Chapter 7: Little green riding Hood and a trip to the village

"Damn it, I really need a shave !" I thought while I passed my hand on my chin. "I'll have to ask Ayumi if she have a sort of razor that I could use. I don't want to look like a member of the ''ZZ top'' !"

I was walking toward my room with difficulty. Indeed, the effect of the poison Vanessa injected me was beginning to fade. The pain in my shoulder was coming back along with all other bruises and injuries I got with my little visit in the jerk's home. I entered my room and I sat on my bad. Since I didn't wear my leather armor, I didn't needed to take it off. I just had to put down 'Exbarelyburn' who was in her sheath. I also retreived my bag that I had left with my armor. I streched out on the bed and fell into a peaceful sleep...or not.


Unkown time, Notch's place, Mickaël POV

I opened my eyes to see the same room with Notch standing in the middle.

"Ah, Mickaël, you are here. Ready to begin ?" He asked me

"Hum...Yes ? But why didn't you come last night ?"

"I don't know, maybe your nightmare was too strong for me to enter your dream..."

"What ? Are you kidding me ? You are a goddam GOD and you are not able to chase away a little nightmare ?"

"Normaly, I could but...I don't need to remind that you are not from this world Mickaël. Your mind is different from those who are born here.. To be honest, I wasn't even sure I could enter your ''casual'' dreams !"

"Oh, I see...That make sence !"

"Well...back to my question...Are you ready ?"

"Yes !"

Notch snapped his fingers and a bow and a quiver full of arrows appeared in my hand. Three dummies with bows got out of the ground. The dummies drew back their bows and fired. I ducked to avoid the deadly projectiles. Before they could load another arrow. I took one, bent my bow, closed one eye to aim correctly and...failed pitifully. My arrow slipped from my fingers and went much higher than planned. The dummies, who had the time to reload, fired a second arrow. I didn't had the time to react. I just protected my face with my arm. Just before the arrows went throught me, the time stopped. I lowered my arms to see Notch with a disappointed look on his face.

"Well...we will have to work on that !"

"Hey... I can't be good at everything you know. I am just human after all !"

Notch walked toward me and put his face close to mine.

"But if you want to survive, and more importantly to accomplish your destiny. You must be good, even a master, at everything !"

"Yeaah...Now that we are talking about it. You still don't want to tell me what my destiny is ? I mean...it can't be that bad if you tell me about it...right ?"

"You don't understand Mickaël. Didn't you read any story involving time travel when you were a child ? I can't tell your destiny until I think is the time...if I tell you right now, it could have a massive impact on your actions or your behaviour in the future. Understood ?"

"Alright, alright...I see what you mean !"

"Good, now back with your training..."

Minutes after minutes, tries after tries, fails after fails. I still didn't land a single good arrow. I shot the wall an incalculable amount of time, I shot Notch three time and I nearly shot myself in the feet. According to Notch, in this training, I have been, approximatly, killed by the dummies 657 times...Yeah, that's a lot...

"Focus Mickaël, focus !"

"What do you think I am trying to do ? I was trained with much easier weapons, you press something and ''bam'', your opponent is dead !" I said

By the time, I finished my sentence, the time stopped again because of an arrow that nearly came through my head.

"That was disappointing...we will try again tomorrow ! Take care of your bow !"

"Fine..." I sighed


Present time, Ayumi and Vanessa's cave, Mickaël POV

I woke up in my room, fresh as a daisy. The pain in my shoulder seemed to have eased a little and, I don't know why, the bruises were gone. I sat up on my bed to find a bow lying on it. I sighed again and got up. I took 'Exbarelyburn', the bow and my bag. Then I went outside the room where I was greeted by Ayumi who was exiting her bedroom.

"Hi Ayumi. How are you doing ?" I asked

"Still sleepy, I woke up very early to take care of your bruises. I couldn't find sleep after that and you ?"

"Fine. Thank you for taking care of them. Do you know what time is it ?"

"If I believe my watch, it's not dawn yet. You should wait a little, maybe an hour or two, before you go to the village. Or else, you will encounter some mobs outside !"

"Alright, I need to do some things anyway. Do you have a sort of razor somewhere ? I need to shave this !" I said while pointing toward my beard

"Why don't you use an arrow ?" she said

"...Well...I guess that could work. And another thing, where is the iron we mined yesterday ?"

