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"Oh, there you are. Finally, you're going to post the chapter!"

"Oh, shut your trap. I've been trying to do college work."

"Whatever, just post it already!"

-clicks post button- "There! Now you can read it, you impatient adolescent."

Yeah, so... credit to this finally being posted courtesy of LeMafiaKreb, so go thank him and check out his stories. No, really, read this and then go check out his profile. Anyway, on with the chapter! This is chapter 14, by the by... anyway, enjoy!*

Enderbrina's Pov

I woke up from my nap, feeling Hyath crawling up my torso. I chuckled, his tiny legs tickling me. He jumped onto my right arm, and I sat up slowly. He chittered excitedly, and moved over to my left arm, and I watched him. I saw… my arm was fully back. It had finally healed after almost four months. I smiled.

It's finally healed. This is great! I have to tell Simon! He'll be so relieved!

I tossed off the sheets, swinging my legs over the side of my bed, and stretched. As I turned, I saw there was some unnatural darkness in the corner. I stared at it for a moment, but turned and went into my closet, forgetting about it. When I left, it was still there, and I saw two glowing eyes staring back at me, the same as mine. I smirked.

"I was wondering when my big brother would visit me. How have you been?"

He stepped out of the dark corner with a big smile on his face. "I've been well, sister. I see your left arm has fully healed."

"It has! I'm so glad, and I'm sure Simon will be relieved as well."

"Perhaps we could… find some bullies at your old school, hm?"

"And give them a good thrashing?"

"Just like when you killed Melina and her pathetic posse, only this time there won't be death."

My smirk now showed my lavender teeth. "Sounds good to me, but let me tell Simon about my arm first."

I teleported to Simon's door, and knocked. When he opened the door and saw me, he became confused. I raised up my left hand, smiling.

"Hey! It's fixed!"

"Thanks to that potion of yours. Thank you so much, Simon."

"You're welcome. Do you want to celebrate?"

I shuffled backwards a bit. "Actually, I was going to do that with my brother and punish some of my old school's bullies."

"What do you mean, punish?"

I looked away. "I… I was bullied when I was mortal. My brother saved me. We aren't going to kill anyone, just… teach them a lesson. Let their victims have a good day for once."

I heard Simon's door shut. I groaned softly, knowing he was upset, but I promised myself I wouldn't kill anyone, just tell them that what they were doing was wrong, and make them stop.

I teleported to the city, feeling my brother's presence follow me. I sighed, making sure my wings and tail were grown as we walked down the street. I didn't want to upset Simon, but… it was something that was important to me. It didn't feel right now, though. They didn't bully me.

"Brother… you go ahead without me. I… I've changed my mind."

"Alright. I'll see you later, then."

I teleported back to my castle, in front of the door where I had killed Melina. I frowned, seeing her soul floating there. It formed into a ghost, and her empty eyes stared back at me, sad.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

"I don't know… I… I am envious of you… I… I want to be alive again, and start over. I want to be your friend… please, if you'll… allow it."

I sighed, closing my eyes. "You know your bullying left deep emotional scars."

"I want to start over with you. Just like the first day we met. Please, let me."

I scowled. "If you make me regret this, you will have the worst, most painful, bloodiest death imaginable. Am I understood?"

I saw silver tears run down her face as she nodded. "I understand… please revive me so we can start over from the day we met."

I pulled her soul into my hand and went down to the throne room, sitting on my throne.

What's wrong?

Besides the fact that I'm bringing you back to life?

Er… yes.

I had developed a hate for you before I killed you. It's gone now, but… I still don't like this.

I recreated her body, making sure she was clothed, and sent her soul into it, holding it up until her eyes opened and she moved on her own. I peered at her from my throne, waiting, as she looked herself over, her purple eyes lighting up with pure joy. I knew what revival felt like, but for me it was slightly different. What happened next surprised me. Melina bowed to me, thanking me profusely.

"Thank you, Enderbrina. Thank you. I know I don't deserve this… but I really do hope we can be friends this time."

"I hope so too… unfortunately your father won't be here." She looked at me in confusion, wondering what I meant. "It was his time… Null took his soul. My brother told me…"

"Can't you bring him back?"

