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AYYYYYYE WE HIT 100K
HAPPY NEW YEAR:D

Sunday, December 27th

Wilbur woke up before Alice did.  She was pressed closer to him in her sleep with an arm laying over his shoulder. A few locks of hair fell over her face and he brushed them away lightly.

He dwelled in the moment for a while, just relaxing and listening to her rhythmic breaths. Eventually, he tried to find his phone without moving too much and checked his notifications.

Messages
Philza

Philza Minecraft
Good morning Wilbur

Wilbur my son
morning, what's up?

Philza Minecraft
Techno said Alice had to sleep at yours

Wilbur my son
indeed

Philza Minecraft
Was it okay?

Wilbur my son
it was really okay

Philza Minecraft
Do you want to tell me about it

Wilbur my son
yeah i really do

Philza Minecraft
You're welcome to m8

Wilbur my son
well we walked on the beach
and i showed her around Brighton
and i played the guitar for her
and then i taught her how to dance
because she never got to go to school dances
and she kept trying to treat it like physics i think
she was trying to analyze her feet
but then i got her to just relax
and she was actually really good
and then we watched tv
and we cuddled on the couch together
and we both kinda fell asleep here
and she's still sleeping on me
and she's amazing
i don't think i've ever been this happy
like continuously
i don't what it is about her

Philza Minecraft
Have you kissed?

Wilbur my son
no
what
i wasn't going to
i doubt she would want me to anyway
why would we have kissed
she's my best friend

Philza Minecraft
Your best friend that you don't fancy at all

Wilbur my son
no
i don't think so
i don't know

Philza Minecraft
Right, we're having a talk once Alice leaves

Wilbur my dumbass son
why
why do we need a talk

Philza Minecraft
Because you're blind

Wilbur my dumbass son
okay?

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Wilbur didn't get the chance to think about what Phil meant.  Alice shifted and let out a small sigh as she hid her face in the crook of his neck.   Wilbur's stomach felt like it was twisted in knots.

"Good morning," She hummed.

"Morning," He whispered and heard her lightly laugh.  "What're you laughing at?"

"Your voice," She was still talking quietly.  "Your morning voice sounds different in person."

"So does yours," He chuckled.  "Do you want breakfast?"

"Not yet."

"Do you have anything you have to do today?"  He started playing with her hair again.  "There's a big plot stream, right?"

"Noooo," She groaned.  "Do I have to?"

"You have a pretty important part, I don't think you should skip it," Wilbur told her. 

"But I just want to sleep," She sighed.

"You can't," He smiled slightly. "You've got to carry Techno with your acting." She just groaned again. His phone started ringing and he checked to see Tommy calling him.

"Who is it," She mumbled.

"It's Tommy," He replied and answered. "Hey, what's up."

Alice could barely hear what Tommy was saying from the phone.

"Seriously?!" Wilbur exclaimed, making Alice flinch slightly. He whispered a 'sorry.' "Yeah, I'm kind of busy but Ill check. Thanks man."

"What happened?" She sat up and stretched. His loud 'seriously' woke her up.

"I hit 3 million subs," He said proudly.

"Really?" She grinned. He nodded and sat up next to her. "That's awesome." She gave him a hug.

"Thank you, darling," He chuckled. "Can we have breakfast now?"

"I suppose," She sighed. "What're your thoughts on french toast?"

"Very good?"

"Will you make us french toast?" She asked sweetly.

"Are you going to help me?" He raised an eyebrow. She looked away and held back a smile.  "Alice..what's your middle name?"

"Estella," She answered.  "It's my grandmother's name." She added when he gave her a weird look. 
True story, L in the chat for my sister lmaooo

"Alright..well Alice Estella Van..you still haven't told me your last name!  Alice, I'm trying to lecture you and I can't even use your full name," He laughed. 

"It's Vancouver," She chuckled.  "Now go ahead with your lecture."

"Alright, alright.  Alice Estella Vancouver, you're helping me make breakfast like a good house guest," He stood up and pulled her to her feet.

"Fine, but you can't get mad if I mess something up."

"I'd never get mad at you," He promised.  "Just highly annoyed maybe."

"You're such an.." She trailed off.  She didn't want him making the ass joke again like when they were on the beach.

"What am I?" He baited with a grin.

"A bitch," She enunciated the b.  "A bitch boy."

"Sorry, who's making you french toast again?" He gave her a look.

"A pretty boy, you're such a pretty boy and I'm so grateful that you're making me a wonderful breakfast," She said sarcastically, making him laugh.

