Glitches and Gods

Meeting the Kings of the Mobs

Herobrine led the girl down through the mountainous region and into a mineshaft. He then led her to a tunnel that was filled with skeletons. She started to bite her lip and pulled her hat down onto her now square head more. Some of the skeletons seemed to glare at her while others grinned. One's eyes opened wide with shock at the fact that a player was following Herobrine without question or chains, and that she wasn't attacking at all.

The strange duo then entered through a large antechamber that led to the palace. Dark Rose's eyes widened in shock at what she saw and she instantly brought out her journal and pencil. Herobrine chuckled as he noticed her following while working on sketching out the design. She never stumbled and stopped when he did. She was used to this sort of thing. Herobrine also noticed that she was left handed, supposedly meaning that she was more creative. 'Well that might explain her building and drawing habits...'

When they entered the throne room, Dark had her journal in her pocket and her pencil tucked in just above where her ear would usually be. She knelt before the throne where the king of the skeletons, Grimwar, sat. Lord Davin and King Jordan were standing next to the throne as it was the skeleton's kingdom.

Grimwar couldn't help but smile slightly at the sight of a human kneeling in front of him and actually showing him respect. He hadn't seen that happen since the guardians, and not all of them had been humans. "Rise, young lady, and speak your name."

Dark Rose stood up, giving off a regal aura of her own, much to the amusement of Herobrine who floated next to the kings. "I am Dark Rose, your lordship. It is an honor to be allowed even the sight of these hallowed halls." Her voice was no longer the childish one that Herobrine had been hearing, but instead mature, regal, and... familiar to the old deity as he tried to place where he had heard that voice before.

Grimwar looked towards the young lady with his intense dark purple eyes. "Tell me, young lady, do you know why you are here?"

Dark Rose took a deep breathe and risked a glance at Herobrine. After spending most of yesterday with him, mining, she had started to feel like she could trust him. Her gaze then went back to the kings. "I'm assuming that it has something to do with my physical appearance in this world?" She took her hat off her head and a blonde ponytail fell to the back of her head as she scratched it. She then placed her hat back on her head as she noticed one of the skeletons nearby flinch. It was wearing a dark purple robe.

"Indeed." He then nodded to Davin who started to walk towards her. "But first, what do you know about Endermen, Dark Rose?"

She closed her eyes as she felt her pale skin get colder. "Tall, dark creatures, purple eyes, unknown psychic abilities as well as teleportation. They apparently attack with their hands. I'm afraid I don't know much." She blushed as she opened her eyes. The lord of the Endermen was standing right in front of her.

"We can also read minds, dear lady. If you'll permit me that is?" Lord Davin asked as he offered his block hand to her.

"I really don't think that's a good idea... but... if you need to..." Dark Rose bit her lip again and glanced to Herobrine. He nodded once. Dark Rose trusted him enough for this. She closed her eyes and held out a hand to the lord of Endermen. "You might regret looking into my messy mind..."

In Dark Rose's Mind...

Davin had never seen anything like it before. A mind that was split into multiple planes! He looked around for the young player but found something just as shocking as the multiple realms. Dark Rose was talking to a being with white eyes

"...am I here?"

"You are here because I have brought you here. You are to be my champion once more, young one." The other woman was similar to Herobrine in the fact that she had glowing eyes, but they were pink, and she wore a black gown that seemed to be made of shadows. "You will have lived twice by the end of this adventure, Dark Rose. Perhaps your luck has changed?"

"Oh for the love of pixelated videogames will you just tell me a straight answer? Who are you, why are you here, and why did you bring me here? Is that so hard to answer?"

The woman laughed and turned her head towards Davin. "Lord Davin, do you recognize my young hero here? Her memories are blocked at the moment, but I can assure you, she is the real deal." Davin made his way slowly towards the two with a panicked look in his eyes. "Confused? Yes, you were like that last time you traveled into Dawn's mind."

"I thought her name was Dark Rose?"

"It is. But it's also Dawn Martin. Do you remember what that means?"

"Sunrise warrior... but Dawn Martin disappeared a millennia ago after defeating Nightshade the first time..."

"WHAT?" Dark Rose looked between them in confusion. "What are you talking about? I'm an eighteen year old girl with social problems and an overactive imagination! I'm not some hero from over a millennia ago that single handedly defeated Nightshade and her forces of the NetherEnd!" She then blinked in confusion.

"You know of the NetherEnd, yet no Player has made it there before?"

"I said her memories were blocked, I didn't say they were destroyed. Dawn or Dark, she has lived twice. I brought her back here before the full extent of the curse could take effect. Sleep now, young hero. You won't remember this conversation when you awaken properly. You shall remain as you are, but your memories will help you with your actions... sleep..." Much to the surprise of Davin, Dark Rose glared and fell into a deep sleep in her own subconscious. "I recommend not telling Herobrine that she is Dawn just yet. He will find out eventually. No. What you shall tell them is that she is a guardian chosen by me, Heratia. I am the deity of hope, and this child is, as she likes to put it, hope."

"My lady, is this wise?"

"No. But we are running out of options and out of time. Nightshade is the embodiment of nightmares. Dawn or Dark Rose, this young lady has counteracted all forces thrown at her from Nightshade without even realizing that she is the cause of her misery. No, Dark Rose has not yet unlocked her powers, but her mind is sharp and her special abilities will be strongest here. She can also convince the players to help fight Nightshade. The decedents of the other guardians will be easy for her to find as the humans from her world already know some of them."

"You don't mean..."

Heratia gave a sly smile. "I'm afraid so, Lord Davin. The Youtubers, or at least some of them, are the descendants of guardians. Dark Rose is smart enough, she can probably figure it out by sensing them."

"But! They are so violent! They attack our people without reason, and the worse of them do this and destroy their own friends work as well!"

The goddess nodded. "Indeed, but nevertheless, Dark Rose or Dawn Martin, she can awaken their inner guardian... at least long enough for you all to end this threat."

"And where pray tell will you be when all this is happening?"

"Why that's a silly question, Davin." She looked wistfully at the tall Endermen as she started to fade away. "I'll be waiting for someone to rescue me, of course..."

End dream sequence...