Minecraft: Diary of a Minecraft Zombie Book 4: Zombie Swap (An Unofficial Minecraft Book) (Minecraft, Minecraft Books, Minecraft Books for Kids, Minecraft Diary, Minecraft Handbook, Herobrine) (5 page)

Thursday

Today, I decided to make friends with one of the kids that seem to hang out by themselves all of the time..

I chose a little fat kid, because I knew he couldn’t run too fast.

Also, because he kinda reminded me of Slimey back home.

“Why are you talking to me?!!” He said.

“You look like you can use a friend.” I said.

“How did you know?” He asked.

“Oh, just a guess…” I said.

“My name is Steve, by the way.”

“I know you who you are. You’re one of the cool kids in school.” He said. “But I shouldn’t be talking to you.”

“What do you mean?”

“The cool kids don’t usually hang out with kids like me.” He said.

“Why not?”

“I don’t know. ” He said. “They just don’t.”

“Then how do you know we won’t get along?” I said.

He just stood there…Confused.

“Well, I won’t tell, if you won’t.” I said.

He smiled.

“What’s your name, anyway?”

“My name is Eli.” He said.

“It’s good to meet you Eli.”

“It’s good to meet you too, Steve.” He said.

“Hey, Eli. Can I ask you something?”

“Sure.” He said.

“Do you have any cake?”

Eli, just looked at me, again…Confused.

Wow, I made a new friend today! And I did it all by myself.

Eli told me that he lived really close to Steve’s house, too. Actually, he told me he was Steve’s neighbor.

That’s so cool.

But I was just really happy I made a friend.

Friday

Today, I planned to meet Alex after school so I could tell her the good news that I made a friend yesterday.

She told me to meet her on the mountain, behind the school. She said it had a great view.

So, after school, I followed the trail up the mountain to meet Alex.

I got there early and I took a peek over the edge of the mountain to see how high it was.

Whew! This is really, really high. I would hate to fall down that thing, I thought.

I tried to lean over the mountain to see if I could see the bottom.

All of a sudden Alex surprises me. “Hey Zombie!” She says.

It was such a surprise that I fell over the mountain!

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! I yelled, all the way down…

Saturday

I woke up this morning, in my bed, at the villagers’ house…

I came downstairs and Alex was having breakfast with the villagers.

“Hey Steve. Did you sleep well?” Alex asked, as she pointed with her finger to meet her outside.

“Yeah, I did.” I said. “But I had the weirdest nightmare that I fell off a mountain.”

The villagers just looked at me…Confused.

I walked outside to meet Alex.

“That wasn’t a dream, Zombie.” She said. “You really did fall off the mountain.”

“What? Then how come I’m still in one piece?”

“Steve didn’t tell you?” She said.

“Tell me what?”

“Well, whenever Steve dies, he just reappears in his bed in the villager’s house.”

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah. He dies all the time. And bam! He just appears in his bed.”

“Can you do it?” I asked Alex.

“Sure can. Except I try not to do it too much. I mean, it takes so much work trying to collect all my stuff again.”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“Well, when you die, you leave all your stuff.” She said. “Then you’ve got to retrace your steps to go find your stuff again. And if you don’t get there quick enough, somebody else takes your stuff.”

Wow. I thought. This is awesome. So I can die, and then just appear in my bed? This is a dream come true!

“Hey, I want to try dying.” I said.

“Really? Now?” Alex said.

“Yeah, let’s do it right now. Maybe you can hit me over the head. Or you can throw me off a cliff again. Or you can…”

Next thing, I hear, “Thwip!”

“That’ll work too.” I said as I clutched at the arrow in my head.

Next thing I know, I’m waking up in my bed.

“HA! This is awesome!”

I ran downstairs, past the villagers and the confused look on their face, and outside to see Alex.

“That’s a really cool trick.” I said.