I sighed. "No, I can't… once Nature has someone's soul, if it was taken by Null, it is irreversible. I'm sorry, but… I can't."

Melina's eyes became lined with quicksilver, and I teleported to her and put my arm around her in an awkward hug. Here I was, hugging the enderwoman who had bullied me most of my early life and I was trying to comfort her. Her taller form made it difficult to hug her this way, but eventually she did stop crying and I brought her to an empty room, and began furnishing it.

"What would you like in your room, Melina?"

"What?"

I smirked. I had gained so much power in such a short amount of time. "I can materialize anything you desire to furnish your room with. Name it, and you shall have it."

Her eyes went wide and she began asking for many different items. When it was done she hugged me tightly, still feeling guilty of her past actions. When she let go, she voiced her regret.

"I'm… I'm so sorry, Enderbrina."

I patted her shoulder, and said, "It's Jill to you."

"I can't. It would feel weird calling you that when I know your name is Enderbrina now, and since you're also my goddess…"

I hummed in acknowledgement as she went about her room, looking at everything. She seemed so happy even though she knew her father was dead. I folded my arms, watching her. I remembered my dragon plush, and asked if she would like any stuffed animals. When she looked at me with her confusion evident, I materialized my dragon plush, and explained that, even though I had "outgrown" them by normal standards, I still loved them and kept a few in my own room.

"You… you like stuffed animals too?"

I raised an eyebrow at her. "We have quite a bit in common so far… but yes, I do enjoy them."

She smiled. "I… I guess I would like one, then, if you don't mind. Maybe… one of a dinosaur?"

I remembered the beast I had killed, and materialized a stuffed version of it, scaled down to fit in her arms. "Like this?"

"That's a Zilla! Where did you see one of those?"

"I killed one a little while back."

"You singlehandedly killed one!?"

I tilted my head. "Somewhat… I believe my brother weakened it."

"No way! What other things have you done!?"

"To be honest, not much… I have more weapons than I know what to do with, so I mainly spar with my friends if they're up to it. Sometimes I wish I didn't have a fighter's spirit."

"Right… you're not a pacifist like the rest of us."

I nodded. "You should be grateful I didn't kill you earlier. Otherwise, I likely would have forgotten about you and you would have been stuck where you were killed for the rest of eternity."

She winced, I knew I had hit a nerve. I didn't care, she had deserved it, after all she had done to me. I sighed, and turned to leave her room.

"Wait… please." I turned my head back, waiting. "Why… why are you acting so cold? You seemed friendly enough a few minutes ago."

"I'm a goddess. I really shouldn't have anything to do with mortal affairs… but I can't help it. My best friends are mortals. One day, I'm going to have to move past that. So… the best time to do that is now," I replied simply. "Especially with bringing you back," I growled.

She knew what I meant, so I walked down the hall back to the throne room and sat down, drumming my fingers in no particular rhythm as I thought about what my brother might be doing at this moment. When he appeared in front of me, I was surprised. He walked up to me and pulled me into a hug before letting me go. I sat back down, and looked at my left hand.

"What's wrong, sister?"

"The whole reason I lost my arm was because I did something that made Simon furious, probably nearly close enough to… well, explode. I am doing my best to not upset him anymore. When I told him you and I were going to the cities to teach some bullies a lesson, he got upset and has been locked up in his room the entire day."

"Maybe you should go talk to him then."

I sighed. "Yeah… I should. I'll go do that right now."

I teleported to Simon's door and knocked once, twice, thrice, softly. When he opened the door, he seemed unimpressed.

"Oh, how'd it go?"

"It didn't. I didn't go with my brother. I don't know who he beat up, just that he did. That's all."

He smiled slightly. "That's the goddess I know."

I smiled back brightly. "Well, there's also a new castle resident…"

"What, seriously? Who?"

"Um… well… I have soul manipulation… and I revived my bully from school… we made up and now she lives in the room a few doors down."

Simon's mouth was open slightly, as if his jaw had dropped. I gave him a poke to the shoulder, and he shook his head as if waking from a daze. "You did what!?"

"I revi—"

"No, I mean… why?"

"Well… I cut her life short, you could say. I felt like that was… particularly wrong, so I brought her back. She… she wanted to be my friend."

