That's right. There's a part 2! And 3,4,5, and 6 I think. Its ongoing. Once again, sub to DoctorSiren, these aren't my characters, lets go! PS. I'm not doing this on in 3rd person because 3rd person sucks.

Xisuma

Something was wrong with Grian. The way he acted, the things he wore, the way he thought, everything. This wasn't our Grian and I was the only person who knew. Since NPG came into our world, Grian has been wearing his infinity gauntlet whenever he is around anyone. He was now much more—how should I say it—stupid. He would walk right up to a beehive and poke the bees; he was also acting peppier than usual. Grian is usually always happy and energetic but now his energy was getting out of hand. Whenever someone would even walk remotely near him, Grian would strike up a long, drawn out conversation instead of a simple 'hi'. Something was wrong with Grian.

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I kneeled behind a pillar of obsidian from Grian's nether portal. Grian was in the underside of his mansion and I could just barely see him. I flipped open a compartment inside my bee armor that held some high-tech computer systems only I have access to. I typed a few notes and looked up again to check where Grian was. I saw a flash of his golden hair, then it disappeared in a swirl of purple sparks. My heartbeat sped up and my hands began to sweat.

"What's up!" I yelped in surprise as I turned to see Grian standing right behind me.

"H-Hey Grian."

"Whatcha writen'?" He inquired, leaning in.

"Nothing." I pulled my arm behind my back.

"What's that thing on your arm?" He pointed to the arm behind my back and tried to walk around to see it.

"I told you, it's nothing." I kept turning as Grian kept walking. He suddenly stopped and I mirrored.

"Ok. Do you want to see my gauntlet?" Before I could even reply Grian shoved the golden hand up in my face. "With the power of the gems, I have enough power to qualify as a god." He lowered his voice to a grumble as the glove glowed an ominous golden glow. "Nobody can mess with me anymore, I'm too powerful." He finished and stayed quiet admiring the gauntlet. "See ya!" Grian chirped; he spun on his heel and flew off the tree. This was bad. Very, very bad. I went through his nether portal and walked on the bedrock over to my base. (I'm re-reading this and I just realized how cringy this paragraph is. I'm not changing it though because I don't want to.)

What was I supposed to do? If I tried to confront him, I would surly die. He said it himself, he has the power of a god. If I do nothing and wait, he'll get more and more powerful until he does—something. What would he try to do? And who is controlling him in the first place? Could it be NPG or someone else? Maybe my brother was back or possibly Helsknight? Do they even have that power?

I walked past the destroyed button and saw Mumbo and Grian chatting. I jumped through the nearest portal and ran off hoping that Grian didn't see me. There was no way I was the only person who knew that this wasn't Grian! I have seen Grian and Mumbo talk nearly a thousand times and Grian has never flirted like THIS. I've never seen Grian flirt in general, but this was WAY over the line of being friendly. I couldn't take it, I had to tell someone. I pulled open my elytra wings and flew over to Joe's base. Joe would understand this kind of thing; he'd see the evidence and make the informed decision: that I am right.

"Hey X!" Joe loudly announced from the ground. "How are you doing?" (Why did I read that in Joey's voice saying 'how you doin'? *confused confusing confusion*)

"Not that great actually." I replied once I landed. Joe's face fell. "It's about Grian. Something is wrong with him and I don't know how to help! I've been stressing about it all week an-and," I tried my best to hold back tears from pure stress and lack of sleep. "If I tell e-everyone w-what I know, they'll w-want a leader to save them from whatever happened to Grian and no matter what I d-do and I know I can't d-deliver! They'll be disappointed and no one will believe me anyways! They'll think I'm crazy and they're wrong! I'm not crazy! I-I..." I sniffed and wiped the tears falling down from my face.

"Xisuma, it'll be ok." Joe rested his hands on my shoulders in an effort to comfort me.

"No! No, it won't be ok!" I grabbed Joe's shoulders. "You have to believe me! You're the only person who will! Just hear me out. You know Grian, he's been acting different! Haven't you seen!"

"Not really, no." Joe murmured under his breath.

"Well if you did see him, you'd know what I was talking about!" I began to sound more psychopathic by the second. "He's been wearing his infinity gauntlet more, he's dumber, he's more energetic and he's even gotten a little gosh dang shorter. I have evidence of this stuff! I'm not crazy and you have to believe me and prove it to the others!" I put my hand on Joe's shoulder again. "I have more! I'll prove it! When I was walking over here, I even saw Grian flirting with Mumbo! When was the last time you saw Grian flirt, huh? And with his friend from nearly a million years back? Yeah right! This isn't Grian and you know it! I've thought all this through! I've figured all this out! I'm light years ahead of everyone else! You gotta believe me!"

