Remaining Contestants (4̵̧̧̨̨̢̧̡̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̫̱̫̬͕̝̯̱̠͎̳͓̺̖̫̣͖̯̙̳̙̣̰̝̪̤͔̭̞̮̺̳̘͕̺̻̲͕͙̼̟͔̙̘̩̮̬̙̮̞͎̻̝̣͓̝̩͎̲̪͖͔͔̤̺̘͎̻͙̥̟̥̰̼̩̱͎̙̻̺̬̩͔͎̩̰̲̌̅̒̾́̑̋̅̅͒̐̒́̈́͆̊́̏͐̏́͑̇̈́͗͛̆́̋̍̏̒̍͊͑̉̈́̈́̈́̊͌͐̓̉̌̓͒͌̽̑͑̒̌̃̍̇̂̆͋̄́͐̐̑̈́͛́̇́͒͛̾͒̈́̅̐̌̃̾̀̉̄̏̾̄̋̍̅͌͒̒̉̀͊̃̍̓̒̑̃̀̃̆̃͛͋̄͑́͐̑̔͌́̈́͗̋̈͋͐̆̒͂̌͛͌̍͛̽͋̔̇̃̓̔̊̏͒̓̎̍̆̂͒̾̈͛͒̈́̀̋͐̍͂̅͑̐̄̀̔̈́̎̉̂̄̍̀͆̀́̋̄̈́̌̃͗̈́̈̓͐̎̎̆̆͗̉̿̍͊͒́̌͌͗́̀͂̓͗͋̓̊̆̅̈̃̏̄̿̑͒̀͑̋̿͂͗̈́͗̉̃̾̊̀̾̋̓͐̀̎̒̽̾̑̎̆̓̊̑̿̂͌͘̕̚̕͘͘̕͘̕͘̚̕͘̚͘̕͘̕͝͠͝͝͠͝͠͝͠͝ͅ): Sno, Agatha, Ory, Ę̵̧̡̧̡̢̡̨̨̢̡̢̢̢̧̧̧̡̧̢̡̧̢̢̨̧̛̛̳͎̘͚̬͔̮̣̺̗̥̺͕͎̻̳̠̞̠̠̙̭̪̩͚͚͚̱̹̖̳̻͓̝̜̱͔̳̫̼̥͚̜̩̳̖̯͕̘̰̣̤̝͔̘̭̰̦̬̟̜͉̖̩̠̙̲͔̯̬͔͔̳͍̙͚̝̮̻͎̻͓̪̰̻̫̻̠͉̰͕̠̣̣̘̱̥͔̥̣̖̰͍͚̲̟̰̜̗̙̮̠͕̼̳̗̣̪͍͕̩͚͔̼͕͖̼̹̼͙̱̳̼̩̦̞̥̭̳̖͙̰̣͚͔͚̜̲̙̩̲̖̣̗͚̝̱͔̼͖͚̙͚͈̝̥̟̪͇̤̥͕̤̞̝̜͚̲͓̰̲̞̘͕̝̰̠̤̤̳̤͓̝̺̳̠̰̫̙͊̍̉̋͆͋̊͗͒̑͑̿͊̑͗̿́̆̾̿͗́̾͒̃̄͑͑͆͐͂̾͒̀̃͌͊̀̀̈͆́̀̐̓̽͆̅̀͊̅͆̌̈́͐̀̊͛̈͊͐̑̆͌̃̆̉̊̎̈́̃́͊͌͊́̚͘͘̚͜͜͜͜͝͠ͅͅͅͅͅͅč̶̨̨̨̢̡̢̨̡̢̧̧̧̡̡̧̡̢̧̢̢̛̼̭̭̬̪̖̲͈͙͕͔̤̠̮̖̰̲͙̯̻̩̻̣̪͍̞̳̩̟̠̜̹̖̲̱̞̥̙̼̣̩͈͔̩̫̖̖͎͖̼̲͔̞͙̠͇͙̦̰̖͚̹̺̱̟̤̫̝͇̬͉͇̘̞͙͇͙̺͍̱̹̩̻̯̼̠͔̦͔̱̩̭͕̫̬̙̲͕̟͔̲͈̺͈̗̮͍̼̘̼͔̮͚͉̘̪̪̳̪̱̹̬̜̠̥̗͇̼̥̜͍̪̖͚͚̦̘͙̥͍̺̭̺͉̙͇̗̬̘̱̝̞̮͚̰͎̰͕͖̘͔̹̳̗͍͚̬̫̝̲̪̘̭̹̖̲̬̰̝̼̰͖̫̤̣̠̼̣͉̆̇̆̈́̊̈̽̑̈́̊̈́̉̀͛͐̾̑͆̀̈͋͗̆͒̇͗̈̍͛̈́̀́͒̂̈̈͆̋̃́̍͊̊̈́͋̈̈́̇̆̾̄͗̕̕̕̕̕̕͜͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͝͝ͅͅͅͅͅͅͅh̷̨̢̧̡̡̧̧̧̧̨̨̢̧̨̡̢̢̧̨̢̧̧̢̨̛̛̜̞͉̠̤̟̪̥̰͈͎͉͙̹̤̜̲̟̜̹͓̙͖͎̱̲͕͓̬̹̹̺͔̫̹̬̖͇̟̮̹̝̺̖̝̦̰̠̯͈̥̞̳̤̘͙̩̻̞̟͉̞̭̝̼̺̺̠̯̦̟̞̰̺̙͈̙͖̱̖̬̥͉̝̣̳͖̲̣̳̠͉̝̖͍͍̙̬͓̦̭͎̞͈̥͓͙̠̙̹̫͓̖̮̪̻͇̪͓̺̩̲͙̯͍͍̞͇̗͓͖͍͍̟͓̳͈̹̫͙̩̖͔̱̺̙̣̟̗̣̺͇͖̘̘͔͕̹̹̻̻͈͖̭̬̲̺͙̖͍͋̀̽̈̔̎̓̅̿̎̔́͐͌̈̈́̐̋̄̔̅͑̍̔͒̑͛͌̑̈́́̌̐̊̔̋̎͑̇̿̽͗͋͂̐̍͋̉̂́̈́̾͋̔̃͛̇̈͆̐̽̽̌̆̇̓̊̆̽̐̏͆̄͗̈́̎̐̃̍́͑̑̍͊̏̃͛͂͋̍̓̀́̂͑͑͑̏͂͌̆͐̇̂͛̈̐̿̅̐̐́̓̀͊͌͐͒́̑̐̀̔̌̔̈́͒̉̋̆̓͊̈́̍̇͛̄͒̌̋͊́̒̿̽͂̉̋̌̆͑̒̇̎͑̔̓͋̿̈́́̓̌̒̑̄̌̽́̑́̆̊̓͋̐̐̀̄̇́̒͋̔͑̅̾̽͐̇̅̽̈́̐̓̌̌́̽͂̽̈́̒̊̋̆͊͌̅̄͒͗̚̚̕̚̕̚̚̕͘͘̕͘͘͘̕͘̚̕͘͘͜͜͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͠͠͠͠͝͠͝͝͝͝͠͠͝͠͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅ

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Sno gasped for breath as she fell onto the stone brick ground of the resort basement in the Overworld. She immediately felt better, as the heat was no longer scorching her to death.

The sound of glass breaking was heard. Sno looked behind her to see that the purple center of the Nether portal had disappeared.

"Where's Chloe?" she heard Ory asking frantically. "Sno, where's Chloe?!"

Sno stared at the empty obsidian portal, shaking her head in disbelief. "She was right behind me."

"Move." Agatha shoved Sno out of the way and stood in front of the portal. She equipped a flint and steel and struck the obsidian with it.

Instead of the usual purple center reigniting, the obsidian block that was struck simply caught fire. Agatha tried igniting the other blocks in the portal, but they all simply ignited in flames instead of opening a portal to hell.

"Chloe..." Ory mumbled sadly.

"She saved my life," Sno spoke up, her voice cracking.

Agatha put out the fires and fell to her knees in the center of the portal. She pounded the obsidian with her fist once.

"The End is gone, the Nether is gone," Ory murmured. "That can only mean one thing."

"Null is in the Overworld," Sno whispered.

"We're in the endgame now," Agatha said solemnly.

The three girls were silent for a few moments as the realization sank in. The entire world could be gone very soon.

"Okay. Null is going to destroy the Overworld the same way if we don't do something about it," Agatha said, still facing the other way. "We need to resurrect Herobrine now. He's our only chance at stopping Null."

The witch stood up and turned around, wiping her eyes as she did so. Ory stood up as well. Sno looked at the two girls, then slowly got to her feet. "What else do we need?"

"Enchanted golden apple, thirty bookshelves, an enchantment table, twenty-four Eyes of Ender, a book wi—"

"Did you just say...Eyes of Ender?" Agatha interrupted the rabbit through gritted teeth.

"Yes, we have to place them on top of—"

"We need blaze powder for Eyes of Ender!" Agatha suddenly shouted. "And we didn't get any while we were in the Nether!"

Ory's face fell as she realized the gravity of the situation. The Nether was gone, so there was no way to go back and collect blaze rods.

"Great. Now we can't even resurrect Herobrine," Agatha said. She sat down on the floor again. "Thanks for telling us we needed blaze powder, Ory."

"I didn't..." the rabbit trailed off. Tears welled up in her eyes as she also collapsed to the floor.

Sno's heart sank. Not only could they not obtain the blaze powder, it would probably be very difficult to collect twenty-four ender pearls in the Overworld. And the End was also gone, so that wasn't an option. The snow golem sank to the ground.

"Hello? Sno?" a voice called from the corridor to their left. An iron golem rushed into the room and saw Sno. He ran over to her and hugged her. "Thank Notch you're okay! You look way thinner than before you left, are you feeling alright?"

"I'm fine," Sno replied in a low voice.

"Where's Chloe?" Ron asked, looking around at the others.

None of the girls replied.

The iron golem understood and lowered his head for a few seconds. He looked back up and asked "So did you get the ghast tear?"

Agatha scoffed. "Yeah, we got the tear. But what we didn't get was blaze powder, because someone neglected to tell us we needed them for the Eyes of Ender."

Ory looked at the floor in shame. "So now we can't resurrect Herobrine. There's no way we can get twenty-four Eyes of Ender, and it's all my fault."

The four were silent for a few seconds. Then, Ron slowly pulled an object out of his inventory.

"Well. Here's one." The iron golem held an Eye of Ender in his hands.

Ory's ears perked up, and Agatha raised an eyebrow. "Where did you get that?" the witch asked.

Ron looked around at the three girls. "You really don't remember?"

Sno shook her head, curious. "What?"

"Every time we had an elimination ceremony, Herobrine threw Eyes of Ender to the safe contestants," Ron explained. The three girls' eyes widened as they realized what this meant. "I'm sure some of the mobs here saved their Eyes."

"Let's go check!" Sno exclaimed. The girls followed him back down the stone brick corridor. It led to a large underground room.

All of the eliminated mobs inhabited it, lounging in different areas and talking to one another.

"You told me to get them to shelter," Ron said when Sno looked at him. "Turns out there's a huge bunker down here just for that."

"Hey guys!" Ory called to the mobs, who turned to look at her. "We need twenty-four Eyes of Ender to resurrect Herobrine. Does anyone still have theirs from the elimination ceremonies?"

"I never got any," Jamey said with a scowl.

"Same," Jesse sighed. The two horses glanced at each other.

"I have one!" Pola exclaimed, holding an Eye in the air.

"Me too," Silvester called.

"I have several," Mucus said.

One by one, most of the mobs came forward and handed Agatha their Eyes of Ender.

Zupay came forward with Zippy on his shoulders. The toddler pointed to his mother happily. Agatha touched his cheek with a smile, then touched her husband's. Zupay handed her his Eye of Ender.

"It's the only one I got, because of you," he said, winking at her. Agatha chuckled.

"Alright, that's twenty-four!" Ory announced as Creep gave Agatha an Eye. "Thanks, everyone!"

"What next?" Sno asked.

"An enchanted golden apple, thirty bookshelves, and an enchantment table," Ory said. "Any ideas where we can find that stuff?"

Ron nodded. "There's a ton of bookshelves on the upper level of the mansion. I'm pretty sure there's an enchantment table up there, too."

"What about the apple?" Agatha asked.

The iron golem frowned. "I mean, there might be one in the mansion somewhere. I'm not sure."

"We'll go check," Sno told him. "Stay here with the others."

"Why? I can go with you," Ron replied.

"It's not your responsibility. We're the three remaining contestants in the show. This is up to us."

The iron golem stared at her. Then, he nodded. "Okay."

Ory hopped up onto a table. "Guys! Just letting you know, the End and the Nether were destroyed. So Null is probably here. But we're gonna go resurrect Herobrine to hopefully destroy Null. Everyone stay here until we're done, got it?"

"Hold up, did you say the Nether was destroyed?" Zombieswine asked.

The rabbit nodded gravely.

The pigman yelled angrily and punched the stone wall. "That was my home!" He slid to the floor sadly. Jack consoled him.

"Hey, I lost my home and my dad," Ender told him. "Grow up." Zombieswine didn't reply.

"Let's go," Sno said to Agatha and Ory. The girls nodded and went back into the corridor. They walked to the end of it, past the broken portal, and up the stairs. The stairs led into the lobby area of the mansion. There was a quartz fountain in the center of it, but otherwise the room was empty. The stairs to the upper level were on the opposite side of the lobby. As the girls walked across the room, a small figure flew in front of them.

It was a bat, except its eyes were glowing white and black smoke was emanating from it.

"Who are you?" Agatha asked.

"Why is Null a bat?" Sno wondered aloud.

"...Ech?" Ory realized.

"Nobody remembers me," the smoky bat said, his voice emanating from everywhere at once. "I don't understand why."

"We remember you, Ech," Sno replied cautiously.

"Liar!" Ech suddenly shouted, creating a small shockwave that pushed the girls back a couple blocks. "I've been neglected and ignored for so long. It's time for me to get payback."

"Ech, Null is using you" Agatha said. "This isn't who you are."

"O̶h̶,̴ ̵b̴u̸t̵ ̷i̶t̸ ̷i̸s̸," Ech replied in a strained voice. "W̵h̸e̵n̶ ̵N̸u̴l̷l̴ ̶s̸h̸o̵w̷e̴d̴ ̵u̶p̶ ̸h̸e̶r̵e̵,̸ ̸I̷ ̴a̵s̴k̵e̵d̷ ̴h̷i̸m̴ ̸f̶o̶r̴ ̸a̵ ̶w̵a̵y̶ ̴t̵o̷ ̷g̶e̶t̸ ̷m̸y̵ ̸r̶e̷v̵e̴n̷g̸e̶ ̷o̸n̷ ̷y̴o̸u̷ ̵i̴g̸n̸o̶r̵a̷n̷t̸ ̵m̴o̵b̸s̵.̸ ̴I̶t̵ ̴w̶a̵s̸n̴'̷t̵ ̶h̶i̶s̴ ̴i̸d̶e̵a̴.̸ ̵I̴t̶ ̸w̵a̴s̵ ̵m̷i̵n̵e̴."

"Why, Ech?" Ory asked. "We can talk this out."

