Skys POV:
"He is no more." I have no idea what he meant by that. He couldn't kill Hero by taking control, right?
"What do you mean, he's no more?" asked Ssundee, backing away from the curse. Last time he nearly killed Ssundee. He only laughed at the question, the black eyes glowing slightly red.
"I mean exactly what I said. His soul was-" Jason interrupted him.
"You can't destroy his soul and kill him, can you?"
"If a Dark Ancient couldn't do it, neither can you." Barney added, standing in front of Red in case he had to protect him from the creature, who sighed. His movements were jerking, something I found odd. Last time, he moved without a problem.
"Who said the Dark Ancients couldn't destroy the soul?" He started, walking slowly towards Notch. "Of course they could, they were stronger than the pure ones. I was made of not only the dark Herobrine had in his heart as a human, I was made from the black magic of the Ancients. I can't truly destroy his soul, but I can crack it beyond repair. Which I haven't done just yet." He smiled when he was standing in front of Notch. "In fact, the reason they nor I have destroyed his soul was because it had a purpose."
"And what was the purpose they had to break apart his soul and scatter it?" Notch asked, frowning at him. The curse started laughing darkly, glitched. I didn't know what was happening to cause this, but it can't be good.
"I am a creature that uses the soul of the human I control for power. But, since I am an artificial deamon of sorts, I can't start out with full power. I have to build it gradually, and get stronger each time you give him a peice of his soul back." For a creature made to kill, this thing seems to like answering questions, maybe we can take advantage of that even seemed to notice.
"Did the Dark Ancients give you a name?" His eyes flashed a redish grey for a second, shaking his head slowly.
"No, the Dark Ancients didn't think that was relavent to the task, so I gave myself one." He smiled, so wide it would probably hurt a regular person. "I am Noroi, the curse thats going to be the death of you." He quickly turned, lunging at us.
Deadloxs POV:
I was flying as fast as possible over the forest, trying to make sure the others were okay. Sky got the idea to split up so we gave Hero more time to try and gain control again, if it was still possible for him to do it himself. They were all hiding quite well, although I could easily hear where they were. I took off my headphones so I could listen better, and heard a splash potion. I stopped flying, landing on the ground close to where I heard it. There was a small yelp and a spash, and I ran to where the sound was. Sure, it could have been a clumsy mistake, but I doubt that. When I reached the lake, I saw Noroi holding Max under water. From the looks of it, a potion of blindness was used on him.
"Oh whats wrong, have water in you lungs?" He taunted, and I tackled him, giving Max a chance to catch his breath and expel the potion with his aura. I tried to pin Noroi down, but he flipped me into the water. I screamed, trying to fly, but the water weighted down my wings. I heard a slightly relieved laugh. "I forgot the End creatures were hurt in water." When I saw the water turn a little red, I gave up and turned back into my human form. I held my breath as I sunk to the bottom, waiting to see if he thought I was dead. Luckily, he walked away from the waters edge, letting me swim back up. He was trying to slash at Max with a sword, but Max was using his aura as a weapon. He made rusty red spikes come out of the ground, causing Noroi to stumble a little. His movements became more jerky as he ran at Max again. Maybe Hero was trying to fight back, which I hope is the case. Out of nowhere, fireworks hit him in the face, and I looked to see ross standing beside a dispenser. When he ran towards Ross to attack, he sidestepped, dodging surprisingly easily. He then moved quickly, kneeing Noroi in the stomach rather hard. The curse growled, grabbing Ross before he could run and starting to choke him.
"Stupid Narwhal, stay out of this." Sky kicked Noroi away, swinging his golden sword around threateningly.
"Why are you doing this?" Sky asked, I don't know what he was trying to accomplish.
"I was created to do this. And frankly, its quite fun." He answered, a little confused.
"But don't you have something you want to do other than kill? Maybe make frie-" He stopped talking when the curse started to laugh hysterically. He pointed towards Sky, the red glow from his eyes dissapearing.
