//------------------------------// // Time to Mine!, Getting an Upgrade, and Hot Topic // Story: Ponies in Minecraft // by yolky206 //------------------------------// After the party, the ponies decided to leave Spike at the house (to clean up) and go explore some caves. Twilight took a sixth of Spike's torches, and her friends did the same. They grabbed some supplies and crafting tables so they didn't have to waste their wood. Spike waved goodbye to them and reminded them not to explode from the Creepers. Twilight led the girls out toward an opening in the ground they could hop into. As soon as they jumped in, Fluttershy started quivering "I'm scared...." she quietly whispered. "It's okay Fluttershy. We will make sure you don't get hurt, because I'm gonna slash those Mobs til' they're all dead!" Rainbow cried out. The girls just stared at Rainbow as she flew in the air with her hoof pointing to the sky. She looked back and quickly flew down to he friends. Twilight was quiet for a moments, but then she said "Okayyy.... Now that we have that out of the way, lets go into this cave and start mining. Spike told me how to make pickaxes and how to upgrade them to stone pickaxes. First, just take these materials and i'll show you what to do." It took a few tries, but the ponies managed to make some wooden pickaxes. They all got startled by a loud ding and they cheered for getting another Achievement. Twilight led them down further into the cave, placing torches every now and then. She mined up some cobblestone and coal for later. Twilight placed down a crafting table when her pickaxe was starting to break, and she crafted a stone pickaxe. All of the girls heard the loud ding when she did this, and they congratulated her for finding a new Achievement. Soon they all had a couple of stone pickaxes, got the Achievement, picked up the crafting table, and headed deeper into the cave. They got about halfway down the cave (mining every ore they found) when they found a split in the cave. The first path was to the left, and it headed into a very deep pit. The path on the right seemed to head in a smoother downward slope. "I think we should split up here." Twilight told her friends. They all nodded in agreement. "I think i'll head down the path on the left." Rainbow told her friends. "I'm going with you Dashie!" Pinkie told her. "I umm... I want to go down the path on the right, if thats okay with you." Fluttershy quietly said. "I will head with her." Rarity said. "Ah think ahm gonna go with Rarity an Fluttershy." Applejack told Twilight. "That leaves me with Rainbow and Pinkie then. Okay! So we have to mine what we can, then head back up. We can explore this place again if we have to, but lets get what we can first." The ponies split up into their groups and headed down the path they wanted to go on. Twilight followed Rainbow and Pinkie down the long hole. She peered down and saw many Zombies looking at them. "Uhh, girls? Do you see those Zombies down there?" She asked them. Rainbow and Pinkie looked down the hole and the Zombies turned their attention to them. Twilight could see the Zombies turning their heads back and forth trying to see the ponies. "Yep! I see them! I also see two Creepers, and Enderman, three Skeletons, and five Bats!" Pinkie happily told her friends. Twilight looked back at the crowd below them and saw those Mobs Pinkie mentioned gathering to look at them. "I think we should try to attack them from here." Twilight said. "If we can get the Creepers to explode, that should reduce the number of attackers." She then started pacing back and forth on the rocky floor. "Rainbow, I want you to go down and attack a Creeper, then fly back up before it hurts you." "On it!" Twilight watched as Rainbow took out her wooden sword and flew down to where the Creepers were gathering. She saw Rainbow hit one, then fly away as the explosion occured. After the effect of the explosion, she looked down and saw a large hole in the ground. She gasped in surprise when she noticed many more Zombies appearing next to the hole. There were a few more Creepers too. But right then Twilight made a mistake. She looked straight at one of the Endermen below her trying to figure out why the Mobs didn't die. The Enderman looked back at her, opened its mouth, started shaking, and screamed an eerie cry. Twilight looked away and when she looked back, the Enderman was gone. She breathed a sigh of relief until Pinkie told her to look behind her. She turned around and saw the Enderman with its mouth open and heading for her. Out of panic, Twilight jumped into the pit where the Enderman came from, right for the Mobs that gathered to watch the scene. Rainbow quickly jumped after her friend and motioned Pinkie to do the same. "If we are gonna go down, lets go down saving Twilight." ------------- The ponies traveling on the right path were doing much better. They found tons of iron ore, killed a few Mobs, and even found an underground lake. "Ah think we should set up a fort or somthin'." Applejack told her friends. "It would help if we all had a place to come back to if we get hurt." "I agree. We should put up some torches over there, set up our crafting table over here, and build a furnace and put it over there." Rarity told