Death and Despair

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A few days had passed. Wither was brought to the Dungeon to be chained up to a wall to suffer until he died. It was a horrible death, but, as evil as it is, the Corruption does not tolerate mutiny.
Wither struggled against the chains, trying to break free, but the chains were made of a strong, green metal known by the Elites as "Chlorophyte." It was said to be one of the strongest materials known, and Wither was bound to a wall with it.
The chains rattled every time he moved, almost as if they were telling him that he cannot break out of them himself.
He constantly heard screaming, as well as various other noises - scraping, clanking, rattling...
He even could've sworn he had heard Night's voice at some point.
But that was impossible, right? Freeing one who was accused of mutiny is mutiny on its own, meaning she'd be chained up with him.
Wither kept trying to break free, knowing that he couldn't. The thought of being dehydrated to death was unbearable to him - he'd rather be killed by a bunny than suffer.
Once again, he could've sworn he heard Night's voice, only louder, and clearer. It was almost if she was calling out to him...
He cleared his thoughts - why would she sacrifice herself for him? Why would anybody sacrifice themselves for him?
There had been an Angry Bones that had seemed to be interested in him, almost as if it recognized him. That one Angry Bones was approaching now, waving as it came.
Wither stared at it, wondering why it would've had interest in him.
Then, he realized something. Only one person would've cared enough to see him while he was suffering. Only one person had that kind of interest in Wither, being both intrigued and impressed at the same time...
Zale.
The Angry Bones even sat like Zale - exactly like Zale.
He heard Night's voice again, but now he knew it was real.
Using as much of his strength as he could, he yelled right back out to Night.
The Angry Bones seemed surprised that Night was approaching.
"Wither!" Night shouted excitedly.
The Angry Bones simply waved to her.
Wither heard footsteps behind Night, and saw Swift running towards him.
"Swift, get the key," Night whispered.
"Wait, what's going on?" Wither asked weakly.
"You were pardoned. You're coming home!"
Swift unlocked the chains, freeing Wither.
The Angry Bones slowly stood up, as if it was waiting for Wither to do something.
Wither ran up to Night, and hugged her.
He managed to force out a "thank you," before Swift joined the hugging circle.
Feeling left out, the Angry Bones also joined.

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