A/N-Dude i got the saddest nostalgia of my life when i read through some of the Crafting Dead stuff. Holy crap. And like the part where Kiwi betrayed Cat....dang those feels hit me hard. Like...were talking brick wall hard... i have to finish the book. I just have to. It won't be tonight as i am writing this chapter but holy crap....like my heart physically  hurts after reading it.....ugh...

ANYWAYS MERRY CHRISTMAS! WOOOOO!

Onward with das chapterê

Or something....

After walking along the barren desert road for like about four hours, everyone was groaning.

Clint especially for some reason.

Trudging up to me, he said

"Dude. Stop"

I turned around to see what was the matter.

His eyes were so bloodshot they glowed a deep red. Ignancys hair was going in practically all directions. So was Batty's, who popped out of her shirt pocket. Blue was trying to figure out a way to convert his armour into a car. And well everyone else was exhausted.

"We're not safe out here though. Its dangerous. We could get attacked by spugs or giants or something. You Never Know!" I sounded like a moron when i said it.

Clint took out his two sword Basher, and Slasher and held them against my neck.

"We're stopping. Now."

Looking around, we finally found some sort of enclosed hillside thingy. The hills curved around a nice little flat area. The remenants of what looked like a trailer were here.  Thr ground suprisingly had a lot of grass   and shrubs, which was odd for a place out here. Especislly around this area. I mean..its practically the middle of the desert. I saw on the side of the trailer a etched-in sign that said "Kiwi Fruit + Aquamarine Cat- No Psycho Could Kill Our Love" I shrugged it off because i was so tired.

Looking at it, i scribbled it out with a small knife. Bleh. Love is wierd.

While some of the others were putting their stuff up and setting tents down, Clint was over there staring at someone. I'm not sure who it was as he was staring at the group but he looked to be intrigued or in love with whoever it was.

I shrugged and decided to get everyone together.

Walking over to a burnt out campfire, i yelled"Hey Everybody!"

Everyone looked over.

"Here the deal. I've decided that we're gonna make this our permanent camp" I paused.

"Shelties, you idiot. Thats not gonna work." Android yelled.

"Yes it will." I simple said." Anyways, heres the deal. We need to build a wall around this place so no....animals can get in. Afterwords, you can build whatever the heck you wsnt within the confines of the wall. So uh... yeah"

"What materials should we build it out of?" Isa asked.

"Whatever we can make i guess. But i know tht Brucie could maybe help you out with some of it." I paused"I mean you could right?"

Brucie just kinda shrugged.

"I don't know. Just....figure something out." I yawned.

I walked over to a small,and wuickly made dirt hut i had built when we'd gotten here (it literally had only enough room for my bed). I just fell back on my bed and decided to sleep.

I had three dreams that night.

One was of Clint.

I was watching from a distance in this towerplace. I knew that a large group was living here. His eyes were red,but not the tired red. Something was wrong.

There was this girl with a redish pink shirt on and a backpack. And this guy with what looked like Jedi robes.

"Mei,what's going on?" The jedi guy asked.

"Jon, Clint made a deal with Malix. To keep us safe." 'Mei' facepalmed.

'Jon' tried doing something with the Force or something. Like a Jedi mind trick. And then he yelled "Who Are You?!"

"I'M  MALIX. MALIX BLADE" Clint screamed.

I could feel my heart racing. Then i saw a battle. A battle between people and zombies in a nether dirt fortress. And then this one guy denied his love for this one girl. And she fell into this giant waterfall thingy. And then his bsck got cut. And then Clint realized he was wrong about something.

And then.....Malix... wait a minute.... Who was malix? Was he actually......evil?

I thought back to the person i had met at Overpass. That malix didn't seem to have powers...

What happened next was mind boggling. The large group that had been fighting
all fell into this waterfall. And then they all somehow found each other.

This guy named... Radio... he made clones of himself to rule the world... And then thst Mei girl told him she didn't like him. She liked Brucie. And then Radio then tried to kill the group. And... and then....

I was overwhelmed. Dreams are supposed to make you feel well rested. This one was just making me feel awkward and....nervous.

