Skys POV:
I looked away from the body of Caveman Films when Herobrine looked at it. Caveman Films was a great friend, and now I know that he may not be the only one dead. The Nether is dangerous for shifting no respawn zones, and I quess Herobrines castle was always one. We were all in silent respect for him. Deadlox, though, was away from the group, shaking. I could tell that he was the one to scream even though it was Mitch who stepped on it accidently. I started to walk over to him, to ask him if he was okay, but Herobrine said something in a near whisper.
"They took his heart..." I looked at Herobrine. He wasn't wearing his jacket, and he was looking at the ground, away from the body. My gaze found its way to the body, this time though, I didn't see his blank unseeing eyes because Herobrines jacket covered it. I could tell that Herobrine was angry, his hand was clutching his chest tightly, where his heart would have been. My hand also went to my chest, although I was glad that I still had my heart, even if it is weird. It pulsed weakly, although it was always like that. I look at Herobrine, glad that his mind hasn't broken for a while now. I wonder what he is thinking, but before I could ask, I was once again interupted. Oh well, they didn't know I was about to talk.
"Seriously?" Husky asked, and he looked a little frightened. "Why would someone want to steal a heart in not only the Nether, but in Herobrines castle no less. They couldn't possibly be trying to recreate...oh gosh." He trailed off, not really finishing his sentence, but I knew what he was going to say. I could see blue flames whisping off of Herobrine a second after Husky said that. Herobrine looked at the body, growling.
"I'm going to rip that murderer to shreds." The way he said that, scared Jason enough to hide behind Husky. Jerome held Mitchs hand tighter as well. Herobrine must have noticed this, because the flames instantly went out. He looked at us, guilt and saddness on his face. "I...I'm sorry to scare you. They took his heart, and it is possible that they are trying to make another...whatever I am...but that is an impossibility without an Ancient." A look of realization crossed his face, and I tried not to panic.
"They might not know that..." Crainer said quietly. We could either take the body back now, and risk another death, or we can leave it here for now. I didn't want to, but we had to leave the body so no one else will die.
"We will retrieve the body later, for now since he was killed recently, we need to find the others. Ant, Dan, and Captain Sparklez are still here, so we need to be quick as possible." I looked towards Deadlox, who wasn't looking anywhere near the body. I walked over to him, worried. "Is something wrong Deadlox?" I didn't like seeing him like this. His eyes flashed red for a second when he looked at me.
"I...He was calling for help...I wasn't quick enough...I heard him die..." Now I know why he screamed. It wasn't because he saw a dead body, it was because he had heard him dying. I could see tears of quilt forming in his eyes, and I quickly hugged my friend tightly. I summoned some of my aura, enveloping us in a small budder light.
"It wasn't your fault Deadlox. It may have already been too late. I know what your feeling, and it's going to be okay." I said softly. I used my aura to suck away some of the bad thoughts he had going through him. No one probably noticed that I could do this, but I only did it if my friends needed to stay strong and push through bad situations. I couldn't bear to see Deadlox blaming himself for something he couldn't prevent. Deadlox started to cry, now that he wasn't blaming himself, the full situation of the fact that a friend had died got to him. I forcefully shut off my aura. It always hurt to do so because of my amulet, but it was best to turn it off now, before the side effect of taking those thoughts occured. A second after, slightly shining tears started to come from my eyes as well. After a few minutes, we both had stopped crying, and Deadlox broke the hug.
"Thanks." he said quietly, wiping away any remaining tears from his eyes. I patted his shoulder, smiling. To him, all I did was hug him, he didn't know that I took away his negative thoughts. I hope he will never find out about me. We started walking down the corridor, a confused look on Herobrines face.
"Something wrong?" asked Seto, gaining his attention. Herobrine nodded, looking around this long hallway worringly.
"This isn't susposed to be like this. There are susposed to be rooms, not some hallway that goes on forever like that one trial place." He stopped walking, lost in thought. I had also started to wonder if that was going on, but we hadn't reached the body again or any other landmark like books in the hallway. Soon, though, we saw a stack of dusty books in a pile. Herobrine picked one up, examining it. "Well, something definately took over my castle, this is not a book I've seen here before." He blew some of the dust off, causing Jerome to sneeze. Mitch basically had stars in his eyes as he suddenly hugged Jerome.
"Oh my gosh, do that again. It was so cute!" Mitch said, and Jerome just patted him on the head.
"No thank you." He laughed at Mitchs pouting, and I chuckled a little. Whenever they were around each other, they fit like a puzzle. I found myself wondering about Jeromes past. I have no idea how he met Mitch, but they knew each other when we met. I still remember how I was trying to find budder when they accidently fell on me. I was too busy thinking about the past, I didn't notice that I, once again, tripped over something. My glasses fell off, and I kept my eyes closed, fearful that they had seen them.
"Are you okay Sky?" It was Deadlox, I nodded, and started to feel around the floor for my glasses. I was not about to open my eyes here. Someone tapped my shoulder, which scared me, because I didn't notice anyone walking around, other that Deadlox. I could tell the voice belonged to Jason.
"Here's your glasses. They're cracked slighly though." I took them from him and put them back on. The crack wasnt on the lens like the last one, so I wont be bothered too much by it. I stood up, cursing slightly at a pain in my ankle. I thought that was just a sprain, but now it hurts worse. Curse my clumsyness. I looked over to a worried group, and sighed in defeat. They noticed.
