[Aria's POV]

Darkness. I swear my eyes are open, but all I see is darkness. It's really cold, and I feel air pushing past me, but there is nothing around. I feel my eyelids blink, so I know they are open. I try to move, and I find myself floating.... or falling? I can't tell. My hand appears before me-

"What?!"

My hand, in fact my whole arm, is blocky! I move my other arm and find it normal....

For a moment.

It suddenly starts to shift before my eyes and is soon the same as my right arm, even having the glove from my avatar. I feel my heart race as my legs flip into view, and the air around me speeds up. I am definitely falling now, but my eyes are locked on my very blocky legs and torso. "What is happening to me?!" I shout, but no one answers. I just feel gravity starting to take hold again. I close my eyes, placing my square hands over my extremely flat face.

'It's just a dream. Just a dream. Nothing more, just a dream. I'll wake up, at my desk asleep, with Minecraft up and it's all just a dr-'

Light penetrates my eyelids suddenly and I feel fear creep in me at the sensation of truly falling kick in. I let out a light scream as I suddenly crash against the ground, flat on my back, staring up at a blocky cloud filled sky. I breathe in rapidly, slightly gasping for breath and gazing around in shock. The sun, barely above the horizon, was a massive yellow and orange cube, shining brightly over the cubic landscape. The grass slightly sways in a light breeze, and I hear the cluck of a chicken. My gaze wanders around until I spot the oh so familiar white passive mob....

Standing right over my head, gazing down at me in curiosity.

I tilt my head, and it follows.

I can't help but slightly smile as it bawks again, flapping its wings before wandering away. Suddenly, I realize what just happened, and I shake my head. Carefully, I push myself up and rub my eyes with my square hands. When finished, I suck in a breath at what is around me. Directly in front of me is a flower forest, pigs and sheep roaming around between the trees freely. On my left, where I had been gazing before, was the start of a plains biome. I can spot a cow in the distance until it suddenly vanishes. Startled, I calm myself slightly, noting that it may have gone out of render distance....

Render distance.

My heart rate increases slightly as I turn my head to the right, spotting the plains biome sink into an ocean. A dolphin just happens to jump out of the water right then. I place a hand on my chest, and then gaze down at my body. I wasn't in my clothes anymore....

I was my Minecraft character....

I was in Minecraft....

This isn't a dream.

Just as I find myself starting to process what's going on, I hear a slight 'pop' above me, and a shadow quickly covers me. Lifting my head, I have no time to move as another blocky body suddenly crashes down on top of me with a 'not-so-manly' scream. Pain fills me as I am slammed against the ground again, the added weight on me not helping much. 

I groan as the stars finally leave my vision, and I can fully see the person on me. The person, or at least their character's skin was grey and blue, like an avali from that one mod in starbound. However, the left side has robotic prosthetics... just like...

"Mobi?!" I shout, and as the head of the character turns to me, it's eyes widen as well and a male voice speaks from it's lips. "Aria?!" He quickly sits up and slides off me, and I shake my head and sit up again. I turn to face my very confused friend, and I hear a familiar pop again. With wide eyes, I shove myself forward and front flip across the ground, twisting to land on one knee superhero style...... I feel my eyes widen, but I shake it off.

We're in a freaking video game.... Video game things will happen. 

I lift my head and find myself smiling at the situation. Slowly I stand, brushing my hands off on my sides while walking over to the newcomer, who was laying half on a flattened Mobius. It was a penguin-like avatar, pretty simple, and had a purple bow on its head. Blue blocky eyes meet mine, and I offer a hand. I see her eyes slowly going insane, darting around everywhere, trying to take in everything. "Yes.... It's real. This isn't a dream, Alex." I help the penguin stand, and she shakes her head, staring at her hands and then the landscape again. "We... are really in Minecraft?"

I nod, and hear another pop. Mobius, who had finally sat up again, gazes up and glares. "Crudmuffins...." I cover my face with my arm, as does Alex, and after the collision noises fade, we lower our arms to see our last companion crushing the poor avali. He looked human.... well, as human as a blocky person could get. His clothes were gray and silver, and on his back was the symbol of an enderpearl. It was the crest our group had come up with.