"Just get in the kitchen already," He sighed.

•

"Can you grab coffee cups for us," Wilbur asked her as he set their plates.  "It's the cabinet to your right."

"Yep," She opened the said cabinet and pursed her lips.  "Wilbur."

"Yes?"

"Who puts coffee cups on the top shelf?" She stared at the cups.  They were on the highest shelf, pushed all the way to the back.  She might've been tall but she wasn't that tall.  Wilbur let out a laugh behind her.

"It was a joke for my flatmates, one of them can't reach the top shelf so we do it to annoy him," He explained.

"And you expect me to get them?" She asked.  She stood on her toes and her fingers could've touched the cups if they weren't pushed so far back.

Wilbur appeared behind her and pulled two down for them.  "Sorry love, I forgot about it."

"I feel bad for your flatmate," She turned and leaned against the counter, facing him. 

"You're supposed to be on my side!" He said, faking offense.

"It's not my fault you're bullying short people!"

"He deserves it! He never does dishes or laundry or-"

"Excuses, excuses," She waved her hand. Wilbur placed his hands against the counter on either side of her.

"You wanna know something?"

"What."

"You're terribly sarcastically in the mornings."

"You're terribly sarcastic in the mornings," She mocked his accent. "You're sarcastic all the time, I don't see an issue here."

"You're ridiculous," He laughed and stepped away from her.

"You still love me though," She smirked.

"I do," He smiled.

•
Alice was getting ready to join Techno. She was back at Sean's house after the roads were deemed safe. She and Wilbur had a long and melancholy goodbye. She just wanted to stay in Brighton forever. Wilbur felt the same way.

She joined the server and texted Techno to add her to his call.  He never joined vc's until it was necessary.

"Hello," He said as if they weren't just speaking before he went live.

"Hi," She ran around their house.  "Is Tommy not here yet?"

"He needs a few minutes to set up," Her friend answered.  "Can you make us potions?"

"Do I get paid?"

"No."

"Damn," She sighed.  "You'd pay Philza."

"In friendship."

"So I don't get paid in friendship?" She stood behind his player.

"You live with me, what more friendship do you need?" He turned to stare at her.  She didn't have a comeback for that one.

"You have a point," She nodded.  "Why can't you make the potions."

"I'm making Tommy's Christmas present."

"I already gave Tommy a present," She told him. 

"What'd you get him," Techno knew she wanted to tell him, so he played along.

"Wilbur FaceTimed him and I let him see my face, he said I looked stupid for an American," She chuckled.

"Does he really deserve a Christmas present from me?" Techno wondered.  "Doesn't seem very nice to insult you after you so generously revealed your identity."

"Exactly!" She exclaimed.  "You give the kid what he wants and he acts like a brat!"

"You've completely ruined my chat," Techno sighed.  "They're all spamming that you met Wilbur."

"Maybe I didn't, Wilbur could've just shown him a picture of me," She said.

"That is true," He agreed.

"I guess they'll never know for sure," She shrugged.

"Did Alice canonically meet Wilbur? We'll never know," He said making Alice laugh.

"Oh finally," Alice muttered as Tommy joined the game. 

"Our plot stream can start now," Techno chuckled.  "He's messaging me to join vc 2, let's go."

"Alrighty," She switched to the vc with him.

"Hello," Techno greeted the boy.

"Technoblade!  Alice!  I've got a problem, a pretty big problem," Tommy said urgently.  "I don't know how I got here, but I woke up in L'manberg."

"Oh my god," Techno sighed.  "This is bad."

"I see Tubbo, right there," He told them.

"Calm down Tommy, just stay hidden and get here stealthily," Alice advised him.

"I have no armor," Tommy said.

"Why don't you have armor?!" Techno yelled.

"Because I am charitable!" Tommy yelled back.

"Charit..Did you give away your armor?!" Techno questioned.

"IT WAS A ROUGH NIGHT!" Tommy exclaimed.

"Tommy, we gave you that armor!" Alice said, annoyed.

"I didn't lose it!  It broke.."

"Tommy, we have mending," Techno deadpanned.

"Like an excessive amount of mending," Alice agreed.

"Okay, okay. I'm coming back."

"Where are you right now?" Techno asked him.

"I'm running to the portal, how are you, my friends?"

"I'm doing pretty good."

"Yeah, I'm great," Alice chuckled.

"I reckon we're best friends," Tommy stated.

"I, uh wouldn't go that far," Techno said.

"Yeahhh, Techno and I already each other's best friend y'know," Alice broke it to him. 

