Ariadne: a story of the dream smp

Bow and Arrows and...Eret?

I Hear a Symphony - Cody Fry

"Ok, just aim...and fire!" I let go of the feathery end of the arrow between my fingers on Dreams command. It soars through the clouds before falling down and hitting the target. I smile and Dream applauds me.

"Why are we 'training' again?" I put air quotes on the word training as I turn to Dream.

"Because. There's nothing better to do. Tommy is out with Ranboo and Ghostbur, Tubbo is...well..." he drones off and I nod while turning back to the target. I don't need to ask what he means to understand. The whole SMP hates me. Even though I've been nothing but nice to everyone. I gathered dirt and supplies for Mexican L'manberg for Quackity, I have been best friends with Tubbo since I was like 13, Fundy and I would always bake and cook for people together, Purpled...well, I thought that we'd be at least friends after our long talks at night. He promised he would never think badly of me.

My thoughts get snapped out of my head when Dream hands me a bow he was holding while he walks off. Huh? I watch him in confusion as he steps into the portal.

He rolls his eyes and gestures for me to join him. I raise my eyebrows slightly before jogging up to the obsidian and purple lighted portal just as Dream vanishes. I pull the bow over my shoulder and grip the other one before stepping into the portal, immediately becoming nauseous from the vision blurring.

"Hey. Hey." I look up and see Dream nodding his head to me. I follow slowly as he makes his way past the strange obstacles and to the main portal. "We're visiting Eret. He's the king now." I hum in acceptance and step into the portal next to him. Here comes the nausea.

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I hum a tune from one of Ghostburs song as I walk behind Dream. He's holding his bow again and has his sword draped over his shoulder on a strap like I do. Well, he did give me it so it makes sense Dream would have his own strap thing. He taps his fingers lightly to the tune on his bow. His fingerless gloves are dirty and has dried up blood, that I imagine he never got out from past wars. His face mask is on his face straight and clean, except for the scratches and dents.

I glance down to my outfit. Mom jeans and shirt from a beach shop George got me. It's tucked in neatly to my pants. No idea where George got it, but I like it. My shoes are old converse Ive had for longer than I remember. I simply have my hair down naturally, the brown beach curls draped on and down my shoulders.

"Why exactly is Eret king?" I ask Dream. He stays quiet for a second or two before answering.

"George was getting attacked by Technoblade and other people. It wasn't safe for him. He's too close to me... Eret, well he isn't. He has said on countless occasions how he doesn't approve of my methods." I nod, trying not to make Dream explain further. I know how he hates talking about his personal life.

"That makes sense." I tell him. He nods and glances to me before looking back ahead. I see Tubbo talking with Fundy near a couple trees and smile to them before remembering what they think of me. Dream looks back to them as I look away, him obviously making a face because I hear them leave.

"Here we are." Dream mumbles as he opens the gates to Eret's castle. I look around the land of the castle. Must be nice, being rich. Dream leads me to the front doors and after announcing it was him, he pushed the gigantic doors open. I let out a whistle at the inside. The whole place looked like it was from a movie. Everything was shiny and clean and gorgeous. There is also flags everywhere, whether it's L'manberg, Manberg, or LGBTQ. A whole lotta flags.

"Oh! Lia, what a..surprise." I turn to see Eret looking at me and Dream. I nod and fiddle with my shirt that's ripped at the bottom.

"Shes visiting with me. I thought since, you two haven't seen each other for a while." You could say that. He was a traitor, why would I want to speak to him?

"Well it's nice to see you. Here, come on in." Eret holds his arm out, pointing to a living room sorta beat. I smirk and flop myself onto the couch while Dream sits in a chair beside me, just as messily, but fixing himself up to look proper. Eret sits down in front of us in a giant chair and crosses his legs.

"Why are we here again?" I ask them.

"Well, Eret has informed me of his loneliness and since you guys were such great friends I thought that you two could hang out. So I don't have to." Dream says.

"I'm not lonely." Eret glares at Dream who looks to me.

"I'm fine with that. As long as you don't turn against me like the rest of this shit hole." I say.

"Perfect." Dream stands up and claps his hands together. "Well, Tommy needs me, so I'll be on my way. Have fun!" He walks out of the room and after we hear the door close, Eret takes their crown off.

"Sorry about that whole traitor thing, by the way..." Eret says awkwardly.

"It's fine I guess." I look from the ground up to them. "It was a good deal. Besides, if I can be friends with Dream, I can be with you." He smiles at my statement.

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"Why's it so sunny?" I whine to Eret. He laughs.

"Oh it's not that bad." His deep voice denies. I look up to him.

"Your wearing sunglasses." I cross my arms as he pulls them down a bit before pushing them up.

"Fine." they snap and someone brings a pair of black sunglasses to them. "I have a million anyways." I smile and take the glasses from the tray before the man scurries away. I put them on and Eret laughs as they fall down my nose a bit.

"What?" I ask as I push them back up.

"Nothing. Nothing." I roll my eyes, not that he can see, and walk around the SMP next to Eret. "So I heard you got Wilbur's coat." He brings up.

"Yeah. I don't know what the big deal is. It's not like I'm going to blow up the whole place just because I wear a coat. Besides, it's comfy." I tell him.

He chuckles, "True, true." I see Tubbo and Quackity laughing about something from the corner of my eye but ignore their stares when they notice us. After Eret sighs, obviously noticing them, I turn around and wave with a smirk. If people hate me I may as well be petty about it. Quackity sneers at me but Tubbo has a blank face. I turn back and continue to walk beside Eret.

"Your such a petty bitch." Eret laughs.

"Aw. Boohoo cracker." I say sarcastically. He laughs loudly so I continue, "It's not my fault you don't make fun of the hate."

"Props to you then." He nudges me as Dream jogs up to us.

"Glad to see you haven't killed each other. Come on Lia, Tommy's being annoying." I laugh with Eret and nod.

"Have fun with him." Eret crosses his arms with a smirk.

"Oh I will." I salute to him and walk off next to Dream.

"Nice glasses."