He stared down at the mess of bloodied bodies occupying the grounds of the Nether. People on the opposite side, and people he'd once called his friends.

"Ein, the bodies need to be cleaned."

"I know-"

Ein swept himself to the side as his former partner stabbed a knife where he was standing only moments ago.
He turned around to face her, recognition flooding his face.

"Charlotte?! What are you doing??"

"Sorry, Charlotte's not here at the moment!"

A smile snaked onto her face, her eyes lighting up purple. One problem; Charlotte's eyes were green.
Ein immediately knew who it was: the leader of the opposite side that he was on. He had an ability to possess people's minds, and could lead their friends or family into a dreadful trick.

"Sair. Get out of my friend's body, and fight me like the wimp you are!"

Ein shouted, pulling a sword out of seemingly thin air. He was a mage after all, and an experienced one as well.
'Charlotte' just grinned even wider, unsheathing a sword hidden under her cloak.

"No. See, it's much more fun this way as you have to fight your friend, or die to her hands! Isn't that fun?"

Tears sprung to Ein's eyes, yet he refused to cry in front of the person who wanted to kill him using his friend's body.

"LET GO OF HER!"

He yelled, jumping back as a sword was swung so near to his face.

This fight went on for a while, neither one giving up. Sair eventually grew tired of this act, and devised a plan that would kill Ein easier.

"Fine, you win. I'll be coming in person soon."

He said, before fake fluttering Charlotte's eyes til they were fully shut, and dropped to the ground in a fake faint, as if he'd just left her body.
Ein ran over to cradle her (not a ship) as she was his best friend, and his partner.
When he was hugging her tightly, crying slightly, glad she was 'okay', this was when Sair put his plan into action.
Silently grabbing the sword that had clattered to the floor when he pretended to fall, he threw 'her' arms around Ein, who was happy to have her 'awake'. Lining the sword up with his back where his heart was, he said something in the most girlish voice that he could muster, making Ein tense up and freeze.

"Sike."

"You're not Charlotte-!"

"Correct!"

And with that, Sair plunged his sword into Ein's heart.
Letting out a spluttered sob, he collapsed on the ground, joining the other bodies on this bloody battlefield.
Sair let out a sadistic laugh, actually leaving her body for real this time, and going back to his lair, if you could even call it that.

Now something strange happened when Ein was supposed to finally pass on.
Because he was a mage, the magic that he controlled didn't let his soul travel to said afterlife.

Instead, he was stuck in his body, unmoving, and in extreme pain. He just wanted to actually die to get out of his metaphorical chains. The soul sand that he had died on had other ideas though, sucking him down until he was changed. Changed into a skeleton. But not the skeleton he knew and saw most often.
No.
He had become a Wither Skeleton.
After years of lying in restless pain, it all just... stopped. And he had complete control over his body again.
He just looked different. He was still the same though. His personality, his wit, his smarts, his power, all still there. Just not how he looked before.
Pulling himself up from within the soul sand, he realised he was still next to the fortress.
Walking inside, everything was how he had left it as he built it before.
The chests were still filled. The rewards not lost.
He rounded a corner and was met with more Wither Skeletons, to his surprise.
But they welcomed him over happily, excited to have another of their kind here.
The first one seemed happy and bubbly, the second seemed serious, and the third one just looked glad to have another Wither Skeleton.

"Hello! What's your name?? My name's Harlow!"

The first one yelled, hugging Ein in a tight hug. He accepted it gratefully, having not felt anything but pain for many years.

"Um... my name's- uh- Wither..."

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Have another series, just to explain a few things.
Remember to eat/drink, and stay safe.

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