Steve woke up in the mourning and got dressed with a fresh set of clothes.
"come on Enderbro, get up" he said.
In another bed was a black creature taller then Steve with skinnier limbs.
It grumbled a bit but finally got up, it's eyes opening to reveal purple eyes that were derpish.
"sup Steve, so what is for breakfast?" he said.
"cooked porkchops and cake" he said.
Enderbro did notice that there was a couple of apples as well.
"then why are you having apples, you getting scurvy?" he asked as he stood up.
"no let's just say we got neighbors next door joining us now" he said.
"that is so cool bro!, so who are they?" he asked as he wiggled his limbs.
"well their ponies, talking ponies which is weird, I don't really trust them yet, but we will see if my mind changes in the revine" he said.
"talking ponies, that is awesome, I wonder were they come from?" he said with his hands to his face and his eyes being shiny.
"all I know is that they come from another dimension that they're trying to get back to" he said.
He went to the furnaces and took out a cube of cake and a couple of slices of porkchops, and he collected them along with the twenty four apples.
"anyways let's go wake them up, the sooner we get breakfast done, the faster we can mine" he said.
Steve opens his house door and steps out and Enderbro follows, lowering his head to fit through the door, but rises full legth once through.
I wake up and stretched, it was early in the mourning, the sun still rising and leaving a sunset.
I looked and saw everyone was still in bed, except for Applejack, who was outside.
One of my saddlebags stirred a bit, which I haven't opened yet.
"oh I nearly forgot...." I thought as I got out of bed and undid the sack.
Out came out a four foot dragon, not the kind like Spike's.
It was silver, had both legs and arms, a tail and two wings on it's back.
"sorry about that Galaddae, forgot to undo the strap closing that pack" I said.
A voice come into my mind one that was young but wise.
"even if someone enchanted the saddlebags for you it was somewhat cramped in there" he said.
"well the spell was only designed to hold a certain number of things" I said.
He looked around and said "this is a weird place, how come everything is square?"
I explained to him our dilemma as best as I could.
"then I guess we will have to make do and find the answer we seek" he said.
"yeah exactly, well anyways make yourself comfortable here, I am going to step outside for a bit" I said.
I opened the door and stepped into the plain all around us with a forest at our edge.
Applejack was sitting there looking at the sunrise, as if she was pondering something.
I went by her "homesick?" I asked.
"just somewhat a bit Tirimor" she said.
"it happens to everypony Applejack, we will get home soon enough" I said.
"but how long will it take us?, I told Big Macintosh I would be back in two days time" she replaied.
"I don't really know the answer to that Applejack, but we will get home" I said.
That is when Steve come out of his house, along with someone else.
This person was bigger then he was, all black, and had skinnier limbs.
"hey Applejack, Tirimor, go wake everyone else it is time for breakfast" he said.
He laid down a cloth and then a cubed cake with twenty four apples on the grass.
"come on wake up!, soups on everypony!" Applejack shouted.
Everyone woke up a few seconds apart some more tired then others.
"what is all this commotion, can anypony get her beauty sleep?" Rarity complained.
"it is breakfast time, we got to eat to get some strength before we head out" Steve said.
"look at the ponies Steve!, there is a lavender one, a white one, one with rainbow hair, another one with a hat, a grey one, an adorable light yellow one, and one with poofy pink hair" Enderbro said with sparkling eyes and his hands to his face.
"this is Enderbro everyone, Enderbro this is Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Tirimor, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie" Steve said.
"it is nice to meet new friends, but don't the dragons have names?" Enderbro said.
"this is Spike he is both my friend and and number one assistant" Twilight said.
"everyone this is Galladae, he is a dragon I am raising myself to be good" I said.
"good mourning everyone, so when will we eat?" Galaddae said in everyones mind.
"we are going to have breakfast now, the faster we get it done the more time we have" Steve said.
Steve pulled out a slab of meat and handed one to Enderbro.
"oh, this is a porkchop I know you guys only eat plants if I am guessing right" he said.
"but why would you kill an animal for, it is wrong" Twilight said.
