My knight in shining armor (Dreamnotfound fanfic)

Chapter 11 I guess some things never change

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Authers note! When clay is talking or doing an action it will say Clay, but when george is talking or doing an action towards Dream it will say Dream, that is why it switches a lot!

Clay had been wanting to come back to the castle for a while since he got back. He and Sapnap decided it would be best if they waited to talk to George. Clay knew he wanted to see Tommy and Toby again after their last visit. Sapnap agreed and made their way to the garden.
Wilbur was working in the garden with Technoblade. Both had been working for 8 hours on this potato farm that Techno thought was a good idea to have.
    "I don't think we need this much potatoes." Wilbur stated, wiping the sweat off his forehead. Techno didn't respond and kept working. Sighing, Wilbur got back to work. Clay and Sapnap had just walked around the corner and saw Wilbur and Techno.
    "Give me a rock." Clay said. Sapnap gave him a confused look.
"Why?"
    "So I can get Dave's attention."
"Well, one he goes by Technobalde now. And two, just go up to him." Clay rolled his eyes and picked up the nearest little rock. Clay threw it and it hit the top of Techno's head.Techno flinched at the feeling. He whipped his head around and spotted Clay.
    "We're done."
"Thank fuck." Wilbur swore and walked away from his brother. Techno looked around while making his way towards Clay and Sapnap.
    "Hello Clay."
"Hey Techno." Clay smirked. Techno smiled.
    "What are you doing back here?"
"I'm not sure, but Luca, George's cat, found me and now I'm here," Clay shrugged his shoulders.
    "Well, now that you're here, I can bully you again for not being able to fight well." Techno crossed his arms. Clay had his mouth wide open while Sapnap was trying to hold in a laugh.
    "Bitch I could fight! I still can." Clay yelled.
"And you're still so cocky. Lets go to the training grounds and see how much your little stunt helped you."
    "Oh your on."
They made their way over to the training grounds. No one was there so they had plenty of space if they needed it. Clay grabbed a sword and Techno grabbed an axe and made their way to the opposing side of the place. Sapnap stood in the middle.
    "Ok!" He yelled, making sure they both heard him. "I want a fair fight! No hair pulling!" Both snickered. Technos hair was braided past his waits. Clay had put his shoulder length hair in a half bun. "No biting." Techno licked his teeth, Clay was grossed out by the action. "And no killing.'' Both men sighed and laughed. "Ok! Counting down to when I say ''Go."
"Three!" techno set his feet
"TWO!" clay grabbed the sword with both his hands
"ONE!" Techno smirked. Clay gulped.
"GO!!!" Techno rushed in. Clay stayed in position, waiting for Techno to strike first. The entire fight was hard to watch. Each was very skilled in fighting. Clay was more on the take the hit and waited for an opportunity to strike low. Techno was very precision based. Both had scratches from swings. Not as bloody but still, every once in a while, a good hit was taken. Soon the fight was over. Techno had been able to take Clay's sword out of his hands and plow him over. Both were panting hard.
    "You fight well, but your swings could use some work." Techno reached out his hand to help Clay up.
    "You're not too shabby yourself." Clay stated, taking his hand. Both stood up to a loud clap. Both looked over to see Sapnap, Tommy, and Toby all clapping.
    "That was incredible! Holy Shit!" Tommy announced. Toby nodded in agreement.
"Well now that that's over, lets go get some food in town. I'm hungry." Sapnap said, walking out to town with the others following. What they didn't see was the king had been looking out his window, trying to get a good look at Dream. The king sighed and turned to see Ranboo, a worker who was new to the area.
    "What is wrong George?" Ranboo said, giving George a questioning look.
"Do you know who the guy out there was?" George asked.
    Ranboo shook his head. "No, I have no information."
"Thats a shame." George walked out of his room walking towards his office with Ranboo still behind him. Bad was in his office, placing down papers, most likely the most recent requests from the farmers for food.
    "George! Just the man I wanted to see." Bad said, delightedly.
"Hi Bad." George smirked.
    "I was wondering if you would like to go into town today?" Bad walked around the desk to face George.
    "Why? Aren't those papers from town?" George pointed at the large stack of papers on his desk.
    "Nope! Just some things I needed but I wanted to see you first." Bad smiled. George made a face.
    Ranboo walked up behind George and whispered in his ear. This made George perk up. "Let's go into town!"

