HAYLOFT ➵ dreamsmp

viii - tragic coincidence

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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

Trees zoomed past Eris' vision as she sprinted through the forest, the various shades of green blurred by her troubled and fogged up mind. Only one thought repeated in her mind as her legs carried her through the sea of trees and plants; Tubbo.

The confusing words Dream had spoken earlier had been put on hold, having nowhere as much priority over the wellbeing of her friend.

Passing by a familiar clearing, Eris came to a halt, seeing two figures in front of her.

Tommy was bent over Tubbo's body, holding him in his arms. At the sound of the cracking leaves he looked up, eyes glazed over but set in anger and fear, "Eris!"

Eris fell to her knees the moment she was at the teen's side, frantically eyeing the injured boy up and down, "Is he alive?"

Tommy nodded slowly, "He passed out though and I can't carry him. He is so much heavier than he looks."

Eris' eyes fell on the arrow that was still in Tubbo's shoulder, the dark green fabric of his shirt coloured red with blood. The bleeding was not as severe as Eris had expected however, but still the immense feeling of worry seemed to drown her.

"We have to get him home, Tommy." Eris said, patting Tubbo's hair gently before eyeing the blond in front of her, "We'll carry him together. I'll get his legs and you'll have to carry him by the waist. And whatever you do, leave that arrow in there. It's probably the only reason he's still alive."

"Okay."

Eris positioned herself in front of the boy's legs and picked them up, while Tommy did the same. He made sure to hold Tubbo by his waist as low as possible so as to not disturb the projectile in his shoulder.

After that the two teenagers set off in the direction of L'Manberg as fast as they could without hurting Tubbo even more.

Even when it normally would have taken around thirty minutes to get to L'Manberg from the embassy, Tommy and Eris managed to do it in twenty.

The moment the familiar black walls came in their view, a last shot of adrenaline made its way through the two teens and gave them the needed strength to carry their exhausted bodies and injured friend home.

"Wilbur! Fundy! Somebody!" Tommy screamed when they set foot inside of L'Manberg's walls, immediately making way to the medical area, "Help!"

It took a few seconds before both mentioned men came running from a building, shock written on their faces. Fundy immediately took Tubbo out of Eris' and Tommy's hands before taking him away under a lot of protest from Tommy, who followed him into the tent.

Eris couldn't seem to process what was going on around her as everything seemed to collide with her at once. Subconsciously she reached to the top of her head, before quickly dropping her hand to her side again in disappointment.

"Eris, what the fuck happened?" Wilbur suddenly spoke, grabbing the younger girl by the shoulders.

The words snapped Eris out of her absent state, meeting the brunet's demanding stare, "Dream. Dream happened."

"What do you mean, Dream happened?" Wilbur questioned, retracting his arms from the girl's shoulders as he noticed that her shoulders tensed at the action.

"What I mean is that Dream was there. He knew we were there. Him, Sapnap and George ambushed us."

At Eris' words, a frown appeared on the older burnet's features. He looked to the side for a moment, making sure nobody else could hear their conversation, "You mean that-."