Ender Kingdom (On Hold for Shadows of Mianite)

Chapter Two: Into the Game

The first thing he noticed was how warm it was. It almost felt like summer…but it couldn’t be. It was still spring — that’s why it was raining so hard. So why is it so warm…and is my shirt wet?

DiamondBlade groaned and shifted in his position on the ground, which caused pain to shoot up his arm; wait, why was he on the ground? And why did it feel so soft? Okay, this is starting to get freaky, DiamondBlade thought, his eyes still closed. Seriously, what is going on? DiamondBlade started to get nervous. He rolled over onto his back and slowly opened his eyes, not sure of what he wanted to see — and not sure of what he didn’t want to see. As soon as his eyes were open all the way, he yelled in pain and shut them again. The sun was right over him in the sky, and it was way too bright for him at the moment. While DiamondBlade laid there — in the sand, he guessed — he tried to remember the shape of the sun. In the half second he had his eyes open and looked straight up at the sun, he realized that there was something wrong with it — instead of it being a blinding sphere, it was a blinding…square?!

DiamondBlade gasped as a sudden thought shot through his mind. Just as quickly he dismissed it; No way. That can’t be possible. Right? I mean, it’s a computer game….no way.

He didn’t want to open his eyes again. He didn’t want to find out if it was true or not. But then there was a rustling in the grass beside him, and DiamondBlade stiffened, though he still had his eyes closed. He groaned as something rough, whiskery, and slightly wet nuzzled his cheek. “Ahh…ew!” DiamondBlade spat, finally opening his eyes and pushing away whatever was pushing him. Then he froze as he saw what he had touched. Big brown eyes bored into his, and a huge spotted brown face framed those eyes. DiamondBlade’s heart pounded as he sat up and looked at the rest of the animal. It was big and muscular, and just like the face, brown splotches splattered throughout the shorthaired white fur. 

No… DiamondBlade scrambled to his feet and kept staring at the cow. Instead of the cows he was used to, this one was slightly squarish and rectangular. The cow looked up at the worried kid and let out a long mooooo, as if it wanted to help him.

DiamondBlade stepped back slowly, and finally he slapped himself to see if he was dreaming. “OW!” DiamondBlade yelped. “Come on, this has got to be a dream. This isn’t real! It can’t be! I can’t…I can’t be in Minecraft. That’s…impossible.”

Then DiamondBlade remembered the lightning that had struck his computer. He remembered touching the screen, and the icon spinning. So maybe it is true. But is that a good thing or a bad thing? DiamondBlade wasn’t sure. He looked at his hands and groaned as he saw that they were also blocky and square-shaped. “You’ve got to be kidding me!” DiamondBlade shrieked at the sky. “I never asked for this!”

DiamondBlade wasn’t sure why he was so angry. Being part of Minecraft had always kinda been his dream, but now that he was actually in Minecraft…what would happen to him? Was this Survival or Creative mode? Were the monsters going to go after him at night? Most of all…what if he died? Would he respawn or die for real? It was too much for DiamondBlade. He pushed away the cow, who mooed in indignation, and ran into the jungle. Hold on…this jungle looked familiar. DiamondBlade stopped and looked behind him. The cow was lumbering away, its hooves sinking slightly into the sand with each step. DiamondBlade28 held his blocky hands over his eyes to shield the sun and saw little green plants dotting the sand — cacti. It was the strange desert biome bordering the jungle.

Then maybe the fortress is somewhere near here! DiamondBlade thought excitedly. Maybe he could stay there for the night — the sun was starting to make its way down to the horizon. DiamondBlade didn’t have much time.