Technoblade and Tommy started bickering so Alice zoned out of the conversation.  It lasted quite a while before they stopped. Then they moved onto the Christmas gift, which was the turtle shell helmet and music disc. Alice could barely keep in her laughter as Techno and Tommy did their rapping thing.

Eventually, they got around to beginning their plans. They would be building a tunnel to their hound army since invis potions were literal shit.

The three went through the nether portal and were met with Ranboo. Tommy let out a yell and started stabbing him.

"It's fine! It's just Ranboo!" She tried to tell him.

"We've been seen!" Tommy shouted.

"It's fine! We dive under and we'll be fine!" Techno said and led the two under the community house, and into the sewers.

"It's like mission impossible but it's very possible!" Tommy exclaimed.

"It's mission possible!" Techno agreed.

"It's mission very realistic!" Tommy continued.

"Through the tunnels," Techno sprinted with the two behind him.

They used the water elevator to enter Tommy's base where Connor was standing. After a few seconds of mayhem at the fact that they'd been spotted, Connor joined their vc.

"What're you doing in my home?" He asked as he joined.

"This is MY home, Connor," Tommy objected.

"Well, you moved out."

"Is this actually Tommy's house?" Techno looked around.

"Yeah, it's got the messed up floors and everything," Alice chuckled

"I didn't move out, I got evicted! And my floors aren't messed up," Tommy shouted.

"Well it means there's no owner and now I'm the owner," Connor showed them the sign outside stating Connor's house.

"He's got a point," Alice said quietly.

"Let's meet inside, I don't wanna be seen," Techno closed the doors and Tommy blocked it off with cobblestone. Alice looked through the chests and found nothing but junk.

"So how're you guys doin, everything okay?" Connor asked. "Alice, haven't met you yet, nice to meet you."

"You too," She nodded.

"Connor, this is a bit of a problem," Techno said.

"This is my home, Connor," Tommy starting inching closer to him.

"More importantly, you've seen us in L'manberg," Techno did the same.

"Do you happen to have any lunch money, Connor," Tommy threatened.

"How valuable would you say your life is?" Alice joined.

"See, this is kinda a problem that you've seen us," Techno said again.

"I'm so upset, Technoblade, he took my house!" Tommy exclaimed.

"We can get it back, Tommy," Alice assured him.

"Connor, would you give it back if I got un-exiled?" Tommy asked him.

"Wait..you're exiled?"

"He didn't know!" Techno realized. "Get in the box, Connor!" Techno pushed him back and started enclosing him in stone.

"Oh my god.." Connor's voice started raising. "OH MY GOD!"

"Tommy, Alice, we need to have a meeting!" Techno said urgently.

"OH MY GOD!"

"Connor, Connor, just breathe but not all the air at once or you'll suffocate," Tommy instructed him, making Alice laugh.

"What're we going to do about this?" Techno huddled them together.

"Well, he stole my home and this is very upsetting for me, I think I need to have a good cry," Tommy said.

"Tommy, this is a loose end and we can't have any loose ends," Techno said to him. 

"I don't know what to do with him," Tommy scoffed.

"He's seen us, I think we have to take him with us.  Kidnap him," Her friend suggested.

"What would Dream think?" Tommy questioned.

"Who cares what Dream thinks," Alice responded.

"Well Dream's my good friend!"

"Tommy, remember what he did to you.  He's not your friend," She said to him.  "Let's kidnap this guy, get Techno's weapons back, and retrieve your discs."

"Yeah..yeah let's take this motherfucker hostage!" Tommy exclaimed.

"I don't agree with this," Connor objected when they opened the stone box.

"It's unfortunate you think you have any say in this," Alice replied.

"I don't want to die," He cried.  "I don't want to die!"

"Connor, you're not going to die and if you die, you're going to heaven but if you don't do this, you'll go to hell.  Alright?" Tommy told him.

"You guys are gonna go to hell for kidnapping me," He pointed out.

"That's assuming I die and Technoblade never dies," Her friend laughed.

"Okay, let's go, let's go," Tommy turned and starting walking out and down the path to L'manberg.

"Can..Can I just run away?" Connor wondered.

"If you like being hunted for sport, then be my guest," Alice looked back at him.

"Oh.."

"Blame it on Tubbo.  He's the reason we're here."

•

It took a while for the whole process to be set up. Turns out Connor had no value to L'manberg but they made it work somehow and got a meeting with Tubbo.  He was shocked to see Tommy alive and the two argued about the exile.