"It must be still in our bags since we haven't touched them..."

I took my bag and opened it. She was right, all our ressources were still here, untouched.

"Oh, okay, thanks...I should have looked first. See you later !" I said with a smile

I passed next to her and I began to walk toward my crafting table. She called me.

"Mickaël ? Is that a bow I see behind your back ? Where did you get it ?"

"I...crafted it. I took a few sticks and strings from the storage room yesterday !" I lied

She looked at me suspeciously for a second before shrugging.

"Ah, I forgot you could craft things with your ''magical workbench''. Just warn me next time you take some materials. You could use them when we could need them the most, like with your bandages !" she said

"Sorry, I'll keep that in mind !"

"We should do a competition !"

"Excuse me ?"

"Since we both have a bow now, we should do a match to see who is better !" she said, exited by her suggestion.

"With my lack of skill with this weapon ? Of course..." "Yes, why not ?" I said. "Damn it, stupid brain." I cursed myself mentally

"Alright then, what about when you get back from the village ?" she asked

"Sounds good !" I said

"That's decided then. See you for breakfirst. Vanessa will come get you when it will be ready !"

"Ok !"

I resumed my walk. I reached my crafting table after a minute. I put down my bag and searched for the ressources. Firstly, I needed a furnace to melt the iron. I took nine cobblestone from my bag and put them on my workbench. After the blinding light thing, I took my new furnace and placed it next to the crafting table. Now had to supply the block with coal. So I put around ten of them in it. As I waited for the iron to cook, I thought about everything that had happened since I arrived here.

"In this world, the mobs are humans. I met a god, the cities are much more evolued than what we have in the normal Minecraft. What is happening in this world ? Since I arrived, I met normal humans, not a single one made of blocks. There is also items that doesn't exist in the game. I befriended two mobs, two girls...What is my destiny ?" I thought about Ayumi and Vanessa "Is it to protect theses two ? Is it simply to survive ? What is my purpose in this world ? The only one that can bring me some of the answers I am looking for, is Notch. I hope he will tell me soon enough !"

''Ding''

"I looked at the furnace to see that all the iron melted into iron ingots. Now, I just needed to craft the armor by placing the ingots at their right places. After crafting the chestplate, the leggings, the boots and the helmet, I had a fully completed iron armor. I took off my leather pants and boots and put on my iron armor.

"Hehehe...I am INVINCIBLE !"

What I didn't expect was a little green demon with red eyes and purple hair to jump on my back while shouting :

"BREAKFIRST READYYYY !"

"AAAHHH...Geez, Vanessa, don't scare me like that. You nearly gave me a heart attack !" I said

"...But breakfirst is ready, and...Mike ?"

"Yes ?"

"Here comes the big horse..." She said while opening her mouth open wide. "Come on, open your mouth...aahhh" Then she runned in the opposite direction

I exactly knew what she was referring to. I began to run after her.

" WHY, YOU LITTLE...WE AGREED TO NEVER SPEAK OF THIS AGAIN...GET BACK HERE !"

We runned past Ayumi who, seeing Vanessa running away from me while I tried to catch her, tried to suppress a laugh...in vain. She laughed out loud for a moment before she called for us.

"Alright. That's enough. Lets eat !"

Ayumi gave us our bowl of mushroom soup. I drank it with pleasure, until the last drop. I put my bowl on the floor.

"Thank you for that meal Ayumi. But I am curious, is that all you eat ?"

"No, sometimes, I go to the surface to kill one or two pig and I come back with some meat. Vanessa love meat !"

"Is that so ? The little Vanessa is a carnivorous ?" I chuckled while I petted Vanessa head.

"Stop petting me...back off or I'll eat your hand..." She said without looking at me.

"Ok, ok...Well, I still have to shave this. Ayumi can I borrow one of your arrows ?" I asked while I got up

"Yes, of course !" She took her quiver and pulled out an arrow. "Here, take this one !"

I took the arrow and went away from the two girls. I began to shave myself. You have to believe me when I say it's very difficult shaving without a mirror. I was a mess, I cut my chin one or two times. After 30 minutes of an intense battle against my beard, I manage to shave it.

I returned to Ayumi and Vanessa.

"Thanks for the arrow !" I said, giving it back to Ayumi.

