Chapter 2: A not so blocky world.
I slowly opened my eyes. In the darkness of my minds thoughts I saw two worlds one being built the other being destroyed.
"What is this...?" I said confused.
A mysterious voice sounded the area.
"It is up to you to decide the fate of this world" The voice said.
"What...who are you?! What do you mean!?" I shouted, but to no avail.
"In time you shall know the truth." The voice said.
Then the two worlds clashed against one another and a flash of bright light filled the area. I didn't understand what those words meant under all the confusion I was in on the moment but they sounded important. I soon woke up.
"...Huff...huff" I took deep breaths as I put my hand over my forehead relieving myself.
"It... was just a dream" I said. A few seconds later I was surprised that I was actually still moving.
Wait I'm alive? I'm not dead yet? I thought that I died, perhaps that voice was the one that saved me. Maybe I do have a purpose to live, dammit if only she told me what it was. Well I guess being alive is a good thing, but not knowing my purpose after being told is a bit frustrating! Well at least I can start playing minecraft now. I slowly opened my eyes hoping that I would see my computer so I can start playing, but...
"Well putting that aside its about time I start playing Mine...craft?" I said looking at my surroundings.
"Wait a minute where am I?" I wasn't in my room, my computer my entire apartment gone. I took a good look around me, but all I saw was a forest.
"Hm... I must still be dreaming then" I gave myself a little pinch on my arm hoping that I would wake up any second but...
"Ow!...wait Ow?" I cried raising an eyebrow.
"Let's give it another try" I pinched myself again, but to no avail.
"Ow! Okay Ow! Let's stop" I said and stopped pinching myself.
A crazy idea then popped up in my head. Since it was the only conclusion that I could think of, but I didn't really think that this would be possible.
"Wait...Am I inside ...Minecraft ?" I said and paused for a few seconds.
"Oh my God this can't be real!" I shouted with glee.
"Wait if this is Minecraft then..." I went up to the nearest tree next to me, clenched my fist and I punched it.
"Ow!" I retracted my fist from the tree, Damn I didn't think that tree's in this game were that hard and this was how you start Minecraft!? Ok I'll bear with the pain just this once, I continued to punch the tree after 2 more punches the tree's bark was breaking apart.
Good just a few more punches and it'll break and ...it did, but I noticed that it was going right towards me I looked up and, it was about to fall on me! I quickly jump out of its way.
Crash! "Huff...huff" I panted as I put my hand on my chest, my heart was rapidly racing. I've got to calm down... after a few minutes my heart beat finally slowed down.
"The first few minutes in this world and I'm almost dead, God!" I said with frustration.
I looked back at the fallen tree "Well that's new, Notch finally found out what gravity meant." I said sarcastically.
After calming myself down I then looked at my hand... I was shocked. My hand was not a block either it was round with all the fingers intact together. I then touched my head and I felt my ears, nose everything it was there.
"Wait... this can't be right" I ran towards a nearby water hole bended down on my knees and looked in the water and saw a face. A face hiding behind long white bangs together with a unique hairstyle, beneath were gentle round black eyes with a round face which set me aside from the other guys my age making me look younger from the rest.
The face that I designed was gone. It was my face in the real world the face that I wanted to escape from, the sight sent a chill down my spine.
"No...way...!" I slowly put my hand on my face to see if the face I was seeing in the water was the real thing. I pinched it I rubbed it I did all sorts of things to confirm, but unfortunately for me it was my real face.
"Why of all things did this have to happen here of all places!" I exclaimed.
"Why did the real world follow me here" I started getting even more frustrated, because supposedly this should never happen in a game anyway. The purpose of games like Minecraft is to escape real life not remind you of it. I hope there's an update that changes that in the future, if they can still update.
"Well at least my hair and eye color is still the same as how I designed my skin" I tried to relieve myself.
"I don't remember the forum saying that they change the blocky pixel graphics to rounded 3D graphics and this isn't any texture pack I've seen before" I said trying to make out my situation.