“Yeah. It really comes in handy during our Death Match PVP tournaments.” She said. “Which reminds me. We need to start practicing for that. It’s coming up real soon.”

“Oooohhh! Now I get it. Death Match, because if anyone dies they wake up in their…Oooohhh!”

“Yeah, well its coming up soon. And we want to make sure we win.”  Alex said.

“What do you win?”

“You win the right to be the King of the Mountain.” She said. “Which usually means you get a lot of respect at school. Me and Steve have won it for the past two years, and this year we’re going to make it three.”

Wow. Alex is intense, I thought. Kind of a little bit too intense for me.

“So get some rest.” Alex said. “Tomorrow we start training.”

Sunday

Alex came to my house bright and early this morning.

I’m actually starting to like the daytime. Just not the morning. I like sleeping in the morning.

“Wake up, sleepy head.” Alex said. “It’s time to start training.”

I got up and met her outside.

“Come on.” She said.

“Where are you taking me?”

“I’m taking you on the road to victory.” She said with a creepy look on her face.

When we get to the other side of the mountain, I could not believe my eyes…

“Whoa…” I said.

Alex had set up the biggest obstacle course I have ever seen.

“When did you set this up?” I asked her.

“I did it all last night while you were sleeping. This is the rig me and Steve practice on. We call it…The Gauntlet!”

“Whoa…” I said.

“I’m going to teach you all of the secret moves me and Steve use to win the PVP Hunger Games Death Match Tournament.” Alex said.

“Gulp…” Was all I could say.

“So, are you ready?”

“Ready…” I squeaked out.

“Well first thing you need to know is that your best weapons are your bow, sword and flint and steel.” She said. “ You want to get your opponents before they even come close to you. With a bow you can shoot them from far away. With the flint and steel, you can set them on fire as they chase you. Then you can use your sword to finish them off.”

“Whoa…” I said.

“Make sure you have a golden apple or some cake to replenish your energy.” She said. “But most important of all…Are you paying attention?”

I guess she didn’t like me picking my nose and eating boogers while she was talking.

“The most important tip of all…The mother of all tips…The one thing that will make sure that you dominate the PVP Hunger Games Death Match every time is…”

RIIINNNGGG!

“Hold on, Zombie, my Mom is calling.” She said.

I just stood there looking at the enormous Gauntlet thing that was standing in front of me.

What have I gotten myself into? I thought. I bet you I’m going to get killed like the first minute this PVP thing starts.

Maybe I should just get killed on purpose, that way I’ll just be in my bed and wait until it’s all over.

But man, if I do that, Alex will be by herself. And I know Steve would never ditch her like that.

Also, if we don’t win, that means I would’ve ruined Steve’s social life.

Wow, talk about pressure.

“Zombie, I’m sorry, but I’ve got to go. The baby sitter can’t make it so my Mom says I have to go home and watch my little brother.” She said.

“Sure…” At this point, I’m not even listening to her. I’m just thinking about the epic fail this whole tournament is going to be.

“Don’t worry, Zombie. We got this. You’ll do great.”

I try to smile as she walks away, but all I could do is give a smirk.

Then I realized, I probably have that confused look on my face don’t I?

Monday

Today all the kids at school were talking about the upcoming PVP Hunger Games Death Match Tournament.

They even had posters all around the school to remind everybody.

I heard some kids talking about how everybody is picking teams to be a part of.

They said that you survive longer if you are part of a team.

And if you’re not part of a team, then you usually get killed within the first few minutes of the game.

Wow, I’m glad I’m with Alex, I thought.

I ran into Eli at school, and I asked him if he was part of any teams.

“Naw, kids like me usually get killed in the first few minutes of the game.” He said. “But, I sure wish that I could be on a winning team for once.”

“Why don’t you join my team?” I asked Eli.

Eli was really psyched about that idea.

So was I.

Alex, not so much…

Tuesday

Me and Eli met Alex after school to start our training.