"N̷͎͚̽͋̃õ̶̤͈,̸̦͖̮̓̐͑ ̷̢̯́͋̓I̷̙̰̒͝ͅ'̸̳̗͌m̸͇̐̆̀ ̸̡͌w̵͕͔͛́̈ă̷͚̺̈̓ỳ̷̳̯͂ ̸̰̌͐p̶͇̖̺̑a̵̮̱̚s̵̞̈̈́t̷̛̮̯̓̿ ̶̞̇͘t̶͉̩̽͐ḣ̴̡̖͛a̷̯̒̎t̷̫̪͒͜," the bat responded as a ball of black smoke began to form above his head. "Ǹ̴͎͚͛̂ő̷͈n̴͇̂͌ë̵̫̰́̿͊ ̵̰͙̄͝ͅọ̴͝f̷̯̀̍ ̷̝̞̇y̴̢̜͝o̷͍̒͘ͅu̷̝͖͝ͅ ̴̮͔͎͒e̷̺̽v̸̨̙̌̑è̶͉̬̬̚n̵͍͉̎̔ ̷̖̈́̀n̵͚̣̏͗o̷̫͛͌t̸͖̟͝î̷̩̥ç̶̖̯̚ě̷̞̀d̷͕͚͆̀ ̷̙̺̃̆͜Í̸̹̞̬ ̵̩͍͐w̶̛̜e̵̖̹̔͑ň̷̺t̷̡̤̼̏̇ ̸̨͉̜̎t̷͎̓o̵̩̓͝ ̷̞̰́t̸̹̘̔̕ḣ̸͕͚͎e̸̲̹͈̐͌ ̸̡̡̂̑̇N̴̝̮̭̿e̴̫̗̲̅̓̽t̴̥̍h̸̜͍̀́͗ȅ̷̼̫r̷̗̔ ̶̱̙̏̕w̸̦̒i̵͇̤̝͛͗ţ̸͚̐h̸̘͌͊̏ ̸̖̾y̷͇̺̓o̶̟͆͆̀u̵̺̰̜͗̊͗ ̷̛̤f̷̡̀̅ȯ̷̺̭̱̎ú̷̃ͅr̸̲̠̹̈́!̴̠̫̑̏͘ ̴̦̂̑I̷̺̎͂̇ ̶͒͜͝w̴̛͚a̸͓̼̓s̷̜̙̜̓ ̷̛̝̼͕ť̷̥̤̱̀h̴͎͚̠͌̇ę̵̱̋͗r̶͎̓̆̕e̷̟͙̓̚,̵͚̀̓̀ ̶̛̣͋̕I̶̬̲̳̎ ̴̮͒̈́͠f̶͉́̍̚l̸͓̅̓̓ḛ̴̍ẅ̸̼́̿ ̶̳͆͗͛á̴̫̣c̸̱̙͙͌͆r̷͉̠̭̋́ŏ̴̫͙̬̋s̷̟̻̳̽s̸̩̏̄͜͝ ̷͇̠̟̂ṭ̸̈h̴̨̫̀̕͝e̶̹͗͒ ̸̺̔̾p̸̛͚̻͕͌͛a̴̰̮̍r̷̙̈̾͝k̸̡̛̑̋o̵̱̎u̸̫͓͊ȑ̴̜͍̼̀͂ ̵͔̻̣͝͠t̴̯̂̚ö̷̼̘̼́̀͝ ̴̥̘͊̋͝ǵ̶̮̪̜̎̃e̸̦͐͠t̵͔͉̮̊̅ ̷̘̭̾a̵͉̋̽́͜ ̵̳͔̦̈́̈́̔g̴̠͚̜̊͘h̶̳̅a̴̮̐͘ŝ̵̤̉t̴̛͍̘͔ ̴̛͙̙͖̌̽t̵͔̣̆̽e̷͛̐͜ä̸͕́r̶̯̓̅,̴͎̑̊͝ ̷̹͚̪̈́b̸͈͇̞̿͊û̶̘̂̕t̸̡̽ͅ ̸̟̆n̸̲̞̈̅͒o̷̳̽̀ͅb̷̨̀̐̆ō̷̧̳̳͐̄d̵͉̈͑̕y̵̹̑́ ̶͆̌̀͜e̸̢̮͍͒̈͆v̵̺̕͠ȩ̸̮̝̀̕n̸̜̲̲̄̊̾ ̶̛̠̱͓s̸̡̥̫̋ȃ̵̱̩̅́w̴̠̞͑ ̴̢̼̝̔m̸̙̣͎̿e̸̡̛͐̍!̶̱͉̎͂͠ ̸̥̼̂͐̿N̶͈͌ò̷̘͎̳͂̈ṫ̴̥̼̳ ̴͙̍ẽ̴͍̙̦̅v̵̧͈̎e̴̳̘͉̓n̸̛͔ ̴̲̎̓̕ẗ̵̩̘̹́͐h̴͓̳̀͑ê̶̫͛͋ ̴̫̮̙͒́a̷̺̐ű̶̯̤̉͝t̷̥̳̉̽h̸͇̙͂̀o̴̖̻͌ŗ̶̻̦̍͆!̶̞̼͑ͅ ̵̗͝I̴̗̻͆̈́́'̷̱̊̑̊v̸̜̈́ë̵̩͙́̀͝ ̵̟̺͑b̶̮̘̀̊ȅ̷̡̟͛̊e̵̥͊̉̆ͅn̸͇͒̏̕ ̶̻̈́e̵͚͐̈́͑r̴͍̺̆̿͜a̵̯̍̃͋s̶̘̾e̸̮̠̲͒d̵̜͋ ̸͇̗́̔f̷̗̤̏r̵̛̺̦o̵͙̒̕m̶͕͖̈́͆͜ ̶̛͍͇e̵̪̭͎͊͋͠x̷͙̊ḭ̶͈̂̀s̷̛̜͔̽̔t̴̢͍̒̑͌è̷̯̜̭̚͠n̶̹͐̆͒ç̵͖̳̆̍͆ě̵̛̠̰,̷̨̱̱͆̓͐ ̵̨̲̈̑a̴͚̲̓n̶̙̰̈́d̴͕̓ ̵̬̗̈̅̕t̷̨̮̠̏͠h̴͈͇̦͛͠i̷̦̱̽͋̀s̷̳͝ ̵̰͛͌i̵̱̦͔̒̎s̴͙͎̭̃̕ ̸̤͙̂̀̓t̸͚̥̠̽͛h̶̛̻͜e̵̪̺͇̕ ̷̮͉̺͆̉̇o̸̖̯͕͋ǹ̵͇l̴͖̐͂͘ý̵͙͖̩̍͠ ̶̥̟̗͝s̷͔͑͆h̸̖͎͊̌̍o̶̭̼͆̓͠t̷̨̘̠͘͘̚ ̶̞̖̜̑͒̾Ī̴̫ ̶̨̥̩̄͋͝h̶̡̳̄̓ą̵͖̌v̶̮̱̺͑ḙ̴̛͚ ̷̠͍͇͌̓̕t̶̝̜̺̋ọ̵͔̔͑̕ ̸̯̩̘̀b̸̬͂r̴͓̀i̴̛͈͑̕n̵̡̮̓g̵̺̥̱̓͘ ̶̩͙̙̀̉m̸̱͕̺̀y̴̩̼͉͂̓̕s̷͇̣̎ẹ̸͕̆̆͠l̶̰̦̂̊ḟ̵̘̈́̅ͅ ̶̹͔̒̎ḇ̷̢̿̿̆ả̵̝̀c̸͎̓k̶̥̘͓̈."

"Ech—" Ory started.

"S̷h̴u̶t̴ ̵u̶p̴!̸" Ech interrupted. He closed his eyes for a few seconds, then opened them again. A small figurine floated in front of him. "R̶e̸c̷o̸g̷n̴i̶z̸e̴ ̵t̸h̶i̸s̶?̶"

The three girls' eyes widened as they realized what it was.

The immunity idol.

"Y̷̦̓e̸͖͂a̵̛͉ḥ̵͛,̵̜̓ ̵̮̓I̸̫͝ ̶̱̿f̴̩͆o̶͚͐ú̴̱n̸̨̓d̴̗̋ ̵͙͂t̸̞͛h̶̪͊i̶̤̓ș̵̀ ̶͉͗w̸͈͌h̷̦͠ë̸̺n̵̜̎ ̷͚̏Ỉ̸͕ ̵̙̇w̵̖͝e̸̛̬n̸̙̎ť̸͔ ̸͍͊t̴̲̆o̶̬͋ ̶͓͗D̴̍ͅr̶̂ͅä̸̱́g̸͚̓ò̶̯ṋ̸̌ ̵̐͜I̷̞͠s̶̺̔l̵̛̰ȃ̷͍n̴̜͊d̵̥͝ ̸̫̑i̷̞̒n̵̟̔ ̴̮̍e̵̱̾p̷͇͐i̴̮͒s̵͎͋ö̸̟ḑ̷̛é̸̪ ̶͕̇t̶̹̑é̸̮n̶̡͌.̶̩̉ ̵͎̅I̷̩̒t̷̹͛ ̴̱͗w̷̠͘â̶͓s̶͓̈́ ̴̤̑e̸͙̔á̷̱ŝ̶͇y̴͔̌," Ech explained. "B̷͉̊ǘ̴̲t̸͔͛ ̷̩̑t̷̬̐ŭ̶̲r̷͎͊n̸͍̍s̴̬̀ ̵̞̀o̴̫̒u̸̻̚t̶͍̕,̶̮̔ ̷̦̂I̵̗͒ ̵̦̏d̶̗̈́o̸͙̓n̵̼̊'̶̖̾t̵̫͘ ̵̲͝ë̶̘v̷͚̈́ẹ̸͝n̴͙̍ ̵̥͠n̷̈́͜e̶̛̖e̷̼͝d̶̈́͜ ̷̪̃ĭ̸̞t̸̫͆,̴̇ͅ ̸͋͜b̶̲͂e̴̖͠c̵͜͝a̸̡͋u̶͉̾s̴͉̋e̴̦̕ ̷̧͗n̶̯͂o̸̗͝b̵͍̎o̵̬̅d̵̗̿y̶͇͗ ̶̹͠n̵̳̅o̶̙̊t̷̘̊i̷̜̚c̵̫̒e̶͔̚s̵̰͗ ̷̩͠m̴̟̀è̶͖ ̸̘́a̵̛͖n̷̛̪ý̴͎ẅ̵̳́ă̸̝ŷ̴̹!̵̣́ ̶̖́Ś̶̭ó̶̦ ̷̪͗t̴͈̒h̷̕͜e̵̗͗r̷̘͌e̸̢̐'̶̤̌ş̵̿ ̸̨̑n̵̯̓o̶͎̓ ̸̺̇ẅ̷̠́á̵̮y̷̱͊ ̵̟̽Ī̷̮'̵͍͆d̵͎͠ ̸̺͘g̵̢͌ē̴̦t̶͔̀ ̷̢̌v̵̬͘ö̴̥t̶̖̽e̵͔̔d̸͔̅ ̵̗͛ò̵̼f̴̨̆f̷̙̎.̶̯̏ ̵̖͛I̸͕̚ ̶̩̀ḧ̵̳a̷͇̋t̶͚̾e̴̠͗ ̴̨̚t̷̩͝h̴̭́ì̶̟ṡ̴͚ ̵̩́ș̵̕h̸̛͜ô̸̖w̵̝͠!̷̫̌"

The immunity idol suddenly burst into pieces and disappeared. Ech glared at the girls. The ball of smoke was still growing above his head.

"We're sorry, Ech," Sno said. "We—"

"Ĩ̴͚̙͇̌̈̄̈́̈̃͛ ̸̻̍̽̓̆̂͐̕d̸̨̫͙̿̽̏̀͗͋ṏ̶͖̣̣̜̝̺̦͙́͑̒͝n̶̛̘̙͔̭̳̯̏̽̔̏̆͛̓̅͝'̴̛̛̯̲̘͉̬̱͒̇̋̾͋͜͝t̷̮̞̺̻̗̮̘̦̩̪̏̾̓̄̆̃͊̊̌ ̸̡̧͙͙̘̖͈̘̩͓̜̜́̉͛w̴̮̺͙͓͐͊̋́͠͝a̵̝̥̮̟̣̣̲̹̿̋̋̅͒̂̀͛̐̌̍̈́̕ṇ̴̡͖̹̫͉̙̭̱̹̻̟̀͆̎̂̀̐͗͜͠ṭ̷̡̢̥̲̼̦̬̗̙̣͕̈́̚ͅ ̸̡̹̱̻̼̙͍́͂ͅt̴͔͔̰̬̪̤͕̳̯̊̽̀ͅo̸̹̓̏̅̈̈́ ̶̺̏̇̏͋͋h̵̡̯̦͇̩̟̞̮̱̋̀͜e̷̝̱̜͓̪̯̩̝͙̒̀͝a̸̭̦͍͌͐̔͝r̵̛̬͍̤̟̲̘̠͍̤̹̠̂͊̑̔͋̕͜͠͠ͅ ̴̧̨̧͇̺͓̝͇̎̍͗̽͑̓̇͆͗y̸̠͖̳͙̱̩͎̟̤͒̂̍͊̌̾́̚ö̴̡͈͔͕̠̮͈̬̒͌̿͗̈̌̓̆̚͝ͅu̵̬͓̓̾̚ͅr̶̨̛͍̫̙͑̾͐͒̋̈́ ̶̡̨͓͕͍̱͚̙̯̺͑̿e̴͎͂̍̑̎̀̔̓̌͝x̵̭͕̮̤̰̟̲̺̞̠̜̌̅͑͗͜c̵͇̟̥̜̜̻̆̐̀͑́̀̆̽͊͒̚u̵̢̯͖̣͔̫̹͍̦̾̾͂̓̅̈́̃͘s̸̛͉̗̘̩͓̙̲̣̤̜͂̎̌̇͐͋̊͘ě̵̠̟̔̈͋̏̈́͗̕s̸̨̛̛̪̞͈̗̿͂̐̃̀̊̄͋͝!" Ech interrupted again. "Y̴̞̜̾̎ò̶̤̻̀u̶̢͙͑̋ ̴͚̽̒̏w̶̯̣̼̌ḁ̴͐̓ņ̷̖͙͂ǹ̶͙̽à̸̜͙ ̸̛̬̘̔ͅk̷̯̞̏n̴͕̩͉̚͘o̷͉̯͚͐̇ẃ̷̦͔͐͘͜ ̸͉̈̋s̵͉̦͉͒o̷̳̤͑ḿ̸̛͖͋ē̴̼̘t̷̳̩̅̕h̶̫͋̒i̷̿͜n̵̩̩̱͑̚g̶͈̯̓̍̆ ̴̳͓̏è̶̝͓̽̋ļ̷̺̱̄̓s̸̭͂e̵̻̩͋̒?̶̜̀́͝ͅ ̶̼̋͗͠I̵͕͓̞͒̎͋ ̵̟͗͑d̴̢̙̦͛ḭ̸͚̹̚d̷̳͇̋̿̈́ ̶̡̮̬͒͝ț̵̼̑́h̵͖̮͛̓ȩ̸̢̫̉ ̸̥̊͂m̴̧̤̈́à̴̧̙̤̆͋ẗ̶̳́̽h̷̙̗͎̋̈́̓,̷͉͓͌͂ ̸̰̗̰̓̏͂a̷̛͙͎̽ͅn̵̩̔͗d̵̨̙͇̂̌͝ ̶̻̤̒̐͝i̵̠̩̤̍͆̚t̸̲͇͇͝ ̶̦̭͇͆̈́͂t̵̗̙̀́͂u̵͕͌ṙ̶͙̽n̶̬͒s̵̡͕̼̀ ̶̹̾͒ŏ̸͇̾͑u̷͚͍̓̏͐t̴̤̿ ̷̻̎͑͊Í̶̼̣͛'̷͙̈́v̵̻̂̎ḙ̵́ ̷͎͆͆̒l̴̳͘ā̸̻͙s̵̮̓͜t̶͍͌e̷͇̦͎͋̋͝d̸̰̒̚͜ ̸͖̍ẗ̵̻̺́ͅȟ̴̛̼͇ě̷̡͔̆ ̵̦͊̓͋l̵̲͚͉̀̍ö̶̙̕ǹ̵̪͎̃g̵̯̬̓͂ĕ̵͎͎͒ŝ̵̻͆t̸̛̝̻̠ ̶̢̟͂̚o̴͖͇̔n̵̄̎͜ ̴̙̱̔͘t̶͉̩̯͠ḫ̶̬̝̌i̷̦͊́͛s̷̹͆̽̚ ̸̡͓̔s̴͖̘̥̄̌͘ẖ̵̤̈́ŏ̷̘̇͠w̷̭̼͚̍ ̷̪̌o̵̗̍͝ȗ̷̻͔̎̊t̷̨̝̦̓̉ ̸͇̿͝ͅo̵̤͋̈f̵̬̼͓̽͐̿ ̴͎̝͓͌e̶͚͋v̷͎̅̇̒e̸̠͊r̸̜͛̊͜y̵̩̟̏̕ ̷̯̖͍͒s̵̪̗͋̔͗i̴̡̛̞n̷̢͉̱̈́͛͐ǵ̸̡̚l̷͍̳̈́͊è̵̝ ̷̣̹̻͑̾͝c̷̗̓̀͊ó̴̪͕͠n̸̰̑̀ť̵̢̢̬̎e̵͍͙͓͛͠s̴̠̬̾͂̀t̸̩̎̔̐ą̷̯͊ͅņ̸̖̌̓͒t̴̠͛!̶̭̞̿ ̸̺̋I̵̘̩͑'̶̡̍̚v̶̝̱̺̅e̵͓̿ ̸̞̠̝̀b̷̦̂͝e̴̗͉̐e̶͎͂̋̅n̴̳̓̽ ̸̧̬̾͐̈́͜ǐ̶͙̜̜́̿n̶̖̟̮͌̿͛ ̴̝͑͘̕m̵̘͙͉̀̈́ò̵̹̞̉̒ŗ̶̌e̶̻͇͋ ̴̻̠͈̔́c̶̺͐̈́h̸̫̗̙̀ä̸̤̱́̕l̵̛̝̙͍̋l̶̖̞̍ͅė̴͈n̷͔̯̍̌͛g̵̪̙̘̊̿e̴̺̘͙͐̏̓ŝ̵͇̭̌̅͜ ̶̪̟͋̈t̷͖̺̀̄͝h̴̹͒ā̷̡͔̰̆n̸͖̂͠ ̸̹̓̆͑a̶̫̲̪̅͆n̴͕͎̻̂̈́y̵̠͎̒̃̽b̶̅̍̍͜o̵̫̓̎d̴̪͈̊ỳ̵̹̲̤̀̃ ̴̛͉͍̼͊̌ȟ̴͛͝ͅé̶͈͇͒r̵͇̻̮̀e̴̜͈͆,̵̗͛ ̵̳̦̥̚ȁ̸̼͝͠ǹ̵̙̟d̵͓̐̐̿ ̴̫̲̥̌͂y̶͉̭͂̈́͠e̷̹̖̺̓̆t̶͍̞̊̏ ̶͉̰̈́̇ṇ̸̓͐o̸͙͙͘b̶̛̠̗͘ͅo̵̹̍ͅd̴͎̕y̷͉̲͍͒̇͝ ̸̥͛̚ͅk̷̡̦̩̓́̍n̷̦͙̥͆͌ǫ̶͓̱̌ŵ̶͔́s̵̛͓̓̿ ̷̩̜͎͊̈́̌I̴̺̪̋̈́ ̸̮̮̀è̸̹̰͋ͅv̸̟̾̓ḙ̸̞̐̒n̴̺̞̒̏ ̶̯̅́e̴̯͂͑̀x̷͎͕̓̃̚i̶͈̪̒s̴̘̾̾͝t̸̡̗́̉̏!̶̧̪́̈́ ̶̅̾͌͜A̴̛͙̔͛l̸̯͎̘͂͋m̷͕̊́͝o̶̘͒͐s̵͙̺͜͝ţ̷̪̲̈́͌ ̴̬̰͂f̶̲̏i̵̹͉͝f̴̡͝ṱ̶̨͉͠y̶̞̤̽͛͛ ̷̣̍̀̂w̸̘͒̐ḩ̶̯̣̌͆̕ö̴͈́̈ļ̸̳̿̔ë̴̩̟̼̚ ̶̅̄ͅc̸̢͍̕h̴̼̖͝a̵̘̅̓͐l̴̹͓͒̀̐ḷ̴̛̳̱e̴̱̭̟̎͘͝n̷̦̋̇g̸̺̟͒̓͜e̶͇̱̊̅̊s̸̛̮̽͊!̵͔̔̏͜ ̷̩̿̃̽A̴̺̼͌̌͂n̸̢̖͛d̴̛̛̺̈ ̷̎̿͜͝ẃ̵́͘ͅh̵̖̟͆̐͊ả̶̻̼̅́t̵͍̃̏ ̶̜͚̇d̶̳̀ö̵̢́͗̌ ̶̧̺̆ͅİ̵͙̅̄ ̵̪̣̽ġ̸̱̟̊̐e̵̪̼̳̋t̶̙̥̭̀̄͘ ̸̙̓͜ͅì̵̠͍n̷̘̣̓̉̑ͅ ̷̦͔̘̑̂r̸̡̳̈́e̴̪̳͑́͊t̵̗̚u̵̲͐r̴͎͉͚̊̈͠ń̶̻̔?̷̡̩̻̀͝ ̸̰̀͗̔Į̷̪͇̾̊g̶̞̼̝̾n̷̨͓̼̔o̴̞̞̕r̶͖̩̖̓̄ë̷͔́́d̷͖͓̠̃͝!" The ball of smoke above his head was huge now.

