Key:
(Y/N)- Your name
Italics- Thoughts
Bold- Me! iUnmotivatedburray
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Your POV

   "Is everyone here?" Aphmau asks, looking around the room. Everyone nods, and she continues. "I see a new person, would you care to introduce yourself?"

"I'm Pikachu Fazbear, and I was searching for my sister. I ended up getting stuck on the island when Lucinda? Is that her name? Well, when she closed the portal," Pikachu explains.

"Okay. Are you part of the Phoenix Alliance?" Pikachu nods at Aphmau's question. "As you all know by now, Aaron is back from the dead. This brings up several questions, the biggest being 'is Zane also back?' At this moment, we have no idea. If any of us, myself included, learns anything, we'll tell each other. It's better to be prepared." She takes a breath. "I heard there was something that happened while I was gone."

"The Nether portal reactivated," Laurance says. "We took shifts to guard it, but..."

"Laurance, being part Shadow Knight, was 'called to the Nether,'" Garroth explains. "We went after him."

"I saw my siblings, who kidnapped us. They took Garroth and split the rest of us into different cells," I say.

"Since I was the only one able to move through the fortress, I looked for Garroth. I found him in my room, bloody and on the brink of death," Laurance adds.

"By some miracle we escaped, and Travis broke the portal," Katelyn concludes.

Aphmau is all business. "Do you know how they activated the portal? How many Shadow Knights are there? Are that planning to overrun the Overworld?"

"Aph, please calm down," I beg.

"I don't know how they activated the portal, or if they want to take over the Overworld. I do know that there are a few hundred Shadow Knights at this time," Laurance explains slowly. Aphmau absorbs this information and nods.

"While you guys were in the Nether, I was in Scaleswind with Nicole. They want to join the Phoenix Alliance. However, they don't have any spare materials for us. In case you were wondering, Nicole, Kiki, and Leona are doing well," Aphmau starts. "On the way back, I stopped in the woods to wait out a storm, and I found Aaron. He came back with me. I don't know how he's alive; he hasn't explained how yet." Aaron stays quiet, not making any move to say anything or explain his impossible existence.

"I don't think we have anything else to discuss," Katelyn says after a minute of silence. Everyone agrees.

"Garroth needs to get back to his bed to rest. Nobody wants him to strain himself or else he'll get hurt," I say.

"(Y/N), I'm fine," Garroth replies.

"No, you're not. You're better than before, but you're not fine."

"Sorry Garroth. I would heal you, but I tried to help someone in Scaleswind and couldn't. I can try though," Aphmau suggests. Garroth and I nod. Aphmau steps close and places a hand on his chest. He winces, and she closes her eyes. Everyone waits expectantly. A minute later Aphmau opens her eyes, but Garroth is still hurt.

"I'm sorry," Aphmau apologizes.

"It's not your fault. At least you tried," I offer. "Laurance, can you help?" Together we lift Garroth from his chair and help him upstairs to his room.

   "Well that was a useful meeting," I say.

   Laurance scoffs. "Yeah right. All we did was tell stories about the Nether and Scaleswind."

   "What do you think about Zane? Do you think he's back?" I ask.

   "Knowing our luck, he is back, but I hope not," Garroth says.

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Hey guys! I'm back with a chapter. So I may or may not have forgotten my idea from two weeks ago, but it's okay. Anyways, I'll see you all next week. Bye!