Grian Oneshots

119 ~ Void Watchers | The Nova Flowers

The void watchers, more commonly called Voiders. They were much stronger than the every other Watcher species. They were corrupt and evil people who plotted to destroy and control every realm. Of the giant expanse of the Void realm, there was 12 holds, the 13th being the capital and where the royal family of the entire realm lived. The news of the realm was only known from captured invaders from the realm.

The End's Watchers were more commonly called Watchers, and the Overworld's Watchers were called the Overseers. The Netherine Watchers had died out long ago, after the Void Watchers invaded and corrupted the realm.

In order to protect the other realms, the Queen and King of the Watchers and the Kings of the Overseers sectioned the world off. Their was borders that could only be traveled through by communicators, a device made by one of the Kings of the Overseers, Notch.

King Pheonix Voidwalker and Queen Jasmine Omega were the old rulers of the kingdom, and they had three children. The original crowned Prince Xeqlua, second child was Prince Xavier, and the third child was the princess named Xenia.

Xeqlua had joined in on a mission to destroy a server, but got lost in the beauty of the Overworld. He told the guards to go set up camp, and just watched a flower valley. This server was chosen because a high level Overseer lived here. He only remembered this when the Overseer, held the Voider at sword point.

A conversation between the two occurred, and Xeqlua explained that he had never seen something so beautiful. The Void was made out of purely black and dark grey hues, and the Overseer took Xeqlua on a tour to see more than just the flower valley. After doing so, they offered a communicator to him, and offered to let him stay in the Overworld without lasting effects from the toxic air to the Voider. He agreed and turned against his guards.

He told the Overseers of the Voider capital, and his only request being that someone grabbed a few Void flowers. The capital hadn't been destroyed, but their armies were severely effected. The flowers were brought back as well, and Xeqlua planted them in an overly shaded under a large tree. He planted them, and the flowers spilled over across the realm. Effectively being named the Nova Flowers.

The flowers were significant of the story, as they could grow anywhere with enough shade. They symbolized that your past never defines you. Much like Xeqlua himself, who gave up his position to learn more about the world he had been taught to hate.

Grian loved this story, as his own past was horrid. He kept some Nova Flowers in every server he lived. He had also learned that if you give the flowers glow stone dust as they grow, they produce glowing particles and can range from very dull to brightly lit.

Because Bdubs existed, he would never be able to enjoy his flowers if they were outside. They were very nocturnal flowers after all, and the multiplayer server sleeping option made it so only one person had to sleep to skip the night.

So Grian made a somewhat large cavern underneath his bases with the flowers, ponds, and small water falls to make the cavern feel more natural. He often fell asleep there, resulting in worried texts from his friends.

Grian smiled as he opened up the bubble elevator. He was pulled downward, and stepped out of the water before touching the hot magma block beneath the water. He looked around the cavern, taking in the beauty of it. It was amazingly beautiful. No matter how many times he saw it, the beauty would never fail to take his breath away.

He walked down the somewhat lit path, towards the large pond's bank. He sat on the shore and looked across it at the vines of the Nova Flowers, and the flowers themselves lit up the wall behind it.

He smiled once again, and laid on his back. The ceiling was covered in the Nova Flowers, and soul lanterns, giving the illusion of nighttime. He closed his eyes and continued to take in the beauty of the man-made paradise. The other flowers and moss in the cavern gave off very similar smell to the surface, but with a hint of lemon and strawberries.

He heard some footsteps and grew displeased that his paradise had been broken. He sat up and turned to look at his friends.

X was confused but the look of astonishment in his eyes was visible even through his helmet's visor. Mumbo was looking upwards, comparing the fake stars to the constellations. Scar was smiling like a goof looking around at the amazing attention to detail.

"Are all of these Nova Flowers?" Xisuma finally asked. "You realize how pricey they are, right?"

Grian smiled but shrugged.

"I'm the richest hermit." Grian said, "And I have packs of seeds in my player chest for when I move to different servers."

"These constellations are almost perfect!" Mumbo exclaimed.

Grian smiled and laughed at his best friend's excitement. Scar knelt down to touch one of the flowers, causing some of glowing pollen fell off the petals. The flower in question lost some of it's glow, but some moths flew to it.

"The moths keep the flowers pollinated, and it's actually amazing because they cannot leave this room and reproduce with other flowers. These moths only focus on pollinating these flowers, as they are Lazarus Moths. I keep some of them in a jar when I move to different servers."

Grian turned and placed his hand against the water. The water around it began to glow around the hand.

"The bacteria in the pond glows when disturbed, resulting in the glowing effect of the water." Grian explained. "Everything in here is meant to make the paradise more realistic and beautiful."

"More ethereal." Scar corrected, pausing again before speaking. "I never expected anything like this on the server."

"Does anyone else know?" Mumbo asked. "You could show off your build."

Grian hesitated before answering.

"I've thought about it, but currently only us in this room know about it." Grian said, nervousness written across his face. Even with the dim light, they could tell Grian loved the cavern and worried about it.

"How about you impose a rule? Only visit between, say, 6am-1pm? Monday through thursday?" Mumbo suggested.

Grian calmed down a bit and thought it through. He'd wanted to show it off for a long time now, he was just afraid to lose his paradise...

Grian took in a deep breath before smiling to his friends. He stood up and led them back to the door, slightly wiping his hand on his jeans. He grabbed a sign and wrote out the name before hanging it from chains from the ceiling.

Forever Lunar Cavern.

It fit perfectly. It was always night. He placed some soul lanterns hang in from the chains, and smiled as the words were lit up.

Grian smiled proudly as he took a look at the cavern, before pulling Mumbo and Scar to the bubble elevator and forcing them into it first. They swam up quickly, and Grian could hear the laughter from Mumbo. Xisuma reassured Grian through a hand on his shoulder, before walking into the bubble column. He walked in afterwards, smiling as he reached the top of it.