I really want to write a story that's just Cub and Scar's backstory. I've got so much of it already thought out, and a heck ton of lore about The Vexes. 

Anyway, let's return to this story! 

Lost. 

Trapped. 

Terrified. 

Broken. 

Overshadowed. 

Silenced. 

Overpowered. 

Controlled. 

He couldn't do anything.

He could only think.

And regret.

And watch as the best place in his life was destroyed in front of him with his own hands. 

Scar wanted to cry.

He wanted to scream.

He wanted to curl up in the corner of his base, where no one would find him, and hide. 

From everything. 

From everyone 

Like he always used to do. 

Before Hermitcraft. 

Even before Kingdomcraft

When life had got too much.

Hide.

Close his eyes.

Pretend everything was alright. 

He wished he could hide.

He wished everything would end.

Everything. 

Everything he'd seen.

The pain.

The laughter. 

The friendships made and lost. 

Cub.

Grian.

Bdubs. 

Two trapped. One forced into obedience. 

All by him. 

He'd caused this. 

And he was the only one who could end it. 

In the small moments he had. The moments of freedom. He picked up the sword. The silver blade glistened in the torchlight as he held it, ready for the end. 

3, 

2, 

1...

'Hero? Are you in there?' 

Herobrine flashed back into control, dropping the weapon like it was a deadly creature. He turned to face Bdubs. Or Phantom, as he'd have to get used to be being called. Torn dust-grey wings. Green eyes. Clawed, dark blue hands. Half-phantom. And like that forever, thanks to his forced transformation. And he'd be perfect as a right-hand man. 

'Ah, Phantom. You're back. What do you want?'

'I thought I could... help you?' 

'Find the other hermits with powers. Tell them we're meeting up. I'll also leave a message in chat, but I don't want the rest of them to know.'

'You could... message them directly?'

'What?'

'You... you don't know about direct messaging?!'

'I don't know everything. Anyway, you're small.' 

Bdubs shut up, the memory of Scar saying that too much. 

'I'll tell the other hermits.' He said instead, flying off, while cursing himself for revealing that weakness. Anything Herobrine could use for for his advantage was bad for him. And everyone else. But he managed to shake it away, and went to tell everyone. 

It was the next day when everyone and everything was ready. Herobrine had had a building constructed especially for the meeting, with enough seats for everyone and a table in the middle. Doc, Etho, Keralis, Pearl, Tango, Zedaph and Cleo sat, chatting worriedly.

'So... I guess we know where Scar went...' Tango muttered to Zedaph. Doc and Etho were talking about how Ren hadn't been invited, even though he also had powers. Cleo was conversing with Keralis and Pearl. 

'Is this everyone?' Scar stepped into the room dramatically. 'Well, I was certainly expecting more...' 

'With the hermits you didn't want to come along, it is.' Bdubs stepped out uncertainly next to him. No one expected him, or his half-phantom nature. 

'Well, as for those who are here, hello. My name is H̴̛̻̓̐͐͂͛͂̔̐̈́̈́̀͠͠ȩ̵̨̢̭̬̲͔̞̜̲̿̉̍͜ṛ̵̬́͌̌̚͜o̷̡̗͍̰͔̫̖͖̘̯̙̫͙̓̂͂̈̈̽͘̕b̷̭͇̯̉̽̽̍̏̔r̶͍͔̥̉̿̑͝í̵̘͔̣͈̥̝̞̳̳͋͑̂̈̆́̊̓͊̐͆́̆͝n̶͍̝̙̥͈̤͉̝͆̈́͐̊͊̓̊̔͆͂̏͑͠ë̶̙͔̍́̇̒̍̓͐̈́͂̚͠͝ ̶̧̀̀́̽̄͒͒͛̆͋͘͘ , and I'm here to propose an alliance that will change this server forever!'

''And why would we want to ally with you in the first place?' Tango challenged, standing up. 

'You'll find out. I'll come to each of you individually with deals.'

'And it won't go well for you if you refuse.' Bdubs added.

'Exactly. But first, we have more important plans. If I am to be truly in charge, I will have to be admin.'

'Xisuma's our friend. You're not going to kill him.' Pearl argued. 'And we're not helping you with that.'

'I don't need all of you to. But I'm hoping at least one of you will. That would make everything easier for all of us.'

'He's telling the truth. Just do what he says. Trust me.'

'What's in it for us if we do?'