her friends, apparently obsessing over the beauty of their base. Applejack just listened and placed down what was important for their survival. All three of them started crafting a furnace so they could try some experimenting with their blocks and items. Soon, all of them created a furnace and heard a loud ding, followed by happy cheering. After they calmed down, Fluttershy decided to keep going without Applejack and Rarity noticing. She climbed down some holes, found dead-ends, and tons of ore but Fluttershy was getting nervous. She didn't find any Mobs, although there should have been quite a few. Soon, after a long while, Fluttershy found something interesting. It was a red water that bubbled, was very slow, gave off light, and was surprisingly warm. Out of curiosity, Fluttershy toched a tiny bit with her hoof. It was fine at first, but then her hoof was on fire! Fluttershy quietly wimpered and felt herself starting to die. She decided to leave this world on a full stomach, and ate some of the bread she packed. Soon the pain ceased, and she felt her strengh return. Her hoof was slightly charred when the pain stopped, but then it returned to its usual yellow color. Fluttershy was scared after that, and she started to cry. Her emotions poured out in her tears of fright and pain. That crying caught the attention of a nearby Skeleton, and it held its bow up prepared to loose an arrow. ------------- Twilight hit the ground with a very loud thud. She could hear Zombies moaning and the bones of Skeletons around her. Faint cries of Endermen were behind the stone walls, and the hiss of Creepers were slowly approaching. Twilight opened her eyes and saw all sorts of Mobs staring back at her. Then, all of the creatures looked up and away from Twilight. She followed her gaze and saw Pinkie riding Rainbow as they fell toward her. Due to their weight, a Creeper got squashed as they landed on it. Some Skeletons backed up and started flinging arrows at the surrounded ponies. Creepers tried to sneak up behind them to explode. Zombies were just walking right for them and Spiders jumped off of the celing to land on them. Twilight stood up, took out her sword, and told her friends to do the same. They formed a small triangle with their backs facing the others and started slashing away at the Mobs. "There's too many of them!" Yelled Rainbow over the sound of falling creatures. "I think we have to retreat!" All three of them made a path through the Mobs and set off for a hole in the wall they could easily block off. They got inside and placed torches everywhere along with blocking up all of the other holes. Twilight breathed a sigh of relief when it was safe for them to rest. She placed down her crafting table and tried to make a furnace. When she finished her creation, she heard a loud dinging sound. Her two friends ran over and got the Achievement themselves. All three of them high-hoofed and placed down their furnaces. Twilight decided to head out and try to find some more blocks (and fight the remaining Mobs) along with finding more places to explore. ------------- Fluttershy stopped sobbing when she heard the jingle of bones. She looked up and saw something white go behind a block. "Rarity?" She called. "Is that you?" Then she saw a white arm poke out from behind the block and point a bow at her. It stepped out and started shooting arrows at Fluttershy. She quickly pulled out her sword and approached the hiding Skeleton. She slashed at it a few times before it fell over and dropped bones and arrows. Fluttershy put away her sword and decided to get moving. She chose a path to walk down and walked along to the right. Pretty soon after she started, Fluttershy found some cobblestone in the walls with noises behind it. She hid herself behind some iron ore blocks and waited for the noises to quiet down. A few minutes passed and she heard cracking noises in the iron ore she was hiding behind. She hid herself further into the little corner and prepared herself for a fight. She was surprised when she saw Twilight's face after the iron was mined. Fluttershy shrieked in surprise and lowered herself to the ground. "Fluttershy? What are you doing here?" She heard Twilight ask. "Hiding." She squeaked. "Well, now that I found you, why don't we head into a base Rainbow, Pinkie, and I made." Twilight led her friend into the small base they formed to calm her down. Fluttershy told the girls her story and how she felt herself dying. Twilight made a mental note to check her book on liquids when they all got back to the house. After they calmed Fluttershy down, she showed them where she came from. All four of them decided to meet up with the others and started the journey to their friends. Fluttershy showed them the red water and where she beat the Skeleton. They finally made it to the underground lake base and Twilight called for their friends."Hey Rarity! Applejack! We need to get in!" Pretty soon they were ushered inside before any Mobs could get in. Fluttershy told her story to Applejack and Rarity along with apologizing to them about leaving. Fluttershy was forgiven, and all of the ponies were back together and alive. They got out their food and chose to stay in the base for the night before heading back to the house.