INSIDE AN EMPTY CAGE (HermitCraft AU)

Chapter 3

TW: small panic attack

Grian looked up to mumbo his face set on the different redstone contraptions around his base. mumbo was his best friend is what he had heard he seemed alot nicer than- he shuddered at the thought of his best friend sam…. Or his old friend he wasent sure it had been twelve years since then even though it felt like yesterday he must have abandaoned sam long ago. Grian smiled he hoped that was the case

mumbo had looked back to him probably a little confused about his sudden smile “you ok whats with the smile?” mumbo asked stopping in his tracks “uh i was just thinking about something” he quickly answered the sudden question caught him off guard “what were you thinking about” mumbo asked all cheery “just realising that i wont have to deal with one of my old friends” grian answered as vague as possible “oh? An old friend”  mumbo looked at grian a little curious, he must of never told anyone of his past grian thought to himself

“yeah but i havent heard anything of them so i guess there gone so it dosent matter” he explained turing around with a shrug “is this friend the reason you where crying” mumbo asked bluntly, grian froze his arms still slightly in the air “no… i just cry w-when i have nightmares ” grian looked back to mumbo he could tell he didnt believe him but he decided to brush it off

Grian had a face when he lied mumbo knew, grian was normally quite good at hiding it but right now he could see it easily. Whoever this friend was did something grian was to scared to talk about even when he had his memories hed never heard of anyone he knew out of hermitcraft

mumbo let out a sigh “ok, ok i get it. Hmmm seems like suns coming out wanna head to the shopping district… i can show you some of your shops” grian looked at him and nodded excitedly “ok well lets get going then” mumbo said smiling at the other hermit

They both landed in the shopping district the sun had fully come out at that point “hmm where should we go first” mumbo pondered before seeing grian running off to a nearby shop the shop in question was his own travalling cart “whats this” he asked standing in front of it “this ones yours it was quite popular for quartz… which is sold out now maybe when your settled we can go grab some together though it would be fair if i got a cut if we did” he said with a laugh “yeah” grian said walking to one of the chests opening it up as mumbo had said there was nothing but diamonds in the chests

They continued on their walk going though some different stopping when they see two people walking in their direction. Ren was talking with scar as mumbo walked over to them he waved with grian next to him “morning” he greeted as they both turned to face mumbo “hey what are you doing here?” ren asked noticing grian next to him “were just looking around, joe said seeing things hes familiar with can trigger some memories so i thought here was a good idea” mumbo said as ren nodded in agreement

Scar had noticed grian was looking at him he gave a small smile as he waved to him “so grian… how are you?” scar asked stepping a little closer while the other two started having a small chat “uh… yeah im good though the s-sudden change is a little hard to get used to” grian replied letting out a awkward chuckle

scar seemed to also feel a bit awkward as he looked to the side “heh.. Yeah, i guess iskall told you what happened” grian nodded scar laughed a little than looked back to him “im sorry about… what happened, i didnt mean for that to happen” “i dont blame you… im not sure what… i would say but from what i know i dont blame you” grian said rubbing the back of his head he could see scars face lighten a little as if weight had been taken off his shoulders he must have wanted a answer from him so he was sure he could forgive himself

“So about what mumbo said… have you remembered anything” scar asked as grian shook his head “not really i had blurted something out when mumbo mentiond… poultry man… ive also had some familiar feelings but nothing has actually come to mind” he looked down everyone just wanted him to regain his memories but he couldent remember anything. He felt as if he couldent do anything he knews these people but even looking at them hadnt sparked a single thought

He fell to his knees and clutched his forearms as sentences started to form in his mind “they dont want to be around you” “you arnt the one who deserves to be here” “they just want you to get your memories back” “once hes back your struggles will be gone” the voices went on saying different sentences over and over he moved his hands to clutch his ears wanting to shut out the voices

Scar looked as grian stared to the floor he put his hand on grians shoulder “hey im sure it’ll work out” he said with a smile but the other didnt respond “grian?” scar said a little concerned then he saw the winged hermit fall to his knees as tears had dropped to the floor scar knelt beside him tryin to get his attention “grian, Grian!” but still no response

mumbo turned to identify scars voice only to see grian on his knees trembling he ran over to scar quickly “what happened” he asked as he knelt next to him “we were just talking then he wouldnt respond and then… this” scar said still tring to get grians attention they both looked as he moved his arms to his ears trying to cover them best he could then hearing him murmur some words “stop.. Please..” they both looked eachother concerned as grian started to shake his head “go away.. Leave me alone” mumbo then grabbed the hermit and pulled him into a hug

Grian opened his eyes as the voices stopped he looked around he was still kneeling in shopping district but something was different he looked a bit more to see mumbo his arms wrapped around him he tried to move to get mumbo off and he did when he felt him move
‘You ok now?” he asked as grian nodded mumbo looked towards scar who gave a sigh of relief “ill think we should head back to my base” mumbo said as scar nodded “yeah good idea”

mumbo care fully grabbed grians hand  pulling him up then flying into the air as grian followed.

They landed in mumbos base and had walked a little bit in when he heard grian “mumbo…”

He looked over to him with a smile “yeah grian?”

“I think i should go back to my base”

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AND DONE!!!!

Breakdowns arnt my thing so i apologise for that cringy display

But oo im getting somewhere now

I dont have much to say neither do i have the time so hope you enjoyed and gooooood bye