Delta824

After that successful escape from the ravine, we had to go all the way back to the shelter. Twice, we encountered a creeper, and one blew up, reducing my heart to five.

"Man," I complained, "I should really get a cat."

"What?" asked Omega.

"They scare the creepers away."

"Cool."

We trod through the grass, running into a flock of sheep, and accidentally falling off from a hill. The sun was going down again when we saw the glow from the shelter. With an extra spurt of speed, we raced towards it, barged opened the door, shut it and slid to the floor. Pluto and Thanatos stared at us curiously, wondering why we were panting and being an invertebrate.

I got up, groaning, and wobbled over to the corner of the room, where I insisted to put bookshelves. There, I picked out Legends of Minecraftia: The Golden Wool, and started to read. Alpha and Omega goggled at me in disbelief.

"We just escaped from a ravine, got almost killed by two creepers, and fell down a hill. All you do is READ after that?" Omega asked incredulously.

I shrugged. "Well, I love to read."

Alpha shook his head in exasperation. "My brain goes haywire every time I open the Book of Lore."

I decided not to ask him what Book of Lore was. I was absorbed in the part where Notch created the Golden Sheep.

Omega ripped out the book from my hand. "Yo, we're talking to you!" he shouted, holding Legends of Minecraftia out of my reach, as I tried to get the book back.

"MINE!" I yelled, and this must have surprised him, because he lowered his hand, and I snatched the book from him. I retreated back to the corner, and started to read, as if nothing happened. Out of the corner of my eye, Alpha muttered something into Omega's ear, which made him nod vigorously. I didn't care. I wanted to finish Chapter 10 by day.

Sun came out, and thankfully, I finished the whole book. I reluctantly left the shelter to continue our journey, but I collected the bookshelves (Heehee).

We rode on, with our faithful wolves splashing alongside, towards the Place of the Yellow Sands. Land seemed to be more common now, and according to the map, we had to go across some other various types of biomes. I updated my other map, adding the unknown region to my record.

I was actually getting really worried about the village, even with those new security systems around it. What if the Creeper King found a way to penetrate the traps and destroy the village? He shuddered even to think about the outcome. It sounded like the dude was way bigger than ordinary creepers, and if that monster blew up, it would take the whole continent with him. But since he was the king, I doubted that he would sacrifice himself to take out the town. As I was thinking, we arrived at a whole new land mass. It seemed that the ocean stopped here, so we broke down our boats, and travelled on foot.

It was a lot more painful than being squashed in a wooden boat. We walked all day, sweating and groaning every now and then across the plains. The dirt ground was going on forever, with occasional flowers, tall grasses, trees and some animals. I was still holding the ancient map Zeta31 left us, to make sure that we weren't going the wrong direction.

Alpha was next to me, holding my other map that I was using to add the new landscape, and the urge to stash the parchment into his inventory was clearly etched on his face. The only person that wasn't bothered of heat was Omega. While we were sweating like mad, he just went on casually, as if this was a normal thing to happen. Maybe it was because he was an Infernosian. Still, it was weird.

I looked blearily at the map. It told me to go through a whole area painted in green, which I assumed to be a forest. Once I told them this, Alpha groaned, complaining about the humidity in there, but Omega didn't seem to mind, saying that he lived in hot areas for his entire life. We marched on; Pluto and Thanatos close behind, towards the forest right ahead of us.

The woods started to show as we got closer and closer: lots of birch and oak trees were visible over a small hill. This sight encouraged us, and urged us forward into the depths of the forest with our anticipated minds. The woods got thicker, and finally, blocked the view of the plains, engulfing us with trees and animal noises.

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We ventured through the woods, climbed some hills, and ran into a skeleton that took refuge under an oak tree. This chap managed to lodge two arrows on Omega and three on me. Alpha killed it, thank Notch, but still, it was painful to heal up those hearts. I hoped that the Skeleton General couldn't sense his minions dying, or else we'd be screwed.

We killed a bunch of pigs to obtain food, and got an egg from a very helpful chicken. Well, had to admit that we killed that animal too. But it gave three feathers and two raw chicken meats: all useful for food and weapons, so it was worth it. Alpha was feeling very guilty from that incident, even though we persuaded him that it was for our own good.

"I don't think the consequences would be good," he groaned, looking helplessly at the spot where the chicken fell, dissolving into smoke.

"You'll get over with it," Omega said, slapping Alpha's shoulder. "Come on, we should get on with the walking." With that, we left the spot where the helpful chicken met its doom.

