Sound's Diary

*So cold... where am I?*

I looked around at the inside of the pod, my memories slowly coming back. *The rocket crashing... we got into the escape pods... I steered the pod in the direction of Ardenvell before the cryogenic machine activated.* I quickly checked my minimap, hoping I made it to Ardenvell. Nope, I was at the northern end of Kaletide. *Oh well, at least it's better than where I would have headed if I hadn't changed direction.* I thought of my friends, none of them had read the manual like I did. Which meant none of them knew how to steer the pods. Which in turn meant they were headed toward that glitchy continent that wasn't meant to be released, something like Newcart or Nemcart. *They probably landed by now. I delayed my landing by changing direction. Oh well, they are strong. They will be fine.* But I couldn't convince myself. I knew what was on that continent, and I also realized that their skills would have weakened with time.

Speaking of which, how long was I in here? I checked the time. *2 YEARS?!?!?!?!?! I need to have a word with whoever made this pod. Wait...* *what about my skills?* I opened my stats. I only went down 8 levels. My skills only went down 1 level.

*That's strange. Why didn't my levels go down much?*

*I was able to slow down your levels from deteriorating. You will need them for later.*

Well that was a relief. The coma hadn't drained my level as much as I had worried. But then, a sudden realization hit me. The coma wasn't supposed to wear off until... until I was on land. I hurried to the window and looked outside. Nope, I definitely wasn't anywhere near land. That could only mean one thing: the power was critically low.

Suddenly, I fell backwards with a jolt. The inside of the pod filled with a red light, and I was speeding up fast. My fears came true, the pod was out of power. I dashed to the manual steering, hoping to find a way to land without killing myself.

*C'mon c'mon c'mon... all I see is trees*...*There! Water! I hope I can make it...almost there...just a little further...*

SPLASH!

### Thursday Update 2

I waded out of the water and onto the beach, soaked from head to toe. I sent Pixelator a quick message. I didn't really expect him to respond, because it was nighttime. Anyway, I looked around for any signs of life. Nothing but the occasional chicken. The nearest town was thousands of blocks away, and there was no way I was going that far without a horse or anything that could give me a speed boost.

*Wait, there is something that could help me go faster.* I looked back at the escape pod. Because I had landed in the water, it was hardly damaged. All I had to do was repair it and maybe add a few modifications so it wouldn't be so EXCRUCIATINGLY slow, and then I could head to civilization and stock up on supplies before going to find my friends. I waded back into the water to examine the wreckage. The emergency chest contained enough iron, so I just needed to find some redstone.

I eventually found a cave, and I went inside. While exploring, I found a book labelled "Beware of World". *Interesting. I'll read it later.* Anyway, I'm going to finish collecting some redstone and then I'll write again.

## Friday - The Battle

### Friday Update 1

Well, I spent a big chunk of the night reading the book. Big waste of time. It was some nonsense about a crazy guy who got attacked by this interdimensional being. I threw the book away and closed my eyes, and before long, I went to sleep.

I guess I was still thinking about the book, cuz I started dreaming about someone who looked like the being that I read about. He was staring at me, or at least I think he was, because he had no face. He looked like the first 3 dimensions were merged together into a humanoid figure. A giant skeleton appeared out of thin air, and I made quick work of it. But then a mountain started enveloping me. I reached to pull out my pickaxe so I wouldn't suffocate, but then everything disappeared, and all I saw was darkness.

*Wake up. We need to go to Nemract.*

*Why?*

*You care about your friends right? Then go to Nemract.*

*Are my friends in danger?*

*Hunt down the evil one in the white cloak. Hunt him down and kill him.*

*What?*

*WAKE UP! WE NEED TO KILL HIM!*

I awoke with a start. It was past midnight. I don't know if it was just a dream, but I didn't want to risk finding out by ignoring it. No time better than now to finish repairing the pod.

### Friday Update 2

So I found out why the inventor made the pods slow. Since I removed that feature, when I got into the pod and activated it, I was thrown back as the modified pod started zooming through the air. With some quick calculations, I estimated I would be at Nemract in about 2 hours, and after a few minutes of just sitting in the pod, I sorta just dozed off. What? I didn't have anything else to do, so I thought might as well regain some energy rather than wasting 2 hours. OK, maybe there were better uses for the time, but I can't change the past. Anyway, yeah, I fell asleep.

