A/N: Hey, Ender here. I only have three more days of school left, so soon I will be able to write more often. It feels like the world is teasing me though because my school year has run so long that all the TV channels are on summer schedules already. Snow days are fun when they happen, but a pain when you have to make them up. On with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Minecraft
I was snapped back to reality after my horror at discovering that Shadow was coming when Mist said *Hey Ender, if you want to get us out of here before Shadow finds us, then we better find a way out of here now, if not sooner.*
"Yeah" I said "Well I guess that this is the time to risk pulling that lever that we saw earlier."
*All caution thrown to the wind?* asked Mist *Sounds like a recipe for disaster, but I am in.*
"Lets do this!" I said, shoving the paper into a pocket and racing over to the lever. I pulled down on the lever and waited with bated breath to see what was going to happen, knowing that every second that ticked by brought us closer to a confrontation with Shadow.
After five precious seconds, a pair of blocks were retracted into the wall and a small staircase was revealed. I ran to it, and once inside, Mist said *Aren't you forgetting something?*
"Oh, right. Thanks" I said. I reached back and flicked the switch upwards once more, so that the stairway would be hidden once more. I then ran up the stair set as fast as my legs could carry me. As I ran, I could feel my heart pounding in my chest, a reminder that I needed to be more careful if I did not want to have to run like a crazy person every time that I did something.
I reached the top of the staircase at last, and located a small button, which when I pressed it, opened the seemingly impenetrable wall in front of me. I saw that the passage led out into the corridor not far from the library. As the door began to close, I dashed out into the corridor, all the while hoping that no one was around to see my sudden appearance from within a solid wall.
*Yeah* said Mist *Thinking about that, appearing from withing solid objects is not exactly inconspicuous*
I continued to run as I rounded the corner of the hallway, and almost crashed into Shadow because Mist's talking had kept me from looking where I was going. I avoided Shadow at the last second and instead smashed face first into the wall of the corridor. Lets just say that it was not a comfortable experience for either my body or my pride.
"Are you ok?" asked Shadow, his voice laden with concern that I was sure he would wish he had not given if he knew where I had been.
"Yeah" I said, trying to regain my composure before Shadow asked any more questions. I could lie if I had to, but I would prefer not to, if only to ensure that I would not have to come up with an elaborate situation under pressure.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" asked Shadow. His deceptively curious voice held a note of his true feeling. He could tell that something weird was going on and wanted to know what I knew about it and how I was involved.
"Oh nowhere special" I said casually "I just was really bored and thought, what better thing to do than run randomly up and down hallways."
"You know how I feel about running in my castle" said Shadow in annoyance.
"Of course I do" I said cheekily "Why do you think that I do it so often?"
*Yeah* said Mist, projecting her thoughts so that Shadow could hear her *That is how you get her to do things. You specifically tell her not to do them, and they are done quick as a flash.*
"Do you have to give away all of my secrets" I complained to Mist. "Anyway, I am just going to be heading back to my room now, so I will just be going now."
"Yes, I suppose that is for the best." said Shadow distractedly "What I am going to do will be easier if others are not around to distract me."
I watched as Shadow walked away from me and rushed towards the library. Laughing slightly to myself, I then skipped down the hallway to my rooms. Since only me and Shadow lived in the castle, we both had many rooms within it.
*That went crazy well* said Mist *Shadow must really be worried about the fact that someone was in his secret library.*
"I know right" I said "He only gets distracted like that when something happens that really needs his direct attention. It is pretty ironic actually."
*Lets get to your rooms though* said Mist *It would be horrid if we pulled this whole thing off, only to get in trouble for not being in the proper area of the castle when Shadow comes calling.*
We headed off through the many twists and turns of the castle until we reached a section of the castle where the decor changed suddenly. Instead of the cream endstone walls with a dark stripe of obsidian two blocks up the wall, there were randomly placed splashes of color all over the wall, so that almost none of the original color was showing.
*You know that Shadow hates what you did to the walls* said Mist.
"Of course I do" I said "It is fabulous. And you do not know how hard it was to get all of the materials to make the dye. But it was totally worth it."
*I do know how long it took* said Mist *I was there*
"Oh yeah" I said "Well lets get to my room. Then we can see what this paper says, and why it was guarded like it was."
When we reached my bedroom after a few minutes of traveling down crazily painted hallways, I sat down on my bed and pulled out the small piece of paper that I had taken from Shadow's library. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that the paper had not been damaged when I had shoved it into my pocket.
Squinting to read the slightly faded writing, I began to read it aloud. I do not know why, but it seemed like it was something that needed to be spoken aloud in order to get the full meaning.
"The Prophecy of the Four Realms" I read "Well I guess that it is some kind of prophecy. But why would Shadow have tried so hard to keep it hidden?"
*Keep reading* suggested Mist *Maybe it will become clearer then.*
Heeding Mist's words, I continued to read the prophecy.
"A day will come, in future time,
When a dark lord rules from foulest crime.
Away are locked many who would oppose,
And he makes allies out of old foes.
A lord of stars shall bring his fall,
And restore peace for many and all.
But by the star lord's side there must be,
an ally from every realm who's free,
of the tempting call of darkness' power.
If the dark choice comes in triumph's hour,
Then in that one's hands the choice does lie,
For peace to live or peace to die."
As I finished reading the words, I remained silent, thinking about the dark message that this prophecy spoke of.
*Hey* said Mist, breaking into my thoughts *Since the prophecy speaks of someone from each realm having to be there, maybe one of them is you.*
"I guess I had not thought of that" I said "But it could be you too you know."
*Somehow I doubt it* said Mist *But hey, does it really matter? Wherever you go, I have to come too.*
"Fair enough" I said. Then a thought that excited me greatly crossed my mind. "Hey, this could be our chance to have our own adventure." I said.
*Then what are we waiting for?* asked Mist *Lets get some supplies and then we can use that portal spell you found last week to teleport us to another realm.*
"But what about Shadow?" I asked "I may enjoy annoying him, but I do not want to leave him alone here. The Endermen are not the most interesting of creatures most of the time."
*Well he will have Eclipse* said Mist, speaking of my dragon friend. *She shall keep him company. And anyway, there are portals in the Overworld that will bring us here. There used to be one here that took you to the Overworld, but it was destroyed.*
"How do you know that?" I asked.
*Illusion told me* said Mist *You were spaced out as usual.*
Reassured that I would have a way back to this realm even after leaving, I began rummaging through the piles of things that littered my room to see if I could find the book with the portal spell that I had stumbled upon in the library.
A/N: And so we reach the point when Ender is preparing to leave for the Overworld. How much will have changed since Shadow was banished to the End? If you enjoyed this chapter, consider leaving a review. I also need questions for characters, which will be answered in upcoming chapters once I get some. Have a fabulous day and I shall see you all next chapter. Bye! :D
