A Golfing Adventure with a "trip" in the End
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Location; Hermitcraft

POV, Grian

Excitedly, I rush across the first level of my mega base. Today was a very special day, because I was going to be playing some golf with the boys. AKA Iskall and Mumbo Jumbo. I've gotten to know them pretty well sense joining Hermitcraft. And we've become really good friends.

Now, if you're going golfing, you've got to dress for the occasion. Everyone knows that, you can't go in just your red shirt and grey trousers like everyone else does, you know?

You've gotta, you gotta make it special. Which is why I've decided to wear my Scottish golf outfit. It's a traditional wear for Scotland golfers. I love it. I don't think many people wear them now but it is- oh goodness me. I laugh to myself at my little ramble.

"Alright, let's go golfing! Right, I'm gonna meet the boys in town." I say to myself as I blast off with my rockets in the direction of the Shopping District.

When I get there, I find Mumbo and Iskall waiting for me by one of the shops. "Hello! What's up lads? Clearly, we're already for golf." I say, noticing the way I'm not the only one who dressed for the occasion.

"Iskall, are you going to play tennis?" I ask him.

"I-" He starts.

"You do look like a tennis player." Mumbo points out.

I suppress a laugh by covering my hand with my mouth.

"I woke up in these clothes. And I figured it's either tennis-" Iskall says before getting interrupted.

"Or its boy scouts." Mumbo says.

"Boy scouts? I've got a beard dude." Iskall says.

"That's true. Man scouts." Mumbo laughs.

"M-Man scouts." Iskall laughs.

"Well, in top British fashion, Mumbo and I are in our Scottish kilts." I say.

"Yup." Mumbo adds.

"Ready for some golfing!" I finish.

"We've even got the little hats! Look at our cute little hats!" I exclaim.

"Now let me question you this, why am I wearing shorts and not a kilt?" Iskall asks.

"Because you're not British, you're Swede. I think you're wearing a Swedish outfit." I answer.

"This is not how Swedes go golfing. I would be banned." Iskall sputters.

Both me and Mumbo laugh at his remark. After a bit more goofing around, including forgetting where the golf course even is, we finally arrive at destination. Mumbo reads the quick introduction to the game made by the members of Concorp, Cubfan135 and Goodtimewithscar.

With a quick glance around we spot a few chests lined up in a row each containing the items needed to play golf. This includes: three different tridents, a rule book, and a few flags to use as makers. We each walk up to a different chest and grab the loot.

"Oh my word! Guys, there are 42 pages to the rule book!" Mumbo suddenly shouts after I save Iskall from a random creeper that almost exploded.

"You are joking." I say while grabbing my own book and checking the page count. Sure enough, Mumbo was correct.

"Guys, I'm just gonna put this out there because this book is 42 pages long. Do you want to wing it?" I ask them.

"Shall we wing it." Mumbo repeats. "I mean, I feel like we should skim read it."

"Alright." I reply, quickly flipping through the pages not even reading a word.

After a quick glance over, I grab an enderpearl and launch myself with my trident, throwing the pearl once I reach desired hight. As soon as the pearl lands, I'm teleported to its position. We all continue on for a bit before deciding that it's probably best that we do a do over.

When we get back to the starting platform. I say something crazy. "Alright, lads, I'm gonna suggest something mad here, let's read the rules."

"Yeahhh, that's probably a good idea." Mumbo agreed as Iskall laughed in the background.

We all pull out the books and read them properly this time. After going over it together, I think we're finally ready to play golf. I take my trident and launch myself in the air, throw the enderpearl, and actually land pretty close to the hole.

Iskall and Mumbo weren't as lucky however, and landed quite aways away. Mumbo tried to get closer, but died when he hit the ground from fall damage. Of the first course we did, it took me 5 shots, Mumbo needed 7 and Iskall needed 7.

On the second course, I threw my enderpearl way to far, or as Mumbo said, "it went into orbit." I was able to get back to the others pretty quickly though. In the end I used 6, Mumbo with 3, and Iskall with 2.

At hole 3, Mumbo overshot onto a mountain. Iskall landed not to far off course near a village. I took my shot and landed near the hole but I was at an awkward angle. It took me 3 shots to finish the course. Mumbo needed 4 to get it, and Iskall got 2.

