Author's Note

It'll take some time for us to finish the dream world, so I think the best course of action is for you guys to comment some ideas down in the meantime, since for a few chapters it'll be related to Celestia, Twilight, and Luna commenting. Of course, I'll try to make each chapter interesting, but I'd appreciate it if you guys took the time to start generating ideas for when we come back to the living world, like what would be their course of action after leaving, what will the Hunters do, Dream does, etc.

Now sit back, relax, and enjoy this next chapter!

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Chapter 8: Revoked

The Princess of Friendship looked at Luna with a stunned face, before looking at the young boy with sadness.

“J-Just one?” Twilight asked, hoping that Luna was wrong. The Lunar Princess silently nodded though, which confirmed her worst fears.

“Yes. The moment Tommy dies, he’ll be gone forever.” Princess Luna solemnly stated. Celestia simply stomped her leg upon hearing this, angry at Dream for

“And Dream has three lives, Tommy’s prized possessions, and he destroyed L’Manberg. I hope that they’re able to prosper and end up beating Dream.” Celestia commented as the scene behind them changed. The three princesses turned to see a massive crowd, as well as a stage where Tommy, Wilbur, Fundy, and a few other guys were on. The L’Manberg flags waved in the background, and Wilbur Soot walked up to the podium which had a microphone.

“Tonight is the inauguration. We’re not just deciding who wins tonight, we’re also inaugurating the winner. When we have announced who wins, the winner comes up here to this center, sits over here, and we listen to their first decree as president. This is the first L’Manberg election, and I have with me the election results of the four parties: SWAG2020, POG2020, COCONUT2020, and SCHLATT2020.” Wilbur said, which caused the crowd to let out an uproar, anxious to see who would be winning.

“Wait. Election? So L’Manberg isn’t a monarchy?” Twilight asked in confusion. Celestia simply shrugged.

“Apparently not. Not that Equestria is a monarchy either, since we’re more of a diarchy and such given that we have multiple rulers.” The white alicorn responded. “I do find it interesting that the name ‘President’ sounds such a humble title compared to King or Emperor,” Celestia said to which Luna nodded.

“The system that L’Manberg has chosen seems quite interesting to be honest. I wouldn’t find it hard to imagine that under different circumstances a republic or something would’ve been formed in Equestria.” Luna stated as they turned to hear Wilbur declare the percentages.

“I hope Wilbur can win. While I don’t think nothing bad should happen should he and Tommy lose the election, it’d still feel pretty bad to be rejected by your own country to be its leader.” Twilight stated as Wilbur resumed his announcement.

“With 9% of the vote, being… 20,000 people or so, in 4th place… is Coconut2020.” The brown-haired man said. Immediately Fundy began to celebrate until he realized his party was in dead last, but trying to save face he and a blonde hair girl began to celebrate anyways. To them, 20,000 people sounded more than what they had anticipated, and they rejoiced in that small victory, even if overall they had lost. The three princesses couldn’t help but laugh a bit upon seeing this scene unfold.

“Well, at least they aren’t complaining though,” Twilight said with another giggle as the people on the podium began to make some funny jokes before Wilbur continued with his announcements.

“With 16% of the votes, coming in third place… is Schlatt2020.” Wilbur soot said. Silence stood in the air for a moment as the two remaining parties, which consisted of Wilbur Soot and Tommy versus a man in a black tuxedo and black glasses looked at each other.

“Who’s Schlatt anyways?” Twilight asked once more.

“I think it’s that guy,” Celestia stated, pointing to a white anthro wooly ram with long curved horns. He seemed neutral to being placed in third, almost as if he was hiding a trump card behind his back. Before long Wilbur began to finalize his speech.

“In 2nd place, with 30% of the popular vote… is... “ There was a moment of pause as the anticipation only grew as Wilbur continued to elongate the silence. “... lead… by… the party leader Quackity.” The man said with a smile as Tommy instantly began to celebrate and the suited rival known as Quackity simply shook his head.

“We won! We won!” Tommy began to chant as Wilbur tried his best to interrupt him.

