First I opened my eyes, then I felt such a strange breeze
I had traveled to a world made of blocks totally unbeknownst to me
When you play mine, mine, Minecraft
In the land of Minecraftia, there were two ways in which a person entered the world. They were either born, the more common path, or spawned, Notch only knew how. Once or twice a week, a new player, or noob, would spawn in a random location in the world (if they were lucky, near a city). The noob could be only a child, or an adult, but most often it turned out to be a teenager. He or she spawned with a map and a survival guide. Anyone who saw a noob tried to help them in any way possible, but a spawn was not uncommon, they happened two or three times a week.
That's why it came as no surprise to anyone when a noob spawned on the outskirts of Butter City. Not that there was anyone to see it, of course. If someone had seen, they might have noted the peculiarity of this spawn. They might have noticed the swirling purple portal open and the noob fall out, unconscious, to the ground. They might have worried when she didn't wake up for 3 hours. But there was no one there. So , after a while, she woke up.
Now every Minecrafter has a different way of opening their inventory. Some simply snap their fingers, while others carry a bag with them at all times. This teen was weating a yellow hoodie with strange markings on it, as well as jeans and sneakers. She casually put her hands in the large pockets of the hoodie, and to her surprise, her inventory interface opened up in front of her. Somehow she had still received a survival guide and map. She glanced at the map, not really understanding what she was looking at. Then she read the book, and following the directions, took a look at her surroundings. She was standing at the edge of a small forest. To either side there were more trees, but in front oh her rose a massive city, surrounded by a golden wall. People in golden armor and clothes streamed in and out of a massive gate, some carrying food and weapons. Guards stood on top of the wall, bows and arrows in each of their hands. Inside the wall, there were houses and towers of all sorts, but most were made of gold.
The noob saw all this, but instead of going straight to the city, as most noobs do, she hung back for a moment, continuing to look around. A few blocks away there was a small pool, and as she went closer, she saw her reflection for the first time.
She had light blond hair which just reached her shoulders. A small bit fell over one eye. Her eyes themselves were hazel. As she raised a hand to her face, she noticed something peculiar on her right wrist. What seemed to be a charm bracelet dangled there, but there was only one charm on it. It was a golden scythe with tiny markings on it. The craftsmanship was amazing, but not standard in Minecraftia. She rubbed the charm, and it seemed to glow slightly.
She shrugged, but before she turned away from the pool, she noticed one more thing. When a noob spawned, they never knew what to call themselves, so Notch gave them a gift. For the first while after they spawned, their name would hover over their head, noticeable only to themselves. That way, if they were lucky, they would see it and realize it was their name. The girl had just seen this, and though it was already fading away, she could just make out the word "Kazo" in golden letters.
Meanwhile, in Butter City...
Inside a secret room, the leader of Butter City was trying in vain to control what was supposed to be an important meeting. If anyone had looked at the room though, they wouldn't have been able to tell that these were the most important people in the city. That's right; here was the famous Team Crafted. However, no one in the room was paying any attention to Sky, who was quickly getting frustrated.\
"OHMYNOTCHSHUTUPANDLISTENTHISISFLIPPINGIMPORTANTANDSTOPTEXTINGOVERTHEREBILLYICANSEEYOUFLIRTINGWITHMISSMAYOR!"
"Sky, we've been sitting here for five minutes..." Seto said slowly.
"Yeah... and who's Billy?" Deadlox asked.
"Uh... never mind. I now call this emergency Team Crafted meeting to order!" Sky sat down and pounded a butter ingot on the table like a judge's gavel.
"What is it this time?" Mitch asked sullenly. "I was playing Hunger Games, this better be important."
"Yeah, this isn't another false alarm, is it?" Ryan had good reason to be concerned. Just last week, Sky had made him search the entire city for some squid who had 'stolen his butter'.
"No no, this is urgent, and what do you mean, another? That squid was real!"
"Just get on with it Sky, please?" Jason knew how worked up Sky became when butter was involved.
"Right, so anyway, about 10 minutes ago I received a Skype message from a rogue band of squids. I told them to call back in 10 minutes, so they should-" a buzzing noise came from a screen behind him. "There they are." Sky hit a button on a laptop in front of him, and a group of squids popped up on the screen.
The leader tapped the mic in front of him with a tentacle. "Is this thing on?" A general murmur of assent came from the meeting room. "Oh good. Now, FOOLISH SKYDOESMINECRAFT, MY ARMY OF SQUIDS IS COMING TO ATTACK YOUR CITY AS WE SPEAK! YOU ARE POWERLESS TO-"
"STOP SHOUTING!" Sky screamed.
"NO, YOU STOP!"
"NO YOU!"
"NO YOU!"
"HEY!" Everyone turned in surprise to Deadlox. "Can we please just get on with the threat?"
The squid looked confusedly at him for a moment, then cleared its throat. "Yes, right. Anywho, we're on our way to destroy the city. Unless you wish to surrender now?"
"NO WAY!" Sky was shouting again. Quentin groaned and dropped his head on the table. This could go on for a while. Luckily, Seto took the liberty of ending the Skype call before the squids could retort.
"Seriously, I was called from deathmatch for that?" Mitch scoffed.
"I dunno, it looked pretty real to me..." Ssundee said slowly.
'Pretty real? OF COURSE IT WAS REAL!" Sky looked like he was about to hyperventilate. "THERE'S ONLY ONE THING TO DO!"
"Oh no-"
"THIS IS OFFICIALLY..." Sky was slowly edging tiward a large red button on the wall.
"Sky wait-"
"AN..."
"Don't say it-"
"EMERGENCY!" With that, Sky slammed his fist against the button, incurring the wrath of flashing red lights and wailing sirens all over the city.
Sky ran up the stairs to the rest of the castle, screaming, "ASSEMBLE THE RECRUITS! GATHER WEAPONS! SAVE THE BUTTER!"
There was silence in the meeting room, save the sirens, of course. The rest of the team looked at each other for a few moments, then got up and went upstairs to organize their own recruits. All in all, a normal afternoon in Minecraftia...