"That's surprising, especially for you."

I smiled slightly. "I try to be a merciful goddess. I know I can be ruthless at times, but it's just part of me. I'll get better at it. I know I will."

He nodded. "Well, I'm still making prototypes, so if you don't mind…"

"Oh! Right, I'll leave you alone. Bye!"

He closed his door and I teleported to my throne, eager to have some rest. I laid sideways, my head on one armrest, my feet just barely hanging over the other side. I stared up at the ceiling, wondering how long it would take for something interesting to happen.

As it turned out, it took an entire century. One hundred years of doing nothing but the same routine, along with cleaning the cushions of my throne every few months.

"Well, I just hope something might happen soon. What's the point of being this powerful if all I do is sit around, visiting the cities and the Overworld and such? You know what I mean?"

"It's alright, sister. Come on, let's go have some fun."

I sighed. "Define fun."

"I was thinking we would kill a small town of humans and bring them back for Darkscale."

A frown pulled at my mouth but I reluctantly agreed, my head hurting a bit as we set out. As we arrived at the town, we began killing. I did it, feeling mostly numb, my brother nearly covered in blood and smiling as he returned, dragging a few bloody bodies behind him.

"You think Darkscale will enjoy this?"

I managed a little smile. "Uh… yeah. I know she likes to make her own kills but she does enjoy a few humans as a treat once in a while. I've mostly been feeding her animals, though. My little mites… they live on in Warp, my dagger."

"What happened?"

I knew what he meant; he knew they died, just not how.

"They got too old and couldn't shed their scales anymore. They laid down and died from pure exhaustion from trying to shed their scales."

He hummed thoughtfully. "That's so sad. Let's… let's get these to Darkscale before they get too stiff."

I teleported the both of us along with the kills back to The End, Darkscale raising her head from her front paws when she saw us approaching. Her purr reached my ears well before I could get near her, and her tail thumped the ground lazily as she waited for us.

"We brought a snack for you."

Her purr increased as I moved the dead bodies over to her. She reached her head out and nuzzled me, then began snapping up the many bodies. She had grown to her proper size by now, and even though she was terrifying, I loved her like my best friend. I was glad she wasn't easily killed, and she even seemed like she was immortal at times. I knew, she would live for one million years if she wasn't killed, but even then, she was still mortal. I felt Simon's presence approaching, as my brother had already left and looked to see him not-so-sneakily down one of the special "undying" potions he had made a while back. I smirked, and he grinned back with a half-hearted wave. His emotions had slowly started to surface, giving him some form of expressing himself.

"Hey, whatcha up to?"

"Nothing much, just gave Darkscale a snack."

"Another massacre," he asked, unimpressed. "Seriously, how does the Overworld not run out of people for you to kill and feed to her?"

I shrugged, sheepish. "Dunno. At least it doesn't, right?"

He grumbled softly before replying. "I don't like that you're still doing that."

"Simon, I feed her mostly animals now. Give me a break."

He rolled his eyes. That was new… "Alright, but don't think I'll ever like it. At least I'm somewhat used to it."

I nodded. "Maybe we could spar again sometime soon?"

"Maybe."

I looked back to Darkscale, she was already sleeping again. As I slowly stroked her snout, I sighed contentedly, until Simon went over to the other side of her massive head and stroked her snout with me. Her rumbling purr softened as one of her massive eyes lazily opened, looking at the unfamiliar hand. When she saw it was Simon, she gave off the loudest purr I had ever heard, which made the ground vibrate beneath my feet. I giggled, Darkscale was so much like me sometimes. I remember being elated after Simon fully opened up to me, it had been about twenty years after we met, yet it seemed like it was just yesterday I was becoming a goddess. I stopped stroking her snout, and went to walk away. Simon followed me.

"So how has it been with adapting for you?"

I looked up, confused. "Adapting?"

"Yeah, with the times and stuff. All the new tech."

"Oh, that. It's been fine, really. What about you?"

"Well, when you're always innovating, people wanna see your ideas. I tend to share it with only my closest friends who wouldn't betray me."

I nodded. "That's good, so you're adapting well?"

