PRINCESS ANARCHY | DSMP

24. A Traitor Among Us

AUTHOR'S NOTE !

alright, after this, the chapters will have stuff from the 16th nov streams! but it won't exactly follow the timeline, and some things will be changed simply because i didn't wanna re-write everything and lemme tell you, it's not that fun, but yk, i tried my best to keep the essence of it all and a lot of the quotes and shit will still be there, so this is just a little heads up! :]

   THREE DAYS UNTIL THE WAR.

   Nia, Niki, Sara and Stela spend their time outside of the ravine unlike Tommy, Tubbo, Wilbur, Fundy and Quackity, all getting last minute supplies for the war.

   Technoblade is nowhere to be found, but Nia figures the man has a secret base of his own that he hasn't told anyone about, because she's noticed that many Pogtopians have a knack for stealing items that aren't theirs.

   "I'm not sure if I want to fight in this war," Niki voices her opinion out loud, her view changed since the last time she actually spoke of it.

   Sara looks at Niki with a look of understanding, nodding. She's been thinking the same thing for quite a while now, wondering whether reclaiming Manburg is worth all the trouble.

   Nia and Stela glance at each other with raised brows.

   "You know, for the longest time, I fought for L'Manburg with everything that I had," Sara starts, a defeated sigh leaving her lips. "But a lot has changed. Wilbur has changed. And to be fair, the main reason I've been fighting for the country and revolution was because of my loyalty to Wilbur, and because I genuinely believed that Dream was abusing his power to hurt the people of L'Manburg."

   "Yeah," says Niki, nodding. "But Wilbur's changed. He doesn't— I don't think he cares about L'Manburg anymore."

   "I've been trying to talk to him, you know?" Sara continues talking. "He just— he dismisses everything I say about L'Manburg and what would happen if we won . . . or lost.

   "Not to mention that whenever I asked if he's doing okay, he just— he laughed at me and said he was brilliant." Niki looks down at her hands, sadness lacing her voice.

   "And how can you fight a war for a country whose leader doesn't believe in it anymore?" Sara concurs.

   "You fight simply to take down the government. Because it's what caused the problem in the first place. If it weren't for the government, none of this would've happened," Nia finally gets a word in, getting both Sara and Niki to listen to her.

   But they both shake their heads. "Governments aren't necessarily bad," says Sara. "It's the people in power."

   "No, it's human nature overall," says Stela plainly. "Humans are easily corrupted and power corrupts. It's just as easy as that. Hence why governments shouldn't exist in the first place."

   Nia smiles, glad that she has someone who agrees with her.

   Niki and Sara have nothing to say, pressing their lips into a thin line. They still disagree, clearly, but they don't want to argue with Nia and Stela.

   Technoblade walks towards them not long after, the red cape flailing behind him. They only have three days until the war, and nobody seemingly knows what to do with themselves. They can train, they can tend to their armor and weapons or they can simply wallow in self-pity until it will be time to fight. Some choose to spend time with their friends in case it would be their last day, though Nia doesn't think that's going to be the case.