Steve's POV

I walked through the hot grounds of the Nether with Ashton. After we woke up from our nap, we decided to look for food. I saw a strange red plant growing in weird soil.

"Ashton, is that food edible?" I asked.

"That's Nether Wart!" Ashton exclaimed.

He ran over and started eating them from the ground.

"Don't eat all of them!" I said.

I started eating them as well. The Nether Warts tasted bitter, but I really didn't care. I felt my energy be restored.

"Let's explore!" Ashton said.

"Okay," I said while picking up some more Nether Warts and storing them in my pocket.

We walked around the Nether. It was really a cool place, except for the monsters. We came upon a pool of lava.

"This place isn't that bad," I said.

But I spoke too soon. A fireball rushed out of nowhere and hit Ashton's arm. He kneeled down, gritting his teeth and trying not to scream out in pain.

"Blaze..." he muttered.

I turned around and saw a orange monster that had a rectangular head and a bunch of arms. The Blaze shot more fireballs at me, and I quickly dodged them. The Blaze lowered to the ground, and made smoke.

The smoke started filling my lungs, so I coughed it up. A figure walked out of the smoke. It wasn't a Blaze, but it was... a Minecraftian. The human raised its hands and the smoke went away.

It was a woman. She was beautiful. She had white blonde hair, and purple eyes.

"Hello, Steve," the woman said. "My... husband told me a lot about you."

"Who are you, and why are you here?" I demanded.

Ashton stood up, clutching his arm.

"Don't make us have to fight you," he said, still wincing in pain.

"Fight you?" she asked. "To escape from me, you will have to do more than just fight. You will have to defeat me."

She snapped her fingers and a ring of fire surrounded us.

She levitated herself in the air. "And who am I, you ask? I'm Destiny, human witch!"

Out of Destiny's fingers came fire. I grabbed Ashton's good arm and dived out of the way.

"Cowards!" she yelled.

She shot a fireball at us. We dodged it.

"You're the coward!" Ashton yelled at her.

"Ashton," I whispered. "Bad idea..."

"Trust me," he whispered back.

"All you do is fly up there! That's what real cowards do! Come down here and face us... coward!" he yelled at Destiny.

Destiny's face turned into rage. She lowered to the ground.

"Fine, you humans," she said. "Have it your way."

She filled her hands with a big beam of light. It was directed at Ashton. I had to save him. I was still in his debt for the times he saved my life.

Destiny released the ball of light. I threw Ashton out of the way and sprinted towards it. Right before the ball of light and I collided, I jumped over the ball of light. Then I headed straight towards Destiny.

I tackled her and started beating her up like I never did before.

"Don't..." I said while punching her. "Ever... touch my friend!

"Okay!" she exclaimed. "You win. But before I leave, Herobrine wanted me to give you this."

She handed me a note.

"What is this?" I asked her.

But she was gone.

"Hey!" I heard Ashton yell.

I turned around and I was embraced in a hug.

"Thanks for saving my life," he said.

"It was no problem," I said.

I showed him the note.

"Go on," Ashton said. "Read it."

I read it aloud, "Steve, I have your friends Hayden and Paige. They are slowly dying everyday. Don't want them to die? Here's the solution: Turn yourself in. If you do, I will spare them. If you don't, I will give them the worst death possible. You have one day to decide their fates.

-Herobrine."

Ashton turned and looked at me in horror. "You aren't going to turn yourself in, right?"

"No," I said. "I will."

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Suspenseful!!! I'm getting close to the end of the story. Boo hoo. Will there be a sequel? Find out at the end of the book!