Cain and I hurried over to the Temple, in case the monsters decided to prowl the village. In the first floor, there was something that resembled an old throne, now torn apart with age. On it was a small pillar, and on the pillar was an old, worn book.
"This book contains everything we believe in," Cain said, pointing to the book.
"What do you believe in?" I asked.
Cain said nothing, only gestured at the old tome. I cautiously walked forward and took the book, opening it. The pages were filled with information on monsters. I was confused.
"Do you... worship the monsters?" I asked skeptically.
"No," Cain spat. "We hate the monsters. Some of the villages even send out regular parties to hunt the monsters each night."
"Then why is your book-of-belief filled with stuff about the monsters?"
"So that The One can come and learn how to destroy them."
"What? Who's 'The One'?"
Cain was about to to reply when an arrow zipped by our heads, sticking in the wall behind me. We both turned around and saw a skeleton on the other side of the door, getting another arrow ready to fire.
"Up!" Cain yelled. "Get up the ladder! Now!"
I immediately started to climb the ladder over to the side of the room. When I got up to the second floor, I turned around to see if Cain had followed me up. He was halfway down the ladder, and he was holding on to the ladder with one hand. The other hand was clutching at his shoulder, which had an arrow sticking out of it. I quickly went and grabbed his arm, then pulled him up before the skeleton could shoot off another arrow. Right as I pulled him up, an arrow hit the wall where he had been.
"You saved me," Cain said, wincing at the pain.
"Don't mention it," I replied.
We sat in silence for a few minutes, then Cain spoke up.
"I didn't get to finish my story," he replied in a pained voice.
"No," I said, "you need to rest."
"Nonsense. It'll only take a minute."
"The One is the person who saves us all, the person who defeats all the monsters, the person who slays the Enderdragon."
"The Enderdragon?" I asked, confused.
"The Enderdragon is a horrifying monster, a huge black dragon with glowing purple eyes."
"That sounds like the thing I shoved into the lava pool yesterday."
"That was and Enderman, a terrible creature, darkness given life. They can teleport when they are in trouble, when they want to travel faster, or whenever they want to. They can pick things up, which makes it frustrating to build a house when you are halfway done and night comes."
"Legend has it, The One will come of origins untold, will train under one of the best warriors in the land, and travel to The End to defeat the Enderdragon."
I sat silent for a while. What was this all about? Enderdragon? The End? The One? I was a little confused.
"Steve," Cain suddenly said, disturbing my silence.
"What?" I asked.
"I think I'm going to call you Steve. You need a name, and that was the first thing that came to mind."
I nodded. I thought Steve was a great name.
