Permadeath ~ A Grian Hermitcraft 9 AU

Chapter 1

TW// Contains some spoilers for HC S8 and 100 hours of Hardcore with Grian, GoodTimesWithScar, and SmallishBeans, and Double Life

<Grian Joined the game>

The Season 9 spawn was atop a hill. There was a lake below and mountains up high. A birch forest surrounded everything around the lake.

My golden brown hair whipped my face in the wind, the only thing holding most of it back was my goggles. My maroon sweater was unripped, surprising from last season. Then again, joining servers reset your appearance.

Soon, more members started to join.
Pearl, Impulse, Scar, Mumbo.
Zedaph, Tango, False, Stress.
Ren, BDubs, Cleo, Xisuma.
Gem, Ted, Wels, Joe.
Keralis, Cub, Doc, Iskall.
Hypno, Xb, Etho, Beef, and Jevin.

Everyone was glad to see everyone else again. Some, like False and Gem, were in other SMPs and had seen each other. Others, however, hadn't. Scar spotted me and rushed over, hat almost flying.

"Hey."
"Hi."
There was a bit of an awkward silence between us.
"So, um..." I stuttered, embarrassed, "We gonna forget about what happened in Double Life?"
"Of course! New SMP, new us, right?" Scar nudged me and I smiled, and let out a sigh of relief. I was scared that it would have destroyed our friendship.

They looked around. Hermits greeting each other left right and center. I saw Mumbo and waved him over. The mustashed man walked over with a smile on his face. "and what are you so happy about?" I joked.

"It's a new season of Hermitcraft! Why shouldn't I be?"

I didn't't want to admit or say anything, but something just didn't sit right with me.

It all seemed normal.

Plenty of wood in the forest.

The bees were buzzing around the flowers.

The sun shining brightly.

And yet...

Could it be Them?

No, it couldn't be. I had left my past behind.

It could explain the moon from last season.

No, I know it was som- something...

It explains everything.

"Grian? Are you okay?"

"Huh?"
I snapped out of my thoughts to see a very worried Scar waving his hand in front of my eyes, with an equally conserned Mumbo behind him. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Just spaced out for a second." That was close.
Scar didn't look convinced.

"So, what have you been up to?" Mumbo asked us.

"Oh, we've just been in Double Life." Scar answered, still looking at me.

"And so I've heard! How was it?"

"It was tough, but we managed. We didn't win though." I replied. "Gosh darn though, it was-"

"Excuse me, hermits, can I have your attention!" I was cut off by Xisuma.

We all gathered in a slightly wonky circley crowd.
Xisuma was the admin of the Hermitcraft Server, and he controled almost every aspect of it, so when he announced something, I know it wasn't going to be good.
"I just wanted to announce that the server has, by no fault of mine, been put into Hardcore mode. I have no clue how this has happened, but me and other admins have been working on fixing it. We believe that there has been a glitch or even a hack."
A collective breath drew from the crowd.
Scar, who was next to me, was having a small panic attack. "I'm not good at Hardcore. And this is supposed to be a HDS." "You'll be okay. Remember Double Life? If you stick with me you'll be fine. Just watch your steps." I looked at Scar and patted him on the shoulder, and he looked me in the eye. "Alright."

And with that, Hermitcraft S9 began.

Author's note:// ITS DONEEE! I'm so sorry that it took so long, I had no time or motivation, and it was just taking so long. I also had to rewrite this chapter and am currently rewriting chapter 2. This is my first fanfiction ever, and I think I'm going to regret this :') Still proud though!
Anyway, this is going to take so much planing, and the next chapter might only be out in a few weeks... See you then!