Herobrine's Daughter

Chapter 17

Waru raced ahead and Raven was speeding close behind her. Aiden was trying to catch up but he was miles behind. He shouted at them to slow down and Raven turned her head back laughing.

"Hurry up slow coach!" she cried but she slowed down a bit to let him catch up. Waru didn't even hear him. She was sensing something strange about that bird. Her mind was fixed on it and her speed was slowly increasing. Raven gave up and ran back to Aiden, grabbed him and dragged him to her speed. By the time they caught up with Waru she had stopped and her eyes were staring straight ahead. Aiden, still trying to make his legs feel alive again, followed her gaze to a small torch-lit cave on the side of a broken down city.

"It flew into there" Waru said starting to walk towards it and Aiden followed her but he noticed Raven just standing there, staring. Her eyes looked dim and sad, you could almost hear her mind whirring around.

"Rave! Are you ok?" Aiden called pulling on Waru's shirt to slow her down. Raven flung her head up and smiled.

"Yeah, just coming. It's just I feel like I've been here before..." she murmered, looking back at the burnt out houses. Depsite Aiden's attempts to stop her Waru was near the mouth of the cave and Raven ran towards them. Waru slowly began to push back the vines but Aiden grabbed her arm.

"Waru, somone obviously lives here" he hissed at her "We can't just go walking in"

Waru started growling quietly and whispered a response scowling.

Raven ignored the pair bickering and peeked through the vines. Instead of meeting her namesake bird her eyes were drawn to a girl at a desk. Her vibrant red and jet black hair, glowing white eyes with a tint of green shimmer. Her feather cloak was draped around her shoulders. She could hear her mind whispering tales of darkness and war. Raven knew that that strength, those vibrant eyes couldn't be mimicked by anyone else. Her eyes blurred and her mouth seemed to hardly be able to croak a sentence.

"W-Willow?"

The girl spun around and stared at Raven, her eyes filled with fear and happiness all at once. Raven, making sure Waru and Aiden were outside, stepped into the cave and remvoved her red contacts revealing her glowing pearl eyes. Willow's eyes filled with tears and she ran to her, nearly knocking her over in a hug. Raven was laughing through sobs and WIllow was smiling as she pulled away.

"I-It can't be you. I thought you died along with mum and dad in..."

Her voice trailed away as images of the flames and sounds of swords clashing swept through her mind and you hear the screams out of her head. Raven shook her head and smiled comfortingly.

"Mum ran out of the village with me and dumped me infront of the cave. I got taken in by.... Herobrine..."

She hesitated at the last word as it was a painful reminder that he wasn't her real parent. Willow was clearly amazed at her sister's luck and managed a smile back.

"Dad took me to this cave, he told me someone would come and look after me but he went back to look for you and mum and... he didn't return..." The sadness had returned in her eyes. "I assumed everyone was gone so i didn't bother checking..." She looked in the direction of the village though the image was blocked by the cave wall. Raven turned her attention to the arguement of Waru and Aiden to realise that they were just murmering to each other about what teachers they would kill first.

Suddenly Aiden's gaze fixed on Raven and Willow's eyes. His own filled with horror and anger. Willow, noticing his change of attitude sadly pulled her hair over her eyes and shuffled behind Raven. He turned toward the door and Raven could hear his thoughts. He was going to tell everyone, she knew it. Waru noticed Raven panicking and blocked his way out the door growling. Raven pulled out her sword and put it up to his chest.

"Have i killed you yet?" she hissed at him.

He could barely manage a shake of his head, his entire body was telling him to scream but he knew better and managed to keep silent.

"Then don't give me a reason to"

She growled again and sheathed her sword, grabbing his dagger away from him. Willow was behind her silently smiling behind the curtain of hair.