A figure stood tall over the world before them, staring with dark eyes, void of color. Before them was a relic of the past, an item that they once toyed with their brothers. But that was a time far gone, with one locked away and the other missing. But this brother stared at the strange relic before them, twisting their head. A world of blocks, built by their hand, yet shaped by another. They lifted a hand, slithering tendrils sliding from the palm as they reached towards the frozen world. They tapped against the dome of glass that surrounded it, pressing harder against the glass. Cracks formed under the pressure as they refused to let up. More and more, they pressed, cracks formed, covering the dome as slivers of glass broke off from the dome, falling into the nothing below it.

The figure glared heavily, before recoiling back, realizing the futility of breaking through the dome itself had placed there. Shadows slithered back into its form as it stepped back, turning away from it as the crack healed themselves. Its boney fingers cracked into fists as it moved away, before violently whipping back and slamming a fist through the dome, shattering it all in one swift move. Fingers slid around the small world as they gripped the sides, holding tightly as it was removed from its crumbling prison. They held it up, staring at it from the side. A small house in the woods, figures surrounding it frozen in time, waiting for the warmth of an embrace to bring them back. A finger slid through the trees and pushed on one piece, a youthful man surrounded by friends of all kinds.

"It's been a while, Sky…" A raspy voice came from the figure as it carried the small world over to a massive galaxy filled with other worlds and stories, all being told at the same time. "Well, we can't just call you that, can we? Times have changed, yet you remain the same, a symbol of times easier. Oh, how I dearly miss my brothers. But maybe this can be a way to reach them once again…" It held the small world over the galaxy, remnants falling from its hand into the pool below, mixing in with the countless stars and planets.

"It's time to return, stories of old, and help bring an end to the shadows that plague the loves of many. I wish you luck down there…" It then dropped the bricky world into the pool, watching as it vanished under the waves. "And may you find your true creator in the Light."

Reconnecting Alterations…

Finding Positive Link…

Link Found. Initializing…

35…

40…

67…

89…

Connection Reforged. World Rebuilt.

Welcome Back, User…

'Welcome Back From Your Slumber, Youthful Prince.'

Sky suddenly gripped his head, straining. Memories and thoughts flooded his head in an instant, feelings of every emotion flowing through his body at a rapid pace, almost overwhelming him. Then it all stopped as quickly as it started, everything vanishing. His arm rested on the countertop, keeping him from collapsing to the floor as his legs felt weak from the sensation. "What… What was that?" He whispered to himself, confused and worried, before catching the sounds of footsteps coming down the stairs behind him. He put forth his best effort to stand tall, wiping away the cold sweat that dirtied his brow. Better that no one else knows until he can figure it out, he thought to himself as he turned to face the group descending the stairs.

Both Najimi and Cloe were coming down, talking to each other about the current ongoing of the household, neither of which saw the pained stance of Sky just a moment ago. Najimi glances over for a sec before fully turning his attention over to the young man. "Morning, Sky. You look… Well, you've looked better, honestly." He said, noticing Sky's more unshelved appearance. "You sure you're okay living with so many females under your roof?"

Sky waved him off. "Yeah, I'm fine with it. Better than them just running about out there where they could get hurt or worse…" He thought for a second about all the Creepers and Zombies he slaughtered in the past to survive. Things have certainly changed since. "Come on, bet you're hungry. Made breakfast today." He said, waving towards the smell of freshly cooked eggs and baked bread.

Najimi smiled at the thought of food as he jumped over the last few steps of the stairs and landed with a thud on the polished wood floor. "Great, I'm starving!" He said as he rushed over to the food, before getting caught up in a web of silk and tossed to the floor. "Ow! Hey, Cloe, what was that for?!"

She stepped up as she held onto the end of the web. Her glare was one of slight annoyance, maybe a bit more. "Don't you think it would be a good idea to wait for the others to join us?" She said through her teeth, pulling him back.

"But I'm hungry, Cloe!" He whined as he fought against her pull.

Sky sighed, shaking his head as he looked out the window to the front yard. He saw Cupa walking alongside Stella, moving towards the front door, before crossing his arms. 'Where's Andr at?' He wondered since he hadn't seen her at all this morning. His mind then wandered back towards the pain he felt earlier. 'What was all that? Why did it feel foreign to me, but yet… familiar. And that face…'

He tried to remember what he could from it all, but could only focus on a face of white, embedded with green eyes and a wide smile. He could feel a great amount of heat off of the image, like a blaze from the Nether, but… warmer. Was this someone important? Or just another side effect from the vision granted to him by Endra.

But his thoughts were interrupted by the door opening up with two, followed by Cupa and Stella giving their good mornings. Sky sighed and put aside those thoughts for a good and healthy breakfast with those around him.

A sigh came from the stifled breath of the young man as he scrolled through the reports of his exploratory drones he sent into certain quadrants of the universe. Charting the known cosmos is a huge task, but for someone like Samuel Johnathan Hexxit, it was literally just a side project of his. Better to know the unknown then to be surprised by it, he always preached. But most of his drones were almost done with their selected zones and nothing amazing has been reported back for the past two weeks. It annoyed him slightly, but he has been rather efficient with his task. He is the technical Science God of his world, as he has been called by the spirits that work for him.

