It was daytime in the world of blocks as me and my mentor, Tom, strolled happily through a forest of green hills and rushing rivers.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Tom said quietly over the chirping of birds in the trees. "Breathe that fresh air in, Zek. It's the best you'll ever have."
As you will have probably guessed, I'm Zek, a Minecrafter with a crave for electrical contraptions and the world in general. I guess I had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and I then met Tom.
We had been partners as soon as we caught each other's eyes, Tom being the more intelligent and more experienced Minecrafter than I but lacking in toughness, and I having a large brain full of adventure and clever contraptions. I had no name at that point. After seeing me around and realising my personality, Tom nicknamed me Zek - and the name stuck.
Anyways, it was midday, so we had already become friends within 3 hours. Now, as we searched for a suitable place to build our first shelter together, we heard a strange sound behind us - almost like hissing.
Tom froze. "Don't move," he whispered.
I felt something damp and smooth brush past my shoulder. It walked into my field of vision. And I gasped in shock.
For there was a four-legged, snake-skinned monster in front of me, with black, lidless eyes and a gaping mouth. Suddenly, it turned. It had heard my intake of breath. We had been discovered.
Tom realised something bad would happen if he didn't do something fast. So he bravely stalked up to the creature, and then said in a hamster-like voice, "Hello little fella..."
And he touched the monster with his wooden sword.
The resulting explosion sent us both reeling into the dust, dead from the blast. After we had respawned, I punched Tom for the wonderful surprise I had experienced.
That was my first meeting with a Creeper. And believe me, I never want to meet another one again.