A/N: Hey, Ender here. Welcome to this new story. It is a sequel to my other story, Shadow's Story, and I recommend reading that first. As always, I hope that you enjoy. On with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Minecraft
It has been many years since Teloxen banished Shadow to the End, and they found the strange child there. Since then, she has grown much. But now, she grows bored of this realm and wishes to seek new adventure elsewhere. Shadow is less than thrilled by this, and forbids her to leave. But we all know that people do not always do what they are told.
Ender's POV
"Hey Shadow, watch this" I said as I jumped from block to block in a mini parkour course that I had made. When he did not respond, I ceased my jumping, and looked around, noticing for the first time that Shadow was no where to be seen. "Huh, I wonder where he went." I said.
*Do you want me to find him?* asked Mist.
"No way!" I exclaimed "You are always trying to ruin my fun. Here, I have a perfect chance to do things that Shadow does not know about, and the first thing that you want to do is go and find him."
*Fine* grumbled Mist *But I am telling Illusion later*
"You are no fun" I sulked "Why can't we do what I want just once"
*Like what?* asked Mist hesitantly, her voice betraying the curiosity that she was obviously feeling.
"Oh, I have the best idea" I said "But you have to guess what it is. Go on, guess."
*Fine* sighed Mist *Um, is it insane death parkour over the void?*
"No silly" I said "Although, that does sound fun. We are going to go read in the library."
When several seconds had passed without any signs from me that I was joking, Mist said *I suppose that you have some twist to this other than just going to Shadow's library. I know that you do not enjoy it there very much.*
"It is only boring because it is all informational books that tell you how to do spells. He keeps all of the best books in his private secret library. And that it where we are going to go."
*Shadow has a secret library?* said Mist *Why didn't I know that?*
"Uh, I don't know" I said sarcastically "Maybe because it is a secret library. They do not usually announce secrets to the world."
*I suppose* muttered Mist *But you know we are going to get into bunches of trouble if Shadow catches us.*
"Do not worry" I said "If we are caught, I will take the blame."
*A likely story* Mist muttered.
"What was that?" I asked sweetly, pretending that I had not heard what Mist had said.
*Oh nothing* sighed Mist *I suppose it could not hurt, as long as we are careful*
"Great" I said happily "Let's go. I found a map to where the library is."
*Be careful* said Mist as I almost missed the last jump of my parkour. *This shall be exciting for all the wrong reasons if we fall off of this.*
After finishing my parkour and sneaking into Shadow's castle, I pressed up against the wall next to the door frame of the main library.
*You know that you do not have to sneak into the main library* said Mist.
Yeah, I know I thought to Mist But I would rather that Shadow did not see me go in there. It might keep him from discovering us in his secret library.
I slipped through the doorway and sighed in relief as I saw that Shadow was not inside the library. I crept towards the rows of book shelves that filled the majority of the room.
A footstep in the corridor caused me to dash behind the nearest row of shelves. I poked my head around the edge of the bookcase and glimpsed the dark shape of an Enderman walking down the hall. I whipped the sweat off of my forehead in relief. Shadow had had not yet stumbled upon me.
*Well someone is cautious today* said Mist.
"Be quiet" I whispered "Someone will hear you."
*Now how would they do that?* asked Mist *You are the only one who can hear me right now.*
Oh right I thought to her How silly of me.
*Can we get on with this?* asked Mist *The longer we wait here, the higher the chance that we will end up being found.*
Right I thought Let us do this.
I walked slowly down the rows of books until I reached the back of the room. I then pulled out a piece of paper with a carefully drawn schematic of the room drawn on it.
*What is that?* asked Mist.
"It is the map that I found" I said.
Looking between the map and the shelved in front of me, I located a small section of books that had been circled in the picture. I pushed the books aside gently, all the while hoping that I was not accidentally triggering some hidden trap.
When moved, the books revealed a slightly darkened patch on the wall, which if stumbled upon, could easily be dismissed. I knew better though. I pressed the spot, and it gave slightly.
*I do not think that it worked* said Mist *Something should open up right away if it is working.*
Before I could respond to her, I heard the sound of pistons retracting and felt the floor beneath me retract. Then I was falling, and it took all of my willpower to keep myself from crying out, knowing that it would bring the Endermen and I would be in heaps of trouble. Mist however, had no such problems, and I could hear her screaming about how we were going to die as we fell.
I was expecting a painful stop when we reached the end of our fall, and so I was pleasantly surprised when I fell into a small pool of water instead.
Relax Mist I thought to her We do not know if Shadow is down here, and if you are screaming like that, Illusion can probably hear it.
*Maybe he will come and find us then* said Mist hopefully *I do not want to be stuck down here, especially if I have to listen to you.*
Gee, thanks I thought It is nice to know that you care.
*I was insulting you, not praising you* said Mist in confusion.
It is called sarcasm I thought Look it up.
One thing that drove both me and Shadow crazy was that neither Mist or Illusion seemed to get what sarcasm was. No matter how many times we told them, they just did not get that sometimes we meant pretty much the opposite of what we said. Maybe sarcasm did not exist in their society before, but whatever the reason, it sure could get annoying.
*Fine I will* said Mist *There is no need to act so smug about it.*
Rolling my eyes, because, once again, sarcasm had not been recognized, I pulled myself out of the pool of water that I had fallen into.
"Anyway, look. We are not stuck in some trap like you said mist, we are in Shadow's secret library."
*How do you know that?* asked Mist suspiciously. At times like this, I really wished that I could smack Mist. But since she is just an annoying spirit tat lives in me, I had no such luck. The closest I could get to hitting her was smacking myself, but that would mostly hurt me, and so it was pointless.
"There are bookshelves all over" I said to Mist "And many of them have warding spells on them to keep magic in. So unless Shadow fills all of his traps with valuable reading material, I think we are in the right place."
*Fine you win this time* said Mist *But next time, I will prove you wrong.*
"You can dream" I said.
I pulled out one of my ever burning torches and stuck it onto the wall so that I could see what else was present in the room. I saw I lever in the corner of the room, and Mist said *turn on the lever. I dare you.*
"No way" I said "It could be connected to anything. Sure it probably only turns the lights on, but it could also trigger an alarm that will bring Shadow here. Are you willing to risk that? Well I am not. I just want to look around and see if anything looks interesting."
Mist began to talk in response to me, but I ignored her, instead walking alongside the bookshelves that lined the walls. As I was walking, something on one of the bookshelves caught my eye. A piece of paper stuck out a bit farther than the books. I reached out and took hold of the paper, drawing it out from between the books, being careful not to tear it.
I was about to look at what had been written upon it, when I sensed that my action had triggered a hidden magic alarm.
*We need to get out of here!* said Mist.
"No really" I said "But I do not know how to get out of here."
I had begun searching frantically for a way out of the room when I sensed Shadow's presence drawing closer.
A/N: I hope that you enjoyed the chapter. Please consider leaving a review, as it helps me to know what you guys enjoy. You can also leave questions for the characters, and they will be answered in a later chapter. I hope that you have a great day, and I shall see you all next chapter. Bye :D
