Herobrines POV:
Bodil turned to the squid soldier, whose cocky grin turned into a frown. He tried to hold the talisman in front of him, but bodil kicked it out of his hand, causing it to hit the ceiling and shatter. Bodil lunged at him with one of his claws, but the soldier jumped back and grabbed a sword from the wall.
"I didn't realize you had an Angel on your side. That makes you even more uncommon and it only proves my point that your faking." Bodil growled at him. It sounded more like a feral animal than human or deamon.
"I don't know what made you think I was like the others, but unlike them, I have a beating heart." The hearts of deamons didn't beat? I never noticed that fact. At the moment I'm a bit like them aren't I? I ignored the remark Noroi made. The soldier only laughed, transforming into a squid and back in order to dodge.
"Oh now I know its a trick. Your just playing your cards to your advantage, its what you deamons do. You didn't even agknowledge the fact that the thing over there is a fallen Angel. In fact, I'm just sure its a mindless husk that your using magic to control to be on your side." Bodil stopped mid punch. Shoot! That guy just broke rule number 1, do not under any circumstances insult someone a deamon cares about, no matter how rare it is for them to care. I teleported everyone out of the ropes and against one corner of the room. Before I could do it, a barrier appeared around us, pure white magic. I looked over at Simon, his wings were glowing along with his eyes. He looked to be having a little bit of trouble, so I used some of my magic. My magic wasn't as pure as his, so hopefully it didn't explode. Luckily even though we had different magic, it combined into a very light grey, and Simons wings stopped glowing. He sighed.
"Thanks, I'm not good at my magic just yet." I only nodded and looked over to where Bodil was standing. In the small time that it took to put up the barrier, Bodil was already surrounded by black shadow. He was more than just mad, he was furious.
"How dare you say that about my Angel you idiotic fool!" The soldier seemed to realized his mistake, but couldn't find any words. He then turned to us, and he looked calmly at Simon. "Please look away, this is going to get messy." Simon covered his eyes. Oh yeah, Angels didn't like to watch people die. I didn't look away though, I was foolishly curious on what he was about to do. The soldier tried to run, but shadows shot at him and curled around his limbs and neck, making it impossible to either move or become a squid. Bodils eyes glowed red, and the room caught fire. Good thing we were behind a barrier. He walked calmly towards him, and he punched one hand right through the guys chest, causing blood to go everywhere. I don't know how, but only the heart was left beating in the hole that was made. Bodil grabbed it, ignoring the protests from the squid and pulled it out. I felt sick seeing it still beating in Bodils hand. The shadows dissapeared, dropping the now dead soldier. Bodil looked at the heart for a second, and I thought he was going to eat it. Instead he dropped it to the floor and stomped on it. I guessed Simon sensed that Bodil was calming down, because he ran to him and hugged him. I let the barrier fall completely when I realized the fire wasn't going to spread too quickly at the moment. Bodil turned to us, he looked normal, except for the fact that he still had grey skin.
"Sorry about that, I may have just signalled the other squids that he failed." Jin patted his shoulder, jumping over the dead body and walking to the door.
"Its alright, we can take squids, besides this isn't a place thats underwater, so if we can get out, it will be a problem to catch us again." He was right. We ran into the hall as fast as we could, and Ssundee stopped in his tracks, gasping and looking around. He slowly removed his sunglasses, and his eyes started sparking again.
"Are you alright Ssundee?" Crainer asked, worried. Ssundee nodded.
"The walls are covered in magic. The only problem is that the magic has multiple colors." Huh? I wasn't the only one confused, because Barney spoke up.
"Isn't magic made in multiple colors?" Ssundee chuckled a little, putting back on his sunglasses. He started walking, no doubt he didn't want to waste time staying in one place to explain. We followed.
