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Once Mane had shook off his instincts and Flame had set up camp in a cave, Wemmbu finally had to tell the truth to his brothers.
He dreaded it. It's not like he meant to hide things for so long! It's just… they're going to be mad at him! He kept a lot of things secret when they were still living at home, and even if they had forgiven each other for the argument, Flame and Mane are petty!
They'd never let him live this down!
Flame sat himself closest to the cave entrance, a not so subtle way of saying that Wemmbu had no where to run. Which was rude. Asshole.
Mane kept Wemmbu in his sight at all times, very obviously not trusting the younger one to stay in one place. Again, rude! Another asshole.
Wemmbu sat against the far wall of the cave, hugging his legs with a deep pout on his face. His wings rested against his back like a cape and his tail flopped down next to him.
"Do I have toooooooo?????" Wemmbu whined, staring at his eldest brother with the sweetest and most innocent eyes he could muster up.
Mane froze, his ears perking up as his tail stood tall. His pupils widened and he started to purr as he approached his baby brother. Flame hissed and yanked on Mane's tail, pulling the taller man back and away from Wemmbu's manipulation.
Wemmbu huffed out an annoyed hiss as his chance to escape was taken from him.
"Explain. Now." Flame said sternly as Mane shook off his instincts once again.
Wemmbu groaned as loud as he could before trying the softer brother once again, "Mane…"
The lion hybrid sighed and sat himself on Wemmbu's left, placing a large hand on his head, "No more secrets, Lilac."
Flame flicked the side of Wemmbu's head, dodging sharp teeth as he sat on Wemmbu's right, "Tell us everything, brat."
Wemmbu sighed, "Fine, it's long though. Do you guys know about the server dragon?"
Mane blinked, unsure what that had to do with anything, "Yeah? Their soul disappeared when they died, can't even respawn them anymore. What does this have to do with anything?"
"I'm getting to that!" Wemmbu whined, "When the soul of the Ender Dragon disappears before it's been respawned enough to open all of the outer portals, it mean's that it's found itself in a body, becoming a hybrid player."
Flame perked up, "You're not trying to say you're…"
Wemmbu nodded, refusing to look at his brothers, "When… I? Died. My soul took place in the body of a child, taking their life as mine…"
Wemmbu didn't like thinking about it. He had taken the real Wemmbu's life from him. And had taken a child from their parents. He had a feeling his… the child's? Parents knew he wasn't really their kid with how violently they acted towards him in the end.
The hand on his head stroked through his loose hair, causing him to lean into the hold, "It's not your fault, Lilac."
Wemmbu hummed but didn't say anything, causing Flame to speak up, "You didn't know, did you?"
The dragon smiled sadly, "No. I only had faint memories from the original owner of this body, so I thought that I was them. I still don't have any memories from when I was the dragon. Minute thinks I'll start getting them sometime with in the next year."
Mane's eye twitched, "So… Minute knew everything?"
"Uhh…" Wemmbu felt a bead of sweat run down the side of his head, "he's actually the one who told me all of this!"
Mane grumbled as Flame snickered, it was no secret to anyone that Mane hated Minute. It wasn't even for anything bad, he was just jealous whenever Minute was around to mentor their younger brother.
That was supposed to be his job.
"Anyway!" Wemmbu announced, "I am the soul of this servers dragon! Over the years, my body has changed to match the fact that I'm a hybrid!"
"Huh." Flame nodded his head, "That does actually make sense."
"Is that why Ash went to you for access to the End?" Mane tilted his head.
"Mhmm!" Wemmbu nodded into the hand still petting his hair, "I technically own the whole End! And Minute stays there to guard it, so no one can get through! That also means I'm royalty!"
Flame scoffed, "Don't let it give you a big head!"
Wemmbu hissed and went to lunge at the tiger, only to be grabbed by Mane and swapped positions, making the lion sit in the middle of the two hissing siblings.
"What about the voices?" Mane asked, "Are they connected somehow?"
Wemmbu blinked up at him, "Yeah, the voices were actually the Endermen trying to lead me to Gambit! I'm still not too sure why they wanted me to have it, but I'm not saying no to a free weapon!"
Mane frowned and place a hand back on his youngest brothers head, "You should have told us all of this a long time ago, Lilac."
Wemmbu frowned and looked away, refusing to meet the stares of his older brothers, "…I know…"
Mane sighed, "What's done is done, we can't change the past. Just - please - promise me, no more secrets."
Wemmbu sighed and leaned into Mane's shoulder, his tail reaching around the lion to twist together with Flame's, "No more secrets."
It slightly pisses Wemmbu off how well they both took everything. It shows that if he had just been honest all those years ago, he could have saved himself a lot of heartache.
"Now," Mane sent a stern look towards Wemmbu, "about the cannons."
Wemmbu froze as Flame snickered, looking up at Mane with wide and innocent eyes, "What cannons?"
Mane raised an eyebrow and gently hit Wemmbu in the face with his tail, causing the dragon to squeal and bat at the offending limb, "No more secrets Lilac, tell us about the cannons."
Wemmbu groaned and prepared to explain his and Egg's adventure in the Farlands.
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"What's your plan here, Ash?" Clown leaned back in his seat.
Ash glared out the window of the Nether castle, "Right now? Keep an eye on the brat, wait in the shadows and when the time presents itself - and it will - capture the dragon."
Clown hummed, "You've already seen the type of power the dragon holds, it won't matter how many people you send. He'll destroy them all."
"Yes," Ash agreed as a smirk began to stretch his face, "but I'm not aiming to attack the dragon itself."
A folder found itself in front of the Nether ruler. He opened it and took in the targets photo.
A lion hybrid wearing a blindfold.