Vengeance: The Glitch and the Violent

8: Why don't we just knock?

You know, I thought I wasn't going to have a chapter ready for you guys. But here it is, in all it's completeness. Enjoy!

Bajan estimated that the walk to Entity's castle would take two days. We set off instantly, not wanting to waste time. The banner was rolled up and I carried it across my back. Bajan had his bow on his back, attached to a quiver of arrows that he found. Jerome also put his axe on his back, saying that it was too heavy to carry by his side. We walked as fast as we could, even jogging at times, but we quickly lost energy and started walking slowly. The world around us was beautiful and tranquil, but the sudden glitches served as a reminder of what was really happening. The sun rose quickly and started its setting curve. We hadn't traveled very far in the past few hours; we could still see the remains of Herobrine's castle in the distance behind us. It was about then that a small miracle happened.

Jerome put a hand to his face to shade his eyes and pointed to something in the distance. "Guys, what do you think that is?"

I copied his actions and squinted to what he was pointing. Several dark blobs were on the horizon, too far away to know exactly what they were.

"They must be big for us to see them this far away," Bajan said.

"Cows maybe?" Sky suggested.

As we came closer to them, we saw that there were about 10 of the things. And that they were bigger than cows. We were only several metres away when we realised what they were.

"Horses!" I cried.

11 brown horses were grazing, each with a different pattern on its coat. We walked slowly up to them. They examined us, their legs quivering as they prepared to run. I picked one particular horse to approach. This horse was brown with white patches and had a black mane and tail. Its eyes were brown and it looked intelligent. I slowly inched up to it, raising my hand and keeping my head down. I came closer and closer: the horse stood still. Eventually I was standing just in front of it. I gently touched its nose, and it blinked its eyes at me. I turned around and saw that my friends had copied my actions.

"Do you think we can ride them?" Sky asked.

Sub answered that question by mounting his horse. The horse shifted but didn't bolt. We took that as a yes. In a few short seconds, we were each on a horse. I decided to call my horse Patches. With only 2 hours of daylight left, we rode.

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"That is one ugly castle," Sky muttered.

"It's owned by one ugly being," Jerome muttered back.

"How are we going to get in, there's lava everywhere!" Bajan exclaimed.

"Wow guys, calm down," I said.

It was about one and a half days since we found the horses, and we were lying on our bellies underneath a low tree, staring up at Entity's castle. It was a hodgepodge of different blocks, all mushed together to create a towering castle. Netherrack blocks, obsidian, wood, stone, End stone, brick blocks and quartz blocks were everywhere, creating a very hazardous and kinda ugly structure. It was on top of a large hill. I would call it a mountain, but it wasn't that big. A ring of lava surrounded it, and the drawbridge was up.

"Why does every bad guy feel the need to put lava around their fortress?" I asked. It was a rhetorical question, so of course Sky answered it.

"Not every bad guy has lava around their fortress. That guy from Despicable Me had a shark," he said.

I gave him a dirty look but he wasn't paying attention to me. He was staring up at the castle like it offended him. His next statement told me why.

"There's no butter blocks. I can see pretty much every other block, but no butter blocks."

"Oh my goodness Sky, really? We're on the doorstep of a person who will kill us in one hit and you're fretting over what his castle is made of," I said, sarcasm in my tone.

"Can we please focus on the task at hand?" Bajan interrupted.

"How are we going to get across that lake?" Jerome asked.

"Oh, that's easy," Sky said.

"Okay then Mr SkyDoesMinecraft, please enlighten us," I said in my most posh sounding voice.

"Riley, you need to stop."

"Oh shush Bajan."

Sky sighed. "She's really stubborn Bajan, you should know that by now. As to how we get over that lava ring, it's easy. We don't. We go under it."

"Under?"

"Yeah. Tunnel underneath it, come up in Entity's castle."

"And where about in Entity's castle will we come up?" Jerome asked.

Sky shrugged. "Well, the dungeons would logically be the lowest part of the castle right? So we find them, come up in the floor, grab Herobrine and run."

"Few things wrong with that plan Sky," I said, holding up a finger for each point. "1. We have no idea where the dungeons would be underground. It's a big castle. 2. What about the whole plan of defeating Entity once and for all? Kind of hard to do that when you're running. 3. Related to 2. We need to attack Entity as soon as possible so he doesn't know that we're here."

"Hey, I was just saying how to get past the lava. You guys can come up with the rest of the stuff."

"It's a good idea you know," Bajan said. "Coming up at the dungeon. From there, we can split up and find Entity. When someone finds him, they can signal the others somehow."

"No splitting up Bajan. That's how people die in the horror movies," I said firmly. "That, and going in basements."

"And how would we signal each other?" Jerome asked.

"It was a suggestion!"

Sub nudged me in the rib and handed me his notebook. "Sub says that we should do Bajan's idea, just stick together. He says that Herobrine might be able to locate Entity, and that'll make the job easier."

"So we all cool for that?" Bajan asked, looked at each of us. Everyone nodded. "Let's get to digging that tunnel."

"Oh yeah, still have that problem," Jerome said. "We don't know where to dig."

"Hey Riley," Sky said. "Think that map banner of yours can help?"

We wiggled out from underneath the tree and I unrolled my banner. The map had indeed changed again. It was looking at Entity's castle from straight on, with the view from underground visible as well, like a someone had got a knife and cut the world in half just in front of Entity's castle. There were indeed dungeons underneath the castle.

"So all we need to do it dig a tunnel to here," Bajan said, drawing with his finger where we should dig. The map moved with his hand.

"It's interactive!" Sky cried. "That's so cool dude!"

With my new interactive banner, we found where we were (Thanks to the coloured dots) and planned our tunnel to the dungeons. We quickly fashioned some shovels and started digging. We dug diagonally down until we reached a certain point on the map, and then dug sideways, towards Entity's castle. We dug and we dug until we were directly underneath the dungeons.

"Okay, ready?" Bajan whispered.

We all nodded, handling our weapons of mass excavation. With a few quick swings, we broke through the floor of the dungeon. Sky poked his head up through the gap first.

"It's empty!"