hello my friends! I'm NellisEllis, or Nell as some of you know me as, and I'm doing a collab with Lady Andromeda 465! I hope you all enjoy, and if you do, leave a review saying so! anyway, I'm gonna hand the A/N off to Lady A, so see yah next chapter!
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Hello my stars! Lady A here, and as you can tell from the authors note above, I'm doing a collab with Nell! Nell is actually a really good friend of mine on here, so I'm like, "Hey! wanna do a collab?" So here it is! Now, since Nell came up with the idea for the story, she wrote the first chapter! I think I'm gonna be writing the next chapter, so I, myself, am a little excited. TBH, I have no idea how often this'll be updated, as Nell and I both have other stories we're working on, so… Anyways, enjoy the chapter, and be sure to tell us that you enjoyed!

Also, just as a little side-note, Nell will not be posting this on her page because we both believe it's easier to post it on one account! (and coz we both have no ideas on how docX works, lol cx)

NOW ON WITH TEH STOREH!

Annika was a normal girl. She lived a normal life along side her sister, Andromeda. The two were inseparable, even to death and beyond.

They both smiled, laughed and talked on that day, each one never suspecting what was to happen that very night. The two began walking home, as it was getting late. They were only a block away from their house when Annika was kidnapped by a random stranger. Andromeda chased after the person, never giving a damn whether or not she was tired; she had to protect Annika. The stranger darted into an alley way, quickly turning the corners until he came to a storage dock. He darted into random warehouse, quickly losing Andromeda.

After a few hours of searching, Andromeda knew the cops would be out searching for her and her sister. She was thinking of turning back to get their attention when she heard a blood churning scream. She sprinted as fast as she could to try and locate the owner of the scream. As soon as she lost the sound, another scream sounded out, this time from a different person. Andromeda dashed off, making sure to follow the sound. Another yell came, but this one was more of a wail, signaling agony. Fear and worry flooded to Andromeda as she finally located the warehouse. Shoving the door open, she gasped at what she saw.

Annika lay dead on the floor in a puddle of her own blood. Her bones were broken and twisted, and she was missing her eyes. Seven stab wounds had torn through her fragile chest, exposing her internal organs and showing that her heart was gone. Andromeda ran to her mangled sister, tears already spilling out of her eyes. Her pulse only quickened when she noticed the bodies of six others, two girls, four boys. Something clicked in her head. She slowly turned around, only to get half way before there was a gunshot, and she fell next to Annika. "I-I'm sorry, Annika..."

ANNIKA POV

I looked out over the expance of colorless void and various islands that floated so easily above it. I've always wondered how the islands floated above the void, and how they weren't moving. Surely, a miscellaneous object can't defy the very laws of physics while a living entity would have to fly or build a bridge to avoid falling to their death?

I shake my head, my brown hair acting on recoil. With a sudden burst of speed, my hair whipped back into position as I flew faster towards my Aetherian house. I'm quite good at flying for my age, so I dodged around the various other angels that dotted the islands with ease even though many of them had their wings fully expanded. My feathers slightly ruffled in the wind, but they wouldn't stay still and flatten.

I'm not fast enough.

Another burst of speed, and it was getting hard to dodge everything. As I curved my spine up into an angle, I shot up into the sky, my own angel wings gleaming in the eternal sun. I basked in the suns warmth, before folding my wings against myself and free-falling downwards. Many angels gasped and panicked at sight of my fall, but I wasn't worried. I loved the feeling of the wind running through my stiff feathers. I wish this feeling would never go away, but at one point all things must end. I open my subconsciously closed eyes, and deployed my wings, and I once again shot towards the sun. I soon reached cloud level, and sped across the surface of the clouds, dipping my hands in the cool balls of moisture.

I should probably explain. My name is Annika Grey, sister of Andromeda Grey. I'm an angel who resides in the Aether. I was murdered when I was young, when I still had a job to do. I became an angel so that I could have another chance at life. When that'll happen, I'm not sure. But I don't doubt Notch. I'm not the only one either. There's also-

"Annika!"

