I WAS PIXELATED!

Gimmick reached into his backpack and grabbed his Eyes of Ender. He walked up the stairs and carefully placed the eyes in the center of the portal blocks. A small ring was heard as the portal was beginning to form. When he finished, the room echoed with thunder and the inside of the frame filled with a dark color. The portal was black with specs of color, resembling a night sky. While a night sky was peaceful, Gim felt an eerie energy coming from the portal. 'Maybe because I'm actually in Minecraft and get to feel everything compared to being behind a screen.' He guessed. He didn't try to think too long about it and decided to jump in. His brain jumbled and swirled and he felt suspended in nothingness for a few seconds. Soon enough, the other side of the portal opened up, and he landed on a small obsidian platform a few meters away from a massive floating island made of the same sourdough-like blocks he saw below the portal frame blocks. 

He noticed he had landed at the edge of his obsidian platform, almost slipping off. He quickly recovered himself, and stepped back. He took a moment to enjoy the view. It was magical in a creepy way. The night sky and the dark endless abyss below him made the large end stone island look as if it were in the middle of nothing. Ten large towers made of obsidian were sprawled in different areas of the island with glowing pink crystals floating on top of each one. The island itself looked dry and barren with hundreds upon hundreds of endermen wandering around endlessly, or standing idly. From afar the place looked like a creepy desert with tall black cacti all around. 

Gim took out a stack of stone from his backpack and began building a bridge, placing the stone blocks on the edge of the obsidian and making his way to the island. He landed on the island with a small hop, putting his stone blocks back into his backpack. A powerful roar echoed through the place, and soon in the distance Gim heard the flapping of wings, like someone slamming a soft cloth down in the air, to create turbulence.

He looked above seeing the source of the sounds circling the towers, with a great beam of light connected to it. Glowing purple eyes was the only thing he managed to distinguish in the pitch black sky. However, Gimmick knew by the sounds of large wings, and the glowing eyes the creature flying was none other than the Ender Dragon. Gimmick walked forward, stepping through the flat terrain with ease. An endermen bumped into him, and simply looked down at the creature that had invaded its home. Seeing the tall entity brought back guilt from the time he had taken the lives of its friends back in the surface world.

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Gimmick had settled down in the village with his old man companion. He chose to stay in the small room connected to a ladder. It was nice and cozy as he sat on the floor. There was a small window, with no panels that showed the view of the village and the crops. After sitting around for some time Gim went down the ladder and left the village. If he was gonna sleep in the small room he thought it would be nice to furnish it up a bit. "A chest or two and maybe a bed would be nice." He punched a few pieces of wood as he said this. After collecting the wood he traveled further forwards, collecting more wood as he went. 

He didn't notice when the sun had set, until he was back in the plains biome. The flat green land was infested with monsters but more importantly endermen. He stared at the large group of them in awe as they were walking around harmlessly. Gim counted the number. There were exactly eleven endermen close together, huddled in a clique. A few had a block of grass in their long lanky arms. One was spinning around, and another was vibrating its head, with its jaw wide open. He smirked, getting an idea. "I might not have a weapon yet, but I can still take these out." He began approaching the large group of tall pitch black creatures. 

After running earlier, he noticed something. His stamina and speed were more than doubled upon entering the world of Minecraft. He rushed at them punching each one, getting their attention. The block-holding endermen dropped their block and raged at the disturbance. The endermen walking harmlessly began chasing in belligerence. Even the endermen that had been spinning stopped and began chasing the blond player. 

Gimmick ran past the other monsters, paying no mind to them with a smile on his face. He ran through the plains, looking back as the endermen were on his tail. One teleported right in front of him, swiping at him with his long arm, but he managed to dodge and continued running. After passing the plains, and running through the forest he had originally started at, he finally saw what he was hoping for, water. He stopped running, his feet skidding across the dirt. Using the wood, he built himself a platform, high enough that his pursuers wouldn't reach him right in front of the lake. As the large group of endermen caught up, surrounding his platform, he punched them all one by one, knocking them back into the lake. The endermen could not survive in water, and they all began groaning in pain, as their bodies shook. Soon enough a chain of hisses was heard and one by one, the endermen disappeared, dropping an ender pearl. He jumped off his platform, collecting his spoils of victory. 

"Aw yea!" He jumped up and pumped his fist up in the air.

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Gim decided to scout the island, walking up to each tower carefully. He had taken a left and was hoping to come full circle on the island, but something on the farthest tower caught his eye. On top of the tower there was not one, but 6 crystals encircling a small space. In between the crystals an unconscious man sat there, chained to the tower. Gimmick's blood boiled at the scene. He put his bow and arrow away, and grabbed his blocks again. He began building a stair well to the nearest obsidian tower, making sure to not fall. He made sure to build it a few blocks away from it, since he knew what would happen if he broke the crystal that regenerated the Ender Dragon's life. 

He pulled out his bow an nocked an arrow into place. He carefully aimed at the crystal and let the arrow fly. The arrow whizzed past a few endermen heads, and pierced the crystal, causing an explosion at the top. The dragon roared angrily, and finally took notice of its intruder, diving down, and flying straight at Gimmick for an instant kill. 

Gim, gripped his sword and gritted his teeth. "Bring it on you beast."