Through the Flames | SBI (Royal AU)

Part 8

TW: [n/a]

A/N: I'm naming George's Kingdom, Džordžas, (Da-zord-dis). This is just based on George's name translated into Lithuanian, a language based in Europe. Also, new POV? POG!

--TOMMY'S POV--

In total, I think it's been 2 weeks since my village burned down. It doesn't even feel like it's gone through. Most likely because I've chosen to ignore the fact that it even happened. I've been focusing on what's been happening now, which is a lot, so I think I'll be fine.

Phil had been working all day, something about waging war on Geroge's Kingdom, Džordžas. I mean it's only fair, he tried to kill me! Oh, and he burned down the village too, but nevertheless! Also, it still freaks me out when I realize that Phil is actually King Phil. I'm basically being fostered by the king.

I was in my room laying on my side when I heard steps in the hall outside. I've been here long enough to know whose steps they were. The deep steps with the clashing of metal. Technoblade. Out of all three, he was the most mysterious. He is always stepping away from the scene. He never talks that much, tends to stay quiet. Which is weird, because out of all the steps, he's the loudest.

I walk out of my room and look for Techno. He had on a long red cape, with gold accents, that almost touched the floor. The pig hybrid was walking down the hall when he turned left rather than right. The main room, the infirmity, the dining room, and almost every other useful room you could go to, are on the right, so why is he going to the left? I almost never have to go left when walking around the castle. It piqued my curiosity. So since I have nothing better to do, I followed him.

He takes a couple of turns, then another couple turns, and oh my gosh is this getting repetitive. The dumb pig keeps taking turns, AND IT'S LEADING US IN CIRCLES. I think we've already been down this hall! I look up and rub my head because this run around the castle was making me go insane. I look back down only to find no Techno. Fuck.

I start to run through the hall and stop just before the crossways. Shit which way? Well, he took a left last time, so maybe he took a right this time. I turn to the right, but no Techno. All I see is the empty hall with meaningless, but expensive paintings. Okay, maybe the other way.

I turn around and Technoblade is standing right there. "HOLY FUCK!" I was about to stumble back when Techno put his hand on my shoulders. In the most monotone voice I have ever heard, he says, "What do you want?" "Uhhhhh." He lets go of my shoulders and turns around. "Follow me." My wings tighten up. He wants me to follow him? "Let's go." He says, almost halfway through the hall, "Uh, yes, alright." I quickly catch up to him.

The walk was silent, but where we were going actually seemed to make sense. It wasn't just a bunch of useless turns that lead me in circles. Surprisingly it wasn't that long till we arrived in front of a pair of doors. "Here we are, kid." I looked back to him, giving him a face of, what the hell is this? He rolled his eyes and opened the doors in front of us. It revealed a beautiful garden.

Plants consumed the courtyard. Different colors popped out in the sea of green. Flowers the color blue, red, yellow, pink, all contributing to the room's beauty. There was a tree next to a pond that had sparkling water. Fish of gold and red swam around in the water. The tree was a magnificent willow tree. With white bulbs hanging from the ends of the leaves. In the middle of the garden was a brick circle, a large brick circle. There was a path leading to this circle. Technoblade's steps sounded different when he walked on the bricks. The light click differed from the usual deep click of his shoes.

"At a loss of words I see." My eyes were averted from the room to him. Techno turned around and chuckled, his ears bouncing up and down. "Yea, I guess. It is a pretty pog room." "Pog?" The pig-hybrid questioned. "Yea! Though why did you take me here?" Techno looked up and turned around walking to the ending of the path. He stopped, looked to his side, and grabbed a sword out of what looked like a bucket. He then proceeded to throw it at me.

"AHH! WHAT THE FUCK?!" I moved to the side just dodging the sword and letting it crash on the floor. "You decided to follow me, now you can join me." "What?" Techno moved his cape out of the way and revealed a sword. Gracefully, he pulled the sword out. "I come here to train, and since you decided to follow me, you can join."

I bend down and pick up the sword. "Let's get started," Techno announced. He walked further into the circle, I slowly followed him. He got into a stance, legs slightly bent and spread apart. Arms in front of him, also slightly bent, holding the sword. I tried to recreate the stance and stared him right in the eyes. "That's the stance you're going to be using?" I nod my head slowly. "Okay then."

He lunged forward with his sword in his hands. It caused me to fall on my back to the floor. "OW!" I heard Techno laughing. I heard Techno laughing? It wasn't a huge laugh, but not a chuckle either, just a laugh. My face of pain just turned into confusion. I knew he had no sense of humor, but his humor was this low? Laughing at someone falling on their ass. I glared at him and Techno picked up on this. "Look around you." He chuckled. I looked around me, feathers were scattered everywhere. It's like hitting a turkey in the air and the feathers shoot out of them like confetti. Bright red feathers painted the ground.

"Okay, get up," Techno said, rolling his eyes and returning to the previous mood. I got up and went into the same stance. "Move your feet farther apart, you look like a shaking child." I move my feet out, "farther." I move my feet out a bit more. "Good. Now bend the legs a bit." I bent down a little bit, but apparently not far down enough. Techno kicked the back of my legs causing me to crumple. "Same fate Dream had, you need to bend them down farther so no one can attack you there." I move back into the stance, "Good."

--DREAM'S POV--

"You lost to Technoblade?" "Yes." "Great." George walked and flopped into a throne that was too big for him. Sapnap and I followed behind, standing right in front of the throne. George started talking again, "That damn brat. How could you not kill him? He's what 10?" Sapnap didn't dare try to argue back. I looked at Sapnap and asked him, "Did you notice something different about the kid?" "What do you mean?" I turned so all of my body was facing him, "At the village, he didn't have any wings, now he does." "Your right."

Though no one could see it, a smile came across my face. Turning back to George only to see the same expression. I spoke to George, "Sir, I don't just want to kill this kid, I want to torture this kid." George's eyes narrow, signaling to continue. "We'll pluck out every feather off this damn kid and sell them. He already cost us so much, it's only fair he returns us that money." Sapnap chimed in, "I agree." George thought a little bit more, then said, "Bring the kid back to me."

Sapnap and I turned around, we were gonna start planning. Within the week we will have the kid. We won't fail. Not for what that brat cost us. The treaty, the money, the power, we could've had it by now, but no. I look to Sapnap, he nods his head, I nod back. It's only a matter of time Tommy~.

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