Rat's PoV

Crap! Crap! Crap! We were so dead! There were wither skeletons everywhere, and not only that, there were even more mobs coming! Blazes, magma cubes, firebats, they were everywhere. There was nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, but if this was the way I was going to die, I'll go down fighting. For her.

''For Nova!'' I screamed, and ran at the girl commanding the wither skeletons. Just then a firebat flew down and sank its teeth into my arm. I could feel my flesh start to roast as it slowly pulled out and went for my head. I hit it with my sword and it suddenly exploded, sending me flying backwards into a blaze. I grabbed one of its rods and speared it through a magma cube, then picked it up and brought it down on top of the blaze along with several others like a hammer.

There was no stopping me when it came to fighting these creatures. The others were fighting back well, using whatever they could find to their advantage. The princesses of the nether mobs were watching in awe as we slowly but surely overpowered their armies. We had nearly defeated the mobs when a huge explosion ripped down one of the towers of the castle, and it landed on top of us. We were hurt, but not badly, though we couldn't move under the rubble of netherrack, nether brick and other blocks. I looked up and saw another girl, who seemed to resemble a wither. She spoke to us in a tone that seemed friendly, but made our blood run cold…

''Looks like my plan worked perfectly. And Val said I'd never pull it off. Believe it or not, I'm quite happy right now.''

''Well, if it isn't our favourite wither in the whole world.'' Cupa said in disgust.

''Like I care right now. I'm going to finish what we started all that time ago right now.'' She flared up a bolt in her hand, ready to fire it directly at Steve. We were only seconds away from being vaporised. We all braced for the incoming blast…

But it never came. I opened my eyes, and saw the girl was looking at me, not directly, but enough to let me know. She seemed to be wondering something. Eventually our gazes met, and I looked deep into her eyes, and she did the same to me. Her eyes seemed so…familiar…so…friendly…so much like…

''Nova?'' I said without thinking. She seemed to react strangely to this, like whatever she was wondering became a lot more complicated. Suddenly, she stopped thinking about it and came back to her senses.

''Who? My name isn't Nova. It's Willow. Wither, princess, adopted daughter of Herobrine, Lord of Darkness.''

As soon as she said Herobrine, Steve froze in sheer panic. You could almost see the blood rushing from his face.

''It-it all makes sense now. He was behind this. Herobrine has the power to control all mobs, and with all the mobs so highly evolved, anything he wants is as good as his…''

''Well, look who's finally figured it out. Too bad you won't be able to use that info once you're dead…''

Suddenly, the ground started to shake. The remains of the tower we were under suddenly turned to nothing as a huge hovering machine swallowed them. We all got out as the machine stopped, and out of a window near the top of it, a familiar face leaned out. ''GET ONBOARD IF YOU WANT TO LIVE! NOW!'' screamed Paula from what was apparently the drivers seat. We all made a break for it, as Willow and the princesses were stunned with surprise. We held on tight as the machine started to float in the air and drove straight into a netherrack wall, which it broke through easily. Paula activated some fancy looking blocks at the back from a computer in her cabin, and the wall was filled in again behind us as we went along. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen…