(DISCONTINUED) When the Crocuses Bloom

Chapter 3

Winter's POV:

It was late afternoon, and I was still training with Tubbo & Tommy. I had both of them on the ground for the who-knows-how-many-times-in-a-row.

"How do I expect to beat Dream, if you can't even beat me?" I teased. They had teamed up a few hours ago, and still couldn't win.

"Shut up! We're trying!" Tommy yelled, scrambling off the floor and standing in a defensive stance. I smirked. Easy.

Tommy ran at me. I dodged his attack and dropped to the floor, swinging my leg around, knocking Tommy over. "That's what you get for having a horrible stance." I said, sticking a hand out. He stood up and glared at you. "14 - 0." I say pointedly.

"Hey, why- I won that one round!" he said, spluttering. I rolled my eyes.

"Fine, 13 - 1." I said standing ready to go again. Tommy groaned.

"You sick of getting your ass handed to you?" I asked, laughing at the older boy's distain. "What, I ain't no pussy!" he said, running at me again. I rolled my eyes. He was on the floor within seconds.

Tommy stood up and threw his training sword to the ground and left the clearing. "I'm surprised he stuck around that long." a low voice said behind me. I turned around to see Eret.

"Eret!" I say hugging the tall figure.

"Hey, Winter." he said, patting my head.

"Have you heard the news?!" I asked with a grin.

"No, I haven't." said Eret, curious.

"Wilbur's letting me fight!" I say. Eret's face falters for a second.

"That's great, just be careful." he said with a kind smile.

I wondered what that was about as Eret walked off. I turned to Tubbo.

"Ready?" I asked with an evil grin.

"As I'll ever be," he said, getting in position.

Narrator's POV:

Eret walked through L'Manburg, wishing that he didn't just hear that.

"Hey Wilbur!" Ere said, jogging over. "I'm gonna go collect some resources!" Wilbur turned to Eret. "Sounds good. Just be careful and be back by dark." he said with a reassuring nod.

"Sounds good," Eret said, running over to the gate. Wilbur had already turned back to what he was doing.

Eret slipped out the gate and pulled out his phone.

Dream, I need to talk.

He walked into the forest.

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"What do you need, Eret." Dream asked startling Eret, who was chopping down trees.

"Oh- umm, so.." Eret sighed. "There's a new person in L'Manburg." he sighed again.

Under the mask, Dream's eyes widened. He looked at his double agent rat. Erat he thought. Eret noticed his silence and hurried on.

"Well, she's not exactly...new." said Eret, rocking on his heels. "She's been around for a while. Quite a while actually."

"How long?" asked Dream.

"About six months ago. She's Wilbur's sister."

Dream was taken aback by this. He put up his hand.

"One, why didn't you tell me this earlier? Two, explain this from the start."

"Wilbur only started allowing her to fight recently." Eret said. "After that there's not much to explain."

"What does she look like?" Dream questioned.

"She's about 6'0, long hair, although it's always in space buns, brown hair, one blue eye, one brown. Oh, and her name's Winter." finished Eret. He looked at the taller man, wondering if he could leave. "Last question," Dream said. He leaned towards Eret.

"Can she fight?"

Eret sighed, knowing that this question was coming. "Yes," he said with a grimace. "I'm honestly surprised it took Wil his long to let her fight. It takes all of L'Manburg at once just to reasonably tier her."

"Okay." Dream said. "You may go." he said, turning away from Eret.

"The plan goes into action tonight." Dream said leaving the forest clearing.

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Winter's POV:

I saw Eret sneaking into L'Manburg at dusk. I didn't really care as I was too tired from training Tommy & Tubbo's sorry asses to care. I was now sitting on the wall, not really knowing what to do for the rest of the day. As darkness set over the forest, I noticed a small glow.

Fire. Fuck, a forest fire!

I ran over to the ladder leading down the wall.

"There's a fire in the forest!" I yelled, grabbing a water bucket. "What?" I heard Tubbo ask. Then they saw the smoke. Tubbo, Tommy and Fundy all followed me out of L'Manburg. We all fought the fire for just over an hour, before returning to L'Manburg.

"Everyone into the Camarvan!" Wilbur said, calling over to the group entering. I nodded and ran to the van. We all crammed into the small van.

Wilbur sighed as he waited for the chatter to die down.

"What's happening, Wil?" Tommy asked, worry seeping out of his voice.

"Dream has a message for us." Wilbur said. He started playing a video.

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"What do we do Wil?!" I ask as the video finished, looking towards my brother. Tommy looked outside of the van and his eyes widened. "Wil, we're surrounded." he said with a slight hint of shock. "All four corners." I said. Wilbur stepped towards the door, looking out at their forces.

"See of they shoot Wilbur." Tommy said in front of me. An arrow landed on the steps in front of Wilbur. "They're not the best shot, I would say," he said. "We're outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, out planned."

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a/n: take care of yourselves. sleep, eat, drink, take my meds, shower, make my bed, do ya damn homework and be safe <3 love yall.

- nom