The Void

Last Time:

Steve was floating in the void.

It was endless. An infinite sea of black. But, as he watched, reality slowly came back into focus. He was back inside the portal, once again standing in the strange purple veil. But the portal had gotten warmer! The heat was stifling, and Steve nearly fell out of the portal trying to get away from the heat.

He fell onto hard, dusty ground. And as he stood up, he saw the new realm he had entered.

The Nether was a hellish place, full of lava and the red dusty stone. It was populated by pigs, that stood on two legs. Their skin, however, was torn away and exposed muscle and bone. The skin that was left was a bright reddish pink, the result of the lava and heat.

The other residents of the Nether were strange, squid-like creatures. they had lots of tentacles and floated in the air. Their skin was white, bone white. All of them were crying, lost in their misery. Their cries were jarring, shrieks that tore at the heart. All Steve could see were three, but he could hear more of in the distance.

The smallest of the trio was slowly spinning in a circle. As it turned, it noticed Steve and its eyes opened for one second. It cried something and spat a fireball at him. Shocked, Steve threw himself to the ground and barely dodged the fireball. it whistled past him and exploded on the dusty stone.

The explosion had torn away some of the dusty stone and revealed a strange brownish gray sand. Curious, Steve walked over to the sand, dodging the bits of dusty stone that'd caught on fire. Shocked, he stared at the sand, only now seeing the screaming faces on it. He touched it cautiously and nearly sighed in relief. It was cold!

Happily, he stepped on it and sighed as the sand cooled his blistered feet. While he relaxed, he suddenly remembered the jelly-squids. He whipped around in time to see their eyes widen and their mouths open. Cursing, he tried to jump away from his spot only to find his feet were stuck!

Looking down, he only saw his thighs before seeing the cold sand. It seemed to laugh at him, mocking him. Gritting his teeth, Steve turned back to the jelly-squids and prepared to duck. maybe the fireballs would miss him. It was unlikely but it was the only thing he could do.

As the jelly-squids prepared to fire, a voice floated down to them, halting their progress.

"Now why would we want to that, I wonder?"

Surprised, Steve looked up and saw a man slowly float down to them. His shirt and pants were like his, but worn and torn. as the man stopped in front of him, Steve saw his eyes. They were white. Pure white and glowing. Steve shivered and the man smirked as he saw it.

'Well, well, well. How surprising is this? An intruder in my realm. Actually, two."

Shocked, Steve looked around but saw no one behind him. Then the voice in his head spoke.

Brother, it's been a long time.

The man narrowed his eyes.

"Why Notch, should you not show yourself? I'm sure Steve would like to be free of you."

The voice, Notch, sighed and suddenly disappeared. Hearing footsteps, Steve turned to see a man. He wore a ripped brown shirt and grey pants. he had a thick beard and a bald head.

"Long time no see, Herobrine.''

The man, Herobrine, smirked and spoke.

"The same back to you, brother. Oh, and before I forget, welcome to my home; The Nether."

Notch laughed and looked around. "A realm populated by Ghasts and Zombie Pigmen? Seems the Overworld was all my doing. You just ruined it."

"The Ghasts and Zombie Pigmen are those who you betrayed.", Herobrine hissed angrily.

"They chose to be here, unlike your passive mobs."

Notch shook his head mockingly. "Yet this proves I am still better than you."

"Yet that proves you aren't." Herobrine suddenly smirked. "This isn't the last you'll hear from me, brother."

As reality began to fade away once again, Notch turned to Steve.

"He won't do anything.", Notch said arrogantly.

"Just continue with your life."

That was all Steve could remember, before the void swamped him and darkened his vision...

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