Ok so this is requested by @Imizu_Tsubaki!

I changed it up a bit if you don't mind Imizu_Tsubaki. So, one thing to understand here is that Ex's name is Eric but he has a different name in the Listeners community.

Time set: Season 7 (before Turf war)

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PoV: Grian

A portal opens and a figure in black and purple appeared before my eyes. Xisuma gasped in surprise, I narrowed my eyes. Mumbo just looked confused.

'this isn't worth it.' i say to myself, 'they are only lower ranked Watchers'

I relaxed as I saw Xanuth and Xeruth come.

'maybe I don't have to risk it.' I thought to myself. They were dealt with the watchers pretty quickly and were about to ban them when a blast of Watcher magic was flying towards me, Mumbo and Pearl. Out of reflexes, I put up a shield (a lot weaker than I would normally do) and Pearl took out here obsidian sword and banished the two. Everyone looked at us in confusion (even Xanuth and Xeruth).

"w-w-wha- HOW??" Xanuth shouted, "how is there 4 Listeners on the server??!!" Xeruth added.

"How are they Listeners? How did you become one Ex?" Xisuma shouted in confusion. I sensed that there was more magic coming out of somewhere and tensed up.

"how is Ex a Listener? How did Hels become one?" Wels added.

"Everyone just forgot about you." I whispered into Pearl's ear. We both snickered grabbing the attention of Mumbo.

"Pearl, how are you a Listener?"

Everyone turned their attention to us now.

"You have a lot of explaining to do." We walked to the grand hall and came into Scar's office which surprised him. Pearl still didn't put away her sword away and I still had the marks on my hands from the sudden use of magic. It always happens when you use magic without a warning weather you like it or not, this also may or may not be the reason why I wear a sweater. Though I always forget that they burn through the cloth.

Scar looked at us with surprised face. He saw Pearl's sword, my marks, Ex and Hels' marks and paled.

"Grian, Pearl are you two Watchers?" He asked in a shaky voice. He was happy to see us shake our heads in a no, "then explain. how are there 4 Listeners on the sever?!" Ex added.

"So let me explain, Xanuth." He was surprised that I knew his Listener name but the quickly perked up.

"Diamond?" I nod. Hels' and Ex's eyes as they quickly embrace me in a hug. Everyone else just stood there awkwardly.

"You know him?" X asked.

"He was the right-hand of Head Listener and was the one to train us to the best of our ability." Hels explains as he let go.

"And you are Eclipse, right?" Ex asked and Pearl nodded.

"Ok, so am I the only one who doesn't understand anything?" Mumbo asked. Scar nodded in agreement.

"It is best for Grian to explain." She gestures at me. I cleared my throat to grab everyone's attention.

"so, umm. Let's start from the beginning. I was taken by the Listeners from birth and was from then under their care. When Pearl was taken in, I was a bit over here age and had the skill that not every adult could train to. Once I reached my 18th birthday, I became the right-hand of the Head Listener and had to train at least three other students. So, I picked Xanuth (pointed at Ex), Xeruth (points at Hels) and Eclipse (points at Pearl). I trained them until they were assigned a sever however, some Listeners that had more power than others don't have a sever to take care off. Now, don't get me wrong Ex and Hels were one of the most talented Listeners I ever new however they had a job that i cannot name and that they know of."

"oooooo! What job is it." Scar rudely interrupted. Ex and Hels nodded their heads and I understood what they wanted to say.

"They are here to protect Xelqua." many gasps were heard from the Hermits.

"How do you know that one of the Gods of Minecraft is here."

"He told me everything. I was his right-hand." Multiple other gasps were heard, "no, before you start questioning, I will not give any information about them. Ok, so we went off track, some Listeners are assigned a server some are not. Me and Pearl don't have a sever to look over so we just play on the ones we like. Ex and Hels are assigned one because they have a job." I finished explaining. The hermits were looking at me, very much impressed (though X had a little bit of a jealous look on him).

"So will you be the next God when Xelqua di-" Scar was quickly covered up by a furious Hels and Ex shouted;

"Don't you ever DARE say something like that to our God!"

