Chapter 1
The world of gaming had advanced further than it ever would by 2033. Games were now operated on full submersion systems and could sustain a human while playing for weeks on end as long as the nutrient ports were filled and the waste containment system was emptied before entering the digital realm. One such game had changed even further than full submersion, but no one knew how, why, or that it had even happened. Minecraft was always filled with players, both day and night, friends would build kingdoms, random connects would compete in player versus player, or would play a trust game and work together. There was one server, however, that was rarely entered by players as it was composed of a harsh landscape, was crawling with mobs both harmless and harmful, and there was no peaceful mode available. One year the unthinkable happened, a child was spawned, but it wasn't from a villager and she had no code. This child was an entity unsupported by the original game, and existed without the knowledge of the code, the only identification she had was the name Melanie appearing above her when noticed by players.
Melanie, while not recognized in code, was recognized as a character by all the NCPs, and as such was never harmed and none of the malicious mobs would react to her as they would an actual player. Melanie was in fact raised by the creatures of the night and was loved by all, especially the creepers, who were extremely and uncharacteristically protective of her. Endermen tolerated her, but were always annoyed by her liking to climb them at a young age.
Melanie grew quickly, and found she was able to walk between servers, using this talent, she learned how to roughly read the text that would appear above the heads of the human players. She was always confused as to why they made no sound when talking, but she also had no understanding of how they saw the world known as Minecraft, as she didn't see it in blocks and pixels, but saw it how we see our own world, none of the creatures were blocks stuck together to her, and plants weren't stiff and unmoving.
Human players were always trying to interact with her, but many would give up when they never saw text above her and she never acted like a villager either. Occasionally someone would try to kill her in order to get her to do something, but no one prevailed, especially since she was faster than they were and she would suddenly disappear at the edge of the world. Eventually Melanie learned to observe the humans without being seen, and she would often use the protection of the creatures at night. Sometimes she would find a blank sign mistakenly dropped by a player, she collected them and worked to put messages on them, hoping she'd be able to communicate with the humans soon.
author notes:
this is the first fanfic I've ever put online, but not the first I've written, ill be typing it as i go and will hopefully avoid actual writing, i hope it progresses in a satisfactory way for some, but i don't know how often ill be able to update
Thanks!