3879 The Journey By: Martin Loyola martinvilla822 ()() A Message From The Author: This book is based on real life events ()() Most in Aegis wouldn't dare go near an Undead nor near their Kingdom or better yet some never even live through the journey. However I went on a Valiant Quest to that terrible place..... ()()() Chapter 1 ()()() I was wandering back to the Holmes HQ after a long day of patrol, and as I arrived to HQ I saw a peculier sight. A group of people all huddled outside HQ all talking about something important. As I went closer I saw two people that I recognized, Bastion a fellow Holmes and Callum a Lost One, but there were four other people there who I did not know . Listening closer to the conversation they were apparently talking about how The Undead have returned to Aegis, the one telling them off this was an Ascended named Tot, he was telling them about a Quest to journey to the Kingdom of The Undead known as Drauchriem which was located in the Nether. The Nether a place that was described as a terrible place made of Lava and Netherrack , And lled with terrible creatures such as Ghasts and Pigmen. I went moved slowly towards them and asked them if I could join in their valiant quest. They all agreed to let me into this Quest. But little did I know of what horrors I would face . ()()() Chapter 2 ()()() As we began to get ready to leave for the journey I went to get to know who I would be travelling with. When I began talking with them I learned of their names Tot The Ascended , Elrond, Briamoth and an Elvish Princess. We gathered some food, weapons and tools. We decided to travel to the town of Winterfell after hearing news of Undead sightings there. We passed thru Alk Hazar as we went farther North we neared an Orc encampment. As we got closer we saw two burning towers in the distance coming from the encampment . When we arrived to the encampment the gate was shut and most of the buildings a blaze in fire. We climbed over the wall and began searching the area for any survivors and who or what caused this. As we split up to search the area I went to the center area of the encampment. While I was searching the area I noticed the shamans tent had some strange red material on its walls as I went closer to the tent to get a better look I saw the ghastly sight. Netherrack was growing along the walls of the tent and SoulSand on the ground. I rushed outside of the tent and called the others to get to the tent. As I waited the foul stench of the Neatherrack began leaving the tent and mixing with the air . When they arrived I showed them what I had found inside the tent. They were all equally shocked as I was to the sight of the Netherrack and SoulSand. We then went to the West side of the camp and saw something we would have never expected We saw a most enlighting and at the same time terrifying sight. It was an closed Nether Portal the one thing we have been looking for to get to the Undead's Kingdom. ()()() Chapter 3 ()()() We were ready to jump thru the Portal but all we needed now was to try and activate it . I pulled out a Flint and Steel that I had brought with me. As I began to slowly use the Flint and Steel to activate it