S.p.s

s.p.s (Stone Paper Shears) is the eighth book in Minecraftia Arc 3. It will be published on July 31, 2018. It is also the last book in Minecraftia Arc 3.
==Synopsis==
Amber has done it. She is a real hero, getting honored for her role in taking down the Mayor and the Sunshine Citadel. But before becoming champion, she must complete what every hero must complete: Defeating the Four Dangers.
==Plot==
===Chapter 1: Back To Normal===
I walked into the Citadel. More people were there. I could see Nathan, Swarfiga, Brooke, Annie, and Esther. Gerald and Kenney followed behind me.
"Amber! What the Hell happened? My head really started to hurt, so I went to the Citadel's hospital, then I don't remember anything else," explained Nathan.
Witherstorm and Jude came in.
"Haven't seen a celebration this big since we first took down Ravenclaw. I miss Thibo," sighed Witherstorm.
"Who's Thibo?" asked Nathan.
"He's not the Mayor if that's what you're wondering," replied Gerald.
Nathan gave a confused look. Everyone else walked into the Citadel.
"I think it's time... to give a big speech," Gerald told me.
He walked onto the stage.
"Hello everyone! As you all know, we're celebrating a person. A person who's been more fearless this week than anyone else. This person is called Amber. People from all over have come to celebrate her achievements. Elliottown, Redstone Riches, the Netherdome, Amber's town, the towns in the sky, even good old Citadel. Amber, in the past week, has stopped an evil mayor's schemes, and stopped the notorious Sunshine Citadel cult. Amber, get onto the stage!" yelled Gerald.
I walked on to the stage.
"I'm not good with speeches, so I don't know what to say," I told Gerald.
"Right. What Amber means is that to do something like this, it takes help. Friends, allies, mentors. You can't accomplish something by yourself," continued Gerald.
Louis, Nathan, Ryland, and Taylor walked on to the stage. The crowd cheered. I looked at Gerald, and he was looking into the crowd. I was wondering what he was staring at. I looked into the crowd, and I immediately knew what he was looking at. In the crowd stood Binta.
"You okay?" I asked him.
"Meet me back at the town. I have some duties for you," replied Gerald.
He left the Citadel. Louis, Nathan, Ryland, and Taylor walked off the stage.
"Is he gonna be alright?" asked Louis.
"Yeah. He said we need to go back to the town," I replied.
The crowd started to die down. Kenney, Sonar, and Ray approached us.
"Everyone else is returning to the town," Kenney told us.
"Where's Gerald?" asked Ray.
"He's at the town as well," replied Nathan.
"Right. We'll see you there?" asked Sonar.
Ryland nodded. Kenney, Sonar, and Ray left the Citadel.
"We should probably go," Taylor told me.
We all left the Citadel.
===Chapter 2: The Final Task===
We arrived at the town.
"What's the sign for?" asked Louis.
We walked up to the sign.
"Welcome to XARON BAY," it read.
"He named it already?" asked Nathan.
"Xaron Bay... I like that," said Louis.
"Good," replied Gerald.
"Oh! Hi, Gerald," I greeted him, slightly startled.
"I've been naming things around town!" exclaimed Gerald.
Gerald looked at Louis, and motioned him towards a building built into a mountain. We followed him.
"What do you think?" asked Gerald.
"Who's Louise?" asked Louis.
The sign read: "THE LOUISE BAR"
"DAMMIT! WHY'D I GET RANDY TO WRITE THAT ONE?" yelled Gerald.
Gerald turned to me.
"As Mayor, you need to be prepared. Between the Mayor and Ewan, the past few days have been hectic. You need to prevent that," explained Gerald.
"How?" I asked.
"You need to do what every hero has to do, Amber. Just you, Taylor, Nathan, Ryland, and Louis," replied Gerald.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Defeat the Four Dangers," replied Gerald.
"What are the four dangers?" asked Nathan.
"The Four Dangers are a series of events occuring in Minecraftia. The original team of Ludwig, Thibo, and Witherstorm set out to destroy them and save the world of Minecraft," explained Louis.
"Did you just read that out of a book?" asked Ryland.
Louis put the book he was reading away.
"No," replied Louis.
"Exactly. They're a little different now. The Four Dangers Ludwig defeated were the Elder Guardian, the Ender Dragon, the Wither, and Ravenclaw. This isn't the case anymore. An experiment went wrong and a new boss was made. It's now: the Elder Guardian, the Ender Dragon, the Wither, and the Illusioner," explained Gerald.
"Finally some good ol' Minecraft adventuring and not a corrupt Mayor and a cult," sighed Louis, relieved.
