RanTub Pt.1

Epilogue

Michael POV:

After Tubbo had died, Ranboo seemed lost. He would wander around the cottage as if looking for Tubbo. Sometimes he sits on the porch for hours just waiting. I have to remind him of my name at times but he seems happy. I cook him meals when I have to but he always has me set out a plate for Tubbo.

"Dad? You know that he's gone... Right?" I ask him one afternoon. "Michael, my boy... He's never truly gone if we remember him." Ranboo replies with a sad smile. I nod and smile softly as I remember the fun that we had. "I'm gonna go take my afternoon nap..." Ranboo says as he gets up from his rocking chair on the front porch. He walks into the cottage leaving me alone.

A few hours pass as I sit on the porch and bask in the now evening sunlight. "Dad should have been awake by now..." I mumble as I get up from my perch. I wander to Ranboo's bedroom and peek inside. "Dad?" I say as I enter the room. No one is in the bed. My ears droop as I see a small orb resting on his pillow. An Ender Pearl. "Goodbye, dad..." I say as a single tear rolls down my cheek.

I set the Ender Pearl next to our family photo above the fire place. "I hope to see you again in the future..." I say as I gaze at the picture. "The cottage needs to be cleaned up." I say, trying to stay positive. I grab the duster and proceed to dust the entire cottage.

I do random small chores to take my mind off of everything. I tend to the garden and cook myself dinner. I make a small shrine for both of them and place food for them as I pray for their ghosts to reunite in the afterlife.

I go to sleep that night and have a weird dream with a message. It tells me to drop the Ender Pearl in front of the fire place. I wake up in the morning with a small jump. I make myself breakfast and do more chores as I think about the dream. I stare at the pearl for about an hour before walking over to it and picking it up.

As the pearl falls from my hands, it begins to glow a deep violet. I back up as it bounces off the ground and settles on the rug still glowing. I cautiously take a step forward and it lets out a bright flash of violet light. When the light dissipates in the place of the pearl were two children. One of half Ender and half unknown along with a part goat child. I smile as I recognize them. "I'll name you Ranboo..." I say gesturing to the small Endyboy. "And you, Tubbo!" I say gesturing to the small goat boy.