It's been more than a year since I first started this Fic...And to be honest, I wouldn't have had it any other way.
All the feedback I've gotten from you all have pulled me through the deepest of ruts, and I have you all to thank for it.
It's been a year since I first started this, and we are approaching the end with each chapter posted. Sure, this story may end, but that only means there will be more to look forward to after.
Here's to another year of stories in the future, everyone.
Thank you, and Enjoy.
Snowy ran across the snow covered ground, happily skipping and spinning, all while laughing and giggling.
"Oh, just look at it! It's so pretty!" She yelled, as she danced in the snow.
Meanwhile, Joe was walking with Snowy as she danced and played in the snow.
His whole body shivered. Was the snow in this world always this cold?
He tightened his scarf around his neck, adding more warmth.
He looked over towards the playing Snowy, smiling.
Well, at least she's smiling…
While Snowy was busy with playing in the snow, Joe kept himself in his thoughts.
I wonder if the Kingdom is doing alright… I mean, I don't doubt her work, but it must still be hard...
He then raised his right arm, and stared at the gem on the part of the gauntlet over his hand.
It's been a few days, but she hasn't had a need to call…
He sighed to himself.
In that moment, an unknown force struck Joe on his arm, making him jump.
He looked at his arm, and found bits of snow on his jacket.
He then looked over towards Snowy, and saw she had a snowball in each hand.
"It wasn't really fair last time. Wanna rematch?" She asked.
Joe cocked a smile at this.
"Sure. I'm game." He replied.
Snowy then lowered both her hands, keeping them to her waist, while Joe stretched his wrists and fingers.
Both stood across each other, as if waiting for the draw in a duel.
After a few moments of silence, both yelled out the same word in unison:
"Go!"
The duel was on. Snowy immediately tossed both of her snowballs at Joe. He reacted by quickly ducking under, and jumped behind a tree, scooping up snow as he landed.
He formed his snowball, and stood up, back to the tree. He peeked over, and found that Snowy had disappeared.
"Huh?" He said, frantically scanning the area.
After a few moments, a sound of a tree branch snapping shot out. He looked towards the source of the sound, and found Snowy, sitting on a branch.
Before he could react, She tossed a snowball at Joe, hitting him in the face.
He wiped the snow off, and tossed his own upwards at Snowy.
She reacted by dropping off the branch, dodging the snowball.
As she landed on the ground, she quickly dashed towards Joe, who was open from making another snowball.
She quickly slid a few feet behind him, and pounced towards him. She wrapped her arms around the sides of his chest, binding his arms to his torso.
The force of Snowy colliding with Joe made him fall forward.
"White Wash!" She yelled, as Joe screamed a bit before heading face first into the snow.
She then picked herself up, and sat on Joe's back while his face was buried in the snow.
"Looks like I win!" She chirped, as she pumped her fist once.
All that could be heard from Joe were a few mumbles, but he could be heard saying "That was playing dirty!".
She then stood off of Joe, while he sat up on all fours, shaking the snow off his face.
"Christ, that's cold.." He said as he stood up, clearing snow off his clothes. "Man, you're pretty good at this…" He said, shaking the water and snow out of his hair.
"Well, I am a SnowWoman." She replied, holding out a hand for falling snow to land on.
"How do you pack a snowball that fast? And not have it fall apart in your hands?" Joe asked.
Snowy's face lit up at this question.
"It's a lot easier than you think. Here, watch." She said, as she knelled down and scooped a handful of snow. "Just pack the snow with your hands like this." She explained, expertly packing the snowball.
Joe then scooped a handful of snow, and attempted to pack the snowball as he watched Snowy demonstrate.
"Like this?" He asked.
Snowy looked at his hands, and shook her head.
"More like this. Cup your hands a little like this to get that good pack." She said, as she guided Joe's hands by having her hands on his.
While he had his gloves on, Snowy could feel a strange firmness in his hands.
She went a tad pink at this sensation.
"Uh...Snowy?"
The young snowwoman snapped to reality at the sound of Joe's voice.