Then, she gave me a sort of black hat made of wool.

"Here is the mask the you wanted. I advise to wear it only when you meet David or one of his men. The villagers will get nervous if they saw someone wearing a mask covering his face." she said

"Thanks Ayumi !"

"No problem !" she responded with a smile.

I took a closer look at the mask. The mask was black and had two holes in it for the eyes. It was very light.

"Now that I have everything. I am ready to go to the village !" I said confidently

"We would come with you Mickaël, but my skin can't handle the sun and Vanessa is too young. Forgive us..."

"I know Ayumi !"

"Good luck Mickaël !" She said as I walked away, toward the entrance of the mine. I came across the bodies of Edun and the others. They were beginning to rot and, because of that, it smelled really bad. I passed throught the booby-trapped hallway. I carefully avoided the trap by jumping over the slab actionning the mechanism. Then I arrived to stairs and I began to climb them.

"Wow, it was much easier to go downstairs...I hope I won't have to do this everyday..." I thought.

I arrived at the entrance of the mine. There was one problem...What direction must I choose ?

"Well...If my memory isn't playing tricks on me, David said the mine was to the north of the village. So I must go South. Since the sun get up on the east and go down on the west !" I looked breifly at the morning sun "Ok, I must go this way !" I thought while pointing the direction in my head.

I followed the ''South path'' through the jungle for nearly two hours before I arrived in front of a wooden gate. It was not a gigantic one but it was big enough to prevent someone from climbing over it.

"Weird, we didn't pass throught a gate when we exited the village last time...Either, that gate was built in two days, or we went through another exit..." I thought while I was walking toward the doorway. I knocked loudly one or two times on the door, hopping for someone to come and open me. After two long minutes, I repeated the same process.

Suddenly, the door exploded and something crashed onto me with great velocity. I was sent flying and, when I touched the ground, I made a few backward rolls. When we stopped, my head was spinning. I tried to regain focus over my vision which was blurry at the moment. I looked at the thing that collided with me. It was a girl with a green hoodie that had a creeper face on it. She also had red hair and golden eyes. We were both staring at each other. I recognized her nearly immediatetly and she seemed to remember me too.

"YOU !" we said at the same time.

Then, she began to run away from something, maybe me or an iron female golem that was walking toward us, maybe both. "Wait what ? Female ? Even creations have genders now ?" I quickly pushed theses thoughts aside. I guessed it must have been the iron golem that throwed the girl into the door, breaking it down. I began to run after the girl. She was fast, it was like she knew the forest like the back of her hand. We runned for I don't know how long until I heard a scream of terror. I saw the girl backing up in fear from...a cat ?

"Moew !" the cat said.

"AAAAAHHHH !" the girl screamed

She tried to run in the oposite direction but her face met with my armor. She fell on her butt. She was obviously scared.

"Leave me alone...I didn't mean for that to happen !"

"What are you talking about ?" I said as I approached my hand toward her.

"Don't touch me...leave me alone !" she moved backward but met the cat who jumped on her stomach. Tears were streaming down the cheecks of the girl.

"Hey...Are you okay ?" I asked as I continued to approach her "Of course she not okay, dumbass, she is a creeper. These mobs are daidly afraid of cats !"

After hearing my question, she looked at me. Then I heard some kind of fuse activating and I saw the girl going white. "Holy crap..." I thought. I quickly ducked down on the floor to avoid the blast of the explosion.

"BOOM"

I could feel the heat of the explosion and something fell on my head before rolling in front of my face...The cat's head. I felt the urge to vomit but I manage to contain it. When it was over, I got up on my feet and looked at the girl. She was unconcious in the center of a small crater. Surprisingly, the trees of the jungle weren't on fire, but there was a large pillar of white smoke. It was only a matter of time before the villagers would come to see what was happening.

"Damn...if I leave her here and if my sucpicion about that girl being a creeper is right, then the villagers will kill her !"

I picked the girl and searched for a cave to rest a moment before going back to the village. After a few minutes, I found a small cave we could use to have a rest. I put down the girl and waited for her to wake up. While I waited, I took the opportunity to check the items of my bag and more importantly, my pistol. ''Exbarelyburn'' and my bow were fine. I was glad none of my weapons or ressources were damaged by the explosion.

