And with that, the Man was gone, leaving me in awe, and fear.

"What did he mean by my Worst Nightmare?" I asked to myself. I stood up, gazing around the snowy wasteland that made up The Farlands. Around me was a vast plain with mountains in the distance. I trekked along through the snow and ice towards one of the large mountainous outcroppings. As I approached, it seemingly got larger, more gloomy and evil. I stood up straight in front of the cliffside, figuring out how I was to traverse such a thing. Something caught my eye falling from the cliff; a stick-like object, red, and bent. As I observed it fall, I failed to notice where it was falling.

"Wai- *Thump* Ow!" I yelled, clutching at my face where the stick-thingy had hit.

"Ok, ow." I said calmly. I looked back up at the ledge, and something else caught my eye; a strange figure, with glowing white eyes. It wasn't Herobrine, I could tell. The eyes were to small. The figure turned, and walked away.

"Wait!" I yelled after it, but my voice was lost in the wind. "Well, there goes an opportunity. Now what is this stick-thing?"

I bent down and scooped up the object, along with a hand-full of snow. I brushed the snow away. The object was as I perceived it earlier, bent and red. But a feature I failed to see was from the base, or what I assumed to be the base, a vile black liquid flowed slowly, like jam.

"Well, your seem interesting enough to put up for study later." I said, putting it into my pocket. I looked back at the cliff and noticed something I hadn't before; a button in the cliffside with the label 'Push Me' engraved in big letters in an arc over the top.

"Well, curiosity killed the cat." I said, shrugging my shoulders. I reached forwards and pressed the button, it emitting an audible click. When it retracted, however, the sound of stone and mechanical parts grinding together filled my head. The ground began to shake, and snow began falling down into little crevices. Along one crevice, a bright blue light shone. A strange, horn-like noise echoed all around. I began to rise, the ground shaking under me. Snow fell away to reveal stone.

"What the he-EEEEEEE!" I yelled as a massive stone fist grabbed me from the rock. The fist took me down from it to face the large blue lights that were inserted into the rock. The rock resembled a face with a large unibrow and a flat nose.

"Initiating Defensive procedure 1838795." The Golem said in it's thunderous voice. "Procedure 1: Identify Hostiles."

It brought me up close to it's face, it hot steam blowing from the nose, or what would be a nose.

"Attention unknown life-form." It stated. "Are thou hostile or neutral."

"Uh…" I said. "Neutral?"

"Response stored in Databanks. Thou are-are-are-are-are-ERROR-ERROR-ERROR." It spazzed. A strange shadowy smoke began to creep out of the seams where the arms and legs and head attached to the torso. It's fist suddenly tightened and then released me. It slumped forwards or a long moment, and then stood tall once more, its eyes a fiery red. The shadows crept log its arm and legs, covering them completely. The shadow sank in, staining the stone a deep black, similar to basalt.

"Hostile. Prepare to be annihilated." It boomed. An arm shot out, making a grab at me, but I leaped to the side as it clutched the empty air. The arm whipped after me in pursuit, the hand flailing open and shut. It made another grab, but missed again as I made a sharp right. I ran as fast as I could, beads of sweat forming on my brow in the cold.

After a while of running, I finally stopped to look behind me. I couldn't see it, but it's red eyes pierced the darkness. The sun had set roughly 10 minutes ago. It thundered down after me, intent on my destruction. I turned tail and fled, half stumbling in the dark. Suddenly, I felt a hard surface on the tip of my foot, and next thing I know, I'm landing face-first in the snow. I look behind me back at the golem, but it's stopped, gazing around. I seized the moment to flee, but my curiosity got the better of me. I looked down at the object I stumbled over. It looked like a purple rock, but had ornate grooves and carving on it. Then I distinguished something that stopped me in my tracks.

A hand lay on the snow next to what I presumed to be it's head. I leaned over it as quietly as I could and brushed the snow from the face. Her, as I concluded, was unconscious. A long gash that ran down her face stained the snow under her red.

"Hey," I shook her, hoping she would wake up, "Can you hear me?"

No response.

"Well, no use leaving her to the mercy of the golem." I said to myself. I put my arm under her back and lifted her over my shoulder. A little scrap of paper fluttered from her hand and landed softly in the snow. I stooped down and picked it up. The writing was to blood-stained and crinkled to read, so I stuffed it into my pocket. I began walking with slowed progress to the nearest mountains, which I could barely make out along the horizon, where the last rays of sunlight breached the darkness.

