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"You're POSITIVE! you have all your stuff..?"

"Wilbur, it's just a couple mobs for an hour or two, what could go so bad."

"Techno, you know it's his first time-"

"IT MAY BE MY FIRST TIME BUT I BET IM A PRO, I CAN GUARANTEE I'LL KILL MORE MOBS THAN TECH!" The young teen shouted, irritated by Wilbur's concerns.

"Oh yeah? Is that right Toms?"

"Mhm!! I bet you 5 whole diamonds that I'll come back without so much as a tiny scratch!"

"You don't even have 5 diamonds!"

"Mm? Your point??"

"Fine deal, I bet you'd have to go mining later though!"

"Don't get too cocky Tommy" Their guardian said with a chuckle as he peeked around the corner.

"Philllllllll, You're supposed to be on my side!!"

"Okay Tommy," Techno handed Tommy his equipment "Seriously though if you see a mob tell me"

"Of course big man!" Techno and Tommy said their goodbyes as They marched into the darkness, eventually blending into the woods as their torch was no longer visible. Wilbur sighed as Phil reassured him they'll do just fine.

Techno navigated the forest as if he planted the trees himself, "Soo~ What we slayin' anyhow?"

"Spiders."

"WHAT!? BUT THEIR SO CUTEEEEE" He whined.

"We need the string." He stated "But of course, Mhm, pretty adorable. especially when they try and kill you!" The deep tone sarcastically said.

"Whatever! They're friendly in the daytime..."

"Yep and Woah! just look how bright it is!" He said again, in the same sarcastic tone.

"Okay okay, I get it!"

"Im just sayin' they're dangerous. Especially in the night."

They continued in silence for a while as they navigated the forest, while Techno killed a couple of spiders Tommy had his stone sword making sure no mobs approached and got a chance to get a jump on them. Tommy also is being careful to be able to come home unharmed.

Techno ended up finding another spider, While Tommy kept a lookout as Techno battled the spider. Suddenly he heard a hiss. It sounded like a spider.

"Tech! I think there's another over there!"

"Okay! I'll get it-..! In a minute!" He panted out, still rumbling with the spider.

Tommy groaned in disappointment, He was sure the spider would be long gone by the time Techno was done. He decided to go check, though he said to himself he'd only investigate and keep the spider busy. The hiss only sounded a few trees away. He walked in the direction the sound appeared from.

To his surprise there was no mob to be seen, He continued to walk a bit further. He spotted a wolf, He heard from a book that they were friendly if you gave them bones. He reached for a spare bone out of his bag. Putting the bag on the floor and approached the wild furry beast slowly.

The wolf tilted its head when it smelt the bone, not thinking twice the wolf took the bone and stomached it pretty fast. Tommy grinned widely as he stuck his hand out and the wolf placed his head directly in his hand. While he was petting the stray, he heard the same hiss. This time closer, it didn't exactly sound like a spider. It hissed again, more aggressively and quicker.

He spun around and to his surprise, he saw a glowing tall figure, he quickly realized it was a creeper. It was already too late to do anything for himself so he decided to cover the wolf from the explosion to which he had already grown attached.

The explosion rang in his ears, let out an agonizing scream of pain as he felt the burning sensation all over his body immediately hunching over trying to somehow cool the scalding feeling. The overly hot warmth spread out through his body as he could feel the thick blood seeping through his skin.

He struggled to his feet with blurred vision and muffled hearing, grunting he stumbled into hopefully the direction of Techno, Not to his knowledge it was the completely wrong way. He dropped to the ground when a sharp arrow shot by a skeleton pierced into his chest. He cried as the stinging pain worsened with the cool air chilling his skin.

His skin felt blistered and bloody, He hollered as hot tears streamed down his face. He heard muffled shouts, most likely coming from Techno. He heard another hiss, this time confidently from a spider. His body felt weak, His screams of pain only continued when the spider lunged onto the boy.

The spider quickly dug his fangs into him, As the spider ripped at his chest the spider clawed on his face. Techno finally found Tommy by following the screams which he could only assume were cries for help. Techno gasped at the gruesome whereabouts as he watch the spider claw at his eyes and picking apart his chest.

The scene was genuinely sickening, But that didn't stop techno from slaying the mobs that the screaming attracted. As soon as he killed the last mob he set down his backpack grabbing the medkit so he could attend to the sobbing boy's wounds. He helped Tommy chug the healing potion that was set for emergencies, It only merely helped. He wrapped bandages sloppily around his eyes and chest. To keep him from blood loss.

Techno carefully in a swift pace laid Tommy into his arms. Blood shortly soaked the bandages as Techno sped through the trees. Tommy groaned at every step, Still sobbing as he felt consumed in the darkness. Occasionally Techno reminded him that it would be okay and he would only have to wait a little longer, Techno wasn't the comforting type so Tommy appreciated that.

As they were approaching closer to the house Wilbur heard the screams in the distance, He quickly rushed outside only to see techno sprinting toward the house covered in blood, with Tommy in his hands.

