MCYT oneshots

The prince of sleepy kingdom (3/?)

The rope around Techno's neck made him even more vulnerable as the hunter walked up to the pair, whistling an unknown tune. "Oh?" The stranger paused, looking down at the pinkette tangled in nets. "We have a guest," He grinned, the white mask on his face slightly lifted to show his mouth. Techno growled threateningly, trying desperately to reach his pocket knife, but hesitated when the stranger walked forwards, bringing a knife to his neck. "I wouldn't do that if I were you, the names Dream, what's yours?" he asked, the knife cutting through the rope around his neck cleanly.

Without a word, Techno squirmed free, dropping into a fighting stance he had created for the optimal amount of push to catch someone off guard. Though the 'Dream' figure in front of him seemed un phased, "feisty aren't we?" Techno could practically hear the eyebrow raise at the rhetorical question. He reached down to a holster on his right thigh, pulling out a knife made of a mineral unique to the sleepy kingdom alone. The hunters mouth frowned in confusion at the clear white crystal. it looked similar to that of a lava lamp, pastel pink, yellow and green flowing through it, even though the whole crystal was solid. "what an odd material, let me take a look," Dream reached a hand out, only inches away from the blade in Techno's hand before he struck. Springing off the ground, Techno sliced at Dream's wrist, though due to his shaky hands, he missed the vein he was going for. Dream looked down at the wound in shock, the skin around it becoming pale and dry instantly, slowly peeling off. "wow..." he breathed out, "you really are dumb." Techno rolled his eyes, though he never let his guard down as Dream pulled out a netherite axe. "Let's fight then."

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Techno professionally ducked out of the way of another heavy swing, quickly slicing at the hunters chest. He had a bruise forming on his hip from when Dream did a fake out and hit him harshly with the metal handle and it was starting to affect his movements. Dream learned quickly that Techno never fell for the same trick twice, which meant he kept having to pull out fresh tricks, he begun to realise that he was running out of tricks, and the dragon rider had gotten almost double the amount of hits on him than Dream had. The hunter, once realising this, jumped away from the rider, pulling a shell horn from his hoodie pocket and blowing on it. He smirked down at the slightly shorter pinkette, who's stance hadn't faltered.

Techno's attention was fully on the fight in front of him, rather than the three figures quietly approaching behind him. Before he could react to Comet's weak attempt at warning him, a hand was placed over his mouth and a iron knife was position firmly on his neck. "Well well well, looks like Dream couldn't hold off such a pretty little boy, how surprising," a sly voice whispered into his ear, sending a shiver down Techno's spine. "Sapnap you muffin head, don't flirt with the enemy!" A squeaky voice scolded. Techno rolled his eyes, opening his mouth and digging his abnormal teeth into 'Sapnap's hand as hard as he could. Almost immediately drawing blood and a pained yelp from the stranger. "The fucker bit me!?" He shouted, confusion lacing his tone as he flinched away, his grip loosening enough for Techno to slip out. He brushed himself off with a scoff, "and here I was thinking we were having a fair duel, it wasn't even fair, you had a fuckin' axe and you still couldn't land a good hit. Your technique was lazy and your stance was flawed. Even when using an axe, I've never seen anyone swing as slow as you were, what the fuck were you even doin' there?" Techno criticised, untying the metal net that bounded Comet to the ground. "I can't believe I wasted my time with such peasant fighting," he grumbled, adjusting the saddle on the dragons back, brushing his fingers through her mane with a soft sigh. "You alright girl?" He asked gently, to which the dragon chirped tiredly, attempting to stand up on her legs, but falling to the ground with a pained yip.

Techno frowned, already more concerned for his dragons wellbeing that the hunters behind him. That were no doubt staring at him in mass confusion. Dream was the first to snap out of it, sneaking up on the boy and pinning him to the ground roughly. Techno let out a surprised noise, having momentarily forgotten they were there. Dream took the knife out of Techno's hand, making non fatal cuts on each of his wrists before tying rope around them, making it extra painful when he struggled to get free. He let out a sharp gasp of pain as his struggles only worsened the cuts. "Y-you sadistic son of a-a bitch," he growled, wincing as Dream sliced at the back of his ankles and tied his feet together. "See Sapnap, wasn't that easy?" He looked back at Sapnap with a menacing smirk. He glanced at George, signalling him to re tie the dragon and get it into the cage.

"Bad, I want you to deal with this guy, I don't trust Sapnap after that first attempt," Dream heard Sapnap scoff at that, "and Sap, pack up the equipment and put it in the carriage, we have a two in one deal, give Jschlatt the dragon, and we keep the rider, simple as that." Dream looked down at the person in question with a smile. Softer than any of his previous. "So... I didn't quite catch your name."