Amazingness Part 2! Looking Up was the shorter of the two one-shots, so that one will finish off here. The rest of the chapters will focus on something else.

AND TROLL-O-LOLL-LO-LO-LOLL-LOL-LO-LO! WALGREENS! THINGS! STUFF!

Tis the season for the musics. Troll-lo-lo-lo-lol La-lol-lo-lo!

-"On the Shore" by Kevin Macleod

-"Enter the Maze" by Kevin Macleod

Aw, isn't this list cute?

Well, quick recap (can I start doing this now?): Grayson is ridiculously stubborn, they literally stumble onto the Magical Library, Mia is obsessed with books, and Drake finds this spellbook with a message inside. Ready? Enjoy :D

And then I realize that I've improved A LOT since I wrote this.

Let's Go On An Adventure

Greens

Drake's POV

The note was written in the Common language. The writer had obviously been rushed for time, but I understood the meaning.

"It says, "No, page 170."

"Really? That seems like a very pointless annotation, unless..." Grayson's voice trailed off.

I turned to Mia. "Well, what do you think about it?"

She took a moment before she quietly replied, "Maybe your friend took back control and wrote this. Maybe Herobrine put this spell in hopes you will just kill yourself."

That actually made sense. "You know, Mia, you might be right."

She laughed. "When am I not?"

"Drake, let me see the handwriting." Grayson's outburst was unexpected.

"Um, okay?" I passed him the book uncertainly. "Why?"

He studied it. "No, it can't be."

"What is it, Grayson?" Mia asked.

"I know this handwriting. It is the same handwriting that wrote every paycheck back in the Arctic Base. Herobrine is clever. I think He threw this little note to throw us off."

"Explain, because I do not follow your logic," Mia commented.

"We all three know that Herobrine is strong. Even if Armen took control long enough to write this, He would have simply made it vanish. It is much simpler than completely rewriting a page. Drake, trust me on this. That is Collin's handwriting. If you use page 170, who knows what can happen."

I took back the book. He was right. The handwriting did look a little off. From what I remember, his handwriting was light and fun. These pencil marks were sharp and jagged.

Before I even thought of doing anything else, I read the spell. Emerde Cana de Vesect. In other words, Demon, leave the vessel.

I did a quick flip to page 170. It was clear that Herobrine was counting on me choosing this spell, but the wording was, "Eshen ii lekeemia." Kill me now.

"Grayson you were right. It was a trick."

He laughed. "Thought so. Sorry Mia."

Mia glared at him. "Well, it could have been Armen."

"Yeah, it could've, but it wasn't."

I tried to ignore their bickering, but now we needed to talk about our other reason for coming here. "Grayson, what about that egg of yours?"

"Huh, what about it?"

"Do you want to hatch it, because the spell involves hatching it?"

"You're not serious. Why? How?"

"The author seems to have failed at explaining himself on how it works, but it just looks like the spell hatches the egg. The dragon gets rid of some sort of influence onto Armen. Herobrine takes the final blow. Armen is saved. Simple."

"Doesn't sound simple to me. I don't think Herobrine will be all for this plan. So we are supposed to magically trap Him and force Him to cooperate whether He likes it or not." Mia was skeptical; I get that.

"I've done it before. I just need another spell, that's all. Just do what I say, okay. Grayson, are you all right?"

After I had described the vague plan, he had gone a little pale. "Drake and Mia, there is something I need to tell you. I should have said something before, but I never did. The reason I took the egg was to keep the Emperor from having it."

Mia cocked an eyebrow. "Um, not that I mind or anything, but I still don't get your reasoning. Like, I thought that that part was obvious."

"The Emperor is corrupt. That egg harvests evil energy. If he got his murderous hands on it, then I don't know what could happen."

I don't really care about Grayson's reasons for having the Egg. What I care about are the consequences. "Does the Egg have the power to corrupt someone, even for a split second?"

"Yeah. That is why we need to hatch it soon. I don't know how much more of it I can take."

"Then it's official. Let's go kill a Herobrine!" Mia marched for the exit that just magically appeared out of nowhere.

We came out in a cavern. As we were walking, Mia turned to Grayson. "So, what exactly are "wall greens?"" Oh boy.

"Fine, I will teach you about Walgreens. Walgreens is a pharmacy back in our world. It would sell medicine, food, and other necessities. Now, since you really like history, I will tell you its history. It opened in 1901 in the town of Chicago, Illinois."

"What in the world is, uh, illy noy?"

"It is a state. Anyway, it was founded by Charles R. Walgreen as a small drugstore. Eventually, in 1922-"

"How long ago was this?"

