And we are back with another tale from the village! Next up is Snap, so let's get it crackin! (Get it, cuz he's a skeleton, and bones crack… ok I'll stop…)
Chapter 7: Tales in the Village: Snap
Snap never really took a liking towards forests, mainly because they were the opposite of the Nether: full of life, cool, and calm. It also didn't help that he could easily cause its death with a simple touch. However ,there wasn't much to do out here in this little village, so it was either this or stay home, which definitely didn't sit with him. Oh, how he wished he were back in the Nether. It wasn't the greatest place in the world, but he definitely missed his Wither Skeleton friends, his Nether Fortress home, and all the other craziness that went on down there. Still, he couldn't worry about that now. He'd go back to visit later, but for now his main priority was to stop the Corruption for consuming Minecraftia.
Snap was jolted out of his reverie when he had heard a rustling in the trees. He unsheathed his Wither sword and patiently waited for the attacker. Then he heard a soft, but sharp, "Boo!" He wheeled around, and found a girl his age staring at him, a huge grin plastered onto her face.
The girl was hanging upside down from a spider web just above the trees. She wore a gray jacket with black stripes on the arms and black spots on the midsection, a black miniskirt, black and gray striped leggings, and black shoes. She had purple hair that was done into a long ponytail, and 4 red hair beads that looked like spider eyes. She had red eyes and small fangs. She grinned as she stared at Snap.
"Haha, got you, didn't I?" she said proudly, swinging from the web like a gymnast.
"Yea yea whatever, who are you anyway?" Snap replied. The spider girl dismounted from the web with a graceful landing 2 inches in front of Snap. "The name's Spinner. What's yours, Skelly?"
"What?"
"Skelly. You are a skeleton, right?"
"I'm a Wither Skeleton. There's a big difference."
"Such as?"
"Wither Skeletons are much more powerful, we live in the Nether…"
"YAWN! I feel a minecart of boredom coming along. Where you heading to, Wither Skelly?"
"My name is Snap, and I'm just taking a walk through the forest."
"Really? A walking energy leech walking through an area full of life and energy. Not really the best idea, don't you think?"
"Oh get off my case. Not much to do at that dumb village, you know."
"True that… hey, you can hang with my lil sis and me. Arachne! Come over here and meet the new guy!" The trees rusted and then a girl about the age of 10 walked down a tree trunk as easily as walking on a flat road. She wore a jacket similar to her big sister, only hers was a dark teal color. She wore a matching skirt and dark blue combat boots. She too had purple hair and red eyes, but her hair was shorter and slightly more messy. She still had the 4 purple beads in her hair that looked like spider eyes.
"Great, she comes bite-sized…." Snap mumbled.
"I'm here Spinner. Who's he?" Arachne said, looking at Snap.
"Arachne, this is Snap, a Wither Skeleton hybrid from the nearby village. Snap, this is my little sister, Arachne. She's a Cave Spider hybrid."
"Wait, so you two are different kinds of spiders?" asked Snap.
"Yeah. I'm a regular Spider. My bite isn't as poisonous as my little sister's, but my webs are as powerful as Diamond Chains." Spinner explained.
"And I'm a Cave Spider, so my webs aren't strong but my bite can kill an Iron Golem in a few minutes." Arachne said.
"But Iron Golems are made of iron!" Snap exclaimed.
"Exactly." Arachne smirked. The three looked up at the sky. The sun was slowly setting over the sunset.
"Well, it's getting late. We should head back home. C'mon Snap." Spinner said, walking west. Snap decided to follow, considering we was too far from the village to make it by nightfall. A few minutes they arrived at a small cave system. Inside were 2 beds, 2 nightstands, a crafting table, a furnace, a chest. and a map of the surrounding land. Arachne, who had ran ahead, was already asleep, her arms wrapped around a large plush Spider. Spinner jumped onto her bed. Snap used some wool and wood in a nearby chest to make a bed for himself. He placed it next to Spinner's to make it a king sized bed and laid down. It was silent for a few minutes, and then Snap said. "So what's your story?"
"What do you mean?" Spinner replied.
"You're a hybrid. Every hybrid has a story, so what's yours?"
Spinner sighed, and then said, "Well, it's been me and my sister for a while now, ever since I was 10 and she was 3. We got separated from our parents in a mining raid; we escaped, but I'm not sure about them. After them, we rolled with a few other hybrids, a Silverfish named Sylvia and Zombie named Morty. After that, we broke off from them and have been living her since."
"Wow, sounds pretty rough."
"Meh, it was, but hey, YOSO."
"YOSO?"
"You Only Spawn Once. (Author's Note: You see what I did there. :D) You never know when you're life is going to be gone, so you have to live each day to the fullest. It's just like Mark Twain once said, "20 years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did do. So tear away the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in you sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Snap was impressed. "Wow, you didn't seem like the philosophical type until just now."
"My dad taught me well." Spinner got off the bed to prepare for bed. She pulled the covers over the sleeping Arachne. She removed her jacket to reveal a black bra. She had B-cup boobs. She got back into the bed. Snap removed his jacket and T-shirt. He pulled the covers over him, and then said, "Good night, Spinner."
"Good night, Wither Skelly." Spinner joked. Snap rolled his eyes and then blew out the candle. He was just about to doze off when a loud explosion shook him off the bed. Spinner woke up with a jolt. "What the hell was that?!" She exclaimed, hastily putting her jacket back on.
