Alone [Book 3 of the Life Hearts Trilogy, previously called Lost Hearts]

The Battle of the End Portal - Mixed POV

This chapter was incredibly fun to write, between the mixed POVs and the fighting, and of course... wait, I'm not going to spoil it. But this chapter does have a pretty long fight scene, and I'm not very good at those. So sorry if something seems off or weird. But as always, enjoy, and please vote and/or comment! I really appreciate it when people do.

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"Blue, you better not be thinking of doing it," Gem hissed at me as the first few people took deep breaths and jumped into the portal.

"We can't lose anyone else," FWhip agreed.

"I won't," I lied.

Gem narrowed her eyes and stepped backwards into the portal. Show-off.

I jumped in after her to find that Cleo, Grian, Xisuma, and Gem had already started flying toward the island.

We hadn't killed the Ender Dragon. It carried bad memories for several Evolutionists and Emperors, between the battle that marked the beginning of the fall of Evo and the one that happened right before Last Life started. When asked about it, most of the Emperors (even the non-Last Lifers) would say that the dragon protected us from demons and then shut down the conversation, because we don't talk about Xornoth.

Also, Gem had forbidden it. If her egg ever hatched, I guessed it would have been a little awkward (I'm sorry, but your parents were murdered by my friends and others of your kind were too, so you can't go to live with the other Ender Dragons because we killed them all).

As a result of all of that, people tended to go away from the main island.

I looked up into the deep purple sky and was slightly alarmed to see flashes of purple light, some bigger than others.

Then I got mad at myself for being alarmed. This had been in my vision.

I looked up at the pillar where I knew Watchers One and Two would be on top of. Of course, now I knew that their names were Vlast and Gavran, but I still knew them as Watcher One and Watcher Two.

They were nearly invisible against the sky. But after a minute, I saw the shimmer of wings. They weren't silhouettes here.

I grasped the hilt of my sword.

"Let's go destroy the End Portal!" Grian cheered.

If one of us destroyed the portal while we were all there, then all of us would be trapped. Some pushing into the void would have to happen.

We ran toward the portal. I waited for the inevitable moment when two certain Watchers would land in front of us.

They did.

"All of our enemies in one place," Watched One said, a smug smile evident in his voice. "Or there will be, soon. I know you're there, Hallene, hiding in the minds of four in this group."

We pulled out weapons, knowing that several of us wouldn't be able to touch them.

But that wouldn't stop us from trying.

"Only one of you needs to die today," Watcher One continued. "Meet your fate, Xelqua, or your life won't be the only one lost."

"Gladly," Grian said angrily, and stepped forward with magic flickering around him.

"Good," Watcher Two said, taking out an axe. She and Grian started to fight, sword against axe, sometimes taking off into the air or using magic.

Watcher One turned back to us. "Now, you know who you are. How about you tell them that you've been helping us the whole time?"

FWhip waved at everyone. "Yeah, I was supposed to bring them Lizzie's prophecy book. Don't worry, I'm still on your side."

I snorted.