"Yeah. Oh, I just remembered, I need some supplies in the Overworld. See ya!"

I called back a goodbye to him as he ran off, and returned to my throne, bored once again. I smiled faintly, knowing the Overworld was safe, though. At least nothing bad would happen for a little while.

Entity 303's Pov

Anansi wiggled in my arms excitedly as I brought her to a hospital. We were going to visit the elderly area, hoping I might be able to help since I was so adept with potions and Anansi could warm their blood with her venom. She rubbed her head affectionately against my collarbone, and I couldn't help smiling at my best friend. I walked in, and the woman at the desk looked startled at seeing me.

"Entity 303! What can I help you with?"

"Could you point me to the elderly section? I was hoping to help in any way I could with them."

She smiled brightly, and gave me some directions, and I headed off down the hallways, getting surprised and sometimes suspicious looks thrown my way. Those who were not suspicious gave me practiced smiles, and I nodded back, also smiling. When I arrived in the aforementioned section of the hospital, I saw each area had its own illness assigned. I went into the first area, assigned with bronchitis. A simple illness to cure when you have the right potions. Mixing a water-breathing potion and an extra-strength healing potion would help with the breathing problem and lower inflammation, and would also help with killing the virus. Once the potion was in someone's system, the average medicine would help with the rest.

I heard a nurse call my name and turned to regard her.

"Please, sir, visiting hours are over. Our patients need their rest."

I frowned. "It's the middle of the day."

"Yes, but we have times during the day for each area to have their resting hours."

I sighed. "Alright, then take these," I said, pulling out the mixed potions. "These will help with the breathing problems of the patients in this section, and after that you only need to give them the medicine they are already taking."

She was in awe, regaining her voice after a few minutes. "Wow," she breathed. "You gods really are amazing…"

I chuckled softly. "I try to help. We all have our roles to do."

She smiled, her smile making my heart skip a beat. Seeing people happy always did this to me. I teleported home, Anansi's spider friend running up to her as they butted heads in affection. They left, off to Anansi's den, and I sat down in my throne, looking at the small magma pool that lit the room. It made me wonder what Null was doing right now, I knew he had left Death Den to be with Herobrine… but it seemed so strange, even after a century.

"Entity, why are you moping? Be happy for Null." I jumped at hearing Nature's voice. She laughed, Her voice no longer that power-filled, commanding one. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, dearie."

"No, no! It's fine! I should have been more attentive."

She chuckled again, coming over and holding my face with Her delicate hands. I felt my face heat up at Her close proximity, She was the Creator of this section of the Universe, after all! Yet here She was, holding my cheeks like She was about to kiss me!

"Such silly thoughts. You are adorable, you know."

I nodded, not trusting my voice. I didn't love Her but She was a little close for comfort. I smiled nervously and voiced my discomfort, to which She drew away, impressed.

"I didn't think you would dare speak against my actions."

"I n-normally wouldn't, but… I tend to take my personal space a bit more serious than most, especially when I'm not around any of my kind."

"Magma cube, enderman, spider, or blaze? You know I am the one that created your four different lines of heritage, correct? I know all about them."

I sighed; She was right. "I'm sorry…"

She patted my head. "Can you do me a favor, Entity?"

"Of course, anything, my Creator."

"Don't act as if you know someone that was close to you just died. You need to be more happy, sweetie. Do you plan to spend most of eternity moping about?"

I became confused at Her words. I thought about it, and realized, I did spend most of my free time "moping" on my throne. I smiled and shook my head "no."

"Good. Now, one more thing."

She kissed my forehead, surprising me. A warm feeling made my head go fuzzy, and felt much happier. "That should help. You'll be happier now."

"Thank you, Nature."

She smiled. "Of course, my child. Should you need another blessing, let me know."

"I will."

With that, She disappeared, Her presence no longer nearby. I heard the giant millepede messenger crawling into the throne room, and looked up.

"Ah, there you are. So, any news?"

Simon's Pov

As I stepped into the portal to The End, I barely noticed a strange feeling come over me, but it stopped before I could focus on it. Stuff was happening, and I had a sneaking suspicion it had to do with a certain best friend. Shrugging it off as paranoia, I made my way to my room and laid down in bed, tossing the bricks I had bought to the floor. They would be useful later, after I slept for the night.

