"You ready, Grian?" Phil asked, watching the shorter avian stuff more fireworks into his pouch.

"Not really." Grian confessed. Phil could see him twitching his feathers, a sign of nervousness. "The crossbow's a little confusing."

Phil had been surprised to find out that Grian didn't actually carry a bow on him at all times. In fact, he didn't even have a go-to bow, when he had three different pickaxes. False and Tommy had given Grian an emergency crossbow lesson, but Phil knew that Grian still hasn't gotten the hang of it yet.

"It's alright, Grine." Tubbo reassured. "You've got this."

After some discussion, the Queen's Entourage had decided it was time to go on the offense. Their base was finished. They had a good strategy planned. So why wait, Tommy had argued. Why wait for them to slaughter us? We should attack now, when they're not prepared.

Wilbur told them that Dream was planning to send a scouting patrol on April 1st. When asked how he knew, Wilbur refused to tell anyone. "It's for our own safety." He had explained, so Phil didn't bother to ask any further. But using that information, they had prepared. And today was April 1st. Unfortunately, it wasn't raining, which meant that only the two avians could fight. "It'll be plenty." Tommy said, but Phil wasn't that sure.

"Right." Grian mumbled, his hand white as he gripped the stone table. Currently, they were up in the control center, where the others would be watching as they fought.

Xisuma popped out of the bubble elevator. He adjusted his helmet as he walked towards the already-gathered crowd. "Here." Xisuma said as he reached the table. He held six light lavender, almost pinkish potions. "Invisibility potions. They'll each last ten minutes." Xisuma handed three to Grian and three to Phil. "Drink them when we see Dream." He instructed. "We want them to last as long as possible."

Phil took his potions, hiding two within his bag while holding the third, prepared to chug it on notice. Grian did the same as they stared out the window. They were relying on George, who should be immune to Bad's shadow walking, to spot Dream's scouting mission. Mumbo said he set up some fancy technology as well, to detect Sapnap.

"Anything?" Tommy asked George.

George blinked, rubbing his eyes. "I don't think so." He murmured. "They might have just sent Sapnap."

"That's a possibility." False said calmly. Just taking a look at her and Phil knew she was an experienced fighter. Always calm in the most dangerous situations. Techno was exactly the same. Phil remembered with a ping of remembrance. "Mumbo?" She turned to the redstoner.

Mumbo was twirling his mustache. "I think I'm catching a signal?" He said, but it was almost like a question. "Wait. I'm getting something."

The whole room was silent as Mumbo leaned towards a little screen. Phil held his breath as Mumbo started chewing his mustache unconsciously. "South, just past the half-way line." He declared. "Coming in from the side, I believe." Mumbo said.

"Alright, Dadza, Big G, it's your turn." Tommy said.

"Remember, I'll be here as your backup." Tubbo reminded them. Even though he wasn't the best at fighting, Xisuma had decided that if the enemy got too close, lingering potions of poison would scatter on the floor. Since Tubbo and him were immune to poison, they could fight when Dream and his people couldn't. And Xisuma would be directly linked up to Mumbo, who would tell him where an invisible enemy was if they did get too close.

"And I'll be here to sing some invisible enemies to sleep." Wilbur smirked.

"Coming closer now." Mumbo warned.

"Ok." Phil said. "Grian?" He turned to see a floating Grian head.

Phil would never get that picture out of his head.

Instead, he looked away and chugged the potion of invisibility. It tasted like cold, spicy water, with a hint of strong lavender. Phil watched in wonder as he slowly disappeared, but didn't dare to look at Grian again.

"Let's go." Grian said after he disappeared completely, allowing Phil to look back without getting scarred again. "Mumbo?"

The redstoner pressed a button on the mossy control panel. With a quiet screet, the skylight slid open, creating a space allowing the avians to fly out of.

Phil snapped open his wings and jumped up, rising through the hole in the roof. The quiet flapping of wings told him that Grian wasn't far behind.

Phil strung his crossbow with a firework as he enjoyed the taste of the fresh air on his face. It had been so long since he'd flown like this. A feather brushed his, and Phil knew it was Grian as they circled around each other, occasionally touching wings to make sure the other person was still there. "Where should we go?" Phil asked quietly, hoping Grian could hear.