"S-Sorry, I kinda spaced out…" She said, as she released Joe's hands.
He then opened his hand to see a perfectly made snowball in the palms of his hands.
"Wow…" He said, partially amazed at the perfect shape of the ball of snow.
"You'll be able to win any snowball fight if ya make them like that." She said, smiling.
Joe could only look at the snowball in his hand, and smile.
"Oh, uh, hey, I think I saw a bird over there!" Joe said, pointing to the distance.
Snowy's eyes widened at this, as she turned around to face the direction Joe was pointing.
In that moment, Joe tossed the snowball at Snowy, making it hit her softly on the back of the head.
The impact made Snowy jump, as she turned around, bewildered.
She stared at Joe, until a smile grew on her face.
The silence was broken by both Snowy and Joe bursting into laughter.
When the laughter died down, Snowy then skipped away from Joe.
"Come on, let's go have some more fun!" She said, pointing towards a few snow banks.
Joe shrugged his shoulders.
"Alright, let's go." He replied.
Once Snowy turned around, Joe picked up his speed and dashed past Snowy.
"Race ya to them!" He yelled, running towards the snow banks, diving head first.
Snowy giggled at this, as she then followed suit after Joe into the snowbanks.
The two had been playing in the snow for quite some time. They made a snowman, but used snow instead of a pumpkin, made snow angels, and had the occasional snowball fight.
Joe looked upon the distance while Snowy was making another snow angel.
"Hard to believe we've been here for so long. I can already see the sun starting to set." He said.
"Yeah, I can see it too. Maybe we should start heading for home soon." Snowy replied. "I think I had my fill of winter wonderland." She said, as she stood up.
"Well, thankfully we can follow the path back-" Joe said, but looked behind him and saw fresh snow. "...with our tracks.
Seemingly, the tracks that they had made in the snow disappeared, presumably from the heavy snow fall filling where they stepped.
Snowy saw this, and frowned.
"W-Where's our tracks?" She asked.
"I-I don't know, we were just here not too long ago!" Joe replied.
"But if those tracks filled from only a few moments…." Snowy said, with a dreaded tone.
"Then what of the tracks we made when we first found the snow?" Joe asked, with dread in his voice.
At that moment, the wind picked up, blowing ice cold wind and snow against the two.
"W-Whoa!" Joe said, almost blown down from the force of the wind.
"J-Joe! T-This isn't good!" She said, grabbing Joe's arm.
"We need to get to a cave or something. Its only getting darker, and we have to get out of this wind!" Joe yelled above the wind, pulling Snowy with him away from their immediate area.
They marched through the wind, the snow blinding most of Joe's vision.
"I-I think I see one!" Joe said, pointing towards a faint depression in the snow.
They trudged through the snow, until the cave became clearer through the snow.
They arrived at the mouth of the cave, both rushing in, sheltering from the wind.
Both had to catch their breath, with Snowy collapsing to the ground.
Joe panted for breath, as he looked at the snowstorm outside of the cave.
"Good christ, that was close…" He said, sitting down on the stone ground.
Snowy gasped for breath, when out of nowhere, she heard a sound.
"J-Joe?" She said, after looking towards where the sound come from.
Joe looked over, and saw a horrified face on Snowy.
He turned his head to where snowy was looking, and felt the color from his face drop.
There stood the familiar quadrupedal walking, living bomb that was the Creeper.
And it was looking right at Joe.
"Oh shit…" He muttered.
The Creeper acted fast, as it charged straight for Joe, hissing at him.
Joe reacted fast, and drew his blade, delivering an iai strike at the Creeper, cutting it in half.
Joe looked upon the halved body of the Creeper, and heard another hissing noise.
He looked up and saw more Creepers emerging from the deeper parts of the cave.
"Goddammit, now's not the time!" Joe yelled, readying his pose.
The creepers reacted by charging towards Joe in a pack.
One of them had noticed Snowy, and changed its path towards the snowgirl.
"Get away from her!" He screamed, as he dashed towards Snowy's direction.
