The Blade

XXXVII

What?

I sat beside tommy holding his hand as he peacefully slept

My heart hurts knowing that this kid lost his older and watched him be murdered and then was beaten by the same person in his own house

I looked over at the door and saw ash poking her head into the door and gave her a soft smile as she opened the door fully and came and laid her head on my shoulder

"I'm sorry I haven't hung out with you" I spoke and she shrugged "uncle Tommy needs you more right now Dadza made soup would you like some" she asked and I nodded "maybe get one for Tommy and I'll help him eat" I added before she left and nodded and smiled at me

A couple of minutes later phill and her came back upstairs and gave me two soups and two cups with water in them and as soon as they left I gently woke Tommy up and saw with blue eyes slowly appear as he woke up

"Hey why not try and eat phill made soup" i whispered and he sat up and I handed him and he slowly ate "I need to go do things today will you be good for a couple of hours ash and phill are here so is my dad" I asked and he gave me a nod and I started eating aswell

Once we were finished I took our bowls and tommy laid back down and I walked downstairs and put the bowls in the sink and went and took a shower and changed my clothes and walked over to my horse and rode to Tommy's house

The thing I was dreading the most

I slowly trotted up to Tommy's house and tired Karl to a tree and slowly opened Tommy's front door and walked straight to his bedroom and smelt the smell of a dead body and instantly covered my nose and walked in and saw Will in the same state I left him in and felt tears welling in my eyes and ran outside and started coughing

I walked down to lmanburg and saw that it was just empty and lonely

The only people who lived there where Niki Fundy and jack and I don't know Fundy and jack very well but they seemed nice

Once I found a nice spot I started digging out a big enough hole and then made a sign for the head of it and went back up to the house and as quickly as I could I moved wills body from Tommy's house and covered him in dirt and stuck the sign at the top of his grave and took a step back

My emotions felt numb

I feel like everyone close to me ends up dying

I walked back to Tommy's house and opened all of the windows and his doors to air out the place and cleaned up all the blood and once I was done I dug under his bed and put a fell set of netherite and a hooked up a button that notifies me if he's in trouble

And then I made my way home but I was stoped on the way by two of Saps fiancé's

"Hey karl hey quackity" I spoke slowing down in front of them "oh um hey Kora have you ever seen sapnap in um lava form" Karl asked "what" I questioned "we need help" quackity asked "I'm glad to help want to show me to him" I asked and they nodded "get on" I added "we all can fit on your horse" quackity questioned "of course Karl is a strong horse

They reluctantly climbed on and they showed me the way to their home and as soon as they we got there they quickly pulled me inside and led me to a bed room and slowly opened the door and I saw a littoral figure made out of lava sitting in the corner of the room

"Nick" I spoke and he looked up "kora" he whispered and I walked over and knelt in front of him "don't do that I'm going to hurt you please" he frantically shouted "you would never intentionally hurt me Nick i know you and I'm not going to get hurt ok" I reassured him and sat criss crossed "did they go and get you" he whispered "I was on my way home when they found me" I muttered and smiled at him but he had his head in his arms when I reached out and held one of them

His skin was burning exactly like lava and But I didn't feel a think

Part Piglin makes lava not hurt as bad

Don't get me wrong it hurts but it's like a hot bath

nicks head instantly shot up to look at me to study my facial expression

"I'm part Piglin nick from the Nether" I remind and his worries calmed "can I hug you" he asked and I nodded and he put his arms around me and I patted his back and I saw his skin slowly turn from bright red to a tan beige and his normal human features return

"Sap" quackity and Karl yelled in unison and ran over and I stood up and back up and they hugged him "thank you so much kora" Karl added and I gave him a nod "if you ever need me I'll be at my house or around don't be afraid to ask for help especially you nick" I told and said my goodbyes and walked outside to my horse and rode home