What You Wish For 2: The Book of Unicorn

Well it's finally here, the last chapter before the group is reunited. this chapter felt extra special for some reason. Tell me what you think in the comments. Also if you don't know who Herobrine is then check up this article

Lyra opened her eyes to see the group she was with was lying on a large patch of grass, the sun warming everything it touched. Lyra got to her hooves and looked around, something about the place was suspicious, but it was too difficult to point out. As Pinkie got to her hooves she said loudly, “Well this is boring already. What kind of game is this?”

Celestia took a look around as well as she said, “No clue, but judging by this Midnight Man we can be sure this isn’t going to be fun.”

Luna pointed towards a small object in the distance as she said, “What’s that?”

Lyra squinted as she approached Luna and said, “No idea… let’s go and check it out.” Lyra began to gallop towards the object as Pinkie and the rest chased after her. As they epproached they began to realize it was merely a sign, indicating that there were other intelligent creatures here.

As Pinkie ran up to it she squinted and read carefully, “This is your game, a game of survival. Live through one of our nights and you shall pass.”

Then as Pinkie stepped away from it a voice rang through the wind laughing as it said, “This game would have been a synch for your masked friend, it was quite popular during his days.”

Celestia stomped her hoof against the ground as she said, “Where’s the rest of our friends?”

The voice began to blow through the trees making a rustle that caused their spines to tingle. Luna looked to her side to see footprints suddenly appearing in the grass as the voice spoke ever so silently, “They have all passed their games… just barely. Unfortunately none of you might pass this game… good luck anyways. Just one tip, never look him in the eyes.”

Celestia began to grow impatient as she said, “What are you talking about?” Instead of an answer the voice laughed as it slowly faded away, leaving the group to cower together. Celestia began to stomp her hooves against the ground as she said, “Don’t look who in the eyes?”

Lyra tapped Celestia’s shoulder as she said, “Your highness look!” Lyra pointed down at Celestia’s hooves to show she had created a cube hole in the ground with a smaller cube twirling beside her hooves. Pinkie took a close look at it; she knew she recognized all this before. She had seen this somewhere before but she couldn’t remember where.

After a couple of seconds Pinkie recognized what was going on and she said loudly, “I know where we are!”

Luna looked puzzled at Pinkie as she said, “You do?”

Pinkie nodded her head eagerly as she said, “Yeah this is a game that Alex showed me a while back. All you have to do is hit the ground and other things to get blocks made of those thingies. Then you can build teeny tiny houses or super duper big ones!”

Lyra looked over at a tree with a confused look as she said, “So if I hit this tree, I’ll get a block made of it?” Lyra was answered by the joyful nod of Pinkie’s head, Lyra then proceeded to hit the trunk of the nearby tree as hard as she could. Instead of experiencing pain though, Lyra was overcome with confusion; in front of her was a rotating cube of wood just as expected. But there was also a floating tree in front of her as well. Lyra looked back at Pinkie as she said, “Well this is definitely not real life… the sign said this was a game of survival. What did that mean?”

Pinkie began to look uneasy as she said, “I remember Alex saying that I should always build a house otherwise the ghouls would get me.”

Luna began to look a little nervous as she said, “What kind of ghouls?”

Pinkie took a few seconds to count all the creatures she had encountered before saying, “Well there were zombies, skeletons with bows and arrows, werewolves, walking bombs, giant spiders and other really scary things. But they only came out at night.”

Celestia felt a little relieved when she heard about when they came out and said, “So now all we have to do is build a house and we’re safe right?”

Pinkie shook her head as she said, “Not quite…”

Lyra began to look scared as she slowly approached Pinkie and said, “What’s stopping us?”

Pinkie pointed towards the setting sun as she said, “The game started at night, all we can do now is…”

Lyra watched as Pinkie’s face turned to shock as she looked past Lyra, her pupils shrinking with terror. Lyra shook Pinkie violently as she said, “What can we do now Pinkie?”

