This is a pretty suspenseful chapter! Fasten your seat belts and hang on for the ride!

Ray POV

"I suppose we should go inside now," Sleek said in a soft voice. Only I heard, so when Sleek entered the wooden door, I motioned for the others to follow.

The room we encountered was giant. Golden blocks laid everywhere, although they were stacked in little neat piles. A throne sat at the far end of the room, farthest away from the entrance/ There were three portals inside of this large room. One was a Nether, one was a Aether, and the last, which looked like it had been recently placed: an End portal. I gasped.

Mitch took my arm, and I quickly glanced back at him. I gave him a strange look, "What?"

He shrugged and let go, "Wanted to see if you were okay."

I smiled, "Thanks, but I'm fine." Walking over to Fia, I nudged her elbow, "The Nether is right there… you can go home…"

"Shut up, Ray," Fia groaned and continued looking around.

"Wait… what if your sister found the Jewel of Notch already?"

"She would've contacted the rest of the family."

"You sure? What is she like?"

"Evil."

"That's it?"

Fia nodded, "I hated it there. Cassandra was evil, and Mitchie was evil… Ashley was decent."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Cassandra and Ashley are my sisters. Mitchie was Cassandra's friend until she ditched us."

"Oh... Who's your cousin that you were talking about earlier?"

"I don't remember her name for some odd reason. I'll tell you when it comes back to me."

Jerome shouted something echoing through the whole room, "Let's go to the Nether!"

Fia groaned. I reassured her with a pat on the back, "Don't worry, Fia. It'll be fine. Your sister probably won't even be there."

"She will."

This shocked me, "How do you know?"

"Cause I do. I can communicate with my cousins and siblings whenever they turn on their signals."

"That's cool."

"Not really."

I rolled my eyes. Jerome bounded inside the Nether portal gripping onto Betty while Sleek, holding an iron sword, followed him. Fia growled and entered the portal as well. Mitch waited halfway outside, holding out his hand out for me to take. I grinned, grabbed it, and let Mitch pull me inside.

Nether bricks loaded beside me. A pool of lava streamed inches from my feet. I only had two inches to back up, so I placed my hands up against the brick behind me. Stopping, I could hear my heart pound inside of my chest. It got louder every time the lava slurred around, bubbling, returning closer and closer to the edge I stood on...

"Ray?!" I heard Mitch's voice yell. I glanced up, nearly squinting with the heat of the lava. It seemed I transported around four layers below the rest of the group.

Jerome noticed me first, "Mitch! She's down here!"

"Ray!" Mitch called out, on his hands and knees, leaning over the Nether brick, "You were teleported three blocks to the right of where the rest of us spawned and ended up down there. I'll get you out."

I smiled, still squinting, and allowed Mitch to hang down long string for me to climb out. Luckily we had brought materials just in case something like this happened.

After I climbed up to the level where the group waited, I almost lost balance and fell into the lava. Fortunately, Mitch caught my back and pulled me closer to him. I nervously panted from exhaust, my eyes staring into his, and his into mine.

"Are you two gonna find the necklace anytime soon by doing that?" Jerome smirked.

Mitch glared at his friend, ultimately backing away. He grinned and I took his hand.

"Where do you think it's hidden?" Sleek questioned.

"No clue," Fia responded, "I've searched for the Jewel myself in the Nether, and so far… nada."

"You've been in the Nether before?"

"Of course, who hasn't?"

"Me," Sleek replied sheepishly.

"Well… firsts for everything."

Sleek chuckled, "Yeah. My dad used to talk about the Nether before. Trying to slay Herobrine and everything."

Fia groaned, "I cannot believe Minecraftians still do that! Don't they just get that Herobrine won't get killed by one of their stupid tricks?! He won't give up that easily!"

I gave Fia a stern look, "Chill dude." Fia bit her bottom lip.

A minute later, Fia begun to glance around the area, eventually spotting a building off in the distance.

"Oh great," she growled.

"What is it?" I whispered.

"My dad's castle. Cassie is there."

"Your sister?"

Fia nodded, "But… she's not… there there."

"What'd you mean?"

"She's not inside the castle… but she's in the Nether…" Fia looked up into the dark abyss and landed her eye on an incoming object, lifting her eyebrows and pushing me back, "Oh Notch... GUYS! BACK UP! GO BACK TO THE PORTAL! WE'VE GOT TROUBLE!"

"What the frick…?" I finally noticed a shadow of an Enderdragon speeding to our location, a figure on its back. Hanging my mouth open, Mitch tugged me away.

"We've gotta go!" he told me, and I instantly obeyed his pulls.

"Where's the portal?!" Sleek yelled.

"THE RIGHT! GO TO THE RIGHT!" Fia responded, freaking out.

"To da right, to da right," Jerome joked, smirking.

"Jerome!" Mitch yelled, "We've got no time for that!"

I glanced back again, seeing the Enderdragon zooming closer to us with every moment that passed. The figure's complexion was beginning to come through… pale skin, shoulder length golden hair, amber eyes…

"Ray! Come on!" Fia shouted. My hand squeezed tighter onto Mitch's, permitting him to lead through the maze known as the Nether.

Suddenly, I felt a strange heat on my shoulder. Turning my head, I found the huge face of the Enderdragon right on my tail. Mitch had accidentally let go of my hand and sprinted a couple feet in front of me. I tried to run, but something held me back. Glancing back again, I noticed the dragon's mouth caught on my jacket. In a panic, I couldn't scream… I couldn't do anything. Back in the city, I could have fought off squids. I could've fought off zombies and creepers. But not the Enderdragon. Why'd it have to be the Enderdragon? The dragon unexpectedly lifted me and placed me on its back, in front of the figure that I had seen earlier, which turned out to be a girl. My voice finally figured out how to scream, but the girl forced the palm of her hand over my mouth. I also couldn't move, the pressure of jumping high off of the dragon's back was too much.

"Where's Ray?!" I finally heard Mitch scream from where the portal was spawned. As much as I wanted to run for my life, the girl and my fear of heights held me back from acting out.

"This is not happening," I thought to myself, "You can just close your eyes… and when you wake up… you'll be right next to Mitch again… This is not happening…"

I felt the pressure of the dragon's feet lift off, taking me farther away from my friends. My eyes immediately shut, believing in my thoughts. When I opened them again, I was still on the dragon. My hands were now tied together on my back, and we were too far from the others for them to hear my cries for help. I gave up, leaning on the neck of the dragon.

I glanced down at the ground floor, my eye catching Mitch's.

"NO!" he cried, loud enough for me to hear from such a distance, "RAY! RAY!"

There was nothing I could do but wait and try to see him again.

Wait... What happened? Ray got kidnapped by an Enderdragon?! Crazy much!

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