Into the Savanna Day 1… Hope is here at last

Finally I have it; I have found wood, Acacia wood. This odd orange wood will not be used in vain. I shall finally settle down and build a house but first I need to explore to find a good location. There's a mountain a short way from the village it should help me find a good spot for a home but first to other priorities.

I quickly cut myself several pieces of this wonderfully glorious wood. There I sliced them into planks and formed them into a crafting table. From there I placed my sticks and boards and made my first real tools, a simple axe and shovel. Then with the iron from the blacksmith I made myself a sword. I felt I finally was ready for my journey.

As I headed out I felt confident I could now survive, but I still needed a shelter before nightfall when the E-Spawners would be back to find me.

On my journey I found several chickens to which I wondered if I could raise them but with no cage and still low on food I had to kill them. There meat might help me last a while longer, I hope I can find more chickens later to raise. With the chickens I found several eggs, for now useless, I placed them in my bag figuring I could use them later. I also seen several Donkeys in the area, these would be great if I found a saddle soon, though I wonder if they dropped meat if I killed them. I raised my sword….

No I'm sure having them to ride later would be more efficient then killing them now. Here is hoping for a saddle soon, it would greatly help me explore if I had a ride.

I cut down a few more trees on my way because I knew later I would need the extra wood. Then about half way to the mountain, I saw it, there was a nice spot next to a small river where the village was just far enough away to be safe but close enough for quick trips when needed. This will be where I build my home, I thought to myself, but first I still need to know my surroundings. So I huffed and puffed all the way to the mountain and looked across to where my home will be built. The village was too far away now, to see, but I knew it was there. As I looked around I seen only savanna will this area be enough to support me? There's only one way to find out!

I looked up to see the sun starting its decent to the horizon. "Oops, I have to go" I thought. I ran down the mountain across the valley cutting down trees that got in my way. That's where I found it again my new homes location. Quickly I made Acacia Planks and placed them 5 blocks by 5 blocks into walls then I made them 3 high. By this time the sun was starting to set and night was coming. Quickly I placed wood for a roof, I'm not a big fan of this orange wood still but a home is a home in this world.

Into the Savanna.. Night of the 1st day, I'm Home?

Inside was dark because I didn't have time to build any doors or windows. Night had come a little sooner than I expected. I had already seen E-Spawners appearing around me including a witch, I had no choice I had to close the roof in. it made it dark but it was safe now. Against a wall, that I decided would be the back wall, I placed the furnace the blacksmith gave me and next to it the crafting table. I put some wood in the oven to make charcoal for torches. The glow it gave off lit up my small but safe shelter. Next using the crafting table I formed a few planks into a chest which I placed on the other side of the furnace where I emptied all items I had picked up that I could not use like seeds, cactus and flowers.

Using the sticks from the desert and the charcoal from the oven I made myself a few torches. These sticks that kept me safe in the desert now will keep me safe here as well. I placed one on each wall. Finally I had light, Light that protect from the E-Spawner. E-Spawners or Enemy spawners can't spawn in light; I always assumed it was a safety feature for them since most of them die in the sunlight. A torch isn't sun but it gives off enough light to stop there spawner from forming. At least it will when they don't know I'm here. If I were to stay where they could find me, like in a village, the light wouldn't stop them they would just keep sending their armies against me. So for the villager's sake I must stay out of towns at night, but for now I need to rest.

Rest, a term I used lightly till now. I can rest in safety now but with no way out how will I know when the sun rises again? I need a door or window for my small house. Looking in my pack and my chest i realized I have no more sand to make into glass, I used it all. I must have placed it without thinking somewhere outside. "How about a door?" I thought.

Yes, 6 planks of wood, just enough to make a door.

After using the crafting table, and getting my door, a thought occurred to me. I can't just place a door….. I will need to remove some of my walls to place the door. Can I do it fast enough that the E-Spawners won't see me? I had no choice I had to do it!

Ok, One block down, now for a second?

Rawrrr.

I can hear a zombie outside.

Here I go, I quickly knock out the second plank and just as quickly place the door. it was finished, I was safe for the night. As I looked out the holes in the door I could see the E-Spawners, their zombies and skeletons, all running around looking for me. Luck was on my side I had finished my house in time. I could relax, or could I?

Though I could not see it, I still felt the glowing purple eyes watching me! That thought and a few more stayed with me through the night. As I curled up in the corner of my small house my last thought before I fell asleep was, "I need a bed soon,"

Into the Savanna Day 2… Tomato or Pumpkin?

I woke up as the sun rose over the horizon. "Time to watch them burn!" I laughed. Watching out the cracks in the door I could see the E-Spawners burning in the sun. It was actually satisfying this time knowing they couldn't get me. So as soon as I seen them start falling I opened the door. Will I be safe this morning, or is there something else be out there? There's no way to know but it will be fun to find out.

As I left the safety of my house my first thoughts went to sand for windows and wood for planks. Looking around both would be nice additions to my new home. Crossing the small river to the side of my house heading for the trees something small and creepy could be seen walking around in the field. It was too far away to tell for sure what it was it could have just been my imagination but after the first night, with the Enderman, I decided I better stay clear of it. So I turned and went the other way, "better safe than sorry."

As I turned around I saw it, my house. It was a large, in a single word, Tomato. I laughed at this for a while and every time I seen my home. Each time I seen it I couldn't help but laugh, "I live in a giant tomato!" I hesitate "Or a Large pumpkin?... No tomato, definitely tomato." This laughter was the first time I have laughed since coming to this new seed world. I was happy, but I knew it wouldn't last long.