Pinkie raised a shaking hoof as she said, “R-r-r-run.” Lyra felt a sudden chill go down her spine; she could feel the hateful presence of something evil right behind her. Lyra turned around slowly to see a tall figure standing there, simply standing there while staring at them and not moving a muscle. Pinkie slowly got to her hooves as she said, “Don’t look away… whatever you do… don’t blink or it’ll get you.” Lyra slowly backed up towards the rest of the group, they all began to slowly pace backwards without breaking line of sight from the creature. As they backed up the creature continued to stare at them, never looking away or moving. After a couple of seconds of being around the mountain side Pinkie turned around and began to gallop as she said, “Run! Giggling won’t help!” The group didn’t waste a second before all bursting into a gallop. The pushed themselves to their limits and ran through the hills and mountains.

As they ran, Luna looked up at one of the mountains to see the black figure standing there watching them. Luna blinked and screamed when she saw it a few feet closer to her. Luna turned around and continued to gallop until she heard the howling of a dog. Luna stopped dead in her tracks as she said, “Let me guess… werewolves?”

Pinkie nodded her head as she said, “Yeah… now were in real big trouble!” Pinkie resumed her running with the rest of the group when the heard the cry of Celestia, a cry of pain and agony.

Lyra turned to see Celestia twirling and bucking wildly, her eyes closed sue to sheer pain. It only took a couple of seconds to realize that there was a wolf clamped down on her hind leg which made Lyra scream, “Princess!” at the sight. Lyra dashed over and, using her horn, sent a bolt of electricity through the wolf causing it to lose its grip on the princess’ leg. Lyra bucked the wolf to the ground and shouted loudly, “We have to keep moving.” As Lyra turned around to resume galloping, her head pounding with adrenaline, she heard the cry of pain from the princess.

Luna turned to see her sister on the ground, her left hind leg dripping with alicorn blood. Luna dashed to her sister’s side, prepared to go down with her as she lit up her horn in defence. The rest of the group soon joined in a circle around the injured Celestia as the whispering from the tall black figures began to draw closer. Lyra lit up her horn to reveal in the distance a tall green object slowly moving towards her, hissing like the sound of a lit fuse. Slowly the hungry wolves closed in on them, one of them trying to shake off the kick to the jaw it faced. Every time a wolf tried lunging for a pony they were faced with a buck to the face. Eventually they began to over-power the girls and force them into a tighter circle. As the hungry snarling wolves drew ever closer, their breath smelled of blood, Pinkie said through tears and whimpering, “I don’t want to go! I’m scared.” Pinkie opened her eye to see a wolf jump towards her, it’s mouth wide open and ready to kill. Pinkie screamed as loud as she could, the sudden realization that she would no longer see her best friends ever again. The next thing they heard was the last thing they expected, the sound of a wolf whimpering. Pinkie opened her eyes to see the wolf on the ground with an arrow through its head shortly before it vanished into smoke. The girls watched in awe as all the wolves who dared attack them would be nailed in the head by an arrow with pin point accuracy. Celestia opened her eyes to see a man jump down in front of the group; he was about the same height as Alex and was covered head to toe in silver armor. The man was swift like the wind as he swung his sword of iron at the surrounding monsters, killing them all with ease.

Once there were more poofs of smoke than monsters, the stranger planted a torch against a tree near Celestia as he said nothing. He quickly pulled out white bandages from his bag and began wrapping around her leg tightly, all whilst listening to the sound of her moan in agony. After wrapping her leg up he quickly placed one over her mouth which made her suddenly go limp.

Luna began to panic as she said, “What just happened? Who are you? Why did you kill my sister?”

The man quickly raised his hand to silence her before motioning for her to place her head against Celestia’s chest. Luna was a little cautious at first but once she had her ear up to her sister’s chest she was reassured with the sound of her heart beating. Luna tightly hugged her sister before getting up and saying, “Thank you very much!”

The man quickly silenced her again and motioned for her to follow him as he began to run off towards the mountains with the sun Alicorn over his shoulder. Pinkie looked towards her group as she said, “I think he wants us to follow him.”

