The Hidden Kingdom // DreamSMP

Chapter 14: Roommates

As you were calming down, they offered no type of reassurance as they dragged you down the prime path.

You couldn't see who had a hold on you, but considering their arguing and voices, you had assumed it was the blonde.

They talked in whispers and kept you close at all times, not allowing you any time to run away.

The cold licked against your legs as the familiar crunch of snow resounded in the air.

Hugging yourself, you notice you made your way out of the community house and were now headed up the black stone stairs which led to the Nether portal.

The purple matter in the center popped and bubbled, causing it to splatter and dissipate in the air. It glowed and swirled. It looked as if it were a thick liquid that would soon engulf your entire being and leave you breathless.

You paused in your steps.

Tommy felt a tug on the arm he was pulling and looked back, not expecting to see anything as you were all invisible.

He groaned, throwing his head back in annoyance. "What now?"

Pursuing your lips, you pointed towards the portal, not that he would be able to see you. "Are we- Are we going in there? The portal?"

"Yeah?" He raised a brow, confused at the sudden question. "It's the fastest way to get to where we have to be."

Techno stopped his pace after hearing his companions stop. His ear twitched upon hearing you two talking. He sighed.

"You two. We have to leave now if we don't want to get caught."

Tommy's eyes widened as he started pulling you towards the portal. "Right! We have to go now. Now! I don't want to- no. I can't die now." His breathing became erratic as you were pulled.

Your own eyes widen as he pulls you with him. "Ah- Wait!"

You weren't ready to go through.

He walked through his grip still tight on you.

The purple matter seemed to crawl up your arm as he pulled you in. It bubbled and popped along your skin and almost burned. Though you felt no pain. It was hot yet cold at the same time.

The deeper you went into it, you felt it crawl up your neck and your face.

You were gone.

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Hot.

It was hot.

A complete 180 to the cold winter air of where you came from.

It made you nauseous, a headache starting to form. It didn't help that you were being dragged by a couple of strangers to some undisclosed location. You groaned.

Flames licked at your skin and the rocks slightly burned you through your shoes. Staggering behind the blonde, it was hard to see ahead of you without wanting to vomit.

He led you down a stone bridge that went over a large lava lake. In any other situation, you would've been awed at your surroundings but the slight fear of falling in and the nauseating feeling of going through the portal threw you off.