On the forum it said that they changed some the graphics of some parts of the game, but I didn't think it would be to this extent. I rose back up to a seated position on the ground, I then turned to what I was wearing. The clothing my skin is wearing is a black jacket with a hood, black pants and black shoes. I then looked around my sight I saw the a hud with the 3 things I needed to see , first my health which used to be 10 hearts in the lower left but now replaced by a health bar at the upper left which was 100. Second my level counter, now located beside my health bar. Lastly what they added was an MP bar since the sites forum did say that they were adding skills to the game, My MP bar was 150. There was no more hunger now, I wonder why. Something else was missing though...
"Well they did mention that change on the site's forum so I guess that should be normal, they didn't say they were removing the item boxes though" I then looked down and noticed a belt at my waist with five slots.
"Ah so that's what happened they replaced it with a belt, but only five slots?" I said puzzled.
I then looked in my belt and found a rolled up piece of paper in one of the slots, it was a note. A window popped up with the text.
The note said: Welcome all players to my worldwide server, I'm sure your all confused of what is happening please do not worry all of this is apart of the update we made to increase your experience here in Minecraft Thank you and let's all have a fun time playing! Signed Notch. At the end of the note it says: call up the different Windows by saying any of these ,stats , equipment, inventory, friends list, mail and skills.
"Ok then, stats!" I shouted.
After I shouted a window instantly popped up with details of my health, status effects and attributes.
"Woah...is this even Minecraft anymore?" I scrolled down and called the other windows. I went to the attributes window. The attributes given were strength, defense, agility, intelligence, knowledge and wisdom. Currently all of them are at five. I tried out the rest of the 5 options and they all seemed to work. I put the note back inside my inventory. After trying everything out I decided that put some thought into the situation I was in. It took me some time to accept that all of this was actually happening, everything in this world was right in front of me. I was so confused and had so many questions. How did Notch make this happened? Why did this happen? Where's Notch to answer any of my questions? and so much more. Although I was trying to assess the situation at hand, I was quite happy and excited that the fact that I'm here in this world fully alive and moving freely. My heart was racing I felt more alive than I ever was in the real world Putting everything aside I gathered my thoughts and took a deep breath , I was still confused in a number of ways but if this world is real then I've got to start preparing for the big journey ahead.
In Minecraft the first step for you to start surviving is to punch trees with your fist without any tools to get wood, but that not how you really start Minecraft the first step is to actually secure a bed. Beds, beds in Minecraft served a very important purpose for the player surviving the game. Beds act as a save point for gamers to respawn at whenever the player died it also acts as a safe haven for many whenever they are low on health, hungry, escaping mobs or just to skip time.
In order to get this item you would need to craft it using the following materials 3 wool and 3 wooden planks. Wool comes from a sheep after you kill it or shear it. Wooden planks come from wood after you cut down trees and craft them. To put them together you would need a crafting table made with 4 wooden planks.
I got on my feet and collected the items from the fallen tree and started sprinting in to the forest in search for wool. After hours of searching through the forest I still could not find any sheep. In the afternoon I decided to take a break.
"I couldn't find sheep anywhere here, hopefully I can get some wool before nightfall" I panted.
I felt my stomach grumble, I guess that's why they removed the hunger bar. I looked in my surrounding for anything I could eat. I heard a nearby sound and quickly went straight for it.
"Oink" It was a pig. Pigs are one of the greatest sources of food in Minecraft, they drop raw pork which can be eaten to refill hunger. I took a long look at the pig and noticed that it wasn't blocky either, it was round just like everything else. Using the 3D graphics I couldn't tell the pig apart from what a real life pig looked like. I guess the 3D graphics also affected the animals in the game as well.
"I don't have a weapon, but fists will do just fine." I readied myself for my attack, and soon started charging at the pig. The pig noticed me and started running the other direction.
"Oh no you don't!" I started sprinting after it. I soon caught up and punched it.
"Oink!" The pig yelped and stopped. The pig was disoriented shaking its head.
"This is my chance !" I stopped and rained consecutive blows on the pig. On my last punch it let out a loud squeal. It then started to glow and afterward explode into dust, in its place were two pork chops.
"Huff... Huff" I picked up one of pieces of raw pork and started eating, my tongue then felt a slight disgust.
"Mrphff!" I said with the piece of pork in my mouth as I bit of a chunk.
"I can actually taste this...!?" I said with my mouth full of pork. The taste was so bad I wanted to puke it out immediately, but if I did I don't think my hunger will go back up. I swallowed it with an unsatisfied face.
