Greyson Mann - Kids Got Talent: An Unofficial Minecrafters Novel, Book Two

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DAY 1: TUESDAY (MORNING)

I was just a kid when I started Mob Middle School a month ago. Ive gotta say, Ive grown a lot since then.

I somehow made it through the first month in one piece. Well, EXCEPT for the day I exploded in the cafeteria, taking out the vending machine and a bully named Bones. But thats another story.

See, I had all these dreams when school started. I thought I could give myself this cool new nickname, and make friends with an Enderman, and be the fastest creeper in sprinting class.

Well, things didnt go exactly how I thought they would. I might have dreamed a little TOO big. But I still think a creeper should have a plan.

My real dream plan is to be a famous rapper someday, like Kid Z. Im only in sixth grade now, so Ive got like six years to make that happen. I think thats pretty realistic.

Meanwhile, Ive got a shot at being a famous rapper RIGHT HERE at Mob Middle School. These fliers were posted all over school last night talking about a talent show. Its a month from now.

That seems like a long way away, but it gives me plenty of time to plan.

I can picture it already: me on stage, rapping, with mobs falling at my feet. All those eighth-grade witches will be BEGGING for my autograph.

Thats where everything kind of falls apart, because no one knows my real name. Its Gerald, which is a weird name for a creeper. I tried to change it when I started school, but that plan backfired and kids started calling me Itchy. (Dont askits a long story.)

So Im trying to turn moldy mushrooms into mushroom stew. Thats what Mom says we should do with bad situationsfind a way to make something good out of them. So if I cant lose my new nickname, I gotta find a way to make it cool.

I think the talent show could help me out there. If I win, everyone will want something signed by Itchy. Theyll be making T-shirts with my name on them and everything!

The way I see it, only TWO things stand in my way of winning.

The first one is Bones and his gang. That skeleton has pretty much left me alone the last couple of daysyou know, after the blowing-up-in-his-face incident. But I overheard him say to his buddies that they should enter their band in the talent show.

I didnt know Bones even HAD a band. I didnt think that nasty skeleton had a musical bone in his body.

But if he does, hell be hard to beat. When he decides to do something (like make my life miserable), hes pretty good at making it happen.

Heres the second thing that might stand in my way of winning the show. Its possible that I MIGHT have a teeny-tiny problem with stage fright.

I wasnt worried about that at first, because I figured my friend Sam and I would do the act together. Having that big, bouncy slime onstage with me would make things a whole lot better.

So, at lunchtime, I met Sam in the cafeteria by the new vending machine. I have to say, I kind of did the school a favor by blowing up the old one. This new machine ALWAYS takes my emeralds, and food actually comes out instead of getting stuck.

Sam likes the new machine because it has hot chocolate. I guess its made from cocoa that comes all the way from the jungle. But anyway, Sam cant get enough of it. And let me just say, that slime does NOT need caffeine. Hes bouncy enough. And when he has caffeine, he wiggles constantly.

But now hes kind of addicted. So while he got his hot chocolate, I asked him about the talent show. Turns out, hes already doing an act with his girlfriend, Willow.

Personally, I dont think a sixth-grade slime should be going out with an eighth-grade witch. But I learned a long time ago (last month) not to get involved. I do NOT need that kind of drama in my life.

So I guess Willow Witch is doing some kind of potion-brewing act, and Sam is going to be her assistant. I dont really get it. Why would a slime want to be a witchs assistant when he could be a creepers backup musician?

But, whatever. I guess Im on my own.

So when I got home after school this morning, I talked to Mom about it. Well, I had to wait until she was done working out first.

Mom is on this fitness kick. Last month, it was an eat green foods kick, so this is a definite improvementat least, for me.

The green-foods thing was an epic fail. Mom was trying to look younger and greener, but that didnt really happen. Plus, Mom found out that Dad was sneaking dinners at the Creeper Caf.