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They've been walking for a while now and his legs are starting to hurt. He hasn’t walked this long ever since he met the brothers.
The boy is holding his hands but still walking slightly in front of him. Not to be rude or anything but he’s really pale. He wonders if his guardian is actually doing a good job at taking care of him.
The night time isn’t that bad in the capital compared with the forest. He actually feels safe for once when it’s dark.
“Sooo what’s your name?” The boy asked.
“Wemmbu..”
“Wemmbu? Well my name is ᒷ⊣⊣ᓵ⍑ᔑリ!”
Hah
What the hell did he just say?
Wemmbu tilted his head slightly, confused at the boy's name. The angel noticed this.
“Oh that’s my name in the Aether realm. I’m not quite sure what my name in the overworld is.” The boy shrugged.
Wemmbu blinked. “ Don’t know?”
The boy shook his head, completely unbothered. “Nah.”
“How you don’t know?”
“Easy” he replied. “I forgot.”
Wemmbu looked even more confused. He’s really weird.
Wait..
“Your name Egg.”
“Egg?”
“Hm!”
“Why?” ‘Egg’ asked in confusion.
“Look like my cat!” Wemmbu exclaimed.
“Isn’t that a type of food though?”
“Don’t know” Wemmbu shrugged.
“Hrmm.. Okay!” Somehow and some why Egg agreed.
They continue walking for a while until they’re outside of this nice dining restaurant. There was a tall looking person looking towards them.
He looks to be a voidling. He has bright white eyes but somehow with no pupils. He wonders how the person can see. The person also has this shiny golden crown floating on his head and he’s wearing a really fancy suit.
“ᒷ⊣⊣ᓵ⍑ᔑリ there you are” the person said with a nice soothing voice.
“Minute my name Egg now!”
“Huh?”
“Wemmbu named me Egg. My overworld name is Egg!” Egg explained.
“Okayy..”
“Also, he lost his brothers near the pub!” The boy pulled Wemmbu closer towards Minute?
Who in their mind names their child after a unit of time?
“Really and who might this be?” Minute crouched down so he's eye level with Wemmbu.
The sudden movement made Wemmbu tense slightly, his ears flicking back as he looked between Minute and the taller boy beside him. He wasn’t used to strangers being this close, especially ones who didn’t immediately look at him with suspicion.
“Wemmbu…” he quietly answered, his voice barely above a whisper.
Minute could see the young boy's tail curl closer in on himself. His elf-like ear dropped slightly.
Dragon hybrid huh..
Minute noticed that Wemmbu’s fingers is covered entirely in black instead of his soft purple skin.
…
Minute tilted his head, studying the small hybrid in front of him. “Wemmbu, huh?” Minute repeated, a small smile forming. “Well I’m Minutetech but you can just call me Minute.” He introduced himself.
“Now what does your older brothers look like?” Minute asked.
“Uhm.. one lion hybrid with big blond cape and blindfold other tiger hybrid also with blindfold.”
“Hrm lion and tiger hybrids huh.. come with me you two let’s go find your brothers..”
The voidling held his arms out, Wemmbu looked up at the stranger with a quiet, uncertain expression. He didn’t know those two well, but the promise of finding his brothers was enough to make him reach out.
He really hopes that he’s making the right decision.
He’s lowkey cooked if the voidling is a kidnapper or some sort of supervillain. Like look at the way he’s dressed. Does that not scream supervillain? He also wonders if that’s where the older boy got his fashion sense from? If so then he really needs to find a new role model.
Mane has just met the kid almost 3 ago, so how the fuck did they lose him? Mane’s footsteps echoed loudly against the empty street as he ran back the way they came from.
“Plum!” He called out. His ears trying to catch any sound of tiny footsteps. But all he heard was the birds chirping in the night and the faint sounds of the pub.
The silence that followed felt unbearable.
Mane slowly turned in a circle, his eyes scanning the empty street. “Come out Plum, this isn’t funny!” Mane shouted frantically.
Still nothing.
Plum always stays close to them. He stayed close. Always with the brothers. Usually hiding behind them or holding onto their clothes whenever something felt unfamiliar. If he wasn’t holding onto their clothes then it’s always Mane holding him.
The thought of him being alone and hurt somewhere makes him want to vomit.
“Mane!”
Mane turned around and saw Flame running up to him, his breathing uneven.
“Did you find him?” Flame asked in a huff, trying to catch his breath after running non stop.
All Mane could do was shake his head.
“Don’t worry bro he couldn’t have gone far, let’s check back at the cafe, maybe he’s back there.” Flame tried to reassure Mane and maybe himself.
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“Plum, what do you have there kid?” Mane asked from the balcony of their tree house.
All Wemmbu did was lift his arms and hold out the giant salmon that he and Mane caught. The size of the salmon almost reaches Wemmbu’s height if not longer than him, since he was on his tip toes.
“Bro we caught a few cods and a huge ass salmon outside of its season bro!” Flame shouted towards Mane.
“Ouhh we eating good tonight!”
“Not if your fat ass doesn't finish it first!”
