Return of The Corruption (Empires SMP Fanfic)

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Fawn sat at her vanity, she twisted her blonde streaks of hair into a crown and laced her special flower into them. She momentarily felt like a flower princess. She had no idea why she was getting dressed up but she felt the moment had meaning...and her friends were too so she just found it relevant.  The long train of skirt behind her was a silky cyan material. Another softer and more clear layer was beneath it. It was a tranquil sort of white. (Using big words now....love that sentence haha) The top piece had sleeves that hung off her shoulder. (More commonly known as off the shoulder sleeves...) They were laced with a soft green twist. The centerpiece which connected the two sleeves in the center was a small pair of frosty looking antlers. Fawn was satisfied with her appearance and pranced downstairs. She entered the dining hall, stepped up onto a stool, not even looking at anyone yet and announced,

     "Today, is going to be a good day!" 

     "Please don't break into song..." Mari pleaded. Everyone laughed and Fawn jumped down, a bighearted smile alit on her face. 

     "What's for breakfast?" She asked.

      "Can it be croissants?" Sunny asked. Her voice was light and airy. She sounded much younger than she was. Not to mention she was lazily flailed onto Reap like a small child might be when complaining for food. Mari reached over and lightly slapped Sunny.

     "Hey! What was that for?" Sunny whined.

     "Oh you know what it was for," Mari's voice was low and playfully menacing. Jimmy began to crack up. Fawn blinked at him and stoutly queried,

     "What?" 

     "It's a morning thing," Mari shrugged.  Before another word could be said, the room shook as if the ground was trembling mightily. Tara shrieked, alarmed. 

     "Uhhhh.....is that a morning thing?" Dune cried. The group had stood, unable to sit as their chairs were bouncing along with the floor. The demon's voice circulated the air,

     "Someone's trying to stop you again."

      "WHO THOUGH!" WHO THE HECK IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO STOP US?" Fawn screamed. That was random. Xornoth replied with a low tone,

     "Well, only another demon, I suppose." (Ok, don't tell me THAT wasn't poetic...sorry I'll shut up now...) They were all stumped. Another demon? But once again, who?

The room shook harder.

      "We have to do this circle! NOW!" Flora called over the room's aggressive rumbling. There was scattered mumbling of agreement then they all jumped their way over to the chest where they kept their things. In the order of the placed objects, they were snatched from the chest and then placed on a pedestal that Rylee had mustered up. Finally Misty sprinkled the redstone around the pedestals, leaving enough room for them all to stand. 

     "Come on!" She shouted when she was finished, beckoning them over. Everyone jumped to the side of the redstone ring and grabbed hands. They waited for a second. 

     "Nothing's happening!" Mari yelled.

     "Isn't there some type of magic we have to perform?" Spencer called back. 

     "No! It should be without it..." Fawn was puzzled. Her hair and skirt billowed around her as she gripped on tightly to Ty and Sunny's hands. It suddenly hit her.

     "The other empires!" The Mezalean azalea flowers in Tara's hair were knocked askew.

     "Quick, Tara! Throw in one of your flowers!" Tara removed the flower from the folds in her hair and tossed one to the middle of the circle. The redstone began to glow around them. 

     "It working!" Cliff cried in surprise. Dune and Reap laughed together joyously. The kids stood their ground. Flashes of people began drifting around. Speaking and conversation floated along with them.

     "Flashbacks?" Sunny wondered aloud. Fawn recognized what was happening. Bad things, good things, laughter, yelping, it all blended together. Fawn could make out the voices of the other empire leaders. Power surged through her veins, then she noticed that her hands were glowing as well. Not just hers but everyone else's too. 

     "Is that the powers?" She called over the noise of the whipping wind. Then she was in a flashback. It was an arena. A black figure shot around it. Fawn noticed people she knew. Sausage, Pearl, Katherine, Joel, Gem and fWhip. There was yelling and lots of smacking sounds. Sausage looked...not playful and happy. Fawn's brow  was knitted together in suspicion. Sausage approaches Gem and after a moment bangs his twisted staff into her. She falls to the ground with a scream and lies there, unmoving. Everything goes to chaos. This happens too often. Joel, Pearl and fWhip seem to find their way to the ground as well. Ravagers and vexes swarm the arena. Fawn's perspective shifted to see Katherine, hiding frightfully in a crevice. She looked skittish as ever. Sausage found her eventually and she as well was bashed before falling to the ground. Gem had somehow mustered the strength to get up and escape. As the flash faded, Fawn noticed her friend's expressions as reality returned. The bad weather had stopped and all of the red that had infested the land before had disappeared with it. Rylee and Reap looked paralyzed, horrified. Sunny's grip had loosened to nothing, her face pale and mouth hanging open. Flora was sitting on her heels, looking distant. Cliff and Spencer shared an almost identical look of a mix of anger, shock and disgust. Ty's hand was now clammy in hers. She turned to him, confused.

     "What?" She asked quietly. 

     "We all just saw that," he whispered, turning to her. Fawn's face dropped like a stone. 

     "Oh no."

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     Many days went past. Although they'd removed the corruption, Xornoth still remained to look like a demon, but sounded normal now. More sparks flew between the pairs of Ty and Fawn and Misty and Flora, but none of them ever knew who was trying to stop them. And it was also important but it didn't come back to their attention until it was too late.

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Hey! We're back on April Fools day ofc, and I'm quitting. Did anyone sense the lies in that? (As I post this like, the day after) Sorry this chapter is so short, I wanted to keep this one kinda simple because the next ones are going to be...WHEW! Chaotic! Anyway, thank y'all for all the love and support on the art piece, I worked hard on her and appreciate it lots! On another topic, just another tw, the stabby stuff will be coming along next part and so. Nothing gory, just stabby. As a final note, sorry if I got the people at the arena wrong, I watched it so long ago I couldn't remember! I'm also one of those people who refuses to watch things I've already seen (unless it's Stranger Things or the end of the Empires series). Happy April!

-Strange