Prologue – A Brief Explanation of My Life In 'the R Project'
"Ladies and gentlemen," Notch began. "I am pleased to announce that we will be launching the R Project tonight!"
The R Project – a seemingly harmless add-on designed to give players a better, more realistic experience in Minecraft. That was far from the truth. As soon as Notch had launched the R Project at MineCon 2014, it trapped everyone there inside the game. Permanently.
Well, we're not quite sure if it's permanent, but no-one wants to try out their theories. Anyone who did try normally ended up dead, which just goes to show that you can't really be cocky in here. It also shows that you can't kill an ender dragon without a good set of armour.
The famous Minecraft players like SkyDoesMinecraft, BajanCanadian, JeromeASF, Deadlox and SetoSorcerer (just to name a few) began "Armies", groups of survivors who had learnt to survve and trained to fight whenever necessary. They were basically giant clumps of fans that just chose their favourite YouTuber and prayed that they would keep them alive.
I, on the other hand, never joined an army – I just wandered through the biomes with Notch (who had somehow spawned right next to me and just stayed with me) and survived without the need for armies and villages. It was quite peaceful, to be perfectly honest.
But then Notch vanished during 3 AL (I think Al stands for After Launch, which probably refers to when the R Project was launched back in 2014). He was taken, right in front of my eyes, by the most ruthless and dangerous mob in Minecraft.
Herobrine.
I know, most of you are probably saying "But Notch said that Herobrine wasn't real". My answer to that would be "Well, they said District 13 didn't exist in The Hunger Games. Look how that turned out". My point is, Herobrine somehow survived being wiped from the Minecraft coding in the 1.7.2 update and has managed to stay under the radar ever since.
Shortly before Notch was taken, he left me a note. It read:
AJ, I don't have much time. You need to run. Stay hidden, otherwise he'll find you. Don't let him find you. He'll kill you if he manages to take you. Remember – trust no-one and keep running. I wish you the very best.
-Notch
At the time, I didn't understand who 'he' was and why they had caused Notch to become paranoid. But then I saw Herobrine take him, and it all clicked. Ever since then, I've been running from mobs, curious survivors and Herobrine himself. The only times I've ever stepped foot in a village or army base are the times where I've had to fix my weapons, but even then I don't talk to anyone. I just go, do what I need to do and leave before anyone can notice me.
That's how people gave me a new name, a name that I then took and used. Phantom. A lot of people know me by that name, but none of them actually know the real me. I honestly don't mind, but they should really stop the crazy rumours.
"Oh, I heard that Phantom girl took down a Wither with her bare hands!"
Okay, I killed a Wither – I even use it's skull as a mask to prevent Herobrine from discovering me (after all, he might have spotted me when he took Notch) – but I had a load of armour and a diamond sword. No-one should even try having a fist-fight with a Wither unless they want to die.
But anyway, that's been my life for the 5 years I have been trapped here, so I'll introduce myself properly now.
I'm AJ, but most people know me as Phantom. I'm the girl who runs from Herobrine.
Author's Note - Well there you guys have it - the first part of my new story! I hope you enjoyed this little chapter, I'll put another up as soon as I can!