Here we are, chapter 8, on time! Wow, that's new for me! I've got another OC here, quite an old one that I haven't been able to use yet. You will meet her later. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, and added up to my 1100 views. Where do you people come from!
Tensed, Skye walked forwards, staring in shock at the body. "What was that?"
"Creepers are deadly creatures, they contain a mechanism in their bodies that allow them to explode, killing and destroying all around them."
Skye shuddered, looking at the corpse. Susan indicated to follow her, and they continued.
The strangest noise pierced Skye's ears, like an inhuman groan of pain. The Mage yelped, heading towards the source of the noise, sword drawn.
More groaning filled her ears, and from behind a tree wandered a strange beast. It stood on four legs, but looked as different to a creeper as an ocelot did. Its skin was blotched white and brown, with spikes leering out of its head, behind either ear. It opened its mouth, groaning again. Behind her, Susan walked from behind a tree. She grinned as she saw the beast. Striking forward, she cut it's throat, and it fell to the ground, its body decaying into two pieces of flesh and some skin.
"Does that one blow up too?" Skye muttered, watching Susan pick up the meat happily. She looked over at Skye as though she were insane. Laughter ripped through her throat.
"That was a cow! A harmless animal!"
Skye's cheeks became brushed with crimson. She looked at the ground in embarrassment, until Susan's laughing caused her lips to twitch. Soon the two were smiling once more.
They found an entire herd of cows, which they quickly killed, Susan grinning at the food they dropped. Storing the flesh, they climbed a tree, and yet another of Susan's structures appeared out of the leaves, a wooden path reaching out from a branch, through the empty air. It connected to another tree, where a proper bridge started.
Despite the multitude of trees, bridges and vines, Susan seemed as though a map was imbedded into her head. Without a single wrong turn, the two made it back to the house, wherein Susan began teaching the Mage of the wonders of a furnace.
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The jungle ahead of them was a living mess of vines, wandering creepers, trees, ferns, and numerous other plants. Chickens clucked and sometimes screamed as ocelots attacked.
Zia looked into the forest with distaste. "If anything is in there, we'd be lucky to get out at all, let alone find a single person."
Asriel nodded her consent, but Eria was frowning. "She could be anywhere. Even a jungle."
Zia turned to snap a response, but Asriel cut her off, suggesting they circle the jungle, seeing if they could see anything from beyond the vines. The two agreed, and they journeyed onwards.
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The city of Narglì buzzed with activity. Its stone brick walls were slowly being replaced with the even slower mined Obsidian. Diamonds were being scrounged from every house, forming swords and armor. Gravel was searched for flint, chickens butchered and plucked, trees cut. Despite the current distance between Narglì and the Enderian army, they were preparing for war.
As far away from others as possible, a young girl sat upon the wall, her legs dangling over the outer side. The wall was huge, and it seemed either the girl had the skills of a spider, or could fly, for there were no ladders to get up. She stared across the landscape of grass and rivers, to the chaotic expanse of trees, christened by the city inhabitants as 'Wildwood'
"Coraline!"
The cry was a mixture of outrage and fear. "Uh oh," the girl muttered, pulling her legs onto the wall. Standing up shakily, she proceeded to sprint across the narrow thing, arms spread like a tightrope walker. Before her, to the right of the wall, loomed a many storied building. It was wrecked, abandoned for years, yet Caroline found it a great place to hide. Leaping across the wall, she rocketed through a window, empty of glass. Standing up, she grinned, having escaped the clutches of her nurse. She had no wish to return to her adopted family, no wish to return to the busyness of city life.
Bored, Coraline wandered the corridors and rooms she had memorized long ago. She loved looking through this building, imagining who would have lived here, and what they would have done.
Yet time caught up with her, and soon night was falling. Sighing, Caroline climbed a half-broken ladder to the bottom floor, then snuck out the door. Wishing she had a less noticeable hair colour than blue, she attempted to become as unnoticeable as possible.
"Coraline, where were you?" Brushing past her nurse without a word, Coraline hurried to her room. She wished with all her heart she could get out of this boring life. Sometimes she even wished the Enderians would attack, just for a change. As she thought this, supper was called, and she went to bed not long after.
Morning
The sun filtered into Coraline's room, yet she refused to open her eyes. She wished she could go back into her dream, wherein she was traveling the Overworld at her own desire. Yelling at the her door finally got her up. "There are strangers! Strangers outside our gates! People say they look like Enderians!" She flung our of bed, putting her everyday, simple clothes on. Running out the door, she spoke not a word, simply raced to the old ruin, climbed the ladder to the roof, and jumped off.
Landing steadily on a newly obsidian wall, she ran west, towards the main gate. Despite the dangers, a crowd had gathered, uneasily watching the newcomers. As she came closer, Coraline saw three of them. By their long hair, she judged they were girls. One had earth brown hair, lightly olive skin and close-fitting black clothes, that were slightly ripped and dirty. Another had hair the colour of dancing flame, so spectacular, Caroline was entranced. This girl had tanned skin, yet similar clothes.
The last girl reminded Coraline of her, the way she looked around at her, understanding and wondering at the same time. Her hair was the colour of darkness, her skin pale as snow. Coraline gasped, realizing the girl had all the features of all the description and pictures of an Enderian Coraline had ever seen or heard. Yet Coraline found herself unafraid. Perhaps it was the way the girl looked around, or carried herself, that made Coraline believe she meant no harm. Yet, she knew the other citizens would think otherwise. She ran along the wall, away from the gate.
Finally, what she was waiting for. Right at the foot of the wall, a small lake was fed by underground streams. Praying to Notch for success, she shuffled forward...
And jumped of the massive wall.
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