"This way" the blue block person said, pointing to what looked like an ocean of water.
"You want us to go underwater?" Rani asked, "But we'll drown"
"Just step on that panel there," he said, pointing to a flat grey square on top of the sand, "You'll be safe, I promise"
With that, the blue block man simply walked straight into the water. He sunk so casually that it surprised the two girls. Sarah Jane and Rani eyed the panel, then each other. Eventually they decided that following this strange into the depths of the ocean was their safest choice. In turn, each of them stepped on the panel and into the water. As they followed this guy deeper and deeper, nothing happened. They didn't drown, they weren't running out of air, nothing.
"How is that possible?" Rani asked, as they walked along the ocean floor.
"The panel you stepped on allows you to breathe underwater for ten minutes" Blockman stated.
"What happens when the ten minutes is up?" Rani asked.
"You start drowning" he said.
Sarah Jane and Rani exchanged glances at this.
"But don't worry, I've set up panels all around this place" he said.
They finally reached a huge building, made all out of blocks of water. It was amazing to the both of them that such a structure could be built underwater. The whole design could rival The City Of Atlantis which, yes, Sarah Jane had experienced first-hand. Blockman lead them into the building, and shutting the door behind them, lead them down a hallway. The two girls marvelled at the sight of the inside of the building. You could see out into the vast ocean through the windows made of glass.
"What is this place..?" Rani asked.
"It's my castle" Blockman exclaimed.
"Wait, castle?!" Rani exclaimed.
"Yup, I'm the Water King" he told them.
"You're a King?!" Rani asked, astonished.
He lead them into a small room, with a bed. He sat on the bed as Sarah Jane took a seat on the windowsill, and Rani remained standing.
"Yeah," he told them, "This is an elemental survival server. There are four elements; Water, fire, earth and wind. I'm the Water King and my friend, who owns the server, is the Fire King"
"I see" Rani said.
"Say," said the blockman, "You two don't look familiar, are you new?"
"You could say that" Rani said.
"No wonder you had no idea what to do with those spiders," he said, then finally introducing himself, "I'm KyleTsuno. What's your names'?
"I'm Rani" Rani introduced herself.
"And my name's Sarah Jane Smith," Sarah Jane said, "I'm a journalist"
"Why'd you tell me that?" KyleTsuno asked her, "Are you doing a report on Minecraft?"
"No. Sorry," Sarah Jane replied, "Just a habit"
"It's okay," KyleTsuno said, "You girls probably need some help surviving, though, don't you?"
"What gave it away?" Rani said, with a little giggle.
KyleTsuno gave a little giggle back and stood up from the bed.
"It's not safe at night," he said, "You should sleep. I'll teach you in the morning. Here"
He turned to Sarah Jane and in a flash he had a bed in his hand and had placed it down in front of her. Sarah Jane looked at him wide-eyed as he gave what she could only describe as a smile on that blue block face of his. He then walked out of the room and left the girls to sleep.
Rani lay down on the bed that KyleTsuno had previously sat on as Sarah Jane sat on the one he had mysteriously placed down out of nowhere.
"But Luke's out there.." she said as she lay back, looking up at the ceiling.
"Yeah," Rani said, "But so are other creatures. Dangerous ones, according to this KyleTsuno person. We're safer here. Just try and sleep, Sarah Jane"
At that, the two girls turned sideways on their beds and closed their eyes.
As soon as they did, it felt like it was morning already. But it couldn't have been, they'd just closed their eyes. There was no way that was possible.
"Good morning!" KyleTsuno said as he walked into the room.
Rani and Sarah Jane looked up at him, rubbing their eyes open.
"It can't be morning already" Rani said.
"That's impossible" Sarah Jane added.
"That's how Minecraft works, girls," KyleTsuno said, "As soon as you sleep, morning comes and the night is gone in a flash"
"Well," Sarah Jane said, then looking at Rani, "We'd better go. Thanks for your hospitality"
With that, the two girls exited the room and headed for the front doors of the castle. KyleTsuno stood outside the room, staring at the girls walking off.
