Jordan's POV

I stared into the void, a bottomless pit of blackness and fear. No light ventured into it, the light from the over world fading the deeper the pit extended. I glanced upwards, seeing the sun setting on the horizon and the stars beginning to be revealed in the dusk light. All the wildlife around us had fallen silent, the wind no longer rustling the trees and the sun's light becoming a startling contrast to the blackness of the void. Courage was something we all seemed to be lacking at that point, nobody willing to take the jump first or to initiate it, all of us living in fear of the absolute unknown that lay beyond the void. We needed to jump.

After we had all woken up in the courthouse, we ventured back to our homes and began piecing our lives back together. The bodies of the shadow entities had been cleared up during our paralysis and all evidence of war preparation had been removed – only memories and my sword wound proving that the bloodbath had actually occurred. I kept my wound secret, not wanting to have to think of yet another lie to convince the others that nothing strange was going on. The others past seemed to have been replaced with false memories – the childhood section deliberately fuzzy to ensure that they never remembered. Whenever they joked about the 'past', I had to nod and laugh along – their memories meaning nothing to me as I knew it was all lies.

The story of the land had continued as normal, our new presence merely speeding it up. The gods had chosen a new story for our remaining time in the world, one that tied us all together. Ianite showed herself to the others, pretending that she had just been revived by her brothers and 'officially' meeting me for the first time, a look of pity in her eyes when she saw the pain written in mine. Soon Furia ventured out of the Nether and turned against Dianite, attempting to gain the powers to become a god herself – one strong enough to overthrow all the gods with ease. For once, all the gods had teamed up together and forced all the followers to work together. We were all pretty pleased with the teams; however we had to sacrifice a lot to defeat Furia. None of us came away unharmed – especially me. We had a joke in the group that I would eventually marry Captain Capsize but sadly that never came to be.

Furia had been looking for weak points in each of our mentalities. Sonja and Tucker were easy, hurt one and you hurt the other but she could never get close enough to touch either of them without getting a sword swung at her face. She whispered to Tom at night, filling his head with lies that none of us liked him and how we were all going to betray him – that Dianite never believed in him. Sometimes Tom came and slept in my house, knowing that Furia would leave him alone when I was present. Furia searched for days, hunting through memories and history in an attempt to find my weak point and we all really thought she couldn't find mine. Sadly I was wrong, so horribly wrong.

We had ventured to Inertia, the gods guiding our ship as we prepared for a final battle. Searching through the village, we found keys that allowed us to enter Ianite's home but it was tainted by dark forces – causing mobs to appear and attempt to hinder our progress. Soon we reached what looked like the temple centre, with the Scales of Justice standing above what looked like a throne. On that throne was Furia. Everyone drew their swords, knuckles clenched and jaws tightened as we prepared to lunge forward and end this traitorous, power hungry fool. Dianite's fury was emanating off of him in waves, driving our anger and irritation subconsciously as we stepped towards Furia. However she did not flinch, no fear crossed her face, only a smirk that reminded me of the battlefield. She gestured upwards, our gazes following the direction she pointed to reveal Captain Capsize in a cage...

I was shocked, terrified and furious all at once. My face drained of all colour and my hands began to shake, all the confidence that had been driving me forward slowly draining away. I couldn't fathom what was in front of me, the obvious truth that I refused to admit. I was going to lose someone I loved, again. My hands balled into fists and I marched towards Furia, ignoring the cries of protest from my friends and the rumbled warnings from the gods. Furia had what was mine and I had to get it back. Pulling my sword from my sheath, I lunged towards her in an attempt to slice into her skin – failing as she dodged to the side with a dark chuckle. Arms grabbed me and pulled me away, Tom and Tucker holding strong as I fought against their hold. The gods had stepped in front of us, raining lightning and balls of magic upon the traitor before stepping aside.

Only ash remained of Furia. Ianite immediately flew up to the cage and brought it to the floor, pulling out Capsize's still form and laying her gently on the quartz floor – watching as I quickly pulled off my cape and covered her with it as a blanket. I lay my fingers on her neck, searching for a pulse but finding none. I leant my ear against her chest, panic rising as I found no heartbeat. The rush of adrenaline and rage began to wear off, allowing me to feel the coldness of her skin and to see the solemn stares of my friends. Turning as desperation filled me, I pleaded to the gods to save her – to do anything but they merely stared back at me blankly. She was already gone.

