Author's Notes

So! I cannot stress enough the awesome amount of support from GiggiEba! You guys should check him out at some point, because his stories are awesome.

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(Simon's starting this time.)

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The next morning was tiresome, as well as the afternoon. Thomas and I spent a couple of hours gathering stone from the surface so we could make better picks. Since the sticks don't really care about being of even length, I got myself a long-handled pick with a light head. Thomas got himself a heavy pick of 'regular' length. So he could pick easier and more, while I could pick faster and from farther away.

It also took us some time to make the damn things. We finally found a way to attach the stone heads to the sticks. We essentially split one end of the stick in half and lodged the head there. Then we tied the ends of the stick together, as well as placing clay beneath the pick head. It looks weird, but meh.

Once that was done, Thomas picked up about two dozen apples from the shed. I had some jerky in my pack, but I didn't tell him that. I brought ten small sticks of dynamite inside their holsters along my thighs and belt. As well as my flint-n'-steel leather gloves. Thomas was fascinated.

"What are those for?" I snapped my fingers and a spark flew out. "I mostly use 'em for lighting fires and torches, but I can also light up dynamite as I go. So they're pretty useful." He looked impressed. "That is genius. Maybe we could make some for me later." He stood up and I followed. Then I remembered something important. "Aw, dammit, wait."

I walked to the house and picked up my goggles. Couldn't leave without them. I walked out and Thomas was waiting patiently. The girls had woken up a little later, and they immediately went hunting for cows. Yesterday, they had gone swimming to help Eba with a little problem she had, and most of their stuff had gotten wet. So now they needed leather for extra clothes while theirs dried.

Eba kept her hoodie mostly dry, and I let Sarah borrow mine. I was weird, knowing she was wearing my hoodie without an undershirt. But I tried ignoring that. Thomas and I went wandering off in search of a cavern. Breakfast for the four of us had been apples, which wasn't really that much of a surprise. We found a small cave after about an hour, and walked in.

I lit a torch and we realized that this cave went very far down. Not as in steep, but long enough to seem endless. We trudged along, looking for any sort of ore. We didn't find much at first, but as we walked deeper, we started seeing glitters along the walls. I picked at one of them, and a tiny piece of metal fell out. Not much. We kept going, and the farther we walked, the stuffier it felt.

I'm not claustrophobic, but mining isn't exactly my cup of tea. We eventually found some coal, which Thomas mined while I 'stood watch'. I felt a presence down a path that branched out from the main cave, but I kept a leash on my fear.

We kept on for about six hours, but when we decided to go back, something took my torch and left us in the dark

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Thomas

I could tell that Simon started to get jittery, and more so the deeper we went. It took us a few hours, but we had gathered enough metal for maybe ten iron ingots. As well as some coal. There were surprisingly no mobs around, which is probably part of what ticked Simon off.

Just as we turned to get out, he yelped and the torch went out, leaving us in a haze of sudden darkness. I heard him whisper 'lords dammit!' as he looked aroun for some ing to light on fire. He ended up taking the fuse out of a dynamite stick and lighting that, holding it in his hand.

"Well, then. Let's get out of here before-" then that light went out and I heard a muffled scream. I held out my pickaxe, hoping that it would help me in any way shape or form. Suddenly, I felt some sort of cloth be draped over my mouth and eyes as I got dragged across the stony ground. Once the movement was stopped, I tried to scream, and a stone was brought down on my head.

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An unknown amount of time later...

My head was throbbing something fierce, but at least it wasn't bleeding. There was something covering my eyes making everything pitch black, and I couldn't move. I was lying down on the stone ground. I shook my head a little, and I found out that it was the only thing I could move.

I heard a muffled groan from somewhere else. I guessed that to be Simon. Then I heard footsteps. "Lords dammit, Lila! You just had to hit him, didn't you?" A femenine voice spoke, followed by another, lighter one. "Well at least it kept him shut up, didn't it Valory? You just gagged the other one and he kept on making weird sounds!"

