The three of them walked through the snow, a comfortable silence hanging over them.

Ranboo walked ahead, soon seeing the familiar lights of Techno's cottage. He cheered and raced to the door, glad to see a place he called home.

The two behind him chuckled and picked up their speed, not wanting to leave the enderman hybrid on his own.

The two soon reached the door and let themselves in, Ranboo crashed on the couch face first while the other two hung up their things.

Ranboo shuffled to make room for Techno and Phil who quickly joined the taller on the couch.

"Now.." Techno started. "I wanna hear how you made everyone in L'manburg scared of you"

Ranboo's breath hitched in his throat.

"U-uh, so, we kinda got into and argument about different sides and I kind of got a bit too mad and I partially turned into an enderman and I teleported away and -uh that's it, I think" Ranboo replied quickly scratching his neck nervously.

Little did they know, however, a certain individual was watching their interaction and ran off to tell the people of L'manburg

"I'm sorry- WHAT!?" Phil asked, astonished while Techno stayed silent, mouth open.

"Y-ya, I kind of got too angry and turned into an enderman" Ranboo repeated, his tail curled around him.

"Did you know you could do that before you could actually, ya know, did it?" Techno asked, cocking a brow.

"I knew I could do something like that but I didn't think it could get that bad" Ranboo muttered, thinking back to what happened.

"I wouldn't think so either, but you being mad; that's something unheard of!" Phil chuckled, leaning into the couch.

"Ya, that's also why I wanted to stay at your guys house for a few days. I'm pretty sure I scared everyone that was witnessing the argument" Ranboo stated.

"If that's the case then of course you can stay here for a while! It's no problem" Phil smiled, wrapping an arm around the tall hybrid.

Ranboo smiled, this was going to be a very good few days.

And a good few days they were. They had a lot of fun, they flew with their tridents, talked by the fireplace, herded zombie villagers into Techno's house, the whole load!

But the few days went by quicker than Ranboo had liked and it was already time for Ranboo to go back to L'manburg. They were all a little bummed by that but Techno and Phil had offered to walk Ranboo back to L'manburg, which Ranboo of course, accepted.

The walk back to L'manburg was quiet, with the odd small talk here and there. They just wanted to make the most of it while they could as they probably wouldn't be able to see eachother again anytime soon.

The three of them sneaked into L'manburg, which was a bit of a pain to be honest, there were people everywhere. They did eventually manage to get back to Ranboos house, when Ranboo turned the corner, his eyes widened.

He ran to the orange mass consuming his house with Phil and Techno not far behind and saw 'the butcher squad' infront of his house, each of them having a flint and steal in one hand and a few having a bloody axe in their other hand. Ranboo looked at their feet to only fall to his knees in despair.

There at their feet, were the corpses of his pets with enderchest the closest to him. He only stared at the slaughter and burning of his house, hot tears starting to stream down his face like the river Nile.

Techno and Phil stood next to Ranboo, staring at his house in disbelief. Wasn't L'manburg suppose to be about freedom and peace!?

Tubbo spoke up, "Ranboo, from this day forward you are exiled from L'manburg for treason."

Ranboos eyes widened and he looked at Tubbo, "w-why?" Ranboo stuttered, barely able to form words.

"Why? WHY!?! YOU ARE TEAMING WITH THE ENEMY, RANBOO! YOU MADE US FORCE OUR HAND!! AND DO YOU NOT REMEBER WHAT YOU TURNED INTO IN THE ARGUMENT WE HAD!?!" Quackity cried, pointing his axe at Ranboo.

Ranboo only looked up at Quackity with misery and sorrow clear in his eyes.

Phil rushed to the hybrids side, immediately enveloped him in a hug which the boy happily returned.

Techno stood infront of the duo, his sword drawn.

"Just because hes friends with the enemy doesn't mean you should just kill his animals and burn his house down, him being exiled was enough." Techno growled, muttering his words through gritted teeth.

"IT DOES, HE COULD BE TELLING YOU INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR ALL WE KNOW!!!"
Quackity yelled, stepping towards Techno.

