Derp's POV-

I still couldn't understand why our Lord wanted us to visit Herobrine. As far as I knew, Herobrine is the most feared being to exist in all of Minecraftia. Ruler of the Nether and controller of all mobs that appear every night, Herobrine is a threat not to mess with, or even ask to join forces with. The other Guardian Squids and I could only imagine what the King of the Nether could do to us if he sees us as a threat. I shuddered at the violent thoughts that ran through my head as I started to mine out the obsidian in front of me with the diamond pickaxe that one of the resource Squids had crafted.

These types of blocks took forever to mine out, so I knew that Derpy, Derpious and I were going to here, in this dark cave, for a while. As we were mining out the dark blocks, I all of a sudden hear Derpy singing a song, probably to pass the time of silence.

"I'm gonna shout, and scream, and let it all gleam. Shout, and scream, and let it gleam…" I hear him sing, mumbling a few of the words afterwards as if he couldn't remember them all clearly. I didn't mind it, but Derpious obviously didn't. Looking over to Derpious, I could see his face creased into a grimace and a glare mixed together. It was more of an annoyed expression more than anything. As Derpy continued to mumble the song, Derpious snaps.

"Hey!" I heard Derpious yell, anger lacing in that one simple phrase.

"What?" I heard Derpy answer back nonchalantly, as if he couldn't tell that Derpious was annoyed by his singing.

"Would you quit it with that song?! It's retarded and it's already getting old!" Derpious angrily stated at Derpy.

"You're retarded!" Derpy offensively snapped back at him.

"No, you're retarded!" Derpious yelled at him. Finally, I couldn't keep my bottled-up anger inside of me anymore. So, I turned and snapped at them.

"You both are retarded, and unless you want Derpollolus to snap our necks like toothpicks, I suggest that both of you get serious about this and get back to mining!" I yelled to them. Derpy and Derpious looked at each other, and then they looked the other way. A moment later, I heard Derpy say something that had to do with me being a "bossy-pants". I took a deep breath as I turned back around and got back to mining.

Nearly 2 hours later, we had gathered enough obsidian to create the Nether portal. We traveled outside of the cave after we were done, cuts and bruises forming on our blue skin from injuries sustained in the cave. One by one, we began to stack the obsidian on top of each other. Once the rectangular-shaped portal was completed, I pulled out some flint 'n steel. Carefully, I walked up to the structure with the tool and ignited it on the bottom row of obsidian. The purple swirl immediately appeared right after that, particles floating through the air from it. I took a deep breath as I slithered up to the portal and enter it cautiously. Moments later, I found myself surrounded by Netherrack blocks. I look behind myself and see Derpy and Derpious appear behind me, having passed easily through the portal. I turned to Derpy once he registered that we were now in the Nether.

"Derpy, do you have those fire-resistance potions that Derpollolus told us to get?" I questioned my brother.

Derpy reached over with one of his tentacles and pulled out three fire-resistance splash potions. "Got them," He answered quickly.

"Great. Give them to us," I told him.

"Okay."

Derpy takes one of the potions and throws it towards me. I ducked down as the potions flew overhead and soon, broke into Derpious' face. Derpious, in return, grasps his face with his tentacles as the orange swirls appeared around his body.

"Ugh, what is wrong with you?!" Derpious cried out to Derpy, glaring towards his brother. "Derp told you to give them to us, not throw it in our faces!"

"Well, sorry!" Derpy answered sarcastically. "But some of us don't have that good of hearing!"

"Well, maybe next time you can try harder," Derpious quickly stated to him.

"That's what your mom said last night," Derpy joked at him. Derpious, being angered by our incompetent little brother, gets furious at him and slithers right for him. Then, I get in the way and stop him from beating the Nether out of Derpy.

"Will you two stop fooling around?" I asked both of them. "We're in the Nether now, and this place is nothing at all like the Squid Dimension. Besides, if the mobs here see us the wrong way, we're going to be toast!"

