Truthfully, I Dare you to Die - a SockSMP Rewrite

Prologue

???1 Pov (the 1 after that is important, there are multiple ???'s)

   I sat at my stand in the woods, shooting down every bat I saw. You know, just incase it was a vampire.

   Like a sane person.

   I kept two cloves of garlic on the arms of my hunting stand to protect myself. Theres been so many vampires around, I've been forced to camp out here and shoot them down before they can get to our little town.

  Well, I'm not sure if it would be considered a town. There's Blaza's place, which strangely resembles a military base. He built it for "emergencies." Nobody's allowed there until it's "the right time. When I asked him what the right time could be, he couldn't give me a straight answer. Then there's a mini village with a bunch of little cabins, theres a few humans living there. Then there's the church, the courthouse... I guess it is a town.

   The only difference is that theres only, like, 15 of us in total.

   I looked up into the sky, realizing I'd been distracted. I have to stand guard. If a vampire got in... Everything would be messed up.

   The trees opened up to reveal the sky above me conveniently. That's why I chose this spot. It was cloudy, but that wasnt a problem. Bats can't fly above the clouds. The leaves on the trees were beginning to fall, leaving the ground crunchy and the air slightly frigid.

   Suddenly my eyes are drawn to a bat, flapping its wings and shooting across the expanse of the sky.

   Bingo.

   I raised my gun and pulled the trigger with no hesitation. Of course, I'm only human - maybe - and I missed. I continued shooting and the vampire became more frantic, darting around trying to dodge my shots.

   After the third shot, I finally shot the monster out of the sky. I had to make sure it was dead - not because I cared about putting out of its misery, though. I don't mind if a threat suffers before its death. I had to make sure it wouldn't get up and wander into our home.

I kept my gun in my hand as I climbed down the ladder. But, as I started climbing, I spotted something in the distance.

Eyes were peeking at me from behind a tree.

???2 Pov

What the hell is he doing here?

I heard gunshots out in the woods behind the church earlier, so I decided to investigate. Though, now that I know who it was, I'm regretting not telling anybody where I was going. I watched him climb down the ladder of his tree stand. As I realized he could spot me, I ducked behind a tree.

"What're you's doin' here?" He called from his ladder. He must have seen me.

"I heard gunshots," I said simply. Shit, this isn't good. I've always had a bad feeling about him, and this situation isn't making me feel any better.

He reaches the bottom of the ladder and hits the ground, leaves crunching below him. "Ah, yeah..." He says, slowly walking toward me.

I instinctively start backing away as he approaches. I can't see his expression as he speaks, "Where do you's think you're going?"

"I- What do you want?" I asked. I was willing to do whatever, as long as he left me alone. I want nothing to do with him.

"Look, I can't have you's tellin' anybody what you've seen today. I'm gonna need you to stay here and talk to me." He now stood right in front of me.

(back to the ???1 pov)

"I only heard gunshots and saw you in the stand, that's it, I won't tell anybody I saw you!" He said. I could tell he was anxious.

Wait... I could take advantage of this.

"... Look. I have a deal to propose." I said, trying to switch my tone from menacing to friendly.

He nodded, pupils slits.

"If you do me this favor... Then I won't shoot you dead where you stand."

Memey Pov

"Honey, I was thinking we should make things official and actually adopt Nadwe," Wiktoria told me. She'd just brought me to our bedroom to 'have serious talk.' I think this was the last thing I expected to hear. I just stared at her, processing the idea.

"Look, he's a good kid. I think we could be a perfect little family," my fiancée, Wiktoria, told me.

"I know... But, are we sure? The wedding is going to cost a lot, we won't be as stable as we could be if we waited," I said. Really, I was trying to stall. I sort of really regret agreeing to foster Nadwe. It's only caused issues for me so far, and he's struggling to accept me as his dad.

"We're already fostering him, this would just be... Making it official. He won't cost us any more than we're already spending, dear," Wiktoria pointed out.

"... I guess you're right. Yeah, we can adopt him. Okay." I took a deep breath.

"We don't have to do it immediately, dear. We still have eight months before the wedding. Though, I was hoping to do it before the day. You know, get it out of the way first," she explained.

"Yeah, I'll need a little bit to think about it, okay?" I blinked up at her.

"We still have a while. Don't stress about it, okay? I don't like to see you upset," she smiled and put her hand on my cheek.

"Okay," I smiled back. I couldn't help it. Her smile was both beautiful and contagious.

???1 Pov

Now that all of that was taken care of, I could go make sure that vampire was dead. Hopefully I'll be able to find it, and it didn't recover and run away in the time it took to do that.

I searched the leaf-covered ground for the corpse of a bat. It took me a few minutes, but I eventually found it. The vampire had dropped stuff, like they always do. It dropped fangs and two small blood jars. Fangs are a constant. Every vampire will drop their fangs upon death. I've started to collect them.

I took the loot and stomped on the corpse of the vampire, squishing it until there was no way it could possibly recover. It gave me a bit of satisfaction - from knowing this was protecting my town, of course.

Once I had the loot, I looked up at the sun. Based on the sun's position, I could tell it was about time to go.

Nadwe Pov (a few days after the memey pov part)

I hate the foster care system.

Since I was three, I've been tossed between sixteen foster parents - not that anyone's counting - and every time I start to get attached, I'm ripped away from them and thrown into a new one. This time, though, I won't get attached. Im going to stay as distant as possible so I'm not devastated when I'm inevitably taken to the next one.

   I only got here about two weeks ago. I have a little cabin to myself, which is kind of cool. I've never had that before. There's a few kids my age here, Woolfster and Muffinjuice. I haven't talked to Woolf much yet, but Muffin seems attached to me for some reason. He gravitates toward me every time he sees me and always tries to talk to me like we're friends.

   I'm not sure if I like him.

   I also don't want to get attached to anybody here.

   I also haven't showered since I got here. It's gross, I know, but I can barely get out of bed in the first place. I wish I was just an adult already. I can take care of myself, I don't need foster parents.

   Someday I'll get there.

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