You Tried

Chapter 13- Twin Trouble

-Ty's POV-
I let everyone go, and they all slowly wander off. On the outside, I look calm and collected, brave and ready. Inside, I'm panicking. If Anthony finds the portal, he will rip everything apart. Then, there's the problem of Herobrine. Anthony will suffer the same way I did, and he'll be blind in the Aether's sunlight.
If he comes, Herobrine will take him, and the destruction of a fight will be tremendous, and impossible to fix. I need to go home before Anthony comes here. If I don't make it to Anthony first, people are most certainly going to die. Sky comes back over, and seems to notice my distress. "Man, we gotta get you ready, but we have the biggest problem ever." "What Sky?" "The only active portal to the End... is in my dad's castle in the Nether."

-Sky's POV-
I know this isn't the news Ty wants to hear, but it's the only news I can give him that will help in any way. And to make it worse, "And Ty? The only active Nether portal is in my dad's Aether castle. We'll need to infiltrate both castles to get you home. There's no other way." His face falls from hopeful, to hopeless. He has no safe way to get home.
(A/N: sorry it's so short! Ty needs it more...)

-Ty's POV-
Anthony and I may have super strength and speed, but we don't have the power of skill to teleport between dimensions. We can teleport anywhere within one dimension. Not between 2 or 3 different dimensions such as the Aether, Nether, and End. That would work so much better if we could though. Picture my room in the one tower, and go.
But I can't, and Anthony can not find the portal. Sky takes me outside, and he and I walk through the woods. Once out of sight, he starts to float above the ground, but still walk. In playful challenge, I shoot into the air, and fly above him. He meets me above the trees, and he walks while I fly.
I'm agitated, and I can't settle down. My brother is waiting to be let out, but the only problem is, the dragon won't let him out, and we both know it. The main chunk of Anthony's life was spent in the same room he's in right now. By next month, he'll have the necessary power to break down his bedroom door, and he'll come and find me here. Anthony has never been to the Aether, and will have no clue where to look, so he'll just stumble about like I did when I came.
I think about this, and ask Sky, "Man, do you think Anthony will find the portal?" He cocks his head, "Why?" "I don't know, it's just... He'll be just as disoriented as I was, but I still had trouble finding the portal myself. I'm just curious if you think he can..."
Sky looks away, towards the horizon. "I dunno Ty. He seems pretty smart. Then again, you are too. How close of twins are you guys?"
"He's pretty much my opposite. But I barely know him. He's always locked up in his room, so I never get to talk to him. He's insane, so the dragon keeps him locked up. He's had attempted suicide hundreds of times insisting that he and I don't exist, and that's only after he's allowed out. He leaps off the mainland to the void. I'm stuck catching him."
Sky looks at me, and his eyebrows are raised. "Are you kidding me? He leaps off the mainland to the void???" I nod, because it really is true. "Anthony has no self control, and no sense of reality. If he comes here, Herobrine will take him, and the damage in a fight will be enough to break a hole into the void through bedrock. And you know how impossible that is." Sky scoffs, and states, "I do know, and my dad would love to have him. He would most certainly want you as well."
Sky pulls off his sunglasses, and as dusk passes to night, his eyes glow brighter and brighter. His golden amulet glows as well, but dimmer than his eyes. "If my dad gets hold of both of you, we have the biggest problem in history. We need to get you home before your birthday." He and I walk a while in silence, and as we turn back to head to Mitch's house, Sky presents an idea.
"What if... you and I teleport in, we go through the portal together to the Nether, I teleport you to the End portal, and I go back to the Aether portal. It would keep us both safe, and your brother would stay in the End. If I get taken by my dad, he'll lock me in my room, but I'll get out. You getting home is our main priority right now. If you stay here, people die."
I look at my feet, and then to the ground, 30 feet below. I can see a tiny figure, running through the woods. I lose my train of thought on Anthony, and this kid is the only thing on my mind. Sky touches my arm, concerned. I jump, and whip my head toward him. "There's a kid down there. We need to get him."
His head drops, and we watch this little kid run. Then, a second kid comes out. Sky and I touch the ground, and chase after them. I can hear them, and they both seem to be panicking. Sky calls, "It's okay! We want to help! Just stop for a minute." I hear their steps slow down, and stop. I hide my wings and tail, and Sky puts his shades back on as we reach them.
In front of us stand two boys. Both look to be maybe... 4 or 5? They're clearly terrified, but I'm not sure what terrified these kids. One has a red and gray sweatshirt, blond hair, ice blue eyes, and jeans. The other has a blue shirt, jeans, black hair and caramel brown eyes. The first kid is kinda pale, and the other, (not racist!) sort of looked Indian.
