Arcanus ❂ A Dream SMP Story

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"C'mon Tubbo, hurry up!" Tommy said, slowing his pace to allow his friend to catch up. But to be fair, Tommy was walking at quite the fast pace. 

Tubbo felt bad for Tommy of course, that cow was very beloved to him and they had no idea what happened to Henry. He looked around, only to see random creeper holes littering the grass, no one bothering to fill the holes. The sky was turning into a burning orange and red, no clouds to be seen. The oak wood path was scratched and worn, beyond repair. Only a complete replacement would do at this point in time. There was a comfortable silence between them, only the sounds of their footsteps on the Prime Path filling the air. 

Tubbo knew that getting caught in this place, in this time, could mean life or death so he never let his guard down. Three lives seemed like so many yet was so little. 

Even if Tommy was the one banned from this land, the blonde really didn't care since it was close to night time, no one would be patrolling at this hour. Not that it made a difference to Tubbo, who was obviously a bit on edge.

Tapping his iron pickaxe on the ground as he walked, Tubbo asked, "Where are we headed? We could stop by Niki's Bakery if you're hungry." Tommy shook his head, his eyes focused on the path in front of him. His expression would help anyone else assume that he was concentrating on something important perhaps but Tubbo had accompanied Tommy for such awhile that he could tell that Tommy was in fact not determined, but covertly deflated about the disappearance, or unexpected death of Henry.

"Let's go back to Pogtopia, maybe Wilbur can help us." Tommy replied after an uneasy amount of time, finally looking up to return Tubbo's gaze. Tommy trusted Wilbur, as he basically acted as his and Tubbo's older brother. 

Tubbo nodded, and they set off towards Pogtopia.

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Sorting his chests, Wilbur heard footsteps coming down the make-shift staircase, followed by a shout, "HEY WIL, ITS ME AND TUBBO! WE'RE BACK! IS TECHNO HERE?" Wilbur winced, Tommy was always a bit loud for his liking. An empty cave that provided lots of space for a continuing echo didn't help that fact either.

"Hey there! Glad you're back, did you get Henry back?" he slammed his chests shut, "And no, Techno is not here, he went off to get materials," Looking up, he saw two boys, dirt on their shirts and scuff marks on their face. But oddly, no Henry. 

Wilbur raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms, "What happened? Where's Henry? Did you two get caught?" The seemingly only responsible and resolved adult spurt out all of his questions, letting them hang in the air. 

"No, no! We were out searching for Henry. And uh..." Tubbo said, waving his hands in defense. His sentence wavered, and he looked at Tommy not knowing whether he should continue. Wilbur looked between the two boys, trying to figure out what they were trying to say. He could never tell with these two, it was almost like they were able to read each others mind(unlike himself) simply by staring at each other. It was a little creepy if Wilbur had to admit it.

"Well? I'm not a mind-reader so get to it. But whatever you need, I'm always here to help." Wilbur assured, turning back around to sort his belongings, at least what was left of it. It stayed silent for a long amount of time, but Wilbur didn't mind. He wouldn't rush anything that didn't need to be said at the moment.

Tommy was the one who broke the silence, "I lost Henry, and I have no idea where he is." He decided to cut to chase and not give a long-winded story like he would always do when something happened. A topic of upmost importance deserved to get resolved as quickly as possible, not be side-tracked by wee details that didn't matter when it came to the main issue.