Building an empire
Chapter 2
"Peter help me with this."
"What its just a sword something you've done 20 times today alone."
"Exactly I've gotten 50 orders this week I've got twenty done on the first day and nonstop, one might think this might create a AHEM problem."
"you've done this for 7 years don't tell me your arms are ti-"
"I HAVE TO USE THE TOILET PETER."
"Why didn't you just say that."
"BECAUSE 23 WARRIORS ARE CURRENTLY STANDING RIGHT BEHIND ME WAITING FOR THEIR SWORDS."
As if on cue several laughs were heard behind them.
"Give my bro a break or we revoke your discounts and you can all leave."
the laughing stopped. Peter and his older brother daniel were the best smiths in the land but both were often worked to the bone and given very little break time, to be blunt both could get very touchy.
"Here hand me the tools whilst you tend to your other business."
"Shut up or ill use the sword on you."
"Sure you would, just like your going to go to the end and slay the Endor dragon."
"Ugg why did i get paired with a sarcastic brat as a brother."
"because then your life would be easy and that would be boring. plus someones gotta learn your trade."
"Yeah your right, anyway you know what to do."
"And so do you."
"…"
a single laugh was heard. this was replied with almost in unison
"Order revoked."
the one who had laughed sighed and walked away.
"The rest of you are on thin ice so watch it."
thats how most days when for peter and daniel, working till they bled revoking an order or two and then going to bed and doing it all agin the next day, though this seemed liked a terrible life the two enjoyed it, it was a system that was never interrupted. but even a great things must come to an end, and sadly not all will experience what destiny does next.
it was two weeks later, both the brothers had gone to bed but in the nearby forest next to there home two skeletons watched.
"She said she wanted the younger one, that i know but what did she say about the older one?"
"She said kill him."
"Oh… sorry I'm not used to this killing thing."
"If we do this correctly we can do this with only a few deaths."
"I just-"
"It doesn't matter raptor we have a job, so we will follow through on it."
Raptor held up his bow and fired a enchanted arrow at the house, setting it on fire.
Meanwhile at the house
Daniel hadn't quire fallen asleep so he easily smelled the smoke in his house. he started getting up he then realized the problem.
"Peter wake up the house is on fire!"
"Ha ha ha i get it this is payback for embarrassing you the other day, waking me up in the middle of the night, heh real funny."
Another arrow flew through the window and right in front of peters face. this also started another fire.
"Amazing prank dan but i think you went to far, we should go."
both ran out of the house and right in front of a skeleton and a wither skeleton.
"Crap."
"So you two started that, id say you ow us a new house but your going to be dead soon."
The wither skeleton pulled his sword out and pointed at Daniel, who in turn reached for his own sword in his inventory pulling it out and pointing it at the Wither.
both stroke at the same time locking swords, while the skeleton cornered Peter next to the burning house
"Human your swordplay is impressive."
"Interesting didn't know your kind could talk."
"it wont matter you wont survive tonight, your brother is needed for our plans."
"Over my dead body."
"exactly and at this point you should save your brother."
Daniel slightly turned his head and saw his brother was about to be shot with an arrow. he pushed back the wither, and turned around.
"Peter!"
The wither regained his footing quickly though and plunged his sword into Daniels back.
Daniel gasped, but with his last bit of strength swung his sword around slicing the withers skull in two. Daniel fell to the ground dead, and the wither turned to dust.
"DANIEL."
"SHARD."
the skeleton turned back around and shot Peter with an arrow.
Peter fell down but before he blacked out completely he heard
"Well now ill enjoy your pain even more you dirty brother killer."
the skeleton picked up Peter's limp body and began to walk back to his home in the mountain caves, but he stopped for a moment and picked up his dead brothers sword and sheath from his brothers ashes. he then continued to walk to his home.
once he got there he walked into the cave eventually he found the hidden room he opened it and went in inside was a nether portal, ever since the people of the nether and the over world made peace they moved everyone into the giant fortress.
Raptor found his way through the vast fortress till he found her room.
inside was a single witch, the room had potions and other means of witchcraft and a caldron in the center, along with a table to the side.
"Mistress I've brought the boy."
"Oh good wheres shard?"
"the older one killed him, ironic really, it was a classic if I'm going down I'm taking you with me moments."
"Im sorry for your loss, if we had more time we would mourn the loss of your brother but now is not the time, lay the boy on the table but hurry he's waking."
"oh where am i… huh ah monsters."
"OH dont worry boy in about 5 minutes you'll think otherwise of us."
The skeleton strapped Peter to the table
"Now hand me the red one labeled wither skeleton."
"Wither skeleton i thought we agreed on Eder mite so he couldn't escape."
"The mission can still be focused on infiltration but now with your brother gone we must change the plan."
"Of course."
"Ender mite, wither skeleton, what are you-"
"Shut up boy and make this easier."
the skeleton brought over the potion.
"Now hold his nose shut."
the skeleton pinched Peters nose shut. he tried to hold his breath but soon gasped for breath, at that time the witch poured the entire potion down his throat. Peter coughed.
"What was that liquid death?"
"Close to it."
suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his stomach, it felt like he was getting lighter, like water was flowing off of his stomach. he was getting thinner, till all that was left was skin, it soon turned to dust, as did his muscles, and nerves and organs all that was left was a skeleton, despite not having nerves, Peter was in so much pain, but he couldn't speak, almost as if his voiced had been stolen, he couldn't see a thing. but the two observers could, Peters bones began to change tint till they were a dark color just like a wither. but as the final transformation his eye sockets began to glow till two small white lights replied his eyes. although not needing to he gasped for air.
"what did you do… to me."
Peters voice still sounded like his own but like with chalk in the foreground.
"Shhhhh child save your… breath, you have a lot of work to do, preparation alone will work you to the… bone."
Peter fell asleep. the witch turned to raptor.
"As for you congrats you get to train him."
"WHAT."
"Listen sorry for your loss but you were supposed to protect your brother, now you get to train his replacement. and you get to explain this to him, bring him down to splatter the minute he awakes and get him working."
"But-"
"three things one butts are for sitting two you have to have a butt to sit and three don't you dare back talk me… now go."
"got it."
raptor picked up Ikes body and made his way to his room. on the way he could faintly hear Peter say
"why…"
"Tell you in the morning."
Raptor got to his room and placed Peter on Shards old bed.
Raptor himself collapsed on his own bed.
"Hey um Peter."
"what."
"nobody knows about this so can you keep this on the hush hush."
"fine."
"And a name like Peter will draw to much attention… the witch wanted me to tell you your new name is crane."
"Crane?"
"Its a pun, crane-eum."
"Oh."
"Dont take it personal, ill explain it all in the morning."
"I…Hate… you."
"Yeah YAAAWN tell me more in the morning."
Raptor fell asleep.
Peter chuckled, he'd always appreciated someone who could retaliate in that way. soon Peter too fell asleep.