A/N: Hey, Ender here. No reviews this week, but its only the second chapter, so we still have time. This chapter is longer than most of my usual chapters, thanks to the fact I finally had a homework free weekend. On with the chapter.

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Izra's POV

"So why are we here?" asked Rayko, leaning against the wall of Sallen's lab, the red coloring of his robe accents and some of his feathers having a sharp contrast to to the blue color that filled most of the room.

"Not sure." said Teloxen shrugging "Sallen just told me to get you guys so we could meet here."

We stayed in Sallen's lab for a while longer, waiting for him to return from whatever task he was carrying out. The fluid filled tanks that lined one wall of the room made slight bubbling noises every so often, the only sounds to break the stillness that permeated the lab.

I had almost given up all effort to stay awake when the steady tromp of footsteps sounded outside. The lab doors swung open and Sallen walked in. The look he gave us told me in no uncertain terms that I needed to needed to stay quiet and try not to do anything noticeable right now. The reason for this was quickly apparent when the doors opened once more and Zeren walked in. Upon seeing him, Teloxen paled, taking small steps backwards until his back was flat against the wall, wings splayed to either side. After what Zeren had done, Teloxen had been terrified of what Zeren would do to him if he got near him again. Rayko glanced at Teloxen sympathetically. Soon after, a Wither skeleton emerged from a concealed entrance near where they stood. It quietly led Teloxen out of the room through the entrance it had come from, drawing only a slight approving glance from Sallen. Rayko and I usually shared the duty of making sure Teloxen stayed out of Zeren's way whenever he unexpectedly turned up with Sallen, which seemed to happen with an alarming frequency as of late.

"So why did you want to talk to us?" asked Sallen, his expression betraying nothing.

"It has come to my attention that the banished lord has arrived in the Overworld."

"What, you mean Mirexal?" asked Sallen.

"Don't say that name!" hissed Zeren "Never say that name. If any of you are to see that lord, it is your obligation to end him, for he is a traitor to the kind."

"Yeah, whatever." said Sallen as Zeren turned to leave.

"Oh, and Sallen?" said Zeren, turning slightly to look over his shoulder, eyes burning with warning "You would do well to choose more carefully the ones you choose to associate with. Don't think I haven't seen you associating with that traitorous servant."

"Who are you to control who I choose to ally myself with?" said Sallen, crossing his arms "You seem to forget that I am a powerful lord in my own right, not one of those lords who follow you without question like helpless sheep." These clashes between Zeren and Sallen seemed to occur on a regular basis, both trying to attain more power without disturbing the delicate balance that provided an uneasy peace for the Chaos kind.

"Just keep my words in mind." said Zeren, walking out.

As soon as Zeren left, Sallen dropped his air of calm. "Ugh, why is he such a massive pain?" groaned Sallen, placing his hands over his face, then looking towards the ceiling as his hands moved upwards in a questioning gesture.

"Um, Sallen, who exactly is that lord Zeren wanted us to look out for?" asked Rayko "I never heard about any lords who were actually been banished. You know, like actually kicked out, must kill on site kind of banished."

"Yeah, and there is a reason for that." sighed Sallen, twisting a lock of hair between his fingers "Zeren has forbidden everyone who knew of it to talk about it, and those who refused to keep quiet just disappeared."

"So what's the story then?" asked Rayko, eyes showing a deep curiosity.

"I just said it is forbidden to talk about, and now you want me to do so?" said Sallen raising an eyebrow.

"Uh, yeah, that would be awesome." said Rayko.

"Fine," sighed Sallen "But not here. I quite like my lab and I don't want to have to leave it forever."

"Where are you going to find somewhere Zeren won't have a chance of noticing?" I asked "Zeren seems to have a magical ability to always randomly walk in on us when anything is trying to be accomplished."

Sallen started chewing on the lock of hair he held, eyes staring off, lost in thought. "There is one place we could go." he said after a moment "I doubt Zeren would go there even if he knew we were."

"Really?" asked Rayko "There is somewhere that Zeren will not go? I really want to know about that. Where is it?"

"It has nothing to do with where it is." said Sallen "It has to do with what is located there. The ruins of my family's estate."

