Day 6
I woke up to an empty room with the sun in high noon position. Realizing that the girl had probably run away with the food and water bowls, I climbed out the door and got to a high position where I could see the surrounding area. Surprisingly, the girl actually hadn't run away. Instead she was gathering berries from nearby bushes and refilling the water.
"Hey you! Why didn't you wake me up earlier? I could of helped with the berry gathering if you wanted!"
"Sorry! You were sleeping really peacefully, so I didn't want to wake you up!"
"Hahaha, you don't need to apologize for letting me get some sleep! I feel really well rested! Also thanks for not running off or doing something when I was sleeping! It makes me feel a lot easier about you!"
"Glad to hear it! I'll be up there really soon, so just wait for me!"
She looked so happy go lucky from up there. It almost seemed she enjoyed the fact that some red-eyed weirdo was staying at her fort, but that idea is a little too far fetched...
"Next time take me with you when you gather supplies," I said when the girl made it through the tree house door, "You really don't need to do all the work for both of us."
"Oh I don't mind at all! I just want everyone to be happy!" She chirped back at me, "Here, have some berries."
She must have been gathering since right after sunrise to get this many treats.
"Wow! They're really juicy!"
"I know, right! I spent all my time in Minecraft observing the landscape to find out where things like food sources and other player are."
"You know where the other players are? Have you met any of them personally or found out any background information?"
"When you say it like that it sounds like I've been spying on them... all I do is walk around and check out the progress people are making, like when you made the fence for your chickens."
After hearing that, I couldn't help but to whistle. "You really saw me making my fence? Are you sure you're not part squirrel or something? It took quite a while to make that and I couldn't sense anyone near me."
"It really isn't that hard when you know the land. There's tons of places to hide in- One of my favorite was that lake area, but when you found out about it I needed to stop going there as much during the day. But hey, we still haven't introduced ourselves yet! How about we exchange names and say a little bit about ourselves?"
When I heard that, a sudden realization hit me square in the face. I don't know my own name. What does this mean? Perhaps I'll never remember my past life? Or maybe I never even had a past life? Not knowing something as simple yet necessary as a name... is that even possible?
"Is something wrong? I know you don't remember all the stuff about Minecraft, but did you even forget-"
"My friends called me Red." I lied
"Red? You mean like your eyes? By the way they're really beautiful. I've never seen eyes like yours before in my life. Were they passed down from your parents?"
"No."
"So it's like a mutation or something? That's so cool!"
"I guess so... putting that aside, how about yourself? Do you have a something you want me to call you?"
"Well my full name is Aria Marie Stephens, but all my friends call me Ari. You can call me that too if you want, after all we're probably gonna be together for a really long time."
"So, Ari Stephens... It's nice to meet you."
To save my hand from breaking in multiple places, I'm going to cut out the rest of our conversation throughout the day. Basically all we did was continue to make small chat, with the exception of going back to my cave to get my journal and tools.
Honestly, I could get used to some more days like this. Ari is a really nice person and fun to talk to, so just being with her has made me happy. I am still wondering about my past life, and I do want to find out more about this "game", but maybe it would be OK to just relax a bit and have fun with all that's happening. The way I see it, this world we're stuck in isn't going to last forever, so we might as well enjoy it while we can.
My writing is keeping Ari up, so I think I'll get ready to hit the hay now. Oh, one more thing I should mention is that we made a second bed. Ari managed to gather a ton of wool, so we moved the log table into the center of the room, and put the second bed where it used to be. Now back to the topic of going to sleep; Good night to Ari and myself, and I pray for some fun times together tomorrow.
A/N: Okay, I know that this is supposed to be a story about how some random guy is forced to fight for survival and stuff like that, but you just can't complete a Teen-focused fanfic without some sort of background love story tied in; Am I right? And by the way, yes. Aria's name is based off of Arya Stark from A Song of Ice and Fire(Even though their personalities are exact opposites), which is probably my favorite book series. Also I thought it would be interesting to have a mysterious hero-like name for our little protagonist, and Red sounded perfect. Please remember than any Reviews or PM's with feedback for the series are always appreciated!