Tales of an 8-Bit Kitten Book 1: Lost in the Nether
Grandpa said it was just going to sprinkle he thought This is some sprinkle At this rate I'll need a boat What happened next sent a shiver down his spine He walked through some tall ferns and found himself standing at the edge of a mountainous biome I'm on the other side of the forest He had never been this far away from home before He was so focused on finding them that he hadn't paid attention to his surroundings He was lost Hey he called out I give up Guys His thin voice was drowned out by the torrential rain Even if his friends were nearby they wouldn't have been able to hear him And they weren't nearby Eeebs was sure of that They were smart They never would have gone this far I'm smart too Eeebs thought I'll figure something out I can just follow the edge of the forest Yeah as long as I stick to the edge I'll end up home on the other side Right He paused But what about Tufty and Meowz Are they looking for me right now Or are they still waiting for me I can't just leave them What should I do
The rain grew heavier Eeebs began shivering He decided to go back into the forest and look for them It was the right thing to do With a sinking feeling in his heart he turned back to the mountains one last time A flash of lightning suddenly lit up the gray expanse revealing wolves They were moving slowly toward him His heart sank even deeper If he had seen them they must've seen him too Then he heard a howl His heart was no longer sinking It was pounding wildly jumping into his throat So he started running He ran fast very fast Eeebs had always been good at running but he'd never run faster in his life Trees blurred past Blind panic set in He had no idea where he was going and didn't care as long as it was away from those howls and snarls Yet no matter how fast he went the sounds stayed behind him
Wolves could run fast too Very fast Eeebs dashed into a thicket Cries echoed through the trees He could hear the wolves snuffling sniffing searching for his scent That was when he noticed a purple glow coming from farther in the thicket He turned away and crept closer to the light To a kitten like him it looked like a screen of violet water floating in the air framed in black stone For a moment he forgot about the wolves completely He didn't understand what he was looking at He had never seen anything like this before Well the humans made things that resembled it called doors but this was something different Whatever it was it was very old It seemed as if the forest had grown up around the strange object
Was this the purple light his mother had warned him of It didn't seem that dangerous The light glowed in a calm way Gentle even For some reason Eeebs felt he should approach it It was almost as if the doorway was calling to him inviting him to come closer And why shouldn't he By now those mangy mutts were just outside the thicket Anything was better than facing them And the light was so warm Warmer than any sunlight Warmer than the furnace he had slept on that time he snuck into a farmer's house As Eeebs drew closer the heat washed over him removing the rain's damp chill Then three wolves burst through the undergrowth
