Less than half an hour of walking, and then running, had passed when Starlight Glimmer and Silver Scorpion finally left the confines of the forest and onto the hilly grasslands where the crafter's house resided. Starlight winced as she kept her hand over her right shoulder where there were three arrows sticking in it. Looking back she saw that Silver had stopped moving and was now facing in the direction of the forest with his shield raised and sword at the ready.

"Go, get inside!" he yelled, "I'll deal with the mobs."

Deciding that that was the best course of action she made a mad dash towards the cabin. The moment she made it to the cabin she burst through the doors and immediately slammed them shut before collapsing onto what looked like a chair. Now that she was in the relative safety of the cabin she took another look at her shoulder and winced when she poked at one of the arrows. Steeling herself she grasped at one of the arrows and yanked it out. She gave out a soft cry in pain the moment the arrow was removed, but she held off making any other protests as she set about removing the other arrows.

By the time she removed the third arrow was when the doors of the cabin opened revealing an exhausted crafter as he made his way to another chair and plopped down. Starlight noticed that there were numerous arrows sticking in the shield he was holding and that he had also taken a few as well, with two sticking in his left arm and one sticking in both his right arm and his left foot.

"What were those things?" Starlight asked as she watched him pull out the arrows sticking in his body. She raised an eyebrow when she noticed that the arrows he pulled out appeared to have silver arrow heads, but otherwise didn't say anything else.

After pulling out the last arrow he answered, "They're called mobs. The green ones with the tattered shirt and blue pants are called zombies while the skinny looking ones with the bow and arrow are called skeletons." He then tilted his head back as he continued, "they're among the hostile mobs that you can find out here in the wilderness."

Not entirely understanding what he said, Starlight simply sighed as she leaned back on her chair.

"Is it always this dangerous when it becomes night?" She finally asked.

"Not always," Silver replied, chuckling, "I usually return to my home before it starts to get dark, unless of course I end up spending too much time in the caves looking for ores and other resources like diamonds."

Once again Starlight found herself raising an eyebrow as she turned her head towards the crafter.

"What are you anyway?" She asked, eliciting another chuckle from the man.

"Well, I'm just a crafter, though to be specific I'm a human," he said, though for some reason Starlight felt like that last bit was a lie given the evidence she saw with the arrows. He then turned to her with a serious look on his face as he gave a question of his own, "by the way, any reason why you were just lying out there in the middle of the forest with nothing to protect you?"

Starlight pursed her lips as she looked at the ground. Eventually she decided to shake her head as she replied, "I don't know. Last thing I remember was sitting along the road at the edge of a mountain pass and then I found myself here."

Silver hummed in response as he brought a hand to his chin in deep thought. "Do you remember anything before that?" he asked, "Like where you live or where you were going."

"No, I'm afraid I don't remember anything else before that." she lied. Since she didn't know much about her savior or the world she has now found herself in she decided to act like she doesn't remember anything from her past, which would likely be pretty easy given the circumstances. And since her new companion was keeping secrets of his own, it was only fair that she kept a few details to herself.

"Well that's a shame," he said as he brought his hand back down and then got up, "would you like something to eat. I'm pretty sure all of that running had to have worked up quite an apatite."

Starlight nodded when she felt her stomach growl at the prospect of food causing her to blush slightly in embarrassment.

Once he saw her confirmation he walked over to one of the chests and began rummaging through it until he found what he was looking for. Starlight watched as he pulled out two bowls filled with what looked like soup. He then walked over to where she was sitting and handing her one of the bowls before returning to his chair and plopping down. She brought her bowl to her lips and gave an experimental sip while he proceeded to down his. After feeling confident that it was safe she proceeded to down hers as well.

"That was actually pretty good," she said once she had finished her soup, "what is it?"

Silver smiled as got up and took her now empty bowl and took it over to the chest and put it in along with his. "It's called mushroom soup and it's a very filling meal. All it takes is one red mushroom and one brown one, mix them into a bowl and there you go."

It was then that there was some banging on the door. Silver Scorpion immediately got up as did Starlight and they both looked out the windows and saw a small horde of twelve zombies and five skeletons waiting outside.

"No rest for the wicked," Silver sighed as he picked up his sword and shield, only to put them away in another chest and trading them for two stone swords. He then proceeded to head for the door. Before he opened it he turned to Starlight, "Stay here."

Starlight wanted to object, but the serious look on his face made her stay silent and she watch as he held off on opening to door for a few moments and then abruptly opening them up and immediately stabbed the zombie that was attempting to break in. She watched with held breath as he went out and proceeded to slash at the two zombies just outside the door before closing the doors behind him.

Moving over to the window to get a better look she watched as he attacked the oncoming horde. The first thing she saw him do was charge straight towards the nearest skeleton while taking out zombies that got close and dodging arrows that flew by him. By the time he reached the skeletal archer he had already taken down four zombies and before it could get a chance to fire another arrow he held his arms crossed and then slashed upwards, decapitating the skeleton in the process. He turned just in time to see two arrows flying towards him and he immediately rolled to the side to avoid getting hit.

Starlight debated on seeing if she could somehow help when she noticed his body started glowing silver. Her eyes went wide when he suddenly surged forward and took out seven of the remaining zombies as well as three skeletons that were all in path of his attack. She blinked in surprise as the glow quickly faded and both of his swords immediately crumbled to dust. She suddenly found herself worried that he was now unarmed until she noticed a shimmering glow starting to form in his left hand and watched as it coalesced into a sword. He then turned to the remaining undead and braced himself, only to watch as the survivors suddenly turned tail and ran back into the forest. Seeing this the glowing sword disappeared as he walked around the battlefield picking up any loot that he could find.

