7: The Fresh Spawn Noob

I walked back to the fort. I know I had ender pearls that I could use, but I wasn't really in the mood to do so. I rolled around what Sawyer had told me, as I passed by the white and black birch wood that surrounded me, I thought that maybe I could die in the game, and wake up in real life. That this was just a dream that involved having to die to escape. Then I got an even gruesome thought. What if dying in the game killed you irl. I knew that it was bogus. But come on, seeing how things had happened lately, it wouldn't be the craziest thought I have had.

As I neared the fort, I could see Justin waiting for me at the front gate. He greeted me, and told me to hurry back inside. While I was gone, we had a silent memorial for both Allen and Sal. Those two were nigh inseparable. We talked about both of their past lives in real life.

Allen was, you could say, a rich kid. He had many friends that did not look at his wealth. He liked to do many things with his friends. He said that if he had to choose between all of the possible things he had at his house, he would give it all away for his friends… He was loyal. A true friend through and through. He was also a genius. I mean, the guy was incredibly smart. He was Asian, and his parents owned a major technology company that produced PCs for an affordable price. He never backed down from a challenge. He was timid at first, but he grew from a shy guy to one of the bravest people I know.

And then we had on the other side of the spectrum was Sal, a blonde girl from the suburbs. She wasn't really all that popular. She was smart too, but never really showed it. She told us that what few friends she had weren't really all that popular either. She lived in an okay neighborhood, had a pretty big house. But the kids at her school resented her for her wealth. Her mom passed away before she was 8, and her dad tried to do the best he could to make sure she was happy. He was a doctor. She wanted to be a doctor too.

As we headed back into the fort, we saw a new name pop up.

Ryder. We rushed outside of the fort as fast as we could. We unlocked the password to the fort to try to get out quickly. We began to run to the spawn point to see if Ryder was still there, but when we got there, we saw nobody. Confused, we searched around for him, to see where he was, but failed to find him.

After a while, we just gave up the search, and returned back to the fort. At that time, we were ignorant to what had happened before we got there.

I should have thought Sawyer had something to do with it, but dismissed it, vowing to find him later.

That is, of course, I thought about Sawyers decrease in number compared to ours. But now we were even. And he possibly has recruited Ryder, the fresh spawn noob, to fight on his side. I hope he just wandered off.

(Author's note: Oh boy did Kevin not know. See, when Ryder spawned in, he did not head straight ahead. He went backwards. He had tripped a wire that made a down to bedrock trap. As he fell, he began to panic, scared out of his mind. What he did not know was that there was a water cushion at the bottom. He fell in and nearly crapped himself, or should I say, would have.)