He swiped his blade at the oncoming creeper, cutting the creature's head off, it falling dead to the ground.
Joe then pointed his attention to the remaining two creepers, who were well on their way towards Snowy and himself.
Joe then turned his blade backwards, holding the sword off-hand. He slashed at the closest creeper, cutting it down.
He dealt with the final creeper by impaling the creature with his sword. It seemed to be still alive, as it stared at Joe, hissing in his face.
At that moment, it seemed to start to inflate, with a sound of an ignition ringing through the cave.
"Shit!" Joe screamed, as he retracted his blade, and delivered his boot to the Creeper, kicking it back towards the entrance of the cave.
Despite having distance from the two, the Creeper continued inflating, with the sound of a fuse burning emitted from the beast.
"Oh, Fuck me!" He screamed. He then turned his head towards Snowy, and ran towards her.
"J-Joe!?" Snowy yelled, confused.
"Get down!" Joe yelled, as he dove towards Snowy, and quickly embraced her, holding her tightly against him on the ground.
At that moment, the Creeper exploded, the force from the explosion causing snow and stone around the mouth of the cave to collapse.
Snowy held tightly onto Joe, the explosion frightening her beyond belief.
She raised her head to see the ceiling above her rumbling, powdered stone falling from the cracks.
Snowy could see nothing, until she could see a shape seemingly growing in size.
SMACK!
Something had hit her hard on the head, throwing her off balance.
"Oh shit!" Joe said, looking at a small stream of blood flowing from the top of Snowy's head.
Her head fell to the ground, with only of moments of consciousness.
She felt everything black out, as all she could hear before passing out was Joe's voice.
"Come….Stay...Me…" Were the words she heard before completely blacking out.
A few moments had passed, as Snowy regained consciousness, her eyes slowly opening.
Once her eyesight adjusted, she could only see a faint glow against a stone wall.
She sat up, looking to her right.
She could see Joe, kneeling down and tending to a small campfire, throwing sticks and pieces of wood into the burning flame.
She examined what she was laying on, and found she was resting on Joe's jacket, with his bag as a pillow.
Joe looked back, and saw that Snowy had awoken.
"Oh, you're awake." He said, before walking towards Snowy and sitting next to him.
"W-What...What happened?" She asked, rubbing her sore head.
Joe sighed at this.
"Well, that Creeper's explosion caved in the entrance. We're trapped in here." He explained.
"W-What!?" Snowy yelled, bewildered.
"But!" Joe said, pointing both his fingers at Snowy. "There's a small hole over in the debris." He said, pointing towards the pile of snow and stone, revealing said hole in the wall. "We'll be able to tell its daytime with it, and by then, we can easily dig ourselves out. But for now, we'll have to stay here until then. That storm isn't getting any better out there." He said, crossing his arms.
Snowy looked to the floor, frowning.
"Snowy?" Joe asked.
"It's all my fault…" She muttered.
"Huh?"
She rose her head, looking at Joe. "Its my fault we're stuck in here. If I hadn't been so gloom, then we could be still at home…" She said, slightly crying into her hands.
Joe gave a cocked smile at this.
"No no, it's not your fault."
Snowy lifted her head, looking at Joe with a confused face.
"It's no one's fault. Just because we left home, it doesn't mean that anyone's to blame."
Snowy only frowned, and stared at the floor.
"So. How's your head?" He asked.
She rubbed her aching head, feeling a bandage across her forehead.
"Did...You take care of me while I was out?" She asked.
Joe scoffed at this.
"Of course I did. You were out cold, and the rock that hit you wasn't going to bandage you up." He said, giving a coy smile.
Snowy didn't know what to think.
"That…" She muttered.
Joe tilted his head in confusion.
"...That has to be the most nicest thing that's ever happened to me…" She said, smiling brightly, and turning a tad red.
Joe smiled in return.
"Well, you should really get used to it. Especially if you're around me." He said, as he stood up to tend to the fire.
This left Snowy to her thoughts. Someone other than her was caring of her, when her life is based around serving whoever created her.
