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Tubbo felt himself shake in fear, yellow surrounding him. He tried to back up, only to feel the cold concrete against his skin. Terror shot through him, there is no where to run. His eyes darts around, barely registering the words being spoken outside his yellow prison box. He frantically looked down at his communicator, at Wilbur’s messages, he won’t hurt me. He was shot back to reality as he saw a firework pointed straight at his face.
“I’m sorry Tubbo.”no no no no Wilbur said he wouldn’t hurt me, “I’ll make this as painless and colorful as possible.” And then, in the split second between the finger pulling the trigger, and cutting his short life to a stop, to leave a 2 part puzzle missing a piece, Tubbo saw the past flash past his eyes. “Are you okay?” He looked up at the curious face above him. A boy with blonde hair looked into the box that held a small child with a bee plushie, and a thin blanket. | Tubbo looked around at his new family, at Wilbur, Tommy, Phil, and even Techno. Then, he turned his head back towards the cake in front of him, that had a large candle reading “7” on top. Tubbo grinned, then took a large inhale, then blew it all out towards the candle, watching it flicker out. | “You can’t leave! What about Tommy? What about Tubbo? What about ME?” Tubbo shook in his room, Tommy holding him close, as Wilbur shouted at Phil and Techno. They were leaving for a trip, at least, that’s what they told Tommy and Tubbo. They had been taking a lot of ‘trips’ recently, more time in between each one every time. Tubbo flinched as he heard the door being slammed, and stomping feet coming towards the room. They stopped just in front of the door, and Tubbo looked up fearfully as Wilbur tore the door open, and immediately beelined towards Tubbo and Tommy, who were on the other side of the room. “Phil and Techno went on another trip, okay? Everything’s okay.” Tubbo felt tears fall down his face as Wilbur hugged them both. | “Dream SMP?” Tubbo looked up at Wilbur in confusion as he nodded excitingly, hands gripping a letter in his right hand. “Yeah! Dream invited you two personally! You’re going to the Dream SMP, said to be an incredibly hard server to get into! I’m so happy for you!” Tubbo’s eyes lit up as his brain caught up with the situation, and he could hear Tommy shouting happily next to him. Then, the situation fully processed in his mind. “Wilbur... you said us two. W-what about you?” Wilbur’s smile dropped, and tension filled the room. “Tubbo, I-I wasn’t invited. But it’s okay! You two will get to go see the world! It’ll be great!” Now Tommy wasn’t yelling anymore, and the silence stretched for what seemed like forever. Then, finally, Wilbur broke the silence. “I know it’s gonna be hard to leave, but just remember, I’ll always be back here, okay? If you ever want to come back home, know I’ll be here, ready for you.” | A few weeks later, Wilbur joined the SMP as well. | “We shall call our new nation, “L’manburg!” Wilbur, Tubbo, Tommy, and Eret all sat around in a circle, the star lighting up the night sky. They all smiles, and cheered for the newly made nation, “For L’manburg!” | A̵ ̴m̵o̸n̶t̷h̷ ̴l̴a̵t̴e̷r̷,̵ ̵E̵r̵e̴t̵ ̶w̸a̶s̴ ̸a̴p̵p̵r̵o̸a̵c̵h̶e̴d̴ ̸b̵y̷ ̴D̴r̷e̵a̶m̵,̸ ̶a̶n̵d̴ ̷o̴f̶f̸e̷r̴e̸d̸ ̵a̴ ̵d̶e̴a̷l̸ ̵h̵e̴ ̵c̷o̷u̴l̵d̷n̵’̵t̸ ̶r̸e̸f̴u̵s̴e̵.̵ | “Do you surrender?” Tubbo glared at Dream, George, and Sapnap as they stood in front of them, a block of tnt between the trio. Around Tubbo, the L’manburgians stood strong together, Wilbur, Tommy, Tubbo, Eret, Fundy, and Niki. Wilbur stayed silent for a second, then finally spoke up. “Independence, or death. We would rather die, than join the Dream SMP.” Tubbo felt like he was in the middle of a showdown, with Dream and Wilbur glaring at each other so intensely. (At least he thinks Dream was glaring, it was hard to tell.) Then, Dream lighted the tnt, and the three tyrants stepped back. That was the first time everything blew up. | Tubbo felt the sword slice into his skin, the blood splattering the floor. | Tubbo watched in nervous silence as Tommy and Dream both walked backwards on Wilburs count. The sound of the counting was piercing his head, and Tubbo felt helpless as Wilbur hit 10, and both people swung around. | One of them didn’t make it out alive. | Everyone cheered as Tommy brought the news that L’Manburg was finally independent. Everyone gathered around a fire, cheering and celebrating. And yet, there was a hole, an emptiness in the air. An emptiness usually filled with Eret’s own cheering, and filled with the sweet sounds of Mellohi, or Cat. | Tubbo felt terror bolt through him as Wilbur read out the results of the election, Schlatt grinning maniacally behind him. Tubbo’s whole world seemed to stop as Wilbur stepped down from the podium, and Schlatt started speaking. | Tubbo winced as Schlatt yelled at him, drunk even though it was only 4:00 PM. He always seemed to be either high or drunk on one substance or the other. It always ended badly for Tubbo, as Schlatt’s anger usually was directed at him during these times. As a hand rose, Tubbo shut his eyes, and accepted his fate. | Tubbo was getting everything ready for the festival, building the stage, and setting up the decorations. He smiled as he saw Bad chasing Skeppy behind the stage, screeching something that sounded like “Language!” He smiled, then went back to placing blocks down. | Tubbo cried as he saw the tower in the middle of the exploded buildings, scared that he was too late, that his friend was gone. Wait, when did this happen. T̴͕̮̾̿́ͅh̶̜͙͋͑ì̷̟̀̇ṡ̴̗̮̌̆ ̵͙̙̻̿̽ẃ̸͖͚̌a̶͍̎̀s̴͎͗͐n̶̺͍͍͒’̴̘͇̜̊t̴̠͍̤͊̾̕ ̵̯̹̽̀h̵͔̪̗̽͂i̷̭̰̓s̵̟͉̝̆ ̶̦̗̺̓̈́m̵̠̙̌͠e̶̬̳̎m̶̠͛o̵̮̅r̷̥̜͕̾y̸̧̭̖͋-̸̻̀.
Then Tubbo blinked, and the firework streaked at him, slamming into his left shoulder, exploding. It sent waves of pain through his face, his arm, his hands, his shoulder, his whole entire left side felt like it had been smashed, and then set on fire. Tubbo shut his eyes and screamed, only to realize he couldn’t make any sort of noise, nothing as he choked on his own blood. Then, the second firework hit, and his entire world burst into pain for 2 seconds, then everything went dark.
He was in the endless darkness again.