(T/W for blood)

POV: Grian

Location: His house

I looked up as my phone suddenly dinged. I grabbed it and read the notification just as a thud sounded from the front of the house. The notification was from Twitter. It stated that a zombie virus had suddenly spread in the vicinity. Dread filled my gut as I stood from my desk and headed to the front door to glance outside. Sure enough, there was a zombie banging on the door.

My phone dinged again, showing a message from Mumbo. I tapped on it and immediately knew what he was talking about.

Mumbo: Grian

Mumbo: we need to group together

I quickly typed a response as I returned to my desk.

Grian: i know

Grian: is there anyone else in the area?

Mumbo: False and Xisuma are but I don't know if anyone else is

Grian: you message False. I'll message Xisuma

Mumbo: alright

I quickly went to my DMs with Xisuma and typed in a message.

Grian: X?

Xisuma: hey Grian...

Grian: you doing okay?

Xisuma: yeah

Xisuma: you?

Grian: there's a zombie at my door but i don't think it'll get inside

Xisuma: okay

Xisuma: we need to meet up

Xisuma: there's safety in numbers

Grian: okay

Grian: where should we meet?

Xisuma: Mumbo and False are coming too, right? I think your house is the best choice

Grian: okay

Grian: good luck getting here

Xisuma: thanks

Xisuma: see you soon

Grian: bye

I let out a sigh and lowered my phone for a second to rub the bridge of my nose, my eyes tight shut. I straightened my glasses, pulled my phone back up, and texted Mumbo that Xisuma said that we should meet up at my house. He responded with an "ok" and I put my phone in my pocket.

I turned to my computer and opened up Twitter. I had to mention something to the world. I typed in a Tweet and sent it out.

Grian: Hey Twitter... I'm afraid to say that the sudden outbreak of zombies has affected me along with Mumbo, Xisuma, False, and many other YouTubers as well. Just know that we'll try to stay as safe as possible and that we hope those of you who are stuck will be safe too. I'll try to keep you posted but I don't know if everywhere I stay will have internet and eventually, my data will run out. Stay safe everyone <3

Once it was posted, I headed to my kitchen and began to search for supplies that would help me.

By the time I heard a car drive up, I had grabbed quite a few supplies and stuffed them into a backpack I had lying around.

I set the backpack down onto the counter and walked over to the front door, a frying pan in hand. I opened it and swung the pan at the head of the zombie waiting outside. It crumpled to the ground and I kicked it away.

I turned my attention to the car that had arrived and saw a sort of tall man getting out with a gas mask on over his head. He turned and waved at me slightly. I smiled slightly and waved back. I could tell this was Xisuma.

As X came up to pass me and go into the house, another car came driving up and the very tall Mumbo got out. Soon, False arrived too and we all locked ourselves inside my house.

I followed everyone inside with my frying pan in hand to see X heading toward the couch.

The front door locked and secure, I walked over to the tv and switched it on. "Help yourself," I said to the others, gesturing to the couch.

Xisuma sat down first and leaned over as I switched on the news. "We need to find out who else is trapped in the outbreak," he said. I found it kind of weird to actually hear his voice coming from somewhere other than my headphones. However, it was even weirder because I couldn't see him speaking. I didn't mind though.

"Yeah," I agreed, snapping myself out of my thoughts.

"I'll do that," Mumbo offered, already pulling out his phone after sitting down beside X.

False set a surprisingly full backpack down beside mine and sat down by Mumbo, her expression grim.

As I looked over my friends, I just felt more worried. Their spirits already seemed to be down and we only just got stuck in this mess.

"Guys," I said, getting their attention. I smiled slightly. "We may just be a bunch of Minecraft addicts but I think we can get through this apocalypse," I said. They cracked a smile at what I said so I decided to keep going. "We just have to keep our heads and pay attention to what we're doing," I said.

The three of them agreed but we fell silent and turned our attention to the tv when something important was said. "It has been confirmed that an antidote to the virus has been released but its whereabouts are unknown. It is uncertain who exactly made the antidote and released it to the public." I let out a quiet relieved sigh at the fact that there was an antidote but didn't say anything.

