Minecraft:The Novel

Prolouge

                                                                          Prolouge

Hi,my name is John.I've been mining a long part of my life,and I've started a mining company,called CMA(Company of Mining Arts).My buddies and I(I have a lot of friends,Steve,Ned,Will,just to name a few)have been mining a lot underground.We've used TNT,Diamond,almost anything.We've had to fight off Creepers from destroying our mines.We dig in the best places,places where you'll find a lot of diamond,gold,iron ore,etc.We use minecarts to send messages and deliver supplies to each other.

One day I was working with Steve and Will,while Ned was working a little farther away with someone named Richard.Anyway,we had just finished building the track where we'd send the minecarts.Steve,Will,and I were digging straight down;we had some extra blocks to build our way back up.After about 10 minutes of digging straight down,I found the checkpoint where we had all stopped yesterday.I was excited;I couldn't wait to see what was bound.We all looked at each other in excitement and started digging again.I then hit something;I couldn't dig any farther.I saw what it was;it was some sort of purple gem or something."Check this out!"I called to Steve and Will.

"Wow!I wonder why we can't dig through this."Steve exclaimed after all of us,even Will who had a gold pickaxe,tried digging through the gem only to get a little bit of cracks in it.

"I have an idea."I said as I started digging sideways."Follow me.

The plan was,we were going to put one block of TNT each on it.Then,I would hit one of the blocks and dive into a hole we made.Then we dig our way out of it and see if it was destroyed.

After we all stacked one block of TNT on the purple gem,we then got in our positions,Steve and Will took their positions in the hole,while I was standing out of it.

"Are you sure this is going to work?"Will asked me.

"Yep.I'm sure."I replied as I started my way toward the TNT.

I hesitated for a moment.What if I couldn't make it.What if I was blown up instead of the gem?I pushed the thoughts away as I heard Steve yell."Well,what are you waiting for?"

"I'm getting to it!"I yelled back.I swung my pickaxe at the TNT.I saw smoke come out of it,and I knew I had to run.