Redemption ~ Book 3

Chapter 7

"They locked me in my house and said I was mad for trying to stand up for you," Dream said to Technoblade. Techno was holding a netherite sword, Dream didn't know why but he assumed it had something to do with the demons that haunted this awful place. "Sapnap kept saying he was being reasonable, but the thing is reasonable people don't attack you when you try to voice your opinions." Dream said.

"Where's your sword?" Techno asked after a moment.

"I didn't bring it," Dream shrugged.

"What if I tried to kill you?" Techno said.

"Even if I had a sword you could still kill me," Dream said. "And you haven't yet," Techno looked around.

"This has to be a dream," He sighed, looking at the ground. Dream scoffed and before Techno could do anything he slapped him on the side of the head. "Hey!" Techno gasped, looking up at Dream angrily. "What the hell?"

"Not a dream," Dream snickered. Techno stared at him and rubbed the side of his head tentatively.

"Seriously? You had to slap me?" He muttered. "Bruh,"

"I'm here to stay, so get used to it," Dream said.

"What about your friends?" Techno asked. "MrBeast was gonna send an army or something, he asked me to join a few times," Techno rolled his eyes. "Is that why you're here? To get me to help you?" He added suspiciously.

"No, I'm here to stay," Dream said. "I told you, they locked me up... George let me go and told me not to come back... so here I am," Dream shrugged sadly. Techno didn't say anything.

"You came here to actually just hang out with me? No strings attached?" Techno said after a moment, he looked confused but Dream could see a glimmer of hope glowing in his eyes.

"Yeah," Dream said. "But you kinda chose the worst place to live," He added, shivering slightly.

"It's the only place I knew for sure you'd find me one day," Techno said. "I knew you'd come eventually, I just expected you'd be holding a sword," He muttered.

"No swords, I promise," Dream said.

"This room is filled with a lot of memories," Techno said after a long moment of silence. "I fought you here for the first time,"

"Yeah," Dream said. "Well, you beat me here for the first time," He snorted.

"That too," Techno replied.

"It's late, why aren't you asleep?" Dream asked.

"I can't sleep," Technoblade said. "The nightmares were bad before but being here is a lot worse," He sighed.

"Well, where would you even sleep in a place like this?" Dream commented. "Two months of sleeping on cold stone bricks," Dream shivered slightly. "I'm not doing that, if you make me do that I'm going home,"

"I won't," Techno laughed. "I earned a bed around two years after I got here, it was at least something,"

"So why did they just let you walk around with a diamond sword? What if you just decided to kill someone while walking through the halls?" Dream asked.

"I did attack someone once," Techno shrugged. "The guy who killed Phil, the champion at the time," He said, his eyes narrowing. "I wish I'd killed him then and there," He hissed.

"You killed him in the end, right?" Dream said.

"Hell yeah," Techno growled. "And let's just say he didn't die peacefully," He muttered under his breath.

"Um... good for you," Dream said.

"But none of that matters now, does it?" Techno looked over at Dream. "All that killing was for nothing, I'd have kept on doing it if you hadn't shown up," He sighed. "And Phil doesn't even like me anymore, he has no reason to be my friend. I shoved him off a friggin mountain,"

"It's my fault we killed you," Dream said. "My fault he's not your friend," He shrugged.

"How so," Techno asked.

"He was of course upset about you kicking him off the mountain, and Tommy," Dream added. "But he wouldn't let Tommy and I say anything bad about you. Well, until I told him how many people you killed," Dream said hesitantly. "Then we came up with a plan to kill you, and it would have worked if you'd didn't have a totem,"

"I always have one on me," Techno said. "You never know," He muttered. "I've only got four left though,"

"That's a lot," Dream said.

"It's enough," Techno shrugged. "Now what?"

"I dunno," Dream said. "Find some beds, try to sleep,"

"I still have one in my room... but I don't think I want to go back in there just yet," Technoblade said, looking across the training room. "MrBeast, Chris, Karl, Chandler, Tommy, Wilbur, and Tubbo all had beds though, their rooms are upstairs,"

"I think I'll go try to sleep then," Dream said, standing up.

"I'm gonna stay here," Techno said with a nod. "Sleep well," He said as Dream walked away.

"Alright, bye," Dream headed through the halls to the stairs and then upward, peaking into each room until he found one with a bed in it. He could tell it was Tubbo's, there was a small picture of Tommy and Tubbo on the wall with an armor stand in the corner. The armor stand had dark green stained armor and Dream knew Tubbo liked dark green. He looked around before settling into the bed. It was difficult to fall asleep, but not impossible, and soon Dream was in a world of nightmares.