The explorer

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They didn't know what they were expecting honestly, but it surely wasn't this. It was dark, almost to the point where you'd think you have the blindness effect. They took out a torch and lit it. The soft glow of the fire illuminated the walls. They were damp and covered in moss. Some of them had huge cracks in them.

There were three ways they could go - left, right or forward. From the looks of it, the left one had a dead end, so they decided to try the one in front of them.

They were met with a wooden door, then an iron one, and then they found themselves in some sort of jail. It looked creepy. There were multiple different cells and all of them had chains on the walls or on the ground. One of them even had some blood and a human skull in it.

They decided to get the hell out of there. It was a dead end anyways. So, they turned around, ready to leave. What they weren't expecting though, was a creeper. It was standing right behind them, as if ready to go off the moment they turned around. It's a good thing they had good reflexes though. They took out the sword that was loosely hanging around their waist and managed to hit the creeper and push it just far enough so they wouldn't get caught in the explosion. They creeper blew up and there was smoke everywhere for a second. Then the dust and rubble settled. There was a hole on the ground right where the creeper exploded.

They always hated creepers. The nasty little creatures would sneak up on anyone who wasn't looking, only to explode next to them and possibly take a cannon life. They only had two cannon lives left.

The way they lost their first one was in a fire many years ago. It was the night their parents died. They were still a child, about eight or nine. There had been a huge fire that burned down about a third of the village they lived in. Nobody knew how or where it started.

They could only remember a few things about the fateful night. They woke up in the middle of the night to the smell of smoke. Then they saw it. Huge flames burned outside their open window, the smoke seeping into their room and chocking them silently. They immediately got up to go look for their parents. They threw the door open and sprinted down the hallway to their parents' room. When they opened the door all they could see was smoke and fire.

Next thing they knew, someone was picking them up and taking them out of the house. They later learned that their parents were suffocated in their sleep and the person who dragged them was Phil. The nice man introduced himself and brought them to his house.

Phil was nice enough to let them stay in his house until they were old enough to take care of themselves. That's when they met Wilbur, Tommy and Technoblade. Tommy was first. He ran up to the door to great whoever appeared. He was around six at the time. Then Wilbur appeared, following after Tommy to see who's there. His guitar was still in his hands, and they assumed he had been playing when they entered the house.

Tommy was immediately trying to make friends with them and was overjoyed when Phil said that they were staying for a while. Wilbur wasn't as exited but didn't mind them staying. Maybe he could teach them how to play the guitar if they didn't already know or write some songs with them.

They were talking in the living room when they heard a door from upstairs open. A few moments later a boy with long pink hair and red eyes walked into the room. He looked surprised at first. Then the surprise turned into confusion. He asked Phil what the hell was going on. He was pissed by the time Phil finished explaining. Seems as though, he wasn't too keen on the idea of having a new person living in the house. He stomped back to his room the moment the conversation was over.

The poor child didn't know what they did to anger Techno, but they were sad about it, so after dinner they went up to his room to try to talk to him. Techno just ignored them when they tried to talk to him. Phil said it was normal. That continued happening. Every time the kid was in the room, Technoblade would just leave. Over time it grew more and more annoying, and they finally confronted him.

After that, things started getting better. He would no longer ignore them or be annoyed. Instead, he started talking to them sometimes. Wilbur and Tommy were pleased with that. They had been fed up with the tension every time Techno was in the room. So, they grew together and became like siblings over time.

They snapped out of their thoughts. "Wow, probably wasn't a good idea to zone out in the middle of a stronghold" they thought as they shook their head. They turned back and finally exited the jail room.

They decided to go back and try the right way. So they did, killing a skeleton or two that appeared on the way there. Then they were met with a fountain. They, again, could go forward, left or right. The right way was a dead end though, so that left forward and left.

They went forward and found themselves in a library. It was kind of similar to the one they found back at home. There were dust and cobwebs everywhere and it looked ancient. They decided to explore it. It was amazing! There were so many books and even chests with loot. They quickly looked trough some of the bookshelves and took some books that looked interesting. After they were done, they decided to go back, making a silent promise to go back and take more books or even read some later on.

They exited the library and headed back then left. They were immediately met with a silverfish spawned and next thing they knew, they were getting attacked by the little shits. They killed them and broke the spawner as quickly as they could. Then they took the time to look around at the room. The walls were the same - damp and covered in moss and cracks. There were little pools of lava at each of the corners from the side they came in and one big one under some sort of structure. There was a staircase leading to said structure.

It was weird. "I have never seen anything like it" they thought as they looked at the blocks the thing was made of. It was made of a yellow like rock and there was something green on the top of it. There was also a hole and it looked like something could be placed inside (No. Don't you dare make jokes.).

They thought about what could fit inside for a moment before they remembered. They took their backpack off and reached inside. They swore they had some left! Then they found it. They pulled out their last eye of ender. It looked as though it was made for the hole (Still no.).

They thought about it for a moment, then decided it was worth trying and place d the eye in the hole. Nothing happened for a moment and then, out of nowhere there was a thundering sound that came from behind them. They whipped their head around and took out their sword as fast as they could.

"What do you think you're doing?"