"well it is a daily thing here in Minecraftia, it is either that or we starve, meat is easy to get and slows down our hunger" Steve said.
"the same thing can be done with plants" I said.
"yeah kinda, for you anyways, though humans can eat both plants and meat, I eat both but I prefer meat since it slows down hunger more then most plant based foods" Steve said.
Twilight was done eating and was looking though The Eggheads Guide To Minecraftia and read aloud the subject of hunger.
Hunger: Hunger is the state of a person that is used to show how much energy they have.
The less hunger, the more energy they have, and the only way to lessen hunger is to eat.
There are many different varieties of food to eat in Minecraftia, like porkchops or bread.
Meat is easy to find and cook, while plants require a farm to grow them and take several days.
Different food have different measures of slowing down hunger, some can be low like watermelon, while others are high like Porkchops.
Despite this though hunger is an easy thing to keep low if one can find food.
After awhile we were done when Galaddae ate the last porkchop on the cloth.
Steve folded the cloth up and collected it while saying "that was a good breakfast, now before we head to the ravine you will need armor and tools"
"what is this ravine your going on about?" Applejack asked.
"A ravine is a dangerous place filled with underground tunnels and monsters, but it is rewarding since allot of materials can be found" he said.
"but why are we heading down there?" Fluttershy asked.
"to mine materials like coal, iron and gold, though if we get lucky we can find redstone and diamond" he said.
"diamond....you mean like the gem?" Rarity said with a spark in each eye.
"yes, though they're rare to find, but make the best tools, like my diamond sword and pickaxe" he said.
"how often to do you find them?" I asked.
He looked to the sky with a hand on his chin in thought then said "on a good day twenty five gems, thirty five if I am lucky".
He walked to his house and we followed him.
"but what about this redstone?, what is it's use in this land?" Twilight asked.
"it is used to make machinery and mechanisms mostly, it can even make jukeoxes, a compess and clock" he said.
"so this redstone is sort of like circuitry of some kind" she said.
"yeah basically, allot of people have made some interesting things with redstone" he said.
He went into his house and got to work making something with iron bars and sticks on his crafting table.
When he came out he was wearing diamond armor, but he gave each of us a set of iron armor a few picks, three stacks of torches, two swords and a stack of apples.
"there, now you are ready to head into the ravine, the armor will feel weightless, same with the picks and swords" he said.
The armor appeared on us when we willed it and it made us look like a squad of pony guards with a armor wearing dragon.
Each suit was different based on our kind. Pegasai had their wings covered, while the helmet on unicorns had a hole for the horns.
Twilight and Rarity were able to wield their swords with magic, but somehow the rest could hold them with hooves.
"alright now let's get going, the ravine is just over there behind the hill" Steve said pointing the hill in the plains area.
We went over the hill and saw a large crack in the earth by a lake, some of the water falling into the crack.
"alright come on, see you all at the bottom" Steve said as he ran and went into the waterfall.
"this is going to be cool now we have extra friends" Enderbro said as he disappeared in a puff of purple smoke.
We looked down and the ravine was deep, but Steve and Enderbro were already at the bottom.
"come on you slowpokes!, this ravine isn't going to mine itself!" Steve shouted to us.
"so how are we going to do this?" I asked.
"me and Rarity will go with spike and use the waterfall, but two of you have to carry Pinkie Pie and Applejack" Twilight said.
"alright, I guess Galaddae can fly down as well" I said.
With that I grabbed Pinkie Pie while Dash and grabbed Applejack and we flew down.
Pinkie was giggling down the whole way as I flew down.
Rainbow got to the bottom first and placed Applejack on the grownd.
I lightly placed Pinkie on her hooves and went on mine as I fold my wings back.
Galaddae landed right me as Twilight and Rarity reached the bottom and Twilight let the orb holding them dissipate.
Steve came by us and said "alright everyone stay together so we don't get separated, watch out for any monsters and don't hesitate to kill them".
"so were do we go first?" I asked.
"Enderbro found a chamber with iron, redstone and coal over there, so that is our first job" he said.
We followed him over to it and Enderbrow was waiting for us.
