BONK!
OUCH!
I hit my head on a tree as I arose from the ground, the uncomfortable, muddy ground.
I must've passed out after running for so long, I could barely see the entrance to our kingdom, I'm surprised nobody found me yet. I'm so muddy though, I should find a river to clear myself in.
I walked trying to find a river, it wasn't long until I found one, it was oddly familiar.
I cupped some water in my hands and rubbed it on my muddy hands and arms, as well as my legs. I hummed to myself.
A few seconds later I felt a burning pain in those exact places.
Why... why does it hurt? Water only hurts when I'm... Raven? I'm not Raven! I'm me! I'm y/n!
I looked down at myself, have I really not been paying attention? I was taller... I had wings! It was.. cool! I felt a power running throughout my whole body, making me feel strong, powerful- Technoblade wouldn't stand a chance! OH MY GOD! TECHNOBLADE!? I ABANDONED MY KINGDOM BECAUSE OF A FIT!? I NEED TO GET BACK!
I lifted my head, in a panic, but.. I couldn't help but stare across the river, at another tall silhouette, who seemed to stare back. I needed to get closer to them.
"I'm sorry, Phil, techno, tommy, Wilbur and everybody else. I need to know." I whispered to myself. After a few seconds of twitching I found out how to control my wings, not leaving eye contact with the figure. I few over the river and landed behind them. They turned around and stared at me, they wore some kind of armour and had weapons on them, but they were easily noticeable by height. Who are they though?
They removed their helmet, scars and blood running down their face like tears. No, those were tears, they were enderman.
"R-raven?" They stuttered.
"Y-yes?" I stuttered back.
"B-but- you died.."
"I- I did die-"
"How are you here!?"
"I don't know-"
The words were flowing out of my mouth. I didn't know who they were but- at the same time they felt like the person I was closest with.
"P-please, who are you? Who were you to Raven- uh- me... before I was.. reborn?"
They hugged me tightly, their tears burning through my skin.
"It's me, ranboo, y-your twin brother,"
I felt the pain start from my face, I started crying. I have real family, I found my biological family!
After hugging tightly for a few minutes, I heard a scream.
"Y/N COME BACK! GET OUT OF THAT COUNTRY!"
Just then I felt a grab around the upper half of my torso, arms wrapping around me.
"So, you must be the queen. Good job ranboo!"
"YOU LIED TO ME!?" I screamed at him.
"YOU TRAPPED ME!? I THOUGHT-"
he looked up and me, who was held tight by somebody who was sitting on a horseback.
"Your majesty, please- don't hurt her-"
He laughed. "Without their queen, the country won't know what to do! I'VE ALREADY WON THE WAR!" He was cackling hard, loosening his grip ever so slightly. He clearly wasn't strong, but I was weak, I hadn't eaten, or had any form of energy for a few hours. I felt myself get picked up, I grabbed on tightly.
"Phil, I'm sorry-" I cried into him. You can always tell when Phil has you, he has a unique touch. "But Phil, what about the other boy?" He didn't answer me, so I stayed quiet. He flew me back over to the palace, our home, my home. I was flown straight into the infirmary. WIKBUR instantly started checking me over, and noticed scars and blood over my shoulder and face. He looked concerned but the entire time nobody said a word, well, until the door burst open. I was hugged, tightly. It was tommy, he was crying into my upper stomach. I groaned in pain, that's when wilbur broke the silence.
"Tommy, move." He wiped his face and moved. He saw blood and a small cut.
"Dream wasn't lying?" I nodded. Phil had kept his head down, he must've been upset, I had found my real family.
"WAIT!" I screamed. "We need to go back!" I got up, standing taller than everybody else.
"Why? What could you have possibly left that's so important we need to go when you have NO ENERGY!" Wilbur shouted at me, concerned. I really didn't want to tell him, but we couldn't go back otherwise. "m-my brother-" I muttered. "What? You muttered!" Tommy said. "I SAID MY BROTHER!" I yelled. I was tired and grumpy. They're faces lit up in shock, philza aggressively holding the counter he had been leaning on. "Please, guys-"
"WE ARE NOT GOING BACK!" Phil yelled.
"PHIL WE HAVE TO-" I cried back.
"HE HAS A LIFE THERE! IF HE WANTED TO COME HERE HE COULD, YOU SAW HIM, HE'S CLOSE WITH THE KING!" He screamed, head still down.
"I HAD A LIFE THERE TO, I COULD'VE GONE BACK, DREAM FOUND ME, BUT INSTEAD I WAS BROUGHT IN BY YOU!"
"Y/N YOU DIED THERE, YOU WILL DIE THERE AGAIN!" He stared me in the eyes. It scared me. I ran out of there, I needed dream.
He was in the garden again, we give him roaming hours since we know he won't do anything.