"You told me you just sprang your foot." Jason scolded. "Are you still able to walk?" I nodded, taking a few steps. Sure, it was painful, but I can manage. I hid the pain well, its not good for me to be hurt by something so small on a mission. We continued on, and I ignored the pain as much as possible. Deadlox kept looking at me, an odd look on his face. Before I could ask what was wrong, though, I heard a scream come from down the hall. It startled Crainer so much that he too screamed and hugged Ssundee. I recognized that voice, and I started to run down the hall. It was AntVenom, a good friend of mine. He has an amulet too, but he made that one himself when we did a survival series. As the others caught up, I could tell that something was wrong with Hero. He looked pale, and his breathing was shallow.
"Hero, are you okay?" I asked quietly, gaining his attention. He shook his head, a small smile on his face.
"I just feel like I want to throw up, no worries. Ugh..." He trailed off, looking even more pale. I asked if he needed a break, but he denied. Soon, there was a large oak door in front of us. there was a bloody handprint on it, and another scream echoed past the door. I tried to open it, or kick it, but it wouldn't budge. Herobrine tried to burn it, but his magic only glowed for a moment before it stopped working. I was starting to wonder if we needed Max, but then a blur ran past me, and splintered one side of the door. Mitch fell on the other side, the loss in momentum from hitting the door and hurting his shoulder must have hurt. He got back up, though, a pained look on his face.
"I got it open for-" He didn't finish his sentence, because a shadowy claw came out of nowhere, and threw him into the wall.
Herobrines POV:
Mitch was thrown into the wall, out of our view, but I still saw the shadowy claw. Soon, the rest of the body showed up. It was like a lion, with two white glowing eyes. It had a heart on some sort of necklace, and I nearly vomited then and there. Who would wear organs like jewelry? I could hear ragged breathing further in the dark room, so it wasn't his heart. That was the heart of Caveman Films. I took multiple steps back, I was scared. I felt a pull on my chest, and I could hear the whispers again.
"You could kill it, you know...If you let me gain control," My hand quickly went to my head, which had started to hurt. I tried to ignore it, but the whispering got louder. "He wont be able to save you this time. My concentration wont be broken." I bit my tongue so I wouldn't scream at the whispering voice. I tasted blood, but I didn't care. I looked to make sure I didn't miss anything, and the lion was right in front of me. It was growling, and its eyes narrowed. I felt weak, as though it was...absorbing my auras energy. My legs gave out, but I couldn't move. My body wouldn't work, and I felt tired. Maybe...sleep would be okay...
"Now your getting it." The voice startled me enough to make sure I wasn't sleeping. My eyes snapped open, and I tried to move against whatever power this shadow creature had. It wasn't working. I realized then, that I couldn't breathe. I was literally frozen. Thankfully, A cleaver it in its eye, breaking whatever spell was put on me. I fell completely to the floor, gasping for breath as I saw Husky glaring at the creature.
"What are you, and what did you do to Hero?" Husky asked, and I tried to stand, only to fail. My aura felt weak, and the whispering wasn't stopping. The lion growled at Husky, and narrowed its eyes again. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Huskys aura was being dragged from him. He yelped in pain, throwing his dagger at the creature, breaking its connection. Sky got in front of Husky, a serious look on his face.
"Monsters like you aren't allowed to hurt my friends." He stated, and the lion glared at him, before swiping a large shadow claw at him. He blocked it with his sword, and was shoved back a few meters. The others joined in on battling the monster. I tried to get up, or to help. My strength wasn't returning, and I was going to black out. The world tilted to the right, and I fainted when I heard the creature yelp in pain because of an attack from Jerome.
Mitchs POV:
I woke up from where I was beside the wall, my back hurt badly. I looked to my left, gasping in shock. Ant was sitting against the wall, his chest bleeding badly. He was watching the others fight a shadow...lion. I painfully walked over to him, wondering if he was okay. I stepped on something, and looked down. It was Ants amulet, although it never glowed like Skys did, and it was broken to peices. "AntVenom? How bad is that wound?" He slowly looked at me, and moved so I could see the large hole in his chest. I could see his heart beating, and I tried not to vomit. He chuckled slightly, covering his chest again. His breathing started to slow, and he closed his eyes.
"I doubt...this...can be fixed.." He said, as he fainted from blood loss.

I apologize for any rush near the end of the chapter, its late at night. There are severe thunderstorm warnings around, and I am a little paranoid of the weather. Tesseract13, unfortunately the Dark Ancients have died out, but you do get a half cookie since it is something dark trying to kill Dan, Ant, and Captain Sparklez. It's not lion thing, because all it can do is feed off auras. Remember how Ssundee saw that grey patch of aura by Skys head a few chapters ago? That is where his power to take away bad thoughts comes from. I also wanted to add Jerome sneezing, since my cat sneezed a million times today. He sheds a lot since he is a long hair cat, and some got up his nose. It is up to you if they save Ant or not. I also noticed that Hero hadn't had a breakdown in a while...that may just change. I came up with something while writing this chapter, and it is the real identity of Sky. At first, he was something similar to Hero that isn't Skybrine, but I changed it, and I think it fits with his fear rather perfectly. You get a cookie if you can quess why Mitch is so fast. That may not be talked about in a while, but it is still a good topic. Have a good night (::) (::) (::) (::) Sayonara