More Than A Dream

The Stronghold

Hey everyone. Thank you for being patient with me as I've had no motivation to write. I finally got my butt in front of a keyboard and started to write. I will be posting in OLS next.

Word count: 3540

-Ace

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•Y/N’s PoV•

Dream held the blue and green eye in the palm of his hand. It was about the same size as an Ender Pearl but when we sprinkled blaze powder on the pearl it glowed before the pearl started to look at us. I nearly dropped it out of the surprise of an eye looking back at me. “So what do we do with these?” George asked while studying his own Eye of Ender. We stood on the beach from where we landed after the Underwater Temple. It had only been an hour or two since we went down into the Temple and my cuts still stung. My lungs also burned with every breath. The sun was hot so the guys kept their shirts off. 

“I have no idea. The book doesn’t give any more information about the End stuff.” I answered. I sat in the beach as the guys stood around me.

“We will have to figure it out then.” Sapnap said as he was throwing his Eye of Ender back and forth between his hands. He then threw it up in the air to catch it but it didn’t come back down. Our gaze followed the Eye that floated up in the air while letting off purple particles. It then stopped floating away from them before falling back down to the Earth. Dream caught it in his hand. 

“What did it just do?” He asked as he threw it back to Sapnap. Sapnap was now uncertain of the green eye and held it arm's length away from his face. 

“It’s like it tried to get away from Sapnap.” I said. 

“Like it was trying to go somewhere.” Bad pointed out.

“The stronghold. That is where the portal is and these are the keys and the tour guides.” George said while holding up the Eye of Ender. 

“So these will lead us to the stronghold?” Dream asked. 

“Supposedly?” George said in a questionable tone.

“Well it went in this direction so the stronghold must be this way.” Bad pointed east towards the ocean. 

“What if these things aren’t leading us to the stronghold? They could be leading us into a trap.” Sapnap said. 

“I doubt it. In my dream, these things were very important.” Bad said as he walked over to the crafting table.

“It’s the only lead we have to get out of here so might as well go with it.” I said.

“Let’s just see where these Eyes take us and then we can decide what to do then.” Dream said. Sapnap didn’t look happy about it but he helped Bad and George push the boats back into the water. Dream and I packed up the camp. F/N had watched from the shade of an old oak while Dream put his shirt and hoodie back on. It didn’t take long for us to get ready from the night before. George and Sapnap had already calmed a boat leaving one more open. Bad climbed in after George and sat down. F/N hopped into the empty boat and yipped for me to follow. I climbed in and sat down. Dream also got in the boat behind me.

“Are we ready?” Bad asked as he held an Eye of Ender in his hand. We nodded and he threw the orb up into the air. It floated forward while emitting purple particles. It then started to fall towards the water. Sapnap reached out and caught it before it hit the surface. 

“Due east lady and gentlemen.” He said as he started to lead the boats. 

I started to follow with the boat but Dream grabbed the ores instead. “Let me. You’re still healing from the temple.” He said. The boats were odd creations. One row could take you quite far so you could travel quickly and easily on the water. There wasn’t much resistance for the water.