Lyra began to hop up the mountain as she said, “Hopefully this isn’t a brilliant scheme to make us all into dinner.”

As Luna and Lyra hopped over the mountain side Pinkie followed close behind saying, “I don’t know why he would want to eat us. Pegasi and Unicorns don’t taste that good, not even with cupcakes.” Pinkie continued to hop along the mountainside while following their hero of the hour, not saying a word. Once they reached the other side Pinkie’s eyes widened with amazement at what she saw. As she stood at the peak of the small mountain she gazed upon a small city that was sprawling with people. All of whom were wearing helmets that covered their entire faces. They moved swiftly through the small village from one place to the next, the streets lit by firelight along with the wooden cabins lit by candlelight. The man climbed down the mountainside towards the city with the ponies following close behind, all of whom were in awe at the architectural design of the place.

As they walked through the small village, people would return confused glances towards the ponies but were mostly looking at the large white alicorn slumped over the hero’s shoulder. They walked for what felt like an eternity before reaching the ruler’s building that was brightly lit, carved into the side of the mountain. The man entered slowly with his free hand raised to signify that the place wasn’t in danger, making the guads back up but with their swords at the ready. The man slowly walked down the main hallway, the girls still in awe of the design of the hanging chandeliers made of gold. At the end of the hallway was a large table with one man in the center wearing a diamond helmet covering his eyes as well, his face dawned a look of anger at the sight of what this man had with him. As the man in silver armor approached, the leader said loudly, “How many times must I tell you, my son, that venturing out into the unknown is dangerous!”

A couple of guards approached the group their bows drawn and pointing at their necks when Pinkie said, “Now wait just a minute! You can’t punish him!”

The leader began to sit back down into his throne as he dismayed the guards and said, “I’m listening.”

Luna rested one of her hooves on Pinkie to let her know that she had said enough before slowly approaching the leader as she said, “My lord, me and my sister are royalty as well so we understand the importance of protecting ones subjects but you cannot punish your very own son for two reasons.”

The man began to listen intently as he said, “What may these two reasons be?”

Luna looked towards the silver man as he gently rested the unconscious Celestia on the table in front of them as she said, “To start, he’s your own son. Secondly, he saved our lives! He is more hero than rule breaker in a situation like this.”

The leader turned his head towards his son in silver armor who stared back at him. After a couple of seconds of thinking the leader said in a loud voice, “Very well, your reasons are very true my… little pony. But it does not change the fact that he has broken one of our laws and therefore will be punished less than he originally was.” The man looked down towards his son and motioned for him to approach him. The son slowly climbed up the stairs, his head hung low in shame. Once he was kneeling in front of his father, the man in gold armor snapped his fingers and guards came to each of his sons sides and stripped him of his silver plating. Once his son was wearing only his clothing and his helmet his father said, “I hereby dismay you from the royal guard for violating curfew and bringing strangers into our peaceful town.” Before his son could walk away in shame his father said loudly, “But for saving the equally valuably lives of these majestic creatures I shall leave you with your helmet. You shall return to your post when you have proven to me your responsibility by taking care of these visitors. You may go now. You have disappointed me yet again, Notch.” With nothing said from his son he stood up and nodded his head in thanks and walked towards the ponies as he motioned for them to follow him.

As the group walked towards the doors Pinkie looked over to their caretaker as she said with a smile on her face, “Thank you for saving us.” Pinkie waited for a response from the man but he said nothing, he kept walking down the cobblestone path. Pinkie began to bounce next to him as she said, “Why aren’t you saying anything? Can’t you talk? I can’t imagine what it would be like if I just shut up.”

After a couple of seconds of silence the man took a deep breath as he said silently, “A true hero must never talk.”

Luna hung her head low as she said, “You may not be a true hero, but you are our savior and we are thankful to have crossed paths with you.”

