It opens to the fortress and then the sound of an explosion could be heard.
It cuts to the entrance to a room within the fortress which was filled with smoke and a soot covered Bren, and a soot covered Leon (albeit hard to notice) walking out.
"Ok, so don't use red mushrooms with zombie flesh and tree resin and just heat it up" Bren said within coughs.
Fang walked through the hall to the sound, letting out a whimper, he was trying to sleep and Bren had to wake him up.
The smoke cleared and Bren went back inside, what was in this room was in fact a laboratory, set for alchemy, and right now Leon was trying to teach Bren in the ways of the alchemist, as potions could help him, however Bren didn't seem to get it much to Leon's slight annoyance.
Bren looked at the potion he created, it was a bottle of pure black substance, he turned the bottle over to dump the stuff out but to his surprise the liquid turned solid when it hit the ground and hit him right in the face. Both Leon and Fang let out their own sounds of amusement.
"Ok what in the name of notch did I make?" Bren asked as he began to bounce the substance on the floor, it seemed bouncy none the less, and it kept its shape well…well it wasn't a perfect circle but it worked for the bouncing.
"Might keep that for later, might be interesting to show my folks at home" He said putting it aside and dusting himself off, Leon let out a quizzical sound to Bren.
"You want to know about my family?" Bren asked, Leon nodded his head.
"Well…not much to say about my imminent family, my mom is a stay at home gardener, she has a pretty big watermelon farm, and my dad helps the town building things. It's my Uncle who is the most famous." Bren said sitting down, he took a nearby bottle of water and began to sip it, Fang sat down near Bren's legs and was quietly listening.
"My Uncle Isaac was an explorer, going to the Minstrel City, to the lands beyond the Sands, from islands to Tundra's, to caves to mountains, he loved to travel and see new things. He was the reason I wanted to become an adventurer" Bren said, Leon nodded his head.
"He recently died, he was pretty old but I spent my childhood listening to his stories….good times" Bren said smiling, Leon put a hand on Bren's shoulder, as if to say, "there there"
"Thanks, I'm over it, in fact because he died I met you" Bren said, Leon cocked his head confused.
"In his will, he gave me the deed to the island" Bren said, "Though we were told this mining colony was abandoned because of a lack of resources…not horrors against everything Notch created" Bren said…"No offense" He added and Leon let out a sound of approval.
"So I don't think I'll get the potion thing right, I'm just glad the potions still here keep for a long time and that the recipes of old still exist" Bren said and Leon seemed to shake his head and then went out, motioning for Bren to follow.
"Alright what's next in my training?" He asked following Leon through the halls once more and then they made it to one more room, this one was the library that Bren had gotten familiar with for the past week.
"What tome this time?" Bren asked and Leon shook his head.
"They why bring me here?" Bren asked and Leon took him to the back where a wall was and then pressed a hidden button, and the wall disappeared and Bren saw a large wall of books in the shape of a U, but in the middle is what Bren was confused by, it was a black stone table, in the middle of it on top was a large floating tome.
"What is this?" Bren asked and Leon did a touching motion
"You want me to touch the book?" Bren asked and Leon nodded his head
Bren stepped forward and put his hand on the book's cover and then his eyes widened.
Inside of his mind he was floating in a white space and he saw strange figure walking to him on the air, he looked like a scraggly old man with a cape on his back and he looked at Bren and smiled.
"Hello young man" He said in a kind and old tone.
"Hello…uh where am I?" Bren asked looking around
"You are in your mind, kinda empty isn't it" He said with a laugh
"Don't know if I should be impressed or insulted" Bren said not knowing what to say
"You should be impressed, you are inside of your own mind, form it and it will appear" The man said snapping his fingers and two chairs appeared behind them and he sat down.
"You see, the tome you touched is mine, and it's the only way we can speak." The man said and Bren sat down a little confused
"What do you want of me?" Bren asked
"Simple, to stop the Ender Dragon…and now I give you a gift, the power of enchantment. Now you may bless your weapons and armor to aid you in battle" The man said
"Alright…but who are you?" He asked, now more confused about this
"I'll let you figure that out on your own" The man said and then Bren awoke. He was on the floor and Leon and Fang were looking at him
"Did I faint?" He asked, Leon nodded his head
"Well…I met someone…and he gave me the power to enchant my stuff" He said getting back up, he went to the large tome and opened it, he seemed to know what he was doing as he drew his sword from his side and set it next to the tome and began to run his fingers through the words, his body began to glow then fade and then the sword began to glow, he held it up and then said, "The blade is much stronger…"
They walked outside and Bren saw a rock outside, he drew his blade swinging it and much to Leon's surprise the rock was cut in half.
"Perfect" Bren said, "…know what I'm feeling good with myself, let's give the potions one more try" He said and Leon let out a small happy tone as they went back in.
From the shadows of the trees outside of the fortress Herobrine watched…
"…he is becoming strong…" He said in his nearly silent tone.