POV: Xisuma

Location: future site of the ceasefire flag on the HermitCraft season 6 server

"G-Grian," I stuttered, my eyes wider than before.

Everyone noticed why I was worried and all took a step back away from Grian.

Dangerous looking purple sparks of magic surrounded the heartbroken hermit, his hands aglow with purple light and his elytra producing light as well.

Grian looked down, his glowing purple eyes wide with heartache, and realized why everyone was so worried.

He looked up and met my gaze. I wanted to look away from the heartbroken hermit's gaze but I just couldn't.

He took a few breaths, seeming to calm down, and the magic mostly faded. However, his eyes remained purple as he turned to look at Ren.

Grian's glare looked deadly as he levelly met Ren's gaze. Purple met neon green, two types of magic connecting.

I glanced at my hand, thinking of my own light purple magic. I clenched my fist and looked back up at Grian and Ren.

The other hermits are going to get caught in the crossfire, I thought, terror creeping in during my realization.

I turned to look at them and they read the concern in my eyes. Everyone began to back away, except for a few.

With a grimace, a green-clothed hermit stomped up the hill with his sword in his hand.

"I'm helping," Iskall demanded.

I sighed a bit. "Fine," I said before looking back at Ren and Grian.

I glanced behind me and noticed Tango and Jevin coming up. "We are too," Tango said.

I sighed and didn't stop them.

Zedaph and Impulse ran up. "Tango, stop leaving us behind," Impulse said.

I heard Tango let out a frustrated sigh. "I guess I can't stop you," he said.

I ignored them and headed over to where Grian had dropped my helmet. I checked and saw that the jewel was still there. I sighed and set it back down before brandishing my sword and walking closer to Ren.

Ren attacked first, a sneer on his face. He raised his hand and thrust it down, a wave of green magic pushing everyone back except for Grian.

The red-clad hermit stood tall, his trident in hand. His face was one of fright and determination.

Ren raised a sword and thrust it down toward Grian.

He raised his trident and blocked the attack, pushing back. Pointing the tri-tip end to Ren, he focused his magic through the weapon and sent a blast at Ren.

The controlled hermit fell backward, his shirt blackened from the burst of magic.

He forced himself still, a growl forming in his throat. He raised his sword and pointed it at Grian, green magic blasting out the end.

Grian attempted to put up a shield but the burst of magic was too strong for it. It blasted through, hitting Grian in the chest.

He grunted in pain, leaning over as he stabilized himself with the bottom part of his trident. He gripped his chest, pain flashing through his expression.

I took a step forward, prepared to help.

He held up a hand, warning me to not come any further. I hesitated, knowing he wasn't going to let me help him.

Grian pushed himself to his feet and launched another attack on Ren.

Rendog blocked it and managed to land a blow on Grian with his sword.

I gritted my teeth nervously, aware that Grian wasn't that good at PVP and likely hadn't used his magic in a while. I feared the worst to happen.

Grian, realizing what was at stake, pushed harder, managing to get Ren on the ground as he stood above him.

However, someone ran forward to attack him and he just stood and watched in horror as he neared him.

Dashing forward, I raised my sword to block Mumbo's attack on Grian.

I grimaced in pain as Mumbo, whose eyes were now black and glowing green like EX's, swung his sword and hit me in the side. However, my armor prevented most of the damage but I was still bruised.

Grian, now shocked from Mumbo going to attack him, stood no chance against Ren. Doc and False ran forward, protecting Grian from Ren.

As I was distracted by making sure Grian was okay, Mumbo sliced his sword across my sword arm, causing me to gasp in pain and drop my sword.

Before any of the other hermits could run and help me, Mumbo kicked my left leg, causing me to collapse onto my side.

Grian and Scar ran to help me. Scar held out his sword and forced Mumbo away from me.

Mumbo pushed Scar away, the ConVex falling to the ground.

Eyes glowing, Mumbo raised his hand and summoned my helmet to his hand.

He flicked his wrist and Grian went flying away from me.

I pushed myself up with my good arm, my bleeding arm pressed against my chest to try and protect it a bit.

Mumbo tried to force the helmet onto my head but I managed to roll out of the way, wincing as my injured arm rubbed against the grass.

Jumping to my feet, I backed away from Mumbo, aware that Grian hadn't taken the crystal out of the helmet.

Emotion vanished from his glowing green gaze, Mumbo advanced toward me with my helmet in hand.

As he was about to get it over my head, a flash of purple appeared in between us, and Mumbo was pushed back, my helmet flying out of his hand.

Grian reached up and grabbed it, his gaze glowing purple as he pulled the green gem out of my helmet.

He yelled in pain as green electricity flashed up his arm and around in the air but he didn't let go.

Finally, with a flash of purple magic, he pulled the gem out and shattered it with his magic, sending the pieces to the void.

He made sure there was no residue from the gem in my helmet by using a quick blast of magic that left it slightly smoking.

He turned and handed it to me with a "sorry about the smoking," before turning back to Mumbo.

I took it and examined it for a moment watching him. My gaze trailed to his arm, eyes widening as I saw what the gem did to him

Streaks of glowing green magic spiked up his arm, like lightning. Thankfully, his own Watcher magic slowly took over, glowing purple magic taking over the green bit by bit.

Mumbo growled and charged at Grian, a sword in hand.

Grian raised his trident and blocked it, pushing him away with a burst of magic.

However, the hermit did not give up. Mumbo charged at Grian again, channeling some magic through his sword.

My gaze turned to Ren as Grian seemed to be fine.

He was now fighting Zedaph, Tango, and Impulse. I noticed in shock False and Doc lying on the ground nearby. I let out a sigh of relief as I saw them open their eyes, revealing no unordinary thing.

