Exile

**Exile** is the third book in Minecraftia Arc 3. It will be published in June or July 2018.

## Synopsis

A lot has happened in Elliottown in the 2 days Louis and the others were arrested, except Ryland, who still lives in Elliottown. Amber, temporarily staying in the Citadel, continues to have Gerald aid her in the difficult journey to return Eliottown to its full glory. Can Gerald free the others? Can he finally end the Mayor's reign of terror?

## Plot

### Chapter 1: Prison Run

I can't believe yesterday actually happened. Can't believe Louis, Nathan, and Taylor were arrested... I really need Gerald's help now. I'm grateful he and Kenney let me stay here until this is all sorted out.

I jumped out of bed, and left my house. My house was a mess, but sturdy. It was all I could get until this gets sorted out. Brooke came over to me.

"Gerald wants to see you," she told me.

"I'll be there now," I replied.

"We have a surprise for you," Brooke added.

I followed her into the treasure hall. Gerald was there, but so was Louis?

"Amber!" exclaimed Louis.

"Louis! I thought you were arrested?" I asked.

"I went to the prison. I tried to bribe them into releasing your friends. We made a compromise: a quarter of the treasure hall for one," explained Gerald.

"How did you choose?" I asked.

"They all insisted to stay behind for each other, so I just did the "eenie meenie miney mo" trick," Gerald continued.

"What's the plan?" I asked.

"Nothing's changed. Get rid of that damn Mayor," replied Louis.

"Who's at the prison?" I asked.

"Taylor and Nathan. Ryland's still in Elliottown," Louis replied.

"We're not sure why he let Ryland stay. Maybe he didn't want to look suspicious, I don't know," Gerald added.

Kenney entered the treasure hall.

"Just the guy I was looking for. We need you Kenney," Gerald told Kenney.

"Well Warren's on patrol so you caught me on a good day," replied Kenney.

"We need to overthrow the Mayor," Gerald explained.

"If we're getting rid of that piece of garbage, then I'll happily help. He thinks he owns all of Xaron!" exclaimed Kenney.

"Xaron?" I asked.

"This world. Anyway, what do we need to do?" Kenney asked.

"Go to the prison. Bribe the security guards and the warden into releasing Nathan and Taylor," Gerald explained.

"Good. What's next?" Kenney asked.

"We sneak into Elliottown and grab Ryland," Gerald continued.

"Get to the exciting part. When do we overthrow the Mayor?" Kenney asked.

"Tonight," Gerald finished.

"Sounds like an awesome plan! Count me in!" Kenney replied.

"I wanna come," Swarfiga said.

"Where'd you come from?" asked Louis.

"I just wanna help. I feel pretty useless," replied Swarfiga.

Sonar entered the treasure hall too.

"I'm coming as well," she added.

"Alright. We'll need to split up as soon as we enter Elliottown though," Gerald decided.

"So, we headed to the prison?" I asked.

Gerald nodded, and Brooke gave him a diamond sword.

"Why are you giving me this now? You're coming too," Gerald told her.

"Could be useful in case the guards... well... don't fall for our trap," Louis suggested.

"Good point," Gerald replied.

We all left the treasure hall.

### Chapter 2: Can You Feel It Coming?

I had never seen a building as dull as the prison, though I guess that's the point. I just knew that Gerald could get Nathan and Taylor out.

"Just keep in mind that these guys abide by almost anything the Mayor says. It'll be tough to get them out," Gerald told us.

We approached the warden's office.

"You again? What do you want now?" the warden asked.

"The other two," replied Gerald.

"Haha. No," the warden said firmly.

"Why? You know the Mayor's rules suck," Louis asked.

We heard knocking from a cell. It was Nathan and Taylor.

"Guys!" Nathan yelled.

"Nathan!" Louis yelled back.

"Wait, who are you guys?" Swarfiga asked.

"We're gonna get you out! Somehow..." Kenney sighed.

"No you're not. They stay," the warden replied.

"I think otherwise," Gerald told the warden.

"That's enough. Move along or I will have to get physical," the warden told Gerald.

"It's your funeral," replied Gerald.

The warden punched Gerald.

"What are you doing?" Brooke asked.

Gerald punched the warden.

"FIGHT HIM!" yelled Swarfiga.