"That tasted horrible!... well I guess since it is raw, but I didn't know you can taste food now!" I exclaimed.
I looked at the other piece and noticed something peculiar. My eyes grew wider to the appearance of the raw piece of meat. It wasn't a floating piece of pixels and what nots, it was round and was designed to look like an actual piece of meat.
"Don't tell me the update also affects items as well" I said.
"Wait I shouldn't be thinking about this I need to find some sheep" I said. I picked up the piece of meat and placed it in my inventory. I continued to search the forest. I was running in the forest until I heard the sound of humming. I went to investigate, it was a small girl. I was about to leave and continue searching until I heard a cry.
Thud "Ow!" I turned around to see that she fell, I rushed over to help her up.
"Are you alright?" I asked offering a hand to help her up.
"Y-Yes" the small girl said.
I noticed her basket on the ground. I picked it up and gave it back to her. She grabbed it back from me and stood back up with her basket in hand.
"Um, Thank you" she said
"Don't mention it" I then looked at her from top to bottom. The small girl was dressed with a sleeveless gray shirt covering her chest downward for her top, she was wearing a gray skirt for her bottom and wore a hat with two black circular balls attached to it. She had short platinum color hair with short hair but with long bangs reaching her eyebrows , kind eyes and a cute face that made her look like a little sister.
"What's your name" She asked.
"Zach" I said.
"So, Zach what are you doing out here in the woods" she asked me.
"I was looking for some sheep to get wool, until I ran into you" I replied.
I was going to say goodbye and run back into the forest but...
"Hey, Zach you wanna accompany me, I'm heading to a village just close by you might find some wool there" she invited.
I was surprised when she said that, but I'd have a better chance of finding wool than searching in the forest. So I decided that I should go with her.
"Oh, um sure Thanks" I said.
I turned around to the path so that we can start walking, but then she quickly came in front of me.
"I forgot to introduce myself" she quickly said
"My name is Terra" She said in a cute voice, holding her basket behind her. She really feels like a little sister, not just by the looks but she acts like one too. Not that I have experience, but she does fit that image.
"It's nice to meet you, Terra" I said with a smile.
"Same here Zach" she said with a smile on her face. We decided to go together towards the village. This was really awkward I was actually together with a girl an actual girl, being silent just made it more awkward for me. I've got to say something to her.
"So..., uh how old are you?" I asked nervously.
Brilliant, the first thing I ask and its that. I didn't want to make her uncomfortable around me, I just needed something to say to her.
"I'm fourteen" Terra answered.
"And, You?" She asked and looked towards me, waiting for my answer.
"Eighteen " I said.
"Oh, okay" she looked back at the road ahead unfazed by my answer. Silence then filled the atmosphere once more, it just made it more awkward for me now knowing that she is so much younger than me. I really do have no idea how to talk to girls.
"Hey, are you usually this quiet?" She asked and turned to me. Well she figured me out, so I guess I have to come out honest for this question. I looked back at her...
"Oh, um yeah sorry it's just that talking isn't really my thing especially to girls" putting my hand on my neck.
"Oh it's fine, you actually remind me of one of my friends" She commented me with a smile, all I could do was smile back at her. Well that comment helped me be more comfortable and more relax around her. I could finally get that of my chest. I looked at the basket and got curious.
"By the way, what's in your basket" I asked.
"Bread" she answered
"Bread?" I asked.
"My friends found bread somewhere when they were exploring and told me that I should go and trade them at the village" Terra said.
She kept on using friends instead of their names so I got curious and asked...
"These friends of yours what are they like?" I asked. She suddenly went silent and looked down after I asked. Maybe I asked something I wasn't supposed to ask her.
"I'm sorry, if it's something personal then you don't have to answer it" I quickly apologized.
"They don't want me talking about them to strangers" Terra said.
She answered in a mellow voice and was still looking down. I guess I dampened the atmosphere thanks to that question.
"Ah. Ok I understand" I understood why she would not trust me so easily, I mean we did just meet a few moments ago. Both of us were quiet the rest of the way, until I saw smoke nearby coming from small houses nearby and was surrounded by a fence.
"Hey we're at the village" I said pointing.
End of Chapter 2