"So… we're not Squids, we're bread?" Derpy questioned. I face-palmed myself, Derpy's sudden bursts of stupidity from now and then, although lately it has been more frequent than normal, beginning to make me hate having him around.

"Just be quiet. Use the potions and follow me," I commanded. I grabbed my potion and broke it on the ground at my tentacles. Soon after, I felt the power of the potion setting into my body. I felt more… protected than before. I had a strange urge to go and jump into some fire or lava right then, but I managed to keep it under and keep myself controlled. After Derpy used his potion, we began to make our way through the hellish dimension. As we slithered around, I saw several Ghasts floating through the air, making shrill-like noises and gazing around as if in a daze. But I knew that was just a cover. From tales that I have heard the Minecrafters spin, the Ghasts were like ninjas: emotionless on the outside, but fierce and dangerous on the inside. Occasionally, I would see one of the Ghasts shoot at a stray Zombie Pigman, which would obliterate it in an instant. When one of the Zombie Pigmen blew up right near us, I gulped in fear. If a Zombie Pigman could die from that kind of blast, what was going to stop the Ghast from shooting at three Squids?

Soon, we made it to a Netherbrick bridge, after having to wait for Derpy to stop burning. Remember the sensation that I had where I wanted to jump into fire or lava? Well, apparently Derpious and Derpy had the same feeling, but Derpy decided to test it out. After he first did it and survived, he became excited and every time that we passed by a lava pool or sea, he would jump in it and swim around as if he were still in the Squid Dimension. It took us a lot longer than it should have to get to that point than I expected. I looked over to my right, and quickly see another large body of lava below us. Before when we had passed by the lava, I had been clear of it, afraid that at any moment the potion could wear off and I could burn to a crisp in an instant if I fell or jumped into the lava. Now that it was below us, my fear heightened. I gulped as I carefully slithered across the structure, Derpious and Derpy right behind me. We looked ahead after coming out on the other side of the bridge, spotting a ginormous Netherrack castle before us. Pillars held up the top part of the castle, while small lava waterfalls (or lava streams as they should be labeled) flowed through a couple holes in the wall. When we got near the castle, I could see a pair of Zombie Pigmen guarding the doors. They looked dangerous holding their budder swords, and I could imagine the soft metal slicing right through my body and killing me in an instant.

We stopped on the top of the stairs, hoping that nothing bad would happen to us. The Pigmen looked at each other and a moment later grunt in an unknown language. They step aside and unlock the doors. When they slowly open up, we could see a fully decorated room on the other side of the doors, which were filled with all sorts of objects and items. The main thing that I could see were several heads of Minecraftia citizens, obviously ones that ventured into the Nether and never made it out alive. That just creeped me out see all those motionless heads hanging from the wall as if ornaments. We cautiously entered and look around the room. The more objects we saw, the more concerned and anxious we became. Then, we come across another door. I slowly lifted up a tentacle and move the door open. Appearing right in front of us is another giant room, made out of Netherrack bricks and glowstone. At the very end of the room, there was a lone chair with someone sitting in it. Even though I couldn't distinguish who it was at that moment, I knew who it was. I slithered away from Derpy and Derpious, taking a huge risk of meeting and talking with him.

"Hello… Herobrine?" I nervously asked the being in the chair.

Suddenly, the figure disappeared out of my sight. I looked around for a bit, confused on where he could have possibly gone. Right then, the figure appeared right in front of me. I jump a few feet in the air because of this, landing flat on the floor, my tentacles spread out in all directions. Shivering, I then look up and all I could see were two, soulless, white, demented eyes staring directly back at me.

"Hello."

Dawn's POV-

It had nearly been two weeks ever since Sky's accident. Ever since then, everyone in CubeCity had been afraid to go back to the beaches, afraid that the Squids were going to be there to potentially harm them. Back at home, things weren't as easy as I thought they were going to be. The doctors informed me that Sky can't do any activity or do any hard running, due to the possibility of him breaking his jaw again. So, unfortunately, he wasn't allowed to leave the house until the stitches around his jaw can come off and he is fully recovered from his injury. So that meant less playing with his friends and more time at home. For me, I like it because I know that he would be safer here, but I felt really bad for him because he'll be missing out on all the fun.

