Here comes Chapter 3. Hope you enjoy!
I DO NOT OWN MINECRAFT!
Chapter 3
I paced back and forth in my house in an attempt to calm myself. I need to talk to Trey, I thought, heading out to the mines.
"Trey?" I called into the mine, my voice echoing off the cave walls.
An echo came back, "Yeah?"
"Where are you?" I asked, allowing the echo to carry my voice to Trey as I progressed deeper into the cave.
"Past the cut-out in the wall. There used to be an iron vein there. Just keep going down," he called up. More likely than not he was too focused to realize that it was me, but that's alright. I kept heading down, looking at the walls that had been stripped of their natural resources.
After a minute or two of progressing deeper into the mine, I noticed the cut-out Trey had been referring to. "Cole?" I heard. Looking a little further ahead, I saw my friend.
"Hey Trey. How are things?" I asked politely.
"They're ok. When did you get back?" Trey responded.
"A little while ago. I had to go straight to the council to report my information. Then I went home, and decided to come here," I answered.
He looked at me quizzically. "What did you find?"
I met his eyes. "This is it," I said. "The world is finite. At the edge of the map, the world stops. An invisible barrier prevents anyone from leaving."
He watched me intensely, and slowly replied, "I'm not sure what you mean by 'finite.' Is that bad?"
"These resources are the only ones. There are no more. This world doesn't go beyond the map. Once we use all of the resources, that's it," I explained. He looked deep in thought. "Trey?" I called.
"Yeah?" he said.
"You're going to need to stop mining so much," I said gently.
Anger and pain suddenly both crossed his face, and he looked as though he was about to cry. "You know I can't do that," he whispered.
"Trey," I whispered calmly, "we need to save the world."
"I need to save my father!" Trey shouted, tears welling up in his eyes.
"I know Trey," I said. "I know."