Tears rolled down my cheeks and the comforting murmurs and pats of affection seemed miles away. I was lost in a world of my own grief and it was impossible to escape from. Everything I loved, everything I cared about and fought for was ripped away from me. I had lost the real world, my friend's memories, my honest nature and now my love. I didn't know how to act, we all knew how to end this adventure but at that moment I think I was the only one who wanted to. I felt my emotions lock down, a blank expression crossing my face as I stood from Capsize's body and walked outside – heading to the edge of the world. The only way home is through the void, we all knew that risk when we accepted to come on this mission. Voices called after me, panic filling them as they figured out where I was walking to. I stood on the edge, staring down into the blackness that matched my thoughts. Arms wrapped around me and dragged me further away, holding me on the land in fear of me jumping.

"Heroes, it is time for you to return to your own world. You all need to leap into the void. I'm sorry that we cannot transport you any other way. Good luck."

Mianite and Dianite walked over to their champions, speaking in hushed tones about something I would probably never find out. I glanced to my side as a warm hand was placed on my shoulder, seeing Ianite watching me with pity and comfort in her eyes as she stood next to me, not speaking and just letting me know that she was there for me. Her hand tightened, rubbing back and forth in a soothing pattern that threatened to bring the tears back to my eyes. I sighed, turning away from the edge and facing her as she spoke to me.

"Fate has agreed to your terms. The battle, the Shadow, the real world and your sacrifice will be removed from your memory. Sadly today's events cannot be removed. Good luck in the new realm Jordan. You will meet me there, just not in this form."

I was confused and relieved at her words. The idea of losing all the guilt I was living with, the constant lies and the nightmares that haunted me at night was amazing. However, I didn't know what she meant by 'not this form'. I turned to ask her what she meant but she had already vanished in a burst of particles, the sound of a teleport echoing as we were finally left alone. Mianite and Dianite had left whilst we were conversing, leaving Tom, Tucker and Sonja to stare at me in confusion as they overheard pieces of the conversation. I shook my head at them, gesturing that I didn't want to talk about before walking to the edge of the void, watching as they all lined up next to me. We made eye contact with one another, counting to three in our heads and leaping off the edge into the void.

Wind rushed past me, whipping my face with a cold, sharp pain that caused tears to stream down my face. I couldn't see anything, merely blackness surrounding me – making me feel as if I was trapped in a tiny black box when in fact I was surrounded by miles and miles of oblivion. I called out, searching in vain for any sign of my friends in the blackness but my words were stolen away by the wind and my breath slowly sucked out of my lungs, making me cough and splutter as I fell. The shadowy figures that were my friends had vanished into the abyss, leaving me utterly alone. My clothes fluttered, battering relentlessly against my skin as I fell and producing a constant hiss of pain from my mouth. Glancing down, I saw what looked like a light – a tiny pinprick in the everlasting darkness, approaching fast. Curling into a ball, I clenched my eyes shut and awaited the pain of landing as white lights flickered across the backs of my eyelids. When I crashed into the earth, I was no longer conscious. Everything was black and filled with pain, a fitting end for a broken hero.

Our hero. He has suffered so much in his short time, not experienced as much joy as others. He made a sacrifice; a deal to save his friends at the cost of his own life yet was brought back. The cost of that was never ending guilt, a constant second life filled with lies and nightmares. Now he moves onto a new realm, his memories stolen from him as his friend's memories were stolen from them. He will not remember the pain or the battle, the real world or his guilt. His lies will be wiped from existence, from both his mind and all those who heard them. A new world awaits our heroes, a new enemy and a clean slate.

The end will come.

END OF BOOK ONE.

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Well this has been an adventure hasn't it.

I've loved writing every second of this book, the final word document being 59 pages long and 31,962 words long. 

For those wondering, yes there will be a sequel (look out for it on my profile). The sequel will be set in Season 2's world but will follow a unique story line. Characters such as Martha, Andor and Mot will all be present in the story and Wag will join the main four heroes.

I'm also planning on doing a chapter in this book, explaining the riddle and all the references to it throughout the book (since the beginning actually). That will be released on the same day as the first chapter of the sequel so you guys can go directly from here to the sequel with ease.

I want to thank every single one of you. I've written other books before, Like my Team Crafted fan fiction (which i think is horribly written), however the support I received from this book has been astonishing. Whether you watch the streams, the videos or are part of the fandom - you all share a common love of Mianite and have taken the time out of your days to read a silly story written by some chick online. That means a lot. I try to reply to almost every comment, I see the reads going up, I smile whenever I get a vote. Its nice as well, because I've had some of you supporting me since the beginning - which is amazing, thank you. And others I've had the joy of watching you find this book, reading your reactions to one chapter almost immediately before you start the next. Now this story is done, I hope you will all spread the word with other Mianite lovers and I hope to bring joy to some of them through my writing. Thank you all for every read, vote, comment, follow and share. They make writing worth so much more when you have an audience that love you and support you.

See you all very soon.

- Caitlin