The iron ore looked brown a bit, but we new under it was it's actually grey color.
The redstone ore looked like it had several lumps of it, and the coal was black and bumpy.
"alright everyone start digging, plenty to go around" Steve said.
I went over to some Iron and started using my pickaxe to hit it, the ore cracked then broke off as a cube as a collected it.
There was some more so I kept hitting until I got it all and moved somewhere else.
"I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole!, diggy diggy hole!, I'm digging a hole!" Steve was singing as he got several iron ore easily with his diamond pickaxe.
"what is that your singing?" Spike asked as he worked some coal out.
"it is part of a song called Dwarf Hole sung by some dwarf named Honeydew, it is very popular with the miners in Minecraftia" he said.
"their is dwarfs here?, I thought there was only humans?" Twilight asked as she got several redstone out.
"not true, their are actually not just humans, but dwarves, elves, gnomes and halflings" he said.
"so this Honeydew dwarf, who is he anyways?" I asked.
"Honeydew along with his friend Xephos a human are probably the best adventurers in minecraftia, they have been to many places" he said.
"and what about you?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"me?, I am just a simple person living a simple life, though some say I am an expert miner, I just have survived longer then others" he said.
"how long do people usually last in mines?" Twilight asked as she moved over to some coal and started mining it.
"a long time, as long as they know what their doing and be aware" he said.
"because of the creepers right?" Fluttershy said.
He nodded as he went over to some coal and with a few swings got all of the vein.
After sometime the chamber was empty and Steve lead us down a hall way with some ore which we collected along the way.
"shhh, you guys hear that?" Steve said.
We listened and we heard some groaning with bone shaking.
"a zombie and skeleton" I said.
"well it is a good thing we got swords then" Rainbow Dash said.
"being in this dirty place is bad enough" Rarity said.
"Killing these guys is going to be to easy" Steve said.
He turned the corner and wielded his diamond sword, the zombie and skeleton noticed him quickly.
The zombie shuffled over to him while the skeleton knocked an arrow and fired.
Steve's diamond armor made the arrow just bounce off, he charged and sliced at the zombie.
The zombie groaned in pain as he fell to the floor and in a puff of smoke turned into orbs that went into Steve.
The skeleton fired again, but Steve dodged the arrow as he charged the skeleton and did a horizontal slash with his diamond sword.
The skeleton fell to the floor as well and turned into those orbs and they went into Steve again.
"that was awesome bro, nice work" Enderbro said.
"thanks bro" Steve said as he fistbumped with Enderbro.
"alright the way should be clear, but we need to stay alert in case" he said.
We followed him to another chamber that lead down three ways with some ore.
"alright go get the ore I will keep watch" Steve said.
the sounds of picks hitting ore was now in the air as we mined again.
As I got the last bit of iron their was a creeper in front of me.
It went "SSSSSSsssssssssSSSSSSssssssss" as it saw me.
"my Celestia duck and cover!" I said as I ran from the creeper.
The explosion blew up the wall I was by, I was away from the blast but the shockwave sent me by a wall near our entry.
"-imor are you alright?" was pretty much I all got out of Twilight.
"yeah I am fine" I said as I got up and shook to get rubble off.
"thank goodness that was close" Fluttershy said.
"Creeper blasts have the power of one TNT, so be careful, but at least your armor held" Steve said.
I looked at my armor and saw that it still looked perfect besides the fact I got tossed in an explosion.
Rarity peered into the hole the creeper left and did a girlish squeal.
"what is it?" Applejack said.
"diamonds!, there beyond this hole!" she said.
We all went over and looked at what she was seeing.
The hallway had a row of diamond ore on the wall, and it looked like the other side went to the right entrance.
"well that was sort of lucky" Steve said.
"how was that lucky?, I got tossed by an exploding creeper" I said.
"that may have been unfortunate but at least your still alive" he said.
We went through the wall and started mining the ore, which was a vein of ten diamond ore.
"alright let's keep going, the faster we fill our inventory, the faster we can get out of here" Steve said.
