Guardian of The End

Chapter 3

*Alrighty. Chapter 3. Uh... enjoy the chapter I guess. The end note will probably be longer...*

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A groan, accompanied by the popping of stiff bones, told Warp he'd woken up. Plodding downstairs, he ate some popped chorus fruit cereal, blinking at his bowl blearily. It's been months since he last saw his friend. He missed her, had a crush on her even. Her troop was supposed to come back yesterday, but he didn't even see her in the ranks. He wondered if she had fled to the Overworld, or if she was being given special training by one of the gods.

A soft crash got him to look up. A head of dark gray hair was outside the window, parted the same way Jill's had been. He couldn't see much else, and curiosity got the best of him. He finished his cereal, and left the bowl near the sink to be cleaned later. Opening the door cautiously, he saw her. Jill, in the flesh... but she was different. For one, she looked healthy. Her body was stouter, but she at least put on a few healthy pounds. She was by no means chubby, and her eyes had changed too. They softly glowed white just like Herobrine's were said to. She had been smiling a lavender smile, but it had faded into a confused head tilt.

"Warp?"

Her voice hasn't changed. It had to be her. "Jill, is it really you?"

"Uh... sort of? I don't go by Jill anymore, my name is Enderbrina now. But other than... visual and physical changes, yeah. I'm still me."

"Wow... wait, your name changed? Why?"

"Herobrine appointed me as goddess of The End. I'm not exactly powerful yet... but I can hold my own in a fight. As well as talk through thought and a couple other things..."

It took the young enderman a few minutes to process that. "Goddess?" he echoed, shocked. "Uh... does that mean I have to bow to you now?"

"Why would it? You and I are friends. I just changed a bit and... well, I'll outlive you now..." she trailed off, obviously surprised and saddened by that revelation.

"Right... why are you here?"

"I was left to my own devices after finishing my training and saving Entity 303 from becoming a lab rat for the same kind of people who added to his original dna. I figured I'd visit you... if you want, that is."

"Oh! Yeah, sure, come in. My mum and dad are at work, but I don't see the harm in you visiting."

She thanked him and followed him inside, sitting down on one of the sofas after being invited to. She listened to him finish a bowl of chorus puffs, and looked at the living room while she waited for him. "So you get to sleep late now that you're out of school?"

"Yeah. I'm planning to find a blacksmith or someone similar to train under."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I thought it might be cool to be an endersmith, or self-train myself. I talked to a lot of people in school, and most of them wanna be a weapon or tool eventually."

"I have my own blacksmith, Kentu. He works mostly with endermetal, too. I could take you to meet him, and you could live in my castle if you want."

"That would be awesome! Are you sure though?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well... I... kinda maybe like you? A lot..." Warp admitted, going pale from embarassment.

"You love me?"

"I w-wouldn't say that," he stammered, and added very softly, "yet."

She stared at Warp. "Mhm... you are handsome, Warp, but you should find someone else. I'm a goddess now. I'm immortal and I've never wanted kids... that may change someday but I don't think it'll be while you're still... eh... alive like you are right now."