Hole 4 was quite the long one. I launched up with my trident and threw my pearl. I landed on the green, not to far away from the hole. Iskall was close too, but not as much as me. Mumbo went way farther, but landed in a tree. In the end, I shot 3. Mumbo with 3, and Iskall with 8 because he landed in the water aways off.

At the next hole, I lifted my trident to aim and Mumbo started to narrate me.
"Okay, Grians going first. And in typical fashion he is..... overshooting massively!"

I turn back to face him, still with my trident raised. "You hold your tongue. This is golf." I tell Mumbo. Which only causes him and Iskall to burst out laughing.

"Silence, Silence!" I demanded as I turn back to the course to make my shot. They both stifle their laughter and watch. I throw my pearl once I get up in the air and drop down as I wait for it to land. They laugh in the awkward moments as I wait to be teleported to the spot the pearl landed.

"Okay, it definitely landed in the water, Oh yup, it did." I say in the middle of being yanked away underwater. I swim to the surface and realize how far I didn't go. Iskall landed two blocks away from the hole though. Mumbo landed close as well.

I tried throwing my pearl to land near the hole too, but undershot and landed in the water again. I finished with 6 shots. Mumbo with 2, and Iskall with 2.

I was the first to launch again, at hole 6. I landed on the green, with just the tiniest bit of red from the flag insight. Mumbo landed closer to the hole, but was at a hard angle. Iskall took his shot, but died when he landed from the hight. Mumbo and me both laughed and gathered his stuff for him.

When Iskall gets back and collects his stuff. He launches again and throws his pearl. But he died when he landed, causing Mumbo and me to burst out laughing for the second time. On his third try, Iskall does land. After he slightly altered the course though.

On my second shot I landed close, and finished my run in 3 shots total. I ran over to watch Mumbo as he threw his pearl over into a tree. He dropped down onto the ground and threw another pearl, landed right in the hole with a little help from the wind. This makes his total 3 as well.

Iskall ended up finishing with three also, excluding the first two shots he took at the start.

At hole 7, I over shot slightly, but I still had a good view of the flag. Mumbo and Iskall both somehow ended up together, with Mumbo on top of a tree and Iskall under it. Iskall takes his second shot and gets slightly closer but not really. Next it's Mumbo's turn.

This time, I narrate him. I put on a calm voice like the ones you hear other narrators use. "It's a difficult shot, here in the rough, and the mustached man makes his way to make his second shot. And he's gone up and-"

"Here he comes, oh my- wow!" Iskall says, interrupting me.

"He ends up right next to the hole." I finish.

"Thanks for that." Mumbo says, making Iskall and me laugh.

I throw another pearl and land a few blocks away from the hole. I take another shot, and miss again. On my fourth try, I succeed. Mumbo ended up with 3 shots. Iskall also had three, and I had 4.

"Oh! Cub has outdone himself." I say in amazement when we arrive at hole 8.  "We have to go straight through there?" I question, pointing at the large mountain that was basically hollow.

Iskall looks at the map. "Yeah, yeah we have to go through the mountain." He says.

"Or over the mountain." Mumbo suggests.

Oh, yeah! I'm going over." I say while launching myself into the air with my trident and throwing a pearl. "Later nerds!"

I fall back to the ground and feel a growing sense of regret from my decision. 'Where am I going to land?' Suddenly, I'm teleported to where the pearl landed. 'Oh great...'

"Where even are you?" I  hear Mumbo shout, followed by Iskalls laughter.

"I don't know. I'm on top of the mountain. Umm, just a bit of friendly advice go through the mountain." I say.

"Oh yeah, we understood that right away." Iskall says bluntly, causing Mumbo to laugh.

They both make their own shots, through the mountain like you're supposed to, and land on the green. I make my second shot and teleport near them, but still aways away from the hole. I make the hole on my fourth shot. Iskall with 3, and Mumbo with 2.

At the last hole, we land at the platform and look at map.

"Oh my word! It's a 600 block course!" Mumbo exclaims.

