Jade had visualized creating a temporary safe house for the night from the large oak tree in front of her. This didn't happen, however, for Jade couldn't overcome the fatigue and dizziness from the blood loss. Instead she fell asleep in the early afternoon and slept all day against that tree.
Unintentionally, Jade kept on sleeping. The sky eventually became painted with various colors of pink, red, purple and orange, hinting at the coming night. The sun went over the horizon, and it was nighttime in Minecraftia.
In the forest, Jade snoozed as the creatures of the night came out. Zombies and skeletons arose from the ground, patrolling the area another night for threats. Spiders and creepers emerged from their caves, and a few Endermen practiced their art of moving blocks.
If Jade would awake, she would be in a state of all out panic. Perhaps it was good for Jade to sleep- her death would be struggle free.
But this night was something Jade would never expect.
As Jade slept peacefully in the night, mobs paced around her, giving her second glances. Most crept up to be a few meters from her, then they turned around and walked away as if Jade was a fellow mob. Obviously, Jade had no knowledge of this. However, her daily sleeping pattern was disrupted, and Jade was due to wake up sometime during the night to discover that the mobs left her alone.
Jade felt very regenerated when she woke up. She felt a light breeze blowing on her face and bare stomach. She opened her eyes instantly, expecting the mobs to be gone and the time to be early morning. Jade didn't receive what she wished. She recalled that she never built a place for the night- she fell asleep, which she didn't want to do. The sky had gone black, and it was speckled with bright stars and a moon overhead. Jade was alone, and she had no weapons or armor for protection. She didn't have a chance to survive the night alone without shelter. She considered retreating to Eva's house, but after Eva attempted to kill her, Jade had no intention of returning to her cottage.
Jade's hands moved across her head and she pulled her hair. What could she possibly do? Mobs were everywhere in the forest and some come within Jade's view. She decided to book it out of the dangerous woodlands and go east towards the plains from which she spawned. Perhaps there she would have a better chance at survival- the mobs would be more visible with less forestry to hide behind.
Sprinting past the oak and birch trees of the forest, Jade glanced around wildly for any mobs. The lack of light was enough to scare Jade. The presence of mobs made it all worse. They would slay her before she could throw a punch. "Only if the mobs could disappear for one night." Jade prayed as she saw an opening ahead.
Jade saw a spider ahead- she decided that it couldn't catch her if she kept the same speed. With her heart racing, she successfully eluded the spider without warning him. Jade didn't look back- the plains her just ahead of her.
Bolting into the clearing, Jade halted in her tracks. Three creepers blended in with the grassy lands, and they all gazed at her. They crept closer gingerly, and Jade retreated back, observing the area for another escape route. Jade was out of breath, but she tried her best to stay calm. She had to remain alert to survive this night. She was sure at least one other person had been in this dilemma before.
Turning to the right, Jade maneuvered around the creepers, breathing a sigh of relief. Her moment of luck was short-lived, however. Jade climbed over small hill of dirt to view that she was in all aspects, screwed. A horde of skeletons and zombies lay at the bottom of the tiny hill. The three creepers were behind her. To the right, various mobs watched Jade, coming her way. On the opposite side, some other creature stood a little further away, carrying some dirt around. Jade didn't know what it was capable of; Eva said something about it, but in Jade's hysteria, she forgot what it was called.
Jade's body shook; she thought that this was her end. The mobs strolled towards her, clearly planning their attacks. Tears welled up in her eyes as the mobs' sounds increased in volume. She clenched her fists. This was it. She expected the pain to come at any second. She decided to glue her eyes shut. She couldn't tolerate seeing herself being shredded by zombies or blown apart by creepers.
After a minute of her gut-wrenching wait, Jade managed to force her eyes open slightly. Her vision was obscured by her tears, but she noticed through her sobbing that the mobs… lost interest? They weren't anywhere near her; instead, they ignored her now more than anything. Jade stared at a nearby zombie that was limping around.
"Why?" Jade collapsed to the cool grass, her hands running over the blades. Looking back at the mobs, Jade had only one thing to say. "Why?" She choked on her remaining sobs. "Why didn't they attack?" Jade gazed up at the sky. It was midnight. If Jade had been asleep for a few hours outside, wouldn't the mobs have attacked her then…?
Jade held her head in her hands, trying to reason out what was supposed to be her death. She kept shaking her head, messaging her temples furiously. Getting up slowly, Jade began to walk forward, passing the zombies and skeletons. They exchanged bored glances, but they did nothing more. Jade was stuck staring at where the zombies' eyes should be. Jade was perturbed by that. A creature with absent eyes had no soul. Jade felt that the zombies would soon claim hers.
Pulling her gaze away from the undead, Jade viewed all the creatures. Why was their behavior different? They now left Jade, a human, alone. But didn't the mobs attack humans, no matter what race, appearance, or gender?
Jade found a bright red rose stemming up from the earth. How could the delicate flower coexist with all evil and ugly mobs? How could the people? Where the mobs here since the beginning of the Overworld, or did something bring them here?
"Why do I question everything?" Jade murmured as she neared a small lake in the plains, which had a zombie swimming through it. Jade had nothing but questions; didn't other people have the same thought about their world which was tainted with such mystery?
Strolling through the plains, Jade (or anyone for that matter) couldn't help but notice a similarity among the mobs. All of them, with the exception of the spiders, were humanoid. The zombies and skeletons clearly resembled humans the most, especially when they wore armor. Were they once fallen warriors? Why did zombies wear the same clothes? Was there a curse at play? Eva said there was this guy named Steve… Jade tried to remember- what did Eva say?
Eva. She booted Jade out of her house for explaining a dream. Did Eva and other Minecraftians have a religion? They must; and whatever Jade spoke of, whoever spoke to her, must have been an inevitable source of evil for Eva and those of the same faith. Jade heard that voice many times. In whatever scraps of memory that popped back into her head in the past hour, she recalled that man speaking to her since childhood. Childhood…then…
Was it a family member? If so, Jade did not fall out of the sky. She had a family. That hurt Jade the most. Whatever memory of her family was lost, two days ago. Why the hell did she magically lose memory two days ago? Jade's only wound was the cut in her arm, afflicted by Eva. When she rose up from the ground, Jade had no injuries. The old theory didn't make an ounce of sense. However, Jade didn't have her concrete evidence as proof of any family. For all she knew, her memory could she shoddy.
Her recollections now started to be coming back in pieces ever since her terror attack was over. Jade was gripping someone else in a hug. She recalled diamond blocks. She kept receiving a remembrance of a sword. An obsidian sword. Everything remained vague, and no faces or locations were seen. There were only feelings and objects that didn't seem to have much importance as of yet.
With the sky clouding, Jade observed the clouds covering the moon in the sky. "Rain's coming," Jade announced. The air had become more humid with the scent after a downfall. Jade headed northbound. Perhaps someone up that way could answer her burning questions.