S.S.S. : Rythian's past

“tell me Rythian” she said, looking at me. I couldn’t tell her, she wouldn’t understand. “please tell me, I want to know” she sounded angry now. “I can’t, you won’t understand” I screamed at her. I threw my hands in the air and looked at my feet. “please tell me, I want to help you” she took my hand and I looked her in the eyes. Those beautiful golden eyes were full of concern. “you would scream and run away, Zoey I can’t tell you because I’m afraid of losing you” I said, I could feel the tears in my eyes and shook my head at the thought. “hey silly, I would never leave you” she said. She gave me a quick hug. “alright I will tell you” I said in defeat. “it began when I got born. Well not exactly..” I took a deep breath and began to tell her.

“my mother is not what she seems like on first sight.” She looked at me strange and asked why. “well.. she is not exactly human.” I took another deep breath. “she is the Enderdragon” I said looking at her face, I could see the shock as she heard the news. “what?!” she shouted. “yeah I know.” She began to calm down from the shock and I started again. “she can change into a human if she wants to and so she met my father. He was a wizard on a journey to find a great power, the power of the End. My mother fell in love and well so was I born.” I smiled at how awkward it was knowing that a human had a baby with an Enderdragon. “they were happy with me, but my father betrayed my mother. She had to kill him and she was left weak. I got trained because my mother wanted me to become what all her other children are, an enderman.”