"Mumbo said south?" Grian replied quickly. "We could try."

"I wish Mumbo had linked us up too." Phil told Grian as they headed to the southern side of the border, presumably where Sapnap or Bad was.

"It would have been helpful." Grian agreed. Phil stopped as he reached the southernmost edge of the border, gesturing with his wings for the other avian to stop too. "Anything?" Grian asked.

"Let's head a little back into our own territory." Phil suggested. "Mumbo said they were coming near."

As the two avians circled back, following the south border, Phil spotted someone. "Look." He gasped to Grian.

"It's X." Grian murmured back. "What's he doing?"

Phil squinted at the gray, blobbing helmet. Xisuma's bee suit was barely visible in the tall grass, but his helmet was clear, especially from above. As he watched, the hermit waved to the two avians and pointed to a certain direction on his left, which was Phil's right. "I think he's pointing to something." Phil whispered. He followed Xisuma's point and saw patches of long grass which was flattened.

He and Grian came to the same conclusion. "I think it's our dear invisible friend." Grian said.

Phil and Grian simultaneously loaded their crossbows. "You aim for right, I'll go left?" Phil asked, bringing the weapon to head level.

"Works for me." Grian replied. "On three. One, two," Phil held his breath and aimed. "Three." Phil released the firework at the same time Grian released his, sending two deadly artillery to whoever was invisible.

A bang was heard as black and blue fireworks exploded, sending sparks up into the sky. A cry rang through the grass as Badboyhalo appeared from the shadows. Phil quickly loaded a second firework, firing it at the demon hybrid. Bad jumped away, but Grian was ready, attacking with a firework of his own. Bad pulled out his own bow and fired shots wildly, not knowing where Grian and Phil was. He came close, but the two avians dodged out of the way.

Bad ducked at Grian and Phil continued to fire the deadly, exploding arrows down on him. Phil saw him touch his hand to his ear. "Requesting for backup!" Phil heard him shout.

"Let's back off." Grian said. "Regroup and fly to a higher level. We can't risk being injured."

Phil thought that he could take Bad out before any backup came, but remembering that Dream's power was speed, he agreed. "Where should we go?" He asked over the whipping wind that was slowly picking up.

"Middle ground?" Grian suggested.

"Sure, we'll be able to attack them." Phil said. The two of them rose, flying at a 45 degree angle until they reached the border. Phil heard the drawstrings of Grian's crossbow as he loaded a firework. Phil copied the move as he spotted Dream slipping out of his own base, Techno following. "Let's just spam them." Phil said.

"Sure." Grian said. Phil started to spam fireworks at the ground, aiming for where Dream and Techno were. The heavy breathing from his right told Phil that Grian was doing the same thing. "Look out!" Grian suddenly cried as he rammed into Phil, knocking him sideways as a firework exploded where he was the moment before.

"Thanks, I owe you one." Phil breathed, his wings and heart beating quickly.

"No problem." Grian replied. "We better watch out though." He muttered darkly.

Phil saw Dream holding his own crossbow, scanning the sky. He pointed the weapon dangerously close to where Grian and Phil were, and the latter beckoned for Grian to follow as they whirled around to a safer spot. "We'll need to move everytime we fire." Phil whispered.

There was silence, and then Grian spoke. "I just nodded, but I realized you can't see." He laughed quietly. "Ok, got it."

Phil and Grian agreed silently to circle around the Eaglestars, firing fireworks and changing the pattern every three circles. Eventually, they split up, as to confuse Dream a bit more.

The Eaglestar members fired fireworks of their own back, missing most of the time. Dream, Techno, Bad, and Sapnap were the ones fighting, and Sapnap probably got the most hits, simply because he was invisible to the two avians.

"Should we head back?" Grian asked as he flew past Philza. His red shirt whipping in the wind.

Phil froze. His red shirt. As the older avian watched, Grian's gray pants came into view as well. With a shock, Phil realized what was happening. Our invisibility potions. He thought, panicked. They're wearing off.

Out of his peripheral vision, Phil saw Dream pulling back his crossbow to fire. "No!" Phil cried, jumping towards Grian. He reached the younger avian and opened his wings in a protective stance as fireworks exploded behind him. A piercing pain shot through Phil's wings at multiple different places.

