#tiny!shroud

You said you lost it, was this it?

Treat Spiders the way you want to be treated. Killed without hesitation.

3D my gorgeous child. When you first sent your prompts, I was hyper fixating on jornos. But at 11pm we had an idea and brain said: WRITE IT! and speed wrote it. So I hope you like this extremely angsty fic because it is just angst on angst on angst :D

cw: death mentions (there's a lot but no one other than a mention bugs actually dying), fear, panic, anxiety, spider hybrids (arachnophobes I gotchu) death, a bit graphic with descriptions. In other words: I went hard with angst lol promise it has happy ending one shot words: 1204

Disclaimer! This story is based on the characters of the Dream SMP and not the real life content creators. Anything that occurs in this story is purely fiction and should be treated as such. Thank you.

I need soft. @oh-i-need-a-name here

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A group of five sat around a soft glowing fire. They didn't quite know where they were, tucked away under the dark dark trees overhead. It's not as though the two children seemed bothered, running in circles to try catching each other.

"So. Any clue where we are?" The shortest, a well short hybrid names Tubbo questioned his friend in blue. The friend is named Tommy, who seemed irritated with the paper in his hands. "None at all! This is fu-" The moth hybrid was quickly shut down by a much taller being, whose tails snap at the insects that flutter about.

"Tommy! There's kids around!" Their name is Ranboo. The two kids, Michael and Shroud, payed the adults little mind though. "Oh they've heard it before!" Tommy protested loudly, almost dropping the map he brought. The trio of adults weren't actually adults though, just three older teens doing their best to survive. Tommy has family, they just had... History. Tubbo used to have a dad. Ranboo had none at all, aside from a lady named Niki who was his adopted sister. The three were simply married for taxes and such to help get by.

Inevitably the boys became tired. Michael choosing to curl into Tubbo's fluffy coat to warm himself up. Shroud wiggled his way into the blue sweater of Tommy, pressing into his chest to rest. "We can try tommorow.." Ranboo whispered softly to his companions. Tommy only groaned, hugging around himself and his son to keep them both warm. Tubbo was quick to rest beside him, forming a cuddle pile which he promptly dragged Ranboo to sleep in as well. "Yeah, that means we ALL sleep big man. C'mon, lie down or something."

They fall asleep into their own comforting dreams, despite how cold the air around them were. The fire would soon go out and soon, they'd sleep in the darkness of the night only under a thin blanket.

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What they didn't realize were the soft eyes watching through the dark. Dark and lifeless, most would say. His skin cold and grey, tinited blue. Hands dark as night as they moved to hold a dull red beanie, keeping himself steady. Ghostbur was crouched low, looming over the small group he had been watching for hours.

Curiosity mostly led him here, holding his once full beanie. The five little hybrids that had gotten lost in his territory each had their own little smell, and Ghostbur wanted to know each. He also wanted to show his family.

Reaching down, Ghostbur selected the black and white being first. Careful of the long body, this one was lanky and thin. Ghostbur held the being close before sniffing. A mix of scents, not one particularly out there. But they felt so cold in Ghostbur's hand and he felt concern hit him over this being.

He didn't have anywhere to put the little guy but.. Ghostbur glanced at his beanie. It could fit.. Maybe them all?

Toying with the idea for a moment, Ghostbur decided to gingerly tuck away the first being in his beanie. Warm and comfortable, safe away from this horrid world. Ghostbur already had some grass in there, which worked well.

Glancing at the rest of them, Ghostbur started sniffing again. This time, the one in red and their.. Mini? A child? The elder smelled like flowers and.. Dirt. Simply put. The child smelled like daisys to be exact. Then, delicately as he could, Ghostbur deposited the duo into the beanie as well. Now the last two. The elder smelled like honey, but gun powder too. The smaller reminded Ghostbur of his elder twin.

Mer au.

I like them, I made one. But this time all the mers are deep sea fish cause they’re cool and more terrifying and I can have an excuse to draw body horror fish people.

Tommy was on a boat as a toddler and the boat crashed, knocking him out and leaving him badly injured. He was found by a young sea witch in training, Ranboo, who quickly managed to enchant a nearby shell to help Tommy breath underwater to save his life. Tommy wakes up with only blurry unrecognizable memories of his human family after a nasty hit to the head, but is now surrounded by three mers. Giant squid hybrid Bad (a more experienced sea witch and Ranboo’s teacher), lanternfish hybrid skeppy, and angler hybrid Ranboo, down at the depths of the ocean.

Bad explained to Tommy what happened and said that he was now in the depths of the ocean and that he’d added a few new spells to the seashell he’d been given to breath, mostly ones to make Tommy’s body more suitable for the pressure of the deep ocean, survive with the lack of average human food and sunlight, and understand and communicate in the mer’s language since none of them knew English, and had embedded the shell into a headpiece so Tommy couldn’t lose it, as taking it off would likely kill him.

Years later, Tommy still lives near the bottom of the ocean with Ranboo, along with his now best friend and Ranboo’s fiancé Tubbo, a barreleye hybrid, and their kids Micheal, a cuddlefish hybrid, and Shroud, an isopod hybrid (id specify who’s kid is who’s but you all already know). They also managed to convince Bad to drag a giant shipwreck a bit deeper down on the ocean floor, so now thats where they live. Tommy also convinced him to drag an extra submarine down and claimed that as his home cause he’s a big man and can live by himself, but he still mostly lives in the big shipwreck.

Things are all going pretty well until they start seeing signs that humans might know of them, seeing cameras only a bit higher than where they live. They know the humans can’t put cameras too low, since the pressure would crush them, but it’s still nerve wracking, especially for Tommy who still swims higher in the ocean for fun sometimes (against Bad’s wishes, but who cares, the bench trio moved out of his cave years ago). Meanwhile deep sea Ichthyologists (fancy word for deep sea fish studiers) twins Wilbur and Techno call up their father Phil, fully convinced after what they’ve seen on the cameras that their baby brother is alive after all this time.

And occasionally Tommy and Shroud!

Tubbo, barely awake: bud noooo...

Enderwalk: *Happy chirp noises, hold the husband*

YEEEESSSSA!!!!!!

He just very gently scoops up everyone he loves into his hands and walks around with them like they're a grass block 🥺

Is there a reason the villagers sacrificed Henry and Shroud specifically? Are they just extra mouths to feed that they want to get rid of, or is there a more sinister reason, like they're hybrids in a village that hates hybrids?

I've been contemplating weather they should be hybrids or not- but ye, sure they can be hybrids because hybrids are cool!!!

But they're not just hybrids- this town doesn't really have an orphanage or care about kids without parents, so if a kid is living on the streets instead of someone coming forward and adopting them- it's just much easier to sacrifice them instead. Yeah sometimes kids will be adopted off the streets, but it's more likely for hybrid to stay homeless, which causes them to constantly get used as sacrifices (usually the kids are okay with it- but only because they're too young to understand what's going on, there are a few hybrids that they try to make sacrifices that are older but they always fight and get away- which is why they stick to young kids)

So Henry and Shroud aren't the only hybrid kids that will be "sacrificed" in this au- Freind, Steve, Yogurt, and I haven't figured out who else will also be sent to the gods in this au