Chapter Warnings:

o h yall! ive added small-ish fangs to Vipers design cause sNeK, but if for some reason she were to bite someone without being shifted it wouldnt cause them to become a shifter uwu. so yeah. that exists now. 

a l s o- i hate  this chapter but i mean ive written it 5 times now im not doing it again.

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Third Person POV:

You could chill every once and a while, ya know?

Why do you say that?

If you wanted to watch a show you could have gone and watched a movie instead of making me look all idiotic.

Not my problem.

Your such a pain.

No, im not. You are. 

Viper, now walking through the Nether, the floating black shape of Allister at her side, shrugged. Xisuma and Scar hadn't followed them out, instead staying behind to help Bdubs and Grian. 

Dont you get lonely? Just doing this all day.

I have friends. 

Really? Thats new.

Im not rude to everyone, you know. 

Fair enough. 

So the two kept moving. Allister, having been scoping the realm of HermitCraft at nights, seemed to have a sense of where they were going. 

Until they heard rockets. 

And a shout. 

British. Was it Xisuma? Grian? 

So they made a break for the nearest portal, Allister running on then bedrock just beside the snake-shifter. 

Ducking into the swirls of purple, they were able to see Xisuma land on the ground just feet ahead of them as they warped into the overworld. 

Having no time, and being in an almost panicked state, Allister had the bright idea to camp out on top of the portal. But, with their luck, there really wasnt a top of the portal. It was part of the wall. So they just warped back into the Nether. If they were lucky enough, they would warp back at the same time X entered the small base. 

They were lucky this time. Just as Xisuma warped from the Nether into the base, they warped from the base to the Nether. 

They made a break for it. The two running as fast as they could across the bedrock. No words or thoughts passed between the two. Only running. 

Xisuma shooting off with his rockets caught up to them with ease. He landed right in front of Viper, feet away, catching her off guard. 

"PIVOT!" She screeched, much to X's surprised, leaving him stunned and confused and her laughing. But she just turned and sprinted harder. 

X was low on rockets, so decided to sprint after her. She ducked into a shimmering portal, and X could have sworn he saw a dark figure for a split second. Allister, thinking they could trick the admin, had Viper stop in the portal, pretending she had gone through, but turned and ran moments before they had warped into the overworld. 

Xisuma just ran through the portal, gaining on the shifter. She ducked through a portal, and now the two realized the had run in a circle. Allister brought them back to Scar's village. 

No matter how fast Xisuma could run, Viper would be faster. X was slowly gaining on her, the two now racing through Scars village. Clover, Frost, and Jellie were sitting up on one of the houses roof's, watching the scene play out. 

Eventually, Viper did trip up. She lost her footing, tripping over her shoelace, but shifted into a snake moments before she would have hit the ground and slithered on. Xisuma sighed as the dark figure of a snake slithered into the undergrowth of the jungle, the brush too dense for Xisuma to follow.

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Third Person POV: 

Viper layed in a small clearing, back against the ground, deep red eyes staring up at the clouds. She, along with Allister, was waiting for Xisuma. 

In the meantime, Viper conversated. Sometimes to herself. Sometimes to the spirit at her side. Speaker laying in the grass, music playing softly, everything, overall, was calm. 

"Do you think you could make a sword out of really hard bread?" Viper asked softly, staring up at the clouds, oblivious to the admin in the brush behind her. 

"What? Meh, whatever-" She hissed softly, turning to look at the air beside her. To Xisuma it looked like nothing. To her it was the dark shape of a spirit. 

"No, I dont care. I just want to know if I can make a bread sword," She hissed, throwing her hands up in the air. "If bread is hard enough to break your teeth, surely it can cut people!" 

The air was silent for a moment, Xisuma just watching. 

"Why do I want one? Uh, I dunno, really. Its just cool. Yes, I want my sword back. The blue ones here are very bright. But pretty- Bleh, anyway- Yes, you can shush now, I know hes there-" She said calmly, pointing over to Xisuma without lifting her head. "And I dont care. Yeah yeah, whatever. Shut up." 

The shifter sat up, legs criss-crossed, eyes still deep red. The two were silent whilst they stared at each other, waiting for someone to make a move. The air, thick with tension, was silent. 

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Third Person POV:

The sun was slowly starting to set in the skies of HermitCraft when the blades were drawn. Two, both a shimmering blue with dancing swirls of purple.

Holding one was a man, donning yellow bee-like armor and even more bee-like wings. His opponent, an unarmored woman. Though unarmored, she was a worthy fighter, the red of her eyes matching the red of the sweatshirt she wore.  

Viper struck first. Her small fangs could be seen through the smirk she wore, not of hers but of a spirits'.

Xisuma counterattacked with the grace of a skilled fighter. He had been holding a sword in his hand for many many years.

The blood being drawn matched the crimson of Viper's eyes and sweatshirt, the glints of purple and blue giving a shine to the area with the sun slowly setting. The two fought on, the minutes passing by with a mixture of fear and confidence. 

(yeah this sword fight aint very detailed... time skip yall.)

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When the fighting finally stopped, both bore wounds dripping with crimson. Diamond met diamond for the last time, eyes as green as the jungle met those of blood red. A dark figure, invisible to the green eyes, sat at the shifters feet. 

However, the red started to lighten. Each second the red grew lighter before darkening back to brown. The dark figure stalked away. 

"Im so sorry," Viper sobbed, covering her face and lowering herself into the grass. "Im so sorry for all of this..."

Xisuma nodded. "It wasnt your fault." 

"It kinda was..." Viper sniffed, wiping her tears away as the bushes rumbled with life. Clover, the small cat emerging from the bushes, bounded over  to Viper. Xisuma smiled, it unable to be seen through his helmet. 

Viper whispered a small "Hello, my darling." To the white and ginger cat, before looking up at Xisuma before he nodded and walked away.

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WC: 1180

I hate it. Sorry it took sooooo long, yall-

Have a great day/night!