The Secret School

Aayan Vashi

Aayan Vashi

Once upon a time, there were three kids named Ethan, Aayan and Nikhil. One day, they were walking around their classroom to find easter eggs. They were walking around and they saw something on the wall that looked a little funky and weird. Ethan and Nikhil were afraid to investigate it. Then Aayan said, "Hey guys, do not be afraid. Let's go investigate it."
They went to the wall and knocked on it. The wall opened up and a bright light shone at the entrance. Aayan said, "Let's go inside". All three boys slowly walked inside the wall and shut their eyes firmly. After taking a few steps, they opened their eyes. In front of them suddenly appeared a whole different world. It looked familiar. As they focused their eyes properly, they could see a very familiar scene appearing in front of them. "Hey guys, doesn't this look like the game called Minecraft that we were playing together last weekend?", Nikhil asked. "I think you are right!", said Ethan.
As they walked around, suddenly very familiar scenes appeared. Aayan looked behind just to confirm that the door behind had not closed. As he turned, he could clearly see the door shutting behind them. Aayan alerted his friends, "Hey guys, the door behind us just got shut. I think we are trapped!"
Aayan said, "I am glad that I remember how to play this game. So, I think we will be fine." Both the friends followed Aayan where he started walking. He said, "Look guys, I think we found a cave. Let's go inside. I think I remember we can mine some good ores and craft it into good armor and weapons."
Nikhil said, "I think I remember how to play too. I see some diamonds over there in the corner." As soon as they got near it, a bunch of spiders came out of nowhere. The boys were surprised to see that they were protecting the diamonds. Ethan quickly made a sword out of stones nearby. They used this sword to quickly scare the spiders away. They gathered diamonds as quickly as possible and filled their pockets with them. Then they left the cave to find a place to stay for the night and rest.
They finally found a village and asked the villagers if they can rest for the night over there. All the villagers said, "Yes. You certainly can." So, they rested for the night in the village. The next day, they woke up and Ethan said, "I think it's time to fight the hardest creature in Minecraft called the Ender dragon. I think that will let us get out of this trap."
They crafted a few more diamond things and set off to their journey. Once they reached to their destination, they started battling the Ender dragon. They fought and fought for a long time. Finally at the end they were all very tired. Nikhil had the last bow and arrow left. With one lucky shot he finally hit the Ender dragon. They won the battle!
They slowly turned around to go home. They saw the magical door opening up again. They were free from this trap! They went home and found all their parents were waiting for them. They were all going to go home and enjoy the rest of their day. They told all about what happened in the secret trap door they were in, to their parents and friends. Everyone was glad to see them come back. Their parents were now glad that they learned to fight in the Minecraft game since it helped them escape from the trap in real life.

This work was an entry to the San Jose Public Library's Fall into Fiction 2022 short story contest.
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