Warning: this chapter contains injuries, mild blood, and Death, you've been warn.
Just another day, waiting and watching the sun rise overhead with the breeze making the tall grass sway like the waves of the ocean not to far off to the east of here. Dream looked off into the distance seeing a ruin village not to far away, maybe there's some good loot or it could just be a disappointment like the last village as that place was barren of any goods. Keeping his eyes on the village to see if he could spot a potential blacksmith or something good from where he stood to only be shoved by one of his friends.
"George!" Dream yelled as he shot a glare at his friend to only see him laugh.
"What? I didn't do anything" George said with a laugh.
"You shoved me!" Dream said as he looked at George.
"No I didn't" George said even though he did, he didn't want to admit it though.
The two argued about one shoving the other while the other two friends showed behind them, Bad and Sapnap or Sap for short. Dream crossed his arms taking a glance at the ruin village not suspecting much to come from it even though this particular area was thriving with grass, hey at least some plant life was thriving through this harsh world but Dream cared for the safety of his friends and survival in this harsh environment. Avoid other groups of people due to the possibility of being killed by them or having a friend die becuase of the group, and not to mention the monster's here, God those where the worst.
"So another village?" Sapnap questioned seeing the village in the distance causing to get Dream to snap out of his thoughts.
"Apparently so, but I wouldn't get my hopes up since it could just be like the last one. Barren" Dream said as he tilted his head while looking at Sapnap.
"Well what are we waiting for you muffins, let's start making our way over there before some sneaky muffin takes the stuff." Bad said with his cheerful attitude as he propped both of his arms on Sapnap and Dream's shoulders since they where close.
With no rebuttal the four headed off to the ruin village, Dream lead the group as George and Sap kept watch of any incoming threats while Bad sung a goofy song narrating what the four did. Dream rolled his eyes as he listened but he had a bit of a smile on his face. The four drew closer to the village until George told them to get down and that what they did, hiding within the tall grass as voices could be heard in the village. Sapnap peeked up to see if he could catch any sight of where the voices where coming from but ducked back down so he wouldn't get spotted.
"See anybody?" George whispered as he looked at Sapnap.
"Not yet" Sap said under his breath seeming to be a bit on edge.
"What it we cause a distraction, like, uh, throwing a rock to lure them out." Bad piped in with a whisper already holding a rock in his hand.
The three looked at Dream to get his response on the idea, but he seemed to be distracted himself as he was looking at the ruin village to see someone or some people walking around. Bad was going to say something but Dream hushed the group as a figure peered out from one of the ruin houses in the village. Dream continued to watch the figure to see they wore robes of sorts, kinda like a generic cult outfit, Dream could also see that they had a bow with a few arrows tuck away in a quiver on their back, but they where holding a dagger in their left hand which was wrapped up in bandages. Sapnap now looked up seeing six people in this group as they wore the same robe like outfits. The four of them was outnumbered by the group of six in the village.
"No hope. Four vs six isn't the best idea." Sapnap said ducking back down into the grass.
"I guess we sneak on out of here?" George asked lower his head as adjusting the quiver on his back which held no arrows nor a bow.
"I...where's Dream?" Bad said as the three now looked up seeing that Dream was missing.
"Dream!" George barked but Sapnap and Bad grabbed him to quickly cover his mouth.
The group in the village looked up as they heard George yell out to someone, that person was someone they didn't know but after hearing this the six tried to regroup fast. One group member that was in a house gathering items quickly met their fate as sword entered their back and out their chest. The member looked to over to met with a half masked face that had a smile on it. Dream ripped the sword out kicking the body to the ground to peer out his friends waving them over before running off again. George, Sap, and Bad snuck over to where Dream was just mintues ago to loot whatever was on the body before going off to help Dream fight.
George now fully equipped with a bow and a few arrows he was quick to snipe a few members in the back as they tried regrouping while Sap pulled a member away taking the dagger he had and stabbing the robe wearing group member in the gut as he covered their mouth. Bad pointed out the group members to George but was shot at by a weak robe where member. Bad managed to dodge the arrow so did George but he got nicked by it. Dream caught up to remaining members and took care of them quick with a few slashes with his iron sword.
"You guys alright?" Dream asked as he came back over to his friends.
"Yeah we are, but one thing, can you not!" George said as he held his arm where the arrow had nicked him.
"Can I not do what" Dream said as he looked away with a guilty grin knowing what George meant.
"Run off with no warning, what if you got hurt, I mean..." George uncovered his arm as blood covered his hand and ran from the wound.
Dream noticed so did Sapnap and Bad. Bad quickly took off his backpack looking for bandages or medical supplies he kept while Sapnap came over to help him look. Dream came over to George and looked at him before examining the wound.
"When did this happen, George?" Dream said being careful not to touch the wound.
"Not to long ago, mintues ago to be exact, one of those robe wearing guys shot an arrow at Bad, he moved out of the way so did I but I got cut by it instead, hehe, what's my luck?" George said with a laugh before hissing in pain as Dream lightly touched the area of the wound.
"Sorry!" Dream apologized as he moved his hand away and taking his eyes off of George to look at the other two friends taking out medical supplies, some medical supplies to be exact.
George covered the wound again with his hand before told to sit down on one of the ruin walls so Bad could take care of the wound before it could get infected, Sapnap went to loot the corpses for any good they had on them while Dream monitored the area like a hawk. Dream patrolled the area only stopping by to check on Bad and George before moving on to check in with Sap.
