On the Other Side (Minecraft)

Chapter Three

"Rhoswyn?"

I wanted to run, but just the shock of seeing Quentin held me there. My hood fell down, and Quentin just stared at me, looking confused.

"Rhoswyn, what are you doing here?"

At that, I pulled up my hood and darted out of the house, snatching a few diamonds in the process. I heard Quentin follow me, though. Eventually, I stopped and sat down in the grass of a field, honestly not caring if mobs spawned.

Quentin eventually showed up, face red and breathing heavily. I smiled at how out of shape he was.

"What were you doing?" Quentin finally asked, still breathing pretty hard.

"You seriously don't know?" I asked, waving a diamond in front of his face. "Wake up and smell the diamonds."

"So this is how you got a black eye?" Quentin asked, snatching the diamond from my hand.

"Yeah. At the castle." I admitted, wiping some blood off of my sword.

"I heard that six guards died to a thief. That was you?"

I frowned and said, "Yeah. I didn't even get what I came for."

"So you killed for diamonds?! Why would you end someone's life, just to get rich?"

"Just shut up, okay?!" I snapped, stabbing my sword deep into the dirt.

I could practically feel Quentin's gaze, cold as the night air. I had to resist the urge to look at him. I pulled my sword out of the dirt, my frown deepening when I heard that all too familiar groan.

I gripped my sword tightly, looking around. When I saw them emerge from the trees, I was on my feet in seconds.

"Rhoswyn, what's wrong?" The fear in his voice was evident, but I said nothing. When I heard the clanking of bones behind me, I cursed. Wishing I had a bow, I threw my sword at the skeletal archer.

I ran towards it, smiling when my sword knocked the bow out of its hands. I quickly grabbed my sword off the ground, looking at the defenseless skeleton. All it took to take it down was to stab it, and twist my sword, making it's bones disassemble.

I cursed when I saw the three zombies that emerged from the dark forest. I got Quentin on his feet, telling him to run back home. "I'm not done with you, Rhoswyn. You expect me to just leave you here?" Quentin exclaimed.

"If you wanna live, I suggest that you go home." I said.

I gave him a little push, and he sighed, reluctantly getting up and running. As I charged at the cluster of zombies, I took a deep breath and jumped. I landed on top of a zombie. Using that to my advantage, I jumped down, easily beheading the other two zombies. I spun around, quickly slicing the remaining zombie in half, smiling as it's body crumpled to the ground.

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The night air seemed colder, as if the whole world had froze. I walked through the moonlit forest, gripping my sword tightly. I could hear the soft howl of the wind; soft, but strong. It spoke loud enough to be heard, but not loud enough to be understood.

I could hear the monsters various noises around me, but I kept walking forward. My skin felt sticky because of the blood, but I kept walking.

I did stop, though, when I heard a voice. It was a mixture of a male-like voice, but it was covered in static. "Hello?" I asked, surprised when the static stopped. It quickly came back, though. And it had a friend. They went back-and-forth, quieter than before.

I looked around, trying to find the source of the static, and I smiled when I saw a soft glow piercing through the darkness. I walked towards it, just wanting to get rid of the annoying static sounds. Eventually, the light led me to the mouth of a cave. As I walked into the cave, the static voices were so loud it was almost unbearable.

As I made it to the end of the cave, a portal appeared. It was completely black. I smiled so hard my cheeks hurt when the static voices left. My smiled quickly faded, though, when I heard a female voice.

It said, "Rhoswyn, you have been chosen to perform a very important task. The lives of everyone in Minecraft might rely on it. I want you to go to the real world and find Steve."

"Steve," I breathed out, "Like the legendary Steve? The Steve that killed the mythical Herobrine and foiled his plot to unleash the wrath of the Ender Dragon on the Overworld? Like the Steve that-"

"Yes, that Steve." she cut me off mid sentence, "He has been missing for hundreds of years, and we fear something may have happened to him."

The female talking walked out of the shadows, and I gasped. "Alex? I thought you were a myth. Or at least, dead."

She ignored everything that I said, and the static returned as my vision blurred. My legs went limp, sending me to the floor, and the world faded to black.

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Okay, that is chapter three! Sorry that it took me so long to update and that this is really short. My life has been pretty hectic here lately, and I had this chapter up to 600 words and somehow it didn't save. I had to write it all over again. It was horrible, so sorry if this chapter isn't all that great. Also, thank you so much for your support on chapter one. Please tell me what you think of this chapter, and I love constructive criticism. I like improving.