"I don't know, but we'd better check it out." Snap replied, putting back on his shirt and jacket. They woke Arachne up, grabbed all of their belongings in case they didn't come back, and ran out deeper in the cave. They arrived at a ridge overlooking an iron deposit. Three young men were strolling around. They all had matching grey jackets, each one with a different color trim. One had purple trim on his jacket and wielded a 2-handed diamond sword. Another one with blue trimming held a bow in his hand and was shooting explosive arrows at the cave walls. The last one, who looked to be the leader of the team, wore red trimmings with wielded a diamond pickaxe. They were destroying the cave system without any goo motive. Snap glared at them.
"Who the hell are these losers?" Snap growled.
"I don't know, but they look like we shouldn't mess with them." Spinner said warily.
"Oh man, I don't wanna lose our home again!" Arachne wailed, crying into Spinner's shoulder. This made Snap even angrier. He got up, pulled out his sword, aimed at the guy in red and fired. The blue bowman quickly shot a bow. It intercepted the blast and it exploded, catching the attention of the other two miners. They looked up to where Snap, Spinner, and Arachne were.
"Hey, what's the big idea?!" The red swordsman exclaimed.
"I was just about to ask you posers the same thing. Who the hell are you anyway?" Snap replied.
"My name is Danny, and these are my partners, Jordan and Max. Together we are Minecraft's Finest!"
"More like Minecraft's Lamest. What the hell are you assholes doing?!" Spinner spat.
"We're looking for some decent mobs for the Mob Arena. We're some getting some nice pay for it, so we can't have you guys getting in our way. Jordan, shoot them down."
Jordan, the blue bowman, quickly nocked what looked like a cluster bow. Snap was on him before he could pull the string back. Snap quickly fired three Wither Skulls. One hit Jordan. Danny rolled out the way one the next. Max struck the last one and it exploded in his face. Snap took an offensive stance as Minecraft's Finest regrouped.
"Arachne, stay here!" Spinner said as she jumped down next to Snap. The two groups stood off for what seemed like hours. Suddenly, Jordan shot another bow. Snap rolled out the way and advanced, taking on both Danny and Jordan. Spinner ran up and attempted to punch Max in the face. He caught her arm and threw her into the wall. She used her momentum to flip in the air and land perfectly on the side of the wall. She was easily able to scale the flat wall because of her spider abilities, and she used it the fullest capacity as she shot webs at Max from the ceiling. While he was distracted with getting the webs off him she dropped down and brought the heel of her boot down on the back of Max's head, knocking him out. Meanwhile, Snap was holding his own against Jordan and Danny. He had gotten Jordan to switch to close combat , which obviously wasn't his forte.
"Snap, summon some Wither Skeletons! I have an idea!" Spinner yelled.
"On it! Wither Call!" Snap said. Wither Skeletons appeared from the ground, each wielding a large Wither Sword. Spinner whistled loudly. Several spiders came down from the ceiling. Out of instinct, the Wither Skeletons mounted the spiders. They ran at the Finest and kept them busy, but only for a few minutes. But that's all Snap and Spinner needed as they charged up a final attack.
"Arachne, we need you for this one!" Spinner said. Arachne jumped down from the ridge, ready to fight. She already knew what her sister had planned. Snap charged up a large ball of grey Wither energy. Spinner wrapped it in a spider web that seemed to be glowing with power. The two held the energy ball as Arachne put her hand to the back of it. Suddenly, the ball turned a grayish purple as it was filled with poisonous energy.
"Wither Spider Special! GO!" The three hybrids yelled. They launched the energy ball. It hit its mark and exploded. When the smoke cleared, Minecraft's Finest were wrapped in a grayish purple rope.
"What the hell is this stuff? It's draining my energy…" Max said weakly.
"That stuff is Poisoned Wither Webs. The effects of Poison from a Cave Spider, The Wither effect from a Wither Skeleton, and the strength of a spider's webs." Snap explained with a smirk. Because of the Wither effect, the rope was sapping their energy and healing himself.
"Get us out of here, you freaks!" Danny screamed. They heard zombies close by. Spinner looked at Snap and nodded. Snap said, "Well if it's decent mobs you wanted, it's mobs you'll get. Let's go guys." Spinner whistled and 3 spiders appeared. Snap shot a large Wither Skull into the cave ceiling, and the rocks at the tops fell down, blocking the Finest's path. They each got on a spider and sped off towards the entrance of the cave, leaving the finest dinner for the zombies.
The three felt the cool air of the night and celebrated their victory.
"That was epic! Thanks, Snap!" Spinner exclaimed.
"Ahh it was nothing. I couldn't let those little bastards take your home." Snap relied, rubbing the back of his head.
"Or what is left of it now. Where are we supposed to sleep?" Arachne said pointing back to the wrecked cave entrance."
"Hey, why don't you guys chill with us in the village. We could use some more Hybrid Heroes."
"We'd love to. We should head there before those zombies come after us." Spinner said.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Arachne said, jumping on Snap's back.
"Hey, I thought the skeleton was supposed to ride the spider." Snap said.
"Well the tables have turned buster. Now let's move!" Arachne cheered. Snap turned to Spinner for help, only to get a look that said You're on your own. Sighing, Snap began to walk towd the village with Arachne on his back. Suddenly, a bright flare shot into the sky.
"Oh crap." He whispered. He ran towards the flare.
"Where are you going? The village it this way!" Spinner yelled after him.
"My friend Nethy is in trouble. I have to help her!" Snap replied.
"We're coming with you then. C'mon Spinner!" Arachne yelled. The three ran into the night, they're new friendship pushing them on to save an old one.