"Besides, they won't be able to die." Joe came in, he had a very much unimpressed look on his face, "they will live forever."

"How did you know? Are you also a Listener?" Scar asked.

"No, just found something lying around in Grian's base."

"How did you find something in that 'storage system'" I felt the amount of magic increase and tensed up even more, I think Pearl, Ex and Hels felt it as well because of how they were ready getting ready to make quite the blast.

We talked for a while longer before there were screams outside. I jumped to my feet, the amount of magic was scolding for any normally player. Mumbo, Scar, Joe were visibly shaken and literally looked like they were about to faint. X was pretty drained.

There was a loud bang from the outside and a man that was about 10 feet tall (3 and something meters), I sneered.

"Well, long time no see, Kingmessiah" All of the people in the room burst out laughing (except Kingmessiah because he is a serious baby)

"i-is t-hat the the Head Watcher's real name?!" X managed to squeal out of his fit of laughter.

"Don't call me that pathetic name!" We came into another fit of laughter. This gave me a cover and I slipped away from the group.

PoV: Xelqua

I came out of the mist of the destruction.

Everyone gazed up on me, I returned it with a smirk. I step froward and many gasps were heard.

"Leave the server, Watcher!" My voice boomed. I came up to him, making eye contact. He was wearing his Watcher Mask that allowed him to control players. I was easily a head taller that him so it was very much awkward on both sides. I looked down at him, the hood on my golden-white robes were covering my face. I felt a part of him twitch and he let his guard down.

I, as the protector, quickly take out my Bedrock sword (yes, I broke the typical rules. Watch-a gonna do 'bout that) and banned him. All of the hermits watched me until there was a thud on the floor. I look and there was Mumbo, Scar and Joe on the floor. My aura was too much for them to handle, while Pears, Ex, Hels and X were pretty much used to that kind of magic.

"Will he return, Master?" Hels asked me.

"Unfortunately, he will. Only on the battle of Leaders he can be defeated for a long time. That also applies to me as well."

"But you will win him, yes?" X asked me, like a child wanting to get a toy in a shopping mall. I raised my eyebrow at him. I was sure he couldn't see him but that was enough to make him a little bit uncomfortable.

"Sorry, master, I meant will you be able to defeat the Head Watcher?" I nod my head, then vanish into thin air.

PoV: Hels

Our master disappeared into thin air. Me and Ex quickly gave him a hard nudge in the shoulder.

"Why did you do that?" He asked us.

"Don't talk to the God of Minecraft like he is your buddy that you knew for years." I hiss at him.

The doors burst open to see a very much tired Diamond caring at least half of the sever on him.

"A little help, maybe?" Yup. He's exhausted. He lifted of the payers of off him and put them on the beds that X set up. Scar, Mumbo and Joe began to wake up and they looked at us in confusion.

"you passed out from magic overdose." Grian said. He was still tired and some sweat was dripping off his face.

"Grian, where were you when Xelqua came?" X asked. All of the hermits began to wake up and the ones that did here the question were very much surprised.

"The Head Watcher brought some Aurora ranked Watchers." Grian answered, he wasn't in the shape to talk right now.

"and...."

"someone had to deal with them. I knew that Master would come and deal with Kingmes-, I mean Head Watcher." Some snickers where heard for the people who knew.

"Besides, it is not part of your destiny to cause the demise of the Head Watcher." A familiar Tennessee accent spoke, then he winked at me for some reason. Something popped into my head, it made me sigh in announce.

"What is it?" Mumbo asked me

"The Battle of the Leaders is coming up soon." I say, even more annoyed. Mumbo clearly didn't know what that meant.

"That means that the two leaders, Xelqua and Head Watcher, will be fighting." Joe explained. I was very much surprised that he knew this much about Watchers and Listeners.

"So that means that the Watchers will never come back?" Scar asked hope, filling his voice.

"For another 10,000 years. We cannot destroy one another, only harm so much that they will have to reincarnate." I say.

"But what does that have to do with you?" Cleo asked, I honestly forgot that there were other hermits here.

"That means that Master will be preparing for the battle and that most of his other jobs will be on my shoulders."

"Why can't they do it?" Now it was False asking.

