Feeling fire and needles touch her continuously is one of the painful feelings Gabby has ever experienced. She tried to bite her lip, trying to hold back her screams of the intense pain. Soon, the pain subsided from what felt like forever (but only it was about a minute) but she felt... blocky than usual.

With no pain holding her back, Gabby slowly opened her eyes but quickly shut them tight upon seeing the blinding sun. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes. She was in a forest but does not have enough trees to consider it one. She looked behind her and saw a tree with a wooden trunk.

"Why the world felt so blocky all of a sudden?"Gabby thought aloud to herself. No one answered. Confused and desperately seeking answers, she quickly punched the tree to cool herself.

The punch was so hard that a piece of a block shaped wood fell out of it. That snapped Gabby's mind into quick thinking.

"Those white pixels zapped me into Minecraft."She thought as she looked at herself, wearing exactly the same clothing her Minecraft avatar does. "It's possible if I got into Cedric's game, but that's just impossible."

"Cedric doesn't exist here anymore, young lady. No one will believe you had a brother."A male voice on her mind hissed, and Gabby felt her brain contracting, giving her a sharp pain in the head.

"Shut up, whoever you are."Gabby snapped. "If you sent me here on purpose..."

"Maybe I did, maybe I don't."The voice chuckled. "I'm just following orders."

"Get out of my head."Gabby growled before she felt her brain loosening. She shook her head and sighed as she walked on a random direction, lost in thought.

"Am I ever reaching home at this?"She asked herself when she heard someone chatting that stopped at her tracks.

"I heard a pretty juicy rumor about the building competition, but you guys have to promise not to say anything."She heard a large boy wearing a green sweater talk to two people as they walk.

A skinner boy wearing a white shirt with red straps and light blue trousers and a girl having her hair in pigtails accompanied the large boy. A pig wearing an Ender Dragon costume also joined them. Gabby chuckled at the pig. It looked cute in her opinion.

"Okay."The girl said. Fearing that the group might spot her, Gabby quickly hid at a tree to listen secretly, occasionally sneaking to another tree as they moved away from her distance.

"Also, it's in two parts, each part more exciting than the last!"The large boy continued.

"Spit it out Axel!"The skinny boy bluntly stated.

The large boy, Axel, replied. "Part one: The special guest at this year's Endercon is none other than Gabriel the Warrior him-freaking-self!"

"Whoa, what's part two?!"The skinny boy asked at Axel, probably excited.

"Part two. According to my sources, the winner of the building competition's gonna get to meet him."Axel replied. "It doesn't mean anything if we lose. But if we win... oh man, this would make up for all the losing."

"Meeting Gabriel would be a dream and an honor."The skinny boy commented.

"Totally. He's awesome. It'd be amazing to meet him."The girl agreed.

"Reuben better be careful with that costume. The last time Gabriel saw a dragon, it didn't End well."Axel remarked.

"So the pig's name is Reuben. That's just cute!"Gabby smiled as she continued sneaking up on the group to hear them. She then saw posters hanging on trees and the girl making a remark about a source making posters for a living.

"Well, that escalated quickly."She muttered, rolling her eyes as she continued listening to the group. The boy said something about a building competition to win with placing an Enderman design on top of it. Soon seeing the group split to get more materials, she sighed.

"I guess I should get wood for now. If I'm lucky, I could craft a pickaxe and mine stone. I can't wait to see this competition and visit Endercon."She mused before she began to work.

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Gabby found herself lucky throughout her first day on Minecraft. She was able to chop 25 wood blocks including her first wood block, and craft a wooden sword and a wooden pickaxe. She also mined 20 stone blocks before she crafted a stone sword and a stone pickaxe.

"That should do it."Gabby said as she began breaking her crafting table to keep it, throwing the wooden sword and the wooden pickaxe also. Seeing the group regrouped together and went forward to their building competition, she then trudged forward in excitement, sneaking on them as they lead her to the building competition, seeing the participants chatting with each other.

"We're the Order of the Pig."The skinny boy said to the lady at the front desk.

"Really?"The girl deadpanned.

"Hey, at least you have a cute pig to be your mascot!"Gabby thought.

"Is it meant to tie us to Reuben? Or are you making fun of me?"Axel replied. Gabby rolled her eyes as the group headed to Booth 5. Feeling no reason to sneak on the group, Gabby approached the woman in the desk.

"Hey, I want to see the building competition."Gabby said casually.

"Go ahead, miss..."The woman paused before she spoke."I'm gonna need to record your name as one of the spectators."

Gabby thought quickly. One way or another, she cannot trust almost everyone with her real name. She learned that the hard way of being kidnapped by a girl jealous of her looks. If not for quick wits, she would probably be a goner.

"Raven. Can I come in?"Gabby smiled as she said her Minecraft avatar name. (Author's Note: From now on, Gabby will be called Raven for the rest of the story. I'll tell you when she'll be called Gabby again soon.)