And it was her own Master, nonetheless.
She smiled, as she stood up, and walked over towards Joe.
She acted by wrapping her arms around Joe's torso, holding him tightly, digging her face in his back.
"S-Snowy?" He asked, surprised by Snowy's actions.
"And that's why you're the best Master ever." She said, enjoying her embrace with the young man.
Joe sighed at this.
"Well, I sure as hell try."
A few hours had passed, as Joe and Snowy both sat by the kindling fire.
They had already burned through their food supply, as they only brought enough for a small meal for the both of them.
Despite a warm fire burning in front of him, The cave was still frigid, as the cold felt it was permeating Joe's bones.
Meanwhile, Snowy sat by the fire, seemingly untouched by the cold.
Joe sat by the fire, arms and legs crossed, retaining as much heat as possible.
"H-How are you not freezing right now?" He asked Snowy, slightly shivering.
"I was born from snow. Cold doesn't really affect me." She replied, shrugging her shoulders.
"Then you're the lucky one here…" He said in return, sighing. "I'm gonna try and get some sleep." He said, as he rolled to his side, facing the fire.
Snowy looked at Joe and thought to herself.
She then crawled over to Joe, and laid in front of him, holding him close.
"H-Hey, I-"
"Calm down already. You'll freeze in your sleep if I don't" She replied, smiling.
Her face was very close to his, causing him to turn red like a beet. Snowy could see this, and only giggled.
"W-Well, you don't really have to, I-I mean-" Joe said, but was interrupted by Snowy putting a finger over his lips.
"You took care of me while I was knocked out. I'm paying you back by not letting you freeze in your sleep." She said, smiling.
She was right, against Joe's concern. He did feel a tad warmer.
But he cold was still freezing him to the core, as he continued shivering.
"Joe?" Snowy asked.
"I-I-It's f-fine…" He said, trying his best to cock a smile.
Snowy was left with her thoughts on the situation.
Her embrace was only giving Joe so much heat to work with, and he was only getting colder by the minute.
Though, one idea struck her mind. One that made her bout as red as Joe.
"U-Uhm…Joe?" She asked.
"Y-Y-Yeah?" Came Joe's shivering voice.
"I have an idea…" She said, as she sat up, beckoning Joe to do the same.
They both sat straight, with Joe still suffering from the cold.
"Now I'm gonna need you to listen to me, and do whatever I say, ok?" Snowy asked, playing with her fingers.
"W-Whatever you need…" Joe replied back.
Snowy took a deep breath, collecting her thoughts.
"I'm gonna need you to close your eyes, and take off your top."
Joe's eyes widened at this.
"I-I thought I was gonna get warmer, not colder!" Joe yelled, surprised at Snowy's request.
"Do you want to freeze to death or not?" Snowy asked, silencing Joe.
He thought to himself, until he sighed in defeat.
"F-Fine…" He said, as he tightly closed his eyes, and removed his shirt and sweater, leaving himself completely topless.
He felt even more frigid with this, as he only held himself more tightly.
"N-Now what?" He asked.
"J-Just wait a second…" Snowy said in return.
Joe kept his eyes shut tight, and he could only tell what was going on from the sounds around him.
Though, he could swear he could hear a zipper unzipping.
"S-Snowy?" He asked.
"O-Ok...Now I'm gonna need you to hold out your arms. Like you're expecting a hug." She explained.
He complied with her request, as he held his arms out wide, nervously expecting what happened next.
He could hear Snowy take another deep breath.
"Ok...You ready?" She asked.
"I-I guess…" He replied, his hands shaking in anticipation.
In that moment, Joe felt something quickly wrap around his neck, with something soft and fleshy pushing against his chest.
Two soft things, in fact.
He opened his eyes to see that Snowy was pressed against his chest, but he noticed something a little more surprising than that.
She was completely topless, with her breasts planted against his chest.
Before he could act, Snowy had wrapped both herself and Joe in her coat, binding them together.