"Imagine preparing for the most important battle in the entire universe and do one of the most important and time consuming jobs at the same time? The world will just crash after that much pressure!"

"Can't the other Gods do it?" Iskall asked.

"what do you think? He is the god specifically of the end. If you, for example, do red-stone and then you have to work on my Mansion and do it correctly, would you be able to do it?" Iskall shacked his head, "good." I say and go back to mansion and when I get there, I will go straight to bed.

'The battle of the leaders are only a few months away.'

~Time skip a few months~

PoV: Third Person

Everyone eventually found out about Grian, Pearl, Ex and Hels. They also found out that it was better not to bug the gremlin right now because he is very much stressed with literally all of MineCraft on his shoulders.

Grian had huge bags under his eyes; he was very much sleep deprived and didn't eat a lot. He was too busy protecting Minecraft with the Watchers attacking more and more frequently. Pearl had to come multiple times and make him go to bed or eat.

Finally, after many months, the Battle of the Leaders was coming up. For this occasion, Grian was sleeping day and night to restore his energy. Pearl came to wake him up, she shook him awake. Grian shot out of bed full of energy.

Grian was doing his final preparations when....

BOOM

Grian's head shot straight up.

"that is very weird" Grian said to himself. The amount of magic was astonishing, "did Kingmessiah bring all of his army here?" Grian spread his wings and flew off. The server shook. He called a meeting in the town hall and everyone should come. He waited for at least 10 minutes for everyone to arrive.

"WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG?!" Grian shouted, he was worried sick that the watchers got them. Just then, another bang was heard. Grian's hands lit up with silver magic and Pearl's, Ex's and Hels' we bronze. They were ready if anyone attacked. X's panels were out and his hands were dancing around like crazy as he tried to make the sever as stable as possible. The hermits gathered gathered around Xisuma and would protect him from any harm while he was working on the server. The Listeners were going to protect everything/everyone on the server.

~break for the camera man 1 hour~

The battle was in it's fullest; many blocks were destroyed, some injured and luckily no deaths (other than Watcher). The listeners were starting to get a little bit tiered and X was a panting mess. He used his admin powers and let a few more admins for help.

Joe and Grian were no where to be found.

The hermits were backed up to an edge of a cliff. They took a circle stand to protect the admin that was frantically trying to keep the server up and running. The amount of lag and magic was very high. They were getting pushed by the watchers. There was a sudden voice.

"HEY! OVER HERE!" Everyone turned around and gasped in surprised. Joe was standing there, grinning madly. The had Grian in a choke hold and had a knife to the head, "Move one more step and he dies." He said in a clod blooded voice. He pressed the knife into Grian's neck and some blood dripped out. HE walked towards them, Grian following like a puppy on a lead.

'why isn't he fighting back' Mumbo thought. His question was answered when they all saw that Grian's wrists were cut open. Joe stood on the edge of the cliff, emotionless face on him.

"Do you want him?" He asked the watchers looked at him, confused. Joe suddenly took the knife and slightly stabbed Grian in one of his shoulder blades. Two magnificent black and gold wings spread out. A cry of pain escaped his mouth. Everyone watched in horror as Joe took the knife back up to Grian's neck, "I repeat, do you want him?" The watcher's hands started to glow, they wouldn't cooperate and Joe new that. Joe's face quickly became angry as a blast of magic came his way Joe used Grian's magic to block it.

"Out of all people, you *cough* I expected you to be *cough cough* more loyal." Grian said, his voice was raspy and dry. Joe slapped him across the face so hard that everyone flinched.

"SPEAK WHEN SPOKEN TO!" There was now a little bit of blood coming from Grian's nose, a red mark was forming from were he was hit. The Watchers started to attack again but Joe easily stopped them by putting the knife back on Grian's neck. May were confused on why the Watchers didn't dare to attack.

"Bring me your leader!" Joe said, his smile was getting more and more crazy every second. Then, a black mist appeared. The Head Watcher stepped into light, his robes following him behind, mask over his face and a smirk of him.

"Don't have your precious Xelqua here to save you now, do you?" He said to the hermits. They were surrounded by Watchers and were forced to go down on their knees, "pass him to us." The Head Watcher threatened.