"Not for me. Just you guys remember?" replied Gerald.
"You feeling okay, dude?" asked Nathan.
"Yeah. Just haven't had a good night's rest since everything happened," replied Gerald.
Ray, Kenney, Sonar, Brooke, and Swarfiga came over.
"So, what were you talking about?" asked Kenney.
"Amber and the others are tackling the four dangers," replied Gerald, looking and sounding as if he was about to faint.
"You alright?" asked Kenney.
"I just need some sleep. I'll be fine," replied Gerald.
"What about Eyes of Ender and Wither Skulls? We'll need plenty," asked Louis.
"Right. There's a village not far that sells for cheap. Grab a few there. Here, have some emeralds," Gerald told Louis.
Gerald gave Louis a stack of emeralds.
"I thought only you knew where the village was?" asked Sonar.
"Oh, yeah, right. The specific one that has eyes of ender for like 5 emeralds. Fine. I'll take you to the village, THEN I pretend I'm dead for about 50 hours," replied Gerald.
"Actually, I'll take them. If you want," replied Ray.
"Alright. Ray, you take them," ordered Gerald.
"Wait, you're going to bed? On which floor?" asked Kenney.
"Top one," replied Gerald.
"Well I now know to avoid that floor. And the one below that. And the one below that. You wear no pajamas, dude," replied Kenney.
"Too much info," replied Swarfiga.
"We'll get going then?" I asked.
"Yeah, get going," replied Gerald.
Me, Ray, Taylor, Nathan, Ryland, and Louis left Xaron Bay.
"I think it'll take us about 2 days to get there," Ray told us.
"Plenty of time for Gerald to play dead. Or get some action with Brooke," replied Louis.
"Hope you're not saying what I think you're saying," replied Nathan.
"What's wrong with that? Let the guy see Cannibal Holocaust. He's had it rough," replied Louis.
"I think you're turning into Gerald," Ryland told Louis.
===Chapter 3: Villager Trading Pro===
Two days had passed. We were now in a field.
"Should be here somewhere," Ray told us.
"Is that it?" asked Taylor.
She pointed at a village.
"Yeah, I think that's it," replied Ray.
We walked over to it. A villager came towards us.
"Hello! How can I help you?" he asked.
The villager looked at Ray.
"Ray?" asked the Villager.
"Huh?" asked Ray.
"You're from the Citadel! I used to be good friends with Gerald, you know!" replied the Villager.
"Wait, you're Jayden?" asked Louis.
"I sure am! I knew Gerald and Ludwig! All those years ago," replied Jayden.
"Another member of the original gang?" asked Ryland.
"How's Kenney doing?" asked Jayden.
"Great," I replied.
"That's good to hear! What about Witherstorm?" asked Jayden.
"Not too familiar with him so can't give you an answer," replied Louis.
"Oh. What about Brooke?" asked Jayden.
"Probably with the Cannibal Holocaust," replied Louis.
"Louis!" exclaimed Nathan.
"I'm just saying the Citadel crew are all hanging out," replied Louis.
"Anyway, we need Ender Pearls," Ray told Jayden.
"I heard Witherstorm tell me about Ludwig's house. There's a Stronghold in it. I don't know where it is, but Gerald might," replied Jayden.
"Gerald's pretty exhausted after this week. We should give him a break," I said to Jayden.
"Hmmm. Maybe Kenney or Brooke know?" asked Jayden.
"We could ask," replied Ryland.
"I'll come with you," replied Jayden.
"Wait do bakers sell cake?" asked Nathan.
"Yeah," replied Jayden.
Nathan walked over to a baker villager and bought a cake.
"Finally. I'm starving," said Nathan.
We returned to Xaron Bay. Kenney and Brooke were waiting there.
"No way... it can't be!" exclaimed Kenney.
"Kenney! It's been so long!" replied Jayden.
"The Villager?" asked Brooke. Jude, Witherstorm, Jimbob, and Ender were also there.
"No way! It's Jayden!" exclaimed Jimbob.
"So, do you know where the End Portal is?" I asked.
"Yeah. Gerald told us. Why?" asked Kenney.
"We need to go to the End," replied Louis.
"Right. I'll take you," said Brooke.
"No. I'll take them," replied Kenney.
"Stay with Gerald. We'll need some good fighters while we're gonna," Ryland told Kenney.
"You'll need a good fighter in the End," Kenney told me.
"Gerald taught me some survival skills. I'll be fine," Brooke told Kenney.
Me, Ryland, Nathan, Taylor, Louis, Jayden, and Brooke set off for the Stronghold. Brooke opened a map.