"Listen, um, you seem to know what you are talking about, but I don't think you've considered everything. You said it yourself, you're stressed, and sleep deprived. Maybe you should get a good night's sleep and re-think this in the morning, ok?" Joe replied calmly. (Dumbledore asked calmly flashbacks)

"I can't believe you." I turned and ran off before unfurling my elytra and flying off, not to any specific place, just away. I landed and pressed my back up against a building to catch my breath. Then, a stroke of genius hit me like a lightning bolt. I opened up my computer software positioned on my forearm and I went straight to the player profile page. I scrolled down looking for Grian's page. If Grian was being held on this server, his profile would show up, and sure enough, Grian was nowhere to be found. On the contrary, NPG's page showed up right where Grian's page would've been.

I flew right back over to Joe's vineyard to see him once again.

"I told you so!" I shouted at him; he whipped his head around, nearly giving himself whiplash. I shoved NPG's profile in his face. "I told you I wasn't crazy! Grian isn't on this server, NPG is! Now you have to believe me, we need to go and confront NPG now so we can find Grian! Who knows where he is? If we get NPG to tell us, we are home free to lock him up and save Grian from who knows what! Grab your sword, let's go!" I pulled out sword and turned around.

"X, I'm not coming." Joe contradicted, not budging from the berry bush he was pruning.

"What do you mean you're not coming! You have to! We need to save Grian!" I exploded. "You believe me, right? You have to! I have so much evidence it's crazy!"

"Yes, you have evidence, but I really don't think that an NPC could just possess Grian." Joe stayed calm as ever, delivering his rebuttal.

"Maybe, he didn't. NPG could've hidden Grian somewhere off the server, then used...something to make himself look like the original Grian! It's possible! Haven't you seen what girls can do with make-up. Maybe that's what the infinity gauntlet is for! The gauntlet gives him the power of a god, so why couldn't he just cover up his robot parts with it? I mean—"

"Xisuma. You are being completely unreasonable. Go and get some sleep, then we will discuss this."

"Fine! Be like that! You'll regret it!" I stormed away once again in an effort to go and find NPG.

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It took hardly any time to find NPG, but when I did, I was prepared. I stormed into his base with my sword ready and adrenaline pumping through my veins.

"Hey NPG!" I grabbed his shoulder and nearly immediately he whipped around and using his gauntlet hand, punched my chin with surprising strength. I stumbled back as NPG grabbed his glowing diamond sword. I pulled out my own sword and deflected his advance, NPG reeled back and swung his blade low, I twisted my wrist at an odd angle to block it. I fell back a bit as the fight seemed to favor the NPC.

NPG spun around to gain momentum and hit my sword that was guarding my head and pushed it around and down with his back still facing me. He turned around and took a big step and swung his blade right down the middle, luckily, I blocked him but right as he moved, a little opening appeared. I leaped up in the air and jumped sword first and nearly landed on top of him. NPG twitched just in time to block me; he took a couple steps back while using all his strength to keep me at a distance. Since his focus was completely focused on keeping me away him, his 'skin' began to fade leaving his robotic parts in the wake, proving me right all along.

I ducked his sword and charged forward but blocked by NPG. He kept his sword as still as possible while blocking me even though his arms were shaking. NPG took a large step forward and tried to jab his blade in my stomach, but I used my sword to cut off its momentum. He swiped his blade just over my head when I ducked down. I jumped up again with the trajectory of my sword heading directly to his face. Fear flashed in his eyes as he blocked me again. I ducked down and swept my leg underneath NPG, knocking him off his feet. He hit the ground with an 'oof' and I held my sword up against his neck. (NGL this part was really fun to write.)

"You're not Grian." I commanded. "Tell me where the real Grian is."

"You wanna know where he is?" NPG repeated.

"Yes." I replied boldly.

"Why don't I just take you there myself." He replied smugly. "That way you'll be there in a snap."

"Wa--" NPG snapped his fingers, and I began to disintegrate.

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It felt like only a second passed, but at the same time it felt like an eternity. I felt myself reappear in a cramped, dark room.

"Xisuma?" I heard a voice say.

"W-What? Grian? You're ok!" I could see a vague outline of a person and I wrapped them in a hug. The real Grian embraced me back, a weird smell hanging around him. I realized what that smell was in just a second. "A-Are you covered in blood?"

"Yeah. But don't worry, it's not my blood." (*Law and Order noises intensify*)