Stick to the Script

Chapter 16

One day Dream tells me that he is getting someone else to help see if they can fix me. Dream sits me in front of the window in a chair and leaves. When Dream returns I hear a familiar voice. 

"Y/n?", it calls out softly. I sit there patiently waiting for the guest to come beside me. I look to my side to see Philza. He grabs my hands, "are you doing ok?" 

Blink Blink 

Philza turns to Dream, unaware of our basic method of communication. "One blink is no- two is yes. We also have a quill and paper if you want her to spell something out", Dream explains. 

Philza turns to me. "I think the yes/no blink will suffice for now", he says with a smile. "So Dream has told me about the physical therapy you've been doing together, that is good, keep doing it ok?" 

Blink Blink 

"Good. I'm here to give you one of my special potions. I don't know if we can fix your condition, but that doesn't mean we aren't going to try". 

Blink Blink

Philza reaches into his bag and pulls out a few different potions. He slowly helps me drink them all. After I finish them, Philza stands up. "I'll be back tomorrow to see if it works, ok?" 

Blink Blink

"Bye y/n"

Bye Philza

Philza nods to Dream who walks him outside. Dream doesn't return until a little bit later. "Sorry for the wait- I had to take Philza back home. How are you feeling?", he asks, carefully kneeling beside me. I wink at him. He wheezes which makes me smile. When Dream stops laughing he focuses back on my face, he freezes for a moment, but then his smile grows even wider. "Y/n", he says slowly. I blink twice, confused by his demeanor. "You're smiling!", he exclaims. 

I immediately start grinning. I can feel my face! I try furrowing my eyebrows, scrunching my nose, and moving my mouth. Dream laughs with glee seeing me wiggle my face around. My face- I can feel my face! I look down at my body and try to will other parts of myself into motion. Nothing happens. Dream watches as my face falls.

"Don't be disappointed", he comforts me. "This is the most improvement we've seen yet and it's only been a few hours since the potion!". 

I smile, appreciating his comforting.

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Philza comes back every day to check on my progress. It's been a few weeks and I can finally start to move the major limbs of my body. Dream and Philza take turns helping me through a tedious physical therapy routine. 

When Philza is over, Dream never leaves us alone. As kind as Dream has been treating me, I wish I could speak to Philza alone to find out what had happened to L'manberg. One day I finally got that opportunity. 

"Dream, do you happen to have a bucket of water?", Philza asks. 

"I have some buckets, but let me go grab water really quickly. Be right back", he says as he walks out the door. 

Philza smiles at Dream as he leaves, but grows serious as he turns back to me. "Ok- we only have a few minutes before he returns. Are you ok?" 

I nod my head. 

"Listen, I know you and Dream have a bad history, but I can't take you back to Technoblade's place. I care for you- almost like a daughter- but you betrayed me and Technoblade. Also, I know you don't remember, but if you did, I doubt you would want to come back either". 

Wha-what? Philza doesn't want me? Why is he here, why is he even helping me then? My cheeks burn and I feel tears start to swell in my eyes but I blink them back, refusing to let Philza know much he had just hurt me. 

"I just wanted to tell you privately that everyone from L'manberg is ok. Yes, I helped to blow it up, but no one died in the battle". I nod silently, refusing to face him now.

Dream returns with the water. "Here, Phil, what did you need it for?"

"I'm going to try and do a trident-ender pearl traveling trick. I forgot to bring my own water bucket and the trick relies on one for the landing". 

Dream nods and hands Philza the bucket. Philza stands and heads to the door, but pauses to turn and address Dream. "With her current healing progress, she will be back to normal in a few days. However, she will probably retain permanent scarring". 

"What about her voice? She still hasn't spoken yet". 

"Well, the impact sight's positioning may have caused irreversible damage to her vocal cords; however, we initially thought her paralysis was irreversible so maybe with more time it will return too". 

"Thank you", Dream says with a nod. 

Philza takes one last glance back at me before leaving, and with him, he took my hope for being rescued.

[A/N]

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