A few hours later, I had been woken by a strange feeling, as if eyes were watching me. I groaned softly, throwing my arm over my eyes and listening intently for sound. I heard footsteps approaching my bedside, and opened my eyes just enough to see a shadow walking towards me. At this moment, I was grateful to have Virlàme, and made a move like I was turning over in bed, stopping them in their tracks. I discreetly gripped Virlàme, and as they reached my bedside I sprung up and pointed the sword at their throat. Wide white eyes met mine, and I instantly growled, knowing it was none other than aforementioned best friend.

"What do you want at this ungodly hour, Enderbrina," I groaned, still groggy from sleep. "I'm trying to sleep, here. I know you rarely sleep but, seriously!" I sat up, still slightly hunched over in the haze of sleep, waiting for an answer.

"Sorry… I was going to try to wake you gently… but apparently you were aware of me being here. I uh… I was hoping you might be awake."

"Well, I'm awake now."

I went to get up but an unseen force pushed me back down. I growled, she was using her damn telekinesis.

"I can see you are unhappy with me being here. Fine. I shall send you back to sleep instead."

"No, it's okay. Really—"

Her cold hand ghosted over my forehead and I began to feel sleepy again.

"I am simply taking your energy… you will wake when you have regained what I have taken."

The thought of her being able to do something like this terrified me, forcing some adrenaline into my veins, and I sat up. Or, tried to, since her telekinesis kept me laying down.

"Stop, let me go, Enderbrina," I said as I began to struggle.

All at once, her hand and the invisible bonds let go, and I sat up. When I looked at her, she flicked the lights on on my room and I was blinded. After a minute I could open my eyes and I saw her mouth was pulled into a frown and her eyes were half-lidded. She was unhappy.

"What's wrong, Simon," she asked, her tone calm, yet had the hint of growl. "I thought you wanted to sleep. I would gladly help you."

I went to reply, but had nothing I could say in my defense. I simply sat up on the edge of my bed and waited.

"Alright then."

I grabbed one of my ChainBreaker potions from under my bed as she dragged me along by my shirt, with telekinesis of course. I stashed the black potion in my pocket, wary of what she might do if she saw it.

"Where are we going?"

"The arena. There's a bomb and I don't know how to defuse it."

"Cant you just contain the explosion somehow, with your abilities?"

"I wish."

She teleported us to the arena, then, and I saw the bomb. It was planted directly in the center, with a timer on it. It seemed like a heavy-duty one that could easily destroy the entire island. I frowned, and went up to it, kneeling down as I inspected it. I found a few tools next to me, supposedly materialized by Enderbrina. I picked up the wire cutters, and looked at the many wires attached to the bomb. As I went to cut one of the wires, an electronic voice sounded.

"Ten seconds until detonation."

My eyes went wide as I looked at Enderbrina, and she grabbed me, then the other castle residents and shapeshifted into a dragon, curling around all of us. Her now-giant heart beat loudly as we all heard the explosion. It beat quicker as intense heat wrapped around everyone, and a giant force threw us. I knew it was the explosion, but with the force it threw us, it had to be a high-caliber explosive, close to a nuke.

I heard a loud boom, and was suddenly falling to the ground as her wings were pulled away from us. I only fell a few meters, not enough to hurt, as well as everyone else, but Enderbrina, still a dragon, lay deathly still against an obsidian pillar. He long neck was bent at an unnatural angle. Her body flashed and began to revert to her normal one. When it was done, I saw her revival process begin. Seeing her head return to its normal position was sickening, but I slowly approached her anyway. As soon as she woke, tears began streaming down her face. I backed up, giving her space. Instead of laying there and crying, she got up, still crying mercury as she walked over to where her castle's island once floated, and just stood there. I went over to her, standing beside her. She turned her head towards me, the tears still streaming.

"You did what matters, and saved all of us. Your castle can be rebuilt."

"Simon, do you know what makes the islands float?"

I was surprised, she spoke, but there was no tremble to her voice.

"No, I don't."

"An end crystal, a beacon, and the shell of a dragon egg, combined."