I was sure that these two were responsible for our little predicament. "Well, I wasn't sure if it was a mob or not. Since mobs can't really scream, I just assumed that a gag would be enough." "Well, neither of them is an actual mob. Unless you count the creeper boy. So congrats on getting me hungry." This last statement made me feel queasy, and it must've had a similar effect on Simon because he groaned loudly.

"Aw, relax you big baby. We're not going to eat you. We only eat mobs and the occasional animal that wanders in." I heard a tearing sound, then Simon's voice. "Relax?!? How in all the lord's names should I f*cking relax?!? You f*cking gagged and kidnapped us!!! How the-" then I heard more muffled ranting. "You really should let out some steam once I a while. Lila, un-gag the other one." I felt the cloth peeling off my face, and I stared into the maroon eyes of a pretty girl.

She blinked and smiled. "Well, at least your not screaming bloody murder. Hi! My name is Lila. That's my sister Valory. Who are you two?". I studied Lila for a second. Her hair was fairly short, just about reaching her shoulders, and it was a dark cyan color with a red stripe. She had a simple sweater that was a dark blue, as well as a black skirt that extended to past her knees. She was wearing black boots too.

I realized that we were in a small stone room filled with cobwebs, and a few torches here and there. I wet my lips and spoke. "My name is Thomas. That right there is Simon. We were mining when you so rudely captured us."

She smiled again, unfazed by my comment. "Sorry. We just thought you were mobs, is all. We're spiders, and our most distinguished trait is trapping. We use it to hunt mobs and animals, and the occasional intruder." I heard an irritated voice on the other side of the room. "Are you done, Lila? I need some help here." I turned and saw a gorgeous girl holding down Simon as he thrashed, bloodlust in his eyes. "Fine. Maybe Thomas here could help. You untie him."

Lila walked over to Simon and crouched down beside him, trying to calm him down. I saw Valory walk over to me, slowly and with a weird expression on her face. As if examining me with great interest. "Well, hello there handsome. I'm Valory. Let's get you out of these awful bonds." She pulled out a knife that seemed to have been carved from a large bone, and cut the thick string that kept me immobilized.

Once I was loose, I took my time examining Valory. She was wearing a black turtleneck with the shoulders cut off, as well as black shorts and knee-high leather boot. Also black. Her hair was the same shade as everything else she wore, and it was hanging down to past shoulder-length. "Thanks, I guess." She smiled a very seductive smile, and I made a mental note to stay a fair distance away from now on. I turned to see Lila removing Simon's bonds.

"See? It's fine. Just don't do that again." He sighed. "Then don't kidnap me again." His mouth was a grim line of repressed anger. "You Okay Simon?" He turned to me. "Never better." He walked over to a wall and picked up a torch. "Hey!" Lila exclaimed. Valory simply 'hmph'd and kept checking me out. I squirmed under her gaze and followed Simon as he walked out.

"You guys can't just leave!" Simon turned and yelled at the two spiders. "No-one's stopping us from leaving! Or you from following! I don't even care if you do, I just want out!" With that, he turned back toward the exit and walked away. I looked at the spiders. "He's just a bit stressed right now-" I heard Simon from far away; "Heard that!" "-but he's also right. We both want out, but if you want to follow us, that's completely fine."

I waited for their response. Lila looked at Valory, and Valory nodded. "Fine, well go." She took a torch from the wall while Valory collected some cobwebs from the floor and walls. Once they were done, I nodded and took Lila's torch, leading them both out into the sunlight.

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Sarah

Eba and I woke up just after Simon and Thomas. We ate some apples before going out to find cows. We needed the leather because Eba had a small issue with endermites, so we had gone for a swim. Of course, we had no towels, so our undershirt and jeans were wet. So we were going to use the leather to make pants and tunics while our clothing dried.

