ᴍᴀɴɪᴘᴜʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ᴡɪʟʙᴜʀ sᴏᴏᴛ

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐗

Y/N's POV:

I pull the reins on the horses saddle and we come to a controlled halt, I carefully get off of the horse as quick as I could while still making sure Tubbo is okay. I open the door and rush Tubbo down the stairs, his wounds have started healing and he looks like he's about to become conscious again. His eyes slowly open and he wriggles in my arms,

"Y....n?" Tubbo's weak voice emerges from his mouth and I look down to see him staring up at me with very scared eyes. I manage to make it to Tommy's room and place him on the bed,

"You're safe, it's okay. I'm here Tubs." I kneel down beside the bed and rub my hand over his forehead making sure to not touch his scaring yet, knowing it would still be tender.

"Did I really just...die?" Tubbo slowly whispered his reality, dawning on him that he just lost a life for real.

"Yes, Tubbo.. I'm-" A lump formed in my throat, I couldn't speak. I could feel his pain, what he was going through, the confusion and the anguish. Tubbo watched me break down in front of him, with his innocent eyes, the ones I let die.

"I'm- I'm so sorry- I couldn't save you!" Fresh tears streamed from my eyes and my own sobs fill the air, this is my fault, why couldn't I be faster!

"I was so close! If I had just pushed harder- tried harder then maybe you wouldn't have died!" My throat burned as the words rushed out my mouth, I could hear my heartbeat in my ears and the room trembled along with my body. Heaving in breath after breath, I feel like I'm suffocating, he was just a boy. HE WAS JUST A BOY!

"Y/n?" Tubbo tugged on my arm, what am I doing? I can't let him see this, not after what happened to him. I had to take care of him, not the other way around.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I pull my trembling hand up to my eyes and wipe away the alligator tears falling from my eyes. Stop trembling damn it! I stand up from my hunched over position and sit next to Tubbo on the bed.

"Hey, I'm okay now see?" Tubbo held up his hand and did weird symbols with it, he looked tired, so tired. But he was still trying to cheer me up even though he was the one that just died, he is so brave. So considerate. I turn my body towards him and without a second thought, wrap him in a gentle hug. He went through so much today, things someone like him shouldn't have too.

I can't let anything like this happen again, these kids deserve better. We deserve better than this. It's a cruel world, and I was foolish enough to think it ended in Candon. But despair followed me, and it effected everyone around me.

THIRD PERSON's POV:

Wilbur made it to Pogtopia with Niki, Technoblade and Tommy with him, Tommy yelling at Techno about killing Tubbo down the stairs. The fighting echoed in the ravine and alerted Y/n to their presence, and when Y/n heard Techno speak she shot out of her seating position and stood guard infront of Tubbo.

She walked forward keeping Tubbo behind her back, the four people made it to the bottom and saw Y/n with Tubbo. Wilbur's eyes lit up at seeing her,

"Y/n! Your safe and with Tubbo, you did so well! But never do that again." He praised her for her efforts in saving Tubbo but threw in a warning after to not do it again. Y/n looked at Wilbur and her eyes softened slightly, Wilbur's heart soared at her reaction to him causing his smile to widen more than it already was.

Tommy rushed over to Tubbo from behind Y/n and hugged her, She whispered for Tommy to be gentle with him before setting her attention back to the hog next to Niki.

"What is he doing here." Y/n seethed at the pig man, her eyes like daggers piercing his soul. Techno was disappointed to see her so angry with him, he was starting to see her as his friend but he knew this would happen.