Book Three – The Virus Returns
WonderWriter2000

Chapter 1

Rakier paced. “What do we do, what do we do, what do we do?” He said over and over. Gameknight was in a wool chair, face pale and mumbling. Crafter, Hunter, Digger, Stitcher, Herder, and Monet were also sitting in other chairs. They stared at the two, annoyed looks on their faces. “Are you ever going to stop that?” Monet whined. Neither looked at her. Crafter gave an exasperated look at a girl sitting in yet another chair. “Any ideas?” He asked desperately. The girl shrugged. “I don’t know, you guys are the experts!”
Crafter opened his mouth to say something else, but she interrupted before he could. “And yes, I know your talking about making them stop acting like that.”
Crafter’s eyes drifted up her face to the area above her head. The girl raised her eyebrows at him. “How many times are you going to do that before you accept I’m not a mirage?” She asked. He shook his head. “Sorry,” He apologized. “I’m just not used to seeing someone else with a username.”
The girl smiled at him. “It’s alright,” She said. “I would be shocked, too. Especially since I didn’t exactly show up normally.”
You are probably very confused right now.
Or maybe not. You might have thought about the chapter title and the girl and put two and two together. But some people might not have. I also, however, understand how boring it is to have to here, like, a teacher explain something that you already know. Like if the class is reviewing test answers. So you can skip this part.
But I wouldn’t recommend it.

Herobrine slowly advanced, using Sky’s powers to levitate just off the ground. Not for any particular reason. He just thought it was cool and maybe didn’t like all the rocks on the ground. I mean, he hasn’t felt them in months.
“So,” He purred. “I see the whole gang’s here. Perfect.” Gameknight was so pale, he was almost see-through. This was it. He had nothing left. No more armies, no more tricks up his sleeve. He still felt drained from all the sudden need on his muscles after Herobrine had left his body. If the virus attacked now, he would be completely defenseless. Herobrine kept coming closer and closer, Sky’s once beautiful eyes now a flat white. He gave a fake gasp. “Could it be?” He mocked. “The great Gameknight999 is truly speechless?” Gameknight whimpered and tried to back up. Herobrine laughed, and even though it was technically Sky’s laugh it sounded very much like his own. “I’ve been waiting for so long,” he growled. “Sitting there in that STUPID machine you trapped me in, plotting for when I finally, finally, got to come and unleash every bit of anger and emotion I slowly collected in that awful place on you. And now I can. So, before I really do take Minecraft for my own, do you have anything else to throw at me? Any more famous User-that-is-not-a-user plans?”
Gameknight opened his mouth, but nothing came out. Herobrine smiled, getting ready to strike like a cobra. Then, at the last moment-
“Excuse me?” Asked a voice behind them. Everyone turned to stare. A girl was standing behind them, looking confused. “Um, am I in the right place?” She asked. “I’m supposed to be in the Dragons Teeth mountains, with Gameknight999 and Herobrine facing off… this is it, right?” No one spoke. She broke into nervous laughter. “That would be so awkward… ending up in the the wrong world domination plot area.”
Herobrine was first to move. Slowly floating toward her, his face was stuck in the same horrible grin. “Do you know who your speaking to?” He said slowly. She shrugged. “I don’t even know if I’m in the right place.” She peeked around him. When her eyes landed on Gameknight, she relaxed. “Oh, good, so I am in the right place!”
Herobrine was obviously becoming annoyed. “Who are you?” Sky’s body growled. She stared at him. “Isn’t it obvious?” She said. “At least, I think it’s supposed to be obvious. I have no idea, this is my first time in Minecraft.” She pointed upwards. “Doesn’t it say my name up there?” Gameknight’s jaw dropped. It was WonderWriter2000, the girl that was supposed to be watching the Digitizer. “What are you doing here?” He asked, getting to his feet. Wonder waved cheerfully. “Your dad woke up and found me.” She laughed. “He totally freaked. I almost got hit in the head with a hammer and some kind of hot dog shaped gum machine.” She wrinkled her nose. “A piece flew in my mouth. It tasted like ketchup.”
Herobrine slowly drew Sky’s sword, the crystal blade gleaming in the daylight. Gameknight drew a sharp breath. Wonder just stared. “You poor, poor thing.” Herobrine said softly. “You just don’t get what’s happening. Your so clueless.” Wonder smiled. “I don’t think I’m clueless,” She said happily. “And why’s that?” Herobrine said, drawing even closer. She grinned. “Because I know how to do this!” She said. Quick as a flash, she kicked his feet out from under him. He was floating, so she shoved him to the ground as she sprinted past. “NOW!” She screamed. There was a pause, during which everyone thought she was crazy. Then, a explosion went off. Then another. And another. Blocks of TNT were going off under ground. Gameknight suddenly felt his arm yanked as she sped past, grabbing him. Next thing he knew, he and the rest of the villagers were running through a tunnel of dust. There were explosions all around, creating a path. Bits of rock and dirt spewed around them, but they kept running. Wonder was still pulling him along, and suddenly they emerged between two mountains. The horses were standing by, scared and bucking. The sudden chaos had spooked them, interrupting their grazing. Wonder shoved him onto one, and sliced the rope keeping it there. She leapt onto her own, and the rest of the village followed suit. They all took off, the explosions still ringing in their ears.

