Part XVI

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"So you're telling me you didn't burn the house down?" I interrogated Punz, "Then where the hell were you who tied up Nikki? Who even has blonde hair?!?" I slammed the table.

"I know what I saw," Nihachu said, "No more good-cop bad-cop, we're both girlboss now. Nobody else here has blonde hair, it has to be you!"

"How would I tie you up and burn down the house at the same time?" He retorted, "It wasn't me I swear! I never left the trap. You guys are my friends, I wouldn't betray you!" Punz began to panic now, "Please believe me!"

"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way," Technoblade drew his sword and pressed it to the traitor's throat, "Why did you do it?" Punz didn't reply and Techno shook his head, "As much as I love blood I'm beginning to think it wasn't his fault."

"Maybe you're right," I said hesitantly, "But clearly we still have enemies! Who did Dream know besides Punz? Somebody with blonde hair... and somebody else blew up the house. How did none of us see them?"

"That's because it was me," A strange voice said from behind me, and I nearly had a heart attack from fright. Standing at the doorway with a solemn look was Wilbur and he continued, "After the weird incident I ran into Dream. He told me about how Nihachu wanted to... kill me for my past misdeeds. I was easily persuaded and well, I feel a bit guilty about it." The burnt, crumbling walls of the interrogation room began to close onto me, one part of the mystery solved?

"I forgive you," She said quietly, "And I suppose I put a lot of pressure on somebody I didn't even know. How about you help us fix the house and we start over?" She smiled sweetly and Will nodded his head. Not that was settled I asked, "Who tied her-"

"Tommy," Wilbur said, "Dream found him a few days after meeting up with me. I swear he's just a child sometimes. After he died I met up with him and told him how things didn't seem right. That's why I came here to make amends; we figured it would be best to fix everything."

"Alright," I said and untied Punz, "Sorry about that. It's hard to know who we can trust anymore, and you were with Dream for a while."

I sadly looked around at all the new friends I made, "It looks like it's time for everyone to part ways. This has truly been an adventure."

Over the next few hours everyone packed their belongings and left. Technoblade went back to his ranch, even letting me keep Carl Jr. Punz took Dream's horse and left for the bunker; his plans were to make it a cozy basement for a massive house. After a bit more discussion Nikki ended up taking all the remaining supplies and leaving. She felt bad about making Wilbur do work for really nothing, and wanted to continue her travels elsewhere. I recommended Foolish to her, but who knows what the future would bring? Wilbur went back to his own home, as did I.

When I walked around my old oak cottage, it just didn't feel the same anymore. The spruce forest was quite far away, and that's where most of the escape had happened.

Night soon fell, and I dreamt that I was walking in the forest picking sweet-berries with Nikki. Punz was there with me, and stars were glimmering in the night sky. How fun it would be to spend more time with my friends...

Suddenly I awoke from my fantasy, a chill running up my spine. Spruce forest-? Where was I? That's when it dawned on me, I'd teleported. Throughout all of this I almost forgot that I actually had powers. Worried, I realized there would be a long trek back home. Before I knew what was happening, I blinked and I was back in my own bed. But I knew what I'd seen.

Now for the bad part? I couldn't control it. I could blink and end up in a lava pool deep in an underground cave system somewhere, unable to leave and find water. Just the thought brought terror through me, I needed to find a way to fix this. But how...?

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Oh yay 726 words! I hope that you enjoyed chapter sixteen! I'm actually having a blast writing this! The story is coming to a bit of closure right now, and Punz will make a reappearance soon! Y/n is a girl-boss and doesn't need him at the moment though. >.<

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