I heard a mumble coming from the girl. I saw her opening one eye, then the other. At the second she saw me, she took a few steps backward.

"Who are you ? Where am I ?" she asked panicked

"Wow, hold on there..." I told her "My name is Mikaël and, for your second question, we are in some random cave I brang you in when you exploded. Now what's your name ?"

"My name is Cupa...Cupa the creeper !"

"So you really are the one who blew up my house !"

She cowered in fear.

"I didn't mean to destroy your house. I am sorry. I swear, if I knew it was yours...and it looked so..."

"Bah...that's fine, it wasn't a real house anyway, just a shelter !"

"You are not angy at me ?"

"Of course I was, but you apologised, so it's okay. I rarely hold a grudge against someone !"

"Thank you !"

"Why were you doing in this village ?" I asked her

"Well..." she began.


30 minutes earlier, The village, Cupa POV

Everything was ready, what I planned for over four months was ready. Today was the day I'll go to the village to make them happy so I can have some friends. Andr, my only friend, said it is stupid and tried to make me abandon that project. I was at the gate of the village. It was too big to climb over it so I used a tree to jump over it. After that I arrived in a street. Everybody was staring at me.

"IT IS A CREEPER !" One shouted

"CALL THE GUARD !"

"RUN FOR YOU LIFE !"

I was dumbfounded by this. I came here to make new friends but they were all running away from me. I guessed I had to show them that I came here in piece by showing my hard work : 12 rockets for a massive fireworks. I was about to do that when a dozen guards came to me.

"Creeper, you are not autorise to go in this village. Go back where you come from and you will not be harmed. If you resist, our iron golem will take care of you !" said one of them

I saw the massive iron golem coming toward me. I was scared but I said :

"But...I have a massive surprise for all of you..."

There was a moment of silence before the same guard ordered me :

"Take it of ! Quickly !"

I did as I was told and my rockets fell on the floor along with my TNTs.

"I only wanted to...play together..."

Hearing that made a villager angry and he threw a block at me wich arrived in my face.

"Don't lie to us, we all know that once you will begin to play. You will turn our village into a big crater. Look everyone there is even some TNT on the floor !"

"TNT !" Some people said at the same time.

Suddenly, I felt being picked up by something. It was the iron golem. Then it threw me at the gate. I collided with the gate with enough force that I destroyed it. Fortunatly, something eased my fall. I didn't recognize him immediately. But he was the one I met a few days before. Then I saw the iron golem coming toward me. I had no choice but to run away.


Present time, The cave, Mickaël POV

"I see...why do you want to make friends with humans anyway ?" I asked

"I want to prove to Andr and to the other mobs we can coexist with humans !" she said with a smile. "I dream about a world where mobs and humans leave peacefully together, where we, mobs, won't fear about being killed everyday. The best thing that could happen for me would be to fall in love with a human !" She began to jump around happily

I was stunned by this girl. Even though, she was nearly killed by my kind, she was still full of hope. I respect that. I handed one hand toward her and said :

"If this is true, then congratulation. You just made your first human friend !"

"Really ?"

Instead of shaking my hand, she jumped on me, giving me a big hug.

"Thank you ! Thank you !"

"No...problem...Cupa...can't breathe !"

"Sorry !"

She released her grip over me. I took a big breath and I asked her :

"Do you have a place to live ?"

"Nope !" She said with a big smile "I travel around Minecraftia, like nearly every mobs...Why, do you have a place where I could stay ?" She asked, blushing.

"Hum...I'll have to ask Ayumi about that, but I am sure she will be alright with it !"

"What are we waiting for ? Lets go !" She said, excited.

"Not yet Cupa. I need to go to the village right now. How about you stay here until I come back ? Then we will go to the cave !"

"Okay ! See you in a bit !"

I exited the cave and walked to the village. I arrived for the second time at the gate. But unlike the first one, since there was a great hole in the gate, I didn't had to call or knock. I passed throught the damaged doorway with little problem. Now I needed to find some kind of camp with a storage room. I was walking in the street. Everybody looked happy and peaceful, not giving a single crap about what was happening outside their village. I was passing in front of forge when I heard somebody calling my name.

"Mickaël, is that you ?"

I looked at the source of the call and saw Krystal with an hammer in her hand.

"Krystal ?"