The girls started to back away.

Ech smirked at the girls. "L̵͙̀̽́̉̒̚͝e̸̱̬̯̗͖͍̹̤̼̟̙̤̐̾͛̋̆̉͊̔͊͝t̴̡̡̗̝̪͎̘̪͚͍̙̺͗̈́̔̽̃͂͛̅̾͑͐̌̅̀̅̋́̋͑͒'̷̢̨̢͇̰͍̮̹͕͙̹͓̻̪̱̩͇̩͉̱̦̜̤͑͗̇̎̀̍͊͆͛̂́̃̊͑̂́̓̓̔͑͂̑̆̅͂͑̀̆̐̅̕͜͜͜ş̴̣̲̭͈̰̪͇̺̪͓̙̭̤̮̳̱͆͗̓̀̈̾̚̕͜ͅ ̷̢̨̢̥̠͉̘̥̻̩̝̜̞̙̹̠̙̱͕̟̬̗͖͛̔̑͂͗̈̀̏̿̋̎̓̏͆̚̕͜͝ͅs̷̢̝̞͉͚̖̼͇̪̩̝̱̜̫͇̰͕͙̻̮̰̖̘͖̼͈͎̞̙̔̏́͋̓́̋̈́́̍̋̀̿̊͛̀͒̕͝͝͝ę̸̨̧̧̢̣͍̗̳̩̯͙̜͈̺̬̞͓̦̣͇̩̹̙̝̠̱͑̃͊̽͌̐̀́̏͆̂͋́̉̂͐̐̇̓͒̓̾̿͌͌̎̕̕̚̚͘ė̶̡̡̨̢̧̦̬̱̳͉͉͍̥̻͚̫͈̱̞̠̜̥̠̟͙͕̫̺͈͘͘ͅ ̸̻̙̤̪̾́̂̈́̀͂̈̆͌̊̆̄̒̌͛̈̓͐̉̔̆̔̕̕͜͠͠w̴̢̧̦̦̯̝̖̦̜̰̯̠̱͇̮͇̳͊͒̚ḩ̶̡̧̢̹̼̰̻̩͍̱̤̞̲̘̗̪͚͔̭͉͈̞͖̳̯͍͉̀̈́͆̋͐̅͐͐͆̔̈́̎̋͘̚͜͜͝͠͠o̵̧̨͈̳̝͎̱̝̗͓̘̠͈̹̩͇̲̺̱̻̱͛̒͂̽̏̾̑̇̀͊̉͗̐̿̀̐̆̆̍̒̏̚͘͝͝ ̵̨̡͇̩͔̖̼̝̠̗͔͇̱͉̦̝̙͓̺͒́͛͌͆́́͋̇͐͋̏̃́̆̕ͅͅḡ̶̢e̶̛̟̰̿̆͋̂͐̏̿̀̆͛͆̌̚͘ͅt̵͈̳̙̞̪̞̫͖͗͂͑͑̌͐̌͛̉́̀̓͆̋̃̉͒̂͠s̷͇͓͓͇̱͓̲̞̜͖͗̓̊͛̃̄̅̃͋̽̉̆̄̂́́́͗̑̊͆̓͘̕̚͝͝ ̷̡̼̝̳̞̜̯̬̮͕̮͔̹̮͓̘͇̝̫͚̭̟̖̰̙̘̹͓͚̜̼̈́̏͗̿̉̓̾̓͌̉̍̃̂́̃͌̀̇̈̎́̅͑͒͝͝ḯ̵̛̺̲̳͔͍̙̥͉͍̀͛͊̈̌͌̆̅͜g̸̝̲̹͙̭͍̯̦̭̱̟̝̮̹̞̀̿̂̔́̓̍n̵̗͙͖̼̞͔̤̱̰͍̠͖͕̮̦̖͈͈̥͚̪̲̜͆̅̑̑̈́͂̊̾̀͘͝͠ͅò̵͓̝͈̱̜̙̰̈́̍̈́͐̇́͂͝͝͠r̴̟̻͕͍̦̪̹̹̳̳͍̳̻͉̳̱̝͙͉͕͊͌̉̚͝ͅe̸̻̱̯͖̳̻͓̣͑̄̈́ͅd̴̨̡̧̧͎͍̠̞͈̺̙͎̮͈͖̗̲̝̥̩̦̝͙̰̐̏̽̆̿͆̑̿́͌̽̀̍͌̾͛̕̚͝͠͠͝ͅ ̷̛͍̖̉̂̊͐̇̉̈́̍̌̅̑͑̔͋̍̾̈̎͠ǹ̴͎́̌̈́̄̈́̎̈́͆͊̏̌͊͗̉͊̈́̐̄͘̚͝ǫ̵̞̙̫̩̙̹͖̮̱̖̮̤̫͚̻͒̋̓͒̽̍̀̔͒͝ẁ̵͕̤͔̲̜͍̱̥̜̰̥̩̪̹̺̦̹̓̅͌̉͐͌̾̏̾̇̓̾̎͗̀͂̀͛̈́̓̌́̏͘͜͜͝͠ͅ!"

"Ech, no—!" Sno yelled, but the bat tossed the ball of smoke at the three girls. Ory and Agatha were able to dive out of the way fast enough, but Sno wasn't. The golem flew backwards and hit the wall, falling to the floor.

Agatha rolled across the wooden floor and checked her inventory for useful potions. She only had a single blood red potion and some healing potions left—nothing she could use against Ech/Null.

The possessed bat set its sights on Ory, who was slowly getting to her feet. He started charging up another smoke ball.

Agatha charged in and tried punching Ech. She succeeded, but it didn't look like he was affected at all. The bat simply looked at her and  threw the smoke ball. The witch didn't have time to dodge, and she was sent flying across the room.

Ory whipped out the diamond axe she found in the Nether and leapt at Ech. The blade came close to striking the bat, but he noticed at the last second and created a shockwave, sending Ory and the axe flying away.

Sno managed to stand up and started to throw snowballs rapid-fire at Ech. The first few hit him but didn't affect him at all. He then dodged the rest and shot another smoke ball at Sno, forcing her to jump out of its path.

Agatha came back with another leaping punch, but Ech simply moved out of the way and hit her with another smoke ball, sending her flying into the wall next to Ory.

Ory started to twitch. She picked up her axe again, feeling anger rising up inside of her. The rabbit charged at Ech, fully expecting for the Killer Bunny to take over and attack the bat.

But it didn't.

Ory was left with her normal, weak self, and she wasn't able to jump high enough to hit Ech. The bat sent her flying with a smoke ball, and she cried out in pain as she hit the wall.

"Come on, Killer Bunny!" Ory shouted to herself. Suddenly her eyes turned red. "No!" Her eyes turned back to normal. "What do you mean, 'no?!'"

Agatha tried to hit Ech again, but the bat was one step ahead of her as always. The witch was sent flying into the wall next to Ory.

"I don't think we can beat him," Agatha said, gasping for breath. "Unless something changes in our favor real soon."

"I'm trying to get the Killer Bunny out to fight, but she refuses," Ory told her. "I don't know what's wrong with her!"

Meanwhile, Sno had charged at Ech, trying to throw snowballs at him from directly below him. Ech avoided the stream of snowballs and created a shockwave, causing Sno to be knocked into the quartz fountain. She hit her head on the quartz and blacked out.

Ech then fired a ball of smoke at them, causing the two girls to jump away from each other. Agatha took the blood red potion out of her inventory.

"Ory," the witch called. "I have a potion that will make you become the Killer Bunny again."

"Oh, great!" Ory exclaimed. "Toss it over to me!"

Agatha hesitated. "There's one problem, though."

"What is it?" Ory asked, ducking under another smoke ball sent by Ech.

"This potion will turn you into the Killer Bunny forever."

Ory was silent as that sentence sank in. She didn't want to be the Killer Bunny forever; she hated the Killer Bunny. But the Killer Bunny was probably the only thing that could put up a fight against the Ech-possessed Null.

The bat suddenly rushed forward and body-slammed Agatha. The witch dropped the potion as she was sent flying over to the staircase. She landed hard. Ory knew that had to hurt. And Sno was still unconscious.

The rabbit looked at the blood red potion on the floor.

~~~

Ory's Confessional

"If I drink this, there is no going back to my normal self, ever. But if I don't, and Null kills us before we resurrect Herobrine, then there's no life for anyone, ever. I know what I have to do."

~~~

Sno woke up in her bed at home. She looked around, confused. Snow was coming down fast outside the window. It was dark in the bedroom. She turned to see Ron lying in the bed next to her, facing the other direction.

The snow golem put her hands on the iron giant's back. "Hey, love." Ron sat up in bed and turned to look at her.

His eyes were glowing white.

Sno screamed and jumped out of the bed. She ran out of the room and out of the house. It was dark on their mountain, the snow was falling all about her, and she couldn't see anything but the darkness.

The snowman was breathing heavily. She turned to look back at her house, but it was gone. In its place, a smoky black figure was staring at her, white eyes piercing through her.

Instead of screaming this time, though, Sno calmed herself. This exact nightmare had occurred just yesterday during the raid challenge.

"I'm not afraid of you!" Sno yelled at Null.

Since Null didn't really have facial features besides his eyes, he couldn't look taken aback. But somehow Sno knew that he was.

"Why are you destroying the world?!" Sno shouted.

"I am a virus. Viruses destroy things," Null responded.

Sno frowned, unsure of how to respond to that. So instead, she asked "How did you get here, anyway? Did you just, like, come out of Herobrine?"

"Yes. Those who meddle with the confines of space and time suffer consequences. Herobrine's consequence was a virus that he could not contain forever. That virus is Null. And soon, the rest of the world will be null, too."

"Yeah, yeah, you've said that before," Sno said, waving her arm at him. "So where are we right now? Some sort of dream state?"

"You are currently unconscious while I am currently possessing the small bat."

"Right. Could you stop doing that?"

Null didn't respond.

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In the underground bunker, the mobs sat around, unaware of what was happening above them.

"I hate being unaware of what is happening above us," Ron stated. "Maybe we should go check on them."

"Sno told us to stay down here," Cocoa replied. "Don't you think you should listen to your wife?" His eyes widened. "Sorry, I mean, girlfriend! That was an accident, I swear!" Moolissa hit him on the shoulder.

Ron barely heard him. He was busy pacing back and forth around the room. "I just wish I could know if she's okay or not."

"Why don't we just hook this TV up to the security camera feed?" Mucus asked nonchalantly, gesturing to the large flat screen TV.

Ron looked at him. "Can you do that?"

"Of course he can," Mag said with a scoff. "Have you met him? He is so smart!"

Mucus blushed. "Only sometimes." He hopped over to the TV and began messing with the settings. Ron watched him anxiously.

Meanwhile, in the corner of the room, Zombieswine was sitting against the wall dejectedly. Jack sat next to him sympathetically.

"I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye, ya know?" the pigman mumbled.

"Don't worry, bud," Jack said. "Once they resurrect Herobrine, he'll bring the Nether back."

Zombieswine looked at him. "You sure?"

Jack nodded. "Positive."

The two guys smiled at each other.

In a different corner of the room, Ender also sat dejectedly. He hadn't been too upset before, but as the realization sank in that he would never see his dad or his home again, the depression was seeping in.

The dragon sniffled. He felt something small touch his wing, and turned to see who it was.

Mite was there, looking at him with empathy written on her face. "I know how you feel. It'll be okay. You'll get through this."

Ender smiled at her, knowing this was a big change coming from the endermite. "Thanks, Mite."

Pola saw this exchange and smiled to herself. She glanced at Silvester, who knew about Mite's issues during the season. They shared a knowing glance.

Joe was lying flat on the floor, staring up at the ceiling. "This ceiling is very interesting," he murmured.

Porky and Mooshie ran over him, playing tag. Joe yelped as they jumped on his stomach and ran off. Porky oinked and Mooshie mooed.

"They apologized for stepping on you," Creep told the villager.

