A/N: This is the rewritten Chapter 3, I do hope you enjoy this story and chapter.
Chapter 3
The Library Chambers
The three Endermen teleported in front of us. One of the Endermen had a bruise on its head-it was most likely the one Jordan had kicked before. The Enderman General snarled at me and said in a menacing tone, "You have caused much trouble for Sikrali and me. Now, prepare for your death!" Then, I realized that the Enderman General had not spoken in Minecraftic. How was it possible that I could understand what the General had said?
My thoughts were broken when Ice whispered to Jordan and me, "3 of them, 3 of us, one for each. CHARGE!" Ice threw two thin iron swords to Jordan and the blue Creeper engaged in combat with one of the Endermen. Jordan turned and faced the Enderman who he had kicked, which screeched and roared scarily at my friend. Jordan wasn't good with sword fighting so I had doubts of him winning his battle. I had doubts of myself winning as the Enderman General faced me, talons clicking against each other like a butcher sharpening a cleaver. I stabbed at it but it simply teleported away, reappearing behind me. I swung my sword at it but the Enderman General caught the blade on its talons easily.
The Enderman General then pulled the blade towards him, causing me to lurch forward and fall face-first into the dirt. I was then dragged along on the dirt ground by the General as he made several large strides back. Quickly, I grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it at the General.
The General let go of the blade and shrieked in pain as the dirt entered his eye. I quickly swiped my iron sword and cut a deep gash on his left leg. Purple blood spurted out of the wound rather quickly. Just as I was about to run him through my sword, the Enderman General's talons raked across my right shoulder, slicing up my leather tunic. Blood flowed out profusely and before I could utter a cry of pain at this wound, the Enderman General gave me a strong punch and sent me flying through the air and I landed hard on the ground. The Enderman General teleported in front of me, fangs bared, ready for the kill.
I was somewhat saved by Ice, as he accidentally distracted the Enderman General by yelling cries every time he attacked the third Enderman.
"Roundhouse kick!" Ice shouted as he tried to kick his opponent, but failed as his legs were too short. Ice got really mad as the third Enderman made a series of sounds like laughing, although I don't really blame the mob for having such a reaction.
"Grrr…watch this!" Ice started hissing and flashing and then seemed to blow up in a large, bluish explosion, throwing up a large cloud of dust was thrown up. When the dust cleared, I saw that the third Enderman was frozen and the area around him was covered in ice that started to melt. Ice was still standing and not dead from the explosion, not even harmed in the slightest. The blue Creeper snickered and kicked the frozen Enderman at the Enderman General and the two Endermen slammed into one another, with the frozen one shattering into a million shards of ice. The Endermen General screamed an ear-piercing cry as the ice shards stabbed into his face and arms.
"Quick boy, get him!" Ice told me. I picked myself up and ran up to the General, planting my boot on his face. As I was about to decapitate him with my iron blade, the Enderman General squirted Ender poison from his scales. The corrosive poison burned my arm on contact and the pain was as if I was in a lava pit, forcing me to stumble back in agony. The Enderman General quickly tried to stand up but Ice exploded and froze him. The General oozed out an unusually large amount of Ender poison, which melted the ice quickly. Ice exploded again and crushed the Enderman General under an enormous ice block.
"Quick boy! I can't freeze him forever!" Ice said. Ignoring the injury on my arm, I charged at the General, which had grabbed the ice block and had thrown it back at Ice. The blue Creeper smashed into a tree.
Quickly, I leapt into the air, blade above my head, ready to swing. The Enderman General raised its right hand, ready to use its talons to block my attack once more. At the last possible second, I switched my sword from my right hand to my left and swung the blade sideways with as much strength as I had left.
"GGGGGGGGGGGGWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"The Enderman General howled in pain as my sword sliced clean through his arm, amputating part of it. I dropped my sword and covered my ears as the howl resonated through the forest while Ice immediately curled up into a ball. The howl was so loud that I reckoned even the mobs in the End could hear it.
"THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, YOU WON'T BE WALKING AWAY!" The Endermen General swore and teleported away.