*Ping!*

"Hey uh.. Sound? You there? Anyways... Please help me... I got in a battle with Entity303... I sent you my live location, please come fast."

I awoke with a start. It was a voicemail from Pixelator. I hurriedly typed out my next message.

[Ok, I'll be there in about 10 minutes. Try not to die.]

Somehow that didn't sound as funny as I thought it would.

I looked outside, and I could see the weird terrain of Nemract in the distance. *I hope I can make it in time.* I prepared my gear, anticipating the battle that I knew was about to happen. When I looked out again, the coast was below me. I think I might have also looked at an enderman by accident (they sure are annoying aren't they?), cuz it teleported into the pod and met its end at my swords. It dropped an ender pearl. *Perfect.* *Time to do what they did in the movies.* I forced the hatch open and climbed up onto the pod. Though the wind made it almost impossible to see, I managed to stand up straight enough to throw the ender pearl as hard as I could. With the height advanyage of, well, being up high, that ender pearl was able to close the distance by a couple thousand blocks. I could hear a battle in the distance, and I sprinted as fast as I could, hoping I wasn't too late.

### Friday Update 3

As I made my way up the final hill, what I saw made my heart skip a beat. Pixelator was flying through the air, defenseless, and a figure in a white cloak was swinging a scythe toward him. At that moment, my mind kinda just, idk, lost control of my body. My arm swung forward and threw my sword straight toward the scythe, knocking it out of the way and saving Pixelator. He saw me and shouted, "SOUND! IT'S BEEN SO LONG!", and I greeted him back as he threw my sword back to me. I caught it, and made my way down to join the fray.

"Like my new weapon? We gotta fight this dude and kill him ASAP," said Pixelator, spinning 2 cleavers attached with a chain.

The cloaked figure, who I assumed was Entity303, swung his scythe toward Pixelator, who blocked it with his cleavers. Using a combination of [DASH] and [SPIN DASH], I closed the distance between me and 303 and began parrying his attacks. While doing this, I sidestepped closer to Pixelator and asked him, "Alright can you please tell me whats going on?"

"Uh so I found this villager and human, fought them, became friends due to misunderstanding, they followed me and attacked me and Oli, then we teamed up to fight an enderman, went to Elmglow, were heading back to the original base, and then Gravel, the villager, got possessed or started acting weird and then turned into Entity303." explained Pixelator in a rush.

I noticed Entity303 backing away slowly. That wasn't right, he still should have had plenty of health left. I readied myself for his next move, anticipating him to charge at me or something. But instead, 303 turned around and brought his scythe down toward the other human (I later found out his name is Lucas). I rushed over to save him, but Pixelator beat me to it, using his ability [BURSTING BLOOM]. He crashed into Entity303, yelling for Lucas to take cover. Lucas promptly followed and jumped back. Pixelator slashed at 303, but then something quite unexpected happened. Entity303 just glitched and teleported away, and the blade dealt no damage.

*He's cheating now?* "Alright enough playing around."

I dashed toward Entity303, and when he swung at me, I grabbed at it and swung at it with all my strength. Splinters flew through the air, and when I looked again, in my hand was the scythe's blade. Quite understandably, 303 looked furious, and his red eyes looked like they were full of fire. Then all of a sudden Lucas just flew in and dropkicked Entity303 (guess he is a bit stronger than I gave him credit for.) I charged in for another attack, and when i was close I used [SPIN DASH] to finish him off. "Kill him!" Pixelator yelled, as he appeared to be preparing an ability. But then Entity303 did the glitch-teleport thingy again, and he charged at Lucas with an emerald sword.

Lucas and Entity303 began exchanging blows, but all of a sudden 303 began running away. *Well, since he was teleporting first, no harm if I do it*, I thought, and I used [TELEPORT] to go in front of him and knock him to the ground. However, he just went straight through me (does this guy ever run out of glitches?) and continued running. *That coward. Get back here.* "AFTER HIM!" I yelled, and began chasing him. Pixelator used the ability he was preparing earlier, but a block *just so happened* to appear in front of him, *coincidentally* saving 303 (yeah he is really cheating at this point.) He began running at speeds faster than a horse, and within second I lost sight of him.

