Sky's POV

I stared after the princess as she walked away. There was dead silence in the air, no one could decide what to say next. I sighed deeply. "Guys, we better go home. We've gone sightseeing, but, really, we need to go home."

I had to gulp at the end to keep my voice from cracking. We'd been through so much as a team here. But, we had to leave.

Ty tugged at my sleeve. "I miss my own bed." He whimpered. I smiled down at him. "It's ok, buddy. We'll go home soon." "I'm with Sky." Jason said. "Me too." Mitch and Jerome spoke at the same time.

"JINX! You owe me a raw fish, sucka!" Jerome yelled, making everyone but Mitch laugh. "Biggums, I'm fresh out of those. All I have is_" He paused, and smirked.

Oh, no. "VILE CREATURES!" Mitch yelled, throwing cooked fish all over Jerome. "EWWWW!! No, biggums! Please, stop!"

We were all practically rolling on the floor laughing at the sight of Jerome being chased around by Mitch.

After a while, Mitch quit throwing cooked fish at Jerome, and we headed for the exit. Jerome was shaking like a chihuahua.

"Never....again..." Wilton gave us a wave as we left through the gates. "Bye, Wilton!" Ty yelled, making the snow golem smile. "Come again!"

We walked for hundreds of chunks, finally stopping at our first campsite. "Come on, lets camp here! Pleeeeeaaaasee?" Ty asked, giving me puppy-dog eyes.

"Aww, alright. But only because my feet hurt like the Nether." I smiled, and Ty gave me a grin and ran through the doors, collapsing onto one of the beds.

We all crossed through the doorway, until Red was the only one, staring out into the forest. "Red, are you coming inside?" I asked. "No.." She whispered, barely audible.

"What? Why not?" She turned to face me. "This is my home. I live in the forest." She pointed, and I saw the dim light of a torch far off.

"It's been haunting me the whole time. I take care of my little sister and my younger brother. My parents..they died. I shouldn't have been gone this long. They're counting on me to survive, and they're everything to me."

I nodded in understanding. "I get it. Ty became my little brother, and if anything happened to him, I go crazy."

She looked at me. "So, you won't try to stop me from going back?" She looked at me, hope written across her face. "Never in a million years."

She grinned. "Say bye to the team for me, and-" She paused. "Come and visit me sometime." "Will do." I promised.

She smiled, and took off into the woods, leaving me in the cold night air.

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