Chapter 2 / White Flags

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<<Good news, my uniform fits. Bad news, there's a forest fire!>>

It had been a few days since the agreement with Dream and some things happened. Hiding the fact that they were doing drugs was easy enough, they said they were just making hot dogs, and top it all off with a giant hot dog on the roof of the van.

Most of the members of the server had made fun of Wilbur for his idea, the ridiculous name of the nation and the rules he imposed within the walls. Before Tommy was allowed to enter that land owned by Dream, they all lived conflict-free. But since the Discs war, the idea of ​​walking around without armour was ridiculous.

There was only one man who hadn't made fun of the new nation, and that man was Eret. Wilbur had accepted him as a member of L'Manburg without hesitation after all the support he had given him (also because they needed more men, but we don't talk about that...).

The only thing the nation lacked was a symbol. None of the five males was able to design a flag, but as for uniforms...

<<A what?>> asked Wilbur with worry in his tone. Eret was with them that day, adjusting Tubbo's jacket, when Tommy threw open the van door <<Are you sure this is not an accident?>> Eret asked, and Wilbur shook his head <<They tried to burn our forest because we specifically asked them not to>>.

Tommy grabbed Tubbo by the arm and dragged him out of the van <<Come on Tubbo, we have to put it out!>> he screamed as he ran towards the woods. Wilbur tried to stop the blonde, but they were already too far away to hear him.

Without hesitation, Tommy ran towards the flames even though he didn't know exactly what to do. Unlike him, Tubbo tried to make a plan <<Tommy wait, we have to look for the culprit!>> he said, covering his face with his hands to keep the ash and smoke from getting into his eyes. <<Up there!>> the blonde pointed to a treeless hill from which there was a good view of the valley down below <<Let's see if someone leaves the forest>>.

Climbing the hill, they watched the fire expand incessantly, and realized that whoever caused it must still be down there, lightning up more trees.

Tubbo looked at the van, to make sure the flames had not reached it, and then remembered that he still had the potions he had made earlier with Wilbur.

His eyes widened <<I have to take the potions back to the van, we can't risk losing them here>> the brown haired boy said looking at the bag full of potions that was strapped to his back. <<Wait! What about the fire?>> Tommy asked turning to his best friend, <<It'll die on its own eventually, we have to get back home!>> Tubbo didn't wait for a reaction and ran back to the walls. Tommy cursed through gritted teeth, and went down the hill as he had no other choice.

Then suddenly he saw something in the distance, inside the land of the Dream SMP. He called his best friend who turned to him and then followed his pointing arm towards the Dream SMP. <<Oh my God...>> he gasped at the sight of his big wooden house being slowly devoured by fire, just like the rest of the trees around them.

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Sapnap stood up after lighting the fire on yet another tree. Dream was a few steps away with the crossbow in his hand <<That should be enough>> said the dark-haired man replacing the flint and steel with his bow <<Can we kill them now?>>.

<<Not yet>> answered Dream without looking at him <<We have to give them a chance to surrender. Remember that this server was born without conflicts, it would be hypocritical to attack them before->> he stopped in mid-sentence and his muscles tensed.

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