✿༺ 𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐔𝐒 ༻✿ [𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒]

◤✞ 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 14 ✞◥

"Argh! Stop jumping around like that!" Ace yelled out, frustrated

"Heh heh heh! Catch me if you can!" Grim taunted while jumping from object to object.

"No fair climbing up onto the chandelier, you coward!
I haven't really learned flight magic yet...
What could I summon to hold onto him...? Hmmm...
Oh! That's it!" Deuce exclaimed, thinking of a way to get the troublesome cat down

"Did you come up with somethi- Oh, hey! Stop! What are you doing?!
Why are you pointing your pen at me?!" Ace panicked, frantically waving his hands in a 'x' motion

"Because I'm going to launch you." Deuce exclaimed with a proud smirk

"I once tried that with pascal... he didn't talk to me for a week... that's not a good idea" y/n spoke out from across the room

"Are you kidding me?! Bwaaah! Put me down!
Seriously, do not launch me! Abort! ABORT!" Ace yelled as he started floating upwards.

"Just make sure to grab him tight.
I've got him in my sights, and... Go!" Decuce yelled, throwing ace at the chandelier

"BWAAAAAAAH!" Ace screamed, flying towards the cat on the chandelier

"MYAAAAAAAAH?!" Grim yelled, not expecting ace to come flying straight at him

*crash*

The chandelier didn't support the two's weight and came crashing down, shattering upon impact with the floor.

Y/n grimaced, shielding herself with her signature frying pan

"Cough* *Cough* *Hack* I cannot believe you just did that!" Ace yelled out angrily and slightly shocked

"Myaaah..." grim groaned, seeing spinning stars around his head

"Oh, right! I probably should have come up with a way to soften your landing after you caught him..." Deuce commented with a wince at their landing and the fallen chandelier

"You complete and total moron!
We got Grim, but we broke the chandelier! If the headmage finds out about this-

"If I find out about... what, dear Ace?" Crowley spoke, once again popping up out of nowhere at the wrong time.

"Ah! Headmage Crowley...!" Ace shrieked

"YOU. THREE. AGAIN. What have you done this time?!" Crowley yelled, his face turning red in anger

"Myaaah... Everything's spinning..." grim commented as y/n picked him up in her arms and pet his head.

"Burning a statue wasn't enough for you? Now you've destroyed a chandelier?!
Enough. All of you are expelled." Crowley yelled

"Whaaaaaaaaat?!" Deuce and Ace yelled in horror

"Headmage, please! Give me a second chance! I can't get expelled from this school! I need to be here!" Deuce pleaded

"Then blame yourself for your own foolish behavior." Crowley answered back, still pissed

"I'll pay for the damages! However much it costs!" Deuce tried again

"That chandelier is no mere light fixture.
It is magical chandelier. Its candles are powered by a magical energy source, enchanted so that they will burn for eternity.
It was created for us by a legendary artificer. Possibly their finest creation.
It has been here since the school was established, and I imagined it would be here forevermore.
Considering its historical value, I would estimate its worth to be no less than a billion thaumarks.
And you intend to repay that sum?" Crowley spoke, irritated with the boy

"A... A billion marks?!" Deuce exclaimed , shocked

"B-But I'm sure with your magical talent, sir, you could snap your fingers and fix it right up!" Ace asked

"Even magic has its limits.
Furthermore, its magestone - the figurative heart of any magical artifact - is cracked.
A magestone cannot easily be replaced.
I fear the candles of this majestic chandelier will never burn again." Crowley spoke, his face going back to its original hue.

"This is bad..." ace spoke

"What am I going to do?! How am I going to tell my mother...?" Deuce panicked

"Ah...! But there may be on way.
One tiny sliver of chance to repair this chandelier." Crowley spoke up again as y/n just listened to what was going on, as she had another dilemma going on in her head.

Since she had found out that she was in another dimension, all she could think about was the lights she had desperately wanted to see and how she could never see them again.

She almost cried when she had first found it out, and then there was her favourite buddy, pascal, and her mother.

She already felt homesick and it was only her second day there.

"There is?!" Both deuce and ace yelled while y/n was lost in thought

"The magestone that powered this chandelier was mined from the Dwarfs' Mine.
If you can acquire a magestone with the same properties, it may be possible to repair it." Crowley explained

"Then I'll go find a magestone!
With your permission, sir!" Deuce spoke, desperate not to be expelled

"I should caution you that I cannot promise there yet remain magestones to find.
The mines were closed quite some time ago. It is quite likely that all of the magestones have already been mined." Crowley warned

"I will do anything to avoid expulsion, sir!" Deuce spoke again

"Hmmm... Very well, then. I will suspend your expulsion for a single night.
But if you fail to return with a magestone by morning, then all of you are expelled." Crowley commented

"I understand, sir! Thank you very much for this opportunity!" Deuce spoke hurriedly, already dragging y/n off by the arm as she zoned out

"Sigh* Fine, then. Let's hurry down there, find a magestone, and get this whole thing done with." Ace spoke, quickly following after the two and the cat, taking y/n's arm from Deuce's grip and holding her hand as they ran to the mirror room

"You should be able to reach the Dwarfs' Mine instantly by using one of the gates in the Mirror Chamber." Crowley called after them

"Yes sir!" Deuce yelled back

"Myah! Wh-? Where am I?!" Grim spoke when everything finally stopped spinning

"Henchman! Henchman!! Y/n!" Grim yelled, trying to get the said girl's attention.

"Huh? Yea?" Y/n spoke finally snapping out of it with an embarrassed blush on her cheeks.

Grim turned away from the girl with his cheeks blown up, fighting of a happy blush on his cheeks. He had only known her for two days but he already saw the girl as an older sister figure, and she had looked so cute with that blush on her cheeks.

They had soon gotten to the mirror chamber and ace spoke up

"Maaan... How did I end up in this mess? I swear, I have the worst luck." He complained

"We don't have time to complain. Let's go.
Dark Mirror! Take us to the Dwarfs' Mine!" Deuce spoke, scolding the boy as y/n and grim walked into the mirror after the two boys.

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