Into The Game [FINISHED]

43 ✣ A Well Kept Secret

We walked into the room and I saw the map.

"There's the map!" I smiled and walked up to it. I heard Reuben squeal in shock, I looked up to see... the Ender Crystals? I gasped in shock and Soren approached them. "Wait aren't those the Ender Crystals?" I asked Soren. "Like the... real ones?"

"N-No... it can't be..." Soren looked at the Crystals worriedly "Not here... not after all this time!"

"But those thing's were destroyed in your big heroic battle with the Ender Dragon right, Soren?" I asked him. Soren was silent for many long moments.

"He kept them... the fool actually kept them... he looked me in the eye and swore... he was going to dispose of them!" Soren exclaimed frantically, sweat dripped down his face.

"Soren... you said destroying these crystals was the key to defeating the Ender Dragon... you did kill the Ender Dragon... right?" I asked him worriedly.

"J-Jesse... this isn't what it looks like... our story, the story, i-it's mostly true..." I narrowed my eyes at Soren "I swear! I swear it! What ever you're thinking... I promise I can explain!"

"Soren, I want the truth and I want it now!" I told the architect firmly.

"I-I can't! We swore never to speak of it!" Soren exclaimed.

"I don't care!" I shouted and Soren sighed.

"I'm afraid I haven't been honest with you, Jesse... we did defeat the Ender Dragon, but it wasn't exactly like I said... Soren murmured.

"How 'not exactly'?" I asked,

"We got rid of it... but we didn't kill it... per se" Soren turned around to face the crystals. "In fact... we didn't even fight it...we didn't even try..."

"So, then what did you do to it?" I asked.

"We didn't do anything!" Soren snapped "We used that damned Command Block!"

"You used the Command Block to defeat the Ender Dragon?!" I gasped, Soren looked to the ground.

"I'm afraid so..." Soren muttered. "Understand... when I found that blasted block... we were nobodies... but with it's help... we became stronger, faster, we could do so much more" Soren sighed.

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We had been preparing for this moment for months, and I felt so unsure if we were capable of doing it, but I had the Command Block. With this block, I could do anything, yet the more I used it, the more I came to depend on it. The others had no idea what I was doing. We arrived in The End and ran forward, we were all unsure of our task, but I had a plan. Ivor held a potion in his hand, ready to throw it at the raging dragon while Gabriel had his sword drawn, Ellegaard had her bow and arrows, and Magnus held his TNT. The dragon was a terrifying sight, with giant horns, acid breath, and huge wings that seemed like they would be too much for the dragon to handle.

It was almost the size as the island and it bared it razor sharp fangs at everything. I pulled out the Command Block from my pocket, and looked down at it with sadness. The dragon flew under the island and then came back up again and flew down towards us, we were all cowering in terror, nobody in the order thought we would return, everyone doubted us, no one had their hopes up for us. The dragon flew away, then turned back and in fear, I ran out in front of the dragon, raised the Command Block and in a bright flash, the dragon was gone. We had won, except at the same time, we didn't. I had concocted a plan, I would use the Command Block to blink the Ender Dragon out of existence. The order cheered, Magnus raised his fist above his head while Gabriel just stood in shock, smiling, and Ellegaard waved her hand, Ivor looked at me in anger and resent, he slowly clapped.

Securing our status as legends forever.

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"We told the world... we defeated a dragon... and the rest... is history" Soren murmured.

"Soren... I looked up to you! The whole world did!" I said in a quiet tone.

"Nobody is more ashamed than me..." Soren looked to the ground.

"So... you finally admit it..." I heard a cold voice say behind me. I turned around to see the group with Ivor.

"Soren... how could you?" Olivia murmured.

"I-Ivor..." Soren murmured under his breath.

"You didn't think you could keep this secret forever-- did you Soren?" Ivor questioned. Soren turned around and placed his hand on the small table that the map sat on and placed his other hand on his face. "The truth hurts, doesn't it?" Soren turned his head abruptly to Ivor.

"And you-- you agreed to keep it a secret too!" Soren shouted "In exchange for our treasures!" Olivia gasped.

"I technically never told anybody, everybody discovered the truth on their own" Ivor crossed his arms.

"Ivor... you're a madman! Why would you do this? You revealed the Order's lies at the expense of the World it's self!" I exclaimed.

"I just-" Ivor began "I just wanted to see Soren confess to his lies!" Ivor narrowed his eyes at Soren. "Look... my Wither Plan obviously backfired."

"Ya think?!" Olivia questioned.

"I didn't know we'd end up with three of those things tearing the world apart!" Ivor exclaimed "How ironic that the best thing the Command Block gave us, was the means to destroy it."

"Save us the poetry, it's not your strong suit" Soren narrowed his eyes.

"I've had this map for years," Ivor said, ignoring Soren "Never thought i'd actually have to use it."

"So then lets head out to that fortress and destroy the Wither Storm" I told everyone.

"First I want to show you all something" Ivor said and led us to a armory. Armor was lined up against the wall on stands. "Go ahead, pick whichever one you want." Lukas took orange armor, Olivia chose red armor, and I chose purple. I had to leave Magnus' armor. As we began to leave I heard Soren utter out a word.

"Ivor..." the alchemist turned around. "I'm sorry... for everything." Tears began to form in the architect's brown eyes.

"Yes, well... it doesn't matter now" Ivor said. They both gave each other weak smiles.