Chapter 10: The Jewel
I was desperate at this point.
All the tunnels looked the same to me.
I went through the bottom path.
Suddenly, I spotted a greenish cobblestone.
It was cobblestone with moss growing on it.
I mined the mossy cobblestone.
It was really dark.
I saw a glowing cage-like cube in the center of the room.
There was a zombie inside of it.
Suddenly, the zombie started to spin and 8 zombies spawned right in front of me.
I turned to run, but I was surrounded by more zombies who I did not hear sneaking up on me.
One zombie moaned and the rest started attacking me.
I was already weakened by the creepers and spider so I was vulnerable, even if they were just zombies.
From past experiences, I knew that zombies could take at least a few hits before going down.
The spinning cube spawned 6 more zombies which also came for me.
I placed a torch on the wall and the cube stopped spinning.
I slammed my pickaxe into the ground like Notch did.
It created a shockwave which knocked zombies all down.
This was my chance to escape.
I ran for the exit and barely made it.
I found a nearby chest with a saddle, redstone and a loaf of bread.
That was good because I was starving.
I happily ate the loaf of goodness.
Then I heard the zombies coming for me.
I kept running.
I stopped to rest again when I thought I lost them.
I turned and saw something.
It was light blue.
It sparkled like the sky.
I knew at once it was a diamond!
There was a problem however.
I had to cross a huge lake of lava to get to it.
I had an empty bucket, but no water.
Then, an idea struck me.
I placed blocks over the lava and skipped from stone to stone.
I finally got to the diamond after hard work.
I raised my iron pickaxe and put it through.
With my luck, it was still only just one diamond.
"One down, two to go!" I said.
My pockets were getting heavy.
It was time to go and find Notch.
I continued through a maze of tunnels until I saw Notch.
He was lying on the ground knocked out, but not dead.
I shook him awake.
"What happened?" he asked me.
"It's a long story!" I said as we climbed to the surface.
I was exhausted.
I was going to try to get a goodnight sleep tonight.