The leaders – Jess and Jesse I mentally scolded myself – were happy with the news I had given them. No mobs to fight meant no extra work for the tired group of people who were ready to tell the world that it was safe.
I was walking behind Petra's group, they all seemed to be very close, from what I could gather, but I wasn't focusing on them. As we left the destruction and carnage behind, I began to finally take a look around and notice how beautiful everything out here was. Finally, with no current mission that I was aware of, I could look around, and notice how beautiful everything was!
I watched as birds flew around, some heading for trees, some pecking at the ground. I watched as some wild animals walked around, I didn't know the name of them, but I knew those small animals with large ears hopping around were good news. The air was cool now, the wind blowing so that it was cold but not unbearably so. It was nice.
It was slowly turning to night when Jess and Jesse were telling everyone to stop to set up some simple shelters. Most people had some blocks that they could use, and those that didn't picked up some of the dirt blocks from around the area.
"So where are you staying for the night?" Petra asked me, seeing that I had not grabbed any blocks, and had not started to build a shelter. I pointed to a tree, as it was similar to the one that I had slept in when she had Wither Sickness. She looked over at it. "You are sleeping in a tree?" She asked, looking back at me. I nodded. "Nope." She said, grabbing my arm, though it was a lose enough grip that I could have gotten out of it. "You're not going to hang out in a tree during what could be a thunderstorm soon." She dragged me over the the dirt hut that her group had just finished making. The guy with the blonde hair looked over at me. "Hey, we none of us really ever got to chat huh?" He asked, with a smile on his face. I shrugged. "Guess not." I said, my voice now raspier then normal. "Well, I guess we should all introduce ourselves. I'm Lukas, this is Olivia, Jesse, Jess, Axel, Rueben, and you know Petra." Lukas said, pointing at everyone. "I'm Kyle." I said, waving my clawed hand at them.
Jesse smiled over at me, before lightly pushing me into the hut. "Come on tree sleeper, we need to be rested before we bring these people back to some town." Most of them were out like a light the moment they were in the hut. The only ones that stayed up later were me, Petra, Jesse, and Jess. "So, Kyle, where do you come from?" Jess asked. I looked over at the black haired girl with the one blonde streak. "Not sure." Was my brilliant reply. "You have amnesia as well?" Jesse asked, not unkindly. "What's that?" I asked, trying to suppress a cough. "It means that you can't remember much about your past. I blinked before nodding "Then.. yes." I said, before coughing a bit. That just made them look worried. "You okay?" Petra asked me. I nodded, "No talk a lot before." I tried to clear my throat.
"Where were you that limited how much you could talk?" Jess asked, probably to what was supposed to be herself. I just shrugged at her. "Well, no matter where you came from, we all owe you our lives." Jesse said, smiling back at me. I shook my head. "No problem." "Well, it might not be a problem for you, but we certainly won't forget it." Petra said, lightly punching my shoulder. "Na, I think you might just be one of us now." Jess said, laughing quietly. "Well, we should all get some sleep. Long day tomorrow." Jesse said, with a pointed look at Jess and Petra. "Okay worrywart." Petra said, rolling her eyes. They all laid down, and I did the same, falling asleep almost instantly.
When we woke up at dawn, most of the people who we were trying to lead away from the now dead Witherstorms were not awake. And when they tried to get them up, they were threatening to stay exactly where they were. "Fine then." Jesse eventually said. "Those who want to come with us to the nearest civilization, come with us." And like that, the group was split into two. Most of the scientists stayed behind, thank goodness. But Jess and Jesse seemed very worried, so I walked up to them. "It's daytime." I said slowly, finding that it was easier to talk that way for now. "No mobs. Plenty of trees. They have some shelters." Jess nodded slightly. "Yeah, and they all can dig and build – nobody is seriously hurt anymore." "And nobody died." Jesse said, happily rubbing Reuben's head, much to the pigs delight.
"It's probably only because we have Kyle with us that any of them wanted to stay behind." Axel spoke, but he wasn't glaring at me like I had thought he would have. He was glaring behind him, at those who stayed behind. "Anyone who was there could say that all you were trying to do was help us." Petra agreed, sending her own glare over her shoulder. I blinked, surprised that they would care about me at all. "I didn't do much." I spoke, too fast for my voice to handle. I coughed again, before groaning. That was getting very annoying very fast.