"Sure, the competition is about to start."The woman shrugged. Smiling in gratitude, Raven entered the gate and observed each of the contestants, mostly looking at Booth 4 and 5.

A girl holding a pickaxe approached the "Order of the Pig". Raven listened to the conversation, about the girl telling the skinny boy that they could get along with their arrogant rivals before she left.

"May the best team win."The skinny boy grinned.

"Careful what you wish for."A blonde boy wearing a black jacket warned. Raven heard the skinny boy muttered something, but she didn't understand it as the woman who let her in spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Endercon Building Competition."She announced, as people cheered. "The winners of this year's competition will have their build featured at Endercon; the winners will also meet, in person, Gabriel the Warrior!"

"This is gonna be so much fun."Raven thought, amused.

"Building... starts... NOW!"The woman announced as the participants get to work.

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Raven looked at Booth 5's work. A firework dispenser is cool, in her opinion, she hasn't tried building it before. She then witnessed the group build an Enderman in the front of the dispenser.

Raven looked at everyone's works from Booth one to five. So far, she thought only Booth 4 (which was a beacon, she overheard at the conversation) and Booth 5.

Fireworks then shot up in the blue sky. Raven looked up and was amazed. Booth 5, aka The Order of the Pig, is going to win.

"Good build, man!"She heard someone admired the group's work. She glanced at one of the members of Booth 4 and saw his face turn into disbelief.

"What? No way... It's just a bunch of dyed wool!"He scowled before he intentionally punched a block of stone holding off lava. "Whoops..."

The pouring lava burned the pig, Reuben, and he ran away out of the building competition. Raven scowled at the boy, looking in the lava in fear, as if he did not break the stone. That was just cheating!

Seeing the group chase their pig, Raven quickly grabbed her leftover stone blocks and began to place it to stop the lava from flowing.

"Miss Raven, you're not allowed to place stone blocks since you're not a participant."The woman said sternly.

"Well, I have to do that or someone's hard work will burn into flames."Raven defended when the boy who burned Reuben pushed her.

"You know, as much as beautiful as you are, you are really not supposed to do that."The boy gritted his teeth in anger before he smirked. "If you haven't done that... maybe we could-"

"I know what you're saying and the answer is a one big fat NO."Raven spat as she stood up. Of course she's going to encounter people trying to be with her, but Raven can tell that the boy she's mad at just wanted her because of how beautiful she is, whether real life or Minecraft. "You should be ashamed of yourself, mister-"

The boy quickly drew his sword at her. "I do what I want-"

"Aiden, that's enough!"The blonde boy she once saw chat with the skinny boy glared at his friend. The boy threatening her, Aiden, reluctantly drew back his sword.

"Next time, you won't be so lucky."Aiden snarled as he left to join his group. Raven sighed as she looked at the woman hosting the event took notes before she then announced.

"The winning group for this year's Endercon building competition is none other than..."She paused before breaking the silent suspense. "The Order of the Pig!"

The crowd erupted into cheers of joy, including Raven. That was some interesting build. A fireworks dispenser with an Enderman building in the front is a winner to her.

"Now, where are our winners?"The woman asked. In response, the crowd was in a blurry of whispers and mutters. Soon the crowd gradually left the place.

"How are they gonna feature the build in Endercon?"Raven asked aloud in thought.

"Is this your first time seeing the competition?"She turned around and saw the blonde boy again. "Oh, and I'm sorry for Aiden. He's too used of winning these competitions."

Raven nodded. "Apology accepted. But how are..."

"They're gonna examine the build up close then they'll build it at Endercon."The blonde boy answered. "They do that every year. I forgot to mention though, the name's Lukas."

"Raven, but you already know that."Raven shrugged.

"I'm going to head to Endercon with my team now. Nice to meet you, Raven."Lukas greeted before he left.

"Same to you as well."Raven smiled.

"What just happened?"Raven turned and saw the only girl in the "Order of the Pig" ran to the competition, exhausted. "Who won?"

"Hey, goggle girl. Are you a member of the "Order of the Pig"?"The woman asked. So far, the woman, the girl and Raven are the only ones left in the place. Everyone left for Endercon.

"Yeah. Why?"The girl just replied.

"Well, your team has won the building competition and I would appreciate it if you can tell me how to build it so it can be shown at Endercon."The woman said casually. "Where are your teammates?"

"I can't believe it."The girl said, surprised. "Miss, here's how we built the firework dispenser." She then rattled off, saying all what the materials that are needed for building of the firework dispenser.

"Oh, goggle girl."The woman said after the girl finished telling how to build their winning work. "Someone almost burned your work. You're lucky that the other girl waiting in here protected it."

The woman then left, and before Raven blinked her eyes thrice, she was crushed by the hug of the girl, smiling in gratitude.

"Thank you. I thought my group will never win, but we did. I owe you..."

"Raven."Raven greeted.

"My name's Olivia."The girl, Olivia, introduced herself as she held Raven's hand as they head off to Endercon. "I can't wait to see the faces of Axel and Jesse after they found Reuben."

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