A/N: Disclaimer. I do not own Minecraft. There, we did it, now let's get on with this!
Chapter 1
Huff…huff…huff..!
Theew…Theew…Twack…Theew…!
Screeeeeeee..!
If you have read everything up to this point and are wondering just what the hell is going on, then great! We're on the same page. Because right at this particular moment, my mind is running at about a million miles an hour, a speed which, consequently, would be overwhelmingly better than my current frantic sprint. And what am I doing with this impressive influx of mental capacity? Well, here's a preview.
ShitshitshitshitshitshitSHIT!
Now, I do apologize. I don't normally curse this often, even in my own head. However, I think I would be excused if you understood my present situation. Also, please disregard the poor and arbitrary way I'm going to be dumping information on you for the time being. I would normally be more calm, detailed, and proper with my handling of information. But considering the fact that I've been transported into the game of Minecraft, it's night, and there's a bloody huge spider jockey chasing me through a mob infested forest AND is firing arrow after arrow in my general direction…yeah, you'll have to forgive my lack of presentation.
"Status!" I yelled, pushing off my back foot and throwing my body to the right, my left shoulder brushing against the bare bark of one of the hundreds of oak trees littering this blasted forest biome.
Sure enough, responding to my command and lining the bottom rim of my glasses, a small display screen popped up. Disregarding the dark green bar that occupied the center and the full two sets of hearts on the left, my eyes darted over to the hovering pixilated drumsticks. After a brief second, the entire row bounced and vibrated, taking away half of the outermost left one. My face fell as my stomach contracted and left me with a cold, hollow feeling, which would've made me slow down if not for the massive amounts of adrenaline pumping through my veins. It wouldn't be long before that third drumstick vibrated again and left me three hunger bars down. Dang it!
Moving my gaze off the status meter, I focused my attention back on my path to find yet another tree directly in front of me. With a yell, I reflexively threw up my hands as I dug my feet into the firm, unforgiving grass block, sliding and smacking right into the hard wood. Pain flared out from my arms and wrist as the status screen from before popped back into my peripheral. I didn't have time to look though as my momentum bounced me off the front side of the tree, my body spinning, feet stumbling about in a desperate attempt to regain balance. Dazed from the impact, I ducked down instinctively and planted my arm down on the uniformly cut grass, pushing off in a desperate attempt to continue to move forward and righten my offset balance.
Ptheew…Squelch!
"AAAGH!" I screamed as I felt the rough stone tip pierce through and tear into soft flesh and muscle tissue, effectively knocking me off my feet, my crooked momentum flipping me to the side as I hit the ground. I felt the shaft snap and the arrow dig further in as I landed on my back, prompting another cry of pain. My eyes watered and the status screen flickered to life again, but I couldn't make anything out through my blurred vision.
Another high pitch screech pierced the skies and my eardrums, snapping me back to reality and kicking my brain back into survival mode as I gritted my teeth and quickly rolled to the side. I heard another arrow shoot off and dig itself into the dirt patch where I'd previously laid which brought new energy to my legs as I scrambled to my feet and took off again. More arrows followed and they were getting more and more accurate, signaling my foe was gaining ground. The surrounding tree cover was my only saving grace as I huffed and bobbed and weaved out and around trunks like some kind of panicked wild animal. Which, at this point, wasn't too far from the truth.
It worked. Arrows smacked and imbedded themselves harmlessly into the oak trees around me, each audible strike prompting another burst in speed from my legs. Soon, those shots started to get more and more spaced out as the tree line thickened and the echoing cries of the spider jockey grew more and more faint. I felt a twinge of hope rise from my chest and I sprinted even faster, pushing my body seemingly beyond what I would've otherwise considered normal limitations, whizzing and zipping by tree after tree, anxious to leave the dangerous monster far behind me.
Then all at once, it ended.
