Born A Soldier (Reader X Herobrine)

Chapter Twenty-Six

Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you, the image that single handedly changed the course of this book!... Mostly. I am still following the same, general path I set from the start. XD
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     "And den- and den- a-a-and den-!" A little girl's voice chirped happily.

     "Uhuh?" Interested, though a little annoyed she was taking so long, a deep voice soothed your ears.

     "And den Aunt (Y/n) killed the spider!!"

     "Whaat? No way." You heard the deeper voice sound as if it were smiling.

     "Lord Herobrine, would you mind fetching some water?"

     "Hhh, sure thing. Anna. Remember, don't touch Aunt (Y/n)." Floor boards creaked under the man's weight as he rose from the floor about only a foot away.

     "Awwwh..."

     The heavy footsteps made their way across the old cabin floors.

Creeee..

     As the door opened, everyone was silent. A pause...before Herobrine again moved to step out the door and shut it behind him. You thought about opening your eyes, but your head was still aching to the point that it felt like if you opened them, your brain might explode out your eye sockets!

     You heard shuffling over the rug. A small being made her way over to you. When she was so close you could hear her faint breathing, the little girl began to whisper.

     "Aunt, (Y/n), why is Herobrine so nice..? I thought he was evil." Pondering for herself the very thing you had been wondering, the little girl waited for a response. You were too tired to give her one. Not like you could, anyways. She shuffled closer. Suddenly, you felt her hands land on you and shake your body a little.

     "Tss! OWWW!" You flinched when the little girl unknowingly placed one of her hands directly over your bandaged injury. Your eyes flung open and Anna yanked her hands away. The door visible in the corner of your eyes to the right was immediately thrust open.

     "ANNA, I TOLD YOU NOT TO-!!" The immortal stormed in, brows furrowed over his brightly shining eyes. As he stomped a few steps from the door towards Anna, your mothering instincts kicked in. This reminded you an awful lot of those nightmares you had had with Herobrine killing Anna in front of you, and it was showing.

     Like a poor animal, you pushed through the pain up off of the couch. Once up, your eyes suddenly blacked out. You could still hear, feel, touch, and THINK, but your eyes had just stopped working or something! This didn't help any. Must have stood too quickly. Your hands flung out on either side of you, taking a low stance as your pupils wandered around the room.

     "Anna?!... Anna, get behind me!!" Maybe you could pretend you could still see at least..? You felt the little girl grasp your leg closest to her and hug you closely, seeing something was wrong with you now too but not knowing what. You heard those large footsteps slowly make way in your direction. You kept your eyes in the man's general direction, hoping it wasn't obvious that you couldn't see him. The man's center of weight lowered as he fell level with the little girl.

     "Anna, I'm sorry for shouting..." Then standing up, presumably to stare you in the eyes. "(Y/n)... I know you can't see me right now... You're low on blood. Lay down." He commanded. It frightened you.

     "N-no! You go get your water! I'll be fine!"

     "And I will...once you've laid back down." You could tell he was talking calmly with the soul purpose of calming you as well. It did the opposite. Now your mind wandered back to those flashes of nightmares you had seen, coupled with real things you had seen him do. The two melded in your head as if they were one... He may as well have actually killed Anna countless times before... It made no difference. You knew he still would if you dared defect from him.