venenum [ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ]

[chapter six]

"I tried to offer him my disc.." Tommy rambled on as the three of you walked through the streets of the SMP. He was currently talking about the ultimatum he gave them yesterday, or at least you think that's what he was talking about.

You didn't really ask him but he started talking about it either way. They were giving you a tour whilst running errands, hopping from place to place. You glance at Tubbo who was listening intently to Tommy. "Mhm." You hum, pretending to sound interested.

You shift your attention to a neat looking house in the middle of the lake, a wooden bridge path leading up to it. Feeling curious, you begin to wander towards the building. You glance back at the two who were still walking and chatting, oblivious to the fact you were sneaking off.

You felt bad leaving them but you've been itching to snoop around inside buildings ever since Tommy started rambling about random stuff. You look up and read the sign above the door reading, "Community house". You lightly shrug and pull open the door, swiftly stepping inside.

You briefly look around for a moment before heading toward the corner of the room lined with chests. You rummage through the chests, trying to find something worthy of stealing. You click your tongue. "What a mess." You mumble to yourself, feeling disappointed to find nothing but trash and useless items.

Your head snaps in the direction of the door across the one you entered when you hear it suddenly opening. In stumbles Sapnap and George, casually laughing and chatting. You tense up and pull out a potion from your satchel out of habit.

Your grip on the bottle tightens as you eye their sheathed weapons and the shields placed on their backs. George felt taken aback when he finally spots you by the chests, he yelps and points to you, alerting Sapnap. The two proceed to pull out their weapons, pointing it at you.

You gulped, forcing a grin to your face. "Well well well, if it isn't Sapnap and, um.. sunglasses." You call out with a smug facade.

"Hey, that's supposed to be our lines!" Sapnap exclaims.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" George shouts threateningly, inching closer to you.

A look of recognition dawns on Sapnap's face. "Hey isn't she that chick we found in the forest? Come to think of it, you were the one who showed up yesterday weren't you?" Sapnap asks, narrowing his eyes at you.

You chuckle nervously, holding your hands up as their weapons were now only inches away from you. "Ok, can we just chill? Why don't we lower our weapons so no one gets hurt?" You excuse, offering them a polite smile.

"You're really in no position to say that." Sapnap says and laughs in response.

"I'd say otherwise." You say with a confident look, swishing the contents of the strength potion in your hand. "I can just, easily drink this and cut you guys down even with just a dagger." You threaten, wishing they'd back down already since this was your last strength potion on hand.

You didn't want to waste it just to chase off the two buffoons. The two pales as they realize what kind of potion you were holding, they proceed to lower their weapons reluctantly. "What's your business here?" George speaks up after a few seconds of silence.

You hum, tapping your chin. "Nothing. Isn't this the.. community house? I'm sure I'm welcomed here just as you guys are." You say, feigning a look of disdain as you cross your arms.

"If I remember correctly, you were with L'manburg. This is the land of Dream SMP and you aren't welcome here." Sapnap spat, pointing the sword in his hand toward you threateningly.

You recall Tommy and Tubbo casually walking around earlier. Either they didn't care or they didn't know at all that you were forbidden on the land of the Dream SMP. "Whatever. I'm done here anyway." You say nonchalantly, flicking your hand in dismissal.

You hear the two faintly growl at your lack of respect. You snicker in amusement, "That's cute, you're like that man's little dogs." You taunt, a cold look on your face.

"Bitch what-"

"I'm going." You casually say, turning on your heel just as they were about to lash out at you. "Tell.. Dream I said hi." You spat, your voice full of malice.

In an instant you snap out of your facade and you quickly run out of the community house, slamming the door loudly behind you. You regretted wandering off now, the encounter had soured your mood. "Vene!" Your head snaps up as you hear two voices call out your alias.

You spot Tommy and Tubbo frantically running up to you with worried expressions. They must've heard the door slamming and immediately ran to you. You force up a smile on your face as they near you.

"Where have you been?"

"Are you okay?"

They say in unison and you shake your hands in front of you. "Everything's alright, I just ran into someone." You assure as you turn them around and push them by their backs.

There was no telling if they were going to run after you, especially after insulting them like that. "I suggest we get going." You say in a rushed voice.

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You let out a loud yelp. "Go Tubbo!" You shout, cupping your hands on the sides of your mouth. Tubbo quickly glances at you and shouts a thanks.

Tommy and Tubbo were currently sparring each other for training. Wilbur supervised, watching them by the camarvan while you sat on the trunk of a fallen tree. They immediately went to train right after arriving back, leaving you with nothing to do so you decided to watch and be their support.

"Hey! What about me?" Tommy yelled just as he ducked to dodge Tubbo's attack.

You scoff, averting your gaze. "Eh, you too." You say with an uninterested look. Tommy yelled in response, feigning a look of hurt. The three of you laugh at his antics.

If you had to be honest, you could tell they weren't really the best fighters just from this spar alone. There was no excitement, no tension, but you stayed either way, it was amusing to see them struggle to land a hit on each other. You could feel their hesitation from where you sat. 

A grin falls on your face as you see a figure appear in your peripheral. "Welcome back, Eret." You call out to him with a taunting look.

Eret, who was currently sneaking back in, jumps at the sound of your voice. The other three shift their attention to Eret and call out their greetings to him with welcoming looks. "Hi, Eret!" He chuckles nervously, waving back at them and trying his best to act casual.

He shoots you an irritated and suspicious look as soon as the three avert their gaze from him. You only smile widely in response to his expression. "Good day." You greet him as he passes you on his way to the living quarters.

He ignores you and continues walking, though you could tell he was terribly irritated. You laugh to yourself at his reaction. He must've felt so scared being called out like that. He shouldn't worry though, you still weren't planning to snitch on him. You just found it amusing taunting him like that.

After a few more minutes, you eventually grew bored just watching the two spar. You hop up to your feet and stride over to the camarvan, looking to start a conversation with Wilbur. "Will you be sparring today too, Wilbur?" You ask as you stand beside him.

You cross your arms as you lean back on the camarvan, copying Wilbur's position. "Hmm? Oh no, I'm just here to watch." He says, his eyes trained on the two.

You nod your head in understanding. "Well, what do you think of their fighting skills?" You ask, shifting your attention to the spar as well.

You wince as you watch Tubbo trip, the sword in his hand slips away flying toward Tommy. Tommy yelps, narrowly dodging the weapon before running over to Tubbo. "Are you okay?" You faintly hear him ask.

Wilbur was about to push himself off the van and rush over but stops and calms down when he sees that Tubbo was okay. "To be honest, they're not the best." Wilbur confesses with a sigh.

"But I don't want to crush their spirits. The best we can do now is to just train them as best as we can," He says as a serious look falls on his face. "Until the day the war comes."