"And you're with Technoblade?"  Tubbo asked.

"Well yeah, yeah I am.  You exiled me, Tubbo.  You left me absolutely no choice," Tommy told him.

"Yeah it's kinda what you deserve," Techno added.

"Actually, you know.  He's okay," Tommy decided.

"No, no he's not okay," Techno argued.

"I was talking about you," Tommy interrupted.  "You and Alice."

"Alice.." Tubbo looked at her. 

"What'd you expect, Tubbo."

"I didn't think..I didn't think you'd hold someone hostage," He chuckled nervously.

"It's your fault in the end.  You hunted Techno, you tried to execute him, you took his items.  You're the reason we're here, can't blame me for using the ball when it's in my court," She said nonchalantly.

"Now let's talk weapons," Techno said before Tubbo could respond.

•

"Alright, we've got what we came for," Techno said after Connor left and the Rocket Launcher and Pickaxe was handed over. 

"Let's go, Tommy," Alice said. 

"Okay."

"Wait," Tubbo stopped them.  Tommy turned quickly as if he was hoping Tubbo would speak to him.  "Can I..Alice, can we talk for a minute.  Like privately?"

"You're not even...fine," Tommy huffed and walked past Techno, back towards his house. 

"Tommy, I didn't-"

"You're good?" Techno cut him off, asking Alice. 

"Yep, I'll let you know if I need assistance but uh..he's not wearing armor."

"Truuuue, we'll wait at Tommy's house," Techno said before she and Tubbo switched vc's.

"What's up," She asked calmly.

"Is he okay? Tommy, I mean," Tubbo said.

"He's fine. He's changed, I'd say. Dream fucked with his head, I think. Losing his friends and home fucked with his head," She told him.

"I made a mistake, didn't I.."

Alice didn't respond for a moment.

"I only realized this the other day but do you remember what Schlatt ordered you to do when Tommy was first exiled?" She asked him.

"Yeah, he wanted me to kill him."

"His words were 'find him and show him the door.' You ended up following his orders in the end, huh?"

"I didn't... it wasn't meant like that.."

"I'm truly sorry Tubbo, but it's consequences you have to deal with now. I was told that L'manberg's choice always fell between independence or death. You chose Dream."

"I wasn't given a choice! We got independence..we did."

"The worst part is, it's not your fault. None of this is your fault. It's the corruption of unstable power," She told him.

"This isn't about power! I don't..I didn't want power, I just wanted peace..." He said weakly.

"You had big dreams but you forgot your values along the way. Like I said before, you can't know your enemy until you know yourself. You have no idea who you are. Your morals are twisted."

"What am I meant to do.."

"Figure out what's most important to you. Find what gives you courage, support. Distorted minds have been the downfall of so many great leaders. I can only hope you won't take their paths," She advised. Wilbur, Schlatt, Dream...they all used to be good people but power changed good people.

"Alice.."

"You've been given a lot of paths to choose from so tread carefully. I know where my loyalty lies. I've found what matters to me most and I suggest you do the same. Good luck," She said before leaving and joining Techno and Tommy.

"Hello," Techno welcomed her back.

"Hi, I'm on my way over."

"What'd Tubbo want to talk about?" Tommy asked.

"I'm not sure honestly. I think he might've wanted some advice," She sighed and ran towards them.

"He was my best friend," Tommy said dully as she met with them. The trio headed towards the portal.

"I know," She nodded. "It's difficult."

"Yeah, it is."

They stayed quiet as they got closer to the portal. The two boys stopped at the top of the blackstone stairs. Alice did the same when she saw what was in front of them.

"Shields up," Tommy spoke first. Dream stood menacingly, blocking the portal.

"Always one step ahead," Alice muttered under her breath.

"This is pretty awkward Tommy," Techno chuckled.

"YES I KNOW THIS IS AWKWARD!" Tommy yelled.  He and Techno splashed a plethora of potions on them before Dream joined their vc.

"Hi Dream," Tommy said quickly.

"Hello," The man said calmly.  He held a strength potion in his hand.  "How's it going?"

"It's going pretty good," Techno chuckled.

"If I remember correctly, you're not supposed to be here Tommy," Dream said.

"Don't be scared, Tommy," Techno whispered.  "He ain't got no house, he doesn't have a home."

"Is he a homeless man?" Tommy wondered.

"Yes."

"I'm not," Dream sounded annoyed.

"Oh I hate homeless people," Tommy looked at him.

"That's a lot to process, Tommy, I'll be honest," Techno whispered back, making Tommy laugh.

