(At the beginning of the first book I said there were 15 tiers of admins but I'm changing it to ten. they are referred as their tier number in Spanish it goes: admin number then last name)

After the events of defeating Zander as well as Etho and Grian fixing things, celebrations were in order. Everyone was invited, every species, every hybrid, ever player was invited unless they were on the danger list. The danger list was anyone considered a danger to anyone or anything.

Thankfully it was pretty much anyone who was already in prison or on parole who for the night would stay in an enchanted hotel. Yeah it's a glorified one night prison but they needed to keep track of them.

All admins were suggested (not required) to wear they're admin rank colors. (I'm leaving the descriptions somewhat vague so you can imagine what you like.)

The council was required to wear their council pin that would be pinned to their suit or dress in False's case.

They took Skylar and Xanthus off the danger list as they had both proven themselves trustworthy. What better judge than both primes who had no problem banning them if deemed necessary and the entire council. There was no longer any official that would tell them otherwise.

X had changed his outfit for a white suit with gold accents. He switched his helmet to an industrial gold (Yes actual gold) gas mask looking thing. (it doesn't have clunky air filters though).

Bella was in a floor length dress that was fitted around the torso but was straight and loose hips down. It was gold beaded waist down. Her hair was in a bun with gold flakes Sky insisted he had. She claimed 'no one will have anything like it'.

Skylar was in a black floor length with red accents with Xanthus matching. Skylar had allowed Bella to decorate her braid with tiny red roses.

Etho was in a silver suit, a silky mask. He had his pin on his lapel, as well as a gold handkerchief to match Bella.

Grian was in a white and red suit while Mumbo matched him both with their pins. It was very obvious they went together.

(Trying to make these descriptions short but still want to include them. Just listing the rest of the council plus George as he's Dream's date.)

Iskall was in a bold forest green with his pin. Stress was matching him with a forest green knee length A frame.

False was donned in a simple floor length navy blue dress that had a slight train that swished when she turned. Underneath the dress she had a pair of shorts claiming you never know what's going to happen. Her pin was resting on her breast. (be mature guys)

Scar was in a black suit with a tan tie and and handkerchief with his pin on the tie.

Though his boyfriend cub was going with him they were not matching as cub had an orange tie and accents.

Bdubs was wearing an emerald green suit, though Iskall nearly had a fit about it. He had a black tie with his pin on it. Doc was matching all but the pin of course.

--In the DSMP --

Dream was wearing all black since he knew Iskall and Bdubs were wearing green but his lapels were forest green with his pin on the left lapel. George was similar but his lapels were ocean blue. Dream also had his Mask while George left his goggles on his head. Tommy said he looked silly but George waved him off.

Techno was wearing a red and black suit hoping not to get mixed up with Grian and Mumbo. HIs pin was also on his lapel. He had his pig mask and crown. He, like False also didn't have a date.

---Where ever Jeracraft lives----

Jeracraft was wearing a simple black and white suit insisting it looked proper especially now he was the elder council member. His pin was on his tie like most of the council members. His wife had rolled her eyes but matched him with a simple black cocktail dress.

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Anyone who wasn't an admin could wear any color that wasn't associated with admins. It mostly meant varying shades of grey, white, red, and purple. You were allowed to wear admin colored but you were likely to get mixed up with them. 

Council members could wear any color since they had their pin making it impossible to get them mixed up with another group. The primes were wearing gold so they stood out really well.

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The actual event was an old colosseum that was magically restored a few years ago.

A stage sat on one end opposite of the main entrance. You could go through the side as well but it was set as emergency exits just in case.

The Gala would start at 6 and run till 9 with dinner as well. Both primes as well as Etho and Grian would make a speech during the dinner at 7 and then mingle 8:30 to 9. Then the party would end and get magically cleaned up by tier 4s. Bella smiled at the event space, there were four floors of tables magically placed on transparent silver floors with transparent silver stairs made of magic. Food would be magically carried to each person due to the magic of tier dos.