"Hey, Mickaël, where have you been ? We were all worried about you when David came back alone yesterday evening and he was seriously injured. Did you lost yourself in the mine ?"

"It's...more complicated than that, Krystal. You woundn't understand..."

"Oh really ? Try me !"

"Well, we met two girls in the mine that treatened us. Eventually we beat them. But David and the other wanted to rape the older one and sold the other as a slave !" I said. I oubviously didn't mention that Ayumi and Vanessa are mobs.

"What ? What happened afterward ?" she asked, taken aback by this revelation.

"I...killed them, Edun and the others !" I said, whispering

"WHAT ? What are you doing here then..."

"I came here to retreive an object from one of the girl that some jerk's have stolen. Then David bought it from them. Do you have an idea where David stock his new belongings found in the mine ?"

"No sorry, but you should go to Natasha's restaurant. Since she is friend with David, she must know where to search !"

"Shit...she is going to kick my ass" I thought.

"Thanks Krystal ! I'll follow your piece of advice !"

"Always a pleasure !"

I waved at her as I walking away. I went trough multiple street to arrive in front of the restaurant ''The Calling North''. "Well...here goes nothing !". I entered the place where I was greeted by the waiter.

"Hello, welcome to...Oh, it's you !" he said with a sad voice "Natasha want to see you. I must warn you, she is in a really bad mood."

He opened the door and called for Natasha

"Miss Natasha ?"

"WHAT ?" she yelled with a harsh voice. I gulped knowing I'll have to face her in approximatly five seconds.

"The adventurer is back !"

"THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR ? MAKE HIM COME !"

"V...very well." He then turned to me "She is in the room...It was nice knowing you !"

At the moment I put a foot in the kitchen. I received a big slap on the face.

"What. Are you. Doing here ? I have warned you !" she asked me while giving me a death glare and holding her butcher knife.

"H...hold on Natasha. I had no choice. You have to believe me !"

"And why should I believe you when you betrayed my trust ?"

"Because you don't know what happened in the mine. The David you know is not the one I saw back there !" I said

"And what happened ? I want all the details !"

I told her what had happened. The encounter with David, the fight with Edun, the traps...Then there was the moment I told her about the two girls we met in the mine. The betrayal of David, the rape attempt of Edun, the fight leading to me killing three members of the group. After I finished the story, she stared at me with a shocked face.

"You...you are lying !"

"No, I am not !"

"How can you prove it ?"

I only had one solution, one way to prove that I told the truth, one thing she wouldn't argue about : My wound on my shoulder. I took off my chestplate and showed the injury to Natasha.

"You see. This happened when I defended the girls. David send him best soldier against me. I managed to beat him but I was injured in the process. If it wasn't for the girls taking care of my wound. I would be dead right now."

Somehow, she knew I told the truth. Very rare were the mobs that knew how to use a sword correctly. Even then, the zombies are slow with a sword and their hits don't really do any damage. The wound was made from someone who could use a sword. Someone human...

"Alright...I believe you...why did you came here in the first place ?" she said with a sad voice

"I needed some information. Do you know where David stock his new found objects ?"

"Yeah, he requisitioned a very large building next to his office where he stock all his ressources. Why do you want to know that ?"

"Lets just say he have something that one the girl I saved really care about. And I will get it back for her !"

"Be careful, there will be guards everywhere !"

"Understood. I should go now !"

"Yes...I want to be alone for a moment..." she finally said

I exited the restaurant and quickly joined David camp. I put on my mask and prepared myself to go into the building. There was two guard in front of the entrance. I had to come up with a plan. I just hoped my parkour skills weren't rusty because I was going to need them. I waited the moment where nobody would see me and I climbed a house next to the building. My shoulder was still numb and my armor was heavy but I had to work with it. Then, I spotted a window that I could break. I knew broking a window would attract the guard but I knew what I was doing. I took a cobblestone from my bag and throwed it against the glass. The window shattered completely, the sound attracted the two men.

"Hey, did you hear that ?" One of them spoke

"Yes, lets go. David will kill us if we let an intruder in here !"

They were right under me, I just had to jump and...

"Looks like that window is broken !"