We worked for awhile which included more creeper explosions and run ins with zombies and Skeletons.
That is when we came to an area that had webs in it, but had some gold ore and iron.
"watch it spiders can be in here, their fast attackers and ambushers" Steve said.
We all moved together as a group, watching the ceiling for movement.
"let's just hop were not dealing with cave spiders here, they have poison that eats away at our hunger" Steve said.
That is when three things came down at Steve, Enderbro grabbed him and teleported away somewhere close.
The spiders missed their target but then started coming at us.
I took out my iron sword to defend myself and everyone else.
One of the spiders made a hissing noise and leaped at me.
I swung and my sword connect, leaving a gash that hit one of it's eyes.
Twilight then made her sword lunge and it got one of the spiders between it's eight eyes.
Steve harged at the third spider and slashed it, causing it to a dieing hiss as it turned to smoke.
My spider leaped, but I side stepped it and slashed it's abdomen causing it to in smoke.
Twilight then used her magic to cause her sword to slash it's midsection and the spider turned to smoke.
The orbs came to us as the others started mining at the ore.
"that was close" I said.
"Enderbro has done that more then one occasion to save my life, it feels like you got hit by a sledgehammer when you appear though" Steve said.
"no thanks, it is what bros do" Enderbro said as he wiggled his limbs.
Steve fistbumbed Enderbro anyways as everyone got the ore out.
As we went deeper and deeper the webs started getting thick, up to the point were Steve had to use his diamond sword to cut a way through.
Though as we kept going more spiders attacked us, but we fought and defeated them.
"my Celestia, is there usually this many spiders?" Spike asked.
"no not really, this is actually a first for me, usually spider dens are small" Steve.
"do you think we may be dealing with something bigger?" Galaddae said in our minds.
"I doubt it this place doesn't look like it would house anything else but spiders" Steve said as he kept hacking away.
That is when we made it to a hallway leading to a giant room, it had cob webs on it so thick the ground was covered.
"I have a bad feeling about this" Fluttershy said.
We went into the place but stayed cautious to watch out for ambushes.
That is when something huge jumped from the ceiling and landed by us.
It was a spider, a very big spider that was at least eight times bigger then a regular one.
"well this is new, I thought the Bull Spider was just a folk tale" Steve said.
"how are we going to fight this thing, it has blocked out our exit" I said.
"my sword is only good for one hit killing basic enemies, not something like this" he said.
"well you better start thinkin' now or else we won't make it out" Applejack said.
The spider shot out green goo at us and we all scattered, it hit the wall and stuck there.
Twilight launched her sword and it cut several of the legs, but it did little to it.
"isn't the sack at it's back were it's heart is?" I asked as I slashed one of it's legs.
"yeah, but it is sort of hard to find it since it's narrow" Twilight said.
"well I guess we found it's weakspot then" Steve said.
"don't play the hero Steve, we need to work this together as a team" I said.
"how long do we have to distract it?" Rainbow Dash said as she dodged another shot of green goo.
"long enough to buy us some time" Steve said.
Twilight focused and caused several shots of magic to come out of her horn, which hit one of the legs and broke it.
The spider hissed in anger as it felt one of it's eight legs break.
"come on Steve hold on to me, I am going to try and get you over it" I said.
"alright, just don't drop me really high" he said.
He held onto my back using my armor as I unfolded my wings and took off, going over the spider.
"this has to be perfect, no slip ups" I thought.
Galaddae use his fire breath and burned one of the spiders eyes as Applejack slid and sliced at the spiders legs.
"alright Steve let go" I said as I was in position.
He fell close to the spider at it's sack, and brought his diamond sword down to pierce it.
The spider screeched as the sack was pierced through by Steve's diamond sword.
Steve got off the spider as it's screeches of pain faded away and it disappeared in multiple pulsing lights.
What the spider dropped was a small chest.
Steve walked over to it and opened the chest, that is when a light surrounded us.
It disappeared as quickly as it came, but left a ring as an item and a note.
Twilight used her magic to lift the note and read outload.
Gained: plus one ring slot and Ring of the Bull Spider.
