HermitCamps (Book 1- Done) [A HermitCraft AU]

The Last Stand

Tango's POV:

We stood in this cave as the echo faded, stunned and confused. Xisuma was the first to recover.

"Are you Nyx?" He whispered, stumbling slowly to the rim of the cave which dropped down to despair and darkness.

"Like a deer in the headlight, you dive straight to danger. Yet, you haven't known the name of danger." The spine-chilling voice hissed.

Grian stood and flew over the pit, "It's dark..."

In an instance, shadow-like arms grasped the struggling body of Grian and pulled him down, his terrified face pierced my memories and the scream was silenced by distance.

A low foul cackle was heard, the voice came back this time shifting his voice to Grian's voice, "Help me! Help me!" It changed back to normal, "Well, pitiful. Isn't it, now what are you going to do, leave and betray his trust or be trapped here with him by your side."

Mumbo's eyes flashed with anger, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM!"

The voice sneered, "You're quick to anger... how cute."

The ground below me buckled before a hand-like shadow exploded out of the floor near me.

"Duck!" I warned, avoiding the hand's fist slamming down on me.

"Children! Come! Come be with our friend!" Nyx provoked, causing the most confusing turn of events to happen.

Mumbo and Wels both dived into the shadow hand, I took out my sword to prepare to stab it, the hand just faded out of existence, the floor of the whole cave collapsed... and we all fell.

Did I land on a bubble? It's solid but not really... I don't know it's weird.

The room around had chasms like the moon, in that was an abyss like liquid and on top, a bubble like the one that I'm sitting on and in the middle, Grian stood still as a stone.

"Grian!" Wels yelled.

Caught off guard, he slit his dragger through the air, his eyes in fear and anger.

"Whoa, whoa. It's us, don't worry." Wels backed up in mild surprise.

Grian drew a long shaky breath and put down Ashrune with trembling hands, his eyes snapped back to the kind and warm brown eyes that I knew.

"What just... How am I...?" He looked around, and suddenly turned around, "You! I heard you in my head and the next moment I know, I raised Ashrune at my friends."

The wind shifted around like a storm and wrapped itself into a cocoon.

"Well, I just borrowed your voice for a bit." A cunning raspy voice said, the wind settled and a black voice appears.

Nyx turned around while still kneeling, she had a long void-like dress that covered the ground and white hair that glowed like a moon, her eyes one grey, one silver; and a halo so dark, it was like sucking the light out of everything.

"Hi, I am so pleased to meet you all... formally."

For instance, we raised our weapons in unison.

"Quick to jump to the case, aren't you?"

Iskall jumped in first, his sword raised hoping to kill her in a single blow, but nothing is as easy as it seems to be.

Shadow vines busted out of the ground and stopped Iskall without effort, she giggled as she watched Iskall trapped in her vines.

"Well, it's rather impolite to not greet a goddess without kneeling." She raised her bone-like hands from her dress and in an instance, Iskall was thrown on the floor in a kneeling posture.