✿༺ 𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐔𝐒 ༻✿ [𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒]

🐺♝ βＯ๏𝔨 ➀, 𝔠𝔥å𝐏ⓣ𝐄𝔯 ➃ 👹♟

"Red... Red... BAM! Wh-whoa! It turned blue?!" Deuce exclaimed, waving his magic pen around

"Change, o foul color! Change! AHA!
BWAH! The rose caught on fire!" Grim yelled

" Wow. You're even less competent than I thought." Carter spoke with a sweatdrop

"Yo, maybe you should just leave the roses white! They look perfectly pretty 'n stuff to me." Ace complained

" It's a matter of tradition.
You can't have an unbirthday party without the roses being red.
And you can't play croquet without seven-colored flamingos as mallets and a hedgehog for a ball.
Oh, but of course, the roses need to be white when the garden flowers put on their spring concert. That's absolutely crucial." Carter explained

And while all this happened, y/n sat happily in front of her bush away from the chaos, painting beautiful pieces of art onto the roses using the red paint.

She could faintly over hear them talking about flamingos and hedgehogs, she pouted, not knowing what either of the two were and whenever she asked, ace replied with, 'haha very funny', she didn't get what was so funny about not knowing something

"All your rules are completely insane!" Grim whined, setting a rose on fire again

"They say the Queen of Hearts made up these rules herself - she was one of the Great Seven, you know.
And Riddle is all about tradition. Probably more than previous housewardens, T-B-H.
I'll admit that he's, well... a bit extra." Carter spoke while turning his roses red

"Yeah, no kidding. I sure don't have time for this nonsense. Is Riddle here? I gotta talk to him." Ace asked, looking around

" Yeah, probably.
But are you sure that's wise? Did you even bring an apology tart to replace the one you ate?" Carter questioned, looking at the empty handed group

" Uh, no...? I came here first thing in the morning!" Ace spoke unsurely.

"Ah ah ah... That could be a problem.
Have you forgotten rule 53?
"Stolen items must be replaced." If you're not in compliance, I can't let you in." Carter chided, shaking his finger in front of them

"Are you serious?!" Ace yelled, annoyed

"All dorm residents must obey the rules. If I let you slide, it would be off with my head next!
I hate to say it, Ace, but I'm gonna need you to leave before Riddle spots you. Thanx." Carter spoke with a fake smile on his face

"I... think this guy is for real. You guys, do something!" Ace yelled, turning to Deuce and Grim because y/n wasn't there

"Why should WE do anything?" Deuce asked with a stubborn glare

" C'mon, please! I can't use magic! Hurry, he's—"
"Y/N!!!!!!!"

Y/n perked up when she heard her name being called, she looked at the roses sadly, would she be able to finish these later?

But she got up anyway and headed towards where she heard her name be called.

Coming face to face with Carter, but the rest of her group was not there.

"Do you know where they went?" She questioned with a polite smile

"Ah...they left" Carter replied giving a happy smile back

"Oh and! Do make sure you bring that tart next time, m'kay? Buh-bye now!" Carter called after her as she exited the dorm.

"Was that guy for real?!"

When y/n reunited with her group again, she heard them complaining, mostly ace.

"We hit him over and over, but he just kept coming. Maybe he was using some kind of illusion magic?" Deuce asked tiredly

"So lemme get this straight: we walked in there, totally tartless, but this dude still made us do that whole song and dance before throwing us out?
He just wanted to make us paint his stupid roses!" Ace exclaimed angrily

"I thought painting the roses was fun.." y/n added

"You were the only one" Deuce replied

"We sure look like a bunch of chumps." Grim spoke, using y/n's braid as a rope to climb up on to get to the top of her head,

"I guess we'll just have to get an apology tart and come back. Maybe after class, we can- Oh no!" Deuce suddenly exclaimed

"Huh?"

"We already missed the first bell! We're gonna be late for class!" Deuce yelled, pulling them all along

"Myah! I don't wanna get a blemish on the first day of my glorious Night Raven education!
Shake a leg, chumps! To the classroom, pronto!" Grim called

"Hey, so what class are you guys in, anyway? You're freshmen too, right?" Ace asked while running

"The headmage said we're in Class 1-A!" Grim answered

"Hey, that's the same one I'm in. We got Potionology for first period." Deuce replied

"Oh ho, yeah! That sounds awesome!" Grim spoke with a smirk

"M-maybe I don't need magic for that?" Ace nervously questioned

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