Missing Stampy: A Minecraft Adventure (2)

Chapter 7: Wanted...

(Emily's POV)

After we found Lee, we searched the Nether, splitting up, leaving torches in our path. But since we were in the Xbox version, the world was limited and soon we reached the end of the Nether.

And when we met the other groups, they had searched till the void too. Stampy was lost.

"Maybe Stampy wasn't lost in the Nether... Maybe that was a trick, and he is really in the Overworld!" Tarah says.

"I don't know..." Lee said, unsure.

"We've searched the whole Nether Lee, I don't know what else we can do." Salem says.

We all head back to the portal, feeling very down. We though we'd be leaving the Nether with two extra shaken-up, but alive players.

We go through the portal and head up to Stampy's clubhouse. We all have a few drinks, after our experience. Lee was bombarded with players all wanting to know what happened.

"Lee!" A high pitched scream ran through the room. Amy Lee ran towards Lee, pushing and knocking people out of the way.

Lee and Amy embraced in a huge hug, followed by a kiss from Lee.

"I see we're not just best friends anymore." Lee laughs.

That reminded me; where was Tarah?

I interrupted the celebration yelling;
"Guys, where has Tarah gone?"

We all search the house but no luck.

Half an hour of searching later, we find her at the front of the bank. She is staring at a piece of paper nailed to one of the quartz pillars. It reads:

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To all citizens of Stampy's Lovely World and adjoining worlds,

We have come to offer an opportunity to be in a army against Hit the Target, to save Stampy and defeat Hit the Target forever.

All you have to do is meet us at the place where Lee first met Stampy... Just so we can tell it's you not Hit the Target trying to come to this war.

Hope to see you soon,

Justin

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I don't know about this. Everyone's rushing to get supplies and weapons, but Tarah and I just stand motionless, staring at the notice.

"I think this is a trap." I say to Tarah.

Tarah nods her head. Then we both turn to see Lee holding out some swords and bows. "Well, are you coming?" Lee asks and the group stares at us. Tarah and I look at each other. "Emily thinks it's a trap... And I agree." Tarah says.

"But Hit the Target doesn't know where Stampy and I first met." Lee says.

Tarah takes a sword and a bow and joins the group. I hesitate, then take the remaining weapons and line up with the rest.

"So where did you and Stampy first meet, Lee?" Finnball says.

"When Stampy first moved in to our small town, he was our neighbour. My father came to meet his parents and so I came along to meet Stampy. So I'm guessing that means his childhood house."

Everyone groans. That's a long journey to take. Stampy used to live in a distant town, miles away from Stampy's world. But Lee starts to walk forward and we start to follow.

Two days later, we are camping in a snowy forest biome, the sky twinkling with stars and the campfire blazing like the sun. And I am on lookout.

Everyone else is asleep, and I am sitting by the fire, throwing sticks in and watching them burn. Making baked potatoes by impailing them on a stake and holding them over the fire.

It must be 2:00 in the morning when I drift off. But in my dreams, I am not asleep.

I hear a rustling sound and I jump. I fall into the fire, into death's arms. I feel the heat making sweat beads stick to my forehead. But I do not burn. I look down at my arms to see I am translucent. I am a ghost.

I walk through Lee and Tarah, them both shivering when I do. I look up to the sky and see the minecraft moon shining right above my head. I soar up above the clouds getting higher. But when I finally begin to feel freedom, I hear a scream. And I see the world fade around me. It reappears, but this time I am not in minecraft. I am in my bedroom in real life.

"Where is Emily?!" my mother is screaming at my brother and sister.

My sister tries to calm her down. "Uh, she... went to school with Tarah. Yeah, she stayed at Tarah's last night."

My mother starts to sob.
"You are lying! Tarah's mother sent me a message last night to say Tarah is missing as well! I've called the police-"

"Police?!" Heidi and Cameron say at the same time.

"Yes, the police! Now go to your rooms! I am calling your father!"

But then I don't know what happens next. I'm too busy crying.

"Emily! Wake up!" I open my eyes to see the whole gang staring over me, looking worried.

"I am awake..." I say.

"What's wrong? You were screaming and crying! We thought you were being attacked!" Lee says.

I looked at them nervously. "Just a bad dream, that's all."

I can tell they don't believe me.

But it was a dream... That's what I thought before something that Lee and Tarah say.

"It was so cold last night! I was literally shaking!" Tarah says.

Lee nods. "I know! I was as well..."
But everyone else thought it was hot.

"I heard a rustle and a scream last night, though." Salem says.

"That was probably Emily!" Lee joked, but I don't even smile.

Because it probably was.