I turned to see a dark brown haired and grey-blue eyed boy angel with fair skin stumbling over his feet as he tried to catch up to me. And no, he wasn't flying. Remember when I said I'm good at flying for my age? Well, most the angel children here haven't learned to fly yet. There's about eight of us, and I'm second best.

Anyway, the dark brown head is Norwin. Norwin Smith to be exact. He's one of my closest friends, although he doesn't consider himself one. He's also the worst flyer of us all, hence him running and not flying.

As I flew slower, my feet hit the dirt, and I came to a halt. Norwin ran up to me, and behind him was Danny, a dirty blonde with light blue eyes, and Marilyn, a black haired, blue-eyed beauty. They're both my friends, even though I'm 7(70 in human years), and they're 15(150), and 21(210).

"An-Annika, what are you d-doing?! Are you trying to d-die?!"

"Nope, just stretching out my wings."

Even though Norwin is older than me, he stutters when speaking to me.

"W-When will you learn to not be so reckless? If you're e-ever going to have another ch-chance at life, you h-have to be careful."

"I'm sorry guys, but I..."

I trailed off looking for the right words, but nothing came out. I just stood there awkwardly.

"It's okay Annika, but please be more careful. Andromeda would be extremely upset if you were to stay in the afterlife."

I smiled apologetically at Marilyn, and gestured for them all to follow me.

"Come on, I bet Nell's cooking!"

I turned towards the others, who had been fidgeting just waiting to get going.

"YES! Let's go, let's go, let's go already!"

I laughed at Danny's remark, then lifted into the air.

"What about you, Norwin?"

"I-I'll just e-enderpearl, th-thanks anyway."

"Kay. Race yah! Last one there is a fallen angel!"

As I took off into the air, quickly followed by Danny and Marilyn, I could hear Norwin's enderpearls.

NORWIN POV

I slowly ran up the hill, my arms tired of throwing the enderpearls. Once I reached Nell's house, I burst through the door, panting heavily. Nell and Andromeda looked at me with surprise before Nell held out a cookie.

"Want one?"

I nodded like a kid, and eagerly took the cookie. Nibbling on it, I sat down at the table and listened to the two talk.

"As I was saying, I'm sure it'll happen soon."

"Listen Nell, I trust you as much as the next person, but you can't be serious. Notch would never do that, especially to children."

"We're not children."

"Annika's seven, Norwin's ten, and Danny's fifteen. Not to mention James is 13. They're the children I was talking about."

Nell sighed and was about to say something when Annika burst through the door, followed by Danny and Marilyn. They all stared at me in disbelief, and I got bit nervous.

"How did you get here so quickly?!"

"I-I enderpearled, j-just like I s-said."

"But all of us were flying!"

"Do you guys care to explain?"

We all looked over to Andromeda, who had a curious look on her face.

"U-uh...We might've had a race. And Norwin might've beat us all."

Both Nell and Andromeda shook their heads at us, then went back to talking. Everyone was silent for a bit after that. I saw Annika reaching for the cookies, and when she saw me staring, she put a finger over her mouth. I immediatly looked away, but glanced back a few moments later. Both the cookie platter and Annika were no where to be seen. Shrugging it off, I went back to listening to what Nell and Andromeda were maintaining.

JAMES POV

"Where do you think you're going with those cookies?"

I watched as a black haired girl whipped around to find me staring at her hands.

"Oh, um...Nell made cookies, so I might've stolen them. All of them..."

"Well you could at least share."

I swiftly walked up to her and grabbed a cookie, sniffing it before gobbling it down. I took another and another, until Annika moved away from me.

"Stop it before you eat all the cookies! Share with us littler people, James!"

"Pot kettle."

"What?"

"You're being hypocritical."

"Big words, James."

"I can't explain it."

"Then you're just stupid as you say I am."

"I never said you were- never mind."

Annika nodded before taking another cookie. We were soon joined by the others. Everyone was here except Mathew. Nobody seemed to notice, so I spoke up.

"Hey, does any one know where our crony is?"

Everyone looked at me weirdly, so I explained.

