Broken (discontinued till further notice)

Chapter 10

"What about the warning?"

It was silent again.
They'd forgotten about that.

"Do you think that Adastros and Killian could be class 5? You said that they created all the mini ender dragons and withers that we fight right? So that means they must be stronger."

"It could be yeah. But what does that mean for me? Even if I stop messing with X's helmet then it will still only class me as a class 4 because of my watcher status. How did it say I was a class 5?" Grian questioned. It was understandable. He knew he was a watcher. He knew that he was growing horns. He knew that that voice he heard called him their child. He knew that whatever that voice was, that was the class 5 entity. But that wasn't him. Was it?
"I don't know."
Everyone was silent.
What were they meant to say? What could they say? No one knew the answer so what were they meant to do?
"I say we leave that one under the bridge too." Xisuma said getting up from his place on the sofa. "Right now we have a different issue"

"What issue? Is there a bug?" Mumbo asked. He hadn't said much this whole time, probably coming to terms with the new information.
"No, there's no bug, X and I would have been alerted if there was"
"Grian's right, there isn't a bug but there is still an issue."
"What is it?"
"Grian. You sent that message to ALL the hermits right?"
"Yeah? What about it?"
"Grian... You've just told everyone on the server that you have magic."
Grian froze. How could he have not realised that? That was one of the reasons he had to tell these guys about him being a watcher. Damn it all.
"Does that mean I have to tell everyone?" Grian asked. "Couldn't I just not tell them?"
Xisuma shook his head. "I'm not going to force you to tell them, but I WILL be setting up a whole server meeting. It's about time I told EVERYONE about what I am. They deserve it after all this time. You can tell everyone there if you want, but I'm not going to force you."

"Wait you're going to tell everyone about you?!"
"Wait what?!"
"Seriously!?"
"Haahhh?!"

Everyone was shocked to say the least. It wasn't even 10 minutes ago that they were as oblivious as all the others, and now he WANTS to tell everyone?
"The hermits are under MY protection. They deserve to know the truth. If they want to leave the server afterward then I understand, I won't force them to stay under the protection of a man who had lied to them for so long. They deserve better."

No one knew what to say. They understood where he was coming from, but what they couldn't understand is why he would think that they would leave. Xisuma had been one of the BEST admins ever. He made sure everyone was happy and healthy, and safe. He made everyone feel safe. Even during major glitches and server lockdowns, none of the hermits had felt scared, because they knew that they were going to be fine, so long as X was there to protect them. There was a reason he was chosen to be an admin, and no one, not even the watchers could say otherwise.
He was the best Wither damned admin that any of the hermits could have had.
And that.
That is why all of the hermits in the room knew that the rest of the members were going to stay.

"I'll tell them."
"Wait Grian, are you sure about this?" Mumbo asked.
"Yeah. It's as X said, they deserve to know. And anyway, how else would I explain it to everyone. I can't just NOT address the issue. Especially with these damned horns on my head."
Everyone's mouths turned into an O shape at that.

They had forgotten about the horns.

They were idiots.

Grian looked at all their faces and burst out laughing, clutching his stomach as he did so. "Did you guys just FORGET that I have horns now?!"
He didn't stop.
"Oh shut up! We've had a lot to digest today!" Mumbo tackled Grian onto the sofa and started play fighting with him. Fortunately False and Tango split the two apart. Everyone was laughing at least a little bit now. Grian and Mumbo on the other hand were in full tears, arms wrapped around their stomachs, barely even able to breath.
"Your such an idiot" Grian said through his laughs.
"Oh come on! I'm not that bad!"
"You forgot I had horns!"
"And you forgot to tell me you were a watcher!"
"I was keeping it a secret!"
"Well I guess you are an idiot because now I know! Ha!"
Mumbo smiled in triumph.
Grian mumble under his breath with a slight chuckle "and they say I'm the childish one."

"Anyway."

X interrupted before another 'fight' could break out.
"I'm going to ask everyone to meet at the mayor office tomorrow morning for a whole server meeting. In the mean time, get some sleep Grian. One of us will wake you up if needed but you look like you have slept in over a week."
"Actually I have slept recently. I mean I woke up like 4-5 hours ago now."
"Seriously? How do you look so dead?" False questioned.
"I don't know! I mean I was literally asleep for like 3-4 days.
Wait.
Was I in a coma?"

Silence.

"You were unconscious for 4 days?" Someone asked.
"Yeah. At least I think. I don't really know what day it was when I passed out."
"Passed out?"
"Yeah. I was scared about my horns growing and found they only grow when sleep so I tried to say awake but my head got so painful that I ended up passing out on the library floor. 10 out of 10 would not recommend. I had pins and needles for like 2 hours earlier. Not fun."

"You're an idiot..."
"Yeah. I know"
"You are an actual idiot."
"I get it. Can we just move on now. I've not eaten in 4 days and I'm hungry."

Everyone sighed...

"Come on them" X got up. "Seeing as I don't trust you in the kitchen, I'm going to cook."

And with that they all left to get some food, and hopefully a half decent amount of rest that didn't involve passing out from pain.