In the beginning there was nothing but darkness. The Void was everywhere – omnipresent, all consuming. This energy, though infinitely powerful, was incapable of doing anything with its power.
However, where one moment there was nothing, another moment there was something. A thought, of some sorts. This thought grew, until eventually the everlasting nothingness that was the Void was sentient. Out of what was once thought of as loneliness and is now considered to be out of mild curiosity, the Void created the End.
This chunk of land floated in the Void, defying the, gravity that pulled everything else towards the darkness. The Void created creatures to populate this desolate landscape – enderwolves, endermites, and, of course, the Enders. The Void would spend many years simply creating creatures and, things, while destroying others.
The Enders worshipped the Void, giving sacrifices and building churches in its name. And the Void was content.
For several thousands of years, the Void played with its creations, until it decided that it wanted to have some fun. To destroy its worshippers. And then rebuild them. And then destroy them again.
And again.
The first version of the Enders were burned by fire.
The second were swallowed up by darkness.
The third simply disappeared.
The fourth were completely obliterated, torn apart piece by piece by the Void itself.
The fifth, and final version, were going to be blistered and burned by rain.
But, not very long before they were going to be killed, Notch discovered the Void.
Notch, wherever he came from, managed to tap into some of the Void's energy and use this energy to capture the sentient part of the Void in a prison. He then released the Ender's of their metaphysical chains and gave them a new start on life.
Notch then, using energy he stole from the Void, created the Overworld. He created the air, the earth, water, the Sun and the Moon, and created a day-night cycle, the Sun and the Moon rotating the Overworld. Within the Overworld he created pigs, bats, sheep, squid, pigmen, humans, and everything in between. He created Minecraftia first, then built around it, building up the world until he deemed it to be complete. Then, Notch begun work on the Aether.
Above the Overworld, above the clouds, above the sky, floating in a place above everything, Notch created a place where he could house all of his special creations. Valkyries, winged humanoids to guard the Aether. Pigs, with wings, to help them navigate the skies. Aerwhales, moas, zephyrs, and all sorts of other magical beasts populated his Aether.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere, came his brother.
Herobrine.
Samuel stopped reading. He didn't know why, but whenever he picked up his roughly translated copy of The Legends of Minecraftia he always re-read the story of Creation. It just loved it so much. He loved imagining this fictional part of his world, the everlasting darkness that was the Void. Completely fictional, he knew, but he still loved it.
Turning the page, he kept reading.
Imagine this story as a collection of stories from in-universe, The Legends of Minecraftia. Each chapter will be a different story, starting with Creation. They will be somewhat short.
And at the end of each story is a little bit of backstory on various different characters. Not much, but just a little to liven up the story.
~ Dark
