The Thief of Everything
Chapter 1
July 23, 2013
I tampered with the loose scraps in Ben's inventor room, trying to see if I could create something myself, even if it was tiny and simple. The circuit I made had a few redstone circuits connected to an iron door. It wasn't that hard, all I had to do was place some redstone wires on the ground and connect them to the door, making sure there was a path from the lever to the door.
But I got bored of that really soon. "What if I put a block of TNT at the end of the circuit instead of the iron door?" I said to myself.
I mined the iron door with my stone pickaxe and placed a block of TNT at the end of the circuit.
That wasn't a very good idea.
The TNT turned white and started to sizzle. I had a bad feeling about it, so I made sure to step back a few feet. The TNT grew bigger and bigger until...
BOOM!
I'm glad I stepped back, because the explosion made a crater in Ben's cobblestone floor, and the redstone circuit was destroyed in the process. It was fun, but I knew I was going to have to clean up so Ben didn't get mad at me.
Too late.
I heard angry footsteps coming from downstairs, and I knew I was in huge trouble.
"Hide!" I yelled to myself.
I was literally running around the room like I was being chased by a monster. There weren't many places to hide in here, but Ben's footsteps were getting louder and louder, and I had no choice. I hid in Ben's collection of suits. They had a tank on the back of them that said "O2" with a tube connected to the suit, and it had a glass barrier around it. The helmet was also made of glass. It looked like a suit an astronaut would wear when he was going to outer space.
My thought was interrupted by an angry swing of the iron door at the entrance of the room. Ben was standing there with a very angry expression on his face. He wore a blue shirt and purple pants. His hair drooped over his left eye, and his eyes were the color of an olive. He wore black shoes and he wore a red watch on his left arm.
"Eric!" Ben called angrily.
I had to force myself to keep breathing, trying to stay as still as possible. I was hoping he would just leave so I could sneak out of here and make him think there was an animal or monster in here, but unfortunately he wasn't that stupid. He knew I was in here.
"Eric, I know you're in here!" Ben called even louder. That proved my point. He was wandering around the room, looking in every nook and cranny for any sight of me.
My heart was pounding so fast it could fly right out of my chest. I heard Ben's footsteps get louder and closer.
I closed my eyes tighter and tighter as Ben got closer and closer, until he went in his suit collection. And that's where I was hiding.
Darn it.
Ben pulled me by the ear out of his suit collection.
"Ow! Ow! That's my ear!" I yelled at him. But he didn't listen and he continued to drag me out of his suit collection.
Once I was out of the collection, Ben dropped me onto the floor. "Alright, what were you doing in here!?" Ben yelled at me.
"I...I..." I stammered. "I was experimenting with redstone."
"And you made a crater in my floor! How does experimenting with redstone cause an explosion?" Ben continued to yell at me.
"I sort of put a block of TNT at the end of the circuit." I said, my voice barely audible.
"How could you be so stupid?" Ben yelled.
"I just wanted to try something new." I whimpered. Ben didn't look impressed. He looked like he was annoyed and disgusted with me right now.
"If you sneak into my invention room again, you are gonna pay for it!" Ben screamed. He stormed off and exited the room.
I knew I was in trouble. When it comes to making Ben mad, he has the memory of an elephant. I slowly wandered out of the room, making sure not to break anything on the way out.