I'm The Villain This Time!

You're haunting me...

Tubbo was shaking as he stepped into Phil's house. Phil saw the boys, being half carried in by Techno, and a look of pure grief crossed his face.

"Phil?" Tubbos voice shook as he took a step towards the winged man, "where's Ranboo? Where is he?"

"I'm so sorry..." Phil whispered, hugging the boy.

Tubbo choked on a sob, "where is he? Wheres Ranboo? He died he should be here, he should... Where is he?"

Phil opened his mouth, but quickly closed it.  He held Tubbo tighter as the boy cried.

"Phil?" Tommy whispered, "Ranboo came back... Right?"

Phil shook his head, "not Ranboo."

"Wha- he had three lives didn't he!?" Techno yelled.

"I don't know." Phil said quietly, "but Ranboo's gone."

"No..." Tommy fell to his knees.

Ranboo couldn't be dead. He'd only lost one life, he couldn't have...

"Tommy!"

Everyone looked up to see Ghostbur. The ghost had a large smile on his face.

"Tommy I made another friend!" Ghostbur giggled.

"What?" Tommy looked up, "did-did you get another sheep?"

Ghostbur shook his head, "nope! He's a ghost like me! Introducing-!"

Another ghost walked in. He wore a black and white veiled cloak, splattered with red and green blood. The glow of his eyes were the only thing visible.

"-Ghostboo!" Ghostbur laughed.

No one else laughed. Ghostboo hummed and lifted himself to float into the air.

"Wow, tough crowd." Ghostboo said, floating over to the others, "I thought you'd all be happy to see me! I mean, I died after all."

Tommy quickly stood up, his eyes wide, "I- you- why-?"

"Oh yeah, I only have one life " Ghostboo shrugged, "dunno why. But being dead is great!"

"Ranboo?" Tubbo stumbled over to the ghost, "do you... Do you remember us?"

Ghostboo turned to the goat boy, "I remember everything! But now that I'm dead I don't have to worry about any of it! I can finally be rid of those stupid books. God! And all the speeches I made! How did you all put up with me! Now I get why Sam killed me! Well, other than me breaking Dream out-"

"You what?" Tommy fell back against Techno.

"Well, it wasn't Ranboo really." Ghostboo rolled his eyes, flipping upsidedown, "Dream could make me go into this thing I called the Enderwalk and he would tell me to do things, and he basically mind controlled me to break him out."

"How long has this been happening?" Techno asked, "and why didn't you tell anyone, we could have helped you!"

"You couldn't have helped." Ghostboo hummed, "it started during L'manburg. Dream periodically sent me into the Enderwalk from then until I died. But now I'm free! I don't have to worry about my memory or Dream, or anything!"

Phil reached out to the ghost, but pulled back, "I'm so sorry... You were only a child..."

Tubbo sucked in a breath, "Michael... Where's Michael! TECHNO WHERES MICHAEL!?"

The goat boy ran up to the piglin, "TECHNO WHERE IS MICHAEL!? WE LEFT HIM WITH YOU WHERE IS HE!? WHERES MY SON!?"

Techno took a step back, "I gave him to Phil before I left."

Tubbo rounded on the winged man. Before he could say anything, Phil held up his hands.

"Michael is upstairs. He's safe." Phil told him.

Tubbo sprinted up the ladder. Ghostboo watched him curiously before turning to Tommy.

"You've been really quiet." Ghostboo hummed.

"I-I just- you're dead..." Tommy sighed, "and Ranboo's in- he's in limbo-"

Tommy slapped a hand over his mouth, feeling nauseous. Limbo... The never ending darkness with Schlatt, Mexican Dream... And Wilbur... Ranboo never met any of them before. He'd be completely alone with a bunch of strangers.

"Tommy? Are you okay?" Techno caught Tommy as he sunk to the floor.

The boy shook his head, "no. I-I need to get to my house... I can't..."

Tommy stumbled out the door, pushing past the two ghosts that hovered there. It was cold, the snow softly falling down in a fresh blanket over the earth. Tommy couldn't enjoy it however. Ranboo was dead. Just when Tommy thought everything would be okay...

Tommy grit his teeth. Sam had ripped normalcy away from him. He killed Ranboo. He let Tommy die in the prison!

And Tommy would repay that a thousand times over.