"Seriously!? This isn't a story kid, you can't change my mind with a few profound words. What makes you think I want friends? I don't care about that...All I care about is ending your pathetic human lives." Flames started to circle around him and black symbols started to appear. "Enough Playing around, time to finish what Herobrine couldn't." His eyes fashed white for a second, making him frown, but he pretended not to notice. He started to lift off the ground, clouds gathering in the sky. Everyone else entered the clearing to see if something was happening. He probably saw what was happening. The fire started to build up more, and Sky gave us the signal to take shelter. Then the blast came.
Skys POV:
Whatever Noroi did, it was powerful. Many trees fell, and most of us were pushed back quite a bit. It took Seto, Ssundee, Max, Notch, and Mitch to keep a barrier up, although Mitch had no idea what he was doing. After the dust cleared, I noticed Noroi was holding his head, landing on the ground. Hero must be fighting back. Deadlox looked a little worried, his tail curling around himself.
"Is everything okay Deadlox?" I asked, and he shook his head quickly, his headphones nearly falling off.
"They're mumbling to each other...Hero made the blast so it woudn't kill us at the last second, if he couldn't, we would be dead by now."
Herobrines POV:
I was menatally tired, it took a lot out of me to gain enough control to change the fire spell to wind at the last second. Luckily, it took more magic than usual from the curse, meaning I can still gain control again. He soon spoke, sounding pained.
"W-What did you do?" I chuckled in my head.
"What did I do? I changed that spell so it wouldn't kill my friends." He growled darkly.
"How were you able to gain control when I rendered your soul useless?"
"You were using our powers too much, making you weak enough I could do so without it. You weren't even using my soul yourself, making you even more weak and unable to completely control my body." I waited for him to say something, but he was silent, so I continued. "You know, I figured out where you hid it, under a lot of dark magic. You tried to surpress it, did you feel something using it?" He was silent for awhile, I don't know how long though. Finally, he spoke silently.
"No..." He sounded more human, unsure for a second, until he sounded dark again. "Next time, you wont gain control, you know once a killer, always a killer. I'm going to remind you, even if it ends me." There was dark laughter. "Who knows, maybe I'll have enough energy next time to crack your soul and make you go back to being bad." I had control again, almost as though he retreated. I started to feel tired, but I refused to fall asleep. I noticed I was staring at the ground. I was curled up, my hands on my head. I slowly moved so I stood up, yawning a little. Before I could look around, I was suddenly hugged by big brother. He had tears in his eyes and he was shaking.
"Wha-"
"Herobrine, are you okay?! You've been screaming in pain for the last ten minutes!" When did I do that?
"I-I'm fine." now that I thought about it, my throat did hurt a little. "I don't remember doing that. Last I recall, I was speaking with the curse, then I was back in control." I didn't tell them how it seemed he retreated. "Why do you look like you want to cry?" I asked, wondering why he hadn't let go yet.
"I doubted you would make it back. I thought I was going to have...to kill you." I decided to hug him back.
"Oh come on big brother, I would never get far enough gone for that if I can help it." I yawned again, and big brother broke the hug.
"You need to get some rest." He said sternly. I nodded and started to head home, laughing with the others, relieved that no one died.
No POV:
A figure sat in the trees, bright orange eyes watching as the group below started to head away from the forest. A smile crept onto his face, glad the poor escuse for a deamon was dormant again, showing sharp serrated teeth. He wished he could watch a little longer, but the sun was starting to set and his own friends will grow worried if he doesn't get back to camp. His eyes flashed red for a second as he dissapeared in a cloud of dark orange smoke, headed to the north.
Hiya, this is the next chapter! As the deamon said in the chapter, a few words aren't going to change its mind. He retreated so he could store as much energy as possible. I looked up the Japanese word for curse, which turned out to be Noroi, so that became its name. I hope this chapter answered a few things Halloween Terror. Your analysis on the Dark Ancients was great! It would be a twist if Herobrines soul got destroyed though. And thank you Guest for your nice Review! You both get a double chocolate cookie (::). I have no idea how Fireworks work in minecraft. If anyone can help, please tell me, I just guessed you use a dispenser, which may be wrong. Also, if you can figure out who the person was at the end, you get even more cookies! (::) (::) (::) (::) Sayonara