𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙮-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧

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As soon as his hands hit the dark sand, wither skulls in hand, I hit the ground from the blast it emitted. Everyone did, everyone expect Technoblade who was laughing.

I tried to move, as did the others, but all we managed was a slight nudge on the ground. I couldn't hear anything but the laughter coming from the crownless man, and the shouts from a familiar voice I knew as Dream. "AHAH! YES!" He shouts, I take notice that he is farther up then the rest of us, meaning he wasn't affected by the blast. I hear a whirring sound, and try to look up. When I do, I instantly regret it.

The Withers, as Tommy and the others referred them as, were glowing a bright blue, a swirl surrounding the entirety of the creatures. It had three large skulls that seemed to be breaking, they spun and held their jaws open, a star that shined brightly in the middle of each. Technoblade stood behind them, and before I knew it, the Withers exploded with a terrible force.

The blast was powerful enough to flatten trees, houses, buildings, you name it. I felt the gravity keeping me from standing fade as if never there, and I heard footsteps running for cover, but I couldn't move fast enough. I felt the earth start to shake, and the I was being lifted into the air as the Withers broke off, chasing after people. I heard my friends scream, and I heard them shout, and I heard large explosions. It was like a nightmare all packed into a real life experience. It was like death.

I felt my body rise, my feet stumbling to the ground, as if on unsteady ground. I blink away dust and tears, and see that the reason I fell was because I was indeed on unstable ground. I was on all fours on top of an island, floating maybe 30 meters in the air. Technoblade is standing in the middle of the island, apparently not noticing me as I try to stand on shaking legs.

"Technoblade!" I scream out, catching the mans attention and I feel my eyes widen in shook. Technoblade's eyes are glowing white, black circles acting as pupils in the middle. Blood pours down from his scars, and his hair is being pushed back by the wind that blew harshly. Technoblade smiles, a sick, twisted smile, and holds out his hand to me.

"Take my hand Vienna Blue." He says as if he didn't just create some of the most terrifying creatures I have ever seen. As if he didn't just break every fiber in my heart. "Take my hand" its all I can do to stare at the golden fingers, tears pooling in my eyes. I lift my gaze, people shouting and arrows flying as I meet Technoblade's eyes. He doesn't seem human.

This was a man I thought I knew, a man I thought I loved, but seeing him like this was making me second guess my mind. This was a man, who lived for over 200 years, and was a god with a blade. A man with the kindest heart towards those who he loved and cared for. He was a man.

"Why? Why did you do it?" I shout over the noise, the explosions. It's hard to hear my own voice through the terror surrounding the island. Technoblade drops his hand, drops his gaze as well. I see his eyelashes blink and stayed closed for a moment after. He looks back to me, eyes glowing a monstrous white. It makes my head hurt.

"I was brought here for one reason, and one reason only, my love." He says, gesturing around him. "I was brought here to destroy a government, to take down a tyrant, not stand by and watch as a new government was put into place right in front of my fucking eyes!" He shouts, voice just sounding hurt and betrayed. He laughs again, water dripping from his eye. I let him finish before reacting.

"I was not going to stand by and watch as I was deceived and betrayed by the people I thought of as brothers! As family!" Technoblade slams his foot into the ground, and holds his hand out again with a sad smile.

"So I beg you, take my hand." He says, staying in the middle of the island. "Please," I don't know what I'm doing, I don't know why I am here, or how this goddamn island was floating, but I did know that my hand was slowly reaching out for his. I hear his words on repeat in my mind, hearing him shout them at me as the world caved in around us. The Withers being fought by my friends that surrounded them, large shadows being casted by the beasts. I feel my hand cutting through the air, the smile growing on the pink haired mans face as I get closer to his hand. The wind whips by us, brushing my hair into my face as I realized what I was doing.