I walked into the living room and saw Sky, miserably sitting on the couch and looking out the window. I let out a short sigh as I walked up to him and sat at the very end of the couch.

"Sky, are you OK?" I asked him, worrying about this because he had been doing this for 3 hours now.

"Yeah," He weakly answered, barely glancing over to me before returning his attention to outside the house. Sky could talk in full sentences again, but they usually came out a little slurred and weak. Luckily, I understood him completely. Looking out along with him, I then saw a group of kids probably around the age of ten running about outside, playing a friendly game of street basketball. They looked happy, and they seemed to be having a blast. Sky probably felt bored out of his mind and felt useless having to stay confined to our house.

"Listen, Sky, I know it's hard having to be stuck at home, but you must do what the doctors told you," I explained to him.

"That's not why I'm depressed right now, Dawn," He replied back. He then turned to me slowly, trying not to shift his jaw too much. "The Squids are back in the city, and I won't rest until I kill every single one of them," He said.

"Sky, I know you wanted to kill all those Squids, but you nearly died that day," I tried to explain to him. "You would have been killed if it wasn't for the others fighting back against the Squids. If you try and take on those Squids by yourself, you're gonna regret it."

Sky looked the other way, probably trying to think of a way to protest back at what I just told him. Then, he looked back to me.

"You're right," He said, defeated. "I knew I shouldn't have run up to that Squid in the first place, but I was just so mad to see them again. I… I just lost control of myself at that time, as if another force took control of my body right then."

"Well, maybe, you'll think twice before doing something as dangerous as facing against an entire army of Squids by yourself. But, I'm just glad that you've learned your lesson," I said to him, feeling relieved. I then pushed myself up from the couch. Sky followed me with his eyes as I did this. "I'm going to go and check up on how everyone else is doing. I heard that Sierra has been having issues getting over your injury still, because she hasn't had the chance to come and visit you yet. I will go and let her know that everything is all right and that you are safe and sound." Sky nodded after this, and then he returned his attention back to the window.

Grabbing my purse and my keys, I then exited our house, feeling the warm summer breeze brushing past my skin. Closing my eyes, I then inhaled and exhaled deeply. Life hasn't been at all interesting since Sky got injured. He hasn't come home with some strange pet, hasn't come home with his head stuck in a boat, hasn't done anything at all dangerous for the past two weeks. It felt… boring not having him doing all those crazy things every day. I missed it considerably. Climbing into our Jeep, I quickly started it up, and I drove across the city, heading towards the forest. That's where I would end up seeing Jerome, Mitch and Sierra most likely. That's where they always were. The three of them were almost always together, never being without each other for more than a couple hours. They were like the Three Mineketeers. I was just hoping that they were there… and I was hoping that I could go there and go back home quickly. If the Squids got to Sky while I was gone… that would not be good at all.

Jerome's POV-

"Come on, I know you know how to play chess, Sierra," I then said, looking over to Sierra, who was staring at me and Mitch in confusion.

"I haven't played that in years. The last time that I played chess was with my dad… and that was before he died," Sierra responded, leaning back in her spot against my wall.

Mitch, Sierra and I were in my house, hanging out together, as we had nothing else to do. It felt wrong to do anything really fun without Sky with us, so we had to find other things to do that was not something that I know Sky would love to do. That was basically any mini-game in Minecraftia, including Bit Trip, which he normally hated doing lately. After a while, Mitch had found an old chess board in the back of his closet, and we had brought it to my house to play it. Why we didn't stay at Mitch's the whole time… I really have no idea why exactly.

"Check mate, biggums!" Mitch then cried out, smiling quickly towards me. I turned back to the board, and quickly spotted the knight, the castle and the Queen that had my king trapped in a corner. Any move I made would kill me. I stared in shock at Mitch. I didn't know that he was so good at playing chess. It surprised me actually.