"Gerald told me the co-ordinates for the End Portal," Brooke told us.
We followed Brooke. The portal was nearby. I remember Gerald telling us he built Xaron near Ludwig's house.
We arrived at Ludwig's house, but a certain someone was waiting there for us.
===Chapter 4: Gerald's Mining Challenge===
"Yes, Amber!" yelled Gerald.
"I thought you were tired and exhausted," replied Brooke.
"Yeah. I've been staying in the army motel," Gerald told Brooke.
"Oh yes, I remember that place!" exclaimed Jayden.
"Jayden? Wow, it's been forever! Anyway, I have a challenge for you before fighting the Dragon," Gerald told me.
"What is it?" I asked.
Gerald gave us two diamond pickaxes each.
"What are these for?" asked Taylor.
"You're going to go into the Mineshaft, and dig up as many ores as you can carry. There are tons Ludwig never mined. And you'll need them for your town," explained Gerald.
"I might even find a diamond or two," replied Brooke.
"Really? You think Ludwig left some diamonds for other people to get?" asked Louis.
"Remember those survival skills? That's right, they include tracking diamonds," replied Brooke.
"If you say so," Ryland told her.
Gerald was gone.
"Is he a ninja now?" asked Louis.
"He has been since they reunited Rosalina, remember?" asked Nathan.
We went into the mines. There was tons of coal, iron, redstone, gold, and lapis that Ludwig never picked up.
After 2 hours, we all gathered our material.
"Jayden was with me. We shared out our material," Ryland told me.
===Chapter 5: The End===
Louis collected a stack of coal, iron, redstone, lapis, and gold. Nathan collected two stacks of coal, a stack of iron, a stack of lapis, a stack of redstone, and 20 gold. Ryland and Jayden collected a stack of coal, 30 iron, a stack of lapis and redstone, and 10 gold. Taylor collected 30 coal, two stacks of iron, a stack of lapis, 2 stacks of redstone, and 5 gold. I had only collected a stack of items in total.
Then we got to Brooke. She wasn't kidding when she said she was a skilled miner. She had gathered four stacks of coal, three stacks of iron, eight stacks of lapis, four stacks of redstone, two stacks of gold, and somehow a stack of diamond.
"HOW?" yelled Ryland.
"I just have skill," she replied.
"Congrats. Have a prize," Ryland rolled his eyes while tossing her a cookie.
Ryland slowly clapped his hands.
"So, what now? Are we going to the End?" asked Amber.
Gerald entered the shaft.
"I'll take these to Xaron for you," he told us.
He picked up the ores.
"Wow. Good work Brooke and Louis," Gerald told Brooke and Louis.
Gerald left.
"WHAT? HE COLLECTED THE LEAST AMOUNT!" yelled Ryland. "AND BROOKE OBVIOUSLY CHEATED!"
"Don't be jealous," replied Brooke.
We left the mineshaft and entered the tunnel to the Stronghold.
"I've never seen a stronghold before!" exclaimed Nathan.
We followed Brooke to the End Portal.
"Have everything you need? Armor and weapons?" asked Brooke.
"Yep. And potions. And golden apples," replied Louis.
We entered the End Portal and landed on the obsidian platform. The Ender Dragon was there, and so were the Endermen...
"Actually, I think I'll stay here with Jayden," Brooke told me.
"YOU COWARD!" yelled Ryland.
We got out our bows and took out the End Crystals. Ryland looked at Brooke, who was eating a cookie. She waved at him.
"YOU READY TO HELP?" he yelled at her.
An Enderman teleported in front of Ryland, which made him look at it.
"Oh no..." gasped Taylor.
Ryland ran off, screaming, while a hundred Endermen chased after him. Brooke laughed.
"THEY'RE GONNA EAT ME!" yelled Ryland.
We ran after Ryland. Brooke started shooting at the Dragon.
"HURRY!" she yelled.
The dragon was headed right for her, but we didn't realize. We grabbed Ryland, and took him to the obsidian platform. We noticed Brooke on the ground. The Dragon had hit her.
"NO!" I yelled.
"Brooke!" yelled Jayden.
We ran over to her.
"It came... right for me," she told us.
"The portal... it doesn't open until the Dragon's defeated!" exclaimed Nathan.
"Son of a God damn... Gerald's gonna destroy us..." gasped Ryland.
"We have to find a way out of here!" I told them.
"We have to kill the dragon!" exclaimed Taylor.
"She'll be dead by then!" replied Louis.
"Don't you have potions?" asked Taylor.
"Yeah! Good thinking!" replied Louis.
He searched his inventory, and stood there with his mouth open.