The group soon reached one of the houses with a name scribbled onto a sign next to it. The borders of the house were made of cobblestone while the walls and ceiling were made of logs. The man opened the small wooden door to reveal a bed, a table, a fireplace, and a closet with clothes and weapons. As they entered the man said silently, “You caused me to lose my post as his trusted knight. This is the equivalent of banishment.” The man took off his helmet to reveal his brown hair and blue eyes, and his face had a few scars but was otherwise clean.

Lyra levitated Celestia off of his shoulder and onto the bed as she said, “Well I’m sure that’s an exaggeration, don’t you think?”

The man sighed as he pulled a chair to the fire and hung his wet boots from a line and said, “Yeah you’re right. You would have to have done something much worse to be banished, although judging by my father’s ways; banishment was what he was going to do to me as well.”

Luna slowly approached him as she said, “Your father cares for you, wait what do you mean ‘as well’?”

The man quickly got up, closed the curtains and locked the doors as he said silently, “If you really want to know, you must not tell anyone for their fear could cause chaos.”

Lyra scratched her head as she said, “Well we’ll be sure not to mention anything.”

The man took a deep breath and after a couple of minutes of silence he said, “Look, the reason my father fears the night outside his village is because of who he banished. Banishment has become the ultimate punishment especially at night because of his other son.”

Luna tilted her head as she said, “Wait I don’t understand.”

The man shook his head before saying ever so quietly, “Long ago, King Clover the third had two sons. He named one of them Notch, that being me, and he named my brother Herobrine.”

Pinkie tilted her head as she said, “Hero what?”

The man jumped out of his seat and placed his hand over her mouth as he said, “Shhhh! You must never say his name out loud it brings bad luck. Anyways, Herobrine and I were almost exactly alike, but it was a few subtle differences that caused me to be an only child. For you see, Herobrine had no irises… only glowing whites of his eyes. My father blames my mother’s death on his strange attribute and as time went on we began to see his darker more sinister side. He and I were the best hunters, yet he was far superior than I. He could bring home enough food for the village in a single day, and as hunters we all followed one rule and that is to never torture the animals. One day as we were bringing home the foods for the night, a chicken got loose from his grip, after chasing it for a few minutes he grabbed it by the talons. All it took was one stab in his wrist for him to unleash his true inner monster. My father and I watched as he managed to keep the chicken alive as he tore its innards out, breaking the hunter’s rule. As punishment we decided to lock him away in a dungeon but a few weeks later we found out where all the missing guards were…”

By now the tone of Notch’s voice was making Pinkie shake as she said, “W-w-w-where were they?”

The man took a couple of seconds to keep it together as all the gruesome images returned to memory and he said, “They were kept barely alive, all of them were opened up and were hung like streamers by their intestines across the ceiling. The smell of blood was thick in the air as we approached his dungeon to see him carving the words ‘Happy birthday to Me’ in the wall using one of the guards bones. After hours of fighting Herobrine, me and my father managed to banish him into the outside world for the rest of eternity. We would always get reports on animals being impaled into tree branches overnight and knew the culprit, that’s why venturing out into the night was such a dangerous feat. They say that the last thing you see of him before you die is his glowing eyes, they help him see into the night and be a deadlier hunter than I.”

Now Pinkie, Lyra, and Luna were huddled together in pure fear as Pinkie said through chattering teeth, “H-h-h-he’s n-not coming back is he?”

The man shook his head as he said, “The royal guards outnumber him a hundred to one. Even if he managed to kill them all it would be impossible to make it through these walls.”

A sudden knock on the door caused the girls to give out small yelps of fear, the door quickly opened to reveal a man wearing a large white helmet that covered his eyes and a red cross on it. The man smiled as he said, “I’m here for the injured Alicorn, I’ll be taking it to the emergency room for treatment.”

Notch sighed with relief as he said, “Oh okay, it’s just you. Yes let me help you with carrying her.”

The man shook his head as he said, “Oh don’t worry, I can handle her myself.” With nothing more said, the man picked up the unconscious Alicorn and slumped her over his shoulders before walking out the door again. Leaving the man and three ponies to converse and mingle with each other.

