Ah yes! The perfect day to go mining! Sun is shining and... and well that's pretty much it. The sun is shining. You grab your trusty diamond pickaxe and set off for work. You, like always, venture down deep into the systems of Minecraft, hoping to find more of them precious crystals that every player dreamed of. Deeper and deeper you ventured in the hope to find diamonds. There had to be some somewhere!

Time passed. How long have you been down here? You continue your search until you see it. That colourless glint of light sitting next to a pool of lava. Joy took over your whole body. There was so many of them that you could mine at your heart's content. Oh what joy! You couldn't wait to get back up to the surface to tell your pals! And then there was that noise you didn't want to hear.... Sssssss......

You were so close to victory but all you obtained was a one way ticket to home, your inventory diamond-less. You hate creepers so much. You wish you could murder every single living one of those nightmares. But you never really thought about how the creeper felt did you? Well, why would you? It did kill you after all.

Many updates ago, when survival was new to the world, creepers roamed freely across the land. Now what was strange was that they had arms. Arms to hug everything they see. They were such a peaceful bunch! That was until Herobrine turned up (literally! He is like in every story so far o_o!).

Herobrine spread misery across the land. The mobs of Minecraftia had been force fed a high dosage of evil. The creepers didn't want this and fought back. A battle broke out between the creepers and Herobrine. After 10 minutes of war the creepers gave up, Herobrine cast a spell upon these poor creatures and they were never able to hug again. After living with the curse for a while now, creepers began having side effects: they would blow up when within a 2 block radius of a player.

So when next time you are blown up by a creeper, just remember: he didn't blow up because he hated you. He blew up because he loved you.

-- TRUE STORY --

(Okay, so it's not confirmed, but I might as well email Notch to see if it is)