Hey guys, here's the first chapter of the story. This isn't my first time writing, but just a heads up my punctuation (if not just my grammar entirely) may be kinda shit. Also just a bit of a warning, there will be strong language and some graphic content.

Chapter One

Open Your Eyes

"Cy… where are you?" I hear a voice call to me in the distance. I look around, but my vision is swallowed by a black void. I try to breath, yet it's as if there is no air around me. I begin to fall into the infinite space beneath me as I hear the voice once more, "Open your eyes Cy… Open your ey…"

My eyes shoot open and begin to focus on a familiar ceiling. I sit up in my bed and look towards the light leaking through the blinds on the far side of my room. It's looks to be early in the morning as the light is coming from a streetlamp on the corner rather than the sun; my alarm clock confirms this as the red LEDs flash '4:43 AM'. I swivel my body to left and curse under my breath as my feet touch the cold wooden flooring of my bedroom. "What the fuck is that dream?" I thought to myself, as it was not the first time I've had that particular one. I clear my thoughts and get out of bed, flicking the switch to my desk lamp on as I stand up. I rummage through my dresser drawers and find some more casual clothes. After switching out my pajama bottoms for some black jeans, I find and put on a plain white t-shirt. I then walk over to my mirror and give myself a quick glance over; Medium-ish length dark brown hair, green eyes, on the skinnier side in terms of build, and about 5'11. "Hey, not too bad Cy," I say to myself jokingly, "Outfit probably won't hold up to well in this weather though." I push one of the blinds down with my finger and notice about four feet of snow dropped last night, so I grab a light blue hoodie just in case. "Shit, guess I'm staying inside today…" I say a bit disappointed.

Stumbling drowsily into the hall, I walk toward the stairs and head down into the kitchen. I grab a glass from the cupboard and fill it with some ice and water. Just then, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up as I feel a presence behind me. "What are you doing up this early," says a voice with just the right tone to slightly piss me off, "Shouldn't you be asleep, Cy?" I shoot back, "I should be asking you the same, besides it's winter break and even if it wasn't I fuckin' graduated last year." I turn around to face my younger sister, "So, why are you up Tess?" She looks a bit off guard but replies, "Well... you woke me up! Also, you know mom doesn't like you swearing…" I shrug "Well, mom isn't up yet." Tess wanders over to the couch across the room and plops down on it while grumbling to herself. "Alright, I'm going to be heading back to my room, you do you I guess." As I head up the stairs, I hear her behind me, "Wait… can you make me some eggs?" I sigh and turn, "Really, breakfast before the sun has even come up? If you want them that badly you can make them your damn self!" She whines as I take another step up, "You are the only one that can make them the way I like though! Come on pleeeeease?" I give in to her demand, "Fine if I show you how to make them, you leave me alone, deal?" She smiles back, "Deal!"

After a somewhat nice family bonding moment, I am sitting in silence at the kitchen table staring at the cheese omelet I've made for myself. Tess suddenly pipes up from her side of the table, "So, do you want to do anything while we're stuck in the house?" I look up, "Not particularly, why? Did you have something in mind?" She looks down at the floor shyly, "Well you haven't played Minecraft with me in awhile…" I am audibly annoyed, "This again, Jesus I honestly can't understand your obsession with that dumb game!" She starts getting defensive, "Well… I just thought we used to play it a lot when we were younger a-" I cut in, "Yeah when I was like twelve and you were eleven…" "AND, I thought maybe if we play it again we can have fun together instead of arguing all the time! But if you want to be an asshole about it I guess not…" She shoots up from her seat, as I seem to have upset her quite a bit. "Hey I'm sorry, I-" I try to apologize, but she continues up the stairs, ignoring me. "Shit, don't be like that Tess…" but my words aren't heard by anyone as she's already gone…

I knock on Tess's door hoping for an answer. "Hey Tess I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be an asshole, can you come out?" After a minute the door squeaks open slightly, Tess is peaking around the corner and it's obvious she was crying. Seeing her tear-stained face made my heart sink even more than it had, I hate making her cry. "I really am sorry about that back there, I'll play the game if it'll make it up to y-" I'm cut off by Tess throwing her arms around me, "Well if it means that much to you, just let me finish my breakfast…"

It's now about noon, and we've gotten pretty far into the game. We've so far built a pretty decent house, as well as an alright strip mine in a ravine we spawned near. I've actually enjoyed myself rather thoroughly, setting me up for many 'I told you so's' and 'I knew would's' from Tess. Overall, it's been a pretty wholesome experience and I'm glad Tess changed my mind. As I'm getting lost in my thoughts Tess butts in, "Hey bro, have you seen this thing yet?" I snap out of it, "Hm? No, I haven't seen whatever 'thing' you are referring to." She continues, "Well, come down to the strip mine and take your first right, and then go right again." "Alright, I'm coming," I sigh, "It better be good." As I turn the corner, I immediately notice something's up. "The hell is that thing?!" I say referring to the pillar of purple light coming out of the center of the room. Tess sporadically moves her character around the thing, studying it from every angle, "I don't know, but it looks cool!" I speak up, "Well it's kinda creeping me out, can you take a step back?" Just as I say that, a purple tendril shoots out at her, and I hear a shriek from our voice chat as well as down the hall. As I stand up and run to check on her, I feel something wrap around my waist and pull me back toward my desk. I black out…

Oh, the dreaded cliff hanger, how I loathe it so! But seriously, if you enjoyed feel free to review as you see fit. If you have any feedback it is appreciated. I still consider negative feedback as feedback, so don't feel afraid to rip me a new one (but don't be too mean, you'll hurt my little feelings :'[ ). Also, the title is a bit of a work in progress so it might change it might not. That's all, so I'll see ya next chapter (whenever that'll be).