Hello everyone! I figured that since my other Minecraft story did so well, I should write another Minecraft story. Enjoy!

P.S. I forgot to tell you my other story's name. Its Depressed Creepers and Peaceful Ghasts.

Steve was absolutely furious. He had just finished his Me Statue composed entirely from iron, gold, diamond, and even emerald blocks! It had consumed nearly a month to build it, carving through mountains, lakes, villages, and waves of monsters. And he had used TNT for the carving out, too! Steve was just about to label it with a sign when those charged creepers had to show up! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS...

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOM!

Steve had died from the explosion. Unfortunatly, so had his log cabin retreat, which contained his home bed. When he respawned, Steve was blocks and blocks away from his buildings and monuments to himself.

As Steve looked around, he noticed something that stood out from the rest of the pixelated world. There was a 3x3 square of iron blocks with an activated beacon on top. Steve sprinted to the structure. When he was within about five blocks of the beacon, Steve got a client message.

"To discover an explanation that matters only to you, dig deeper till you find the book of Truth"

Steve was bewildered. An explanation? The book of truth? Had a hacker messed things up? Steve went to the chat. Weird, the message wasn't in the chat history. And he was Singleplayer. Steve typed in " What? Dig where?"

" Under the piller of Light"

Of course! Under the beacon! Here goes nothing, Steve thought as he dug with his bare hands underneath the beacon. However, he was a bit distracted from what had happened to him. Steve forgot the Golden Rule: never dig straight down.

It seemed that the further he went, things became clearer to Steve. He assumed that the explanation was a reason for why his Me Statue was destroyed, and the reason would be written in some sort of book. Although there shouldn't have been any messages, pre-built beacons, or written books in the code. Not the kind in Steve's past occurences. But that didn't matter to Steve. He was hoping that at the end of the book, there would be a way to bring his statue and log cabin back into the game.

The trouble with digging straight down is that you never know what will be under your feet. There are many dangerous things commonly found by digging this way. Dungeons and lava pits were what Steve was most afraid of coming into contact with. Dungeons had mob spawners. Steve disliked all mobs but players. Lava will kill you if you stand in it too long. Steve often walked around outside with precious blocks without any armor or protecting potions. If he went swimming in lava, he would lose whatever he was carrying.

But Steve forgot the proper ways to mine. So he found himself plummeting into a lava lake that happened to be inside a dungeon. Ouch. Steve tried to jump out, but he could hardly move. And then he realized he was in a room who's purpose is to spawn hostile mobs. Yikes! Just as he was about to lose all of his health, Steve saw something that saved him, though this was something he didn't realize.

Steve saw a shadowy shape. He recognized it but didn't believe it. The shape had all white eyes. Steve had never been so frightened.

"HEROBRINE!"

The sight scared Steve so much that he managed to hurl himself out of the lava and sprint away. Then the eyes vanished. Finally, Steve wasn't in danger and could observe where he was. The room he was in was unmistakably a dungeon, yet it had no mob spawners, or mobs at all. There was a single block of glowstone to illuminate the mysterious chamber. And squarely under the glowstone was what Steve had nearly died for.

There, on top of a wood plank was a book. Steve right clicked it. It was titled The Book of Truth. Steve opened it. It's first chapter was called " Slimes".

Uh oh, Steve forgot the most important rule! But, it is a small price to pay to learn why the monsters are how there are. I know that so far this story is absolutely horrible. But it will get better. I hope!