Steve's POV

The sun streaked through the forest canopy, sending mottled splashed of light flickering across my body as the leaves swayed in the faint breeze. As I walked, I allowed the calmness of the forest to flow over me, allowing myself to relax from the state of wariness I had adopted in order to deal with my siblings. Both Notch and Herobrine had been staying at my castle since the Chaos lord confrontation, Herobrine because his realm was occupied, and Notch because his magic was still not strong enough to properly manage a realm. Shadow and Jeb were doing their best to manage the realm until he was recovered sufficiently to do so himself.

Even though they had made up for what had happened between them before, Herobrine and Notch still had conflicting personalities that caused quite a bit of trouble when they clashed. And as always, I would end up caught in the crossfire between them. I had toughed it out until now, but another fight had broken out and I just had to get out. After recruiting Cresilia to referee my brothers, I made a break for the woods, hoping that the calm setting would help to release my stress.

Suddenly, I felt as though someone was watching me. Turning, I shifted my gaze across the tree branches, knowing that was the most likely place for a person to conceal themselves with little chance of being seen. Years of being pranked by Herobrine had made me more aware of the areas few people usually looked, and areas above a person's head were at the top of that list. Sure enough, I saw a man sitting in a tree a few blocks from where I stood.

"Oh good, someone to talk to." the man said, face lighting up as a huge smile crossed his features. "You would not believe how boring this place is. Hardly anyone comes by, and when they do they are so oblivious. Not one of them have noticed me. Except for you."

"So why have you camped out in in the forest anyway?" I asked.

"Oh yeah," he said "I heard from these two guys, E and Dark, that someone in this area had a connection to the Enderlords. I've been looking for someone for ages now who would help me get in touch with their head lord."

"What do you want with my brother?" I asked, growing wary of this unknown man.

"Oh, um, awkward." he said, blushing slightly "I'm sorry, can we start over?"

"Sure" I said, slightly taken aback by this response.

"So, uh, I'm Mirexal, and the reason I am looking for your brother is that I am an acquaintance of the lord he is spirit bonded to. So can you take me to him?"

"Sure." I said hesitantly "But if you try anything, I will not hesitate to take you out."

"Got it." he said.

"Be careful coming down." I said, noticing that he wore shorts and flip-flops, neither of which would protect him well from any bark scrapes."

"No worries." he said, jumping down from the tree. Inwardly I winced, preparing to witness a painful landing. Instead, two magenta and gray wings stretched about halfway open, slowing Mirexal's fall enough to to ensure a soft landing.

"You're a Chaos lord?" I asked, taking a step back.

"Didn't I tell you that?" asked Mirexal looking slightly confused "I'm sorry, I meant to."

"Why would I take a Chaos lord to see my brother?" I spat.

"Yeah, I've been told I don't explain things well." Mirexal admitted "So, um, yeah. I'm a Chaos lord, but uh, I kind of got kicked out for not listening to Zeren's silly rules. Those rules were really boring too, all about things you can't do and say."

"Fine." I grumbled "but you make one mistake, say one wrong thing, and I'll let Herobrine have you to test his dangerous pranks on."

"That's fine with me." he said, touching his fingers into a ring shape and holding them over his head. "See, I'll be a little angel."

Izra's POV

"What happened here?" I asked, staring at the ruins of what must have once been a magnificent estate.

"Chaos lord politics happened." said Sallen "Our household was becoming powerful, trading with others had widely increased our influence, and so we were viewed as a threat by the ruling family. That's why no one questioned it when reports came of our household staging an attack on the leaders. What few know is that there never was an attack. At least not one that was planed."

"What happened then?" asked Rayko "Something defiantly happened. I mean, almost two entire households were eliminated."

"Zeren happened." spat Sallen "He set it all up. He was impatience to wait to be willingly given power, so he decided to take it by force."

"What did he do?" I asked cautiously.

"He killed his father." said Sallen "That was bad enough, but he made it look like he had been killed by members of my household. Of course, we denied all accusations, but when he..." Sallen trailed off, taking a deep breath and wiping always half formed tears. "When he killed my mother, we would not stand for it. Deliberate provocation or not, my father was distraught by what had happened and launched an attack as retaliation. Looking back, perhaps if I had thought about the situation more rationally, I would have had been able to prevent the damage. If our house had not retaliated, they would have been hard pressed to to find a reason to hold the high lord's death against us."