Gerald then headbutted the warden.

"Get off me!" exclaimed the warden.

Gerald kicked him to the ground, then got on top him. He punched him several times.

"What did I say? Release them, or this will be the least of your problems!" Gerald yelled.

"Please... please stop!" the warden begged.

Gerald continued to punch him.

"Okay, that's enough," said Sonar.

Kenney grabbed Gerald.

"We should probably leave them for now," Kenney suggested.

We all left the prison.

"At least you tried," Louis told Gerald.

"I dunno. I kinda went crazy back there," replied Gerald.

"We should probably get back to the Citadel," Swarfiga suggested.

"No. I need to show you guys something," Gerald told me and Louis.

### Chapter 3: The Truth

Gerald led us to a portal.

"This leads to your new home," Gerald told us.

"What? I thought you said we could stay in the Citadel?" Louis asked.

"I'm sorry, but the Citadel's not really a "town." If it was, I'd let you stay 100%. But I have something better. Something I built while getting used to having no powers," Gerald explained.

"What about the Mayor?" Louis asked.

"I need to talk to you about something. I'll do it on the way," replied Gerald.

"Swarfiga, Sonar, Brooke, you guys stay here. Guard the portal," Kenney ordered.

Swarfiga saluted Kenney, and the latter hopped through the portal. Gerald followed, then Louis, then me.

We landed in another world.

"No way! Is this is the first world?" Louis asked.

"Yep," Gerald replied.

We looked at a structure.

"By the stars, it's the Army Motel!" Gerald exclaimed.

"THE Army Motel?" Louis asked.

Gerald nodded.

"Follow me, I need to show you something," Gerald told us.

"Trust me. You don't wanna miss this," Kenney assured us.

We both followed Gerald and Kenney. It was sunset, and we had to hurry up. When we finally got there, I couldn't believe my eyes.

"Ludwig's house?" I gasped.

"That one in Elliottown? A fake. This is the real deal," Gerald replied.

Louis's mouth hung open.

"Lemme show you where you'll be staying," Gerald told us.

We followed him and Kenney to a town. A small, secluded town.

"I built this after I lost my powers. Without infinite resources, without creative mode, without all of that," Gerald explained.

"I helped. Took us damn near a year to finish it," Kenney added.

"That purple building will be your home. 8 floors. I left you a few presents. Just some supplies for your new life as a mayor. A dang better one than that Elliottown Mayor," Gerald explained.

"Wait, this is for us?" Louis asked.

"I sure as hell can't run it. I have my own stuff to deal with. And after getting to know you, and Nathan, Taylor, and that Ryland, I'd say you deserve it," Gerald continued.

"What about the truth?" I asked.

"Randy and Kyle let me know about something they saw. They saw the Mayor open the gate," Gerald replied.

"I'm shocked," Louis said, sarcastically.

"He's up to no good, and when this all blows over, you can have this hunk of junk," Gerald explained.

"What about Ryland?" Louis asked.

"We'll get him tomorrow. I want you to be prepared. No sleep tonight. You need to know how to defend the town. Stop creepers from blowing up buildings, get a map of the town, run shops and farms," Gerald continued.

"With you as our mentor, we'll definitely do a good job of running this town," I replied.

"One last thing, Amber," Gerald told me.

"What?" I asked.

"I've not seen the Cannibal Holocaust. Though I plan to when I die and return to the real world," Gerald replied.

"Don't say things like that. The Citadel needs us. Elliottown needs us," Louis told Gerald.

"I'm serious. I can't see myself living much longer. No powers. Elliottown's "supreme leader" wants us dead," Gerald replied.

### Chapter 4: Pathway to Chaos

Kenney turned around.

"We actually will die if you don't finish your monologue!" he exclaimed, pointing at some mobs.

Gerald grabbed us and took us inside the 8 story house. He gave us some enchanted bows, enchanted diamond swords, and one arrow each.

"One arrow?" Louis asked.

"These bows are enchanted with infinity, power III, unbreaking II, and Punch I," Gerald replied.

Louis and I drew our bows.

"Shoot and see what happens!" Gerald told them.

We fired at the mobs, and another arrow appeared in our inventory.

"What the?" Louis gasped.