"That's new," Jesse said with a chuckle. He turned to see Jamey glaring at him. When they made eye contact, the skeleton horse looked away.

"Where's Mommy?" a baby zombie villager asked his father, who was sitting against the wall.

"She's off running errands," Zupay replied in a tired voice. "She'll be back soon, Zippy." Zippy pouted.

"You done yet?" Ron asked Mucus impatiently.

"Almost," the slime replied. "The signal down here isn't that great."

Ron sighed, the anticipation getting to him.

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Ech was still attacking Agatha. Ory knew the witch wouldn't survive much longer. She looked back and forth between the potion and the evil bat.

Finally, Ory made her decision.

She picked up the potion and drank it. Immediately, the rabbit's eyes turned red.

The Killer Bunny roared and picked up the diamond axe. She charged at Ech, who turned around when he heard the roar.

The rabbit leapt into the air and struck Ech with the axe. The bat went flying across the room. The Killer Bunny chased after him. Ech fired several smoke balls at her. The Killer Bunny dodged each one and kept charging at him.

Agatha slowly got up and watched the ensuing battle. She nodded, then began climbing up the stairs of the mansion.

~~~

Agatha's Confessional

"Looks like the Killer Bunny can handle herself against Null's Ech form. While she distracts him, I'll go resurrect Herobrine. I do feel bad because now Ory will be the Killer Bunny forever, thanks to my potion. But without the Killer Bunny, we would all be dead."

~~~

Sno turned and looked at the mountain around her. It was night time and snowing hard. Null was still floating where her house should be.

"Since this is a dream," Sno muttered to herself. "Does that mean I can change where I am?"

She closed her eyes and concentrated. When she opened them again, she was in the End. The campfire area was nearby, and the Toilet Portal of Shame loomed above. Null was still there, floating a couple blocks above the endstone. He didn't seem to be paying any attention to her.

The snow golem walked forward until she was directly in front of Null. She tried punching him. Her fist just went through his body, not affecting him. She frowned.

"What defeats viruses...?" Sno mumbled. "Firewalls?"

She closed her eyes again. When she reopened them, she and Null were in the Nether.

Sno sucked in her breath at the sight of all the red around her. The Nether just brought up bad memories, especially after being there earlier that day. But, since this was a dream, she didn't feel the heat of the Nether. Sno exhaled in relief.

Null was still staring off into the distance. Sno wondered what he was doing. She supposed he was focusing on possessing Ech. If she could distract him enough, maybe he would leave Ech alone.

Sno concentrated on her memories of season two. She recalled the challenge that she had been eliminated in, and focused on that.

When she opened her eyes, a literal wall of fire had appeared in front of her, exactly like the one from the Run For Your Life challenge during Total Drama Nether.

Sno's heart was racing, but she knew it wouldn't affect her. She concentrated, then sent the firewall hurtling toward Null.

It traveled through him, but didn't affect the virus. Null simply did not react. Sno sighed. Their surroundings returned to the snowy mountaintop at night.

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"Done!" Mucus announced. Ron ran over to the television as Mucus pressed a few buttons. He switched between the security cameras on the resort.

Finally, he found live footage that depicted a very interesting event. Ory was battling Ech in the lobby up the stairs, and neither of the two's eyes were their normal color. Agatha was nowhere to be seen, and Ech seemed to be emanating black smoke.

But Ron's eyes immediately went to Sno, who lay unconscious against the quartz fountain in the center of the room.

"Sno!" Ron shouted. He started to run out of the room.

"Wait!" Moolissa called. "Didn't Sno tell you to stay down here?"

The iron golem stopped in the doorway. He turned to the rest of the mobs. "I'm going up there to protect Sno. The rest of you, stay here. It's dangerous up there."

"If it's dangerous, we can help fight," Pola told him. Some of the mobs nodded in agreement, while others shook their heads in dissent.

Ron also shook his head. "We can't risk any of you getting killed. Herobrine isn't here to resurrect us. Stay here."

With that, the iron golem turned and ran to the stairs. The rest of the mobs looked around at each other. None of them seemed sure on what they should do.

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Agatha made it to the upper floor of the mansion. There were bookshelves everywhere. The witch began collecting as many as she could.

She wasn't sure how long the Killer Bunny would be able to hold off Null. The evil being didn't seem to be at his full power since he was controlling Ech, but he was still pretty powerful. Agatha needed to resurrect Herobrine fast.

The witch finished collecting thirty bookshelves and continued searching the floor for the other needed materials. As she walked, she passed an enchanted golden apple in an item frame on the wall.

Agatha backtracked until she was in front of the frame. She looked at the apple in amazement, then took it from the frame. She immediately got out her handy brewing stand.

The witch placed a ghast tear and a water bottle into the stand. As she waited for the mundane potion to brew, she looked around for an enchantment table.

After thirty seconds of walking, she found one. It sat on a balcony that overlooked the ocean behind the resort. There was enough space around it for her to place the bookshelves and Eyes of Ender. Agatha grinned and ran back to her brewing stand.

The mundane potion was finished, so she placed the enchanted golden apple into the brewing stand. This had never been done before as far as Agatha knew, so she watched the potion brew in fascination.

As it brewed, the dull color of the mundane potion began to glow brighter and brighter. When it was finished brewing, there was a flash of white light. Agatha closed her eyes to adjust. When she reopened them, the potion was glowing white.

The witch took the potion out of the brewing stand and stared at it in awe. She shook her head and ran back over to the enchantment table to place the bookshelves.

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Ron ran up the stairs and into the lobby. Ech and Ory were still caught in a very intense battle. Ech was using a sword made out of smoke to fight Ory, who was using a diamond axe but was fighting with ferocity.

Sno was unconscious against the fountain. Ron ran over to her to protect her. He cradled her body and watched the battle play out before him.

Ory leapt into the air and swung her diamond axe at Ech. The bat brought up his smoky sword to block it. The two blades collided and sent the two small mobs backwards a few blocks. They charged at each other again.

As they collided in battle, Ech began to yell. "I̷͓̋͘ ̷̡͎͉̈́j̴̦̹̹̜̅̎́̂͛u̷̢͐̽̊̀̉s̴͎̎̕͘͠t̷̥̀ ̷̢̤͔̦̖͕̈́̔̕w̵͇̓̓̂͠a̴͚͑̀̊͑̃ń̷̛̳͓̺̫̈́̆͜͝ţ̵̛͔͙̤̤͒ȅ̸̟͓̖̰̝͑͒̉̄̀ḑ̶̡̯͚̠̓̈́̋̅͐̕ ̴͔̆̓̎̎̈́͋t̴̟̜̯̦̯͊̒̆̃̃ö̸͈̘̤́͐̽̑̽̈ ̷̻̺̩̣̍̏ͅb̴̖͈͒́͜e̵̝̍͜ ̴̛͖̖̠̈́̍̓ņ̴̱͛̆o̵̬̺͉͆t̵͈͗̈́̚i̷̝͓͕̩͓̒̈͘c̷̻͈̈́̓́͑̄͝e̷̠͕̯̊͐̈́̂͛̕d̸͎͔̩͌͗̕̕!̸̣̻͙͇͇̉̈́ ̸͍̜̿͆́͘Į̶̦̝̥͖̌͌̒̍͠ͅt̶̢̥̠̋̓̃̋̊̚'̵̯̖̯͖͉̞̈́̋̋͑̚͘s̶͇̽̌̇͠ ̵͇͉͓̰̾̈̐̕͝a̴̡̿ ̸̯̀͑̇̚b̴̢͔̖̄̾̿a̶̛͔̦̫̖̩͔̋͂̈́͝ŝ̷̖̙̜̓̒̚ͅį̴̣̙̲̹̮̈́̓̇c̴̹͈̤̀̕̕ ̷̭̲̏̆̀r̶̲̙̘̗̽̇̅̕͝͝į̶̛̝̠̲͚̹̒̀̇̽̈g̵̤̀̓ḧ̴̹̣́̈̀t̶̺̊́̀ ̸͈̏͆͊͑͛͘f̸̢͚͕̓̑͠ơ̶̤̦̲̗͓͂̈́́̓r̴̬͓̲̰͇̭̿̃̃ ̴̧͓͇͌͜a̸̖͔͍̋͗͐̄̕̕n̷̢̓̄̃͌̚ȳ̸̯̓͌̌ ̴̡̖͔͖̋ḽ̵̣͙̇̍͒͝ì̵͔̥̇̄̌̅v̴̛̪̩͍̳̽̇̋̂͝i̴̼̫̅̓͠ǹ̸̹ǵ̷̥́̚̕ ̵̳̈́͐̏̌̐͠t̸̙̮̲̥̓h̵͍͉̦̾͂̈̽̓ḯ̵̢̛̛͙͆n̵͚͍͑͋ḡ̴͎̒͊!̸̫̥̺͍̲͘ͅ ̷̧̘̹̖̱̆̑̓̂͐B̶̬̱͓̊̓͒́͛̉ṷ̴̡̠̼̩͠͝ṭ̶̀̅̍̚ ̸̢͉̞͈͍̀̍͋̎̋̕n̷̡̻̙͕̈́͝o̴̳͕̹̪̍ ̷͖̣̠͙͈̳̈̓̄͊̅ơ̸̘̮̣̍̎͐̕ņ̵̗̬̊͐̑͋͋̕e̵̹͎͚̎̅̍͘ ̸̧̛̛̯̤͎͛̽̈ń̶͕̠̦̞͇̖̾̈́̈o̴̗̖̹̙̓̈́͆̋͠t̴͉̲̗͇̹͐͜ĭ̶̛̞̍̈́̚c̵͔̞̟̹̞͝ë̷͎͕́͋̈́̌̍ď̷̠̩̝̦ ̵͈͙̦̘̖̗̀̈́͌m̴̖̟̱̙̫̀̈́̀́̈́̿͜é̵̠͙̪͓̟̒̕͘ ̸̛̭͍͇͈̪͆͂͐̊͝w̵̢͖̔̋̓ĥ̵̢̛̥͍̹̳̅͊̋̍ͅe̵̦̜̝̙̬͘n̸̰̩̹̿̍̄̇͠ ̴͖͇̤̙͊̄͘I̷̗̲̲͐̔̐̋͝ ̸̢̱̹̰̅͠ͅẁ̴͚͕̝͛à̴̝͙͗s̸͖̜̥̤̽ ̶̡̱̅͂̓̀a̷̢̝͍̮͛̋̇̒ͅḽ̶̡͗̽o̶̥̘͍͉̲͐n̴͇̯̤̾̃̍e̶̤͑̏.̶̬̝̼̼̓̐̔́ ̴̰̈́Ṥ̷̯̼̃̓́͠ỏ̷͖̙̈́ ̴̛̫͑͛̈́̚n̷̠͙̖̜̅͊̀̏͝ô̷̭̭̠͜͠w̶̧͔̹̲͛́ ̵̙̼͙͖̻͉̍͛̔̈́Ḯ̵̲̣̖̣͠ ̴̺̰̥̓̀̀h̶̙̜̱̺̳́̊̆́a̴͍͌̕v̴̠̄̅̆̕͝e̷̞̓͌̅͂̒ ̶̟̻̠̆N̷̨̫͈̙̿͘ͅͅu̵̡̜̲̠̦͎̾̈̓l̶̠͑̑̀̍l̷̛͓̰̋.̴̻̼̾̔̿͂̚ ̷͈̯͋ͅȈ̶̡̖̼͕̪͇̓̀̍̿̕'̵̘̳̹̼̜̀͌m̵̊̓͜ ̵̩̇͘ͅs̵̺̰͙͇͍̤̄̿̐́̌u̷̳͙̕r̵͎̤̎̌́ė̴̛͈̓̊͜ ̵̧̛̾̀̀̈́ẗ̶͖͈̬̇ỏ̸̞̦̗̫̩ͅ ̶̰̃̌̚͝b̷̞̥̜̲͔̋̈́́̕e̴͇̰̣̠̊͌̒͠ ̸̛̫̫̏͛̕͠n̶̛̺̤̞̯͍̂̔̉̿͛͜ǫ̷̠̜̭̘͊ṱ̴̢̢̜̘̹̒̃̿i̵̻͖̳̒̽̾͋̕c̵̰̹̰̻̋e̶̫̝͚̳̳͋̆ḍ̶́̔͒͋͘ ̶̹͉͔̇̃n̸̹͕̗͆ò̷͎͗̆͋̍͒͜w̷̺̗̳͊̇̋ͅͅ!̷̘͓̖̗̹͉̂̆͒́̈́͝"

Ron frowned. He remembered teaching Ech how to be noticed more when they were both still on the show. It had been working great for awhile. Ron wasn't sure what changed.

Ory swung her axe at Ech again, who dodged it by flying above it. He brought his sword down on her, which sent the rabbit flying across the room. She hit the wall near Ron, and Ech flew toward her to attack again. Ory managed to block his next swing and land a hit on him with her axe, which sent him tumbling into the fountain.

"I notice you, Ech," Ron said to the bat as it flew out of the water. "Even before Null controlled you. I noticed you."

The bat turned to glare at Ron. He twitched, and the smoke surrounding him seemed to die down a little.

But then, Ory charged in and tackled Ech out of the fountain. The two continued fighting.

"Hmm..." Ron trailed off.

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Sno was sitting on the mountaintop, trying to will herself awake. But it didn't seem to work.

"Hey!" she called to Null.

The virus didn't respond.

"I got a question about you," Sno said. When Null still didn't say anything, the snow golem continued. "When you first started showing up in the world, why were you stalking me? I was the only who noticed you for awhile. It seemed like I was the one you were targeting, or something."

Null didn't respond for a few seconds. Sno was starting to think he had left when he finally spoke.

"You were the opposite of what I needed to be," the virus spoke. "Full of love and happiness. I studied you for a time so I could grow my powers using hate and anger."

Sno was silent as she took in that information. So she was terrorized for almost the entire season because she was loving? That almost seemed unfair.

Love, the snow golem thought to herself. If Null was based off of hate and anger, then maybe the key to defeating him was love and happiness. After all, the best way to stop a virus is to heal it.

Suddenly, Null made a small sound. He looked around at the mountaintop, like something had broken his focus. But a couple seconds later, he was back to staring blankly.

Whatever that was, it must have happened in the real world. But it was just what Sno needed. She had an idea.

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The rest of the mobs were watching the battle on the television in the underground bunker. It was pretty entertaining to watch. Porky and Mooshie were especially enjoying it, jumping up and down in excitement.

"I still think we should go up there and help," Pola said.

"Iron Man said to stay down here, so we stay down here!" Joe exclaimed.

"Plus, what would we even do?" Ender asked. "Ory is clearly the Killer Bunny right now. She'd probably try to kill us as much as Ech would."

"Oh man, I really feel bad for Ech," Silvester said. "I wish there was something we could do to help him."

"Me too," Jesse added.

"Hey Mucus," Zupay said. "Do you mind changing the channel? I'd like to see where my wife is."

"Sure." The slime began switching through the security camera footage across the resort. Eventually, he found one where Agatha was moving.

The witch was on the balcony at the back of the mansion. She was placing bookshelves around an enchantment table.

"She's getting ready to resurrect Herobrine!" Moolissa exclaimed. "Oh, I really hope my dad was right."

"That's my girl," Zupay said with a grin, watching Agatha intently.

"Hey, wait," Cocoa addressed Moolissa in realization. "Did we ever tell Ory and the others about what your dad said?"

"What'd he say?" Moolissa asked nonchalantly.

"If someone is standing close enough to the enchantment table when Herobrine is resurrected, they'll be immediately disintegrated," Cocoa remembered.

Moolissa's eyes widened. "We didn't."

Zupay glared at the cows. "Are you saying my wife will die if she resurrects Herobrine, and she doesn't know it?"

Cocoa gulped. "Well, no. Only if she's standing within ten blocks of the enchantment table at the exact moment that Herobrine returns from the dead."

Anger contorted Zupay's face. He looked like he was about to scream at the two cows.

"But!" Moolissa tried to pacify him. "Don't worry. It takes a few minutes after splashing the potion on the enchantment table for Herobrine to actually return. So Agatha will probably have left the area during the wait, ya know?"

"You better be right," Zupay seethed. Zippy looked at him in wonder.

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Agatha finished placing the thirty bookshelves around the enchantment table. There were fifteen surrounding the table, leaving a one block space between the shelves and the table and also an opening to walk through. Fifteen bookshelves were on top of these fifteen bookshelves, one on top of each, making thirty in all.