I turned away and found Jordan still battling the bruised Enderman, both seemingly disoriented by the Enderman General's howl of pain. Just as I had thought, Jordan was no good using the twin iron swords and couldn't defeat the bruised Enderman. Jordan swung his twin iron swords but the Enderman teleported behind him and smacked Jordan hard on the back. Jordan fell to the ground hard and the Enderman kept him down with a leg on his back. The enderman bared its fangs, ready to sink them into Jordan's neck.
"NO!" I shouted, sprinting towards the Enderman but I knew I would never make it there on time. Ice sped on beside me and exploded, freezing the ground in front of me. I skidded at an extremely fast speed and managed to slam into the Enderman before it could end Jordan's life. We both tumbled over each other, with me trying to avoid its talons and fangs. Drawing out my iron sword, I did a quick swipe at it but it teleported away. I observed my surroundings in an attempt to catch a glimpse of it, but the bruised Enderman was nowhere in sight.
I helped Jordan up. "You really need to practice some sword fighting. You would have been dead if I were a second late." I told him.
"And you would both have been dead if it weren't for me!" Ice added in.
"Yeah. Thanks Ice." I quickly told him.
"All right. Let's get moving. The Enderman General's howl would attract a lot of mobs. Besides, Magta is just about a hundred or two hundred blocks away." Ice said. I turned to look at him. "Why are you assisting us? Didn't you say you found us Minecraftians annoying?" Ice smiled. "I told you I had a soft spot for Minecraftians. I am also vehemently against the Ender Army for…a few reasons, including my own species." I scratched my head. "I don't think that's where you use the word 'vehemently', but thanks for the help."
The 3 of us quickly set off and without any trouble, we arrived at the capital.
The grand city of Magta was no longer what we saw in books at school. The majestic obsidian walls were blasted apart by who-knows-what. The towering wooden watchtower was now nothing but a pile of ashes. We entered through a massive hole and saw the remains of a destroyed Iron Golem, its head having been smashed into pieces and hundreds of arrows were sticking out of it. The Golem's eyes had dimmed and its arms were gone. Beside it was a half-eaten body of a wolf. Its ribs were showing and part of its body was gone. We tried our best to ignore this grisly sight and continued in.
"The library is close to the heart of the city so let's hurry. There would be mobs guarding this city for sure. Look! There's one!"
True enough, a Creeper sat near what probably used to be a restaurant, munching on some human or wolf flesh. Jordan speedily fired an arrow and it hit the creeper full in the face. However, it was still alive and hissed at us. Before it could advance, Ice exploded and sent a hundred razor-sharp ice shards at the creeper, killing it instantly.
"The sound of the explosion would attract many mobs so let us hurry!" Ice said.
We hurried past many houses, a hospital, a church, more houses, and a statue of an Enderman, a few warehouses and then finally reached the library.
The library was only one-storey but Ice assured me that the chambers were underground. The library was almost completely annihilated and a fire was burning on the far side. Jordan noticed a trapdoor in the corner and notified us of its existence. I opened it and we climbed down a ladder, which led to a hallway. At the end, there were iron double doors with no lever, button, pressure plate or tripwires anywhere. "How do I get in?" I asked Ice.
"If the myths are true, put your hand there, Chosen Hero." Ice told me.
I did and the iron doors swung wide open instantly, shocking me mildly. As soon as I stepped through, the doors slammed shut, leaving my friends still stuck outside. I slammed on the door but it didn't budge.
"Go on, boy. Only The Chosen Hero and his enemies can enter. So hurry! We will hold the mobs off for as long as we can! Now move!" Ice said.
"Wait Ice! Who said that I was the Chosen Hero?" I asked.
"You will find the answer inside, now go!" Ice hissed
I dashed down the library corridors and reached an iron door at the end. This one had a button at its side though. I pressed it and the door creeped open slowly. Inside, rows of books greeted me. I glanced at their titles but found nothing that could help. That was when I noticed a wooden door in the corner. Opening it, I was shocked to find a dead body of a guard. His only injury was a slit throat. Beside him was a bloodied dagger. Committed suicide, most likely. In the room, there was only a single bookshelf with 3 books: 'My Diary', by Notch, 'The Legends', by Herobrine and 'The Complete Guide to Minecraftia', by Zeroxiphalea Diamond.
I quickly grabbed all 3 books and turned around, ready to leave.
And saw an arrow speeding straight at me.
A/N: As I said, cliffhangers. There used to be an OC submission on this page, but no longer! Please review and thanks for reading.