A Glitch of Magic - a Hermitcraft (and third life?) Fanfiction

Chapter 9

'Hey, Tango!' Impulse swooped into his friend's base the day after his own burnt down. Barely avoiding Fifi, he landed by the storage area, to see his friend chatting concernedly with Keralis about something.

'Oh, hey Impy!' Tango greeted back with an awkward smile that he clearly pretended was genuine. 

'What's up?'

'We were just talking about Bubbles.' Keralis explained worriedly. 

'Oh... right... I guess no one's seen him still.'

'False said she might've seen him once, but he disappeared before she could confirm it was him.' Tango answered. 'Anyway, how are you doing Impulse?'

'Good... despite my starter base... luckily I moved into the factory the other day, so I didn't have much in there...' 

'I'm sorry it got burnt down. Guessing you still have no idea who it was.'

'No... anyway, Zedaph wanted to talk with me and you, Tango. So if you're finished talking with Keralis...'

'It's fine! See you around, sweet faces!'

The two ZIT members flew off again to find the third. It didn't take long for them to get there, landing outside Zedaph's base. They entered, seeing their friend there.

'Hey, guys!'

'Hey, Zedaph. What's up?'

'I... I wanted to show you something.' He explained sheepishly. 

'Some...thing?' 

'Yeah... something. You know how Gem gave several hermits animal stuff? Well... I went over to check on her and...' He pulled up the leg of his trousers, revealing fluffy animal legs. '...she kind of turned me into a sheep...' 

Tango laughed, despite the situation. 

'Why'd you do that, sheep-boy?' 

'I don't know! I was curious...' Zedaph bleated back. 

'There's still one important question.' Impulse began seriously. 'Have you got a tail?'

'...Yes'

'Ok, we need to see this.'

'No!' 

'Man... I thought you turned into a sheep, not a chicken...' Tango sighed. 'Etho's been showing off his tail...'

'Fine! I can't believe you two!' Tango and Impulse hi-fived, and there was a tearing sound as the wooly appendage was revealed. And although he was obviously worried about his transformation, Zedaph laughed as well. 'I've got the ears as well.' He parted his hair to show off a pair of sheep ears. 

'This is amazing... This is absolutely amazing.' Tango laughed back. 'Is that all you've got, sheep boy?'

'I think so? Now... I also wanted to talk about Scar.' The mood fell quickly. 'Have any of you seen him recently?'

'Not since he killed me... but I'm pretty sure he burnt down my house. I mean... he burnt down a lot of things in Third Life...' 

'He probably wanted you to think it was me.' Tango added 'Because I was there, definitely-not-stealing-your-items.' 

'Tango!'

'What! I said I definitely wasn't!' He protested back.

'And what about Bdubs? I know False said she saw him, but I don't think anyone's seen him since. Grian and Cub's disappearance is definitely to do with Scar, since the last anyone heard of them was Scar telling Grian to come to his base.' Zedaph paced the room, which would've seemed much more serious if it weren't for his tail bouncing behind him. Tango held back his laughter as he watched it.