Fawn POV

I looked around, gathering stares of blazes and wither skeletons, looking at me puzzled, confused, a variety of stares. The fight had damaged a lot of goods, and I hurried away, listening to a pair of skeletons blame a ghast for starting the fight.

"Nonononono, how could I be so dumb." I muttered to myself. "And who knows, what happens if one of my friends dies!"

"Shhhh." Angel said, hugging me with his wing. "It'll be fine."

"No, it won't!" I yelled, pushing the white feathers away from me. After a second, something dawned upon me. "Angel, how are you speaking."

"Oh, well, my voice was hoarse." he chuckled. "Also, I was just keeping it from you. I can also speak in German, Australian, British, Chinese, and a whole bunch of other languages."

"Wait, so you've been lying!" I murmured. "Then how come you didn't say anything before!"

Angel thoughtfully rubbed his chin with a blue claw. "Well, I think I said that already."

"You know what," I said. "Let's just go get Sparrow and the rest of the group."

Time Skip

"Hey, I think I see them!" I said, squinting at a group of figures. I saw a wither skeleton and nodded. "That's them alright. Take us down!"

"Yes ma'am!" Angel said, and smirked. He tucked in his wings, and dove toward the red ground. "Arms ready!"

"Jeez Angel, this isn't a military campaign." I muttered. 

We dove toward the ground and stopped a few feet from the ground. Leo again screamed and ran toward the nearest shack while Kai, Cara, Daisy, and Sparrow all watched the two of us descend. 

"Well, welcome back Fawn!" Leo said, his voice quavering. "And you too.........Angel."

"Please, stop with all the trembling Leo!" Angel said, turning to Daisy and Kai. "Am I really that menacing?"

"Eh, not really." Kai said.

"Well, maybe the every so slightest." Daisy said. "But nothing else."

"See!" Angel pointed out, gesturing to himself. "I'm no menace."

"Okay guys, look." Sparrow said, shouldering himself to the front. "Has anybody noticed the fact that the dragon speaks?!?!"

"Oh." I said. "You could just play along."

"So, you knew?" challenged Sparrow.

"If you mean the dragon talked in my head and not aloud, then yes." I answered. "If you meant if I actually heard him speak aloud in a manner which everyone can hear, then no."

"Liar." Sparrow growled.

"I am truthful." I protested back. "DO we need to spill blood on this?"

"Okay guys, chill." Leo said, pushing between us. "Doesn't anyone remember what we're supposed to do after this."

"Oh, yes I do!" Daisy exclaimed. "We're going to see the Wither King."

"Exactly!" Leo proclaimed. "Now, before we go, are there any questions?"

I raised my hand a bit unevenly. "Well, it's more like a friend's death threat."

Sparrow raised his eyebrows until they reached his forehead. "And what is that?"

"Well, there's this girl, Vortex, and she's the one who kinda assigned me this quest and all," I explained. "And so there was the companion thing, associate thing, that I could only have two people to help me on this quest. So, I mean, now I have to choose two of you to stay, and two of you to leave."

"Well, I mean, I can leave." Kai said quietly. "I mean, I could bring Daisy home with me and take care of her until you return."

"Yay, yay, yay!" Daisy squealed. "Please, pwease Fwan?"

I looked at the group of four and sighed. I really didn't want anyone to leave, but I really didn't want anyone to get hurt as well. If Kai said she wanted to go home along with Daisy, it might be the best thing to do, considering there could be worse.

"I suppose." I mumbled. "But make sure to stay safe."

"We will!" Kai replied. "Let's just get back to the Nether, and we'll be on our way!"

"Well, since that's sorted out, its time we returned." Leo said, pulling out a flat, circle disk. "Now, everyone, put your hand on the disk, and everyone shout with your maximum power, 'Back to the Nether, we'll be!"

"Back to the Nether, we'll be!" we all proclaimed loudly, and with that, the world disappeared into darkness!

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Chapter 17! Thank you everyone for supporting me! It means a lot!

-TheCreeperQueen