Chapter 14 - Home

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(Dreamnotfound ahead!!)

Dream SMP

The messages sent by XD had confused the Hermits and SMP members that were left. So another meeting was called. But Dream didn't attend. Only Techno, Drista and George and the rest of the Hermits. Except, False was missing...

"Who is Generik," Techno demanded as soon as everyone go there.

"The first admin of Hermitcraft," Xisuma said, hesitantly. "He made me admin after Season 1 ended."

"Who's XD?" Wels asked.

"He's the Dream SMP's god," George said.

"I guess we're going to be leaving soon," Impulse said.

There was a moment of silence before Ren spoke up.

"Do you guys know where Dream is?"

"Yea," Ren said. "He's been inactive for a while."

"Maybe he's AFK?" Mumbo suggested.

Impulse glanced at Mumbo. "But you're the one known to be AFK. Grian sung a song about it once."

"Don't bring him up please," Mumbo said, his face tense.

"Sorry," Impulse said.

"Besides, I have never seen Dream be AFK," George said.

"Maybe he died?" False suggested.

"Then we'd see a message saying he died," Techno said. "And there was definitely no message saying that he died."

"There might've been a glitch," False said.

"Maybe," Drista said softly. "Or maybe he's still alive."

"Planning on how to kill all of us?" Zedaph muttered, loud enough for everyone to hear.

"I..." Xisuma began. "Haven't thought about that.

. . .

After the meeting, it was night. George, Drista and Techno went back to their houses. Drista took Michael to stay with her.

George climbed the mountain to where he and Dream were staying, he glanced up at the moon. It seemed to be closer than ever. The Hermits were worried that it'll crash before XD and Generik can get them out of this server.

George had finally reached the top of the mountain. He entered the house and and soon as he closed the door behind him, he felt arms wrap around him and someone bury their face into his neck.

"C'mon Dream," George said. "Let go of me."

"No..." Dream muttered. George sighed as the two got into bed, cuddling.

. . .

Early the next morning, George went over to Tango.

"How did stopping the moon to?" George asked Tango.

"We're worried that we won't be able to do it in time," Tango admitted.

"Why?" George asked.

"The moon is closer than ever," Tango said. He hesitated. "It looks like the moon in Season 8, just a few days before it crashed into the server."

Everyone's chat suddenly had the same messages. Tango and George opened theirs.

DreamXD joined the game

<DreamXD> 202, 134, -981

DreamXD left the game

Everyone knew that those were coordinates, so everyone went to those coordinates. George was about to go back to his and Dream's house when Tango grabbed his arm.

"Where are you going?"

"I," George began. He knew that he had to think of an excuse quickly. "Have to do something really quickly."

"I'll come with you," Tango said.

"No, no," George said, starting to panic a bit. "I'll be fine. Just go ahead without me."

"Okay?" Tango said, starting to get suspicious after hearing the slight panic in George's voice.

Tango left to find those coordinates as George went back to the house on top of the mountain.

"Dream?!" George called out as he entered the house.

"I knew you'd come for me," Dream said, appearing in front of George. "I saw XD's message."

"Well, let's go then," George said. "And I think you might have to hide from everyone else if you want to stay hidden."

"I will," Dream said, kissing the brunet on the forehead.

Both got on separate horses and started heading towards those coordinates.. . .

When George and Dream arrived, Dream hid on the side of the mountain they arrived at and George climbed up it to find everyone else waiting for him. Techno, Michael and Drista must've just gotten here since they were climbing down from their horses. Drista was now helping Michael down from the horse that the two were riding.

As George got down from his horse, he noticed that there was a nether portal, but instead of the usual purple that seemed blue to George, was now a paler color.

"I guess we enter the portal?" Drista suggested.

"Yea..." Ren said.

"I need to create a server for Season 9 before entering the portal. It was pretty nice knowing you guys," Xisuma admitted, pulling up a device to generate a new world.

"You too," Drista said.

"I guess we won't see each other again," Zedaph said.

One by one, everyone entered the portal, George being the last one. When it was just him, he turned and gestured Dream over but just as they were about to enter the portal, they were interrupted by a familiar voice. The Hermitcraft admin stepped out from behind the portal.

"I want a word with you Dream."

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Hermitcraft

X wanted to go through the portal with his friends, but he strongly felt that he needed to talk with Dream.

George looked surprised. "Didn't you go through the portal?"

"Um- I tricked you guys?"

Dream rolled his eyes. "What do you want to talk about?"

"I want to know who Nightmare is and why he made you kill my friends."

"Xisuma, please," George said. "We all want to get out of here."

"No!" Xisuma said with pure anger. He looked at Dream. "Why?! Why did you kill them?! What did they ever do to you?! What did I ever do to you...?"

