Notchs POV:
I could understand why Sky was so angry at this old man, but unfortunately, he would have to phisically hurt someone for Sky to kill him. Yes, calling me stupid because I'm a king, can get some people executed, but I believe more in second chances than death first. I shook my head, and Sky lowered the broken sword. I could tell that he wanted to go against what I said, but he understands the fact that he needed to keep his anger under control. I looked at the old man.
"Ha, I knew you would take my intrest over some stupid inhuman team." I would have teleported him into a volcano, but I had very good control of my anger. Took me 500 years, though.
"No, I actually loath you right now. You only have one chance left, Elder." I had no idea how this guy could be the Elder of the clan, but sometimes, they only go with the oldest instead of smartest. "Where is that map thing?" Max spoke up, probably getting over the shock of someone he was related to had been this rude.
"I'll take you guys to it, but since it's in a sacred temple, we might have to fight a few guards. Only the Elder or lead warriors are allowed in, and grandfather seems to be a bit cranky today." Max sighed.
-Timeskip of a short walk to the temple, leaving behind the old man-
Skys POV:
Jason has been quiet for the walk to the temple. What that old man said probably got to him. I look at the ground, wishing that I had killled the guy. I feel a hand on my shoulder and I look to my right, seeing a worried Deadlox. I notice that I had stopped walking and the others were ahead of me by a few meters, looking back to see if I was okay.
"Sky, is something wrong?" he asked, and I shook my head.
"No, just wondering if I can eat budder for dinner." I gave him a fake smile, but he didn't seem too believing of it. He sighed, probably letting me go through with the lie.
"Okay, but tell us if something is bothering you." I nod and we catch up to the group. An idea came to my head. I turn to Max and Ross, who were talking to each other in an odd accent. I smiled, remembering a cosplay they did last year.
"So, the Butt Knights are returning to the next anime convention?" I ask, and Ross replies in a high-pitched fake accent.
"Oh, of course Sir Sky." Max does an odd pose, pointing into the horizon and talking in his own odd accent.
"The Butt Knights cometh." Herobrine was giving them a 'What the fudge' look, and had stopped walking entirely.
"Not to sound rude, but what the heck is going on with your voices?" Hero asks, and Max started to quickly explain the cosplay skit Ross and him did at a convention last year.
"Oh come on, it wasn't nearly as good as what we did." I motioned over to my team, changing my accent to that more german. "Klub Ice was a very nice skit, ya?" That caused most of the people in our group to almost die laughing.
"How did you hear of Klub Ice?" Herobrine asked, with complete seriousness. Notch looked at his little brother, I don't think Notch knew why Hero asked that. I kept the accent as I talked to Herobrine.
"We made it up." I finally got Jason to crack out of his sad state, and he too, started laughing. Hero shook his head.
"It actually exists in the Nether. It is hard to get to, but it really does mess up peoples minds, making them go crazy and kill each other before killing themselves." Deadpanned Hero, and all of us stopped laughing.
"W-well the version they came up with was having it as a party brainwash place." Jin said, and we quietly set off on the path to the temple again.
"Well...this awkward..." Barney says suddenly after a few minutes, and we start laughing again.
Ssundees POV:
I smiled as we were walking to the secluded temple in the birch forest. My sight was starting to come back, and I didn't have an aching throat like I did earlier. I notice that the edge of my sight seems a bit fuzzy, but I decide not to think about it. Time suddenly seemed to slow, and the world lurched to the left sharply. Before I hit the ground, the world around me went black, and I was floating someplace. I sigh, obviously my magic was showing me another vision while I was awake. But, usually the world didn't tilt like that.
The world changed, and I saw an old japanese temple painted red and brown. I could see myself looking around, alone. I stayed hidden in the bushes, even though I was a watcher. He looked at the sky, and I could see blood on him...me... I didn't like where this was going. I couldn't hear what he was saying, but I catched something on the wind.
"...Emporor...D...I did it..." The sunglasses fell off of the other me's face. I gasped quietly. The other Ssundees eyes were a dark purple, the color of my aura. He was shaking, and his aura simmered slighly around him, burning his skin a little. I couldn't smell anything, and I could tell what had happened. Something within the temple, or outside of it, caused me to use up so much aura or magic, that I became insane. I thought I killed my friends, but I saw Sky enter the clearing. He had a gaping wound in his side. His broken sword was hanging limply in his hand. I felt fear, and Skys amulet was gone. I could sense some sort of power coming from Sky, and he turned to me. He smiled like he usually did, probably noticing how I am a watcher...but he should not see me.