When they had felt it was safe, they had paused and Wonder had explained everything. They reached the village sooner than expected, and Gameknight, still exhausted, had collapsed in an extra bed. His dreams were haunted by pictures of him with white glowing eyes, prowling through villages. Now they were trying to brainstorm ideas on what to do next. Although Gameknight hadn’t realized it at first, Rakier had followed them out of the mountains. The burn on his side from when Hunter had shot him was finally started to heal, but Healer said   he was going to have a scar for the rest of his. Lucky, he had called the monster. He had moved just in time, and the arrow had flown right in between his bones and he had been simply scorched from the flames.
Gameknight looked at his lap. “I’m a failure,” He whispered. “You’re not a failure.” Wonder said so forcefully it surprised them all. “Why would you even say that?” He felt awful. “He took over me,” He said softly. “I- I couldn’t stop him. It was so horrible. I watched myself hurt you guys, and, and…”
Monet walked over and hugged him. “It’s not your fault,” She said. “She’s right.” Stitcher said. “It could have happened to any of us. He just, well, chose you.”
Gameknight was still racked with guilt. He had watched it all. Everything he had done, everything he had said, had been Herobrine controlling him. It was even worse to him than when Herobrine infected his other victims, because then he simply became them. They’re souls would fade away, not having to see or hear anything. But with just the viruses mind controlling him, Gameknight watched in horror at everything.
When they had been interrogating Rakier, Gameknight had started to feel a little funny. He ignored it, drinking some water and  dismissing it as the heat. But it only got worse, and it slowly started to feel like something was trying to push it’s way into his head. He was really uncomfortable now, and tried clearing his throat, but no one could hear him over Herder’s ranting at the skeleton. He was shaking, and all his senses seemed to be on overload. Then he first felt the evil spirit reach him, and realized exactly what was happening. He was terrified out of his wits. He tried to move, but for some reason he could no longer control what he did. He was so dizzy he thought he would be sick. He opened his mouth to yell for help, but nothing came out.
It was too late.
Now Sky was under control, Herobrine was coming back for revenge, they had no idea what to do, and the entire village was still wary of him.
He didn’t know what to do! He was just a scared kid. What could a kid do? No, he thought. Kids can do stuff. Look at Wonder! She looked so smart, so strong. He didn’t know if he could look like that.
“So, we don’t have any idea what to do?” Digger asked. Everyone shook they’re head. The stocky NPC sighed. “Great.” He said. “So now Herobrine is back, he already has a entire army at his disposal, he’s in his daughters body so now has magic powers as well, and we are just sitting ducks. The best we can do is make sure the village is ready and protected, and we already have soldiers on all of the wall and three Watchers up in the tower. And we have people working overtime in the crafting chamber.”
They could all hear the banging of tools outside their room door. “So…” Hunter said. “We’re all good?”