Once the news switched to the weather or something, I turned off the tv. I turned back to the others to see Mumbo still on his phone, False hugging herself a bit, and Xisuma leaning on the arm of the couch.

I let out a quiet sigh before an idea came to mind. "Guys, we need to let our viewers know we won't be uploading during the apocalypse," I said.

Xisuma sat up straighter. "D'you think it would be funny if we were all recording with our phones and we recorded each other recording?" he said, making me confused.

I smiled at his comment anyway and replied, "It probably would be funny but a bit unnecessary right now. We can all be recording but only one of us explains everything."

"I vote Grian," Mumbo piped up, an amused smile on his face.

"I vote Mumbo," I responded with a small laugh.

"I was going to say Xisuma..." False said hesitantly.

"I wasn't going to vote for anyone," Xisuma said.

"Okay, X, maybe you should do it because you're the admin of Hermitcraft," I said.

"Cool," Xisuma said. "You know, this," he paused to gesture at his covered face, "Is the closest thing they've gotten to a face reveal and I'm not changing that."

We chuckled at his comment then got everything ready to record. I squeezed onto the couch beside Xisuma and we began to record.

"Hey guys," Xisuma said to his camera. "Uhm, currently I'm stuck in Grian's house with him, Mumbo, and False," he said, pointing his camera at me and then the others.

I decided to speak up; "We're okay and we'll be doing our best to stay safe so you guys don't have to worry about us." X made sure to point his camera at me while I was speaking.

"And before you guys think it isn't us, it is," Mumbo randomly mentioned.

"Yeah, but we're okay," False said.

Xisuma continued, "So yeah, those of you who are trapped too, stay safe and stay strong. We won't be recording Hermitcraft or any videos while this apocalypse is going on so feel free to watch the Hermits that aren't trapped. I suspect the ones who are in the infected area will post a video saying they are."

"Stay safe everyone," I said.

"Stay safe," Mumbo echoed.

"Stay safe," False echoed.

"Bye guys," Xisuma said.

 We stopped our recordings and separately went to upload them. I headed to my room to do it while the others just spread throughout the main part of the house to do it.

Once my video was up, I let out a sigh and just leaned back in my chair. I began to wonder how we would do this before realizing I should charge my phone in case we had to leave. I plugged it in and just sat there, doing nothing. I placed my elbows on my desk and rested my head in my hands. I knew we could make it out but I just didn't know how we could make it out.

A voice sounded from the direction of the door, "Hey." I looked up to see Mumbo standing in the doorway.

"Hey," I responded.

"How're you doing?" he asked, coming further into the room.

I let out a sigh. "I know we can make it through. But, I don't know how," I confessed.

He kneeled beside me and said, "We'll figure it out."

I smiled slightly at him and nodded.

"Come on," he said, standing and towering over me again. "We should plan things out with the others."

"Okay," I replied, standing up.

As we entered the main part of the house, a thud sounded on the front door. Our attention snapped to it to see zombies on the other side, attempting to break through. I winced as one punched straight through the window beside the door, shattering the glass and reaching through.

Xisuma stood and ran to my kitchen in search of something. Moments later, he headed to the zombie, a meat knife in hand. He stabbed it into the zombie's arm, blood spurting out and getting on him. The zombie retracted its arm and just growled at him. Xisuma stepped back and glanced back at the rest of us.

"There are more zombies," he said. "I think using our phones attract them," he concluded.

"Well, I guess we'd better protect ourselves," I responded, grabbing my frying pan.

Mumbo and False followed and got some weapons before joining me and Xisuma by the door.

By the end of it, we were covered in blood. However, it wasn't ours.

(1623 or so words)

(I'm kind of more motivated to write this book over The Fall Into Darkness but I'll try to get the next chapter of that out within the next few days)

(Feel free to comment your theories and stuff as you get them; I love to read your ideas ^^)

(Hope you enjoyed, make sure to vote, bye~!)

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