Survive

Chapter 5 Surviving

Yes, I survived. But, how? Why me? I was in the same position as everyone else, but why was I the only one to survive? Unless somebody else survived but is still unconscious... Hopefully, I don't want to be alone. I don't think I'll last out her for as long as I'll have to stay. I think I'll only be able to survive about 5 days to a week! But hey, this is Minecraft, things can be easier, right? Like punching wood, in real life, you'd break your hand but here, it doesn't hurt one bit. Here. Yes, here. Here, in Minecraft. How did I get "here"? Is this a hallucination? A dream? Am I unconscious? A different dimension? Dead? Well, it doesn't matter how I got here, the only thing that matters is surviving, and getting out of here, but survive? How?

How will I survive? Will I be able to survive? What will I need to survive? Think, Britney. Water. That's a big one, but I do have lakes near by, and an almost-full water bottle, so I think I'm good for now. What else? Food. Oh... I can't hunt! I won't be able to kill any harmless animals! And the harmful ones will probably kill me! I could just pick some berries.... But I could die... Oh, I'm hopeless, I'm defiantly going to die out here in this... In this... In this stupid, dumb, blocky forest! I kicked a rock with my non-sprained looking leg, but it back fired, making my blocky "toes" feel like a giant stepped on them. I sat down on the cruel rock, and thought about what I could do.

Fishing. I can do that. I've done it with my dad before, and I didn't feel awful for killing any helpless animals. But how can I make a fishing rod? I'll need string.... But how will I get it? I look in my clothes bag, sneakers. I could use the laces... But I'll see my other options, first. I look in my purse, dental floss and little string squares from other things I had put in my purse. Dental floss might work best. But how will I make a fishing rod? Is there anything that could possibly be easier to make?

A net! Yes, I can make a net. I can get a stick from my pile where I was carving them, and I can use my sneaker laces! While I grabbed a stick, I saw a cute little bunny out of the corner of my eye. The stick I was holding was pretty sharp.... And the bunny got stuck in a bush...

Could I kill it? Would I ever forgive myself? The animal was like me, desperate to survive. But I should be worried about myself right now... I walked close to the bunny and held the stick up. I'm so sorry I said under my breath. I then slowly brought the stick down, closer and closer to the bunny. I felt awful... But I had to. I then rammed the sharp stick into the bunny's back, hearing it squeal. I closed my eyes then rammed the stick into it's chest, I wanted the bunny to die fast, I can't stand the squealing. I'm glad that there isn't a lot of blood, at least.

Once the bunny is finished off, white "steam" streaks come out of it, marking that it's dead. I wonder why that didn't happen to anybody on the plane... I look at the bunny, it's body is still on the ground. I picked it up, and laid it next to the wood. I can't believe I just killed a bunny! One of my favorite animals!

I didn't want the meat to spoil, so I grabbed 7 wide sticks and stacked them. I grabbed a shirt, walked over to a lake, and grabbed rocks that were by the lake. I made the shirt I grabbed, kind of into a bag, and placed the rocks into the shirt-bag. I run to the pile of sticks, and place the blocky rocks around it in a square, since it'd be hard to make a circle!

Good, I thought, I have everything to make a fire... Except fire itself. How would I make a fire? Sticks? Flint and steal? Where would I find steal? I guess I could work with a stick for now... I grabbed a thin stick, and flicked it against the wood, kind of like how you'd catch a match on fire. Nothing. That didn't work. I tried again, but the second time, the stick broke. Ugh.

I then grabbed 2 larger and wider sticks, I got crossed them both, and rubbed them together. After about 30 seconds of doing that, I felt the sticks. Hot. Good, that's working. I go back to using that method, until a fire finally starts.

I toss the 2 sticks into the wooden stick pile, surrounded by rocks. I then picked the rabbit up, and skinned it. I took a stick, cut off the rabbit leg, and place the leg on the stick. I put it over the fire so it'd roast.

I continued roasting all of the rabbit meat. I look up at the sky, the bright yellow, squared sun is almost in the middle of the sky. I have time to finish a majority of my shelter. Once I finish roasting all of my meat, I take a leg and eat it. Mmm. Not too bad. I expected it to be worse.

I go to my work in progress, pile of wood for the house, and carve some sticks. I then make the stick sharp, and pound the wood, getting a good, sharp piece. I have the materials to make an axe.... But how will I connect them together? String, a wooden nail? A wooden nail isn't a bad idea... I make a skinny, long, sharp pyramid-shaped nail, and get a rock to ram the nail into the stick and sharp wood, creating an axe. Yes.

I chop down a few trees, until the axe looks like it's about the break. Okay, I have enough wood to make a good shelter... I can probably make a 5 by 5 block house. I start placing down logs, and use the almost broken axe to turn the logs into planks. I make the walls out of planks and the corners out of logs. Once the shelter looks tall enough, I then start to make the ceiling, one block higher than my head. When I placed part of the ceiling down, I was surprised I didn't need nails, it just automatically connects when I finish the ceiling, I step a couple blocks away from my house to get a good look at it. It looks better then I though, but not too big.... I'll gradually add onto it. I bring my pile of sticks inside the shelter and grab the rabbit meat. I sit on the floor and eat a little bit. I look out this 2 blocked tall gap which I made to mark where the door should go... Wait. Door, I need to make one before it turns night!

I use my axe, and chop down one piece of wood, I rush inside and start making a door, and use sticks and hinges. I peek at the sky and see the horizon, I probably have 25 minutes until it's officially night. I use some if the wood block to make a door knob, it's a little misshapen, but who cares. I use my axe to make a cute window design on the door. I then make a couple nails, and nail the door in place. I test it, by opening and closing it. Good, it works perfectly!

Right before the sun sets, I run outside and get Tina, I lay her in the shelter in a good sleeping pose, I then run back out to get my clothes bag and purse.

Once I bring everything back inside, I find my sundress that's a little tight on me, and put it on Tina. I then grab a pile of clothes for me, and stuff them together to make a pillow. I lay my head on the pillow, and listen for the monsters that Tina had told me about when she was started building her house. I then see a white, boney creature, that looks through my tiny door window... A skeleton? I shudder and grab a few shirts, I lay them on my body and use them as covers. I then close my eyes, and within the blink of an eye, I'm asleep.

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