"I forgot them," Louis told us.
"What? How could you FORGET THEM?" asked Nathan.
"Louis, stay with Brooke," Taylor told Louis.
Jayden and Louis stayed with Brooke. The rest of us went to fight the dragon. We fired our bows at us.
"Quick! Before she dies!" yelled Ryland.
Nathan and Ryland climbed onto the towers to get a good angle on the dragon. That's when it happened.
===Chapter 6: A Fallen Friend===
The dragon exploded, and dropped its egg.
"We did it... we killed the dragon..." gasped Ryland.
"That's not important! Brooke doesn't have long left!" replied Louis.
We ran to Brooke.
"We have to go now!" exclaimed Jayden.
Louis helped to get Brooke to the portal, and we jumped through.
We landed back in Xaron.
"Amber!" exclaimed Ray.
"Brooke? What happened to her?!" asked Kenney.
Gerald looked over at us, and saw Brooke.
"What happened?" asked Gerald.
"She got hit... by the dragon..." I replied.
Gerald grabbed Brooke.
"We gotta get to the Citadel!" exclaimed Gerald.
Gerald, Ray, Kenney, and Sonar ran to the Citadel.
"What happened?" asked Swarfiga.
"She... she just..." gasped Taylor.
Annie, Esther, Warren, Jude, and Witherstorm came over.
"What's with all the panic?" asked Annie.
"Oh. Nothing," replied Louis.
"Nothing?" asked Witherstorm.
"The Ender Dragon attacked her!" exclaimed Jayden.
"What?" asked Jude.
"Don't worry. She'll - She'll be fine. The Citadel - they have better doctors than the real world!" gasped Warren.
"I hope Gerald's alright," sighed Jayden.
"I don't think he can handle any more deaths," replied Swarfiga.
"We should go to the Citadel," suggested Nathan.
"We should rest first," replied Louis.
We went to the purple house. We were all exhausted after killing a dragon.
===Chapter 7: Another Nightmare===
I woke up the next morning. Gerald was there.
"Brooke's dead. And it's all your fault," Gerald told me, angrily.
I was so shocked. I expected her to pull through.
"If everyone I knows is dying, what's the point of staying in this hellhole?" asked Gerald.
He smashed one of the windows and leaped to his death.
"GERALD! NO!" I yelled.
I went to the bottom floor. All that remained was a pile of stuff. Louis, Nathan, Taylor, and Ryland gathered around it in shock.
I looked at Kenney. He jumped into a pool of lava.
"Amber. You're evil. You've caused so much suffering to these people. Annie lost Stevie and Ryland lost Leo because of you. And now you're selfishness caused Brooke, Gerald, and Kenney to die!" exclaimed the Mayor.
"What about me? The Mayor was killed by your friends. And because of you, I was thrown into lava!" yelled Ewan.
"You don't think before you act, do you?" asked Brooke.
"She's caused so many to die," replied Evan.
"We should have sentenced HER to death!" yelled Sirius.
"We still can," replied Von.
"And what about all those people she got killed in other realities? She's dangerous!" exclaimed Louis.
Everyone edged towards me.
"You're no hero," Brooke told me.
I was attacked from behind. It was Kenney. He pulled out a diamond sword and stabbed me in the chest with it.
===Chapter 8: The Original Group===
I woke up the next day.
"Huh? What just happened?" I asked.
Witherstorm, Jude, and Jimbob were there.
"I don't know. But Amber, we need to talk to you," replied Jimbob.
"About what?" I asked.
"Are you sure you want to face the Wither and the Illusioner?" asked Witherstorm.
"Yeah why?" I asked.
"The Wither's really dangerous. Even Ludwig almost died fighting it," replied Witherstorm.
"And the Illusioner is almost as powerful as Cedryth... we really think it's best if you quit after the Elder Guardian," added Jude.
"I have my friends. If Ludwig could do it, I can," I replied.
"You see... Gerald made the Illusioner to rival Cedryth, and Ludwig died fighting Cedryth," Jimbob told me.
"You could probably do it with Gerald and Kenney... maybe Brooke if she gets better," suggested Witherstorm.
"I don't wanna push Brooke any further. And Gerald and Kenney should rest after literally destroying a cult," I replied.
"I'm sure at least Kenney would be alright fighting it with you," replied Jude.
"Alright. I'll see what they say," I told them.
I left the house. Ray and Sonar were outside.
"How's Brooke?" I asked.
"Hard to say. Gerald's worried she won't get better, but we've dealt with worse," replied Ray.
Ryland, Louis, Nathan, and Taylor were all talking, so I walked over to them.
