Safe house

The shulk tavern (chapter 16)

"Where am I?" He asked. He didn't recognize where he was. He wondered around but in all directions it was dark, he couldn't see anything for miles.

"Hello?" Fundy screamed. Nothing. He screamed again and again nothing happened.

Fundy felt a surge of panic, he didn't know what to do. Was he dead? If so, was this hell? What did he do to deserve going to hell?

He crouched down and put his head in his hands, "this can't be the end" he mumered to himself.

"Well your a dramatic one aren't you?" A voice boomed. Fundy stood up quickly, "who's there?"

No response. Fundy repeated himself, "who's there!" He screamed with a more confident tone. "Quiet child" the voice whispered.

"Who are you?" Whispered fundy. The voice didn't answer, instead a orange light lit up. It walked towards fundy, slowly and gracefully. As it got closer fundy could make out its figure.

It looked like a fox, but the fox had one too many tails. "Welcome child I am the soul of the nine tail fox." He continued to approach and explain, "my soul has been passed down from generation to generation, it's been a tiresome journey." "I'm sorry?" Fundy said sympathetically but also confused.

"I have had a long slumber, never in all my eons have I had a break in between but something stopped me from transferring after my last user died." He paused, "but now I have been awaken and I can reunite with my host."

"And who is your new host?" Fundy asked. The nine tailed fox rolled his eyes then rushed at fundy.

He didn't want to admit it but he definitely screamed like a a girl. He thought it was going to kill him or something.

Instead he was back in the woods. He looked around, "hello!" He screamed, "is anyone there!" "Do you always scream so loud?"

Fundy jumped, "who's there?" No answer. Fundy wonders around aimlessly, not knowing really where to go or what to do.

Suddenly three figures appeared, all holding different things. The first was holding a sword, another was holding a crown, the last was holding a quill.

Fundy didn't know what they meant but he got the feeling he needed to choose one. He thought for a while. Thinking of what they could mean. A crown meant a leader, one who takes charge. A sword is often affiliated with a solider, a noble person that would do anything to protect the ones they love. A quill, one of a writers, he who tells story's and shares his words, thoughts, and feelings threw paper. He who bring peace threw his words not violence.

Slowly fundy approaches each of them. Regarding each with respect, and slowly he walks to the quill, the poet, bows his head, hands it over to fundy.

"Interesting." Whispered a voice. Fundy turned, "what is?" "Well," the fox appears and walks towards fundy, "you my friend are a interesting being, no one ever thinking the quill has much of a appealing aura."

The fox, now running, passes into fundy. "I accept you has my host, do not disappoint me."

Everything went bright. "Fundy?" Said a feminine voice. It took a minute but fundys sight returned to normal. "Niki?" "Yes! It's me" "Guys I found fundy!" She screams.

A few seconds later everyone is surrounding him. "Where were you?" They asked. "I-I don't know." "Wherever you went," says ranboo, "there's something different about you, your aura is different."

"Yeah now I notice it to, fundy you do seem different." Said Tommy, "what happened?" Fundy paused, "I don't think now is the good time to talk about it, we need to get moving."

"Moving where?" Asked jack. "To the shulk tavern," replied fundy. "But we don't know where that is." Stated Niki.

"I might have a clue," said Tubbo, everyone turned their attention to him. "I've heard of a tavern in the Arachne village, there's this man they call the teller there" "that's a good lead," said Tommy, "come on let's go find this teller."

They make their way threw the woods, Tubbo leading them threw the twists and turns of the seemingly endless forest.

After what seemed like forever, they emerged into the outskirts of a town. "Is this it?" Asked fundy. "I think so." Said Tubbo.

The village was covered in cob webs and cats. It was eerie and desert. "This place gives me the heebi jee-bees." Ranboo said in a shrill voice.

"Let's just keep going." Said Tommy.

Everyone made their way threw the town. Each step they felt like they were feeling watched.

Slowly they made their way to the center of the village where a building labeled 'shulk tavern''. "well if that wasn't straight forward." Said jack.

Jack stepped forward, but suddenly ranboo lunged and grabbed the collar of his shirt. "Look out!" He yelled, the ground at the door opened up into lava.

Jack shook ranboo off, "it's not a big deal it wouldn't have hurt me anyway." "We still need to be careful."

"Do you think the whole place is booby trapped?" Asked niki. Everyone shrugged, "maybe, what if there some old demented guy in there." Said jack.

"WHO GOES THERE!" yells a voice. Everyone jumps, "oh my gosh that scared the living crap out of me!" Exclaimed tommy. Jack laughed and painted at fundy, "he screamed like a little girl," he held his stomach and laughed harder. "Whatever fundy." Ranboo rolled his eyes.

"Guys this is serious." Said Tubbo, "hello? We are here to see the teller, we are the seven- AAAAAAH"

Suddenly the ground disappeared beneath all of them and they fell down a dark hole.

Across the town someone creeped along their trail, "I found them."

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The next 4 chapters are all planned out and will be written soon! The end of the book is nearing!!

Word count: 983