Days Of Sand

In the vast palette of blocks in Minecraft, few are quite as unique as sand. It's affected by gravity, it can be turned into glass, and other blocks bear its name somewhere in the title.
But some say that this is not all it holds.
Some say that on the night of the new moon, when the player falls on sand from a height that would normally bring them to half a heart (assuming they were not wearing any armor) they would be brought to death instead. Videos of this glitch exist, but cuts and glitches in the video (most likely due to these being smaller, less professional creators) mean that we can't be sure about why this is. While the blame for this could be placed on a glitch, the number of people reporting this is strange indeed.
So I stand here tonight, ready to run a little experiment.
I stand here tonight, at ten-thirty-seven P.M. Midwestern United States time, twenty two blocks directly above a block of sand. I am suspended by only one block of dirt. I stand here tonight, having waited an extensive period of time for Minecraft's moon cycle to agree with me. I stand here tonight, ready to break this block and see once and for all what causes this glitch-or if it is real at all.
I hold down the left click button for approximately two seconds. The block breaks, the gravelly sounds reverberating from my computer's audio headphone port. The black lines etch their way across the dirt in a matter of seconds, and I fall.
I fall towards the ground, taking a sip of water while I wait. I hit the sand, a satisfying squish accompanying the crack of my player's legs breaking. I watch my Heads-Up Display, expecting to see my screen flash red and the game to tell me I died. But I don't see that. I merely go to half a heart like I normally would. Confused, I repeat the experiment, /gamemode commands and all. I retry, and it still brings me to half a heart. Still perplexed, I go to youtube to watch some videos of the glitch. I then notice something in these videos I find odd. As the cuts happen and the player dies, they are falling. Maybe they have a half a block to go, maybe ten, but they always die when the are falling towards the block, not when they hit it. Unable to determine which video started the trend of trying to exploit the glitch due to the amount of them, I try the experiment one more time. I type /gamemode creative into my chat, place the dirt block right where it needs to be, stand on top of it, type /gamemode survival, and break the block.
I fall, looking at the ground, prepared to fail this and quit the experiment. Just as I near the sand, something happens. My game starts to lag, my screen glitching. My descent stagnates, as if I had the slow falling effect.
Then, I see it.
The sand.
It's...moving.
It's shifting into the blocks surrounding it, the one block of sand almost merging with the dirt and grass. It ascends to meet me, passing through me and heading up to the sky. I look up to see it, and see something strange.
A full moon.
It glimmers upon me, shimmering upon my player in the geometrical night. Strange. 
My computer's screen starts flashing, the plugs sparking, the mouse trembling along with my hand. I breathe sharply, worried and frightened. What is happening?
Then, my game returns to normal. The plugs stop burning, the screen no longer lagging.
"You died!" the game says to me, a red outline surrounding the words. I sigh. I guess the glitch was true. However, the death message perplexes me.
"Another one tried to challenge us, to reveal our secrets."
I quickly save and quit, heading to the main menu. The splash text reads, "Do not test us again."
I close Minecraft and shake my head. I resolve to know the truth behind this, and have the facts by the end of the night.
Category:Creepypasta
Category:Supernatural