A Careful Confession
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Location; ???

POV; Third-person

The wind howled in the eerie darkness. Dark storm clouds filled the sky, high above a stone platform that was on the edge of a cliff.

The cliff dropped down miles and miles to the ocean below that crashed upon the shore in mighty waves.

In a giant strike of purple lighting, a masked figure appears on the stone. They stand still until the purple mist dispersed, allowing clear view of the Watcher.

Prince Aiden walks forward, his cloak billowing in the wind. He reached a hand up to wipe the remnants of magic off of his cloak.

"I only have a few moments, so this better be important." Aiden says to the darkness.

In a flicker of light, two Watchers stood replacing rocks that had previously been there. They both take a few steps to approach the Watcher Prince.

"Yes your Highness, previously, you sent out the new S.O. members out into several Servers controlled by Admins."

"Correct, and what of this?"

"Well, the Admins installed a mod that slowly corrupts our code, killing us. Several of the S.O. members have already fallen."

The Prince let's out a low growl, which slowly turns into a chuckle. "Ha! Think you can beat me that easily? Tell the Admins to try again."

The two other Watchers cast a glance at each other before turning back to face Aiden.

"Send me the codes of all of the servers that killed a Watcher. I'll show the Admins death."
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Location; Hermitcraft

POV; EX (flash back)

I watched in horror as Grian's coughing got worse. I don't know what happened, he seemed fine till a few minutes ago. That's when I realized, it's the code virus.

I quickly help him to sit up, then pull out my communicator. Xisuma is the only one who can save him from this. Almost in no time, Xisuma replies back to my message for help.

Grian's life is slipping away, I don't even need magic to tell. 'Come on X, hurry up.'

Suddenly, instead of the sound of rockets signaling Xisuma's arrival, a swirl of pink magic appears. It quickly dissappears, leaving X standing there with a panic striken face.

He runs over to us, and drops to his knees infront of Grian. "What happened?!" Xisuma asks me urgently.

"Uh...long story short Grian is a Watcher and is affected by the virus." I say bluntly.

Xisuma gasps. "WHAT!? For how long!? How have I never noticed?!"

"Not now, later, right now Grian is dealing with an extremely deadly virus that's slowly corrupting his code." I say.

"Right, okay," He takes a deep breath, "Can you help him to sit up. If Grian is affected, it's probably really bad by now."

I nod my head, and place a hand on his shoulder. Xisuma lights his own hand with Admin magic and starts to heal Grian.

The soft glow of the magic along with Grians unsteady breathing and coughing is enough to make anyone nervous and anxious.

Soon, his coughing starts to stop, and his breathing regulates. My head shoots up to look at Xisuma who is repeatedly saying, "It's gonna be okay, it's over now."

Grian's form starts to slump, but I'm quick to hold him up so he doesn't fall forward. He slowly opens his eyes and looks at Xisuma.

His face is ghostly pale, I don't need to be a mind reader to know what's going through Xisuma's head at the moment. X pulls out at cloth and wipes some of the blood off of Grains face.

"It's okay, you're okay now." He says to Grian. He reaches a hand up to press the button on the side of his helmet that he uses to do a scan over a player.

Xisuma winces slightly but quickly recovers and hides whatever is going through his mind with a reassuring smile. "Your code took substantial damage, but with some rest you'll be okay." A small tear slips down his cheek, barely noticeable from beneath his visor.

"EX, can you please bring Grian back to my base? I would ask Stress if I could bring Grian there, but I don't want to reveal him as a Watcher just yet." Xisuma said to me.

I nod my head in reply, and slowly lift Grian up in my arms. I stand up and take off using my wings in the direction of Xisuma's base.

When we get there, Xisuma leads me to a small bedroom where he gestures for me to place Grian on a nearby bed. I do, and Xisuma covers him up with some soft blankets.

"Thank you EX." He says to me. I walk over to the door way, but turn back to watch Xisuma. He says something to Grian. Then, placing a hand on his forehead, Grian's eyes flutter for a second before they close with him into a deep sleep.

Xisuma sighs, amd walks over to me. We both exit the room and I close the door behind me. Xisuma starts to walk away, back to his monitoring room.

"Hey, wait up. Where are you going?" I ask him.

Xisuma stops and turns back to face me. "Just back to my room, that's all." He says.

"No, that's not all, you know it." I retort while crossing my arms over my chest.

Xisuma looks down at the floor, then removes his helmet and stuffs it in his inventory. He takes a hand and pinches the bridge of his nose. A single tear makes its way down his cheek as he sighs.

"If I lost him, like what happened w-with..." he takes a deep breath, "If I lost him, I don't know what I would do. I can't go through that again." Xisuma says.

