Escape from the Overworld: An Unofficial Overworld Adventure, Book One
4 deadly I spent so much time thinking and building that I wasn’t watching the sun It was slipping down toward the horizon the sky going gray When the sun went away monsters or mobs would spawn They liked to seek out people especially ones out in the dark away from everyone else Very quickly I made my way toward the ladder and began to hurry down it It’s okay I told myself I knew Dad would be furious if I got home after dark but what really mattered was that I would get home And I will I thought Just because I couldn’t see home didn’t mean it wasn’t nearby I’ll make it I told myself I’ll make it As soon as I was partway down the ladder I saw that I wouldn’t make it Escape from the Overworld
Chapter 2 On the ground just a few feet away stood a creeper Creepers may look harmless with their armless bodies and their frowny faces but don’t let looks fool you they’re some of the most feared mobs in the Overworld because of the way they can silently sneak up on you and because of the scary amount of destruction they can cause I was hanging from the ladder frantically trying to grab some sort of tool out of the pouch I had tied around my waist I had exactly 1 5 seconds to fight the creeper or else it would explode In my panic I couldn’t even lift the lid of my pouch But 1 5 seconds gave me enough time to realize how bad this was try to do something recognize there wasn’t going to be enough time and open my mouth to shout No as if a creeper has ever listened to a human The little green mob looked up at me started shaking and shivering and then everything exploded 5
6 I fell back against the ground with the wind knocked out of me My pouch flew through the air and landed with a thud somewhere off in the darkness The creeper was gone dead They always die when they explode and they love to take your work with them Overhead I could see the floor of my tree house break into pieces I lay there trying to catch my breath It was full night now the square moon overhead I didn’t want to admit it but I wished Dad was around to help me But then again I was glad he wasn’t because I didn’t want him to see my ruined tree house Tomorrow I would have to start over on my building No good creepers I struggled to get up but I was too weak It was going to be a little bit before I’d be able to sit up and limp my way back to the house Dad would never give sympathy even though I could have really used some right then He’d never had any of his work blown up by a creeper I shut my eyes against the square moon and breathed deeply I needed food and milk to feel better and then a good night’s sleep I didn’t want to think about how much I’d been hurt I especially didn’t want to think about how it was still dark Or that my tools were off in the distance and I was now weaponless Or that home was as far away as ever Instead of all the scary things I thought about how I would get back to work on my building in the morning Lots of people in the Overworld have had their hard work blown up thanks to a sneaky creeper so maybe the next time I Escape from the Overworld
7 went to the village I would tell the other kids about it and we’d bond and I’d make real friends And that’s when I realized I wasn’t alone In the distance I could hear the zombies moaning Escape from the Overworld