"Don't engage...Sneak inside...Notch killed Hero on accident...Ssundee..you used up your magic trying to bring him back. He-." The other me lunged at Sky, slicing open his neck. Sky gasped one last breath before falling to the ground. I wanted to scream and ask why every single vision seemed to have me witnessing the death of one of my friends, but I couldn't speak. I could taste blood, and I noticed that I was looking at the dead body of Sky, in first person. I saw blood on my hands, but they moved without me moving them. A mirror appeared from somewhere. One of the other Ssundees eyes were purple, the other, like mine.
"You wont succeed. Derporolous wont grant it." With that, the mirror broke and I gasped awake. I saw my friends looking at me with worried looks. I took off my sunglasses, rubbing my eyes and trying to calm down. For some reason, I felt quilty, the memories of the other Ssundee mixing in my mind. I could see my friends dying and I killed them, that has never happened before. I had never aquired the memories of a future me before. I noticed that I was shaking, and I tried to stop.
"Ssundee?" asked Jerome. I don't know why, but I suddenly felt mad.
"What?" I snap at him. I then notice what I just did. Jeromes face was full of shock. I look at my shaking hand, it turning bloody in my vision for a second. "I-I'm sorry..."
"It's alright, what happened? Another vision?" He asked, and Notch looked at me with an odd expression.
"Vission? Does this have something to do with seeing other peoples auras?" I shrug and stand from where I was on the ground. I notice something, there was a sword strapped to my belt. I took it out of it's sheath, seeing it covered in blood. Some was fresh. I dropped the sword with a shriek, walking backwards quickly. "Ssundee, why is there a bloody sword?"
"I-I...My vision I saw an insane me. He killed everyone but Sky, and Sky warned me not to fight the guards. If we do, Notch would accidently kill Hero. Before he could explain more, the insane me slit his throat. I always seem to see my friends die in a vision, but this is the first time I retained some stuff from future me. A sword used to kill and memories of actually killing everyone...Something about this place is messed up." As soon as I said that, the sword disapeared into black shadow. "Or its an evil shadow, either works". Hero touched the shadow, and it retreated through a mini black hole.
"Guys, I just noticed something..." Jin said in a near whisper. He looked serious.
Skys POV:
"Guys, I just noticed something..." Jin looked at each of us, his face completely serious.
"What? It cant be as bad as knowing that we have to sneak inside this temple, right?" asked Ssundee, probably hoping it wasn't as bad.
"What if it was planned." He started. Sure, he was the smartest, but I wonder what he meant. "The trials, all of them had something to do with one of you guys. Ssundee has visions keeping us going in the right direction. The maps of the trials suddenly even have peices of Herobrines soul, it is obviously planned." I gasp as I noticed that he was right.
"M-Maybe that wolf wan't a trial..." Jerome started, clinging to Mitch, I'm sure the memory of what the wolf did still scared him. The moments of silence between us seemed to go through like hours, but then it clicked in our heads, at basically, the same time.
"It's the temple!" We all shouted at once. How could I have been this stupid. Who would put an actual trial with the peice without having it hidden. It was placed there for someone to find it, hiding it themselves.
"But who could have planned this?" Asked Red, fear evident on his face. A thought came to my head, I remembered something.
"The ghost!" I gasped suddenly. The Roommates and Notch looked at me in confusion, we forgot all about that part of the story. "That white ghost at the first trial...it was a light Ancient."
"Maybe before they all died, they came up with a plan so Hero wouldn't be cursed forever." Husky suggested.
"Well, the dark Ancients fought back by making the curse stronger with each peice of my soul." I thought for a second, and Mitch spoke up.
"What could tear us apart that is small but is also the only thing keeping us alive.?" Deadlox asked himself. Notch yawned, and I noticed that the sun was setting.
"Its been a busy day, let's get some sleep. Im sure we'll be able to dwell more on the subject later.
I hope you enjoyed this one. Whos trial should be in the temple, and if you have any suggestions, please tell me. I know, the old man should have died, but Notch is too kind of a person. I would love to throw that character into a pit of lava. I decided to have Ssundee have another vision, but this one is far more foreboding. Who knows, maybe Ssundee was wrong as to why the future Ssundee did those things, it might not be magic consumption. I'm serious, though, I completely forgot about the ghost in the first chapter. The thing was originally supposed to come in earlier, but I pushed it back. Do you think the trials were planned? If you can figure it out, more cookies. (::) (::) (::) (::)
