My Starlight

Chapter Three: you'll be safe

Narrator POV

"Do you think he knows it's there?" Phil asks.

Tommy, Techno and Phil sit in their house chatting about what they are going to do to save Ranboo.

"I'm not sure, I taped it in the hilt so you couldn't hear it." Tommy says. "Why do you think I was so protective over the axe after I took it."

"Well you could have told me." Phil says.

"We weren't on the best terms recently." Tommy side eyes him. "With you ya know, killing my brother and blowing up my home." He looks down at his feet. "Not to mention my death, it's kinda hard to open up to people after something like that."

Tommy zones out staring at his feet. Imagining the splitting pain he felt when Dream rammed his head against the obsidian walls, waking up in a dark abyss not knowing what was up or down, right or wrong. Couldn't see a thing and once in a while hearing a few voices chatting in his ears.

Tommy wraps his arms around himself. Then when Dream revived him, it was so agonizing, like his entire body was rebuilding itself piece by piece, but at the same time, feeling all the pain. Then waking up confused and scared, after months with the people he couldn't stand. The tingling pain has remained ever since he was revived, like every nerve was sending a signal, and all pain was upped.

"Tommy?" Techno says, placing a hand on his shoulder.

The rippling pain shudders across his arm, when he loses focus like this, he feels what he tries to ignore. Tommy flinches away from his hand.

"Don't touch me please." Tommy replies, looking up at Techno with an expression he couldn't quite figure out.

"What happened to you?" Phil says.

I hate that question. Tommy stands up. "A lot." places the blanket and drink down and walks to the door. "I'm going to go now."

"What why? Dream is still after you." Techno stands and follows him.

"I can handle my own, and if I ever need help, you'd be there right?" He looks back hopefully.

"Of course we would." Philza says following them outside.

"I'm going to try to think of a plan to get that crystal." Tommy says. "I'm heading home."

"We're also going to try to think of something." Techno assured.

"Bye." Tommy waves and leaves.

Tommy makes his way through the portal and back to the Dream smp. Looking over his shoulder every few seconds to make sure he wasn't being followed, not that he would even know, Dream is too stealthy. After an anxious walk, he made his way to his little hill, where his pet spider Shroud sits in his cage.

He opens the cage and picks up the large spider, the eight legs wrapping themselves around Tommy's body, Tommy holding tightly on the arachnid.

"Hey Shroud. Sorry I took so long." He pets the head of the fuzzy creature. "I need to find a safe place for you so Dream can't use you against me."

Shroud purrs in response. Tommy shakes his head happily. "Yes I know, it'll be like a little vacation." Vacation, like the one in exile. Tommy shoves that thought out of his head. "Do you want to meet grandpa Phil and uncle Technoblade?"

Shroud jumps on the ground and spins in a circle playfully. "Ok, I'll pack your things." Shroud jumps onto Tommy's back like a backpack.

While he packs he thinks. The reason Tommy's not thinking hard on a plan is because he already has one, but he just doesn't want to think of what he has to do.

"Do you want your red blanket or the blue one?" Tommy turns his head to look at Shroud. He uses one of his legs to point at the red one. "I should have known, I forgot you have such good taste."

Once they finished packing, Tommy sits on his bed with the spider next to him. He takes out a book and quill to write an instruction book. "They have to give you head pets every day, no question about it." Shroud nods. "I know you don't want to but you will need a bath." Shroud gives an offended look.

"Well, you kinda smell." Tommy pipes in, Shroud hisses at him. "Don't give me that attitude, mister."

"Ok I think we're ready, important stuff in the enderchest and the most important thing is in my arms." He holds Shroud in front of me, he squirms his legs to try to get reattached to Tommy's chest. "Yes, yes, I know, but you're just so cute. Let's go."

Tommy puts on his back pack and attaches Shroud to his chest so he's hands free. "Come on, let's get you safe."

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