Zozo – I Survived 100 DAYS as a LAVA WITHER in HARDCORE Minecraft!

On day 1 I spawned in as a lava wither. “Wow I’m so little! And I only have four hearts!  I can still hover in the air a bit though and can   I… ? Yes! I can throw flaming wither skulls!  Awesome! They don’t seem very powerful though”

It looked like I was in a town of some sort. All of a sudden, I was attacked by some villagers!  One of them threw shears at me! How  rude, but im keeping the shears. “Hey! I know I threw some  wither skulls but I didn’t   hit anybody! I wasn’t doing anything to you!”

I hurried and flew away…  slowly. I wasn’t very fast yet. “Man, that was mean. But I can’t  afford to fight right now!” I found a little cave and managed  to find a corner that seemed safe. “Tomorrow I’ll gather some supplies.’

And with that, I fell asleep. On day 2 I woke up feeling refreshed. “I better get some supplies so I  can build a shelter for myself.” I actually liked the cave I was living in,  so I decided to stay there. I chopped down  

Some trees and as I hit them, I saw  that the trees were catching on fire! “Oh whoops! Smoky the bear  is going to be so mad at me!” I’d have to be careful about what I touched  since it seemed like I was pretty hot, literally.

I had enough wood to make some tools for myself  though. They were simple, but they did the trick.  Then I almost managed to make myself  a nice little nook in the cave,   but the pickaxe broke. I went to craft  some stone tools, and while crafting,  

The crafting table set on fire! I  had only managed to craft a shovel. “Ah man, I’ll have to figure  out a solution to this!” I noticed that my hunger bar was getting a  little low. But I didn’t really know what  

Withers liked to eat. I guess I would  have to go out and try a few things. I flew around the forest and found some  mushrooms and other berries. I tried them,   but it seemed like withers didn’t like  mushrooms, I tried it but couldn’t even eat it!

“Bleh. Looks like no fungi for this wither.” I continued on and saw some animals.  Maybe I would like some eggs or chicken. “Sorry guys.” I ate the raw chicken but I didn’t like that  either and it barely refilled my hunger bar.

I explored some more but it It started to get  dark, so I decided to head home for the night. “I’ll try looking for some other  food tomorrow. Maybe a nice…salad?”  On day 3 I went looking around for some  plants and grass. I went for the grass  

But it only dropped seeds. Then I had the  idea to use shears on it and voila I got   some dried grass. I decided to eat some  dried grass and finally it refilled my   hunger a decent amount. Weird, but  whatever does the trick I guess.

As I was eating I thought I saw  something moving behind a tree. “Hello?” I didn’t hear anything, so I assumed I  was alone. I kept eating my dry grass. I went exploring and realized that I was  on an island. The water was so clear and  

Beautiful, I wanted to touch it.  I reached out, and it hurt me!. “Ah! I don’t think I like water anymore. I mean,  I’m literally made of lava so it makes sense.” I made sure to gather some grass up for later.

I flew away from the shore. I decided  to explore closer to the center of the   island. There were lots of trees and bushes. There   seemed to be a mountain in the middle of  the island. Wait, no. It was a volcano! “Oh wow!” I flew a little closer to a lower part  

Of the volcano(an off spring) and  realized there was some lava inside! “Ooh that feels nice…” All the sudden some lava spewed up  at me, hitting me out of the air. “Ouch!” I quickly flew away and headed  back to my cave for the night.

On days 4-5 I left the cave to go exploring  some more. I realized later that someone was   following me. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I  could see it darting away when I wasn’t looking. I decided to hide behind some  rocks and then pop out at it.

It came around the rock, and I scared it! “Ahhhh!” “Ahhhhh!” It was just a little butterfly! “Hey, what are you doing following me?” “I’m not…” “Okay sure…” I kept going and waited again for the  butterfly to come around the bend of a rock. “You are following me! Admit it!”

“Fine I am! But I need your help!” “Me? What can I help with?” “You need to keep the island from exploding!” “Um..what?” The butterfly sighed and flew around anxiously. “The island has been shaking  and there have been small lava   explosions. The town wise woman  said that the island is going to  

Be destroyed with a huge explosion!  But it can be prevented by a hero.” “Me?” “The town summoned you, and you came!  But one villager and his family were   opposed to the whole thing and  he’s the one that attacked you.” “Rude.” “Right? Anyway, you’re our only hope!” “Why me?”

“Um I assume it’s because you’re made of lava…?” “That would make sense. But I have no idea how to   do that. I need to talk to  that village wise woman.” “Agreed!” The butterfly, who called  herself Vanessa, led the way.

On days 6-8 we arrived back at the village.  We saw a few people around, but not many. “Those are the people who attacked  you. Bruce, and his son, Bobby.” Vanessa pointed out some villagers  outside with some pitchforks. They   were arguing with some of the other villagers.

