The Little Difference

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(Art by ohlawpaw on Twitter!)

Wilbur Soot, November 16th, 2020

Wilbur stepped onto the podium, a small smile on his face. "Well, that was quick, wasn't it?" Wilbur chuckled as the rest of the audience cheered. "Right, since we have recovered Manburg, let's decided on who's the next president, shall we?" Wilbur hummed, as the others start to become confused. "Techno, stay, where are you going?" Wilbur said, as the pig hybrid start to move off the podium. "Ugh, fine." Techno muttered, as he sat back onto the chair. "Wilbur, I thought you would become the President?" Niki asked, as Wilbur shook his head. "Oh, no thank you. I'm going to retire after this. Already have my own retirement home and everything." Wilbur chuckled, as the audience became a little shocked.

"Then, who would become the new President?" Tubbo asked, making Wilbur glanced at Tommy, who shook his head. "Well, Tommy and I have decided that... you, should be the new President, Tubbo." Tubbo froze. "M-Me!? Why me?!" Tommy chuckled. "Well, it's because I don't want to be President. Too stressful. You are more fit to lead. But don't worry, I'll be there as Vice President to help ya!" Tommy promised, as Tubbo smiled a little. "Come on, give a speech!" Tommy said, as Niki pushed Tubbo gently towards the podium.

Wilbur let Tubbo take the microphone, before noticing Techno walking away. "Hey, what's wrong with you?" Wilbur asked softly, as he caught up to the mercenary. "I thought the deal was we would abolish the government. So why did you elect Tubbo as President?" Techno asked, his red eyes piercing into Wilbur's brown ones. "Technically we did. This is a whole different government." Techno sighed. "But it's still a government!" Wilbur pulled Techno farther away from the audience, before he sighed. "I know. But this is the only way." Techno glared at him. "Only way of what? Being in another war? Giving way to more destruction?" Wilbur sighed. "No, it's not like that." Techno groaned.

"Then what is it like, huh!?" Techno asked angrily, as Wilbur stepped back. "Techno, calm down." Wilbur said, as the half piglin glared at him. "Are you saying you just used me!?" Wilbur frowned. "No, it's nothing like that! We would never!" Techno summoned a Netherite sword into his hand. "Then! Why make another government!" Wilbur could tell Techno was growing frustrated, and so was he. "Techno, I'm sorry. This isn't what we had promised you, I know, but it's the best future for the people here," Wilbur pointed to the others, who were celebrating Tubbo's new position, "since they've always been a part of L'Manburg. They stayed for the promise of a better leader, a better country." Wilbur said, as Techno began to angrily brush his hair out of his face.

"Buts it's a government. A government that you had promised will never exist once we're done with Manburg!" Wilbur sighed. "Listen to your words! I promised to abolish Manburg! We never promised on abolishing a New L'Manburg!" Wilbur yelled. Techno glared at him angrily. "You're right. You promised. So if I killed your right here, that means our deal is terminated, right?" Wilbur's eyes widened when Techno raised his sword and lunged towards him. All Wilbur could do was raise his arms to protect himself, since he didn't have a shield. He closed his eyes when he saw Techno coming close, praying to Prime someone comes and protect him.

And someone did, as he heard the clash of two swords and yelling. "Wil! Guys protect Wilbur!" He opened his eyes to see Tommy and Tubbo fighting off Techno, while Niki and Quackity were protecting him. "Why is he attacking you so suddenly?!" Quackity asked, as he gave Wilbur a shield. "We made a new government when we made a deal to abolish the old one! He was going to make sure something like Manburg will never happen again!" Wilbur explained, as he watched Tommy getting pushed aside and Tubbo's sword fly from his hands. "Fuck! Techno! Your enemy is me! Don't hurt them!" Techno glared at him, before all of their Communicators beeped.

Ph1LzA joined the game.

Before they all could react, the man appeared in front of them, wings folding into his cape. "What is going on here." Phil asked, as he eyed the sword that was inches away from his face. "P-Phil! Where did you- How did you even- Huh!?" Techno stuttered, as he dropped his sword. Phil turned to him, sighing. "Dream had sent me a message saying things are getting worse, and I thought that meant Wil's preparing to blow up Manburg, so I accepted the invite and now I see that we are not in Wilbur's little cave. Techno why are you trying to kill Wilbur?" Phil asked, as he helped the shocked mercenary stand up.

"Because I made a promise to abolish the government with him." Wilbur said, as he helped Tommy stood up. "And you meant the government as in Manburg, so after Schlatt died you elected a new president and in turn, made a new government, and Techno thought you tricked and used him?" Wilbur nodded, as Phil sighed. "Right, I think you've been fighting for too long, old friend. No one here's using you as a weapon, they all saw you as a friend, well, before you attacked them, and it is technically your fault for not specifying that little factor."

Techno grumbled something under his breath, which made Phil chuckle. "Right, I believe we have a new L'Manburg to rebuild?" Tubbo gasped. "Oh yeah! Phil you can help me with the designs!" Phil smiled. "Of course. I'll need to collect some resources for myself first." Techno stared at Wilbur, before walking over. "I'm sorry." Wilbur smiled softly. "No worries. Now, come on, let's give the old man a hand." Phil laughed. "Why me?!"

Dream stood not so far away from the L'Manburgians, a small smile on his masked face. "Dream, are you sure you're just going to let them go like that?" Punz asked, as he stood beside him. "Yes. Let them celebrate their little victory, before we ruin it." Dream said softly, walking away.

Punz stared a little longer at the crowd, before shaking his head and following Dream.