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"butler. duke thanatos ordered you to removethepoor from the party." a maid spoke, her voice shaky and scared. who wouldn't be, every butler and maid were terrified of living in a "house" run by thanatos. on edge constantly, especially now that the party was coming. the one that would announce the heir.
the part that would announce thanatos as the new villain. tommy was scared asf*ck. it had only been a mere week since he realized he was trapped in a book, a mere week. in two weeks' time, the beginning would start. technoblade, or ares. would be the heir, then the war would start soon after. meaning he would step down, meaning thanatos would soon put his plan into action.
"f*ck– sh*t– bitch–!" tommy cursed. throwing the papers on his desk to the side. in two weeks' time, he would seeorpheus. the main character, the one blessed bygods. he was nervous, of course he had a useless character. not saved by plot armor.
he was respectfully, f*cked.
tommy groaned, he awoke to a pain in his back. he could still taste his own blood. he could still feel his head crack. it felt terrible. he was dying. he was hurting. "get the f*ck up, sunday!" tommy felt a harsh kick to his chest, he cursed, his eyes snapping open. "the f*ck do you want big man?" he said.
"don't call me that, boy. get your ass up, now." the man scoffed, his eyes narrowed down at the child. disgust littered on his face. not hiding the fact he hated the gross child. "go f*ck yourself." tommy mumbled, holding his chest as he got up. before getting confused, how was he alive? or, why was he called sunday? he was so f*cking confused.
tommy rubbed the dirt covering his skin and the blood as well. he noticed things.. he felt smaller? tommy was fourteen. he wasn't an idiot. he knew in reality he wasn't huge. but he was big for his age. around five-seven, nearing the six-foot mark. so why was he smaller? and why was he skin and bones? he wasn't well fed by his foster parents, yes. but they always made sure his bones weren't sticking out.
they never wanted to deal with tommy's social worker. miss wastaken was an angel, she just didn't know tommy wasn't being cared for and loved for. rich pricks only cared about their own image. their image on taking pity on a poor boy, a poor sad boy. "what the.." tommy's words trailed off, his eyes staring at a puddle of water.
an image of a boy appeared, a real boy. ten at best. his eyes were stunning yet dull. mud and blood covered his face, blonde fluffy curls had covered his eyes. he was a child. tommy shrieked. "what the f*ck—! no, this can't be happening. I am not a child, especially not a five year old!" tommy cursed, holding his head as he groaned. life was terrible.
tommy sighed, and he walked the halls of the duke's manor. tommy had found out that no, he wasn't ten. he was fourteen. the same age he died at. he started to remember things before his death.it's fuzzy. he remembers some of the days leading up to his death, but he doesn't remember everything. tommy froze, feeling someone crash into his chest. he winced as he fell backwards.
"f*ck man! watch where your goin—" tommy's eyes went wide, his annoyed voice trailing off. he sawhim. tubbo, his tubbo. his best friend tubbo. tubbo groaned, his eyes snapping towards tommy. "wa–wait.. tommy?" tommy nodded. "tubbo?" tubbo nodded, tears pricking at his eyes. tommy stood up, reaching a hand out towards his friend, the one friend he remembered at least.
"gods tommy, I've been living in hell forweeks. I got f*cking hit by a truck." tubbo took his best friends hand, smiling slightly. "I did as well, hurts like a bitch." tubbo laughed. that's when he noticed something different about tubbo.. tubbo's eye was a dull green, not shining at all. tubbo's face was worse. scars littered his face, he noticed his friend was f*cking missing an eye.
"big T, what the f*ck happened to you?" tubbo's smile dropped, his eye lowered. "thanaos is a lot more cruel in reality. his a villain for a reason." tommy knew something was wrong, tommy's brain was fuzzy, yes. but he knew that tubbo wasn't telling the full story. it was obvious. "tubbo, big T. tell me the truth, please." tubbo looked at tommy fondly. he wasn't going to tell. it was obvious.
hurt was painted on tommy's face. that got to tubbo, hearing a curse. "tommy, thanaos– thanaos is me." tommy looked confused. he just looked very lost. "I've been here longer than you, thanaos is quite literally an older version of me. he tried to f*cking murder me tommy, because I looked like him."
"tubster, you understand how that sounds insane?" tommy started, his tone showing sides of disbelief. "I f*cking knowtom, but he looks like me. just older and maybe a crazy person." tubbo laughed dryly, no amusem*nt showing at all. he remembered the way thanatos's eyes shifted, staring at thefilth. staring at tubbo like he killed his family, showing anger, hatred, and even fear. fear of losing power.
"look, I don't want to believe you. but we are in a f*cking book, so I can't say anything." tommy sighed, his hands flying to his hair. attempting to calm himself, from all the confusion. "I think something is wrong, tommy. I know thanatos was cruel.. but isn't this too fast? I don't remember him beingthis crazy even before the main story actually begins.." tommy thought about it. it was true. so much fear was into the staff, but wasn't it too fast?
"do you think we ruined the story? I mean, I haven't made a big impact, but.. you?" tubbo thought about it, besides him existing he didn't think he did anything. at least anything to bring change to the story. "it doesn't make sense tubs, I haven't done jack sh*t. and you haven't either.." it was odd. it was like somethingwrong. was happening.
"tobias." a voice called, a boy approached the pair of friends. his hair was a pale silver, his eyes were a deep purple. he was dressed in gear, a weapon hooked on his belt. tubbo paused, his eyes snapping towards the figure. "purpled, is there something you need?" tubbo looked slightly worried.
tommy was interested in the boy. purpled was a name in the story that you could have seen if you paid attention. especially to the author's blog on tumbor. purpled was a mercenary, often working with thanatos on occasion. his older brother punz was the captain of the royal guards. although that was a different story, especially because punz wasn't in the kingdom.
"tobias,he has asked for you. it is best we get going." purpled had a cold tone although he was a mercenary, it wasn't like he was paid to care. tubbo squeezed tommy's hand. "I'll see you later, big man." tubbo whispered. he turned around and walked away.
tommy stood there, wishing it was a dream. it was confusing. everything was going way too fast. something was wrong. he knewit.
