Archive of Our Own

Chapter Text

Wemmbu was rowing the boats silently, his eyes fixated on the waters infront of him. Behind him, was Eggchan, who was preening his wings with his hooves gently, Eggchan flicked the shed feathers into the ocean before finally sitting down comfortably. his wings fluttered as concern was shown on his face. Wemmbu could be heard sniffling, with stray tears falling onto the wooden boat floors beneath him. Eggchan discreetly leaned over the boat to get a clear view. "Wemmbu are you-" Wemmbu sat up straight and cleared his throat. "No." He mumbled, his draconic tail twitching as his wings curled. Eggchan scoffed. "Okay, bro." He shifted and stared off into the nearby horizon of endless sea. Wemmbu felt the tears burning at his eyelids begging to finally fall. His hands were trembling now, as he started mumbling under his breath. Eggchan looked back from the horizon and noticed the shaky rowing. "Wemmbu?" Eggchan whispered, hearing the breaths of his friend shaking. Wemmbu took a deep breath in, "I.. I almost lost you. Egg-" Wemmbu uttered, his eyes finally giving in and letting the tears fall. Eggchan grasped Wemmbu's shoulders, turned him around and hugged him, tightly. Wemmbu burrowed his head in Eggchan's shoulder. "I almost did.." He whined, his tail lashing. Eggchan patted him on the back softly, "It's okay, Wemmbu. I'm here." Eggchan hushedly whispered, his wings fluttering softly.

Wemmbu broke out of Eggchan's embrace, Eggchan looked at his eyes and read his expression clearly: Memories flooding in his eyes that Wemmbu himself couldn't quite grasp. Sorrow and guilt, Eggchan identified. Eggchan simply patted Wemmbu on the head. "We gotta find unclaimed lands, remember?" Eggchan reminded, taking the initiative to row the boat for Wemmbu, Wemmbu sat in the back of the boat, pondering. Eggchan took one last look at him before turning and focusing on finding the island. He began rowing once more, this time with a careful affinity. 

Eggchan peered over his chat console, seeing a message from JadenMAN.

Eggchan's face wings fluttered uneasily, his hands hovering over the console.

Eggchan looked back up and put the console away, rowing endlessly again.

Sea, sea, and more sea. 

He almost fell asleep rowing, till he noticed the waters change to a more mildew color. 

Wemmbu looked up from the boat floors, his tail flicking. Eggchan looked back, hearing it thump against the boat. Wemmbu lit up. "What if I trained you?" He sputtered, his eyes uneven with one half-closed and the other wide open. "What if you go to sleep, bro?" Eggchan corrected him with a snicker. Wemmbu grunted. "D'alright." He laid down on the boat in hesitance, not trusting it with his life. Eggchan's render distance started to load in far chunks and saw hints of green. Eggchan straightened. "Yo bro, are those empty lands?" Eggchan pointed with his wings. Wemmbu sat up and thunked his head on the wood, groaning but looking anyway. He blinked multiple times before focusing on it clearly. "Yo, wait a minute." Wemmbu wavered, narrowing his eyes and slumping closer to see it more clearly. He straightened once more and his wings unfurled in victory. "Yes it is! Holy moly." Wemmbu smiled. Eggchan opened his chat console. 

Eggchan sent all three messages instantly, looking back up as they were nearing the shore. Wemmbu unfurled his wings; his elytra giving them more wingspan. He flew over to the shore, wasting 2-3 fireworks, Eggchan noted. Eggchan wondered if they'd see mobs spawn here, finally.

Jaden was travelling with his trident to the coordinates, Yungy and Codmaster, however, were on boat.

It took a while for all of them to finally reunite.

Eggchan waved at Jaden, who was followed by Yungy and Codmaster.

"How was the ride?" Eggchan smiled, his wings furled nicely, resting on his eyes and cheeks. Jaden's face softened. "It was nice, we weren't followed, thankfully." He informed. Eggchan nodded, looking at Yungy and Codmaster. Yungy groaned. "Ours was just seas for houurs." He jeered and emphasized "hours" with an exaggerated tone. Codmaster, however, was neutral, as always. "I got to fish on the pit stops." Codmaster mused, his expression blank, but his eyes cheery. "That's good! We should get to building now, probably." Eggchan turned around, seeing now that the sun was setting. "Or not," Eggchan sighed. Yungy chuckled, "It's fine, let's just set up a dirt base temporarily," He suggested as he dug up some dirt. Codmaster nodded. "As long as we can make a dock tomorrow." He looked at Eggchan, who nodded quickly in approval. Eggchan looked over at Jaden, who was sitting with Wemmbu. Eggchan studied Wemmbu, pausing his stance and taking a minute to really read him. He was stiff, hunched over a stray log and sitting. He was in a fetal position, head in his hands. Headache, maybe. Eggchan walked over to them, sitting beside Jaden on the log. Jaden looked at Eggchan, and he brought up his console. 

Eggchan looked at him and simply nodded. Codmaster called Jaden over and Eggchan scooted over beside Wemmbu. "Bro, are you good?" Eggchan whispered, and Wemmbu just looked at him. "How long until someone finds us?" He whispered back, dejected. "They're gonna notice our absence." He snorted. Eggchan opened his eyes and ignored his third eye to see, looking at Wemmbu with the actual eyes he had. "We are in absent lands, I highly doubt they'll come looking millions of blocks away. We're closer to the farlands here." Eggchan stated, knowing he was right. Wemmbu nodded slowly. "I guess so." He muttered. Eggchan knew Wemmbu was probably gonna continue being down for a couple days. He wasn't taking this lightly, clearly. 

Eggchan swallowed. Wemmbu was probably still thinking about the training he suggested to Eggchan. Eggchan did want to be a powerful warrior like him, just not as widely known. He inhaled, closing his eyes as his wings unfurled. 

"You can train me," Eggchan mumbled to Wemmbu, who shot up as soon as he heard that. 

"Under a few conditions."