Here is the next addition to the story! I am honestly not sure how long the next one will take, but be on the lookout! Also, please review, it lets me know how I am doing in order to make the story even better!
Yawning, I rose from my bed. It had been almost a week since I had left the village. The city is now visible on the skyline. I roasted the rest of the pork that I had gotten from the pig I killed last night.
"According to his instructions, I should be less than a day away."
"Heading to the city now, are you?"
Recognizing the voice, I turned around to see Dark_Master_98 behind me.
"How did you find me?"
"Just my intuition. I figured you might head this way."
"I see."
Dark_Master_98 came over to my shelter. He inspected it, then checked me over.
"I see the villagers taught you well."
"Yes, I was well taken care of."
"Let me give a warning to you. The city can be a rough place sometimes. Be careful."
Nodding to him, I prepared my inventory. I checked to see whether the amulet was still there. I still wanted to find the owner, and perhaps I may find some clues in the city. It was, so I closed it and said my goodbye to Dark_Master_98, who told me that he had to leave. I set off, knowing that the city was close enough to get to by noon.
"He is definitely The Chosen One. I can sense it within him. He has a long way to go yet before he reaches his full potential, however. It is my duty to watch over him, to make sure that he does not die before then, and to test him." I said to myself , once out of his hearing range.
I stepped out of the bushes and saw the city for the first time. It was a large city, filled with players. Most of the buildings were made with brick and wood. I approached the city when someone yelled from my left.
"DUCK!"
I ducked just as an arrow flew by, narrowly missing my head. I looked to my right and saw a Spider fall to the ground, arrow embedded in its head.
"Sorry about that. Those spiders are dangerous and must be killed on sight, on order from the city council."
"No problem, I'm fine. What is your name?"
"My name is Furrypup12344."
"Nice to meet you."
"You look new. I'm guessing you just arrived here."
"Yep. Could you show me around?"
"Sure. Just follow me."
He took me around, showing me the industrial district, the residential district, and the Capital.
"This area here is known as the Hunger Games arena. Want to watch? There is a game underway."
"Sure!"
He took me inside and we sat down in the audience. He explained how the Hunger Games work.
"So if you die in here, it is not a real death?"
"Nope, they are simply avatars of the players."
I looked down to the arena. There were four players left, and two were dominating the competition. They appeared to be working together. Once their competition was down, they faced each other. The winner was dressed in a red hoodie with blue pants and a white shirt.
"We can go down and meet the winner if you want. Normally this is not allowed, but I have special privileges in this city."
"Alright, lets go!"
We headed down into the arena. The winner noticed this and came up to us.
"Hey Furrypup12344. Who is your friend?"
"This is someone that I met at the edge of the city. I saved him from a spider attack."
"Cool. Hey dood, my name is BajanCanadian, but you can call me Mitch."
"Nice to meet you, Mitch. Great job out there on the field."
"I have done better. That was average for me."
"Ah, I see."
"So Mitch, you wanna hang out with us for a bit?"
"Sounds cool, Furrypup12344. Just let me fetch Jerome."
Mitch headed over to Jerome and brought him over to us.
"Hey biggums!"
"Yo, Mitch buddy! You won dem Hunger Games!"
"I certainly did, buddy! Wanna meet some friends of mine?"
"I don't wanna."
"Come here, buddy."
I got my first look at Jerome. He appeared to be a bacca in a suit.
"You sure about this biggums?"
"Yeah, he's cool.
"Hey buddy! My name's Jerome. Power Moves Only!"
"So what should we do?"
"I am hungry. Anyone else hungry?"
"Let's go eat!"
We headed out into the forest to find some food. We looked everywhere, but could not find anything.
"Where are all the animals?" I asked.
"I don't know. Were they scared away by something?"
"It's possible."
"Seeing as there is nothing to kill out here, let's go back into the city and-"
The ground rumbled beneath them, and an explosive noise came from the city. Smoke rose from the west, where the city was.
"Did you hear that?"
"WHAT WAS THAT?!"
"Calm down, Jerome."
"Sorry."
"We need to go check it out."
Unanimously, we agreed to quickly return to the city. When we arrived, the city was in chaos. Steves were running from Zombies, city guards were duelling with skeletons, and spiders were lurking everywhere. There was a large crater where the town hall used to be, and blocks littered the streets.
"What is going on?!"
"We need to help them."
"But how can we defeat all of them?"
"Dood! You won at least 20 Hunger Games last year!"
"Good point."
We charged into the fray. I took out a zombie with my sword. Behind me, Mitch shot at a skeleton.
To my right, Jerome was chopping down spiders with his diamond axe. To my left, Furrypup12344 was
killing zombies. We went on fighting as long as we could, but we soon grew tired, and the mobs began to overwhelm us. We got surrounded on all sides.
"What are we going to do? There are too many!"
"WE FIGHT UNTIL WE DIE!"
"I wonder how he is doing. Maybe I should check on him." I looked in the direction he set off in to see smoke. "Oh no. This is not good. I need to save him!" I started to run over to the city. "This is not fast enough. I need to teleport, though I hate doing it." With a blink, I teleported right into the city. Looking, I saw a chaotic scene. "Dang it. This was not supposed to happen so soon! My minions told me that it would be a week from now! It must be progressing at a faster rate than we thought." Looking to my right, I saw a crowd of mobs circling a group of four. The four looked like they were struggling.
"They don't look like they are doing too well. Wait, is that- NO! I MUST SAVE THEM!"
I felt exhausted. Furrypup12344 looked ready to collapse. Behind me, Mitch was slowing down his shots. Even Jerome was starting to look tired.
"Uh, guys? I don't think we are going to make it."
"I know, Deadfrontier20. Our odds are not looking good."
"Biggums, I can't keep this up much longer. My bow is almost broken!"
"I know, buddy. Betty has taken a lot of damage."
"What do we do?"
"I don't think there is anything we can do."
As the mobs closed in on us, everything faded to black.
Yes, another cliffhanger! Aren't I nice? The next chapter will arrive likely within 3 days, so be on the lookout!