"Find anything good?" Dream would ask Sapnap to only get a response of "no" or "yes" which Dream didn't mind, but the only thing that was on Dream's mind though was the wound George had gotten. Dream knew it was his fault, he could've just left with his group to find a different place to search, but it's been to long since they've gotten anything. Dream was considered to be very clever and stealthy with his attacks, you could consider him to a an assassin by this point. Dream learnt to be this way after the world became a harsh apocalyptic environment because it's either you kill and survive or be killed and lose everything. Dream walked away from Sapnap going around a ruined blacksmith as he leaned against the wall to clear his thoughts as he looked at the sky before dragging his fingers down his mask and over his lips as he bared his teeth as he got angry but the fact one of his friends got hurt.
"Metallic?" Dream soon questioned as he had a strange taste in his mouth, but his eyes widened as he pulled his hand away seeing fresh dry blood on them, George's blood to be exact from when he touched his wound. Dream spat out the blood trying to get rid of the taste of it as he wiped his hand off on his weathered down line green hoodie that was stained with blood, mud, and now his own friend's blood.
"Gross" Dream said to himself before heading back to where Bad and George was.
Once Dream arrived to where Bad and George was he saw that Bad was putting away the medical supplies while George sat in silence with his arm bandage up already with blood seeping through it. Sapnap soon show up with a bit more stuff that he gathered up off the bodies of the robe wearing fellows.
"So are we ready to head off to some place new?" Dream asked seeing George get up and Bad standing up adjusting the backpack.
"I guess so, don't wanna get ambushed." Sapnap said shifting his shoulders as a now heavy backpack full of loot was on them.
The group nodded before heading off to the north, Dream leading the way while the others followed. Bad kept an eye on the bandages around George's arm make sure they didn't become lose but he will have to change them out sooner or later, maybe one the group stopped somewhere safe. Sapnap scouted for the group keeping his eyes open for any threats, but night was coming very soon. With hours passing the sun began to set and the group made it into a forest like area with stone structures that could make for a perfect shelter for the night. Dream looked up watching the sky change through the leaves before stopping by a large stone structure that could provide shelter for the four of them.
"Let's stop for now and get some rest." Dream said turning back to look at the others seeing them nod in agreement.
"But first I gotta take care of things like this muffins injury." Bad said pointing at George's arms and bloody bandages.
George rolled his eyes before walking over to a fallen tree that was covered in moss so Bad could re-bandage the wound and that's what Bad got to doing. Sapnap and Dream got working on setting up a campsite like thing, Dream gathered some twigs that where in the area while Sapnap set up the rugged sleeping bags that where attached to his and Bad's backpacks. While Dream gather twigs and sticks for the fire he heard sound which made him look up but look down at its legs. It was a tall slender like figure with glowing purple eyes that stalked through the forest, it had sharp claws for hands and needle like digitigrade like legs. If Dream didn't look at the creature it would bother him and if he didn't attack the creature it wouldn't attack him so Dream minded his own business while the tall dark creature continued to walk around making noises as if where to be talking. Dream reach over to pick up another stick to only brush his fingers against the creature's leg. Dream instantly froze with fear as the creature moved its hand which brushed through Dream's messy hair not knowing if it knew he was there. Dream stared at the ground as the creature walked off which made Dream sigh with relief.
Not long Dream came back to the campsite dropping the twigs and sticks into a pile of dry leaves that Sapnap probably gathered. Sapnap looked up to see Dream before looking back down and working on lighting the fire so they could keep warm. George was already out so was Bad as they slept in their own weathered sleeping bags leaving two empty ones for either Dream or Sapnap to take.
"So what took you so long?" Sap asked keeping his voice low not to wake the others from thier rest.
"Run in with an enderman, nearly had a heart attack and died." Dream joked as he rubbed the back of his neck before taking a seat by the fire.
Sapnap looked at Dream somewhat surprised "really," he said now wanted to hear Dream's encounter with the enderman.
"Well I didn't look at it nor attack it since I would of been a dead man if I did, but what happen was that I went to go grab a stick to only touch the endermen's leg which made me freeze up in fear thinking it was going to attack me," Dream said before chuckling "but I got lucky, the enderman walked off not even realizing I was there next to it, funny enough it touched my head and still ignored me, I was right there!" Dream added as he leaned against the tree that was behind him.
"Oh wow" Sapnap said as he didn't have much to say but he did say something else, "So are you staying up to keep watch or I'm I?"
Dream pondered a bit on that question before speaking out "I can watch, you go and get some rest."
Sapnap nodded before getting up and walking over to the stone structure taking one of the weathered sleeping bags to rest in, now one empty one remained. Dream watched this before sighing and looking away into the forest where monsters and potential groups lurked. Dream kept himself awake even though he was extremely tired from the fight with the robe wearing group and the fear of the enderman touching him, Dream huffed before looking down at his hands having somewhat of a flashback when one of them was tipped with George's blood that he had tasted. Dream shook his head in disbelief and disgust as he looked up at the leaves into the night sky but he hit the back of his head on the tree which made him wince in pain. He grabbed the back of his head and glared into the forest making sure nobody heard him before glancing over at his friend making sure they didn't hear him which was a relief as all of them where out cold asleep.
A hour or so passed and the fire was dying down with Dream still wide awake keeping watch just incase it got out of control. Dream got up and put out the small fire with his shoe before looking up seeing a few endermen in the distance seeing them "talk" to each other with their weird little noises, he looked away not making eye contact with them or them making eye contact with him as he came over to the stone structure, shaking, before dropping to his knees and falling over onto the empty weathered sleeping bag as exhaustion had got the best him.