It was quite the turn of events; one moment Tony was staring at a crowd of monsters who could kill him in seconds. The next moment he was being escorted to a room.

After telling his story, the mob rulers decided on his fate.

"If you are telling the truth," the skull-hat girl said. ", then it is apparent that you may be of some use to us."

"You're joking, right? He's just a human. How can we possibly use him? Besides, isn't it a little farfetched that he just appeared out of thin air?" The green boy said. The green girl scoffed. "More farfetched than him being around without us knowing?" The green opened his mouth to speak, but closed it.

"Besides, I have a plan for him." The skull-hat girl said. She looked at the white-eyed girl. "H, can you take him to one of the spare rooms?" The girl stared for a moment before nodding.

Tony remembered his sigh of relief as he had narrowly escaped death. Now, however, he was being taken to a spare room in a monster village under the guidance of the rulers of mobs. 'Out of the frying pan...' Tony thought.

The walk was silent. Tony felt a bit awkward. He wanted to make small talk, but felt it would be unwise. The last thing he wanted was to offend someone who could tear him apart.

But he had questions.

Tony cleared his throat, then spoke. "What is this place?" The girl hesitated before speaking. "This is the Village of Shade, but I'm sure you already know that. This place is a meeting place for the mob rulers. Usually, we would live at our own homes in our own areas, but... circumstances have changed that." Tony eyed the girl. "So, what do you rule? I can tell those others ruled zombies, creepers, etc. But..." He trailed. "I have the appearance of a human, but I'm something else. Something you don't want to trifle with. This is your room." She said in a flat tone. Tony shuddered at her casual threat. He hurried inside, but she grabbed his shoulder. "One of us will retrieve you when we're ready. Don't do anything stupid." She warned. With that, the girl left.

Tony closed the door and sat on the bed, sighing. 'I hate to admit it, but that zombie kid is right. I'm just a human. What could several of the strongest beings in Minecraftia want with me?' Tony laid on the bed. There were no windows in the room and a single lamp shined. As he lay, his mind wandered until he found himself thinking of his family. This followed a mental self scolding for not thinking of them sooner. 'How could I just forget about them? I really am a bad person.' His brain threw thoughts in and out of his head. Why didn't I worry about them? Are they worried about me? Should I be trying to find a way home? Where would I even start? Questions crossed his mind until he got a headache, but soon fell victim to slumber...

Tony's eyes snapped open to a loud slurping sound. He sat straight up and looked around the room. Nothing. "Probably just a dream." He told himself. That was until he heard it again. Tony looked around the room, but found nothing. He shrugged and was about to lay back down when he heard a yelp then a red and green slime pile fell in front of him. "Ah!" Tony jumped on the bed. The red pile glowed like lava while the green pile made slurping noises.

Then they moved.

The piles began to grow and get taller. Tony watched in curious horror as the piles became more humanoid. Finally they took shape.

"Nice going, Mire! You just had to move your big butt in the way!" One being said. She was gray with glowing, red hair while the other was bright green. Tony noticed they were two of the rulers sitting at the table. The green one scoffed. "Yeah right, Slag! If you hadn't squirmed so much, we wouldn't have fallen!" The girls continued to argue, only increasing Tony's confusion. "Hey! Hey!" The girls looked at him. "Who are you guys and what are you doing in here!"

The girls blushed. "Sorry about that. My hot-headed acquaintance here was just so impatient." The green one said. The redhead was about to say something, but grumbled instead. Tony scooted back on his bed, nervously. "Impatient? What exactly are-" The green girl leaned in to Tony's face. "What a-are you doing?" He asked. She put a hand on either side of his face. Tony noted that they felt cold and wet, but not uncomfortably so. The girl turned his head from one side to another. "I'm examining you. We don't see many people our age around here." She said. After a moment, she backed away. "What do you mean? Aren't you guys, like, the rulers of your lands?" Tony asked. The girls giggled. "Of course not! We're rulers in training! Our big sisters rule while we stay in all day to learn the basics. We're only here because our big sisters want us to watch our baby sisters." The redhead says. "Sounds boring." Tony replied. These girls weren't a threat. They probably just wanted to ask some questions. Tony felt a bit more relaxed.

Well, as relaxed as you can be when two slime creatures break into your room to study you.

Tony sighed. "What are your names?" He asked. The green one stepped forward. "I am Mire. Junior Ruler of all slimes!" Then the redhead stepped forward. "And I am Slag. Junior Ruler of all magma cubes!"

Tony smiled at their apparent pride and confidence in their titles. His smile faded, however, when Mire approached him. "You're name is Tony, right? As I said, we don't see many others our age. And you're a human no less!" She said. Tony's nervousness was returning. "S-so... are you going t-to ask q-questions? I'd b-be happy to a-answer them." He stammered, trying to regain control of the situation. Mire got closer, but Tony continued to scoot back... until his back hit the wall. Mire crawled toward Tony. "We don't have any questions right now, but we'd like to have a more... hands-on approach." Slag grinned as Mire got closer to Tony.

And closer... and closer... until-

"What is going on here!" A voice shouted. Mire paused as everyone looked toward the door to see the skull-hat girl. Slag laughed nervously. "Oh! Skelly! N-nothing! We're just-"

"Stop bothering the human! Get out!" The skull-hat girl, Skelly, yelled. Mire was nose-to-nose with Tony. "Don't worry, we'll be seeing you later." She said before getting back up.

Mire and Slag shot Tony a mischievous look before exiting. Tony shuddered and sighed. "Thank you."

Skelly smiled kindly. "We have come up with a plan. Come with me."