Confessions

Prologue

The heroes and those from Ruxomar who were fortunate enough to be able to escape landed back in a somewhat familiar land. There, just ahead of them, stood the remnants of a long ago war. They were about to pass by without much thought when someone came out from a small ramshackle cabin that was more fence than block. In her right hand was an enchanted diamond pickax, in the other, a rocket. She stopped in her tracks upon spying the group.

"Hello," she said. "Haven't seen you around before."

Andor spoke up. "Pleasure to meet you," he said. "I am Prince Andor. And you are?"

"The honor is mine, Prince Andor. My name is DragonLover43, but you guys can call me DL," replied she. They inclined their heads to each other. "And your group is..?"

"Oh!" he said. He introduced the rest of the group, ending with, "and last, but certainly not least, this is my uncle, Dianite."

She tensed up and the pickax disappeared, replaced by an enchanted diamond sword. The wings on her back disappeared, replaced by enchanted diamond armor. "Dianite?" she asked, the edge in her voice unmistakable. He stepped forward and nodded. "I was under the impression you were dead."

"Long story short, I'm not from this realm. I'm your Other-Dianite," he said. At her completely bewildered look, he briefly explained. "Basically there's other realms. I'm from Ruxomar, and this is another realm...Guessing my alter self was...unkind."

"He killed Lady Ianite and refused to cooperate. He was slain by one of his followers," she said, replacing her chestplate with her elytra once more. "That's what the statue of the four..." Her voice faded as she took the whole group in. "...heroes." She gasped. "Omigosh, you guys have to come with me." She lead them through the Nether where a nearby beacon gave everyone Speed 2. 

As they entered a long hallway, they activated a tripwire that hit them with speed potions and a carpet seemed to increase their speed tenfold. A slime block shot them around a corner and they reached the base of a large stonebrick and cobble stairway, accented on either side by red netherbrick and glowstone covered by wooden trap doors.

"I only found this stuff because I got bored and no one really visited me ever, so I was kinda off on my own. I have a gold and XP farm up about 40 blocks above the Nether and was just about to head there to repair my tools," she said, chattering along animatedly.

"Question," Mot said, interjecting himself into her rambling. She stopped and looked at him. "If you were here all along, why didn't we see you?"

"I...um..." she looked at her feet. "I tend to be wary of strangers as I've been attacked more than I'd care to admit. I didn't know if you were friendly or not. I tend to dwell underground for that exact reason, but I was building a town to try to, y'know, break the ice."

They phased through the ornate Nether portal at the top of the pathway and she bounded ahead of the group before another nearby beacon sprang them forward as well. They passed the Scales of Justice, the community farm (which still had several dirt patches on the wall from the many creeper explosions that had been hastily repaired), and the two dueling gods before coming to a stop in front of the temple of Mianite. In the area beside the "quartz" house stood four statues, one with a purple banner with a white "I" in it, one red with a yellow "D" on it, and two statues with a blue banner on each bearing the letter "M" on each, one in pretty pink, the other a vibrant red. 

The statues themselves were made of concrete and showed the four heroes. From left to right, there was SynHD, CaptainSparklez, OMGitsFirefoxx, and iiJerichoii. Signs on the bottom told the tale of Lady Ianite's full restoration.