She had to straddle him to keep her arms around his neck, only to his dismay. He had turned as red as he had ever been, unable to speak.
"I-I-I-I-I-I…." He could only mutter.
"Y-Yes, I know it's a little too intimate, but I-It's the only way you can stay warm…" She replied, blushing in return.
Although the embarrassment from the skin-ship shook him to the core, she was correct.
He felt all the cold in his body lift from him, as Snowy's warm, bare body kept his body warm from the cold.
"B-But why would you want to do this with me?I-Isn't this a little too embarrassing for you too?" Joe asked, still shocked.
"W-Well…" She replied.
Joe stared at Snowy, awaiting her answer.
"Its really the least I could do for you…" She finished.
"H-Huh?" Joe asked, confused.
"Well, when I was born, you were the first person I've ever seen…" She continued. "And since then, you've done nothing but take care of me...and hats coming from snow-people, who are really born into servitude…"
Joe couldn't think of what to say. He couldn't really say anything at this.
"You fed me, gave me a home, gave me such great friends...I don't think there's anything I can do to repay you…" She said, smiling at her thoughts.
Joe left this in his thoughts. The only real order she gave her was to call him by his name. Nothing else after.
"You could've been the worst Master ever. You could've treated me like a slave, abusing me for my services...But, you didn't." She giggled. "You treated me like anyone else, like any other breathing and living person…"
"S...Snowy…" Joe muttered, speechless at Snowy's words.
"To you...I was not just a servant…" She said, smiling brightly at Joe.
"I was someone worth caring about."
He was speechless. He couldn't think of a single word.
She then buried her face in Joe's neck, giving warmth to the right side of his neck.
"Now, we should get some rest. We'll need the energy to dig ourselves out tomorrow." She mentioned, tightening her grip on Joe's neck. She then closed her eyes, preparing for sleep.
Joe was completely lost in his thoughts, but he knew she was right.
He then wrapped his arms across Snowy's bare back, and could hear a small moan come from Snowy.
"All warmed up?" She asked.
Joe nodded at this, as he laid back, allowing Snowy to lay on top of him.
Snowy dug her head into Joe's bare chest, as a sign of peace came across her face.
"Goodnight…" Were her words as she drifted off to sleep.
Joe could only gaze upon the snow-girl's peaceful expression, until he turned his head towards the dying fire.
"Yeah...Night.." Were his words before the fire completely went out, engulfing the cave in pitch-black darkness.
The morning sun rose the next morning, only to shine upon the clear skies of the winter-biome.
Trudging through the snow, we can see the young witch Mary, who was covered from the neck down in winter gear, examining the area.
"There should be that cave I found around here…" She said to herself, as she pressed on.
The reason she was venturing in this winter wasteland was to look for a cave opening she found not too long ago, which was rich in coal and redstone.
Just what she needed for her potions, being a Witch and all.
She walked on until she found her destination.
She certainly found the cave she was looking for, but the mouth of the cave was closed in, a wall of snow blocking the entrance.
"What happened here? It wasn't that bad…" She asked. herself.
She stepped up to the wall, and rummaged through her bag.
"This should help." She said, as she pulled out a bottle of a strange red liquid.
She poured the contents onto the snow wall, and the potion seemed to take effect immediately.
The wall of snow easily melted, leaving the rocks filtered to the ground.
She then looked into the entrance of the cave, and could see something that set her off a tad.
"Joe? Snowy?"
Indeed, she had found the cave that Joe and Snowy were trapped in, and saw them stuck together with Snowy's jacket.
The light had awoken the two, as Joe sat up, with Snowy still laying on top of him, still straddling him.
He then looked over, and when his eyes adjusted to the light, he could see Mary standing at the now-open cave.
"Mary?" He asked.
He then looked down, and saw Snowy's sleeping face extremely close to his.
He remembered all that happened the previous night, and turned beet red.
He turned to Mary, who wore a sly smile on her face.
"U-Uhm...This isn't what it looks like." He said, with a nervous tone.
