The Wither's Wake

The Dream

The woman was singing, three arrows, wither heads. They were all shot down, one arrow each. A large skull appeared, swirling lights and patterns were behind it. It seemed to have come from a portal nearby.

It was pouring with hostile mobs.

I woke up, startled, it was morning, and I was hungry, my rations were low. It was dead winter, barely any food for a vegan. I've had to resort to different measures, hunting the few deer that had been strewn around the forest. My hunger came on edge as I came out of my house in the trees. The trees are dense, perfect for hunting. I stalk the tree line, spotting some skeletons on the edge. I stalk a small one, despite no meat on the bones I can use the bones for weapons. I had taken down the small weakling with ease. No sounds were made. I stalk a bit further seeing no prey, I let lose my crouched position and loped into a stride. I wonder where the prey is. A loud void sound was nearby, I walked toward it, it was fairly loud. I peek around a bush, spotting a large purple portal, almost lined with skeletons. They were all talking in their normal bony tongue, they almost saw me as I ducked behind a bush. I should really move now... I moved from the large crowd and jumped into the tree's. They all support my weight well, carrying me silently across the ground. A large herd of cows were near the kopje I have seen before on a recent hunt. I reach the tallest tree, and climb it silently. I retrieve my bow, and an arrow from my quiver. I slowly draw it back, when suddenly, a taller figure with a cloak enters my view. I released the arrow, hitting them in the shoulder, why did I do that? They stagger "Sorry!" I shout down, "Follow me!" They scream. I jump down from my tree, landing flawlessly. They rip the arrow from his shoulder, starting to run, I'm beside them. A crowd of skeletons appear. He reaches into his cloak, and pulls out a small bottle with sweet smelling potion inside. "Drink this, You'll need it". I almost tripped and noticed that he was a male with a noticeably deeper voice than most. I drink it swiftly, as I gather speed from it, we reach a ladder. It reaches far into the tree, we both clamber up the rungs into a medium sized room. It feels.. Homey, with a bed, chest, and entertainment center. I look at him, "Are you ok?" he asks brusquely. "I-I'm" cut short, my vision growing foggy, I stumbled and almost fell. "Clearly you're not", He pulls out a sour smelling bottle. "Drink this." I grab it and chug it as fast as possible. "Bleh.." I almost spit. "Here, lay down." He says as he guides me to the bed. "Th-thank you." I weakly say as he pulls the covers over me. "Rest," he tells me as I close my eyes. He looks out the window, as he watches me fall asleep. I wake the next morning with faint chatter. "Oh, you're awake." He says in a nonchalant manner. A few others crowd around me, I sit up, "Uh I forgot, names?" I say confused. The man who saved me said "I'm Green." He points to a hooded figure, "That's Ato." Then he points to a tall man dressed in mostly green, pretty much like green himself "And that's Dean." He does a peace sign salute. I get blurry eyed and I try to shake my head to clear it, and it works. "My name is Icara." I say quickly. "You sure you're ok?" Green asks, actually concerned this time. "I'm fine... thanks Green." I smile and get up from the bed. "Here put this on." He tosses iron armour into my arms, I swiftly slide all of it on. "Ready?" He asks looking back from the door. "Yes" I say determined. "So where are we going...or doing?" I say as we walk almost out of the forest tree line. "We're going to get some people I know of," He says quickly, almost annoyed. I feel it is best to leave this to him, after all, he didn't poison me when he easily could've. We reach the edge of a forest leading to a jungle, a town was nearby. I felt extremely nervous, and slowed a bit. "Something wrong?" Dean chimed from behind me. "Y-yeah" I hope we don't go any closer..."stay here." Green said, walking into the bushes. I slump to sit on a rock. "Everything ok?" Ato's squeaky voice was checking in. "Im fine... really, ok?" They both backed off. Green popped through the bushes, a sword was seemingly running. "I called Frank over." Dean looked at green, "Ok then, let's get moving" We start moving once more. Thank goodness, we didn't go any closer...