My Biggest Mistake (DreamSMP)

The Beginning Of The End

The biggest mistake I've ever made, is getting attached to him. But I wouldn't want it any other way.

I see the castle in the distance, Philza and I build it a few years ago.
We wanted to get away from our worries and decided this forest would be the best place.
I can still remember it as if it were a few days ago.

Phil's black wings spread out behind me, touching my back. Something I've noticed he does often when he's pleased.
His wings claim me as their own, protecting me from any danger there might be.
I don't need protection though, Phil knows this but refuses to believe it.
'This is it, Techno. We'll finally have some peace.'

What a beautiful lie that was.

As I get closer to the castle, I notice some rustling in the bushes next to me. Normally I would think it's a bird or whatever, but this time, I know it isn't.
I draw my sword, ready to make this earth a little less crowded.

'Come out now or you won't live long.'

I expected one or multiple men to come raging towards me, but instead, I see a small head with golden blond hair poke out of the bushes.

'Hi, I'm Tommy.' The kid looks at me and then at my sword, making him take a few steps back.

I lower my sword 'You shouldn't be here, kid.'

He doesn't move. 'Shoo'

I sigh and put my sword back in my belt, maybe if I just keep walking the kid will leave me alone.

I was wrong. As I keep moving, so does the kid
He's walking a little behind me on the path.
Now, I may not care about any mortal life, but I'm not a monster, unlike some people might believe. I wouldn't hurt a kid or an animal, which is where the Badgers and I differ.

The kid starts skipping and passes me. I look at him, now walking in front of me and see that he is wearing a red and white T-shirt and shorts.
His clothes are very worn out and have quite a lot of holes.
I try to ignore it and keep walking, looking at the setting sun in front of me.

As I wonder if Quackity will keep his promise I notice that the kid is limping a bit. I look at his leg and see a huge cut on it.
Actually, after looking closer, he has a lot of cuts and bruises all over his body. The kid slows down in order to walk next to me.

'I like your hair.'

He looks up at my pink, braided hair and I quickly look away. We're approaching the castle rapidly.

'You should go home, kid.' I stand still and stare at him.
He looks at me and I see his face drop, when I first saw him he looked happy, too happy. Now he just looks sad.
'I can't.' He suddenly seems much older.
Despite looking absolutely miserable, I see a sparkle in his eyes. 'I need you to kill Quackity.'

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'Hey Techno, how did it go?' I hear Phil stumbling down the stairs.

'Fine, but we've got another problem to deal with right now.'

Phil notices Tommy, who's walking cautiously behind me. I walk into my room and lie down on the bed. I'm certain Phil will love the kid, I won't ever be able to get rid of it now.

'Hey mate, what's your name?' I look to my right and glance at Phil, who's crouching down so he's at eye-height with Tommy.

'Tommy.'

'Nice to meet you, Tommy. My name's Phil.'
Phil takes a cookie from the counter and gives it to Tommy 'Here you go. Stay here Tommy, I'll be right back.'

I hear Phil's footsteps come to my room as I close my eyes.

'I thought you said you didn't want to help mortals anymore.'

I sigh, hoping it answers Phil's question.

'He is mortal, right?'

I sit up and look at Phil. 'Yes. Quackity hurt him. I'm not helping Tommy, but annoying Quackity.'

Phil chuckles 'Sure.'

Phil stares at me with a grin for a good minute until I can't stand it anymore. 'What?'

'You do have a heart.' He smiles.

'If you ever say that again I will rip your head off and-' I didn't get to finish that sentence, unfortunately, because Tommy walked in the room. Crying.

Phil immediately bows down to Tommy 'What's wrong, mate?'

'My arm hurts.' He shows Phil his arm, there's a huge cut covering his entire forearm. I've seen many wounds, much worse than this one, but this is one of the few times I look away.

That is where he and I differ

As Phil grabs the emergency kit I stare at Tommy. He's sitting on the floor now, wiping the tears from his cheeks. Clumsily, I must add.
He seems to be about eight years old.

'He promised to leave us alone.' I take a deep breath as I finally realise that won't be for long now.

Phil glances up to me before looking back at Tommy's arm, which is now completely covered in bandages. 'Seriously?'

'Yeah, Quackity said that as long as we leave the citizens of L'Manburg alone, they'll stop hunting us.'

Phil puts the rest of the bandages back in the emergency kit and gives Tommy a smile, who has finally stopped crying. 'And are you going to leave them alone?'

I look down at my hands, full of scars and a few fresh wounds. The voices won't be satisfied with animals.

'You know what happened the last time you tried to ignore the voices.'

'Yes, which is why it's a good thing you're immortal.' I stand up from the bed and look at Tommy. 'Leave.' Tommy seems frightened from my voice and shuffles out the door.

'Oh come on Techno, don't be so mean.'

'I got another request to kill someone today.' Phil suddenly looks up at me, his eyebrows furrowed.

'To kill who?'

'Quackity.'

Phil gives a small chuckle 'As if we'd ever even try something as stupid as that.'

'I will.' I stand up from the bed and walk to the window, looking away from Phil.
Phil keeps quiet for about a minute, studying me.
I look out the window at the sun, shining through the trees.

'Techno,' Phil walks over to me and looks at my slightly shivering fingers, 'who gave you that request?'

I swallow, hoping it'll take away the tension. It doesn't. 'The kid.'

Phil looks out the window, considering what I said. 'I don't know what Tommy said to make you think that this is a good idea, but you are not going there. No matter how much he hurt Tommy.'

'You can't stop me, Phil.'

'I can and will.' I sense Phil studying me, he stops when he meets my eyes,
'Have you lost your mind? Quackity is known to do horrible things, you don't know half of what he can do.'
I'm startled by Phil's sudden outburst. As I compose myself I notice the voices become agitated.

'I'm immortal, Phil. I can handle any pain Quackity could inflict on me.'

I look at Phil, only now realising how troubled he seems.
He lays his head on my shoulder 'What the hell has gotten into you?'