A Crafters tale Based on the hit Indie game Minecraft...

Epilogue Doctor Log #83

Year: 2011

Month: Red Raven

Location: between Hemmington and Graveville

Condition: Critical

Age: appears to be around 18

State: unresponsive

Sex: female

Identification: unknown

Contact info: unknown

Injuries: shattered ribs, severe lacerations to chest and abdomen, contusions to head and upper back, and fractured vertebrae, broken nose

Mental state: unknown

Cause of injuries: suspected zombie and skeleton attack

Require surgery?: no

Family members: unknown

Reported or found by: Dr.Herman

Found in: dark room with walls covered in moss, suspected to be a zombie spawner room, was laying next to a deceased wolf, probably her pet

Doctor examining patient: Dr.Herman

Doctor ID#: 67593684

      The sound of crackling flames was the girl's wakeup call as she slowly rose from her red-blanketed bed. She rolled her shoulders, feeling the suns warmth against her face as it slowly rose into the sky. The chill from the cobblestone walls was slowly fading as a nice pleasant warmth filled the room. Climbing out from her bed, the long-haired girl stretched and prepared herself for the long day ahead.

Beginning

    Moving towards one of the chests, Amanda withdrew a few items here and there...a sword, a pickaxe, a few torches, a shovel...she made sure everything was ready before turning to the sleeping form of her wolf nearby.

"Come on, Jazz, time to get back to work."

     The canine let out a low whine before lifting her head. A grin seemed to form over the pup's face as her tongue lolled out of her mouth and she trotted over to her master's side, letting out excited yips as she went along.

     "Good girl, come on." Amanda smiled and pat the wolf on the head, reaching in the chest and pulling out a raw pork-chop. The wolf wagged her tail excitedly and gave another bark before the girl tossed the food right into its mouth. Jazz chomped on it and jumped around in excitement, ready to face the day.

    Packing a few more of the pork-chops for lunch, Amanda gave one more once-over of the place before nodding and throwing the door of her cobblestone house open. The warmth from the lava pits around her house gave her more comfort, and she watched as a skeletal figure collapsed to the ground, smoke trailing up from its form. The girl smiled in relief and made her way up the path towards her mine, hearing the excited barking of Jazz behind her.

     SSsssssssssssssttttttttt The girl turned her head just as a soulless green creature that she had come to know as a Creeper, it's face was forever contorted into a demented and tortured expression of pure agony, and it approached from the side. Then she remembered the terrible tragedy...

15 Years ago... "Daddy, what is that?" Amanda said to her father while pointing at a tall, green, slender, four legged creature. Her father said "AMANDA GET INSIDE NOW!!!" her father yelled. "But Daddy!" Amanda whined, her father yelled "AMANDA! NO TIME FOR EXCUSES, ONLY TIME TO RUN! IT WILL KILL YOU JUST LIKE MY BEST FRIEND JACOB! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU, I ALREADY LOST YOUR MOTHER I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU TOO!!!!" Amanda's lip began to quiver then she began to wail as she ran into the small cobble stone house. A few moments later she heard a loud explosion, then she looked out the small glass pane window and she saw her father... He was dead...

Present

   She let out a frightened cry of fear before an explosion tore through the area, sending her flying backwards to the ground. Hissing in pain, Amanda weakly lifted herself to her feet, Jazz whining next to her as she nudged the girl with her snout. The girl gave the wolf a shaky pat on the head before getting back to her feet, "That...was not fun..."

     Regaining her composure, the girl limped towards the mine, this time making sure no more creepers lurked around in the daylight. The torches that lined the walls revealed the way deep into the ground. Amanda followed the stairs that she had made, quickening her pace occasionally when she heard the groan of a zombie beyond the cramped walls around her. As she reached her mining area, she began to set to work, picking at the stone until it crumbled to the ground. She gathered the pieces in her hands, shoving it into her satchel before continuing her quest.

     It was an endless process...mine, place a torch, mine, place a torch, dig out gravel, place a torch. It wasn't the greatest job in the world, but it was how she survived. And really, it was quite addicting after a while. Amanda continued to dig through, unaware of what was up ahead. So she continued to dig obliviously, she had one and only one goal in mind, to find diamond. 

    While Amanda was digging she forgot the one rule and only rule her father had taught her, never mine beneath you. But she continued, then suddenly she fell into a pitch black room that smelled of rotten flesh, she fumbled through her satchel until she found her stack of torches, she then placed one torch and saw an image she would never forget...

     "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH" she screamed as she found herself staring into the disfigured face of the living dead. She felt the gnarled claws of the zombies digging into her flesh, "HELP, HELP!!! HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP" she was helpless as they began to gnaw on her flesh. Then all went black...

    She woke up screaming but she noticed she wasn't in that dark hellish hole anymore. She was lying in a hospital bed covered in blankets and bandages, she began to survey her surroundings "Alright I'm in a hospital." she thought, then she noticed a boy who couldn't be more than 10 years old sitting on a 3 legged stool at the edge of the room. She tried to sit up but her muscles wouldn't respond, the boy on the stool said, "You can't move because of the pain killer we gave you. So don't even try, or my dad will have to knock you out again." "Ok then where am I." she said. The boy looked at her and said, "You are in Hemmington Critical care hospital, you were brought here by Dr.Herman, who is my dad, when he came here with you, you were a bloody mess. Your flesh was all torn, your vertebrae was fractured and your nose was broken.", "Hemmington you say, wow my house is only 1km from here." she said, beginning to feel better, but that was short lived, and she began to panic "WHERE'S JAZZ! WHERE'S MY DOG" she screamed at the boy. The boy looked at her with a sad look "She's... dead, I'm so sorry... We found her body, she died from a skeleton attack" the boy said with a sad expression. Then the girl began to sob. "WHY! WHY! SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND!!!" she sobbed. "When can I go home?" She asked quietly sobbing. The boy said, "In a couple of weeks when you recover my dad will take you home and explain every thing to your parents." "My mother is dead... 16 years ago from pancreatic cancer. My father also died...15 years ago from a creeper explosion and I watched him..." and her voice started trailing off. The boy looked at her with a sad expression and said "I know how you feel, my mother died 3 years ago from a skeleton attack." "Sorry." the girl said to the boy. The boy quick to change the subject said "I'm sorry I haven't introduced my self properly yet, my name is Jonathan Herman. What's yours?" the boy asked. Amanda looked up and said "My name is Amanda, Amanda Drasco." the boy smiled and said with compassion "After you recover you can live with me and my father!" then Amanda said "Thank you very much, that would be great!" she said with tears of happiness running down her face, then all of a sudden Jonathan's father walks in the hospital room and says "I see she's not dead." in a joking manner. "Oh, and Jonathan it's time for dinner, make sure you bring some soup to our little patient." the father said with a playful grin, but you could see a hint of pity in his eyes, because the girl had looked like she wasn't going to make it.

      After they had a dinner of cabbage soup and bread sticks Amanda began to feel better and the minor wounds began to regenerate. Amanda looked at the bowl then her skin with a look of total shock, then she yelped "What on earth did you put in my soup!!!" the father smiled and said "It's a secret." then Amanda thought happily to herself "I now have a home and a family! Things might actually get better for me after all."

FIN This deserves an A+ :-)