THE OBSIDIAN QUEEN
Chapter 1: The Encounter
A man walked along the pathless forest under the morning sun. He had been walking for two days trying to find a suitable place to settle down since traveling from place to place and kingdom to kingdom has made him want to find a place he could call home.
It was only recently when he decided to finally stop moving around and rest from his travels. But he couldn't decide where to live. He had two options. Living in a kingdom would be nice since you would have neighbors, festivals and protection from bandits. But living on your own outside the reign of any ruler had perks too. After all, that is the classic way of living in Minecraft. Back then, there were no rulers. All these kingdoms only appeared in the last two or three decades.
No laws, taxes, or anyone to regard mightier than you. The world of Minecraft is abundant with resources and anyone can start living comfortably even without a king or queen to respect. In a place with no law or guards, however, bandits can be a pain if you don't know how to protect your property and yourself.
The traveler walked on wearing a brown cloak, a white shirt, black vest and pants. Then, in the horizon, he could see a large body of water. The wind blew on the man's face, his cloak swaying along. He could smell the salt in the air and he could conclude that he was nearing a beach.
With the thought that he could build a house conveniently near the ocean, he quickened his pace to see if the beach would suit his taste. But after going past the trees and into a clearing but before reaching the sand, he found himself abruptly stopping at the edge over-looking a ten-block-deep area. The dip was large and it reached the sand of the beach that was now in full view. However, before he could ponder why there was such a dramatically deep area that was shaped into a large neat square, his eyes accidentally meet with the glowing purple eyes of a tall, thin, and black humanoid figure standing on the ground below him near the side of the square.
Great. An Enderman. The man thought.
Instinctively, he carefully reached for his machete inside its scabbard attached to his back. He never looked away from the creature's eyes knowing that breaking eye contact will cause it to attack him.
But something was off. The enderman did not show any signs of aggression. It wasn't jittering in anger, it did not drop its jaw in a menacing way, or even make that long and horrifying hiss that signaled hostility. It just looked at him for a second and ignored him, walking a few steps as it held a block of smooth cobblestone in its hands before teleporting in a flurry of violet dust particles.
The man immediately turned around with knowledge that endermen attacked humans by teleporting behind them and hitting them with dangerous strength. But, to his surprise, he didn't find an enderman. Instead, he found a dangerously close green creature approaching him with its four short legs and hissed. Worry flashed in the man's eyes as it began to spark and make itself explode.
"Gah!" He was startled and took a step backward and he fell into the dip. He knew it be unfortunate to get caught in the suicidal creature's blast radius but the moment surprised him enough to forget the dip.
The creature explodes while the man was in mid fall. He lands on his right arm. The hard ground made of stone made the impact send waves through his body especially at his shoulder. "AAH! DAMN CREEPERS!" He yelled through gritted teeth. His arm was in immense pain and he knew it was injured.
He was squinting at the pain. But he could see the blur of endermen surprised by the explosion. Some of them were holding smooth cobblestone blocks like the one before he fell and some holding nothing. But they were all emitting their mysterious purple dust like all endermen always do. His arm throbbed but he looked at his surroundings. He faced the wall where he had been on top of and he saw about five or six endermen as they disappeared and appeared in a hole on the wall that was in front of him. The sounds of teleporting present in the air. He observed them and they ignored him after looking at him for a few seconds. They seemed to be busy. Teleporting away once they had a block on their hands and the ones that arrived here were empty-handed. They looked like they were mining the wall with a neatness to keep the shape of the deepening hole in a fifteen blocks long and seven blocks high rectangle. The top of the mouth of the hole now had a chunk of it missing thanks to the creeper.
He kept his eyes from focusing on the face of any enderman. Now was not a time to try provoking them. Endermen only become hostile when you directly look at their faces.
His peripheral vision caught movement and he slowly turned his head to his left. He saw a pair of thin legs approaching him. The strange suppressed chirping sounds endermen make grew closer.
An enderman stood beside him. With indifferent eyes, it scanned his body. Though they did not have any facial features apart from their striking glowing eyes, this one looked confused as it eyed the human that hasn't stood up yet.
After about three full seconds of being awkwardly stared at, the man decided that he should get going and rolled his body gently in a way that he could use his left hand to get up and not cause more pain to his right.
He pushed his body upwards carefully but before he could stand up straight, he felt two limbs grab him and hold him firmly. For half a second his vision was filled with the purple dust and his ears were swallowed with the sound of a strange puff. His body felt a surreal force that enveloped him suddenly. Before his mind could even think, his eyes saw the ground again but it was different now. The air no longer smelled of salt. He could hear people and footsteps on a cobblestone road. The enderman still held him. It was looking around for something. He looked up and saw a dark colored castle in the distance. His arm nagging him but he ignored it when he came to a realization. His mouth opened and he felt a tug at the corner of his lips.
"Did we just telepor-" The thrill in the man's voice was obvious but was cut off when he and the enderman disappeared in a cloud of purple particles.
His feet landed on the ground again. His boots standing on grass this time. In front of them now was a lady in a black dress that reached just below her knees. She had her back toward them as she faced a house being built by humans and endermen.
She heard the warping sound behind her and turned around as her long black hair swayed. With eyebrows raised and head slightly cocked to the side, her lips part.
"Hello."
Somewhere, in a forest, a stumbling cloaked figure in the distance tries to make its way to a small cottage. It was breathing heavily and was clearly fatigued as it constantly needed to lean on the trees for support while it approached the house. Beads of sweat trickle down its face. With a final surge of energy, it dashed to the door. The door swings open and the person clumsily enters and collapses inside the building.
Author's Notes:
Hello people of the fanfiction world! I made this for those who want to read something that won't contain youtubers, Herobrine, amnesiacs, or people getting sucked into the game. Not that there's anything wrong with those. This universe considers itself as a real world and not a game.
Not quite sure what I'm getting into but I'm sure of the journey our main characters will have to go through! I plan for this to get deep and we'll probably follow two timelines in future chapters. I don't want to spill the details yet to avoid spoilers but I want this to be EPIC!
I will explain the Great Act sometime soon and it will explain why there are humans again.
For now just hold on to your seats. I'm not sure how frequently I'm gonna be uploading chapters but please do make a review and tell me what you think. If you find this story interesting enough to follow, please do. I don't mind constructive criticism and your support is appreciated. :D
Also, tell me if there are grammar or spelling errors. Hehe. English isn't my first language.
