Lost: A New World

"In The Beginning"

Lost: A New World

By: Owen Buss

Started December 21, 2019- Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Prologue

Bounce, skreet, Swoosh! The basketball rolled towards Blake Garthlan, and he bounced it back to his team. The score was 15-14 Lakewood High. Sweat was dripping down his face, and he looks at the clock. 4:22. The hours and minutes past twelve. Not that he knew it, but this was also the hours and minutes left that he would be alive on this earth. 2 hours later, and he was at home, celebrating his victory with a homemade meal. He finished and did the dishes. He went to his room, and put on his headset, and got his brand new gaming computer up and running. It was called Reaper. He had been getting into apex legends lately but decided to try something new. He looked through steam, through his installed games, and his DVDs, and then opened up Minecraft. He could join into his epicDOGwatEr world and play with Linus. Or Harrison and Jack. Was James still playing Minecraft? He couldn't remember. His Gamertag was Obuss. He didn't know why he chose that. He booted up a new world, called for invites, for anyone to play with him, then he saw black.

Chapter 1

I woke up and regretted it, for all I saw was cubes. Bright, pixelated cubes, and then I knew. I'm in a dream! of course! That seemed to solve the problem now, but there was one other possibility still lingering in the back of my head. A couple of weeks ago I was introduced to Minecraft. At home I had started up Minecraft, I think. I tried to calm down, but it was too much. It's just a dream I told myself, it's just a dream. Might as well take advantage of it as long as I am here. I walked, more stumbled because I haven't figured out the game physics yet, over to the forest nearby, and started hitting trees. And got a pick, shovel, and sword. I got a list going in my head of what to do. 1. Get basic tools, done. 2. Get a house. It was almost dark, so I thought tonight would be a dirt hole day. I also punched a few sheep just to be on the safe side, but I only got two blocks of wool. No bed tonight but maybe I can work in my house? Nope. I could already see the sun setting on the horizon, so I brought my sword up and said, "let's do this!"

Chapter 2

I didn't think it would hurt if I got hit, but it did... Wait! You can't get hurt in dreams! I tried my best to keep my health up, even though I couldn't see how much I had of it. Then I did something terrible. I look at a pair of purple eyes on a black suit. OH, S#%&!!!, I ran to the edge of the forest. I was not even close when my attacker pounced. I felt my life draining and I dug down without thinking, I dug down and a two-block high space and fought with all my might. At last, the attacker made one final screech and dissolved. In its place was an ender pearl. "Yesss!!" I exclaimed and started filling my hole back in. then I thought of keeping up for an emergency bunker, yeah, I'll do that. I thought as long as I'm down here, I might as well go mining! And so I started digging diagonally down and didn't stop until I got 11 blocks of stone. 8 for a furnace, and 3 for an upgraded pickaxe. I crafted those using a newly crafted crafting table and got to work smelting wood into charcoal for fuel and torches. It took a while but it paid off. Until I forgot how to craft a torch. I kept swiping through ideas until finally, I put a stick under charcoal. "Boom! A torch!" I said proudly. As I stuck it on the wall. Tomorrow I would start building a home.

Chapter 3

I trotted out of my hidey-hole to find a bow hovering in the air. It was rare to get a bow, not to mention arrows. I picked it up and thought about a turret outpost. Punch enchantment would be good. I crafted a chest, put all my useless items in there, and set myself to build a house. I hadn't thought much about the design, I just wanted a simple big wooden cube with slabs for a ceiling. As I worked, I noticed the sun setting. I ran out of wood, so I went to the nearest tree and started hacking away with my wooden ax. HISS! Oh no! Creepers always come at the worst of times. I scrambled away to safety, but it was too late. I got hit by the blast, and I noticed a sheep got caught in the crossfire. I grabbed the meat and ran into my half-finished house. I ran inside and gulped down raw mutton until I heard another hiss. I deflected the blast with my sword. Then I turned. It was just a spider. I hit it, built up, and hit. It gave its final hiss as it disintegrated into dust. In its place was 2 spider silk. I can use this for a fishing rod! Tomorrow, tomorrow.