'Status, power, and protection. I will be handing out respawn abilities to a very select few when I'm admin.'

'So you're turning Hermitcraft to Hardcore?' Doc growled back. 'Well, I'm good at staying alive, so I clearly refuse. And what's going on with Ren? Why isn't he here?'

'Your friend will be fine if you join me.' Herobrine replied ambiguously. 'And the rest of you? Cleo? Keralis? Zedaph?'

'I'm not helping you no matter what you say!' Zedaph burst out furiously, getting up and storming from the room. Herobrine watched him go. 

'He wouldn't have been very useful anyway.'

'I'll join.' Cleo declared. 'If it keeps Joe safe.' Herobrine smiled.

'Keralis? Pearl?'

'Never!' Pearl replied, practically before he'd finished. 'I'm not joining you until you tell me where Grian's gone.' 

'Grian's not in danger. Will you join?'

'I'll join...' Keralis said nervously. 

'Tango? Etho?'

'No! Why would I join you in murderificating our admin?!'

'I will...' Etho responded slowly. 'As long as I keep respawn.'

'Fine. Cleo, Bdubs, Keralis, Etho, let's go.' Herobrine swept from the room, and the four others followed. 

'Xisuma?' Xamphe entered the greenhouse his brother had trapped himself in for the last few days. 'Are you ok?' 

'Everything's going wrong. Hermits are going missing, there are rumours that Scar's gone wrong and Herobrine's returned... and Impulse came to me the other day teary-eyed about Tango going missing in the nether.'

'I'm sure everything will end up alright. Just try to relax and-' A blade connected with his neck and he stopped. Xisuma whisked around, right as Keralis and Bdubs landed next to him, holding him back as Scar stepped into view, smiling. 

'Hello, Xisuma. I have a proposal for you.'

'If the proposal involves my life as the punishment for not, then it's got to be pretty hard to resist. My life means nothing compared to the safety of this server.' Xamphe growled. 

'Oh, don't worry. The server will be safer if you do what I say.'

'Scar, stop this. If this is just because of people blaming you for the magic, then know that there's a better way to deal with this than destroying Hermitcraft.' Xisuma scolded.

'One, I'm not Scar. Two, I did cause people to have magic. Three, I'm not destroying Hermitcraft. I'm making it better. Now, make me admin.'

'He's not doing anything, and he's never going to make you admin. And if you kill me, then my death is going to mean that he's never going to do it, or I'll be very ashamed.'

'How can you kill us permanently before you take control?'

'I can turn off individual respawn. And I already have for both of you. Also, Call me H̷̛̛̱͕̀́͑͗̈̌͂̃̃̑̽͒̃̀̚͝e̶̗͚͚̹̞͉̗̠̳̥̝̙͔̲̫͐̀̏̑͒͒͑̈̇͘͘͜ŗ̸̨̝̣̞̬̱͇̹̱̰̩͇͍̯̪͗ọ̷̜̭̩͇̗̻̽̋͘͜͝ͅͅb̶̡̡͎̖̲͚͓̯̻̙̙͓̼͚̼̯̳͆̍͋̐̈̄͐̎̑̚͠ͅr̷̫̝͚͍̙̭̘̲̫͊̇͌̊̌̒̓̇̿̿͐͐̈́́͗̍̚į̵̱͙̥̙̳͔̾n̴̢̥̝̼̹̩̞̬̽̽̄̀͌̐͒̌̒̚e̵̼̒̑̾̒̌̋̌̈́̍̄.'

'Alright. You're Not listening to another word of what he says.' 

'You don't have a say in this. Cleo, kill him.' 

There was a pause, but the zombie obeyed, killing Xamphe. Xisuma watched, trying to remain emotionless, as the corpse fell to the ground. 

'Now, will you do what I say?'

'No.' 

'Bdubs? Keralis? Which of you are going to kill him?'

'I can.' Bdubs spoke up, but clearly didn't want to help.

'Good. Kill him.' 

Xisuma struggled, pulling up the admin screen quickly and exchanging power.

'You can't get the admin power from me if I don't have it, and you're never going to kill the person that does!' He cried, just before Bdubs killed him. Herobrine scowled as he looked at chat.

Evil Xisuma was slain by Zombiecleo

Player Cubfan135 is now admin

Xisuma was slain by Bdouble0100

I literally came up with the last bit as I wrote it. 

I wasn't planning to make Cub admin, but somehow he now is.