~ Chapter 2 ~

The first thing Cassie Rose noticed about the world she just travelled to (A brown portal with a spruce plank and leaf block frame) was how chilly it was. It wasn't freezing, no, but cool enough that she was glad that she had her black hoodie with her. But her legs were otherwise un-fortified from the air because of her jean shorts.

She re-laced her black and white sneakers and pulled up her light aqua socks as she looked around. As far as she could see, there were large, thick redwood trees. The forest was massive, she couldn't see the end. Speaking of things she couldn't see…

There was nothing. No structures, no people, nothing. Cassie wondered if this was one of those worlds that are uninhabited, Soren had called them blank slate worlds. Or maybe something bad happened here, and everyone is dead, Cassie thought. But she shoved that little idea out of her head. Besides, if there were no people, she wouldn't have a problem with that. People had been pretty, well, crappy to her as of late.

Cassie got up from lacing her sneakers, and looked around again. She was on a bald - head hill, and it was tall, so she could see far around. If only there was something else to see other than the tall spruce trees. She set off towards the north - east, with no idea where she was going or who she would meet, if anyone.

She jumped at every sound, a rabbit hopping in the brush, a sheep baaing in the distance, she was on edge. The emptyness was unnerving. She kept walking, walking and walking and walking. It was sunrise when she set off, now it was around 5:00 and she was starved. Cassie found a small pond and waited for an animal or something to come by so she could have something to eat, but nothing came by.

Cassie grabbed a small drink of water from the pond, and set off at a slow walk. Now there weren't even any animals. It was just silent. Or was it? As she went by she stopped in her tracks. She looked around and listened. Yes, there was definitely some noise. It sounded like… redstone activating.

Cassie barely had time to react as the ground fell from beneath her.