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Snapshot AU Part 2

That's right. There's a part 2! And 3,4,5, and 6 I think. Its ongoing. Once again, sub to DoctorSiren, these aren't my characters, lets go! PS. I'm not doing this on in 3rd person because 3rd person sucks.

Xisuma

Something was wrong with Grian. The way he acted, the things he wore, the way he thought, everything. This wasn't our Grian and I was the only person who knew. Since NPG came into our world, Grian has been wearing his infinity gauntlet whenever he is around anyone. He was now much more—how should I say it—stupid. He would walk right up to a beehive and poke the bees; he was also acting peppier than usual. Grian is usually always happy and energetic but now his energy was getting out of hand. Whenever someone would even walk remotely near him, Grian would strike up a long, drawn out conversation instead of a simple 'hi'. Something was wrong with Grian.

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I kneeled behind a pillar of obsidian from Grian's nether portal. Grian was in the underside of his mansion and I could just barely see him. I flipped open a compartment inside my bee armor that held some high-tech computer systems only I have access to. I typed a few notes and looked up again to check where Grian was. I saw a flash of his golden hair, then it disappeared in a swirl of purple sparks. My heartbeat sped up and my hands began to sweat.

"What's up!" I yelped in surprise as I turned to see Grian standing right behind me.

"H-Hey Grian."

"Whatcha writen'?" He inquired, leaning in.

"Nothing." I pulled my arm behind my back.

"What's that thing on your arm?" He pointed to the arm behind my back and tried to walk around to see it.

"I told you, it's nothing." I kept turning as Grian kept walking. He suddenly stopped and I mirrored.

"Ok. Do you want to see my gauntlet?" Before I could even reply Grian shoved the golden hand up in my face. "With the power of the gems, I have enough power to qualify as a god." He lowered his voice to a grumble as the glove glowed an ominous golden glow. "Nobody can mess with me anymore, I'm too powerful." He finished and stayed quiet admiring the gauntlet. "See ya!" Grian chirped; he spun on his heel and flew off the tree. This was bad. Very, very bad. I went through his nether portal and walked on the bedrock over to my base. (I'm re-reading this and I just realized how cringy this paragraph is. I'm not changing it though because I don't want to.)

What was I supposed to do? If I tried to confront him, I would surly die. He said it himself, he has the power of a god. If I do nothing and wait, he'll get more and more powerful until he does—something. What would he try to do? And who is controlling him in the first place? Could it be NPG or someone else? Maybe my brother was back or possibly Helsknight? Do they even have that power?

I walked past the destroyed button and saw Mumbo and Grian chatting. I jumped through the nearest portal and ran off hoping that Grian didn't see me. There was no way I was the only person who knew that this wasn't Grian! I have seen Grian and Mumbo talk nearly a thousand times and Grian has never flirted like THIS. I've never seen Grian flirt in general, but this was WAY over the line of being friendly. I couldn't take it, I had to tell someone. I pulled open my elytra wings and flew over to Joe's base. Joe would understand this kind of thing; he'd see the evidence and make the informed decision: that I am right.

"Hey X!" Joe loudly announced from the ground. "How are you doing?" (Why did I read that in Joey's voice saying 'how you doin'? *confused confusing confusion*)

"Not that great actually." I replied once I landed. Joe's face fell. "It's about Grian. Something is wrong with him and I don't know how to help! I've been stressing about it all week an-and," I tried my best to hold back tears from pure stress and lack of sleep. "If I tell e-everyone w-what I know, they'll w-want a leader to save them from whatever happened to Grian and no matter what I d-do and I know I can't d-deliver! They'll be disappointed and no one will believe me anyways! They'll think I'm crazy and they're wrong! I'm not crazy! I-I..." I sniffed and wiped the tears falling down from my face.