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It was a week after Philza, Eret, Fundy, and Ranboo tried reviving Wilbur by Ghostbur’s request. Philza was getting ready to meet up with Eret, Fundy, and Ghostbur at the altar that had Eret made for the revival ceremony, he wrote Techno a note just in case the revival goes south. He collected the totems of undying from the road trip he had with Tubbo, Eret, and Ranboo and the sword he killed Wilbur with, then he walked to the nether portal heading to L’manburg crater. Once Phil made it to the altar he waited for the others to arrive, Ghostbur was the first then Eret with Fundy following behind.
“Are we ready to try this one more time?” Ghostbur asked, standing in front of the altar, the others looked at each other and nodded.
“I think we are, Ghostbur” Phil replied.
Eret gave Ghostbur one of the Totems of undying before they rehearsed the moment Wilbur died. Once Philza stabbed Ghostbur in the back, right where he had stabbed his son on the 16th, Ghostbur’s eyes glowed white and a green light engulfed the ghost. The light was so bright that the others had to cover their eyes. The light dimmed after half a minute.
“H-hello?” a voice said less cheerful then Ghostbur’s and wasn’t echoey, the others uncovered their eyes to see Wilbur alive and looking the same as the day he died.
“It worked!” Fundy yelled, happy to have his father back.
“Wil your back!” Philza said, happy to see his son alive.
Wilbur looked at Philza with a smile before opening his arms for a hug “A hug?” he asked his father.
“Of course,” Phil said as he hugged his eldest son.
Eret and Fundy smiled at the reunion not noticing that Wilbur had taken the sword from Philza’s hand, soon the old crow immortal felt the sword pierce through his heart and the last words he hears from his son was,
“You should have left me dead”
The body of the now dead immortal flopped to the ground on his side. Eret and Fundy stood there scared and shocked.
Wilbur raised the bloody sword at the two “leave and tell no one or your joining him” he said in a chilly tone.
Eret quickly grabbed Fundy’s arm and ran off with him not wanting to lose a life that day. Wilbur turned to the altar and saw the L’manburg flag hanging up on it, he carefully took the flag down and folded it before putting it in his pocket then sheathing the sword, he thought he’d clean the sword once he got to Techno’s house. Wilbur picked up Philza’s body and walked to Techno’s house without being spotted by anyone, on his way there he stopped about 20ft from Techno’s house and made a grave for Philza before walking to the front door and knocking. Techno answered the door,
“hello?” he said before seeing Wilbur, he stood in shock.
“Hey Techno, you probably don’t want to see me after everything I've done” Wilbur said nervously, barely keeping eye contact with him.
Techno didn’t respond but hugged him instead, Wilbur was surprised by this, but he hugged back with tears in his eyes.
“I’ve missed you brother” Techno said while hugging Wilbur
Wilbur hugged slightly tighter in response “I’ve missed you too Techy” Wilbur replied as Techno giggled at the nickname.
“You haven't called me that since you left the house” Techno stated with a surprised smile.
Wilbur smiled before breaking the hug “well I feel more like my old self again honestly”
“So loud music, random bags of half eaten sand, and being a little chaotic raccoon man?” Techno said jokingly.
Wilbur laughed “I guess so”
“don’t go scavenging through my stuff like Tommy, ok?” The slightly smaller pig hybrid softly warned.
“ok, and make sure no one knows I’m alive or with you, deal?” Wil said.
“deal Wilby, so where are you going to live in the meantime?” Techno asked as he invited him in.
“in Tommy’s old room” he said, walking in and gently brushing off the snow from his jacket.
Techno looked stunned by that answer “how do you-”
“I have Ghostburs memories,” Wilbur simply explained.
“oh, also about Tommy’s room, I blew it up before me, Philza, and Dream blew up L’manburg down to bedrock,” Techno warned.
Wilbur stood there processing what he heard “Wait, the giant crater, that is L’manburg, wasn’t done by me?” He turned to his pig brother for an explanation.
“no? Your explosion was much smaller” Techno said with a puzzled expression.
“oh… ok uhm anyways I can rebuild the room and I’ll try to make an exit/entrance that won’t be going to or through your house, so the room is separate” Wilbur said while drawing the ideas in the air with his hands.
“I like the sound of that, are you planning on collecting your own materials?”
“yup” Wilbur nodded “I should start now before it gets dark” he was heading to the door when Techno grabbed his shoulder.
“Nah, you should rest. You walked a long way here, take a break” he said brotherly.
“you sure?” Wilbur looked back with a look of uncertainty.
“yeah! I’ll craft you a bed and you can sleep in my room for the night” Techno smiled, his pigling tusks were more visible now.
“y yeah, ok” Wilbur returned a small smile back.
Techno got three wool and three wood planks, then crafted the bed. Before he was going to place it down he got some of Ghostbur’s blue and dyed the bed blue then placed it two blocks from his bed.
Wilbur sat on the bed to test it “hey Techno?”
Techno was laying on his bed “yeah?”
“What did you use to dye the bed? You don’t have lapis on you and you never use lapis even if you did” Wilbur calmly spoke.