The Ender Techs.

I snirk as Anthony tries to stand up, and Mobius shoves him off. Alex tries to hide her laugh as well, failing in the process. Mobius sends us a slight glare, and Anthony gazes around. His back is still to us and he is slowly turning. I can see the gears in his head moving, and when he finally turns to us, I wave. "Anthony? You alright in there, bud?" His eyes blink madly, and he steps back in shock. "A-Aria?!" I shake my head, feeling the hood ruffle on my hair. "Yeah, it's me. Who else would be my avatar?" I gesture to myself, then our two friends. Anthony follows, but slightly slaps his face with both hands. 

"How are we.... I mean, all I did was download the mod you sent, Aria!" That gets my attention, and I tilt my head at him. "I didn't send a mod, Anthony. Mobius sent me one, though." Now Mobius snaps his head towards me. "No I didn't! Alexa was asking for help on one, and I was downloading hers!" Alexa shakes her head and lifts her hands in surrender. "Wasn't me! Anthony sent me one and that's what I downloaded. It was called.... uh..."

"Real Virtual Reality."

All heads turn towards me, and I hold my chin in my hand... the best I can. "We all 'supposedly' sent someone else the same mod, we all downloaded it...." I lift my head, and gaze around at our group. "If that's true.... Do you guys remember what happened right before coming here?" I could remember it plain as day. The feeling of their cold arms wrapped around my head sent a chill down my spine. 

Anthony shakes his head. "I had gotten up while Minecraft was loading, then.... no.... way..." His eyes widen, and my suspicion is confirmed when Alexa steps forward. "Enderman grabbed me... in the real world!" I nod my head, however I stay silent as my eyes fall on the only other person to not have said anything yet about this.

Mobius.

And he looked deep in thought... I think. 'It's really hard to read a blocky face....' He slowly lifts his head to me, and I can see it right then. "You saw it, too, didn't you?" I ask, and the rest of our group quiets as they look towards us. Mobius nods his head slowly, and I sigh. "Alex, Anthony, when Minecraft finished loading for us... it flickered black, and something was typed on our screen..." I stop just as Mobius starts.

"Our names...."

I nod and continue to tell the tale up to the point of teleportation. We had all experienced that, and it was obvious we didn't want to relive it again.  Suddenly, the game starts to darken. I gaze up in confusion. When I arrived, it had been morning.... Not enough time has passed for it to be night if we are going off Minecraft time!

"You would be correct to assume it is not supposed to be night time yet, TheAviatorShadow."

A rumble echoes across the sky, and I spot lightning flash behind our group. However, the chill down my spine tells me that was just a ruse. Everyone had turned to look in that direction, but I could feel eyes boring into my back. Slowly I turn, and I can see the glow before anything else. The storm was only growing in intensity, and more lightning flashed behind this cyan shirt avatar, but the bolts weren't as bright as his eyes. In the cloud cover, they shone brighter. I gasp, and I hear the others copy the sound as I fully face the person standing behind us. A smirk is on his face, and his bright eyes narrow in malicious glee.

"Welcome, players, to your beloved game."

I feel my heart rate quicken, and I step back in fear. 'I thought he wasn't real! It was a joke, a creepypasta, not... not' A dark chuckle escapes him, and he straightens. "I see you know who I am, and possibly a bit of what I can do...." I try to calm down, his gaze never leaving me. However, when he turns to look at Alexa, his smirk widens and I feel protective rage inside of me. Swiftly, I stand between her and him. This makes the bright eyed character laugh once. "I see...." His words leave me confused, but he only nods before raising one arm. 

"Please... enjoy your stay.... If you can..." A diamond pickaxe suddenly appears in his hand, and lightning strikes it. The light from it blinds us all, and we turn away instinctively. However, as the light fades, sunlight streams through our arms, and we all gaze around confused. The landscape was the same as if nothing had just happened, but we all meet each other's gaze. We all knew what just happened, and I step forward, taking a deep breath. 

"I think this is much, much more complicated than we originally thought...."