Kenney pulled out his sword and went insane on the mobs.

"Infinity! You never run out of arrows!" Gerald replied, sticking his sword in a creeper's head.

"Anything else you need to tell us?" Louis asked.

"Yeah. See what happens when you put 2 obsidian and 1 stick in a crafting table. In a sword shape," Gerald told him.

We both went inside and stared at the crafting table.

"So... Amber, you wanna craft this thing?" Louis asked.

I put the stick and obsidian on the crafting table. It actually made something. Gerald came in, and started to clap his hands.

"You... actually put a stick and 2 obsidian together to make... an obsidian sword. Congratulations. That's the first time someone's ever done that," Gerald explained to us.

"Obsidian swords exist?" Louis asked.

"Yeah. I implemented them," Gerald replied.

"What?" Louis asked.

"My friends invented these things called "Mods." Very useful," Gerald replied.

"Oh yeah. I've heard of those," Louis told him.

"That's how volcanoes, tornadoes, obsidian swords, Citadel soldiers, and all that came to exist," Gerald explained.

"So, where do we sleep?" I asked.

"You're down here. Louis is 2nd floor, and I'll sleep 3rd I guess," Gerald replied.

Louis and Gerald climbed up the ladder, and I went to sleep.

### Chapter 5: A New Home

I woke up. Gerald and Louis were already awake.

"Okay, so, we have to get the others," Gerald told Louis.

"I agree. We go into the Citadel and get Ryland and Leo and then..." Louis tried to say.

"Whoa, hold on. I meant Brooke, Sonar, and Swarfiga," Gerald replied.

"What about Ryland?" Louis asked.

"Don't worry, I know how to get him and Leo too. Not so sure about Nathan and Taylor, though," Gerald explained.

"What?" I asked.

"Oh! Hello, Amber," Gerald replied.

"Gerald and I were just discussing how we're gonna get the others," Louis added.

"I know. I heard everything," I replied.

"Going to Elliottown is a good idea. I wanna speak to this "Mayor" myself," Gerald told us.

"There's no way we can bypass his guards," Louis told Gerald.

"What do you mean "guards"?" Gerald asked.

"Whenever someone's exiled, in this case, Amber, he always floods the city with guards," Louis explained.

"Don't worry, I have mind control abilities," Gerald replied.

"I'm gonna pretend I don't know what you mean," Louis told him.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Don't worry about it. We just need to get back to the others, go to the Citadel, get some invisibility potions from our authentic ninjas, drink them, go to Elliottown, find Ryland, take out the Mayor, free Nathan and Taylor, bring them, you, Louis, and Ryland back here, the Citadel never sees you again," Gerald explained.

"Never see us again?" Louis asked.

"Oh, yeah. I need to get back to the Citadel once this has finished," Gerald replied.

"I thought we were becoming friends," I told him.

"We are. I'm just a busy man," Gerald replied.

"You should stay," Louis told him.

"I'll think about it. But what about Elliottown? Or the Citadel?" Gerald asked.

"We could form some kind of alliance. The Xaron..." Louis suggested.

"Xaron Heroes?" I replied.

"Xaron Pals?" Gerald asked.

"I like that. The Xaron Pals," I said.

"That sounds great. Xaron Pals will need a supreme leader. Amber, you've proven I can trust you with that authority," Gerald explained to me.

"I can be the Mayor of this town," Louis volunteered.

"Your friend Ryland can be the District Attorney here," Gerald replied.

"Nathan can continue the Paragon Parties!" I said.

"I think we're on to something here," Louis told us.

"The lot of us can come here all the time. Tend the chickens, have a farm on that island over there. We'll have a group of people who help with all the chores around town. We'll forget all about the volcano and the Mayor," Gerald explained.

### Chapter 6: The Alliance

Gerald's idea sounded amazing, and there's only one thing stopping it - The Mayor - and even we had an idea to finally stop him. The Xaron Pals is a high possibility.

"Now, what do you say we get back to the others?" Gerald asked.

"Wait, what happened to Kenney?" Louis asked.

"Hey, what DID happen to Kenney?" Gerald asked.

We ran to the place he last was, but all that was there was inventory.

"No... Kenney..." Gerald gasped.

"He's dead," Louis sighed.

"No I'm not," a familiar voice said.

