Wellp, here's the second chapter, finally. :P This chapter is written by me.
Rythian glanced back warily at Sjin, hoping he wasn't planing to jump him along the way. Sjin caught his eye, and he shrugged, his eyes widening as if saying, "What?!" And Rythian shook his head, and focused on the path ahead of him. He saw a purple streak, and thought, 'We must be getting close…' and smirked a bit under his mask. Xephos was walking calmly along the path, looking around at the trees, their branches threatening to lift you up by the shirt.
"Rythian, where exactly are we going?" Pipped up Sjin from behind him.
"I don't know" said Rythian, and Sjin rolled his eyes.
"If you don't know where we're going, then why are you even going?!" He asked, clearly annoyed by his tone of voice.
"I just know, ok! I don't want to talk about it!" The mage said, just as annoyed.
"Hey! Stop fighting!" Shouted Xephos, and he got in between them.
"He started it!" Said Sjin, and Xephos cast a glare at him that made him shut up.
"Whatever, lets just go" said Rythian, and kept walking. Xephos shrugged, and Sjin rolled his eyes. They followed the enderborn with no argument (which was surprising, considering Sjin was with them).
"Hello, travelers. My prince" said a voice somewhere in the trees.
"Prince?!" Said Xephos in surprise, and Rythian tensed.
"What do you want, queen?!" He asked angrily, and they heard a chuckle, deep in the trees. Rythian growled, and the queen appeared, her wings stirring up a wind. Xephos and Sjin, looking terrified, backed away. She took her human form, and her wings became droopy.
"Hello, Rythain" she said, and circled the enderborn.
"What do you want?!" He asked again, just as angry as the last. When she didn't answer him, he got mad, and burst out, "I'm tired of this! I challenge your leadership as ender queen!" He shouted, and pulled out his katar.
"Put your weapon down! I accept your challenge." Said the queen, and pushed the mages weapon down. Rythian smirked, and the queen just chuckled.
"But, before you fight me, you'll have to go through a series of trials" she said.
"When does the first one start?" He asked, and the ender dragon merely chuckled.
"All in due time, my prince" she said turning into her dragon form, and flying away, stirring up the wind again. Rythian growled, and Xephos and Sjin walked up to him.
"I could have died!" Said Sjin historically, and Xephos sighed.
"No… she doesn't want to kill YOU" said Rythian and poked Sjin hard in the chest. Rythian turned, and walked down the path once more. Sjin rolled his eyes, and rubbed his chest where Rythian poked him. Xephos sighed, and followed the mage.
Just about then, Rythian got warped away. Xephos blinked, and Sjin gasped. "Where'd he go?" Asked Sjin, and Xephos shrugged.
"Beats me" he said, and suggested, "Wanna keep going?" And Sjin nodded.
Rythian got teleported to a room, with a trap door under his feet. Under the trap door, was a pool of lava. Rythian gasped, and he heard a chuckle.
"Your first trial is to test your teleportation." Said the ender-dragon, and Rythian growled.
"Let me go!" He yelled, but nothing responded. The trap door opened, and he fell down toward the lava. His eyes widened, and he concentrated on a place in his head. He imagined the forest he was in, and concentrated harder. Just as the toe of his boot was about to touch the lava, he teleported to the place in his mind.
Zoey walked to the volcano, Baby Jim, and saw Nilsey there in the chair he made. "Hey, Zoey!" He said, and got up.
"Hey, Nilsey!" She said and walked up to him.
"What's up?" He asked.
"Um… I was wondering if I could stay at Owl Island for a while?" She asked. Nilsey smiled.
"Can you tell me why? Lomaida won't be too happy if you just show up without a good reason" he said. Zoey explained that Rythian went on a quest, and he doesn't know when he will be back, and that she was three months pregnant, and Nilsey smiled.
"Ok, I'll take you there." He said. Zoey smiled.
"Thanks Nilsey!" She said and hugged her friend.
"C'mon. I'll race ya!" He said and took off.
"No fair!" Zoey called after him, laughing.
"Ok. She can stay." Said Lomaida.
"Thank you!" Said Zoey.
"No prob" Lomaida said, and smiled. Zoey smiled and walked around. Nilsey walked with her, pointing out where things were, and even showed her Lomaidas underground base. Lomaida smiled as she watched them, and thought, 'I wonder when Rythian will come back from his quest…' and followed after them.