The witch tried to recall the rest of the instructions Ory had told her. The rabbit was the Killer Bunny now, so there was no asking for help anymore. Agatha had to do everything by memory.

One thing she definitely remembered was that she had to write "Herobrine" on one of the pages of the book on the enchantment table. Agatha fished a quill out of her pocket and opened the already floating book.

It was strange to write on this magic book, but Agatha managed to do it. She wrote "Herobrine" in large letters on the first page of the book. Agatha hoped that would suffice.

Next, she knew she had to place the Eyes of Ender on everything around her, basically. She knew she had twenty-four with her, so she began placing them.

Agatha placed one Eye on each of the fifteen bookshelf pillars, which left her with nine remaining. She placed one on the floor of every block surrounding the enchantment table, which left her with one more. She placed that one on top of the enchantment table.

The witch knew the last step was to splash the potion on the enchantment table. She was about to do it, but then stopped.

"Doesn't this need to be a splash potion if I'm going to splash it?" Agatha wondered aloud. "Ory never mentioned needing gunpowder, or turning this potion into a splash potion."

She stared at the setup in front of her, thinking hard.

"But if I don't make this a splash potion, I don't think it will work," Agatha said aloud. "This potion should only work if someone drinks it."

The witch frowned.

"But then again, adding gunpowder to this potion could ruin it. It's clearly magic beyond my understanding," Agatha muttered. "But, even magic has to follow the basic rules of science. Right?"

She nodded to herself, then went back into the room to search for gunpowder.

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Ron watched as Ech and Ory continued to battle around the lobby of the mansion. It was amazing how skilled at fighting they both were, which was completely out of character for both of them.

The iron golem had a feeling Ory wouldn't be able to defeat Ech as long as Null was possessing him, though. He decided he had to try to save Ech from Null.

Ron scooped the still-unconscious Sno up in his arms and carried her to the door. He ducked under a stray ball of smoke that Ory had dodged. When he arrived outside of the mansion, he set Sno down on a lawn chair by the hot tub. He kissed her forehead, then walked back into the lobby.

The battle between the bat and the bunny was still going on. Ech seemed to be landing more hits than Ory was now. That wasn't a good thing.

Ron wasn't sure what to do, so he called out. "Ech! I can see you!"

The bat merely glanced at Ron and went back to fighting Ory. The golem frowned. "Ory is distracting him too much."

The red-eyed rabbit swung her axe at Ech with a snarl. The bat stopped her axe mid-swing with his smoky sword. Then, a shockwave was sent out of the bat, causing Ory to fly over to the doorway near Ron.

She growled and was about to charge back at the bat. But, Ron stopped her by bringing his heavy arms down on her head. Ory went out cold.

The iron golem winced. But he didn't have time to feel bad. He had to save Ech from Null.

Since the bat was no longer being attacked, he began to fly toward Ron, malice on his face. Ron glared back at him.

"Ech, you have been my favorite character in the past three seasons of Total Drama Minecraft," Ron called.

The bat stopped in his tracks for a second, but shook his head and kept flying toward Ron, sword swinging.

"I've been rooting for you for all three seasons," Ron continued. "I was super bummed out when you got eliminated in episode nine of season three and then got eliminated in the final four of season four."

Ech stopped again. He twitched, but kept flying.

"I loved everything you did in all your seasons! I loved how you made friends with Cean in season three, how you made it through season four unnoticed by most of your fellow competitors, how you befriended Jesse and convinced him to be good and defy his sister, how you killed Wither, and how you saved those baby turtles in your last challenge of season four!" Ron listed off everything he remembered about Ech.

The bat began shuddering as Ron spoke. His smoky sword dissipated into thin air.

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Sno concentrated on her surroundings once again, trying to form them into a memory.

She closed and reopened her eyes, and the mountaintop was gone. Now, she was by a familiar campfire on a familiar island. Null was still floating nearby, oblivious to the scene change. Several mobs sat around the campfire, but Sno focused on two mobs in particular.

An iron golem walked up to a snow golem on a bench. "May I tell you that even though you're made of snow, I find you hot?"

The snow golem blushed. "Oh. Thank you."

Future Sno smiled. "Our first conversation. He had such a way with words. I'm swooning over him even now." She looked at Null, who suddenly twitched and looked around as he had done earlier, like something in the real world affected him. The virus took a second to watch what was happening around him.

Past Ron plopped down on the bench next to past Sno. "Can I..." He put his arm around her shoulders. "Sit with you?"

Past Sno giggled. "Of course!"

Future Sno looked at Null, who had watched that interaction. He twitched in obvious discomfort, then went back to possessing Ech or whatever he was doing in the real world.

Sno had a feeling it was working, though. She grinned, and then concentrated on another memory to bring up.

When she reopened her eyes, she was still on the familiar island, but this time she was outside of a familiar cabin. A trail of rose petals led from the cabin and into the woods. Past Sno began following it.

Future Sno sighed with happiness as she watched her past self experience Ron's rose petal trail. It was such a romantic gesture. Sno noticed several contestants copy the exact same thing in later seasons, which was totally uncalled for. She was happy she got to experience it first.

Past Sno followed the trail to a picnic blanket where past Ron was sitting. The two of them sat and talked as they ate. Future Sno smiled at this. She looked at Null, who had twitched into the dream state again. He glared at the memory in front of him and went back to possessing Ech. The smoke around him seemed to be getting thinner. Sno knew it was working.

She focused on her next memory. Their surroundings changed. Past Sno was on a boat in the night. It sailed toward an island resort, the very same one they were on now in the real world.

As the boat came closer to the island, past Sno saw past Ron standing at the dock, holding a rose. He was waiting for her.

Future Sno smiled over this. Ron was always such a romantic. She loved that about him.

Null twitched again, and he looked around at the memory once again. His eyes narrowed through the smoke.

As the boat reached the dock, past Sno leapt off of it and into past Ron's arms. They hugged tightly, as they hadn't seen each other in six whole episodes.

The couple pulled back from their hug and stared into each others' eyes. "I missed you so much," they said at the same time. And then they kissed. Future Sno smiled, as this was her first kiss with her boyfriend of four years now. It was wonderful.

Null also saw the kiss, and began to shudder. The smoke around him was even thinner than before. Sno's plan was working, and so was whatever they were doing in the mansion.

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Agatha rummaged through the chests in the upper room, searching for gunpowder. She still wasn't entirely sure if she should add it to the potion or not. But she searched anyway.

"Moolissa's father told Ory about this legend, right?" the witch muttered to herself. "He probably just told her she needed to add a golden apple to a mundane potion, but forgot to mention making it into a splash potion. That makes sense, right?"

Agatha nodded to herself, trying to justify her reasoning. Finally, she found some gunpowder in one of the chests. She collected it and walked back over to the bookshelves, where she placed her brewing stand.

The witch put the glowing white potion into the brewing stand, then took out the gunpowder. She hovered over the brewing stand, hesitating.

"If I ruin this potion, there won't be another chance to resurrect Herobrine," Agatha said to herself.

She stared at the brewing stand in front of her, heart pounding. This simple decision could very well change the fate of the entire world. She hesitated a few more seconds, and then...

Agatha placed the gunpowder in the brewing stand.

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"Most of all, your best character arc has definitely been season five, Ech," Ron said to the possessed bat, who was still trying to fly toward him. "You started out unnoticed, but as time went by, you began to make more and more friends. And more and more people started to notice you, Ech. They know you exist."

Ech began to shake violently.

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Sno focused on another memory. They were inside of a woodland mansion. Past Ron and past Sno were killing off vexes. When they finished, they turned to each other.

"One of us has to be eliminated," past Ron said.

Past Sno nodded. "I guess we both know who it's gotta be."

"We do," Ron said. After a pause, he continued. "I'm starting to think we mean different people here, Sno."

Future Sno looked at Null, who was definitely viewing the scene. He was shuddering.

Past Sno and Ron talked some more and walked to a doorway. Just before they reached the room, Sno tried shoving Ron into it. But he didn't budge. The iron golem scooped her up. "I love you," he said as he tossed her into the room.

"What a beautiful sign of love!" future Sno called so that Null would hear her. "We both tried to sacrifice ourselves so the other would be able to stay on the show!"

Suddenly, Null began to shake violently.

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The gunpowder finished brewing. Agatha took the new splash potion out of the brewing stand and inspected it.

It was still glowing a bright white. The only change from earlier was that now it was a splash potion. Agatha grinned.

"I'm a genius," she said to herself. She walked over to the enchantment table with the potion.

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Ron watched as the smoke surrounding Ech began to grow stronger. The iron golem's eyes widened.

Ech looked into the air. Smoke began billowing out of his mouth, and then a black figure the same size and shape as Herobrine formed in the air. He immediately fell to the ground, as did Ech.

Ron ran forward and gently scooped up Ech. He then ran back to his position in the doorway. Ory was still unconscious nearby.

"Hey, love," came a voice from behind the iron golem. He turned around to see Sno standing there.

"Sno!" Ron exclaimed happily. He hugged her tightly. "I got Null out of Ech!"

"So did I!" Sno replied happily. "Looks like we worked together, huh?"

Ron smiled at her. "Well—"

"Puny mortals."

Ron and Sno turned back around. Null was floating in the air above the fountain, looking angrier than ever.

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Agatha held the splash potion high above the enchantment table. She studied the setup once more to make sure everything was in order, then nodded to herself.

"Here goes nothing," she said.

Agatha splashed the potion on the enchantment table.

Nothing happened, but Ory had said that it would take a few minutes for Herobrine to actually return to life.

Agatha decided to wait by the enchantment table until he came back.

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"She's still standing there," Zupay growled at Cocoa and Moolissa. They were watching Agatha stand near the enchantment table after splashing the potion on it on the television.

The two cows looked at each other, unsure of what to say. If Agatha got disintegrated, it would be their fault.

"That's it, I'm going up there to tell her to move," Zupay said. He started to leave the room, but stopped. He turned around to find Zippy right behind him.

"Zippy," Zupay said. "Could you stay here for me? Daddy has to go run some errands."

"I wanna come!" Zippy whined.

Zupay continued to talk to his child. Meanwhile, Mucus had switched the channel on the television back to the lobby, where they saw Null facing off with Ron and Sno.

"Oh cool, they got Null out of Ech!" Silvester cheered.

"Yeah, but now Null is there with his full potential," Pola realized. "We have to go up there and help Ron and Sno!"

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"I was barely at half of my full power while possessing that bat," Null said. "Now, you will all die."

Ron and Sno gulped as Null raised his arms. Smoke started to billow into his palms, charging up a giant ball of smoke.

"We have to get out of here," Ron whispered. But, Null was between them and the staircase to the underground bunker, so that wasn't an option.

"No," Sno replied. "I used love and happiness to defeat him while we were in the dream realm or whatever. Maybe it will work again now."

Ron raised his eyebrow as Sno stepped forward. The ball of smoke was getting larger and larger. It was even greater in size than the ones Ech threw at Ory.

"I love you, Ron!" Sno yelled at Null for some reason. Nothing changed, Null just continued to grow his smoke ball.

Ron was confused, but he played along. "I love you too, Sno! You're my favorite person in the world!"

Null didn't make any indication that he was even listening to them. The ball of smoke was almost the size of the entire room at this point.

"If anything ever happened to you, I wouldn't forgive myself, Ron!" Sno shouted. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you!"

This made Ron think about marrying Sno again. Maybe it was something they should do. They had been dating for four years, didn't that mean they were ready?

"Ron?" Sno asked. She was looking at him now.

Ron shook his head, bringing himself back to reality. "I love you so much, Sno! I hope we can spend every waking second together!"

Null's ball of smoke was starting to press against the walls of the room. Sno had to back up to avoid the smoke.

"It's not working," Sno cried.

Ron scooped up Ory and Ech's unconscious bodies. "Come on, babe, let's get out of here!"

They ran back toward the open doorway. Just before they reached it, a loud crack was heard. Then, the entire building began to collapse.

The doorway started to fall on them as they ran through it. Ron sheltered Sno with his body as the wood came raining down on top of them.

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The mobs in the bunker were just about to climb up the stairs when they heard a loud crack, and then the sound of an entire building falling.

Pola started to run up the stairs, but huge chunks of debris fell into the stairwell and covered it up. Their way to the top was sealed shut, and there was way too much debris for them to get past it.

"Great! Now what do we do?" Ender asked. "Sno and Ron are going to die, and we can't even get up there to help them!"

The mobs looked around at each other helplessly. Zupay's heart sank as he realized he couldn't get up there to warn his wife about disintegrating. He looked at his son, who was staring at the smoking debris in awe.

Suddenly Zombieswine, who had previously been sulking about the loss of the Nether, spoke up.

"Does anyone have a cell phone on them? I need to make a call."

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Agatha was still standing on the balcony with the enchantment table when the building started to collapse.

Luckily, the balcony was held up by support poles that didn't seem affected by whatever explosion had occurred. So the balcony was fine, but the entire rest of the resort mansion began to crumble away. Agatha watched all this from her position on the balcony, wondering if anyone would survive this. Hopefully Herobrine would return soon.

She continued to wait next to the enchantment table.

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The mansion finished collapsing.

Sno coughed as she inhaled smoke. She was trapped under some chunks of wood, and didn't see anyone else nearby.

The snow golem struggled to pull herself out from under the debris. When she finally succeeded, she shakily stood up.

"Ron?" she called. She looked around, but didn't see him anywhere. She tried to rummage through the rubble, but still couldn't find the iron golem.

Sno climbed to the top of the debris pile so she could see clearly. The entire mansion had been destroyed. Now, there was a huge crater in the middle of the island. Rubble and debris were strewn about everywhere. Thick black smoke hung in the air.

When some of the smoke finally cleared, she saw a lone figure floating at the other end of the crater. Glowing white eyes and a smoky figure revealed it to be Null.

Sno and Null stared at each other from opposite ends of the crater.

There was no one else. Everyone had been buried by the collapsing mansion. Sno stood solo against the most powerful being in the universe.

She was going to have to fight Null alone.

Without a word, Null raised an arm in the air. Figures started to appear out of thin air below him, spanning the entire other side of the crater. They were all smoky black Null-shaped figures, except they didn't have any eyes. They were pure black. Dozens of these Null clones spawned into existence, and soon enough those dozens turned into hundreds. There was an entire army of Nulls on the other side of the crater. And Sno was just one mob.

But, the snow golem didn't back down. She took a step forward, ready to fight every single Null until she died. She had to try, otherwise the entire world would be destroyed.

Sno took another step toward the Null army. As she prepared to face off alone, she heard the sound of an enderman teleporting behind her. She slowly turned around, having no idea what to expect.

Standing behind her was Pola.

The polar bear nodded at Sno. She looked ready to fight. Sno didn't know how Pola got there, but she didn't question it. She was just happy to have someone else with her. The two girls stared at each other.

The enderman teleporting sound was heard again. Confused, Sno turned around even more. Standing as tall as she could atop a pile of rubble was Mite.

The endermite nodded at Sno, a knowing smile on her face. Despite their past, Sno nodded back at Mite, thankful that she was there too.

And then, the space on the side of the crater between Pola and Mite began to fill up with other mobs. Endermen were teleporting into the area, holding these mobs so they teleported with them. The enderman teleporting noises filled the air as more and more mobs from the bunker showed up.

Ender. Moolissa. Cocoa. Silvester. Porky. Mooshie. Joe. Mucus. Mag. Jamey. Jesse. Creep. Jack. Zombieswine. All of these mobs stood behind Sno after being teleported in, ready to fight Null's army. Null still floated at the other side of the crater, watching all this.

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Agatha still stood next to the enchantment table on the balcony, which was the only part of the mansion still standing. She could see a giant crater where the mansion was, but thick black smoke hung in the area, so she couldn't see anything else. She had no idea where Null or the others were now.

It had definitely been several minutes now, and Herobrine still hadn't come back to life. Agatha was beginning to worry that turning that potion into a splash potion had ruined it. That or the instructions for resurrecting Herobrine were incorrect.

Agatha sighed. She didn't want to leave the area, because she had to make sure nothing happened to the enchantment table and bookshelves. But it also was starting to seem like all her efforts were for nothing.