"Yes...I see ''HUMP'" The first one said as I jumped on him, the other didn't had the time to react. I took his head and slammed it against the wall, knocking him out cold. Now that the two guard had been taken care of, I just had to enter the building without any danger. I climbed the house for the second time and jumped through the window. I landed on a large box containing some wool. I know that because it exploded when I landed on it, sending bit of wool everywhere. I took a look of the area I was. I was surpised too see hundreds of chests everywhere in the building. Some had signs to indicate what the chest contained. Other had nothing of it.

"I may don't have much time. I should begin the search as soon as possible !"

I opened a random chest and saw some wood. I opened another one to see some tools like some axes, pickaxes, shovels... I searched everywhere, there was not a single trace of the pendant in this building.

"Damn it, where is it ? It must be somewhere around here..." I thought

Suddenly, I heard a voice outside.

"Oh, Jeff, Mole. Wake up, you lazy asses !" said the voice I recognized as David

"huuuu...What happened ?" One of the guard I knocked out said

"I think we got attacked by someone..." The other remembered

"WHO ?" yelled David

"We don't know boss, he was wearing..."

"Don't bother answering my question, I think I already know who is inside and I also think I know what he is looking for. RIGHT MICKAËL ?"

"Fuck..." I thought

"You two, wait for me, I'll be back !" I heard David say

I needed to escape this storage building. I looked for a way-out. The only one that came in my mind at this moment was the window I broke earlier. The problem is that it was too high for me to simply climb up there. I needed an higher place to jump through the window. I spotted a chest I could use to jump but, to reach it, I needed to do a wall jump. My thoughts were interrupted by the door of the building opening violently. I could see twenty men with their bow drew back and David standing in the middle.

"Mickaël, Mickaël, Mickaël...I never thought you would be that stupid. Breaking into MY storage building to try to steal THIS." he said while he showed me the pendant of Vanessa "But then, I was wrong...Such a waste...Kill him guys and you will receive a raise for each arrow that hit him !"

I quickly ducked to the floor when I saw about twenty arrow passing right above my head. I quickly got up "Shit...that armor is heavy..." I thought while I was running to the wall. An arrow stuck itself in my armor but I felt nothing because it didn't pierce enough. I jumped on the wall and did a wall jump. I catched the chest with the tip of my finger. A few arrow got stuck it my armor but, like the other one, it didn't do any damage. I climbed the chest with difficulty. With the weigh of my armor, the chest cracked, spreading its content on the men underneath it. I quickly jumped through the window right before the chest shattered in tiny pieces. I arrived on the roof of the house. I rolled on it to cushion the impact. Then I continued to run, jumping from roof to roof while the members of David's group were shooting at me. I jumped on the street as I saw the gate of the village which were repaired.

"GUARDS, CLOSE THE GATES !" I heard David shout.

The guard executed the order and began to close the gate. I rushed toward the gates, increasing my speed. I just had the time to pass through the gate before they closed. I could David scream of rage.

"RAAAAAHHHH. MICKAËL, I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU !"

I didn't turned back and I continued to run. I took the path that led to the cave where I left Cupa. Arrived at the cave, I took a moment to catch my breath. "Never again...I wonder if Cupa is still here..." Yep, there she was, asleep on the stone ground. "Either, I wake her, or I let her sleep while I carry her back home !" I took the second option. I removed the arrows struck in my armor and placed Cupa on my back and placed my bag on her back. I began to walk toward home.

We were halfway through when Cupa woke up.

"Hum...Mickaël ?"

"Oh you're awake. How are you ?"

"Fine. Why are you carrying me ?"

"You were asleep when I found you. I didn't want to wake you up so I carried you !"

"...Thank you !"

After another hour of walking, we arrived at the entrance of the cave.

"We are here !" I said as I put her down

"But...it's a cave !" she said, a little surprised.

"Yep !" I said with a smile.

"What about the mob that lives in here ?" Cupa asked

"Don't worry, I am friend with them. Come on, follow me !"

"Yay !"

She followed me through the tunnel that led to our cave. We carefully passed next to the trap and we finally arrived in our home.

"AYUMI ! VANESSA ! I AM BACK !" I shouted. I turned to Cupa "I'll show you around !"

"Mickaël, you came back !" I heard Ayumi say as she was walking toward me

"Yep, and without injuries this time !" I chuckled

"Who is this girl you brought with you ?" Ayumi asked

"Oh...This is Cupa, I found her near the village. She tried to make friends with the villagers. No need to say things didn't go as planned..."

