A shrill ringing caused me to flinch, until I realized it was only the phone.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Hey Abby!" The voice responded.
"Oh. Hey Julia," I said, trying to sound happy.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" She shouted into the phone, nearly causing me to go deaf.
"Oh, yeah. That," I responded glumly. Nobody besides her had even remembered my birthday.
"I'm coming over, I got you a present!" She cried out enthusiastically.
"Sure, I guess that's ok," I said right before she hung up the phone.
I hoped she got me a good game. I may be a girl, but I'm the best gamer I know. I sat down to watch a little bit of TV before Julia arrived, but it was too late, and the doorbell went off as soon as I had sat down.
I opened it and let her in. She gave me a cupcake, and headed for my computer.
"What did ya get me?" I asked.
"I registered you for a cool computer game, it's called Minecraft. I've never played, but everything I've heard about it is good," Julia said, while she downloaded it onto my computer. I heard her phone ring, and when she checked the caller id, she motioned for me to be quiet.
"Ok. Ok. Ok. I'm sorry! Ok. I'll see you there. Yes. Ok. Bye," Julia was clearly annoyed with this person. Before I got the chance to ask, she had to leave.
"Have fun playing the new game!" She called from the hallway. I sat down in front of the computer and started a new world. I put it on survival mode and waited for it to load up. I cried out as everything around me went black, and I could feel myself being stretched and flung around. I opened my eyes, and to my surprise I was sitting on a beach, and everything was made of squares.
"Hello?" I called. The only noises I could hear were a few animals. I looked around at the blocky place, and wondered if I would ever get home. My waist-long brunette hair blew in the wind, blocking my sight. I pulled a hair tie out of my pocket and braided it down my back. I collected some sand off of the beach, because it was soft and warm. After that I decided to gather supplies before nightfall. I didn't know what animals lived in this world, but I really didn't want to know what comes out at night.
I walked off of the beach, and into a dense green forest. How was I supposed to make a house? I looked around desperately trying to find anything to help. I couldn't take it. I started repeatedly punching trees until my fists bled. I looked at the ground and saw little pieces of wood floating. I picked all of them up, and walked out of the forest.
I kept walking for a while until I saw something unusual. A chest under a tree. I quickly unlatched it and peered inside. I pulled out a book, some apples, and a few pieces of bread. I opened up the book, and thanked my lucky stars that I had found the chest. The inside cover of the book said 'property of Hunter, please return if found'.
There were other people? I wasn't sure if that made me happy or upset. I flipped it open and scanned the pages. I grinned, it was a crafting recipe book.
I built a crafting table, and crafted the wood I collected earlier into wooden planks. When I had enough for a house, I climbed a tree and built it up there. With my remaining wood planks I built sticks, then ladder. I put it up the tree. When I was done, I checked the book and built a wood sword and a wood pick. I climbed down the tree, and killed some animals for meat.
When that was done, I saw some exposed stone and coal. I mined as much as I could before the sun started to set. When I got back to the house, I used the cobblestone I collected to make a furnace and cook the meat with my coal. I hung torches around the room and placed a door. I then crafted a bed out of the wool I had. I made glass out of the sand I collected and put in windows.
I looked out into the night and saw monsters stalking around. I ran to my bed and fell asleep.