Aodh had continued to drone on about the different abilities that the Followers could use and then on to other things making Shroud tapped his shoulder to stopped the endless flow of words coming out of an re-energized Aodh. He grinned sheepishly when he realized Shroud had become annoyed with his rambling.

Aodh quickly apologized to Shroud before the two of them started to gather the few belongings. Though grateful for being able to leave finally, Shroud was still on edge and constantly making sure he wasn't hearing any voices besides his and Aodh's.

Shaking his head, Aodh packed the crafting table as his thoughts wandered back to the news of the Follower. It had been a while since he had last seen one of them and he didn't want to have another encounter right now.

Aodh had also noticed the way Shroud had seemed...eager... nervously eager to know the powers the Followers could possess. This bothered Aodh because even with the short time he was with Shroud, He knew that Shroud hardly pays attention to his words unless Shroud found them important.

Like with what ingredients Shroud needed to find to make the potion or when Aodh quickly taught Shroud the basics of sword fighting.

He looked back at Shroud again who was just removing the water from the cauldron when Aodh felt like he had just been harshly slapped across the face by Notch himself.

Aodh had been so out of it before that he hadn't realized that Shroud was probably one of many who was mislead by the Followers and had been slowly turning into a mob.

It did explain why Shroud looked like a mix of a Wraith and a Minecraftian. That and why Shroud had been able to craft and yet shoot fire when angered.

No mob could craft and no Minecraftian could spit fire from their fingertips.

Aodh signed, he felt pity for Shroud and having to go through with what the Followers threw at him. He also never seen someone so close to the border of becoming a mob and suddenly being able to resist.

"Or maybe he was resisting the whole time...? mystery of the century right there." Aodh mused with a small smile as everything was packed away and they were ready to move out.

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

When the two left, it was obvious that they would take the path to their left, away from the fortress where Shroud had seen the Follower for the first time. And while they traveled the two actually started up a conversation amazingly, though Shroud didn't have much to say so he mostly listened to Aodh's blabbing

They continued for quite awhile like this until Shroud had a thought popped into his head when Aodh began chatting about an adventure he had at some mountains.

"How did you get here?" Shroud interrupted Aodh who was really starting to talk now about his travels.

"Eh? oh well that, hmm...where to start?" Aodh paused for a moment," I believe it all started when i was visiting my home town called Glenn, it's a peaceful village shielded by mountains on almost all sides except on the south." Another pause for Aodh as he thought back to the day before arriving in the Nether.

"I was chatting with some old friends about all the going-ons in the years i was gone when an explosion went off and destroyed a house near the western part of the town." Aodh stopped as he thought again about the details. He didn't noticed Shroud face-palmed who was starting to think Aodh's pauses to be obnoxious already.

Aodh continued on anyway," At first i thought a stray creeper had gotten into the town by accident when an alarm went off signalling a griefer raid was coming. soon enough more explosions started to go off and at least twenty griefers started to charge towards the town. I only had my sword and some items as i had been going to Ellie's house to drop off a gift or two. She really did like making potions and stuff."

The two began moving again towards the open area where Shroud fought the Ghast. Shroud winced when the battle reminded him of his sprained wrist, but he ignored it and listened as Aodh continued still.

"There weren't many fighters in the town at the time, since most were away helping to defend a nearby village that was building a wall. So that left me and about seven other guys defending. And despite of the unfair numbers, we knew the land better and used smarts to beat the griefers back." The two of them rounded several confusing corners before coming out onto a large ledge two blocks above a lake of lava.

"Then suddenly a Nether portal appears out of no where to my right and at least three more griefers come out of it decked out in diamond. One of them grabbed me and threw me into the center of the three of them before they started to punch me back and forth. Luckily or unluckily, a stray tnt blew up next to us and sent us all flying. I flew though the Nether portal and ended up here and-"

"Why didn't you go back?" Shroud cut Aodh off with a slight glare.