"Eh… Seems like Drone Mark Omega is done with their area… Guess I'll reprogram the set coordinates and move it to a new sector for another batch analysis scans." He said to himself, typing at the keyboard with no enthusiasm. As he worked, his computer suddenly lit up. He arched a brow at the alert he received, before frowning.

Omega, on its last scan of its current sector, somehow found a new planet. Though this was impossible to Sky. He had closely monitored the orbit of the habitable planets around A-42 SunSpot. There were only two planets in that orbit for almost two months now.

So how did another chunk of habitable space rock just randomly appear? He glared at the screen, thinking it was a bug in the system as he watched the rescan, before sighing. So it is true. He reached over to a small intercom system to his side and pressed the button labeled 'Indoor Lab 3' and spoke.

"Dr. Pressly, please obtain the current whereabouts of our resident traveler and have him report to the debriefing room asap. I have need of his services once more…" He said, staring down the newly acquired rock.

Once breakfast was over and done, Sky had everyone meet in the Living Room to discuss plans for the day. The past few days have been fun and all, but work still needed to be done as well. Especially since expanding the house has eaten up a lot of the resources he had stored on the side. He clapped his hands together, gathering the attention of those there currently, excluding both Endra and Andr. He sighed, working more about Andr, but she could take care of herself too. She was an Enderman after all.

"Okay! I'm glad for all of you gathered up for this. I need your help." Everyone looked at Sky, curious. "As you might have figured out, this house has been heavily worked on for the past weekish, but that has come at a cost. My current reserve of supplies is running low and gathering them all myself would take way too long… So I am requesting the help of you all to make these chores quick and easy."

Immediately, both Stella and Cupa jumped up with their arms in the air, throwing Cloe, who made the mistake of sitting between them, to the floor. "O! O! Me! I want to help!" The two bounced up and down, causing Sky a bloody nose as tried to avoid watching their assets jump around. He looked at the floor, pinching his nose, waving a hand for them to sit down.

"Yes, I know you do. Just sit down and let me finish." He said with a sigh. The duo sat back down as Cloe stood back up, scowling at them both before just sitting on the floor instead. Najimi just chuckled at the situation, sitting back into the armchair as he listened.

"Right, well, there are a few things that need to be done. Firstly, wood needs to be collected from the nearby forest, as well as the farm being tended to again." Stella stood up tall, her brown hat nearly falling off her head as she put an arm across her chest, squeezing it between her valleys, which made Sky flinch slightly.

"I can easily handle that all, Sky." She said with a proud voice.

"Really? You can handle a farm?" He asked, curious.

She nodded. "It may not seem like it, but I used to handle upwards of 12 plots by myself and very efficiently, might I add."

"Huh… Didn't peg you as a country girl…" He commented.

"A what?"

"Nothing." He shook his head before continuing. "Next, coal and stone has to be mined from the Mineshaft near the outside shed."

Cloe stood up, smiling as she outstretched her arm while keeping the plan on her chest, like some kind of self imposing anime character. "That sounds like a good job for me!" She stated with pride…

Before getting knocked over by Cupa, who stood up quickly. "ME! OOOO, PICK ME!" She waved with a big smile, bouncing up and down as Cloe scowled at her.

"Sure, keep knocking the spider over. We'll see how well that goes for you…" She hissed in annoyance.

Cupa shrugged. "Sorry. I forgot you were there." She said, helping her up.

Sky sighed. "Alrighty then. You two think you can work and not kill each other?"

Cupa nodded, but Cloe huffed. "Only if she keeps to herself."

Sky sighed, rubbing his temples. "Lord, give me strength."

"So that's it? A random little rock in space just popped up and now you're having me look into it?" The man sat leaning back in his chair as Samuel stared at him down.

"It's more than that. I want to know everything. Why did it appear? Where has it been all this time? Answers. And you're going out to find them for me…" He replied, arms crossed. His white lab coat creased under his arms as he scrunched his nose to adjust his glasses, but his opposite just stared him down, before throwing up his arms.

"Alrighty then. So when am I heading out? Can't wait to see what's in store for me this time." He stood up with a smile, his green eyes gleaming with a power that seemed unmatchable.

Samuel shook his head. "Please restrain yourself, Ghost. You're not heading in guns blazing this time. Simply just observing."

Ghost hissed at him as a tail whipped hatefully behind him. He crossed his arms, turning away. "Party pooper."

"Just do your job, cat." Samuel glared at him, which got Ghost to glance back with a twisted smile.

"DON'T YOU CALL ME A CAT." He growled, before leaving the room.

Samuel sighed heavily, gripping his head. "Why do I feel like this is all a mistake…" He turned back to the board behind him, looking over the images sent back by the probe. "Such strange compositions. And a very weird… block based structure?" He raised a brow.

"Now I know the gods are playing jokes on me again. Maybe I'll show them why jokes don't work so well on me…"

Welcome home, youthful children of the ages. While you were away, times have changed and a whole new reality of possibilities has revealed itself. Are you capable of making the journey once again, to reach into the unknown with friends of old? Or has time eroded your willingness for the new and made you sedentary? Only time will tell. But it is good to be back once more...