Chapter 6

A/N: Apparently nobody wants to take the binary code to a translator, so I'll translate it for you guys because I'm nice

Skarfly, you will die at my hands. Stay out of my way. Or your friends shall suffer.

-Herobrine

[…]

There wasn't a lot to do, the train had been raided by the small band of people, and I had even managed to beat Herobrine in a fight

My sword hadn't done anything against the mythical glitch, but the pickaxe was great against him

I decided to hold onto it, and go craft a new sword and some new armor

On the way back from the battle I hard partaken in I became increasingly aware of a sort of respect coming from a few of the residents, I had saved their town from destruction and the word of who I was exactly spread quickly

The tower was in its old state of disrepair, the musty old smell was comforting, even though I discovered I only had a leather cap and a stone sword now

I needed to get to the King, now how could I do that when the whole of reality was collapsing?

Twilight had followed me into the tower without me noticing, "You're going to leave again aren't you?"

"I have to" I sheathed my sword, "The King has to be stopped."

Twilight shook her head

"I mean after that's done" Twilight corrected herself, "Where will you go?"

If it had truly been a year since I was last seen, compiled with my already spent time I could very well have been declared dead

My parents wouldn't have noticed very much, I was such a Minecraft player because it was what I was raised on, my parents never could be around me, Minecraft and My Little Pony were what I had then, and they're still taking care of me now

"I don't know" I said finally, "But I can't focus on that, not now at least."

[…]

Once we rallied at the edge of town, Cheerful Crystal and I waved our farewells to the town of Ponyville and headed off

The city of Canterlot was off in the distance, barely visible and ominous that far off in the fogs of the mountain it stood on

"How long do you think this walk will take?" Cheerful asked

"Several days at least" Crystal answered, "Even if we pick up the pace."

"Then we'll need to find some sort of transport, get us there faster…" I looked around, but not all that much was going to help us

I opened my inventory, finding three pieces of iron

"Do either of you two have any iron by chance?" I asked

Crystal nodded, handing me five pieces

Cheerful had seven, which wasn't surprising considering zombies dropped iron on occasion

I put down a crafting bench, and I made three mine carts, we now had transport

"Let's roll" I said, "We shouldn't stay out here much longer."

[…]

The King had seen the monster fall out of the sky, sensed the battle and concluded the impossible

"But how… How could he have escaped?" the King asked aloud

"We had warned you Father" Celestia quipped, "You play with fire you get burned."

"He's quite the energetic one" Luna noted, "Skarfly is very versatile in the arts of combat and transportation."

"He's likely devised a clever plan to get here as we speak" the King muttered

[…]

Naturally we were searing down the tracks at ludicrous speeds, nearly flying off at every bump and turn

My hand had tightened around my sword blade the closer I saw the city get, memories of the failed battle flooded my mind

I could feel the King's energies flowing from the castle, only to dissipate underneath the rays of the crack in the sky

I could tell Cheerful could too, but Crystal looked mostly put off by the feeling more than scared

The air tasted old and musty, but not the comforting smell you'd expect from a library of some sort, this smell was old and cold deaths

Deaths of an unmarked grave

I told myself that was ridiculous, but I had been missing for a year, anything could have happened

We were rapidly approaching Canterlot, before we bounced off and landed in a heap

"Magic seal" Crystal muttered, "Why should I expect no different?"

"This isn't a magic seal" I put my hand against the barrier, "This is new, and chaotic, magic is everlasting and peaceful."

"Which means Herobrine must have set it up." Cheerful concluded

I hefted the pickaxe from my hand, and smashed it against the barrier in quick succession, the inklings of a crack began to appear, and I started to mine my way in

[…]

Almost immediately there was a complication, not of some guards or anything like that, this was more… unexpected

I was staring at the player model of my old friend Chris

"Skarfly! You have to act now!" he said urgently, "They're moving in and any second now-"

I heard the twang of a bow, right before an arrow pierced the player in front of me, and he disappeared in a flash

"Ambush!" Crystal cried out

Several skeletons had followed us in, and on the other side quite a few guards were on their way down the slope

I held my sword, "Gee, this is fair."

Cheerful grabbed my shoulder and pulled me into an alley with Crystal

The sounds of battle emerged from the outside as soon as I had left the scene

"They weren't there for us" Crystal said, "But we should stick to the alleyways just to be safe."

I nodded, "Then we can get up to the castle."

[…]

The King watched out of a window as the battle took place, the monsters had returned simply to kill him, and his single minded guard golems hadn't registered the three players as a threat

But he had, he recognized one of them as Skarfly, the other two had never been thrown into battle with him before, so the upcoming confrontation would be interesting

"Even with that crack of anarchy in the sky being a threat to both of you, you still decide to kill him." Celestia shook her head slowly

The King took that one into consideration, Skarfly had battled the crack in the sky as much as the King himself had, defeating monster after monster in order to get back to the King and restore the order his daughters had set up

Even after his previous defeat he took the fact that he was alive as a sign he was to continue on his quest, and the King respected that honor

What would he do? The King wondered, Skarfly hasn't made the whole killing intention clear yet, was it possible that they would come to understanding?

Or would something else complicate his simple plans?

[…]

Cheerful was the last one to jump, she had to clear the gap across two roofs for us to continue roof-hopping to the castle

She jumped, but fell just short and landed in the alleyway

I looked at Crystal before hopping into the alleyway myself, before he followed suit

"I bet you're hopping mad right now." I quipped

Crystal rolled his eyes, "Say that under better circumstances, that might be considered a joke."

I helped Cheerful up

"Where to nex-" All three of us were grabbed from behind

"Civilians are to report to the castle." A monotone voice said

I looked and saw that these were the guards, but it appeared as if they were made of some sort of metal and controlled by magic

I nodded to Crystal and Cheerful, we found our way in, right through the front doors

[…]

We had simply been put inside through the front doors and told where to go, but we decided to take the scenic route, the one with the throne room on the list of stops

As soon as I reached the door I looked at Cheerful, who looked just about as nervous as I did

"Everything we've done was leading up to this." I said simply

Crystal cracked his knuckles, "Lend me your gloves maybe, I think the metal on the end would help with knocking a few things out."

I chuckled, but this wasn't the time

I pushed open the doors and walked straight inside

[…]

Skarfly had opened the doors, and looked very worse for wear, Celestia didn't think he had noticed that his clothing was filthy and ratty, or that his hair was greasy and matted

It showed quite well how he had been doing ever since the prison, or maybe it was the prison that made him look like that?

The King hadn't turned around, but he spoke anyway, "Even with the order restored the crack in the sky remains, answer me why Skarfly."

"This world runs off of magical power, take that away and the walls break down." Skarfly said simply, "Your return was how I got here, you broke through my wall just as much as Herobrine did."

"Is there a way to seal it? To return Equestria to its old ways?" The King looked at Celestia

"The old ways are now out of date" Celestia answered, "This land is rebelling against your change to it."

Luna nodded, "Skarfly wants to return peace and magic, if I'm to assume he retained his old mission and is not out simply for revenge."

Skarfly ignored the princess' question, "You know that they're right; there isn't a way for there to be any way shape or form that the old ways can take effect."

The King looked at him, before assuming a stance that suggested it was time to battle

Skarfly drew his sword

Celestia then noticed that two others had been with him, but they hadn't alarmed her, so they were there before the crack emerged

The King fired bolts of energy from his horn, Skarfly blocked and dodged as he rapidly sprinted towards the King

Before they could clash any more an explosion blew out the windows and knocked the goggled player to the ground

"Mother of me…" Celestia gasped

Because outside the window, was flying a giant black and purple dragon

The Ender Dragon