Natalie

I apologize, I have no picture of this character, but a description of what she looks like will be posted.

"He treats us as pawns in a game of chess, using us only to get rid of us." -Natalie to Ari, Herobrine's Reign

"I’m sorry, for both of you, and for anyone I’ve ever known. All I’ve done is suffer, and I’ve brought too many people on that ride with me." -Natalie to Ciara and Kane, Broken Promises

Species: Human (Formerly), Undead human.

Age: 17 (Book 1), 18 (Book 2), 19 (Book 3, Book 4, deceased)

Factions: The Netherbane (formerly), The Coven (Formerly), Unknown Village (Formerly)

## Description

Appearance Natalie is normal height, and has gray skin like Ciara and Kane, and has short, black hair. She fights with a katana, and sometimes uses her double crossbows. She also has a floating book for her magic, like Stella. She wears long black gloves, tight red pants, and a dark gray crop top with light gray spots on it. She wears boots similar to what a pirate would wear. Sometimes, when she is feeling certain emotions, such as sad, angry, or nervous, her normally bright green eyes become faded, which could be caused by her magic.

Her ghost form is very similar, wearing the same clothes and having the same skin and eyes. However, her body is faded- and her soul is replacing her heart. Her soul is purple, the color of her aura. Words to describe this aura are: Creative, mysterious, and sadness.

Observant and altruistic, Natalie is a friend who cannot stop giving. She cares very much for her friends and will give her life to save theirs, even if it means she has to live with a lunatic the rest of her life. She is very depressed as well, which was caused by Herobrine in Book 1, which may be a cause of her selflessness, since she doesn't even care about herself anymore. She often feels worthless, and puts herself into danger because of it. Even through all of this, she is a good friend with a sad life, and wants more than anything to be able to smile again.

## Story

Natalie was born years before the war between The Nether and The Overworld began, and she was born in The Coven, and practiced magic with Leif Moonfall, who trained her. She learned mainly magic to defend herself. In the destruction of The Coven, Leif defended her as she fled far away from The Mystic Forest. She later found herself in a village located near Glacierford, where two villagers took care of her for a very long time. On her seventeenth birthday, Herobrine came to her village and attacked. She tried to escape with her parents on their boats but could not reach them in time, and Herobrine turned her into an undead human, and took her away to his base, where she met Ari, who was an undead human as well, and was gifted her katana. Before she had woken up, Herobrine had taken away her happiness with his powers, and she never smiled again.

Her first raid (and only raid under Herobrine's power) was raiding Luke, Alex, and the pillagers, who were friends with Ari, but Natalie did not care about this, for they had raided her years ago. A very long time after the raid, she was watching a Herobrine was going to corrupt Ari, or take her over, but Natalie could not see this happen, so she grabbed Ari and ran through his base, desperately looking for a way out. She found a portal and jumped through it, still holding Ari, she found herself in a jungle, and hid in a cave with Ari, until Herobrine found them, and said he would take her or her would take Ari. Natalie knew that he would do the same thing that he was doing before, and she couldn't let Ari go through that again, so she offered herself. When she was corrupted, her ghost was now wandering the world, until she met Alex, Luke's older brother, and went back to The Coven with him to find her magic book, and revived herself. When she revived herself, she took down Herobrine and he fled, and she left his base to help Alex. She revived Alex, and brought him back to his family and friends.

She now had nothing to do with her life, so she set out aimlessly, and traveled to The Nether, where she saw Abigail be thrown into the lava, and saw Naeus absorb The Nether Star. She traveled back to The Overworld, and ran into Ciara and Kane, who offered her a place in The Netherbane, and she gratefully accepted.

Her first mission was to stop Charlie, who had taken Ari and Zoe, and she sent a message to Jalen and Phillip to ask for help, and asked what they should do when they battled Charlie and Ari, and possibly Zoe. Jalen asked if Natalie could take on Ari by herself, and Natalie said she could hold Ari and Herobrine off long enough for them to get down, at least.

She battled Herobrine and Ari for a short amount of time before Phillip arrived to help her. She tried her best not to kill Ari, just hold her off until they could get her to safety. But Phillip knew that if they let Herobrine continue to use Ari's body, none of them would survive, so while Herobrine was taking care of Natalie, Phillip went behind him and Ari and stabbed Ari's body in the back, killing both Herobrine and Ari. Herobrine's ghost left first, and just flew away, but Ari stayed for a few moments, looking from Phillip to Natalie, a horrified look on her face. Before Natalie got the chance to say anything, Ari had disappeared, leaving Phillip and Natalie standing there. They knew they had to help Zoe and Jalen stop Charlie, and so they stepped downstairs, leaving Ari's body lying there on the ground, still and lifeless.

As she battled Charlie, everything seemed to freeze, it was just her and Charlie, Charlie and her. She was told that she could run free with her friends, and one would stay behind, or she could stay, and the rest of her friends would be free. Natalie said that she was going to stay, and that if she was, Ari would have to be revived, he told her a deal's a deal, and unfroze the room. He told Phillip, Jalen, and Zoe to go upstairs before he changed his mind, and that Ari would be waiting upstairs for them. Phillip headed upstairs, then Jalen, but Zoe wrapped her arms around Natalie, and asked her if she would be okay. Natalie told her she was always okay, and told her to leave.

In the first chapter of Book 4, Ciara and Kane go looking for Natalie, and when they find her, she is nearly dead, leaning her back on a tree, hiding behind Charlie's House, and Natalie apologizes to them, saying that she brought them down a path of suffering, and that she had brought everyone she had ever known down that path. She then told Kane to kill her, and after a moment of hesitation, he used his cleaver and killed her. She thanked him and her eyes flickered shut. The two buried her, and left the forest.

Her ghost lived on after her death, being powered by her soul. Natalie decided to find Charlie, and attempt to speak with him. When she found him, he was in his lab, preparing it for Ari. He stopped when he saw her, and the two had a short discussion before Natalie disappeared, saying she would tell him what she knew. When she disappeared, a blinding light replaced her, and when he looked over, the light had faded, and his sister stood there, a small smile on her face. Natalie had disappeared, but she didn't need to see what was going on, she already knew.

## Fun Facts

* Natalie is never happy. Herobrine is the cause of this, Natalie has never smiled, laughed, or shown any excitement since he attacked.
* She is likely the youngest member of The Netherbane, and likely the only one who trained at The Coven.
* She is the first and only character in the series to ask/attempt to be killed, knowing it was the only way to protect herself and her friends from Charlie.
	+ Natalie is shown to be very strong, being able to survive a sword being stabbed through her chest. which is possibly caused by her magic.
* She also seemed to know Ash and Lee, mentioning them when she met up with Charlie as a ghost.