Clay, Sapnap, Techno, Tommy, and Toby were walking around town grabbing something to eat. They were walking around when Clay noticed something off. He pinched technos elbow.
    "What the fuck?" Techno rubbed his elbow.
"Does something feel off to you?" Clay asked in a whisper.
    Looking around, Techno shook his head no.
    "You have been gone for too long my dude." Techno walked faster away from Clay.
"Don't 'my dude' me!" Clay sped up to him.
George, Bad, and Ranboo were not far behind. George was mostly looking at Dream, trying to get a good look at him, but his mask was still on.
    "Then we can set up for the bonfire!" Bad said, his arms in the air. He looked over to George to see him staring off into the other direction. Bad looked at where he was looking and spotted Dream.
    "Oooo!" George and Ranboo both jumped at the loud noise.
"You like someone!" Bad suggested. Ranboo smirked while George whent red.
    "No, I'm just trying to figure out who he is." George said, turning his attention to the masked boy again. Bad and Ranboo gave a look at each other before laughing. The rest of the day was following the group of boys before it started to get dark. George had noticed that Dream had fiddled with something wrapped around his neck. George ended up doing the same thing with his ring. He also noticed every once in a while, he would limp for a second, like his leg had given out. Tommy and Toby were up ahead and were laughing and not paying attention to where they were going. A taller man walked up very close by and snatched Tobys bag that was full of coins and things he had gotten.
    "HEY!" Tommy yelled, starting to run after the figure. The group all noticed this, looking for the figure.
"SHIT! I lost him."
Clay had spotted him up ahead and started to walk at a faster pace. George noticed Dream walking away from the crowd and followed. Bad and Ranboo tried to keep up with him, but eventually lost both of them. George had caught up with Dream and spotted him pinning the man's arms behind his back.
    "Give back what was taken and you might leave with one arm." Clay threatened. The crowd cleared as this was happening. George was right next to the two. The friends found them. The man dropped Toby's bag, who snached it back from the man. Clay got the man back on his feet, handing him to another guard, who had addressed the situation. Clay looked over to see the king standing right in front of him.
    "Oh sorry about that." Clay said hoping the king hadn't thought of it as a threat.
"No it's ok, you helped Toby and stopped a thief. I should be thankful for keeping peace in my kingdom." George smiled. "You know that was very smart of you." Dream blushed at the compliment.
    "Oh..uh..he..thank you."
"You would be great as a royal guard, if you have no other job here in town." Bad said, stepping in between the two.
    "Um.."
"I don't think that's a good idea." Sapnap stepped in front of Bad, putting more space between George and Clay.    
    Bad crossed his arms, "Why not?"
"Well he's new here. We don't want to scare him off before he moves in." Sapnap said with confidence.
    "You don't have a place to stay?" George asked, looking over Bad's shoulder.
"No...well...I've been staying with Karl and Sapnap for the time being." Clay rubbed his necklace. George took notice.
    "Why don't you train with Sapnap or Technoblade here. You clearly know them well and you have great skills. I wouldn't mind you being a royal guard." George made his way closer to Dream,  "Especially my personal guard." George whispered, winking at the blushing mess of a boy and walked away, smirking.
Bad and Ranboo followed him back, all of them, even George, wondering where that confidence came from. Sapnap started laughing his ass off once he looked at Clay. he was red!
"What..*wheeze* was that!" Sapnap struggled to say, using Techno's shoulder as support. All of them were laughing at this point, seeing how Clay had stopped working.