‘I laid on the cold ground and was breathing quick. “get up, were doing it again” she said. I got up and she snapped her fingers and suddenly I was surrounded with purple flames and I couldn’t move from the pain. I screamed as loud as I could, than everything went black and I hit the ground. I woke up a few minutes later and she still stood there looking at me. I hated those eyes, they were like mine, a violet colour but more intents as if she expected something. I stood up and anger grew inside me. “again” I said and she smiled, that made me more angry. She snapped her fingers again but this time I wasn’t in pain. I looked up in surprise and saw that the flames moved around me, inches away from my arms. Between me and the flames I saw a thin purple line. “good, you have learned a lot. Let your anger control you.” I looked at her and her violet eyes were full of proud and something else, something that made me wonder if this was a good idea but I couldn’t figure out what it was, so we stood there for several moments, me in an angry crouch and she looking a bit bored but I knew better. “you better get some rest” she said as if she cared, maybe she did. I couldn’t tell. “why should I” I said trough my teeth, I was still angry and full of energy. “maybe because your injured and I have things to do” she said. I looked away. “I’m fine, why should you care?” I said and I could feel tears filling my eyes but I told myself that if I cried it was a sign of weakness. “I’m your mother, I care” she said and I looked at her. it could have been the truth, if I didn’t see her eyes. “you’re lying” I screamed and shook my head not wanted to cry. My life was one giant lie and I was sick of it. “you should be thankful that I kept you here and not let you get killed by the creatures of the night” she said with a cold voice and a shiver went down my spine. “as if this is better” I said before I could stop myself and I knew I had gone too far. But when I looked at her she looked rather calm and that frightened me more than when she was angry. “my son, I gave you my care. Don’t be as stupid as your father and just live with what you got.” She said and walked to me. “look at me son” I looked in the eyes I hated so much. “listen to me, your my son and its time you behave like it” she turned away and started to walk away. ”think of that, I will be back soon and then we start with something... new” she turned into a dragon, then she looked at me one more time and flew away. I thought about her and about my brothers and sisters. they were different, they were Enderman. I hated them and I thought about turning into them, not having any thought of their own and no emotions. I couldn’t let that happen, I decided. I waited for her to come back. she landed in front of me and I stood up. “I hope you thought about it” she said and the look in her eyes betrayed that she was waiting and hoping for the answer she wanted. “yes I have, and this is my answer... go to hell.” I said and I could see the look on her face change from hope to pure anger. “you should have given a better answer” she screamed almost in hysteria. I laughed at how she had hoped I would choose what she wanted. “your power will be mine anyways, it doesn’t matter if I need to take it by force.” She said with that cold voice that send a shiver down my spine. “I rather die” I answered back. “fool, you don’t have a choice anymore” she said and she began to move to me. She snapped her fingers and out of nowhere 4 Enderman appeared and pinned me down. I began to struggle and kick. “my son, don’t fight your destiny.” She said when she knelt. “look at me son and let your Ender side take over. It won’t even hurt.” She whispered, her voice was so magical that I stopped fighting. “good son just relax and it will soon be over.” I felt it moving inside me. It crept in my veins and I could feel my sanity slip away. “NO, I don’t want to” I screamed and began fighting again. I somehow got lose and stood in a crouch, ready to fight. “you never learn, do you?” she said as she snapped her fingers to let the Enderman pin me down again. I fought them off and ran away. I didn’t know where but I had to get away from that horrible place. I ran for miles before I stopped and crashed to the ground. I could hear the growl of a dragon in the distance and knew I wasn’t save here. I started to get up when I saw movement on my right. I spun around and made myself ready to fight. There was a man and he looked at me with wise eyes. “who are you” I hissed trough my teeth. He slowly moved towards me and hugged me. “oh son, I’m so glad your save” he said and I was stunned. He let loose of me and I tried to talk. “w.. who are y..you? “ I asked and there was another growl but this one was close. “I’m your father but we don’t have the time to explain.” He looked around nervous. “you can’t be my father, my father is dead.” We heard another growl and I knew it was moments before we could see her. “I said we don’t have time, quick come this way.” He turned towards a cave when we heard a growl and we both turned around. There she was in all her glory and anger. I dropped on my knees and whispered “my queen.” She landed and growled again in anger. “fool get up, you need to leave quick. I hold her off.” He began to speak in a weird language and there came a power of him that was almost overwhelming. “son” a horrible voice that I never heard before came from all around us and I couldn’t move. “son, your mine” the dragon opened her mouth and a huge ray of purple flames came out. I fell to the ground and the old man slammed into the wall of the cave. She came closer to me but I couldn’t move, I couldn’t even speak. I was paralyzed and I knew it was over. “if waited so long for this day and now you lay here for picking” she said and I tried to move, she growled again and enderman began to surround me. she put a giant paw on my chest, I still couldn’t move when she bent over me. “your destiny is with us” I heard her voice in my mind and I could feel her warm breath. I couldn’t do anything and I turned my head in defeat. A shock of hope went through me when I saw that the old guy was trying to stand up. I tried to move and was rewarded with a claw in my back. I felt blood dripping down my back, but it wasn’t crimson it was black. It was ice cold and made a stain in the white ground. I moaned in pain and tried to move again. “you would be a great king” she growled and 6 enderman moved away from the circle that had formed. “why me?” I asked while the enderman held me and she removed her paw. “your powerful and your my son” she said and turned in to a human. I began to struggle when I saw what she was doing. “we have waited 13 years and now it comes true” she knelt and leaned over me. “leave that” I heard someone shout, she stood up to look who dared to interrupt this. I let out my breath as I saw the old man. The enderman started to move towards him when she put a hand up. “what are you doing here, leave out of this.” She said and the man shifted. “I came to take our son to a safer place. Far away from you.” He said and I tried to move again but the enderman hold me where I was. “your too old for this.” she said and she gestured the enderman to attack him. “no” I shouted, “I do anything, if you leave him alone” I screamed and I wondered why I gave so much about the old man. “you idiot, I will be fine” the man shouted, but it was too late to take the offer back. “is that true?” she turned towards me and I could see the cruel smile. I nodded and the cruel smile grew wider. “our brave little hero.” She said and looked at the old man. “his life or yours. Hmm... what shall I choose.” She said, looking like she was in deep thought. “oh I know, both of you.” She smiled and moved into a crouch. “starting with you.” She said and looked at the old man. It happened so fast I couldn’t follow it. I saw a purple flash and suddenly she was on top of the old man choking him. “NO” I screamed and I could feel a power building in me. She was still busy choking him and I was fighting the enderman who were holding me. The power was overwhelming and I wanted to rip my chest open and pull it out of me. I could see that his chest was moving heavier with the struggle to breath and then it happened. An explosion so big it knocked all the enderman away who stood in a circle around the scene. I could feel no emotion when I moved to her, the two adults were also blown away by the force of the explosion and lay on their side a few meters away from each other. “you are nothing” I said to her but it was not my voice. She looked at me in fear as I came closer. “you don’t deserve to live in this world, not in any world” I said and my weird voice grew louder. “you deserve to die” I shouted now. I raised a glowing hand and was preparing myself for an attack when someone laid a hand on my shoulder. “leave it son, we have to go” I heard and I turned and there was the old man. He had a serious face but you could see the proud in his eyes. I looked at him for a few seconds and then I realized what I was doing. “what happened?” I asked the man and I could feel tears in my eyes. “I don’t know exactly, but I know you are a wizard like me” he said in thought and then looked up smiling. I looked around me, all the enderman were still knocked out and she was lying there looking at me. I saw fear in her eyes but also proud. “come we have to go, quick” I looked back at him and saw that he was walking to the cave. “hé wait for me. Where are we going?” I said as I ran to keep up with him. “I’m bringing you to a safer place” he said and I asked him were that safer place was. “It comes with the name Minecraftia” he said and then he spoke in that weird language again. First I thought nothing was going to happen when suddenly flames came out of his hand. I jumped away and let a scream out in surprise. “don’t worry” he said as we came to a obsidian wall. “here it is, the portal to Minecraftia” we walked through the doorway. I looked at the portal, it was a black surface. Just as we wanted to walk through the portal we heard a sound behind us. Behind us were 7 enderman that probably waked up when we were walking. “go through the portal, I hold them off” he said and he threw a fireball towards one of the enderman. I stepped in the portal and when the world began to fade, I saw that a enderman sneaked up on the old man and knocked him out. “no” I shouted when I teleported away and that was the last memory I had of my father.’

I ended my story and looked up and saw that there were tears in her eyes. “is your father dead and what about your mother?” she asked and grabbed my shoulders to shake me. “I don’t know” it was the only thing I could choke out. “Zoey stop shaking me” I said when I became dizzy. “oh... sorry Rythian” she said and stopped. she thought about my story for a moment and then gave me a big huge. “oh this must be awful, having that thing inside you” she looked at me with tears rolling down her cheeks. I was surprised she even wanted to sit next to me, so it was a shock when she hugged me. “you’re not going to scream and run away,” I asked her. “no, why should I?” she asked looking me in the eyes. “well maybe because I have a monster inside me.” I said and I looked away. “that’s just the reason for me to stay” she said and began to cheer up again. “oh Zoey, your too good for me” I said and I hugged her tight. “come lets sleep” she said and I noticed that it became dark. “alright lets go to bed” I said and for that night I didn’t have any nightmares.