“I used some of Ghostbur’s blue. I can change it if you are uncomfortable” Techno explained.
“no no I’m ok with it, it just brought back more of Ghostbur’s memories… Techno do you… prefer Ghostbur over me?” Wilbur nervously asked.
Techno sat up “no! You two may be different and same in certain ways but I prefer the Will I grew up with, not his amnesiatic ghost”
Wilbur smiled “I’m glad that you are ok with my return” he yawned as he stood up.
Techno yawned “mm the contagious yawns” Techno said with a small giggle.
Wilbur giggled with him, “I should go to sleep” he said, taking off his long brown trench coat and laying it on the nearby chest.
“Yup, I’ll stay up a bit longer just to wait for Philza to get home,” Techno said, getting up and heading to the ladder.
Wilbur froze for a bit before responding “ok Techno, don’t stay up too long” he said with his back towards him.
“I won’t Wil” Techno said before going down the ladder.
Wilbur put the sword on his trench coat before going under the covers facing his back towards Techno’s bed. He fell asleep pretty fast.
The next morning Wilbur woke up early to gather materials for his room. Techno watched Wilbur from the bridge between Phil’s and his houses; he didn’t expect Wilbur to wake up so early, normally Will would sleep in but wasn’t the last to wake up. By midday Wilbur had started on his room, Techno asked if he needed help, but he didn’t want help, he didn’t want to be a burden to anyone else. Techno brought food to Wilbur as he worked, he would refuse not wanting to use Techno’s resources, but Techno forced him to eat since he hadn't eaten anything all day and yesterday.
“I can get my own food when I’m done building Techno” Wilbur wined.
“No, you need to eat now, I don’t need you starving yourself while you build, it’ll make it harder for you” Techno demanded, holding Wilburs hands together so he’d stop building. Wil pouted like an angry toddler. “You're acting like Tommy now,” Techno said jokingly.
“Well, where do you think he got it from?” Wilbur responded sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
“Yeah, true he does pick up a lot of things from you” Techno said with a small smile
“Now can I build in peace?” Wilbur asked trying to free his hands
“Not until I know you’ve eaten” Techno said with a firm grip on his hands.
Wilbur sighed in defeat “fine, I’ll eat but only for you to leave me alone”
Techno smiled “good” he said as he handed Wilbur bread and a bowl of beet stew.
Wilbur sat on the makeshift bench of wood planks and ate the bread and stew, he was a little upset that he was interrupted but that was short lived when he noticed a taste difference in the stew, at first he just thought he was overthinking it until he figured out what the new flavor was.
“hey Techno?” Wil looked up to him.
“hm? What is it?” Techno responded.
“Did you add a health potion to the beet stew?” Wilbur asked.
“Yes,” Techno said straight up.
“... why?” Wilbur questioned with a concerned look.
“I noticed that the bandages on your chest were turning redder, I’m assuming your stab wound from November 16th has reopened”
Wilbur looked at his chest and the bandages were covered in more blood than earlier that morning “oh, I didn’t notice”
“I guess I still have to keep an eye out for you” Techno gently nudged him.
“Yeah,” Wilbur said quietly before finishing the bread and stew and going back to work as Techno left.
By the time the sun started setting Wilbur had finished his room, whatever materials he had left were put in a chest, the L’manburg flag was hung up above his bed that he moved from Technos room. He laid on the bed exhausted since he didn’t take any breaks while building because he wanted the room to be done as soon as possible.
Techno walked in and was amazed by how much Wilbur got done “wow, this is amazing”
Wilbur sat up with a pained smile “Thanks”
Techno looked at the L’manburg flag “you know while you were gone, Quackity created the butcher army to hunt and execute me”
Wilbur looked at him shocked “what!? Who was with him?”
“Fundy, Tubbo, and this Ranboo guy, but it didn't look like Tubbo or Ranboo really wanted to execute me,'' Techno explained.
“maybe, but why Fundy?” Wilbur said with a feeling of betrayal.
Techno shrugged “don’t know. Maybe Quackity made him feel like he had a purpose”
Wilbur was silent.
“I also think Phil mentioned Eret wanting to adopt Fundy, but it never happened, that I know of,” Techno said, looking around at the fairly well built room.
“I need to apologize to my son because I left him when he probably needed me the most,” Wilbur hung his head, looking at the floor.
“Yeah, speaking of which, I found Phil’s note saying he left to revive you but he has come back home. Is there something I’m missing?” He questioned while waving the note in his hand.
Wilbur rubbed his neck and looked away “about that”
Fear filled Techno “is he…”
“dead? Sadly yes” Wilbur responded calmly
“How? And who do I need to go after?” Techno said, pulling out his sword.
“whoa whoa whoa, calm down Techno!” Wilbur said panicked “I can show you dadza’s grave. It’s not that far from here”
Techno put his sword away, but he had suspicions about Wilbur “then show me”.
Wilbur nodded and led him to the grave, once they got there, Techno started to tear up and Wilbur stayed quiet. One of Phil’s crows landed on the gravestone with a withered rose in its beak, the crow put the rose down on the grave then looked up at Wilbur and Techno, showing the purple hardcore haert on it’s chest.