“Here, I know how to get  to the wise woman’s house.” Vanessa led me around the back of some houses   where we arrived at a home with  a bell hanging outside. Nice. “I’ve been expecting you, young hero.” I flipped around to see a wise old woman with a  

Basket of various dry grass  on the table next to her. “I assume you are hungry.” “Yes, thank you.” She welcomed us in and she made Vanessa some tea. “You want to know how to defeat the volcano, hmm?” “Well, I don’t even believe  that I can. I’m so small!”

“You can! You just have a few steps to take.” She brought out what looked like an orb. “I knew that the volcano would erupt  someday. The villagers turned to me to help,   and I gave them a solution, but some  would not listen. They will seek you  

Out to hurt you. They believe you  are evil and have ill intent.” “Why would they think I’m evil?” “Some withers are, but that is a  choice young friend. You choose   your path. And for the sake of our  island, I hope you choose wisely.”

The orb suddenly started to glow and I  saw a figure inside. It looked like me,   but bigger and stronger! “You can gain the ability to control the lava  and tame the volcano, but it will take time.   You will need to complete tasks in order  to become the hero we so desperately need.”

“What do I need to do?’ “Only you will be able to know.  The volcano will speak to you.” Speak to me? Interesting… It had gotten late, so the woman  invited us to spend the night.  On days 9-10 Vanessa and I woke up and went  outside to collect some food from the old  

Woman. Before we left, the wise woman said that  in the vision she also saw our struggles with   setting things on fire! That’s when she  tossed out a cobblestone crafting table! “Just what we need Thanks!” Vanessa started to fly away. “I need to take care of some things,  

But you should go see what Bobby,  one of the villagers is doing.” I went ahead, and that’s when I noticed  a villager, who I assumed was Bobby,   was outside among the other  townsfolk. He looked angry.   Then all the sudden he jabbed his  pitchfork at an innocent villager! “Defend them.”

Where did that voice come from?  I decided to listen to it. “Hey, leave them alone!” I dashed over to help the villager and stop Bobby. “Get back you devil! We don’t want you here!” Bobby tried to stab at me,  but I moved out of the way.

“I’m not here to hurt you! I’m here to save  the island. Just please stop hurting people.” I stood in front of the innocent villager  to protect them. Bobby looked surprised. “You’re not going to eat us?” “Ew gross! I mean, no. Why would I do that?” Bobby looked shocked and he lowered his pitchfork.

“My father has been telling everyone that withers   are evil and can never be trusted.  They feed on the souls of men.” “Well, I definitely don’t. I just like grass.” Bobby seemed confused, but also  relieved. He looked at me and nodded. “I will follow you tiny wither.  I know that I had my doubts,  

But you seem like you really care  about our people and our island.” And I did. I knew they were just  trying to make their way in the world,   like me. We could all live together in  harmony. Just then Bobby’s father, Bruce,  

Ran out of the house with a pitchfork.  He ran towards me but Bobby blocked him. “Dad, don’t hurt him! He’s just trying to help!” “Get out of the way boy, you don’t  know what you’re talking about!” Then Bruce jabbed his pitchfork at Bobby! “Defend them.” “Hey, leave him alone!”

I spun towards Bruce, pushing him away. As I did,   I threw one of my tiny little flaming  wither skulls at him. It wasn’t much,   but it did a little bit of damage It  also gave him some wither effect .

“You see! He’s an evil creature! He will  only cause pain and misery wherever he goes!” “I am not evil! The only evil here is you!” And with that threw another flaming wither skull.   It didn’t take Bruce out,  but it did bring him down. “Stop him! Make sure he  doesn’t hurt our friend again.”

Bobby smiled at me, chained Bruce up,  took his pitchforks, and took him to jail. “I’ll come for you wither! You  won’t succeed in your evil plan!” Bobby came back over, as  Vanessa flew back as well. “Thank you…?” “Zozo.” “Zozo. Thank you Zozo. You are a welcome friend.”

All the sudden I felt a power surge through  me and I leveled up into a slightly bigger   wither. I had more hearts, and my flaming  wither skulls seemed more powerful too. Then I heard the ethereal voice again. “Well done Zozo.” I looked around, but I didn’t  see where it came from. “Woah, neat!”

Vanessa flew around me and did a  little happy…dance? I don’t know,   but it looked fun. “Wow that was amazing!” “Thanks! Now let’s see what  my new wither skulls can do!” I launched some skulls and saw  they did more damage than before!  

There was more room to grow, but  this was definitely a good start. I felt amazing. I also felt a warmth  in my heart. I think the voice I   heard was the volcano calling to me. I  defended the people, and it was happy. 

