The Legend of Dave the Villager 15

***Spoiler warning:** Plot summary will follow.*

## Overview

**The Legend of Dave the Villager 15** is the 15th book in the Legend of Dave the Villager Series, and the 5th in Series 2. In this book, Dave and Carl visit the town of Blockville and participate in a Chicken Jockey race.

## Book Description

Dave and Carl take some well-earned time off and visit the Blockville fair.

## Plot

Dave and Carl visit the Blockville fair. Carl immediately rushes to a stall selling baked potatoes and buys some, and angers the potato seller by asking for a topping of another potato. While he is eating, a magician named Monkey Joe comes up to them. He says that he will be holding a magic show later with a special potato surprise. Dave and Carl decide to go an watch it.

The magic show begins and Monkey Joe does a few basic tricks, like pulling a flower out of his hat. Only a few people applaud and he angrily yells at them, saying it took him extremely long to learn those tricks. He asks them if they want to see real magic and pulls out a box.

He says that in the box is the world's first talking potato. He opens it and they see a potato in it. It instantly starts talking and yelling at the audience. He says its name is Chipette. Everyone applauds and the show ends. Dave says it sounds familiar and thinks about it the whole day. Just as he was about to sleep, he recognizes the voice as Spidroth's and tells Carl.

Dave and Carl talk about her and decide to save her from Monkey Joe. The next day, Dave talks to him and buys her for 400 emeralds. He goes home with her box. Carl says that he might have scammed them and asks him to open it. He opens it and instantly, Spidroth begins to angrily yell at them. He closes the box.

After some time, they open the box and talk to her. Carl constantly jokes about her and she says that she would kill them and was feared throughout cities (that no longer existed). Carl says that nobody knows of those cities and that the world has forgotten her. Dave closes the box and tells Carl to try and be nice.

He opens the box again and instead of yelling at them, she asks him if the world has truly forgotten her. He says that people still remember her but she asks him questions about her past life and he is unable to answer them. She realizes the truth and asks Dave to close the box so that she can wallow in eternal despair. He does so and both Carl and him feel bad for her.

Carl asks Dave if they can stay at the fair for another day. Dave did not want to stay, as he was worried the Ancient would chase him for the secret of his 'immortality', as the Ancient thought he was seven hundred years old. However, he decides that they would stay for half a day more.

Carl tries to buy baked potatoes but gets banned from the stall for being greedy. Later, they come across a chicken jockey racing arena. Carl gets extremely excited and asks Dave if they can stay and watch. He reluctantly agrees. They pay their entry fees and go in. After waiting for some time, a female villager appears.

She starts to rap about an extremely cool person. Dave starts to get a bad feeling and then she concludes by saying that the person's name is Derek. Carl gasps with shock as more people come and rap about Derek. Then he himself comes out and welcomes everyone to the chicken jockey races.

He introduces the contestants- Fishy Fred, who is a drowned, Husky Boy, who is a husk, Speedy Sally and Little Billy, who are regular zombies and Cool Paul, another husk who rides a golden chicken and is owned by Derek. Carl angrily says that the host/judge cannot own one of the chickens. Nobody else realizes it, however, and Derek says it is time for the race to begin.

Derek explains the rules- there will be five races. Each race will be of five laps, with the top three of each race getting a certain amount of points. He also says that the winner will receive one thousand emeralds. Everyone gasps and then, he says it is time for the race to begin. Someone ignites a TNT and the race begins.

Little Billy gets knocked out on the first lap, but the other racers remain. Cool Paul soon begins to shoot ahead of the competition and eventually wins the race. Speedy Sally finishes in second and Fishy Fred in third. Paul gets five points, Sally gets three and Fred one. As the race ends and Derek Cool leaves, Dave and Carl decide to go and see him.

They ignore the guards and walk up to Derek. Dave draws his sword and asks him how he is out of prison. He looks over and laughs, asking them to sit down. He explains that he managed to buy his way out. He says that he is trying to earn money through chicken jockey racing and says he had to work very hard to become rich.

Dave angrily tells him that his father earned all the money and he says they can leave if they had just come to insult him. He says he has all the 'friends' he needs, who tell him he is cool. They angrily leave him. Outside, they come across Little Billy's owner, who abandons him. Carl asks if they can take Billy and his chicken with them and he agrees.