"Give me magic first." Grian's eyes widen as he understood what was going on, "or he's going down." Joe had a cold voice, though Grian read through the lines.

"Fine." The Watcher spat out. A purple glow emitted from his hand and Joe started to with a purple tint. Joe let go of Grian.

PoV: Grian

Joe let me go. My heart was racing 1000 miles p/h.

There was a sudden pain in my chest. I coughed.

Blood.

I look down and see a knife going through my chest.

I fall back.

The world slowed down as I hear the pleading yells of my family and friends.

Down, down, down.

I close my eyes. I was about 5 blocks from hitting when rage and will came flowing into me. I used all of what was left from my strength and spread my wings. Magic flowed through my wings and my eyes started to glow gold with a flame in them. My not so big 20 feet wing span wings pushed me up. I had marks on my hands that glowed golden. I flew above the cliff and dived down. I land swiftly and on my feat. The hermits looked at me in awe. I leat my aura shine to it's full extend.

I take out my bedrock sword from my secret pocket and slash at the Head Watcher. He blocked with his own obsidian sword. they clash and make an earsplitting shriek. We pull away and he sends a blast of his magic at me. I block it with ease and sending my own one. He fell to the ground but didn't die just yet. He sent many more blasts of magic and I blocked them, sending them back but three times as strong.

We duelled each other, showcasing our abilities as leaders and as fighters. I had multiple scars littering my face and he had blood dripping from his head. I look around and quickly noticing something that I could use to my advantage.

I blast the Watchers behind him and the ones that held my friends captive. My aura still shined and power was still surging through me. The fallen Watchers died right before my eyes and the mask on the their Leader was zapping him like crazy. I take the opportunity and slash my sword right through his heart.

A tag appeared in the air.

Xelqua won.

I fell to my knees.

I felt so weak at this point, I was ready to never wake up again.

But I knew that that was useless.

I felt a nudge on my hand, I look up to see Joe. The cold, emotionless face was now full of worry and concern. He helped me stand up but he was quickly pushed down by all of the hermits.

"How could you betray us like that?" Some shouted

"You only did that for some stupid magic!" The other complained. Before they could do anything else, I step in between Joe and the others.

"Grian, move." Mumbo commanded.

"First of all, don't tell me what to do. Second, can you just say thank you to Joe? He was the only one who helped in the battle! This was our plan."

"What do you mean?" Iskall asked.

"I knew that Grian was Xelqua. So, I confronted him about it when he was working on his battle skills. I pretended that I was going to turn him in so that he would have a chance of saving you guys. I did it to help him." The hermits looked confused and a little bit embarrassed.

"Though I must say that you went a little bit over board with the acting." I say.

"do you need help with the, the" He pointed at the knife.

"Oh, forgot about that thing. Yeah I do need help taking it out." Joe came up to me and grabbed the knife. As the pulled into out, an agonising pain washed over my body.

"FIDDLESTICKS! Joe! I told you to get it out carefully!" I say as I clutch my chest, breathing hard.

"G-G-Grian?" Scar asked me as he picked up my glasses thatI didn't notices that they fell. Scar passed my the glasses which were vibrating slightly.

"Hello? OH! It's you Hero! Yeah, this server is a mess, I will need your help." I say into thin air, well to everyone it seemed to be thin air but there was panels in front of me and my hands quickly started working on the code.

{Herobrine joined the game}

{Notch joined the game} Everybody paled, well except me. I notice two figures and teleport them here.

"Xel! How many times I told you not to do that! It nocks the wind out of you!" Notch said, clutching his chest.

"You look like a mess, what happened to you?" Hero asked me, to which I roll my eyes.

"You'd think that the gods of Minecraft would be up to date with what is going on but I guess you proved that wrong." I say, "The Battle of the Leaders was today."

"Oh." They simply said, "how about we do the work on the code, this place is a mess."

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So where have I been for more than two weeks?

idk.

But to compensate for my absence I am planing of doing an Au (probably a four parter)! I have planned out a few more thing that I will do but NO SPOILERS! I have also been doin' fan art of the hermits and I have only a few left to do!

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