(False's POV)

I was practising PvP with Wels and Iskall, before girls night. Thank Notch I bumped into Stress, who reminded me. We all sat down on a bench, discussing what the best strategies are. We all grabbed a random potion from a chest, spicing up the fight. I looked at the potion label, groaning once I saw it was slow falling. It can be a pain when jumping off of one block. Wels and Iskall looked like they had better potions, probably healing. I sighed, knowing I was going to lose, even with my PvP skills.

[',time skip because I can't write pvp,']

I finished up with Wels and Iskall, laughing about how slow falling is such a pain. We parted ways, the particles around us starting to fade. I went back to the base, preparing to build some more bots around the main tower. It took a while, but I managed to make a holographic screen with actual text, and no one helped me! A couple of hours later, I flopped onto my bed, falling asleep after a few minutes.

[',The next morning,']

I woke up suddenly, my alarm clock jumping on my bedside table. I fell out of bed in shock, groaning as I stood up. "Why did I set an alarm for 6 in the fricking morning?!" I muttered to no-body. I pulled my elytra on, and grabbed a few rockets, lighting one and gliding to a tower in my base. I walked inside the tower, grabbing the axe at the door. The room was flooded with light, showing the pile of broken alarm clocks in a corner of it. I set the clock in my hands down, and lifted the axe into the air, before bringing it down onto the clock. I picked up the remains of it, yeeting it into the pile of clocks like it. I walked up the stairs, and entered a room with a pile of non broken alarm clocks. I grabbed one of the pile, and flew through a hole I left in the building for an easy exit. I crashed into my bed, and put the alarm clock onto my bedside table. I trudged over to a calendar on the wall, my eyes opening as wide a Keralis' when I saw it was girls night.

I rushed and grabbed my armour, rummaging around my chests for some diamonds. I then blasted off to the shopping district, hoping that Lookie Lookie at my Cookie was stocked. Thankfully it was, so I bought a stack of cookies and a couple of cakes and left.

[',TiMe SkIp,']

I flew over the forest, spotting a little green tent and a dim campfire. I dove down and crashed into a familiar zombie. "Cleo! Sorry." I got off her, both of us groaning.

"Hey False. Please tell me you brought snacks?"

"Yep. Thank Stress. She reminded me." I laughed.

"Do you know where Stress is? I haven't seen her yet."

"Oh, I'm sure she will be here soon. That or she will be taking care of X. He has not slept in ages due to admin... uh- stuff. I'm not exactly sure but you know she will make him sleep. "

"Yeah. Let's start. Hit me."

"Truth or dare?"

"Hmm, I'll start with a truth..."

"Are you dating Joe?" I suppressed a grin.

We laughed the night away, Stress never coming. The fact that X was quiet in chat suggested that Stress was forcing him to sleep, so we didn't mind. We both slept in the tent Cleo brought, drifting off to sleep.

I woke up the next morning, Cleo eating some berries outside. I joined her, chatting about our plans for the day. We packed up, and flew back to our bases.

[', A few broken alarm clocks and days later,']

I woke up, nearly a week after our last girls night. I hadn't seen Stress in a while, only believing to see her while flying over her base. I was planning to go see her, but a pain in my back forced me to stay in bed. I reached down to scratch my back, trying to find the pain. Instead, I found feathers, a lot of feathers. I turned around to find a gorgeous pair of white wings, with golden tips. I put my hand out to touch one. It was soft and smooth, and I could feel my hand on it. I sat up, testing them out. I managed to move them up and down, but not by much. I tried to lie down again, hoping it was all a dream, but I couldn't lie down, as a shock of pain erupted from my back. I got off my bed, not sure what to do. I could go see X, but I can't get there without flying. I tried pulling my elytra over my new wings, but it just made a rip in my elytra.

I could go and see Grian, yeah. I grabbed a water bucket, a boat and some armour, and jumped of my base, mlg-ing on to one of the hexagons. I hopped into the boat, and rowed over to the jungle. I eventually made it to the edge of the jungle, and I weaved my way through the trees to the mansion. It finally came into view, and I sprinted ahead, having to stop and untangle my wings from some vines. I saw Grian talking to Scar, so I sneaked into the hobbit hole.

He continued for a few minutes, before turning to the messy storage outside. Scar wandered into the jungle, so I sprinted over to Grian. He looked up, "False? What- why do you have wings?!"

"I don't know, and I though I should come to you, being the resident bird- uh person."

"Have you told X?"

"No. I though you might know why."

"Well, follow me. I have some books we can take a look at. Do you know if you're a hybrid of some sort?"

"No. If I was a bird hybrid I probably wouldn't be able to see any glass, but I still can."