Starlight moved back to the chair she was sitting with wide eye's as she thought to herself. What the hay was that. Was that magic that he was using? I need to ask him once he gets back.

She waited with her arms crossed for about a few minutes when the worn out crafter opened the doors and walked in.

"What did you just do?" She demanded as she got up and glared at the exhausted crafter.

Silver gave a sheepish smile as he rubbed the back of his head, "just some combat magic." He said while keeping from not making eye contact. "I don't usually use my magic unless I absolutely have to as it tends to degrade my weapons pretty rapidly."

Starlight avoided showing her surprise by simply folding her arms and raising an eyebrow. "Wait, so you can use magic? How?"

"I guess you wouldn't know since you don't remember anything," Silver replied, "but yeah, I'm able to use magic. There actually some magic casters out there that can do some pretty amazing things, as well as some very terrible ones as well." Silver's eyes narrowed at the last part before looking up at Starlight with an inquisitive look. "I'm actually surprised that you already know about magic."

Suddenly realizing her mistake she began to frantically find an excuse when she watched him shake his head.

"Well, that probably doesn't matter right now," he said, causing Starlight to internally sigh with relief, "I can tell that you've got more questions for me so let's hold off on it till tomorrow. Why don't I go and craft a bed for you so we can both get some shut eye."

Starlight nodded as the thought of sleep was strangely appealing even though she had already been asleep, though perhaps all that running did wear her out as well as make her hungry. She was also curious as to how the crafter had built all of the furnishing that were in his house. She watched as he dumped some items she initially didn't see him carrying before taking out six blocks, three of which were white while the other three looked like they might be planks of wood made in a cube shape. She then observed him move over to another block that looked like it had some tools on the side and place the blocks in two rows on what appeared to be a three by three grid that was on top of the block. Her eyes went wide as the small blocks swirled together before transforming into what looked like a miniature bed.

"So where do you want your bed?" Silver asked as he turned towards Starlight, causing her to jerk up as she did her best to hide her surprise.

"Umm well, how about the other corner opposite from where you have yours." she replied.

The crafter nodded before turning towards the corner in question and placed the bed down, causing Starlight to blink in surprise again as she watched the tiny bed suddenly turned into a full size object.

"There, that should do it," he said as he proceeded to stretch his arms before turning towards his own bed, "Let's pick up where we left off in the morning."

Nodding Starlight walked over to her bed, but before she laid down onto it she turned to the crafter with a question on her mind. "Do you have any idea as to why those undead suddenly turned around and ran?"

Silver simply shrugged as he sat on his bed. "No clue. I'm assuming that they were under the command of a necromancer, which might explain how those skeletons got the drop on us. Normally the mobs will wander around aimlessly unless someone was controlling them. I guess when the necromance saw what I was capable he decided that it wasn't worth wasting the rest of his remaining forces to get at two people."

Starlight turned her head towards her bed to avoid showing her look of disgust upon hearing that. She then set about laying down onto her bed and started to quickly fall asleep.

Upon seeing this the lone crafter turned his attention towards the window facing the forest when he noticed a pair of glowing white eyes staring back at him in the darkness of the forest. Was he the one who sent the undead after us. Silver thought to himself before laying down and letting sleep finally take hold.

Just within the edge of the forest a lone figure stood, his glowing white eyes staring at the cabin that housed the two individuals, one of which has piqued his interest for some time now and after seeing the silver haired boy use some unusual combat magic he was convinced that there was something interesting about him. The girl on the other hand was something else entirely. The figure could feel that she had quite a pool of magic, of which he could immediately see her being able to turn the tide of battle for whoever held control over her.

Apparently he wasn't the only one as he sensed someone walking up to him. He turned to see that it was one of his generals who had come to take a look at the cabin as well.

"Lord Herobrine, why do you insist on letting those two be?" The general demanded, "I can see that the boy has some potential and the girl posses a great deal of magical power. If you send me out there now I would have no trouble in taking them both down and bringing them in as part of our forces."

"Are you questioning my decisions general?" Herobrine asked while glaring at the general.

"N-no my lord," The general immediately backpedaled as he quickly realized his mistake, "I was merely stating that it would be foolish to let them roam free as there's no telling when they might join one of the human races and become a burden to us."

Herobrine nodded in understanding. "I understand that those two could become perfect assets to us, but I feel that there is still more to the boy that I do not understand."

"Would it be because of that shadow entity that you faced when you found that village?" The general asked.

Herobrine nodded, "yes. Whoever these shadow entities are, the fact that they've been chasing him leads me to believe that there is something far greater happening. Therefore, I will not permit my forces to go out and capture him. And since he insists on protecting the girl, I'll let her go free as well. Unless she decides to leave him I do not want anyone to try and capture her. Instead we'll leave someone to watch the pair for when that time comes."

The general bowed upon hearing the orders. "Then I will have one of our best spies to go and observe them as they go on their journey." With that the general turned and walked deeper into the Forest.

Herobrine let his gaze linger on the cabin before tuning around and walking deeper into the forest himself.

"Well child of Scorpio. Let us see what you really are."

Author's Note

And another chapter is done with one heck of a dozy to boot. I'm pretty sure you guys will have a lot of questions regarding to my character and his backstory and his apparent connections with Herobrine. I'll have those questions answered as I progress further into the story. I do hope that this doesn't end up leaving you guys confused as to what the heck is going on, but I also hope you've enjoyed it nonetheless. The next chapter that I'll write will be about Starlight learning a bit more of the world she's in as well as how to survive in said world. I'm certainly looking forward to writing it once I get the chance.