"W-What?!" I didn't know how to respond, I didn't even know that was possible. Notch stealing powers? How was that possible? And Herobrine...I relied on his powers to keep me safe throughout this journey, how was suppose to act now?

He put his hands up to cover his face, trying to cover his reaction from me. But I could tell he wasn't doing good. His body shook a bit even though he tried to hide it, it was painfully obvious. He groaned it a bit here and there like he was in pain.

"Are...You going to be ok?" I asked him, slightly afraid of what his reaction might be. He didn't respond, he did his best to show no reaction to what was happening to his body."Herobrine!" I yelled at him. I needed an answer.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT? I'm tired of this shit. Running around in circles. Fighting for no apparent reason. I wanted the amulets to protect myself, to keep myself hidden from everyone else in the world, if I was the first one to grab them, then no one could hurt me..." He dug his hands deeper into his face.

"W-what? What do you mean? I thought you wanted them to hurt people, or to defeat Notch.."

He laughed sadly, like he knew I was going to say that. "You really are like everyone else, afraid of me. Think im pure evil..." He lifted his hands to look at me straight in the eye, which he's never done before "That's what I expected when Notch told everything about me. Those filthy lies. Everything i'm doing, everything i've worked for. Was self defense. That night you snuck into my room and saw my plans, I knew you'd think I was trying to kill Notch, your wrong. Im DEFENDING myself from Notch the best I can. I attacked the ones who want to hurt me before they attacked me first.I've been watching you since you left your house in the woods, watching to make sure you didn't have any plans to kill me. But, you didn't. That was one of the first times i've seen someone who had better plans for their life.The way you stood up to bullies and how you defended yourself, was...smart. I could never say that for anyone else. I..I wanted your help, I needed your inspiration to protect myself from Notch.Because before that very night, I was going to leave this earth."

My heart stopped for a brief moment, and I wasn't able to respond to this. His abrupt change of emotions startled me. It was hard to think that he actually had feelings. That he was so upset about everything in the world that he would...leave it.

"That's why you're here, this is your life is hell right now. There's...Nothing I can do now. Without my powers i'm useless. If I get spotted by anyone I will have no self defence. If Notch has more power then he ever possessed in the begging, he's probably looking for me now. If i'm going to die either way, you probably should get out of here before comes.I don't even know why I brought your here,I don't need you..I just- " He stopped and looked at the floor again.

"W-what are you saying?" I asked, my body getting hot by his sudden change of attitude.

"Im saying leave. Get the hell out of here. He's coming for me and if you get caught in it your going to die as well."

What?No, I couldn't. Could I? Should I leave? Is that really what I want?This whole time i've wanted to go home, to make sure if my family was safe. It was torture to be by his side during this fight. But... we were already in to deep, could I really turn back now?

"I-I" I stuttered. Not knowing what to say at this moment. It was all coming together in a heartbreaking moment. It was hard to process what he said that moment.End it? Did he really mean it that way? Why does he want me to leave?Does he think i'm not strong enough to come along with him?

"What are you waiting for? Run along.Im sure you'd love to see your mother and father," he said in a quiet tone.

He wasn't wrong, it felt like I haven't seen them in years. But... How could u turn back now? We've gone so far how could I just give up?I know it wasn't my choice to come here but, I feel like it's something I need to accomplish.

"Hero... I-I cant! Notch is out there and we need to stop him, I-I can't just leave you here to die." I said, and or some odd reason I started balling. I had no idea why I wasn't even sad, I was more scared than anything. But I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my face.

"You don't want to die with me,"he said as he slowly lifted his head and stared at me for the first time. He's looked at me before sure, but into my eyes was a different story. His once bright and beautiful eyes were now faded into a sad grayish color, his skin was pale and he looked weak. I was filled with so many emotions as the tears continued to stream down my face. I didn't know what to do. Should I leave should I stay?I was honestly scared to stay here and possibly be killed and tortured by Notch, But I was also scared he would die. I was sad I was far from home and I missed my parents. It was sad to see Hero weak and afraid like I was. We were more similar than we thought.

With all these emotions strangling my brain I didn't know what to do. But what happened next is something I thought I would never do. It was the unthinkable, no one saw it coming.

I slowly walked up to him and squeezed his body as hard as I could. I needed comfort and if he pushed me away that was ok, I was going to try anyway. I cried tears down the back of his shirt, making sure I didn't touch any of his wounds in the process. His body warmth relaxed me and I felt way more comfortable.I felt safe. When in a tear jerking situation I'd always had my parents to squeeze onto, but he was the only comfort I had at the moment.I felt embarrassed and immediately regretted my action after a moment of thinking about it. So I waited for him to push me away so I could untangle my grip off him. But nothing happend.

To my surprise, he didn't move. He didn't hug me back...But he didn't push away.

I guess he needed comfort too..