"You could be a mythical hybrid. Maybe a fae. Or maybe you were born with wings, and only now have they revealed itself."

"I'm pretty sure I have never had wings before. If we don't find anything in the books, can you teach me to fly so I can go see X?"

"Sure."

I sat down on Grian's bed, as he picked up some books.

"Here. Let's start now. This will take a while." He said as he placed down three huge books.

"Forever you mean. Is there any tests or something you could run to see?"

"Hmmm. Well," he said, pulling out a glass block, "am I holding something."

"A block of glass. Not a bird hybrid then, right?"

"Mhm, how about," he rummaged in a shulker box next to his bed, this iron bar."

"Really? Fine," I touched it, "what else?"

"Well, I think I should teach you how to fly. You are not a fae or a bird."

"So, how do I fly?"

[,'Later that day after G teaches her how to fly',]

"Thanks G!" I called out as I flew away. I went back to my base, planning to see X in the morning.

In the middle of the night I woke up, my back hurting like a sword went through it. Thankfully, there was no sword, I had just been sleeping weirdly. I got out of bed, and jumped out of my base, flying around. I flew around it a few times, before flying in the direction of X. However, I saw he was asleep. Knowing he had an admin meeting later, I left. The sun had started to rise, so I flew towards it, feeling like nothing could stop me. I dove down to the sea, feeling brave. I pulled up a bit before I touched, nearly chickening out. I flew to the shopping district, weaving my way around the shops. I made sure I would fit though the gaps, knowing that Grian hated clipping his wings. I flew up once I got to the edge of the island. I didn't look down.

The air started to get thinner, so I backflipped and dived down. I laughed, having the time of my life. No more need for rockets, no more having to repair the elytra. Suddenly, a thought echoed in my mind. Did I want these wings? I stopped, hovering just above the clouds. Did I want these wings? The question echoed in my mind. I went back to my base, going to the secret room I had in the wall for deep thinking. I sat down.

Did I want these wings?

[,'tImE sKiP',]

Over the next week, I stayed in that room. I never thought I would have a breakdown this bad. I stayed in and watched Disney movies, checking chat. When people asked for me, I said I was taking a small break. Everyone understood, and no one visited me. I was glad they listened when I asked for privacy. Cleo had stopped by once, she was the only one who knew. I hadn't flew in more than a week. According to chat, everyone seemed fine, except a few times people died.

I finally finished all Disney movies from the past 8 years, when I worked up the courage to go outside. The sun shone in my eyes, making me wish it it had a dark mode.

I flew out, and went up. Higher than my base, higher than the clouds. I saw Cleo below me, and I dove down with a sudden surge of confidence. "Hey Cleo!" She jumped, and beckoned for us to land.

"Hey! Have you checked chat?"

"No. What happened?"

"I'm not sure. But it may have something to do with those wings of yours. Something happened to Grian. X says it might have to do with potions. I haven't been in a few days because something happened to me..."

"I got splashed with slow-falling a week before my wings appeared... What happened with you?"

"Wither... I can't touch any living thing, or I... I kill it."

I gasped. "Where is X?"

"With Grian. At Larry."

"Follow me!" I took off into the sky, checking Cleo was following. We flew to Larry, but didn't see anyone.

"Stay behind me so I am the first they see. That way they will touch me."

We looked around Larry, when I saw colours not native the the green jungle. "Stress?" I called. Cleo climbed down from Larry as a figure hugged me.

"FalseI'msorryformissinggirlsnightbutInowcanmakethingsglowandScarcantalktoJellieandGrianisamermaidand- wait..." she let go, looking at me, "SINCE WHEN DID YOU HAVE WINGS?"

Cleo looked at Stress, "One, do not touch me, or you will die, literaly. Two, we came to ask X about her wings and my death touch. Three, what did you say?" Cleo said, pulling a deadpan face.

"I'm sorry for missing girls night but I now can make things glow and Scar can talk to Jellie and Grian is a mermaid." Stress managed to get out before bursting into tears again.

"WHAT?!" Cleo shrieked as I comforted Stress.

X walked over, "I'm working on it. Every hermit seems to have drunk a potion recently, which is causing their code to glitch and well-"

He was interrupted by Scar, who yelled, "G is waking up!"

Other Hermits were starting to land, and we all ran int the direction of Scar. I froze when I saw Grian.

"What the heck is happening..."

Hi! Sorry for no update last week. It's coming to the end of exams for me though, so I will (hopefully) go back to updating every week.

Also yes I have a headcannon that the hermits destroy their alarm clock if they wake up early and in a bad mood. Each season a member will buy thousands of alarm clocks that everyone uses and destroys at that person's base. I want to do that...

- Thi <3