Chapter 3

Alex kept walking through the woods, but his spy senses were on high alert. He also felt a sense of dread, like this he might not come out of. Soon Alex came upon a house made out of wood, cobblestone, and wooden planks. He cautiously walked up to the door and knocked. A man who looked exactly like the man who kidnaped Alex opened the door.

"Hello?"

"Hi I'm Alex and I don't really know where I am. Can you help me?"

"Sure, come on in!" the man said. "I'm Steve. And this is my daughter, Xia." Steve said when he showed me to the kitchen. "You must be hungry. Here have some steak." Steve then gave Alex the food and Alex wolfed it down. He was starved. "Do you have any idea how you got here?" Steve asked.

"This green thing walked up to me on the sidewalk and said 'that's a nice life you've got there Alex. Shame if something happened to it.' Then I kicked it and I ran. Then a man snuck up behind me. I tried to kick him but he just teleported behind me and knocked me out. Have any idea who that guy is?"

"Unfortunately, yes," Steve said. "That's Herobrine and he wouldn't just bother you for no reason. Do you have any special abilities?"

"I was a spy for MI6."

"That's why."

"What the heck do I do then?"

"I know what to do." A Xia said. While Steve and Alex were talking, she thought of n answer. "Take a sword and go fight every mob you see. It helps me think, so it might help you. Well I'm going to go get some string so I can make a new bow. Mines about to break." She had on an iron helmet and a diamond chestplate.

"Well, Alex. You should get some sleep. The guest room's the first room in the hallway to the left. Goodnight." Said Steve

"Goodnight." Alex replied.

That night Alex had some wicked nightmares.

The main one was of his best friend, Jack Starbright, and she wasn't killed by the bomb. She was captured by Herobrine right before she died. He had three nightmares about Jack being tourtured and two about him being evil. Despite the nightmares, he still slept like a rock.

"Good morning!" Xia yelled as soon as she saw Alex. "Heard you sleeping last night. Must have had some pretty bad dreams. I did. Want some breakfast?"

"Sure, what's on the menu?"

"Mushroom stew and a side of potatoes."

"Ok, fine by me." Alex said cheerfully. "Where's Steve?"

"At the mines. I only go when he find dungeons. In a few months I have to go mining with him, though. Its like three towns over so I cant stay. So what were your dreams about?" said Xia

"One was about my dead friend, 3 about said friend being tourchered, and two about me becoming evil." Alex replied.

"I keep having dreams about me fighting an evil copy of myself with silver eyes. I have a feeling its not just a dream though." Xia said, then quickly changing the subject. "So you want to go to the mines or come with me to train. I'll buy you a sword. I have enough for a diamond one."

Xia started humming and Alex recognized the song as Radioactive. "Are you humming Radioactive?"

"No, Redstone Active. Where are you from?"

"Great Britain. What is this place?"

"Have you ever heard of Minecraft?"

"Yea, all my friends talk about it."

"Well Minecraft is real, just in another dimension than yours. Kind of like an alternate reality. You understand?"

"Yea."

"So mines or Training Center?"

"I think the Training Center is more my forte."

"Lets go then!"