Betrayed, Manipulated, and Gaslighted | A DreamSMP Fanfic

Chapter One

Tommy, the seventeen-year-old child, was talking his mouth off about some things he'd done recently to Wilbur. Said man was getting irritated about Tommy talking. To Wilbur, Tommy was being very loud which he sorta was. Getting tired of Tommy's incessant talking, he spun around quickly.

"Tommy, would you shut up?! You're being so annoying! Just stop talking!" He practically screamed at the boy. Tommy had jumped a little bit, he had grown to hate sudden loud noises it was fine if the noise gradually got louder just not all at once like what Wilbur did. The boy shrunk down slightly under Wilbur's gaze.

"Sorry Wil," Tommy spoke lowly as to not upset Wilbur any more than he has. Wilbur scoffed at him. He swerved through the trees to get to another part of the forest they were in, Tommy tried to follow closely but he kept running into the trees slightly or he would trip over some overgrown roots. He hated that his depth perception was off because of Dream. He hated Dream and everything about him.

But everything's fine now, Dream's in prison after all. Well, everything's not entirely fine to be honest. There's still the stuff with Wilbur and Quackity, and it's not like the trauma in the past will just go away. Tommy tells himself to just suck it up, it's in the past.

Quackity was sitting on the cliff at the edge of Las Nevadas that overlooked where Wilbur and Tommy were, his legs hanging off the edge. Wilbur and Tommy emerged from the trees, Tommy still ran into a tree or two before coming out into the clearing though. Quackity saw this and tried to stifle a laugh.

"Tommy! Stop running into the fucking trees! You're just doing that for attention aren't you?" Wilbur turned, gripping Tommy's shoulder tightly, almost hurting him. Tommy looked down and to the side. This only pissed off Wilbur more. He took his free hand and grabbed Tommy's chin to make Tommy look at him. "Look at me when I'm talking to you! You're so damn rude! You useless child. Just sit down by the trees, don't do anything. You'll just ruin it all"

Tommy obliged Wilbur's wishes and down at the treeline, watching Wilbur work. He brought up his knees to hug them, shoving his face into his knees. A few tears fell, but he didn't allow more than that. Wilbur would notice after all.

Quackity saw the scene play out and hopped off the small cliff. He walked around the small lake, keeping to the shadows of the trees. He only wanted to talk to Tommy, he was currently pissed at Wilbur after that little show he pulled. Quackity reached Tommy and tapped his shoulder. Tommy's head shot up, and looked up to see Quackity's face. Quackity quickly put a finger to his lips to let Tommy know to be quiet.

"Tommy, let's go to Las Nevadas to talk. Follow me and keep to the shadows so Wilbur doesn't see," Quackity whispered to Tommy. Tommy quietly got up and followed Quackity to Las Nevadas. Soon the two of them reached Las Nevadas and sat down at a table in one of the buildings.

"What did you want to talk about? I have to be quick, Wilbur will be pissed if he finds out I'm here and not where he told me to be," Tommy had a look of fear on his face at the thought of how mad Wilbur would be. He clenched his hands, them being on his legs.

"Tommy, I've seen how Wilbur's been treating you," Quackity stated bluntly. Tommy froze. He tried to explain to Quackity that it's fine, Wilbur wasn't treating him badly. "Tommy stop, if he was treating you well you wouldn't be trying to defend him as much as you are. I saw how he was screaming at you, he looked like he was so close to slapping you for something you couldn't control. My offer to become a citizen here still stands, Tommy."

Tommy went quiet. He contemplated Quackity's offer. Soon he shook his head though. The fear of Wilbur finding him and hurting him was too much. "I can't leave Wilbur," Quackity was getting frustrated with how Tommy can't see that it isn't good for him to be around Wilbur anymore, but he understood. Tommy will just have to see for himself.

"My offer will always stand Tommy. You'll see soon that Wilbur isn't a good person to you."

Tommy nodded. "I have to get back now, it was nice talking to you Quackity," He stood up and quickly exited Las Nevadas. Wilbur was staring over to where he knew Tommy would come out from with his arms crossed. Tommy emerged into the clearing and saw Wilbur staring at him. "Wilbur listen I-"

"I don't want to hear it, I told you to sit by the tree! You disobeyed me Tommy!" Wilbur walked towards Tommy with his fists clenched. Tommy backed up into a tree and put his arms up in defense. "Why don't you just listen, Tommy? You're so fucking annoying to deal with! Dream just shouldn't have revived you in all honesty. You need to be punished for not listening. God, why can't you just be like Tubbo?"

Tommy started to shake in fear. Wilbur grabbed his arms, his nails digging into the skin, and threw Tommy to ground. Wilbur then kicked him in the sides a few times. Tommy wanted to cry but that would just make it worse. Wilbur grabbed a fistful of Tommy's hair and pulled Tommy back to his feet. Wilbur slapped Tommy and let go, finished with basically beating Tommy. Tommy layed there, rolled up in a ball and covering his head with his hands.

(Did I just rewrite some of my trauma onto my favourite character? Fuck, I did... Anyways back to the rest of the chapter)

Tommy got up and walked over to a tree. He sat down on the side opposite the clearing. He let the tears then fall but not making any noise for Wilbur to hear. He so badly wanted to get away from Wilbur but even going to Las Nevadas wouldn't matter.

Quackity had seen what had happened between Tommy and Wilbur. He was very much pissed off at Wilbur now. He jumped off the cliff on the side of Las Nevadas and stormed off to where Wilbur was. "Wilbur! What the fuck is wrong with you! How could you do that to Tommy?"

Wilbur looked around to Quackity. "What the damn child had it coming, he disobeyed me"

"You went too far Wilbur! I'm taking Tommy with me. He doesn't deserve you abusing him," Quackity went over to Tommy and shook him awake. "Tommy wake up, we're going to Las Nevadas. I'll make sure that Wilbur won't step a foot into my country. You'll be safe there okay?"

Tommy hesitated but slowly nodded. Quackity pulled Tommy up. The two of them walked over to Las Nevadas, Wilbur watching them and protesting against it. Tommy and Quackity made it to the country. Tommy felt uneasy as he looked back to the clearing.

(And that's it for chapter one :D Lots of angst that I honestly didn't mean to do but I'm not bothered enough to go and rewrite it)

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