(DISCONTINUED) When the Crocuses Bloom

Chapter 23

Yooo an idea has struck me very far down the road. So I'm gonna get writing!

Winter's POV:

The test of the debate between I and Quackity went most in my favour. Quackity was just unable to get away from the embarrassment of not knowing the Anthem.

I was absolutely destroyed when I got back to L'Manburg. I rushed into my home and grabbed my bed.

With the help of Tubbo, I set up a space for me to sleep on the walls. The sun was starting to set as I finished.

I and Tubbo climbed down to join Wilbur, Tommy and Fundy for dinner.

Dinner was the only thing that I all did together.

"Winter!" Wilbur called. There was a woman with blond hair sitting next to him.

"Wil!" I hugged him like I hadn't seen him just a few hours ago.

"Winter, I'd like you to meet Niki." He gestured to the woman. "Niki, this is my sister, Winter." After a brief introduction, I sat down on the other side of Niki and started eating.

Tommy wanted me to come to the fire pit that he and Tubbo had made.

I declined, really wanting to go to bed. Tommy just rolled his eyes and asked, 'what are you, George?'.

I chuckled and climbed up to my bed.

It was a simple mattress sitting in a wood box. It wasn't lifted up and it just had my woolen blanket.

I climbed in, not bothering to go back to my house to change. I only took off my boots.

I let sleep pull me under.

The beach I had seen so many times snapped into view. I saw the figure I had missed so much the past months already sitting on the beach.

I walked up behind the god and sat on their knee.

"Hey XD," I said, sinking backwards into their cloak.

XD brought up one of their fingers and brushed it a long one of my cheekbones.

I sat there in silence for a long time. XD was never the talkative type. They preferred to show their feelings through actions.

I had never actually heard their voice. I just always knew what they were trying to say.

At what I assumed was about 1am, I felt a sharp pain in my cheek.

A gasp of pain escaped my mouth. XD looked down at you.

Are you ok?

I gasped again as the sharp object pulled away. A few seconds later it plunged back into my face.

A choked scream escaped my lips. Tears brimmed at the edge of my eyes. I shot forward in pain as what I guessed was a knife pulled from my face.

XD looked confused and worried. They brought their hand up and cupped my cheek. A red liquid seeped on to their hand despite there being no visible cut.

Injury.

They cupped their other hand around my face, blocking almost all the light.

Wake up Winter.

My body didn't listen.

Wake. Up.

This time I listened.

my eyes shot open and I felt a warm liquid trickle down my cheek. I pressed my thumb to my right cheek.

I brought my hand away to see it painted with...

Blood.

I stood up slowly, still groggy.

I walked quickly to the ladder, trying to ignore the burning pain in my cheek as my tears started to flow into the cut.

I knocked on Fundy's door as hard as I could. I heard shuffling inside before the fox hybrid cracked open the door, a sleepy expression on his face.

His eyes widened at my bloodied face.

Hey silently pulled me inside and sat me down.

"This will hurt." He pressed an alcohol wipe to the large cut.

I bit my lip, the stinging sensation making more tears prick at my eyes.

"This will scar badly Winter," he said, cleaning the edges of the wound. "What happened?" He placed the dirty wipe down. He looked straight into my eyes.

"I don't know.." I said, voice breaking. "I woke up like this to the pain and blood on my face." my voice was weak.

Fundy sighed and got up. He opened a cabinet and pulled out a square gauze.

He put the bandage on my face before standing back up and walking to the door.

"I'm going to get Wilbur, stay here." He said stepping out.

As the door clicked shut, I thought back to what Fundy said about scaring.

my body was already scattered with small scars, the most notable being on my neck.

My neck had one on the side from being decapitated and one in the middle from something I couldn't remember.

The door burst open as Wilbur ran in.

"Winter!" He yelled. I winced at the noise. "Are you ok? Did anything else happen?!"

I shook my head. Not ok, nothing else happened.

Wilbur sighed. "Come on, let's go to my house." He said, squeezing my hand.

I nodded and stood up.

Fundy stepped to the side.

"Thank you Fundy." Wilbur said with a grateful expression. Fundy just nodded.

I still remembered yesterday morning. Fundy had been distant since all the election shit started up.

Wil led me to his house where I both sat in silence for the rest of the night.

As the sun came up, I finally spoke.

"Wilbur, what was that?"

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God, this idea is so good but I have to wait so long to write it 😭😭😭

Like its post-final confrontation. Why is my brain good at coming up with ideas when it's far away? Like, at the start of this, I had ideas for the doomsday plot.

Pls help me and my -2 brain cells.

Take care of yourself.

Eat, sleep, drink water, shower, make your bed, touch grass.

All these things will help. Trust me.

You are loved, you matter.

Be safe, be POG.

Love you all.

-nom <3

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