Dread washed over me as I burst through the last thick grove, my feet once again digging into the ground on reaction and causing me to slide right to the edge of a huge cliff. With no time to reflect at just how close I'd come to careening right off it, a quick look down gave me no reprieve to pit of despair forming ever so slowly in my stomach because the top was arched just slightly enough to where the usual step-stone pattern that normally followed mountainous drops like these was a good ten block fall. Or was it more? Damn it, why did it have to be so dark? Regardless, it was probably more than enough to break something. I looked around hurriedly, hoping there was another path to take, but there was nothing. It was back into the woods to get down or over this cliff.
pts…sss…
"Oh, come on…"
A chill ran down the back of my spine and my heart stopped as I whipped back around to see…it. The one creature that had become one of the most famous icons in this game and the one that spelled out death for every new player. Coming out from behind the treeline was a hideous pillar of wrinkled, molded skin, supported by four stubby stumps with large talons that protruded from them and dug into the grass below. It's glowing, malicious red eyes locked on mine and its mouth opened up into a salivating black void with two rows of tiny sharp teeth stretched into an impossibly wide frown that would have been enough to make veteran players run for their lives. Only, I couldn't run.
The creeper let out a menacing hiss before it moved forward, its four little stumps scampering across the ground in a sort of brisk run. I had only seconds to act before it was close enough to detonate and my head darted back to the edge of the cliff. I couldn't remember how far Steve could be allowed to fall and still manage to live and even if I survived the fall, who knows if my legs could withstand that kind of impact. There was no more time to think about it, as I heard the creeper behind me start to hiss again and the sound of a fuse being lit.
"This is a really bad idea!" I shouted in fear and frustration before steeling my mind, running the last few blocks towards the edge and leaping off.
For a moment, I felt weightless. The night breeze ruffled my shirt playfully as I ascended towards the night sky, my head turned back towards my pursuer, hoping beyond hope it wouldn't have the courage or the bloodlust to jump after me. Thankfully, it had stopped. Right at the edge of the cliff, only half inflated, and hissing angrily, but harmlessly from its secluded perch. However, my eyes widened and panic spiked up from the pit of my stomach as I noticed one more thing. The unmistakable glint of an arrow being notched and the light hue of bone poking through the dark recessed tree line in the moonlight. All that I heard in that last fleeting second before I started to descend from my fall, was the twang of an arrow as it found its target. Right into the back of the creeper.
PtsssssSSSSSS…BOOM!
The sudden expansion of chemicals, components, or whatever the hell a creeper hides inside its disgusting green husk, combusted and turned the world around me into a rushing mass of white fire. As the high burst of force and heat propelled straight into my back, it felt what little protection my shirt could offer quickly burn away and the flesh beneath simultaneously ripped apart and seared from the expansion of white death. My breath caught in my throat as my mind desperately raced to relate anything from its predetermined knowledge that would measure up to what had just occurred. For the briefest of moments, I was allowed an iota of peace as a shot of cold numbness spread throughout my limbs. Right until the flash of the status screen flickered at the farthest corner of my vision.
All at once, everything came back into focus and I screamed a blood curling scream I hadn't known I'd even been capable of making. A scream, that was cut abruptly short as my body slammed into the ground below.
Holy cripes…uh, yeah. That's that then. GG.
Uh, heya guys. Heh. I know, it's been a long time. Most of you have probably forgotten about me and/or are just pissed about my sudden discontinuation of this story, then the announced remake, and then the SECOND unofficial/unsaid postponement of that. So, in regards to all that…I don't really think sorry begins to cover an apology. Not really sure what does. Not really going to try and make any excuses about my situation at home or life either since its kinda just that. An excuse, not a justification. I can only say that this is my attempt to revamp and re-motivate myself into getting this thing written and done right this time.
So, for those that feel like chewing me out, let me tell ya what! DO IT IN A REVIEW! xD.
In all seriousness, I know this chapter is a bit short and to be honest, it's literally being posted right now so I can just get it done and started so I can force myself to bring my focus back to remaking this story as I had wanted to for so long. But please, if you have anything at all you want to say, good or bad, please leave me a review. I won't say it's for motivation for me, even though it does help, I only ask that you do so if you want to and if you have any actual criques on my writing, please SHARE! I'm always open to critique and really appreciate anyone who actually takes the time to examine the quality of the story as well as appreciate it.
Thank you all. You'll hear from me again. And sorry about taking the last version of this down, but I think I'd be in violation of the guidelines if I didn't do it unfortunately. So...yeah. This has to outdo the last one.
Until next time.
