Hurrah! New chapter time! Sorry for another gap in content, but I have been busy with life stuff. It pains me to not update every two days or so, but sometimes I've got to do the right thing. I really enjoy writing these and-

*Loud Crash is heard in the background, interrupting Ryan mid sentence. Turning, Ryan sees Porkchop with drumstick in hands, sitting in front of the drumset.*

Me: SERIOUSLY?

Porkchop: Sorry...

Zoey: You know, you can't expect him not to want to try them out.

*Ryan Sighs*

Me: Well I can, but that doesn't mean he won't...

Snowy: This bed is really comfortable.

Me: Wait, why are you on my bed?!

Snowy: Cause it's comfy. *Pulls the covers over her body*

Me: Why did I let them in my room in the first place... Ugh... I'm going to go sort this out. Enjoy chapter 14.

Chapter 14: Leo

"Can you tell me again why the hell we're going back down there?" We were standing in front of one of the large cave entrances, getting ready to head in. After a short breakfast, we had grabbed our tools and headed back over here. Paige was really unsettled with the idea of going back into the mines. I can see why, considering she had almost died. But then again, Zoey and I have almost died about a dozen times now, so it shouldn't be that unusual. Herobrine sighed and turned to face her.

"We need more gold, and this is the best cave that I've ever come across. I don't suppose you think we're going to fight Jupa without any golden apples, do you? That would be like suicide!" Well not really, but I would rather have a few second chances if I get pegged with an arrow or something like that. "Anyway, we're all going together this time, so you'll be fine." She still looked unhappy about it, but I doubt she would rather stay here on her own. She nodded slowly.

"Whatever…." Herobrine took the lead, bringing us back to the point where they had stopped yesterday. The tunnels that we walked through were completely cleared out, except for the stray piece of coal here or there. They were a lot more thorough in their mining, and yet they had still found way more diamonds then we had.

"Hey Herobrine, how did you guys manage to find so many diamonds yesterday? Did you just get lucky? Or do you have some kind of super-secret mining techniques?" He chuckled.

"Actually, I do use a certain technique." He stopped and pointed to a tunnel protruding from the wall. "Instead of just mining the ores you find in caves, you should also strip mine." He pointed to the multitude of tunnels branching off of the original. By doing this, there is no way that he would miss ores. While it seemed like a lot of work, they were certainly rewarded for the effort they put in. "Honestly, we don't really need to do this if we're just looking for gold, as it is fairly common in caves. The reason that we do this to find diamonds is that diamonds are most commonly encased in stone, and not protruding from cave walls. I don't often see diamonds in caves, and the fact that we only found about ten diamonds in the cave supports my words."

"Are there still parts of this cave that you haven't explored?"

"Yes, we weren't having much luck in the cave itself, so we just went and strip mined the rest of the day. There should be plenty left to mine in." And with that, we were off. It was a good idea for us to mine together, because even though there were plenty of mobs attacking us, we were never really in danger. Five against one or two mobs was easy, and that was the most enemies we encountered at one time. Two ravines and an abandoned mineshaft later, we had finished. I was pretty happy with our haul. We had gotten, in all, 10 stacks of gold ore. As an added bonus, Snowy and I had managed to find a total of ten diamonds. Honestly, I didn't know why we needed so much gold. A stack or so would have equaled 64 golden apples, which would have definitely been enough for the five of us.

"Hey, I know that we need a decent amount of gold to make enough for all of us, but isn't this a little excessive?" He slowed his pace to match mine, and started to explain.

"The reason that we need so much gold is that there isn't just one type of golden apple, no, there are two." I was intrigued. "The first one is the one you are most familiar with, the weaker golden apple. These apples give you three seconds of health regeneration, which is enough to mend broken bones, and things of the sort. The second golden apple, the stronger one, is much more expensive to make. It gives you thirty seconds of Regeneration II, which will heal any injury you have. In addition, it gives you two buffs, one being Resistance for three minutes. This won't make you invincible, but close to it. Even if you got shot in the chest with an arrow, it would probably bounce off your chest, leaving only a little cut. The second buff, fire resistance, is also for three minutes. And this doesn't just protect you from fire. You can take a dip in the lava, and you wouldn't feel a thing." I was amazed.

"Holy crap! Why haven't we made these before?!" He waited for me to stop talking, and continued.

"I was just getting to that. As you know, the regular golden apple is pretty cheap to make, a gold ingot and an apple. The other one, well, requires quite a bit more of it. Instead of 8 golden nuggets to make it, you need 8 golden BLOCKS; I repeat, 8 BLOCKS." I was surprised at this. That is a TON of gold, and you only get one? Well, I guess that's why we needed this massive amount of the stuff. But even with this many, we'll only get… 8?! Jesus Christ, that's ridiculous! Still, it will most likely be enough.

The bright morning light hit my eyes as we emerged from the depths. Huh, we must have been down there longer than I thought we were, because it was obviously not the still the same day. I don't really bother to check the time when we are down there, because it doesn't really matter. We packed up our temporary camp, and got walking. I was already exhausted as it was, so my body wasn't really happy about walking around another half a mile to get back home. We were all tired, so no one really said anything. When we finally approached the house, it was becoming night. I walked as fast as I could without collapsing. I opened the door, trudged up the steps, and went right to sleep. My mind happily accepted the connection request from Zoey, and I was plunged into the dark fogginess of the void.

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