On days 11-12 Bobby helped me build a house in  the village. Well, it was more like a nice cave   in the side of a rock since I would burn wood if  I touched it. We figured that I should stay close.

Vanessa flew in and saw that I was making a new  home, and informed me that while she was gone   before, she had decorated my old cave! But  now that I was building a new place to live,   she was sad I wouldn’t be using her  improvements. I told her not to worry,  

As I planned on bringing everything she  had done in the old base to this new one. She seemed to like that and  did her little happy dance.  As I made my way to my cave I  noticed some spiders outside  

Of it. They weren’t too much of a  threat and I took them out easily. “Easy peasy.” I ate a bit of grass while looking  at the new entrance of the cave,   when one of the small spiders jumped up behind me  and tried to bite me! I took him out with 1 hit.

I went in and gathered my things  but before I could grab all of them,   a huge spider dropped down from the ceiling! “Ah! Gross!” “Who are you calling gross  you three headed freak!” “Hey that’s not very nice!”

The spider lunged at me and I dodged around  him. I was able to use my fireballs but he   kept getting hits in. I didn’t think I could  defeat him, but I managed to take him down. “Phew, that was close.” I guess I wasn’t as strong as I  

Thought. I still had a long ways to go before  confronting the volcano. I gathered the rest   of my things and headed back to the village. On days 13-15 I made my way back to my new   cave. On the way I noticed a small alcove  and decided to mine out some materials. I  

Found some cobblestone, iron, clay, black stone,  diorite, andesite and of course, some flowers. “Perfect! I can turn these into better tools and  armor! I can also use them to upgrade my base. I made my way back to the village with my  new materials, excited about what I found.  

When I got back, some of the houses  were on fire! Vanessa flew up to me. “Zozo, the volcano erupted!  It was just a small one,   but some fireballs fell down from  the sky and burned up some houses.” I looked around and knew I needed to  help. Bobby threw an empty bucket at  

Me and I hurried to the ocean to help take  out the fire with the water bucket. Since I   wasn’t touching the water directly I was  fine and didn’t get hurt. I asked Bobby   to come with me and we mined out some more  stone. We needed to fireproof the houses,  

Just in case. We helped the villagers make  some improvements to their homes so they   wouldn’t catch fire again. It was hard work,  but we all felt a little safer afterwards. Except I didn’t get why the volcano  was telling me to do things,  

And then attacking people. There  had to be some sort of explanation. While I thought about that, I  decided to finish up my cave home,   by adding all of the things I had gotten  from my old base. I also used some of the  

Materials I had mined earlier. And last  of all, I smelted down the iron so that   I could craft some better tools and armor! On days 16-19 I woke up to the voice again. “Be strong for them.” I didn’t know exactly what that  meant, but I needed to find out.

I went to the wise woman again and told  her that the volcano had spoken to me.   I also told her I didn’t understand  why it would attack the villagers. “To answer that question, you must talk to Bruce.” “Bruce?! The guy that tried to hurt me?” “Precisely.”

I didn’t understand why, but  I’m sure I would figure it out. “Subscribe.” Subscribe? Well I guess if the volcano  said it then it’s pretty important! I made my way out of the house and to  the jail cell where Bruce was being kept. “I need to talk to you Bruce.” “Never.”

He spit at me. “Why do you hate me so much?” He ignored me. I guess I could try again later. I  headed out and went to find Bobby and Vanessa. I   told them all about the volcano speaking to me  and about Bruce. Bobby didn’t seem surprised.

“My dad doesn’t really talk that much. It would  take a miracle to find out what he knows.” Great. Off to a strong start. I decided to go out for a little while and  mine some more materials. I would need all  

The help I could get, plus I wanted to make  sure the village was as safe as possible. I got back to my cave and made  some better upgrades to my house,   and even built Vanessa a little nook to  stay in. She seemed to really like it. “Thanks Zozo! You are awesome.”

She really did know how to  put a smile on my faces.  On days 20-22 I woke up with  that same voice in my head. “Be strong for them.” “Can you at least tell me how?” Silence. “Great.” I got up and decided to go out to the  beachfront to look for some things and  

Gather supplies (sand). It was beautiful,  but I had learned my lesson about water. Just then a huge crab came out and tried to snatch  me. Luckily, I was made of lava and I burnt him. “Ouch! That’s rude. I wanted to eat you.” “Trust me, you don’t want to eat me.”

The crab looked at me, confused. “You’re not a shrimp with three heads?” “No! I’m a lava wither. Zozo to be exact.” “A lava wither? Haven’t seen one of those  since the last time one was summoned.” “Wait, there was another one? When?” The crab clicked his claws  for a minute in thought.

