Explodes

**Explodes** is the sixth book in Minecraftia Arc 3. It will be published in July 2018.

## Plot

### Chapter 1: Returning Home?

I grabbed the Amulet, and was ready to leave, when Thibo entered my office.

"Amber, those people from last week are here," he told me.

I heard the gate get blown up.

"Amber, we gotta get to Ludwig's house!" yelled Thibo.

I followed him, and we met up with Ludwig, Louis, Kenney, Ryland, Witherstorm, SLG1, Jude, Axel, Tom, and Jimbob.

"What do we do?" asked Ludwig.

"What do you mean "what do we do?" You've dealt with way worse than this!" exclaimed Louis.

"Amber, do you have any ideas?" asked Jimbob.

"We should accept our fate. At least we'll be able to eat tea and crumpets again," replied Tom.

"I'm gonna fix this!" I told them.

I noticed Louis's eyes dilate.

"You okay?" asked Axel.

Louis fell to the ground. He put his hand on his head.

"Wait... the Sunshine Citadel..." panted Louis.

"What about them?" asked Kenney.

"Amber... I remember!" exclaimed Louis.

"Remember what?" asked Ryland.

"This isn't right. None of this should be happening!" yelled Louis.

Louis turned to Ludwig.

"Everything is upside down. You should be dead, not Gerald," Louis told Ludwig.

Ludwig gave him a confused look. I noticed Ryland and Kenney's eyes dilate, then the same thing happened to them. Going through different realities must have messed with their heads.

The Sunshine Citadel walked towards us.

"Amber! Go! Find a way back to the main timeline! We'll hold them off!" yelled Kenney.

I ran to Ludwig's house while the others attacked the Sunshine Citadel. I watched as Kenney and Ryland were killed.

"KENNEY!" yelled Ludwig.

"RYLAND!" yelled Louis.

I watched in horror, too panicked to think. Louis looked at me.

"AMBER. DON'T JUST STAND THERE. REMEMBER THAT WE'LL FIX EVERYTHING!" yelled Louis.

He and the others were also killed by the cult. I ran to the Ludwig's house and entered "/time cedrythlostpowers" into the amulet. I pressed enter, and was taken to the same area as before. I sat behind a pile of stone and watched as Cedryth's powers were removed.

The screen flew by how they were supposed to. Ludwig was dead. Gerald was alive. Kenney was injured. The Mayor was dead. Until I was taken to the main timeline.

I was in the storm shelter. Alone. I exited and saw the raid was over. Ray walked over to me.

"Everyone's fine. The others are in the hospital with Kenney. He's doing a lot better," he told me.

I walked with him to the hospital. Kenney was in the bed. Louis and Nathan were there.

"Amber!" exclaimed Nathan.

"My head's killing me. Dying sucks," sighed Louis.

"What happened after we got sent to that world?" Nathan asked me.

"I was sent to this alternate reality. The eruption never happened, but Gerald died instead," I explained.

"Dude. That sucks. I was sent back here. No idea why," replied Nathan.

"Where's Gerald?" I asked.

I started panicking. Was there a glitch between realities?

"Uhh... Amber... Gerald's been dead for 2 years," sighed Louis.

I gave a shocked look.

"What?" I asked.

Louis started to laugh.

"I'm joking. He went back to the town," replied Louis.

"We better go back then," I told them.

Kenney got out of the hospital bed.

"Count me in," he told me.

We all left the Citadel.

### Chapter 2: Returning Home

"While you were gone, Gerald built a shortcut to the town. I'll take you there now," explained Ray.

He took us to a portal near Elliottown.

"The portal should take you straight to the town," Ray told us.

"Wait, where's that Warren guy?" asked Nathan.

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot about him," replied Louis.

"He went with Gerald," replied Kenney.

We went through the portal and landed in the town. There were several new improvements. I noticed a chemist and some kind of sculpture. Ryland noticed us.

"You're back!" exclaimed Ryland.

"Did the same thing happen to you?" I asked Ryland.

"Ending up in an alternate reality?" asked Ryland.

"Yeah," I replied.

"I thought that was a dream. How did it happen?" asked Ryland.

"It's a long story," replied Louis.

Gerald saw us.

"What's up, Doc?" Gerald asked me.

"That was dangerous. You could've died! And you technically did!" I told him.

"Well, I didn't," replied Gerald.

"Welcome back!" exclaimed Annie.

"Good job I built that portal inside the town's walls," said Gerald.

"Walls?" I asked.