The floor above the first floor was the First Class seating. These were people who got a special invitation, these were DSMP members, Hermitcraft, Members, and other high ranking private servers. These servers were put on a special list organised by tier twos and approved by the Primes. These were also family and friends of the council besides the person they went with.

6-7 ways to get everyone settled and mingling. Everyone was everyone for themselves though the first layer of seating was reserved. The council was in the front three tables. The Primes were seated with them at their request. Then behind them it was tier dos that would eventually end with tier Diez. The other three layers were deemed not enough so three more layers were added. And they had movie theatre size screens and speakers so everyone could comfortably see the stage as not everyone could look down. Bathrooms were accessible just outside the main doors. Ex and Sky were sitting with Bella and X upon Bella and X's request.

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Bella's speech was first. Then X then Grian and lastly Etho.

(I'm going to get right into the speeches.)

Bella smiled at the large crowd. Though she didn't show it this was terrifying.

"So uh, contrary to popular belief I'm not great with speeches," They all chuckled and she felt a little better.

"But here I am putting on a brave face so hopefully I don't trip and fall down the stairs afterward. But you weren't here to listen to me babble about how nervous I am. I'm going to start with the beginning because Goddess knows this was a long path to get here. Don't worry I won't make it too long,"

"So not many know I broke a lot of rules about ten years ago. Well now you do, yeah I broke as many as possible. I gave the previous Primes a lot of grief, at least Xisuma was an angel." I smirked as people laughed.

"Well breaking rules was how I met Zander. What a surprise right?" I laugh at my own jokes, it's the only way I was getting through this. "So I might have been doing stupid things and at the end of those stupid things I met Zander. So yes the beginning of me knowing him was doing bad things and the end is doing worse things.

I guess I should've known he was bad news from the start right?"

I let the crowd laugh again. As I smile brightly at them.

"Flash forward 9 years and he kidnaps me, yeah that's real fun. Obviously something changed majorly... mostly the fact that he wanted to take down Xisuma and myself." I chuckle though it wasn't as reciprocated as the other jokes. It was mostly just Hermitcrafters.

"Enough jokes, without the idea of freedom and liberty there would have been nothing for us to fight for. I have to thank all of you for that you all are behind our reason to fight every day. If it wasn't for you I don't think I would have gotten where I am today. I know for sure that every single admin shares my passion to protect all of you. I don't need special powers for that, they just strengthen those feelings."

(Side note: I'm writing this in class and this guy in front of me literally drops his phone on the floor and then looks at it and says did it crack? Like what did you think would happen when you dropped it on purpose?!)

"I have to thank all admins that work to keep all of us safe as well as keep Minecraft running in ways that both Xisuma and I can't. Notch knows how much a mess this world would be without all the help with them. Finally I have to thank Notch, Aurora and all the deities because without them there would be nothing for us to protect. So thank you for giving us something to live and fight for,"

I then waved and calmly walked off the stage.

X glared at me playfully before taking the stage himself.

"Well now how am I supposed to top that?" He opens. A wave of laughter rolls over the crowd. "But everything she said was true, without all of you we wouldn't have a reason to be standing here thanking all of you guys. But I'm not here to restate her speech, am I?"

​​Another wave of laughter later and X smiles under his mask and it reaches his eyes.

"But what I should say is the other half from all of this. Yes none of us would be here without you all but we don't talk about them. We wouldn't be who we are without the hardships we've gone through. So here I am standing on this stage thanking the watchers for forming us into the people we are today. Without them who would I be? Who would I be as a person, sure I get to sit up here on an invisible mountain but having something that would topple it is something special. So I have to thank the evils of the world, not just the Watchers for giving us a reason to do what we do.

Yes what they did was awful but it shapes us into the people we are today."

With that Xisuma walked off the stage while we gave him a loud round of applause.

Now in between the speeches we would be served dinner and in the last 30 minutes of dinner Grian and Etho would give theirs.

Everyone had ordered their course the week before so all that had to be done was get the food delivered.