"Whhaaaatttt! Okay, Cub placed each one of the blocks by hand. It's crazy." I say.

After a quick fly over to view the whole course. We're ready to play. I take the first shot and land right on the edge of the course. Iskall landed in the water. Mumbo landed right next to a cactus in the sand. I use my trident and throw another pearl, taking my second shot.

I land on the green again, and take a look around. "I can see the flag!" I shout, pointing at it even though they can't see it.

As they take their next shots, I fly around so I can watch after placing a marker down. "Oh Mumbo, you've landed in the water that's a penalty." I tease, even though it's true. He takes another shot, and it's lands at the bottom of the ocean.

"That's another penalty. You better be keeping track of your shots dude." Iskall says, teasingly.

Iskall then makes his 5th shot, including penalties, which I narrate. "And here we see, the Swede in shorts, making his fifth attempt." I say, using my calm narrator voice. This causes Iskall to start laughing.

"OH! That was a crackin shot! You got so lucky there!" Mumbo says while laughing.

"And he's made it across the water way, with clear view to the end." I finish.

I make my shot and land really close to the hole, probably about ten blocks away. "Oh, I'm so close!"

Mumbo takes another shot as well, and lands on the green for the first time. He's a few blocks behind me, but still has a good view of the flag. Iskall makes another shot, and fails horribly, not making it very far at all. He takes another shot, and this time lands close to the hole.

Mumbo goes now, and throws his pearl towards the hole. It goes past it though, and right over Iskall's head. As I line up my shot, Iskall suddenly shouts, "Noooo!!" Before he dies to a creeper blast.

Both mine and Mumbo's communicators vibrate with the notification but we're to busy laughing to pay attention. "Oh! I saw it but I didn't have my sword!" Iskall claims when he gets back.

"Honesty, I thought you had it but then you died." Mumbo says, still laughing.

I take my shot and land literally a block away from the hole. I throw a pearl in, and finish my run with 4. Mumbo finishes with 11 because of all his penalties. Iskall ended with 12.

We walk over to the finish platform where Iskall pulls out a book to add up the scores. "I'm gonna count this together. Elevator music, please." Iskall says.

I quickly start a little tune and Mumbo adds a beat. "We're counting with Swedish men." I sing, which causes Iskall to burst out laughing.

Wait, I don't think we're helping to much." Mumbo laughs. "Why don't we do a song of numbers just to really throw him off?" He suggests.

I agree in an instant and soon Mumbo and me are singing random numbers in a little song that has no rhythm but is fun anyways.

"No, no. Something else." Iskall says while laughing.

"I feel like this is a great time to practice our three times table, Grian." Mumbo says.

"OH yeah yeah, ummm three, six, uhhh n-nine?" I start.

"Nailed it. You nailed it." Mumbo says.

"Twelve, uhhh fifteen..." I continue.

"You guys, you guys are the worst." Iskall says as he trys to add the numbers.

Mumbo snorts, and I keep going. "Eighteen, twenty one..."

"Oh, I've seriously messed something up." Iskall sighs "Stink, there we go. Fixed it."

"Let's move onto the fours!" Mumbo exclaims!

"And a four and a eight and a twelve- hahahaha." I laugh, no longer able to keep a straight face. Mumbo laughs as well.

"You guys are seriously the worst." Iskall says, teasingly.

We continue teasing Iskall until he suddenly says. "Okay, final scores."

We both hush to hear who won.

"Up until the last hole, Iskall was heavily in the lead. Mumbo was dead last." Iskall starts.

"And I'll remain dead last." Mumbo laughs.

"The final score, for the 9 holes, Mumbo and Iskall came in on 43 shots, whilst Grian, took the victory at 39!" He finishes.

"Woooaahhhh!!!" I yell.

"Wow! That's really close!" Mumbo says.

"That is really close!" I confirm.

"That is close, that is close." Iskall says.

"We killed it!" Mumbo says.

After we say congrats and good game to each other, we part ways and head back to our bases. I fly over the water between the Shopping District and my mega base. I swoar over my base and nose dive down the center.

Just before certain doom, I spread the elytras wings and glide slightly upwards with the momentum. I slowly drop down to the floor of my base and close my elytra. I wall over to my chest to gather more rockets as I'm running low.