"Hey Amber. We're just talking," Louis told me.
"I can see that. What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Mostly about Brooke and the other three dangers," replied Ryland.
"Jude doesn't think we should fight the Wither and the Illusioner," I told them.
"I mean, if the Ender Dragon could take out someone like Brooke, I doubt we'd stand a chance," replied Nathan.
"I hate to agree, but I agree," replied Taylor.
===Chapter 9: Nostalgia===
Witherstorm, Jimbob, and Jude left the house and walked over to us.
"We'll take you on the Guardian Temple mission," Witherstorm told us.
"Thanks. We'll need as much help as possible. You saw what happened to Brooke," replied Louis.
We left for the Guardian Temple in boats.
"This reminds me so much of when me, Ludwig, and Thibo set out to destroy the Four Dangers," Witherstorm told us.
"You set out in boats too?" asked Louis.
Witherstorm nodded.
"I wasn't with you THAT long, so..." Jude told Witherstorm.
"You joined right before you all thought I was dead," replied Witherstorm.
"Louis, did you remember the potions this time?" asked Ryland.
Louis held up eight water breathing potions.
"Good," replied Ryland.
We arrived at the Ocean Monument. We stopped at a nearby island.
"If anyone wants to back out then just do it. It's best you don't freak out underwater. Too much excitement..." explained Jimbob.
"Accelerates the water breathing potion wearing off," Jimbob and Louis said in unison.
Jimbob and Louis high fived. We drank the potions and jumped into the water.
===Chapter 10: Under The Sea===
We swam to the Ocean Monument.
"Been forever since we did this!" exclaimed Witherstorm.
We entered through the top, and Louis killed the first Elder Guardian.
"We did it!" yelled Louis.
"Not officially until we kill all three," replied Jude.
Jude and Witherstorm set off for the gold and sponges, and Taylor, Nathan, and Ryland went for the second guardian. Me, Louis, and Jimbob located the third guardian.
The Elder Guardian and smaller guardians were shooting lasers at us, while we also had mining fatigue. Louis pulled out his sword.
"It's too heavy..." panted Louis.
Jimbob pulled out his sword, and sliced the Elder Guardian open, although it looked like it was in slow motion.
Taylor, Nathan, and Ryland came back. So did Jude and Witherstorm with the sponges.
"What now?" asked Taylor.
"We return to Xaron and go through that Nether portal in Gerald's Keep," replied Louis.
"What are we waiting for, then?" I asked.
We left the Monument.
===Chapter 11: Back In The Citadel===
Xaron was really quiet. Only a few people were in the streets. Swarfiga, Warren, and Marlon.
"Amber? Is it true?" asked Marlon.
"Is what true?" asked Nathan.
"You're taking on the Four Dangers," replied Marlon.
Ryland nodded.
"Hope I get to do that someday," sighed Marlon.
"Kenney stopped by while you were gone," Swarfiga told us.
"Any news?" I asked.
"From what he told us, she only has a few hours," replied Swarfiga.
"Oh..." I sighed.
"Amber, we need to go see him. Make sure he's okay," Louis told me.
We went to the Citadel. Von and Evan took us to the hospital. Gerald was there, and he, Ray, Kenney, Sonar, Dana, and Jayden all surrounded Brooke.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"She's not got long left. The Dragon hit was just too hard," replied Ray.
"I'm sorry. Is there anything we can do?" asked Louis.
"Make sure it wasn't in vain. Finish them all off," replied Gerald.
"We've killed two of the Four Dangers so far," Louis told Gerald.
Louis gave Gerald the Dragon Egg, the sponge, and some Dragon's Breath.
"We're still searching for the other two," continued Louis.
"We're gonna go to the Nether to get Wither Skulls," added Ryland.
"Tell you what. To save some trouble, go to my treasure hall. There are three skulls in there," replied Gerald.
"Thanks," replied Louis.
Gerald nodded. We went to the treasure hall and picked up three Wither Skulls. There was already soul sand at the house.
So we returned to Xaron and collected it, then went into the cave. Louis stopped off at his potions lab to get some golden apples and several potions.
Then I paused, and thought about what Marlon said.
"Should we invite him?" I asked.
"Go ahead," replied Louis.
We found Marlon in the streets.
"Hey, Amber," said Marlon.
"We're gonna go fight the Wither now. Wanna come?" I asked.
Marlon nodded, and we entered the tunnel.
===Chapter 12: Withered Away===
Louis placed the soul sand in a T shape. Even he, a joker type, was shaking from nervousness.
"You sure about this?" he asked.
I nodded.
"There's no going back after we do this," he continued.
He placed two of the skulls.
