The King of Crows

The Blade

Phil loved all the rides we went on that could allow, at least, some of his crows to happily join in, he wasn't stopping anytime soon. I could just tell by the look on his brightened face. We were walking around looking at all the rides there were to see - I couldn't help but laugh each time he cringed at such a fast pace, body damaging, and/or stomach churning ones. I had bought him some lunch to eat, alongside me. He ate his piece of Victoria sponge cake with ease and delight, while the crows tore into the sandwiches I had bought for them all to eat in groups. Yep, still staying with my original thoughts. They're either going to murder me, eat me when I die, start a cult, or maybe even all of those. Ordered or not.

"This is truly delicious," He complimented the cake, eyes glistening over from the sun's light bouncing off. "How come I have not had this more often?"

"I don't bake often, that's why," I answered, smiling as he huffed back at me. Patting his shoulder, we continued to walk around the place. The crows flew above and behind us, cawing at everything they saw of interest. Which was everything. Literally everything. "So what do you think you want to go on next?"

"Hm, what is that over there?" He asked, pointing over to a building upon a faraway hill. I squinted my eyes, hoping for it to help. Didn't. Don't know why I even tried.

"A mansion, or castle?" I mumbled out an answer, though it just left more questions than that. I heard Phil hum for a bit before responding back to me.

"Perhaps we shall investigate after one more piece of entertainment," He crossed his arms, looking over to the crows who flapped their wings happily in agreement. Sighing for a second, I nodded my head towards them all. Earning a smile from the king himself. Crows soared above us yet again, before landing on top of an entrance of a ride not far from where we were standing. Looking over to Phil, he thankfully seemed to get the hint, grabbing my wrist and walking us both over towards the murder of crows. His hand gently wrapped around my wrist, worried that he would hurt me if he gripped any tighter. It was honestly adorable.

"Oh, this ride," I nonchalantly spoke out, reading the name of the ride carved into the entrance's wooden frame. "It's called 'The Blade', though I never understood why. It's a ship that rocks back and forth quite highly."

"That name brings back memories for me," Phil mumbled, cupping his hands together in front of his chest. I looked over towards him, allowing him to continue speaking his thoughts. "It was a righteous nickname we had all gifted to Technoblade when he proved his worth as a knight."

"How did he prove it?" I asked, tilting my head to the side. Noticing the crows became a little sad at the mention of Phil's closest friend. "Through a trial or something?"

"He saved my son's life."

I paused. "W-What?" I stammered out, not expecting such an answer. Though I should've, Techno was the most loyal knight after all.

"Theseus, without our knowledge, was to be forced into marriage of another kingdom's princess," Phil explained, trying his best to remember all of the details. I could tell from his face: furrowed and distraught. We slowly walked over to the fast pass line, only I noticed that there were not that many people there thankfully. I highly doubt that Philza would want a lot of strangers to hear any of his stories. "Her name was Evelyn if I recall correctly. She was a very nice woman, I beg to promise that, but even she did not know of this marriage's happening. More factually, Theseus and Evelyn saw one another as best friends than anything like that. Whenever someone spoke up about that form of topic, the two would gag together in unison." Phil began to chuckle at the thought of that. I smiled alongside him, it was a funny thought after all. "Techno was the first to find out about this problematic matter; overheard Evelyn's parents discussing it while he was visiting the princess herself."

"Why was he-?"

"Gifting her presents from all of us," He answered quickly, his smile was calm. I swore it could radiate warmth. "We were all unfortunately too busy to meet her that day for her birthday, except Techno himself. So the kind man he was, although he would never admit it, he took himself up on the offer to hand over the gifts personally to Evelyn herself. Even had wrapped up one himself - saw her like a younger sister he did."

"Aww," I cooed in the small line, earning a confused reaction from a little child in front of us. Chuckling nervously, I looked back at Phil to see him covering his mouth. "Don't you dare."

"Not fret, I am trying not to laugh," He choked a little to refrain from laughing, but his smile never left. After a bit he was able to calm down, now more distracted by the mass amount of people coming down the path.

"Seems like they're excited to ride 'The Blade'!" I exclaimed, regretting my choice of words almost immediately.

"Yes, it seems they are," Phil smiled brightly, seemingly unaware of how bad that sounded. I proceeded to die inside. Feeling a hand touch my shoulder, I snapped out of that darkened area to look at Phil. His face was white, it looked so cold to the touch; almost terrified may I dare say. I followed his gaze to see where he was looking, but instead saw a group of guys coming our way. Probably for the fast pass. Don't blame them. "That tall brunet- that man appears so much like William."

His arms were shaking. Fuck. I didn't know what to say; what do you even say to someone in this situation? So I didn't speak, I just hugged him. Gently of course, I didn't want to hurt him. Phil froze for a second, before relaxing in my arms. I looked up to see him smiling down at me, so I gave him one back. Noticing that the group was now behind us, we both separated from our hug. A little embarrassed on both halves.

"What? What is that they are holding?" Phil mumbled, shyly pointing towards the professional camera one of them was holding. Guess he didn't want them to see him doing that, though I believe the camera caught it. I could see something strapped on the second tallest man's chest; a portable camera...thingy. Whatever it was, he doesn't need to hold it.

"That's a camera, silly," I laughed, gently elbowing him in the arm. "It's not like my phone's camera, it's better quality and more professional at that."

"Interesting," Phil mumbled with intrigue, before being startled from one of the men speaking.

"Hey- you okay? Sorry for startling you," The blonde spoke up first, waving his hands up to apologise to the king. Wait- holy fuck that's TommyInnit, the man we've been trying to look for. So, wait, the guy that Philza said looked like William is Wilbur Soot. Great to know. And that short one is... oh GeorgeNotFound. Highly doubt he's a reincarnation. "So you two are going on it too? That's pog!"

"....What?" Phil asked, a dead silence coming from both parties before I started laughing. "What?! What does that mean Y/N?!"

"Awesome? Cool? Something like that?" I answered, though was also confused on what it entirely meant as well. I knew the gist of it though. But still. "Anyway, hi I'm Y/N. This is Philza, or Phil for short. What about you guys?"

"Well I'm Tommy," He answered, his goofy smile not leaving as he proudly pointed to himself. "This is Wilbur, and that's George."

"Tommy is Theseus' reincarnation if we are correct," Phil whispered to me, hope in his eyes was obvious to me. I nodded my head, knowing the three men were watching us. Probably in confusion. His eyes widened as he looked down to the ground for a second, before looking back into my own. "Does this factually mean Wilbur is William's reincarnation by chance?"

"If this is true, then yes," I whispered back to him, his smile returning. His eyes clouded by hope. We leaned away, looking back at the three men who were stood in, correctly, slight confusion. "So, who's joining us? Obviously one of you have to hold the camera there."

"I don't really want to go on at the moment," George answered, nervously chuckling as the other two men laughed a little. "I just went on a rollercoaster and thought I was going to throw up, so my body needs a little break. I'm already holding the camera anyway so..."

"Alright! That settles that then," I clapped my hands together, a wide smile on my face as the four men turned to look at me. Which was, unsettling to say the least. "Let's get on. Tommy? Wilbur? The group of people on the ride are already coming off anyway."

"Okay! Let's go!!" Tommy yelled in excitement, startling Phil yet again. I saw him grip onto his coat, shaking a little. Still not used to speaking to someone in this state, I just held his hand. Hoping he'd calm down. He did, thankfully, but he was also blushing at me when I glanced at him for a split second. Huh.