Alice's Maze

~~~Chapter One~~~

I walked out of my house into the Minecraft world. The forest was still dark and misty as always. I walked to the blacksmith.

"Um sir, can I have a helmet" I said.

"What kind" the blacksmith asked.

"Um, the iron one," I said.

"Okay, kid" he said "That will be 1 emerald, please"

I grabbed one emerald from my backpack and gave it to the blacksmith. The iron was smooth and shiny. I walked to the farm then looked at the forest. I took wheat from the farm and ran to the house to make bread. I sat at the table to eat.

The forest was the mysterious part of the village. I always wanted to learn about it, but every time I asked no one answered. Every night the forest has a figure that watches everything in the village. The figure never goes into the village. Sometimes you can hear strange moans and screams. The screams are so loud that really no one can get any sleep. The only reason we have guards is so the strange figure doesn't come into the village and sometimes monsters. I've seen a creeper one or two times before. I never went into the forest before but I do want to see what's in there.

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I ran to the edge of the forest. I looked up then one of the leaves fell off and landed on the edge of both sides. I kicked the leaf to the other side. I looked at the helmet I got yesterday. The helmet reminded me about my father who was a guard for the village. I didn't want to be like him, but I want to make my dad proud by doing something good for the village. Now that my dad's gone I had no purpose to try. My dad was a good man he has a grave near the town hall. Well the town square. All the town square graves are only for the guards and there family.

My mom looked at me when I returned home.

"Hey, where were you Jace?" She said.

"I was, um..." I didn't want to tell her I was near the forest.

"Well, whatever as long as you are home." She said "We don't want a creeper to blow up, now do we."

"Yes, we wouldn't want that to happen." I said.

That night was silent as always after dinner. I went to bed and snuggled up in my blue covers. The meal was good, I remembered my father, and now it's was the end of the day. I closed my eyes and thought what it would be like if my father was here.

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It was morning and I set in bed looking outside of my window. My dog, Casper, jumped on my bed then licked me.

"Stop that" I laughed as he licked me. He looked at me and barked. I got up and put some clothing on. I looked out the window again and saw my neighbor grouping wheat for the party tonight. Every year we celebrate the people who died so we can honor them. I put on my best suit for the party. My mom always wears this dress my father got her when we first moved here. The stores are packed at this time around. My mom has a farm just for that reason and we don't have to buy stuff all the time. Its still a lot of money to keep the garden going, but it's worth it.

Everyone has to bring something or its like they don't want to honor the people that help the village. That's a big deal here. We always have the celebration in the town square. That's were we have all our party's. Not like other village's. There are no people to talk to except other villengers. I was going to wear my diamond helmet today, but I wore a iron one. The iron helmet are like guard helmets so I thought it would be good to wear.

I went outside and looked around. My mom was in the garden getting carrots and potatoes. I had to get the cake because it was our cake day. That's when a family is given the job to bring a cake. This is about the second time we did it.

"Jace over here!" Said a voice.

"Huh.." I said as I looked around then saw my friends, Alex and Jason. I smiled at them then pointed at the cakes to tell them that I was getting the cake. Alex smiled and looked at where the party is going to be held. I walked to the cake stand to put the cake in it's place.

"Roof" I heard out of nowhere. My dog, Casper, jumped on me and licked me. Alex loves Casper. She would do anything to hang out with him.

"Hey Casper, come here boy!" Alex said laughing and patting her legs.

"Alex, you hung out with him three times these week" Jason said serious,as usual. "Casper is not a person who you can date."

Alex glared at him. I had a feeling it was going to get ugly. They aren't the best of friends, but their friends. I was Alex's best friend and I was proud of myself.

"Pinky!!!!!!!" a young girl said. It was my little sister. She as a pet piggy, which she calls it.

"Pinky!!!!!!!" She said again yelling as loud as she could. We don't have posters, so we call the thing or person we lost. This time it's a pig. I walked up to her. She had been crying while looking for it. Mom most likely told her to go look for Pinky. Life's not easy here but it's something. "Pink....." She started " Pinky!!!!!!".

"Oink!" I heard something yell, I think. "Pinky!!!!!" My sister cried. It looked like her hair turn brown to pink. She always wanted to dye her hair pink to match Pinky's. Mom said that dye is only for sheep,wool,and leather pajamas. Pinky oinked with glee and runs to Anny.

"It's a pig! Alex yelled in glee.

"Um....OK Alex calm down" Jason said the way I didn't expect. It's a pig I know, but Alex just loves animals she has a barn full of them. Pigs,cows,sheep,chicken,bunny's and wolf ,but the Wolf's are sperate from the sheep and bunny's.