Random Illager Stories aka shipping [Minecraft Fanfictions]

The Dark Fairytale About The Illagers

[I gonna start this with a simple one, as some sort of introduction for all the little stories I have in mind. I didn't post here for like 3 years so I am pretty nervous about it, also because I randomly do Minecraft stories here haha, but I hope there will be people who want to get some illage content over time, because I need to write my ideas somewhere. Have fun with my messy mind :3]

//it was a very peaceful day at the village and some villagers were still doing their work. A smol village child was sitting inside their house on his bed and watched his dad writing something inside a book. There had been no rough times. But the kid had the urge to ask something about a non peaceful topic//

The kid:
"Dad...
Is it true that the illagers are out there, inside the deep, dark forest? I heard someone talk about them lately."

//the child was curious and had heard stories about them and what they could do. They always did sound scary and not many wanted to talk about them//

Dad:
"You...shouldn't ask such things.
It's dangerous. You are too young..
A-and...you shouldn't worry.
We haven't had a raid for a very long time and our golems protect us. Nothing will happen to you if you stay here"

"And it's true that they hide inside the forests of this world
And that's better for us..."

The smol villager:
"Why?"

Dad:
"Because...
...they are cruel.
And don't want us here.
They don't belong in villages.
And we don't belong into the forest."

"But...why do you ask?
You know about the things already.
I don't want you to be scared. You will understand when you are older.."

Smol kid:
"But...
Why are they bad?
And why don't we fight?
And who are they?"

"Dad, I wanna know!
Tell me about the illagers.
Have you met one?"

Parent:
"Met one??!!"

//he looked like if that was the most stupid question in history, because everyone knows, if you would meet one, you were dead. Or kidnapped. Or sacrificed to their evokers and leaders//

....
"I-I have seen one. A Vindicator.
And that gave me nightmares for months. He had a cold stare. Looking like if he wanted to get to me."

"I was lucky that our iron golem could handle him. But...if there's one illager, there are more. They don't stay alone, just like us. And they are smart..."

...
"We don't fight because we are peaceful
And..."

(And because they are terryfied. No villager would try to really fight against an illager...)

"They are bad just because they are!
Their goal is to destroy us and steal from us.
Their only motivation is rage and the fact that we exist.
They are like zombies, but way worse and way more smart and scary"

Smol kid:
"That...does n-not make sense"

"Are they born evil?"

The dad:
"T-they are illagers..."

"They have evil in their blood"

//the child was looking scared by now, not knowing if this could be true but it had heard all the stories and the village gossip about the raiders. They surely were like a nightmare bedtime story. The problem about that was...that everything about this was totally real and the things that were written in old books was as real as zombies//

Village kid:
"I-I hope I will never meet one then"

Dad:
"You won't-
As long as you stay inside our village and don't go inside the forest alone
And NEVER at night!
You don't have to worry if you are careful. There was no raid since 10 years in our village"

//the dad did not say everything that was true. He couldn't tell his child about the things the illager were capable of. All the horrible things...it was enough to give himself nightmares. Knowing that one of the neighbour villages got raided a year ago...His child shouldn't share the same fear he has. Villagers were known to be scared beings and that they had to share this world with the illagers was a total nightmare already. And every villager in this world knew about the illagers and that they want to kill or put them in prisons or use them as their slaves or as hostages and that they burn villages down just for fun, to get them out of their houses, so that they could easily slay them outside. But the details are nothing for a child...but soon or later his child also will know everything...because that's what they will need to survive//

To his child:
"But...if you ever, EVER encounter one,
RUN.
Run away and pray that they don't find you and seek help from an iron golem.
And if there's none, hide"

"They are mostly taller than us because that makes it easier for them to hunt us and it's easier for them to carry t-their weapons
They...are naturally stronger than us. Brutality just is in their blood."

"They use dark magic, play with death and life, it's not natural. It is good that we and them aren't related anymore"

"So...be warned and don't try to search for them EVER.
They also show that they don't wanna be found.
They only show up during raids.
Otherwise they stay inside the forest and wouldn't step into a village."

"So...stay near our village. And it will be fine"