“Please stop celebrating. Please stop celebrati- he ain’t going to listen to me, is he?” Wilbur asked with a deadpan as Tommy just continued to celebrate in the background. “Tommy calm down. You… you need to hear this.” The victor of the election said, which caused the young boy to slowly calm himself down in confusion. “Two nights ago on the night of the election, after the announcement of Schlatt2020 and Coconut2020… Quackity made a deal with the leader of Schlatt2020, Mr. Jschlatt. Quackity said that no matter what happens, he would pool Swag2020’s votes with Schlatt2020 votes.” As Wilbur stood in silence, the alicorns soon realized what was happening.

“Wait… so Schlatt had 16%, Quackity had 30%, and Fundy had 9%, which means that Wilbur must have 45%... but if you add 16+30 that equals 46%! OH NO, THEY’RE GOING TO LOSE THE ELECTION!” Twilight screamed out. At the same time, Wilbur had announced the coalition government’s victory, causing Tommy to open in his mouth in shock as Quackity and Jschlatt began to celebrate while the other competitors and audience were surprised by the turn of events.

“Meaning that tonight on Tuesday, the 22nd of September, 2020, Schlatt2020 has been inaugurated,” Wilbur said, sealing the deal and causing Jschlatt to celebrate harder than ever. The brown-haired man looked towards the anthro ram, let out a sigh, before picking up a smile. “Mr. Schlatt, it was… it was… I want to say it was an honor competing against you… “ Wilbur said with a hint of sadness, before stepping aside. “Now step up to the podium and deliver your inauguration speech.”

As Wilbur began to walk off the podium, the wooly ram known as Jsclatt simply looked intensely at Tommy with a small stare.

“Tommy. Get. Off. My. Podium.” Jschlatt said, nearly threateningly as if he had a sudden surge of power coursing through his veins. His aggressiveness shocked Celestia, Luna, and Twilight.

“I am starting to think something terrible is going to happen soon,” Luna said as Quackity forced Tommy to jump off the podium since it was no longer his but the coalition’s podium. Tommy, holding a shocked face, moved into the small crowd as Wilbur tried to calm him down.

“We’re citizens now Tommy, let’s listen to Schlatt,” Wilbur said calmly as he and his runner sat down along with everybody. Jschlatt stepped in front of the microphone, smiling, before letting out a chuckle.

“Well…

… That was pretty easy.” The anthro ram said, smiling to Quackity who let out a soft laugh. “And you know what I said? The day I got unbanned from the Dream SMP. The day I said I was running an election (that I won by the way)...” Turning his gaze towards the audience and at Tommy, he simply let out another smile. “I said things were going to change.”

“I looked at every citizen of L’Manberg in the eyes and I said ‘you listen to me…

This place will be a lot different tomorrow.’”

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“Let’s start making it happen.”

Staring right at Tommy and Wilbur, who both looked at each other, Jshlatt let out another laugh before stepping closer to the microphone, stretching his back and making him appear more taller and intimidating than before. A red glint flashed through his eyes as he opened his mouth.

“My first decree… as the president of L’Manberg…

… THE EMPEROR! OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY!...

IS TO REVOKE!

THE CITIZENSHIP!

OF WILBUR SOOT!

AND TOMMY INNIT!

GET EM OUTTA HERE!

YOU ARE NO LONGER WELCOME!”

With that nearly half of the crowd suddenly sprung up, revealing their crossbows before loading them up and pointing them at Wilbur and Tommy.

“Run Tommy run!” Wilbur yelled as he suddenly yelped in pain as an arrow shot from the podium landed on his back and instantly started to catch his clothes on fire. Tommy, not needing a second time to be told, instantly began to sprint, dodging the incoming hail of arrows that follow them.

“I hope they can run away,” Celestia stated with worry as they continued to flee. Twilight, though equally worried, started to become confident as the two escapees began to drink a potion before turning invisible.

“Look! Now they can escape!” Twilight said enthusiastically before her smile dropped upon realizing that the arrow that had lodged itself on Wilbur’s back was still visible. “Wait… no…” Before they knew it, one of the attackers released a perfect shot that hit Wilbur again, causing his body to become visible again before he splashed into the water, dead.

