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"Eret!" yelled a voice (Y/N) was familiar with by now, "Eret, something terrible happened!" Ranboo's voice died down when he saw (Y/N) and Eret sitting next to each other with the calmest expressions they could have.
"What is it?" Eret laughed at the worked-up and panting Ranboo, "You look like you've seen a ghost" "I- But- What?" The half-enderman looked from Eret to (Y/N) and back to the monarch with a more than just confused expression.
Now Eret looked back to his friend and raised an eyebrow. "He has a clear answer to your question," (Y/N) explained, "but I'm not certain if that answer is the one I would give you."
Eret's facial expression changed in an understanding way, and now he turned to Ranboo again. "Don't worry, everything is alright. Do you want to join us?" The monarch offered and patted a spot in the grass in front of him, making sure not to seat Ranboo too close to the water.
Ranboo looked at the brown-haired one with a hesitant look. "Come on, tall man," (Y/N) said, "You were able to sit next to and talk to me a few hours ago, so why would you not be able to now?"
Ranboo knew they were right, and he knew that he was probably way too careful and scared of them, but according to all the things the people have said about 'Pandora', his fear should be reasonable, shouldn't it? He swallowed the knot in his throat and moved closer to the duo.
"Were you afraid I would kill someone?" (Y/N) asked the taller one somewhat jokingly, to which the taller one just responded with a 'huh?' due to being caught slightly off guard.
"You came chasing after me as if I am an idiot that would risk more than just their own life by going around committing crimes," they explained.
"I... Yeah, I guess that's what I did. I was worried you would do something," Ranboo admitted. "Do what exactly?" (Y/N) wanted to know, "What have people told you about me that makes you that scared?
I don't think you know anything about me, except my crimes. And you probably heard about those, not only from me this morning, but also from others, so, what do you think?"
Eret and (Y/N) looked at the half-enderman with a questioning look. "I- I actually don't know what I was expecting you to do. I just always got told to stay away from you if I, for some reason, ever was to see you around," Ranboo explained.
"Don't worry," Eret now said, "I'm sure you two will have a lot of time to get to know each other and get along." She smiled at the two before offering them more cookies.
Even though Ranboo didn't say much throughout most of the conversation, he became a little more at ease around (Y/N) due to seeing them talk to Eret with such a carefree expression.
"They are just a normal person too," he thought, "and why would they do anything bad? They don't have a reason to commit crimes, so there is nothing to worry about."
(...)
Time seemed to fly as the morning turned into an afternoon and the afternoon turned into an evening. When the sun went down and disappeared behind the holy land, Eret, Ranboo, and (Y/N) ended their game of cards, for which they had previously gone inside the castle.
Now the monarch said goodbye to the duo as their ways parted at the community house. Ranboo and (Y/N) went up the stairs to the Nether portal when they asked the one question they desperately wanted an answer to.
"Do you have a family, Ranboo?" They asked as the purple of the portal consumed the two. "What do you mean?" He asked when the two arrived in the Nether and made their way back home.
"You are in no way related to Philza or Techno, I can tell that much, but you live with them, and they seem to treat you like family. So I was wondering if you have any actual relatives and if you are something in law to either of them," (Y/N) explained while balancing on the edge of the cobblestone path that went over the lava.
"I don't think I have any relatives here," Ranboo answered, "but I guess you could say I'm Phil's son-in-law." "Eh? I don't think Wilbur had a husband..." (Y/N) cut him off in a confused tone.
"Gods! No! I'm not married to a dead man! And in case you can't tell: I'm a minor!" Ranboo instantly denied (Y/N)'s assumption. "Oh. ... you look older," They said before distracting from what they've just said, "So you're saying Phil has another son?"
"Yes, he adopted Tubbo," the half-enderman explained. "Tubbo? Bee-boy Tubbo, the spy of Pogtopia that worked under Schlatt?" They asked to confirm that the two were talking about the same person.
"Tubbo, the one and only," the taller one confirmed while playing with the golden chains of the earring on his left ear. On the end of the short chain was a tiny moon that sparkled in the light of the lava.
"I see," (Y/N) said as they finally arrived at the portal to their home. The cold made (Y/N) get goosebumps as soon as they left the hot nether area.
"We should go back there tomorrow again," (Y/N) now decided. "What do you mean?" Ranboo asked while they strolled through the powdery snow.
"I mean, you make a nice companion to talk to while I discover how much this world changed while I was gone," they explained, "or do you have plans tomorrow?" Ranboo was taken aback by this quote-on-quote offer.
"Well, I do have plans actually," Ranboo mumbled, not sure how the criminal next to him would react to him declining their offer. "Oh? Well, what are you going to do?" They asked curiously.
"Tubbo and I are building a hotel in the greater Dream SMP, and we wanted to work on it tomorrow," the half-enderman explained.
"That's great! That means I can walk there with you, say hello to Tubbo, and then go look around," (Y/N) decided.
"That... wasn't an invitation..." Ranboo thought to himself without attempting to tell them so. After a while of silent walking, the duo arrived at Phil and Techno's houses.
From afar, they could already see the two friends sitting on Phil's roof and talking to each other. It didn't take long for Technoblade to notice the approaching duo and waving them.
"Phil, they are back."
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Pandora's Vault / Box / Jar (A Dream SMP and Reader Fan-Fiction)
Fanfic(A/N: This is a story with reader input in the form of the character (Y/N), who will be given the pronouns they/them so nobody feels left out, the dream SMP is real (not just a Minecraft server) and this story involves: Greek mythology, violence, ro...
