PRINCESS ANARCHY | DSMP

12. An Ally, a Traitor and the Enemy

   "HAVE YOU SEEN MY DRESS ANYWHERE?"

   Asks Sara, looking for the outfit she had prepared for the festival a day before. It's a dress splashed with colors of red, orange, yellow, blue and purple.

   "I haven't seen it since you tried it on yesterday," says Nia, shrugging.

   Sara groans, annoyed, hurrying past Nia to try and look into other rooms and chests.

   "I have a question," Nia shouts after the redhead. Sara only makes a strange sound in response, which Nia takes as a 'continue'. "Can I use your ender chest?"

   "Yeah, sure, whatever!"

   "Thanks!" Nia smiles.

   She's realized she hasn't checked her ender chest since the time she appeared in the Dream SMP, and figured it might be useful. She's left things in it even before she disappeared. They should still be in.

   And considering she doesn't know what might happen during the Manburg festival, it might be better to come armed to the teeth.

   . . . or at least subtly.

   Nia makes her way to the main hall of Sara's house, knowing that that's where her ender chest is, right next to the random rubbish chests.

   "Alright," Nia mumbles to herself, clasping her hands together. Taking a deep breath, she opens the chest, half-expecting what she'll see inside.

   On the very top of the chest lies Nia's netherite tools and trident. She smiles at it, remembering that she acquired all of these tools with Dream, George and Sapnap.

   Well, the trident she got from a journey with Dream only, since Sapnap was out doing whatever and George was simply nowhere to be found. Which isn't abnormal, as he's usually not found.

   And Eret, from his journeys across SMPs, brought Nia mending books for all of her items.

   Taking out her trident, she eyes it with a smile. One thing was getting the trident after hours of sailing the seas with Dream and having to fight two of the Drowned with tridents. Of course, there were way more Drowned without the weapon.

   Nia weighs the weapon in her hands, standing up with it to try a few maneuvers, wondering whether she'd forgotten everything she'd learned. She wonders if Dream still uses his trident. If not for fighting, then perhaps flying. After all, they both chose to enchant the blue weapon with riptide rather than channelling and loyalty. Although those two enchantments would also be useful.

   Putting the trident down, Nia begins to look inside the ender chest more. She pulls out her axe meant purely for woodcutting, two pickaxes and shovels, and a hoe. Though she doesn't remember the last time she farmed. Or had to farm, at that.

   The princess leaves all of her tools laying on the floor, finally pulling out her fully enchanted netherite armor. That one, actually, was a present from Eret.

   She dons a rueful smile, eyeing the amor. She wishes Eret remembered her.

   Nevertheless, she's most definitely taking the armor to the festival along with her weapons.

   Looking deeper into the chest, she discovers there's a bow as well. It was hidden underneath the armor along with many other things.

   The bow has a word carved in its handle.

   DREAM.

   She remembers this one. Dream gave her the crossbow with this name, when he made one for himself, as well. Except his bow is named NIGHTMARE, if she's not mistaken.