“Oh no! Wilbur-”

“He lost his second canon life as well,” Luna said, continuing Celestia’s statement with a frown. “Now both Tommy and Wilbur only have one canon life left… and while it wasn’t done by Dream specifically… this is still bad news…” The Lunar Princess said while Jschlatt began to congratulate Punz. As the princesses watch Tommy go into an underwater entrance and flee through a secret pathway, Jshlatt continues his speech.

“Until further notice, Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit are merely a memory of L’Manberg. A relic of the past. A reminder of the DARKEST era this country has ever seen and I guarantee you all, dear citizens…

Tonight…

That changes.”

“We’re entering into a new period of L’Manberg… a period of prosperity! Of strength! Of unity…”

As Jshlatt and Quackity began to joke around about something about donkeys(?), the three princesses looked in silence as Tommy huddled in his small secret bunker and began to shake in fear.

“I’m still wondering why we’re seeing Tommy’s perspective instead of Dream. First off, if Dream really does hate Tommy, why concentrate on him so much? And since Dream isn’t anywhere near Tommy, how is he able to see these events?” Twilight asked, which caused Luna to shrug.

“I don’t know. The second one is the most confusing to be honest, which makes me still believe that this is just fake. What do you think sister about either point that Twilight had brought up?” Luna asked, which caused Celestia to think about it.

“Well, maybe they’re more like rivals? If one is completely beaten, then what goal would the other have? Hmm… maybe this is just a product of his dream, and most of these events aren’t true? Like the election happened, but what happened with Tommy after might be just his mind creating things on the spot.” Celestia offered, though she was more concentrated on the shock by the turn of events, especially with Jshlatt’s self-proclamation as the Emperor of L’Manberg and Wilbur’s second canon death.

“Well, there’s just simply a lot of things we don’t know. But one thing for certain that things are just going to go downhill for Tommy” Luna stated. The three princesses thought about theorizing something when suddenly they froze when they heard somebody’s voice echo through the air.

“Where’s Tubbo?” Jshlatt’s voice rang out, still being broadcasted by the microphone. The three Princesses froze. Was he planning to go on and take Tubbo’s second canon life as well and leave the three with only one life each? To their surprise, they heard Tubbo, not talking with a scared voice, but with one of enthusiasm.

“I’m right over here!”

“Tubbo… get up here! Get up to my podium!” Jschlatt said, almost with a nice demeanor, as if Tubbo was his long-time friend and not Tommy’s.

“Is… IS TUBBO BETRAYING TOMMY!?” Twilight yelled out in shock. This was further increased when Wilbur began to scream from wherever he was.

“Tubbo’s betrayal! I didn’t know you were capable of such a thing!” Wilbur yelled as Tubbo presumably got onto the podium where Jschlatt began to address him.

“Tubbo. As my secretary of state… as my right-hand man! I need you to do something for me Tubbo.” Jschlatt’s voice rang.

“What is it, Mr. President?” Tubbo asked. If the Princesses had been at the podium watching there instead of Tommy, who was climbing a tower to spectate the scene from afar, they would’ve seen the anthro ram giving a cruel grin.

“I need you to find Tommy, and I need you to bring him to the door, and rumor has it, he’s somewhere around. Perhaps… on top of a building?” Jschlatt said as he turned around and stared directly at Tommy from far away. “Bring him to me.” The anthro ram said. Tommy, without taking a second guess, jumped off the tower and placed a water bucket, which broke his fall much to the princesses’ surprise, and he began to run away.

“S-So… this is it? Tubbo has betrayed Tommy like Eret did before him?” Twilight asked, her voice coming out only as a whisper. Luna simply sighed.

“While I hope this isn’t the case… I’m afraid there’s that possibility that their friendship has been strained to say the least, if not broken. I hope this is just a lie… otherwise, I can’t help but imagine how Tommy must be feeling.” Luna stated with a sad look.

“And with nobody supporting him… who’s to say Dream doesn’t come in and takes their final canon lives?” Celestia said, which caused all of them to shake. If that were to happen, it would be the end for the two major pioneers of L’Manberg.

“The only thing we can do now…

… is hope for the best.”