Hello! How is everybody doing today? I'm fine, thanks for asking. Here is the third chapter of TCC. Sorry that is is a little bit shorter than the last one. BTW, if any of you enjoy this story, should i continue to update the previous chapters as i edit them afterwards? Cause I do quite a bit of editing. Please review. I need to know if I did something wrong, so that I can fix it. Not just talking about Grammatical errors. I mean, like ways i could improve on the story. Well, I guess I will stop rambling now. Enjoy Chapter 3!

Chapter 3: Leo

While I wasn't completely confident that we should go out at night, I couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard I tried. I grabbed a stone sword, just in case, and walked out with Zoey right behind me. "How about we go over to Waterfall Lake? It should look nice at night, and I wouldn't mind a dip into the water."

"Well, that sounds ok. Just be careful. You don't know that there isn't something out there waiting for us." I rolled my eyes.

We walked down the path we had made down there, and nothing out of the ordinary happened. "See, everything is just-" I was cut off.

An arrow whizzed right past my face and embedded itself in the nearest tree. "Get down!" We dropped to the ground just as another one flew right over our heads. I looked to where the shot had come from, and standing there was a living skeleton. Zoey looked utterly terrified. Before it could get the chance to fire another, I took my sword and smashed it into a pile of bones. Next to me, Zoey looked like she was about to faint, and after a few moments she did. I understood why. An undead zombie had grabbed her from under the arms, and was battering her all around. I sliced its head straight off, and it fell to the ground. I lifted Zoey over my shoulder and started to run back to the house. I could hear Paige vibrating from Zoey's bag. "You can tell me "I told you so" when we aren't being chased by monsters. Now shut up!" And that she did.

Arrows were flying past my head, and I could hear the moaning of at least ten zombies right behind me. I ripped open the door and slammed it shut. We were safe. I collapsed onto the couch, exhausted.

The next morning, Zoey woke me up. "I told you so."

"Why did you faint? I know that must have freaked you out, but you are stronger than that.

"In my first dream, I was being ripped apart and shot at by skeletons and zombies that looked just like those monsters." A wave of understanding washed over me.

"Oh god. That must have scared the hell out of you. Are you ok now?" She nodded.

"Paige had somthing to say. I figured I'd wait till you woke up to read it. This is what it says;I told you so. Those monsters come out at night. I tried to warn you, but you didn't listen to me. They burn in the sunlight. They appear to also dwell in caves. I have made a new section, Mobs, after the recipes section. Be more careful if you are going to go out at night."

Zoey turned to the back of the book to look at the new section. "There are four mobs shown here. A creeper, zombie, skeleton, and enderman. The creeper and enderman are apparently now extinct."

"Well, I guess we can't go outside at night at all. The book started to glow again.

Zoey read; "That isn't neciceraly true. One thing you can do is put more torches out at night. This should prevent as many mobs from coming after you, because they tend to avoid light. They won't burn in torchlight, but they do not like to be near it. Also, you could make some armor along with this so that even if you encounter mobs, you won't really be in danger. While leather, which you obtain from cows, does work, it is not very durable. You can go mining for iron and diamond. These will work better as tools and armor than leather, stone, or wood. You can also find Redstone, which can serve as a form of electricity. Maybe you can craft a computer or better lighting besides torches. You should go mining soon to get better and more durable materials. Make sure you bring ample food and wood, because you will run out of both tools and torches. Which you need sticks for.

"Well, there was a cave nearby, why don't we go explore it? I wouldn't mind having better tools."

I shrugged. "Well, now that we have our house completed, what else is there for us to do? I will go grab some tools and food. Can you go and make sure we have a decent amount of food stockpiled for the trip?" She nodded.

I left to go find some cows. I figured that leather armor would suffice until we mined enough iron to make armor. I saw plenty of them roaming across the plains, and there were plenty enough to get armor for both of us. I went on a killing spree, slaughtering every cow in sight. In the process of getting leather, I also gained a large amount of beef. I went back to the house to see if Zoey was ready to go into the caves.

"I've gotten enough leather for two sets of armor, and also a ton of food to bring on the trip." She looked up from the crafting bench.

"Ok, I am almost done with making tools for both of us. I also got a stack of wood for each of us, along with a ton of torches." She finished the last pickaxe and handed it to me, along with a new sword, shovel, and some torches. "Here are your tools and lighting."

I accepted the items from her. By the time I finished cooking the beef, it had become night time. "Well, I guess we aren't going today. I still am uneasy about last night's encounter, and I don't really want to even worry about those horrible creatures until at least tomorrow." I could tell that she was relieved that I wasn't going to try to drag her out of the house during the night. We walked upstairs to our double bed (We were still sleeping in the same bed due to the fact that Zoey didn't even want to chance having the horrible nightmares again. Yawning, I slid my shirt off and we both got into the bed. It was rather comfortable for simply being made of wool and wood. Zoey turned towards me.

"Leo, do you think we'll ever get back home? I mean, it's been 2 weeks since we crashed on the beach, and I haven't really thought about it at all." I shrugged.

"Honestly, I haven't thought about it much either. I'm not sure I would even want to go back." She looked surprised at this response.

"Really? Why not? I kind of miss all of my friends. I have you of course, but that isn't really the point."

"Haven't you enjoyed your time here? I sure have. It is actually fun to build things here. Also, there isn't anyone else here to bother us. What do we have back home? Both your and my parents are dead. We don't have any family to go back home to. Heck, we lived in a shitty apartment building, surviving on minimum wage and crappy fast food. Here, we live in a gigantic house with no one else here to bother us. I think that this is much better than our previous lives. Sure, the zombies and skeletons are going to get annoying every now and then, but you take the bad with the good." She took a second to think about it.

"I guess you're right. This is a lot better than the way we were living before. Maybe the plane crash was actually a blessing in disguise." She yawned and turned back the other way. "Well, we should probably get some rest before tomorrow. I've got a feeling that it is going to be a long day."

"Yeah. Goodnight Zoey."

"Night Leo." I didn't really feel tired, but my body disagreed. I immediately passed out.