"Oh yeah. We surrounded the town with five-foot-tall cacti to stop the members from getting in. Even the mountains are full of cacti!" explained Gerald.

"Good enough for now," replied Louis.

Gerald looked at Kenney.

"You alright?" asked Gerald.

Gerald and Kenney hugged.

"Nothing can stop us yet," replied Kenney.

Taylor came over and saw us.

"Taylor!" exclaimed Nathan.

"The team's back together!" exclaimed Louis.

"Except Leo," replied Ryland.

"Seen all the improvememts we made to town? I made the huge sculpture. I also made a potions lab just for Louis," explained Gerald.

"Who is that woman?" I asked.

Gerald paused.

"...no one," he replied.

### Chapter 3: Under Attack Again

"This is a great town. But I have the feeling this isn't over yet," sighed Esther.

"I can take them," replied Kenney.

"Remember the last time you tried to take them?" asked Gerald.

"Seriously Kenney. Don't hurt yourself even more," Ray told Kenney.

"Fine. Looks like I'm sitting this one out," replied Kenney.

Swarfiga, Brooke, and Sonar came over. Swarfiga high-fived Gerald.

"You're back!" exclaimed Sonar.

"Yo Amber, Louis, Nathan, seen the town improvements?" asked Swarfiga.

"Seen them, alright. My own lab!" replied Louis.

"We even have new people!" exclaimed Annie.

"Oh, yeah. Forgot to tell you," Gerald told me.

"Who are they?" I asked.

"DMITRI. CLARKE. KAYLA. ALYSSA. MARLON," yelled Ryland.

They all came over.

"I thought I told you to never do that again!" Gerald yelled back.

"Sorry," sighed Ryland.

"So, you're the Mayor?" Marlon asked me.

"She's not THE Mayor. Nope. Definitely not that guy," replied Gerald.

"I'm the Mayor of this town, yeah," I told Marlon.

"It still needs a name," Louis told me.

"The Townheads!" exclaimed Gerald.

"For the seventeenth time, Gerald, we're not calling the town 'The Townheads'," replied Sonar.

"Aww," sighed Gerald.

"Any other names?" asked Nathan.

"Oregon?" asked Gerald.

I shook my head.

"Montreal?" asked Gerald.

I shook my head.

"Belgium?" asked Gerald.

"Anything that's not a real city?" asked Louis.

"Belgium's a country," replied Gerald.

Kenney looked in the distance.

"Gerald! Amber!" yelled Kenney.

Gerald and I turned around. It was a member of the Sunshine Citadel.

"Crap," said Gerald.

"What do we do?" asked Louis.

Gerald shot the cult member with an arrow and killed him.

"Problem solved!" replied Gerald.

"They'll bring more," Ray told Gerald.

A dozen more members emerged. Then another dozen. Gerald pulled out his sword. The sun started to go down.

"Great," sighed Brooke.

"What do we do?" asked Annie.

Mobs started to spawn. Gerald attacked one, and every mob around it died.

"What the hell?" asked Taylor.

"Sweep attack. Ever heard of it?" asked Gerald.

Gerald started to walk towards the cult. Ray and Louis followed behind. So did I. We all pulled out our swords. The cult also started to walk towards us. They broke the cacti barricading the town.

"Don't even hesitate attacking!" yelled Gerald.

Gerald killed one of the members and 6 more around him died. We used the same technique.

### Chapter 4: Sweep Attack

Brooke, Marlon, and Swarfiga ran over.

"What's going on?" asked Marlon.

"Some guys trying to raid us or something," replied Gerald.

More Sunshine Citadel members emerged.

"GET EVERYONE TO EVACUATE THE TOWN NOW!" yelled Gerald.

Swarfiga nodded and all three of them left. We continued to attack the members.

"Jeez, how many are there?" asked Louis.

"If I'm being honest with you, a couple thousand," replied Gerald.

"A COUPLE THOUSAND? HOW MANY PEOPLE JOINED THIS WORLD?" yelled Nathan.

"Just use the Sweep Attack!" exclaimed Gerald.

We did as we were told and attacked the cult using the Sweep Attack.

"Tell Ryland and Taylor we need backup!" Gerald ordered Nathan.

Nathan nodded and ran to the town. He came back with Ryland and Taylor.

"The original team, huh?" asked Gerald.

Gerald showed Ryland and Taylor how to use the sweep attack.

"That's so cool!" exclaimed Ryland.