"I have no idea. In 1922, they invented the malt-shake. The company opened its one-hundredth store in 1926, and in..."

I was twitching uncontrollably. Why did he have to bring up Walgreens in the first place? I can't think of any way that would make this more boring.

"In 1968, Walgreens put all of the prescriptions in child-proof bottles. The law didn't require them to do so yet. In 1981, intercoms were installed so the employees would be able to communicate without walking."

I stand corrected.

"In 2002, it became the first drugstore chain to put its prescription labels in more than one language. There were about fourteen before we went through the portal."

I stopped to hit my head repeatedly on the tunnel wall. "Will. You. Stop. Talking. About. Walgreens," I said to myself with every bang on the wall.

"Hey Drake. Come on, the way out is over here."

Thank goodness. "Yay, sunlight!"

Then it started again. "In the year of 2009, Walgreens opened its first store in Alaska. The next year, Charles Walgreen III retired, and..."

I am seriously considering knocking him out cold. Honestly, he is making me go insane.

So I was partially relieved when He attacked us. At least He shut Grayson up finally. Like I said, I was only partially relieved. Still, this was our chance to save Armen.

"Hesdiosa. Hesdiosa. Hesdiosa. Hesdiosa. Hes-"

Herobrine retaliated by shooting a huge ball of fire towards us. "Duck!" Grayson yelled.

I hesitated slightly, so when I dodged, a little fire hit my right shoulder. "AGH!"

"Drake, are you okay?!" Mia asked from where she hid behind some rocks.

"I think so. Agh, it just had to be my right arm."

I suppose I can continue the spell with my left hand, but I would be at a large risk at hitting one of my friends.

Grayson had whipped out his crossbow and tried shooting at Him, but the bolts would just bounce away like harmless pillows. Armenbrine started moving towards us slowly.

"Nothing is stopping Him!" Mia yelled as she backed away, "Drake, you have to do something."

She was right. There was something I can do, but they probably won't agree.

"Guys, I know you won't like it, but you need to get out of here. I don't want anyone getting hurt."

"What about you, Drake? I can't just leave you here," Grayson protested.

"I'll be fine, just GO!"

"But-"

"Now! Leave the Egg!"

I turned my attention on Herobrine and continued. "Hesdiosa. Hesdiosa. Hesdiosa."

He stopped moving. Now for the difficult part. I have to do this very carefully and fast or else he'll escape, and I will be dead for sure. I found the Whiff of Magic Grayson gave me when we got the map.

"Bottoms up." I drank it. My body flickered then disappeared. I don't know how much time I have before it wears off, so I need to act fast.

As I recited the spell, the egg started to glow from where Grayson left it. "Emerdecanadevesect. Emerdecanadevesect. Emerdecanadevesect."

Then the egg hatched, and I hit the ground hard. Hopefully the little baby dragon will go for Herobrine instead of me.

What if it doesn't work? What if Armen dies from this? Well, I would have failed, but He will be gone forever. This time I am confident that he would be vanquished once and for all. Hopefully.

There was a blinding flash of light, and then blackness.

"Drake. Drake. Drake." Someone was shaking my shoulder. "Drake, wake up."

It was... Armen? Is this a dream? Are we both dead? "Am I, am I dead?"

"If you were dead, would you feel this?" He punched me hard. "Or this?" Armen slapped me. "Or this?"

"Okay okay. We are not dead." Then I hugged Armen. After four years, I have finally saved him.

"Look who's finally awake." Grayson and Mia entered my line of vision. A scale-covered creature with wings sat happily on Grayson's shoulder.

"Aw, look's like it knows who its mommy is," I joked.

Grayson forced a laugh even though he was clearly not amused. "Haha. Very funny, Drake."

Armen smiled. "Man, it feels good to laugh after four years of total darkness."

I chuckled as I grabbed my bag from where it lay on the ground. Things were finally looking up.

"So Mia, should I continue informing you about Walgreens."

Okay, not entirely, but at least Armen's back.

There we go. Herobrine's gone, or is He? Maybe I'll bring Him back later on. You'll never know! *runs off like a crazy person*

I took this from my book of one-shots, so there might be a few things that are confusing. The whole thing with the corruption from the egg can be summarized in a different one-shot, "A Heart of Vengeance." Another explanation will be found in this comment chain for Episode 9, The Hunt. Or one can be found in this simple phrase: the dragon egg is to Grayson as the One Ring is to Gollum.

Please comment what you thought of this. I know that Herobrine's part of the story was very short with an abrupt ending, but that's not just what this story will be about, will it? Don't worry, all shall be explained.

To anyone in France: We stand with you.

~Lya200~