𝙰𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝚘𝚟:
It took Jamie and I ages to reach the stronghold, as we kept getting lost. But when we finally made it, we were both relieved as we could finally take a bit of a break from walking. That being what we were doing.
"You ready to start looking around the stronghold?" Jamie asked me, to which I nodded.
The last time Jamie and I were in the stronghold, we witnessed Rae pulling his eye out. Sure it was slightly traumatising, but we found out that Enderian was making Rae do so no matter how much he tried to resist her control.
We looked around the stronghold, before heading to the portal room.
When we got there, I noticed the book, which had the summoning ritual written inside it, on the floor in front of the portal. Weird. Rae would never leave the book anywhere public. Next to the book was an orchid and a sunflower. I had given Ghosty them both the last time I saw them. He said that he would hold onto them until he found the perfect place to display them. Maybe they fell out of his pocket? I didn't know, but I was getting really worried seeing this stuff on the floor.
I picked up what I had found and put them into my inventory. I then continued to look around searching for more signs as to where Rae, Ghosty and Orchid could be, but stopped when I suddenly heard Jamie shouting for me to head over to them.
"Athena? You might want to see this" They shouted as I was getting closer. I walked up to them and stood next to them, looking at what they were looking at.
The portal was open, but how? The last time we were here the portal had collapsed in on itself. So how was it open now?
𝙲𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜' 𝙿𝚘𝚟:
I was walking through the stronghold, on my way to where the portal sat. I had another meeting with Enderian to attend. However, ever since the last time I had spoken to her, I had been wondering why she wanted Rae in the end.
I entered the portal room expecting it to be empty. However it wasn't.
Jamie and Athena were there. They were looking at the portal, which happened to be open.
Before I could do anything, I heard Enderian speaking in my head.
"What's taking so long?" She questioned.
"Jamie and Athena are standing by the portal" I whispered back, hoping that the duo by the portal didn't hear me, and they didn't.
"Push them through it" Enderian that said.
I didn't say anything else. Instead, I quietly made my way behind the duo. They were now standing closer to the portal, making it easier for me to push them in.
Within seconds of being behind them, I pushed them in. I waited a few seconds before I jumped through the portal myself.
𝙰𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚊'𝚜 𝙿𝚘𝚟:
Jamie and I had moved closer to the portal to get a closer look at it.
We were just looking at the portal when suddenly, I felt someone push us in. We weren't able to see who did it, but I had a gut feeling it was Centross.
When spawning in the End, Jamie and I were instantly teleported into a place I knew far too well.
The End prison.
I instantly went to look out of the cell and at the main island, hoping to see if the person who pushed us would spawn in the end. And they did. It was Centross. My gut feeling was correct.
I then looked over at Jamie, who happened to be looking at me. I realised we were both in separate cells with a cell in between us.
"What are we going to do?" Jamie asked me, looking scared.
"I have no idea but we will get out of here, I know it" I replied.
𝚁𝚊𝚎'𝚜 𝙿𝚘𝚟:
I was awoken by the sound of two panicked voices talking to one another.
"What are we going to do?" One of the voices asked.
"I have no idea, but we will get out of here, I know it" the second voice responded.
That was all I heard the voices say, but I couldn't help but feel as though the voices sounded familiar.
"What if Rae, Ghosty and Orchid were trapped here and Enderian did something to them" the first voice then brought up. When they said my name, I instantly recognised who it was. It was Jamie, meaning the other voice must be Athena, after all, those two barely left each other's sides. They were inseparable.
Before I could stand up, Enderian walked into my cell, well mine and Ghosty's cell.
"You! Where are Rae, Ghosty and Orchid?" I heard Athena ask, well it was more like they were demanding for an answer.
"Hush child of Netherum, I am not here to speak to you, but if you must know, Orchid is at our castle and Rae and Ghosty are right here, I'm surprised you didn't see them" Enderian replied.
"What?" Athena asked.
"You heard me" Enderian replied, before turning to me.
"Stand up" she demanded, which woke Ghosty up and caused him to wrap his arms from around my torso.
I did what Enderian wanted and stood up as quickly as humanly possible. She then pointed in front of her, signifying that she wanted me to move closer to her, which I complied to.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Athena looking worried as they watched me comply with what Enderian wanted me to do.
When I came to a stop in front of Enderian, she grabbed my chin and turned my head slightly so she could get a better look at my bleeding eye socket.
"What are you doing?" I asked, my voice slightly raspy from waking up.
"Seeing what Perix did to my son, is that a problem?" She asked with an annoyed tone.
I could see Athena's face turn from worried to slightly surprised and confused. I don't blame them. If I had to witness a god or goddess call someone I saw as my uncle, son then I too would be confused.
Before I could respond or say anything else, Enderian stopped the bleeding and let go of my chin.
"Now, I would love to stay and chat but I have somewhere else to be" She then said before disappearing like she was never her.
"What was that all about?" Jamie asked, causing me to look at them.
"What? Enderian calling me son or just the whole thing in general?" I asked, confused on what part Jamie was on about.
"I mean the whole thing was pretty confusing, but what confused me the most was why Enderian called you son" Jamie clarified.
"Also why were you doing what she asked?" Athena added on.
"The last time I defied her, she threatened to kill Ghosty. Secondly, Perix is the warden who practically tortured Ghosty and they threw some kind of potion at me while I was asleep and it caused my eye to bleed. Lastly, it turns out that Orchid and Enderian are in a relationship, making Enderian my other parent" I informed them. I watched as they nodded in understanding.
"Why are you guys in the End?" Ghosty asked, walking up behind me and hugging me.
"Centross pushed us in. We had gone looking for you guys and were looking around the stronghold. Jamie noticed that the portal was open so we were looking at it and then he pushed us through" Athena replied.
"What about you two?" Jamie asked.
"It's complicated for me to explain," I said.
"That's because you passed during it," Ghosty pointed out.
"Wait, Doc was unconscious?" Athena asked.
"Yep," Ghosty responded.
"What happened?" Jamie then asked.
"Orchid wanted to talk to Enderian so we went to the stronghold to do the summoning ritual. When we started it, Rae passed out. When Orchid finished talking to Enderian, she started walking into the portal that had opened up. It was like she was being controlled. A few minutes after she went in the portal, Centross walked in and I picked Rae up. Centross then backed me up into the portal and then we ended up in the End" Ghosty explained, unwrapping his arms from around me.
"That is a long explanation. Any ideas as to why Centross backed you up into the End?" Jamie asked.
"I don't know," Ghosty replied.
"Enderian asked him too. It was supposed to be only me. Orchid refused to leave me again" I explained.
"How did you find that out and when?" Ghosty asked,1 looking into my eye.
"Enderian told me when she first teleported me into this cell" I replied, leaning my forehead against his.