The Town in the Forest || Technoblade x reader

Discovery and Voices (Cpt. 4) [Rewritten]

~ Third Person POV ~

After about 3 hours of walking through the woods, Phil and Techno came across the border of their lands...and crossed it. This was unfamiliar territory now, but they were far too intrigued to go back now. Much to their surprise, they stumbled across a dirt path that was rather slim. After about 2 more hours of walking, Techno's ears picked up the sound of many voices.

"Phil" he whispered. "I hear something...no, someone."

Phil looked around in alarm, before looking back at Techno. "What is it? And what are they saying?"

Techno stayed quiet a moment so he could relay the messages. "Whoever they are plan on having a festival tonight. In fact, I think they just started it."

Techno's ears picked up another sound, this time from their left. Techno signaled to Phil that a stranger was in the woods by them, and that they should be prepared to hide.

Before they could, however, a man in a green hoodie emerged and spotted them. He walked over to them, greeting them in...well, his own ways.

"What are you two doing here?" He looked between Techno and Phil suspiciously, lightly noting that Techno's ears were twitching toward a certain direction.

"Well I had to get out of the throne room for a bit, and we decided to explore further since this is unclaimed land." He specified unclaimed land before continuing. "What about you?"

Dream nodded at his words, glancing in the direction of the voices. He couldn't hear them himself, but Techno was giving it away. "I wanted to go for a walk."

Techno glared at him a moment, before deciding to ignore him and turn back toward the direction with Phil and Dream following suit. Once he heard the voices were only a few meters away, he hid behind a tree and couldn't help but give a peak. What he saw shocked him to his core.

A large clearing with many people gathered, dotted with stalls, buildings, fireplaces, children, adults, elders, and even some tents. To add on, there was music that I hadn't even picked up on before.

"How did they acquire such instruments? That's a fine quality viola." he mumbled to no one in particular, glancing at the different instruments. But something...rather someone, caught his eye.

The person playing the viola was too beautiful to possibly be real. She had chestnut hair that extended down past her back, and her cheeks were dotted with freckles. When she opened her eyes and winked at one of the kids, he couldn't help but notice her stunning, green eyes. Despite the white, flowy dress she was wearing, he could still make out her curves now and then. He was mesmerized; trapped by the music and her features, and he couldn't look away. He didn't even notice Phil walking up beside him.

"Hey...hey mate?" Phil snapped him from his thoughts with a worried glance.

"Look at her, Phil." He couldn't stop himself, her beauty needed to be shared.

Phil looked and saw what he was talking about, and to say he was taken aback was an understatement.

"Mate, do you fancy her? She's gorgeous but...you've never once expressed interest in anyone..." Phil trailed off, seeing that Techno was no longer listening and continued watching the maiden play her instrument.

Techno was watching her when suddenly, someone approached her and whispered in her ear. Her eyes widened, giving a small nod to the man and turned back to the children.

"Alright kids, I do have responsibilities. Enjoy yourselves!" She said, grabbing the case sitting nearby and storing her viola before hurriedly walking away.

"Where's Dream?" Techno asked, finally snapped out of his trance.

Phil looked at him, a look of confusion crossing his face before telling him. "Well, I was going to tell you earlier but you seemed...preoccupied. He's going to go talk to the chief. Probably wants to hire them or something, their farming techniques seem to work pretty well so it's smart of him...you should too."

Techno exchanged a glance with Techno, and simultaneously decided to sneak around the village in the direction the maiden went. Phil suspected she was the daughter of the chief, and Techno was glad to have an excuse to see her more, even if following her was creepy.
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Word count: 741 words
Written: 06/15/21
Rewritten: 07/18/21

(Besties it's 11:56pm and I have school tomorrow)

New A/N: besties it's summer I don't have school tomorrow