I was purely surprised. Three of the most rare items in all the Three Worlds made the islands float. Shouldn't she be able to just make a new island, then?

"Can't you just materialize those items?"

"Yes… but… not in this state."

"Uh… why not?"

"… I am," she paused, trying to find the word. "I am heartbroken."

"Oh, right…"

I saw her wings and tail drooping, the end of her tail on the ground. "I will grieve… and then recreate the island. For now, you and the other castle residents can wait with Darkscale.

"Alright. Thanks."

I left her at the edge, telling the others what she said, and went to Darkscale's nest, finding no shell left from when she was just a hatchling. I sighed, and heard a thud behind me. I looked at her, and she lowered head head enough to where I could stroke her snout. The cool scales were comforting. I felt the dragon's telepathy reach into my mind, not unused to the mind-link after a century of experiencing it often.

I heard the explosion. Is she okay?

I don't know, she said she was heartbroken.

Enderbrina's Pov

I could feel the tears rolling down my face, but I only felt numbness. The castle I knew as home was gone. I felt Red's presence enter, but I didn't move. He approached me, staring into the Abyss with me.

Need some help?

Help with what?

Getting the beacon.

What do you mean? I can materialize the items needed.

Then let me help you calm down, at least.

I felt his arms move around me after a moment. I looked up at him, not returning the hug.

Sorry…

It's fine. Just let go.

Isn't there anything I can do?

I paused, the tears coming to a stop.

Yes. Gather the others. I need to borrow their memories.

He flew off, I felt his presence disappear through the portal, and waited, still unmoving. Soon enough, Simon came over to me. I looked at him, and he looked at the Abyss before returning my stare.

"Are you feeling any better after making us wait for eight hours?"

"Eight?"

"Yes. I have a watch, it's nearly one o'clock!"

I looked back out over the Abyss. "My apologies, it's not as if I lost my castle," I replied sarcastically. "Oh, it is that. Let me remind you, that castle was also your home, and the home of the other castle residents."

He was silent for a moment. "What happened to you?"

I frowned. "Go away for now, Simon," I growled.

I felt him walk away, hearing the tone of my voice must have been enough warning for him. I sighed, still upset, but began materializing the island's heart, two halves of a dragon egg with the inside taken out, a beacon, and an end crystal. Once everything was ready, I combined the three items, putting the end crystal and the beacon inside the egg, combining into an invisible orb, and obsidian began growing around it. In ancient enderman, I recited the name of my castle's island.

The orb shot away from me, to where the island used to be, and began growing rapidly. It grew back to the exact same shape of the island, but my castle and arena were nowhere in sight. I took a deep breath and began rebuilding my castle and the arena with materialization, using my memories to guide me. My memories became sharper, I knew the others were here, helping me. Every last detail was taken care of, except for cracks in the walls of my castle. I teleported Simon back and roughly tossed him in his room, glaring at him coldly before slamming the door to his room shut. Next, Melina, who I handled much more gently, using my wing instead of my hand to guide her down the hallway. She and Simon, in the short time they had known the other, had become friends, though they were still more like acquaintances. She smiled in thanks before closing the door to her room, and I went down the hall once everyone was in their own, recreated rooms, and flopped down in my queen-size bed. It was so soft… moving under the sheets, I began falling asleep.

"Sister? What happened to you?"

"I grew up," I said quietly. "Just like you wanted, remember? You wanted me to become strong, and I did."

His smile was contagious. I smiled back, looking down at the body that laid to my feet. I had been bored for the past year, and had wanted to finally kill something with Warp. He got his wish, and the blade had transferred all power and energy directly into me. However, this was no ordinary body. It was that of a criminal who obviously knew something about gaining power. I smiled grimly; I wanted to do it again. There was an entire community of them after all.

The same ones who accused me of unnecessary murder.

*Woah. That got dark quickly... but I do have to thank LeMafiaKreb for making me guilty enough to finally post this. College is a beast... so hopefully you'll forgive me for not posting this right as it was done, as is my custom now. Chapter 15 is in the works, and please read the Author's note next time. It will contain important information that is vital to... well, the rest of the story. Anyway, Follow, Favorite, Review, and I'll see you in the next chapter!*