Gifted: Hermitcraft

The First Step

(Mumbo's POV)

I shakily lifted my fork as the entrance was revealed.

X stepped forwards, and stared down into the hole.

Wind blew around us, whistling past my mustache.

Then, X gave the call. "Hermits, defend our land! CHARGE!!" (Im sorry, I couldn't think of a creative war cry.)

Our twenty one figures leapt into the hole.

More wind whistled past me as we fell down, spreading our elytras to slow our descent.

Then, my feet touch the ground, and I see a Stress in a mooalium (I don't care anymore about what's it called. Just bear with me.) costume, an iron dagger in her hand, charging at me.

Clumsily, I swing my trident at her, and try not to feel sick as I see her fall to the ground, and poof away. 

"Where does she go?", I ask X, who had apparently disarmed a darker green version of himself, but was also weaponless, wrestling each other. "Errrmmm...", he grunts as he swings a punch and ducks another. "Into their own cells, I believe."

Nodding, I smack the other X with a shovel. "Why a shovel?!", I scream horrified as I realized I took out the wrong thing.

"BECAUSE YOU'RE A SPOON, TOO. YOU'RE BOTH PRACTICALLY SIBLINGS.", Iskall screams back as he parries a blow from an evil looking Impulse.

I sigh as I quickly replace the shovel with a trident again, and pierce through the other X with it, looking away.

The Hermettes yelled a challenge in unison as they charged towards three of X's Egos. What was up with all the Xisumas guarding?

I yelp as a weight suddenly tackled my back.

I see a half-albino Grian over me. Arrows whistle over his head. He has a brown eye and a red eye that stare at me teasingly. I start screaming, but he simply puts a hand over my mouth. "Shush. I'm helping you.", he hisses as he lets me up, and charges towards a female Xisuma who had shot the arrows.

(If you're paying attention, this Grian is how X sees him. Yes, the different views count as different Egos.)

"Grian! Wha-", she yelps before the Grian takes out a shield and smacks her repeatedly before kicking her stomach armor and delivering a mouthful of diamond knuckles.

Now that I notice, it's havoc. Half of the Egos are on our side, and the others were trying to kill us. It's a civil war.

I notice that there is a dragon Grian helping us out, and.. wait... is that my vampire substitute on his back?!

"Greetings!", he calls out.

I awkwardly wave.

A werewolf in Stress's clothes pounces at me, but I quickly get out of the way before she pins me down and bites my head off. 

I clumsily swing my weapon in random directions, hoping one of the swings will get StressLycan off of me.

I see an arrow hit her back, and she howls in pain before jumping away.

Cleo nods at me. A skeleton is at her side, waving frantically at me.

I see that X has summoned a trio of swords after some Ego guards, and that the other hermits have also used their abilities whenever useful. I just detect lies. Great.

The room gets more quiet, and I realize that all the Egos are dead, or have retreated.

Quickly, I run over to Keralis and Python's cells, and swipe my trident over the locks, shattering them.

With a gasp, Keralis comes out, and instantly runs over to X and BDubs. He squeezes them. 

"Can't.. breathe, K.", BDubs wheezes.

"Uhh.. hello to you too, Keralis.", X awkwardly greets as he slowly pulls Keralis off his armor.

Python was jumping around Doc, yipping quick rapid words that I couldn't make out. Something along the lines of, "OMGICANTBELEIVEYOURHERETHANKYOUTHANKYOU.."

But everyone else looked solemnly at each other. We weren't done here.