Rest (Ghost Au)

Chapter 32

"Goodbye Dream."

That was the last they heard before the crystal ball went silent. Tubbo rose from his seat and removed the cover that he had placed over it. "Dream?" He called out.

"Yeah," Dream let out a heavy sigh. "I'm here." His face appeared in the crystal ball once more.

"No leads, huh?" Eret asked.

Dream shook his head. "I looked around mostly everywhere."

Eret nodded, "Why don't we all take a break for the day."

"And what? Just leave Tommy there?" Tubbo exclaimed standing up. Ranboo eased the shorter boy back down on the couch, tryong to calm him down.

"I agree with Eret," Phil said.

"What the fuck?" Wilbur said.

"It's already nearing 3 am," Phil explained. "We'll be able to think more after a good rest."

There was an air of silence, which Tubbo broke, "Alright."

Eret nodded at this, "We'll be heading back to the mansion first," he said.

Fundy nodded at this, "Yeah, maybe there's something in the library that will be able to help us."

"We'll be back first thing in the morning, alright?" Niki asked as she ran her fingers through Tubbo's hair.

Ranboo raised his hand slightly, "Umm, I think It'll be best if I stay here," he said eyeing the young brunet beside him.

Eret nodded in approval. "C'mon," they urging his siblings to go with him. Fundy and Niki gave the others a wave as goodbye before following Eret out of the house.

"What about you, Dream?" Phil asked the ghost on the other end.

"I'll probably go back home first," Dream said. "If you need me, I'll have the crystal ball, so feel free to call," he said before disconnecting from the line.

"If you two want, you can sleep in the rooms upstairs," Phil offered to the two teens on the couch.

Tubbo shook his head at this, "I'll sleep down here."

"I'll keep him company," Ranboo said.

Phil nodded, "I'll get blankets," he said before going up the stairs-taking note that both his sons had floated to the backyard.

Once Tubbo and Ranboo were alone, Tubbo let out a sniffle.

"Hey, hey, don't cry," Ranboo said. "We'll get him back," he tried to reassure.

"How do you know?" Tubbo asked stubbornly.

"...I don't," Ranboo said. "But I don't think we should act as if there's no way to get him back when we've only tried one possible method."

Tubbo let out a whine before face planting on the couch cushion. He said something, but Ranboo couldn't really make it out.

"What was that?" Ranboo asked.

"I miss Tommy," Tubbo said. "He's my first friend in a while, ya know. I'm usually just bullied and ignored at school."

Ranboo hummed prompting the boy to continue.

"These pass few months have been so fun compared to back then," Tubbo said. "I even got to met you," he let out a weak chuckle.

"Oh yeah," Ranboo reminisced. "If he hadn't dragged me along that one time..."

"Here ya go," Phil said, spreading the blankets across the two who, for some reason, wanted to sleep on the couch.

"Thanks Phil," Ranboo said, pulling his blanket closer to himself.

"Goodnight, Phil," Tubbonmurmured followed by a yawn.

"Goodnight, boys." He ruffled the two's hairs before going up to his room.

From his window, he had a clear view of the background, and he can clearly see his sons hanging around outside.

Techno floated out the back door, and towards the tree in their backyard. Wilbur was up on a branch, staring at the sky. Techno remembers him and Wil going up there when they have too much in their minds.

The pink haired male let out a sigh before floating up to the tree. "Hey," he greeted as he sat down beside Wilbur.

"Hey," the brunet said. "I thought Tubbo banned you from here."

Techno sighed, "Don't think the kid will be up to scold me."

Wilbur hummed before letting out a loud sigh. "This is all my fault."

Techno raised an eyebrow, "How come?"

"If I-If I hadn't gotten him to take me to Niki..." Wilbur trailed off.

"They were gonna do it anyway," Technoblade said.

"But if I had known that it was against the rules-"

"But you didn't," Techno cut him off. "You didn't know, and that's not your fault."

Wilbur stayed silent, not agreeing nor disagreeing with the statement.

"You heard what that Sapnap guy said," Techno continued. "The council is fucked up. They'll do whatever they need to get what they want."

Wilbur let out a pained groan before pulling his legs up to his chest. "I just want Tommy back, kid must be scared over there."

Techno let out a huff, "Not that he'll admit it."

"Yeah," Wilbur let out a weak laugh. "Stubborn brat that's somehow annoyingly lovable."

Techno laughed, "This is what we get for getting attached to a gremlin that just wanted to turn our jhouse into his base."

Wilbur hummed, "I just want to go back to when we'd fuck around the house and causing trouble."

"Yeah..." Techno said. "Having a lively house is better than trying to find out how we died when we barely had any clues," he continued. "It's nice to see you actually having fun rather than being holed up in your room trying to connect memories and all that. Being the most determined one of us three to leave."

Wilbur chuckled, "You know, I don't really mind staying for a bit longer."

Technoblade hummed in agreement.

"If only Tommy didn't find that stupid cave in the first place," Wilbur added.

Techno perked up, "Cave?"

Meanwhile in a mansion on top of a hill, three people were scattered in the library-searching for anything that may help the situation.

"Once the clock hits 4, you two are going to bed," Eret declared.

"What?" Niki exclaimed. "We can't just give up!"

"We're not giving up," Eret explained. "We're taking a break, maybe when the sun is actually up, we'd be able to thin more clearly, skim through books faster."

"Both of you shush up," Fundy said from a table, his nose deep in a book. He was mumbling the words written before lower the book down on the table, then looked at Eret and Niki.

"I dunno if they'll agree to this, but I think I found a way to get them to the Ghost Realm."

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Eyy! Chapter here! This is a bit short, and kinda low energy, but I hope you still enjoyed!

Thank you for all the support! I truly appreciate it!

Sorry for any typos, I'm still on my phone, ahhhhh I want to get back on my laptop but I can't at the moment.

Anyway! NEXT CHAPTER! We'll be finding out how they're gonna get back to the Ghsot Realm.

It will probably be out tomorrow—supposed to be today as well but I didn't get to finish it because me and my brother had a banter about music choices, lol.

Thank you for reading! Comments and suggestions are appreciated.

-LuminaStarCrest