Grian Oneshots

𖤍The Portal𖤍

Grian was on his way to spawn after receiving a frantic message from his admin, the closer he got the more whispers came apparent to him, he arrived and realized what the cause of the admins panic was, too late. A "NO!" escaping him too late as he saw his admin entering a portal he recognized all to well, a watcher-portal. He landed among the rest of the server, "What is going on!?" He asked and Scar replied, "A mysterious portal appeared, Xisuma went inside to check it out. "

Fear ran down the parrots spine as he saw the calm look on everyones faces, he knew what he had to do as his eyes landed on the portal slowly began closing in on itself. He ran forwards, he felt Scars hand on his arm, trying to stop him but he didn't grab him in time, so the smaller easily escaped his weak grip.

A blinding light made his eyes shut as he entered the portal and when he opened them again he was in The Watcher's Realm - the original End, and he stood face to face with Xisuma. "GRIAN! You shouldn't have followed me in here! It could be dangerous!"
Grian rolled his eyes and scoffed, "Dangerous! Of course it's dangerous! You shouldn't have entered the Watchers domain!" His tone shifted to anger, Xisuma was an admin, he should've known better than to enter a mysterious portal without researching it first.

"What?" X mutters as his eyes widen in terror, he had heard the tales of the being attacking and demolishing servers, taking players and turning them to Watchers like themselves. "Then why did you follow me!? We're both dead now!"

"Yeah! Well I couldn't let you run into the arms of a Watcher without warning!" The parrot argued and the admin stopped up, seeming to recall something. "How did you know it was a Watcher portal?" Grian took in a sharp breath, "Because the Watchers destroyed my old server, I've seen what they can do and I couldn't let the same happen to you without at least trying to stop it"
Xisuma's eyes shifted to worry, an apology forming on his lips before deciding an apology would do nothing.

A screech interupted them and the flaps of huge wings could be heard nearing them. Grian grabbed Xisuma - who was frozen in fear - and dragged him towards a forrest of chorus plants, hoping the shade would hide them - at least just long enough for him to work out a plan of escape. The two of them stopped behind the towering fruits as they caught a glimpse of a Watcher landing right where they had been standing a mere half a minute ago. They eyes seeming to scan for the two of them. Grian's chest rised and fell in quick steady motions. He knew the Watchers would find them eventually, seeing was their power after all.

The hermits jumped as a hand was placed on their shoulders. "Found you!" It hissed and the hermits' eyes widened in fear. Xisuma tried to fight back as the two of them were dragged toward a fortress, made from purpur, obsidian and various blocks not even obtainable in creative. "Grian-" the admin whispered, "-why aren't you fighting back?" Grian grimaced as he noticed the admin was still struggling against the grip of the Watcher. "Why are you? It's just not worth it to fight right now" he whispered back while a plan formed in his head, it was a stretch, with a lot of holes and uncertainty , but a plan nonetheless.

The Watchers stopped outsided a room and one opened the door to reveal a table with chairs placed symmetrically around it. "Don't try to run. We'll catch you." A watcher with their white hair collected in a braid stated with a smile too wide for it to be a human, a smile that sent shivers down the hermits' spines. "Xisuma, do you trust me?" The parrot whipered as they were lead into the room. "I- yes, of course, but why?" the admin replied and Grian smiled. "Good. Then don't believe anything I say." the reply left the voidwalker even more stumped than before, but he had no time to reply as the Watchers forced them to sit while laughing to each other. "Oh the Head Watcher will be so happy! A powerful admin and an unprotected server! I told you he would fall for the portal trap!"

Grian chose this time to act. "YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOTS!" he yelled, which got the attention of the Watchers, and Xisuma - who was desperatly trying to shush him - "What did you just say to us?" 'Braid' demanded to know, and Grian had to keep himself from gulping in fear, remembering the torture these beings put him through, but he had to keep the facade. "I called you idiot-" he unfurled his wings to their full glory, while they slowly faded to a galaxy of colors. "- I have spent YEARS undercover on this server! AND YOU IDIOTS BLEW IT! Did you for once stop to consider that because Hermitcraft is a very well-respected server, there might already be a mission to infiltrate it!? Did you ask the Head Watcher for permission? He is the only one who knows of my mission!" Grian took in a deep breath for cinematic effect, he was now in full Watcher-form and towered over the Watchers, who shivered with fear. "I'm going to kill the admin now, as he knows of my secret, and then I will try to salvage my cover on Hermitcraft." He turned his back on the two Watchers and began dragging the admin out of the room. "I hope for your sake my reputation on Hermitcraft still holds" he stated with power as he slammed the door behind him.

As soon as they had stepped foot on the endstone outside, Grian transformed back and pushed the admin in front of him. "run you spoon! It will only be a matter of time before they call my bluff" he yelled as he bolted for the place they come from - they needed to be outside of the Watchers magic range, so they couldn't feel two people passing through. Grian focused his magic on a point further down their running path, and a portal appeared. The parrot saw his admin pass through and heard a Watcher yell commands in galactic. "Not a second too late" he thought as he jumped through the portal.

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"ouch" X mutters as the smaller hermit fell on top of him, the portal landing them right at Grians mansion.

"sorry for rescuing you" the other rolled his eyes with a grin as he got up and offered his admin a hand. "I suppose I owe you a thanks; for saving my life" X added, while brushing dirt and dust off his clothes. "And I suppose I owe you an explanation" Grian offered, and X looked at him for a few seconds. "yeah you do, you're a Watcher!?"

"Yeah, thought that was fairly obvious" he joked and X scoffed. "You know what I mean, why didn't you tell us?"
Grians eyes saddened, "Everyone have heard of the Watchers, especially all the horrible things they have caused, as much as I hate keeping secrets I don't want the server to fear me," a sinister smile crept up on his lips, "besides, I like being full of surprises" he added, earning a small laugh from his admin.

"When did you realize the Watchers were evil?"
"I always knew that. They destroyed my old server, as the admin I thought I could safe them by sacrificing myself. I was wrong" the smile from his lips disappeared, the parrot knew the others still were alive, but most of them were scarred - Jimmy and Martyn were Listerners and Pearl was taken by Watchers as well. "Did you say Admin!? Since when!?" the voidwalker questioned and Grian smiled once again. "I said I was full of surprises, didn't I Suma?"

"Did I mention I am your God?"

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