Cloud awoken on the floor of a place called the Nether. It is one of three dimensions on the Minecraft universe. Essentially, it is a hellish place that housed all Nether creatures, people, and the Nether Order.

Cloud looked up as he laid on the cold rock-like red stone called Netherrack. All he could see in front of him about 20-feet away was this large humanoid being with extremely petrifying glowing red eyes that sat on a large throne of this Netherrack material. He had black tattered clothing like those assassins. He wore a hood that made his face hard to see. His barely-visible face was tattered and torn.

Cloud looked around and rubbed his eyes. His flanks were filled with many Nether soldiers; some of those assassins, large and small being's with gold and red armors and weapons. They were accompanied by these large living cubes called Magma cubes. In the air floated many Ghasts: ghost-like creatures that shot fireballs from their mouths. Behind all of them was a world of red; lava seas and Netherrack.

"What the.." Cloud got up slowly. Halfway through this motion all these soldiers became poised. The large one on the throne raised his hand up, and they all stopped.

This large one got up and walked towards Cloud slowly. Cloud was petrified as this 7-foot tall demonic being came towards him. This being picked Cloud up by his shirt with two fingers. His hand itself was about a third of regular human height. It was pale and weak.

This being brought Cloud up to his face. Cloud could not see his face but he felt the piercing of the atrocious being's glowing-red glare and the hot, terrible breath that came from his mouth.

This was the Nether King, the King of Hell, the Devil himself. In the Minecraft universe, this was the pinnacle of evil, the manifestation of all things bad.

Cloud looked right into the glowing eyes but he did not wince. On the inside, he is melting from fear. But on the outside, he is a sturdy soldier ready to throw his life away in battle.

A low rumbling laugh came from the Nether King, although it was low it still boomed through the Nether.

"So this is the next Ender King?" The Nether King smiled to show his large, sharp, decaying teeth.

"I could kill you off right now, end the Ender King family line right here and now, and single-handedly take over the all three dimensions of the Minecraft Universe, but I won't. But why would I not?"

Cloud looked at his arch-enemy with anger and fear. He isn't able to speak. He is uncontrollably petrified.

"Because, young Cloud. I want you to suffer. I want you to watch you and your loved ones grow, and blossom. I want you to feel like you can save the world. Then, before your eyes, watch everything tear apart and become decimated. You will watch in incomprehensible insanity as you lose everything you have."

'After all, Cloud, dominating the world is no fun without someone trying to stop you."

The Nether King cackled as he said this.

"You should be on your way." The Nether King said as he slammed Cloud to the ground with ease.

Cloud yelled in agony as he laid on the ground; the Nether King had broken numerous bones in that one effortless slam. He picked Cloud up again and beamed him into the portal which Cloud came from.

Cloud yelled as he was thrown across and into the Nether Portal, back to the Aether.