~Ranger POV~

It was all dark and quiet where I was. I felt like I suspended in falling animation. Where was I? What happened? Right I was shot by someone. I know I'm dead, I was trying to protect Taylor and I took the shot for him. 

Looking back, it was stupid...

Taylor was trying to save me. Nothing would have happened had he died... but now that I'm dead by someone else... the gears of fate have turned it seems; Herobrine will return because of me. I had so many questions that I never got to ask. "What was that book for?" "How did you find me in the middle of no where when I overdosed?" "Didn't you all die the night in the forest?"

So many... now forever unanswered.

The world around me started to change. I was standing up and saw myself in a hellish world. Fire, lava, heat, zombie monsters, everything evil. It was as described in the stories and legends; This was The Nether.
I was no longer myself. Well I looked like myself, but was transparent with two light blue wispy wraps that went around my right leg and floated an extra 3 feet off me, as well as around my left arm/shoulders and floated almost in a spiritual way behind my head. I felt a dent of sorts on the bridge of my nose; its where I was shot. I had the open scar on my wrist from when I bled to summon Him.

I was a spirit, now dead. I guess I got my wish, to no longer be a burden on anyone, But importantly where was I? Obviously the Nether, but where and why here? I was looking high above everything, almost standing on a platform above the world. I thought this place was just another part of the story. But if I've learned anything within this experience; the world isn't what it's said to be.

"We meet finally, on the same level." A gruff voice behind me called, giving a little chuckle. I turned around and saw him. Herobrine.

"Same level?" I asked.

"God to a spirit. You have died, and now walk among the same level as I do."

"You're a God, how does me being a ghost make me on the same level as a god?" I felt myself float a little. Well I guess I was a spirit so I could float. I hovered slightly in the air, almost in a position of lying back with my arms crossed and legs kicked up. I really didn't want to be near this guy, the one who caused my pain for the last few months.

"Not when you died. When you bound your soul to mine, you found my powers that were taken away from me so long ago, taken from me in my battles with my siblings. Now that you are dead, you can no longer hold my powers back from me and I can shatter the barrier between the overworld and my realm."

"Great, so I did release a demon on the world." I sighed in angst. "Can you just explain to me in simple terms?"

He turned to the side, looking outward to the Nether lands before him. "My powers were split in twain after the battle, half taken from me and cast away to unknown areas. For me to get them back, my blood had to be used on a shrine to bring it back. You have something in you that allowed it to happen. My blood flows though your veins, and that is why you and you alone were able to bring the powers back."

"Wait, I have your blood? How? And does that mean we-"

"That we're related? No, not in a typical sense we are not. But it would be far too much for you to process as to why you have it, and it would mean little to you even if you could comprehend it. But I digress and your questions bore me, how fun is it being a spirit?"

"Quite the change of subject much.  Well I've only been a spirit for about 5 minutes, and I'm dead, so Why would you care? The person that has caused me pain for months on end?" I snapped at him and crossed my arms, looking away.

I herd him chuckle a little.
"It's funny how you have such a dry sense of humor. No one else becomes a spiritual ghost upon death, unless they do some... herm... unconventional things."

"Like what?"

"I don't care to tell you, It's kind of obvious actually. But what matters now is you are stuck here." He came right up in front of me, smiling. "My powers have returned, you are trapped here forever, and The best you could do is wander the lands, helpless to no one being able to see you or you interact with the world. And I can watch as the world burns and people slaved and tortured for wronging me as I paint the ground red with their blood!"

I stared at him. "You're fucked up."

"So are you. In fact you shouldn't even be in this world. You should never have even existed had it been for me. I'm the whole reason your here." He turned back to face me.

"Wait, I shouldn't --"

"More importantly..." He interrupted, "Why would someone as 'innocent' and a generally good kid want to get involved in a cult?"

"Look I was--... I just wanted--... umm, s-shut up!"

I heard him chuckle a little under his breath. "Aw, seems I ticked off a nerve of yours." He came over and ruffled my ghostly hair, like a tease.  "Get used to it, I'm the only person who can see you normally. But it's funny to me how to become 'cool kid' made you go so far as to join a cult. Coolness doesn't matter after school, does it? Will you ever meet those same kids after your done with school? Those kids whom I'm sure if you ignored would have left you alone. You threw your life away for a chance to do something that would only temporarily help you. And that is funny to me, watching you mortals do stupid things for temporary gain."

I showed my teeth, but sighed. As much as I hate to admit it, He was right. And now There was nothing I could do. I can't kill myself because I'm already dead. I can't be seen by anyone, but him, and I can't do anything but watch the world burn.
But what he said... the fact that I 'shouldn't even exist in the first place?' I have his blood in my veins, but being here without him? What does this all mean? Or was he just being a complete dick to me to make me more pissed off?

"Why don't I show you around? You've got nothing left to do."

I frowned, but then smiled "Fine, I'll play along in this little 'game' of yours."

"Very well. But be warned," He came close and scoffed. "I'm good at this game."

It wasn't too exciting to be with him, but it was better then no one, but only barely. After all, I really don't have anything else to do. I guess I could explore this place. Just as I am a ghostly spirit, I floated a little off the ground and followed him. I constantly looked around at the red hellish landscape. Fire that burned forever, lava poured like water fountains and monsters roamed freely. This place was the Nether. Never did I think this place was real, never did I think I would be here. But in all honesty, it was interesting to see everything. It's normally extremely hard to find this kind of stuff in the overworld.

We eventually were lead to a large castle within a lava sea. It was made of dark maroon nether bricks and various other similar looking blocks. There was even some stone bricks in some parts. I just kept fallowing him and I got curious the more I walked. And eventually we came to 2 large doors that opened up into a main hall, where a throne sat up upon a stairway of sorts.

I saw Herobrine walk up and sit in the throne. He seemed to twirl his large and heavy axe around like nothing. "Now I wait. Wait for the right moment; then to strike back on the world above. It takes time for events to set into place, so a little more waiting won't kill me."

"Why do you want to destroy the overworld? If you created it- Er, helped with creating it, it seems stupid to want to destroy it." I asked him. I stood at the bottom of the stairs and he sat up on the throne.  

"You mortals always twist the story. I don't want to destroy the overworld. I want to destroy my brother and sister. They are the reason I am like this. And I can rub ash in the eye if you mortals and the overworld are caught in the crossfire."

"Dumb question, but I'm guessing... If your real, then... Lord Notch and Lady Endris must be real also?"

He chuckled a little, then completely broke down in laughing. "Are you stupid, or are you making a special exception for me? Oh you innocent and idiot child... what do YOU think?" I saw his white smile with sharp canine teeth grin at me.

 I guess I should have figured as much...

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Lore!!

Also in case your wondering how to pronounce Lady Enderis, it's basically saying "Ender" and "Iris" (Like the flower) together.