After sleeping, the two of them go to the docks to look for a ship to take them west. They find one and its captain says he will take them for three hundred emeralds, however they only had fifty. He refuses to lower his trade so Carl tries to make a Nether Portal tto oavel through. He places the obsidian and ignites it.

However, the portal does not light. He checks he has places the right blocks and tries again but nothing happens. The captain refuses to change his price and also says that if they do not come by the end of the week, he will leave. They wonder how to get the money. Carl says they should participate in the chicken jockey race and Dave, having no other option, agrees.

They quickly rush to the arena as the race had almost begun. They get past the guards and tell Derek that they want to participate. He says there is a two hundred emerald entry fee but Carl says the old owner of Little Billy already paid it, so they don't need to. He reluctantly allows them.

They wait in the trainers' room until the race begins. Soon, all the racers all called to the racetrack. Dave and Carl notice that Derek's chicken was walking quite stiffly and realize it is a robot. However, they could not do anything so they simply place Little Billy on the racetrack. The TNT is lit and the racers take off.

Speedy Sally gets knocked out in the first round and Cool Paul shoots far ahead. Little Billy, Husky Boy and Fishy Fred race neck-and-neck for second place. However, Billy begins to fall behind in the last round. After Cool Paul crosses the finish line, Fred and Husky stop just before the finish line and fight with each other.

Billy rushes past them and gets second place. The two zombies continue to fight, so they are later disqualified. Derek then announces the scores- Paul in first (ten points), Sally and Billy in joint second (three points each), Fred third (one point) and Husky last (zero points). After this, Carl says that they should go and smash Derek's chicken, since he is cheating. Dave was about to disagree when he remembered what Derek had done to them and agrees.

They build a house outside Blockville and have dinner. Dave talks to Spidroth while he is making dinner and asks her about life with Herobrine. She says that he always had one wish- to destroy the world. Dave asks her why and she says it is just what he wants to do. He asks her if she, too, wants to destroy the world but she says she does not.

Dave and Carl have dinner outside the house. After eating, they go in and get a shock. Dave sees that Spidroth's box is open and she was missing, with the chicken in the middle of it, with potato bits stuck to its mouth. He realizes the chicken ate Spidroth but hears her voice. He wonders if she is a ghost and then realizes she is the chicken.

Dave says that Carl should train her for the races. She says it is below her dignity but Dave makes a deal that if she helps them, they will help her find a proper body. She agrees and then they tell her that they are going to go and destroy Derek's robot. She says that she likes the idea of destroying the opposition.

Dave and Carl sneak past a guard wolf. They pillar up the wall and break into Derek's bedroom. They slip out of it and into a corridor, where Dave sees light in a room. They sneak towards it and Dave hears two voices. He sees a villager repairing the golden chicken, who talks to the chicken. To Dave's shock, it replies.

Carl looks curiously at him and he takes him to the bedroom. He explains that it can talk and says they can't kill it. Just then, they hear Derek coming there and hide under the bed. After he sleeps, they get out of the room and reach the ground. As they leave, two guards ask them what they are doing. They say they are going for a walk and quickly leave. They head back home.

Carl trains Spidroth well for the races. He makes her practice running, getting close to other zombies so that Little Billy can hit them, moving close to certain targets and more. After some time, they leave for the races. Spidroth inadvertently talks but Carl pretends he spoke. The racers prepare themselves and the race begins.

Fishy Fred, Husky Boy and Speedy Sally are knocked out in the first lap and Cool Paul and Little Billy were neck and neck. Spidroth pecks the robot chicken and it is knocked out, but Cool Paul lands on Spidroth ,and the two babies fight. However, in the fifth lap, near the finish line, Little Billy falls down.

However, Spidroth comes to a halt so violently that Paul falls off. She goes back to Billy and picks him up, crossing the finish line and winning the race. Derek screams angrily but his workers snatch the commentator's mike from him. Speedy Sally finishes in second, Fishy Fred in third, Husky Boy in fourth and Cool Paul in last. Overall, Little Billy was only two points behind Cool Paul.

Dave and Carl celebrate their victory in Blockville, where a lot of people congratulate them. When they return to their house, they see that Spidroth is missing. They realize Derek had done it and they are saddened. However, Dave realizes that the most important thing to Derek is money. Since he would have seen how valuable Spidroth was, he would not have killed but captured her. They go to his house to find her.