“It’s mumza’s crow,” Wilbur quietly said.
Techno nodded in agreement “Wil, how did Phil die?”
Wilbur sighed knowing he was going to be punished no matter if he lied or told the truth, but the truth was better than lying “you’re going to hate me, but after Phil, Eret, and Fundy revived me… I killed Phil. I was in a bad mood and took it out on him, I’m sorry for not telling you sooner”
Techno turned to look at him with a angry look soon after Mumza’s crow flew off angrily, a shiver went down Wil’s back he knew he fucked up badly, Techno didn’t say a word as he marched back to the house. Wilbur looked in the direction the crow flew off at, before making his way back to his room, Techno didn’t speak to him for the rest of the week. During that week Wilbur had a hard time sleeping. His back hurt like something was growing out of it and he got nightmares every night. He wished he could have some of Ghostburs blue, but Ghostbur is gone and isn’t coming back. He decided to change his bandages and while doing so he noticed in the mirror that wing nubs on his back had gotten bigger.
“wha? How? They were cut years ago. They shouldn’t be growing” just then a sudden wave of pain hit him making him fall to his knees, he could feel his wings valiantly sprouting from his back and tearing through his skin. He covered his mouth to muffle his screams, but it didn’t work as well as he thought. When the growth started dying down he was crying, tired, weak, and in lots of pain. He heard running footsteps coming to him as his vision went dark.
When Wilbur woke up he was on his stomach and in Techno’s room, he groaned because his back was still hurting but it was like it was sore not feeling like it was on fire.
“You’re awake!” an excited voice said, he slowly sat up and turned to the voice. It was Techno with Fundy and Eret behind him, all three of them had relieved looks. Fundy quickly hugged Wil with tears in his eyes.
Wilbur was a bit confused “what’s going on?” he asked before returning the hug.
“I heard you screaming while I was trading with a villager, so I ran down to your room and found you passed out with blood covering your back and wings” Techno said as Fundy sat next to Wilbur on the bed.
“wings?” Wilbur asked before looking behind himself seeing full grown golden eagle like wings, he looked at Techno “I thought it was another nightmare”
Eret looked confused, along with Techno. “another?” the king asked
“yeah- after I told Techno what happened to Phil, I’ve been having horrible nightmares and my back wouldn’t stop hurting, making it really hard to sleep for the past week” Wilbur said with a short yawn, everyone else was concerned for him.
“Why didn't you tell me?” Techno asked, stepping closer to him.
“I didn’t want to bother you, since you were mad at me for killing Philza,” Wilbur replied.
“Why do you think you’re bothering us just by asking for help?” Fundy asked, looking very concerned for his own father's well being.
“because I’ve always been the leader and never really asked or want help, not wanting to drag others down with me and I don’t want to hurt anyone more than I already have” Wilbur said.
Eret walked up next to him “I was unsure at first, but it definitely feels like you’ve changed for the better” he gave a small smile
“Yeah, 4.7 years in the limbo can make you rethink things” he said semi-joking, but not looking Eret in the eyes.
“4.7 years? It’s only been a few months since you died” Fundy said, confused.
“the limbos timezone goes faster than in the living world” Wil replied.
“That explains why you look slightly older,” Eret said, pointing out the small beard that was growing.
Wilbur felt it “oh- I never noticed it”
“I think it looks cool,” she said with a smile.
“Thanks Eret, I might keep it,” he said with a smile in return.
Fundy fiddled with his fingers nervously before he looked up at Wilbur "so are you" he paused for a bit, taking a deep breath "are you going to be here for me more as a dad?"
Wilbur thought about it for a while "I may not because I don't want anyone getting suspicious that I'm back, but Techno did mention that Eret wanted to adopt you once and I trust them enough to care for you"
Fundy looked sad, he felt like he was being pushed away.
"but I promise that I'll take more responsibility as your dad once I'm comfortable to come out of the shadows and I completely understand if you hate me for not being there for you when you needed me the most, also that I'm technically giving you away to someone else" Wilbur gave him a hopeful smile.
"would it be okay if I visited you occasionally?" Fundy asked, he really wanted to reconnect with his dad.
"yeah I don't mind, I'll still be here to talk to and such, but I also want you to have someone to care for you when I can't" Wil replied
"I can understand that… kinda" Fundy said with a more hopeful look.
"I honestly didn't think you forgave me after the betrayal" Eret chimed in.
"I do forgive you, you've redeemed yourself, I have all of Ghostburs memories and the ones of you have been positive and that's good" Wilbur said.
After a few more hours of talking, Wilbur and Eret got the adoption papers filled, afterwards Fundy and Eret headed home. Techno helped Wilbur with his new wings and gathering supplies, a few weeks passed and Wilbur tries to reteach himself to fly with Techno's supervision. It was somewhat safer with the soft snow everywhere, but a bit harder to land, but within a month he was able to fly and land perfectly. Well nearly, he still had some problems landing or Techno deciding it's a good idea to throw a snowball at him while he was flying, he wasn't hurt anytime he did though just siblings playing around.