"How in the world…?" I cried out, unable to say much at all. I stared at the chessboard, completely flabbergasted. I lost to my best friend. That's kinda sad on my part, since I have played more chess than Mitch ever did. Finally, I leaned back in my seat, and then I said, "Good job, biggums. You beat me at chess… what an accomplishment."

"It is for me. What now? We can't really do anything…" Mitch then trailed off, looking out the window of my tree house. Earlier it was bright and sunny, although now it was dark and cloudy. I could hear the rolling of thunder in the distance, and occasionally I would spot the flash of lightning in the distance. Sighing, I then stood up. It was never good to be in my house when a storm was coming in. There was a great chance that my house would get struck with lightning, which would not have been good for anyone. Mitch and I had taken over as leaders of Team Crafted, and it would not be good if we got zapped by lighting like Sky broke his jaw.

Sierra then froze, staring out the window. She threw her hand up in the air, and then she said, "Guys, hold on. I think someone is here." Mitch and I fell silent, looking towards Sierra. It made sense that she was the one that heard it and not us. When she got her surgery to become part robot (she didn't have a say-so in this because she could have died if she didn't become who she is now), she got her senses sharpened, so she could see farther than us, hear better than us, and sense danger easier than we could. Her eyes darted back and forth, and then she jumped out of the window suddenly. I yelped in surprise, jumping up and running to the window that she jumped out of. Mitch followed behind me, his eyes wide in fright and surprise.

"Sierra!" I yelled, looking around for her. What had gotten into her? What was out there that she had to jump out of a window to get to? I quickly found the hatch that I needed to get to get out of my house, and climbed down it quickly. Mitch was right behind me, jumping down from the ladder after me.

A moment later, I spotted Sierra kneeling over someone that she had tackled down to the ground. Sierra was helping up that person, holding her enchanted diamond and budder sword in her left hand and hefting up the person with her right hand. "I'm sooo sorry, Dawn. I thought you were a Squid," Sierra apologized, worry lacing in her eyes. Dawn, the person Sierra had tackled down, brushed off her shirt, and then she looked over to me and Mitch after glancing to Sierra.

"It's fine, I get that a lot. With the Squids free to attack the city at any moment, it helps to be a little on guard all the time. I should have given you guys warning that I was coming," Dawn then said, taking a leaf out of her hair.

"What are you doing here, Dawn? I thought you were supposed to be protecting Sky. The Squids were trying to get to him when he broke his jaw… we don't want them to get him now when he is vulnerable," Mitch then said, replacing Betty back in his sheath.

Glancing back over to Sierra, Dawn then said, "I just wanted to come and let you guys know that Sky was fine. You haven't visited him yet, Sierra, so I wanted to let you know that."

Sierra nodded quickly, and I could see the relief in her eyes. She had been too busy with CaptainSparklez and Seto trying to figure out a repellant of some sort to keep the Squids out of the city, and helping me and Mitch keep Team Crafted together and not panicking. She hadn't found any time to go and visit her brother. That was one of her main concerns lately that Sky was doing well in recovering from his injury.

I looked back to Dawn, and then I saw something in her eyes, something different. It was fear, and obviously she was keeping something from us. "What's wrong, Dawn?" I then asked, walking up to her and placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. At that point, rain began to pour down on us, which made my fur stick tightly to my body. It was beginning to annoy me, but I ignored it as best as I could.

"Fluffy, do you think… that the Squids are going to get assistance in getting to Sky?" Dawn asked quietly, and I could see the tears starting to form in the corner of her eyes.

"What would make you wonder that, Dawn?" Mitch asked as we took cover underneath the tree that housed my house. At that point, Mitch was holding Sierra in his arms, which I was confused by. Sierra was shivering violently, possibly from her robotic side malfunctioning in the rain. But I couldn't help but think that something was starting to form between the two of them. A pain deep inside of me came up as I watched the two of them. I shook my head, not believing what my body was trying to tell me. Was I falling in love with Sierra?