I remember Wilbur, and I remember Jschlatt, and I remember Charles. I remember Tommy, and I remember Niki, I remember them all. I remember them as I see them right in front of me, standing with happy, lively eyes. As if most of them weren't dead, or weren't dying as I find my hand reaching for Technoblade. I remember when I had first met them, and when Sapnap and I went to vote during the election.

I remember the sound of swords banging together in Pogtopia as Technoblade trained Tommy, Wilbur and I. I remember Tommy and I finally getting along, and I remember the moment the boy recognized me as a person, as someone who he could trust.

And I remember everything else. The drinking, the dock, Technoblade and I in his base after the meeting with Dream and Jschlatt. When we went to Niki and Tubbo for information, seeing Sapnap after I ran from home, the look on his face when I said goodbye for the last time. I remember why I left in the first place, why I didn't go north, or why I didn't stay. It wasn't because of what Dream and the others said, more or less at least. But I left because I knew what I needed to do, I needed to help those who were cast aside, who were exiled from their own nation, their own home. I had to help them, and I still needed to.

So, I pulled back before Technoblade and my hands were in the same space. Technoblade's smile drops, and his eyes cloud over with anger, or hurt.

"No.., This isn't right!" I shout, folding my hands into fists at my side as I look around the island, seeing the world I couldn't believe was real, was still standing, even if barely. "THIS WAS THEIR HOME! YOU WERE THEIR FRIEND!"

"VIENNA THEY USED ME! THEY'LL USE YOU TOO! WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT?!" Technoblade's face twists into one full of pain, his finger jabbing into his chest. His expression catches me off guard, I was expecting one of anger, or of, of something that wasn't what it was! "CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HISTORY IS JUST GOING TO REPEAT ITSELF?! POWER CORRUPTS VIENNA, THEY WON'T BE YOU'RE FRIENDS FOREVER!" Techno takes a step forward, and I take one step back, only I didn't realize how close I was to the edge of the island..

It happens slowly. My foot slips, and my hair is rushing forward in a pool of black a silver. I tried to catch my balance, but failed. A silent scream dead in my throat as Technoblade is running towards my falling body, his hand reaching out to grab my hand. I feel the soft air slip through my fingers as I try to stay afloat, not knowing if there is anything to break my fall, or If I would simply just die before I hit the ground. I feel metal gripping my wrist, and I feel my entire body dangling off the side of the island, feet swinging back and forth.

Technoblade is laying on the ground, face concentrating and strained as he holds my weigh with only one hand. I see the pain still evident in those white eyes, no matter how empty they seem. Though, as I stare into them, willing me to hang on, I see the glow recede, and the black fading back into the cerulean blue I fell in love with all those months ago.

I hear Technoblade grunt, and see another hand reach over the side, trying to reach for my other, trying to pull me back to him.

"Vien-" he pushes out of his straining lungs, trying to force himself over to grab ahold of something so I don't fall. I look down, looking for something to not kill me instantly. I search the ground as Techno reaches for me, and I spot water. "Vienna- please- take my hand-" I hear from above me, and my attention is taken away from the water, and back to the man that held my wrist in his golden gauntlet in such a tight grip, I knew there would be at least a bruise there later.

I stare at the man, tears flooding my eyes as I whispered softly, so softly, despite the situation. "Let me go," My voice is barely even a whisper as I see the words hit Technoblade's ears.

Technoblade is almost falling off the island himself, his arms still trying to reach out to me, even as I told him. He shakes his head. "No- No! I'm not letting you go!" He shouts, groaning as he stretches farther out. I smile, again, despite the situation.

"I wasn't asking," I whispered, and lifted my other hand to his, the one that was gripping my wrist in a hold of steel, and slide out with a little help. I see his heart shatter in his eyes as I fall slowly through the air, my name falling from his lips as I do, tears falling from his eyes.

I smile as tears of my own fly away from my face, I see them float through the air as I descended away from the man who tried to save my life, right after sending two creatures to destroy the world. But I don't think of that right now.

I think of how bad this water will feel when I hit it.

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