“Probably like 40 years ago. Something  like that. I was a small thing then. This was new information. “Thanks! You’ve been a big help.” “I would say thanks to you, but you’re  not a shrimp, so I’m even hungrier.” And with that, the crab  skittered away. What a weird guy.

We had almost forgot why we came to the beach,  but then remembered and picked up some sand. On days 23-26 I headed back to the village  and dropped off my supplies started smelting   the sand. Vanessa and Bobby came  to say good morning. I told Bobby  

And Vanessa about what I learned from the crab. “Another wither was summoned? I  wonder why nobody ever mentioned it.” “Yeah, I wonder…” I decided to talk to the wise woman  again. She would’ve been around then,   so she must know something. I  confronted her and she sighed.

“I had hoped that Bruce would’ve  told you, but I suppose I must.” She grabbed her orb again and  I saw images flash across it. “About 40 years ago, two young men in the  village decided to play with magic. They had  

Read about withers and decided that they wanted  to summon one. They grabbed the items required   from a weird magical room. They went about it  correctly, but there are always risks. Once   the wither was summoned using magma blocks and  wither skulls, it befriended the two young men.  

They kept it a secret for a long time, but the  wither wanted to be free. The boys promised they   would let him go, but they never did. The wither  grew bitter, and despised humans, especially the  

Ones who had summoned him. One day, he managed to  break free from his bonds. There was an argument   between the three, but the Wither had had enough!  He attacked the village, and the two young men.” “Let me guess…”

“Bruce was one of those young men. The other died  trying to save Bruce’s life. His name was Marcus.” “So what happened to the wither?” “It laid the village to ruins,  destroying most, and then escaped,   taking captivity in the volcano. It  grew over time and now inhabits it.  

It seeks revenge on all humans,  but it’s been biding it’s time.” “So it’s not the volcano that is attacking  the people. It’s the wither living inside.” The old woman nodded. “But the spirit of the volcano has been  battling with it for many years. It has  

Grown weak, nearly on the brink  of collapse. That is why we need   you Zozo. You must restore the volcano  and defeat the wither corrupting it.” That was a lot to process. This  wither had been growing for over   40 years. How could a small wither like  me stand against something so powerful? 

On days 27-31 I woke up and  knew where I needed to go. I went to Bruce and told him what I  had learned. He looked tired today,   not as angry. He sighed and  then spoke to me softly. “I know what I did was wrong. I messed with power  

That I had no right to use.  I wanted something special,   and I treated it like garbage. It’s all my fault  that this is happening. But I can’t fix it…” He seemed so sad, but I knew what I needed to say. “That’s why I’m here. I will  protect you, all of you.”

Bruce looked at me and he smiled. “I owe you my life Zozo. Thank you.” I unlocked the gate and let Bruce out  of the jail. He couldn’t embrace me,   so he bowed a little bit instead. “I will follow you little  wither. You are our strength.”

Just then I felt another surge of power  and I leveled up into a bigger wither. I   was now adult sized. I felt that calm  again, and then I heard the voice. “Well done Zozo.” I was on the right path. Now  I just needed to prepare.

On days 32-35 I tested out my new abilities.  I could shoot bigger fireballs and could even   fly faster. Bobby heard the explosion and came  to take a look at what was happening, he was   impressed. Bobby gave me some materials and helped  to set up an obstacle course with some targets to  

Train with. We had to keep some water on hand  though, so I wouldn’t burn up all the trees. “Careful Zozo!” “I’m trying! I just have no idea  what to expect. I’ll be fighting   another wither and I’m not even sure  what tricks he has up his sleeve.”

Just then I saw Bruce. He came over and  decided to help me out too. He showed me   how to do the crawling exercise. I was too big  for it, so I just flew over the obstacle. Bruce   was not impressed. Then he showed me how  to aim my shots with some target practice.

“I think I’m getting the hang of it!” I had hit the target, but Bruce suddenly aimed his   bow at me! He started shooting and  I successfully dodged some arrows,   but some hit me. When he stopped he told  me he was trying to teach me how to dodge.

“You could have given me a heads up  first! But hey, thanks for your help.” “No problem Zozo. Anything for you.” “Anything?” “Um, within reason.” “Good to know.” He smiled and we all headed  back to the village for some   food. When we got there there was  a commotion in the center square.

“What’s going on?” “A small eruption came up out of  the ground and swallowed a house!” We looked, and indeed, there  was a large spot where the house   should’ve been. Instead, there was a pool of lava. “Was anyone inside?” “No thank goodness, but it’s not safe here!”

The villagers all argued until Bruce hushed them. “We will take care of this! We will  fortify the village and take precautions.” The villagers seemed a little at ease  but still scared. I was going to give   it my all to protect these people. I  just needed to know what to do next. 