I watched as Herobrine then set off a few nuclear warheads...oh wait scratch that. The whole world arsenal of warheads and destroyed the old world. If that really was the old world, then...dang. It looked so much more nicer than what the old books say. The little group were at thst Radio guy's lab when this happened. A few people died. Malix stood through the whole explosion for some reason and survived? I'm not sure. I saw that that Mei girl got her hand frozen in the cryo chamber after it froze. But then something happened and she es-

I woke up.

Sighing, i looked around. Was that real? Or was i just...

I have no clue.

So i fell back asleep.

This next dream i realized i was in a small hotel building. I saw Clint, thst Mei girl again, and some guy that was a ....Dj? I'm  not sure. I looked around and luckily was able to walk around. So, i decided to get unique and walk out of the hotel. I looked around but my line of sight could only go so far . Plus, the world outside said"Trouble Rendering" which is...odd.

I heard a scream coming from the hotel. So instinctly, i ran in.

The DJ guy was a on table with a girl behind him trying to protect her.

Thst Mei girl was on the ground... and ...

Oh my notch.

Her guts were all over the floor. Clint was over by her lifeless body, sloppily eating her intestine or something. I about barfed.

His two swords were stabbed through her.

"Cat run!" The DJ guy yelled.

"Not without you Kiwi!" She grabbed him and tried to make it to the door. But the demented Clint thing (thats not Clint) threw a sword,cutting their heads off.

I screamed, but nothing came out of my mouth.

The lights suddenly flickered and clints head did a 180 spin. To stare directly.

At me.

"Shelties"

"No. No no please no"

"Join me" his voice got super demonic.

"Why?" I asked.

"This world. Its so fictional. These friendships your forming with Blue, Ignancy, and all the rest of them. Its all illusion"

He stuck out a bloody hand.

The dream started  to get wierd after that point.

Clint multiplied like 10 times and surrounded me,each extending their bloody right hand.

Everything went black and all that illuminated the room was redstone torches. And glowing blood.

"I don't want to! This is crazy!" I screamed.

"You don't have a choice" He grinned.

Chants started echoing around the room.

"You'll become a monster too. You don't  have a choice.You'll become a monster too. Its written in your future.You'll become a monster too" OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

At the end of the dream,a black eyed Clint got up in my face,his face melting and somehow morphing into a demon while screaming:

"ITS TOO LATE.RUN."

I finally woke up to realize my pillow was suffocating me.

I passed out out of exhaustion.

The final dream was a happy one.

It showed that DJ guy and
....Cat? I think thats her name. They were sitting on a bench  over looking the sunset.

"Cat..."

"Yeah?"

"I know i said what i did back there at the fortress but i just want  you to know that..... i had to lie. Malix would've killed you if i hadn't. "

Cat looked at him,with eyes of gold.

"Kiwi, its ok. But i have a question?"

"What is it?"

"Do you love me enough to live with me the rest of my life?"

"And have cute little babies?" Kiwi smiled.

"Well not just thst but yeah?" Cat blushed.

Kiwi leaned in and after kissing her on the cheek, said

"I would live all my waking moments, asleep moments, and every breathe of my soul to be with you. Your not just a friend. Your not just a mate. Your my soulmate"

They kissed then and the dream faded a little.

I was still dreaming when i heard a voice say something.

"You know... i could tell you so much more about all of them. I really want to. Its a great story you'll have to learn about. And you will. But for right now,i don't want to. Not all of this is true. I can assure you that second dream wasn't. Maybe its up your anxiety or memories kicking in? I havve no clue"

The voice sounded like... "i have one request for you. Look out for them ok? Your group.They and the others are the key to your past, their past, their future and the worlds future. They're everything."

And i woke up.

Breathing intensely, i wiped my eyes(i apparently cried while sleeping) and walked out of my small hut.

Instead of walking out into a grassy field, i walked into a town.

It was quite refreshing to know that those dreams were just....well dreams.

The night sky was still out but the world around me was lively and unique.

I walked down the street (my hut was for some reason in the street). I looked at a small log cabin Mike built, and the Bakery/House of Caia and Rawrs. Brucie must've bunked with Clint because Clint built like this trident like towers. I wonder who the third bunks suppost to be. Ignancy build a small apartment building out of clay and other materials. It looks like Gold,Blue, and James are gonna stay there. Jason's place looks like a tech office and towered over the rest of the place. It looks like Android, and Sniper are also gonna stay there. Isa's house is very much in her fashion:Gold blocks, and black concrete. Dang she is talented.And then theres Paprika and Paris's house. Its a dirt hut, just like mine. Its spacious,but still...