"No. Magic is only allowed to have a few color variations. Why else do you think the two most famous magics are black and white? Unlike auras which is basically tied to the person, Magic has characteristics and categories. Like deception magic and Ender magic, its basically the same color, but they're different in many ways. Also shadow, black, and blood magic. Shadow magic is what Bodil used, but its easily mistaken for black magic. The difference there is that shadow magic is able to morph into things more easily. And it can be used to control people, although very few deamons know how to do that. Black magic may be the thing considered forbidden, but something that is much more dangerous is blood magic. You don't even need magic to use it. Using an artifact and your own blood can do some terrifying damage, but the worst of it will be on the user." His voice cracked a little. That got me worried, has he used this kind of magic? "Derp used it." Oh. Ssundee was shaking, and I could see tears. He kept walking though. "Right after mother died, he became unstable. He would not believe us and he started to see things. It took us awhile to figure out that a monster was using his mind against him, but we were too late. One night after father fell asleep, Derp snuck outside holding an ancient statue and a knife. I followed, but I never stopped him. I only watched like an idiot." He had to stop to rub his eyes for a second. "D-Derp started to burn something and cut his arm open. The monster appeared and told Derp to use the magic. He did. But he had no idea what he was doing, the spell backfired like the monster wanted. My baby brother laid on the ground, crying from the blood curse that the magic gave him, and I finally moved. I threw the knife at the monster and I tried to get him to wake up. The monster left, and I had no idea how to help Derp. I looked at the book he had with him, and said the first thing that was on there, using my magic. I broke the curse a little. It changed me but Derp was fine. I only figured out later that using his aura will kill him." Ssundee fell silent, and all that could be heard was our footsteps and the squids yelling about fire. I could smell it...no I could smell Ssundees aura. It was flickering around him, is that why his aura is like this? I won't ask him what changed, its obviously a touchy subject. He sighed after a few minutes. "Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. You probably didn't want a whole story on how dangerous blood magic is."
"Thats alright, it only shows how much you want people to be safe Ssundee." Crainer said. Before we could say anything else, squids started coming down the hall, and a lot of them. I looked around, seeing a lot of things that were flammable. I summoned some fireballs, changing my eyes to the glowing white. The squids stopped, stunned.
"Everyone, duck." I said, and when they did, I shot the fireballs out in every direction. The fire and smoke spread quick, easily choking the fragile lungs of the squids. I looked to the left, seeing a tapestry burn away, revealing another hall. We ran down there, and Noroi started laughing.
"How idiotic you are to come down this hallway, its obvisously abandoned for a reason...then again, this is the perfect place for your friends to die." There was something off about the way Noroi said it. It wasn't another one of those "I'll take control moments, something what we were doing was playing to his advantage. I accidently spoke outloud.
"And what is it that will kill us Noroi?" Everyone stopped in their tracks, looking at me with worried looks. I sighed, looks like I had to explain. "Noroi knows something we do not, and I accidently spoke out loud."
"I can't believe he can still communicate with you. But since he is aware of whats going on, I have a question for that wannabee vermin." Bodil said. Noroi growled, but I laughed, looking behind me to make sure the fire hasn't gotten too close yet.
"Shoot."
"What do you know that we do not?" I suddenly felt weary, and my mouth moved on its own.
"You seriously can't sense it too? I thought someone at your standing would have a lot more brains. Wh-" I bit my tongue hard enough to draw blood to get him to stop. I was back in control. "That was unexpected...how did that even happen?" Luckily when Noroi spoke again, it was in my head. "What the heck just happened?" Even he was suprised if the malice in his voice dissapeared for a second.
"I don't sense anyting. Artificial deamons are sometimes made with heightened senses, which could easily explain that...but I have no idea what just happened." Suddenly the ground shook, and I looked back again, the fire was still far...but what if theres a floor below us? I looked back at everyone, and Skys amulet was glowing brightly. The walls were also starting to glow an amnethyst color. It was not the fire. Colors exploaded around us forming a barrier to keep us from running. Noroi, of course was laughing, but the rest of us couldn't keep our balance.
"Try not to move too much, the grounds very unstable-" Sky started, but the floor came out from under him, and he dissapeared into the dark abyss below us. When I didn't hear a thud, I started to wonder why it was Sky who always fell into deep abyss'. A large chunk of the ceiling fell and hit me on the head. It didn't knock me out, but it broke the floor from under me. The last thing I saw was broken rocks waiting for me to land.
-Skys POV:
I was falling. For some reason it didn't seem like I was falling that fast, almost as though I was floating down. I looked up, seeing the hole I fall through dissapear...I had to be falling pretty fast then. My almulet was glowing rather bright, and I was able to see the walls around me as I fell. They were covered in ancient runes, and pulsed with the colorful magic. It almost looked familiar...wait, I've seen it before.
-flashback-
I gasped for air when I entered the temple. It was so far under water, I thought I was going to drown. I looked around at the rune covered walls, trying to figure out where T went. The squids took him so quickly, it made me worried. I followed the wet footprints. I soon heard voices and followed them. I peeked around a doorway, seeing T and two other squids. I smiled, it was only two royal guards. They were saying something about a new emporor and they wanted to give T something. He was the first half squid prodigy they have ever seen. They picked up a budder box that glowed. I felt drawn to it, I wonder what it was. When they opened the box, I heard something.
