spare him."

"You would never spare him. We've come so far…"

"My point. Don't worry, Sierra. I'll be okay."

"Promise?"

"Yes. I always keep my promises."

Sky POV

Lilia stuck by my side. She didn't seem upset by Avery's death. The only thing she did was continuously stare at me.

"Can I help you?" I queried.

"Oh, nothing," Lilia quickly responded. She softly coughed. For some reason, I looked the other direction as she pulled out a round sphered object. She ran into the trees.

Confused, I slowly followed her and came upon a clearing. Lilia stood in the middle holding an enderpearl.

"Your highness, we are getting closer to the portal," she whispered into the enderpearl.

"Good," a male voice replied, "As I promised you, you get full control of Sky. I only need that boy with the sapphire amulet."

"I remember that. And I know his name, sir."

"Yes?"

"His name is Jordan."

"You're on the right track to being my successor."

"Really? Your successor? Your highness, it would be an honor."

"Once you return to the Nether and we kill off Jordan, the honor would be mine to grant you as my assistant."

"Oh my Herobrine!" I noticed that she said Herobrine instead of the regular term Notch, "That would be amazing! Thank you!"

"Your welcome, my child."

Lilia glanced around, stuffed the enderpearl into the pocket of her shorts, and hurried out of the trees to my previous location. I ran back to the spot as well, although I knew she was not who she said she was. Lilia was a spy for Herobrine, and I could not trust her at all.

This chapter was action-packed, in my opinion. Hope you liked it. Next chapter I will also post a QnA, so if you want to ask me a question, go right ahead. I will answer at least four of them.