"He has been doing no such thing!" Phil shouted, holding the sobbing hybrid to his chest, fatherly instincts staring to kick in as he held the boy closer.

"HOW CAN WE TRUST A WORD COMING FROM YOUR MOUTHS!?!? YOU COULD BE LYING TO US!" Tubbo exclaimed, stepping forward a step.

"We have no reason to lie, we are always truthful in what we say!" Techno yelled, his monotone voice laced with raging anger.

Ranboo looked up at Techno before taking a glance at Phil. The older hybrid understood what the other was trying to get at and gently released his hold on the taller. Ranboo spared a thankful glance at Phil who only smiled, Ranboo couldn't help but return the smile.

Ranboo sighed and stood next to Techno, putting a brave face on to try and mask his feafulness.

"What are you doing Ranboo!?" Techno whisper yelled at Ranboo, taking a quick glance at the tall hybrid.

"What I should've said a long time ago..." Ranboo replied, keeping his gaze fixated on Quackity.

Ranboos face was blank, his eyes half lidded with no emotion behind them. It unsettled the butcher squad, they're so use to seeing some sort of emotion in the boys eyes that it actually scared them a bit.

Ranboo let out a sigh before speaking firmly. "I am fed up with being pushed around. I am fed up with being used. I wished to be friends with everyone but I am forced to choose between people that greeted me and the people that have shown me kindness up until now. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS!? I WAS DRAGGED INTO SOMETHING I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT!! DO YOU K-" Ranboo was cut off.

"JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT DRAGGED INTO SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT" Quackity yelled, venom in his voice.

"...Did I say you could talk?" Ranboo asked, sending a glare in Quackitys direction, his tail flicking in annoyance.

That immediately shut him up, he looked Ranboo in the eyes, but quickly broke eye contact at the blank but intimidating stare he received.

"As I thought..." Ranboo muttered, quickly letting his glare fall and he stared at the people in front of him.

"As I was saying...do you know what it's like to get roped into a battle that you didn't mean to start, getting someone exiled because of actions that you committed? It hurts, it hurts having your friends turn against you and go from these cheery people to some serious government, burning down peoples houses and executing people because they aren't on board with what the government. Do you realise how messed up that is!?" Ranboo reasoned, letting a small enderman noise escape his mouth out of anger.

Ranboo sighed, "I'm done wasting my breath on you, Techno, Phil, do you have anything you want to say?"

They both shook their head, Ranboo nodded and started heading towards the main nether portal. Techno and Phil looked at eachother and followed after the tall hybrid. Leaving the butcher squad feeling guilty of their actions.

They made the treck home in silence, Ranboo leading the way to Technos house. The journey was a lot longer than the track to L'manburg, probably because they were all going at a slower pace.

They soon got home and Ranboo sat on the couch, putting his head in his hands; a long, deep sigh erupting from his being, his tail slowly curling around his body as he did so.

Phil sat down next to the distressed hybrid, resting a gentle but firm hand on his shoulder in attempt to comfort the tall hybrid. Ranboo looked at the older man, a genuine smile making it's way onto his lips.

Techno sat on the other side of Ranboo, a small smile on his face.

"I have a proposition" Techno stated, looking at the green and red eyed boy.

Ranboo looked at the piglin hybrid in curiosity, wonder filling his eyes.

"I was thinking, you could live with us and maybe help us destroy L'manburg" Techno smiled, staring fondly at the young hybrid.

Ranboo was surprised at Technos proposition, but his face was quickly replaced with mischief.

"Let's do it"

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So, I've made an AU that I came up with where Ranboo and his friends (as well as everyone in the world) got turned into something like an animal, it's like real life minecraft in a sense (they were human before they turned into what their minecraft skins look like e.g. Ranboo turned into his skin). Does anyone want to see Ranboo (in the AU I created) run into a collapsing building to save people/friends of your choosing?(I'm gonna be doing this anyway but who do you want to be saved/ in it?) This is also spoilers for a future oneshot