[Pearl]

I woke up to the sun shining through my window. I noticed that I was in my bed, but I didn't remember falling asleep there.

Slowly yesterday's events started coming back to me. I remember how Ozinelle had been murdered and how Quinn had reacted to her death. My spine shivered as I still faintly heard her blood curling scream cut the air.

I stumbled outside and hurried through the Boatem Village to Grian's door. I knocked, but he didn't open. I opened the door and peeked inside the house. He wasn't there. I kept searching, but found nothing.

<Pearlescentmoon> Has anyone seen Grian?
<MumboJumbo> Did you check his house? I saw him there last night.
<Pearlescentmoon> He isn't here.
<Xisuma> I'll check his coordinates.
<falsesymmetry> Are you sure he hasn't gone to another server?
<iJevin> There hasn't been a leaving message after he came back with Pearl last night.
<impulseSV> I'll check if I can find him somewhere nearby.
<Keralis1> Same!
<Xisuma> I can't find his coordinates.
<Xisuma> I'm going to call Biffa here.
<ZombieCleo> Oh no..
<ZombieCleo> X never invites Biffa unless it's an emergency.
Biffa2001 joined the game
<Biffa2001> What's the issue?
<Xisuma> Grian has disappeared.
<Pixlriffs> Sorry, but we too invited backup.
<ZloyXP> You better not call the Players Protection Agency because that would affect you too!
<Xisuma> We won't do that!
<Docm77> What does your backup mean?
<GoodTimeWithScar> Please don't tell me you invited The Council.
<Zedaph> Are we gonna be in trouble?
ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲᔑ╎リᔑ↸ᒲ╎リʖꖎᔑꖌᒷ has joined the game
<PrenethMalum> Good job covering up my login...
<Pixlriffs> Hold on a second-
ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲᔑ╎リᔑ↸ᒲ╎リʖꖎᔑꖌᒷ has left the game
<PrenethMalum> Now I'm just stuck inside the barrier!
PrenethMalum has joined the game
<PrenethMalum> Thank you.
<Welsknight> Are you from The Council..?
<Renthedog> This ain't good...
<Xisuma> I trust them. Don't worry.
<Pearlescentmoon> Do you know how to find Grian?
<PrenethMalum> I can't exactly promise anything, but I'll try to help.
<Tango> Do you know where he could be?
<PrenethMalum> I'm just a Main Admin. If you wanted someone to track him down, you should have called a Main Watcher.
<PrenethMalum> But I can still at least try to do something.
<Pixlriffs> Getting a Main Watcher is kinda impossible on the moment.
<Pixlriffs> You were the only one we were able to find.

    I raised my glare from the communicator and looked at the Rookie Watcher, who had appeared before me.

"We literally have a Main Watcher here," I pointed out. Pixlriffs shook his head sadly, "Sad to say, but  ̇/ᒷリ is basically useless without his vision. We haven't even told him about the whole situation, even if he probably can already feel it."

<Xisuma> Let's make groups and go look for Grian while our backup tries to do something to help.
<Etho> I suggest 4 people teams.
<GeminiTay> Who's gonna choose the teams?
<Biffa2001> I have already made random teams using the player list.
<Biffa2001> BdoubleO100, cubfan135, Docm77, Etho.
<Biffa2001> falsesymmetry, GeminiTay, hypnotizd, impulseSV.
<Biffa2001> iskall85, iJevin, joehillssays, Keralis1.
<Biffa2001> MumboJumbo, Pearlescentmoon, Renthedog, GoodTimeWithScar.
<Biffa2001> Stressmonster101, Tango, Tinfoilchef, VintageBeef.
<Biffa2001> Welsknight, xBCrafted, ZombieCleo, Zedaph.
<Biffa2001> Me, Xisuma, Pixlriffs, ZloyXP.
<PrenethMalum> I suggest searching the whole world because he could be also glitching somewhere.
<PrenethMalum> I'm also trying to figure out a way to connect a Main Watcher, but I still can't promise that I can help you.

          I looked at Pixlriffs again. "Do you think ʖꖎᔑꖌᒷ can find Grian?" I asked.

"I don't want to alarm you, but we both already know that his code is completely glitched... I know you can feel it too," He whispered. It was true. With my Watcher powers I was able to track down his code, but it was completely broken.

"Should we at least try to tell Taurtis..? They're really close after all.. And Techno too," I suggested. I knew how much Taurtis and Techno meant to Grian.

"Do you know how to contact them without getting caught by the PPA?" Pixlriffs asked. I nodded, "Non of us are actually listed as members, we can freely send messages back and forth without having to worry."

"Alright, do it fast. We have to get to our teams," Pixlriffs said before disappearing from the house.

I quickly pulled out my communicator and began scrolling through the contacts.

¬Taurtis¬

Quinn
(10.13) Bad news... Grian has
disappeared...

Taurtis
What?! (10.13)
Explain! (10.14)

Quinn
(10.14) He is nowhere to be found
and his code is corrupted....

Taurtis
I see... (10.15)
I'll call Techno and we see what
we can do.. (10.15)

          I bit my lip and put my communicator away. Someone had opened the door behind me. I didn't even have to look back to know it was Scar, I was able to feel his aura with my Watcher powers.

"Pearl? How are you feeling?" Scar asked carefully. No one really knew mine and Grian's past or relationship, but they knew we were really close.

I turned to face him and Ren and Mumbo, who were behind him, "I'm fine.. We should start looking for Grian," I mumbled.