"I see...well, since I suppose she is gonna be our new roomate in this mine. I'll ask Vanessa if she can show her around while we have our little competition. Follow me !"

We followed Ayumi until we arrived in the big hallway. Vanessa was sitting against a wall, reading her favorite book.

"Vanessa, get up, so we can present you our new roomate. You will show her around !"

"Wait a minute, I have nearly finished this chapter !" she responded.

Ayumi simply took the book from Vanessa hand.

"HEY !"

"Stop being lazy, Vanessa. Come and greet Cupa !"

Vanessa got up and walked toward Cupa.

"Hi" was all Vanessa said before taking Cupa's hand. "My name is Vanessa and I am the one charged to show you around. I'll do it fast because I want to continue to read my book..."

Then, the two girls disappeared into the hallway.

"So Mickaël, did you found the pendant of Vanessa ?" she asked

"...Yeah" I said with a sigh "But I was unable to get it. I am sorry...Too many guards..."

"I see...Well, at least you came back in one piece...We will have to explain that to Vanessa. That pendant was like a diamond to her. Learning she lost it forever will make her sad for days..." Ayumi stated

"I know..." I simply responded

"Are you ready for our little match ?"

"Yes, but don't expect me to do some miracle..." I said

"Don't worry, it's just a friendly match. Follow me !"

I followed Ayumi in a room that had a target made of wool of different color : Blue, black and red. She gave me un quiver full of arrow. Then she said to me :

"Okay, first rule, we shoot only five arrows. Second rule, the point you are getting are depending on the color your hit. The black give 1 point, the blue 2 point and the center 3 points. Are you ready ?"

"Yes, I think !"

Ayumi was the first to shot are arrows. Not surpising at all, all her arrows hit her target : 3 in the center and two on the blue color. It was now my turn. I took position and began to fire my arrows.

I had shot four of my five arrows and none of them touched or even brushed past the target. I had shot the wall, the floor and I even shot my last arrow behind me. Don't ask me how, I don't even know myself. I was about to shot my last arrow when Ayumi came behind me. She gently took my two hands, put her face next to mine and said :

"Your feet are misplaced Mickaël, and your grip over the arrow is not good. I'll show you. Just let me take control !"

She replaced my feet and her hands were controling mine. Moving in perfect harmony. I was blushing like crazy because of how close we were.

"Now release the arrow !" Ayumi said

I did as I was told and I let go the arrow which went straight in the middle of the target.

"Wow...Thanks Ayumi !"

"No problem !" She said as she blushed a little. "I think Vanessa finished the tour. I should go prepare lunch. You can continue to train if you want. See you in a bit !"

"Alright !"

As she exited the room, I picked up the bow and the arrows to continue my training. It wasn't perfect like last time but, with the advice of Ayumi, I successfully hit the target three times with five arrows.

I continued training until I saw Vanessa coming in the room.

"Hi Vanessa, what's up ?" I said before I heard her sniffing. "I guess Ayumi told you that I wasn't able to get your pendant back...I am sorry !"

"But...You promised me !"

"I know Vanessa...I know!"

Then, she did something I didn't expect. She hugged me while weeping.

"I...miss my sister !"

She cried silently in my arms for a moment before I said :

"There, feeling better ?"

"Mmm..."

"I suppose you went to me to say lunch is ready !"

"Yes..."

We returned to the big hallway where we meet up with Cupa and Ayumi, laughing together.

"Ah, there you are you two. Now, lets eat !" said Cupa


Present time, Outside Ayumi and Vanessa's cave, Unknow POV

"There we are !" I though while I stared at the cave. I turned to my team of thirty members. There was some of my men, the other were just villagers who hated mobs.

"Alright guys, here we are. The mobs who are in this cave are very dangerous. There is also some traps. But the biggest threat is coming from one of our kind. Do not underestimate him. Ready ? then lets go !"

"Today Mickaël, I will see you dead !"

TO BE CONTINUED...Hey guys, Agithos here. WOW, I never thought I would write so much in one week...but you know, the inspiration was flooding into me and I felt the urge to write. So as always PM or review to tell me what you think of the story : good or bad and vote for your favorite mob.. See you next time ;-)