Ashes and fires

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(Few days later techno pov)

Looking after Tommy was harder than I thought. My gapples and ender pearls were disappearing all the time. I spent time getting those. This time I found loads in a chest. Two stacks of each. I wondered where these came from. It was hard to get even one ender Pearl.
'Tommy? Where did all these come from?'
The house was quiet like Tommy wasn't even here. I went down to his room. Seeing a figure huddled under a blanket lying on Tommy's bed. I walked towards his bed.
'Tommy?' Still no noise. I pulled of the blanket. Seeing Tommy curled up in a ball.
Tears wet his arms while he silently cried.
'Hey Tommy it's me.' I sat next to him trying to get a good look of his face. I only got a quick glance yet I could see a bruise forming.
'Go away..' I couldn't understand him that much he was very muffled. I didn't want to leave him in this state.
'Tommy it's alright your ok.'
He turned to face me. I could see his face more clearly now.
'I said go away!' He tried to shout but his voice wouldn't let him. He chocked back a sob as he curled back into a ball coughing into his elbow. I sighed. I stood up ready to go back upstairs.
Then I heard singing coming from Tommy. He obviously thought was gone. I recognise the song. It was a lullaby that Phil used to sing to us when we were kids. Tommy always wanted to sing along with Phil but he always said "you shouldn't sing Tommy let Wilbur do the singing." I never knew Tommy remembered it.
'Phil used to sing that to us. You loved it.' I went back over to Tommy. He looked at me this time.
'It was my favourite. I thought he wrote it when I was little. I was stupid to think that. The favourite child gets everything.' He was still looking at me. Was he implying that I was phils favourite?
'I'm not his favourite.' Clearly I wasn't I had killed people.
'You were and you still are. When You dyed your hair pink he was so proud of you. I dyed my hair to match dad and I got pushed to the side. He thought I wasn't listening when he said that I try to hard but I was. I heard everything. He's the reason I steal cause then I won't be trying to hard.'
I never realised that Phil did that to Tommy he was always so nice to me. He still trusted me even after the voices took over.
'I kept stealing to prove myself to him. Then he got angry at me started saying how useless I was without other people. Yet you did worse things and he still comes with gifts.'
I felt so helpless. Phil never did anything to make me feel bad. Yet he still did things to Tommy and probably Wilbur.
'I got you your things back Phil would've been mad if he saw I stole your stuff..'
Tommy never calls him Phil he always calls him dad.
'I can try to get Phil here to comfort you. I'm more into terrorism then comfort a child.'
'I don't want Phil I want dream..'
I've never heard Tommy say that. He hated dream as much as everyone else. It's like he forgets that dream cut his wing off.
'Technoblade you home?' I definitely wasn't imagining dream upstairs. I looked over at Tommy he was as still as a log. I slowly went upstairs.
'Hello techno.'
'Dream what are you doing in my house.'
'I'm looking for my friend. Who happens to be your brother Tommy.' He didnt know Tommy ran away from him.
'My brother Tommy hasn't spoken to me since I said that I hated him. If your implying that he's here you are wrong.'
He smirked like he knew I was lying.
'Tommy come upstairs I've come to take you home.' I hoped tommy would stay downstairs. I don't want him getting hurt again.
'Oh Tommy. I've come to help you.'
I heard someone coming upstairs. God I hope it wasn't Tommy. Phil stood by the stairs. Wings spread open.
'Dream Tommy is not here last I heard he was in exile. Please leave the premises.' Dream paused as if thinking his next move. 
'Very well. I'll be back soon.' He left.
I went downstairs to check on Tommy.
I couldn't see him.
'Tommy?'
'I sent him home. Away from here.' I turned around to see Phil.
'Sent him away why?'
'He's causing trouble here and the longer he stayed the longer your in danger with dream.' I looked over at Tommy's bed. Seeing the indent he left in it.
'You sent your son away to protect the other one. He nearly died last time!'
I couldn't believe that Phil would prove Tommy was right. I went upstairs putting on my cape.
'Where are you going techno?'
'To find my brother.'
I had to find Tommy and nothing would stop me. I went outside seeing foot prints in the snow. I followed them hoping they were Tommy's.

(Tommy pov)

Phil said there was a cabin waiting out here for me so I didn't have to stay with techno. Where was it? I kept going trying to get off the snow. It was getting colder and darker. I saw something of In the distance. Maybe that was it. I started walking towards it.
'Hello again Tommy.' I froze.
'Dream..' I turned around to see dream leant against a tree. There was nothing around and I left my weapons at technos.
'I was just going for a walk must've lost track of time I'll go back to logtshire now.' He came towards me.
'No need for that Tommy.' Normally I would just fly away no chance of that now.
'I just need you to drink this.' He got out a bottle I didn't know what was in it. I didn't want to find out. I took the bottle slowly.
'Drink up. All of it.'
'And if I don't..'
'Your other wing goes bye.' I didn't like the sound of that. Last time was horrific. I opened up the bottle and started drinking. I saw dream smirk I don't think that's good. I had finished the bottle but I didn't feel any different.
'Good. Now you do what I say.' I felt myself nodding. I feel like I made a mistake.
'I need you to betray technoblade and join back with tubbo. Then he'll help me destroy l'manberg. Understood?' I nodded again. I felt sick I didn't want to do this techno cared about me.
'Now go home and wait for the signal.' I started walking back. Feeling like I couldn't stop. I looked behind seeing dream walk in the opposite direction.
'Tommy!' I felt someone grab me into a hug.
'Techno..' I held onto him. He could tell something was wrong. He pulled away.
'What's wrong did something happen here?' I wanted to tell him it was hurting me not to.
'I want to go to l'manberg and I want to make them pay..' I wasn't even thinking about what I was saying. It was like dream took over my body.
'Make them pay for what?'
'For exiling me, for losing my wing for killing my brother.' Techno looked at me like he didn't recognise me.
'I want to destroy them until there's nothing left except for ashes and fires.'

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