On days 36-39 I waited for the  voice of the volcano to guide   me. There wasn’t anything and  I felt a little bit frustrated. “Why aren’t you talking to me?” Nothing. I decided that I would just wait.  Patiently. Or at least try to.

Bruce and I helped to further fortify the  village. He threw us some materials and we   made some cobblestone walls. As we were  doing so, Bruce brought up another idea. “Hey Zozo, we want to build a  statue in your honor. Also as   a reminder of hope. Do you have anything in mind?”

I thought for a minute and then told  Bruce what I would like. He smiled. “That sounds perfect!” We gathered the needed supplies and started  to clear a spot for the statue. We built part   of the base and hope to get it all done  in a few days. Can you tell what it is? 

On days 40-43 we went out to explore  the island. I guess I had some other   things I needed to do before the  volcano would speak to me again. We went looking around the volcano, when something  caught my eye. It was a large cave! I went in and  

Saw that there were some diamonds! I quickly mined  them all up, along with some other materials. “With this I can make some diamond armor. Neat!” I noticed some lava running through a part of  the tunnel and wondered if that’s how the houses  

Were being swallowed up. I tried to create some  barriers just in case. It felt so nice and warm,   I decided to take a break and enjoy the  lava. Just then I felt something grab me   from behind. I couldn’t see what it  was and it had me in a tight grip. “Hey let go!”

I managed to squirm around and saw a  giant squid was dragging me into the   water! I wasn’t burning him because his  tentacles were wet, so I was helpless! “Ah no!” He swam into the water, pulling me with him. When  I touched the water I solidified and was basically  

Useless. I tried to gurgle to make him stop, but  he kept swimming further and further down. I saw   my hearts dropping and thought this was the end!  Just then, the squid released me into an alcove. Out of the water, I transformed back into a lava  

Wither. My warm heart was enough to  melt the stone back into the lava! “Hey!” “There you go friend! I have saved you!” “Saved me? You almost destroyed me!” The squid looked confused. “Wait, you’re not Lily…” “No! Who is Lily?” “My daughter!” I looked around and some some  axalotls coming up to me.

“That’s not her Paul, you need  to stop snatching people!” “He looks just like you…” I looked at the axalotl and and she looked  at me. There was absolutely no resemblance. “Sorry about Paul. He is Lily’s friend  and she disappeared a few days ago. We  

Think she might’ve been kidnapped by  the other clan of axolotls. They live   nearby but their keep is protected by a shark.” “Well it sounds like you need help. I’ll  go look for her and bring her back to you.” “Really? Wow, that is so kind of you!  Here, you will probably need this.”

The axolotl gave me a diving suit. I guess that   solved the problem of me not  being able to go into water. Off onto another adventure. On days 44-49, Paul guided us   close to the rival axolotl clan. He suddenly  stopped and told us he saw the blue axolotls  

Somewhere around here one time, but not  sure exactly where. We thanked him anyway. I was close to the surface and I took a look  to see where I was, and recognized the area!   I was next to the dry grass field! This was a  great opportunity to use the diamonds i got,  

So I crafted a diamond sword, pickaxe and shovel.  That’s when the crafting table caught on fire “Ah, not this again!” The bench broke before we  could craft all the diamonds. “Darn it! Well at least i got some  tools, better than nothing I guess.”

That’s when I noticed a nice looking lagoon.  Inside of it I spotted a cave. It seemed empty,   so I made my way underwater to take a look. Inside the cave, I thought I could  see the axolotls hiding in there. Just then, I was attacked by a shark.

“Hey! I’m just trying to save Lily!” The shark didn’t respond, he just  kept attacking me. Luckily I had   crafted a new sword so I was able  to take him out pretty quickly. I swam up to the cave and  emerged from the water onto   a dry area. The axolotls looked terrified of me.

“I just want to take Lily back home.” One larger blue axolotl moved forward. “Lily is where she belongs. She  loves me and wants to stay here!” I didn’t see Lily anywhere, so I really  didn’t trust this guy. Then I heard a voice. “Help! I’m in here!” That must’ve been Lily.

“Her own choice huh?” The blue axolotl jumped at me and  attacked. The other axolotls backed away,   clearly frightened. I was able to take down the  leader quickly and the other axolotls thanked me. “Thank you stranger! We have been captive  to Blake for far too long. He wouldn’t let  

Us out and he kidnapped Lily as a way  to start a war with the pink axolotls.” “Why?” “He was obsessed with Lily for  months and wanted to marry her,   but she said no. Then a few  days ago he captured her!” “Well you’re all safe now.”

