Saving Minecraftia

Chapter 40

*(Y/N) P.O.V.*

        It has been a tiresome two days, the horses have made the trip much easier but it was still tiring. Also since we're short on food we've only been able to have breakfast and dinner lately, but finally we've arrived. The kingdom was intimidating, the large stone walls that blocked all the buildings inside from the outside world. According to Noah the kingdom is set up in three tiers of walls. The outer wall is mostly farms and smaller houses as well as their army's base, the middle wall was the city with the market, there were fancier houses and apartments as well. The inner wall was where the castle was located.

        "So should we just walk in or..?" I questioned unsure.

        "Lets just head in for now" Noah responded as he headed towards the gate. As we approached the gate the guards stood in front of it blocking us from entering.

        "Where are you from" One of the guards asked. All the guards were wearing enchanted diamond armor and had enchanted diamond swords as well.

        Noah showed no hesitation as he lied to the guard "My sister and I live in the wilderness with our parents, we've come down to sell some goods". The guard looked at me and I nodded.

        "Alright" the guard said as he motioned to the other guards to open the gate. Well that was easy. As we walked in we were greeted by a large expansion of farms and smaller houses just as expected. Noah and I walked down the empty road towards the next gate which would lead to the city. The gate was currently opened and the guards didn't prevent us from coming in. That's convenient. As we entered the city I was stunned. Bright and colorful banners hung from the shops on the roads advertising goods. It was far different from all the other kingdoms I had seen.

        "We should buy some more food" Noah stated simply. I just nodded and followed Noah down the streets as he looked for a shop to exchange gold to their currency. Luckily there were free maps of the city that showed where different stores were located. I looked over Noah's shoulder at the map, after staring at the map for about a minute he handed it to me. "Can you find the exchange shop?" he asked obviously embarrassed. I rolled my eyes and looked at the map before easily finding the store. Unfortunately it was on the other side, and we of course couldn't go through the middle since that's where the castle is located.

        "Its on the other side" I told Noah. He groaned before we began heading down the main street that went in a circle. The roads here were busy, there were a lot more people riding horses and people didn't walk in the middle of the road as they had in Taylor's kingdom. Eventually we made it to the exchange shop and Noah handed the man behind the counter a gold ingot. I watched as the man counted the currency out before handing us a small sack of coins. Surprisingly it was smaller than the sack of coins I had gotten from Taylors kingdom. Once we had left the shop I decided to ask Noah. I pulled on his sleeve and he turned to me "I was wondering, why did we get a smaller sack of coins here for a larger amount of gold. In Taylors kingdom I got a larger bag for two nuggets." I questioned.

        "The currency here is more valuable here, look" he explained as he handed me one of the coins. It was a silver coin and in the middle there was a diamond imprinted. The diamond was outlined in actual diamond. "Since they use actual diamond its more valuable, since diamonds more valuable than gold we get less for it" Noah tried to explain. I nodded understanding it slightly. Noah and I walked into a bakery. There were tons of pastries and bread. Behind a red and black counter a lady stood helping a customer. "Stay here" Noah said and I nodded. After a few minutes Noah came back with a bag. "Lets go" Noah said and I nodded.

        Suddenly a red force field enclosed the city and I heard what seemed to be a speaker "Hello Citizens of The Diamond Kingdom, we are going to perform a drill today. The drill we will be conducting today will be the Lock In drill for the entire kingdom. This is just a drill and there is nothing to worry about. Everyone please report to your homes and wait for the announcement for you to continue with your day. Sorry for the inconvenience" It finished as it went silent. People began to leave the stores and head into apartment buildings.

        Noah leaned down and whispered in my ear "We should try to get out before we get locked in". I nodded in agreement and we quickly walked towards the gate but it was closed. It was too late we were stuck in here. Noah quickly pulled me into a nearby alleyway. Once we were out of sight of the main street he sat down. "I don't think it's a drill" Noah sighed. "I think they're looking for us and hoping they don't alarm the citizens".

        "The only way they would be able to know we were here is if someone who knew the king uses magic" I stated.

        Noah sighed "From what I remember, The Diamond Kingdom is a peaceful kingdom, for the most part they're neutral. They prefer peace, they have such a big army because they plan to keep their citizens safe. However they are allied with a few kingdoms, they're known for taking in other kings from kingdoms that have fallen. Remember when Preston and Rob left?" Noah questioned. I nodded in response "They were heading here its possible that kings from another kingdom have come here and that they know magic." Noah said.

        I sat down there wasn't anything to do, it was dead silent. Eventually the silence was broken by the sound of galloping horses. They seemed to be coming closer. I tensed up and was about to summon my sword when Noah stopped me "Remember we're trying to make a deal with them so we can kill Herobrine, pointing a sword at them wouldn't be a good start."  he whispered. I nodded.

        The horses drew closer and closer until they stopped near the alleyway. I heard footsteps approaching and Noah stood up, I followed his lead and stood up as well. Suddenly multiple guards came into view, they all had enchanted bows drawn with an arrow ready to shoot. There was one person that was different though, he had blonde hair and blue eyes, he was wearing a red hoodie with black jeans.

        "Put your hands up or we'll shoot" he yelled. He seemed to have an accent. I saw Noah put his hands and I quickly mimicked his actions. One of the guards stepped forward and put handcuffs on the two of us. I could already tell they were meant to prevent us from using magic, but since our magic was so strong we'd still be able to do some. Just none of the bigger spells that would allow us to escape or hurt someone, well for the most part. The guy seemed shocked that we had surrendered so easily but quickly motioned for the guards to take us to the castle.

        One guard grabbed Noah and took him over to a horse, meanwhile the guy with the hoodie grabbed me and pulled me over to a different horse. I rode on the same horse as him as he transported both Noah and I to the castle. Once we were inside the inner wall an announcement as made for people to continue on their day. I wasn't paying much attention to the announcement though. Once we arrived to where we were supposed to be the guy helped me off the horse and lead me in a different direction than Noah. I looked back in his direction and as I did so a guard 'accidently' tripped me. I sent him a glare, I was struggling to resist the temptation of burning his face off with my magic. I got back up and the guy with blonde hair lead me into the castle. My knees and elbows hurt but I had felt worse pain and showed no signs of pain.

        The guy lead me into a room labeled 'Meeting Room', the moment I stepped in I felt people glaring at me. I looked around the room a bit, that's when my eyes landed on Preston and Rob. They were both glaring at me as though by giving me such a look I would drop off the face of Minecraftia. I returned the glare before the guy lead me into an empty seat before he took his own. "Lets begin shall we?" The king stated..