Chapter 5

As I left the hospital I could see what had occurred due to the very dangerous fight that I had partaken in the previous night

The town square was the part that was hit the hardest, as that's where the wither skeleton had been. The library and the rest of the square were almost completely leveled, while the town hall was beaten up but not fallen

The ponies around town weren't too welcoming of us as we walked through town, some of them showed outright hostility, likely blaming us for the destruction of the town

It was a good thing that none of them made any movements against me, my nerves were frayed enough and I didn't need anybody trying to get a reaction

We were going to board the train, but it must've been sabotaged by some mobs, because it wasn't going to turn on without an engine

There was a cry of shock from somewhere inside the town, I spun around and ran inside

To my horror I could see a small band of players, they were trying to fight some of the ponies with stone swords

I took Crystal's helmet and donned the iron sword from Cheerful

"Hey!" I shouted, "What do you think you're doing?"

"We're raiding this village, what does it look like?" the leader said

His skin was one of an infected enderman Steve skin, and I knew that we'd have to fight him because he wouldn't cooperate

I decided to stall, "What do you think there is to gain here? I mean really, this place is in shambles!"

"Which means you've already raided this place" the leader reasoned, "So hand it over."

I made sure that Crystal and Cheerful were standing next to me, this was going to turn ugly very quickly

"What would you do if I told you that if you didn't leave right now we were going to kick your butts?" Crystal asked

One of the lackeys laughed, his skin was of a basic Steve, as were all of the other lackeys

"Then you're going to not make it out of the fight."

"What's your name kid?" the leader asked me

"I'm Skarfly, you?"

"I'm called Slayed" he answered, "It's a shame you're not going to survive, nobody respawns anymore."

Respawning was off? That meant the stakes just got a whole lot higher, considering that each and every player were in their bodies, if they died…

Slayed lunged, I parried neatly and jumped backwards, the two Steves attacked Crystal and Cheerful

The clang of swords clashing sounded through the air, and I was sure that this was dangerous, being unsure of their skill

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Twilight was making sure all of the ponies were getting out of there, she knew that these players were dangerous, Skarfly and his friends would be able to handle it right?

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It was becoming a furious fight fairly quickly, mainly because Slayed noticed I wasn't unskilled and attempted to step up his game

So I had to do the same, I swung my sword and ducked underneath his sharpened blade, I jumped as he swiped and I threw my blocky foot into his face

He fell backwards and shouted angrily

Then as he stumbled back to his feet he threw a handful of dirt into my face

My hands went up to my face instinctively, and this time I fell backwards as it stung my eyes

Slayed swung down his sword to my face, but I heard a grunt and a bit of a humph sort of sound

I shook my head and let my watering eyes get the rest of the dirt out of them

In front of me was a pegasus, she must have been the one who defended me from Slayed's cheap move

Her coat was yellow, she kept her mane in a ponytail (ironically because she's a pony), her mane was red with yellow streaks running through it, her cutie mark was a burning log

"Thanks for the help" I said

"I only helped because you're keeping the town safe." The mare jabbed a hoof at Slayed, "If you make one wrong move I'll do the same to you."

I rolled my eyes, looking to see how Cheerful and Crystal had fared in their respective battles

It wasn't hard to tell they had each kicked butt, however there must have been some sort of honor system in place because they hadn't helped me out

I stood over Slayed, "And that one was on the house, next butt whooping will cost you. Now get out of my sight."

But something alarmed me, the enderman on Slayed was beginning to glow, and it slowly spread before covering his whole body

I took a step backwards, slowly as not to alarm the transformed Slayed in front of me

He then unraveled like fabric, and another Steve was in front of me, or I thought until I saw his eyes

The blank white glowing holes of Herobrine, I reached and drew my sword

Herobrine's didn't speak, simply attacked

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I jumped backwards, as his diamond sword collided with my iron one, forcing me further back

It wasn't the ideal situation, my sword was heavily damaged and the aspect of fighting Herobrine wasn't the most pleasant one

It was then that my sword snapped in half, and it left me weaponless, I frantically searched for something that I could use as a weapon in my inventory when I saw that I had a diamond pickaxe, and remembered where I got it

I drew the pickaxe and swung right as Herobrine lunged for my throat, it collided with his face and he practically exploded, at least that's what it felt like

I flew backwards, still clinging to the pickaxe, and crashed through a Ponyville home window

I forced myself to my feet, I could see that Herobrine had vanished, I won that fight

But it was easy to tell that my problems were far from over