"I think you just need some water – though I have no idea if water is good for an Ender Dragon." Olivia said. "Why would water hurt?" I asked, slowly again. "Well, it hurts the Endermen..." She trailed off. I shook my head. "It feels weird for them, since they were made to live in the End, not here." I ended with a cough. "So that doesn't help that we have no idea if water will hurt you." Olivia said, though she seemed surprised at the new information. "Well, you did catch fish." Petra said, thinking out loud. "But I haven't seen you build a single thing yet – let alone if you even know how to build a crafting table or a fishing rod." I shook my head for what seemed like the millionth time since being free. "No idea how to build either." "So... you fished, how exactly?" Olivia asked. "Flew up, dive down, catch." I said, trying to demonstrate with my hands. "So water doesn't hurt you." Jesse said. "That's good news." Jess finished. I decided to say nothing.
"Alright!" Petra shouted a few hours later. There, at the edge of our vision, was a town that was busy with commotion, though it was very small. I stared at it in wonder. If I had ever seen anything like that before, I would not have known. "Awesome!" I said, more at the look of the place then at finding it. "Jesse! Jess!" Someone was shouting from the woods. I turned to see that someone wearing light gray with blue highlighted armor, and the green armored dude from before were running towards them. "It's Magnus and Gabriel!" I could hear the whispers from the crowd of people behind us. "You are all safe!" The green armored dude yelled, seeming very happy with that outcome. "Is... this all the people that you could save?" The gray and blue armored dude asked, looking more at the people behind them. "No, there are more that decided to stay behind." Olivia answered that question. I took a quick look around to see that almost everyone who was a part of Petra's group were not all that happy to see them. The exception being Jess and Jesse.
Jess was about to say something, when the green armored dude noticed me. "Woah!" he shouted, looking at me with wide eyes. "Should... I be getting used to that?" I asked Petra, not caring how dark my voice sounded from it being so raspy. Petra just started patting my back lightly. I took that as a yes. "Magnus, Kyle, Kyle, Magnus. Gabriel, Kyle, Kyle, Gabriel." Jesse quickly introduced. "Hi." I waved. They hesitantly waved back. I flicked my tail in annoyance. I was trying to be nice.
"Wait – the Witherstorms!" Magnus yelled again, this time making me flatten my ears to my skull to try to keep out the noise. "Dead." Jesse stated. "And this time, they are not coming back." Jess said. "Really?" They asked, in unison. "Jess and Jesse destroyed the command block." Axel said, unkindly. "That's great news!" Gabriel said, clearly not understanding that many of them did not want them there.
The people seemed to have gotten bored with us talking, and had started to head over to the small town on their own.
"But how is there an Ender Dragon... uh, thing here?" Magnus asked, gesturing to me. "My name is Kyle." I stated, not happy about being called a 'thing'. "And he has what must be worse amnesia then yours was Gabriel." Jess said. "Just don't try to kill him, and we are good." Jesse said, standing in front of me, though he did not seem to realize he had done so. Lukas nodded, glaring openly at them. "He's mostly the reason that we are alive right now." Petra admitted. "But why? Before the Ender Dragon only wanted to kill humans!" I blinked...
Curious, the Ender Dragon, previously known for only attacking humans, is defending subject 1 from us." A voice rang out through the cage. I was holding onto the Ender Dragon's leg in fright. "This will have to be something that we look at." The voice said, though it sounded like it was meant for someone else. "
I blinked again. "Maybe that's what you think. But did you ever try to think about things from it's point of view?" I asked them quietly. Everyone was looking at me, some in shock. "You remember your time as an Ender Dragon now?" Magnus asked, confused. "No, I was never an Ender Dragon." I said, getting annoyed once more. "Then how can you be one right now!?" Magnus snapped. "Ask my father if you have so many questions!" I snapped back, my raspy voice making it sound like a threat. I coughed again, this time from both how awkward this conversation had gotten and from using my voice too much.
"So you do remember some things?" Petra asked. "Kind of? Not much to piece everything together, but enough to know that the Ender Dragon was just pissed that people were trying to go to the End just to kill her and her family." I shrugged, trying to not cough again. Jesse nodded. "Okay, so is everyone good with kyle being here?" Nobody said anything for a while. "Okay. So let's go in there, and tell that town that they are safe, and let's get Kyle some clothes that fit." He walked away aas he finished talking, Petra following right behind him. I took a quick glance around at everyone before following, with the rest of the group with me.