As soon as she thought that, the book on the enchantment table began to glow. Agatha peered curiously at the book. She hoped she would be able to see Herobrine coming back to life, if that's what was happening.

The enchantment table began to shudder and the book began to glow brighter. Agatha grinned to herself. "I did it!"

Suddenly, there was the sound of an enderman teleporting. Zupay was right in front of her, accompanied by an enderman. Before Agatha could say anything, the enderman grabbed both of them and disappeared.

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Besides the mobs from the bunker, other mobs started to teleport in with endermen as well. Mobs from the past seasons that weren't all stars appeared, looking ready to fight.

Skelly. Spidey. Blaise. Kat. Witton. Cavell. Victoria. Ian. Lloyd. Cean. Haylee. Tic Tac. Cluck. Wilbur. Stella. Sherry.

The victors of the past four seasons appeared as well and stood beside each other, clearly ready to battle. Zombee. Endie. Wooly. Colton.

An enderman appeared holding Zupay and Agatha. The witch looked around, confused. She understood what was going on and stepped forward so she was next to Sno. They nodded at each other.

Two large iron arms suddenly rose up through the rubble. Ron pulled himself out of the debris and stood with the rest of the mobs. From the hole he had just created, two smaller mobs climbed out.

Ory, still in Killer Bunny mode, hopped forward so she was on the other side of Agatha. Ech, who was no longer possessed, flew to the other side of Sno.

Behind them, even more mobs started showing up. A large group of villagers appeared with endermen, all looking ready for a fight. These villagers looked to Joe for leadership, so they must have been the citizens of his village. A group of four mooshrooms appeared with endermen as well, a large TNT cannon with them. They all looked at Moolissa and grinned.

Then, the endermen that had been teleporting everyone began to amass behind Endie. There were dozens of them, if not more, and they were all ready to fight.

Zombieswine walked up to Endie. "Is that everyone?" the zombie pigman asked.

"What, you wanted more?" Endie asked incredulously.

Suddenly, a bolt of lighting came down on the side of the crater, creating a huge clap of thunder. Agatha realized where the lightning came from and smiled triumphantly.

Through the smoke, the army of mobs saw a single figure rise into the air. This figure wore blue clothing. His eyes snapped open, revealing them to be glowing white.

Herobrine was back from the dead.

The god looked around at his surroundings. Without a word, Herobrine floated over to the mobs and hovered in the air above them. He snapped his fingers, and every single one of the mobs below him received a diamond sword.

Null and his army still watched from the other side of the crater. When Null saw Herobrine was back, he glared at him.

The virus raised an arm, and a column of fire appeared next to him. A sonic boom was heard, and the fire cleared.

Floating in the air where the fire had been was Notch, looking evil as ever.

Across the crater, Herobrine narrowed his eyes at Notch. He looked at the mobs behind him. As his gaze swept over them, they all readied their stances to charge.

Sno, Agatha, Ory, and Ech stood in front of their army of mobs, with Herobrine floating directly above them. Sno knew they were ready.

"Contestants...!" Sno began loudly, so everyone could hear her. When she was satisfied they were all ready, she looked at Herobrine. He nodded at her.

"Ready, set, go!" Herobrine announced.

Joe yelled a battle cry as the army of mobs charged forward. Zombieswine shouted a war cry as well. Herobrine flew above the mobs as they charged across the crater.

Null pointed at the army of mobs as they came closer. His army of clones charged across the crater as well, although none of them made noise. Notch flew forward as well, eager to battle Herobrine. Null followed behind.

The two armies collided in the center of the crater. Herobrine and Notch flew into each other and started fighting with their godly powers. The mobs on the ground began to slice at the Null clones with their diamond swords. The clones fought back, each with their own sword made of black smoke.

It was the final battle to end it all. The epic culmination of the Total Drama Minecraft series. Almost every single contestant from the show was there to fight. All five seasons led up to this point: a battle with a virus and his army to save the show and the world.

Sno ran toward the first Null clone she saw. Her diamond blade clashed with its smoky blade. She didn't understand the physics of that sword, but decided not to think about it.

The clone swung at Sno's head. She ducked and sliced through its body. The clone dissipated into smoke. "So it only takes one hit to kill them," the snow golem muttered to herself.

She looked around and saw the real Null floating just ten blocks away from her. Sno grit her teeth and began to charge at him, but someone else sprinted past her first.

It was Ory, wielding a diamond axe and still with red eyes.  She charged past Sno and leapt at Null, axe raised in the air.

Null noticed her at the last second and floated out of her reach. He began shooting sharp blades of smoke at her. The rabbit dodged and blocked them. Sno started to run over to help, but was cornered by some clones and had to fight them off.

Nearby, Agatha was battling two clones at once. She didn't use a sword very much; she mostly relied on potions in combat. But she didn't have any potions left that could help her. So she used the diamond sword she was given, swinging wildly at the two clones to avoid getting stabbed.

Ech flew past Agatha, his sights set on Null. He passed a clone that wasn't battling anyone, hoping it hadn't seen him. But, the clone turned and looked at him. It began to swing its sword at the bat.

"Oh, now you see me!" Ech sighed, bringing his sword up to block its swing.

~~~

Ech's Confessional

"Okay, I know I was evil like, ten minutes ago. To be fair, I was being possessed. I mean, I asked him to possess me, but...Look, I've seen the error in my ways. I'm fighting for the good side."

~~~

At a different part of the battlefield, Spidey leapt at a group of clones, swinging his sword wildly. Another clone came up behind the spider, unnoticed by him.

"Spidey! Look out!" Skelly yelled. He notched an arrow in his bow and fired it at the clone.

The arrow missed completely. Luckily, Spidey turned around in time and sliced through the clone with his sword.

"You still suck with a bow," the spider said as a group of clones surrounded them.

The skeleton smiled sheepishly and pulled his sword back out. The duo fought back to back, swinging their swords around as fast as they could.

Nearby, Kat and Blaise were next to each other, shooting fireballs at any clone that came near them. Mag hopped in between the ghast and the blaze.

"Hey girls! I'm so glad you're not dead!" the magma cube said. "I heard the Nether got destroyed or something!"

"Sup girl," Blaise replied, taking a break from shooting fireballs. "Yeah, a couple of us blazes got word that some maniac was massacring all the mobs in the Nether, so we evacuated to the Overworld."

"That's smart," Mag replied as Blaise went back to shooting fireballs at clones. "Glad you made it out."

"My family and I were on vacation in the Overworld when it happened," Kat said with a shrug. "So I didn't know about any of this until Endie showed up at the beach we were at."

"Well that's good. Sorry to keep you from your vacay," Mag apologized.

"Honestly, this is much more fun than being with my family," Kat replied.

Mag sliced through a clone and looked up at the top of the crater where the army had started. A single wither skeleton was standing up there, unmoving.

"What about Witton?" Mag asked. "How'd he escape the Nether before it was destroyed?"

Blaise and Kat looked at each other and shrugged. Mag frowned and stabbed a clone.

"So how are you and Mucus?" Blaise asked after incinerating a pair of clones.

"We're growing closer again. I feel like we forced our relationship too much during season one. Now we're really getting to know each other," Mag replied, ducking under a clone's slice.

"Aww, I'm happy for you," Blaise smiled at her as Kat scrunched up her face in disgust.

"Mag, duck!" called a voice.

The magma cube instinctively ducked. A sword came flying through where she had just been and stabbed a clone that had snuck up behind her.

As the clone disintegrated, Mag turned around to see her rescuer. A slime hopped toward her.

"Are you okay? Did I calculate my trajectory properly?" Mucus asked.

"I'm fine. You did great," Mag replied, smiling at him. Mucus smiled back.

"Yeehaw!" a voice shouted. A brown horse charged by, attacking clones with her sword as she ran. "I could be a race horse, y'all!"

Haylee saw some clones ganging up on three helpless figures. She charged in and attacked the clones.

"Don't worry y'all, Haylee is here to rescue you!" she shouted as she killed the remaining clones.

"Wow. You're such a hero," an elder guardian said sarcastically.

"T-t-t-thank you," a guardian added.

"Yeah, thanks, Haylee," a squid told the horse. "Ian, Victoria, and I aren't the best at sword fighting when we're not in water."

"No problem, Shawn!" Haylee replied gleefully as she ran away.

"My name is Cean," the squid tried correcting her, but she was already gone.

Nearby, a cave spider was furiously stabbing every clone he saw. He shouted triumphantly every time a clone disappeared.

Cavell stabbed another clone. He was suddenly attacked by four clones at once. The cave spider struggled to hold all of them off.

A llama trotted up to the fight and looked at the situation. "Sup little guy," Lloyd said. "Need some help?"

"No!" Cavell yelled.

"Alright, cool." Lloyd just watched as Cavell was struck multiple times by the clones.

A baby wolf with a pink collar charged in and swung her sword at the clones, killing them off. Stella glared at Lloyd. "Why didn't you help him?"

"He said he didn't want any help, dude," Lloyd replied.

"I didn't need your help!" Cavell insisted.

"Dude, you were trapped like a fly in a web," a pig said as he walked over to stand next to Stella. "You should thank her for killing those clones."

"Thanks Wilbur, but he doesn't have to," Stella dismissed it. "Nice spider pun, by the way."

"It was the only one I could think of," Wilbur replied. He saw a clone sneaking up on Stella and sliced it. "Attack of the clones!"

The two of them ran back into the battlefield to continue fighting. They passed an orange tabby cat that was sitting still.

"OMG, I hate fighting," Tic Tac complained. "I told that enderman I do not want to be here."

A clone tried to attack her, but an enderman teleported in and killed it. It then teleported away.

Tac got out her phone and started taking selfies on Mobchat. She frowned. "There's no service here! I hate this place!"

"Sksksksksk are you really taking selfies in the middle of a battle?" a voice asked. "An-I-oop!"

Tac turned to see a chicken staring at her. There were scrunchies all over her feathers.

"Yes. I have thousands of followers waiting for me to post," Tac replied like it was obvious.

Cluck nodded. "Oh, cool! Can I follow you? I post about my hydroflask and big T-shirts and saving the turtles!"

"No thanks."

Before Cluck could respond, a group of clones charged at the two girls. They screamed in fear, not even trying to defend themselves.

Luckily, a larger group of villagers charged in, swinging their swords at the clones. When all the clones were gone, the villager in the lead turned to his group.

"Great job, guys!" Joe exclaimed. "Wow, these things are way easier to kill than zombies."

A clone appeared behind Joe, unnoticed by the villagers. The clone raised its sword to attack, but was suddenly slapped aside by some large iron arms.

Joe whirled around. "Iron Man!"

The iron golem smiled. "Hey, Joe. How're you holding up?"

"Oh, me and my citizens are doing great! Do you wanna hang out with us?" the villager asked.

"I'd love to," Ron answered. "But I'm gonna go find Sno. I'll catch you later, bud."

"Bye Iron Man!" Joe exclaimed. He frowned. "I really hope nothing bad happens to Iron Man in this final battle."

A fireball landed near the villager, causing him to scream. He looked up to see Herobrine and Notch battling in the sky.

The bald god shot a fireball at Herobrine, who flew out of the way and fired a bolt of lightning back. Notch dodged it and flew toward Herobrine, tackling him. The two tumbled through the air for a few seconds before Herobrine charged lightning into his fist and punched Notch away from him.

"Could we fight later?" Herobrine called. "I have a parasite to deal with."

"Your digestion problems are not of my concern!" Notch yelled. He shot a fireball at Herobrine.

"It's not—never mind," Herobrine sighed as he dodged it. He caught a glimpse of Null battling Ory in the distance, but couldn't get over there because Notch flew over to him and tried to punch him.

The two gods continued battling. Directly below them, a light gray baby sheep watched in awe.

"Woolington!" a voice called. "A little help?!"

Wooly looked over and saw a white sheep being attacked by two Null clones at once. He ran over and sliced through one of them with his sword. Sherry killed the other one.

"Thanks, son," his mother said.

"No problem mom," Wooly replied. He looked back up at the immortal battle. "We have to help Herobrine kill Notch!"

"I think we'd better leave that to the god," Sherry suggested.

An enderman suddenly appeared in front of them. "She's right, kid," he said. "Herobrine knows what he's doing. He can kill Notch himself."

Some clones charged up to the three, so they began fighting them off. "What if he can't?" Wooly asked.

"Trust me," Endie replied, stabbing a clone. "Herobrine killed Notch pretty easily in season one. I'm sure he can do it again."

Wooly frowned, remembering season three. Herobrine had only managed to kill Notch because Wooly had fired himself into the bald guy's eye with a cannon.

They killed off the clones in the area. Endie disappeared again. A baby pig and baby mooshroom ran up to Wooly.

"Hey guys!" Wooly exclaimed. "I'm glad to see you're friends again!"

Porky oinked. Mooshie mooed. The two danced around Wooly.

Suddenly, a small figure flew into a pile of rubble nearby. A grunt was heard from the pile. Then, a white rabbit climbed out of it.

"Ory!" Wooly exclaimed happily. "I'm so happy to see you!"

The rabbit growled at him and brandished a diamond axe. That was when Wooly noticed she had red eyes.

"Uh oh. She's the Killer Bunny," the baby sheep realized.

Porky and Mooshie stood protectively in front of Wooly. The Killer Bunny came toward them and roared.

"Now I wish you guys could still hack," Wooly murmured to his friends.

As the Killer Bunny hopped closer, another roar was heard. Sherry charged in and head-butted the rabbit far away from them.

"Don't touch my son," Sherry growled.

"Thanks, mom," Wooly said with a grin.

Porky oinked and gestured upward, where the gods were still fighting. Mooshie mooed and gestured to their left. Wooly looked and saw a TNT cannon being manned by some mooshrooms. The sheep understood what Porky and Mooshie meant, as the three of them had used that cannon last time Notch showed up.

"Alright. Let's go!" Wooly exclaimed. He, Porky, and Mooshie began to run toward the cannon. As they ran, Wooly saw a witch battling a smoky black figure with glowing white eyes.

Agatha and Null were dueling with their swords. After Null had sent Ory flying away with a ball of smoke, Agatha had charged in to battle the virus.

The witch wasn't doing too well in the battle. Null was clearly beating her, his sword almost striking her several times. Agatha barely managed to defend herself against the virus, yet she burned with the passion to kill him.

But then Null knocked the diamond sword out of her hands. He struck the witch with the hilt of his blade, knocking her to the ground. Agatha crawled backward to get away, but was trapped by a large chunk of debris. Null floated over her menacingly.

"You were the one with the flying machine," he said. "Very clever. It's a pity you have to die before everyone else here." He raised his sword.

As Null swung, a different sword came in and blocked it. Both Agatha and Null looked at the wielder. It was a zombie villager.

"The only one dying today will be you," Zupay said to Null. He swung his sword and the two began dueling.

Agatha picked up her sword and joined the battle. With the two of them combined, it was much easier than earlier.

"Ya know, that's the second time I saved you today," Zupay said as they fought. "They forgot to tell you that Herobrine coming back from the dead would have disintegrated you if you stood too close. That's why I teleported you away from the enchantment table."

Agatha ducked under a jab from Null. "Okay, what do you want me to say?" She swung at the virus.

"Uh, 'thank you' would be nice," Zupay replied, blocking a smoky swing.

"Thank you, sugar," Agatha told him as she unsuccessfully stabbed at Null. "But where's the kid?"

"Don't worry, honey. He's safe in the bunker."

"With who?"

"Zombee."

"But I saw Zombee up here." Rage began to build up inside Agatha.

"He was up here, but I sent him back down after we charged," Zupay said calmly. "Endie took him down there."

Agatha sighed in relief as she parried a swing from Null. "I love you."

"And I love you, honey," Zupay replied, clashing swords with Null.

"Aw, I love you guys too," a voice said from behind them.

Agatha and Zupay whirled around to see a zombie sitting on a chunk of rubble, smiling at them.

The married couple stopped battling and stared at Zombee. Null was about to strike them down when a bat flew in with a yell and began to duel with the virus. Null and Ech flew away as they battled.

"Zombee," Agatha began. "Where is Zippy?"

"Who?"

The witch slowly turned toward Zupay. He could sense the fury about to explode.

"The kid, Zombee," Zupay tried to explain the situation. "I had Endie bring you down to the bunker to watch him, remember?"

Zombee frowned. "Uh, you never told me anything like that. Maybe it was a different zombie?"

