Chapter 18:

Mitch surprised us all with an amazing breakfast. God, it was good! Jerome was happy, Ian seeming pleased by the pleasant mood in the air, Mitch happy Jerome was happy, and Adam fucking tense as hell. It was my birthday and I felt like all the soreness had finally gone away. When I finished, Adam took my plate, Mitch taking Jerome's as he finished, both of them washing the plates for us. I stood, stretched, then looked outside.

"We should take a walk; it's a beautiful day out!" I cheerfully asked, looking to the others hopefully.

"Sure, that sounds nice, we never take walks." Jerome decided, looking to the others. Ian, Mitch, and Adam all agreed, and soon we were all walking down a forest path, the trees swaying in the gentle breezes. The sky was cloudless, and when we reached another area of plains, the day just seemed to get brighter. I fell back first onto the ground, sighing.

"Do you guys want to just lay here for a while? It's so peaceful here." I stated. Adam laid down next to me, cuddling up to me as Mitch and Jerome wrestled around for a bit, Ian sitting there watching with amusement.

~Blaze~

Something isn't right. Something isn't right- SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT! I broke down into a barking fit, scratching like a madman at the door as Hazel came rushing in, worried. Hesitantly, she opened the door, and I took off sprinting as she groaned, annoyed, but not following. SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT! SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT! I was basically yelling that at the top of my lungs, and anytime I passed a wolf they'd give me the weirdest look, but to hell with them, or should I say me? Wait… What? I'm confusing myself again. Never mind, the point is- SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT!

I rushed into the forest, dodging trees like a pro and never getting- oof. Never mind, I just tripped. Damn it, I was doing well too! I picked up a familiar scent, one I smelled at the castle. I had been following it when Adam found me. I followed it like a boss, sprinting around as the scent weaved back and forth, being somewhat old… like, maybe by an hour or so? My head shot up, now knowing where the scent was heading. THE CLEARING! SOMETHING'S HAPPENING AT THE CLEARING! SOEMTHING'S HAPPENING AT THE CLEARING! Once more, I received weird looks. Oh well, I'm a shape shifter, it doesn't matter what dumb old wolves think of me.

~Ty~

We continued walking. We hadn't been walking long, but Adam said the area made him uneasy, so we got up and left. We'd been walking about a minute before I suddenly froze, my ears picking up on something, twitching madly. What the- I screamed as I was tackled, pinned by the man. I began thrashing around, trying to get him off of me, but he was too strong, a demented look in his eyes.

"LET GO OF HIM!" Adam roared, a deep, vibrating sound surrounding us. I glanced to them, seeing a magical barrier about 30 feet in diameter surrounding me and the man, Adam banging furiously on it, each time letting out another vibrating noise. The man held me calmly in his lap, my back against his, one arm around my waist, the other across my chest. I could hear his breathing against my ear, my eyes wide, my throat closed. Why isn't he disappearing…?

"Hmn…" He quietly hummed. "I've missed you Deadlox…" He quietly stated; his voice kind of deep, deeper than the normal voice you'd hear.

"GET THE FUCK OFF OF HIM!" Adam screamed.

"Have you enjoyed the fun you've had with Adam the past… 6 months, I believe?" I didn't respond, starting to feel like I was choking on my own voice. "I hope so, because I plan on breaking you." I started to shake madly. "I remember holding you when you were a baby…" he began to stroke the top of my head, smoothing my hair.

"LET GO OF HIM!" Adam continued. His voice started fading out until the only thing I could hear was the man's breathing.

"I remember helping your mother name you… Taking you away before those evil men kidnapped her. They killed her Deadlox, they killed your mommy." He taunted. I felt blood start running down my chin. "And now that she's truly dead at your hand… when you turn 20, you won't be able to control yourself anymore… Aren't you excited?" I couldn't feel my body, it just went completely numb. "And, now that we're together again… I can finish breaking you." He hissed. The world seemed so slow, but when it finally caught up with me, sound returning and my voice and body returning as well, I face planted hard with the barrier, falling back onto the ground. I blacked out.

~Blaze~

GO FASTER DAMN YOU! WHY CAN'T I HAVE A FASTER BODY! FUCK, IF I COULD ONLY- BUNNY!