"We can do this!" exclaimed Ryland.
Louis placed the last head, and we ran for cover. Marlon started to shoot it with a bow.
"WITHERS HATE HEALTH POTIONS!" yelled Louis.
Louis started to throw health potions at the Wither.
"He's glowing!" yelled Louis.
"That good or bad?" asked Nathan.
"Good," replied Louis.
The Wither hit Louis with a head.
"LOUIS!" yelled Taylor.
Louis threw one final health potion at it before passing out.
"THAT'S IT! THESE STUPID DANGERS ARE TAKING TOO MANY PEOPLE!" replied Marlon.
He took Louis's sword and started to stab the Wither. He didn't stop, even when it was dying.
He only stopped when it burst into a Nether Star. He picked it up.
"This is for Brooke!" exclaimed Marlon.
"What about Louis?" asked Ryland.
"Get him some milk!" yelled Marlon.
Ryland grabbed a bucket and climbed out of the tunnel, which had been turned into a ravine by the Wither.
He came back with a bucket of milk, and forced Louis to drink it.
"Pfft. You really thought a three-headed freak like that would be the end of me?" asked Louis.
"You're strong. Like a real hero," replied Taylor.
"Brooke was strong. Looked what happened to her," replied Louis.
"We'll avenge her. We should take what we have to Gerald," I told them.
We arrived in the Citadel. Gerald, Kenney, Ray, and Sonar hadn't left the hospital.
"Gerald, we did it," Louis told Gerald.
Louis gave Gerald the Nether Star.
"Thanks Amber," Gerald told me.
"I had nothing to do with it," I replied.
"It was really all Ryland, Marlon, and Louis," added Nathan.
"Really? You're more powerful than I expected, Jackson," Gerald told Marlon.
"You okay, Gerald?" asked Ryland.
"Yeah. Just defeat that last boss," replied Gerald.
"You should give him some space," suggested Kenney.
Ray gave me a compass.
"The needle points to the mansion," he told me.
===Chapter 13: Woodland Mansion===
We followed the compass to a Roofed Forest.
"This has got to be it!" exclaimed Ryland.
"Well, Woodland Mansions are made here," replied Louis.
"So, we going in?" asked Nathan.
"Yeah. Let's defeat this Danger. For Elliottown. For the Citadel. FOR XARON!" yelled Marlon.
"Pfft. Not bad," replied Taylor.
We entered the Woodland Mansion.
"Be careful," I told everyone.
"Yeah yeah yeah, Evokers and Vindicators," replied Louis.
We pulled out our swords.
"We should sneak up on them," suggested Nathan.
We spotted a Vindicator, and hid behind the stairs.
"Let's take him," Louis told me.
We all came out of hiding and attacked the Vindicator.
"Looks like we LumberJACKED him up!" exclaimed Louis.
"I don't get it," replied Ryland.
"They have axes? Lumberjacks?" asked Louis.
"Pfft. Not bad," replied Nathan.
"We should find the Illusioner," replied Taylor.
"Let's go!" yelled Ryland.
We ran to the top of the stairs. There were more Evokers and Vindicators. We fought through them, making sure to collect the emeralds and totems of undying.
We ran to the roof of the Woodland Mansion. There was the Illusioner.
"So, you've come to stop me?" asked the Illusioner.
"Your other dumb dangers is killing our friend!" replied Taylor.
"4 dangers? Don't you mean 8 dangers?" asked the Illusioner.
"Huh?" asked Louis.
The Illusioner split into four entities.
"But that's seven dangers!" yelled Ryland.
"No! The real one is invisible! Watch out dude! I'll blind you!" yelled Nathan.
My vision suddenly went black.
"It's alright! It's only temporary!" yelled Louis.
We found our way to the Illusioners and killed the fakes. Our blindness wore off, and we found the real Illusioner.
"Kill it!" I yelled.
Marlon pulled out his sword and decapitated the Illusioner.
"We... we did it... we killed the Four Dangers," gasped Ryland.
===Chapter 14: A Miracle===
We returned to the Citadel.
"Gerald... we did it," I told him.
"It'll only take a couple minutes now," replied Kenney.
"Mannequins make accusations... I'm paralyzed by palpintations... I can't control my laughter when you're so sincere... can't control my laughter when you're so sincere..." sang Gerald.
"Is he alright?" asked Louis.
"I'm singing my favorite songs. So I don't forget them," replied Gerald.
"We did it," Ryland told them.
"You have a totem of undying?" asked Gerald.
Louis gave it to him. Gerald looked at it.
"I could..." said Gerald.
"You could what?" asked Louis.
