The pic above is sooo cute! :D

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Wither's POV~

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"The green one will restore your memories, but you won't be able to become a skeleton ever again. You'll still have memories of being a wither skeleton as well. The creme colored one will return you back to your original state- so you'll be a skeleton and have your memories back- but you won't remember anything about being a wither skeleton."

Staring at the two bottles, my head starts to spin. What should I choose?

Feeling broken inside, I realized that Skeleton probably never wanted anything to do with me ever again. Grabbing the creme-colored bottle, I whisper, "I'm sorry, Skelly..."

Swallowing the liquid, I close my eyes.

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Opening my eyes, my eye sockets widen in fear. "P-please, let me go...," I whisper. A tall skeleton much like myself enters the room and says, "Don't worry, I'm trying to help you."

"I want to go home!" I shout, tears welling out of my eye sockets. He gently picks me up and carries me to the portal I had entered previously.

It was well past midnight as I set foot on to the forest floor. "T-thank you, but I can go on my own." He nods and says, "Goodbye, Arrow."

Pushing past the prickly brambles, I look around. Where am I? Where is my brother? Where's Marrow?

"Mom?" I shout, tears falling out of my eye sockets. I hear indecipherable speaking nearby, so I decide to investigate.

"H-hello...?" I whisper. My eyes instantly land on the witch- yep, the witch. She was speaking to... Marrow? Since when did he get so tall?

"I know of your friend, Arrow. He's still alive."

"W-what? No, he died..."

My bones start to shake fearfully as I listen to the witch. How could she know where I was? Did she think I was back at her lab?

"I can prove it to you?"

"No, stop!" I shout, attempting to grab a bow out of my inventory, but... I grab a sword instead...?

"Don't follow her! She's going to hurt you!"

"A-Arrow...? But h-how?"

Her eyes widen as she says, "What the fuck?" She charges at me, and I scream. Closing my eyes, I expect pain, but I teleport?

Marrow takes advantage of this and throws a sword at the witch, and it hits her in the guts. Stabbing her many times, Marrow finally kills her. She lays on the ground, motionless. Marrow hugs me and says, "What happened to you?! Why have you been gone for so long?"

"I saw a portal with swirls, so I went inside..."

"A Nether portal?"

Nodding, I tell him the whole story.

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"I'm so sorry, Arrow. How long have you been trapped there?"

"Uhm, for a few days?"

"You've been gone for years..."

"Wait, what?"

"Oh, and how did you teleport...?" Shrugging, I reply, "I was really scared, so I'm not really sure... I think I had an ender pearl. Oh, and where's my brother?"

He chuckles and grabs my hand. He was at least four inches taller than me- I was super short. My face dusts into a blush as he drags me along with him.

We step in front of a large cave, and he says, "He's in there."

Wasting no time, I drag the both of us inside.

Only to find that there was no one there.

"Uhm, Marrow? Where is everybody?"

"Huh, they were there a few days ago. Shit, I gotta check if Wither's okay, come with me."

"Who's Wither?" I ask, following him. He blushes and says, "My boyfriend."

My heart shatters into a million pieces. He has a boyfriend? How could he have gotten a boyfriend in two days? Frowning, I was jealous. Who is Wither, anyway?

Walking through the seemingly-endless forest, Marrow finally comes to a stop. "We're lost...," he mumbles, holding my hand a bit tighter. "I'm going to text Zombie, maybe Herobrine will teleport to us."

"Who?"

"Herobrine is my teacher, and Zombie is my best friend."

I'm not his best friend anymore either? He promised we'd be best friends forever! I felt hurt and broken at the same time, but I didn't show it. Marrow seemed to be happy, and that's all I could ever ask for.

A faint poof was heard behind us, and we both turn around. A steve-like player with white eyes and no pupils appeared, and I screamed.

Marrow chuckles and pats my head. "Don't worry, that's Herobrine. He won't hurt you, I promise."

"Who's this?" Herobrine asks. Whimpering, I move behind Marrow as he says, "This is my friend, Arrow. He's been missing for years."

Years? It's only been a few days, right? Maybe time in the Nether is different?

Something about Herobrine seemed super familiar, yet...

I don't know what.