"TOMMY!!" Wilbur cried running to the boys. Phil quickly followed, they both realized the situation.

The last thing Tommy could recall before he collapsed into a deep rest was most of his family was either crying, gasping, or yelling some things he couldn't recognize.

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Tommy awakened to only blackness, Startled, He immediately springs up from wherever he was. But as quickly as he sat up he sat back down, Getting dizzy at the sudden movement. Tommy groans as his body stings. Then he heard hurried footsteps and a creak of a door.

"Toms-?" He recognized to soft kind and slightly concerned tone. It was Wilbur. His brother and best friend.

"W-wilby- Wilbur?" He then heard him chuckle, "Yeah it's me, Tommy."

"Wil... Why is it so dark..? I want to see you.."

"It's fine Tommy you just have a couple of bandages on.."

"Take them off! I don't like the darkness.."

"Okay, Please sit up slowly." Tommy did just as Wilbur said He managed to sit up without too much pain flowing within him. He then feels Wilbur beginning to unwrap the bandages.

"Close your eyes so it's not too bright," Tommy nodded, He then tightly closed his eyes as the bandages fell.

"Open..!"

Tommy squinted expecting light to be in front of him, blinding him even. But there was none, Not a single light. Pitch black. He lifts his hand weakly to his face to see what's still covering his eyes but there's nothing.

"W-wilby..!?" He stutters out, looking down trying to find his own hands.

"Toms..? What's wrong?" Wilbur rested his hand on his shoulder.

"it's still dark.." He looked at Wilbur, Wilbur gasped in fear a sorrow. Tommy's joyful bright blue eyes have been turned into saturated blank eyes, At the same time, they were almost completely bloodshot.

"T-TOMMY..! PLEASE TOMMY! LOOK AT ME!!" Wilbur worriedly said.

"I-I can't..."

Wiilburs screams of terror seemed to attract other people as he heard heavy footsteps approaching.

"W-whos there..!?"

"Tommy, It's us.." Phil's gentle voice said as his feathered footsteps approached. Tommy sensed a hand in front of his face.

"W-what are you doing..?"

"Toms, can you see my hand?"

"N-no.." Tommy heard a choked sob from most likely Wilbur

"Tech..?"

"Yeah, I'm here."

"Techie... I'm scared.." Tommy hadn't used that nickname for Techno in a while. It caught Techno off-guard for a second but then Tommy heard him coming closer to him. Techno placed his sculpted hand on top of his head and ruffled Tommy's hair.

"Guess you owe Wilbur five diamonds.."

"Mhm.." Tommy lightly smiled.

"When can I see you again..?"

"Toms... We-.. We don't know..."

"so... am I... Blind..?"

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1 --- Week --- Later
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Tommy came out of his room at the same time as most days, Hands spread across the room as to not run into anything. Navigating the hall was no longer a problem, it was the kitchen he had a hard time with.

He roamed into the living room, Stubbing his toes on plants, sofas, etc. Then as he made his way to the kitchen he ran into a pillar, He stumbled to the ground,

"Shit!"

"You okay bud?"

"Y-yeah Phil..!" Tommy felt a hand on his own, Grabbing his hand lightly Phil helped him regain his balance.

"Still haven't gotten the hang of it yet?"

"Nope.."

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3 --- Weeks --- Later
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Tommy had almost completely mesmerized the house layout, his family thought it was getting better for him. Well, they were wrong. It was only getting worse. Tommy had started to struggle to remember their faces, his own family's faces. He felt so guilty. The only thing he could recognize of them were their voices.

He heard Techno had a scar from PVPing someone, He could only picture how badass he looked. Wilbur still sang him songs, he loved listening to them and hearing the rhythm. But he missed watching Wilbur play the strings, He missed trying to mesmerize the cord order.
He loved when Phil would carry him and fly around, But he very much missed seeing the lovely scenery fly by.

There were so many things Tommy took for granted and would never be able to see again. But that's when he remembered, He saw it in a book once. "However hurt you may be, Death fixes it. Death is our saviour" It was some satanist book or whatever and he thought it was weird, but he genuinely considered it.

He kept thinking about how he could kill himself but then realized he could never do such a thing.

That continued for a while.

Tommy crouched behind the counter making sure everyone was asleep, He had no idea what time it was, Except it was night and it had been night for a while.

He gently opened the door and guided himself with a fallen stick from a tree, Wilbur had given it to him to help him navigate. He ran through the forest with an occasional trip or fall. He could only hope he was going in the right direction. He knew he was once he reached the mountain.

Tommy and Wilbur sometimes would go up here to look at the view, Soon he'd actually be able to see. He just hoped the book wasn't lying. he reached the edge of the mountain.

If he could see he would most likely just go home, But he couldn't, And that is why he was doing this. He could feel his feet reaching over the edge. He couldn't tell if he was scared or not.

He remembered the agonizing pain he felt, He just wanted it to be over.

Without a second thought, he left himself fall.