Tw: it's huge spoilers so check the comments if you're worried

It took a long time for the hermits to recover, if they ever really did. Everything was shared to the remaining hermits. A very scared Bdubs was found, and confirmed as much of xB's story as he knew. Doc left the server the day after Ren's funeral, needing time 'to think about what happened'. Elex remained on the server to give the Hermits therapy and to focus on the remaining issue:

Freeing Cub and Scar.

Any hermit or friend of the server who knew anything about breaking into worlds worked day and night to reverse Xisuma's deadlock on the pair's server. Whatever Xisuma had managed before was far too strong. The admin himself stopped sleeping in an attempt to undo the damage he'd caused, and to stop the nightmares coming night after night. He refused therapy. The guilt of banning Cub and Scar without talking to the or even another trial remained as a weight over him, even as the other hermits insisted there was no way of knowing.

And, a month after they'd been banned, Xisuma found a way into their server.

Player Xisuma whitelisted

He stopped, reading the message over and over to make sure he'd got it right, before turning to message Grian and Joe.

You whispered to Grian: I'M IN

You whispered to Joehillssays: I'm in

Grian whispered to you: ??? what? To find Scsr?

You whispered to Grian: yep

Joehillssays whispered to you: meet at yours?

You whispered to Joehillssays: yep

The pair didn't take long to arrive, and by the time they had, Xisuma had both of them whitelisted to Cub and Scar's world too.

'So... we just enter the server?' Grian asked. 'And then what?'

'Find Cub and Scar, explain everything, and bring them back if they want to return.'

'What if they don't want to?'

'We let them stay there. Let's go.'

Xisuma left the world

Grian left the world

Joehillssays left the world

Xisuma joined the game

Grian joined the game

Joehillssays joined the game

The three appeared at what must've been spawn. Grian started looking around, observing the houses with mild suspicion, quickly realising.

'These are all Cub's builds.'

'What?' Xisuma frowned. 'How can you tell?'

'I know what Scar's stuff looks like. This is all Cub's. Something's not right here.'

'Well... let's wander and see if we can find them... Cub? Scar?' Joe headed towards the nearest house, Grian close behind him. There was no response. Xisuma kept an eye on chat.

'You're not guilty!' Grian called. 'Cub? Scar? Buddy? Are you here?'

Xisuma: Cubfan? Scar? We're here to invite you back to Hermitcraft

Xisuma: you were proven innocent

'There's a note!'

Attention turned quickly at Joe's observation. Grian sprinted over, Xisuma not far behind.

'What does it say? It is private?'

'It says it's 'to anyone finding this world, (Hermits or old friends).' Joe unfolded the note. At a nod from Xisuma, he started to read.

'Hello anyone who found this world, particularly if it is one of the Hermits, or any of our old friends. The contents of this note will probably come as a shock. I'm sorry. If it could've ended any other way, I would've preferred it.

20 days after we arrived in this world, Scar killed himself.

He never recovered from the events on Hermitcraft - the guilt of what the ConVex did, or the thought of everyone hating him. From what I observed, I think he was depressed. He told me as much in his own note, which I would rather keep to myself. He wasn't eating, refusing to leave his home most of the time. I did everything I could to keep him alive. The best news I can give is that he died painlessly.

In these days since, I myself have struggled a lot with the grief of losing Scar. To the point that I have realised I cannot live without him at all. As soon as I finish writing this letter, I will join Scar.

We are both incredibly sorry for what happened on Hermitcraft and the horrors that we caused, both in Season 5 and Season 10. I don't blame you for your decision to ban us and I hope you don't either.

Yours sincerely,

Cubfan135

The end!

It's doooone! 

Have a tissue if you're crying, and if you liked this, I have a lot of other books of a similar style. 

It might take a while before I start the next book, both from a planning and a time perspective, but it will happen.

And as a sneak hint for finishing this book?

3 words for what I'll probably write next:

-phasmophobia

-bands (aka, music bands

-Vex