AN: I hope you guys like this story, it's my first but not my last. I hope I can please you with my rusty writing skills. May Notch be with you!
~Notor
Chapter 1: Just a Nobody
I whistle for Octavian, hoping he hasn't fallen into a puddle of lava or something. That would be tragic. But to my relief, Octavian comes crawling to me, mandibles twisted into a spider grin. Octavian is my pet spider. I met him when I fled to this ravine for shelter. At first I thought he was just one of those morning-friendly spiders until he came to my door at night and didn't attack me. Ever since then we had a strong bond that couldn't even be broken with an enchanted pickaxe. Speaking of pickaxes, I examined the state of my iron one I was using right now. Half way broken and blunt at the sides. I toss it aside and start walking back home with Octavian on my back like a backpack. As I started to hear the moans and rasps of zombies, I started to quicken my pace towards a stone brick structure that was built at the end of the giant ravine. I open the iron door with a pull of the lever next to it, rushing in as I do so. Then, I close it. I look through my window and see a horde of zombies trying to cross the crude bridge I made with spare wood, half of them falling to the depths below.
I think it's time to tell you a little about myself. I wear (or my skin as you Humans call it) a red and black plaid jacket over an enderman t-shirt. My hair is chocolate brown and I wear jeans. And just to put it out there, my favorite food are cookies:). Octavian is your average old spider with a black body and red eyes. Same old same old. You're also probably wondering why I live in a ravine and not on the beautiful Overworld. Well, it happened after the Change.
I used to be a blacksmith apprentice. My mentor, Ogden, told me all I needed to know from crafting an iron sword to smelting raw ores. Zachariah, our town Priest wasn't going outside much lately, always cooped up in his studies. One day, Ogden told me to bring Zachariah some mushroom soup to cheer him up. After all, Ogden and Zachariah were best friends when they were little. So as I'm walking to Zachariah's Priest tower, I seem to notice that the sky was gray with dark clouds, but no rain was falling. Meh. It was probably some kind of weather change. When I got to Zachariah's tower, I knocked on the door. When he didn't answer, I knocked harder and the wooden door swung open. I stepped in and called out, "Zachariah?". Again no one answered. When I walked in further, I took notice of the state of the place. Books were strewn about, pages all over the floors and furniture, and all kinds of potion mixtures were spilled on brewing stands. This wasn't like Zachariah. He was usually tidy, not one to leave a mess like this. I see stairs leading to a cellar or something, so I go down there. Big mistake. Zachariah was there, but unconscious All around him were these orbs the size of tennis balls, each one of them seemed to pulse with purple sparks. I nudged Zachariah to wake him up. He woke up with a look of pure terror on his face. He pulled on the collar of my shirt and whispered, "It's coming. There's no stopping it, it's coming. You need to get far away from here. RUN. Run and DON'T LOOK BACK." Zachariah then collapsed on the table, unconscious once again. By now I'm fully creeped out, so I leave the mushroom soup on the table and run outside. It's raining, but it's no normal rain. It seemed purple, almost puce. Then, it happened.
I shook my head, like a dog trying to get water out of his ears. It was too painful to remember. Anyways, ever since then, i have been living in a ravine with a friendly spider, developing the ever so popular title, a nobody. But then, one day, my life would change forever, and so would Octavian's, just because of one fateful letter...
AN: Sorry if you think the chapter is short, it just explains the main character's origin and stuff. I'll probably include a Q&A later on. Also, I'll explain "the Change" later on in the story. In the mean time, see ya!
~Notor