The Boy and the Crows//A Bench Trio Novel

Chapter 2

3rd person POV:

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Tommy shot up as a thudding approached. He got up, trying not to disturb the others who were still fast asleep. 

He looked around a bit and found that the thudding was coming from around that somehow they had slept by without noticing. The boy knew it was too dark to see and he was too tired and scared to tell this from that so it really didn't matter to him.

Three horses galloped up the road past them. The three men looked important and serious. To Tommy, they looked like knights. But they were headed towards his old house.

The boy shook awake the others and told them what was going on. He practically begged them to go. And to his surprise, they actually agreed. 

Tommy hadn't ever trusted anyone due to his father suddenly switching his attitude on him. Even though Wilbur's mood hadn't ever changed, he still didn't like him just blindly following his father's orders. Somehow, he had managed to shut himself off from his entire family.

As the boys got closer, they got quieter.

Philza stood and was chatting with a man in a mask, the other men, waiting behind them. The man looked to be angry about something, but Phil didn't care.

A bird landed on Tommy's shoulder and watched the two men with him. Ranboo and Tubbo freaked out a bit but Tommy assured them that this was normal.

After a while though, the bird started to get annoying just sitting there, so Tommy brushed him off. The bird flew right over to Phil and began squawking loudly into his ears.

"We're fucked. Run," Tommy stated as he took off into the woods, stumbling over roots and branches as he went. The other boys followed, actually running faster than Tommy.

"Why are we running?!" Tubbo asked, loudly as Ranboo set Tubbo on his shoulders. 

"My dad knows I'm here! He's going to kill me!" Quiet footsteps followed them, and they were approaching fast. 

Tommy fell to the floor and was then tackled by his brother, Techno, but the others didn't stop running until they were lost in the trees. He was then restrained by the older.

"How was I?" Techno asked as his hair tickled Tommy's nose, threatening to make him sneeze.

"Loud. Phil would say you could do better," the younger replied, bitterly.

"C'mon, you don't mean that."

"I do-" 

He sneezed.

Onto Techno. 

"Disgusting!" Techno shouted as he got off Tommy, blinded by the boy's snot and spit.

"You deserve it!" the boy shouted as he ran farther into the forest.

Someone grabbed him by the shoulder and it felt like he had blinked and been transported into a different place. 

It was a little run-down one-story house.

"Well that was truly exciting, wasn't it?" Tubbo asked as he rested his head on Ranboo's.

"I guess you could say that... what was that just now? I was there, and now I'm here! I didn't see a portal or anything!" Tomy exclaimed as he waved his arms unnecessarily. 

"That's one of Ranboo's powers, he can teleport although it takes a lot out of him. He gets very tired, isn't that right bro?" The tallest nodded in response to the shortest. "We don't usually do this but, do you want to stay with us? You wouldn't have to worry about rent or anything since we just usually beg and scrounge for coins on the city streets. Most days we find stuff."

"Can you guys help me get more athletic? Then I can share an idea Io may have..."

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After at least a month of grueling training, Tommy shared that they could rob rich carriages and get belongings and coins from robbing them and that if it was just a normal horse-drawn taxi, they would leave it be.

Somewhere along the way, Tommy had managed to get wanted alive for the king. Tubbo was already wanted for the president, but Ranboo had a clean slate although if you asked Tommy, he would definitely say Ranboo was missing somewhere.

The photo they supplied for Tommy was a bit of an old one and as months passed, only grew less and less like him. the small boy with short; well-kept blonde hair, a goofy smile, and a crisp white t-shirt.

The Tommy now had rough; dirty blonde hair, the same smile, and a tattered; dirty shirt. 

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Over the months, Tubbo had let Tommy teach Ranboo how to speak English so he could try to find a job.

Weeks had passed and they were still learning how to say simple words like, yes, no, and maybe. Tommy thought that maybe was the hardest bit to learn since the taller boy always got stuck on the ending.

'Yes,' and 'no' were words he often used in public, especially if confronted on if he knew which way Tommy or Tubbo went, which he always said 'no'.

Another thing that Tommy could teach, was a small bit of sign language. Was just enough to get by. Tommy had read about it in his father's study when his dad was away. 

His father had a study chalked full of books but Tommy couldn't read any of them because Philza never allowed him to be in there. But knowing Tommy, he went in there anyway. His favorite time to read was when his brothers were training or his father himself was busy.

One of the boy's favorite books was about a little dog who traveled the world to find his family. Since his mother had left, once Tommy was let out of the house, he would go to find his mom.

But since meeting his new friends, he has let go of that dream.

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How are we feelin?

I still need to write the rest of this on paper and need to complete school.

I went to a convention yesterday and met a bunch of cool people and got a lot of inspiration for new cosplays!! I think I may be regaining my motivation for cosplaying again.

My next cosplay is probably going to be Schlatt because somehow he is a comfort and when watching youtube, his videos are some of my favorites to watch on a bad day. :)

[Word count: 1040]

-AvarageKnot