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Chapter 6: a friendly enemy

Aqua decided to stay inside at first, so I walked out on my own. Surprisingly, I met little resistance…then I found out why.

It was hard to see at first, but I saw it. Standing not too far away was the shadowy figure of an enderman…and I made the mistake of looking right at it.

It stood, shaking angrily for a few moments. I was paralyzed with fear. Enderman were some of the scariest mobs to face in the game, and facing one when I was living it? Terrifying.

It let out a loud, unnerving sound, and disappeared…then the whispering started up.

"He aggravated it" "should we do something?" "what if he can't fight it?"

I was so distracted, I didn't see it pop up behind me and punch me. I fell to the ground, my helmet and power tool falling off. Surprisingly, they didn't turn into cards. I quickly took off the rest of the suit, knowing it was useless now.

I jumped up quickly, only to be thrown on the ground again.

"It's too quick" "he has no weapons" "can he actually fight it?"

I felt a kick in my head, and quickly rolled. I was getting dizzy, and I knew I'd die soon. I quickly dove for my power tool, but it was too quick. It knocked me to the ground. I was defenseless, and I knew I was done for if I was hit again.

"He can't move" "we need to stop this" "tell it, tell it!"

I braced myself to be hit…but nothing happened. I looked and saw a spider in the distance, slowly coming at me. The enderman was nowhere in sight. I was too dizzy to move, and the power tool was too far away for me to reach, I couldn't even see it. I curled up, waiting for death…

BOOM!

The large blast, followed by a squeal of pain, told me the spider had been shot. I looked up to see the same enderman that had attacked me…holding my power tool.

"I believe this is yours" it said, in a strange voice.

I shakily got up as he gave me it "thanks" I said, confused.

"My friends say a lot about you, Alex" he said.

"How did you know my name?" I asked.

"You'd be surprised" it said, smiling "people call me Endy"

"Endy?" I asked

"Mobs have names to suit them better, humans are different that way" Endy said.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Endy" I said.

I put on my suit as it watched me "humans shouldn't be in this world" he said "so why are you here?"

"My machine brought me here" I said. I remembered what the voices had said "do you know where I might find it?"

He thought for a moment "no, I don't believe it's in the over world" he said "I might know someone who could find it though"

"Really?" I asked.

"My mom, the ender dragon" he replied.

My heart sank "no, I can't do that" I said.

"The other option is to try to find it" Endy said "I suggest the Nether, I know a few Blazes that wouldn't mind helping"

"But I can't mine obsidian, I don't have diamonds!" I said.

"That's where I'll help" he said "using my ability to travel between the end and here, I can get items and bring them to you with ease"

"Wow…couldn't you get my machine then?" I asked

"The problem is, I'm not allowed to cheat for you" he said "I can bring materials…after you've found them"

I blinked "but that could take ages!" I said.

"I know, good luck" he seemed to wink, then he disappeared, leaving a bunch of bone cards, which I picked up.

I looked up and saw several mobs watching me. Skeletons, zombies, spiders, creepers, all just watching me.

"Hi…" I said.

A zombie waved, but no one else moved. I realized they were waiting for me to attack.

"Human not food" a zombie said.

"He seems harmless" a skeleton said.

"Ssshould we check?" a creeper asked.

"I'll do it!" a spider said. A moment later, it ran up to me. I pointed my tool at it, ready to attack.

"S-stay back!" I said. I hadn't realized how scared I was.

"Human scared!" a zombie said "human not harmful!"

"He sssssseams to be peaceful" a creeper said "sssssspecial"

The spider looked at me, almost cute when not attacking "I think he's friendly!" it said.

"I can see a weapon on his glove" a skeleton said "he would have shot by now if he wasn't."

"Sun up soon, find cave" a zombie said.

"Oh yea, sunlight!" the spider said "bye nice person!"

They all disappeared in a few moments. It confused me, all of them suddenly being nice. Maybe they thought I would destroy things, just like the others did…

"Your turn to rest Alex!" Aqua said.

I shook my head "I don't need it" I said.

She shrugged "I think I have the whole shooting a burst of plasma thing down" she said. To prove her point, she quickly shot a burst of plasma at random.

"Don't just shoot it randomly" I said

"Why not?" she asked "it doesn't hurt anyone"

"You realize it uses energy, right?" I asked

She shrugged "watch this!" she said. She quickly twirled and shot a target, then she screamed "it's dark again!"

"You just ran out of energy" I said. I noticed her power suit was dim "just wait a moment"

The power suit lit back up "oh…no more shooting then" she said.

I rolled my eyes "come on, it'll be light soon" I said, taking her inside.

I had a feeling a lot of the hostile mobs could become passive. In fact, maybe I could tame them…the possibilities seemed to be endless! I decided I would see about getting diamonds and Redstone when the sun rose, but until then, I spent the next hour tinkering my power tool…

Wow…I'm averaging 2 chapters every other day…I might start slowing down, I don't know…oh well! As I said last time, I'm welcoming OCs for this story. Heck, for those of you who like reading this, OCs could make the story longer. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!