"Dream!" I yelled, running to him.
"Raven- uhm, y/n!" He said, looking around my body, at my cuts and scars. He hugged me. "You came back! I was worried." He said, placing his head on my shoulder. He was standing on a bench.
"Dream, why didn't you take me back to my brother? I could've grown up with him again." He looked at me, and frowned.
"I- I got really scared when I saw you, I'd watched you die myself, I ran, I ran far and far, and that was the last time I entered snowchester until recently." I nodded. "Y/n, I'm sorry-"
"No, it's ok." I sighed. "But my brother is in that country-"
"My country. He's in my country. Its still my home, and it's a great place. He's happy there, he didn't even know you were alive." He got all defensive suddenly.
"YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM I WAS ALIVE!? HE GRIEVED FOR YEARS BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T TELL HIM I WAS ALIVE!?"
"It was wrong of me-"
"YES, IT WAS. I'M GOING BACK. HE'S MY BROTHER!" I smashed an instant heal in myself and flew out of there, heading towards the river. Except, he wasn't there. I grabbed a cloak on my way out of the castle, so I put that on, it covered my hair and wings. My height couldn't be helped though.
I came across an ice cream shop, maybe they knew him. "Hey!" I said entering, the bell chiming as the door opened. There he was, he was behind the counter. I put my hood down. "Ranboo!" I said hiking the counter and wrapping my arms around him. He was much taller than me, probably because he was older now. "Y-you can't be here, Raven. King George is after you." I nodded. "Come with me! I'll give you a place in the palace! You're my brother they can't say no!" He looked confused. "Raven, how are you queen there?"
I explained everything.
"Won't they be like, jealous or mad? What if they hate me, uhm, y/n?"
I smiled. "Yes, that's my name now! And, they might be mad at first, like maybe my brothers-" I looked at him. He smiled. "Yes, they are your brothers!"
"They will be jealous, especially Wilbur, though, he won't show it as much. I wouldn't be here if Wilbur hadn't seen me and begged Phil for Phil to adopt me."
He laughed. "Phil on the other hand,"
I sighed. "I think he's a little.. upset that I found you, because now I'm referring to uh, 'outsiders' as family..."
"I'll go with you. I haven't seen dream since.. well, the flood." My face lit up.
We walked outside his store, king George was heading our way. "Ranboo, grab on!" I yelled at him, he wrapped himself around me and I took off towards the palace. I crash landed just outside, where Phil was standing with his arms crossed. I looked up at him, his face, it was.. terrifying. He looked like he'd just seen a ghost when he saw I brought ranboo with me.
"Phil- I'm sorry, I couldn't leave him-" he didn't say anything. Just motioned his hands to follow him. Ranboo stayed behind me. We were getting funny stares from guards. Wilbur and techno's faces dropped when they saw him, tommy became confused and dream looked exited. Phil stopped outside his office. "He may stay, if that's what you want, but if he does anything, I will kill him. You understand?" He said in a passive aggressive tone, without turning around. "Y-yes Phil." Ranboo placed his hand on my shoulder and gave me a reassuring look. Phil entered his office and slammed the door shut. Immediately tommy approached me. "Y/n, who is this man?" He said. "I bet he is very weak." I laughed a little. "Tommy- this is uh-"
"Her twin brother." Dream said, stepping forward. Tommy looked crushed. "B-but we're your brothers- Phil only had 4 kids!" He said, tearing up. "Tommy, we know none of us are blood related. He's the only biological family I know of!" Tommy wiped the tears away. "Where'a my biological family?" We all looked at him, concerned. "You were adopted from and orphanage like Techno and Wilbur, I was found on the streets after being reborn." I patted his head. I looked over, dream was hugging ranboo tightly. It's clear he missed him.
"Y/n, do not forget we are your family now. You are related to us now, Phil adopted you, he is no longer family." Wilbur said, it hurt a lot. Ranboo grabbed onto me, his arms around my shoulders. "No, Wilbur- it's not- it's-" I didn't know how to respond. Both sides are my family. "He's related to me, by blood, we're related by a piece of paper- both of you are my family, even if you two aren't related in any way other than being mutuals-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP-"
Techno screamed, hitting a wall, and smashing it.
I shouldn't have brought him here.
I shouldn't have returned to the castle
And I should've never crossed the river.
I shouldn't be here.
I should be dead.
I am dead.
I AM DEAD!
"I DIED, AND I CAME BACK TO LIFE! THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN, AND NOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DEAD, BECAUSE OF THESE STUPID BLACK WINGS THAT BROUGHT ME BACK!!"
I could feel the hyperventilation.
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[A/N - another long chapter! Sorry I didn't update for 2 days, I've been really tired recently and needed the break D:]
