//------------------------------// // Villager Interests // Story: Twilight's Experiments: Saving Chunks // by MIKEANTHONY321 //------------------------------// Steve and Rainbow Dash casually approached the NPC village. Upon stepping on the gravel sidewalk, a couple of villagers turned to greet them. “Welcome, traveler. What brings you to our peaceful settlement?” A villager asked. “Me and my friend here just came to make a few trades. We were also wondering if you had some carrots and/or potatoes for us to have.” Steve responded. While Steve talked to the villager, a crowd slowly accumulated around them. Many other villagers stared at Rainbow Dash with extreme interest. Rainbow Dash glanced at a few of them, and chuckled. “What, is my awesomeness just too much for you to handle? In case any of you are interested, I do sign autographs. Just get a piece of paper and a quill, and watch me work my magic!” Steve noticed how many villagers were crowded around his pegasus friend. He smirked. “Have any of you ever seen a living pony before? Step aside.” One of the villagers turned around to answer him. “We’ve never seen one that has wings! She’s absolutely amazing!” Another turned around to add a comment. “Yeah, what’s her name?” Soon, dozens of villagers were asking Steve ridiculous questions. “Can she really fly?” “Where did you find her?” “Where does she come from?” “Is she your pet?” “Does she do tricks?” “Are you in a relationship with her?” Steve gave a look to that last question. The villager who asked it awkwardly smiled, and turned back around. “Listen everybody, there is nothing special to see here. She’s just a traveler that I found over by the mountains.” “Tell us the story!” “Look, I just came here to trade a few things with you. I brought a bag of emeralds.” “Tell us who she is, and where you found her, and we’ll give you whatever you want!” Steve smiled. He liked the sound of that. “Well, I had just gone out to get feathers from some straying chickens, when I came across her writhing on the ground. Apparently she had broken her wing. I didn’t know who…or what she was, so I took evasive action. For the time being, she was to be seen as Public Enemy #1 until I could find out about her origins……” Steve told the whole story to the mob of enthusiastic villagers. Rainbow Dash stood in the back of the crowd, surprised by all the details that Steve had remembered. … By the time Steve had finished his story, some villagers still had questions. He just told them to hold it for now, because time was waning, and he still had a trade to make. “Okay, here’s the list of things that I need.” Steve took out a book that he had written in. “I need some extra bookshelves, some extra diamonds, a couple of gold bars, a pair of shears, some wool, coal, and an enchanted axe. If anyone has any of these things, could they please raise their hands?” About two-thirds of the crowd raised their hands. Steve surveyed the results, and found that only the enchanted axe could not be obtained. “Wow, that’s pretty good! Are you all sure you don’t want any emeralds for this?” Only one villager in the crowd raised their hand to that question. Everyone else in the crowd turned to him, and gave him a dirty look. He chuckled nervously, and slowly lowered his hand. “Eh heh heh……just kidding…” … By the time all the trades have commenced, the sun was very low in the sky. Stars steadily became visible in the sky. Rainbow Dash warned Steve of a creeper she spotted a ways off in the distance. “There’s no way we’d make it back to my house without getting mauled. Do you think we could spend the night at your village?” Steve asked. “Sure. You can sleep in my house.” A villager suggested. “No, sleep in my house!” Another villager objected. Soon, an argument broke out among the villagers. Rainbow Dash chuckled, and trotted over to the villagers, sporting her swag. “Gentlemen, gentlemen, I understand you all want to bask in the light of my bewitching good looks, but I can only stay in one place.” Rainbow Dash flipped her hair at them seductively. Steve tried not to burst out laughing from behind. It didn’t seem to settle the argument. In fact, it only made it worse. Steve figured that with Rainbow Dash talking to them like that, it would only excite them more, so he decided to step in. “You know what? We’ll just stay in one of the small side-huts. This seems to be causing more trouble than it’s worth. I brought beds, so don’t worry about that problem.” Some of the villagers groaned out loud. They all trudged back to their respective cottages for the night. Steve and Rainbow Dash walked to an empty hut to set up for the night. ……………………………………… Steve and Rainbow lied in their separate beds in the small living space that they occupied, much like they did back on the mining trip. They were both silent for a moderate period of time. Rainbow Dash kept glancing over at Steve uncertainly. She debated with herself on what to say next. “Want to give me a wing-rub again?” There was a bit more silence. Suddenly, Steve burst out laughing. His laughter filled the room, and kind of made Rainbow Dash smile a bit. “You’re funny, you know that? That was the best joke I’ve heard since we came to this village!” Rainbow awkwardly chuckled. “What’s so funny about it?” Steve wiped a tear from his eye. “It’s that kind of funny that’s hard to explain. It’s like if I were to suddenly turn to you and say, “What up with those tax-rates these days?” Know what I mean?” Rainbow Dash wasn’t really catching his drift. “What if I told you I was being serious?” She asked. Steve stopped laughing. “Wait…you weren’t joking?” Rainbow shook her head. “Well, I don’t really think I should, now that I know what that really means. Being someone who has lived alone their entire life, I don’t think I’m ready for something like that.” Steve explained. An awkward silence hung in the room, until Steve asked Rainbow a question. “Who used to give you wing-rubs back in your world?” Rainbow sighed. “Me and Fluttershy usually do that for each other, since we’re both pegasi. I’m really the only one that’s allowed in her cottage during heat-season. Like I said, she doesn’t do well with guests.” Steve couldn’t help but to think about Rainbow’s world all the time. It seemed like such a nice, peaceful place to live. There’d be no more hiding and watching your back all the time, and no more doing everything for survival, and no more trying to kill that blasted Ender Dragon. He was made to thwart that beast, yet he didn’t enjoy that destiny whatsoever. The second they got the chance, he was going to jump into her world with her. Before any of them got a chance to say anything else, a loud groan was heard. The groan was followed by a very loud pounding at their door. “Zombies! Rainbow Dash, we’ve got company!” To be Continued… Author Notes: I’m sorry there were no pictures in this chapter! I’m also sorry that it took so long. I had to worry about finishing an essay for school this weekend, and I also attended the Solo & Ensemble Festival yesterday. I got first division! Anyway, it took so long because I’ve just been busy recently. Also, I finished this entire chapter in one sitting, so forgive me if it’s not formatted very well.