The Raven and The Wolf [discontinued]

Mistakes

  Sapnap supported his heavily injured friend's weight.

Dream leaned against him, one arm over Sapnap's shoulders, and the other pressed against his side trying to stop the bleeding.

"You're an idiot, " Sapnap sneered as he walked, Dream limping with him.

"I know, " Dream whispered in return.

"You're damn lucky I found you. You could have fucking died!" Sapnap yelled.

"I know!" Dream shot back.

Sapnap sighed.

  "Let's just get you patched up before you bleed out."
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  Ranboo sat on the floor, his back against the wall. The memory book lay open in front of him, a small container of ink and a feather laid beside it. The beginning letters of a word he never finished writing were smeared and smudged until they were unidentifiable.

He wanted to write, but couldn't. As if some invisible force was holding back.

He knew that he should go talk to Niki or Tubbo, tell them he was alright, but he couldn't. He couldn't go look them in the eye and tell them he had just spared the life of the man who had damned them all.

The guilt was tearing him apart. Did he do the right thing? Had he just fucked everyone over?

Ranboo heard a jarring knock on the door. Just stay silent and they won't know you're here, he thought to himself.

But he watched as the doorknob turned and the door creaked open.

"You forgot to lock your door, " Eret spoke.

Eret shut the door and walked over, sitting next to Ranboo, "What's wrong?"

"I think I made a mistake, " he whispered.

"We all make mistakes Ranboo, that's what makes us human, " Eret assured him.

"But what if this mistake gets people killed Eret?"

"What did you do?" Eret asked with concern.

"I had the opportunity to kill Dream, and I didn't do it. He even told me to! And I still didn't do it, " Ranboo cried.

Eret had a sympathetic look on their face.

"Mistakes don't define us Ranboo, it's what we learn from them that does. Ranboo your life is being fucked up by decisions that weren't your own and actions you couldn't control. You have every right to be upset. You have every right to be scared. And you have every right to make mistakes."

  Ranboo didn't know what to say.

  He stared blankly at Eret's sweet and sorrowful face.

  He lunged forward, embracing Eret. He sniffled lightly as a painful tear ran down his face.

  "Oh you are dramatic, " Eret said jokingly as they hugged him back.

  Ranboo chuckled softly.
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  "Remind me to never get on your bad side, " Tubbo joked to Niki.

  Niki giggled before shifting her gaze to the window, "I wonder where Ranboo is, Dream couldn't have gotten very far."

  "I hope he's okay, " Tubbo mumbled.

  "I'm sure he is, but I can go look, " Niki suggested.

  "No need, " Eret said through the open window. The doorknob turned and the door opened. Eret walked in, Ranboo trailing behind them.

  "Are you okay? What happened to Dream?" Tubbo jumped up, wincing in pain.

  "Don't hurt yourself!" Niki snapped.

  "I'm okay, " Ranboo answered, "I lost track of Dream, " Ranboo lied. "Dammit, " Tubbo mumbled.

  Tubbo directed his gaze toward Eret, "What happened to your face?" Tubbo questioned referring to the bandaged area of their face.

  "Niki, did you tell him?" Eret asked, their voice an almost whisper.

  "N- no, I forgot, " she mumbled.

  "Tell me what?" Tubbo inquired, Ranboo cocked his head to the side.

  "Tubbo, Wilbur he-" Eret sighed, "Dream broke him out, " Eret fabricated.

  Tubbo cupped his head in his hands.

  "I'm sorry, I tried to-"

  "It's fine, it's not your fault Eret, " Tubbo said lifting his head up.

  Eret hated the lies, it was their fault but they weren't about to tell Tubbo that, "Thank you, " Eret simply said.

  Tubbo nodded in return.

"If everything goes well Dream will be one life down soon, " Eret said with a confident look.

"What do you mean?" Ranboo asked.

"It cost me a shit ton but I hired Purpled to kill the bitch, " Eret explained.

"Shouldn't be much of a bother for him, Dream was already half dead when he ran out of here thanks to Niki, " Tubbo said.

Eret turned to Niki who had a sweet smile on her face.

"You scare me sometimes, " They commented.

Niki giggled.
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Two hours later
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Eret sat on the wooden path that led into the community house. They watched the calm water where small fish swam.

They waited for Purpled to return. The amount of time he was taking concerned Eret but they tried to not worry that much. The sun had set and it was dark out.

Eret lifted their head as they heard approaching footsteps. Purples stood there, his purple hoodie tied around his waist and a black undershirt on. Bloodstained bandages were wrapped around his upper arm.

"Purpled! How'd it go?" Eret stood up, a friendly and hopefully look on their face.

  Purpled sighed, "Not well, he managed to cut open my shoulder, and ran while I was disoriented, " Purples said.

  "It's fine, I shouldn't have put it all up to you, I'll go with you next time, " Eret gave him a reassuring smile.

  Purpled nodded and smiled slightly.

  "I'll see you tomorrow. Same spot?" Eret questioned.

  "Yeah, sounds good to me, " Purpled said.

  Eret gave him one last smile before turning around to leave. They took a few steps before pausing. Without turning around they spoke, " Wait... If Dream was injured how did he-"

Eret was cut off by an awful pain. They looked down, seeing the bloodstained tip of a netherite sword piercing through their back and out their chest.

The metallic taste of blood hit their mouth. They dropped to their hands and knees. Blood ran onto the ground. The pain was unbearable.

"I'm sorry Eret... He just had the better price."
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