"How was golfing?" I hear Ex's voice say from behind me.

I sigh, and turn around to face the intruder. "If you must know, it was great thank you. But also, how did you know I went golfing?" I ask him.

Instead of answering, he crosses his arms over his chest. "You know it's my job to keep an eye on you. Even if you're on our side, you're still a Watcher."

"But we've talked about this. And besides, you're a Watcher too." I say.

"Well, my brother is the Admin. And he trusts me." EX says.

That hurt. I can understand EX being X's brother and all, but I thought X would trust me by now. It's almost been a month.

"Hey cheer up, so far you haven't done anything suspicious. So I suppose they're might be a chance of us trusting you." EX says.

I lift my head and look at him eagerly. 'Maybe I still can have the home I've alway wanted.'

"I should go now. Bye Grain." He says while spreading his elytra that X gave him so he didn't have to worry about being spotted with actual wings.

"Hey! That's not my name!" I shout after EX. But its to late, he's already left. I walk over to my bed to rest, playing golf earlier really exhausted me. I slip out of my armor and take off my elytra.

I set the items in a nearby chest and jump onto my bed face down. I sit back up and roll my shoulders slowly. 'Huh, I must have pulled a muscle while playing.' I think to myself about the pain in my back. I don't think about it to much more as I quickly fall asleep.

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Location; End

POV; Xisumavoid

"Finally! I found one." I shout to no one as I spot a End city in the distance. I pull out a stack of cobblestone and start to bridge over to the endstone island that had the city.

I carefully hop off of the one block wide bridge, and onto the enstone. I look down as to not look any of the endermen in the eyes. Don't need to have any unnecessary fights now, do we.

The end city looms in the distance as I run towards it. I weave my way through the chorus fruit plants till I reach the city. I pull out my pickaxe and mine a small doorway into the first level. I pull out my bow and take out the shulker that was in the small room.

I pick up the shulker shells it dropped upon death and put them into my inventory. I quickly make my way through the city. Stopping occasionally to collect the loot from a chest.

Suddenly, a shulkers blast fires right at me as I rounded a corner. It hits me in the stomach and I grit my teeth. The feeling of levitation starts and I pull out an arrow and nock it in my bow. I pull the bowstring back to where my cheek is under my helmet.

I release the string with a twannngg sound and the arrow whizzes through the air and hits the shulker dead on. I quickly fire another and the shulker puffs into a cloud of shells and exp.

Once the levitation effect wears off, I pick up the items and add the to my collection. I walk down the path that leads outside. "Yes!" I shout with excitement! There's a ship!

I quickly pull out some more cobblestone and tower up and over to the ship that holds an elytra. I jumb down from my tower onto the ship. I break through the blocks and fall into the cabin. I defeat a shulker in the room and run up to the where the elytra would be in the item frame.

A disappointed frown spreads across my face though as I approach the frame. There is no elytra. I check the chests to either side and grab a few bits of iron that whoever looted this ship first, missed.

I pull out my enderchest and set all of the loot I've collected into it. I sigh, and pick up the chest to leave. I block up and out of the ship. A sudden shriek scares me, as I realize my mistake. I just looked at an enderman.

It teleports infront of me and trys to land a hit, I block it, and parry with my own. I succeed, but the enderman isn't done yet. It comes in again and I take a step back to better block the attack. I back up into a railing though, and I wasn't expecting it to be there. I trip backwards off of the railing of the floating ship above the void.

I reach a hand out and grab onto the edge of the railing. The enderman walks up to the edge and looks down at me. Terror runs through my body as I stare back at the enderman. My grip slips and I break eye contact.

The enderman screams and hits me. The hit causes me to lose grip and I start to fall into the void. I fumble for my rockets and blast them. Nothing happens. "Noo!!!" I scream. I forgot to check the durability of my elytra.

Now here I am, falling into the void. The dark abyss seems to swallow me whole as I plummet further down. As the void consumes me, my last thought is. 'I'm such a derp.'

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Authors notes: Yay! This is the longest chapter yet! And it took forever. Lol

I hope you all enjoyed!

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