We looked up. It was Kenney. Alive and well.

"Yeah. Sorry. Had to drop that. I was farming. I heard all about your plan though. I'd like to chip in my place at the Citadel for a place here," Kenney explained.

"What?" Gerald asked.

"Sounds like this town will need a protector," Kenney replied.

"You do realize I'm not staying, right?" Gerald asked.

"Oh. Well, this is a tough situation," Kenney sighed.

"We can't please everyone here. I can't stay because Xaron needs me," Gerald explained.

"And I can't stay because Gerald's been my best friend for years," Kenney added.

"Then stay in the Citadel. We can keep our original plan. We all meet up once or twice a week and hang out. All of us together," Louis suggested.

"That doesn't sound half bad. Great thinking, Louis," Gerald replied.

"Now, should we get back to the others?" Kenney asked.

We all returned to the portal.

"Before we attempt to defeat the Mayor, I'd like to say good luck on building your town," Gerald told me and Louis.

We hopped through the portal and landed back near the prison.

"Oh, I'm abandoned. Abandoned again..." Swarfiga sang.

"Hey Swarfiga. What's up?" Kenney asked.

"The others went back to the Citadel. Left me at the portal," Swarfiga explained.

"Let's go then!" Gerald ordered.

We all ran to the Citadel and met with the others at the gate.

"Guess you have stuff to do. It's cool," Kyle told Sonar.

"So, we going to Elliottown?" asked Gerald.

"Yeah. I got the potions," Swarfiga told Gerald.

Swarfiga gave us an invisibility potion each.

"I thought you said we had to get them from an authentic ninja," I told Gerald.

"Swarfiga IS an authentic ninja," Gerald replied.

"Let's go!" Sonar exclaimed.

"Are we really about to take on the Mayor?" Brooke asked.

"If you wanna watch the Cannibal Holocaust, then watch it," Gerald told her.

"Seriously, what does that mean?" Louis asked.

"No idea," Gerald replied.

We drank the potions and became invisible.

"Let's go to Elliottown!" Gerald exclaimed.

We all ran to Elliottown's gate.

### Chapter 7: Reunited

Gerald opened the gate and we all entered. Louis was right. Guards were everywhere. We could see Annie and Stevie hiding from one.

"Should we get them?" Brooke asked.

"Nah. Just focus on Ryland. Besides, I only have 2 invisibility potions left. One for Ryland, one for Leo," Gerald explained.

We all ran to the alley behind my house.

"Ryland's house is behind the Paragon Party tent," Louis told us.

We passed the diner, llama gardens, and then the tent. We could see Ryland's house now.

"Run!" Gerald whispered.

We all followed his lead and ran to Ryland's house, then busted the door open.

"What the?" Ryland asked, startled.

The invisibility potion wore off.

"Oh, no," Gerald gasped.

"Guys! Where are Nathan and Taylor?" Ryland asked.

"Still stuck in the prison. I negotiated with the warden and got Louis back. We'll get the others later," Gerald explained.

"So, what's the plan?" Ryland asked.

"Get to the Mayor's office and neutralize him," Gerald replied.

"If Sonar, Brooke, Swarfiga, and Leo stay here, I could brew us more invisibility potions," Louis suggested.

"Why is it always me?" Swarfiga asked.

"Why Leo?" Ryland asked.

"I'd feel better if he stayed here. Plus I only have 3 golden carrots," Louis replied.

"Fine," replied Ryland.

### Chapter 8: Sneak Peek

Me, Gerald, Louis, and Ryland left the house, and started to sneak to Louis's house. Inconveniently, it was on the other side of town.

"If we get to my house, we can brew some invisibility potions," Louis explained.

We hid behind the book store, and checked to see if the coast was clear. Once we knew it was, we ran to the creeper head, and hid behind that. Once again the coast was clear, so we ran to Louis's house.

"Good!" Louis whispered.

We all wenr inside to find the place had been robbed.

"Of course!" Louis yelled.

"Shut your damn mouth!" Gerald whispered.

"It's been looted!" Louis whispered.

"Then we better just sneak to the City Hall. It's only right around the corner," Ryland explained.

"Fine. I'd feel better being undetectable by the human eye, though," Louis replied.