I went around the corner and found Lily  trapped in a cage. I freed her and we all   left the lagoon. I knew what I had to do. On days 50-53 I went back to the alcove of   the pink axolotls with the blue axolotls  and explained the situation. They made a  

Truce and Lily’s mom was more than  happy to have her daughter home. “We owe you a great debt Zozo. Take  this as a token of our gratitude.” Then Lily’s mom gave me a huge stash of diamonds! “Wow! Thank you!” “Of course. If what I heard is true,  

You are embarking on a great quest to save our  island. You will need that more than we do.” I thanked them again and then  started the long journey back home.  On days 54-57 I heard the voice  of the volcano speak to me. “Sacrifice for them.”

Sacrifice? I could do that.  I just needed to figure out   how. I quickly made myself an armor  stand, and hung my diving suit up. As I got to town I noticed that the wise  woman was outside looking at the sky. “Welcome back Zozo. You have  been gone for a long while.”

“I got mistaken for an axolotl and ended up saving   the kidnapped daughter and  joining the clans together.” “Mmm yes, as I expected…” I looked at her. She was still looking  at the sky. She was an odd one. “Another two houses have collapsed  while you’ve been gone. We did our best,  

But the wither grows angry. He is nearly  on the brink of taking over the volcano.” I was really worried. Maybe the  villagers could leave the island   and find refuge somewhere else.  I suggested it to the wise woman. “We don’t run away from our problems Zozo.” “Not run away, just stay somewhere safe.”

“We are safer here with you.” I turned and saw Bruce and Bobby approaching me. “Are you sure?” “Yes young friend. All will be well soon enough.” We all looked at the sky together for a minute.  Then Bobby leaned over and whispered to me. “What are we looking at?” “No idea.”

We slowly backed away as the wise woman  continued to look at the sky. We went   and gathered some more supplies  so we could continue to work on   the statue. It was basically done, we  just needed a few finishing touches.

We also built some new houses and made  sure the foundations were solid. We also   built them over water in the hopes that  the other wither would be less likely to   attack them. The wither would try to  take us down, but we would prevail. 

On day 58-62 I woke up to  Vanessa flying around nervously. “What’s wrong Vanessa?” “I think there’s a storm coming Zozo. Look!” I looked outside and sure enough, it  started to rain. I guess I could try   to walk around in my diving suit, but  it would definitely make me slower.

“I don’t think I should go outside.” “I can’t either. One raindrop  could hurt me really bad.” I hadn’t thought about that,  but it made sense that Vanessa   was pretty fragile. Her wings were paper thin. “It’s okay though! We can have  a day in. We can play a game!”

Vanessa flew around me excitedly. We ended   up playing some games and she  shared stories of her family. “Where are they now?” “I’m not sure actually. They all migrated when   I was still little. My wing was  hurt so I couldn’t go with them…” That made me really sad. “So they abandoned you?”

Vanessa landed. Her wings drooped a little bit. “It’s okay Vanessa. I won’t  abandon you. I promise.” Her wings lifted a little bit and  then she fluttered around again. “Thanks Zozo. You’re a good friend!” “Sacrifice for them.” I sighed. “I’m trying.” Bobby and Bruce eventually came  over looking for us. We explained  

The situation and they helped build a  little overhang so we could travel to   and from the village safely. I was really  grateful and made some food for everyone. A little bit later I took the diamonds I  had been given and made myself some nicer  

Armor. Wow this stuff was amazing!  I could take on anything with this!  On days 63-66 I went out to go test my new armor.  I went out to the jungle area where I hadn’t been   before. Maybe I could find some more food items.  I was getting a little bit low on dried grass,  

And only had 5 peas left. Vanessa had  told me about something called chocolate,   and it didn’t sound half bad. I would  go looking for some cocoa beans. I was foraging through the trees when I  entered a clearing. It looked like there  

Was something written in the ground. It was  that thing that the volcano had said to me.   Be sure to listen to that little voice  in your head telling you to subscribe! I started gathering some dried grass,   when all the sudden I heard some loud  screaming. I didn’t see anyone around me,  

But then I realized it was coming from the sky.  The volcano was spewing fireballs! I hurried and   dodged around them but one hit me! It was  small, but it was enough to knock me over. “Apparently these fireballs are  extremely hot since they set me  

On fire! What is this magic?!  I’m not supposed to burn!” Another fireball hit me. “Ouch! Stop that!” “What’s the matter? Can’t take a little heat?” I looked around but didn’t see anyone. It sounded  like the voice of the volcano, but much harsher. “Hello?”

“Small little wither, you are  nothing. But I can make you great.” I assumed it was the wither  inhabiting the volcano. “I’m not listening to you.” “Why not? We are after all, brothers.” “I’m not your brother. You’re a  bully, preying on the innocent.”

