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Chapter 10

TW: none i think

Fundy POV

I peeked in to see Tubbo and Ranboo sleeping peacefully in each other's arms. I smiled and ducked out, closing the door softly behind me before walking back downstairs to the kitchen.

"They're asleep," I reported back.

"Good, now we can talk about the Dream situation," Phil stated solemnly.

"Is it really that big of a problem? We haven't seen him in almost two months... not to mention he has no idea where Ranboo is," Tommy stated

"What about when we want to bring Ranboo back to the greater SMP? He can't stay here forever, and even though we don't mind keeping him safe, we have friends and family to get back to. It isn't fair to them that they don't even know where we are," Eret pointed out, Phil nodding agreement.

"What about George, isn't he close to Dream? We could have him help us," Niki said,

"But what if he's working with Dream? He hasn't been in town as much as he usually would, plus he built that fancy new log cabin that he barely uses, for all we know the green bastard has holed up there with his little boyfriend bringing him all he needs," Tommy replied,

"I don't know, sap is one of his best friends and he's been a big help in tracking him down." Phil pointed out, "I don't think George would help Dream though, knowing his morals he wouldn't be able to live with himself," he added.

"That is true, but we still need to figure out some kind of plan to find Dream. He will most likely be staying somewhere not too far off where we last saw him, so if we could somehow trap him..." Niki trailed off, staring at the map spread across the table.

"What if we test to see if George is loyal? Like tell him a fake location where Ranboo is being kept and see if Dream shows up," Eret offered,

"That could work...we would have to make sure its convincing though, George is no idiot, if he knows something is up he's gonna have questions," Phil warned

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The plan was set. We knew techno and Wilbur were loyal so they were both in on it, along with sam. We decided to tell Ranboo and Tubbo the plan in the morning since they were both going to be playing a vital role. I sighed as I adjusted Allium's saddle before moving on to the next horse. If even one step of the plan was messed up it could bring the whole thing crashing down and all of this would be for nothing. We were only going to get one shot at this and even though I knew everyone would do their part to the best of their abilities, I had a sick feeling of dread that something was going to go terribly wrong...

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The plan had four main steps to it.

Step 1: get everyone from the safehouse and to Wilburs without being detected.

Step 2: tell gogy about a "new safe house" that we needed his help moving Ranboo to.

Step 3: pretend to be waiting for someone to show up so Dream will deem us vulnerable to attack (if he shows)

Step 4: if Dream shows then hopefully capture him and lock him in the prison. If Dream doesn't show then we know George isn't working with Dream, so either way, it's a win for us.

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Step 1:

Phil walked towards the stables, clipping his communicator on his belt as he looked up.

"Alright, they're ready for us. All we're waiting on now is deciding on transportation. I'm thinking you guys can take the horses and I'll fly over tomorrow to meet you when you get there. Sound good?" he asked and I nodded subconsciously as I made a mental note of the things I still needed to pack.

"Hey, are you okay? You've seemed a bit...distant, lately. Do you need a break because I can get someone else to do this if you want," Phil said caringly. I looked up to see concern in his eyes and sighed,

"I dunno, it's just, I've got this bad feeling that something will go wrong, or that somebody will get hurt. I know it happens to everyone, but I can't shake it. It's almost like it's trying to warn me about something, but I'm not sure I know what it is."

(Ranboo POV)

I sat up gasping for breath as I woke up from my nightmare. Tubbo sat up beside me and put one hand on my shoulder,

"Hey, what's wrong, big man?" he asked sleepily, pulling me into a comforting hug,

"Don't worry, it was just another bad dream," I replied after catching my breath. I groaned and flopped back onto the soft bed. Tubbo pulled my head onto his lap and ran his fingers through my hair. I smiled at the feeling.

There was a quiet knock at the door,

"Come in," Tubbo replied. I lifted my head to see Niki walk in before flopping it back down on Tubbos lap.

"What's up?" Tubbo asked curiously, braiding the long hair at the back of my head. Niki sat on the edge of the large bed, making it sink down a little bit.

"We were talking last night after you two went to sleep and...we think we have a plan to capture Dream," she started. I tensed at the name, it wasn't one that I liked to hear. Tubbo moved one hand to my shoulder as I sat up to look at Niki.

"We went over lots of ideas before we settled on this one, it's very well thought out and everyone agreed it would be the safest option...but we still need to run it past you, if you don't feel comfortable with possibly getting this close to him we can try to change the plan. Phil told me how you can get around him..." she trailed off, looking up at me. I sat thinking before nodding slowly,

"Is Tubbo going to be there?" I asked slowly,

"He can be there if you want him to be, he doesn't have to come if you don't want him to," she replied softly,

"I...i-i'll go if t-Tubbos there...he can probably help try to keep me calm," I said, trying to sound firm on my condition even with my voice shaking.

Niki nodded and began to explain the plan to us. It was a very good plan. She told us when we were planning to leave before walking out of the room and closing the door softly behind her.

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a/n: ayo, sorry for no post yesterday. i'm visiting Otter and we were up all night playing ark, plus my chromebook was dead. anyways i hope you enjoyed that long chapter and i will see ya laters.