~Adam~

Ty lied there still as day, the man watching from where he sat. I was shaking badly. No… he can't be dead that easily… The man slowly crawled to Ty, hovering over him carefully. His fingers suddenly turned to claws, sharp teeth replacing his normal ones, his eyes going pitch, soulless black, like the void. His skin seemed drained of any color from how white it was, and the dark aura about him made him look like an Enderman.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" I tried again, to no prevail as he ran one claw under Ty's chin, turning his head to look at him. I suddenly heard loud barking, looking over my shoulder to see Blaze at a full sprint straight towards us. Or more like Ty. The man glanced at Blaze, but didn't seem interested. Not until Blaze jumped straight through the barrier and viciously started attacking the guy, causing him to force Ty's head back, hitting it hard on the ground as he winced, moving a hand to his head.

"Get off of me!" The man bellowed, throwing Blaze away as Ty stared horrified at the man. Blaze stumbled back, but snarled threateningly, rushing back to the man. They fought for what felt like forever, but truly was only a minute or so, until the man was out of breath. He'd managed to get Blaze good across his left side, a gashing mark left as he lied there, still breathing. "God, such a rude shape shifter!" The man scoffed. Our heads snapped to Blaze, who was eyeing the man, but closed his eyes. He opened them again and went to get back up, yipping in pain as he let his front two legs fold underneath his body weight, a struggled look on his face.

"Blaze…?" I breathed. Blaze somehow managed to get back up, growling at the man. He blinked.

"WOW, alright mutt, give me your best shot." The man ordered, already bloody. Blaze staggered towards him, biting his calf, but barely breaking any skin at all. The man snickered. Blaze whined, disappointed in himself and obviously in pain, but suddenly bit down hard enough to get the man to gasp as blood started seeping from his wound madly. He kicked Blaze and blasted him against the barrier. Blaze's body made a rather large cracking sound, not even hitting the ground before becoming consumed by black. It shifted into the form of a human and left the boy that'd been at the castle. Blaze didn't move. Ty looked horrified, but Blaze's body shifted, his arm moving to lift himself up. "How are you even moving?" The man demanded. Blaze kept his head down, one arm wrapped around his stomach, where the gash was now located, the other supporting his weight.

There was a heavily silence that lingered in the air, but eventually Blaze sat up straight, his hair blocking his face. We could only see his mouth, and it was set in a frown. He moved the arm from his stomach, covered in crimson red. He slowly licked a streak of blood off his arm.

"That's disgusting." The man retorted, crossing his arms. Blaze slowly looked at him, but looked away with a smile tugging at the corners of his lips, continuing to lick his arm clean.

"Waste not. What not." He answered.

"Get out of my magic!" The man hissed, shoving Blaze out of the Magical barrier and making him roll away.

"OW…!" Blaze complained, whining like a child as Ian rushed to him.

"Now then, I believe that was a good time waster. Deadlox, do you know how long you have?" The man demanded, pinning him to the barrier as he generally looked terrified. He didn't reply, tears rolling down his cheeks. "You have about a minute left before everything goes to hell." Ty started sobbing, tightly closing his eyes. The man pulled him to his feet, going to toss him away, but Ty held on tightly to his arm.

~Ty~

He's trying to take my bracelet. I couldn't stop sobbing, my vision blurred as hell. I could barely see where I was anymore, I just knew I had to hold onto his arm or he'd yank my bracelet off. My arms feel so weak. I feel dizzy. Please don't tell me I'm going to pass out again… He managed to break my grip of his arm and I fell to the ground. Without a bracelet. I was on my hands and knees, watching him with horror as he broke into a fit of laughter. I couldn't even focus on anyone's reaction, just the fact I could feel the scales visibly spreading closer to my eyes was enough to make me shake.

"You can't hide anymore Ty! You're broken! You didn't really think you'd be able to hide your entire life, did you?!" The man harshly hissed as I slowly moved a hand to my cheek, right below my right eye. My mother's bloodcurdling screams started echoing through my head, causing me to instantly pull my headphones up to cover my ears, but it didn't help. "You killed your mother Deadlox!" The man taunted.

"I did not!" I screamed, looking at him as more tears spilled down my face.

"You killed the humans taking care of you as well!"

"I DID NOT!" I cried out.

"And best of all."The man started, his hair falling in his face and covering his eyes, a wicked, twisted smile forming on his face. "The only thing you are, is a cruel, heartless, monster." He coldly confirmed. I couldn't even say anything. How can he say that when he knew my mother? When he basically watched me grow up apparently? "Your life isn't real." He taunted. "Your existence is false." He continued as I slowly stood, the scales drawing even closer to my eyes. "You're going to get killed by the same people who murdered your mother." I slowly looked to him, gritting my teeth together tightly as I felt the scales under my fingers. "The best part yet… Your friends are terrified." Suddenly… I didn't feel myself.