Grian smirks as X sits down "Well how is my speech supposed to compare?"

"Ah you'll be fine," I tell him as my food lands at my seat in front of me.

"Either way you won't make a fool of yourself," Jera adds.

Etho raises an eyebrow. He, X, Ex, and Dream were not eating so they didn't have to lower their masks. They ate before the event. "You sure?"

Scooping a spoonful of soup I nod. "Absolutely, If I didn't you'll be fine,"

"But you're you," Sky says from across the table. The rest of the Hermits were on the floor above us in the front row.

"And you're you, your point?" I scoff. Sky just rolls her eyes. I just rolled my eyes back.

"You're amazing that's her point," False reasons making others nod in agreement.

"Well thanks guys but everything I said about being nervous was true,"

Mumbo shrugs "Well sure that's natural,"

I roll my eyes and we drop the subject.

Dream later speaks up "You two are so similar,"

I don't know who he's talking about. "Who?"

"You and Skylar," He clarifies.

Skylar laughs "Uh, yeah no."

"I see it," Techno adds.

But they were cut off because Grian was taking the stage.

"So It's my turn I suppose, I guess I should start with the fact that Zander is my brother. I know right, what a shock! Yeah, that's right I may or may not be related to our biggest enemy, that's how siblings work. Growing up I was the older brother, the one he always looked up to. So yes growing up I was heir to the throne. Clearly I didn't take it since I'm standing here this evening," Grian sighs before continuing on.

"To find out his motives as an older brother... was disappointing to say the least. We want the best for the people we care about so in the end it was very disappointing to see what he did with his life. I would also be lying though if I said I didn't foresee it. It pains me to admit he's not who I remember, the little kid trying to follow my footsteps. To put an end on what he did was one of the saddest moments I'll live, I have to look back and remember I was part of his end.

But with all the sad parts there is the light, the watchers are gone and taken care of. We can live the lives we dreamed of. We can create a brighter tomorrow without the idea of impending doom. We can and will write out future," And with that he left the stage with thunderous applause.

"You killed it," Dream says with everyone nodding.

"And now I have to top all of those," Etho chuckles before taking the stage.

"I'm pretty sure none of us really prepared," Etho begins like a natural. Of course a laugh rolls over the crowd. "If you don't know I am one of the 10 council members, one of the brains behind all of this. Just kidding, our admins work harder than any I have ever met. They just leave the crazy stuff to us. Again just kidding, though where the lie. I think everything was needs to be said has been said. We've reflected on the past, on ourselves and the future. I think the only thing we can look at is all of us together and how we get to move forward into a new future.

As we sit here tonight we celebrate the fall of something evil, something so corrupt we had to call on the superhuman. But I think all of us had the heart to do what needed to be done. At the end of the day all we were doing was fighting for what we believe in. We fought for those we love, we fought for each other, we fought for tomorrow. Those statements can be very literal in our case. For those who weren't blessed with otherworldly powers that looks a little more metaphorical than literal. Maybe that's making sure you kept a promise. Maybe it's standing up for the little guy. It could also be confronting our own fears.

But we look at ourselves and maybe we aren't so different from the superhuman. We hold the same values, protect, love, serve. In the end if we aren't so different what holds us back from doing the right thing? What hold us for fighting for family, friends, lovers, or just the people around us. I don't think there's anything that can really hold us back except ourselves. As long as we believe in us we can move into a better future. I leave you all with one thing, what is tomorrow?"

It was quiet for a moment as everything he said sank in. Then the thunderous applause that turned into a standing ovation.

It wasn't a long walk back to our table so as soon as he got back everyone was telling him how well he did. I was the first of course. "That was outstanding,"

"Yeah?"

"And he still doubts himself," I laugh to Grian who shakes his head.

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I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see my parents. "What can I do for you?"

My mother acts like our last encounter never happened. "I just wanted to come see you, we haven't seen each other in a yeah. I would appreciate if you would talk to us,"

"And I would appreciate it if you would please leave.

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I just wanted to leave us with potential with the parents.