The 'Good' Are Built Off Lies... (Herobrine x reader)

Chapter 9

I turned around when I felt the gentle tug on my arm like someone was trying to grab my hand but instead grabbed my shirt, slightly anxious to what grabbed me I turned around slowly, as I looked around i was shocked to see no one was there. Then the tug came again and I looked down to see a little piglin girl probably around the age of 4 or 5 holding on to the sleeve of my shirt. She looked up at me with a happy smile and a little rag doll in her other arm that looked just like her, I looked into her eyes that seemed to sparkle like diamonds as she looked into mine. I smiled down at her and then knelt down to her level.

"Hello there, what's your name?"

"My... my name is Annabel." she replied in a nervous voice as she looked away.

"Aw there's no need to be nervous, I'm not going to hurt you."

She looked back at me her eyes lit up again enough for my heart to melt.

"Are you a princess?" she asked tilting her head to he side with a curious look on her face.

I chuckled at her question and then replied.

"No I am not a princess... let's just say I'm more of... of a soldier."

"Well I think you would be a very good princess."

I chuckled at her answer, she was so cute and sweet, she was just so full of innocence, too pure for this world. She knew nothing of corruption, of power,  of the evil that had been done to me or others. She knew nothing of the evil that the world held, she was oblivious to it all. As I looked at her I just wished I had that again, being free with the knowledge that the world is perfect and you're life won't change. As I was lost in thought she jumped on me and wrapped her arms tight around my neck and hugged me, for a moment I was shocked at her sudden movements but then returned the hug. She broke away from the hug and I felt a gentle touch of a hand on my shoulder both Annabel and I looked behind me to see Herobrine, he also knelt down with me to talk with Annabel.

"Hello little one"

"Hello, your majestic" she said bowing her head, Herobrine and I chuckled at her reply.

"Where are your paren-"

Just as I asked that Annabel's parents ran over to us with worried faces and took her in their arms. Herobrine and I then stood up and looked at them.

"We are so, so sorry your highness we were wandering and looking around the shops and one minute she was with us and the next she had disappeared. We're so sorry if she disturbed you." both Annabel's parents said to Herobrine while bowing their head to him.

"That's quite alright there's nothing wrong with being curious." Herobrine said easing the panic the parents were filled with.

"Just be careful and stay by your parents little one." he said.

We started to walk away and as I was turning Annabel waved at me and I waved back. Walking out the gates of the small town, back into the forest Herobrine and I started another conversation.

"I had no idea you were so good with children." he said with a cocky smirk.

"Neither did I, but I guess I have that magic touch" i replied and then we both chuckled.

"So where are we going next?" I asked.

"Well I thought I'd show you Soul Sand Vally and then maybe we could visit the part of the Overworld I rule."

"That's sounds great."

Coming out of the Warped Forest we walked on to a brown sand ina valley with a cyan mist and blue fire lit in some places, there was what seemed to be debris in some places as well. Walking farther into the valley I saw Nether Portals and soldiers everywhere, Soldiers coming in and out of the Nether and some carrying boxes of things from the Overworld.
As we came close to the portals Soldiers stopped to salute to Herobrine and some of them giving me looks after, some dirty looks and some shocked looks but I brushed them off. I looked ahead and saw some soldiers dueling each other, I noticed one of them had their footing wrong which would would put them out of balance so it would be easier for the other to win the battle, I thought this to myself and surely enough I was right. The soldier that was out of balance tripped as their sword collided with the other and they fell to the ground.

"You are very observant, you must have been trained well then." Herorbine said to me.

"Well I think I was trained too much honestly, I had to work harder and train more than any other soldier when I was with Notch. He would push me to my limit and I was always exhausted by the end of the day. Being pushed and pushed to fight made me sick alot, of course Notch never cared, he just kept that routine over and over. Although there were some days were I was given a break from all the fighting and training, they were very rare but I would spend them playing the piano or reading." I replied as I turned to Herobrine.

"You play the piano?"

"Yes, before the whole being kidnapped thing my mother taught me how to play from a young age, I find it soothing to play, like it washes away all my worries and the stresses I have."

"Well, there is a room near my office that has a piano if you ever want to play sometime just ask Ellie or Amy to show you the way and maybe sometime you could show me your moves, if your not too sick of fighting?" he asked.

"Yeah sometime, and thank you for everything I don't think I've thanked you yet so thank you again" I said feeling embarrassed at how awkward I was being. Herobrine just chuckled saying it was no problem. We approached one of the Nether Portals with two soldiers standing on each side of it, Herobrine held out his hand again for me to grab.

"The Nether Portal will make you more dizzy than when I teleported with you and it takes more energy and power, so just be prepared in case to faint when we get the other side."

I took his and and we both stepped into the obsidian doorway. I had my eyes closed hoping it would ease the dizziness I would face going to the other side however it didn't really. When I opened my eyes everything was spinning and I had a slight headache but nothing that I couldn't handle. After a few minutes the world stopped spinning and I could walk in a straight line again. I let go of Herorbrine's hand and looked ay my new surroundings still walking beside him. It was just like back in the Nether with soldiers everywhere carrying things some were dueling each other, I did notice it was busier here than where we were at. I glanced behind me for a minute and saw a forest behind the Nether Portals, it was probably the one where I met Herobrine and the others, I turned my head back around and followed Herobrine. There was a cool breeze that blew by us, I looked up onto the sky, looking at the stars that sparkled reminding me of Annabel. The full moon that shone over us was bright, lighting up the path Herobrine and I walked along. It was peaceful and I felt relived the stress and worries of the nightmare I had disappeared as the breeze blew by and the animals that roamed at night called out into the night sky.

{Hello again, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter, until next time goodbye}