//------------------------------// // Village Protection Agency (VPA) // Story: Twilight's Experiments: Saving Chunks // by MIKEANTHONY321 //------------------------------// “Great, now what?” Rainbow Dash grumbled. “What do you think? It’s time to attack.” Steve replied. “With what? I don’t have a weapon.” “Well, you seemed to do some considerable damage with only your fists the other day. I think you can handle a few zombies. But we have to do it quickly.” “How come?” “If we don’t kill them off as quickly as we can, they’ll infect the entire village. Come on!” Steve ran to the door, and kicked it down in one swift move. He pulled out his sword, and started swinging it skillfully at the undead intruders. Rainbow Dash followed close behind. … With just a few swings, Steve managed to make the zombies stumble. He then quickly decapitated them with a stealthy slice. Rainbow Dash flew to the front doors of a few houses, where groups of zombies huddled to break inside. She picked them up one by one, and hurled them away from the village as hard as she could. One of them landed on a creeper and exploded, while the others hit the ground and died on impact. “Wow, you’re strong!” Steve remarked. Rainbow gave him a smirk. “That’s what they all say!” … Suddenly, she gasped. “Steve, behind you!” Without answering, Steve swung his sword around on one step. The zombie that was standing behind him got its face cut right in half. Unfortunately, Steve’s sword met the same fate. “Crap! My sword broke!” He exclaimed. “Oh, no! What do we do?” Steve pulled out a diamond axe, and continued to swing. It was the next-best thing he had for a weapon besides his bow. “Listen Rainbow, these zombies are not going to stop. The only way to permanently protect the village is to build a barricade.” Steve explained. “And how do you intend on doing that?” Rainbow asked. “I’m not. You will. Here, take these.” Steve handed Rainbow a few piles of stone walls. Rainbow looked at them. “Why do you take this stuff around with you?” Steve shrugged. “Luck favors the prepared. Now I want you to take those walls, and place them all around the village. I’ll try to hold off the zombies.” … Rainbow nodded, and did as she was told. Steve ran to the front doors of the villagers’ houses, and fought off the zombies that continued to accumulate. His axe wasn’t near as efficient as his sword, but it was the best thing that he had to work with. Suddenly, a deafening crack was heard, and the mob of zombies started pouring into the villager’s house. They had busted down his door. “No!” Steve ran inside the house in pursuit, but it was too late. Two villagers had already been added to the undead population. Steve quickly took out a bunch of TNT blocks, and some flint and steel. Just as he placed it down and began to light it up, the zombie mob had turned around to attack him. … Steve turned, and ran out the door, placing blocks in the doorway on his way out to keep the zombies inside. “Fire in the hole!!!” He screamed. Rainbow Dash realized what was happening, and got down on the ground. She covered her head with her hooves. As Steve ran away, the house exploded in a massive, fiery array of smoke and debris. The blast obliterated all of the zombies that were inside the house, as well as part of the hut that they were staying in. Steve stopped in front of Rainbow Dash, panting heavily. “How do you like that?” He muttered. Rainbow opened her eyes to see if the coast was clear. Once she saw that it was, she jumped back to her hooves. “That was totally awesome! Man, we need to do that again!” Steve chuckled. “Yeah, perhaps after you get that wall done.” Rainbow gasped. “Oh, right!” ………………………………… Just as Rainbow Dash was beginning to wrap up the wall, dawn began to arise. Steve trudged back over to their half-destroyed hut, and began packing everything up. A villager wearing a white cloak walked up to him. “Greetings, traveler. I am the leader of this humble settlement, and we wanted to give you our thanks.” “Your thanks? It really was no big deal. I do this every day.” “It really means a lot to us that you’re protecting us from those horrid zombies. Our villagers have had to deal with them every night for the last dozen generations.” Steve said nothing. He could only smile at his good deed. “As a token of our gratitude, please take these.” The village leader handed Steve a pile of sixty-four Ender Eyes. Steve’s jaw dropped. “W…where did you get these?!” Steve asked in awe. “We’re a very old civilization.” Was the leader’s simple response. “I…I can’t believe this! Thank you so much!” “No, no. Thank YOU. Feel free to stop by anytime. That rainbow-haired friend of yours is very amusing.” Steve laughed. He waved goodbye to the village leader, and began to walk away. Rainbow Dash followed close behind. ……………………………………… Steve and Rainbow struck up on conversation as they walked back to the cottage. “That explosion was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life! That entire house was gone in ten seconds flat!” Rainbow exclaimed. “Yeah, it was pretty amazing.” Steve casually responded. “What did that weird guy give you earlier? The guy in white?” “He gave a full pile of Ender Eyes.” “Ender Eyes? That’s gross.” “No, they’re not real eyes. They’re glassy orbs that have an everlasting flame burning inside them. When you throw them, they fly in the direction of the legendary stronghold.” Rainbow gasped. “So that means…” “…Yes. It means we can go to The End.” To be Continued… Author Notes: I have a few things to apologize about. First, I’m sorry that this chapter took so long. I’m in the middle of extending the story, “It’s About Time”, and I got a brilliant idea for a brand-new story. For the record, Rainbow Dash DID NOT die in “It’s About Time”. Read it to find out what happens next! Second, I’m sorry that this chapter was so short. Sometimes I’m on a short schedule, or I need more time to come up with better ideas. Some chapters may be short like this. And lastly, I apologize for the content that was in the above picture. I’m sure you realize that the picture takes place in the Superflat Mode instead of Default. This is because I usually make a new world in Creative Mode in order to make the images needed for this story. Well, making that explosion scene was way too difficult, and I needed to do it several times. Superflat was the only way I could have an infinite number of villages at my disposal, because it was too difficult to find a village in the Default Mode. Hopefully a new chapter will be out soon!