"Oh, no, I know exactly what happened. And I can't blame you for it." She said as she stepped towards the two. She then placed a hand on Joe's face, holding his to her face.
"You know, if you're still cold, I'm more than willing to warm you up~" She said in a sensual tone, lowering one side of the collar of her shirt down her arm, revealing the cleavage of her right breast.
"W-Wha…" He said, until he heard Snowy cooing as she rose from her slumber.
"Good Morning, Joe." She said, smiling. She turned her head to see Mary pull her collar back up to her neck.
"Oh, Good Morning, Miss Mary." She said, brightly smiling.
"And a Good Morning to you too, darling." Mary replied, smiling back.
"Did you come to rescue us?" Snowy asked.
Mary giggled at this. "Well, I came out here to gather some materials, but it looks like I found you two here."
"Really? That's great!" Snowy chirped happily.
Mary then pointed her attention to Joe, who was sweating beads from the tension he usually felt around her.
"Although, I think I still see a problem with him." She said, running her fingers across Joe's ear.
"T-There's nothing wrong with me, I just need to-" Joe yelled, as he quickly squirmed himself out of Snowy's jacket, leaving him completely topless. He stopped his sentence once he saw Mary looking upon his topless torso with a sensual look on her face.
"Well, of course there's something wrong. But, I can fix it." She replied, then looked over towards Snowy. "I left a trail of posts in the ground along the way here, so you can follow those back to your home. You go ahead and get to the others, saying you both were completely safe. I'll stay here with him and tend to his…'problem'."
"That sounds great!" Snowy replied.
"W-Wait, what?" Joe asked, confused.
Snowy then grabbed her bag, and stepped to the entrance of the cave.
"I'll see you at home then. Hope you get better!" She said, before waving goodbye, and started on her way out.
"W-Wait, don't leave me here with her!" Joe yelled, but his words couldn't reach her.
It was only Mary and Joe in the cave now.
And she started to undress.
"I think it should be my turn to…'Keep you warm', don't you think?" Mary said, as she stepped closer to Joe, only showing more skin with each article of clothing she removed.
"Sorry, but I think I'm gonna have to pass." Joe only said, as he attempted to dash past Mary.
But Mary thought ahead of the young man.
She quickly went into her bag and pulled out a cyan-colored bottle of liquid, and threw it in his direction.
Joe could not react in time, as the bottle smashed to the ground directly below him, splashing the contents on his feet.
In that moment, his legs became extremely stiff, and could barely move them.
"W-What the hell?" He asked, bewildered at this condition.
"Gotta love the slow-potion, right?" She said, before he stripped her final article of clothing, leaving her in her underwear.
"W-Wait...Did you say 'Slow'?" Joe frantically asked.
Mary then grabbed Joe by the arm, feeling his bare muscles.
"Oh, I'm gonna have fun with these~" She said, before pulling Joe, dragging him towards the deeper end of the cave.
"H-Hey, cut it out!" He yelled, attempting to move his legs.
She pulled him until they were unable to be seen in the darkness, in which only their voices could be heard.
"Now, be a good boy, I won't have to get too rough, okay~?" Came Mary's voice.
"W-What do you mean? H-Hey, give me back my pants!" Came Joe's screaming voice.
Amidst the sound of Mary's giggling and Joe's screaming, he let out one final plea at the top of his voice.
"SOMEONE HELP ME!"
Well then, this is certainly bringing me back.
I've always enjoyed updating this one in particular, because rather than making a story based on one universe, I can do whatever I want due to the open-ended-ness of Minecraft.
And just so you know, No, Mary didn't rape Joe.
She only teased and cuddled with him.
I have no intention of adding a lemon to this story, or even any hint towards it, because I think it would throw off the whole "Action/Adventure with Romance, with a little bit of Ecchi" theme of this story.
Sure, you could argue with me with the situation in Ch. 24, but that's only because it was kinda a normal thing with arranged marriages in ancient times.
Anyway, I'm getting off-topic.
Thank you for being so patient with me, I'll look forward to seeing you in the next chapter.