The thing about problems is that they always show up when you don't want them to.
Just like this morning.
"SMG3?? Dude you're here? Jeebus, why didn't you text me. I was worried all night when you didn't tell me you made it out of that forest." SMG4 was standing in front of SMG3, Eggdog in hand.
Just as promised, he was there to feed Eggdog after not hearing about SMG3's save return home yesterday.
SMG3 realized that he had forgotten to inform his fellow Meme guardian that he didn't need to come feed Eggdog.
But that wasn't the problem at hand.
"Wh- why are you here?" SMG3 stared at SMG4, worry and confusion in his eyes.
"Uh.. because you told me to?? You said you would check out that trend thingy and if you weren't back I should come save your stupid ass." SMG4 rolled his eyes, seeming clearly annoyed.
But that's not what SMG3 meant.
SMG3 knew why SMG4 was here in the Internet Graveyard. He hadn't forgotten about their deal.
SMG3 wanted to know why SMG4 was at the end of his red string.
Staring at the red string on his hand, a million questions rushed to SMG3's head, none of them had an answer yet. He kept looking back and forth between his own hand and the one of SMG4, almost praying to see something different every time he looked at Fours hand. But it stayed the same: the string, now noticeably shorter, lead directly to SMG4.
SMG3 tried to calm himself down. What he needed now was information. Anything that could help him make a plan on how to deal with this turn of events. The first thing he needed to figure out, was whether or not SMG4 could see the string.
He was already aware that Eggdog and other Memes couldn't see it, but the guy on the other end of the string? Maybe HE could!
Almost as if in trance, SMG3 lifted his left hand and moved it around, similar to how he did yesterday with Eggdog. He studied SMG4's face carefully, trying to figure out if he saw the same red string that SMG3 saw, but SMG4 just looked back in confusion.
"What the heck are you doing?" SMG4 put down Eggdog, gave him one last pat on the head and then stood back up to face SMG3.
So Four can't see the string either. Huh.
SMG3 quickly stopped waving his hand around. "Ugh, never mind. Are you done here? I have some research to do." The fact that SMG4 couldn't see the string seemed to annoy SMG3. He didn't fully understand why, but a part of him wished to discuss this weird thing with SOMEONE, even if it had to be this scrub.
"Oh well I'm sorry for worrying about my FRIEND." SMG4 said, sounding a bit hurt. SMG3 wanted to apologise for being so rude again, but the sooner he got SMG4 to leave the sooner he could start investigating the string.
He needed to know why it appeared, why it lead him to SMG4 and how to get rid of it.
"I guess you don't need me here then" SMG4 looked to the ground "I'm gonna head home then. See ya"
"Yeah yeah, see ya, dude"
SMG4 opened a portal back home and stepped through it, but just as the portal was about to close, SMG3 noticed the red string pull at his hand. The force was so strong and unexpcected that SMG3 fell forwards, towards the portal, making him fall through and land in the mushroom kingdom besides SMG4.
So the string could pull now. Great.
"Dude what the heck, I thought you had some iMpOrTaNt ReSeArCh to do??" SMG4 looked at Three, who had landed on his ass, in confusion.
How was SMG3 going to explain this to Four?
"Huh? Uh.. Y- yeah. Uh.. I just... I just need to ask you and your friends some questions about the trend I saw yesterday! Haha! I forgot, whoops!" SMG3 tried to put on his best fake-smile, trying to seem confident but SMG4 just raised his eyebrows.
While standing up Three tried to subtly pull at the string, trying to see if he could get Four's hand to move as well. But instead of pulling at Four, the string just seemed to get longer when SMG3 pulled at it.
SMG3 sighed. He brushed off some dust from his overalls and followed SMG4 into the newly built castle. In his mind, SMG3 went through everything he knew about the red string:
· It appeared on the place the lake water touched him
He can't get it off
· None else can see it
· It can pass through things
· It can be pulled on, but behaves differently depending on the situation.
· It leads directly to SMG4
He had the information, now he needed a plan.
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The Red String || A SMG34 fanfic
FanfictionWhen the ruler of the Internet Graveyard noticed a new Trend messing with the Memes, he knew that he had to step in and do something. What he didn't expect was the effect this Trend would have on him - and his relationship with his friend.