"Use this on her," replied Gerald.
He put the totem in Brooke's hand.
"What now?" asked Taylor.
"We wait," replied Gerald.
A few minutes passed, and Brooke turned red.
"Oh no..." gasped Louis.
She then came back to life.
"No way..." gasped Nathan.
"Thanks guys. You saved her life," Gerald told us.
"Did they do it?" asked Brooke.
"How does it feel? Dying?" asked Gerald.
"I could just see red, and I could feel the real world... then I woke up," replied Brooke.
"Wow. That's deep," Ray told her.
"Amber, meet me back at the Bay," Gerald told me.
"Can't believe you saved her life!" exclaimed Ray.
"You guys really are heroes," added Kenney.
"Couldn't have done it without them," I replied.
===Chapter 15: Gerald's Views===
We arrived at Xaron.
"I remember when I first defeated the Four Dangers... was supposed to be the Three Dangers until Cedryth snapped," Gerald told us.
We listened to his story.
"I remember when I trained Ludwig. You remind me tons of him," continued Gerald.
He looked around.
"I'm sorry Amber. I really can't stay," Gerald told me.
"Really? Still?" I asked.
"I can't stay in the Citadel, either," he continued.
"What?" asked Ray.
"I've made my mind. I want to travel the world. Explore everything I can," replied Gerald.
"You're coming back, right?" asked Swarfiga.
"I wanted to invite three members from Amber's Group, then my old friends," replied Gerald.
"Which members of Amber's Group?" asked Taylor.
"Ryland, Louis, and Marlon," replied Gerald.
Ryland, Louis, and Marlon stepped towards him.
"Swarfiga... Ray... Kenney... Jude... Witherstorm... Jimbob... Jayden... Brooke... Warren... Evan," concluded Gerald.
"Well... bye," I sighed.
Gerald walked towards me.
"I've been meaning to show you something," he told me.
I started to feel faint, and passed out.
===Chapter 16: You Are Not Alone===
I see the player you mean.
AmberAlert599?
Yes. Take care. She has reached a higher level now. She can read our thoughts.
That doesn't matter. She thinks we are part of the game.
I like Amber. She played well. She did not give up.
She is reading our thoughts as though they were words on a screen.
That is how she chooses to imagine many things, when it is deep in the dream of a game.
Words make a wonderful interface. Very flexible. And less terrifying than staring at the reality behind the screen.
She used to hear voices. Before players could read. Back in the days when those who did not play called the players witches, and warlocks. And players dreamed they flew through the air, on sticks powered by demons.
What did this player dream?
This player dreamed of sunlight and trees. Of fire and water. It dreamed it created. And it dreamed it destroyed. It dreamed it hunted, and was hunted. It dreamed of shelter.
Hah, the original interface. A million years old, and it still works. But what true structure did this player create, in the reality behind the screen?
It worked, with a million others, to sculpt a true world in all the chaos, and created a town for the people, despite everything it went through.
Does it know that we love it? That the universe is kind?
Sometimes, through the noise of its thoughts, it hears the universe, yes.
But there are times it is sad, in the long dream. It creates worlds that have no summer, and it shivers under a black sun, and it takes its sad creation for reality.
To cure it of sorrow would destroy it. The sorrow is part of its own private task. We cannot interfere.
Sometimes when they are deep in dreams, I want to tell them, they are building true worlds in reality. Sometimes I want to tell them of their importance to the universe. Sometimes, when they have not made a true connection in a while, I want to help them to speak the word they fear.
It reads our thoughts.
But it would be so easy to tell them...
To tell them how to live is to prevent them living.
I will not tell the player how to live.
The player is growing restless.
I will tell the player a story.
But not the truth.
No. A story that contains the truth safely, in a cage of words. Not the naked truth that can burn over any distance.
Give it a body, again.
Yes. Amber...
Use its name.
AMBERALERT599. Player of games.
Good.
Take a breath, now. Take another. Feel air in your lungs. Let your limbs return. Yes, move your fingers. Have a body again, under gravity, in air. Respawn in the long dream. There you are. Your body touching the universe again at every point, as though you were separate things. As though we were separate things.
Who are we? Once we were called the Gods. Gerald, Rosalina. Worldcraftia, Hellcraftia. Endcraftia.
We are the universe. We are everything you think isn't you. You are looking at us now, through your skin and your eyes. And why does the universe touch your skin, and throw light on you? To see you, player. To know you. And to be known. I shall tell you a story.
Once upon a time, there was a player.
The player was you, AmberAlert599.
