Lost (Rainiamtor book 3)

a problem in the end

POV Stella

the four of us departed for the end, thankfully for me, who was feeling a bit tired today, we made the choice to take a stronghold portal, Crystal whose powers slowly restored themselves over the past few days, she opened us a portal, we stepped through, leaving Frostbourne behind us appearing in one of the old strongholds.

She could have taken us right to the end, but that might have been too much, especially with recent developments, Herobrine alive, well that's going to wreck her. we walk to the Portal, Charlie went first, he pinched his nose, closed his eyes and stepped in. in all the time I've known him, the only portals and teleports that don't make him sick was Crystals.

Next was Rain, stepping through without a problem, next up was Crystal, I stopped her, as I wanted a word alone with her, "Crystal, I wanted to talk quickly," She stopped walking to the portal.

"What?" Crystal asked, she was surprisingly calm. she looked sad, very very sad.

"I'm sorry if I scared you off, I was angry after what happened, and I know that made you uncomfortable," I smiled at her, "But I do want to get to you, the real you," 

Crystal smiled back, "I would like that," Crystal said, stepping through the portal, I followed. 

I wish we could say we were welcomed with open arms. But there was no welcome. Bodies, bodies of endermen and ender kin were everywhere.

I was frozen in terror at the sight. "What....what happened?" I stammered out, Charlie was standing over the body of an Enderkin.

He shook his head. "No visible damage, I can't find a cause of death," He said standing. He walked over to the body of an enderman. "It's the same for all of them," He said grimly. "We need to find out if Ceris is here," he added. 

the four of us searched for the better part of the hour, splitting into two groups although not the ones I was expecting, Me and Charlie, Rain and Crystal. as their searched outside and around the spire, me and Charlie went inside.

there were more bodies, no damage anywhere, "it's like the End was beaten without a fight, not a single shot fired," Charlie said as we continued our search.

"No Ceris, so where is she then?" I asked, as we checked Ceris's room, Charlie flicked through a romance novel checking it back onto the bed.

"She was in here when it happened, whatever happened it quickly, took her by surprise," Charlie said examing the room. "Come on, We should meet up with the other, probably worth making sure Rain and Crystal haven't killed each other," 

POV 3rd person

"there's nothing to do, we've been sitting around here for days, with nothing to do," Ember complained. 

Moon shrugged, "I don't think it that bad here, yeah I'd like to go home, but finding the subtle differences between here and home, from the books I've found non of the artifacts exist here," Moon said. 

Ember looked at the netherite sword he had, his normal weapons not here. he huffed swinging the sword. someone screamed in the hallway and the two raced into the hull, nether kyle had jumped from the floor gripping onto a pillar. 

"What's wrong?" Ember asked. Kyle pointed to a cat. "The Cat?" Kyle nodded. 

"you were scared of a Cat?" Moon asked. as the small feline walked away, Ember holding in a laugh. 

Kyle dropped down, "Look I'm not getting into that trauma today," He said. "So, you guys do anything recently?" 

"No," Ember answered. "You?"