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Chapter 26:

Separation

All it took was one glance at Lorcan's ears for Lucy to understand why he was turning away from her. Her mind had been clouded by her excitement of seeing her best friend who she thought she would never again lay her eyes upon. The thought that Lorcan might overhear their conversation had never crossed her mind.

She had been an idiot.

There you go, Lucy. You've lost yourself another friend. Friendship had been a natural thing for her a long time ago, but as she grew older, she had grown more alone. Now she only had Diane because she was too stupid to realize how much her lies would hurt Lorcan.

Though she tried to prevent it, a tear slipped down her face.

"I'm sorry, Lorcan," she whispered. "I know that doesn't cut it. I lied straight to your face. I'm not Captain Foxy. I'm Lucy Mauseth. And I'm not a pirate. I'm just a stupid teenage girl." She turned away from bat, frantically wiping away her tears. "So you have all rights to hate me."

She rejoined the others. As they silently made their way down the path, she threw one last glance over her shoulder.

"How old are you?" The question snapped Rita back to reality. She had been thinking about how they were supposed to get home. She had also been wondering where on Earth they were walking to, and she supposed she would have to ask that. James probably hadn't even thought of the question.

"I'm turning fifteen next month," Rita replied, answering Diane's question. "James is turning sixteen in October. Apparently, our parents really like kids." She grinned. "Do you guys have any siblings?"

Lucy's voice was barely above a whisper when she responded. "I'm an only child." Rita guessed she was still heartbroken about the whole bat incident. Which she also had to ask about. She felt like she was going to be doing a lot of asking in the future.

Diane's grip around Second tightened when she spoke. The slime squeaked out a, "Pew!" as she did so, much to Rita's confusion. Why in the world did it make that noise?

"Diane's little brother is the hospital," Lucy quietly explained. "He slipped into a coma a little over a week ago."

"Max," the heartbroken girl added.

"Why?" Rita questioned. James elbowed her – with their difference in height, he hit her head by accident – but she waited expectantly for an answer.

"They don't know." As tears hit the slime in her arms, Second looked up at Diane and gave a confused pew. "And they don't think he'll stay in it for much longer…"

Upon realizing what she meant, Rita's gaze softened. She couldn't put herself in Diane's shoes. If James had been going through the same thing as Max, she wouldn't be able to deal with the pain. "I'm sorry," Rita whispered. "That's a horrible thing to go through."

Lucy put her shoulder around Diane in an attempt to comfort her. James, not sure what was the best plan of action, stood awkwardly behind Rita.

It hurt.

Betrayal still stung fresh as tears continued to roll down his cheeks. He shouldn't have let himself get attached to Ca-Lucy. But he had been stupid, and he had been naive. Now he was left alone with a broken heart.

He wrapped his wings around his body in an attempt to comfort himself. It failed miserably. He still cried, and he still hurt deep inside.

Suddenly, he noticed two making their way down the pathway. Wiping away his tears with the tips of his wings, he made his way over to the end of the branch he was perched on to get a better look.

One of them was tall. He wore black clothes that seemed to fit someone who was royalty. On his finger was an obsidian ring, and a sword hung from his waist in its sheath.

His black hair went down to his knees, but was surprisingly neat for hair of that length. A pair of pointed eyes peeked out from behind his hair. He possessed a pair of black angelic wings, and when he spoke to the other person, Lorcan saw a pair of fangs glint in the sunlight. The bat was terrified when he realized darkness was seeping out of his eyes.

The other one was shorter than the first, but was tall as well. His entire outfit, like his companion's, was black. It was nearly impossible to make out his features. His outfit covered almost all of him – the only spots not covered being the tips of his fingers and the area around his eyes. Lorcan was shocked to see claws on his fingers and enderman scales around his eyes.

"You must find them quickly," the taller one said. Curious, Lorcan perched at the very end of the branch. "I will try to find out why the four of them are here while you and the others search for them."

"Alright," the smaller agreed.

"They are supposedly on this path," the first added. "Now, I must go." The smaller nodded. To Lorcan's shock, darkness began to build up around the taller of the two. It consumed him. When the darkness faded, the man was gone.

There's four people they're after who aren't supposed to be here. And they're supposedly on this path…Lorcan's blue eyes widened at the realization. The ones they were after had to be Lucy, Diane, James, and Rita!

As the shy kid in school, making friends had always been difficult for James. He was used to sitting alone at lunch, and was used to walking to his next class without a companion. This time was no exception – he was having trouble starting a conversation up with Diane.

"So…um…" He stared down at his feet, and the well-traveled path underneath. "Do you like Skydoesminecraft?" he quietly asked. That was a start.

Diane shook her head. "Why-Oh, my skin." She seemed to have cheered up a bit. He was grateful. Talking to her was hard enough as it was. "I lost a bet to Lucy. Whoever got to the school doors first got to choose the loser's skin." She gave a regretful smile. "She's lucky. If I had gotten there first, I would have made her skin be-"

"Herobrine," Lucy interrupted.

Diane stared from behind her sunglasses. "Yeah. How did you know?"

She shook her head. "I'm not talking about Minecraft skins. I see Herobrine coming." Rita gave a startled yelp when Lucy suddenly grabbed her by her hoodie's hood and dragged her into the bushes. After exchanging glances, Diane and James did the same.

They all peeked over. Though Second was the only one who had an audible reaction – it whimpered – James was terrified at the sight. Herobrine, clad in diamond armor and armed with a diamond sword, was making his way down the path.

"Oh my God," Rita managed to get out. They all stared at her. "He's not alone, see? He's with Link from Legend of Zelda!"

"But why would Link be with Herobrine?" Diane hurriedly whispered back. She tightened her grip around Second.

"Because," Lucy started, "there's a creepypasta that looks like Link."

James' eyes widened. "Ben Drowned." Rita, sensing his fear, wisely covered his mouth with her hand before he could scream.

A/N Hey there, wonderful Souls~ From now on, my author's notes are going to be at the end of the chapter. That way, you can focus on the story. :D I really enjoyed writing this chapter. I think you can probably guess who Ben Drowned is (I've been waiting to make that reference for ages!).

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