About half an hour later, the wind picked up and a blizzard started. The snow battered me to no end, and finally I was forced to stop. The moon shone brightly through the clouds. I put the girl down on the ground next to a stain in the ground, which I sat upon. I looked back the way I had came, making sure the golem had lost me for good. There was nothing there.

I settled down, sliding to the ground in front of the rock and leaning upon it. Golem's weren't the smartest things in existence, and their programming flawed, but they packed one hell of a punch when angered. I looked over at the girl, who was propped up on the rock at my left. The snow was again red. I checked her face, but the wound had closed there. I began looking her over, and discovered that I had opened a wound on her left side, near her stomach. Her armor did not cover this part of her.

"Well, Shit." I said to myself, reaching into my bag. I pulled out a ragged cloth and began tying it around her. the storm died down for a second, and I could hear her very soft, shallow breaths. I finished tying the bandage, and settled back on the rock. Suddenly I felt the need for rest. Letting the feeling take over, I closed my eyes and gave a long yawn.

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I opened my eyes groggily. It was bright out, and the blizzard had passed. I looked over to my right, and found the girl right where I had left her. I stood up, and felt a sharp pain in the small of my back. I pushed my back into and arch and heard a loud crack.

"I'm getting to old for this." I murmured as I stooped down and picked the girl up and tossed her over my shoulder. I continued walking towards the mountains, which had become much clearer. I started whistling a merry tune and gave my step a little extra bounce. Something tempted me to look backwards, and what I saw amazed my old eyes. The moon was still high ing the sky, and with it the night sky. It took up about half the sky and the sun the other.

"Wow." I breathed, the sight taking my breath away. I continued walking, taking occasional glances at the day-night sky.

It took about two days to reach the mountains. I had walked with occasional rests until I reach the bases, which their rocky, snow covered sides made impossible to climb. I walked along the base for a while, and finally took a break for the night. I pulled my jacket on closer as another blizzard began. I had covered the girl with a blanket I had in my bag. at the base of these mountains, everything seemed colder. I let myself drift of to sleep, only looking up once at a swish of snow.

Pain. Pain shooting me from my abdomen. I opened my eyes, just to see myself covered in my own blood. A massive bite mark pierced my shirt and skin, which oozed blood. I looked further, at the girl, but I couldn't see her. A massive, grey wolf-like creature stood in my view. It's claws were massive, at least a half foot long, and the mouth was lined with rows of teeth, each sharp and bloodstained. The creature turned it's massive head at me, it's yellow eyes narrow slits. It gave a single movement of a giant paw and turned to me, blood dripping from it's chin. I looked over at the girl, but she was fine. Her armor is tougher than I thought. I turned my gaze back towards the creature, who was now standing over me. It bent it's massive head down and bit me again, on the opposite side. it tore off a large amount of flesh when it released me. I gave a gurgley moan, which echoed through out the mountains.

The creature turned back to me, most likely intending to finally kill and eat me. I reached my un-injured arm to the small of my back, where my sword lay. I pulled with all my might, but it just wouldn't budge. Which left me with one option. Painfully, I leaned forwards, and grabbed the sword. I fell back with an audible thud and I looked at the sword, then at the creature. It leaned down, this time exposing many more teeth. I aimed the sword toward the area between the ears, and thrust with what little strength I had left. The sword cut easily through the skin and little bone, and straight into the spinal cord. The creature howled in pain and surprise. It finally fell down, feebly gasping. After a time, those gasps stopped.

I lay on my back, wondering if this was the end. I thought of Marelyn and where she might be. I thought of the unconscious girl propped against the rock over there. I thought of all my friends back home. I thought of what would become of my body. Would more of the wolf-creatures come? Would I slowly decompose until just my skeleton and clothes were left? Would the girl wake up and wonder what happened? I heated all these options, so I decided it was better to take a stand against death. I had evaded it before, but I knew I couldn't forever.

I lifted my self up, pain racking my body. The blood began flowing in rivers down my shirt, but I didn't care. I limped over to the girl, and with the last bit of strength, hoisted her over my shoulder. Adrenaline flooding my veins, I stomped on, heading south along the mountains. I set my jaw rigid and pressed on, though my body screamed at me to just lay down and accept my fate.

But I hate endings.

Guys! Sorry this took so long, but I've been caught up in other things. But I wanted to tell you that you can PM me for a character to be added in chapter 4! It can be anything, but no aliens or what not. Try something more of an Orc or something like that.

Thanks for being amazing people,

- SirPlop