Dream sighed. "Nightmare is my opposite. I'm sorry your friends, the Hermits, are gone. I made a deal that let him control three quarters of me."

The Hermitcraft admin's expression didn't change.

"Look X, for what it's worth, I'm sorry your friends are gone. I had no control over it."

"You didn't have to give in to him" X muttered, pulling off his helmet for fresh air.

Though X couldn't tell, Dream guiltily stared at the ground.

"Do you think I wanted to kill most of my friends either?"

"Friends?" X chuckled. "I thought you manipulated most of them."

X drew his sword. "I can hurt you, you know."

Dream broke down in laughter. "How could you possibly hurt me? You won't be able to touch me with that thing."

Xisuma looked surprised. "My plan was never going to touch you with this sword."

Xisuma then pointed the sword at George.

"You wouldn't dare hurt him!" Dream snarled as he stood protectively in front of the brunet.

"Then I'll kill you instead."

Xisuma looked at George's terrified expression, then looked back at Dream with anger.

He felt his face soften as he lowered his sword.

Dream laughed. "Couldn't do it, could you? Pathetic."

X just looked up at Dream. "You're right, I couldn't do it. I don't have the heart to do it. Impulse and Tango were right, I'm not that type of person."

Dream stared at him, surprised. X went on.

"It's just, I had already lost 8 of my friends to the moon. We then end up on this server and kill 11 more of them. I've lost 19 friends and my brother in less than 2 months. You don't know how rough my life has been before that. I lost my dad to a war, joined Hermitcraft, and was left the server by Generikb when he left Season 1. It's really hard to manage a server of 26 people and keep them under control. Not manipulation, I mean, but trying not to let chaos escalate. And now most of them are gone, and I don't know what to do."

Tears were streaming down the Hermitcraft admin's face now, and he was biting his lip.

Dream's face softened. "Listen, I know I shouldn't have made that deal with Nightmare."

X gave Dream the classic 'Ya think?' look.

Dream continued. "But what's done is done. Don't dwell on the past or you'll miss the future."

X let out a small smile. "Sounds like something my brother would say."

"Am I wrong though?" Dream said.

"Guess not."

Dream smiled. "Oh, and just for the record, I understand what's it's like to be the admin of a server that's always in some sort of chaos."

X chuckled. "Do you?"

"Oh yeah. There were so many wars! Like the disc wars, pet wars, independence wars, Manburg vs Pogtopia, etc."

"We have major wars too! Not as escalated as yours though."

Dream seemed genuinely interested in how their wars didn't escalate. "Like what?"

"Well in Season 6 we had a Civil War between Team S.T.A.R. and G-Team. We created a rap/diss to G-team. The war ended with capture the flag. We also had the Hippies vs Area 77 War and Demise games. Season 7 we had the Turf War between grass and mycelium. It was basically H.E.P. vs The Mycelium Resistance. It ended with a series of minigames. Thankfully, there were no major wars in Season 8."

Dream nodded. "Sounds interesting. Maybe I'll try them but instead escalate them with death and violence!"

X felt uneasy with that last statement, while George playfully elbowed Dream.

"Ow! I'm dying..." He said, pretending to be dramatic. "In all seriousness we have enough wars so maybe not."

George gave Dream a 'We gotta go' look.

Xisuma glanced back at the portal. "Well, it's been interesting. To say the least."

"Fun though." Dream said.

George smiled. "It was definitely something new."

"So I guess this is it?" Xisuma asked, staring into the portal.

Dream smiled under his smiley mask. "I guess it is. Nice knowing ya, Xisuma."

He and George started walking towards the portal. When they were about to go in, Dream stopped and turned around to face X.

"I truly am sorry. I hope we can get past this though. Can you forgive me?"

X took a deep breath, and looked directly at Dream. "I will never forgive you."

Dream nodded understandingly. He linked hands with George and they walked through the portal together.

X scanned the world for the last time. The moon was big and birds were chirping. Tree leaves were pulled by the soothing gusts of wind. Wolves were roaming in the woods and cows were grazing on the grass. The sky was a beautiful light blue that fluffy clouds roamed around. Hermitstead was as beautiful as ever.

It was peaceful.

He put his helmet back on, and looked at the portal. The Hermits needed him now.

"Hermitcraft Season 9, here I come."

And with one last deep breath, Xisumavoid stepped through the portal.

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Almost done with the book!!

-Pleb

Oh man I had so much fun writing this chapter. AND I SAY CELEBRATION TIME BECAUSE THE BOOK IS ALMOST DONE. AND GUESS WHAT? #4 IN 'hermitcraft' AS OF FEBRUARY 9TH, 2022! Thanks, you guys :) (Highest ranking!! -Pleb)

-Galactic