I know wha you guys are saying. It ha been a while, and I do so hope that you guys still read y stories. But I promise, things will be changing. Stories will be uploaded a lot more nowadays. Anyways, it's good to be back, and let's begin.
The trio of travelers continued to traverse through the water, occasionally seeing some fish here and there.
"Just a little farther you two." Bob said to Alex and Jake. They were around a hundred fifty blocks away from the sixteen block diameter tube, which led to the underwater city.
"Gramps," began Alex, "couldn't we just swim down and break our way into the city, and then cover back up the holes?"
"Oh we most certainly do that, the problem is however, to do that, we would need one water breathing potion for each of us. And I do not believe you or Jake thought to pack any.
"But grandpa, couldn't we just ender pearl over there?" asked Jake.
"Indeed we could. But as I said before we started this lovely swim, the Nether is very hot, so hot in fact, t is impossible for water to be there. Some say that it is best to drink a potion of fire resistance before entering."
Jake and Alex nodded. And they continued to swim.
"AGH!" Alex yelled out suddenly in shock .
"What, what's wrong?" inquired Jake worriedly.
"I, I saw something down there, in the water."
"It was probably just a fish, Alex, nothing to be scared over."
"No, it was bigger than a fish."
"A squid?"
"No, not quite a squid. It was fast, and bigger."
Bob looked down into the depths. They were around half way to the pipe. Suddenly, something zoomed through his line of sight. "You're right Alex, something is down there. We had better hurry, if we leave, it won't follow us."
"What is it gramps?"
Bob looked over his shoulder at Alex. "It's an elder Guardian."
Jake looked down in shock. "What, no way! I thought they could only appear in water dungeons."
"And I thought there was only one ender dragon, Jake, but as I told you, and you told Alex, strange things are happening. We just need to adapt."
Suddenly, a huge monster with a cube shaped body, a long flapping stick with two fins on the end of it, and multiple spikes over its body, burst out of the water with a big-
SPLOOOOOOOSH!
Its one, huge white eye shot a yellow to purple beam, going straight right where Bob was.
"GRAMPS!"
"GRANDPA!"
Was as in past tense.
It all happened in milliseconds. Bob threw an ender pearl into the air, soaring high above the elder Guardian. He pulled out his trusty axe, Ol' Reliablle, and threw another ender pearl down to the Guardian's head. The beam hit the water where Bob was milliseconds ago, splashing water around. He swung his axe down onto the creature's head.
The elder Guardian took damage, and dove into the water again, Bob falling into the spot the Guardian was in with a-
SPLASH!
"Whoa! Gramps, you okay?"
"Yes, Alex, I sure am. I haven't had to do that in a long time. But now is not the time to celebrate. The elder Guardian will most definitely be back. We need to get to that pipe."
"Great idea grandpa," replied Jake with a broad smile, "that thing can't do anything on land!"
"I'm afraid it can, my grandson. It can survive on land just the same as it would in water. We need to get to the pipe to get to the safety of the city."
The three started swimming, and after a few minutes, they finally reached the pipe. The inside was halved. On one side, was a fifty block drop onto a huge trampoline made of slime blocks. And on the other side, a field of what looked like sticky pistons under slime blocks.
"Hm, not bad. Slightly more advanced than the powered rail elevators I made back in the factor." Jake remarked.
Alex looked at him. "Yeah, and WAY more advanced than my TNT elevator."
"Enough of that, you two, we must be going in. Alex, why don't you take the first jump?"
"With pleasure!" Alex then walked to the edge of the drop. "WHOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO!" she yelled, her orange hair flowing all around.
Jake looked down, grateful to see Alex unharmed. "Okay, here I go." he tried to jump, but his body wouldn't let him.
"WHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOHOOOOO!" Alex screamed, coming back up using the piston elevator. "Jake, what the heck? Do you need a push?"
"What, uh, no, I just uh, AAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Alex had pushed Jake to the drop, before jumping in herself.
Jake looked into Alex's deep, orange eyes while falling. She smiled and gave him a thumbs up, which he returned.
The two fell onto the slime, making their clothes temporarily sticky. Bob then fell down a couple seconds later, making a boing sound
"Well, here we are." he gestured to the huge area. It looked like a park, with oak trees, probably imported from somewhere. There were public crafting tables scattered around, and stray cats roaming. Alex looked up to see a couple glass layers, on the other side many squids and fish swam by. Nervously, she looked for the elder Guardian, but to no avail, thankfully. Off into the distance, the three could see tall, dark prismarine block buildings.
"This way." Bob called out to Alex and Jake, gesturing them towards what looked like a cart station
"Hey, can we get three carts to the nearest Nether portal?" asked Jake to the cart master.
"Sure, and don't worry, it's free. Part of the elder Guardian celebration."
The three travelers looked shocked, even Bob.
"What, do you three not know about the celebration?"
Alex, Jake, and Bob shook their heads. "No, we just got here."
"Okay, well, the story goes like this. There was once a time when this whole city, was all above water. We all lived happily, you know? Until one day, a Ghast came through the Nether portal. It destroyed the city, killing many citizens. However, somehow, all of a sudden, the elder Guardian came out of nowhere, and slayed the hideous sky monster. We rebuilt the city, and haven't had anymore problems since then."
Jake looked skeptical. "No problems at all? Cuz that guardian tried to attack us on our way here."
"What, oh, yeah," began the cartmaster, "the elder Guardian is probably growing impatient for it's sacrifice. Each year on the day of our salvation from the Ghast, we send one hundred ghast tears into the water."
"Hm. Sounds reasonable. But come one Jake, gramps, we really have to go!"
With that, the trio hopped into a couple of carts, and bade the cartmaster farewell. Sea lantern lights zoomed over their heads, or they zoomed under the lights. After a few minutes, the Nether portal was coming up. It was a twenty by twenty five portal, the purple haze in the portal making disturbing noises the closer they got to it. They were now twenty blocks away. Fifteen. Ten. Fiveā¦.
Okay, how about that? I tried to make this chapter nice and long. It feels good to be back now. Tell me what you guys think of the story so far. Reviews are really appreciated. BYE BYE!