"Yeah, let's go," Mumbo nodded.

I was about to follow them when I remembered his mentor. It would be a risk, but I had to take it.

"Can you wait for a second? I try to contact someone and ask if they have any idea," I spoke and pulled out my communicator as they agreed.

¬Mindstorm¬

Quinn
(10.23) Do you know where Grian is?

! WARNING !
! THIS COMMUNICATOR ISN'T CONNECTED !

          I hesitated. What did that mean?

¬Zanax¬

Quinn
(10.25) Do you know what happened
to Shen?

          I put my communicator away as Zanax didn't answer immediately, "I didn't get an answer yet.. We can start searching," I explained.

"Alright," Ren nodded. "Where do we start from?" He tilted his head.

[No one]

           "What do you mean you don't know where he is?!" Xenex exclaimed and tried to look at ZloyXP.

"We don't know what happened. He just disappeared and his code is corrupted," Zloy explained hesitatedly while rubbing the back of his neck.

"Can't you track him down?" Xenex snapped. He was really worried about his brother.

"His code is too badly corrupted. It's impossible to read if you aren't a Main Watcher or a Watcher and an admin," Zloy reminded him. "And we can't find any of our Main Watchers.." He added hesitatedly.

"This is an emergency! You should contact someone! It doesn't matter if the PPA finds out, we'll just hide then! But we have to find him!" Xenex exclaimed.

"But it isn't so simple! We can't just straight up reveal our locations to them! They'll kill us if they catch us!" Zloy resisted. He was worried about Xelqua too, but they couldn't just give up everything just to get someone to help them to get him back.

"What if Xel's in danger and really needs help?" Xenex snapped at him. "We can't just leave him to suffer alone!" He exclaimed.

"We can't do anything about it right now! It's hard to admit, but all we can do is try and search for him!" Zloy snapped back, drawing Xenex finally quiet.

"Just stay here... I'll go help them.." Zloy mumbled. He was starting to feel bad for snapping at him.

"Alright..." Xenex mumbled.

[Pearl]

           After hours of searching we had to return back to the Boatem Village to take a small break.

We hadn't found anything and it was really frustrating. Me, Mumbo, Scar and Ren were in Grian's house. There wasn't a single clue. It was like he had just disappeared out of existence.

"What're we gonna do?" Scar asked, finally breaking the terrifying silence between us. We all turned to look at him.

"We can't just give up. We have to take a short break and then continue searching!" Mumbo spoke. He was clearly worried sick over his missing friend.

"I agree with Mumbo, we cannot give up," Ren nodded. I was about to add something when my communicator started buzzing in my pocket.

Everyone turned to look at me as I pulled it out with kinda high hopes. The caller was Zanax. No who I had expected, but at least she could maybe have some information.

"I'll go answered this quickly. She might have some answers, but I can't promise anything," I informed and nodded towards my communicator before standing up and hurrying upstairs to answer the call.

"Took you long enough," A familiar, honey-like, but poisonous and kinda hard-to-read-toned voice sang elegantly as I answered the call.

"Hey Zanax. Do you know anything about Grian?" I asked immediately. "Or Sherenidy?" I added since I was 100% sure that Sherenidy knew something about the situation.

"I have a theory about Xelqua, but I can't say it before I find out if something is true. My theory includes something I can't blame someone from without proof and I need proof to that," Zanax explained in her mysterious tone. "But I do know where Sherenidy is. You see, she's dead on the moment," She hummed.

"What do you mean.?" I asked. I didn't know if my question was to the first part or the second part.

"Well, I can't really explain my theory about Xelqua. But I can explain Sherenidy. They went back to the Afterlife and I don't know if she's coming back. He doesn't really belong to this world, so it would be logical if it didn't return," Zanax explained, "But to confirm my theory, I have to ask her something. If I can ask her one question, I might know exactly what happened to him," She continued.

"Why can't you be so sure if you don't get the answer from her?" I asked. I had no idea what was going on.

"Because my theory involves blaming Xelqua for a pretty fucking bad crime and I'm not going to do it without making sure that has actually happened," Zanax lowered her voice as she spoke. It made my back shiver. What had Grian done?

"Can you at least tell me what crime are you blaming him from..?" I asked quietly. The silence between us was terrifying.

"Making a deal with a Fallen"

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(I made a small mistake! Pearl doesn't have her own communicator, which is why she has Quinn's communicator! I originally wrote Pearl instead of Quinn :D)

(IT'S GRIAN'S BIRTHDAY! 9.8. I didn't have time to draw him because school's starting tomorrow, but I found a picture of my phone case, which I drew when I started watching Evo. It has Hermitcraft Grian and Watcher Grian.)

(Then here's 5 facts about TEW-series Grian!:

1. He joined The Council with Xenex in 2017 after they had been saved from the Void where the Watchers had thrown them.

2. He has an older sister, Ethel, and Ethel had twins, Clementine and Tommy. Grian has always known about Ethel, but hadn't really ever met her before The Council got her to help them. He also knew about Tommy and Clementine. Tommy knew about Grian too, but never mentioned anything in the public.

3. Grian was born as a Watcher, but his powers activated when they took him from Evo.

4. Taurtis and Techno are his childhood friends and they were always like brothers.

5. Grian used to have a crush on Sam and Taurtis in high school, but fell out of love after Sam snapped. He also dated Ellen in high school and it's canon in this story.)

(Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRIAN!)