Ok, so got some nice reviews. I'm so happy people actually like my writing. Gonna start updating probably every other day now. Alright, back to the story.
Note: At this point I added a mod I can no longer remember the name of. I know it allowed you to make tools out of any resource, and I used it accordingly.
And ducked back down immediately, narrowly dodging the arrow that whizzed by my head. I knelt in my hut, trying not to scream. A fucking SKELETON was shooting arrows at me! This had to be a nightmare. I could hear it shuffling around outside my hut, trying to find a way in. I was paralyzed with indecision. How could I fight something that could shoot arrows? I sat there for hours, trying to either figure out a plan to kill the skeleton or escape somewhere safe. The skeleton, for its part, just kept circling, as if expecting a door to magically appear.
The sky was getting brighter. Dawn was coming. A spark of hope glowed in my chest. Facing this monster during the light of day sounded much easier. Raising my sword, I prepared to strike. I slowly raised my head, looking for the skeleton. I found it right in front of me, arrow cocked, eye holes staring blankly at me. I raised my sword in a desprate attempt to forstall death.
Just then, the sun peeked over the horizon, bathing my hut in sunlight. The skeleton burst into flames, flailing around wildly. I fell back in shock, landing on the floor of my hut, knocking the wind out of me. As I lay there getting my breath back, I could hear the skeleton burning outside. When I did manage to get up and out of my hut, all that was left of the skeleton were 3 bones and 2 arrows. I took the arrows and the bones, storing them in my hut until I could figure out a use for them. I streched and headed outside.
Today I felt better, because today I had a game plan. I wasn't ready to venture too far from my hut, so I decided to make it a little more comfortable. The first thing on my list was making some tools. An axe first, so I could stop punching trees, and a shovel, so I could dig a pit in case more skeletons came. Also, I thought of a use for the bones I got from the skeleton that burned up. I took some more of my wool and wrapped the pointy ends of the bones onto my sword. It now looked alot more lethal, and the bones made it stronger.
I strapped the sword to my waist with the last of my wool and set about fixing up my house. I took down all the wood chunks, and beat down a few more trees with my new axe. By noon I had enough wood for a decent house. I built a simple two room, and even managed to make a door. The last few pieces of wood I had left I bound together for torches that I could light with my lighter.
When the sun started setting on my second day I took stock of my situation. My cramped hut was now a comfortable 2 room house with a door. My tools now included my bone-strengthened sword, a wooden axe and shovel, and I hollowed out a stump into a chest to store it all in. I had taken a few wood chunks and crafted them into a bench so I could fix my tools if need be. The house was a mixture of wood and dirt, with a solid roof. All in all, it was a huge improvement.
That night was a new experience. I had torches, so my house was lighted. I had my new bone-sword, with which I managed to kill a skeleton when it wandered into my house after knocking down my flimsy door. A quick one-two hit and I had another arrow and two more bones. The rest of the night passed without incident, although I did hear an odd sound in the early morning. It sounded like a snake, but larger. In any case, when I emerged the next morning, I was alone, and ready to begin expansion. I burned down some nearby trees and collected more wood and fixed my axe and shovel back in my house. I decided to make a quick trip into the wild to get a better understanding of my surroundings. Bone sword in hand, I ventured out into the forest.
OK, second chapter is up. The Creeper encounter is getting closer, so don't despair! As always, let me know what you think!