Alex pulled me to the side and started telling how really mad she was for inviting Eli to be part of our team.

“Zombie, how are we going to win if we have to drag Eli with us everywhere?” She said.

“Well, he’s never been part of a winning team, and I thought it would be great for him to feel like a winner for once.” I said.

I think Alex understood that I wasn’t just talking about Eli. But it would be a win for all of the kids in school that feel like losers.

“I guess it’s alright.” She said. “But this means that we have to train even harder.”

“Sure.” I said with hesitation.

“I’m just glad we have our secret weapon.” She said.

“What’s the secret weapon?” I asked.

“I’ll tell you later.” She said. “First we need to focus on training. Remember, first we walk, then we run…”

The only thing I was thinking about running from is this PVP Tournament, I thought.

“Alex, I heard the kids at school talking about getting together in teams.” I said. “But, I thought there is only one winner at the end of the game.”

“Yeah, what they do is get together in teams to defeat all of the other players. Once they do that, then they either turn on each other, or they sacrifice themselves and let one of their teammates win.”

“Whoa.” I said.

“And, were up against some tough teams this year too.” She said. “The two toughest teams are the Jocks, who are the strongest, and the Nerds who are the smartest. All the rest of the teams get annihilated in the first day of the Tournament. By the second day, there are only two teams left. Hopefully it will be us, and one of those other teams.”

“And that’s when we use our secret weapon.” She said.

“What secret weapon?!!” I said frantically.

“You’ll see.” She said…You’ll see.

Wednesday 

Eli and I met with Alex after school again today so that we could train for the PVP Tournament.

She made us run through the Gauntlet over and over and over.

It was really tough.

But I really felt bad for Eli. I don’t think he’s ever run a day in his life.

Alex was turning really red. Redder than I’ve ever seen her before.

Whatever she ate must be really messing with her now.

I noticed she turned the most red when Eli ran the Gauntlet.

Maybe being around little fat kids makes her queasy.

Well, we stopped training when the sun started setting.

I walked Eli home…Actually I carried him home because he couldn’t really walk anymore.

When I got home I called Steve to see what he was up to.

“I’m just practicing my dance moves for the big Dance Party this Saturday.” He said.

“Are you guys really going to have a dance party? I asked.

“We sure are.” He said. “All the guys are getting ready too. I taught them some moves that I think will make them really shine.”

Whoa.

“Yeah. Skelee is going to do the Robot, and Slimey is practicing his Square Dancing.” He said

“What about Creepy?” I said.

“I think Creepy said he’s gonna do some break dancing.” Steve said.

I don’t know how I felt about that....

“Hey, Steve. I found out that the full moon is on Saturday.” I said. “So we need to be in the middle of the Swamp Biome by then. Then we can find the Swamp Witch so she can turn us back to normal.”

“Yeah, I can head out after the Dance Party and meet you over there.” Steve said.

“Sounds great.” I said.

“How’s it going preparing for the PVP Tournament?” Steve asked.

“It’s going great! We just picked up another teammate. His name is Eli. He’s actually your neighbor.”

“You mean the little fat kid that lives next door? Doesn’t he always get killed in the first few minutes of the tournament?”

“Yeah, but he’s really determined to win this year.” I said.

“OK, cool. Don’t forget to use our secret weapon for winning the tournament.” He said.

“What secret weapon?”

“Oh, it’s really good.” Steve said. “It’s what really helped us dominate all of the other teams the past few years. As long as you use the secret weapon, you can’t lose.”

“Well. What is it?!!!”

“Out of all the things you do, no matter what the situation, and no matter who you’re up against, you just have to, absolutely, make sure you…”

Click…

Oh Man, my phone died! Uuuurrrgghhh! Why does this keep happening?!!

Man, the same thing happened to me when I was in the SHA-WUR this morning!

I just have to make sure that the first thing I do tomorrow is ask Alex about the secret weapon Steve was talking about.

Otherwise we’re dead…