Stolen (A Grumbo/Vampire Mumbo fanfic)

Chapter 39- Grian

Grian watched as each of his friends were enveloped in a black smoke. Their eyes each turned into a glossy red with black outsides.

"NO!! I CAN'T LOSE YOU GUYS TOO!" Grian says, tears streaming down his face.

"You don't deserve our friendship." Bdubs and Etho say simultaneously as the black on their eyes and the rest of Grian's friends' eyes turn into a glossy black. "You failed, Grian. Mumbo's gone forever, and we're going to join him."

"No... please don't leave me..." Grian says, begging his friends to stay.

"You don't deserve it. Goodbye, Grian." Joel says, walking into the black smoke.

Scott, Jimmy, Martyn, Bdubs, Etho, BigB, Technoblade and Dream all follow Joel.

"Bye, brother." Dream says, walking away for the last time, while Grian sobbed into his hands, knees on the ground.

"Grian, wake up! Beef, X and Mumbo are on the server." called a faint voice. Grian was too enveloped in his grief to hear him.

"Grian? Come on, Grian!" called the same voice, louder this time. Grian still didn't hear him, but he did wonder if he heard something.

"GRIAN? COME ON... WE NEED YOU! X HOPPED ON THE SERVER. YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME!" calls a voice Grian could recognize as Etho.

Grian finally woke up, tears streaming down his face, as he looked around, seeing Joel, Martyn, Scott, Jimmy, BigB, Bdubs and Etho looking at him in worry.

"You okay mate?" says Joel, coming closer to Grian.

"Nightmare... X is on the server?" Grian asked, quickly changing the subject as he wipes the tears off of his face.

"Yes... but you might want to wash up first," says a very concerned Martyn. "You look like you traversed through the black plains of death."

"I... kinda did. I'll just use magic. I need to get to X. Thanks for your concern, Martyn."

Grian uses magic to make it look like he didn't die that night, as Martyn had so politely put it, and senses Xisuma going through the code.

Grian sends a quick message to his brother.

"Hey, I need you back. X is on the server. Techno can stay or come back. It's up to him."

"Sounds good. I'll let Techno know and I'll be right there."

"Thanks!"

Grian turns to the others and starts talking. "I have to go quickly. X is probably wondering where I am. Dream will be in charge when he gets back, and if Techno comes too, he will as well. Continue practicing your spells, make sure you're all warmed up."

The others gave their nod of approval and Grian teleported to Xisuma's code room, seeing Xisuma hunched over a piece of code.

"You shouldn't be doing that," Grian says, scaring Xisuma and making him jump out of his chair. "You'll hurt yourself, X. I can't have an admin with a bad back!"

Xisuma put a hand over his heart. "Oh my goodness gracious, Grian! You scared the living daylights out of me!" cries X, trying to slow his heart rate.

"I'm sorry X. I thought it was the opportune time to scare you like that," Grian said, chuckling.

Xisuma took a few deep breaths, and after slowing his heart rate he started questioning his parrot friend.

"Are you doing okay with Mumbo's... passing?"

"I'm... not, to be honest. I... I love him X... I don't know what I'll do if I can't do the spell..."

"So you found a spell to bring him back?"

"Yes, but I don't know how well it'll work, or if he'll be fine the second he wakes up, or if he'll be in and out of a coma for a while... I just... don't know."

"Well, whatever happens, I'm here."

"Thanks for the encouragement X."

"Of course. You need it most of all. I-I'm going to need to tell the Hermits about Mumbo. When were you planning on trying the spell you mentioned?"

"I... I don't know. I guess I'm still really scared that I'm going to mess something up..." Grian said, obviously scared of the thought.

Xisuma grabs Grian by the shoulders and says, "Look at me. You'll do just fine, and if it doesn't work, I won't think any less about you."

"I know... but I'm scared."

"Don't be. I know it will all work out. I'll plan the funeral for tomorrow at noon. Does that work?"

"Sure... I guess. I don't really care, but I am going to have to check with the team and make sure everyone's ready for it."

"Understandable. Let me know. Also, did you have everybody's status disappear while Scar was still in charge? I figure it was you, but I just want to make sure."

"Yea, that was me. I had to shield everybody, not just any magic being used. I knew Scar was watching the code like a hawk for any unusual activity."

"Yup. Exactly what I thought. Get some sleep, Grian. You need it. You aren't doing well..."

"I won't be able to sleep. I tried and I had the worst nightmare since High School, and that's saying something."

"I won't pry, but what happened during High school that was so tragic? Please don't feel like you have to tell me."

"No... It's fine. Uh... a fellow student killed my best friend, killed my father figure, and manipulated and hurt me whenever I did something he didn't like me doing. I have had lots of trauma from High school, and Mumbo's the only one who I've been able to share everything with, because of his own struggles." He looks over at X who had his hand up to his mouth in a 'oh my poor sweet Grian... what did you do to deserve that?' kind of look.

"Oh my gosh Grian. Are you sure you're fine?"

"It's been... hard... but I'm fine. The only way I'll be able to sleep well is with someone next to me, and I don't want to put that on you, nobody else knows I'm here, and everybody else is supposed to be training... I'll be fine for a little while longer. Trust me."

"Alright. I'll let you get back to your little group. You're welcome to come onto the server to practice now that Scar isn't doing anything in this room anymore."

"We'll probably just stay where we are. Camp's already been set up, and I don't have enough beds anyway. Do you need any help?"

"I've got EX and Beef for right now, but if I need you, I'll send a message."

"Wait... Xavier's here? I thought you banned him."

"I did, but I brought him back on. Whatever demon possessed him is long gone, and if something happens, I'm sure you could fix whatever it was."

"Probably something watcher related from being in the watcher kingdom as an explorer all those years ago. Watcher demons are from an entirely different planet altogether... they are the most vicious beings out there."

"O-okay. If the demon comes back, I'll let you know, okay?"

"Sounds good! Bye, X."

"See you later, Grian. At least try to get some sleep."

"I will." Grian waves his hand, and hops back into camp and sees everybody sleeping, except for Techno and Dream, who were the people on shift.

"Oh, Techno decided to come back?"

"Yup. I decided to come back. You'll need all the help you can get." replies Techno, walking over to Grian and giving him a pat on the back.

"Thanks, Techno."

Techno nods and Dream speaks up. "How'd it go?"

"Went quite well. I'm going to try to sleep. It's happening tomorrow and I need to be rested enough to perform the spell."

"Probably smart. Sleep well, brother." Dream says, walking over to give Grian a hug.

"Thanks." Grian gives his brother a hug and crawls into his sleeping bag, prepared for a restless night.