Herobrine reaches his hand out, and I cautiously take it. Almost instantly, I'm in a warm house.

"Hi, Skelly!" A tall zombie greets. He looks at me and says, "Who's this?"

"That's Arrow. He's been missing for years, and I just found him."

"Wow! Hello, Arrow!" Zombie greets, extending his arm. Slowly, I reach out and take it, before quickly pulling my arm back. I wasn't trying to be rude or anything- I was just traumatized with what happened previously. Marrow notices my burns and asks, "Wait, what happened?! Your bones are charcoaled!"

"O-oh, uhm, t-the witch did it. That's why I didn't want you to go with her," I mumble. Marrow and Zombie exchange glances. 

"What did she do?" Marrow asks softly.

"U-uh..." Recalling the horrid memory, my bones shake in fear. Zombie pats my head and says, "Hey, you don't have to tell us! It's okay!" Marrow nods and says, "Yeah, don't tell us if you're uncomfortable with it."

"Okay..."

"Hey, where's Wither?" Herobrine asks. Marrow sighs and says, "He pushed me through a portal after he met up with that skeleton again. I don't know where the hell he is."

The skeleton? Is he talking about the one that helped me?

"I can teleport to him," Herobrine offers. Marrow reaches out to grab his hand but stops when he notices my grip getting tighter. "Arrow, stay here with Zombie."

"B-but he might hurt me!"

"No, he won't. I promise."

I don't know if I should trust him. He did break a few promises...

...But, the pleading look on his face made me nod. "O-okay..." Letting go of his hand, he pats my skull gently before disappearing with Herobrine.

Zombie slowly approaches me and says, "I promise I won't hurt you, Arrow."

Taking my chances, I walk closer to him. He hugs me gently and I slowly hug him back. Another figure enters the room and a screech, hiding. "Arrow, don't worry, that's my friend Pigman."

My eyes widen when Pigman enters my view. "Who's that, did Skeleton get smaller or something?"

There were a lot of Pigman in the Nether. How is he in the overworld!?

Zombie chortles and says, "No, that's Arrow. It's Skelly's friend."

"Ohh, he's pretty small, how old is he?"

"I dunno, ask him."

"O-oh, I'm the same age as Marrow," I reply, "I'm just small."

They exchange glance and say, "Marrow? That's Skeleton's name?"

"Y-yeah, it's his codename," I reply. My bones continue to rattle fearfully as I bit my 'lip'. "Dude, chill. We won't hurt you," Pigman says. 

"P-promise?"

"Yeah, we promise," Zombie says with a small smile. I return a smile a walk up to both of them. Pigman pats my head and says, "You're pretty small for a skeleton."

"W-what?! No, I'm not!"

"Pigman, don't be mean," Zombie says, holding in a laugh. "But it's true!" Pigman counters. Huffing, I mumble, "Noooo..."

Pigman rolls his eyes and says, "Just wait until you meet Wither, he's twice your size." My eyes widen. "Really? He's a skeleton too?"

"Yeah, except he's a wither skeleton."

"What's a wither skeleton?"

The two exchange glances before Zombie replies, "Basically, a skeleton with black bones instead of white ones."

"W-wait, what? Do you mean..."

Realization hits me.

The skeleton that had helped me was the wither skeleton. Didn't he try to change me into one...? What happened after that?

Noticing my hunger bar was below a quarter full, I was near starvation. Wishing I had a cake, I sigh softly...

...And a cake appears in my inventory.

"Huh...?"

Shrugging, I don't think much of it as I swallow it whole. Sighing contently, I rest my eyes for a bit.

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Waking up to the sound of teleporting, I hear faint sobs. Realizing I'm the only one in the room, I decide to investigate.

Marrow sat on a nearby chair, with his head down. Tears pooled from his cheeks to the floor, and my heart breaks at the sight. "M-marrow? W-What's wrong...?" I whisper, hugging him gently. He gently hugs me back and whispers, "When we teleported to the Nether, Wither was nowhere to been seen. Herobrine and I searched for hours."

"I'm s-sorry, Marrow. I wish I could've helped..."

"Don't b-be sorry, Arrow. You did nothing wrong."

Banging on the door was heard, and something crashed.

"Guys, we need a little help!" Zombie shouts, before screaming in pain.

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