A few weeks later

CaptainSparklez was settling in his new home nicely. He was getting in the hang of things, but still thought water tasted funny. He was more human than he had been before Herobrine was destroyed, but was still part god. Sparklez was still getting used to the taste of Overworld meat, and particularly liked steak. But while he was happy, something was nagging at the back of his mind. He felt like Ant was ignoring him, in favor of a particular purple-dressed girl.

Sparklez carefully locked his front door, and walked the short distance to Antvenom's house. He stopped a minute at the door and closed his eyes. He took a deep breath and listened carefully. The Nether Prince could hear exceptionally well when he tried, a horse nickered a few houses down as its owner fed it some hay. The rush of water in plumbing systems nearby sounded very loud by contrast. Three houses away two Minecraftians were arguing about who was going to market this morning. But there was no noise coming from Ant's house, so Sparklez opened his eyes and decided to go for a walk to wait for his friend to return. He passed lawns filled with green grass and colorful flowers, marveling at how so much life could survive here. The son of Herobrine was not particularly social, but he had made friends with one Minecrafter, a man by the name of SeaNanners. Sparklez contemplated going to his new friend's house but decided to go to the forest instead. It was peaceful there, and there were few humans to bother him there.

CaptainSparklez walked a few minutes until the edge of the forest was completely out of sight and he stopped and sat in the grass. Life was a lot more complicated in the Overworld, but it was a thousand times better. No more cruel uncaring father, no more pain, no more Nether creatures making fun of him behind his back...

Flashback

"Ha ha ha, the stupid boy doesn't know what he's in for!" The Pigman guard laughed to his friend in Neath, the language of the Neather. "It's going to be fun to watch him be forced to fight the Minecratian prisoner!" The second Pigman just snorted and walked into the Prince's room, who had overheard the entire conversation.
The Nether Prince was fourteen years old and far too soft for his fathers liking. Herobrine was looking for someone to help him rule, not a weakling to make fun of. The only redeeming factor of Sparklez was his proficiency with a sword, which was only matched by his fathers.
"What do you want?" He snarled, angry that those beneath him were mocking him.
"Your father wishes for your presence" the Pigman said as it bowed. The Nether Prince's face paled as he thought to what he might be forced to do. He had killed some Nether Creatures before, but it had been an accident. Sparklez hadn't been aware of his physical and mental power. He nodded and stood up, following the Pigman out his door and to the Throne Room.

Inside was Herobrine and...a human. It was a woman who had been captured earlier that day, Sparklez remembered some Wither Skeletons talking about it. She was bleeding from a many painful wounds on her arms and legs but nothing fatal.
Herobrine was staring intently at the women who seemed younger than Sparklez had originally thought, she looked to be in her late teens. She was pretty, with long brown hair and a soft green dress. But there was something wrong with her, her face was grimacing in pain. The Nether Prince knew that look, it was the look of someone who was having every private thought, every feeling, every secret torn from them. It was the look of someone being interrogated by the Nether King. Herobrine looked up at Sparklez and smiled,
"How kind of you to join us CaptainSparklez, I think it's time for you to learn how it is I am so incredibly knowledgeable." The woman stopped grimacing and fell to her feet, breathing hard. Sparklez shuddered internally, seeing his father smile was never a good thing. "It's quite simple really, I just take the knowledge from anyone foolish enough to enter my kingdom."
Herobrine closed his eyes and breathed in, which was strange because he didn't really need air to survive. But it was the exhale that was really important.

Suddenly Sparklez's mind was flooded with thoughts, feelings, and memories.

Running after her mother in the grass crying and telling her to slow down. Her mother was also crying, and said,
"We need to leave before the Pigmen come back, I don't want to lose someone else..."

Wait a minute, these weren't Sparklez's memories but the woman's...

Her father falling to the Pigman blade while telling her to run. Her brother picking her up and shouting at her to go go go

In the forest with Danny years later, leaves falling falling down. Wind rustled through the trees as she told Danny she loved him and he said the same.

Learning how to use a bow, the pain of the string on her fingers from the weight of pulling back each time.

The joy of finally hitting a spider with her arrow with spring rain pelting her face.

STOP! Sparklez yelled with his mind, jolting out of the woman's memory who he now knew was called Alice.

Why? Herobrine's voice asked calmly, cool and calculating as always. It does no harm to you.

"I hate it, make it stop father!" The son of Herobrine pleaded. It seemed cruel to Alice and he hated other people being in his head.

"There's only one way to stop it." Herobrine answered.

"How?" Sparklez asked fearful of the answer. A flame snapped in life in front of him and Sparklez jumped backwards in surprise. But the flame just stayed there floating. The Nether Prince stared at the flame for a moment when the answer came to him. He would have to kill the human. But surely there was another way...

As if she knew what he was thinking Alice looked up with pleading eyes into the face of her captor's son.

Sparklez reached out his hands and carefully took hold of the flame as if it were a physical object and concentrated. He moved his hands further apart and the flame grew with them until it was about the size of a human head. It floated an inch above his hands, not burning or seeming to put off heat that CaptainSparklez could feel.

Sparklez raised his head and looked at the human captive.

Alice stared with unblinking green eyes at Sparklez's own blue ones,
"Please" she said softly, her voice hoarse from screaming. But the only response she got was the Nether Prince mouthing "I'm sorry" as he threw the fire ball at her body.

There was a flash of heat and a scream of anguish and Alice was dead. Sparklez stared with shock, he had killed. It was human, but a murder nonetheless. He put his hand to his heart to make sure it was still beating. But if it was, why didn't he feel anything when Alice died?
And those Pigmen that had been making fun of him, they were never heard of again. But Herobrine knew what had happened to them, and this time it wasn't his doing...

Flashback ends

Complicated or not life was good, and Sparklez would have to learn to fit in. He stood up and looked around, maybe Antvenom would be home now.

CaptainSparklez took his time to get to his friend's house, but got there eventually. Once again he closed his eyes and breathed in, but this time he could hear someone inside. Sparklez could hear quiet breathing and the steady beat of a heart, the comforting sound of his best friend.

A/N Now wasn't that lovely, a little bit of Sparky's troubled past :D Welp off to procrastinating on my next chapter.