The woods went on forever. I and Alpha were dragging ourselves trough the thick trees, moaning about the heat in there, but Omega just casually went on, whistling and almost skipping. This was really suspicious, because he didn't seem to mind all the heat and moisture.

"Dude, are you enjoying this?" Alpha groaned, as he took two more painful steps.

"Well, it's like a nice morning walk," answered Omega, swinging his arm.

"Maybe we should take some rest," I said, pointing at a shade of a tree.

"Gee, I was wondering when you'll suggest that," Alpha said sarcastically.

I chose to ignore this comment, and flopped down under the birch tree. "Whoa, this is much better," I gasped.

"Come on, how about just a few more blocks?" pleaded Omega, but Alpha sat down next to me, so he had no choice but to do the same.

I pulled out a bucket of water, and drank it. My friends saw that, and copied me. Omega took a sip, then shook violently.

"What's up?" I asked.

"I-don't-like-c-cold-stuffs," he stammered.

"Why?"

"I just don't like the sensation of spreading throughout the body."

Alpha just dumped the water bucket over his head, and grinned in satisfaction.

"I love cool stuffs," he sighed. "They're just so nice."

Omega prodded the flowing water with his finger, then dipped his feet. He hissed as if he was burnt, and quickly retreated. I stared at my friends' weird behaviours, wondering why they were so different. Alpha noticed I was looking at him, and said, "What?"

"Nothing," I quickly replied, and turned my gaze to the endless woods that stretched on. Pluto scratched his ear right next to me.

We just sat there for a few minutes, daydreaming and reading books (in my case). When the sky became a little dark, I realised that we have been sitting there for the whole evening. I dragged my reluctant friends along the ground, but we didn't cover that much distance because the sun went down completely.

It didn't take long to build a shelter, since all three were building like mad. After the place was finished, we settled ourselves in the shelter, eating food or brooding. Pluto and Thanatos curled into a ball, and snoozed on the wooden floor. I pulled out my Legends of Minecraftia: Temple of Jeb, and flicked through the pages, absorbing the information on when the Temple of Jeb was built. Alpha chewed on a cooked chicken, and Omega dozed off, leaning on the wall.

The moon was visible from the window, and so far, there were no monster noises to disturb my reading. That was a smart thing, because if one zombie moans more than two seconds, I would have found myself bursting out of the hut, charging down the green monsters with my diamond sword. The outside was eerily quiet, which was really suspicious, because the forest had to have some sound. I lifted my gaze from the book, and glanced at my friends. Omega's head was drooping, but Alpha looked tense. He kept looking around, and when he caught my eyes, he said, "Isn't it odd that there are no disturbances out there?"

"Yeah, but maybe there are no animals around us." I resumed reading, but the paragraph about Beta24 (the first ever priest of the Temple of Jeb) looked hazy in my eyes. This weird silence was distracting me, and I found myself reading the same line over and over again. I blinked a few times, and resumed reading, but the information just didn't get into my head. Maybe it was because I lacked sleep, so I just closed the book, stuffed it back into my inventory, and stretched, yawning at the same time. That was when we heard our first ever sound tonight.

BASH.

Omega jerked awake, and looked wildly around. Alpha pulled out his sword, as if he expected this. With my sword in hand, I crept towards the door, and peered through the holes. A zombie bore down on me, raising its hand for another strike.

"Delta, get away from that door!" Alpha yelled.

He didn't have to tell me; I was already safely away from the zombie when it hurled its fist at the door, punching the wood. The door was a wooden door, so judging by the creaks from the hinges, the door was about to break.

"You didn't tell me zombies break down doors!" Omega roared, as he too, pulled out a sword.

"I haven't seen a zombie bashing down them, okay?" I yelled back. "Honestly, my village does not tolerate zombies punching down your entrance; they won't even have the chance, since they perish outside the boundary!"

Omega stopped. "Good point," he said.

The zombie raised its fist again, and drove it straight to the already battered, badly damaged door.

Oh boy, I thought, we are SO screwed.

The door blasted open, sending wooden splinters everywhere.

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A/N:

Another cliffy! I love writing cliff-hanger chapters; so thrilling, aren't they? Just for who don't know, the Temple of Jeb really exists, so I must say "I DON'T OWN THE TEMPLE OF JEB!" And plus, zombies only punch down doors in Hard/Hardcore mode, but I just said it for the storyline. OMG, I JUST PUBLISHED MY FIRST CHAPTER OF THE STORY IN FICTIONPRESS!