I left after the sun started to rise. We didn't know about the sun when we first came here. We watched it rise the first time, stunned by its immense beauty. Then the burning started. I was lucky enough to be under a tree. I watch as many of my kind lit on fire, they're screaming as them slowly burning haunting me still. I lost my mate that day. She had not died, instead she teleported away. I have never seen her again. And I can't forget the water; it covered this world in immense quantities. We again have never seen things like this. I, when I was younger and first saw it, thought it would be nice to touch it. So I jumped in. As soon as I made contact with the water a searing pain went through my entire body. Almost forgetting about the arcane energy locked inside of with my Ender Pearl, I teleported away. I had been on the brink of death and survived. The water, the sun. They danger us. They hurt us. It appears that things with immense beauty hurt us the most. I laughed at the thought. I walked further and further away from the beach where the skeleton and spider had the misfortune of looking at us. I wonder what has happened to the spider? It was the first creature to voice a greeting to us. But we can't respond. When we talk to another Endermen it's fine. But with anything else it's impossible for us to voice a greeting back. It is a puzzling question that I would like to solve. But not as much as the puzzle of getting back home. I was deep in thought before I realized I had walked into a Stronghold. I was home, well at least a home. The instant I walked it I was greeted by a swarm of silverfish. "Hello! Welcome! You are back!" they said in unison. They annoy me sometimes. There high-pitched squeaky voices are enough to drive anyone mad. "We are close elder! We are close!" I wondered what this meant. What are they close to?
"Close my little friends? Close to what?" I asked.
"Close to a way! A way home!" they said repeatedly.
"If you are close to a way home, tell me!" I said, getting impatient.
"A man will come! He will help! The power is locked inside you!"
"We know the power inside us! We've all known that since we got here! Every time I get close to a portal I feel the energy inside me grow!" I shouted. They have been telling us the power was inside of us for years. But, the man coming to save us is new...
"A man like no other will greet you! Will help you! Will save you!" the silverfish said before scampering off.
"Who? Who will save us?" I said, calling after the silverfish. I had known that there was a way home, I just didn't know how. I had known that inside me, lies the power to open the portal again. I stood there for a few moments. Thinking to myself. A man would come to save us? Did the silverfish mean a fellow Endermen? A human? Or a nightwalker? Or perhaps a race unknown to us? With a bit of a startle, I realized that what I thought was a few minutes were actually a few hours. It was dark! I walked out, looking at a few Endermen that had decided to come out. I walked until I felt the ground shift to sand. I had come to the beach. I don't know why but I was drawn to this beach, an unknown force pulling me back every time I left. I liked this place. And then, without warning, the feeling of emptiness returned. Had the spider came back for revenge? Some of my fellow Endermen and I turned. At the end of the beach was a man, the first man I have ever seen. He looked similar to us, except much, much shorter. And his eyes, his eyes were like ours, they glowed. Except our eyes were a purple color, while his was a solid white. We stared. He stared. An awkward silence filled the air.
The man Then said, "Children of Notch, I greet you,"
We said not a word
the man stepped forward. "I said, I greet you," he repeated.
Still, we did not respond, instead, some of began to whisper among ourselves.
We could tell the man was angered by our lack of response to him, but that is because no one, save for the silverfish and Endermen can understand us." In the name of my brother, almighty Notch, your creator, I command that you speak to me!" the man yelled. We still did not say a word. The man stomped his foot in anger. Then he suddenly calmed down. A look of realization crept over his face. I started to pay attention to what my kind was saying. The man had remained silent the entire time.
Brother of Notch...
Our creator...
He is here...
He speaks to us...
He commands us...
He looks at us...
Why is he looking at us?...
He does not understand...
He does not know...
"What do I not understand?" asked the man. "What do I not know?" I was shocked at this. He had heard us! Impossible! Some had realized this and began to whisper again.
He hears us!...
Our voices...
How can that be?...
Brother of God...
So he claims...
Yet he must be!...
Even if he does not know...
How else could he hear us?...
Yes, he must be...
How unfortunate that we have to kill him...
Do we have to kill him?...
We must...
He has seen us...
But does it matter...
If he is God's brother...
"Why does it matter that I have seen you?" asked the man, I could hear an edge of fear creep into his voice.
He does not know...
"No, I don't know, so tell me!" exclaimed the man. "Who are you?"
We are the Endermen...
Spirits of shadow...
We cannot allow ourselves to be seen...
If you look at us directly…
You steal our soul...
We must kill to take it back...
Or you will take it from us...
We cannot move...
Your gaze freezes us...
But when you look away...
We are free to move...
And we must move quickly...
Lest you take our souls away...
"I am sorry to hear that that is your lot in life" said the man. I could tell by his tone of voice that he had meant it. "But Minecraftia is home to many other beings besides yourselves, and we all share this world; it is the Minecraftian way. While I realize that you are not visible during the day, for whatever reason, the people of Minecraftia, myself included, cannot simply give the nights to you. There are those who burn up in the light of the sun, and must walk the surface at night, if they are to walk it at all, and it would not be fair to deny them the trees and the sky for the sake of one people."
They may have the trees...
And the sky...
So long as they do not look directly at us...
Or if they do...
And wish to live...
They must continue to look at us...
Until the sun rises...
For we are formless and powerless during the day...
And if caught in the gaze of another...
When the sun rises...
We will die...
But only if they look directly at us...
"So you're saying that if someone sees you out of the corner of their eye, or in their peripheral vision, you will be unaffected?" asked the man.
Just so...
Brother of God...
Look...
The sun rises...
Those caught in your gaze will die...
Or you must die...
Do not look away...
Not if you wish to live...
Brother of God...
"I cannot die a permanent death," He said "and, as caretaker of Minecraftia, and all of its people, I accept death so that you may live. Your lots in life are strange to me, but it is my hope that, someday, you and your kind can live peacefully among us, as our friends." I was a tad puzzled. How can ANYONE be immortal, from EVERYTHING? Other than our leader, the Enderdragon, I have never seen anything completely immortal.
As you wish...
Brother of God...
You are kind...
And we are sorry...
Sorry you looked at us...
For we must fight for our souls...
"I understand," He said; "it is natural for all living things to fight for the right to keep living."
He turned away.
The instant he turned I leapt. I pulled back my arm and wanting his death to be painless, punched him in the back of the head with all of my massive strength. I could feel his skull give way from my fist. I pulled back and felt my very existence come back to me. His body fell and disintegrated into ash. I felt sorry. I hadn't wanted to kill him, but I also felt a little relieved. I was worried that since he was god's brother that he would be invincible. But I wanted to survive; if he were invincible I would have had to die. I WILL survive, just like I WILL find a way home. I walked away, a shadow in the night.
AN: I SWEAR the song "Almost Easy" fits this chapter PERFECTLY! Anyway, I had to copy-paste from Wandergirl108's story to get the dialogue, nut for some reason after all the whipers of the ender men the … was changed to A3) for some reason. Probably cuz I email myself the story from my ipod touch. ANYWAY, i've started chapter 3!
-World3nder. In the end, nobody remains a virgin. Life screws us all.
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