One Block at a Time

Chapter 1

Lightning flashed. Thunder roared.

A mysterious figure appeared with black clothes, emerald and gold and diamond armor, and black hair and dark eyes.

"I am your new king," he boomed. "You shall obey my every command or else."

"But who says you can boss us around?" a villager said. "This is our village. We can do what we want."

The figure put an obsidian sword up to the villager's throat. "You were saying?" he asked.

"Oh, n-n-nothing, sir. Nothing." the villager stammered, and the figure pulled his sword away.

"I want all of you to build a castle out of nether brick and obsidian in three day. Get to it!" the figure snapped. All of the villagers started rushing around in their houses looking around for supplies for a nether portal for brick and obsidian. They were all afraid that the castle wouldn't be built in time. Luckily, when the villagers put the last block on the castle, the sun was setting on the third day.

"Excellent," the figure muttered to himself.

This mysterious player went on conquering villages and building castles. Yet another player was having a dream... on the other side of the world.

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I woke up sweating.

I had just had the worst dream yet. I had been having nightmares ever since I moved to this new village. I don't like it here, something about it doesn't feel right.

A knock on the door aroused me from bed.

"Who is it?" I stuttered, half asleep. No reply, I walked to the door and opened it. I found my pig, Bacon, running in to the wall beside the door.

"Bacon, get inside you scared the crap out of me!" I scolded him.

"Mooooooooo!" He wailed. "For the love of Notch! Please shut up!" I flicked his ear. I returned to bed and laid Bacon on the floor beside me.

As I fell back asleep, dreams fluttered in my brain. I found myself lying on a floor in chains, surrounded by other players. "Hello!" A voice boomed. "Welcome to your new home, Slaves!" I woke with cold shivers.

I jumped out of bed, yet again, and went to my chest and pulled out an apple. I ate it fast and then drank some warm mushroom stew from a bowl I made.

Not wanting to fall asleep again, I sat at a small chair in my room and stared at Bacon sleeping. His small pig snout rose up and fell down, corresponding with his breathing. "Sweet dreams Bacon." I whispered, and dosed off to the sound of the midnight silence.

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I woke up to the sound of a person knocking at my door. It turned out to be Mineral, my next door neighbor, and my best friend.

"What is it?" I whined, still sleepwalking. I was exhausted.

"I had another dream about being captured. And I couldn't fall back asleep. Plus, Bacon keeps waking me up." Mineral replied, an I rolled my eyes.

"Seriously?" I asked.

"Seriously." Mineral sighed.

"What was the dream about?" I said, seeing that Mineral was traumatized judging the look plastered on his face.

"Well, I was in chains in a dark room, and this guy said, 'Welcome to your new home, slaves!' and I woke up sweating. Again." Mineral shook at the thought.

"Just that? Nothing else?" I asked.

"Nothing. Except the fact that I was surrounded by other players." Mineral said.

"Mineral, this is getting bad. You've been having bad dreams every night. They can be really scary." I paced around my doorway, and Mineral out his hands on my shoulders.

"Relax." he said. "You think I didn't know all of that already?"

"Uhh... yeah." I replied, smirking a little.

"But can we talk?"

"Sure."