Blood is thicker than water

Chapter Seven, Pained memories.

The light burned into TommyInnits eyes as the blazing sun rose over him. Groaning loudly Tommy slowly opened his eyes only to be met with the familiar black walls surrounding him.

"L-L'Manburg..?" The words spilled out, his voice shaking..

The hand that rested above his brow fell to his side, slowly pushing himself Tommy looked around the new area he found himself in. In the middle of this area stood a bleach white caravan, surrounded by a pool of water that one single salmon swam through. On the top of it rested a leader, his beanie starting to fall off his head as he proudly wore the L'Manberg Uniform. Gazing over his once powerful and beautiful nation that rested under him. Turning his head to the side he locked eyes with the scared and lost teenager who rested by the walls.

"Tommy?" Wilbur raised his eyebrow, standing up as he jumped down from the caravan heading straight towards the boy. Tommy's gaze softened, as it felt like someone stabbed a knife into his heart. Tears would start to prick on the edges of his eyes, causing Wilbur to walk fast as he knelt down next to his younger brother.

"Tommy what's wrong?" Worry filled his words as he looked down at his younger brother..

"I k-know this isn't real Wilbur" Tommy mumbled, his voice hushed and broken. Letting out a choked sob Tommy covered his face slouching forward. Wilbur let out a quiet sigh, kneeling down as he wrapped his long arms around the younger boy. Letting him sob into his shoulder as Tommy grabbed onto Wilbur. Tugging on his uniform, It felt so real.

"If you think hard enough, it is." Wilbur whispered into his ear, smiling that sweet smile Tommy never got to see anymore. The one of a caring and loving brother. The one of someone who didn't want him dead,, Tommy took in a shaky inhale, closing his eyes as he let it out. Real..

When he opened them, he found himself in a different spot. Now he was sitting criss-cross in a large flower field, the bees around him buzzing as they happily flew by. The sun shining brightly over him, but not as brightly as the boy who stood in front of him. Tubbo smiled a bright smile that could blind millions, a purple flower crown resting on top of his head as bees rested on it. Unlike Wilbur, the joyful teen was wearing his baggy green button up shirt.

Tommy remembered this, this was before the war. He and Tubbo had been adventuring the lands of Dream Smp and had found the large flower biome. He let out a quiet chuckle, a smile starting to grow on his face as Tubbo held a hand out for him.

"Come on! Quit sitting there, fat a-"

"HEY!"

They both laughed as Tommy reached for the hand, grabbing it tightly. Real.. Tubbo pulled the younger boy up rolling his eyes playfully. It was so nice to see the boy without a worry on his mind, no stress on his shoulders nor the PTSD of war.. Just Tubbo.

Tubbo pulled Tommy long, heading towards an unknown place. Tommy raised an eyebrow as the wind blew the flowers around them live waves in an ocean. "Tubbster, where are we going?"

No response, Tubbo kept his eyes forward as he pulled the blond boy along. Humming a sweet tune, it almost sounded like able sisters.. The sky around them started getting darker and darker, the flat field becoming bumpy and rough as Tommy looked around. Now fully unsure where they were.. Looking down he found that he was on top of a large building that looked over what seemed like a festival. Turning his head to the side, Wilbur rested on the edge, his legs dangling as he looked towards the podium.

Tommy's gaze landed on the podium, fear filling his eyes as fireworks echoed throughout the land.

"TUBBO!"

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Tommy jerked up screaming out his best friend's name, his heart racing out of his chest as tears dared to prick out of his eyes. The sight still in his head, What the fuck was that?! But then, Tommy came to a much colder realization.

he wasn't in the boat. Quickly he grabbed onto his arm and tightly pinched it hissing at the feeling.. He wasn't dreaming anymore.

The blond boy's eyes raced around as he reached for his pocket, pulling out a diamond knife that he always kept with him. He was surrounded by oak wood trees as a lit fire rested a few feet away. Cooking some salmon slowly, then out of nowhere. Tubbo came running out from the woods, fear filling his face as he dropped down on his knees grabbing Tommy.

"What's wrong?!"

Completely ignoring the older one's question, he stared down at Tubbo. "Where the hell are we?"

"W-well uh.. When we were asleep the boat hit the edge of land! I tried waking you up, but you didn't budge so i just carried you out here. I did some fishing and collected some wood.. Umm.." Tubbo tried thinking what else he did, but he quickly shook his head looking over at Tommy. "Why'd you scream out my name?"

"Just had a nightmare that's all." Tommy mumbled under his breath, standing up as he stretched out his arms. Looking at the little set up Tubbo had made for the both of them, the sun through the leaves that shaded the two best friends. "Not that bad" Tubbo looked up at his friend, still worried as hell. But shrugged it off, sighing softly as he pushed himself up nodding.

"Yeah, though I need to collect some more wood so we can at least build walls for tonight." Tommy nodded humming quiet as he looked down towards his friend.

"Well i can go collect some more wood with you." Tubbo smiled, rolling his eyes at Tommy.

"Tommyinnit doing something helpful? Never thought I'd see the day."

Tommy lightly punched the brown haired boy in the arm laughing, they both headed into the dark woods. Tommy walked as if he was walking on clouds as he talked and laughed with his friend. Swiftly cutting at the trees that surrounded the base with his shining netherite axe, the purple blade cutting through the thick wood like butter as Tubbo went off about seeing some purple shadows in the forest.

"Are you sure it wasn't a mob or something?" Tommy asked, pulling his arms back as he slammed the axe straight in the middle of the log causing the two halves to fall to the floor.

"Yeah! It was really weird.. Almost like a soul you know?" Finally, Tommy looked over to Tubbo raising an eyebrow at the comment.

"A soul..?"

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Lots of talking in this chapter! I struggle with dialog so i hope it wasnt too painful to read.

Thank you so much for almost 700 reads.

Ill make sure to try and post more chapters regularly! 

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