They barge past the guards who are unable to do anything to stop them. They yell for Spidroth. She replies and they locate her with Derek, who says it wasn't his idea. They asks him whose it was and a voice behind him says it was his. They see the golden chicken (whose name is Cluckles) who knocks them out with potions.

They wake up in a prison cell without any armor or weapons. Derek comes and talk to them and he says it is out of his control. He says that Cluckles had been programmed to win. Since he lost, his mind had completely changed, and he would do anything to win. They say that if he could give them their armor and weapons, they can beat him. Just then, Cluckes comes to the prison cells.

Cluckles says that if they do not turn up to the race the next day, it would look suspicious. He breaks the iron bars with one punch and lets them go free. He warns him that they must lose the race the next day. Dave tries to beat him but loses. They go home after that.

Dave tells Spidroth that she must lose the race. However, Carl and Spidroth refuse to follow a chicken and that inspires Dave. He realizes he was being foolish and says they must win the race. The others approve and Carl trains Spidroth all day. Dave watches out for Derek or his allies but nobody comes. Soon, they leave for the race.

Derek sounds extremely glum, not enthusiastic or excited as he orders the race to begin. Husky Boy gets knocked out in the first lap and Cool Paul and Little Billy take the lead. They race side-by-side through most of the race. Just before the finish line, Spidroth speeds up and wins.

Cool Paul finishes in second, Fishy Fred in third, Speedy Sally in fourth and Husky Boy in last. Derek announces that Cool Paul and Little Billy were tied in first place, meaning the fifth and final race would decide the victor. Dave and Carl rejoice but are worried about Cluckles.

Dave prepares their house by building a cobblestone wall . He keeps watching, along with Carl, who wields a crossbow. Late at night, Cluckles arrives with the diamond golem suit. He says that Derek's engineers, who were working for him, had automated it.

He asks them if they will lose the race the next day. They say that they would not and he says they leave him with no choice. He jumps into the suit and destroys their house (but they are out of it). He says that that was their last warning. If they win the next day, they would end up like the house. He asks if the message is clear and they say it is, after which he leaves.

Dave builds a small house for them where they discuss what to do. Carl comes up with an idea; he says that Cluckles would not kill them in front of everyone. He says that if they win, a crowd of people would follow them, who would cover them. They could quickly sneak out, take horses to the dock and take the ship. Dave approves and Carl trains Spidroth yet again, before leaving for the race.

The trainers wish them good luck because they want someone to beat Derek. They place Spidroth and the race begins. Immediately, Cool Paul and Little Billy take the lead. They race neck-to-neck until the fifth round, where Cluckles sticks out his leg and Spidroth trips over it, causing Little Billy to fall out.

However, he falls on Cluckles, where he starts fighting with Cool Paul. They both fall off and fight on the floor. Meanwhile, Cluckles and Spidroth race ahead and start fighting. However, Spidroth uses her wing to keep Cluckles off her. She quickly runs to Little Billy and picks him up. Cluckles tries to catch up but is too slow, and Spidroth crosses the finish line, winning the competition. Carl ecstatically jumps up and down.

Just then, the diamond golem suit breaks through the wall. Cluckles jumps in it and yells at Dave and Carl, telling them that they should have lost. He rushes towards Dave, who tries to defend himself but fails. Spidroth also tries to stop him but gets bashed by him. He gets ready for Cluckles to kill him but just then, Carl shoots an arrow into his brain, which causes him to break down. They happily go to collect their prize money.

Derek gives them the prize money happily and thanks them for beating Cluckles. They take it to their cottage and have a good night's sleep before heading to the docks. They find the captain; however, Steve had already hired him. Dave says that he thinks they should go look for another ship to take them across the sea.

## Epilogue

Mayor Tes of Last Hope hears bells ring. He quickly wakes up and asks why it had been rung. Someone says it is the Ancient and his dragon, and he tells people to man the crossbows. They shoot at it but miss, and it lands out of town. The Ancient gets off his dragon and walks towards them. Tes decides to go and talk to him.

The Ancient asks Tes where Dave had gone. He says that he does not know and the Ancient believes him. He then asks him in which direction Dave had gone, and he says he does not know. He says he is lying and walks towards Last Hope to burn it down. He tries to stop him but fails. The Ancient once again asks him in which direction Dave had gone. Tes tells him that he had gone west and the Ancient takes off on his dragon.