I spent the rest of the day gathering supplies thinking about my tomato house and all the glorious wood I had found. That night I curled up in the corner of the house again. "I need a bed soon" then looking into my pack I wondered, "Will this food be enough for tomorrow? I'll need to build a farm soon." I went to my crafting table and made a simple hoe for farming. "Yes tomorrow I will build a farm."

Little did I know, that was the last night I'd feel safe in my little tomato.

Into the Savanna Day 3… The storm was brewing

Today I knew I need a farm but looking at my small tomato house made me think. "Someday I will need a bigger house, Why not now?"

I took out all the wood I had gathered the day before, quickly and without thinking I turned it all into planks. Then some of the planks into Roofing, this should be quick. I placed down a foundation 5 blocks out from the sides of my house, 10 blocks back, 3 high, and finally a flat roof. Now my home was 15 across, 10 down, and 4 high counting the roof, I was satisfied. This will be my new house, I went inside using the door from my old house that was still part of the wall, and there I removed the walls of the old house now my house was good, "but not perfect" I thought but good." I placed torches all around then placed stairs to the second floor.

Looking out I knew I wanted a place to view from. So I went down stairs and placed all my sand into the oven to make as much glass as I could. As quickly as it was done I made glass panes and placed them all around the second floor 2 high. Then I placed one more block above that then I started placing the roofing. By now the sun was setting but I didn't care I was high enough id be fine. A few times I heard noises of zombies running around my house but the door was enough to stop them. A few arrows flew past me. "Skeletons, I hate skeletons, but I'm sure I'm too high for them to get me." I thought to myself. "I need to hurry."

I placed the last roof block and was done. I hoped inside. Using my last blocks I filled in the roof hole, and then I started making a floor for the odd shaped 3 floor my roof had made. Reaching into my bag I didn't see wood blocks. "Maybe I had more downstairs?" I started placing torches around the second floor "I'll be safe here for sure. Little did I know a storm was brewing on the horizon!

Into the Savanna night 3rd day... I'm not going to make it

After placing all my touches I looked round at my newly remodel house.. "Yep" I smile "this house will work for now as my main house." Looking out though the panes of glass I made for observing the Mobs outside, I noticed how dark the night was and how many E-Spawners had spawned. It was odd but it happens. Needless to say I ignored it figuring it was just like any other night. Little did I know it wasn't going to be.

As I headed down stairs to the main floor I looked around and thought. "I need Windows." Feeling as safe as I did in my large tomato I decided not to wait till morning to add them.

That was mistake Number 1.

I quickly started up the oven, turning sand into glass blocks and glass blocks into glass panes. Ill do it quick there is nothing to it. I started with the left wall. One block out, one pane of glass in, Simple! Then I added another. Than on the right wall, one out one in. then on the back wall one out…

That's when I seen it a baby zombie, Mistake number 2 was made as our eyes locked. It came running, but I simply added the glass in his path, I was safe again. "Nothing to fear I thought he can't get me in here!" after waiting a few seconds I started again, and that was mistake 3.

On the front wall I decided it was safe the baby zombie wouldn't be able to see me so I'd be safe, that was the last time I thought I was safe in my tomato house. As I removed the blocks I stood to the side. At least now no baby zombie could see me, boy was I wrong. As I made the mistake of removing more than one block it happened.

GrRAWWR!

Pop though the window he came. A little baby zombie, these fast little demons could fit though my mistake, but I could take him. I drew my sword and charged, one hit then I backed off, 2 hits and I backed off again. I could do it, I thought. By the 3rd hit I thought I had him, but he had me. my heart shields where falling, I was dying, and I didn't see it until now.

Hurrying into my pack I grabbed all my food the moment I had a chance.

MUNCH MUNC… H, GrRAWWR!

He hit me. I didn't have time to eat I had one chance, he had to die. I drew my sword once more, still running from him, by now I felt like I was playing a deadly game of tag with this Baby Zombie. Every time he got close we both would take a shot. My heart shield still had enough I could beat him. He was going down.

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GrRAWWR …

That's when it happened. While my attention was on the baby zombie I had made yet another mistake. The whole, the one the baby zombie had come though…. Something else entered! Another Baby Zombie! With less than 2 heart shields remaining I had but one choice. I had to abandon my house. The place I had felt safest in, the structure I called home, my tomato, there was no choice. They had this battle if I run out the door I might make it to town. There I might find shelter from these demons, but even in my heart I knew I wouldn't make it but I had to try.

I Flung the door open and ran I didn't turn back, I knew they were following. Outside I seen the MOBS, these E-Spawners, The darkness was there's. All I could do was run. Over the river I past the skeletons, and ran around the zombies. The Town now was almost close enough to touch. Then it happened, just as I reached the clearing between sand and grass, An Arrow hit me in the back.

"Warning" I heard "heart shield down. Return spawn in progress." I closed my eyes as I realized I had never found sheep to make a bed. Without a bed I couldn't make a new spawner in my house. I would have no where to send me but back to except my original Spawn point. I would be once again back in the center of the desert without wood, and worse I had no idea where my house was from there. All my tools, armor and items would be lost, the return spawner can only spawn me not all of them and there was nothing I could do about it. If I didn't go now I'd be dead.

I quickly hit the button on my wrist.

"Return Spawn active"

In a flash I teleported out of there, my hope now lying alongside my tools that where falling all over the ground. As I vanished from sight I knew there was nothing I could do. My Home was lost.

Life after death day 1

To be continued in chapter 3