Disclaimer: I'm not creative enough to own Minecraft
Chapter 13: tower maze
The girls were already gone when I woke up. I got up and went to the top deck and saw that we were above a thick canopy. Nearby, I saw a tower rising high into the sky, with lots of towers branching out of it.
"That's where we're heading" Maillie said, walking up to me "the Ur-ghast, or a criminate ghast guard would shoot us out of the sky if we got too close, so we'll need to go through the whole tower"
"We?" I asked "you're coming with us?"
"Well, I might" she said "the Ur-ghast has some…strange magic, and it tends to interfere with powers"
"What does that have to do with this?" I asked
"The Ur-ghast hates visitors, but he likes challengers" Maillie said "you can get in, but getting out is tricky, and getting back in is impossible"
"In other words, we have one shot" I said.
"Yep" Maillie said "so, I'll come to help"
"Sounds good" I said "are the others on the ground?"
"They started up the tower already" Maillie replied "come on"
We slid down the ladder, and ran into the forest, following the torches that the girls left. We got to the tower in a few moments, but I couldn't figure out how to get in.
"There's no entrance!" I said in frustration.
"Look for markings" Maillie said "that's usually how it's seen"
I saw a couple of small red boxes "like this?" I asked. I put my hand on one of them, and it turned green. A moment later, the boxes around them turned green, and the blocks they were on disappeared.
"Yep, that's the one" she said, then she pulled me in as the boxes reappeared.
We went through a floor of those blocks, then we started climbing up stairs. After a bit of climbing, we found the girls in a large room. On all four walls, in the middle bottom, was the same 9 by 9 doorway with the disappearing blocks, as Maillie called them, which pretty much just didn't reappear like the blocks the first floor had a ton of. However, on one wall, the corner blocks didn't have the same red box the disappearing blocks had…instead, it was a kind of capital I shape.
"What's that?" I asked.
"It won't move" Elda said.
"Blazes used to tell stories about these" Blazette said "they said something about locks?"
"The Ur-Ghast likes to toy with its visitors" Maillie said "that's our way up, but we need keys from the surrounding towers"
"Let's get to it then!" I said.
We traveled as a group, going up every tower. I tried to use my portable assembler a couple of times, but it refused to work, so we were stuck with the gear we found. We had to go through two locked areas, and the loot we got was huge! So much so that we had to split it between us in order to carry it all.
As we approached the top of the main tower, the rooms changed to frames in one corner, and redstone near a strange block in another.
"Carminite reactor" Maillie said "they should only be activated if we're ready to fight what comes."
"Speaking of which-" I started.
"Magic boomerang" Maillie replied, giving me a boomerang "this will let you hit it, without danger of melee damage"
"Ok, what's the plan?" I asked.
Thunder boomed overhead "he'll be easier one-on-one, he won't fight as hard that way"
"Ok, so I just throw it in the direction I want and it hooks around and comes back?" I asked
"Yep, that's how it works" Maillie said "we'll work on the Ghast traps, it should help"
I took a deep breath "ok, let's go" I said.
We walked up the stairs. The girls ran over to the rooms on the sides of the opening. In a moment, the Ur-ghast spawned. He was huge, and had blood red tentacles.
"You wish to challenge me?" the Ur-ghast said.
"Yes" I said.
"You are different…you are not a Minecraftian" the Ghast said.
"I became trapped here through an energy surge" I said "I'm trying to get home"
"Oh, that's understandable" it said "if I win, you have to find the way on your own. If you win, my trophy will help you"
"Sounds good to me" I said.
"Then let's begin" it said. It shot a fireball at me, and the battle began.
It took a while, and quite a few throws, to defeat the Ur-ghast. When the final blow was dealt, it gave out a loud cry, and exploded. A chest dropped in front of me as the boomerang came back. As I caught the boomerang, a card dropped. I put away the boomerang and picked up the card.
"A shard of some kind?" I asked.
"An emerald shard" Maillie said, as the girls came back "8 of those can combine to an emerald piece, and 8 pieces can combine into an emerald."
"Wow…" I said.
"How do we use the trophy?" Blazette asked, taking the card out of the box.
"My guess is its energy can be used" Maillie replied.
"We can figure it out later" I said, yawning "where's the portal?"
Maillie twiddled her thumbs "you see…" she said slowly "I kind of, um…destroyed it…"
"So…we're stuck here?" I asked.
"No, I can travel through dimensions with my airship" she said "but it needs to charge before I use it"
"We can rest tonight, and start tomorrow" I said "for now, let's get to the ship"
"No problem" Maillie said. She whistled, and the ship came into view, dropping the ladder.
We climbed up and it sailed away "I'm going to bed" I said "night"
"Night" the girls chorused.
I went to where I slept yesterday, and got into bed. The girls were sorting through what loot would be useful, so I only kept the trophy, my and Aqua's power suits at home. The trophy gave off warmth from my pouch as I fell asleep…
Finally got this chapter finished! I've been busy recently, so I couldn't work on the story as much as I wanted to…from time to time I'll cycle through dimensions as I see fit, but it might be a while in between. I have a few ideas for my next chapter, but if you guys want me to elaborate on something, then tell me and I'll implement it. Also, as always, I welcome OC's with open arms! Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!