~Adam~

He's… he's really… His purple eyes had gone from looking like normal Enderman eyes to having a nearly straight line down the center of his eyes, the slit basically paper thin. He just stared at the man. He looked fucking terrifying. The only people not seeming effected were Blaze and the man.

Ty slowly withdrew his hand from his face as he fell to his knees, starting to quietly sob. The man started approaching him.

"Get away from me." Ty ordered, his voice firm for him crying on the ground and all. The man stopped in front of him. "I said GET AWAY!" Ty roared, pulling out his sword. And they started fighting. Ty seemed like a completely different person now, more agile, more flexible to situations. The magical barrier disappeared, the man shoving Ty in the air as Ty took flight, hovering a ways away from the man.

"I've ruined your life." The man called. Ty's eyes filled with an insane look. "Are you satisfied?" And in an instant, Ty bolted down, the man not having time to react as a loud crashing sound rang out, dust filling the air as we all fell down, the ground shaking violently.

"Jerome?" Mitch called into the now dust filled atmosphere.

"I'm ok." Jerome assured.

"Adam, where are you buddy?" Ian asked. I groaned, my head throbbing, the aura around Ty stronger than ever. I opened my eyes, the dust slowly revealing the bright blue sky once more. I sat up as my friends surrounded me, looking around for Ty and the man. I shot to my feet, rushing to the crater in the ground. In the very center lay a limp looking Ty-thing, but the man was gone.

"Ty!" I gasped, rushing down the side of the crater, trying not to trip and fall. Ty slowly looked to me with a lazy look in his eyes, but when seeing me he quickly started trying to back away, his back bumping the crater and making him turn, trying to climb out. His wing looked like it was in pain; I'd imagine they would be after a fall like that. "Ty, wait!" I called, rushing to him. He was sobbing again.

"No! No, get away from me!" He begged, his tail wrapping around him as he curled into a ball on the floor. I froze. What? "I'm a monster; I don't want to hurt you, please!" He sobbed, wrapping his wings around his, muffling his sobs.

"Ty, you aren't a monster." I assured, sitting down next to him.

"Yes I am!" He cried.

"What have you ever done that makes you a-" He sat up, interrupting me, staring at me with tears still gushing from his eyes.

"I killed my human parents. I did… That's why you found me; I went insane and killed then…" He sobbed, breaking down crying again. I just sat there shocked. Ty wouldn't just kill someone, he must have had a reason… "Please, kill me!" Ty suddenly requested. I took in a sharp breath. "Kill me, please!" He screamed, on his hands and knees in front of me. "I don't want to live knowing you hate-!" He gasped when I tightly hugged him, shaking slightly in my arms, waiting for me to do something. I pulled my head from his shoulder, staring him in the eye for a split second before passionately kissing him. The guys just stood there shocked.

~Ty~

I started seeing a flashback of them finding me again, them taking me in without any real hesitation. Why… why are they being so nice to me…? I barely remember anything before that… Why aren't they afraid of me…? I don't remember my human parents, or any of my true childhood. Why don't they kill me? Adam slowly pulled away, his forehead to mine, my eyes still wide open, more of shock than anything else. Why don't I feel safe with them?

"Ty, I'm not going to kill you. I love you. I still do." He chuckled slightly, giving a weak smile as tears filled his eyes. "You're so beautiful… you still are Ty… And you were amazing to me before I knew your secret… But now, you're extraordinary." He choked out. I felt a smile tug at my lips as I cried, not because I was afraid, but because of joy. I intertwined my fingers in his hair, holding our foreheads together, his hands gently placed behind my neck. "Just the fact… the fact that we both have secrets is perfect." Adam determined, pulling away with a smile, the others just standing there curiously. "I made a promise that'd I'd show you my eyes if you told my your secret." Adam stated. He pulled us both to our feet.

"Come here Ty." Jerome stated. Ty rushed into a hug with him, smiling, the others hugging him as well.

"Alright… if you aren't freaking out at Ty, you can't freak out at me, ok?" Adam asked.

"Of course, why would we-"

"I'm the son of Herobrine." My jaw dropped to the floor, as well as everyone else's. Adam took off his sunglasses, his eyes glowing like butter. "I'm the son of Herobrine and Notch is my Uncle. That's how I got the document for the general regarding Snow-Dust and why I got your wedding planned for free. That's why you've never met my parents and why I hate my god damn-" I cut Adam off, kissing him passionately. He stood there dumbstruck for a moment before kissing me back.