"Moving on," Alice gave them the hint to shut the fuck up.

"I have one of your discs, Tommy," Dream told them.

"What?"

"I have a disc.  I got it from Skeppy," Alice could tell he was confident.

"No, you don't."

"Yeah. I do."

"Well are you gonna show it?" Techno questioned.

"N..no, I don't have it on me!" Dream broke character for a moment.  "But I do have it."

"Seriously? No fucking bullshitting?"

"I do.  I have one of your discs."

"Tubbo has the other," Tommy whispered to them.  Techno's player looked at Alice.  They both knew that was false.

"You just need two discs?" Techno asked.

"Yes, mellohi and cat.  Once I have those, basically every conflict on the server ends because they're literally the start of it all, cause I'm mister problem like you said," Tommy explained briefly.  "God, I'm so self aware."

Again, Alice knew that was wrong.  He was making excuses for wanting the discs.  He wanted to make it seem like his goal had some justification.  It didn't matter if he had the discs or not, conflict would always rise.

"You screwed me over Dream," Tommy said.

"I did nothing," Dream said, amused.  Alice bit her tongue.  He did everything, he was the reason that the discs caused any problem in the first place.

"You manipulated me," Tommy took a step forward.  Alice and Techno followed.

"Tommy, I was the only person who visited you.  I was your only friend."

"And you were terrible!"

"Look at what you did!  You betrayed me, you came back here, you left.  And now you're here, causing problems.  I even heard you had a hostage!"

"Yeah, we did.  To get back my discs.  To end all of this," Tommy stated.  "And you know what, you're the only person who visited me because you know I'm the only person who goes against you.  You know what Dream, I think you're scared of me."

Technoblade let out a small ooooh.

"I think that's what it was about. Containing me."

"Alright, listen you're going to come with me.  Or I'm burning your disc," Dream threatened and Tommy went silent.  Alice and Techno stepped forward in front of Tommy.

"See that's a bit of a problem, Dream.  This guy's with us," Her friend said.

"Hmm.  Are you sure about that," Dream took a step back.

"I'm very sure.  This is a business partner, we're working for mutual benefits.  So I can't have you taking away our partner before we complete our objects.  Before I get my revenge," Techno said to him. 

"Hm."

"Unless, of course.  You want to call in that favor," Techno challenged.  It sounded like an offer, Alice knew it wasn't.  If Dream wanted Tommy, he'd have to use his only leverage over Techno to get him back.  They all knew Dream wouldn't do that.

"I have something in mind for that later, so I'll keep it as long as you're sure," Dream decided.  "Y'know, you haven't said much Alice."

"Is there something you'd like me to say?" She asked.

"Teaming with Tommy won't get you what you want," Dream told her.

"Because you know exactly what I want," She chuckled.

"I do.  You want chaos."

"What're you trying to say," She smiled slightly.  She knew what he wanted.

"Don't side with Tommy.  Side with me," He offered.  "You'd get chaos with no consequences."

"Join you?" She laughed.  "You think I'd ever want to side with you?

" I do.  We're alike.  We like playing the game of chess, outsmarting our opponents.  We both have similar goals."

"Sure, but there are two major differences between us," She said.

"What would those be?"

"You envision your victory.  You think you know what everyone's next move is.  You're confident you'll win.  You play to win," She paused.  "I play to learn.  I watch how they respond to my moves.  I wait for the unsuspecting play.  I don't have a victory set in my mind, I play in the present."

"That's-"

"And two, I have people I can trust.  You have no one."

"You're wrong-"

"I'm not.  You push away every single possible entity that could be used against you.  You're alone," She cut him off again.

"Yeah, well.  I haven't lost yet so doesn't matter."

"You're smart I'll give you that, but you're an idiot for thinking I'd ever team with you.  You need to be taken down a peg," She told him.  "You think you control everyone and I'll tell you this now. You will never control me.  You will never hold anything over my head.  You will never predict me."

"I thought you liked chaos," He said, trying to figure her out.  It wasn't what he was expecting and she could tell.

"I do.  But what fun is it to watch mayhem by yourself.  You haven't got anyone to laugh with, that's a loss in itself," She said.

"Hm," He didn't have anything to say.  "Well, you're wrong.  But it seems Tommy gets to live another day."  Dream inched around them.

"Yeah, go back to your cardboard box.  I think it's gonna rain soon," Techno teased him.

"I HAVE A HOUSE!"
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WOWEEE THIS WAS A LATE UPDATE.