Chapter 1 : Prologue

"I couldn't move, where am I?" I took a good look around me watching as people fled away from the village, and as the roaring flames around me consume the house and spread like a wild fire.

"Right now I remember, I got blasted by a blaze" I said.

I was surrounded by flames and the screams of people. I've only got about ten percent of my health left. The house I was shot into was burning and could crumble any second. The pain I was feeling was unbearable, why did they have to add pain to this game. Suddenly

"Zach!" A voice shouted.

"Zach! Get up!" The same voice shouted again.

I could hear someone calling out to me, but I couldn't get up even if I wanted to right now.

"Damn I thought that my life had some more purpose in this new world"

"I guess not" I gave a horse cough as I slowly look up at the moon.

How did this all even start? Right it started with that update, the update that changed Minecraft forever.

Minecraft, Minecraft is a survival sandbox MMO created by the company Mojang located in Sweden in the year 2010. It's brilliant creator Mark Pennerson going by the name of Notch. Minecraft was your standard MMO that can be played alone or with others, it had all the basic requirements for it to be called a survival MMO, monsters, items and activities to make the game worthwhile and be able to survive in the world.

There was one feature that made this game stand out from the other games in the same genre. The fact that the graphics engine used was not anything like the 3D graphics used in other games, but used the standard pixels and blocks. It was because of this that building in this game was so easy because all the building materials you needed were made in blocks with only your hands as your tools. Although the one trait that made this such a hit in the
gaming world is that the fact that you don't just survive in Minecraft it's the fact that you build the world around you. You decided what you would do and what the world will become.

Minecraft was able to give to gamers the one thing other games can't do create a world that suites you, however you want it. The one reason any gamer would enjoy playing any game is that the world is not real, meaning that the player can play a world not connected to the world he or she is living in and do what ever he or she wants to make the game enjoyable and escape the real world entirely. In a span of a few months millions of gamers have bought Minecraft and became a worldwide known game available to everyone from all countries. I was about eight when I first discovered Minecraft and only bought the full version 2 years later in 2012.

The second I started putting my hands on my mouse and keyboard I felt like I can do anything I wanted and was soon addicted to the game. Over the years and as new games came by, millions of players came to think that Minecraft was getting dull and boring and started to leave Minecraft. The game did have its fair share of content, mods and maps to keep the players busy and contented, but that was not enough to keep a few million players from leaving the game. I was one of those players who left. I left the game in 2016, not until 2020. In the year 2020 Notch announced Minecraft's biggest major update which took the gaming world by storm. Along with it Mojang launched a worldwide vanilla mega server with a an exclusive capacity for 5 million players.

Every minecraft player former and present wanted to be apart, as soon as the news hit the sales for minecraft skyrocketed, and it was all over reddit, IGN, and every other news and gaming websites. I was pumped for it as well and was committed to buy the game again, problem was I bought it on the day of the launch, but on that day... on that day my entire world changed forever.

What about me? Who am I? I don't really know, well I guess I wouldn't really call myself as a normal person even before I got dragged into this incident and I at the moment I don't really think it matters anymore, but I'm about to die anyway so why not? . I never liked reality in the slightest, I had no family to back me up nor did I have any friends who I can talk and relate to, everything just sucked. I was an shy and unsociable nerd who loved to play games to escape the real world, unlike the world I lived in playing games made me have a purpose, a goal, an objective on what to do in your life whether it be saving the princess or saving the world you actually have a purpose and even if the game doesn't give you one it's not limited to the real life you can act and live a life not bound to the limitations of the real world.

Minecraft was one of those games that fulfilled that purpose entirely, I played it day in and day out non stop. The unlimited possibilities that can be done was extraordinary it felt like heaven, building castles, slaying mobs, going on adventures and discovering new things, I loved the world and I wanted it to live on. Even though I left Minecraft in 2016 I still thought of it as one of the best games I had ever played and was happy to know that I played it, I just never thought that my reunion with the game was going to be so short lived. Enough about me though let's go back to where it all began about two month's ago...

It was evening I was rushing to my apartment on my bike from the nearest video game store after buying the game again.

"I've gotta make it in time" I panted trying to catch my breath.

The thought of me being one of those 5 million players was my driving force and playing the game again made my heart rush with adrenaline. Cycling even faster that my bike can break and my legs can give in any second. As soon as I saw my apartment I got of my bike, threw it aside on the side walk and ran.

"I've got to hurry c'mon hurry...!" I bashed through the door and sprinted to my bedroom, turned on the computer, logged on to my MC account put in the code that I bought, a few minutes later everything was downloaded. I put in my old skin I used when I played Minecraft, put in the server's name. The server name popped up My heart raced so fast I felt that time had slowed down for just about a few seconds before I left clicked the server name with my mouse.

"Done...it's done, I just hope I made it in time" I panted.

"They said that you know that you were accepted if a congratulations window pops up on the screen the next day" panting with relief I dropped myself on the chair staring right in front of the computer, my heart didn't slow down not one second did it stay calm. I tried to do whatever I can to calm myself down but nothing seemed to be helping me. In my mind the words continued to chant on and on, "Will I make it?" "Did I make it?" "What am I going to do first?" "God! I hop I made it!"

So I just decided to go to bed but I couldn't sleep or do anything not until it has been confirmed. I finally fell asleep after some time later that night. I woke up in my bed the next day.I turned my head towards my computer and suddenly remembered

"Right the game, I gotta know if I got accepted in the server!" I jumped out of bed and rushed to the computer seat. I closed my eyes and prayed that I got in as soon as I launched the game. I slowly opened my eyes. My mouth gaped wide open with surprise.

The pop up said (Congratulations you are the 5 millionth person to join the server!)

"Yes...Yes! Oh my God Yes! I got in!" I shouted. After about 30 minutes of yelling and rejoicing I soon settled back into my chair. After I closed the first pop up another pop up came that said (Would you like to join now? Yes or No. I obviously clicked yes and took me to the server page that said Enter your username. I just went with my old username Zach. I then clicked the OK button on the lower right of the page.

I planning what should I do first build or should I explore I felt like a little kid again just like the first time I started playing. I had so much hype of what the game would be like now that I'm back, but no one could have predicted what happened next. The screen on my computer went Black

"Huh? What happened?" I raised an eyebrow and was about to check for bugs and things that might have caused it but a second later a loud laugh emitted from the computer.

"Welcome to Minecraft Zach! Hahahaha!" The voice laughed maliciously as a bright flash of light followed along with a horribly painful head ache.

"Aargh!" I shouted and soon started banging my head on the table. I banged my head multiple times, but the pain just continued to grow. I then just fell to the floor frozen. Is this it? Am I going to die? Well I guess it's fine I never really had any purpose to live in this world anyway. I do regret though not being able to play the new minecraft before I die, but I can't do anything about it anymore. Just before I saw the darkness a voice came to me and said.

"Your purpose has yet to be completed, Zach" A voice said.

That was the final words I heard, I just wish that I knew what it was. I soon blacked out from the pain.

End of Chapter one

I know the first chapter was a bit boring so pls read until chapter 3 before judging. If you don't wanna and if you think this chapter sucked, pls express your full criticism. Thank you for your help.