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happening?”
    â€œWe lost our friend too,” said Steve.
    â€œYes, we lost him in the tunnel,” said Lucy.
    â€œAnd you left without finding him?” Adam asked. He seemed shocked that they would abandon a friend.
    â€œWe had to leave, we were being attacked by a creeper,” said Kyra.
    Just then there was a loud explosion. “Well, it followed you!” Adam screamed as they ran from the exploding creeper, which had burned Adam’s bed.
    The group ran to safety in Adam’s living room.
    â€œNow that the creeper is gone, I want to go find Henry,” said Lucy.
    â€œI’m not going back in that tunnel,” said Kyra. “It’s a death trap. Adam, you have no idea how many mobs spawned while we were down there, it was tense.”
    â€œDo you have another plan?” asked Adam. “If you do, I want to join you guys and also find Thomas. This griefer has to be stopped.”
    The group could see the sunlight come up in Adam’s living room.
    â€œI think it’s safe to head home,” said Steve. “We have to dig for seeds. My friends are helping me rebuild my wheat farm.”
    â€œWe have to find Henry first,” Lucy reminded him.
    â€œI think I have an idea of where we can look,” said Adam. “But first we have to travel to the Nether to get Nether Wart so I can make some potions to help us on our search.”
    â€œThe Nether?!” Lucy seemed shocked and reluctant to go to this dangerous land. “It will take us even farther from Henry.”
    â€œAnd how can we even trust you?” asked Max, “You could be the griefer and you could be trapping us in the Nether.”
    â€œIf I was the griefer, would I have stolen my own potions?” Adam asked.
    â€œI’ll go, Adam,” Kyra told him. “I know how important it is to have potions when you are going on a dangerous journey.” The rest of the group agreed. They needed to find Henry, but going without any potions would be a fool’s errand and could cause more harm to them; then they’d never save their friend.
    The group followed Adam outside and created a large portal with obsidian, flint, and steel. They emerged into the fiery redness of the Nether.
    The gang walked through the landscape filled with lava pools.
    Within seconds two ghasts swept through the sky, lunging toward them and throwing a fireball at Adam. He hit the fireball with his sword. It ricocheted toward the ghast, destroying it. The other ghast shot another ball of hot red flames and Max punched the flame as it hit the ghast. They were safe! Ghast tears dropped from the sky.
    â€œThese ghast tears are good for potions,” Adam said as he picked them off the ground. “But we need to find Nether Wart.”
    Lucy was excited. “I see a Nether Fortress in the distance,” she said, but then she remembered Henry was missing. “Henry is an expert at getting treasure from a Nether Fortress. I wish he was here.”
    â€œWe’ll find him,” Max reassured Lucy. “We just need to be prepared and we will be able to save our friend and stop the griefer.”
    â€œWe do need to go to the Nether Fortress,” Adam told Lucy. “It’s where you find Nether Wart. I know you miss Henry but maybe we can find some treasure to bring back for him.”
    â€œYou act like going to the Nether Fortress and finding Nether Wart and treasure is so easy. Last time I was in the Nether, I was battling mobs every second and almost died a million times,” said Steve.
    â€œI think you’re exaggerating, Steve,” said Lucy “It’s bad, but it’s not that bad.”
    The minute those words came out of Lucy’s mouth, a zombie pigman emerged from behind a lava waterfall. Lucy accidently hit it, provoking the zombie pigman, who charged toward Lucy with a gold sword. The tip of the sword pointed at Lucy’s head.
    Max raced toward the zombie