Dawn scratched the back of her head, and then she said, "Well, I had this dream last night that… the Squids were discussing plans of attacking CubeCity with a being, a being of darkness and pure evil."

I glanced over to Mitch, despite the fact that I was bugged that he was holding Sierra uncomfortably close to him. As leaders of Team Crafted, we had to work together despite what could happen between us. We had to protect everyone else, and as leaders, we also had to protect CubeCity. I really don't know how Sky manages to do it all the time and still find time to mess around and hang out with us.

"Thank you for letting us know this, Dawn. Now, I think it would be best if you got back to Sky. The Squids could come and attack the city at any moment, and their main objective is to get to Sky," I then said, trying not to sound too worried. Even though I didn't believe that dreams could be true, I couldn't help but think that it could be the truth. If the Squids were that desperate to get to Sky, then they could ask for assistance. But who they could ask, that would be the question. I had an assumption…

Dawn nodded quickly, and then she gave me a quick hug. I was shocked by this action, but a moment later, I lowered my arms around her. "Be safe, Jerome. I will be with Sky for the next couple days, so if Squids come and attack the city… be safe," Dawn said, then releasing me afterwards.

I nodded towards her. "You be safe too. Make sure that Sky doesn't die or get kidnapped by the Squids." Dawn nodded, smiling slightly. She then turned around, and marched off through the rain, instantly getting soaked by the water. Within a minute, she disappeared behind the covers of trees and the sheet of rain falling constantly to the ground around us.

Turning back to Mitch and Sierra, I then said, "Come on, let's get over to Mitch's house and get out of the storm. Most likely the Squids will try to strike during the storm… that would give them the best advantage. Let's get back and then we will gather up our friends to prepare for battle." Mitch and Sierra both looked slightly worried, but they nodded in return, and we began to swiftly make our way to Mitch's house, which luckily was located only a couple blocks away from the forest.

TrueMU's POV-

"Bodil, I hate you!" I cried out, shaking my head to get the flour that was dumped onto my head. Bodil broke out laughing, his shrill, famous laugh echoing around me. I heard Deadlox, Husky, Brotato, Pixel and Bashur laughing at the little prank that Bodil had just done on me, which only angered me even further.

"You've just been TROLLED!" Bodil cried out in his thick Bulgarian accent, smiling towards me afterwards. I glanced over to the others, and I quickly saw Bashur and Brotato rolling on the ground laughing. I exhaled quickly, then feeling the gentle patter of rain on my suit. Looking up, I saw several raindrops hit my visor, not connecting with my face at all. Oh how I longed to feel the rain on my face…

"Whatever. Come on, guys, let's head inside before the storm gets too bad," I then said, my anger subduing substantially afterwards. I had learned to not hold a grudge on my friends for long… from past, horrible experiences. The others slowly got up, and then we walked into Bashur's INN, which was where we were by then.

Bashur wiped a tear from the corner of his eye, and then he said, "You know that that was not one of Bodil's best pranks ever, right? And, yet, still it is as funny as the Nether!" I glared over at the watermelon, although Bashur could not see it through my orange visor. That was one of the good things about the spacesuit. I could be extremely mad and nobody would be able to see it clearly on my face. That was a plus at times.

"Bashur, I would calm down before Jason blasts you to the moon," Deadlox then warned, then taking a seat down at the bar in the entrance of the INN. Everyone else except for Bashur did the same thing, although I stood up and was leaning against one of the pillars close to the bar. "We all know that was funny, but I would be careful. We need to keep all the friends we have while the Squids can attack the city at any moment. The more help that we can get to defeat the wretched Squids, the better chance that Sky can recover quicker from his injury."

Pixel then looked over to Deadlox, immediate worry filling her icy blue eyes. She was sitting next to Bodil, who was still smiling in achievement of managing to prank me. "How is Sky doing anyways?" Pixel asked quietly, her voice pure and perfect. It was a good thing to be shy sometimes. If you barely ever talked, then your voice would be preserved in its prime state.