We started to fight our way through the cult using Gerald's trick. Eventually only a couple members remained, and they ran off.

"We're pretty screwed unless everyone gets to the purple house!" yelled Gerald.

We ran back to the town. Mobs were pouring in.

"Everyone, get inside!" yelled Gerald.

Everyone in the town ran into the purple house. We followed behind and closed the door.

"There's enough wood and wool for everyone to make a bed," Gerald told us.

"Where do we go?" asked Marlon.

"Newbies, you'll be on the top floor. Pretty exciting huh? Ray, Swarfiga, Brooke, Sonar, you go to the seventh floor. Amber, Taylor, Ryland, Louis, the sixth. Kenney, Nathan, Annie, and Esther, the sixth. Juse and Witherstorm, the fifth," explained Gerald.

We all went to our respective floors. I was with Taylor, Ryland, and Louis.

"That cult is insane," Louis told Taylor.

"What's their ritual?" asked Taylor.

"Burying people alive," I replied.

"That's sick," replied Taylor.

"Taylor, did you have a dream? About a different reality where Ludwig is alive and Gerald is dead?" I asked.

"I remember fainting, and having this strange dream. Exactly how you described it. Gerald was dead," replied Taylor.

"I need to tell you something," I told Taylor.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Gerald gave me this amulet. It lets me rewind time," I replied.

"What?" she asked again.

I showed her the amulet.

"That's insane," she replied.

### Chapter 5: Catching Up

"He sure has weird artifacts," Ryland told me.

"What do you mean?" asked Louis.

"An amulet that allows you to change time? Obsidian swords?" asked Ryland.

Kenney came to our floor.

"Oh. Hey, Kenney," said Taylor.

"Those things exist because of mods," replied Kenney.

"You heard us?" asked Ryland.

"We all did," replied Kenney.

"I don't know how anyone in the Citadel is still alive. They're under attack all the time!" exclaimed Taylor.

"Gerald's survived a long time for the lifestyle he's lead," replied Kenney.

"Cults, splegg, prisons, Gods, Mayor," replied Ryland.

"Get some sleep. Busy day tomorrow," replied Kenney.

"One last question. Isn't Gerald leaving?" asked Taylor.

"Once we've dealt with the cult, me, Gerald, Ray, Swarfiga, Jude, and Witherstorm are going home," replied Kenney.

"Can I..." Taylor paused and looked at me.
"Can you what?" asked Kenney.

"C-Can I... y'know... well... go to the... uhh... Citadel?" asked Taylor.

I looked at Taylor with a sad expression.

"Uhh... I'll mention it to Gerald," replied Kenney.

"Go to the Citadel? We're a team, Taylor! You don't get to leave!" exclaimed Ryland.

"If she doesn't want to stay she doesn't have to," replied Louis.

### Chapter 6: The Mystery

We woke up the next day. Kenney greeted us.

"Morning! Oh, and Taylor, about last night," Kenney turned to Taylor.

"Yes?" asked Taylor.

"I brought it up with Gerald, and he said he's not seen the Cannibal Holocaust, but that you're welcome to stay in the Citadel," replied Kenney.

"Where is Gerald?" I asked.

"With Nathan and Ray. Working on a case," replied Kenney.

Taylor, Louis, Ryland and I went to look for Gerald. He was outside the partially built town hall.

"Who the hell could it be?" asked Gerald.

"Hey, Gerald," I said.

"Amber! Perfect timing! We need help," replied Gerald.

"What are you doing?" asked Taylor.

"Trying to work out who the Sunshine Citadel leader is," replied Gerald.

"How you gonna do that?" asked Ryland.

"Maybe you can help?" asked Gerald.

"Sure," replied Taylor.

"I can make a portal that leads straight to the Sunshine Citadel base. Note down his appearance. Hair color, clothing, anything," explained Gerald.

"Sounds great. We'll do it!" replied Louis.

"Actually, I was hoping Amber and Taylor would do it alone," replied Gerald.

"What? Why?" asked Nathan.

"You've all proved yourselves except Taylor," replied Gerald.

"Okay, I'll do it!" replied Taylor.

Gerald built the portal. Taylor and I went through it.

### Chapter 7: The Base

We landed in the lost tunnels.

"Is this their base?" asked Taylor.

"Yep," I replied.

Taylor peeked into the tunnel. She immediately backed out.

"Amber, there are like 200 members there!" whispered Taylor.

"Hide!" I whispered back.

