Daring Do and the Legend of Herobrine

Everything lit up as if somepony had flipped a light switch. Daring looked around her and realized that she had run out of the tunnel. The monsters chasing her were not nearly as fast as her, so she finally allowed herself a moment to breathe. She turned around and found that the light was coming from numerous torches. She narrowed her eyes and saw a dark shadow behind the torches, so huge that she had to take a few steps backwards to be able to see the whole thing. When the huge building came into focus in front of her, her entire body froze.

Finally, after all of the danger, Daring had reached her destination. She was face to face with the legendary tomb that she had been searching for, for so long. There was a road in the middle leading to the tomb, covered with glowing yellow stone shining like the sun. On both sides of the road, there were statues made of solid gold looking down on any pony who dared to enter.

Daring ran down the path of glowing stone. She knew that there would be plenty of traps inside the tomb, but the approaching footsteps and groans behind her didn’t allow for any other choices. She jumped and landed on the road towards the tomb, but noticed that the tomb was surrounded by a deep ditch. There was a bridge that seemed to be the only way in, so she had wait for her chance to get inside the tomb.

Daring noticed another sign in the middle of the road. She trotted up and read it. The sign was freshly made. The ink was still dripping down the sign.

“This will be your doom.”

Before Daring’s mind was able to process the meaning of this, she felt the ground beneath her crumble. She tried to jump away from the shaking floor, but it was already too late. The glowing stone she was standing on broke, and she fell downwards. She felt heat coming up from below her.

Daring quickly reached to her belt and pulled out the sword. She held it tight in her hooves and stabbed it into the stone wall to halt her fall. The sword made a nasty sound as it slashed through the hard rock, and Daring prayed for it to not suddenly snap in half. Daring eventually managed to stop herself from falling down further more. Her hind legs were so close to the lava that Daring had to curl them up to avoid touching the burning liquid.

“Of course…” Daring thought as she looked down at the pool of lava. It was so close to her that it felt like her mane was going to light on fire. Her saddle bag flipped open and some cobble fell in, vaporizing in an instant with a loud “tszzzz” noise and some black smoke.

Daring climbed onto the sword and stood on top of it. Fortunately, the diamond sword was incredibly strong. It remained stuck into the stone surface despite Daring’s weight on it. Daring pushed herself against the wall and looked up. The edge of the glowing stone was not that far away, so she jumped upwards and grabbed it. But as she pulled herself upwards, she heard groaning coming from in front of her.

“Oh snap.” She looked up and saw that the monsters pursuing her had reached the entrance. They saw Daring hanging onto the edge, and a nasty groan of anger and revenge erupted from them.

Daring quickly pulled herself up over the edge. She then reached down and grabbed the sword with her hooves. She tried to pull it out of the wall, but it was stuck.

“Come on… Come on!” Daring thought as she saw the approaching zombies and skeletons. Finally with one strong pull, Daring pulled the sword out of the crack. She put it to the side and quickly grabbed some rope. She attached the rope to an arrow and put the arrow on the bowstring. She held up the bow, aiming up high at one of the statues on the other side of the gap. She pulled the string of the bow back to the corner of her muzzle and shut one of her eyes. She ignored the monsters that were just a few steps away from and concentrated on the shot.

“Go!” Daring released the hoof on the bowstring. With a loud hissing noise, the arrow flew towards the statue, rope attached. It was a great shot and the arrow lodged right into the statue, leaving only about a quarter of the arrow sticking out.

“Perfect!” Without missing a beat, Daring grabbed the sword with one hoof and the end of the rope with the other. She took a step back towards the zombies, and then started sprinting towards the statue. When she was nearing the edge, she jumped and swung on the rope over the gap. She looked back and saw the angry monsters behind her, groaning with extreme anger.

“Ha! See you later, shit lords! Daring away~” Daring yelled and saluted as she safely landed on the other side, smiling in victory. She dodged a few arrows that were shot at her and disappeared down the burial chamber.

The tomb was enormous beyond Daring’s imagination. It looked like the emperor had put an incredible amount of time and effort into this. The entire mountain had probably been pretty much dug empty, leaving only a thin shell enough to keep it standing. After he died, all of the nation’s treasure seemed to have been collected and stored in the king’s room. Could that be the reason why the land of Minecraft fell not long after the king’s death? Was he so greedy that he could not stand sharing his wealth with anypony else? Did he do it to take his nation with him?