"So what happened next?" asked Rayko breathlessly, caught up in the account of what had happened.

"What was bound to happen." sighed Sallen "Many members of both households died, and Zeren took the opportunity to rid himself permanently of those lords he believed to pose a threat to him. When it ended, he was pretty much the only member of his household still alive, save for a few low ranking lords. He had most of the members of my household that were captured executed, but to some he offered a choice. Join his household and live as a lord under him, or die. Now most of them chose to die, but I could not. See, Zeren had more influence over me because of Mirexal."

"Who exactly is Mirexal?" I asked.

"Mirexal was, is my little brother." said Sallen "And I had always promised my mother I would protect him. So Zeren made me an offer he knew I could not refuse. Either I join Zeren and he would banish Mirexal if he refused to join him, or I would die, but not before I saw Mirexal either join my enemy or die before me. And for all his skills, Zeren had far too many rules then for Mirexal to ever consent to his rule. So I only ever had one option."

"So Zeren banished Mirexal." I said "And you became head planner for your greatest enemy."

"Yes," said Sallen "It was the only was I could hope to give Mirexal a chance at freedom. After Mirexal was banished though, Zeren decreed that if he was ever seen again, all Chaos kind were ordered to kill him on site. Sometimes I still can't believe he would do all this to someone he once considered to be a friend."

"Mirexal and Zeren were friends?" asked Rayko "and he still did all that? But why?"

"Desire for power." said Sallen "It corrupted Zeren, changed him. Few remember how it was before, and for me it starts to sound more like a fairy tale every time I tell it."

"Please tell us what happened." said Teloxen, stepping out from behind an outcropping of rock. "Perhaps it will help to better understand the lord I formally knew as father."

"All right." sighed Sallen "Many, many years ago, there were two families. They got along well enough, and their youngest children became close friends. The child of one family was called Zeren and the child from the other was called Mirexal. One day, when they were playing in the walled courtyard that connected the dwellings of the two families, the children decided to climb the walls, to see how much further the world extended beyond what they knew. When they reached the top, top, all they could see was plains of grass extending out in all directions. Just on the edge of their sight, they saw a small figure moving through the grass. They really wanted to find out what was out there, but both families had been very clear. They were not to step foot outside the walls under any circumstances. So what did they do? They made dummies of dry grass, dressed them in their outer robes, and climbed out over the wall to see who or what was out there, leaving their watcher to get in trouble rather than them. And of course, that person was me, so rather than staying behind to get in trouble, I figured that if I went after them, I had a chance of keeping us all out of trouble. Anyway, I went off after them, but the grass was practically taller than they were, so it was quite difficult to tell where they were at any time. When I finally caught up with them, they had been joined by a third child. He was taller than Mirexal and Zeren by a few inches, and although he had wings like they did, his tail and antennae made it pretty clear that he was not a Chaos lord. Mirexal later told me that he was he was an Ender lord, and that his name was Illusion."

"Illusion like the Ender lord leader forever and ages Illusion?" asked Rayko, clearly surprised.

"Yes" said Sallen. Turning to me, he said "You might better know him as the lord Shadow is spirit bonded to."

"I though that was just part of the strange rumors Teloxen had started to to make people scared."

"Well that one is true" said Sallen.

"How did they get along if they were Chaos lords and he was an Ender lord?" asked Teloxen "Relations between the races were slightly better then" said Sallen "Trust was not exactly a common thing, but it was not the kill on site thing that we have today. And they were little anyway, so it probably would not have mattered one way or another to them. It was only after Zeren attacked the households that things really got dangerous."

"Why?" asked Rayko "Surely the Enderlords would be delighted that they had fewer opponents."

"And now we get to the real reason it is forbidden to talk about Mirexal." said Sallen "He refused to follow Zeren's rule, and so he was banished. At that point, there was really only one place he could go."

"Straight to Illusion's house." guessed Teloxen.

"Right" said Sallen "Illusion was outraged at what had happened, especially since until then they had been quite close friends. And so Zeren outlawed any mention of Mirexal, so that any suspicion regarding his own assertion of power would go unnoticed."

"So now Mirexal is back?" asked Rayko.

"Yes" said Sallen "and for this reason, I would steer clear of Zeren for a while."


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