*****

Celestia slowly opened her eyes to see she was no longer in the forest; she was laying on a hospital bed with a man at her ankles. Celestia began to squirm but the doctor said in a soothing voice, “Calm down your highness, you have a serious bite wound in your hind leg here.”

Celestia began to look around frantically, panic taking her over as she tried to find a familiar face as she said, “Where’s my sister? Where’s Luna?”

The man brought his hand to her as he said soothingly, “Shhh… your sister and friends are fine. Their staying at the prince’s home while I treat you.”
*****

Meanwhile Notch and the ponies were preparing for the night when Notch said in a confused tone, “Wait… who called for the doctor?” Notch watched as the girls shrugged as to say they have no clue, Notch began to have a sinking feeling as he said, “Oh no…”

*****

As the man treated Celestia’s wound she said with a bit of joy in her tone, “Oh you have a prince here? Oh I sure do hope he’s nice. Maybe Luna will find that somebody she’s been looking for. But that means I still have to keep looking.”

Celestia looked down to see the man stitching her up as he said, “Don’t worry; royalty is not what you should be looking for in a man.”

Celestia tilted her head as she said, “Oh no? Well what should I be looking for in a man if not royalty?”

The doctor slowly got up and walked towards her before gently planting a kiss on her lips, his arms warm to the touch as he hugged her while saying, “You need to look for a man who can provide food for his family, a man who can make his woman happy every day. A man like me.”

Celestia felt like she was in a trance, she felt like everything was perfect and that she had met the one as the two kissed. Celestia managed to float the man on top of her as she said, “But the royal oath says to keep the chain of royal blood in the family, but I can break a few rules hehe.” Celestia giggled as the two kissed, the man still wearing his mandatory eye covering hat.

*****

Notch quickly put on his helmet and grabbed his bow and arrow before bursting out the door towards the hospital. Pinkie and the others were close behind as Notch shouted, “Your sister is in great danger, we need to get to the hospital.”

*****

Meanwhile back at the hospital, Celestia and the stranger were making out as the doctor said, “Well if that’s the case then I can be honest with you, I do have a bit of royal blood in me.”

Celestia broke the kiss as she looked up at him, she seemed to be happy with this man kissing her as she said, “Oh you do? What made you chose to be a doctor instead?”

The man shook his head as he said in his soothing voice, “It was a dispute me, my brother, and my father had. I chose to leave the royal family to pursue my true happiness.”

Celestia resumed kissing him as she said, “By the way, what is your name, my sweet prince?”

The man broke the kiss as he slowly brought his mouth to her ear and said in a whisper, “My name is Herobrine.”

Celestia kissed Herobrine again before saying through her adorable smile, “Can I see your eyes please?”

The man seemed quite puzzled but immediately said with a smile, “Alright, but let me warn you. My eyes are to die for.”

Celestia began to feel lees love as the man took off the hat, she was no longer feeling the love she felt before almost as though she was under a spell to get him on top of her. As the man took off the hat with his hand she no longer felt love but instead felt fear. Staring back at her were glowing white eyes and all she heard was the sound of a blade being pulled out of a sheath before closing her eyes as she screamed in fear. The next thing she heard was the sound of a door slamming open and the sound of an arrow travelling at high speeds into a body. Celestia felt her body being lifted onto shoulders before opening her eyes to see her friends surrounding her as they ran out of the building. As they ran Notch yelled at the top of his lungs, “Were under attack! Herobrine has returned!” Celestia looked towards the hospital to see guards being torn apart, blood spraying everywhere. In the center of the bloodbath was a man with glowing white eyes. Notch quickly opened the door to a random house and entered it and locked the door behind him while saying, “This is all your fault, you let Herobrine back into our city and he’s going to kill us all.”

Pinkie began to cry out of fear as she said, “No more Twilight, no more Applejack, no more Fluttershy, no more Rarity, no more Rainbow Dash, no more Alex. I don’t want to die.”

