Dusted Gold and Dulled Emeralds (Royal SBI AU)

Chapter 6

When Phil decided to explore the castle he didn't expect to walk into what seemed to be a stand off between Theseus and someone who looked like Wilbur? 

Them arguing was extremely strange as they were always so close as children. Only Technoblade and Wilbur ever fought and even then it was minimal. Then there was a scream of "You aren't my brother. You stopped being my brother the moment you left me alone as the king!" The statement echoed, drawing the attention of passing maids, knights and butlers. And Phil

"Don't speak to your brother like that young man," Phil said sternly, ignoring Tubbo's quiet mutterings of "No murder in the castle. No murder in the castle."

"Hah! Don't make me laugh. You left before Wilbur, if anything this is your fault! You aren't my father and he isn't my brother. I only have one father and four brothers, and as far as I'm aware neither of you fall into either categories," Theseus said, glaring at the new arrival. Phil visibly stiffened at the statement, he was still unsure of how everyone looked so old or how any of this was his fault but right now he held no power over these people. He could probably make a plan to regain the throne and maybe his family, though by the looks of it, that would be a challenge.

To say Wilbur was shocked when he saw his father was an understatement, then hearing Theseus say that seemed to be an arrow to his heart. Another thing, who really were these mysterious men. He had never seen them before. Who were these men to think they could replace him and Technoblade! It took the one shortest yelling his name for him to realise he had been zoning out of the conversation.

"-Bur! Can you hear me? Do you agree? We can pay you and give you a better disguise. Help you hide yourself? You just need to agree and sign."

"How did you find me?" He asked curiously " I made sure to cover all my tracks, I took nothing with me and I changed my name. There is no way you could've found me without really searching."

"We've always known where you were now do you agree to the deal?" Dream said stepping forward. His hand was now placed steadily on his sword ready to be unsheathed at any moment. Wilbur pointed to the two men he didn't recognise and said "Who are those two, I've never seen them before." He was well aware that they were Theseus's brothers but he had no names nor backgrounds of them. He knew both Sam and Dream came from noble families but these men looked like commoners. He had never seen them in High society and he prided himself on knowing and remembering everyone. "Well seeing as we are already so far off track, it wouldn't hurt to do introductions," Theseus said. He pointed to Sam " This is my adoptive father and my most trusted adviser," Phil visibly stiffened at this as Tommy continued. Pointing to Dream "My brother Dream, he is in charge of the military." Pointing to the shorter one "Tubbo, my brother, he is in charge of science and technology." Pointing to the taller one "Ranboo, he is in co-head of foreign communications and the sole person in charge of resources." Ranboo was the only one who acknowledged the introduction, bowing slightly.

"Now that's out of the way, do you both agree to the deal. We will send you off paid and well supplied. You can go back to your son, maybe introduce him to his grandfather. I don't care just tell me if you agree or not," Tubbo said. He was growing impatient. He wanted this to be over with so he could go back to celebrating Tommy's birthday. These people obviously did not support the idea and were probably doing everything to ruin it or something.

Wilbur was slowly feeling very unsafe. Having a tall kid expressionlessly stare at him, a short kid glare at him and an extremely talented fighter have his hand gripped on a sword that was known for its effectiveness in battle were not things that were helping him.

Phil was even more surprised to say the least. Had he been away for so long that he had missed the birth of his grandson? It was a shame that Wilbur wasn't on the throne then. If he was atleast there would be a heir to carry on the family name. This raised a question though: Why wasn't Wilbur on the throne? He was older, it would make sense. That lead to the question: Where is Technoblade? He was the oldest, if he was really gone 14 years as Sam had said, he should've taken the throne. There were too many questions and not enough answers.

Sam had located the nearest wall and promptly began hitting his head against it. He was tired and had planned to spend time with his family but these men seemed to be putting a stop to these plans. He was about to hit his head again when someone placed their hand on his shoulder and said "Sire, they've arrived." Groaning he hit his head again. They were too early and he currently had enough on his plate. Luckily, Ranboo had taken notice of his father's current state. He walked from where Tubbo and Tommy were attempting to explain "The Plan" to a very distracted Wilbur and a zoned out Phil to pat Sam on the back. Dream had disappeared again, possibly to also bang his head against the wall. Or to greet the guests. They were coming in from all the kingdoms for Tommy's Birthday celebration week (They were working on the name), though it was more likely that he was greeting either the newly-weds or the guest.

Tubbo had given up. It seemed his father already had a while ago. Ranboo was attempting to comfort him while. He saw Dream hit his head on the door frame a couple times before talking to a maid and rushing away. That probably meant the guests had arrived. There were only two lots of guests Dream would look that excited to see. Either way he was tempted to go with him but better morals told him Tommy would not be able to handle dealing with his old family alone and that he should probably step in. And now he was stalling with a fake debate, he should probably go help Tommy.

Tommy felt like throwing himself out of the nearest window. These people were getting on his and his family's nerves. Dream had already given up, Ranboo seemed to be on his last strand of sanity, his father was banging his head on a wall and Tubbo was standing there silently contemplating something. In all honesty, the only reason he hadn't given up yet was that they were still blood related, whether he liked it or not.

"How about we continue this tomorrow?" Said Tubbo. It was getting annoying watching Tommy either get interrupted or ignored by the two people that had the least rights to.

"You're right. Please escort these two to the guest rooms," Tommy said, causing Wilbur to turn quickly. "I thought we were getting our old rooms back? It probably still has all my things," he said. Phil had already walked off, knowing how this would go. "Sorry but those rooms are currently occupied," Tommy said "But rest assured that all your things are no longer in those rooms. Most have been discarded and the few that weren't were put in storage. You will find everything you need in the guest room though.""Who currently occupies the rooms? Particularly mine?""The royal family, of course. I believe your room currently homes Dream. He is the second eldest of the royal family. Techno's room went to the eldest: Sam, and Tubbo and Ranboo currently live in my old room." With that Tommy walked away, allowing Wilbur to be half dragged by the guards in the opposite direction.

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Slumping down onto his desk, Tommy groaned. This was dragging on longer than he had hoped. It wasn't unlikely that it would go into the time he had specifically asked off to be with his family but what can you do? Especially when the two men you thought and hoped would never returned, did.

Maybe if he fell asleep, he would wake up to them being across the border and away. This was not going work though as he heard a knock against the door. He got up, preparing himself for whatever complaint that Wilbur definitely had, to find his family instead. The plan of sleeping was back on as they piled into the room, arms filled with blankets, snacks, and movies. The light of the screen was irrelevant to Tommy as he fell asleep on Dream's lap. Happy to be able to rest with his family once more. Hopefully, he could figure out how to solve the headache in the West wing. But for now, this was enough. ....

Some point after falling asleep, Tommy woke up to another knock at the door. Turning off the movie playing in front of him, he trudged over to the door; carefully not waking anyone else up. He opened it with little effort, squinting at the light. "I'm home, didn't think you would miss me this fast," said a tall, pink blur. Tommy smiled, hugging the man and letting him in. Maybe the headache would be solved soon. And as the newest arrival was settling in, drops of tears fell onto old paper, a torn up envelope watching from the side. 

Secrets out. :)

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