Minecraft: a Redemption

Chapter 12

{Ben and me}

Stepping out of the mines for the first time in days was like setting foot on the sun. It was probably even worse for everyone else.

"Holy Notch!" Maria exclaimed.

It took us all a second to get used to the light and see anything around us.

Wow. I blinked and glanced around.

The mines had opened up in a forest. If I peered through the trees, I could see a town. Vitriv, my home.

"Everyone take off your armor. We're going into town and I don't want to draw attention," I told the team.

Nervously, they all put their armor into their inventories, anxiously looking atound the woods as if they expected Herobrine to jump out at them.

I took of my own diamond armor too and lead the way into the town.

Obviously, it didn't look as good as the times beore Herobrine's rise to power, but it looked a bit more fresh than when I had left it. There weren't that many of Herobrine's guards posted on the corners, there were more open shops, and the streets were fuller than they'd ever been.

But of course, it still had the feeling of death and despair, but it went along with something else: hope.

Looking around at the shabbily dressed people and the garbage on the ground, Rax noted sarcastically, "Well isn't this just a lovely place?"

"All above ground settlements are like this," Art told him. "When was the last time you went to the surface?"

"Over a year ago," Bradley answered for Rax, which I thought was weird. Didn't they hate each other? And I was almost positive that Rax had only been a member or the Resistance for 6 monthes. Why had he already been down there for so long?

Rax didn't nod or anything, he just messed with some bottles from the hot bar around his belt.

"So what are we going to do, Ender?" Maria asked me. "How in minecraft are we going to find Ben?"

I gulped and answered honestly. "I don't know. That's where you guys come in."

...

"You can't do this, Xiro," Ben muttered into the dark of the makeshift cabin. It wasn't very hard for him to believe that their new "friend" was releasing Gregor's father from his bonds. Monsters were the servants of Herobrine after all.

Xiro made a weird clicking noise they hadn't heard before and blinked his red eyes. "Who said that I'm Xiro?"

Ben was starting to get pretty freaked out by now. He unsheathed a sword from his belt and asked what the spider meant.

The white of Ben's iron blade glittered in the dark as "Xiro" spoke. "That's all you need to know. Now you should go to back to bed and not tell anyone who comitted this crime, okay?"

"Why should I?' Ben hissed.

"Because I'll tell them that it was you. Monsters stay up at night. I could've easily 'seen' you."

"Or done it yourself! Anyways, it's my word against yours." Ben peered into the dark curiously. "Who are you?"

The creature inhabiting Xiro let out a cold laugh and leaped against Ben. Caught by surprise, Ben was thrown against the wall and passed out.

Present day

Later Ben would wonder why he had dreamt of that memory of all of the encounters he'd had with Herobrine. Especially it being 3 years later.