Sighing, i shook my head. Gathering a little bit of wood,and some wool blocks from a Sheepy Mammoth(they're calm creatures) i quickly built them a nicer house.

It was made of purple wool and acacia wood. It even had a balcony.

I got a little bit excited and went to go wake them up.

Knocking on their door, Paprika answered.

"Who is it?!" Paris screamed from the ither side of the room.

Paprika, who was wearing an shirt had a piece of coal on it that said "SAO", and sweatpants,walked out of the house and smiled at me.

"Sorry about that." She sighed.

"Its fine. I take it she's not really enjoying her new look?"

"Yeah. Plus she hates it when i wear this shirt" she pointed to the shirt.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Its a comic i used to read. She stopped reading it because of this one characters death. She's so... i don't know"  Paprika laughed.

"I made you guys a new house. " i pointed to it"I hope you like it!"

A wave of relief rushed over her tired face.

"Thank you so much. I couldn't stand the sheer fact  of staying in a dirt hut. I don't know. Somrthing about it. Maybe its my asthma..." Paprika laughed.

She went back into the house and fetched Paris, who had to put on a small wig thingy ,which looked to be part of a mop (touche....).

"Paris, look. He built us a nice house" Paprika pointed.

"I see that Pap." She rolled her eyes.

Looking over,she smirked and said

"I thought you'd be that jerk you were in the elevator. Or maybe you'd be like the other guys in the Out There. You know? The ones thst act like their all it" She smiled.

"Glad I'm wrong" Paris smiled and walked over to the new house taking a pillow and blaket with her.

"Well, thanks again dude" Paprika nodded.

"Anytime."

Paris yelled from across the courtyard"But your still a loser"

So i yelled back"At least I'm  a winning loser! Or uh...something"

She frowned and slammed the door shut.

What a moody girl. And what a wierd thing to say.... ugh.

I noticed a shadow down one of the alley ways.

Confused, and well very interested, i followed.

I came across Blue working on something.

"Hey" i smiled.

He was facing the other direction so out of the Blue (haha), he turned around quickly.

"What the f-"

"Sorry!Sorry! Was just checking on what you were doing..."

"My armor... that guy with the lava screwed up my visor, my helmet, and melted my tech blades" He showed me a melted tech blade.

"Looks like a light sword. Or at least a modified one" i smiled.

He scowled.

"Shelties. Can you...stop" he bluntly said.

Confused, i simply replied"What do you mean?"

"With this whole.. nice thing? Your supposed to be a leader. Leaders aren't nice" He raised the sword to a piece of wood.

"Leaders crush people." He sliced it in half.

"Leaders kill" He then cut his sword,which was still broke, through a blade of grass with precision. The grass fell to the ground.

"Leaders aren't nice either. If you keep this up, your going to get pushed over" He put the sword down.

I glared. "Who do you think i am,Blue?"

He took off the melted helmet he'd been wearing. Staring at me with cold eyes, he snarled saying:

"I think your a pathetic wimp"

A little bit of sand blew by. So did a tumbleweed.

"So. Your saying I'm...weak" i glared.

I picked up the pieces of wood.

"Let me tell you a story, Blue."

"I don't give a mule about your stories. Your a wimp. So grow up" He laughed.

"No. You need to grow up. You hide in that stupid androidian armor all the time. Its crazy to think that after 200 years you aren't brave enough to live with out it. Instead, you stay in their because of you losing Aeval, and because of your self pity thats made a void in your soul, the same self pity that makes you feel inadequate about yourself, the same self pity that makes you feel weak outside of your armor, and afraid of who you really are. And thats because your scared. Your scared of this world,aren't you?
Aren't you Blue?"

"Its too much for someone who just came out of a cryo freezer and who's lost everything they've known to... a ...apocalypse. a zombie apocalypse...."

I coughed. I have no clue who Aeval is or any of what i just said. It just...came out of my mouth.... i.. i have no clue what just happened.

Blue turned to look at me, eyes filled anger.

"I knew i should've just stayed away from you. And this group. Its gonna turn out just like the other one. I bet Clint told you all about thst didn't he?"

