Ariadne: a story of the dream smp

Secrets

T.W: Burn Scars

My Heart is Buried in Venice - Ricky Montgomery

"Tommy was trying to hide things from Dream before he left, or died, or whatever. Obviously he was for a reason. Apparently it was valuables, Dream didn't say what exactly, but that Tommy could have been planning to fight him." I ramble to Quackity. "The only people that have ever gone against Dream are Tommy and me. Tommy left, going against him once more. I'm the only one Dream has and the only reason I am, is because he's keeping me from going against him... because he is scared of us." I conclude.

"Huh." He lets out.

"So. What do i do?" I ask him.

"Stay in his grasp-"

"But-" I cut off.

"Wait, wait, wait. Before you can argue, let me speak. Dream thinks everyone hates him, which they do, except for you and Punz. Even with the training, we all might be able to take him down. When? No clue. How? Also no clue. But if you stay with him, tricking him into thinking your nothing but a weak soul who has to rely on him, he might be able to supply you with tools and potions and whatever for later use. You spend your time safe with him, collecting things, which you'll give to me at night or something and when it's time you'll betray him for us. I'd say we keep this a secret though, even to L'Manberg." I nod, comprehending everything.

"Ok... what about Ranboo? Or Purpled?" I ask.

He shrugs, "I would say you act like you hate all of us. Even them and me. Act like your only dependent on him." I nod again.

"Love you Big Q."

"Love ya too Lil L." I roll my eyes at the nickname and open my mouth to say something back but I see Dream walking to me from the corner of me eye.

"Fuck you asshole." He stares at me for a second in confusion before making an 'oh' with his mouth.

"Get the fuck away from me bitch." I purse my lips from laughing and stick my middle fingers up as I walk backwards, something he returns.

"Uh, we gotta go to the nether." Dream says once I reach him. I nod, pretending to be mad.

"What's going on? I thought you made up with him?" He asks.

I sigh, holding back a laugh, "He didn't change." I shake my head and he nods a bit suspiciously.

"Well, what did he do?" He asks.

"I heard him talking about me behind my back." I say sort of quietly. He nods and doesn't ask anymore questions that I thank quietly.

"Wait, why are we going to the nether?" I ask him.

"Oh, we need some spare netherite. Didn't think you'd be doing anything." I roll my tongue along the inside of my cheeks and purse my lips with a stiff nod. Jeez, I know you think I'm lonely but I still do stuff.

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"Why didn't you take any armor? You wouldn't have gotten burned so much if you did." Dream shakes his head disapprovingly. I look to my left, annoyed. While Dream was blowing everything up, I kept accidentally walking into fire or getting blown a bit by the explosions. At least we got... 28 ancient debris which is good I guess. The warmth of the lava and hot air isn't helping my exposed burn scars. It's not like I'm not used to burn scars anyways.

"Well to be fair, I didn't bring my armor to curse out Quackity so since we came straight here I also didn't stop back at home." I say reasonably as we walk over the dangerous bridge Dream speed built. I watch as he steps carefully over the spare rocks and watches his step making me roll my eyes. Ever since I came to my senses, I've been getting really annoyed with his every move. Just to piss him off I put my arms out to my sides and sway a bit as I walk in front of him. I hear him scoff and smirk to myself.

"Your gonna kill yourself." He says from behind me.

I shrug, "What's there to live for anyways?" I ask.

He stays quiet for a second before answering, "Outliving Tommy. Shouldn't be too hard." My jaw tightens by the mention of his name.

"Oh look, we're here." I change the subject as I jump onto the main portal's shelter. He rolls his eyes as I do sarcastic jazz hands to him.

"Come on." He steps through the portal as his body dissolves. I stick my middle fingers up at the empty portal and consider running away to some other random portal in the nether. I sigh angrily at Quackity's words replaying in my head.

Stay in his grasp

Stay in his grasp

Stay in his grasp

I walk through the portal with exhaustion and anger fueling me. As soon as I walk back into the fresh air of clean streets and playful friends, I'm met with the absolute last duo I expected. My eyes widen and my mouth opens slightly.

"T-Tommy?"

"With me." Techno smirks to me.