//------------------------------// // Chapter Two: Getting Warmer // Story: My Little Pony: Minecraftian // by SamMaherGamer //------------------------------// Chapter Two: Getting Warmer Feeling the sun whipping at the back my neck, I pulled the neck of my shirt up in a half-assed attempt to block the large, solar cube's rays from above. I grabbed one of the jars of water in my backpack and started to wolf the cooling substance down, some of it trickling down my neck. Looking down at the wolves below, I saw them panting and they looked rather hot, so I summoned my clay bowl from my inventory and placed it down in front of them. We were in the middles of an opening in the forest, so I wasn't too worried about stopping for a bit. As long as we were in the sun, we had a fair chance of surviving most of the monsters. But some of them, not so much. I poured my last jug of water into the dogs' temporary bowl and sat down on the grass to ponder. We could see the portal from here, so it shouldn't take too long to get there. I still had the last bucket of water, but I should try not to pull it out of my backpack in The Nether. It might instantly evaporate otherwise. The sound of lapping stopped, and I saw that the bowl had been emptied of its water. Wiping the excess water with my sleeve, I banished the bowl back into my inventory for later use. I was close to my wolves, and didn't mind hygiene around them as much as I would with anything else. They were like a brother and sister to me, and that's all I believe I needed. A family... Once I shook myself from the deep thought, we began to stride onwards towards the portal. I began to hear the eerie, reverberating sound that it gave off. It soon began to tower over me as I got close, almost glaring at me. Steeling myself, I spoke to my wolves. Most would call me crazy, but they seemed to listen to me at times. "Listen up: I'm headed to The Nether, but I need you guys to stay here, okay? There's a stream about a hundred blocks that I can see from here. Feel free to go hunting when you feel hungry, okay? Cool. Be right back!" I said to them, before turning and waving back as I walked through the portal... One second I was waving to my wolves. Now, I am on the ground with scorch marks covering my back. The only thing I know, is that something blew me up from behind as soon as I had entered The Nether. Straining to do so, I pushed myself off of the ground and onto my feet again. I was guessing that whatever blew me up wasn't going to quit now, so I summoned my diamond sword and held it in a defensive stance. Sure enough, a ghast was floating right above the portal I had come through. Seeing the ghast's eyes beginning to flare and its cheeks puffing up, I pulled my sword back and got ready to bash the fireball it shot into the next century. That was when I realised; the portal was out... "Crap!" I shouted out loud, before realising that there was a flaming ball of magma hurtling towards me. Turning in hesitation, I smashed the fireball with my sword. Magical essence quickly flew up my arm and to the fireball, in which had now ricocheted off of the sword as was hurtling back towards the ghast at full speed. As the ghast screamed its trademark scream in terror, the fireball flew into its side, and straight out of the other. The ghast's now limp body stopped floating around and began to fall into the large, fiery pits below. "... Fuuuuuccckkk!!! What the hell!?" I screamed, "Why? Why the fuck!?" I began to calm down. At least I was here for now. I could go and scout like I had wanted... Sensing the sudden urge to throw up, I began to walk over to the edge of a worn netherack bridge. I tried to talk to myself and try to calm myself down, but no words came out of my mouth. My brow was dripping with sweat, and I only had one bucket of water. In which, by the way, could not be brought to my mouth without evaporating instantly first. I was, quite literally, fucked... It felt like hours since I got stuck here yet I knew it was only a few minutes. I sure wish I had some enderman skin right now. Believe it or not, the enderman's leathery hide was icy to the touch. It had a cooling property about it, and would be very useful in my current situation. Unfortunately, all of my enderman hide I had collected was in the chest by my bed. Maybe I should just go exploring, and hope this was just one big nightmare... I have been mining for hours now, and I have found the most extraordinary things in that time. During then, I had eaten my last loaf of bread, and two of the eight apples that dropped from the trees when I went tree felling earlier. But, I was even able to find a new ore. There was a lapis-blue metal, in which I have decided to call, 'cobalt'. I have about half a stack of it now, as well as a close stack of gold! Who knew gold was so common in the nether? However, the thought of water riddled my mind. With each passing second, all I could think about is the cold, quenching fluid. The bucket of water crossed my mind once again. "No. It won't work," I said to myself, trying to get the point across to my brain. However, my words just weren't enough, and I instantly summoned the bucket of water from my inventory and into my hand. But when I looked inside, all I could see was a puff of steam. "Nooooo!" I shouted, "Why?" Thinking of a way back, I thought of something. What if I were to look through the gravel beaches of The Nether. Surely, there would be a piece of flint somewhere there. Then, all I needed to do was strike it against one of my pieces of scrap iron I brought with me and poof: Nether Portal up! Trudging towards the nearest gravel beach, I paused. I swear I heard something, but it must be one of the idle zombie pigmen strolling by. "Oh, well..." I spoke to no one in particular. But then, the most horrific thing happened: I turned around and saw him. The demonic god of Minecraftia, the devil behind this very hellhole named The Nether, the death bringer of all beings and I was face to face with him... Herobrine. Too scared to think properly, I steeled myself and did what every skilled being would do in this sort of situation: run. I ran, screaming my head off all of the way back to the still-idle portal. Running up to the portal, I didn't expect to see him standing right inside of the obsidian frame. Frozen in place, I saw him light up the portal again. Without thinking, I ran at the portal, only to be stopped by some form of invisible forcefield. I ran around the portal, but couldn't find any way to get in. When I looked at Herobrine, I saw him playing around with the Nether Portal. It kept changing colours and began to look a bit staticky, but anywhere was better than here. Fortunately, I had brought a couple of ender pearls over here with me. Summoning one to my hand, I threw it at the portal with all of my might. Of course, Herobrine saw the orb fly past his head and straight into the portal. He turned, and looked straight at me, with his completely emotionless face and white, void eyes. That was the last thing I saw before being whisked away by that ender pearl... Now, don't get me wrong: I love night skies. Especially this one. But when you see that the moon is actually spherical, you start to freak out just a little bit. Then again, I believe I am falling at one million chunks an hour, so the moon is of little worry to me right now. I may seem very calm and collective about this, but right now, I am screaming at the top of my lungs. That, and wishing that I had stayed in The Nether. Even if Herobrine was there too. I was beginning to feel a burning sensation, then looked down at my feet. Sure enough, my feet were on fire... "Fuuuuuu!"