I walk over and wrap my arms around my brother in a hug. No one should have gone through what he did.

"It's okay, you were able to save Grian. Just as you saved me." I say. I can feel a few tears soak into my under armor as a couple tears escape from Xisuma's face.

"What happened in the past is over now, we can't change it. We can only look forward." I tell him.

He steps back after a moment to wipe his face with his hand. "Eww gross you got buggers all on my armor, and now it's all on your hand." I say, trying to cheer him up.

This gets him to smile a little, but anything is better than nothing.

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POV; Grian, (back to present)

"Ugh, my head" I groan while sitting up in bed and pressing a hand to my forehead.

Immediately, I feel a hand on my shoulder. I open my eyes and blink a few times in the light. "Xisuma? Is that you?" I ask the blurry shape infront of me.

"Yes, it's me." He says comfortingly. "How are you feeling?"

"Not to great, but it's bearable. What happened?"

"You were corrupted by a virus that affects Watchers. Unfortunately you were hit pretty hard by it so you've been asleep for a couple days." Xisuma says.

"Oh....Wait. What!?" I ask. I throw the blankets off and swing my legs over the edge of the bed.

"Woah, easy there. You're still recovering, you'll need to take it easy for a bit yet." Xisuma says while applying pressure to my shoulder so I don't try to stand up.

In the commotion, EX walks in carrying a plate of cookies and a cup of water. He hands me the cup, but keeps the cookies for himself. Then he walks over to a wall and leans on it.

"Besides, we have things to discuss." Xisuma says as he pulls over a chair, that was in the corner of the room, and sets it infront of me.

'Oh great we're doing this now.' I grab my left arm with my right and look down. 'This conversation is going to be fun.'

"Sooo, do you want to start or can I?" Xisuma asks me.

"I'll start." I say, still not looking up. 'Here goes nothing. It was nice being in hermitcraft, time to throw it all away.'

"Okay, cool." He pauses for a breath, "So, why don't you tell us what happened from the beginning, when you first encountered the Watchers."

I wince, 'That was something I didn't want to remember, but then again, what did happen?' My eyebrows furrow as I try to focus on the memories that all seem smudged, like someone tried to erase them but with a poor quality eraser.

"I-I don't really remember..." I trail off.

"Well, what's the first bit you do remember?" EX asks me.

"I woke up surrounded by Watchers. There were Players too." I say slowly.

"Don't you mean other players, as in you're a player as well?" Xisuma asks me.

"Yeah, I guess. Sorry." I apologize.

Xisuma waves it off, and I continue my story. I told them about the Prince and the getting magic. Little did I know, I forgot to mention a certain necklace.

I spoke of the friend I'd made, only to have her be executed. When I came to the part with the mask. I saw EX visibly recoil. Then, I told about Aiden enhancing my powers.

"And that's it, I escaped with the help of Zayne and Noelani. Unfortunately they both died to Aiden." I finish.

Xisuma leans back in his chair with both of his hands behind his head. EX has been quite this entire time. Just listening and eating his cookies, which were now gone, save for a few crums.

"So, you were trained as a rank 2 Watcher. Then you were enhanced to a higher power and given more training. But you still can't control your magic?" EX asks.

"Yes" I reply to him.

"I'm sorry about your friends. That must have been hard to watch them die." Xisuma says.

I meet his eyes and nod my head once, I still haven't fully recovered. "Is that all you wanted to talk about?" I ask them after a pause. 'I'm kind getting uncomfortable here.'

"Yes, I think so. Thanks for talking with us." Xisuma says.

"I will be stopping in every once in awhile though, you may have run away and told us that you're not on the Watchers side. But you can never be to careful." EX says.

I sigh, "Understandable." I slowly stand up from my sitting position on the bed. A wave of dizziness washes over me.

"Careful!" Xisuma says to me as he quickly stands up to catch me before I fall forward.

"I said to take it easy! You need to be careful!" He says.

At first I'm shocked by Xisuma's stern tone. Then I remember how protective and worrying he can be. There's no doubt, especially after what just happened, that I'm high on his radar.

After chilling at Xisuma's base for awhile longer, I'm finally allowed back to my own base.

When I get back, it's clear some of the other Hermits were told I was under the weather for a few days because there are quite a few get well packages.

I smile, even though I'm a Watcher, Xisuma and EX both allowed me to stay. I'm so glad to be apart of this great family called Hermitcraft.

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Authors Notes; what's this!? Another chapter! I come back from my little break lol. Yup, I'm sorry, I know, I'll wait longer next time.

Anyway, things are hopefully gonna start picking up the pace now. Comment which Hermit or Hermits you want to die. /jk

Stay safe, happy, and healthy!

Word count; 1810

After editing;1951

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