Light, then Dark (blindboo AU)

Chapter 8: Run

TW mentioned panic attack, past trauma,
Please let me know if I missed any

I lied, some things do align canonically

Wilbur

"Ranboo! Wait!"

I watched as Ranboo stormed off.

Should I follow him?

No, he would hear me and get angrier.

I need back up.

I tore off in the direction of the house.

I burst into the house and began frantically looking for someone. I found Tommy first.

"What happened Wilbur?"

"Ranboo," I took a breath, "he ran away."

Tommy's eyes widened, "Ranboo wouldn't run away."

I took a deep breath. "Ranboo and I had a fight, and he ran off."

He waved a hand dismissively, "It takes a lot to upset Ranboo."

Anger brewed, "How about losing your sight? Or having a panic attack?  Or feeling like you are useless?"

"That's, a lot. But Ranboo wouldn't be that stupid."

I sighed, knowing that Tommy wouldn't let me win,

"That's what you said to Tubbo last time."

I left, going to someone I know would help me.

Memories and a feeling of deja vu flood me as I ran.

I was sitting in the tree tops, "Wilbur isn't that stupid Tubbo." Tommy said with a laugh.

"But Tommy! He said he would do it!"

Tommy laughed again. "Wilbur is fine, and you need to stop worrying."

I shook it off, and kept running.

I reached Techno's house, and kicked the door down. (For dramatic effects)

Techno looked up from his book, "What happened Wilbur?"

"Techno- I- Ranboo-" he perked up at that.

"What happened to Ranboo?"

"I- We got into a fight!- he stormed off."

"What! And you just let him!" Techno rushed around his house.

"Where did he run off?"

"Over in the meadow by his house, he ran away from the house. His tracks are probably still visible."

"Go tell Phil, and meet there."

"Okay, thank you."

"For what?"

"I'll explain later!" With that I was gone.

Got to get Phil.

On the run again.

-----------------------Techno-----------------------

What happened

I don't blame Wilbur.

I do blame Wilbur.

It's not his fault.

It is his fault.

Ranboo was mad.

Wilbur left him.

I have to fix this.

Once I reached the meadow, I furiously combed through it.

Nothing.

I saw a few twigs on the ground, but that was nothing new.

What really caught my eye was how they fell. They looked like they were snapped clean off by an animal, or a tail.

I scoured the area, until Wilbur and Phil arrived.

"Come take a look at this!" I called to them, brandishing a stick.

"It's a stick."

"Yeah, but look at how it was broken. Something whipped it off."

Wilbur gasped, "Look!" He said, pointing to where the grass was flattened. "There are tracks that don't look much different from Ranboo's!"

"Well what are we waiting for, the sun to go down?" Phil shouted. "I'll search from the air."

With that, Phil took off.

"Come on!"

And we ran.

We stopped to regroup every now and then, but other than that, we ran.

The sun was going down fast, and dark clouds started moving in. We became more and more frantic.

"Guys!" Phil said swooping down into the trees, "I found another clue!"

We were led to a beach. It was a small beach on a lake, in the middle of the forest.

There were claw marks in the sand.

"Look around." Wil said quietly.

There were more footprints that lead to the water.

"You don't think-" Phil trailed off.

"No, no! Ranboo may be blind, but he wouldn't- would he?" Wilbur's silence said enough.

------------------Third Person--------------------

Rain began to fall.

The droplets washing away all other footprints.

Water washed away the proof.

Techno knew there was no point in searching for more footsteps, but Wilbur was desperate. Desperate to hold onto hope.

Desperate to prove that Ranboo was still alive.

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2 is winning so far, but this could go either way, I'll wait another day.

I'm here for another 8 hours, so have another chapter.

To my friends who like angst, the other book has more angst.

Be safe my friends!