fire and ice | a sapnap lore au

chapter 3

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The travel to L'Manburg was not that far, well compared to her past travels. She had only needed to pass an ocean, two dense forests and a mountain.

But there Cersei was again, in another forest. To others that didn't travel, the trees and scenery would have all looked the same. But she was trained in an assassin institution. She still rememebered the torturous nights where the rulers had left them in the dark forest infested with mobs with only a pocket knife.

That was how she met her friends. Through teaming up despite not knowing each other or even trusting each other, that was how the Nightmares were created.

She shook her head again, scolding herself. She didn't know why she was being reminiscent. She had gone through months not thinking about them.

Cersei hated herself for thinking about them. Well just one of them. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a branch break from behind her.

She pulled out her pocket knife. Without a second thought she quickly turned and threw the knife at the direction of the noise.

"Whoa there!" a male voice was heard. Tilting her head, she saw a very peculiar sight. A green slime in the form of a man was stuck on a tree as her pocket knife stuck his shirt and the tree.

"I didn't mean to scare you Cersei of the Nightmares." He said with a bright smile. Her heart jumped a little, as she touched her face, thinking that she forgot her mask but she was still wearing it.

"How do you know my name?" she asked coldly. The slime man raised his arms, "I know everyone. I think its because of the time I spent on this earth." He said.

She raised an eyebrow at him, "I'm Charlie Slimcicle." He said. Cersei's eyebrows shot up in recognition. "You're still alive?" she asked.

She remembered the lessons she had with the Slimcicle family, an heir each generation lived for centuries and there was one in front of her.

He nodded, "I believe so yes." He said as he chuckled. She hummed and nodded, a sign that she believed him. He cleared his throat, "Mind helping me?' he asked motioning to the knife.

Cersie nodded and pulled the knife out of him. He let out a breath. "Thank you." He said. Cersie wiped off the goop off her knife.

"What were you doing creeping up to me?" she asked. Charlie hummed and pursed his lips, he tapped his temple. "I was coming back from picking some oxeye daisies but I seemed to have been lost." He said sadly.

She hummed and nodded, "Well can you tell me where you're going, maybe I know the way." She said as she fixed her mask. Charlie smiled brightly at her, "Oh, I'm on my way home! L'manburg." He said.

Cersei's mouth fell a bit but she nodded, "Well you're in luck Mr. Slimecicle, I'm on my way there." she said as she motioned towards north.

He chuckled and walked beside her, "I know." He said. She glanced at him with a raised eyebrow although he didn't look back at her. "I know everything about anyone. It's sometimes a gift, sometimes a curse." He muttered.

She kept quiet as Charlie continued to tell her stories. She didn't have to ask about how he knew, she had studied his family history. The Slimcicles knew all the people and their stories and Charlie was not an exception.

As they neared the small hill that would show them L'manburg, Cersei stopped. Charlie turned to her, "Is there something wrong? L'manburg is just down there." he said.

She looked at him curiously, "Charlie, do you know who the tyrant is?" she asked. Charlie gulped but nodded, "Can you tell me?" she asked quietly. She didn't know why, she didn't usually need to do background checks on the people she was gonna hunt but this time she just felt there was something more than it seems.

"They call him Dream. He claims to own the explored world, the ruler of the SMP alongside his friends." He said. She pursed her lips, she knew that Charlie won't say anything at that point.

He started to walk up the hill making her sigh. She placed her hands behind her under her cloak as she walked up the hill. As Charlie led her down, now remembering the way, she caught sight of the huge walls of the city.

A group of people in front of the gates. Her heart skipped a beat, she grabbed Charlie's shirt as her eyes fueled with fire. "You have got to be kidding me."