“Innocent?! They captured me and kept me as  a pet. I knew I was destined for more. I had   my revenge with the power I possessed, but I  am so much more now. The time will come when   I obtain all the power of the volcano,  and then I will truly have my revenge.

“What they did was wrong, but  they are sorry. You don’t need   to blow up the entire island because you’re mad! The voice screamed and fireballs rained   down around me. I tried to dodge  but I couldn’t handle all of it.  

A fireball hit me and everything went black. On days 67-70 I woke up to darkness. After a   minute my body lit up the space  and I realized I was buried. “Ugh great. Now I have to dig my way out.”

I started using my tools to chip away at  the hardened lava. It took a few minutes,   but I was finally able to free myself. The clearing I had been in was  now just a large pool of lava.   Good thing I was made of the stuff,  otherwise I would’ve been trapped.

I flew over the hot magma and started to make  my way back to the village. If the wither had   thrown this big of a tantrum here, I’m  sure he did some damage in the village. When I arrived, nothing seemed out  of the ordinary. I realized the  

Wither must’ve used up all his strength trying to   hurt me. I was relieved. Just then  I saw Bobby running up to meet me. “Zozo! Come quick!” I followed after him into his house. “What’s wrong?” “It’s my dad! I can’t find him anywhere!” I thought for a minute and  then something dawned on me.

“He must have gone to talk to the wither in the  volcano. That’s the only thing I can think of.” Bobby looked sick to his stomach. “He doesn’t need to do that…” “He probably feels responsible. But  don’t worry Bobby, I’ll go find him.”

I hurried and flew back to my cave to  go gather some supplies. On the way   out I noticed Bobby was waiting  for me with a pack on his back. “I’m coming with you.” “It’s too dangerous Bobby.” “It’s my dad. I have to do something.”

He was right. I wouldn’t  want to stay behind either. “He will probably go back to where it all  started, on the desolate side of the island.” “Then that’s where we will go.” On days 71-74 we went tromping   through the island slowly. Bobby couldn’t  fly like me, but I wanted to keep a low  

Profile anyway. We mostly traveled in  the jungle and gathered food as we went. “Hey more cocoa beans! I totally  forgot to make chocolate when I   was in the village. I’ll have  to do that when I get back.” “Sacrifice for them.”

Sacrifice what? The cocoa beans? I think the  volcano was losing it. We kept traveling and came   upon a small pond. We made a small shelter  and decided to stay there for the night. Bobby couldn’t really sleep because  he was so worried about his dad. “It’s okay Bobby, we’ll find him.”

“I sure hope so…” It was quiet for a while but then out  of nowhere came some more spiders. “Ugh gross!” Bobby helped me fight them off  and in no time they were all gone. “Now I really won’t be able to sleep.” “I’ll keep watch. Don’t worry.”

Bobby nodded and then managed to eventually  fall asleep. I hoped I could keep my promise   to him. He really needed his dad and  I didn’t want to see him lose him. On days 75-78 we kept trekking through the  jungle. I could tell that Bobby was really tired,  

But he kept pushing through. We came to a  large cliffside and realized that we needed   to climb up it. We started to ascend,  but then the island started to shake. “Zozo!” The island kept shaking and then suddenly  the cliffside split! Bobby fell half way  

Into the cliff and managed to hold onto  a ledge. I looked down and noticed Bobby   was barely holding on. I went to grab  him, but remembered I would burn him. “Zozo move!” I maneuvered around him and  managed to get to the ledge.  

Then I mined some blocks and created a  safe path for Bobby to get back to safety. “Wow. That was intense…” “You’re telling me..” We waited for a minute just in  case there was another earthquake. “I hope the villagers are okay.” “I’m sure it’s fine…”

I wasn’t too sure, but I had to be hopeful. “I need a break. And some water.” I nodded and let him rest for a bit. We  decided to make camp and I made a small   shelter. We set up a fire and Bobby was  able to fall asleep right away. Having a  

Near death experience will do that to you. On days 79-84 we trekked further down the   side of the volcano. We finally made  it to the bottom and just as expected,   there was a barren wasteland. Everything was  dried up and dusty. Bobby looked around in awe. “This is…” “Empty?” “Sad.”

I nodded in agreement. So much destruction and   pain. It needed to be healed and  restored to the way it once was. We started to make our way through, but  then Bobby was attacked by some snakes. “Ouch!” He stabbed them with his pitchfork,  but more were getting bites in. “Hey stop it!”

I threw fireballs at them and managed to  take them out, but Bobby looked pretty bad. “You okay buddy?” “I think I’ve been poisoned. I need  some medicine, it’s in my bag.” He managed to grab some and take it. “The wilderness is not kind to you my friend.” Bobby laughed.

