Welcome to my first story! I'm new to this, so don't flame too harshly. Feel free to leave your opinions down below. I will not be accepting suggested OCs! However, I may be at a later date.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Minecraft or any mods in this story! I only own the OCs.
Let me start the story by introducing myself. My name is Cage, Cage Destrin. I am about 6'5", I have long dark blonde hair, and eyes that shift color. Before everything that happened I was what most would call an outcast. I never really fit into a specific clique, though at first glance most people would say I'm a jock. I have an athletic build, despite the fact that I don't play sports that often, but as they say, looks can be deceiving. In reality, I'm much more of a gamer than anything, spending my free time playing online with my friends. Of course, when I'm not playing online, I'm out helping my friend, Gabriel Wright, practice lacrosse. Gabe is much more athletic than me, a slightly bulkier build, cropped black hair, brown eyes, and a hit that could rival a train. Sports weren't his favorite thing, however, as Gabe is a huge fan of explosives, blowing things to smithereens every chance he got. His love for explosives matches his attitude as well, as he's kind and gentle, but the littlest thing can set off his explosive temper. I've known Gabe for a long time, and there have been only 2 instances of his temper going off, both of them being over an apple. Now before you think he's crazy let me explain. Apples are his favorite food, to the point that it's almost all he eats. So if someone takes one from him, it will be similar to taking food away from a hungry dog. Gabe is just one of my many friends in my group. First there's Vincent. Vince is a calm, collected kind of guy. He's generally nice to everyone, but the moment someone steals from him or harms his friends, he will go apeshit. Next there's Robert. Roberts kinda the comic relief of our group, always cracking jokes to lighten the mood and constantly ready to party. Next is Jack. He's a great guy, kind, caring, and easy to trust. Then there's Erica. She's a nice person but she doesn't take shit from anyone who would hurt her friends. Then there's Peter. He's kinda sporadic and jumpy, always on the move. Finally, there's Shade. How to describe him...well, first like most of my friends, he's a good guy, but he's incredibly dark. His sense of humor makes everyone, except me, cringe as his jokes border insanity. Plus, like everyone, he will beat down anyone who hurts or steals from his friends, however, he will damn near torture his target, considering he has a sadistic streak a mile wide. But enough about everyone, back to the real story.
It was a normal late summer day, school had just let out for the week, and my friends and I were discussing tonight's Minecraft party.
"Okay," I said making sure everyone was listening, "we need to decide what mods we want to put in this week's party. As everyone knows, I vote for Ars Magica 2, Thaumcraft, and the Tekkit mod pack." Gabe laughed when I finished, nearly falling out of his chair.
"What's so funny?" I asked confused.
"Dude do you realize how opposite those mods are?", he asked still chuckling a bit, "Why would you want two magic mods and one science one?"
"Well," I started, glaring at him, "the magic mods are to add a new sort depth to the world, while the Tekkit mod pack will give me access to the Quarry block, allowing me to research more often."
"Make sense." Gabe said, shrinking a bit from my glare.
"Ok, so you all know my vote, what do you guys choose?" I asked. Shade was the first to respond.
" I vote the Necromancy Mod and the Dismemberment Mod." he said with a evil grin on his face. Everyone looked at him like he was insane, except for me, as I was chuckling to myself.
" Of course you would, Shade. I'd be worried if you chose anything else." I said, desperately trying to hold back a fit of demented laughter. Vincent spoke up next.
"Why not add in Tinker's Construct and the mod that adds in more ores in the Nether?" he said. Everyone's eyes lit up when he said this.
"Dude that is a great idea!" Gabe said excitedly. "I love Tinker's Construct! As for the mods I choose, I choose Elemental Creepers, More TNT, and the Voltz mod pack, the last one mostly because I know how much Cage loves that mod pack." I looked at him, smiling.
"Thanks man," I said, "I appreciate it, but I know for a fact why you really want that mod pack and I'll be in control of any antimatter we make." I finished, smirking at Gabe's disheartened look, which caused everyone to laugh. I looked towards Jack and Erica, raising my eyebrow, silently asking the question I have already asked so many times.
"I want the Witchery Mod." Erica said in a rather matter-of-fact kind of voice.
"I want any mod that adds more food types. I'm tired of there only being bread and meat." Jack said.