Before Agatha could scream at Zupay, a dozen clones surrounded the three and charged. The three had no choice but to fight them off.

Nearby, Ech and Null dueled in the air.

"You were quite an enjoyable spirit to possess," Null hissed as they fought. "So much anger pent up inside. Why fight me now?"

"It wasn't right," Ech replied through gritted teeth. Their swords clashed again and again as they fought.

"Oh, but it was," Null said. "These beings ignored your existence for so long. They deserve everything coming their way."

"No, they don't," Ech grunted, closing his eyes.

"Give in, Ech," Null said. "I can make you more powerful than anyone here. Give in again."

Ech opened his eyes. "Again?"

Null didn't respond. They continued to fight.

"You...you got in my head. That's why I let you possess me. I would have never let you if I was level-headed. You forced me to comply, didn't you?" the bat asked angrily.

"I may have had something to do with the whole thing," Null replied.

"The whole thing..." Ech narrowed his eyes. "You erased me from their minds all those episodes ago, didn't you? That's why nobody was noticing me! Because you got rid of me!"

"Now you're getting it," Null said.

"You bastard!" Ech screamed, and began attacking Null furiously.

"You can do it Ech!" a voice cheered from below.

"Yeah, we believe in you!" another one called.

The bat turned and saw a silverfish and a zombie horse cheering him on. He smiled and turned back to attacking Null.

A small group of clones charged at Silvester and Jesse. The two of them stopped watching Ech and began fighting off the clones. Silvester was small, so he easily jumped in and out of the ground with his sword, slicing at the clones and disintegrating them.

Jesse was having more trouble, being a zombie horse. He battled three clones at once, but was getting struck by their smoky swords. Just before he was overwhelmed, someone else ran in and killed all three clones. Jesse turned his head.

It was Jamey.

The skeleton horse nodded at the zombie horse. He hesitated, but then nodded back.

A dozen clones came forward, preparing to attack the pair of undead horses. Silvester had left the area battling clones, so it was just Jamey and Jesse.

"Prepare for trouble."

Jesse looked at Jamey, who had spoken. He smiled slightly and continued.

"And make it double."

"To make these clones disappear."

"To win this battle without a fear."

"To fight with valor to the very end," Jamey said.

"So that brother and sister come together again," Jesse said.

Jamey and Jesse smiled at each other.

"Jamey!"

"Jesse!"

"The Double J's win at the speed of light!" the horses said together. "Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

"Meowth that's right!"

Jamey and Jesse charged at the clones with swords raised. They fought together, killing the clones one by one. They didn't know who said that last line, but didn't care. The sibling duo triumphed over the group of clones together.

They looked at each other.

"Glad to have you back, sis," Jesse said.

"Back at you, bro," Jamey replied.

"Finally you guys have reconciled," came a voice from behind. They turned around to see a mule trotting up to them. "I thought you'd hate each other forever."

"Well, we are family," Jamey said, looking at Jesse.

Colton grinned at the two of them. He swung his sword at some nearby clones, killing them. "Hey, have you guys seen Kain or Chloe? They're the only contestants I don't see here."

"Oh, they...died. They sacrificed themselves to save some of the other contestants when Null destroyed the End and the Nether," Jesse explained.

Colton's face fell. "Oh."

"But hopefully Herobrine can bring them back once this is all over," Jesse added.

Colton's expression didn't change. "They were my friends..." he trailed off.

A clone came up behind him, about to stab him with a sword, but someone else stabbed the clone first, causing it to disappear.

"Careful, Colton," a polar bear said. "How are you gonna spend your million emeralds if you're dead?"

Colton smiled weakly. "Hey, Pola. I can't really spend my emeralds if the whole world is gone, can I?"

"True." Pola stabbed another incoming clone. "I see the siblings have made up."

"Yeah. I'm so proud of them," Colton replied.

A clone charged at them, but was sliced through before it even came near them. Stella stood behind it as it turned into smoke.

"You know smoking will kill your lungs," Wilbur said as he walked by her.

"Is that the best you got?" Stella asked him.

Wilbur killed another clone and walked through the smoke. "What? I can't hear you, this smoke is clouding my judgement."

"That doesn't even make sense," Stella replied. "Hey Pola. Hey Colton."

"Hey Stella! Hey Wilbur!" Pola exclaimed. Colton nodded at them.

"Look at us, back together again," Wilbur said as clones surrounded them. "The final four of season four."

"We weren't even the final four," Stella told him.

"Well, we should've been."

The clones charged, and the four mobs fought together against them. They won easily after a few minutes, disintegrating all the Null clones.

"Phew. I was starting to get clonely," Wilbur said.

"That's better," Stella replied as Pola and Colton chuckled.

Suddenly, a fireball hit the ground near Wilbur, causing the pig to scream. "He almost turned me into cooked porkchops!"

They looked up to see Notch and Herobrine still battling in the sky.

The two gods hovered in the air, fighting close combat with their fists now. Notch tried punching Herobrine in the face, but he brought his hand up to block it. Herobrine tried punching Notch in the stomach, but he blocked that. This all happened in under a second, and continued to happen for the next ten seconds. Neither of the gods landed any hits on each other, as they both blocked all opposing attacks with their own.

Herobrine charged lightning into his fist and punched Notch in the arm, causing the gods to tumble away from each other through the air. When they steadied themselves, they glared at each other.

"Four years ago I tried to destroy the world by controlling the Wither," Notch said. "But you thwarted that plan."

Herobrine nodded. "I remember."

"Two years ago, I was resurrected by some fat red cow, and so I came to destroy you so that I could destroy the world without you getting in the way," Notch continued. "And yet you thwarted that plan, too."

"Thwarting you is kinda my whole thing," Herobrine replied.

"Well," Notch said. "You won't be thwarting me this time."

With that said, he began to grow.

The bald god grew until he was the size of a giant, much like during their battle in the mesa during season three.

"Try to thwart me now!" Notch roared.

Herobrine sighed. He snapped his fingers and grew until he matched Notch's height.

"Come at me!" Herobrine bellowed.

The two giants charged at each other.

They both stepped on several clones as they ran, killing them. A zombie pigman was fighting off clones when Notch's foot started to come down on him.

Before he was crushed, however, a donkey charged in and tackled the pigman out of the way. The clones were crushed, but Zombieswine and Jack were both safe.

"Hey! Don't tackle me!" Zombieswine shoved Jack away from him as giant Herobrine and giant Notch collided in battle further down the crater.

"I saved your life, bacon-brain!" Jack replied, shoving him back.

"Don't call me bacon-brain, bacon-brain!" Zombieswine shouted.

"That doesn't make any sense!" Jack yelled.

Before Zombieswine could retort, a group of clones attacked the pair. Zombieswine was dual wielding swords, a golden one and a diamond one. He swung them around viciously, disintegrating any clones that came into his path. Jack was having more difficulty, being a four-legged donkey, but he managed to kill several of the clones as well.

As Zombieswine finished killing his clones, he noticed an enderman smirking at him nearby.

"What do you want, Endie?" he asked.

"Nothing," the enderman replied. "I just ship you two really hard."

Zombieswine frowned. "There aren't any boats around here."

Jack killed the last clone in the area and looked at him. "What are you talking about?"

The pigman shrugged. "I don't know. Ask Endie." He pointed.

Jack looked where he was pointing. There wasn't anyone there.

Endie had teleported over to a group of clones that were fighting two other mobs. The endermite and baby ender dragon were furiously swinging through the clones.

"This is for my dad!" Ender cried as he killed the clones.

"This is for my home!" Mite yelled as she killed the clones.

"This is for my family!" Endie shouted as he killed the clones.

As the three mobs from the End fought the clones, several endermen teleported into the area and helped out fighting the clones. Endie high-fived one of them before it teleported away.

"So if your family died in the End, who are all these endermen?" Ender asked as he slashed his sword through a clone.

"These are all the endermen I could find in the Overworld," Endie answered as he stabbed a clone in front of him. Ender nodded in understanding.

Endie teleported in the middle of a group of clones and began swinging his diamond sword around. The last clone managed to knock the enderman's sword out of his hands, and raised its smoky sword to kill Endie.

But, a different sword came in and killed the clone. Endie assumed it was Mite or Ender. "Thanks," he said as he leaned down to pick up his diamond sword. But then he raised an eyebrow, as the sword that killed the clone was stone.

Endie stood up and looked around. Ender and Mite were battling clones farther away. The enderman continued to scan the area until he saw a single figure standing nearby.

A wither skeleton.

"Witton?" Endie asked, walking over to him.

Witton did not move.

"Did you just save my life?" Endie asked.

Witton did not move.

Endie remembered how Witton had helped him win the final of season two, but then never moved again. He thought he had imagined Witton helping him. Was he imagining this now?

Witton did not move.

Endie shrugged and went back over to help Ender and Mite battle the clones.

Mite sliced a clone's legs, disintegrating it. She then noticed a different mob being overwhelmed nearby. She slithered over to help.

The snow golem was doing her best, but there were clones everywhere. She just wanted to get to Null so she could kill him. She knew his weakness; she just had to use it on him. But all these clones were preventing her from getting anywhere.

Just as her sword was knocked out of her hands, a different sword came in and killed off the clones nearby. Sno looked and saw Mite standing there. The endermite nodded at her.

"Sorry about everything I said and did during the season," Mite apologized.

"No worries," Sno replied with a grin, picking up her sword.

A couple more clones charged at the two girls, but two other mobs came in and killed them.

It was Pola and Ron.

Sno beamed. "I love you guys."

Pola smiled at her as Ron responded "I love you more."

Sno's eyes widened. "Wait, that gives me an idea!" She scanned the battlefield until she found Null, who was still battling Ech farther away. "Come on!"

The four mobs began to run in that direction. The giant Herobrine and Notch battle came close to them and almost stepped on them. Luckily, the four were able to jump out of the way of a giant foot.

As the giants stomped across the battlefield trying to punch each other, they almost squashed three baby mobs that were running to a certain destination.

"Come on!" Wooly shouted to Porky and Mooshie after avoiding the giant shoe. "We're almost at the cannon!"

They ran past a creeper that was struggling to fight off a clone while holding a sword in his mouth.

The baby pig and baby mooshroom stopped running and sliced the clone with their swords, causing it to disappear.

Porky oinked.

Mooshie mooed.

"I know I'm not good at sword fighting. I don't have arms. It's not my fault," Creep insisted.

Mooshie mooed. Porky oinked. The two babies ran after Wooly.

"Hey! You can't 'ok boomer' me! I'm not that old!" Creep yelled after them. He paused. "Oh wait, I get it."

Four mooshrooms were at the cannon. Mrs. Mooshroom was loading TNT into it while Mr. Mooshroom aimed and fired it at groups of clones. Mush and Room were nearby, fighting off any clones that tried to come near the cannon.

Another mooshroom and a cow ran up to the family of mooshrooms. "Hey guys!" Cocoa greeted. "How're you all doing?"

"Oh we're doing great," Mr. Mooshroom replied. "With the modifications Mush and Room made to this cannon, it works like a dream!" He fired another block of TNT, blowing up a couple clones on the battlefield.

"It was easy!" Mush called as he sliced through a clone.

"Yeah, 'cause I did all the work!" Room retorted.

"Hey!"

"Stop arguing, boys," Mrs. Mooshroom told her sons. She turned back to Cocoa and Moolissa. "How are you two doing?"

"We're fine, Mom, thanks for asking," Moolissa replied.

They turned to see the giant gods battling nearby. Notch charged up a giant fireball and tossed it at Herobrine, who dodged it. The fireball exploded on the ground near the cows.

"That wasn't me this time," Mr. Mooshroom called, gesturing to Notch.

"Thank you for telling us how to resurrect Herobrine," Moolissa told her father. "Without you, the Overworld would have probably been destroyed!"

"It still might if we can't kill Null," Cocoa pointed out.

"That's why we need to kill Notch!" came a small voice from behind them. "Then Herobrine can focus on Null and kill him!"

Cocoa and Moolissa turned around to see Wooly, Porky, and Mooshie. Mooshie mooed. Porky oinked.

"Now's not the time for kids' games," Cocoa told them.

"You're calling me a kid?" Wooly asked. "Who defeated you in the finale of season three?"

Moolissa chuckled. Cocoa sighed. "You're right. Sorry."

Porky and Mooshie bounded toward the cannon. Mr. Mooshroom saw them coming and immediately stepped away from it. He kneeled down.

Mrs. Mooshroom, Mush, and Room also saw Mooshie and kneeled down. Luckily, there weren't any clones in the area at the time. Moolissa sighed.

Porky, Mooshie, and Wooly began to prepare the cannon.

"Alright guys. Let's do this just like last time!" Wooly exclaimed.

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Agatha, Zupay, and Zombee were still battling a group of clones. An enderman teleported into the area and began attacking the clones.

"You!" Agatha snapped at the enderman. "Bring us to the bunker!" She grabbed Zupay by the collar and yanked him over to her.

The enderman shrugged. It grabbed Agatha and disappeared, leaving Zombee to fight the rest of the clones alone.

Zupay and Agatha reappeared in the underground bunker with the enderman. Immediately, Agatha caught sight of her child.

The baby zombie villager was surrounded by four clones, all pointing their smoky swords at him. Zippy looked mortified.

Agatha began to rush forward, but Zupay put his arm in front of her. "If you get too close to them, they might hurt Zippy."

The witch stopped struggling and glared at the four clones. "Give me my kid."

The clones just stared at her. They didn't move.

"Take me instead."

Agatha turned to look at Zupay, who had spoken. He dropped his sword and stepped forward.

"But don't hurt the boy," the zombie villager told the clones.

"Zupay—"

"It's okay, honey," Zupay interrupted Agatha. "I'll be fine."

He put his hands in the air and slowly walked toward the clones.

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Ech was still angrily attacking Null with all his might. Despite his efforts, he failed to land any hits on the smoky virus, as he always blocked or dodged the bat's sword.

"You! Are! The! Cause! Of! All! My! Suffering!" Ech swung his sword with each word. Null was barely able to block the last few swings.

"Enough!" the virus yelled, creating a shockwave that sent Ech flying. "This world is nothing!"

"No!" Ech shouted just before he crashed into a pile of rubble and blacked out.

Null glared at the battle around him. "Time to finish this," he muttered.

"Null!" came a voice from behind.

The virus groaned and turned around. Standing beneath him was Sno, flanked by Ron, Pola, and Mite.

"What do you want?" Null asked. "I'm trying to destroy the Overworld."

"I won't let you do that!" Sno shouted.

"And how do you plan on stopping me?" Null questioned.

"With the power of love!"

Null stared at her.

"What?"

"That will not work in the real world, girl."

"Fine. Charge!" Sno shouted. The four mobs charged towards Null, swords raised.

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Giant Notch threw a punch at giant Herobrine. Herobrine blocked it with his hand and tried punching back. Notch blocked that as well. The two giants continued to fight.

Below them, Porky was in the TNT cannon. Mooshie was aiming it.

"Aim for his eye!" Wooly told him. "That's what stopped him last time!"

Porky oinked. Mooshie mooed.

Mooshie fired the cannon. Porky flew toward the giant battle, but they moved out of the way too soon. Porky hit empty air and began to descend.

"Darn, not again," Wooly said.

Mooshie mooed and hopped into the cannon. He gestured to Wooly.

"Okay." The baby sheep ran to the back of the cannon so he could aim it. He watched the god battle and predicted where they would go next. He fired the cannon.

Mooshie shot toward the battle. He hit Notch in the face, but missed his eye. It didn't affect their battle at all.

"My turn!" Wooly exclaimed. He climbed into the cannon. "Anyone wanna fire me at Notch's eye?"

"Woolington! What are you doing?!"

Wooly sighed as his mom ran over to him.

"Get out of there! It's dangerous!" Sherry ordered.

"I've done this before, mom!" Wooly protested. "This is the only way to stop Notch and help Herobrine!"

"Well then let me go instead!"

Wooly hesitated, but then climbed out of the cannon. Sherry climbed in, and Wooly ran back over to aim it.

"Ready?" Wooly asked.

"Ready!" Sherry shouted.

Wooly fired the cannon. But, he misjudged the trajectory, and she missed Notch's face. The baby sheep groaned.

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Sno's sword collided with Null's. Ron was right behind her, but Null shot a small smoke projectile at him, knocking him into Pola and Mite and sending them all sprawling to the ground.

