Beneath the horns || Grian

𖤐 6. Back again 𖤐

Grian walked through the portal and spawned in the middle of the jungle, the demons weren't here yet so he began building a base, it ended up being a hobbit-hole, he flew a bit around with his wings and eventually saw another hobbithole, that belonged to the one and only Mumbo Jumbo.

He wanted to just go inside and tell him that he was alive, but that would be too abrupt so he decided to leave a sign. "There can only be one"
He laughed to himself before going back to his base and waited until sundown, where the demons most likely would attack.

As the sun was coming down, the demon flew over to spawn, still hiding in the shadows. He didn't want to be seen, not yet. The blonde arrived a bit away and unfortunately saw that there was a meeting there, where everyone was.

He flew down and hid in a tall tree, waiting for something to happen. And something did. A portal opened and demons with weapons ready stepped out, all being around 7 blocks tall.

The hermits quickly got ready in fight positions, with swords, bows, crossbows and tridents out and ready to fight, the demon quickly jumped down and landed in front of Mumbo and Scar as one High Demon was about to claw them.

He took the hit and turned towards them, now in full demon form, the black skin, white hair and the other demon attributes. Both hermits took a step back in fear.

Mumbo was the first to draw a weapon, he took his sword and tried to stab Grian, who didn't even get to dodge, but just at the tip of the blade touched him, he felt a burning sensation at his neck, and a purple glow surrounded both the sword and the crystal around his neck, then the sword disappeared from Mumbos hands and he just stared at where the sword was two seconds ago.

The demon looked at him apologetically and shrugged before flying off and fighting the other demons. With the teamwork between Grian and the other hermits, they got all of the demons slain.

The builder taken all the hits in order to protect the hermits, the purple crystal shielding him, but it took his energy from him so when the fight was over, the demon was so exhausted and at the brink of fainting.

He turned around and faced the hermits, all of them ready, with swords in their hands and fear in their eyes. Scar was the first to speak.
"Who are you, demon?" He asked with a trembling voice.
"Let's go take over the desert" he mumbled and fainted, as he was falling and everything was black, there was a moment where all his other senses were active, he could smell the sent of mud and grass, he could smell the metallic blood from both demons and his fellow hermits.

The last thing he heard before hitting the ground was Scar yelling. "GRIAN!" as loud as he could, but that only sounded as a faint mumble in the demons head. Then everything was gone.

He woke up with a gasp, and then blinked as the light blinded him for a moment, as his eyes got used to him the light, he noticed that all of the hermits were with him.

"Hi again, how long was I out?" He asked and Xisuma took a step forward. "3 days"
"Oh, is everyone alright?" He asked and Xisuma nodded. "Yes, thanks to you, we all thought you died, what happened?"

"I don't actually know, I just woke up on 3rd life, after almost a year with no demon powers"
"Oh, well glad to see you got back here with demon powers and just in time to help" Mumbo said and then attacked the demon with a hug. "I'm so happy you're alive"

"That's what I said!" Scar exclaimed and Mumbo laughed. "Yeah, I'm sorry for not believing you"
Grian got out of bed and then all the hermits joined in a big group hug.

Grian got out of bed and Xisuma asked for some time alone with the demon so all the other hermits got ushered out of the room.

"I thought you might want some privacy, there's clean clothes in that drawer-" he pointed at a drawer "- and theres a bathroom in there so you can take a shower, remember to take it easy" the admin said and Grian nodded thankfully.

X left the room and the blonde went into the bathroom to take a shower. After the shower and taking on some clean clothes, the blonde felt a lot better.

Then a thought struck him, what would stop other demons from entering this server, and other servers in general? There had to be a way to stop it.

He tried to open a portal when Xisuma walked into it and his eyes widened behind the mask. "Grian, what are you doing?" He asked with a worried voice. "I'm trying to make sure that demons wont attack any server again,

I'm trying to destroy the bond between the servers and the Underworld" he stated and X nodded. "But then you can't return home?" He asked and Grian sighed. "The underworld was never my home anyway" he stated but then another thought caught up to him.

If he cut the bonds between the servers and the Underworld, wouldn't he lose his powers? He thought about it for a second and he probably would, but it would be worth it as he then would fit in better with the others.

The demon took a deep breath and then focused all his magic on cutting the bonds, then he let his magic go and an excruciating pain spread through all his body, his demon features disappeared and he screamed in pain, it felt as if his whole body was burning.

The voidwalker quickly ran to his aid. "What's happening?" He asked in worry.
"I think me cutting the bonds made my powers disappear, it feels as if my body is on fire" he screeched in pain, but then the pain started to fade away and he took a couple relaxing breaths.

"I'm fine, and I'm not a demon anymore" he said and X smiled. "Welcome to Hermitcraft Grian, welcome home" he said and Grian gave him a thankful smile, he had found a true family here, the hermits better than the whole Underworld together.

"Thank you for giving me a home"

𖤐 The End 𖤐

~1090 words