"Crony means friend. I was asking where Mathew was to be simple."

After I cleared everything up, everyone was also questioning where our 19-year-old friend was. We were about to go look for him, when a brown haired boy flew down towards us.

"Everyone! Lord Notch wants to see us!"

Nell's chocolate brown eyes lit up with happiness and curiosity as she ran over to the green-eyed angel. He remained in the air, so Nell spread her wings and floated up to him, motioning to the others.

"Come on, don't you guys want to know what's up?"

Nell sped off towards Notch's castle, her hair whipping around behind her. I shrugged and hovered into the air.

"No need to stay in this locality. I'm going."

Marilyn and Andromeda quickly flew off after Nell, as did Annika, Danny and Mathew. Norwin looked after everyone with a tad bit of jealousy. He glanced back at his own wings in worry, before trying his hardest to gain height. When he was a few feet off the ground, he flew slowly towards the others, while I stayed behind him in case he faltered in his flight. When he got steady, I flew next to him. Grabbing his hand, I sped up, pulling him with me. He had a little trouble keeping up, but he seemed to enjoy the flight anyway. When we finally came to Notch's castle, I landed with ease while Norwin stumbled.

"Th-thanks f-for the flight. I-I mean...air born travel."

He gave me a sheepish grin as he tried to find a bigger word. I gave him a thankful smile, then grabbed his arm and led him to the others, who were already in the castle. When we came to the others, they opened the doors and walked down the long hallway. Upon coming to Notch's throne we all bowed down.

"Rise my children."

Notch's voice resonated off the walls of the castle. We all stood, our wings shining and glowing at the godly presence.

"It's time."

The portal in front of us swirled and glowed. Norwin gave it an uneasy look, while Marilyn and Andromeda both looked pretty relaxed. Nell looked about ready to burst from excitement, and Danny and Mathew looked normal. Annika looked excited, and I was pretty shocked at the fact that this was happening, especially on the same day it happened.

"Are you sure this is a good idea, Lord Notch? I trust your judgement, but it's the same day that...that...it happened."

"I'm sure, Andromeda. Now listen, everyone. When you go into the Overworld, you won't be in you're white robes like now. You'll be in casual clothes and I suggest you call yourself a 'new spawn'. People who have just spawned in only know the basics, only have their instincts to guide them. If you don't know something, or there's something that confuses you, ask someone with the excuse that you're a 'new spawn'. Another thing: when you go to the Overworld, you won't have your wings. You'll have to figure how to deploy them by yourselves. If you can't deploy them by yourself, or you simply don't have them open, they'll deploy on thier own if the person your protecting is in danger."

"If the person we're protecting is in danger?"

"That's another thing...you can't simply go back. There's...a price. You must go back as a guardian angel."

We were all in shock.

"I'll do it."

Our heads snapped over to Andromeda, who had a confident look on her face.

"I've been watching those Minecraftians for some time now, and even though we all...it happened...before the redstone update, I think we'll be fine."

The others took this into thought. Annika had joined her sister in the decision, and Nell joined as well soon after. Marilyn joined as well, and so did Danny. Mathew joined, and so did I. The only one left was Norwin. Our eyes boar into him, and he shuddered under our gaze. After a moment, he caved.

"Al-alright, I guess it c-couldn't h-hurt to g-go."

NORWIN POV

All the others let out some happy noise, and got ready to go. Despite our spirits, we were all hesitant. Was it a good idea? Was it safe? Where would we live? Andromeda just shrugged her shoulders, then got a running start before diving into the portal. Annika skipped happily into the portal, being teleported to the Overworld. Nell lightly touched the portal, before winking and waving. She disappeared, and Marilyn followed in suit. Danny grabbed Mathew and James before they could do anything, leaving me alone. I glanced back at Lord Notch, before taking a deep breath. I closed my eyes, and took a step forward. I felt myself being carried away from the Aether, away from the place I called home for a century.

Well guys, I think I speak for both of us when I say, I hope you enjoyed, again, if you did then be sure to tell us in the reviews, and we can't wait to see you till the next update!

peace out

-Lady A