End Quest

The Masked Man

TW: Spiders and near death

Early mornings in the world of Craftstone were full of busy people heading to their jobs or preparing for whatever kind of adventure they were heading on. This was no different than for a group of people living in a small village. A group of males were making their way from the village, out to hunt for more resources for the village, unaware of how much things were about to change.

The leader of this group, was a male with a white bandana, followed closely by 3 other males, one with white and black glasses on top of his head, another wearing a black and red hoodie, and the last wearing a blue hoodie and an eye patch. While three of the four had grown up together in that village, the forth one, moving there about 9 years ago, they were well aware of the area. From the village just head straight following a path to the caves the village used to gather materials. However this morning, the 4 teens chose to head off that path.

"I really don't think this is a good idea Sapnap." The boy in the black and red said, pushing his glasses up slightly. "Yet you are still coming with us, Bad." The boy in the bandana, Sapnap said. The boy in black and red, Bad whined, "You know I hate being alone Sapnap." "Cheer up Bad, we were gonna have to go off the path one day." The boy in glasses said, "The caves we normally use are starting to run out of ores." "But still-" "No buts Bad." The boy with the eye patch said. Bad whined softly, he really didn't like the woods, the sun wasn't high enough for the forest to be lit up enough for Bad's comfort. The boy with the eyepatch, Skeppy grabbed Bad's arm pulling him along. "Sapnap slow down!" The boy in glasses, George called out to the youngest in the group. "Get faster!" Subnap said back, pulling out his pic looking at a wall of stone. Sapnap started to mine into the wall collecting blocks to get over the flat hill in front of him. "Um.. guys, I found a cave." Sapnap said from in the wall. "Hang what?" Skeppy said. "There is a wall of stone blocking it... Skeppy you wanna blow it up?" Sapnap said, stepping out.

BOOM!

"One wall gone and you weren't kidding." Skeppy said. The 4 entered the cave, only to see a pre-dug tunnel heading down. George pulled out a lantern and lit. "Well it's better to explore, this could be one of the old caves the village used to use." George said. All but Bad nodded in agreement. Pulling Bad along, they headed down the tunnel, soon finding a mineshaft. "Woah..." Sapnap and Skeppy said. "This is really old, I don't think anyone has been down here in years." George said as he kicked a piece of rotten wood. "Spilt up and explore!" Sapnap said, before running off, stealing the light from George. "SAPNAP GET BACK HERE!" George ran after him. Skeppy and Bad sighed, before Skeppy and Bad pulled out their own lanterns and started to explore.

However soon Bad found himself alone. "Skeppy?! George?! Sapnap!?" Bad called out. He raced back the way he thought he came, yet he didn't see anything but stone stone and more stone. The sound of a hiss entered his ears. He froze in fear, as cave spiders crawled toward him. He could see the glowing light of something, but he didn't know what it was. It looked like a cage, with something spinning in it, but the worrying note was that it was spawning more cave spiders. Bad tried to run but his legs refused to move, so he did the only sensible thing. He screamed out for help.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! George let me go!" Sapnap whined as George pulled him by his ear. "This is your punishment for running off Sapnap." George said. "BAD!? BAD!?" The pair turned the corner to see Skeppy. "Skeppy?" George asked. "Have you seen Bad?" "No, sorry I was busy chasing down my idiot brother." George said, Sapnap shaking his head as much as he could. Then a scream echoed through the cave. "BAD!" Skeppy screamed.

Bad finally able to run, took off but was soon cornered by a wall and the spiders. "SKEPPY! GEORGE! SAPNAP! HELP!" He screamed, tears rolling down his face. He didn't want to die like this. The spiders jumped at him, landing on him, biting down into his skin, Bad cried out as he tried to get them off, to no success. "SOMEONE! ANYONE! PLEASE!" Bad screamed out, tears clouding his vision as the poison entered his system. He was gonna die, he was gonna die, he was gonna-

The sound of a dying spiders entered Bad's ears, the weights on his body vanished, and soon there was nothing but quiet. Something moved Bad into a sitting position, as something creamy was forced down his throat. Bad coughed as his vision started to clear up. His eyes locked on a pearly white mask wearing a dark green cape that was currently half wrapped around Bad's own body. "Easy now," the masked person said. "That much poison can't be good for you." The masked person picked up Bad. "W-who are you?" "Just call me Dream."