“No it is not. After this I’m  never leaving home again!” His laugh got quiet. “I wonder how my dad is doing with all of this.” “You’re weak. I’ll go get you some food.” “Where?” I looked around. “Touche.” Instead I located a large dead  branch and severed part of it  

Off. I gave it to Bobby to use as a crutch. “Thanks.” We slowly, but surely made our  way further into the wasteland.  On days 85-89 Bobby and I arrived  at what looked like the remnants of   a village. Some of the stones were  still there, but there wasn’t much.

“This must be it. My dad has got to be close by.” Bobby threw down his crutch and went scrambling  around the ruins. I went looking around but didn’t   see much. Then I noticed something shining across  the land. I flew toward it and saw a metal looking  

Container buried in the ground. I unearthed it and  discovered it was a cage. Bobby came up beside me. “Is that…” “It’s where I kept him.” We both flipped around to see Bruce  emerging from a small hole in the   ground. It was partially hidden by a  rock, which is why we didn’t notice it  

In the first place. Bruce approached  us and touched the side of the cage. “It’s where I kept Aiden, the other wither.” Bruce seemed really upset and he started  to cry. Bobby hugged him and they cried   together. I couldn’t really cry, but I  knew I would be crying alongside them.

“I’ve made so many mistakes. All of this  is my fault. I need to fix what I broke.” “Not like this dad. Don’t sacrifice yourself.  You’ll only give him what he wants.” Bruce didn’t say much else, but we followed  him into his small cave. We stayed there  

For a while to rest up while I devised a plan. On days 90-94 I woke up to Bobby yelling at Bruce. “It’s not your responsibility!” “Yes it is! Don’t try and stop me Bobby.  I’m doing this for you. For all of you.”

“What about Zozo? He promised  he would help us and he will!” “I can’t let someone innocent pay  for my mistakes. Not anymore.” “Sacrifice for them.” I knew what I needed to do. Bruce went back  to his room in a huff and I came up to Bobby.

“I know what I have to do. Just promise that you   won’t follow me. And make  sure your dad stays here.” “Is this goodbye Zozo?” “No I’ll be back, don’t you worry.” Bobby nodded and then went up to the opening of  his dad’s room. We lured Bruce towards the cage,  

Telling him that we found something interesting  in there. When Bruce wasn’t looking,   we pulled him inside of the cage and  locked the door. He looked stunned. “This is for your own good  Bruce. Don’t follow me.” He sat there and begged me. “Please Zozo…” “It’s okay Bruce. It’s what I’m supposed to do.” 

On days 95-97 I continued flying toward the  volcano. It spewed lava here and there but   I dodged past it. When I was a good  distance away I stopped and hovered. “Aiden! I’ve come to talk to you.” The voice I heard before let out an  ugly scream and spewed more lava at me.

“You dare to call me what that monster named me?!” “I’m here to take his place Aiden. I know you  hate him, but he needs to live. Take me instead.” I saw the lava spew out  further, almost hitting me. “Why would you sacrifice  yourself for such measly humans?”

“Because it’s the right thing to do.” The voice laughed. “Oh this will be fun.” I moved closer to the volcano  to see if I could spot Aiden. Suddenly, the volcano reached out and snatched me,   pulling me into it’s burning  embrace. Everything went black. 

On day 98 I woke up inside the lava.  I heard the voice of the volcano. “Well done Zozo.” I felt a powerful surge   run through me and I burst from the ground into  the air. I leveled up into a full sized wither!  

But then I felt a different kind of power.  It was much bigger and stronger than me. I   realized I could control the volcano! I focused  my energy, and forced Aiden to fly out! He was   out of the volcano, but the fight wasn’t over.  He was as big as I was, and probably stronger.  

But what choice did I have? I flew toward him,  spewing lava and shooting wither heads! He fired   wither heads back at me, but at long last,  one of my wither skulls knocked Aiden down.  On day 99 I approached Aiden. He looked like a  normal wither like me, but he shook with anger.

“How dare you! That was my home!” “You have no right to use all that  power for evil. This ends here Aiden.” I commanded the lava to burst up and  around him and solidify to his body,   caging him in! He was stuck and he knew it.

“Let me go! I have to make  them pay! They are all evil   and can’t change. They don’t deserve to live!” “You’re wrong Aiden.” And with that I slashed at Aiden and defeated him. “Thank you my friend. You have  proven yourself worthy of my power.”

The volcano spoke to my mind and I felt a stronger  connection with it. I was now its guardian,   if I stayed worthy of it. It felt right. On day 100 I freed Bruce and told him the  

Good news. He followed me and Bobby back to the  village where we all lived happily and safely.   The people celebrated and I finally made some  chocolate chip cookies! We also finished the   last part of the statue and it looked awesome!  Everything was right on the island, finally.