The Princes of Versutia

chapter five

"Tommy. Put the frog down."

"Shut the fuck up Techno I found it and I want to keep it."

"Tommy-"

"No! I already named it! Fletcher wants to come with us. For er- emotional support."

A loud wheeze was heard from in front of the princes and Tommy tilted his head to glare at the masked man.

"What the fuck was that?!" Tommy yelled, averting his gaze away from the green slimy creature that was gently cupped in his hands.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to evesdrop," Dream said as he kicked a rock away from the path they were currently traversing, "But seriously Tommy, you shouldn't take that frog. You don't know where it's from or whose it is."

"I know whose it is, it's mine," Tommy said smugly as he raised the frog up to his eye level to stare at it.

...

"IT PEED ON ME! IT PEED ON ME! TECHNO KILL IT, KILL IT!"

"Tommy I told you to put the frog down an hour ago." Techno said monotonously as he kept his gaze ahead, not bothering to look back at his youngest brother.

Wilbur burst into laughter, nearly doubling over as Tommy darted off the trail, violently wiping his hands against the bark of a tree as his face was crinkled in disgust. The poor frog had leapt out of his hands immediately and haphazardly scrambled away from the boy.

Niki sighed, stopping behind the group to wait for Tommy.

Their little caravan consisted of Dream, Niki, the three princes, their father, and a couple of the royal guards for safety purposes. Dream had informed the party that the trail to the mages was heavily covered in forest overgrowth and was only accessible by foot, so the horses had been left back at the kingdom.

Philza rolled his eyes at his youngest, trying to stifle his laughter as Tommy sadly trudged back in line behind Wilbur.

"I don't know how that stupid thing let you hold it for so long," Wilbur teased with a smirk, "I would have peed on you too if I was the toad."

"Daaad! Wilbur's being mean again!" Tommy complained, pushing in front of his brother to tug on the emerald cape of his father.

"Tommy just ignore him."

Tommy scowled at Wilbur, turning around as he squinted and stuck his tongue out, unfortunately missing the rock his father had managed to step over.

whomp

A groan was heard behind Phil, and he whirled around, finding Tommy laying flat on his back, hands cradling his head and eyes shut in pain.

"Tommy! Wil what did you-"

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! HE FELL!"

"Boys how many times have I told you-" Phil started, massaging the bridge of his noise.

"Holy shit, wait is he bleeding?" Dream asked, having stopped due to the commotion. He pushed past Phil and knelt next to Tommy.

The young prince was laying on the ground, groaning slightly as he held onto the back of his head.

"Tommy. Tommy look at me. I need to see your pupils." Dream said, putting an arm under the boy to pull him up into a seated position.

Niki was by his side in an instant, handing Dream a bandage, and placing a hand softly on the princes cheek.

"Tommy are you alright? Open your eyes for me please," Niki coaxed gently.

Tommy groaned, trying hard to open his eyes for the two. The figures swam around him, fading in and out of his vision. He could barley hear Niki and Dream and desperately tried to recognize another face from the multiple hazy outlines surrounding him.