"what in the hay is that supposed to mean?" Applejack asked.
"well I guess we all gained an extra slot of some kind, as for the ring I am not so sure, I have to study it once we get back" Twilight said.
Behind the chest was another hallway, but as we looked our entry point was blocked.
From the hallway behind the chest came a slight rushing of wind.
"well there is our exit, we all did a good job" Steve said.
"wonderful, all this mining is to dirty for my taste" Rarity said.
"it was actually fun, well up to the giant spider part" Pinkie said.
"let's head back to the houses before it starts getting dark" Steve said.
As we went inside the area had diamond and gold ores, once we collected it all we kept going.
The other cave entrance opened up to a hill of somekind, it looked over another forest with a town right by.
"well it looks like were by a town, we can trade some of the ore we make for items and food" Steve said.
"we don't really have the time though since the sun is going down" I said.
That is when I got the urge to sing for some reason as we walked back to our mobile homes.
T: "Tell everypony I'm on my way, new friends and new places to see!"
RD: "with blue skys ahead, yes I'm on my way, and there's no were else I'd rather be!"
AJ: "Tell everypony I'm on my way, and I'm lovin' every step I take"
FS: "with the sun beating down, yes I am on my way, and I can't keep this smile off my face!"
TS: "cause there's nothing like seeing each other again, no matter what the distance between "
PP: "and the stories that we tell, will make you smile, or really lifts my heart"
T: "so tell'em I'm on my way, new friends and new places to see!"
TS: "and to sleep under the stars, and could ask for more, with the moon keeping watch over me"
R: "not the snow, and nor the rain, can change my mind, the sun will come out, wait and see"
RD: "and the feeling of the wind in your face, can lift your heart, oh there is nowere I would rather be!"
Everyone:"cause I'm on my way now, well and true, I'm on my way now"
"I'm on my way now"
"I'm on my way now"
"I'm on my way now"
T: "Tell everypony I'm on my way and I can't just wait to be there!"
RD: "with blue skies ahead, as I'm on my way, with nothing but good times to share!"
TS: "so tell everypony I'm on my way, and I just can't wait to be home!"
Everpony: "With the sun beating down, yes I'm on my way, and nothing but good times to show!"
"I'm on my way!"
"yes I'm on my WAY!"
Steve looked confused and said "do you guys usually break into song like that?"
"sometimes, when the situation calls for it" Twilight said.
"I loved the singing, it was pretty awesome" Enderbro said as he wiggled his arms.
"thanks though that wasn't really our calling back where we live" I said.
"then what exactly did you eight do before you got here?" Steve asked.
As we walked we sort of did some backword glances at him.
"I was an investigator of some sorts, though my main thing was to help others" I said.
"what kind of things did you investigate?" he asked.
"several things, some involving criminalology, CSI, the paranormal and other stuff" I said.
"Well we really haven't delt with anything like the paranormal in awhile" Steve said.
We finally came to our two mobile homes and we went inside to ours.
After a few seconds our furnaces were on making the iron ore we found turn into iron bars,and we placed the diamonds in a seperate chest.
Steve came out an hour or so later with the table cloth which meant dinner was served.
For dinner we had bread, watermelon, apples and cake, though Steve, Enderbro and Galaddae had steak.
After dinner went back inside when it got dark and placed the iron bars in a large chest.
"well that was something for our first mining trip" Rarity said.
"yeah, and something tells me it isn't going to be our last" Applejack said.
"but at least now we have materials to use" Spike said.
"I am still wondering about tomorrow though, since we have to hed into a town" I said.
"well were going with Steve, so things should be fine" Twilight said.
"anyways it is about time we all hit the hay, see you all in the mournin'" Applejack said as she went into her bed an slept.
I yawned and went into bed myself and fell asleep after awhile.
Dear, Princess Celestia,
Today me and my friends learned a valuable lesson in friendship.
friends are there for eachother no matter the challenge.
Even if the task is daugnting, you can count on them.
Working together is better then working alone, because you have someone to lend a helping hoof when needed.
It is the power of teamwork and friendship that makes things easier.
Your Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle