Minecraft

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

(Skylar's POV)

It was the middle of the night. I was the only one awake. These people are pretty nice. Well, Fred and Amber seem nice, but Ameli doesn't seem to really care. My leg throbbed. I wondered how it could still hurt. Anyways, as attentive as Max was, I was starting to develop a crush on him. He was cute and also nice. It seemed like he really cared about me. I closed my eyes and relaxed, but, as hard as I tried, I couldn't fall asleep. The hours passed and I was extremely tired. As soon as I heard Fred yell "Good morning!" I drifted off to sleep.

I awoke some time later and the house was empty. My initial thought was that a mob had attacked them and they all died. But Amber walked in.

"Good morning!" she squealed and ran off. I yawned and sat up, then limped over to their chest. I grabbed raw chicken and coal and made myself new crutches. Then I cooked the chicken in the furnace and ate it. After I was done, I walked to their bathroom. There was a waterfall to take showers in. I walked into the waterfall and came out about five minutes later.

I hobbled out the door to see everyone gathered around Fred. Fred was saying something, but I couldn't tell what. Max turned around and saw me. Then he beckoned me over. When I was over there he whispered that Fred found a butt load of diamond ores and that we should follow him. Fred led everyone down to the diamond mine. It was true. The whole wall was covered in diamond ores. So were the ceiling and floor. Fred threw diamond pickaxes to everybody and we started mining. We had hundreds of diamonds when we finished, but diamonds spawn near lava. So when Amber moved to a new spot to mine, she unleashed an ocean of lava. We all hurried out and Max picked me up and again carried me bridal style up the stairs. Fred sprinted in to the house. For a second, I thought he was scared, but he came running out with cobblestone and a sign. He covered the entrance to the mine with cobblestone and placed a sign that read Warning! Lava! Do not mine! Max put me down. Luckily, we had mined most of the diamonds. Amber kept apologizing, but it seemed that no one was really all that mad at her.

We spent the rest of the day making pickaxes, swords, shovels, hoes, and armor with the diamonds. Then we went to our beds and fell asleep easily.

(Max's POV)

I awoke the next morning to the sound of rain. After looking around, I decided that no one else was awake yet. I tip toed over to the chest and prepared breakfast for everyone: pumpkin pie! I set the table and while I waited for everyone to awaken, I cooked the remaining diamond ores in the furnace. About half an hour later, they started waking up. Fred bolted out of bed to seem like the first one up.

"Good morning!" I shouted.

"Hey! That's my line!" grumbled Fred. People started getting out of bed. Ameli walked to the bathroom to take a shower and Amber sat down at the table.

"Oooh!" shrieked Amber. "Pumpkin pie!" She was about to pick it up and eat it, but quietly whispered to herself, "Not everybody's here yet. Wait." I looked over at Skylar's bed. She was still asleep. I walked over to her and pet her smooth, dark hair. Then turned around. Fred was watching.

"How's your girlfriend?" He said "girlfriend" just to annoy me. I ignored him and sat down. Fred walked over to her and mocked me petting her hair. Then he shook her and screamed "Wake up!"

(Skylar's POV)

My eyes opened and I heard Fred screaming. I thought they were in trouble but I couldn't quite see anything because I just woke up. I felt something shaking me. The shaking stopped and I rubbed my eyes. Nothing bad was going on, but I was still dizzy from being shaken. When I could see straight, I pretended like nothing had happened and stood up and picked up my crutches. I limped over to the table and sat down. Ameli walked out of the bathroom, her hair wet. There was pumpkin pie on a plate in front of me. We ate in silence. I decided to break the ice.

"So..." I started, "how'd you guys meet each other?" Ameli decided to tell the story.

"I woke up here and, though I hate to admit it, I was addicted to Minecraft at the time. First, I built a house and added all of the necessities. Then I concluded that I should hunt and gather some food. While searching for animals, I found Amber. She followed me home and I noticed that my house wasn't big enough for the two of us. We moved to a different island and built a bigger house. A few days later, I went hunting again. Amber rushed over to me and claimed that she caught this boy who was falling off the end of the world. Then she showed me Fred. Again, our house wasn't big enough, so we moved to this island and built a huge house, which, luckily, we all fit in. We've lived here ever since."

"Fred," Max asked, "why were you falling off the end of the world?'

'Well," said Fred. "Let me tell you my side of the story. I also woke up here, and time skip three years, I was beating the Ender Dragon. I literally had to hit him one more time, but he pushed me off the end of the world. That's when Amber caught me."

"How did you fight him?" I asked. "The Ender Dragon, I mean. I've been to The End before, in the video game, and my sword didn't come with me. I had nothing." Everyone looked to Fred for an answer.

"An Enderman gave me one." Fred answered. We all didn't seem to believe him, but instead of arguing with him, I asked Amber.

"I was born here." she said. That seemed to work for everyone except Max.

"Where are your parents then?' he asked.

"My dad went out to sea to kill some squids and collect their ink sacs. But he fell off the boat and that's when he remembered that he didn't know how to swim. He called for help and my mom put me down and ran out to save him. But she couldn't swim either. At least they died together." Amber hung her head in sorrow. "Later that day, a pig started taking care of me. But, right before I met Ameli, Ameli killed my pig. The End."  

"How long have you all stayed in Minecraft?' I asked.

"My whole life!" answered Amber.

"Four years." responded Fred.

"Two years." Ameli claimed.

"One year." Max answered.

"A month." I remarked.

The rest of the day went by smoothly, but I couldn't stop wondering: Why did that Enderman give Fred a diamond sword?