"Your eyes are beautiful." I whispered as we pulled back, smiling warmly at him. He softly chuckled, burying his face in my hair. He pulled away.

"Well you being part Enderman explains why you stopped showering." Adam bluntly stated. I went red.

"The water started burning my skin…" I mumbled pathetically.

"SO, wait. You can, like, do all the crazy shit Herobrine can do?" Mitch questioned. Adam laughed, looking to the top of the crater and teleporting there, then returning. He held out his hand, a flame appearing, buttery like his eyes and sword.

"More or less." Adam determined, shrugging. I cupped his cheeks, smiling like an idiot, holding his forehead to mine as he smiled, cupping my cheeks in return.

"I don't care if you're an almighty god or normal as hell, I still love you." I kissed him lightly, placing my head on his shoulder as he held me close.

"Yeah, not to interrupt the moment or anything, even though Mitch kind of already did, but I kind of have to get back to Hazel, so…" I looked at Blaze and chuckled.

"Stupid dog…" I teased, rushing at him and tackling him to the ground. "You nearly got yourself killed over me!" I laughed, Blaze pinning me quickly.

"In your dreams, I'm an ex-servant of Herobrine and his blessing still stands upon my skin! I cannot die as long as I remain a majestic- stop petting me!" He cried out, trying to bat my hand away as I kept it firmly on his head. He huffed, sitting there and making an adorable pouty face as I snickered.

"I thought you liked being petted." Ian started.

"Not by people who know I'm a shape shifter, that's just weird!" Blaze confirmed.

"Weird? You licked Damien's unclean skin, dirt and all!" I argued, shoving him away.

"He was salty…" Blaze mumbled, his body going black. Adam pulled me to my feet, and I looked around, quickly spotting my bracelet and rushing to it, slipping it on as Blaze barked, beginning to trot off. I returned to my friends, all of us following Blaze.

~Adam~

Ty isn't gone. Ty isn't gone! But someone's going to try and kill him… I won't let them. I can stop anyone if I put my mind to it. As we walked back into town, Blaze sprinted to Hazel, who picked him up and hugged him tightly. He merrily barked.

"Damn it, don't scare me like that you pathetic dog." Hazel mumbled as we waited. She set him down, Blaze simply sitting at her feet as she sighed. "Thanks." She addressed to us.

"No problem." Ty assured, taking my hand and leading me back to the house. The others followed us, and we all sat around for a bit, until Jerome smiled brightly.

"DUDE, it's your birthday and you haven't gotten a single present!" With that, he rushed upstairs, all of us but Ty actually. Duh, of course we got him presents! When we all came back downstairs, Ty was patiently waiting, and he happily took Jerome and Mitch's first.

"Oh my god…" Ty breathed as he pulled a necklace from the not very big box.

"It's a locket, see?" Mitch stated, opening up the circle to reveal a picture of Ty and I, and a picture of all of us. He hugged them both.

"Thank you!" Ty replied, turning around as Mitch helped him put it on. After that, Ian presented Ty with a bunch of different charms.

"They attach to the necklace, one to remind you of each of us. We kind of went shopping together." There was an arrow charm for Mitch, a diamond axe charm for Jerome, a butter ingot charm for me, and a cake charm for Ian.

"That's awesome." Ty determined, hugging Ian as well. Ty sat down next to me, watching me with his beautiful eyes. I gave him a kiss, which made him giggle and respond softly.

"Happy birthday." I mumbled in his ear, mocking how he didn't get me something for my birthday. He cracked up laughing, then pinned me to the couch.

"Well considering you're just mocking me for not getting you a gift, I know what a good birthday present would be." He informed me, lying down on my chest and staring at me.

"And what might that be?" He glanced at the others, his eyes reverting back to me.

"Ian, don't you have to go spend time with Cameron?" Ty started.

"What-?"

"OH YEAH, Ian, we need you to come with us to go get some stuff from town, we just remembered!" Jerome and Mitch declared; catching Ty's hint as Ty licked his bottom lip, never breaking eye contact with me. They dragged him from the house as Ian protested about having to go with them, and right when the door closed, we attacked each other's lips, Ty wrapping his legs around my waist tightly and his arms around my neck, his body pressed against mine as we moaned into each other.

My hands roamed his body as he passionately moaned, my tongue slipping in his mouth and tasting him, fighting for dominance. I quickly won as I stood, rushing us both upstairs and to my bedroom, shutting and locking the door. This time as I pinned him to my bed, he didn't grow tense or stop kissing me, but began tugging at my shirt impatiently. I moved down his neck, finding his sweet spot quickly as he moaned loudly. Biting and sucking roughly on his sweet spot, I stopped only to pull off his shirt, as well as mine. I slowly ran my tongue down his bare, sensitive skin, Ty moaning as I drew closer and closer to the brim of his pants.

