Playing with fire Reader x Sapnap

Chapter 23

 "Let me train you." The words felt simple. Like they didn't mean that much, at the same time it meant everything. It meant I was preparing for war. It was a commitment and somehow a political statement. My schedule would change dramatically. Dream gives me a few seconds to respond.

"I trained Sapnap." He adds.

"What does this training mean for me as far as sides go?" I ask.

"Nothing. I just want to make sure you know how to handle combat. Then if you choose to join me, I know you can fight." He says.

"If you can promise it isn't some kind of secret contract. . ." I begin to say. Then I sigh.

"C'mon [y/n]. You don't have a clue how big of an opportunity this is." He states.

"Fine. On the condition that Sapnap helps." I say. Dream leans back in his chair and smiles.

"I knew you were smart. You play dumb and let your emotions get the best of you, but you're smart." He says. I looked at the clock and realized it was almost 11. Sapnap was definitely wondering where I was.

"I have to go." I begin to say. I get up to leave but he lightly grabs my wrist.

"Wait, you and sapnap meet me tomorrow here after lunch. Around 1." He says. I nod and leave.

When I get back home Sapnap is already dressed. "Where have you been?" He says.

"I agreed to let Dream train me." I state. I didn't feel like going through the whole story I just decided to cut to the chase. "Oh and Eret didn't blow up my house." I add.

"That is a lot to unpack." He states. "Okay... so why don't you think Eret didn't blow up the house." Sapnap says.

"I don't know how to explain it. It's just a gut instinct. I don't think he did it. He has absolutely no motive. Doing it means putting himself at an extreme disadvantage. Plus its not like he didn't have time to think over his decision." I say. Sapnap nods.

"I still don't trust him. Okay so now lets discuss training. What does that entail? Dream actually trained me at one point and it was intense but I got good at combat." Sapnap says.

"I'm not sure. We have to meet him around 1 tomorrow. Speaking of which..." I paused. I planned on spending the night with philza, wilbur, techno, and tommy. I didn't know how to tell him that. I also didn't want to lie to him. "I'm spending the night at my childhood home." I say. I decided it was safe because almost no- one knew where it was.

"Okay? Can I come?" He asks.

"No, I like being out there on my own. I can clear my mind and focus. I want to go before I have to meet Dream for training. I also have to leave like, soon." I say. Sapnap nods. He pulls me into a hug and kisses me on the cheek.

"Just promise you will be safe." He says. I nod. I go to my room and pack a backpack with a couple outfits. That way I could leave a few there. Once I'd finished I headed to lmanburg. I reached the border of lmanburg and realized I was still wearing armour. I needed to be discreet about going through the secret tunnel. But you know what? I don't care about lmanburg law anymore. Who is going to stop me?

As I enter I am immediately pulled aside by tubbo who looked extremely worried. "[y/n] What are you doing? Have you gone mad Schlatt is on some power trip today If he sees you in armour you're a goner. He has a makeshift holding cell and I believe him when he says he isn't afraid to use it." Tubbo's eyes were filled with fear. I decide to hug the poor boy.

"Tubbo it's only been three days is it that bad?" I ask. Tubbo nods.

"Ranboo is now living outside Lmanburg because Schlatt knows about his memory and he doesn't want him to be able to abuse it. Wilbur isn't here to defend me. I miss tommy." He says defeated. I made a split second decision. I trusted tubbo.

"Tubbo, where is he?" I ask.

"He and everyone else are working on the new whitehouse. It's sort of adjacent to Erets watch tower." Tubbo says.

"Tubbo we're sneaking out of lmanburg." I say.

"What? Do we have to sneak now? Oh lord, we are not even allowed out of the country! Having to tell him was bad enough! Now this?" Tubbo says.

"Shhh- You will see what I mean, just be discreet. If we're seen it could mean death for Tommy and Wilbur." I say. He nods. I could tell he had more questions but they could wait. I took his hand and we snuck around the podium then snuck around town square to the spot where wilbur had uncovered the door. I notice Schlatt and I can't help but stop for a second to watch the chaos he had created.

The man was tall, he had a bottle in hand almost always. His horns stuck out and made him look that much more intimidating. Somehow he always had an aftershadow but never a full beard. I have yet to see him freshly shaved, even at the election he had stubble. His tailored suit looked expensive. When I stopped to watch he was aggressively barking orders at Fundy. Quackity was avidly trying to get him to calm down, and jack manifold was desperately trying to help Fundy.

Tubbo tapped my shoulder, breaking my focus. "Sorry." He whispers. I bend down and move the same pile of grass wilbur did. Sure enough the door was still there.

"Go down." I told tubbo.

"What?" He asks. I'll admit the hole did look a little suspicious.

"Just trust me." I say. He nods and I hear him climb down the latter. I position the shrub and grass to fall back on the door when I close it. Then, I go down myself. I carefully close the door. I didn't even bother with the latter. I jumped down. I had learned I was good at landing from high heights.

"Holy Fuck! Do you even know how many rules we just broke? The president is supposed to know about all structures and pathways and the whereabouts of his citizens. Not to mention you just came in, wearing enchanted netherite armour with a weapon at hand." Tubbo says. I couldn't contain laughter anymore. The boy was too uptight.

"And we got away." I add.

"We did get away, didn't we." He states.Tubbo started to laugh with me. Then I motioned him towards the carts and we got in. I got in the front cart and he got in the back cart. Once we were situated I pulled the same lever wilbur had, the center of the track turned red and we were moving. The cart increased in speed. "So what all is new with the dictator?" I say. I had to yell to be heard.

"[y/n] it's horrible. He created a rule that we can't intimidate him. He wouldn't allow Bad into the country because he didn't like that bad was taller than him." Tubbo begins.

"What?" I respond. "When I said dictator I wasn't being serious.

"It's only been three days and now, we're required to give him notice if we're leaving lmanburg. He's also made it an order that if Wilbur or Tommy is seen, we are to inform him and they are to be hunted down. It doesn't even matter if we're in Lmanburg or not." Tubbo says. The poor kid had been through a rough 3 days. He is quiet for a second before speaking up. "[y/n] how much longer will he be our leader? Surely it won't go on like this." He says. It broke me not to have an answer for him. I shook my head softly.

"I don't know. I tried to avoid this, at the meeting I was the one who warned against it. Turns out I was right." I say. Tubbo nods. There is nothing but the sound of the blasting humming of the minecarts and rails. Then tubbo extends his arms in the air. I joined him and we started to laugh. Feeling the air hit your hand at such a rapid pace had a different kind of satisfaction to it. After a minute or two I pulled myself back in the cart and smiled at him. He smiled back. It was the first time I had seen him give a genuine smile that day. After a couple minutes our carts arrived.

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