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(hybrid AU, Tommy is a lil racoon boi, TW for kidnapping, kind of manipulation, if you think i should add anymore please let me know in the comments, I don’t want anyone getting upset after reading my stories :D)
Tommy liked to think of himself as a traveler, an explorer, someone who needed to keep his eyes on new horizons. He couldn’t understand how people can settle down in one place and die there, which is why he’s lived most of his life traveling the lands of the SMP. The town he’s currently visiting the Arctic Empire was probably one of his favorite places he’s visited yet, in the middle of their winter festival the whole place was lit up and colorful, with new foods and different species of hybrids he was having so much fun. That was until he stumbled into a back alley and got pinned up by a couple of thugs trying to mug him, now normally tommy would fight back and the thieves would run off but these people looked to be hostile mob hybrids which means that if things were to get violent there was not much damage he could do to them. As he was about to hand over his only valuable belongings a voice called out at the end of the entrance.
“Now, you would think that a couple of adults would know better then to rob a child” a tall man dressed in fancy attire said while slowly starting to walk towards them, the thieves still pinning tommy to the looked like they were going to yell back at the person before their eyes widened and they dropped tommy before sprinting down the alley and jumping the back wall. Letting out a groan of pain as he hits the ground he sees a pair of feet clad in leather boots stop in front of him.
“You ok kid” the stranger asks, voice deep and monotonous, glancing up at the stranger, Tommy could see that he had pink hair and was a hybrid of some sort.
“I'm not a kid dickhead, and yes I am ok, thanks for the help, even though I totally had it handled” he snapped back, feeling insulted at being called a kid even though he had recently turned 16.
“Sure kid whatever” the stranger said back rolling their eyes before extending a hand to help him off the floor.
“Thanks again, see ya around maybe” Tommy said smiling up at the stranger before swiftly exiting the alley, feeling the sharp eyes of the stranger trailing his every move until he turned the corner breathing a sigh of relief and going back to having fun.
After that day he forgot all about the stranger, and was just enjoying his stay in the empire. The winter festival was coming to a close and he was planning to leave a day or two after the festival had officially ended. Humming to himself as he walked into his new favorite diner run by a nice lady named Niki, taking his seat in the corner of the shop next to the window he allowed himself to get lost in thought. As he was thinking about where he wanted to go next he was snapped out of his thoughts as the chair in front of him was pulled out the sound of scraping metal hurting his sensitive ears. Looking up he saw the stranger from before sitting down. Confused, he was about to say something when another voice interrupted him.
“What are you doing Techno, who's this?” asked an older avian hybrid with the same blond hair and blue eyes that Tommy had. And standing behind him was another tall male, with curly brown hair and a pair of glasses resting softly on the bridge of his nose.
“This is that kid I told you about, the one that looks like you Phil, the one with the golden hair” the stranger, Techno, as his brain reminded him said while looking back at Tommy with curiosity gleaming in his eyes.
“Nice to see your still alive kid, but where are your parents, both times I've seen you now they haven’t been around” he questions leaning forward, resting his elbows on the table in front of him.
“Don’t got none big man, I'm the biggest man there is, I don't need parents, they're overrated” he replies back, leaning back in his chair as he looks at the three men that have all now taken a seat at his table.
“You run away or something mate?” questions the older avian, Phil, his brain supplies again.
“nah , never had parents been on my own for as long as I can remember, I'm a traveler, never staying in one place long” as he says that a weird look passes though techno’s eyes as his shoulders stiffen slightly. Tommy just shrugged it off and continued.
“ can’t see how people settle down in one place, it's much better to get out there and see all the different places”, finishing off his story while looking out the window before turning his head and making eye contact with Technoblade. He sees that techno is looking at Tommy with a strange almost possessive glint in his eye while his lips seem to be locked in an even deeper frown, a strange keening sound making it out of his throat before he quickly covers it with a cough.
“Don’t you ever meet people in these places that you want to stay with '' Phil enquiries with a strange almost sad look.
“Oh all the time, a few towns back I met this really nice fella his name was Tubbo, he became my best friend and I stayed with him for a couple of months met another fella named Ranboo as well we were a trio for a while, I was upset about leaving them but they understood why I was leaving, they were actually going to come with me but they both have families and important things in their town so I didn’t let them abandon the people they love and who love them back” he says with a small sad smile.
“You met any new friends here tommy” it was the man with glasses who he still hasn't learnt the name to, he turned his head to look at the man before shaking his head.’