Daring looked around her. Everything was shimmering with gold, gems and diamonds, but Daring didn’t take them. In fact, she barely paid attention to the expensive decorations. Her whole heart was set on the legendary dragon egg, being her one and only goal.

She proceeded further down the chamber, careful with each of her steps. She used a little wooden stick to poke the floor tiles before stepping on them to make sure each was safe to move onto. However, to Daring’s surprise, there were no pressure plate traps. In fact, she had not heard the monsters pursuing her either. Maybe the tomb was too sacred, and the monsters did not dare to enter. Or maybe there was something even more dangerous in the burial chamber.

But no matter what stood in her way, Daring would not back down. She continued through the quiet chamber, checking corners every time she turned around. However, the hallways were silent and empty.

The tomb contained at least four rooms, each filled with all kinds of treasures. Daring looked through all of them, but she couldn't find the dragon egg. Finally, she walked into what looked like a throne room at the end of the chamber. The room was dark, compared to the other ones. Daring looked up and saw another glowing stone hanging on the ceiling, emitting a ray of light on the throne.

"This looks like it," Daring thought, "The throne is a symbol of power and strength. It would be reasonable for the king to put his most treasured possession, the egg, next to his throne." Daring walked up, but suddenly saw movement. She quickly moved to the side and hid herself behind a pillar. She then turned her neck a little and took a small peek.

There was a strange gray creature next to the throne. It looked like a rat, but it looked like it was swimming on the ground, waving its tail and it had spikes all over its body.

"Whew." Daring felt relieved. "Maybe this is some kind of pet for the king," Daring thought as she moved into the light. The little animal screeched at Daring, looking uncomfortable with her presence. Daring shoo’ed it away, but it didn’t leave. Instead, it moved towards Daring. It wasn’t scary at all, since it was probably the size of Daring’s hoof, so Daring lowered herself and held out a hoof, showing that she hadn't come to harm him. To her great surprise, the creature jumped up and tried to bite Daring. Had she not stepped back in time, the creature would have gotten her.

“Why you little…” Daring turned around and kicked the little creature. It flew backwards through the darkness and hit the wall somewhere, making a splash noise. The creature wouldn't be a problem, so Daring walked up the stairs leading towards the throne. She stepped into the light of the glowing stone and was surprised to see that there was no egg. Behind the throne, there was a frame made of strange material floating in midair. Daring knew that the law of physics did not apply here, so what amazed her wasn’t the fact the frame was floating; the material  looked like it was connected to another dimension. Daring lowered her neck and looked below the strange frame, seeing that there was only air and stone. However, when she looked at the frame of strange material, it looked like the hole was extremely deep.

“What is this sorcery?” Daring trotted around the frame. Could it be a mirror? Daring raised a hoof and held it above the frame. But there was no reflection. Then suddenly, she heard the screech from the strange little creature again.

“Grrr, what now?” She turned around and saw the it crawling slowly towards her.

Daring said to the creature, “Look, I don’t want to hurt you, so don’t make me! Go away!” but it continued to move towards her.

Suddenly, a second creature appeared, looking exactly the same as the first one.

“Wha…?”

Before she realized, the stone pillar in the room had disappeared. Daring placed coal on the tip of an arrow, lit it on fire and shot it to the center of the room. She saw a huge group of the strange creatures slowly moving towards her. The pillar behind which she had been hiding was being broken down from inside. Each time a block broke, one of those little grey creatures would appear and start moving towards Daring. She shot another fire arrow in another direction, but all she saw were more hostile creatures. They were not fast, they were not deadly, but there were too many of them. Daring backed off a bit more into the ray of light, sweating at her situation.

The circle closed in even more. Daring felt sweat beginning to flow down her cheeks. She backed up towards where the strange frame was, and suddenly, she felt the air moving. She moved her hooves next to the frame and felt it again. The strange material making up the frame was sucking air into it.

“Well, there is no other way.” Daring climbed onto the frame and looked inside. The space was shimmering with every color of the spectrum, and it looked mysteriously and extremely deep.

“Here were go!” Daring worked up the courage. Without any further hesitation, she held onto her hat and jumped in before the strange creatures reached her. Everything turned dark, and Daring felt herself falling into the infinite darkness, straight to hell.