Stella's POV

Where in the world is she?

I looked everywhere, asked every Ender citizen who would answer me, and nobody knew where Ceris had gone.

Come on... where are you?

"Have you seen Ceris?" I asked an Ender man. 

"She seemed to be going that way," he said, pointing east.

"Thanks!" I said, running off.

"Ceris!" I continued to call out. "Your majesty? Devon and Kirtanta are waiting!"

No reply, so I kept on searching.

"Where are you!" I yelled, gasping for breath now.

I stopped at the building, and shrugged. 

Guess it's worth checking. I thought.

I went in, and began to look through each room.

Nothing, nothing, nothing, dead spider... Herobrine's head, okay that's weird. Nothing, nothing, and still nothing.

Eventually, I had explored the building top to bottom, except for one room.

Clearly, nobody was allowed in. The iron door basically said so.

Whatever, though. 

I melted the door and walked in.

Doesn't look like anybody's been in here for a while.

"Ceris?" I called out, as my eyes adjusted to the darkness.

When they finally did, I realized that nothing was in the room, except for one thing.

Or someone.

"C-Ceris?" I whispered, running.

When I reached her, I looked down, horrified of what I saw.

Why? How could this happen?

I fell onto my knees and burst into tears.