The Dragon Born

The Strange and Stranger

"Whoa!" I exclaimed as I saw the beautiful blue colors, "so blue!"

"Sh! Don't let anyone hear you. I want the kids to be safe for another five years, please." My brother, the good brother, said as he squeezed out of the shed.

I nodded back to acknowledge his request and forced myself to stay silent. I was hilariously excited, feeling my Ender skin redden a little from happiness.

Hero must've seen it, because he chuckled after a second of staring, "are you that excited?" He then walked over to where the portal was.

I nodded vigorously, "I've never seen such a beautiful portal...!"

He shook his head in amusement and jumped down to the little solid ground in front of the portal, "better jump down before I close it."

He looked pretty serious when he said this, so without a second thought, I jumped in after him.

He pressed a button and the exit closed, "alright. Just jump through." He said as he smirked and jumped through the strange teal and light blue portal.

I was amazed by how confidently he had jumped through. I stayed there for a moment, suddenly having second thoughts. What if I mess up again? What if there's something on the other side that I don't know of and get caught in it? What if--?

The thought was cut off by my brother poking his head back through the portal, looking confused, "you coming?"

I slowly nodded after clearing my head. I jumped right beside him, hoping not to land on top of him, and looked around to see him a little distance away, leaning over an exact replica of the portal I had just jumped through.

He looked at me and nodded, "alright. Let's get going." He started walking somewhat in my direction while also leaving the portal behind.

I followed him to make sure he wasn't going to leave me behind. I was slightly paranoid about the eerie atmosphere brought by the smell of decaying wood and dried blood. I noticed how the trees created an arch with their own trunks as they crashed into the ground. The ones that actually stood to try touching the sky shaded the ground heavily, which was something I could get used to. The sky was a lot like the Overworld, being blue with silver clouds. I saw a tint of purple in my Ender eye, but it could be because of my sight in it. Instead, I relied on what my empty eye saw, which was what I can only assume as a brightened version of a normal human's eye sight.

He continued going, even with a cliff up ahead.

I stalled and shook my head, "uh... brother? There's a cliff up ahead."

"I know," he responded, though not turning around to see if I was following him.

I had stopped, "... are you mad? You're about to--!"

Before I could finish, he ran a few steps and jumped down, which conflicted me the moment I saw this.

I ran over to the edge and looked down to see him just standing within a group of hostilities, looking up at me as if to say that he was somehow okay with this. I felt my eye twitch as my weariness became alarmingly strong. I looked around and saw a small, overgrown path that lead to the bottom safely. I shrugged and just teleported down beside him, "are you crazy?"

"Why else would I do that?" He chuckled as he went into a dark tunnel, where the smell of rotting corpses and dust overwhelmed my senses.

Pinching my nose, I followed him. Immediately, I tripped over a random corpse and barely caught myself.