"As i was saying i got up from the little 'flying' experience and race towards the still active portal when it stopped working when i was just an inch away from getting back to the fight." Shroud calmed down again after that and asked

"Could you not rebuild it or restart it?" Shroud face scrunched up in confusion for he didn't really know how portals worked.

"I didn't have any flint and steel to relight it and something destroyed it from the other side. But I have a hunch about a little something." Aodh looked over to Shroud to make sure he was listening.

"At first i went looking for anything else to relight the portal with, but that obviously didn't do much besides causing our whole little adventure back near the fortress. Now though, i'm thinking that maybe the griefers might have fix the portal since that's were they come through during the raid." Aodh chuckled after he finished at Shroud's 'thinking' face which looked a bit silly. Shroud then glared at Aodh before sighing, thinking that he was going to deal with Aodh for awhile more.

"So... you think that the portal has reactivated and you want to find it again?" Shroud said with a hint of sarcasm and a roll of his eyes.

"Exactly! And that's where I'm leading us at this very moment, but remember keep your eyes on the look out for the griefers. They could still be hanging around the portal." Shroud nodded in understanding as they continued forth looking for the portal.

Around something like a hour passed when the two finally found the portal and better yet, the portal was working again with no other person in sight. The two of them gave a short cheer before quickly scurried over, still not sure if they really were alone. Nothing attacked them as they approached the portal though.

"Okay Shroud, we'll both get into the portal at the same time. Who knows what might happen between if we went in one at a time, could get separated." Aodh then turned to face the portal and the two of them walked into the portal side-by-side as they waited for the portal to teleport them to the Overworld.

The portal was going too slow and soon a lone Ghast had appeared and fired at the two of them still standing in the portal. Aodh gave a sharp gasped as both he and Shroud had a look of horror on their faces. Panic flew through them both hoping to get lucky and have the attack miss.

Aodh was the one thinking more clearly and drew out Old Faithful (which Shroud return to him) praying he could hit the flaming discharge away from them and give them enough time to get away.

The fiery ball of the Ghast came closer and closer. Just as it was about to hit, Aodh swung his sword and managed to smacked the ball, but not in the direction he wanted.

The explosive ball hit the ground near the portal and because of this Aodh lost his grip on his sword out of fear from the failure. Shroud luckily had grabbed the iron sword quickly before the two were teleported away.

Good thing too, because the impact from the close blast caused the portal to weaken and soon stop working just after the portal sent them to the Overworld.

Bad thing is once one side of the portal was destroyed so was the other and the two hadn't gotten quite to the other side yet. Shroud panicked when he just floating in a strange black limbo with Aodh no where in sight.

Then an unknown sound came to his ears sounding like a thousands scratched chalkboards before suddenly there was land beneath his feet and he started to fall. It wasn't a long fall, but it still hurt when he landed and his already existing wounds cried out.

Shroud swallowed the scream of pain that had built up in his throat and slowly pushed himself to take a look at his new surroundings.

For one Aodh was nowhere in sight and the second thing that Shroud observed was that it was so FREAKING COLD. Shroud shivered almost instantly since he was used to the intense heat of the Nether, that and the fact his cloths were not suited for his new environment.

Shroud's bare feet were hit the worst from the cold as they shuffle in a cold, white powder that seem to stretch for miles on end.

Then Shroud noticed some strange looking structures towards the right side of him. He had heard Aodh described trees to him and assumed that was what he was seeing and so he decided to walked to them when he saw green below the trees.

He got underneath one and started to rub his cold feet, trying to get the warmth back into them when he stopped and listened.

He heard a voice that sounded distant yet close by. A minute ticks by as Shroud continued to wait as the voice seem to become more clear as time passed.

and then...

"Hello? can you hear me?" needless to say Shroud freak out from the bodiless voice.

A/N how about that for an ending for a chapter? XD Anyways I'm still accepting some OCs and again just PM me (or if your a guest give a review) about your character's name, age, likes/dislikes and a short background story. You can also suggest names for places, lakes, etc.

To Kitty Cat: Loved your character and the detail you put in! He'll defiantly show up in the future chapters :)

Hope you all enjoy this new chapter! :D