Permadeath ~ A Grian Hermitcraft 9 AU

Chapter 4

TW//: Spoilers for Hermitcraft S7, flashes of light, memories, voices in head

"You're joking?" I stared in disbelief into his jade eyes.

"Why would I joke about this?" Panic seeped into Scar's voice as panic overtook me. He grabbed my shoulders tightly. "I clicked the button to leave the game and I couldn't get out, just got sucked in."

Nononono. Not him. Please.

I opened the tab settings, and clicked the button to leave the server. Sure enough,it said 'Tried to leave again, Xelqua? For what you've done. You're never going to go back.' And a flash of purple.

The same thing that happened every time I've tried in the last 5 years, stuck in this multiverse of glitches and curses.

Now Scar was trapped in it too.

                                 ~°~

The chat read the same thing over and over again. That someone tried to leave the game.  It was terrifying, seeing everyone try to leave, never able to, doing the same things I tried to do.

Strangely enough,

So many purple flashing lights. They came back. Broke the first borders I had put up, all those years ago. Who knew what They would do next.

It was night. Me and Scar had set up our own rooms, and I looked out the window, thinking about my past. Scar walked to the open door with a cup of tea in his hands, and knocked.

"Hey Gri, I made you a cup of chamomile."

"Thanks," I replied, still looking out the window.

He walked in and stood next to me, handing the tea. "Nice stars, huh." I nodded quietly.

We were silent for a few minutes. "What do you think of all this?" I asked faintly, looking up at him.

"I don't know. Worried mostly, I think." Scar reached out and held me close in a side hug. "I'm just happy to have you here." "Me too." I leaned on his shoulder and stayed there.

                                  ~°~
It was Season 7, the whole of the Mycelium Resistance are in the hidden headquarters. Ren and Impulse are discussing tactics on how to protect the real base, Etho was continuing on the Mycelium farm, Jevin accompanying him. Only Ren, Impulse, and Stress were with me in the HQ, as the farm was somewhere else. Everything was fine, like it should have been.

Then the floor started to shake.

It was a little bit at first, almost unnoticeable, as we were used to crash landings above the underground HQ that often shoock some dust loose.

But it got bigger.

Conserning.

Ren and Impulse looked up from their papers, and Stress ran into the room from the vaults. "What's going on?" She looked at the three of us with wide eyes.

"I don't know." I responded. "But I'm sure this isn't good."

The marble walls started spewing dust and rubble everywhere.

"HIT THE PANIC BUTTON!" I yelled to no one in particular.

Impulse ran and opened the glass case and whammed the button as I collected the Source Block and crammed it into my inventory with reflexes faster than others.

"WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING!?"

The noise was getting louder as Jevin yelled out with Etho right behind him.

"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW!?" I yelled back.

They hadn't been trapped for the last three years, they had no clue how tourmenting it was. How terrifying all of this could go down.

The wall cracked.

Then shattered.

There, the most unexpected thing existed.

A redstone tnt mining machine.

But, Mayor Scar wasn't behind it.

It was HIM. His eyes glowed bright, staring deep into my soul.

Someone who I had tried to forget and lose contact with for a very long time.

"GAH-"

I sat up, sweating, adrenaline racing through me. The world was in a shade of purple, like someone had put a lens over my vision. It was just a dream, thank void. I lay down, but the voices still echoed through my mind.

Who are you to leave your legacy?

You could have stayed, yet you left.

Our magic flows through you.

You can try to run, but you cannot hide.

Loudest of all, the one that haunts me still, 

We're still Watching you.

It echoed clear, then died out, along with my consciousness.