Disclaimer: I'm not creative enough to own Minecraft

Chapter 7: a book of worlds

I set out as soon as the sun rose, Aqua following close behind.

"I know what diamonds are, but what's Redstone?" Aqua asked.

"It's used as a form of power" I said.

"Oh, so like electricity?" she asked.

"Not quite" I said.

We started heading down, but the voices weren't there. It felt kind of lonely, even with Aqua there.

"Oh! Pretty!" Aqua exclaimed suddenly. She ran over to a group of sapphire ore, and quickly got a handful of Sapphires.

I smiled "just be careful, I'm not sure where lava is" I said.

I saw a bunch of Redstone and diamond, and quickly mined it. I found it weird that I hadn't encountered any enemies…until my suit beeped.

"Aqua, be careful!" I called…no answer "Aqua?"

I ran to where I had left her, and found her power tool lying on the ground. I started to worry, until she jumped down

"Hiya!" she said, making me jump.

"God, don't do that!" I said.

She giggled "sorry, I found this book though!" she said, giving me a book.

"Hmm…" I looked inside it "where did you find this?"

"It was just on the ground" she said.

I looked at the title "dimetional travel" I read "what's a book like this doing here?"

"I don't know, but maybe it can help!" Aqua suggested.

I looked inside "dimensional travel" I read "caves often have materials needed to go to different dimensions. The main dimensions are the Nether, End, and Overworld, which require very little effort to open, and are relatively easy portals to find/make. The Overworld is the world you thrive in: blue skies and green grass. But there is a dimension far below the bedrock, covered by the void."

"What's the void?" Aqua asked. Of all the questions she asked, that was the one?

"It's a place where nothing exists" I said "according to this book, it's the space between dimensions, the place souls come from, and where they go when they die…I think."

"Ok!" Aqua said "continue please!"

I looked at the book again "the caves in the Overworld are plentiful" I read "they are abundant with ores such as Redstone, diamonds, gold, iron, coal, and emeralds. In some cases, they'll also contain things like copper, silver, lead, aluminum, tin, yellow stone, sapphires, rubies, and patriots, most of which are found deep inside"

"Oh, so like this?" Aqua asked, holding a piece of diamond ore.

"Yea" I said "I'm going to read the Nether part now"

"Ok!" Aqua said.

"The Nether can be deadly" the book read "it has intense heat, and is covered in fire. Instead of the water of the Overworld, the Nether has pools of lava. It's covered in Netherock from the roof to the floor. The void blocks accidental travel through the ground, but you can create a portal to travel to it through the void."

"It sounds like a terrible place" Aqua said.

"It's dangerous, but not terrible" I said "it has nether fortresses, which are habitable if you clear it of mobs"

"Oh…ok" Aqua said "keep going, I want to know more!"

"There are easier portals to make, but this one is essential" I read "the end cannot be reached without a material only found in the Nether: Blaze rods. A diamond pickaxe is required to mine obsidian, and obsidian is required to make a portal. The portal requires a 4 by 5 frame of obsidian, then it must be lit by some form of fire, most commonly, flint and steal."

"Diamond pickaxe?" Aqua asked

"It's covered, I installed it in the power tool" I said "the next part elaborates on dimensional structure, I don't think we need that right now"

"Ok, let's go find obsidian!" Aqua said. She ran off, and I dropped the book on accident.

The moment I realized I had dropped the book, I went to pick it up…it had fell open towards the middle, and I realized it wasn't just about dimensions…

"Sometimes, dimensions are inhabited by more than just mobs" it read "occasionally, an excess amount of energy will enter the void, causing in a reaction with surprising results: a changed soul. These souls, usually of mobs, are sent back into their home dimension…but not as they were before. The first case of this occurred in the nether, where an active portal was overloaded, and its energy was trapped in the void. The explosion caused a nearby Nether fortress to collapse, killing all the mobs inside. However, one mob came back…"

The rest of the page was in sloppy handwriting, as if someone had tried to write direct observations, and failed. It was illegible, but I got the main portion: the mob that came back was human.

"Alex! I found a bunch!" Aqua said, running up to me.

"Great job!" I said, closing the book quickly and putting it in my pocket.

"Is something wrong?" Aqua asked innocently.

"No, everything is fine" I replied "I just read something that surprised me"

"Ok!" she said. I was surprised she didn't ask questions, but ignored it.

"I can tinker the power tools so that they have portable flint and steel, that way we don't use it up" I said "but until then, we should get some sleep"

"Ok!" she said. We went back to the house, and Aqua fell asleep immediately.

After installing the flint and steel mod, then the Lux capacitor into each of our power tools, I fell asleep myself…what awaited me was interesting.

"He found the book" a voice said

"Yes, but does he know how to use the information?" another asked.

"He wasn't supposed to find it" another said "the book is too valuable"

"Relax, he hasn't read enough to be a threat" another said.

"He knows about the energy surges!" another exclaimed "what if he figures out how to make one?"

"He won't try, he knows it's risky" another said "he needs the book, there are things he doesn't know that he should"

Yay! Another chapter finished! I decided to implement a bit of a…different idea. It's a way to make the other dimensions MUCH more interesting, and it alters normal Minecraft play a ton. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!