Willow Tree //DNF Hogwarts//

°-《CHAPTER 53》-°

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"Guys! We need to keep going! I can't loose him!" I cried our to my friends, tears forming in my red puffy eyes. "Sapnap, we know how worries you are, we're worried to but-" Punz tried to reason with me, "No! No you don't understand! Me and Dream have been friends since we were kids! I can't loose him! I can't!"

I completely lost it. I felt my knees get weak as I slowly crumbled to the ground.

Bad rushed round my side and rubbed my shoulders, slowly lifting me up back to my feet as I still cried silently to myself. "Shh, it's gonna be OK Sapnap. We'll find him."

I nodded weakly and carried on trudging through the woods with Bad at my side while the rest of the group awkwardly followed behind us with torches.

We'd set off this morning without going to first period. We all arranged to meet up straight after breakfast in the Great Hall and immediately head to the woods to search.

Fundy was meant to come along, but the stupid idiot didn't arrive quick enough.

No-one ever liked Fundy. I don't think Dream does either, but he's too cautious of hurting the boys feelings to say anything.

Fundy never cared about Dream as much as I did. He was always just there. He's not even close with any of us! The only reason he hangs around with our group is because he doesn't know anyone else! He's only there to creepily stare at Dream like some freak.

I bit away angry tears as the new topic of Fundy popped into my mind. I instead tried to think about Dream and getting him back as soon as possible.

We'd been searching for about twenty minutes and I was starting to feel sick. How far did Dream even go? Is he even with George? What if they're both separated so we would have to spend even longer in here searching for both of them. Surely they're together. Of course they are. They're Dream and George.

They've grown so close over time and it's kind of crazy.

I wish me and Karl had as good a friendship as them.

Don't get me wrong, Karl and I are still close and all. But somethings changed over the past few days. He's seemed really anxious and he would flinch at almost everything. He's even try avoiding us to hang out with some other guy.

Kyle.

I don't know much about the guy personally. But the stuff I hear about him from Dream, especially George, aren't very good. He's sort of got a reputation to be close to someone, and maybe even form a relationship with them, before casting them away and moving onto someone new. And the fact that he's now moved onto Karl made me worry. All of the things are adding up and everything is linking back to Kyle. I thought we were done with him? I thought all of the drama ended awhile ago when George finally 'broke up' with him. I guess not.

Suddenly, a beam of winter sunlight peaked through some branches in the trees.

Was the forest finally ended? Had we made it?

I ran forward, filled with hope as I tore away some branches and ducked under them carefully.

"Oh- oh my gosh." I mumbled out weakly.

I let our a cry of joy as I ran at full speed towards the two boys laying underneath a large oak tree.

"It's them! It's actually them!" I shouted out, tears streaming down my face, faster then ever before.

I held onto the two as if I'd never let go again. My tears fell onto the wreckage of a dirty muddy cloak as they seeped into the thin fabric.

I sat and cried all of my tears out but they just kept coming.

The others came running towards me, all looking relived, some crying aswell.

We all gathered around the two boys and stared and soaked in all of the relief that was gushing through out bodies.

After all of that, we found them.

And they were safe.

I looked behind me, the tears felt like needles stinging my eyes and skin from crying.

Bad, Quakity, Ranboo had tears in their eyes, Tubbo clutching Ranboos side, burying his face in his side to try and comfort him. Punz and Tommy put on a strong face, although Tommy looked as if he would burst into tears at any moment before retreating to Punz and clutching onto his robes as Punz stroked his golden locks and curls softly.

And then Karl.

I looked over to my left and expected him to be there, but there was no one. I looked around, confused, at everyone, trying to find Karl urgently.

"So, Sap, how'd you reckon we'll get them home?"

I looked back over at Punz who looked at me inquisitively, waiting for an answer.

Yet, I didn't have one. My plan didn't actually develop that far into the operation...

"Uhm... we carry them?" I more so asked then said, looking for approval in the small crowd.

"Sapnap, brooms?" Punz said as himself, Ranboo, Tubbo, and Bad pulled our there broomsticks, as if it were there the whole time. "Will we have enough room?" I asked, my throat ans voice trembling. "Well, you can't fit s maximum of three people on a broom, and as long as you hold onto Dream and George we should be fine. Please be careful though."

"Who's going to go with who?" Ranboo asked, sniffing his nose. "Me, Sapnap and Dream. Ranboo and Tommy, Tubbo and Quackity," Punz said, gesturing to everyone as he said their names, "And Bad, George and Karl... hold on. Where's Karl?"

Everyone turned there heads around quickly, as they all turned back around to see that Karl was not here.

"Uhm, guys, I think I know where he is. Can we deal with it when we get back to the castle though? George and Dream are cold as hell and we need to warm them up quickly or else." I spoke worriedly, gripping Dreams hand and squeezing it reassuringly to the sleeping boy.

They all nodded as we all climbed onto our associated broomsticks.

I carefully picked Dream up and placed him infront of me, holding onto him tightly, rapping my robes around him to warm him up as much as possible.

The rest followed and we all took off in a line together, heading towards the castle as quickly as possible to help these guys warm up.

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Hello!
I hope you guys have fun celebrating Christmas and other festivities!

My next chapter slot is going to be on Xmas so no idea whether I'll post or not.

Thank you so much for all of the support, this might be the last chapter of the year!

It's crazy how much we've achieved in 4 months and I hope we carry on into 2024!

This year has gone by so fast and its been amazing sharing this story with you all!

See you all next time,
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