"Who will take this and accept." It wasn't a question. T looked like he didn't hear anything. I started to walk into the room to ask what was happening, but then a ball of glowing budder shot out of the box and floated in the air. The walls started to glow a variety of colors, mostly purple, and the ball started to inch towards me. At first I was glad, but then I realized something. This ball is susposed to be his. I took a step back, shaking my head.
"No. I don't want you." It didn't stop, and I started to get scared. "No!" It rammed towards me, hitting me in my chest with the weight of a horse.
-end of flashback-
I gasped awake, the pain from my dream lingering in my chest. I was shaking, and it took me a few minutes to realize that I was on the ground. Around me were a few large rocks and rubble, but I also saw everyone else. They were okay, which was a relief, but I don't think they can see me from the large rocks and how far I am. I stared to stand, but I heard something. I turned, seeing someone, and jumped back in surprise. They looked like an old man, but he became more transparent at his feet. He was a ghost...
"Do not fear, young one. I only called you out so we could speak." Called me out? I had an eerie feeling and looked at the ground. I held back a yell of surprise. Right in front of me was my own body. I...him...whatever had a few cuts and bruises, but otherwise okay. I looked back at the old man, who was chuckling a little. "You didn't think you'd wake up from that fall without something hurting, did you? Look closely, in this realm, you can see the others who had fallen." What? I looked back at my friends, seeing more apparations around them. From old to young, people were running around and playing. They kept their distance from Hero, and I saw why. There was a black shadow surrounding him and whispering, it was the deamon Noroi. I looked at my hands, seeing that they were somewhat transparent too, but I was glowing the same color as my aura.
"Why do you want to speak to me?" Every spirit in the room froze, noticing me. The shadow didn't notice me though.
"Your a carrier." Said a little girl. She wore a tattered dress with an arrow going through her chest. How could someone shoot a little girl? I kneeled down so I was closer to her height.
"Whats a carrier?" The old man answered for her.
"The one chosen with the golden aura. In fact, your aura was what drew you out. I called, and it answered." Wait. It felt like my heart skipped a beat, however that worked as a spirit.
"It wasn't your spell?" The spirits looked surprised at how I asked. They must have thought I knew about my aura.
"Oh dear, you can't control it can you?" The man asked, worry on his face. "I'm terribly sorry for calling now. You probably just want to go back to your friends and leave us." He wasn't trying to guilt trip me, he was sincere.
"Do you need help?" The old man nodded, pointing with a cane over to the other side of the cavern. It was an ornate door.
"If she doesn't awaken, we can't leave. I'm one of the people who put her to sleep. She was chosen to do something in the future, so with the spell, we added something so she would understand whatever new thing showed up, like those advanced potions your friend has. Unfortunately it meant that whoever died close enough couldn't get too far away." He sighed, patting the little girls head. "I've been here for 4,000 years young one, and this little girl nearly 3,546. We're the oldest ones here. Please wake her up, so we can cross over and see our families again?" His voice was so full of sadness, that I almost felt like crying. He continued. "I had a beautiful daughter and grandchild that wasn't born when I left. I want to see them again and see if my family has grown." The little girl spoke up.
"I didn't have a family...but that doesn't mean I wont have one when I cross. I'll be able to meet my mommy and daddy, and maybe even a brother or sister." I looked at each of the ghosts, who were all crying...they wanted to go home. I whispered to my aura, wondering if it could hear me.
"How am I susposed to wake her?" The girl grabbed my hand and started to lead me to the door. When we passed by the group, Hero looked at me. His eyes widened but didn't say anything, he saw me! I shrugged, and I hoped he could hear me.
"I'm not dead, don't worry." He did hear me and started talking to everyone. I couldn't hear what they were saying, it was muffled. "Why can't I hear them?"
"The barrier between the dead and living. Your friend must have had something happen to him to cause the barrier to shatter within him. He can see and hear us. Before the old man called you, he was speaking to the kid with blue hair." She didn't call them by names. I looked back at the arrow as I followed her. It didn't hit her heart, probably her diaphram. I felt sorry for the kid, they died a long and painful death. She stoped when we were at the door. "All you have to do is open it with your aura...but you can't control it. Try...not trying too hard. It worked when I tried to move something in the human realm 299 years ago." I guess the barrier isn't within her either. But there was a bigger question on my mind. Why is my aura the key? It didn't really make sense, but what choice did I have. I put a hand onto the door, wonding what I had to do to open it. I tried to push it with my hand, but it didn't budge. I suddenly felt sad, I had no idea how I was susposed to help these spirits. Why were they trusting me, when I can't even use my aura? I sighed, putting my forehead against the door.