I ran over to them, protecting myself with a quick shield of purple admin magic.

"You okay?" I asked, my helmet in hand.

False and Doc managed to sit up, looking a bit dazed. "Yeah," Doc replied.

I looked over at Ren as I heard a yell.

Zedaph was being lifted into the air, a green glow surrounding his throat.

He was gasping for air as if he couldn't breathe so I assumed either Tango or Impulse had yelled.

I stood up, knowing that False and Doc were okay, and ran over to help him.

"Hey!" I exclaimed moments before my purple blast of magic hit Ren square in the chest.

I winched as I hurt my friend. However, Zedaph was dropped to the ground, relatively okay.

Ren's green gaze focused on me.

Before I could react, he charged at me with his sword glowing green and raised.

I covered my face with my good arm, my instincts failing me.

However, the blow never landed.

I looked up to see a lime-green-clad hermit standing above me.

"Xisuma, go! Get Grian to help these two!" Iskall exclaimed through gritted teeth.

"Thank you," I managed to say before dashing to Grian.

I carefully put my helmet on as it would help to protect me a bit from head injuries.

I dashed to Grian's side, helping push back Mumbo.

"Grian, you need to try and give Ren and Mumbo back control of their bodies," I said to him through gritted teeth.

"Okay," Grian said, narrowly dodging a blast of green magic.

I sent a blast of light purple magic at Mumbo, hitting him in the shoulder.

He growled and returned the favor, hitting me on my still-bleeding arm.

I winched in pain but held back a yelp as I gripped it.

Grian and I fought side by side a little while longer, slowly overtaking Mumbo.

A growl sounded beside me and I barely turned in time to block Ren's attack.

Eyes wide, I saw Iskall, Jevin, Tango, Zedaph, Impulse, False, and Doc all on the ground.

Suddenly, Ren was jumped on.

He was wrestled to the ground just as Mumbo hit me in the side of my head with magic, causing me to fall to the ground, dazed. My helmet had protected me from getting burnt but the force was still there.

The man on Ren looked at Grian with wide green eyes.

"GRIAN!" Scar yelled.

Grian turned just in time to see Scar get thrown off of Ren, collapsing to the ground near Iskall.

I tried to get to my knees but fell sideways, beginning to get dizzy and nauseous.

In shock, Grian realized he was the last one standing.

He looked at Ren and Mumbo, his hand still clenched around his trident.

Barely awake, I watched as he managed to block blow after blow from Ren and Mumbo, purple magic flying around like electricity.

I shook myself out of my daze and tried to stand up only to be kicked in the chest by Ren.

It was the final push.

I collapsed, barely conscious as purple magic began to fly around the field.

~POV CHANGE SO YOU CAN SEE GRIAN BETTER CUZ XISUMA'S DOWN (lol)~

When Grian saw every hermit lying on the field, he felt angry. He felt genuinely angry for the first time in a while.

He turned to look at Mumbo and Ren, who both were now standing beside one another.

A flash of purple light surrounded his eyes, rage filling his heart.

"What are you going to do now?" Mumbo sneered while Ren grinned evilly.

Grian met his friend's eyes.

"I'm going to save my friends," he said in a dangerously calm voice. It was so calm that it actually frightened Ren enough for his smile to fade.

Ren scowled. "You won't have the chance," he growled before pointing his weapon at Grian and channeling his magic through it.

Mumbo did the same, his eyes narrowed in anger.

Grian's head hung off to the side a bit, his limbs dangling down in exhaustion. He seemed defeated.

Then, his face twisted into a smirk.

"It seems you don't know me well enough," he said just before Ren and Mumbo released their magic.

Both blasts hit Grian straight in the chest, causing Xisuma to wake up enough to shout his name and try to get up.

Grian leaned over while still standing, his left hand gripping his chest while his right hand held onto his trident.

He looked up at Ren and Mumbo through his bangs, his chest heaving as he fought for breath.

"I'm sorry," he managed to say before his eyes turned fully purple, including his scleras.

He leaned back and opened his arms to the sky as a bloodcurdling scream came from his lungs. As storm clouds brewed overhead, purple Watcher wings sprouted from his back, spreading wide behind him as his elytra vanished. Purple streams of magic surrounded him. Flying up to his face, a stream of magic formed the shape of his Watcher mask before coming into reality. A purple cloak came into existence, blowing in the wind his magic was creating. Finally, a glowing purple halo appeared above his head.

He let out a breath, leaning on his trident.

Ren and Mumbo backed away, fear showing through the glow of their eyes.

Grian's gaze suddenly focused on them, the rage inside of him finally being unleashed.

Pushing off with his wings, he flew at them, grabbing his trident with both hands and raising it to strike down at them.

Ren and Mumbo tried to stop him but their green magic wasn't enough to protect them.

The trident struck down in the green grass in front of them, purple lightning-like blasts of magic rippling out from that spot.

The gray clouds above them rumbled as the magic was released.

Ren and Mumbo screamed as the lightning struck their bodies.

Grian did not move as he looked up at them, his expression hidden from sight by his mask.

His wings were spread wide behind him as the green glow faded from the hermits' eyes, the control of a higher being having been forced out of them.

His cloak billowing behind him, he ripped his trident out of the ground, releasing the spell.

The two hermits collapsed to the ground, their eyes shut as they fell unconscious.

Grian looked over the field, his expression blank as his mask, cloak, and halo faded from sight.

Then, he swayed and collapsed onto the grass, his wings falling limp at his sides as he fell unconscious.

No one was left standing.

(2251 words about (wow big number))

(A/N this is really long XP)

(Actual cliffhanger cause this is the last one I had already written that I just needed to publish XD)

(2:13 AM c:)

(Edit 5/20/20: added Jevin's name to a list inside the thing cause I forgot before)