Null and Sno dueled. This was the most intense duel Sno had ever been in. Their swords moved super fast, and since Null was floating, he had an advantage over her. But she didn't give up.

The glowing white eyes seemed to bore into Sno's as they fought. These were the eyes that had tormented her since episode five. She had not been able to know peace since before then. This fueled Sno's rage as they battled.

Ron got back up to fight. He charged at Null from the other side. The virus simply made another sword materialize in his other hand and fought both Sno and Ron at once.

Pola and Mite got up as well and charged at Null. He shot a smoke ball out of his eyes, which exploded on the two girls and sent them flying away. A group of clones converged on them, so they wouldn't be able to fight Null for awhile.

Ron and Sno diligently fought Null at the same time, but the virus didn't seem to be tiring at all. Sno and Ron, however, were growing exhausted.

"Sno!" Ron called as they battled. "I've been thinking about what you said earlier! About when you said you want to be with me forever?"

"I don't know if now is the best time to talk about it!" Sno shouted as she ducked under a swing from Null and swung at his torso. He dodged it, and she brought up her sword to parry another of his attacks.

"Now might be the only time we have, Sno!" Ron exclaimed, his sword clashing with Null's repeatedly.

Sno realized he was right. It was possible they wouldn't survive this battle. "Alright, what is it?"

"Well, I love you, and you love me," Ron said, ducking under a swing. "And if we want to spend the rest of our lives together, then maybe we should—"

Ron didn't get to finish, because Null stabbed him in the gut.

"RON!" Sno screamed. She put all her strength into her swing and shoved Null away from her. She ran over to the iron golem, who had fallen to the ground.

She was vaguely aware that someone else had begun fighting Null behind her, but Sno didn't care who it was. The love of her life was lying on the ground in front of her, a huge hole in his stomach.

"Ron..." Sno croaked. He was still alive, but struggling to breathe. He made eye contact with Sno and grabbed her hand.

"I...." he struggled to whisper. "Ron...Golem..."

Tears were streaming down Sno's face as she watched the light start to leave her boyfriend's eyes. She held onto his hand tightly, but he was slowly loosening his grip.

"...love you..." Ron continued. "I....believe...in you."

Ron lay still.

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Agatha watched as her husband traded places with her son. Now the four clones pointed their swords at Zupay. Zippy ran over to his mother and hid behind her legs.

"Alright. You have me now. Do what you will," Zupay said. "But promise not to hurt my wife and son."

The clones just nodded. They raised their swords, ready to strike him down. Agatha gasped.

Before they struck, though, there was the sound of an enderman teleporting again. A zombie appeared in the mix and immediately tackled two of the clones. Zupay ducked and kicked the third clone away from him. The enderman that brought Zombee grabbed the fourth clone and disappeared with him.

Zombee pulled out his sword and stabbed one of the clones. Agatha kicked Zupay's sword over to him, which he picked up and used to stab another clone. The last clone charged at Agatha and Zippy. Agatha simply threw her sword at it, killing it.

"Did you plan that?" the witch asked Zupay and Zombee.

The two adult zombies looked at each other. "Not really," Zupay replied.

Agatha chuckled. "Well, that was very brave of both of you." She kissed Zupay on the cheek.

Zombee looked at her expectantly, pointing at his cheek. Agatha slapped him.

"Ow."

The married couple turned to their child, who was watching them with wide eyes.

"Are you okay, Zippy?" Agatha asked.

The toddler nodded.

"Good." Agatha kissed him on the head. She turned to Zupay.

"I'll stay down here with him," he said before she could.

Agatha smiled at him and turned to the enderman. "Take Zombee and I back up there."

"Who said I wanted to go back up?" Zombee asked.

"I did," Agatha replied. She yanked him by the collar. The enderman grabbed her and disappeared with the two of them.

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Wooly was in the TNT cannon. "Cocoa! Fire me at Notch's eye!" he exclaimed. The cow shrugged and walked over to the cannon.

"What are you doing?" another voice asked. Wooly looked up to see Creep walking toward him.

"Hitting Notch in the eye so Herobrine can kill him!" Wooly answered as Cocoa began aiming the cannon.

"That's your plan?" Creep scoffed. "Good luck."

"It worked before!" Wooly insisted.

Cocoa fired the cannon. Wooly flew toward the giant god battle.

To his dismay, Notch grabbed Herobrine and turned them around. Now Wooly was heading straight for Herobrine's eye.

"Gah! No!" Wooly screamed, but it was no use. He sailed right into Herobrine's eye.

The giant god flinched and put his hand up to his eye. "Ow!" he bellowed.

Notch took this as his opportunity and tripped Herobrine backwards. The giant white-eyed god fell flat on his back on the ground.

"Uh oh," Cocoa said, noticing the situation.

Creep watched Notch tower over Herobrine. The bald god put his foot on him so he couldn't get up. The creeper knew what he had to do.

Notch began to charge up fire in his fist. He laughed at Herobrine struggling to get up.

"I'm going to enjoy this!" Notch boomed.

Creep was in the TNT cannon. Cocoa aimed it at Notch's head.

"I better get some good karma for this," Creep muttered under his breath.

Cocoa fired the cannon.

Creep flew toward Notch's face. "Like some arms. Yeah, arms would be nice," he said as he flew.

Then, he began to flash white.

Notch raised his fiery fist in the air. Before he could bring it down on Herobrine, though, Creep hit him in the eye and exploded.

The bald god roared in pain and teetered backwards. Herobrine bolted into the air and immediately shot lightning at the Notch. He fell to the ground. Herobrine flew into the air and charged lightning into his fist. He then flew downwards fast, fist pointed at Notch's heart.

The gods collided and went crashing through the ground. Herobrine used his strength to push them through all layers of the earth below them. They hit bedrock and broke through it, opening up a hole in the world.

Notch's lifeless body fell through the hole and out of the world. Herobrine hovered above it and shrank down to his normal size. He waited a few seconds, then shot back into the air.

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Sno slowly turned away from Ron's lifeless body and glared at Null, who was currently battling Ory.

She pulled her sword out and charged.

Sno joined Ory in battling Null. Both their swords attacked the virus as fast as they could. Both girls were fueled with rage.

Agatha appeared out of thin air and ran over to help the girls fight Null. The three barraged him with their swords, landing hits now.

Ech flew over with his sword and began attacking Null as well. The four contestants battled as hard as they could, all with their own motivation.

As they battled, giant Herobrine and Notch collided right next to them, creating a huge hole in the ground. They lost sight of the gods and continued battling.

All four swords landed several hits on Null, but the virus still didn't seem affected. Finally, Null created a shockwave, sending the four flying a couple blocks away from him.

"Your efforts are valiant, but they are not enough to prevent the end of the world."

Null snapped his fingers, and a block of smoky black TNT appeared in front of him.

The four contestants' eyes widened in horror.

Suddenly, Herobrine flew out of the hole. He saw Null and flew toward him, tackling him. The two tumbled through the air, fighting.

"What do we do?!" Agatha exclaimed, pointing to the smoky TNT. "There's nowhere else to evacuate to!"

Ory said nothing. She focused on the clones that had arrived at the scene and began attacking them.

Sno said nothing. She had sat down next to Ron and was stroking his head.

Ech said nothing as well. He didn't know what to do. They were all going to die in less than ninety seconds.

"Herobrine!" Agatha shouted. "You have to destroy this block of TNT, or it will destroy the world and everyone in it!"

The god glanced over at her, but Null tackled him again. The two of them began to fight in the air. Null was sure to take up all of Herobrine's attention so that he wouldn't be able to stop the TNT.

Ech looked down the hole that Herobrine and Notch had made earlier. He saw that the bedrock was gone, and so they could fall out of the world.

"Agatha! Help me push the TNT over the edge!" Ech exclaimed. He flew over to it and began to push it.

The witch nodded and ran over to join him. But, when she tried to push the TNT, she fell through it. Agatha couldn't touch the block.

"Why can you touch it?" she asked.

"It must be because I was possessed by Null," Ech realized. "Don't worry, I got it!"

Agatha looked through her inventory and found a potion of strength. She splashed it on Ech. He nodded at her, as it was much easier to push the block now.

The bat pushed the TNT all the way to the hole and shoved it over the edge.

But, the block hovered in the air. It must've had levitation, because it didn't fall and wasn't affected by gravity despite being over empty air.

"It's no use," Agatha sighed. "Good try, though."

Ech looked at the floating block of TNT and made a decision.

"I just wish I could see my family one last time before we all died," Agatha said.

"You will," Ech told her.

He then flew to the top of the TNT and began flying downwards, pushing the block down with him.

Agatha's eyes widened as Ech began flying down the hole with the TNT. "Ech! Don't do this! You'll die with it!"

"It's the only way!" Ech shouted back as he flew down. "Don't worry about me! Tell Herobrine not to bring me back!"

Meanwhile, Herobrine and Null were still fighting. Null managed to throw Herobrine off of him. The god hit the ground near Sno.

"You have to kill him with love," the snow golem told Herobrine. "That's his weakness."

Herobrine frowned. "I don't have any love."

Ech was halfway down the hole with the TNT. He didn't know how much time was left. All he knew was that he had to get the TNT out of the world.

The bat knew he was evil earlier, but that didn't matter. He didn't care about being noticed anymore. He didn't care if people knew about him or not. He was tired of all of it. He had one purpose now: to save the rest of the world.

Null landed on the ground a couple feet away from Herobrine. "You should not have messed with time travel, Herobrine. Because then you get things like me."

"Yeah. Seems like I made a mistake," Herobrine replied. "But the real mistake here is you."

He glanced at Sno crying over Ron's body, and at Agatha staring down into the hole, thinking about her family.

Herobrine began to pull their loving energy toward him. A ball of white light began to form in front of him.

Null raised an eyebrow. He began to form a ball of black smoke in front of him to match it.

Herobrine thought about the show, Total Drama Minecraft, that he had hosted for the past five years. He thought of all the different mobs he met along the way that participated in his shows and enjoyed themselves. He thought of all the connections these mobs made because of him, and how proud he was that he brought them all together. And most of all, he thought about the fact that these mobs had all come together to resurrect him when he had died, and had formed an army to defend their world from the virus Null.

The ball of white light grew larger and brighter. Herobrine continued to think of these things and flung the ball at Null, creating a beam of white light from Herobrine's hand.

Null fired his smoke ball back, creating a beam of black smoke from his hand. The two beams collided in between the two gods and struggled to overpower the other.

In the hole, Ech was almost at the bottom. He saw bedrock lining the walls, and knew he was at the end of the world.

The bat looked up just before he pushed the TNT out of the world. "Goodbye, everyone."

With that, Ech used all his strength to shove the smoky TNT downwards using his body. He felt the air pressure change, and suddenly the gravity was overwhelming.

Ech looked back up as he and the block fell and saw the bottom of the world. He looked at the block next to him, which exploded at that very moment.

There was a flash of bright white light, and Ech disappeared.

The Overworld, however, was intact. The TNT had fallen out of the world, and so didn't destroy it.

The light and dark beams were still attempting to overpower the other. Herobrine was still focusing on everything he loved, while Null was angrily pushing his hate as hard as he could.

Suddenly, Herobrine felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned his head to see Sno standing behind him, her hand on his shoulder. She nodded.

Another hand touched his other shoulder. Herobrine turned to see Agatha on that side. She nodded.

Ory killed the last clone in the area. Even though she was still the Killer Bunny, she saw the trio and hopped over to them. She touched Herobrine's foot and nodded at him.

With the four of them combined, the white light grew even brighter and overpowered the black beam of smoke. Herobrine's beam shot forward and into Null's chest. The smoky being cried out as he was engulfed in the light.

Null's body changed from a smoky black into a misty white. Then, he disintegrated into white smoke. All of his clones on the battlefield disappeared as well.

Herobrine gasped for breath and fell to his knees. Sno, Agatha, and Ory stayed near him. The god looked up.

"Thank you," he said. "For saving me. And the world."

"Ech saved the world," Agatha corrected him. "He sacrificed his life to take the doomsday TNT out of this world. And he said he didn't want to be brought back."

Herobrine looked into the sky. "Thank you, Ech. I owe you."

Thunder boomed once.

"Herobrine?" Sno asked. "Could you, um, bring Ron back to life?"

He looked at her. "Of course. I got a lot of stuff to bring back. The End and Nether, for example."

Sno beamed at him. "Thanks."

"But before I do any of that." Herobrine looked at the three girls in front of him. "It looks like we have our final three."

Agatha sighed in relief. "Sweet."

Sno smiled again. "Ron will be so proud of me."

Ory grumbled under her breath. "Good."

Herobrine shot into the air. He concentrated, and began working on bringing back the things Null destroyed.

"Hey, love."

Sno turned around to see Ron standing there, no hole in his stomach.

She squealed in happiness and ran into his arms. They hugged each other tight. "Don't you ever leave me again," Sno whispered.

Agatha heard the sound of an enderman teleporting behind her. She turned around to see Zupay and Zippy.

"Mommy!" Zippy exclaimed happily. He ran into her arms. The witch happily picked him up and hugged him. Zupay came over, a big smile on his face. The two of them kissed briefly.

"I knew you could do it," Zupay told her.

"Hey Ory," a voice said. The rabbit turned around to see a creeper. "Great job on killing Null and all that. I helped kill Notch, but it's no big deal."

The Killer Bunny just growled at him.

"Woah! You can stop being Killer now, the battle is over!" Creep exclaimed.

"She drank the potion I made to make her the Killer Bunny forever," Agatha told him. "It was her only choice at the time to save us from Null. She made the decision herself."

Creep took this in, then nodded in understanding. "Well, I hope Ory makes it out of there one day." He walked away.

The Killer Bunny twitched.

Herobrine snapped his fingers twice. He nodded to himself. "Alright, that's everything." He flew back to the ground.

"Herobrine? What's going on? Where's Null? Where's Chloe?"

The god turned around to see a single collarless wolf walking toward him, confused.

"Kain?"

Herobrine turned around again to see a single ocelot walking toward him, confused.

"Chloe!"

"Kain!"

The two ran towards each other and embraced in a tight hug. "I love you," they both said at the same time.

Herobrine smiled and flew back over to Sno, Agatha, and Ory. "Alright, you three. Time to go back to the End," he said.

Ron kissed Sno. "Go win the million." Sno smiled at him.

Zupay kissed Agatha. "Go win the million." Agatha smiled at him.

Ory narrowed her eyes at the two couples.

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Sno's Confessional

"It's finally over! Null has been there since almost the beginning of the season, and now he's finally gone! And I still have a chance at winning the show! I'm so happy!"

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"Wait, are you gonna bring the mansion back?" Ron asked. The huge crater was still there, so the resort didn't have much left.

"Nah," Herobrine replied. He snapped his fingers, and he and the final three were teleported into the End.

Ron sighed.

"Iron Man! You're alive!" came a voice from behind him. Ron turned around to see Joe running toward him happily.

"Hey, Joe." The two of them hugged. Ron looked and saw all the other mobs in the crater. Some of the endermen began holding some of the mobs and teleporting away with them, no doubt bringing them home.

Everyone was still alive. Ron smiled.

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"What more do I have in store for the mobs? Will this show be safe from deadly viruses for the remaining two episodes? Will Ory stay the Killer Bunny forever? And who will make it to the finale? Find out next time, on The End of Total Drama Minecraft: All Stars!" Herobrine said.

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Alright

So that was the longest chapter I have ever written. Over 18,000 words. Which, to put into perspective, is 8,000 more than my previous longest chapter, the final three of TDMR. 8,000 is longer than most of my chapters. 18,000 is 3 times as long as the average chapter in this book.

But I'm glad. This was kinda like the conclusion of the whole series, even though there are still two episodes left. But ya know, almost every single character from this series showed up in this chapter in a huge battle to save the universe, so it was pretty conclusive.

And yes, that final battle thing was entirely inspired/slightly stolen from Avengers: Endgame. But it fit too well for me to remove it.

shut up it's original enough

Anyway, sorry for the hella long chapter and for the long wait since last time, but I'm really proud of how this turned out. I worked very hard on this chapter for the past three-four weeks and I'm excited to read your reactions in the comments :)

Two more to go.

Thanks for reading, and don't forget to vote, comment, and follow!

~RocknRadishEngines