Ariadne: a story of the dream smp

day 4 out of 7

TW: scars (on face)

Third Person POV:

Yawning, Ranboo pulls himself off of the dirt ground, a small smile fresh on his face. Leaning against the tree behind him, he lets his mind wander, memories of the late night before coming back to him. He runs his hands through his messy hair and smirks when he sees Lia peacefully sleeping a couple feet away.

Taking a couple steps closer to her, his jaw practically drops to the floor at red lines drawn on her pale face. The half enderman slowly sinks down next to her, moving brunette strands away from her fragile face. The girl slightly moves, but is proven to be sound asleep with the shallow breaths escaping her body. Ranboo gulps and furrows his eyebrows as he looks over the faint red scars on her cheeks, pulled from her lips to make a smiley face.

Lia's POV:

I squint my eyes open once I have to energy to, only for them to widen at the sight of Ranboo staring at me. We both stare at each other for a few seconds before he looks away, eyes wide.

"Hi?" I croak with a raspy voice. I sit up slowly and let out a small yawn as my watery eyes look at my tall friend.

"Good morning." He says bluntly before swiftly pulling himself up, grabbing my hand in the process.

"Are you okay?" I ask, worrying for his strange behavior. He doesn't respond this time, instead he leads me to the ocean where the tunnel to Snowchester is by. He points to the surface of the water and i frown before leaning over the water to look into the deep depths of the ocean. I don't see anything.

"What?" I ask him.

"Lia you have scars on your face." He says quietly, still not meeting my eyes.

"What?" I repeat, confusion more evident in my voice.

He sighs and closes his own eyes, shaking his head at me before walking towards the Big Innit Hotel. Sam Nook isn't here today, so I just walk straight into the building. I make my way to a mirror quickly, anxiety building as time passes.

Ranboo's right.

Faint red lines curve up from my lips to create a smile. My breath catches in my throat and I run my fingers along the scars, face growing whiter the more I stare. Only, Ranboo didn't mention my normal dark blue eyes to be a dark green color.

"Lia? What are you doing in my hotel?" A voice I recognize as Jack asks. I'm about to ask what he means but I feel someone pull me away. I duck my head and watch Ranboo's feet move beside my own, Jack shouting after us and tears building in my eyes.

We stay silent as Ranboo pulls me quickly down the Prime Path, people talking around us. I only register what is happening when Ranboo lets go of my arm and shuts a door. I look up and sigh at the sight of Tommy's old house, tears now falling down my face.

Again, Ranboo and I just stare at each other. I wipe my eyes and hold back the urge to let out sobs at whatever is happening to me. My throat burns as a lump forms in it but I stay silent.

"What do I do?" I whisper to him. He looks away, almost looking mad at me, moving to a chest to look through Tommy's items.

"A mask? Sunglasses?" He asks, voice strict making me feel like I can't oppose. I nod and he hands me a lavender face mask. It covers my scars along with my mouth and nose which works well. I scramble to grab the sunglasses I carry everywhere that Eret gave to me a while back now. Putting the black glasses on, I place them slightly on top of the mask so the lenses don't fog and look back to Ranboo for confirmation. He nods stiffly before looking away again and opening the wooden door. Of course, Connor is on the other side.

"What are you doing Connor?" I ask, trying to hide my shaken up voice. He looks between us and purses his lips before smirking, shrugging, and walking away. I roll my eyes, not that anyone can see, and take a breath before leaving the dirt house.

Ranboo walks away once we both leave the house and not knowing if I should follow him or not, I just watch as he jogs to someone. Of course, it's only Tubbo. I let out a quiet and short sigh before also making my way to the boys. Ranboo seems much happier with Tubbo next to him. I can tell because when he sees me walking to them his smile drops and his lips form a thin line. I quickly look away from his eyes and wave to Tubbo.

"Hi." I say shortly.

"What's with the." He gestures his hands around his own face and I look to Ranboo for support but he just stares at me.

"Trying something out." I mumble, watching as my lie processes in Tubbo's head. He hums once he understands and looks back to Ranboo to continue their conversation, Ranboo grinning again. I stand by the teens awkwardly for a minute or two before walking away, not going noticed by either of my friends.

With a sigh, I slump down the wooden steps, watching my dirty high tops move with each step. Suddenly feeling self conscious of my mask and glasses, I take off the accessory covering my eyes and blink to readjust to the new lighting. This doesn't make any sense why this is happening to me, if Dream is infected like the thing from last night hinted at, then why doesn't he have the scars on his face? He has the eyes, but he's always had green eyes, and he hasn't always been... evil? Maybe he just is evil, what if he made the thing that did this. How did this even happen? Is it still in me?

My thoughts get cut off by me walking into another person, of course I have to fall over from the impact.

"Holy- Lia?" I don't look up but instead stare at the red vines I landed on top of. The person- whoever they are, pull me up but again, I'm too focused on the red vines. More specifically the dark red lines forming on my arm from it.

"Wha- hi." I look up and force a quick smile to Sapnap before snapping my head down to my wrist that now has lines that look to be infected on it.

"Are- are you okay? I'm sorry I wasn't-" he cuts himself off and I look up to see him staring at my arm as well.

"It's fine." I mumble, just wanting to get away from him. He asks something, but I blank out, a million thoughts running a second as I hold my stinging wrist, sunglasses left behind.

A/n:

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