The two walked up beside the river. Taking large steps and covering a lot of ground. Rose was stuggling to keep up with Caden, though. Caden was faster and more agile. Rose noticed that Caden was turning his head to the left and then to the right, searching fro something. He was looking up and down and all around.
Rose turned her head back in the direction they came from. The destroyed village, the place that she once called home, was nowhere to be seen. She turned her head back, her eyes on the ground. She missed her family, her home, her friends. She prayed that they had escaped, and was out there in the world, probably thinking about her, too. She looked up to see where they were going. Only to see that Caden was a few meters in front of her. He was still looking around, Rose struggled to keep up with him. She looked up to the sky and saw that the time was somewhere around noon, they had left early that morning.
She looked back at Caden and saw that he had stopped. He turned his head around, eyeing her. Quickly, she made her way up to him.
"Sorry, thanks for waiting."
She said, shyly. He gave a curt nod, giving a, "Hmph."
The two continued on, and now that Rose had the time to notice. The trees and rocks and earth blocks around them were getting denser. They were now climbing over them, and it was getting hard to see what was in front of them. Her stomach growled, and it accured to her that neither of them eaten. She spoke.
"Do you want to eat before we move on?"
Without stopping or looking back at her he said.
"Not hungry, but you can eat while we keep going. We have a ways to go."
Rose took out the apples from her inventory and ate one. Then she took out a water bottle and drank at it.
Time passed, she looked up to the sky, and saw that the sun was going to set soon.
*Thudump*
Rose fell to the ground, scraping her knee. She looked back and saw that she tripped over a dirt block. She got back on her feet, and saw Caden making his way to her. He spoke.
"Okay, so far I can't-- your leg is bleeding."
Rose looked looked down at he knee and saw saw blood staining her once clean dress.
She said, "Oh yeah... We should find a place to set camp."
She looked around, and then Caden said.
"Over there."
He pointed a across the river, on the other side, were two block mountains. In between the mountains, was a wide open grassland, with large, spacious trees.
"We'll make camp over there. Looks safe enough."
And with that, he stepped into the river. Rose looked into the river, her eyes growing wide. She didn't think they'd be crossing the river. Caden turned to face Rose.
"Aren't you coming?"
"I... Um, I can't swim."
At that, Caden gave a look of surprise. First time she ever saw him like this.
"Wait, you can tell if someone's alive, you cam tend to their injuries, but you can't swim?"
Rose nodded, embarrassed. But to her complete surprise, he walked out of the water, then picked her up, and crossed the river to the other side. He then put her back on the ground and said.
"Alright, I'll make us a place to sleep, while you clean that leg."
And then he went, leaving Rose still surprised. She watched as He left, going to build their camp. Rose sat down by the river, she pulled up her soot and dirt stained dress, and put her bleeding leg in the water.
The water was freezing, making Rose shiver. She took out a cloth from her inventory, and put a dap of soap on it. And then began washing her knee, blood flowing away in the current. As Rose gently scrubbed at the cut, she thought about how Caden had helped her cross the river. She wondered where he came from, if his unit survived as well. If he had family and friends out there waiting for him. She finished cleaning, and twisted the cloth, ridding it of blood and water, and put it back in her inventory. Then she took her leg out, put her hands together, and prayed.
"Oh Lord, please watch over us. Please bless that we will find help soon. We thank you Lord that we survived the tragedy, and please bless that our families and frieare out there. Amen."
She stood back up on her tired legs.
"It's starting to get dark."
Rose spun around and saw that it was Caden. He motioned for her to follow him. The two went deeper int the valley, it wasn't at all far, they only went six meters until they were in a clearing. In the clearing, was a tiny cottage. It had no windows, and there was a trapdoor in the front. Caden nided Rose.
"Go on in, or the Skeletons will come."
At that, Rose raised an eyebrow before going in. The place was just big enough for two peopl, though it looked big enough for one. The ceiling was just high enough for Caden not to hit his head. There were two beds, one on each side of the room, in between there was emough room for two more beds. Caden shut the door behind them, and then plopped on the left bed. Rose sat on the right bed. She asked.
"Skeleton?"
At that, Caden sat up.
"Yeah," he put a clentched fist out, his arm straight, the other he bended the elbow making an archer position.
"Skeleton."
Rose asked, "What is that the name of an archer group?"
Caden sighed, scratching the back of his neck.
"Do you know what a creeper is?"
"No."
"Enderman?
"Mm-mm."
"How about a witch?"
"Kinda."
"Zombie?"
"Okay, zombies aren't real."
Rose looked to Caden, who gave look of surprise. He pointed at her, asking.
"Are you serious?"
"What? I don't believe in whatever those are. Except the witch."
"But then again, you thought Dragons weren't real either."
Rose paused before saying.
"That's true, but I never heard of any of those things."
At that, Caden asked.
"Well then, what do you have here?"
Rose gave a quizzical look, before answering.
"Animals, forests, villages, rivers, mountains, and blocks."
At that, Caden plopped down on his bed muttering.
"Gods, what is this place?"
He turned on his side, then was silent. Rose lay down on the bed, wondering what tomorrow would bring. Then fell asleep.
