Holy mob drop (ings), I haven't updated this story in forever! Well I think it's about time I got back to it. Between school, drama and the typical x-factors of a teenagers life I just haven't found the time. Well lets go.

Mike's POV:

My eye's fluttered open as the sun seeped in through the crack in the window. I looked around and at first I almost panicked because I didn't recognize the room or bed I was in. But then I noticed Joe, Zane and Ethan all sleeping in their beds. As I remember the events of the passed day and as I lay there, it really sank in.

"OH MY NOTCH, I'M A FINALIST IN THE TORNAMENT TO BE COME AN AH APPRENTIS!" I screamed. Startling the others in the process, I get up and run to the nearest computer out of the line on the south wall. I turned it on and went to a news cite that I saw covering the events from yesterday. As I ran through their coverage, I found just what I was looking for. A list of finalists and my name was at the top.

"Really? I mean really? Did you have to scream?" asked Ethan

"Shut up dude. You did the same thing. In fact, we all did but Mike was the only one that slept through them all." Replied Zane

When I stood up to get dressed a wave of dizziness washed over me and I fell back into the chair. "Ow. What's wrong with me? I feel like I got in a boxing match with a group of Zombies." I said as I rubbed a newly appearing soreness between my shoulders.

"We have as much right to ask you the same question. Don't you remember what you did last night?" asked Joe

"Nope, not a clue!" I replied "Why? What happened? What did I do?"

"Well," began Zane "to start, after I and Emerald came in and we all settled back down, Ethan challenged everyone there to a race up the parquor."

"Yeah… Yeah I remember that much so far, but keep going."

Zane continued, "You, having spent the day practicing I presume, started off way in front vying for first place with this girl in a hoody and jeans. Joe was a massive troll and kept pushing us all off into the water, thus allowing you and that girl to get almost to the top."

"Then," Joe said taking over "I was able to get ahead of Zane, Ethan, Tess, and Storm. I had just reached the ice parquor when I saw cat slip. You stopped to help her but the jumps you were doing had dispensers and you got shot off your block."

"The knockback at that height was enough to knock you just far enough that you wouldn't have hit the water and… well… died. But just before you struck the ground the building shook and we heard what sounded like a roar. To finish quickly, your eyes started glowing and all of a sudden you disappeared and reappeared at the top of the course, hit the 'You Win' pressure plate and we all were teleported back to the bottom of the course. Long story short, we got you here and had a nurse watch you most the night." He finally finished.

"NOTCH'S CRAP! Well that explains the soreness I guess. But, back to the big news on hand, when do we actually begin to, you know, apprentice under the Lords?" I asked.

"RIGHT NOW!" Screamed the Announcer from the tournament "HAHAHA, YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE LOOK ON YOUR FACES! But anyway, will all finalists from the tournament please report to Thee Down-Town Achievement City. Yes that means the square surrounded by the Lord's houses."

When no one moved he screamed "DON'T JUST SATND THERE! CHOP, CHOP, AND LET'S GO!"

We all sprinted to get dress and, thanks to the fully stocked pantry/utility closet, grabbed everything we thought we might need. I saw Joe brandish a diamond sword before sheathing it, Zane making some potions instantly and enchanting a bow, Ethan crafting a sword out of some diamonds into a wicked, curved shape with a weighted tip, while I walked back into the far corners of the room.

"Mike, let's go, we're going to be late!" Yelled Ethan

"I'll be there in a second. Don't rush me." I replied. I was about to leave when I saw a glint in the back corner. I moved toward it and when I was close enough I found out it was the end of an ax. Picking it up, I found out that it was no ordinary ax. It was double edged with Obsidian blades, the part of the ax head that connected to the three foot Blaze-Rod handle was made of End-Stone and had a total of six Ender-Pearls in it. When I looked at the base of the handle, I found an Eye of Ender, an item so rare that there were only twelve accounted for in the kingdom. The ones that lined the End Portal under Lord Goeff's house. When I grabbed the handle, I felt a feeling of ecstasy spread throughout my whole body, so much so that I didn't notice Joe walking toward me.

"MIKE! LET'S GO OR WE'RE LEAVING WITHOUT YO….wow!" I turned to see Joe staring at me find. "What is that?"

"I don't know but I think I'll keep it for now." I stated.

"I don't think that you should. I mean, what if it belongs to the Lords."

"If it belonged to one of the lords, I don't think it would be here."

"Well… I say leave it but if you have to take i…"

"I have to take it. Don't ask why but I feel a kind of connection to this ax." I say to him, ending the conversation. "Come on, we're already late." As I passed the tool racks though, I grabbed a diamond ax. When Joe looked at me funny I said "Just in case the big one's not, you know, mine to have."