No More

Prologue Part 4, The end of the beginning.

Ivor walked through the snowy woods, alone. With nothing but his adventuring gear, his armor from his time as a member of the Order of the Stone, covered by a thick wool jacket. On his back, a large backpack containing many supplies, and the treasures of the Order of the Stone.

He didn't steal them. In fact his friends gave them to him... and practically kicked him out of the Order, told the whole world a lie, and never mentioned him being a member of the Order at all.

But that's too much to comprehend, lets rewind and go slow...

He had a good life. He was an alchemist, he would create potions that would do marvelous things! He even created a Potion of Teleportation! All you have to do is think of a place you want to go when you use it, and it will take you there.

And, add the fact that he was self-taught, he is a genius after all, just a bit odd. Now spending all of his time on potions made him seem lonely, but it is quite the opposite, had his friends.

Soren is the eccentric ginger that could build wonders. Gabriel is the dark-skinned warrior who would always defend his friends. Ellegaard is the calm, redstone genius that would help solve problems. Magnus is the... volatile one of the group, but his heart is in the right place.

They would go on adventures, to go collect wonderful treasures and memories. They went to places from the Nether, to underwater temples, to dense jungles, and they even visited parts of the Far Lands.

Everything was perfect, so why couldn't it stay the same? Why did everything have to change? It is because life has no remorse for the individuals it affects, only cares about its survival and continuation.

At least, that's what he thinks, he thinks that life is unfair, even to those who are good. But on the other hand his so-called 'friends', where never friends and he only realized it too late.

It was only when they attempted to fight the Enderdragon, was when his life started to go to hell. It was revealed that Soren had an item called the Command Block, an item that can alter reality itself. He used the powerful item to 'defeat' the Enderdragon to save them.

But then the arguing started... if you call a 4 V.S. 1 verbal disagreement an argument.

In the end, much to his surprise, they were determined to tell the tale of how they 'defeated' the monster... without mentioning Ivor having any part of their adventure, or of him being a member of the Order.

So they told a huge crowd of people the 'extraordinary' story Soren created, even showing the Enderdragon egg as further proof of their adventure. It eventually started to spread to the whole world, and became legends.

But Ivor was there in the crowd, glaring at them as the audience cheered for them while he sarcastically clapped. He wanted to tell the truth, he wanted to shout it out and let the whole world know what they did... but who would believe him? No one.

When years passed by, Ivor became a threat to revealing the truth, especially since he secretly took the End Crystals from the End. So they bribed him with the treasures of the Order to keep his mouth shut, to not tell everyone what they did.

What kinds of friends do that?! To trade the most precious treasures they collected, that held the most blissful memories?! Was their fame more important than friendship? Was their friendship, the memories of the trinkets, was worth so little that they discarded them as bargaining chips? Did any of them value the treasures like he did?

But that was probably his mistake, his weakness. They knew how much those items meant to him, it was the perfect thing to keep his mouth shut. At least Ivor was honorable to keep his end of the deal.