Sky knelt in front of them. "What're your names? Mine is Sky, and this is Ty." The blond haired boy answered in an Australian accent, "My name is Lachlan." The second answered with a British accent. "Vikk." "It's nice to meet you boys, but... Why are you out here?"
Lachlan answered shakily. "We g-got cha- chased by-" and Vikk cut him off. "By a scary man with a sword." Vikk was seemingly younger than Lachlan, and smaller, yet he seemed to be the stronger one. Vikk must've been like- 4? And Lachlan looked to be 5 or 6. Lachlan was about 4 and a half feet tall, and Vikk was just, like- grazing 4 feet.
Vikk was the one I'd spotted running first. That shirt told me that, but a scary man? I ask Vikk, "Can you describe him?" Poor Vikk looked horrified, but he sadly nodded, and told me. "He had, um... Brown hair. A green blue shirt, blue pants. But... He had white eyes, and a blue sword with red on the edge. He laughed at us, and chased us through the woods."
White eyes. Herobrine. Herobrine had chased Vikk and Lachlan through the woods.  Sky and I led the boys back to the house. Vikk fell asleep on the way, so I carried him back.
Sky gave the boys his room, and I set Vikk down on the bed while Lachlan tried to climb up. When we got the two settled, everyone was already asleep. Sky and I took to the couches, and passed out. In the morning, I woke up before Sky, and everyone was confused as to why Sky wasn't in his own room. After telling everyone to be extremely quiet, I led them to Sky's room.
I opened the door, and Grace smiled. She whispered to me, "They're so cute. Where'd you find them?" I whispered back, "Running through the woods last night. Herobrine chased them around. We couldn't leave them." I told Grace who was who, and right after we left, Lachlan came into the living room. He froze when he saw so many people.
Everyone was in the room, eating breakfast. Lachlan stood frozen in the hallway, until he saw me, and he kept coming. Around lunchtime is when both Sky and Vikk woke up. Unlike Lachlan, Vikk didn't seem fazed by all the people. Of course, Mitch, Jerome, and Preston were all outside. Preston was working on his archery, Mitch on his sword, Jerome with his axe he recently named Betty. It was entertaining.
Rob was in the living room coloring with Josh. My mind was back on Anthony, and I was pacing the room when Vikk came out. I nearly ran him over because he stepped in front of me and I wasn't paying attention. Sky steered him out of the way, and I still hadn't noticed much. Sky and I made a schedule on when and how I'd get home. We leave in 2 weeks. My birthday is April 17th, so if we leave a 2 week gap, I will have plenty of time.
Sky told me he'd get me to the portal, but I feared Herobrine would stop him, and lock me down in the cell block. We'll have to move at an amazing speed to get there without getting caught. Herobrine is super sensitive, and he moves fast. Sky and I take walks a lot more, just to help my nerves. My stress level has been super high, and it's all because of Anthony and my birthday.
When I say walks, I mean walks, but 50 feet in the air. Sky would just kinda walk on nothing, and I flew freely next to him. I would occasionally dip and glide, just to relax, but I mainly kept a steady beat. We'd walk from 5pm to around 9pm. Four hours in the crisp clean air was enough to settle my nerves for a single night. Walking alone for me now was forbidden by me, mainly because I feared Anthony would set me off again.
2 weeks of this passed. Mitch's birthday came and went, and he turned 11. The celebration just made me more frantic, and stressed out. I'd never attended a birthday party, and now that I had the chance, it was so close to my stressful 17th birthday, I had to sit outside the whole time. Sky would occasionally check on me, and he brought me something called cake.
I'd never had or seen cake in my life, and I didn't know what it was. Sky told me it was food, and I tried it. It was strange, but I liked it. It was sweet and delicious. I finished the piece and Sky smiled.
"I wish you weren't so stressed out. It's so fun in there. Can you at least try?" I shake my head, not wanting to ruin it for Mitch. The next day, I decide to practice my sword arm. There's a new set of diamond swords that Josh brought home a week earlier, and I grab one. Instantly, the sword changes.
The blue blade turns a purple-black, and I recognize the material. It's obsidian. My headphones are made of the same material. I swipe at a tree, and I back up. It doesn't look like I did anything. I certainly hit the tree though. Then I see what I did.
The trunk of the tree is cut clean through. The top of the tree is no longer connected to the bottom. I could push the tree, and it would fall. Sky had come out to check on me, and I pull him over to the tree. I tell him, "Shove the tree." He frowns, but pushes the tree. It falls over, and hits the ground.
Sky's eyes are wide, and he's tense. He slowly looks at me, and asks, "What happened?!" Then he notices my sword. "What is that? Onyx?" "Obsidian. It was diamond, but when I touched it, it changed to obsidian. I swiped my sword at the tree, and it just... Well..."
He smiled, and said, "Cool. I'm gonna head back in. Do you need or want anything?" "Nah, I'm good." Tomorrow is when I go home.