Sometimes it thought itself human, on the thin crust of a spinning globe of molten rock. The ball of molten rock circled a ball of blazing gas that was three hundred and thirty thousand times more massive than it. They were so far apart that light took eight minutes to cross the gap. The light was information from a star, and it could burn your skin from a hundred and fifty million kilometres away.
Sometimes the player dreamed it was a miner, on the surface of a world that was flat, and infinite. The sun was a square of white. The days were short; there was much to do; and death was a temporary inconvenience.
Sometimes the player dreamed it was lost in a story.
Sometimes the player dreamed it was other things, in other places. Sometimes these dreams were disturbing. Sometimes very beautiful indeed. Sometimes the player woke from one dream into another, then woke from that into a third.
Sometimes the player dreamed it watched words on a screen.
Let's go back.
The atoms of the player were scattered in the grass, in the rivers, in the air, in the ground. A woman gathered the atoms; she drank and ate and inhaled; and the woman assembled the player, in her body.
And the player awoke, from the warm, dark world of its mother's body, into the long dream.
And the player was a new story, never told before, written in letters of DNA. And the player was a new program, never run before, generated by a sourcecode a billion years old. And the player was a new human, never alive before, made from nothing but milk and love.
You are the player. The story. The program. The human. Made from nothing but milk and love.
Let's go further back.
The seven billion atoms of the player's body were created, long before this game, in the heart of a star. So the player, too, is information from a star. And the player moves through a story, which is a forest of information planted by a man called Julian, on a flat, infinite world created by a man called Markus, that exists inside a small, private world created by the player, who inhabits a universe created by...
Shush. Sometimes the player created a small, private world that was soft and warm and simple. Sometimes hard, and cold, and complicated. Sometimes it built a model of the universe in its head; flecks of energy, moving through vast empty spaces. Sometimes it called those flecks "electrons" and "protons".
Sometimes it called them "planets" and "stars".
Sometimes it believed it was in a universe that was made of energy that was made of offs and ons; zeros and ones; lines of code. Sometimes it believed it was playing a game. Sometimes it believed it was reading words on a screen.
You are the player, reading words...
Shush... Sometimes the player read lines of code on a screen. Decoded them into words; decoded words into meaning; decoded meaning into feelings, emotions, theories, ideas, and the player started to breathe faster and deeper and realised it was alive, it was alive, those thousand deaths had not been real, the player was alive
You. You. You are alive.
and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the sunlight that came through the shuffling leaves of the summer trees
and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the light that fell from the crisp night sky of winter, where a fleck of light in the corner of the player's eye might be a star a million times as massive as the sun, boiling its planets to plasma in order to be visible for a moment to the player, walking home at the far side of the universe, suddenly smelling food, almost at the familiar door, about to dream again
and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the zeros and ones, through the electricity of the world, through the scrolling words on a screen at the end of a dream
and the universe said I love you
and the universe said you have played the game well
and the universe said everything you need is within you
and the universe said you are stronger than you know
and the universe said you are the daylight
and the universe said you are the night
and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you
and the universe said the light you seek is within you
and the universe said you are not alone
and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing
and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its own code
and the universe said I love you because you are love.
And the game was over and the player woke up from the dream. And the player began a new dream. And the player dreamed again, dreamed better. And the player was the universe. And the player was love.
You are the player, Amber.
Wake up.
===Chapter 17: Farewell===
What had just happened? How did Gerald do that?
"What...?" I panted.
"Sorry, Amber. I gotta go," replied Gerald.
"What about the rest of us?" asked Nathan.
"Nathan... you continued the Paragon Parties. I respect that. I respect Taylor and Amber for their roles in stopping Ewan. I respect Sonar for keeping everyone in the Citadel in line," explained Gerald.
Gerald walked towards the others.
"We going?" asked Kenney.
"I guess so," replied Gerald.
Gerald started to walk off with everyone else. We waved goodbye.
"Bye, Amber!" Louis called out.
The rest of us walked to the fireworks machine, and set off the rest of the fireworks.
==Characters==
===New Characters===
====Major====
*Amber
*Taylor
*Nathan
*Ryland
*Louis
*Ray
*Marlon
====Minor====
TBA
===Returning Characters===
====Major====
*Gerald
*Kenney
*Brooke
*Jayden
*Jude
*Witherstorm
*Jimbob
*Swarfiga
====Minor====
TBA
==Deaths==
*The Ender Dragon
*The Elder Guardian
*The Wither
*The Illusioner
*Brooke (revived)
==Trivia==
*It was supposed to release on July 30th, 2018 to celebrate Gerald-XR-Donovan's 14th birthday. However, it was delayed to July 31st as Gerald was too busy to complete it.
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