“No, not really I haven’t been here for to long, and i plan on leaving in around a week, I planned this trip to be able to attend the festival once it's over I plan on heading south towards the Kinoko kingdom heard they also have an annual festival coming up” he spoke with a smile breaking out on his face looking back at techno.
“Anyway enough about me and my life, what do you guys do?” he enquired, raising his eyebrow at the three men. All three of the men's backs straighten, and Techno gives Phil a questioning glance before he hears the man with glasses begin to speak.
“We are actually, the royal family-” he begins before getting cut off by Technoblade
“The Royal families guard and advisor, you see I'm in the royal guard and Phil and Will are two of the Royals advisors” its rushed out, Will as he has now finally found out is looking at Techno with a strange look as techno just looks at Tommy with and Phil is just sat there smiling.
“Oh that's cool, I haven’t actually heard much about the royal family, they seem cool enough though with their thriving empire” he said looking at them all. His eyes locked with techno after speaking to see him smile looking proud of the complement and let out a light chuffing sound before coughing once again to try and cover it up. Brushing it off as being proud of their country Tommy didn’t think all too much about the reaction. After that they stayed and talked for a little while until someone dressed in fancy clothes came and escorted the three men away from Tommy's table.
After that day it seemed like one of them was with Tommy everyday, no matter where Tommy was they always somehow managed to know where he was it was starting to get a bit weird. And as much as Tommy enjoyed their company it felt like they were trying a bit too hard to get his attention. Whether it was Techno having tea with him in a café, Wilbur walking with him through the village markets, or Phil ‘crossing his path’ and stopping him to have a chat. It seemed as though Tommy was never alone, the only time he didn’t have someone right next to him seemed to be when he was asleep, and even then he wasn’t so sure, always having this weird feeling that someone was watching him as he dozed off each night. So when the morning of his departure came along he was more than happy to pack his bags and ready himself for his next adventure. Smiling the whole way way, he handed his keys into the nice owner of the inn he stayed at named puffy, giving her a short hug before he left the building and headed towards the towns vender to gather a few more supplies and rations for the slightly longer trip to the Kinoko kingdom.
Finishing grabbing his bread and thanking the vender he turned around ready to head to the outskirts of the town, before noticing the familiar head of brown curls looking frantically around all the different stalls, not wanting to be seen and held up he quickly ducked his head and pulled his hood over to mask his bright hair. Signing in relief when the plan seemed to have worked and he managed to get past Wilbur and start his pace to the outskirts, glancing up at the castle once more before carrying on his way.
Now you would think by this point in his traveling career that he would know that the only way to keep your belongings is to not get lost in your own head, your to easy of a target to get jumped, and he had learnt that the hard way on many occasions, but here is is day dreaming of his new adventure, and failing to realise the quickly approaching heavy footsteps coming from behind him, also failing to realise the shadow of a much to large bird flying over him, and he was only snapped out of his head when a pair of strong arms wrapped around his body and pressed a damp cloth was pressed up against his mouth and nose.
Letting out a shocked screech he flails around as much as he can, trying his hardest to scratch and kick the person holding him before completely freezing as an all too familiar voice fills his ears.
“Hush now Theseus, stop struggling so much, you will be safe now, with us, we are your family now, you don’t need to be scared anymore” Technoblade's deep voice rings out, calling him that stupid nickname again. Even with his quickly fading consciousness he tries to fight back again weakly, faintly hearing a thump land somewhere behind him and some lighter footsteps running up to them from behind Techno.
“You got ‘im mate?” he hears Phil’s voice, and tears start to fall out of his quickly closing eyes, he couldn’t believe this was happening to him, he couldn’t believe that he ever trusted these people in the first place. At this moment all he could think about was his old friends Tubbo and Ranboo, and how he will never see them again, how he couldn’t keep true to his promise of coming to visit them again one day, and the tears just streamed faster down his face. Just as the drugs were about to put him to sleep he felt a pair of hands gently grab his face and wipe the tears.
“It's ok little one, you're safe now, we’ll keep you safe now nestling, go sleep, don’t fight it any longer” and he listened, letting his eyes fall shut, hoping to any god above that he will wake up and this will all be some horrible twisted dream.
(spoiler he didn’t, there might be a continuation of this plot in future not to sure as of yet, stay tuned for more stories like this, I’m really enjoying being able to combine my writing style with the fandom I'm part of :D)