Banishment

~~~10 years ago~~~

I was sitting in the living room trying my best to make the largest tower known to man with my bucket of blocks. Dad and Mom were talking at the kitchen table behind me in a whispered tone. I didn't really care what they were talking about, but now, looking back, I wish I had listened to their conversation.

"Don't... danger... find you... Hazel....." was all I remember them saying to eachother back and forth.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and both Mom and Dad jumped up. Mom ran to the door and Dad walked over closer to me. I was sitting near the back door in the living room since it had a large window that let a lot of light in.

Our house was very small. It was a two-story building in the middle of a thick, almost city, town and it had a small back yard too. All there was downstairs was the small kitchen, living room, full bathroom, and laundry room, which was just a closet with a washer and dryer inside. There were only two rooms upstairs and a half bath. I obviously had the smaller of the two rooms, which was just big enough for a twin size bed and dresser.

"They're here!" Mom whispered loudly to Dad as she looked through the curtains the door had in front of the small window in it. I don't even know why I remembered such a small detail like that. Mom quickly ran over to us and Dad grabbed my arm, causing me to make my tower fall over.

"Daddy!" I shouted but was pulled to my feet before I could say why I was angry.

"Hush Hazel. We need to go." Dad said as he opened the back door. Mom was right behind us.

"Where?! I need my toys first." I asked as I tried to kneel down and pick up one of my blocks. However, I was pulled out the door before I could grab it.

"We can get you new ones." Dad said. I heard shouting from the front door and then whoever was behind it was banging on the door, hard. Mom shut the back door behind us and we ran out of the small back yard. By then Dad was holding me tightly in his arms as he ran. Mom was right beside him.

"What's happening?!" I began to plead but Dad put his hand over my mouth and I kept myself from saying anything else. I don't remember this part very well but I do remember a lot of loud noises, and a lot of running. My family weaved between buildings as cars, men, and even helicopters searched for us. I don't know how we made it out of there, but we did...

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A punch to the face brought me back to the present time, the world of Minecraft. I quickly remembered that I was in the middle of a sparring match between me and Daniel. Daniel let me recover from the blow and I caught my balance before swinging back at him. It had been a month since I first started training and everyone was impressed with my improvement. Of course, that meant more beat ups from Audrey. She even gave me food poisoning that one time, but just to spite her I practiced anyway. I ended up barfing on the mat that day.

Every weekend Herobrine took me to the overworld and we destroyed bases people were building or villages some were trying to recover. I could tell Herobrine was trying to keep everyone in the big city in the very center of the world map, and he didn't want anyone trying to escape whatever he was planning. Every time he took me to the overworld he taught me a new power as well.

Now I know how to spawn items, which you already know about, speed run, turn invisible, catch things on fire with my hands, spawn mobs, so far I can only spawn spiders, and control mobs. Again, I can only control spiders. It's almost like I'm gunna be the group's 'spider girl.'

Apparently the others can't spawn or control mobs, so when I made a spider and called it Audrey-a, after my favorite classmate, everyone was stunned. After that, I figured it would probably be best if I didn't show them any other tricks I learned. I killed the spider too.

It was an intense boxing match between me and Daniel, powers not allowed for the match. Just raw strength. Good thing I had started working out every morning or I would have been overpowered in just a few short minutes. I could fight a lot longer without getting tired now, which to be honest I was pretty proud of. The match seemed surprisingly even between me and Daniel. Audrey watched both of us from the corner. I could tell she was studying my strategies, which would probably be pretty hard because even I didn't know what I was going to do next. I just let my instincts guide me, which made me very hard to predict. In a blur of motions, I had Daniel pinned to the ground and started counting to three. He got up but it took a lot of his strength and I soon had him pinned down again. That time I was able to count to three before he was able to get up and once he heard three come out my mouth his arms fell to the mat and he just rested on the floor. I stood up and put my arms up excitedly.

"Yeah!" I yelled. I was extremely tired and had bruises all over me, but I was happy. Bruce clapped excitedly and Audrey clapped slowly as she looked at me with an evil grin.

"Good job." I turned around to where the voice came from and saw Herobrine standing there clapping as well. I hadn't even noticed he was there before.

"Herobrine?!" I asked as I saw him.

"You are getting better every day." He said with a slight smile. I heard Audrey grumble under her breath and knew a harder beating than usual was coming my way. "Keep it up." Then he teleported away.

"Wow, he's nice." Daniel said from behind me.

"Huh?" I asked, turning around.

"Yeah, Herobrine never compliments anyone." Audrey grunted as she slowly walked out of the corner's shadow.

"Really?" I decided to ask.

"Really." Audrey said plainly. "Even back when you first arrived and I knocked you out. He was nicer than usual as if he didn't want you seeing how evil he really is.. Now, how about you tell us who you really are. We all saw you spawning a spider with your mind and even controlling it, powers we all know only Herobrine has."

"Uummmm..." I said as I took a step back. I forgot to tell you that none of the others knew that I was Herobrine's niece, but it looked like they were figuring it out themselves. By then Audrey was right in front of me and she punched me in the face, not caring if anyone was watching.

"Answer me!!" She shouted in my ear. I just shrunk into my usual 'ready to get beat up,' position.

"How about, I, answer your question!" Herobrine said with a scowl as he looked at the two of us. I slowly stood straiter and looked up at Herobrine. He was looking Audrey directly into her glowing white eyes with his own. All Audrey could do was tremble in front of him. She knew he had seen the whole thing.

"S- s- sir?" Audrey said with a shaky voice.

"Quiet Audrey!! You're right! I was being too soft earlier. You will be banished to the End! And don't expect me to save you from the endermen. I will come for you if I ever need you, IF!" Herobrine shouted.

"But!. But!" Audrey tried to plead, but she gave up and her face turned to an angry one as well. "Fine!! But before I go! Tell me who she really is!!" She shouted.

"If you want to know so badly, fine. Hazel is my niece. Hazel Persson." Herobrine answered as a starry portal appeared behind Audrey. Then Herobrine pushed her through it. She yelled but was quickly cut off as she fell through.

Suddenly, everything seemed normal as the portal vanished and the tension and darker lighting in the room went back to normal.

"N- niece?" Daniel asked, breaking the silence.

"Yeah.." I answered quietly.

"At least that explains the extra powers. But I didn't even know Herobrine had any siblings." Daniel, still in shock, said. Everyone just looked around as if trying to think of something else to talk about.

"Since everyone knows, you may as well start calling me Uncle Brine." Herobrine said simply, no emotion in his words.

"Uncle Brine?" I asked. He just smiled slightly and teleported away.

Well, at least I won't have to worry about Audrey anymore. :>