Greetings, ladies and gentlemen, to my second most biggest story I will ever work on in my life. There will be many tragic events to happen, many suspense moments that will leave you in wonder, and many reasons and back-stories behind all of the characters that will be introduced into my story. Reviews will be welcome, as long as they are relevant to the story. Flames and criticism will not be tolerated. The author himself or herself will be blocked and never get the opportunity again to read this story. I have worked so hard on this story, and it's not gonna deter me from finishing it all because some inconsiderate person complains because of a mistake or doesn't like how the story is being told. Either read or don't read, it's your choice. No one is forcing you to read this.

I would love to give credit to NinjaMaster220 and her friends for giving me ideas, as well as PokeRollYOLO for providing me with an idea that will soon reveal itself further into the story. OC's will be featured in this story. I may not be able to mention all of them, so don't panic if your chosen OC isn't featured for a while. Until then, other OC's will not be accepted.

Warning Note: The following story contains blood, use of weapons, alcohol references, excessive foul language, and acts of extreme and violent torture. If you are easily offended by this, I recommend not to read this story. If you are faint-hearted or prone to have nightmares from excessive details that describe the tortures that will take place, don't read as well. You have been warned.

Chapter 1: The Dragon's Spirit

10 years.

10 years have passed ever since Herobrine was banished to The End. There is no escaping from the dimension, especially if you're a demonic and unforgiving person with a thirst for domination and rule over a peaceful and calm land. Notch lived all of his life to the end and now, spends the rest of his life, often exploring the land of Minecraftia as a glowing ball that represent his spirit. Regina remained the Valkyrie leader and watched over the souls of the deceased as they watch the land below them on floating clouds. Noah, who is the new ruler of the Nether, never left his promise and rules over the Nether mobs, controlling them to protect their environment and rarely even releasing the mobs when night came. Sky, the Butter God, general of the Sky Army and leader of Team Crafted, continues to lead the army with pride, hope, and determination. Sure, everything may seem tranquil now, but when a small change happens, it will alter everything in the world and possibly bring the world into the gates of hell. So, without further ado, let me begin the story.

The End.

The End is a barren, dead, and creepy dimension. Rarely anyone ever ventures into this land, especially now since the portal where Team Crafted and the others went through to defeat the Ender Dragon was sealed away for good.

Within the desolate land, Endermen walked about, often making quick gurgling sounds before teleporting away. At the very center of the land lied the portal to escape The End and frozen on the very top of the pedestal was none other than...Herobrine. Trapped in cement-like solid rock, Herobrine had not moved from that spot for 10 years. The rock still remained in tact, trapping in the devil god to prevent him from ever leaving the dimension again.

Well, it doesn't mean that he can't escape from his jail-like stone.

About several meters away from the statue...is the decaying body of the Ender Dragon. Its skull has several cracks traveling to its jaw, its ribcage was half-buried in the ground, and its bony tail curled up next to its body. Remains of its flesh are still attached to several parts of its body. The rotten pieces of flesh slowly slide down the bones and hit the ground around it. One small piece remains near the side of its head. The black piece slowly begins to descend down its head, leaving behind a purplish slime trail.

However, just before it can hit the End Stone, it suddenly vanishes. Then, it appears in the air, carried by a magical force. That source of magic is being emitted...from Herobrine. Despite being locked away in solid rock, the god is somehow still alive and is able to use his newly found telekinesis powers to grab the flesh. The piece starts to shape and form, then it is converted into a black cloud of magic. A part of the cloud shapes into what appears to be a dragon's head. The creature screeches and looks around, then turns towards the statue of its trapped master. Herobrine starts to whisper to it in another language.

-Herobrine: Vai alla Overworld. Viaggia da pianure a costa. Una volta che siete nel loro mondo, trovare e possedere un host.

-Translation: Go to the Overworld. Travel from the plains to the coast. Once you are in their world, find and possess a host.

The dragon's head roars in response, then vanishes into its magic cloud. The cloud stretches into a streak and starts floating towards the portal below Herobrine. The dark streak is teleported out of the dimension, leaving behind its master.

"Soon, Minecrafters, soon...", Herobrine whispered to himself, his frozen expressionless face remained in the rock. He chuckles evilly, his master plan already set into movement.

Meanwhile, moments later after being teleported, the dragon's spirit appears in a clearing with a taiga biome, around nighttime. The black, sparkling ball of magic turns around, analyzing its surroundings. Once it is aware of where it is, the spiritual sphere ascends into the air, over the densely cold forest. It begins to glide through the air, searching the land below it for something useful, something that it can take control of. Then, the glowing sphere comes to a halt and gazes towards the landscape. Miles and miles away, a gigantic aircraft stood near the flat area of a hill. The spirit hisses in delight as it starts gliding towards the object.

As it floats towards the ship, mobs below gaze up and follow the floating object with their eyes. They quickly flinch and start running away, sensing that this weird glowing orb was a threat. When the spirit sees the mobs running around below it, it growls in annoyance and ceases off movement. The dragon's head appears again and fires a flaming ball of purple fire towards the ground. The fiery sphere explodes into the ground, burning up the grasses for about a mile. Pigs, cows, sheep, any type of mob within the radius of the explosion, are burned alive. The dragon nods as it sinks back into its sphere and resumes gliding towards the ship.

Half an hour of traveling later, the glowing spirit eventually reaches the ship. It glides to the very deck of the ship and searches for a way inside. The magical cloud finds a slightly cracked-open door that led into the main center of the ship. The sphere easily squeezes through the space and enters. It floats to the center of the lobby, leaving a trail of purplish dust behind. It looks around before finding a pair of doors that lead into the hallways where the famous Minecrafters slept. The entity squeezes under the small spaces beneath the doors and glides ahead.

It passes by one by one, sensing which Minecrafter can possibly handle its aura and powers while being possessed. Then, it stops when it starts sensing a large amount of energy radiating from one of the rooms. The spirit goes through one of the doors and looks around the area that it is in. Then, it looks down and sees a Minecrafter, fast asleep and unaware of the glowing sphere's appearance.

This room belonged...to Deadlox.

The sphere gently floats towards the sleeping Minecrafter and senses his aura, it is ten times as stronger than the others. The spirit growls menacingly. It knew that this was the one to take control of. It starts morphing into a thin streak, then slowly, it starts sinking itself into Ty's head. Once it's completely inside, Deadlox groans in his sleep and opens one of his eyes. He gets up and looks around, seeing that nothing seemed out of the ordinary. He lies back down and goes back to sleep. Unaware to him, one of the veins traveling throughout his arm and into his hand starts glowing purplish-black.

Then, just before everything seems normal, the Minecrafter quickly his right eye, completely dark with a small red dot.

I know I said that I was going to post this on March 1, but with SkyShorts reaching its 100th episode and fans going crazy for me to start this story up, I'd figure I could give you guys the story already. However, there will be one drawback for this.

I will not update this story for a while, so I'll just upload the first chapter so you guys can get a taste of what is to come in The Rise of Enderlox. As soon as SkyShorts Season 5 ends, I will return to updating this story. Until then, you guys are gonna have to wait and if you can't, then you're gonna have to deal with it 'cause I can't keep updating two stories at the same time. I need time to think and plot of what is going to come next in the chapters.

I want the Rise of Enderlox to be the best story ever, not affording any mistakes or misspellings. I hope you guys understand and continue to follow this story and stay tune for more episodes of SkyShorts. :)

(This chapter (as well as the other chapters) has been proof-read and edited, so don't be confused if you don't see a new chapter).