Finally got this up. I hope I did this OC right... It's not mine if youz guyz read the comments. I tried to keep it a bit vague. So... READ IT.

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xRpMx13 (POV)

Griffin

I paced up and down the stone hallway, waiting. The solitary rooms were empty since the Mage had gone. Although I was warden of this place, I had no say in who was a prisoner and who was not. Everyone else thought she was a Witch, but how could that be, especially when they were mobs?

"Uh, warden, sir…" A guard started.

"What!" I growled at him, my mind focused on other things.

He gulped, "There's a weird guy at the entrance. He says he'd like to see you. But we've never let anyone in. Can we let him in?"

"Oh, yes! Right away! Tell him to meet me in my office," With that, the guard scrambled away to the newly installed entrance near the cells. Not my best plan, but it's heavily guarded. Most of the time.

I heard a creak and I rushed to my office. Sitting back in the wooden chair, I straightened out my outfit: a cheap Batman outfit. It was just something to wear, and on the plus side, no one will know who I am. Except for my friends.

The door flicked open and a guy shuffled through sideways. His spiky hair made it so he just barely cleared the height of the door. He had a smug look on his face as he straightened out a tag he was wearing.

"Hello," I said simply, trying to start a conversation with him.

"Hey."

"Why are you here?" I blurted out, sitting up in the uncomfortable chair.

"I heard."

"What did you hear?" I asked.

"I heard 'bout the portal."

"How the heck..?" I started.

"Uh, let's walk. It's more open outside," He started walking towards the door.

I stood up, following him. Once he, again, shuffled out sideways through the doorway, he allowed me to pass. I led him over to the stairs and stepped on the stone pressure plate. Teleporting up, he soon did the same, except he was slower in teleporting. Since we had time, I slowed down my pace and headed for the second plate. The same thing happened. Perhaps it was just that it was used to tp-ing me and not him.

Once I was down the ladder, and him a few blocks above me, I started what I had yet to finish, "So… How'd you know about that?"

"Oh, ya know. I know things."

"Yeah. Very funny, dude," I took a breath, "What really happened?"

He looked at me, "Does that really matter?"

I started walking to the boat. The dock would be a better place to discuss things. Looking behind me, I saw that he wasn't following. A flame glinted in his dark orange eyes.

"What? You wanna talk about this or not?" I questioned.

"No. I don't."

"Huh?"

"I said, I didn't want to talk about this anymore."

"Wha..? Why?" I couldn't respond with much more.

He sighed and leaned against the stone wall of the prison, "I didn't want to say this, but I guess I have to."

"What? Whadya mean?" I quickly asked.

"I was just about to say it. Now if you don't mind…"

"No, go on."

"Anyway, that portal. I need to enter it."

I choked on my own spit somehow, "WHAT?! Why would you ever do that?!"

"You wouldn't understand."

I started climbing back up the ladder, "Either way, you have a death wish, and I am not getting involved in that. Adeu!"

"Ya know, I could just take out all of your guards surrounding it. Wouldn't be that hard. I just figured it would be nicer if I just asked permission. No blood, no mess, no explanations," He looked at his fingernails as he was talking.

He knew how to drive a hard bargain. I didn't want to be responsible for anyone going in there.

"Yea or nay? As I said…" He started.

"Yeah, yeah. I heard you. I'm just trying to decide. By the way, what's your name? We didn't really introduce each other. I'm xrpmx13," I told him.

"Griffin."

"Nice to meetcha. You do know why I'm having trouble deciding, right?"

"Probably. You don't want to be responsible for me goin' in there and dieing. Simple."

"Basically."

"Don't worry about that. I won't have a problem. I think I can defend myself," He stated, no room for commentary.

"Yeah, probably, but why do you want to go through there so bad? I mean, there are only ten people in there, none of which you probably know," I told him quickly, not thinking about my comment.

"Ten? You really think there are ten people in there? I think not."

"I'm pretty sure I can do math. There are nine of them that are my friends, and then that one Mage."

"Didn't count the last one, though."

"What? The last one was that Mage, and I mentioned her."

He looked up to me, I still on the ladder. His eyes betrayed his emotions, "My sister went in there last night. She said it'd be fun, but she never came out. I held onto her wrist as she went in, but she was pulled away. And I have a feeling that the portal isn't just another form of end portal."

"Oh. I am so sorry, but what can I do?" I asked.

"You could let me try and find her."

"But that could be a suicide mission! No one knows what's in there," Except my friends. I didn't dare speak that last part.

He stood up straight, "Do you want there to be a little, mess on your hands?"

I sighed, "I really don't wantcha going in there, but if it makes you feel better, I'll mull it over today. I'll tell you my decision tomorrow. You don't know how hard it is for me to make this decision."

"Heh. You think it's hard. My sister is in there."

"Before you make any comments, my friends are in there. Nine of 'em."

"Well, I'll be goin'. You don't need me here. But either way, I'll probably make it in there,"

He sprinted off, faster than I thought possible.

I sat on the rail of the walkway, high above the floor. I'd normally be worried about falling, but I had other things on my mind. Only a little bit longer and I hadn't made a decision. If I let him go, his "death" would be on my hands. If I didn't the real deaths of a few guards would be there instead. The only problem with them dieing is that, for some reason, the guards don't respawn. That guy probably won't either. I never knew why I could sense that, but so far, it'd been right.

"Made a decision?" He asked, somehow getting behind me while I was distracted.

"More or less. Just go. Use this invisibility potion and go," I held out a sky-colored bottle of liquid. It shimmered.

He paused a second. Maybe shrugging, "Okay. Not the answer I was expecting…"

"If I tell my guards to back off and letcha go, you would be my responsibility. Vice versa if I didn't. I have to keep a prisoner-less prison in order, and I don't need that stuff clouding it up."

"Oh. Okay," He said simply. I looked over my shoulder to see him go towards the hidden tunnel.

Wait. How did he know about that?

"Wait!" I called out. I quickly changed my mind about asking him, "Find my friends, kay?"

He nodded his head and continued.

I hoped he'd be okay.

All I know is that today was amazing. My school's personal honor society had a field trip, I was there btw, and it was A-MAZE-ING. We went to the Museum of Nature and Science (No, not at the Smithsonian) and ate at an all-can-eat Italian buffet. I had a lot of food. Including a plate full of dessert. YAY.

Oh, and for a joke...

You want to hear a joke about Nebraska?

Nah. I won't tell ya. It's too corny.