Notch quickly covered her mouth to silence her as all the lights in the city went out. The ponies and Notch huddled together as they listened to the sounds of people screaming and people being ripped apart by Herobrine. It felt like it had been forever since they entered the house before the killing silenced, they cried in silence as the sound of people were no more. Notch hushed them before drawing his bow and arrow as he crept towards the door, lighting only a single candle to see the way. As the four ponies approached the door Notch said to them real quietly, “We need to get you to the king before” Before he could say anything more the shouting of his father made him burst into a sprint as he said, “Herobrine does… oh no.” Notch quickly sprinted down the courtyard, bodies (or what remained of them) were scattered everywhere. As the ponies galloped after Notch with Celestia on Luna’s back, Celestia tried to light her horn to see where they were going.

Lyra quickly dimmed it as she said, “There are things in life we must not look at no matter how much we need or want it. We need to catch up to Notch and save the place.”

Pinkie kept her eyes closed as she said, “I can’t do it!”

Luna silenced her as she said, “You have to trust me… we will make it out of this.” Pinkie sniffled as she nodded her head and galloped along after Notch, tears staining her cheeks as she silently cried. The ponies burst through the doors of the lit building to see Herobrine standing in front of his father.

His father looked up at him as Herobrine said in a hiss, “Daddy… I’m home.” Herobrine stuck out his arm as tendrils branched from his fingertips and wrapped around his father’s throat. Herobrine slowly lifted his father up in front of him, his eyes glowing bright as he slowly began to stretch at the limbs..

His father’s legs dangled ten feet from his throne as he said, “I am not your father, you are an abomination.”

Herobrine twisted his neck to let out an echoed snap as he said to his father with a devilish smile, his teeth becoming long and sharp, “Wrong answer…”

Before Herobrine could kill his father, Notch jumped over one of the overturned tables and shot an arrow through his head. The arrow whizzed through the air before making a crunching noise in the side of Herobrines head. Celebrating had to wait because as Notch began to feel relief he watched his brother slowly turn his head 180 degrees, the sounds of bones snapping and veins tearing echoed through the hall as his head reached a full 180 degrees and was looking at Notch. Herobrine smiled as he dropped his father when Notch yelled, “He is no longer your father, and I am no longer your brother.”

Herobrine smiled as he said through sharp shark like teeth, “Well then that means I am an only child. How about we have a great big family reunion with mom… the woman you blamed me for KILLING.” Herobrine kicked his father and watched him as he tumbled down the stairs, landing with his leg bent in the wrong direction.

Notch slowly approached his brother, his sword drawn as he shouted, “My mother was killed by you when I was born!”

Herobrine shouted using his powerful lungs, “She died shortly after giving birth to you. She loved me just as much even though I was a freak. You could say that it was you who killed her.”

Notch shouted at the top of his lungs as he charged Herobrine with his sword drawn, as Notch ran Herobrine simply stood there and laughed. Notch swiped his sword through Herobrine’s leg but simply passed through like he was made of smoke. Herobrine laughed loudly in his hissing voice as he picked up Notch and threw him across the room into the chairs and tables. Notch fell to the ground next to the ponies and Luna said silently, “We can take him on.”

Notch shook his head as he said, “You brought him here, you’ve doomed us all.” Notch jumped over the tables and charged again with his sword at the ready, only to be thrown towards the walls again as Herobrine laughed.

Notch landed right beside the girls as Herobrine stretched one of his tendrils and slammed it into Notch’s leg, crushing it and making him scream in pain and agony. Herobrine laughed as he watched his brother slowly get up only to fall on his broken leg, causing it to fold in half. Notch looked up to see Herobrine pick up his father with his stretched arm and lift him over his brother as he said, “Say goodbye daddy.” Notch watched in horror as his brother’s fingers pierced his father’s skin and crawled beneath it, wrapping around his head as he screamed in pain. Notch closed his eyes along with the other ponies as Herobrine crushed his father’s skull, blood, pieces of muscle and skull bits forcing the eyes out of his skull as blood poured from his mouth. A bone crushing crunch emanated from the skull as it happened before making a wet flopping noise as it hit the ground. Notch screamed in pain and sorrow as his father landed beside him, dead.

