Chapter 4: An Unusual Companion

Do I even have to recall everything that happened until now... Well... I do: This thing that now sits on top of me, and licks me, but it is so weird, the creature is... it doesn't have a skin, like me, it has a weird... It is impossible for me to explain. It is as if it had tiny strings on itself, and all of them together feel good at touch...

As I think that the creature rubs on my chest, and then as I try to stand up it gets off of me and sits next to me and yells out a weird sound... then turns toward the bush she came out of and made a scared noise, in the darkness under that plant I can see 16 bits of red light... they might be eyes, and indeed they are as I just think that the creature, short and having 8 legs comes out and charges towards me, but I stand up and manage to take my sword and point it at it, so as the monster lunges towards me he gets right in my sword and dies.

As I take the creature off my sword, I pull out one of it's eyes and notice that it doesn't glow anymore. Which is a sad thing, I would be happy if I could see.

I look down next to me to see that creature, rubbing against my leg then looking towards me and making a sound that would resemble... mao... maw... mow... meow... I now wonder if "meow" means "Thank you" in this creature's tongue.

As I look around and see that everything got eaten by darkness, I try to leave in a direction but the small creature is still at my lower leg... It maybe is trying to keep me from going into the dangers ahead?
"I have to go, I can't just sit here doing nothing" as we Pigmen sleep only when we are really tired, and it doesn't happen too often, especially since we rest doing nothing, we can be awake for ever... Unless of course you work in building a fortress... then sleep becomes daily routine.

I am not sure if the creature understood what I said, but it seemed to... it backed off and gave me a sad look...

"You can tag along if you want" I say, to which the creature jumped up, grabbed onto me (Out of it's hands and feet... or just feet since it walks on all fours, sharp objects came out and they cut in my skin, as it climbed up on my back and jumped sitting on my shoulder... good thing I don't feel pain...)

"I hope you manage to stay there comfortably" I told the small creature which now seems to have become my companion. I am not even sure if it understands me but... I'm happy it doesn't want to kill me... well maybe the 8 legs didn't want to kill me either and was looking to grab my new friend... but it's a bad thing anyway.

I pass past the tree I climbed up on and walk towards a hill... maybe I'll be able to take another look around... As I go up, I see nothing at a first look but I hear a weird, hissing sound. Looking down I see a weird creature, tall but shorter than me, it's got green skin and it's eyes don't shine , but it starts to increase in size, until the companion on my shoulder makes a noise... then it starts running away. That was a bit weird but I'm happy my companion might've protected me from a possible threat.

Looking around with attention now... it's not that dark... and then the sky is full of small white lights, and that giant huge white thing... This is a totally different atmosphere...

I wonder what my kid's reaction would be if he'd... see... this... my kid... my beloved wife... what happened to my family... most pigmen were missing, did that blue clothed guy kill them? Is that what happened or did they manage to escape? Are they hurt are they...

I stop my thoughts when the creature on my shoulder rubs against my cheek... I wonder if it can feel my unrest...

Looking around I do see a lot of trees... hills... a pool of the "water" I heard about... but what's that... in the distance the trees seem to dissipate... and there's light... and I see silhouettes vaguely moving... Might that be civilization? It's a long way as well... and looking down... at the base of the hill I am standing on there are creatures moving about... and looking at how dark it seems down there, they're not really friendly...

I guess I could try to sneak by... actually that would be impossible... I am too big and then this little creature on my shoulder... I could try fi... too many... The next hill is kinda near... I guess I could make a bridge but how...

Maybe... with the tree? Yes! I shall chop the tree and make a bridge out of it, I think to myself as I hit the side of the tree with my sword a few times, and make it fall down. It hits the other hill and makes quite a big noise, but none of the creatures below seems to have noticed... And I have a good idea, I'll do a good deed.

I pass across the tree and reach the next hill, and then cut off the side of the tree that connects the two hills, and push the tree into the empty place between the hills, killing a few of the creatures down there. My companion looks down and then looks at me, I believe it would smile right now if it could.

I turn around and face the bit of light that was coming from the distance... I've still got a way to walk... this hill looks pretty big, I'll have to walk a while before I'll get to the end of it... strangely there aren't any plants here...

I take a few steps forward and my companion suddenly jumps off my shoulder. I turn around to look at the poor thing that really seemed scared, and when I was about to speak out to ask what happened, the ground under me collapses and I start falling down.

Luckily, the "water" I kept hearing about saved me... as I look above I fell quite a bit, and I see my companion carefully climbing down, jumping from rock to rock... There's no way I can climb up out of this...

I look above and see that the cave is supported by a weird material... looks like the inside of trees... and there's light coming from a stick attached to it. On the floor there is a weird brown and white... thing, the white sides shine under the light.

As my companion arrives down and gets back on my shoulder, I start walking inside deeper into the cave... there's light, that means someone must've found a way to get down here, or maybe that someone dug all this... there has to be an exit...