We left the house, and saw Annie and Stevie running from the guards. Once they spotted us, they ran to us.

"You gotta help us! They're gonna kill us!" Stevie exclaimed.

"I said that you guys didn't deserve being exiled and now they're after us!" Annie added.

"Well, we're about to take down the Mayor," Gerald replied.

"You gotta take us with you!" Annie exclaimed.

"Whoa, we have our own problems to deal with," Kenney told her.

"We could bring one of them," Gerald suggested.

"What?" Louis asked.

"We bring one, and the other stays as a distraction," Gerald explained.

"I'll distract them!" Stevie volunteered.

"See?" Gerald told us.

Stevie ran to the guard, and the rest of us ran to the Mayor's office.

### Chapter 9: In Action

Surprisingly, he wasn't there, but Olivia and Ruth were.

"You were told never to come back," Ruth told me.

"And you were told that I've not seen the Cannibal Holocaust," Gerald replied.

"That's Gerald! Founder of Elliottown!" Ruth exclaimed.

"Can we join your team?" Olivia asked.

"Sure!" Gerald replied.

They both walked over to us. However, Gerald hit both of them with an obsidian blade. They were both killed.

"Wow," Louis said.

"We need to fight the Mayor. Or, we could take a gift," Gerald told us.

"Is that a choice?" I asked.

"Yep. Fight the Mayor, or rob him then fight him," Gerald told us.

Louis opened a chest.

"Guys! Check it out!" Louis exclaimed.

"What is it?" Ryland asked.

"Look at all these diamonds and emeralds. We could buy so much stuff with all of this!" Louis told us.

"Robbing the Mayor then attacking him seems like justice," Annie replied.

"Take it," Gerald told Louis.

"I need a new chestplate," Kenney told Louis.

"What? Can't we just leave well enough alone?" I asked.

"We're just taking a gift," Annie replied.

"We should go now. Quickly," Gerald suggested.

We all left.

### Chapter 10: Days Are Forgotten

We went outide, and it was almost night.

"Where's that damn Mayor?" Louis asked.

An arrow almost hit him.

"I'm up here," the Mayor replied.

He was on top of the City Hall.

"DID YOU SEE THAT? HE SHOT AT ME!" Louis yelled.

"Come down Mayor! We're finishing this!" Kenney ordered.

Gerald ran to the back of the City Hall. We all followed, and climbed to the top.

"What do you want?" the Mayor asked.

"You're evil," Louis replied.

"I'm just someone who wants to teach Gerald a lesson. He killed so many people, and for what? Another day with a loved one? One more heart to break?" The Mayor asked.

"That wasn't my fault! I didn't build a supervolcano right behind Elliottown! And I almost died to stop it from killing more people!" Gerald yelled.

"You're worse of a murderer as Gerald. It's no secret that you sentence innocent people to be thrown into lava for no reason!" Annie added.

"What? He's gonna kill Nathan and Taylor?" Ryland asked.

"RYLAND! KENNEY! RUN TO THE PRISON NOW!" Gerald yelled as loud as he could.

Ryland and Kenney jumped off the City Hall and sprinted out of Elliottown.

"HE'S A PSYCHO!" Annie screamed.

"Someone needs to take him out!" exclaimed Louis.

Louis drew his bow.

"Louis! No!" I yelled.

The Mayor drew his bow. Gerald grabbed me as he ducked, and I heard an arrow and the dropping of an inventory.

"NO!" I yelled.

## Characters

### New Characters

* Amber
* Louis
* Nathan (minor role)
* Ryland
* Taylor (minor role)
* The Mayor
* Sonar
* Olivia
* Ruth
* Stevie (minor role)
* Annie

### Returning Characters

* Gerald
* Kenney
* Brooke
* Swarfiga

## Locations

* Xaron Prison
* Elliottown
	+ Amber's House
	+ Ryland's House
		- DA's office
	+ City Hall
* The Citadel
	+ The Treasure Room

## Deaths

* Olivia
* Ruth
* The Mayor

## Trivia

* "Exile" continues the trend of this arc's books having one word titles.
* It's been confirmed that Sonar, Kenney, Brooke, and Swarfiga will have bigger roles in this book.
* It was also confirmed that Nathan and Taylor will reappear but will only play a small part.