The days that followed Herobrine leaving had gone by ever so slowly, every night I would sit up for hours on end knowing that each day only drew me closer to the day I would face my fate. The slow knocking on my door only sealed a sinking feeling deep in my gut, clutching the charm I let it fall loosely around my neck before standing up and opening the door.

"The council is expecting our arrival," Jacob informed, from the look in his eyes I could tell he was unsure of todays outcome. Following him from the room we headed outside to where Karina was waiting by a portal that would take us straight to the council, not bothering to look at them I followed them through the portal with my head high not showing the fear I held deep inside. When we came before the council I felt like something was off, looking around I noticed quite a number of witches and mages all with their eyes focused on me. Taking a deep breath I forced myself to relax, I didn't blame them for not trusting me after what I had done to their Realm.

"Over the past three months you have been attempting to change the ways of Aria, Queen of the End, during this time the council has talked about the decision, what do you say has improved in those three months?" One of them called, looking at the mages and witches I noticed they were all shifting where they stood and I began to feel a sense of dread sink deep into my gut.

"Her personality has changed as has her magic," Jacob stated, as hard as I tried I couldn't find the ability to relax as the mages and witches continued to stare their eyes expressionless.

"That is all well and said but what about her crimes? How can those be forgiven?" Another council member questioned his voice hinting at a snarl, before anyone else could speak I was enveloped in a blinding beam of agonising light. Letting out a pained cry I collapsed to one knee forcing myself not to fight back, looking up at Jacob and Karina I could see the shock and fear in their gazes as they shouted at the council words beyond my own hearing. Closing my eyes I felt myself letting go, the feeling of electricity began to flood my veins and in a flash I sent out bolts of blackened lightning towards my attackers. Standing in a readied stance I braced myself for another attack, glancing back at Karina and Jacob I could almost hear their silent urge to run. Tensing my muscles I launched towards the roof of the building, before I hit it I felt a sharp ripple of agony spread through my gut. Colliding with the roof of the council building I smashed through it before crashing into the roads outside, gasping for breath I launched myself into the sky once more blindly flying for freedom. Another blast hitting me in the back sent me spiraling towards the forest just outside the city, hitting the ground I felt like every bone in my body was broken. For a few moments I laid there before heaving myself to my feet, limping further into the forest I tried my hardest to make minimum sound and leave as few tracks as possible. After a few minutes of blindly limping through the forest I collapsed against a tree, gritting my teeth I forced myself to examine my wounds. The wound on my gut was bleeding heavily from the looks of things and my leg was sprained but wasn't broken from what I could tell, leaning my head back against the tree I found myself grinding my teeth together in an effort not to scream. A fuzzy sound somewhere nearby barely found its way to my ears, ever so slowly I found my eyes closing as darkness threatened to overcome me.

**Time Skip**

The sounds of many things going on around me stirred me from my state of unconsciousness, opening my eyes ever so slowly I allowed them to adjust to the world around me. Attempting to sit up I found myself falling back down with a pained cry, my entire body hurt and felt like it was on fire. Clenching my fists I tried my best to focus on what was around me as I thrashed about in agony, the feeling of something pushing my shoulders down only forced me into a state of panic causing me to lash out, sitting up I let my eyes trail over the things in the room. Seeing Arkain and a few other of my Endermen I relaxed greatly.

"Are you alright my Queen?" Arkain questioned his large purple eyes holding a cautious look to them, taking a deep breath I nodded.

"If I said yes I would be lying," I huffed looking over my patched up wounds, with another sigh I turned my gaze back to Arkain.

"What happened? We haven't heard from Herobrine or you in weeks," he fretted coming closer, looking down I closed my eyes.

"The council changed its mind, they attacked me and well as you can see I barely made it out alive, to thinkI was actually trying to please them, well no more shallI try and please those who think they can stand up to me, once I have healed and regained my strength we shall rally all our troops and I will personally travel to the Nether to seek aid from the Nether King, no longer will this Realm think it owns me, I am going to make sure the world watches as I destroy their precious council," I snarled opening my eyes and narrowing them towards Arkain, with a nod the albino Endermen stood and left probably to fetch our troops for training. Standing up I ignored the pain rippling through my body as one of my Endermen guards helped me outside, looking out over the somewhat organised camp I felt that old twisted feeling climb its way into my mind once more. With a smirk I watched the others moving below, glancing down at the charm arlund my neck I let out a snarl as I tore it from my neck. With war on the horizon there would be no time for distractions, letting the charm fall from my hands I turned my gaze back to my troops as they prepared for the war to come.