"Uh.......no."

He stared in disbelief.

"I don't care how you found out. Yeah Aeval died. I didn't like her anyways. She wanted to be Independent from me. We only helped each other survive the zombies. Then Malix came...."

"Well. I undersrsnd thst part now. I just had a dream where Clint was possessed or something. And there was this girl named Mei... and this guy named Jon"

Jumping down from his armor,Blue nodded.

"What happened in the dream?"

"It said a bunch of stuff. Like... how Herobrine set off the bombs, and how there was this guy in this placed called the  Woalands. His name was Radio. He made tons of clones of himself and there was this big giant battle and somehow there were Cryo Chambers in his place. -" i continued to ramble on about the dream.

"Its impossible that you saw ALL of that in a dream." He laughed.

"No. I just woke up. It was really... weird dude"

Sighing, he pulled over a large couch he must've found while building his house.

"Lets take a break. I need to clear my head."

Sittinon a small uncomfortable rock, i sighed.

"Decaf,Caf,or T.A.R?" He asked

"Whats T.A.R?"

"Its a special mix made from chocolate beans and something else. People in the Android Kingdom used to make it all the time."  He nodded.

"Nope. I'll take Decaf" i nodded.

He quickly pulled a bunch of junk over and in about 2 minutes, created a coffee brewing machine. Then, he put in a few coffee beans and made the mix.

"Thanks dude." I nodded.

"Yeah"

Looking up at the sky,i said.

"I know I'm not really the best leader. I don't even think of myself as onr. Clint's a better leader than i am. "

"I'm glad to see thst Clints happy again. He went through a rough patch for a while." Blue took a sip of his coffee, nonchalantly.

"What do you mean?"

"Well before he got to cobbleville and right after the bombs fell, i heard he buried Adeline. "

"Who's Adeline?"

"This girl that was dating Clint for a while. Thing is, he thought he was dating her sister,Nexiline the whole time. Adeline was, well, the nice one. Nexilene's kinda cold"

"What happened to umm...Nexilene?"  I took a drink of my decaf coffee. Its really gross but then again, I'm not gonna tell Blue that.

"She's probably still in a Cryo Chamber or something. I don't know. I'm not a walking Craftipedia"

I sighed.

"For some reason, i feel like i need to know about your groups past. I don't know why. Maybe so i could bury mine or something?... maybe I'm just nuts"

Blue spit out his coffee and laughed.

"I think what you call 'nuts' is the new sane,Shelties. And we all know everyone's 'sane"

Yawning, i put the cup down.

"When I'm tired like this, i always stsrt talking wierd. I probably just need to go to bed." I laughed.

Pushing his mug into the sandy ground with his armour's boot, he nodded.

"Shelties!" I heard someone yell. The yell sounded Frantic and ...angery.

Turning around, it was Android.

"Whats wrong?" I ran over.

I noticed Mike was over there, but it looks like he just woke up.

Android's hand revealed a hologram disk or something. It started to light up.

"You know that guy Oidar thar i told you about? Well his name is acutally Radio. Radio Stereo. And guess what?" Android asked.

But then the hologram played.

"Hello Android. Or should i say Unknown"

Android rolled his eyes.

"Iwanted to let you know thar I've taken over the Android Kingdom. And your now a villian wanted for 3,000,000 Android Dollars. You better be lucky i gave you this warning. Because i didn't warn you about this"

'Radio',the hologram, pulled a girl and a guy with pink hair and a pink beard.

"Dr.Lion and Verizon 2.0..." Android muttered.

"You have 48 hours to show yourself. " Radio smiled.

"I know your alive as well. I can track you through your armor's tracking device." He smirks evilly.

"Oh and one more thing. If you see Mei, tell her i have her cousin" He smiles.

The recording then ended,leaving a vicious,cold silence.

The End!

Woo! Well that was fun!I hope all are having a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! This is my little present to you (but if you'd  like some more presents[like other stuff XD] i can do that too!)

Oh and um.... ceiling fan. Idk its logical 😂. Hopefully i can get the final chapter of The Crafting Dead wrote. It will explain a lot of what they are talking about in the story.

But anyways, Merry Christmas,and A Happy New Year

-From Shelties2,And Rusty And Rocket  (The Pups)