"He's gone," I told Pixelator, who was still chasing him, "But don't worry, we survived."

*How did I let him run away?*

I stepped back to examine the battlefield. It seemed to have been a campsite, based on the shredded tents and the burned-out campfires. Now that I wasn't fighting, I realized we really weren't far from a town. *Why didn't they help us?*

Lucas slowly started walking in seemingly a random direction. "Where are you going?" I called to him. He didn't answer, and just kept walking. I looked at Pixelator, who was trying to wake up Oli (HE WAS SLEEPING THROUGH THAT?!?!). "Well, if we don't have anything better to do, I guess we should follow him," I called to them, and began following Lucas.

Luas got on his horse, which was tethered some ways away, and then I realized I didn't have a horse. Pixelator had also hauled Oli onto a horse and got on as well, heading to "The Castle". Luckily, I saw another horse, which must have been Gravel's, but considering he wasn't exactly around, I hopped on and followed the others.

### Friday Update 4

A giant mountain loomed over us, like a spike coming straight out of the ground. It stretched up hundreds of blocks into the sky. The mountain barely even looked natural, more like a spire based on how steep it was.

"What the-" I began, staring up at it. I could just barely make out a structure at the top, which must have been the Castle. "Was this mountain always here?"

Pixelator was staring up at it in awe as well. "That wasn't always there.... It was a flat terrain..." he replied.

Suddenly, a loud screech filled the air. "What the hell?! Are you guys seeing this?!" Pixelator called. I turned around and saw a giant wither assaulting some cows. Without thinking twice, I charged toward it and began attacking it. Several withered cows and chickens came to the defense of their new lord, but in case you don't know, chickens aren't very strong. Pixelator mowed down the horde, and I quickly moved out of the way as he barrel rolled straight into the beast, knocking it to the ground.

Explosions knocked dust into the air as the wither entered its second stage. I leaped up at it again and hacked at its rib cage, but a blue wither skull knocked me back. *Oh shoot, I'm at 4 hearts and I have the wither effect.* I retreated behind a tree to heal, leaving Pixelator and Lucas to fight the wither. Lucas used [Overblade] multiple times on the wither, but a skull knocked him to the ground. Pixelator then used [Bursting Bloom], and managed to chop one of its heads, but the enraged wither shot a blue skull at him and knocked him away.

While the wither was distracted, I leaped up onto it from behind and rapidly slashed at it, eventually finishing it off. I gobbled down a gapple and joined the others. Lucas had fainted to the ground, but I used [Analyze Monster] just to make sure he wasn't about to die.

Pixelator looked at Oli, who was somehow still sleeping. "There is no way we're carrying his slumbering a\*\*. He better wake up, it's been, 2 FRICKING DAYS!" Pixelator yelled. He then picked Oli up, set him down next to some blocks, and splashed 5 water bottles on him. Nothing happened. "OH COME ON!" "Well now we have 2 bodies to carry up this precipice of a mountain," I said to him. "We might as well get it over with".

Pixelator looked at Oli again, and then slapped him. Oli blinked his eyes open. "AH-, What was that for?!?!?!" Pixelator looked sternly at Oli. "You've been asleep. FOR TWO WHOLE DAYS, AND THROUGH 2 WHOLE BATTLES, AS WELL AS A TON OF TRAVELLING! WE LITERALLY FOUGHT ENTITY303 AND YOU WERE ASLEEP! YOU'VE BEEN ASLEEP SINCE ELMGLOW!" He then turned to me and said, "Make that 1 body to carry up this gigantic storm-spire of a mountain."

“Two days?!?!? Why didn’t you wake me up earlier?” Oli asked.

"The bigger question is why didn't you wake up earlier?" I countered.

"Well, maybe 1 day, you were awake for some time in between, but I agree with Sound, we were fighting Entity303, we didn't have time to just ask for a timeout to wake you up. Also Gravel is Entity303." Pixelator said.

Oli and Pixelator then proceeded to argue while I kept on asking if we could climb the mountain already. Eventually I just started climbing up on my own, and the others followed me. Oli and Pixelator continued chatting the whole way up the mountain.