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A cry ripped through me as Schlatt dragged me away. I lost sight of Tommy. I just had to pray I'd done enough so that they could make it to safety. The journey back to L'manberg was an unpleasant one. Fundy walked stiffly at my side, restraining one arm, while Punz took the other.

I kept trying to catch the eye of Wilbur's son, hoping he'd wink and I'd know he was on my side. But instead, he looked straight ahead, face vacant.

We arrived back at the podium to see the only people left where Nikki, Eret and Tubbo. The three rose the minute they saw me. The brunette had a cut on his arm that the blonde woman had been dabbing with a tissue.

"Felicity-" Eret stammered upon seeing me. Nikki looked on in shock. I hadn't spoke to her as often as the others, but Wilbur trusted her. Or he had. I knew, like the others, she disapproved of me siding with Schlatt, but I think it was clear from her expression now that didn't matter to her. Tubbo looked distraught.

"Put her down, can't you see you're hurting her?" The short boy jumped in. I smiled at him as appreciatively as I could in my pain.

"I'll deal with you later." The President snarled, motioning to Punz and Fundy. The two threw me on the ground unceremoniously.

"Fundy? What are you doing?" Nikki asked, hysterical. As with me, the man with the copper hair ignored her. Quackity, who I hadn't noticed had been there as Schlatt caught up to me, cast me a pitying glance and an uneasy smile. Was he still on my side?

Schlatt ascended to the stage, Quackity and Fundy at his side. I was supposed to be up there.

"Where's Tubbo?" He called. "Tubbo, I've always loved that kid."

"Yes Schlatt?" The brunette called timidly.

"Get up here, I have a job for you." I froze. I couldn't let another friend be dragged into this. I struggled to stand, face ablaze with fury.

"Don't you dare. Don't you dare drag him into this, do what you will to me, but not Tubbo. Please. Not Tubbo." The words stung as I spoke, the flexing of my lips further opening the cut Punz had inflicted.

"It's okay, Felicity." My friend said quietly. I could see him shaking as he climbed the steps. I tried to follow after him, only for my legs to give out underneath me. Eret was by my side in an instant, helping me back up. I hated that. I hated that the traitor to L'manberg had to help me because I was too weak. Still, I stayed silent, not wanting to push my luck.

"Tubbo I have a proposition for you. A job. As my secretary of state." I ignored my earlier thought of staying silent.

"NO!" I screamed. The close knit friendship Tubbo, Tommy and I had... He was tearing it apart, piece by piece. My heart fell even further as the brunette stayed quiet, as if deliberating.

"Tubbo?" I whispered, my friend looking right at me.

"I'll do it."

"Tubbo you- you want the job?" I felt like a part of me was being ripped apart.

"I want the job." He said more confidently. Schlatt grinned at me, that evil, wicked grin I'd let myself trust.

"I'm glad to hear it. Now, as my secretary of state, I have my first command for you," The monster looked right at me as he spoke, "I need you to find Tommy. And I need you to show him the door."

I didn't have to be clever to catch what Schlatt really meant. He was going to make Tubbo kill his best friend.

It took the combined force of Eret, Nikki and Quackity, who quickly jumped down, sensing my anger, to hold me back. I screamed senselessly. He couldn't. He couldn't do that, how could he be so cruel.

"Maybe, if you hadn't been so disobedient, I would have reconsidered, Felicity. But in the long run, it seems you've been quite unloyal to me. And I don't tolerate that." He said it so nonchalantly. So uncaringly. He didn't even look at me, picking his nails with mild interest.

"You can't- not Tommy, please." I felt so empty.

"I'll do what I fucking like! Now Tubbo, go do as I asked."

"Yes Schlatt." The brunette drew his sword with shaking hands, leaving the podium and slipping off into the woods, the same way Tommy and Wilbur had gone.

That's when Schlatt looked at me. A look of pure malice, pure rage. And I knew I was on the receiving end.

"As for you, you insolent little bitch, I think we need to have a good old chat." Miraculously, it was Eret who came to my aid once again.

"If you think I'm just going to stand but and let you hurt her, you're mistaken-" He started, voice low and angry.

"You have no power here. You may be the King, but not of my land. Get the fuck out of L'manberg, before I make you." I could see the shivers that passed through the tall brunette as Schlatt spoke. He had that effect on everyone.

"I've put the safety of my friends on the line for myself one too many times. I will not back down." I blinked. This was so unlike Eret. The Eret that betrayed L'manberg would take his safety over mine any day. He'd changed. And so much for the better.

"As you wish. Fundy, Punz, get him the hell out of here." I watched powerless as the two approached the King, drawing their weapons. Eret had no sword. He didn't even have armour. It was in no way a fair fight, and it only lasted a second. Punz slammed the hilt of his sword into the bisexual's temple.

"Fundy?" He whispered, as if only seeing it was him for the first time. Wilbur's son gritted his teeth. Him and Eret were friends once. There was no denying the emotion he tried to hide.

"T-take him away." His voice wavered.

I never thought I'd shed a tear for the man who betrayed us, but as he was escorted away, half conscious, I couldn't help but do so. I had no option but to comply as the President grabbed my arm, dragging me into the Whitehouse. Into his new office. The office he'd taint with his tyrannical thoughts.

"And as for you..." He rounded on me, he vein in his neck pulsing threateningly.

"I trusted you! I sided with you, you said you could help me!" I cried.

"Help you? I thought you were smarter than this. No one in this world helps anyone. There is no honour, no glory, no heroes. There is only power. And even then, there are those who desire it, and those who have it." He snarled.

"You lied to me!"

"That's what people do. They lie. That's always how it's worked, clearly your rose tinted life has proven otherwise. Do you not recall the way Eret betrayed you? Or was that all a mistake?" He mocked me.

"I'll never make the same mistake again, that's for sure. I'll never help you." I spat at his feet. As I predicted, this only enraged him more, but the satisfaction I got from the action overwhelmed that fear.

"I think you will."

"And why the fuck would I do that?" I hissed.

"Because if you don't, everyone you love, everyone you care for, I will hunt them down and I will end them. Tommy, Wilbur, Tubbo, Fundy, Eret, Nikki, hell even Quackity. Try and put yourself up against me, and it's them who will suffer. Because that's the problem with you. I can't threaten to hurt you. Because you know how to take it, you know what pain feels like. Well, Felicity Juniper, I'll show you what true pain feels like. When you watch everyone you know die." His face was red, slamming his hands on his desk as he yelled.

I felt sick. He'd found my weakness. My one true weakness. I cared too much, so much it was borderline dangerous. I couldn't let them suffer anymore than they already had.

You chose this path, walk it. Protect them.

"Fine."