Yaebi's PoV

Finally! Finally I had mined up fourteen blocks of obsidian from the caves that were exposed by the ruined city's old underground tunnels. Vanessa told me her species had dug out these tunnels centuries ago, and that they may have been the reason why the city was decimated in the first place. I think she was warming up to me, which is great for my relationship thing with her sister. Get on her families good side, and you're golden. I trudged back up through the tunnels to meet back up with Steve.

''I got the fourteen blocks you needed, Steve. Now, please don't ask me to go back there. I nearly got killed by liquid poison aquifers, suffocated by falling gravel, and thrown into a lava pit." I told him.

''Well, thank you Yaebi, that means a lot to me. Oh wait, I just remembered we only really need ten pieces of obsidian. Yeah, the corners don't really matter.''

I nearly exploded when I heard this. ''You mean I have four pieces of this stuff that I didn't even need?! Oh, well that's just…''

''Great! You have some obsidian? Can I have it? I need it for some itemducts that we can send through the portal.''

I sighed. ''Sure, we wont be needing it.''

Andr's PoV

I was carrying the obsidian that Yaebi had given me back to where I was setting up some Thermal Expansion machines when I heard a voice.

''Nova loved obsidian. She loved anything purple. That was her thing.''

I turned around to see that Rat guy sitting on a collapsed overpass, his back to me, but his head looking in my direction. He wasn't looking me in the eyes, he said he knew that made my kind uneasy. How could he tell?

''Nova was a lot like you, I still see her when I look at you.'' I stepped forward and teleported right next to him. He was startled at first, but then stared out at the sunset like he was doing before he saw me. I noticed his face was lined with months, maybe even years worth of tear stains. I sat down and talked to him.

"Nova? As in all those messages that were scribbled around the city? Cupa told me about those, that was you?''

''Yes. Nova was a girl, you see. My best friend in the world. And then…''

''Then what?'' I asked him.

Rat started crying. ''She died. She died right in front of me. To save the rest of us from the monsters…''

''Monsters?''

''Yeah, green armless things, people made of bones and rotting meat, huge spiders the size of cows, that sort of thing.''

''We know who sent those monsters, Rat. What we're doing now will give us a chance to stop them before they destroy Minecraftia.''

''Then I'm coming with you.'' Rat stood up and wiped the tear stains from his eyes. ''I want to avenge Nova, and personally kill whoever is responsible.''

''Everyone does, they've taken something from each of us. Yaebi lost his home, Stephanie lost her species, Steve lost his world.''

''I want to help.''

''In that case, find some armour and weapons. Tomorrow, we're going to the Nether to get some stuff we need.''

Rat smiled. ''I'll see you there.''

Willow's Pov

It had only been one day, but the Nether mobs had already built a massive castle out of anything they could find, and, to be honest, it looked good. Who knew that enslaving the Nether would have to many perks? At the moment, I was sitting on a throne decorated with black bones, listening to the young teenage girl in front of me. She was the one from before, when I first came here. She was wearing very small grey shorts, a short striped top and a pink cap that covered almost half of her face.

''My queen, we are nearly ready to capture the enemies. It's certain that they have a working portal here, but they'll wait until tomorrow before going.''

''I'm sorry, I never caught your name.'' I said to her.

''I-I'm Paula, your majesty, princess of zombie pig people.''

The door opened, and Blazette entered.

''Paula, I though I should tell you, Mavis and Fiona are here. They want to meet the new queen.'' she said to Paula.

''The door opened even wider, and Blazette was pushed out of the way by two girls who I had not seen before. The first looked like the skeleton girl, but her clothes were black and her skin was fiercely tanned. This must me Mavis, princess of wither skeletons. The other girl was around Paula's age, and had bright red hair tied into a pair of ten-inch long pigtails. She also had red eyes and two and a half foot long bat wings coming out of her back. She was wearing a red tube top and black biker shorts, black stockings and red boots with flame patterns on them, and a black and red ribbon tied around her left arm. She must be Fiona, princess of firebats. She started to laugh.

''Wow, Blazette! You have officially reached a new low, getting beaten up by goth girls!'' Mavis started to giggle a little bit. I was not impressed. I threw a wither bolt above them, sending a huge glowstone crystal into freefall right above them. At the last second, I shot another bolt, cleaving the crystal in half, each half landing to the left and right of Mavis and Fiona. That shut them up.

''…As I was saying, we'll be happy to do whatever this new queen says with out a moments hesitation.'' Fiona finished.

''Good.'' I told them. ''You, wither skeleton, I'm promoting you to highest commander. Your job is to defend this castle with your life, you and all your other skeleton friends. And you, firebat, are to wait by the portal Paula will show you and wait until they come through. After that you do not let them out of your sight. Report their exact route through the Nether, and direct them to the Soul Sand Plains.'' The two girls rushed out of the room, and Charlotte, the ghast princess, and Monica, the magma cube princess, came in.

''The rest of you, focus on capturing them alive. I want to show them to Father before they die.'' They too followed my orders without a second thought. Little did I know, that one of them was going to cause me more trouble than any other…