"He is recovering well, although he still cannot leave the house until the stitches come out of his jaw," Quentin quickly responded, taking the cup of coffee that Bashur was handing out right then. Even though it was not essential for us to have it, it was still a delectable treat that we loved to have sometimes, especially on rainy days like this one. When Bashur offered me one, I quickly refused it. Coffee was not really my thing. "Only some of us have been able to visit with him. It seems to me that Sky only wants certain people around him, although I wouldn't understand why exactly. The last time that I visited with Sky was almost a week ago, although Dawn has been giving me and a couple others such as Jason and Ty daily updates. According to the doctor, he should be getting the stitches out in about two to three weeks."

We all nodded, a little relieved that our friend was doing well in recovering. I hadn't seen him since the night at the hospital, as I had been too busy to do so. I felt kinda bad on not visiting Sky at all for two weeks, although Sky already knew the reason. My reason was very similar to Sierra's reason. She had been helping Seto and Sparklez try to create a potion to help fend against the Squids, spending all of her free time researching and experimenting with the different ingredients.

All of a sudden, someone burst into the room. Actually, two people burst into the room. The first person was holding the other person, who was obviously unconscious. The person standing up looked vaguely familiar to me, although I couldn't tell where I had seen him before. He had wet dark brown hair that hung over his left eye but clung tightly to his skin, navy blue eyes, and slightly tanned skin. He was well built considering how old he appeared to be. He wore a soaked dark green turquoise shirt, sopping black jeans and gleaming dark grey boots, and a loose budder chain necklace with a budder locket on the end of it. He looked exhausted, and I could infer that he had been assisting the unconscious person for quite a while. The person he was hauling looked different and unfamiliar to me. He had blonde hair that was clinging tightly to his head from the rain, light skin as if he hadn't been out in the sun that much, and a scar that ran across his left eye. The boy wore a black t-shirt, black jeans and black boots, appearing to be Goth to me. But a large wound was found in his right thigh, and because of it, it had torn open his jeans.

"Someone, please, help this man," The first guy croaked, and then a moment later, he collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. Everyone shot up, immediately running to the young man's side. I was there first, as I was the only one standing up close to the door. I hefted up the first man, lifting him into a sitting position. He looked to be unconscious, although his eyes were still slightly open. Deadlox and Husky got to the other man, quickly lifting him up and carrying him to the emergency room (or hospital room, as Bashur liked to call it) on Bashur's orders. Bodil, Pixel and Tyler stayed with me, while Bashur ran off to go and help the other man.

"Come on, let's get him up to a room," I then grunted, lifting him a little higher into my arms. Tyler and Bodil were quick to assist me, grabbing him by his legs and helping me drag him upstairs. The first room Pixel opened, and then we put him gently onto the bed, although he was sopping wet. Looking over to Pixel, I then said, "You might want to get out of here for this." Without even having me have to explain it to her, Pixel then nodded, and then she walked out of the room. Bodil, Tyler and I quickly undressed him, taking his sopping clothes and putting them out to dry. Once we got him a quick change of clothes to have him lay in, we dressed him, and then we laid him on the bed once more, this time leaving him there. "I'll stay in here with him. You guys go and check on the other one," I said, my eyes not leaving the young man. Within a moment, Bodil and Tyler were gone, leaving me and the man in there alone. Sitting back in my chair, I then looked out the window, seeing the storm pick up tremendously. It was so thick that you could barely see a dozen feet out in front of the INN. That's how bad it was.

It felt about an hour later, although later I realized that it was only half an hour, when the man began to stir to consciousness. When I heard him groaning, I sat forward, looking over to the man as he slowly opened his eyes. His navy blue eyes shot right for me, and I could see the worry in his eyes as he saw an unfamiliar person near him. "Wh-what do you want with me?" The boy squeaked, his voice crackled from dehydration. I quickly grabbed him a cup of water, and handed it to him.