"I need to open you, but how do I do that?" I asked quietly, not really caring that the door isn't a person. "Please, I need help with this. What do I do?" I closed my eyes, putting a hand over my heart. Even as a spirit I could feel it. It goes without resistance, nothing holding it back...thats it! I can't control it, but my arua does control itself. I looked back at the girl, who was staring at me with curiosity. "You said you can move real objects, right?" She nodded, and I smiled. "I need you to go back to my body. If you can break my amulet, I should be able to have more aura."
"But that amulet holds back power, your body will be badly injured, not physically, but mentally in this state." I sighed. Oh well, I'm going to have to take that sacrafice.
"Its alright, I heal quickly. Please go." She quickly left, and I watched as she neared my body. Was it me, or did I look pale from this far? I tried not to think about it, and instead, I looked back at the door and the many grooves within its surface. "Lets hope this goes okay..." I heard something shattering, and it took a second for the pain to reach me. The next thing I saw was yellow, and I somehow blacked out as a spirit.
I woke up groggily when I heard cheering. I was standing in the same spot, so I dont really know if I slept. I looked at my hand again, seeing that it was more transparent than before. The little girl hugged my leg. Her dress was new again and the arrow was gone. She was dissapearing in a cloud of blue.
"Thank you! But you need to get back to your body, your spirits fading. Just touch your body and you'll be back. Hurry." She dissapeared, and it took me a few seconds to get my legs to run. I made it back to my body, and paused for a second. Deadlox had me laying on his lap and everyone looked worried. My body was glowing slightly from my aura, and shattered beside me, was the amulet. I quickly touched my own head, and every perspective changed. Sounds exploaded into my ears. I was now looking at Deadlox, and I was in my own body. I still felt pretty weak though, and sat up slowly.
"Sky! Herobrine explained that you weren't dead...but your heart wasn't going. What happened?" I opened my mouth to answer, but again, I lost conciousness, falling back to the ground.
-Herobrines POV:
I sighed, taking a bite from an apple and looking up at the sun sinking below the horizon. Sky hasn't woken up for four hours now. Back in the cavern, a lady with bright red hair introduced herself as Idal. She explained why I saw sky as a spirit and why he wasn't technically dead. She also said that she was the first person to travel to the Aether, which is why she was chosen to sleep for so long. She showed us a secret way out of the cavern so we didn't have to try and climb the walls. We saw a lot of bones, and hopefully, what she said about them passing on was true. Shes by the fire now, fixing Skys amulet. I don't know how she'll be able to without his aura, but it had to be made somehow. I looked at Sky. His aura was starting to fizzle a little. If he only knew how it worked, he'd probably be more powerful than my brother.
"What about stronger than you?" I shook my head. After what Sky did with his aura earlier, Noroi has been more quiet...I wonder if he was affected like the spirits.
"I'm not as strong as-" He laughed a little.
"Your Herobrine. You've just grown soft and forgotten your strength. You even held back with that fire blast. Sure, having your soul again limits you, but power wise, your the stronger one...strong enough to kill these idiots." I know its like him to act mean, but he didn't have any feeling in that.
"Is is possible for deamons to get sick?" I asked Bodil, who nearly choked on his drink.
"Yes." He said, then a worried look came to his face. "Are you worried about Noroi? You should be glad if he's weak." I should? Right, Noroi tried to kill everyone many times, but...fudge me, I've grown used to his endless rude remarks.
"What?"
"Maybe. So, how did you meet Simon, if Angels and Deamons are enemies?" I asked it to change the subject, and luckily, he smiled at me.
"That, Hero, is for another day." Everything grew quiet again, until there was a soft bark and wimper. We all looked to the right, seeing a grey dog with an orange collar. I recognized it.
"Sherbert?" Jerome asked, and the dog wimpered again. Right, Sherbert was Stampy's dog, but we're still a bit far from where Stampy lives. Sherbert did look very skinny. It was odd.
"But Stampy never lets his dogs roam around without someone, he doesn't want Hit The Target hurting them...on ho."
Howdy! I'm so sorry for the long fudging wait. But now I have a new laptop and I have updated the story. It was a challenge trying to figure out how to incorporate my big sisters character. But I finally did it! Thank You Everyone for your wait, and have many, many cookies. (::) (::) (::) (::) (::)
P.S. Try and guess why Sherbert is there *insert evil laugh*