I moved back to his lips, slowly palming his as he whimpered in protest, and yet at the same time was still enjoying this. Ty's amusing to play with, that's all I can say really. He reached up, pulling off my sunglasses and tossing them aimlessly towards where I'd tossed our shirts, my aura now consuming me with both my glasses and amulet gone. His hands firmly traveled up and down my spine, my breathing getting messy before I stopped kissing him, both of us panting as we stared into each other's eyes. He moaned as my palming turning to gentle, small strokes as he bucked his hips up, trying to create friction. Removing my hand and returning it to the brim of his pants, my fingers slowly circled it until my eyes wandered up to Ty's eyes.

They sparked with lust and passion, nodding eagerly. I swiftly removed his pants and boxers, hovering above him as I examined his naked, delicate body. His face flushed red.

"Stop staring at me like that." He asked, sitting up and staring at my chest.

"Why?" I softly questioned, tilting his head up to look at me. "You're beautiful." I assured him, kissing him passionately. He giggled playfully, pushing me down on the bed as I watched him crawl on top of me.

"Good." He giggled like a child, causing me to chuckle. "Because I won't have it any other way." And with that, he stripped me of my pants and boxers, throwing them along with his bracelet to wear the rest of our clothing lay stiff and cold. He sat in my lap with his legs around my waist and arms around my neck as I sat up, both of us continuing to kiss, both of us wanting dominance. His hands gripped and pulled at my hair while mine held his waist firmly to mine. I shoved him down and took dominance over our kiss, his tail wrapping around my leg, teasing me as I moaned, placing my arms around his neck, my hand brushing against his wing. It was as soft as silk, or the papery material was, and the spinal bone was hard and smooth, like the bones of an archer, but a different color. He melted against me, moaning loudly.

A smile tugged at my lips as I reached behind him, messing with his spinal bones as the end of his tail flicked rapidly, eventually reaching out and quickly pumping my member, both of us moaning into the now sloppy kiss. He pulled the kiss apart, crumbling down as I continued pleasuring him. The thin part of his tail now only tightly wrapped around the base of my member, Ty's snake like tongue flicked around me in a quick, teasing manor as my pleasuring with his wings came to a full stop. He took my member whole, deep throating me immediately, causing me to moan loudly as he bobbed his head as quick as he could possibly go. It felt like as soon as he started though, he stopped as well, pulling away and letting his tails grip get loose.

"Fuck me, you sexy beast." Ty purred in my ear. I pushed him down, his tail wrapping quickly around my waist as an attempt to get it out of the way. I lined up at his entrance, glancing up to his purple eyes. He nodded. Slowly entering him, he bit his bottom lip tightly, pain filling his eyes before he closed his eyes and let out a shaky breath. When I was fully inside of him, I stopped, waiting as I gave his lips a gently peck.

"Tell me when to move babe." I mumbled into his ear, his tail tight around me. After a minute or so, he slowly nodded.

"Move." He whispered. I started off slow, not wanting to hurt him, but as he began moaning I picked up my pace, understanding the pain was past. The end of his tail began to flick around rapidly again as he broke into a moaning mess, his hands gripping the sheets tightly as I groaned.

"You're so fucking tight Ty." I informed him.

"Faster." He breathed. I picked up my pace, hitting his prostate hard and making him moan louder than he had before. "Right there!" I angled my hips, thrusting there harder and faster each time, Ty's tail slipping from my waist partially. "A-Adam, I'm…" He didn't finish his statement, moaning.

"M-me too." I responded, understanding what he meant. His tail fell from my waist, quickly wrapping itself up my leg as I groaned, going faster.

"Adam!" Ty screamed my name, moaning as he came over us both, me following a few thrusts after, groaning. I fell next to him, wrapping my arms around him as he wrapped his tail around my waist and pulled me closer, kissing me. "Best 20th birthday ever." He whispered.

"Awe…" We both looked to the door, for the third time hearing the horn hounds.

"I don't even care anymore, let them be happy." I yawned, pulling the blanket over us as Ty's wings gently rested behind him. He got up, leaving my grasp and grabbing his bracelet, tossing me my amulet and crawling back into bed. "Thanks, goodnight babe, I love you." I mumbled into his hair as I pulled him back into my grasp.

"I love you too." And with that, we fell asleep.