"Drink this." The man eyed the water for a moment, and then, slowly, he took the bottle into his possession. After gulping down the water, he then wiped his lips, and then I asked, "What is your name?"

"Alix. Alix Kreof," He answered, looking to me. "And you are?"

"TrueMU."

Alix nodded, and then he looked out of the window, seeing the pouring rain surrounding us. "Well, looks like I'm not going to be getting home anytime soon in this weather."

"Where do you live?"

"Near Block Mountain. Actually, I live in the crater near the top of the mountain."

I nodded, and then I looked towards where the others were, caring for the man that was unconscious. "Who was that that you brought into here, Alix?"

Breathing in, Alix then shrugged slightly. "I don't know. I was just wandering through the outer forests, and I all of a sudden heard a strange sound. I ran to go investigate the sound, and I quickly saw him, battling a bunch of Skeletons. One shot him, bringing him down. I killed the Skeletons quickly, and then I started to treat his wound. But I knew that I couldn't do it myself. I picked him up and began to walk, carrying him for almost two miles. Finally, I reached this INN, and you know the rest from there on," Alix explained, then standing up and pulling on his now dry clothes.

Standing up, I then assisted him, seeing the large scar on his right leg. "What happened to you?" I asked, gesturing quickly to his scar.

"It's… personal," Alix then responded, pulling on his shirt. I nodded, then looking out of the window once again. Finally, I pulled up the courage I needed to ask him the question that was on my mind for a while.

"Alix, have we… ever met before?" I then asked, looking to the young man. He appeared to be only a year younger than I was, more around Sierra's age than anything else.

Alix pursed his lips, and then he shook his head. "You may have met my brother before, though. He looks similar to me in almost every aspect."

"What was his name?"

Alix looked pained to answer this. "His name was Dustin," Alix quietly answered, then looking down to the ground.

I was confused. Was? "What do you mean by 'was'?" I asked, then helping him get down the INN and to the entrance of the INN. Alix didn't answer this, continuing to look right in front of him. But by the way his eyes filled up with tears and the pained expression on his face, I inferred that Dustin was dead. "I'm so sorry."

"It's fine. Nobody has talked about Dustin in a while now…" Alix trailed off as we then entered the main entrance room. I could see most of my friends there, excluding Bashur, who was probably helping the man that was injured. They all looked over to us, and I could see the relief in their eyes when they saw that Alix was uninjured.

"Is he OK?" Tyler asked, pushing his glasses up further on his nose and addressing to me only and not to Alix.

Nodding, I then sighed. "Yes, Alix is fine. Do you guys know anything about the injured man? Alix said he just found him being attacked by some Skeletons in the woods."

"Not really… he came slightly conscious about ten minutes ago, but the only thing he told us was that his name is David. We couldn't get anything else out of him" Deadlox then said, crossing his arms across his chest. I frowned slightly, but forgot it completely when all of a sudden, the building shook violently. I steadied myself quickly, and then I looked over to my friends. They all looked worried like I was.

"Alright, who decided to bulldoze my INN?! Because they haven't found the secret stash of emeralds and diamonds yet," Bashur then cried out as he ran into the room. Once he realized that no one was bulldozing down his INN, he then chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

"What was that, Bashur?" Bodil then said, smiling towards him wickedly despite having just felt the building shake violently.

"Nothing. Nothing at all. You didn't hear me say about the secret stash of- Doh! I really have to learn to keep my mouth shut more often…"

"Guys, this is not the time to mess around," Husky then shot, holding his arms to the walls around him. We all fell silent, hoping that the shaking had stopped completely. I stayed in a crouching position, even though it appeared that everything was alright. That could have been an earthquake, and the aftershock would be coming soon after the earthquake if it was what I assumed it was. Everything was silent, and everyone cast their eyes around, worry filling their eyes. Pixel clung to Bodil's arm tightly, and I could see the small smile on Bodil's lips from this action. All of a sudden, the building shook once more, and then we were plunged into complete and utter darkness.