“Eh no I don’t”
Wemmbu tried to walk towards their house before he tripped on the salmon tail and landed face first on the dirt.
Flame, instead of helping him, started to laugh at him. Wemmbu lifted his face off the dirt and sat on the dirt, folding his leg beneath his thighs. Ew he can taste dirt on his tongue…
Flame finally decided to have some sympathy for him and picked him and helped him stand. “Eugh you smell like salmon kid, come let’s get you in a bath” Flame hurled the giant salmon over his shoulder.
“Mhm!” Wemmbu protested.
“Tought luck kid your ass is getting in a shower weather you like it or not”
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Minute was holding Wemmbu in a way that reminds him of how Mane holds him. But instead of the warmth that he has gotten used to, Minute is cold to the touch. Mixing with cold night, small chills are sent down his spine.
As they continued through the quiet streets, Minute held him a little closer, careful not to let the cold bother him too much. Wemmbu stayed quiet, trying to listen to the sounds around for any signs of his brothers.
“Minute I’m going to search in the outskirts of the capital!” The older boy said.
Before Minute could reply the boy had run off from
them and towards the alleyway.
“Haish this kid.” Minute shook his head.
“Guess it’s just us two huh Wemmbu” Minute adjusted his hold onto Wemmbu and continued further into the city.
Should he tell Minute he lives in a giant tree house in the middle of nowhere?
Hrm
Wemmbu tugged on Minutes' coat trying to get his attention.
“What is it bud?” Minute asked.
“Tree house.” Wemmbu stated.
“Tree house?” Minute question in confusion. Did Wemmbu really think he was gonna get it with ‘tree house’.
“Live in tree house.” Wemmbu tried again.
“Oh you and your brothers live in a tree house?”
Wemmbu nodded and let out a happy hum. Happy that Minute understood him.
“Aight lets go find Egg and we’ll find your tree house.”
Egg was at this really nice cafe with a lot of cats near the outskirts of the city. This place is honestly really nice, maybe he should ask Minute to come to this place.
Egg wasn’t really paying attention to his surroundings, he was just looking left and right for any signs of a lion or a tiger hybrid until he suddenly bumped into someone's back.
“Oh I’m sorry..” Egg looked up and saw the silhouette of a man. He saw a long tail and round ears on the man's head. He looks like he belongs in the big cat family.
“Oh no, it’s fine kid.” The man helped Egg stand up.
“Hey, have you seen a kid about 10 years old with purple hair and skin?” The man asked.
Purple hair and skin…?
“Oh, are you Wemmbu’s older brother!” Oh he’s glad that he’s finally found them.
“Wemmbu..?”
Maybe not.
“Yea..? Yk about this high, purple hair and skin, black sclera and yellow iris..?” Egg described Wemmbu with slight nervousness.
Maybe he got the wrong person.
But he’s a tiger hybrid though!
“THAT IS HIM!” The tiger hybrid exclaimed.
“MANE THIS KID KNOWS WHERE PLUM IS!” He shouted for his brother maybe?
In a blink of an eye, he could feel someone breathing heavily down his neck.
Uhmm
Shit
“Where is he..?” ‘Mane’ asked, more like stating.
Holy shit bro he’s scary
“Uhmm yea.. f-follow me!” Egg tried not to stutter so much.
Bro the lion has so much aura!
Minute and Wemmbu continued walking towards the exit. The soft street lamp illuminating behind them as they walk. He could hear faint rustling of trees outside of the capital walls as they got closer towards the exit.
Walking a bit further he could see the large arch of the capital’s main exit coming into view. It was guarded with a few guards near them. Though he could tell they weren’t really paying attention and is just slacking off.
“Let’s wait for Egg here,” Minute said, coming to a stop just before the exit.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small communicator thing, its screen faintly glowing in the dim corridor light. With a practiced motion, he lifted it slightly so Wemmbu could see. “I already contacted him where we are.”
Wemmbu leaned in a little, eyes filled with curiosity on what the device is. He has never seen this type of technology.
“This is a communicator, it’s so you can communicate with people easily.” Minute explained after seeing his confused expression.
“Wemmbu! Minute!”
Both of them turned around and saw Egg running towards them in a hurry. Behind him were two men after him.
“Egg!” Minute pulled out his sword while trying to shield Wemmbu away from the attackers.
“Minute wait! This is Mane and Flame, Wemmbu’s older brother!” Egg hurriedly explained before Minute could do anything towards the brothers.
Before Minute said anything, Wemmbu suddenly jumped out from his hold and ran towards his brothers.
“Mane!”
Wemmbu ran straight into his big brother's arms, crying hysterically.
“Cub, you're safe!” Mane sighed in relief, finally after hours of trying to find him.
Mane looked up wanting to thank the man for looking after his cub.
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The guardian of the End..?
Fah
“Minutetech I’m so sorry for causing you any trouble!” He apologised. But to be honest, he doesn't really care who he was.
“Ah no worries, Wemmbu is such a polite cub” Minute tried to reassure him.
“Is there anything we could do in return for keeping him safe?” Flame asked from behind Mane.
“Well.. there is something I need to talk to you about..”