We ducked behind a small hill. The leader exited the tunnel. The mask was blocking his face, but we could see his dark brown hair and purple clothes. He had light skin, too. Taylor put this in her diary.

"You carry a diary too?" I asked.

"Yeah," replied Taylor.

The leader went back into the tunnel.

"What do we do?" asked Taylor.

We heard someone jump.

"What was that?" asked Taylor.

I cautiously looked up. It was Louis?

I waved at him and he came over.

"Amber!" he whispered.

"How'd you get here?" I asked.

"Went through when Gerald wasn't looking," replied Louis.

"We already got what we came for. We should head back," Taylor told Louis.

We ran to the portal and hopped through. We landed back in Elliottown.

### Chapter 8: New Discovery

Nathan and Ryland came over.

"What did you find?" asked Nathan.

Gerald came over.

"What does he look like?" asked Gerald.

"Brown hair. Light skin. Purple clothes," I replied.

Gerald raised his eyebrows.

"What's wrong?" asked Taylor.

"Nothing," replied Gerald.

"What do we do now?" I asked.

"We go back, and unmask the leader," replied Gerald.

"What was the point of getting this information then?" I asked.

"I just wanted to be sure of something," replied Gerald.

Sonar came over.

"Amber, we need your help a second," she said.

I walked over.

"Should we use iron or gold for the pedestals in the town hall?" asked Ray.

"I think gold works," I replied.

"Alright," replied Ray.

He and Sonar went back to building the town hall.

"Amber, are you ready yet?" asked Gerald.

"Not quite," I replied.

Louis ran over.

"Amber! You'll never guess what I found!" exclaimed Louis.

I followed Louis. It was a manmade island. A cobblestone pathway attached it to the mainland. I followed Louis onto the island. It was a farm.

"This is enough to feed everyone!" exclaimed Louis.

"Great find, Louis!" I replied.

Gerald walked on to the island.

"Amber, we should get going," Gerald told me.

I followed Gerald to the portal. Taylor was waiting there.

### Chapter 9: Return to the Tunnels

We hopped through the portal and landed at the tunnel.

"We gonna ambush them?" asked Gerald.

"We should wait a sec. Get our strength back. Running a town isn't easy," replied Taylor.

Gerald raised his eyebrow.

"It's now or never, Taylor!" exclaimed Gerald.

"Shouldn't we disguise? Make them think we're them?" I asked.

Gerald nodded, and pulled out two Sunshine Citadel masks. Taylor and I put them one.

"Why are we doing this alone too?" asked Taylor.

"I still need proof you're worthy," replied Gerald.

Taylor and I ran into the meeting, pulled our swords out, and started to attack the Sunshine Citadel. There were several hundred members but with the Sweep Attack we could take them all.

"Thanks, Gerald!" yelled Taylor, killing 6 members.

We managed to kill 100 members before more showed up.

### Chapter 10: Reveal

There were too many. I could tell Taylor was growing weak. I didn't stop fighting. I kept stabbing until there were about 50 left.

One of the members took their masks off. It was the warden?

"I thought you were imprisoned!" I yelled.

"I was," replied the warden.

"How'd you get out?" asked Taylor.

"A good friend," replied the warden.

A hooded figure entered through the tunnel. They stabbed Taylor with a poison-tipped arrow, and she fell unconscious.

"Taylor!" I exclaimed.

I too was stabbedin the next with a poison arrow. I fell to the ground, but looked up. The warden and the leader stood over me. The leader took their mask off. I looked... Gerald... in the eye, with shock.

## Characters

### New Characters

* Amber
* Nathan
* Louis
* Ryland
* Taylor
* Sonar
* Ray
* Marlon
* Clarke
* Dmitri
* Kayla
* Alyssa
* Annie
* Esther
* The Warden

### Returning Characters

* Gerald
* Kenney
* Jude
* Witherstorm
* Ludwig (alternate timeline)
* Thibo (alternate timeline)
* Stella (alternate timeline)
* Binta (alternate timeline)

## Deaths

* Kenney (alternate timeline)
* Ryland (alternate timeline)
* Louis (alternate timeline)
* Ludwig (alternate timeline)
* Thibo (alternate timeline)
* Witherstorm (alternate timeline)
* Jude (alternate timeline)
* SLG1 (alternate timeline)
* Axel (alternate timeline)
* Tom (alternate timeline)
* Jimbob (alternate timeline)

## Trivia

* It has been confirmed that Amber will return to the main timeline in this book.
* Thia book reveals Gerald is the leader of the Sunshine Citadel.