Luna shouted to Notch, “You have to trust us! We can save you!”

Notch stared into the eyes of the ponies as he whispered in a shaking voice, “Okay.”

Luna jumped up as she said, “Celestia and Lyra, pin his tendris down and Pinkie, grab that rope and wrap it around his legs. I’ll handle the rest.”

Pinkie immediately jumped up and galloped for the rope, she was no longer in party mode nor in panic mode. Pinkie’s eyes burned with anger as she grabbed the rope in her mouth and charged Herobrine. Celestia and Lyra looked up as their horns began to glow, the arms of Herobrine were suddenly frozen still in a turquoise and yellow aura and could no longer move them. Pinkie zipped around his ankles with the rope in her mouth, she eventually wrapped his legs tight as Lyra and Tia forced Herobrine to the ground. Luna walked u slowly as she said, “Revive everyone here.”

Herobrine smiled his sharp toothed smile as he said, “Or what?”

Luna raised an eyebrow as she said, “Have you ever wondered what the moon feels like?”

Herobrine closed his eyes as they began to glow brighter, slowly outside people began to cheer louder and louder as they were brought back to life. Herobrine looked up at her as he said, “Now let me go.”

Luna looked down at him with a disapproving look as she said, “You know what I learned today? I learned about trust, there are those you can trust with a promise and there are those you can’t.”

Herobrine struggled a bit to free himself as he said through gritted teeth, “What’s that have to do with me?”

Luna smiled as she said, “I’m just saying I’m not the kind of girl you can always trust.” With that Luna slowly and gently placed her horn on his head. Ice began to creep from the ground up, trapping his body in a frozen prison as he struggled. The ice eventually crept up to his neck and before consuming him she said, “Say hello to your great great great nephews, in a thousand years.” The ponies watched as the ice masked Herobrine’s face, listening to him shout from inside the ice as numbers appeared on the block. The ponies watched his face and saw the glow in his eyes dim down before fading out completely, leaving black voids in their place. Luna turned around to see the people of the town entering and celebrating as they approached, even Notch’s father was brought back to life and was happy to see that Herobrine was put to rest. As the crowd picked the ponies up Luna said in a giggle, “You should find a mountain far away to put him.”

The people continued to celebrate until the king shouted in a booming voice, “Silence!” The crowd quickly put Luna and the three other ponies down and formed a circle around Notch and his father. After a couple of minutes of silence the ruler said, “You ponies endangered us all, you brought my son back from the forest and threatened the lives of us all.” The ruler looked over at his son as he said, “As for you, you brought them into our kingdom and therefor brought Herobrine into our lives again as well.” As Notch lowered his head in shame his father said in a more relaxed voice, “But you, along with your friends, saved the lives of everyone here and rid us of Herobrine for the rest of our lives.” By now the sun was beginning to rise over the horizon and made Notch’s armor shine along with his dad’s as he said, “Notch, you saved the lives of everyone, I am proud to call you my son.” The king opened his arms for a hug and Notch jumped into it as the crowd cheered, the building lighting up with all the colors of the shining armor. After a couple of seconds of cheering the king removed his crown and placed it on Notch’s head as he said, “My son, King Notch the first!” Notch hugged his dad tighter as tears began to stream from his eyes; the people were celebrating as they threw confetti into the air.

Notch turned to the four ponies as he said, “I can’t thank you enough. If I hadn’t trusted you, we would have all perished. Thank you for everything.”

Celestia smiled as she said, “We feel happy to see you and your father getting along.”

Pinkie began to hop as she said, “Guys look! It’s dawn.”

Lyra looked down at her hooves to see them glowing in a gold aura, she began to feel warm and fuzzy inside as they all floated away. As they floated Notch waved as he said, “Maybe our paths will cross again someday soon.”

Luna smiled as she said with a wink, “Trust me, we will see each other again.” The ponies waved as they were slowly consumed in the aura of gold and good feelings before being engulfed by a white light and disappearing.