"Fair enough." I said, shrugging. "What about you Peter?"
"I want Flans Gun mod." he said. I looked over to Robert who had a sly grin on his face.
"I want the Mob Talker Mod." he said. This took us all by surprise, considering we figured he'd want to add in the Trolling Mod or something.
"Okay...well then it's decided." I said clapping my hands together, "I'll get to work on putting the mods together and setting up the world you guys get the snacks together and we'll meet at Shade's house, agreed?" I looked at everyone to see them nod. We went our separate ways and went home. Once I got home I sat down at my computer and started working on putting the mods together, deciding to add Minefactory Reloaded, The Twilight Forest, The Aether and a few other mods to the list. I took about 3 hours to find all the mods and put them all into one pack. Putting them all onto a flash drive, I left my house without telling my parents bye considering they generally acted like I didn't exist. It took me maybe 15 minutes to get to Shade's house. I knocked on the door and was greeted with a bear hug from Shade. I laughed as he damn near crushed my ribs.
"Damn dude," I said between gasps of breath, "was that really necessary?" He just shrugged and motioned for me to come inside. I followed gladly putting the bag that held my laptop and mouse on his couch and tossed him the flash drive. He nodded and plugged it into his computer, downloading the massive mod pack. He looked at the list of mods with wide eyes.
"Holy shit!" he exclaimed, not taking his eyes off his computer screen, "I didn't realize that the pack would be this big!" I laughed at his reaction.
"Tell me about it man, you weren't the one who had to put this behemoth of a pack together."
"How long did it take you?"
"Roughly 3 hours, give or take a few minutes."
"Damn dude," Shade shook his head, "I couldn't do that." I laughed a little at his sympathy.
"What's this, does the almighty and unholy Shade actually have emotions!?" I contorted my face in mock fear. "Dear lord, it the end of the world! Run for your lives!" I screamed as I slowly ran for the door.
"Fuck you, man." Shade said between fits of laughter. The mod pack finished downloading onto his computer, after which he handed the flash drive back to me. A few minutes afterward everyone else arrived with a plethora of snacks. Gabe tossed me a huge bag of salt and vinegar chips, for which I promptly thanked him and told him bribing me to let him have the antimatter won't work. He looked at me like I crushed his dreams, causing everyone to burst into laughter. After everyone downloaded the mod pack, we cracked open some sodas and settled in to start our party.
"You guys ready?" I asked with a huge grin on my face. I got a loud cheer in response. "Then let's get started!" I exclaimed, opening our personal server. Once we all logged in we immediately got to work. Robert went with Gabe and Jack to start on collecting wood to build our house. Shade, Vincent, and I got to work on hunting and slaughtering some of the animals around our area to get some food. Erica and Peter went around trying to collect some seeds so we could start a farm. By the time the sun was about to set Gabe, Jack, and Robert had built a large three story home for us, all the furniture included (for I added the Furniture Mod as well). Shade, Vincent, and I got 10 feathers and chicken, 5 steak, 6 leather, 15 porkchops, and enough wool for us all to have a bed. Erica and Peter got 10 Wheat seeds for all their toils, causing us to laugh. We all figured it to be best to sleep the night off to avoid any nasty run-ins with the creatures of the night. We had our avatars move up to our rooms, only to see what seemed like a player in the basic Steve skin. We all looked at each other and looked back to the unknown player. I opened the chat log to see if someone logged in without me noticing and, much to my surprise only our names popped up on the log. So I decided to try to contact the player.
"Hey, who are you." I typed in to chat. The moment I hit enter, the server crashed.
"What the fuck!" Peter exclaimed.
"What the hell is this about!?" I asked furiously. My laptop was not one to crash, as the mod pack was small compared to some of the other programs I ran on it. I attempted to reboot the server but all I got was a purple screen that seemed to swirl like a Nether portal.
"Huh?" I said confused as hell. "Are you guys seeing this?" I looked over to my friends only to see the same look of confusion on their faces. I looked back at my laptop, staring, mystified, at the swirling, purple screen. It seemed to grow in size until it took up my entire field of view. The swirling grew faster and faster, causing me to become light-headed. Shortly afterwards, I blacked out.
-Prologue End-
So, what'd you think? I figured the entrance to Minecraft was a good touch. Who knows what could happen in the next chapter! (though I'm sure you can guess)