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I’m floating in the Void Between, the space between worlds. I’ve just left my Singleplayer. Wolfie invited me to come back to her server after it was reloaded. I’m excited, last time I joined I built my best base ever (which isn’t saying much since technically I’ve only been alive for 7 years, but I’m still proud of it!) and met my friends, the only friends I’ve ever really had. (Even if I only really talk to Ghost and Wolfie. Everyone else is offline a lot…)
I reach out and press the “Join world” button, and for a moment all I can see are purple ones and zeros travelling across a black nothingness. And then the world loads in. I take a deep breath, my lungs filling with server air. It feels different to Singleplayer air, more alive, more energized.
I take in my surroundings, looking around. I’m standing on the edge of a hill, looking down into a shallow ravine. There are furnaces scattered around and a small house carved into the side of the hill opposite me. I ignore the small pang in my chest that lets me know that they started without you. I ignore it.
Behind me is an oak forest, leading up to a breathtaking mountain. Imagine what that view must look like from up there! Wow. The Devs really upped their game! This is the first Update I’ve been around to see, and I’m pretty excited since this is a big one.
I take another deep breath and remember something. Bedrock worlds are notorious for not being as polished as Java ones, something about the Watchers only having a limited influence here? Either way, it’s good to check that I’m still me.
Okay… horns? Check. Claws and talons? Check. Tail? Check. Wings..?
Crap.
I don’t have my wings.
Oh, for the love of Jeb…
“Seriously?!” I say, looking up at the sky. “Out of all the things you had to change, my wings?!?”
The leaves tremble and dance, almost as if the world is laughing at me.
You’ll thank me later , it seems to say.
I huff. Okay. Well then. That changes a few things… no soaring up to lofty heights, no quick escape from hostiles, no fast mode of transport for me. Ugh. I’m grounded, at least until they grow back
they will grow back right..?
I sigh, then set about punching some trees.