"You're leaving already?!" He asked, running up to them.
The girls stopped and turned towards him. He could see Rani had an apologetic look on her face. Sarah Jane, on the other hand, had a stern one.
"Yes," she said, "I need to find my son"
"If he knows how to play Minecraft, he'll be fine," KyleTsuno said, "Can't you just tp to him? What's his username?"
Sarah Jane and Rani gave KyleTsuno blank looks.
"You don't even know your son's username?!" he asked them.
"Come on, Rani" Sarah Jane said, grabbing Rani by the arm and leading her to the doors.
As they got to the doors, KyleTsuno stopped them once more.
"There are even more dangerous things out there at night!" he said, "How do you intend to defend yourselves?!"
"We'll manage" Sarah Jane said, looking him dead in the eye.
"Like how you managed with the spiders?!" KyleTsuno asked.
Sarah Jane was silent, glaring at him. She said nothing.
"Sarah Jane, can't we tell him?" Rani whispered to Sarah Jane.
"We can't risk it" Sarah Jane whispered back, not taking her gaze off KyleTsuno.
"Then I'll come with you" KyleTsuno said, walking up to the two of them.
Sarah Jane and Rani just stared at him blankly.
"If you're so desperate to find your son in the server, I'll come with you," KyleTsuno continued, "I can teach you how to play, and if you encounter anything more dangerous than the spiders, I can protect you. Besides, I know where all the main points of the server are"
Sarah Jane and Rani looked at each other and decided that was the best point of option.
"Fine" Sarah Jane said as the three walked out the door.
They walked up the underwater stairs and back onto the sand of the desert. They continued in the direction Sarah Jane and Rani would have went had it not gotten dark before. They came across another forest of grassland.
"So, what do you do in this game?" Rani asked as they walked, curious as to what Luke and Clyde got up to every time they played.
"Is this your first time playing?" KyleTsuno asked, "Oh, that's right, you said so back in the castle. Basically, the main aim of the game is to survive. But during the day, you gotta come out into the open and mine and harvest things."
He then proceeded to chop down a tree nearest them the same way Rani whacked the pig before.
"You then use a crafting table to make weapons and stuff to help you survive," he was saying as he picked up the small blocks of wood that appeared where the tree was, "If you dare enter the night, that is"
They marched further and then entered a winter-type area, full of blocky snow and ice. But neither Rani nor Sarah Jane felt cold. As they trudged on through the snow, it began getting dark once more. The two girls looked for somewhere to take refuge, but the whole area was wide open.
"There's nowhere to sleep!" Rani said.
"Then we've gotta keep moving," KyleTsuno said as he kept walking, "And wait for daylight. Come on!"
The three made their way through the night, they managed to cross the area of snow back onto another deserted stretch of land.
"My friend's place is not that far now" KyleTsuno told them.
"Oh, and how do you know that?!" Sarah Jane asked him.
"See that giant stone-like architecture?" He asked, pointing straight off into the distance as the two girls looked, "That's his castle"
Just then, they heard moans coming from the left of them. They all turned to see green block men in ripped clothes coming toward them.
"Zombies!" KyleTsuno said, grabbing out his sword.
"Not just zombies!" Rani said as she turned to look straight ahead when she heard a different noise, "The spiders are back!"
"I think they're the least of our problems.." Sarah Jane said as she looked directly behind her, to the right of them.
Coming toward her were tall black creatures with glowing purple eyes. KyleTsuno quickly turned his head to look at them.
"Endermen too?!" he shouted, looking back at the zombies almost instantly, "Don't provoke-"
But he was too late, Sarah Jane had already scanned them with her sonic lipstick, which hade made the Endermen angry and they started moving towards them faster.
"What happens when you die in this game?!" Rani asked, terrified.
"I really don't want to find out, Rani..." Sarah Jane replied.
