There and Back Again, A Minecraft Tale

by Rhaegal1995

Dear Journal: Day 1587. I discovered a rare type of stone that will create a magical portal! I know not where it shall take me, do I risk finding out?

3. Chapter 3

Day Six.

7:00am. I awoke this morning and came to realize just how far from home I must be. The land I'm so familiar with is nothing but rolling hills and ocean. All I can see from here is a range of mountains reaching into the clouds. I see a frozen lake just ahead. Walking on water, that will be a first for me! ~MC

9:00pm. I've arrived in a large snow-covered valley with tall cliffs on three sides. It would have meant a long backtrack to go around, so I collected snow and made an igloo to spend the night in.

This is a beautiful area with large trees and small frozen ponds. I think I'll come back and build an outpost here, maybe a vacation cabin to visit every few months

I'm going to spend some time tonight crafting pickaxes. I'm a Miner, I'll dig my way out of this dead end! ~MC

Day Seven

1:00pm. I've grown accustomed to the moans of zombies and skeletons, I slept through the night with just a pile of snow for safety.

I started my day digging a tunnel up and out of the valley I spent the night in, and came out on top of a high plateau. The ground through here is is very strenuous. It's almost as if the land was created in chunks, with no thought as to the surrounding land! ~MC

4:00pm. I've spent the last hour in a dense forest. Skeletons can take cover from the sun under trees! They have been able to hit me with arrows before I even notice them! I've taken to walking along the tops of the trees and only returning to the ground when I must.

I have been collecting wood as I go, it can be hard to find back home. ~MC

6:00pm. I have come to the end of this plateau. There is a river with a waterfall that drops off this cliff more than a hundred feet into a large bay. I could probably build a raft and get home sooner, but I don't think I want to be stranded in a small boat with no cover from these monsters, and untold terrors beneath me. I've made camp next to the river, I'll decide on how to continue in the morning. ~MC

A/N - I've made it back to spawn, it took ten days.

I think the next chapter will finish this adventure.