The Five: A Dream SMP AU

Chapter 1 - Ranboo

Ranboo was extremely happy. He had just passed the tests to become an official Wayminder; someone who could make ways, or portals to other places. 

He had spent the last three years training to become a Wayminder. He had been very lucky. The Grand Shaper of Creon had taken him in when he was little and raised him after his original parents left him. He was one of the youngest Wayminders ever. He had started out by just trying to see a place he couldn't see without walking to it - for example, the garden.

He sat on the edge of the fountain, looking around at the flora. There were beautiful rose bushes, stunning rows of tulips, and a giant array of colors, from white to black to shades of pink you knew were pink, but looked more like a purple or red.

"Ranboo?" A voice from the door of the house.
It was quite small surprisingly, but had a pretty big garden, complete with a fountain and pond, which had all kinds of koi fish in it. 

"Yeah, I'm here." 
"There's someone looking for you."

He stood up, putting the small book in his hands into his pocket before walking towards the house. It was a special book, that was able to escape the rules of the Creon mind-fog as he called it. 
In Creon, there was a kind of border that stopped people from remembering specific information, and whenever you tried to read something from Creon outside, you cant; it comes out in a different language. This book, however, which he had wrote the words DO NOT READ on, was able to bypass the mind-fog somehow. He didn't know how, or why, but it did. So he carried it everywhere, writing down everything so he wouldn't forget when eventually left Creon. 

A man, who looked to be in his early twenties was standing in the small house. He was wearing a hoodie, not something someone in Creon would usually wear, with a green spiral on a purple background on it.

"Hello." Ranboo said simply, wondering why the stranger was there and in such odd clothing. Violet nodded at the stranger and went into the garden herself, leaving the man and the boy in the room.

"Hi. I'm Karl. A Wayminder and Time Jumper." He grinned.

At those words, Ranboo perked up. "Time Jumper? Really? How good are you? Have you gone back in time often?" 

Karl laughed a little. "I thought you might ask questions. But yes, I am a Time Jumper. One of the best people say. And yeah.. too often." He mumbled that last bit, eyes moving to the floor, before looking back at Ranboo and smiling again. "There's something you're needed for. In Junction. We asked Violet if she could, but she's busy enough here, and she suggested you." 

He looked confused for a moment, before asking. "Wait.. me? Something in Junction?" 

"I'll explain it all when we get there with the others. Ok?" Karl suggested, hand motioning to the front door. "It's urgent." 

Ranboo paused. He looked at the man again. He had a watch on his left hand, and a small flame pin on his jacket. There was also a smiley face that looked off, as if someone had drawn the eyes too far to the left of the smile itself. He seemed like he could be trusted.. but who knew? 

"How do I know you aren't lying." 

Karl looked confused for a second; then he laughed. It was an odd, but adorable laugh, that Ranboo couldn't quite say what it sounded like.
"You're cautious. Great. Have you heard of Trillian?"

"Yes, he's a torvitor. Like Ramarro, but Ramarro was stopped before he was able to take over the outskirts. Mainly a hero named Cole, right?"

Karl looked extremely pleased. "Yep! You definitely know your facts. So yeah.. uh.. the queen is getting together people with amazing shaping powers from each kingdom to stop Trillian.. who's almost free. She doesn't want this out though, so it's being kept to elite people. For now, only the Grand Shapers know." 

Ranboo's multi-colored eyes went wide. 
'The queen? Trillian breaking free? ME having to help stop him? What?'

"I know it's a lot.. but please?" Karl asked, tilting his head slightly to the side. Sometime in the last five seconds, he had started messing with his hands. 

Ranboo sighed. "I don't have a way out of this, do I." 

Karl grinned again. "Not really. I'd suggest packing your stuff, 'cuz whenever you're ready, we're leaving."

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