Eba trudged happily along, looking this way and that, humming a little tune as she did. I smiled. She could be such a kid sometimes. Eba tapped me on my shoulder and I looked at the direction in which she was pointing. There was a group of bovines in the forest, grazing nearby.

We crouched down and I readied my bow. Eba held her breath as I fired five arrows in rapid succession. All of the arrows hit their marks, and the rest of the cows ran off. I gathered the meat while Eba took the leather. When we were done, the cow's bodies turned to ash and disappeared.

We walked back towards the house. Eba spoke up during the walk. "I, eh... I could just teleport us home, you know..." I turned to look at her, and she was blushing. I flashed her an encouraging smile. "Really? I'd like to see that." She blushed again. "Uhh, Okay. I, um, need to ho-hold you. If that's okay." I could see that she was uncertain, so I grabbed her hand in mine.

"It's alright. Show me." She nodded, face still red, and embraced me in a bear hug. Now it was my turn to blush, but my face returned to its natural state quickly. We were floating in a black void, just the two of us, for a split second. It felt cold, empty, and dead.

Then we were home. Right in front of our door. I was still a bit shaken, but I didn't let Eba see that. She smiled sheepishly. "So? How was it?" I smiled back. "Definetly something. How do you do that?" She looked away, her face growing red again.

"I just... sort of close my eyes and think about where I want to go. I picture it. Then I open my eyes and I'm there." She mumbled the whole thing, but I understood what she said. The whole trip took us like five hours, so we had enough time to start making the clothes.

"When... when do you think Thomas and Simon will be back?" I looked at Eba. "Not sure. They'll turn up eventually, though. Help me stitch these two bits together." Eba had a small sewing kit in her pockets, and thankfully it hadn't gotten wet. We were using it to sew the leather into our new tunics.

We spent a few hours like that, putting our new clothes together. I stepped into the house to change, and then it was Eba's turn. I don't like wearing jeans, though. I prefer shorts because of how easy it is to run. But I decided to make pants instead of shorts, so I had to suck it up. Eba came out looking great.

The tunic emphasized her bust and curves, while the leather pants stuck neatly to her slender legs. "That suits you, Eba." She blushed deeply and mumbled "thanks", a smile playing at her lips. "You look good too, Sarah." I smiled back.

Then, and out of nowhere, an angry Simon walked past us towards the house and kicked the door open. Eba and I looked at each other in confusion, then we looked in the direction Simon had come from. Thomas was walking towards us, pickaxe in hand and a smile on his face. Eba dashed over to meet him, and I walked slowly behind her.

I had noticed something she hadn't.

There was two girls trudging along behind Thomas, spiders by the look of things. The taller one had black hair and red eyes, while the shorter one had dark cyan hair with maroon eyes. One spider and one cave spider. How wonderful.

Once Eba had given Thomas her hug and then retreated with her face as red as a tomato, I walked up to him. "Looks like you gathered up something other than metal." He looked confused by his comment, and then it clicked. "Oh! No, I just, they... okay, this is Valory-" he pointed at the tall one. "-and this is Lila.-" he pointed to the short one. "-They kidnapped us thinking that we were mobs." I nodded slowly. "Okay... so you brought them home? Why?"

He looked rather tired. "Well, I wanted out, and they said that they wanted to come too, so I just let them follow me." The spiders nodded. The short spider spoke up. "Love your outfits, by the way." The tall one nodded. "Yes, but they need some flair. Lila and I could help you white that... if you want of course." Eba nodded, happy as ever, and I sighed and nodded too. Thomas spoke first, though. "You guys might want to wait until tomorrow. The sun is starting to set."

He was right, so we all went into the house. Well have to expand it soon...

Simon was in his corner sleeping his worries away. Everyone found this funny. The spiders set up their 'beds' in the opposite corner. I fell asleep almost as soon as my head touched the soft clump of wool that was my pillow.

Then, as I dreamt, I realized that Eba and I had forgotten to hang our wet clothing.

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More Author's Notes

Yay, more characters! And something tells me Valory likes Thomas... :o

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