Phil's vision flashed white as a second firework exploded, sparks initiating the sensation of burning. The last thing Phil registered was the blistering pain on his wings and the concerned look in Grian's black eyes before the blackness engulfed Phil's vision as he blacked out.

Tommy tore the binoculars from Tubbo's hand. "What's happening?" He asked, pressing the device to his eyes. Tommy saw Grian's red shirt flying in the sky, then his eyes widened as Grian's gray pants appeared as well. "The invis potions are wearing off!" He shouted.

"Tubbo, get ready." Tommy heard False murmur to his friend.

Tommy saw Dream aim towards Grian. "No, Big G!" He cried.

"Dream's aiming towards Grian." Mumbo, who had the other pair of binoculars, informed the others.

Everything turned slow mode. Tommy's eyes widened against the frame of the binoculars as he saw a green cape flying towards Grian. Phil! He thought in wonder. Could he knock Grian away?

But Phil only hovered protectively over Grian's lithe form as a firework exploded behind him.

The binoculars slipped from Tommy's hand as he turned and ran into the bubble elevator. A second bang told him that Phil was getting hit again, and footsteps behind him told him that Tubbo was not far behind. Tommy stumbled out the bubble elevator at ground level and grabbed a sword from a nearby armor stand, sprinting out the door. Tommy blinked at the strong sunlight, still rushing forwards, but an invisible sword clashed against his own. Sapnap. Tommy cursed.

Tommy saw a single figure in the air, trying to hold the other avian in the air. As he ducked under Sapnap's slash, Tommy desperately hoped that it would rain.

"You're welcome, Tommy." River murmured as she closed her laptop.

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A/N: and our dear River appears again! predictions on her role?

one more thing, this week we did archery in PE. i slapped myself on the arm with the bow string several times, and it's gonna bruise, but it was really fun. my fingers are also basically dead (they hurt when i rub them lol) but it was so FUN

i loved archery. we have one final class today of it. my best score (so far) is 37. furlona is actually a natural at archery. me... not so much. i need more practice lol

so yeah that was my week in a nutshell. what about yours? and how was your day/week?

ANNNNNNNND I FORGOT TO MENTION SOMETHING ELSE

so i dunno if you guys know, but on my most recent post (or the one about hitting 2k, for those of you in the future), furlona called me ms boo (cause i'm the ranboo of my friend group lol). yes, it kinda sounds like i am married to ranboo, until portia_wang_ pointed out that i would be called mrs boo if that was the case (thx my friend). 

but anyways, me and furlona started talking abt how i would be ms boo, and we started brainstorming how i would be related to ranboo. and now, about 10 hours later (this draft was written on the night of thursday), i am Venboo, the headcanon sister of ranboo...

*sigh

how did we get here?

ok, yeah. so i am headcanonally ranboo's sister. and since we couldn't give up the opportunity of turning our entire friend group into the dream smp member's siblings, i present to you, the cast of the Drista SMP...

Starring:

furlona as Drista
portia_wang_ as Pearla (Parla) Jacobs
xiakexing2 as Nixi Nihaxia
taosandy as Sandyhalos
Sunshinekate2020 as SunshineKate_
Jasmeet76 as Jappy
My other friend who doesn't have a wattpad account as Chlonap
purple1i as Emerald Gamers

and of course, yours truly, Echo-Of-The-Past as Venboo

so yeah. that is the Drista SMP, a headcanon smp where the headcanon siblings of the Dream SMP members can do their own chaos

me and furlona might be writing a story for that, but we both have our own projects to work on. doubled powers will still be my priority.

try to guess who is who on the Drista SMP. some will be easier than others

good luck and cya on monday ;)

(disclaimer: WE ARE NOT THE ACTUAL SIBLINGS OF DREAM SMP MEMBERS. THIS IS STRICTLY HEADCANON AND FOR FUN. PLS DON'T CONFUSE US WITH ANY ACTUAL PEOPLE. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT EVEN EXIST, LIKE I DON'T THINK RANBOO HAS A SISTER. AGAIN, STRICTLY HEADCANON AND FICTIONAL. ALL FOR FUN)

'edited' on Jan 23rd 2022