By the time I finished it was already night. I bowed and left the stage. "You did really good out there!" One of them said. "Next time, you'll have enough time to plan out your dance." Another said. They remind me of the people from Zubayr Theater. "It's nighttime. Let's sleep." Someone yawned. Everyone went back to their rooms. "You did a great job on stage, [NAME]!" Auren said as I walked in. "Thank you." I replied. "I forgot to ask at the start of the day, But what's your phone number?" He asked. "I don't have a phone, sorry." I said. "Eh, you don't? How about I buy you one?" He responded. "It's okay, you don't have to." I assured, "Anyways, it's quite late. We should be sleeping." It was quite late even though there was no school tomorrow. "Okay, but you should probably change. Goodnight." He yawned. He fell asleep very quickly. I changed into pajamas and immediately flopped on my bed. I slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.
I woke up earlier than usual today. I decided to change into the school uniform since I had nothing else. "I should probably visit Yuu." I thought. I left the dorm and went to Yuu's dorm. Knock, knock. Yuu opened the door. "Hi [Name], what are you doing here?" They asked. "Just here to accompany you because you only really have Grim here." I replied. "We actually have ghosts here, too." Yuu added. "That's interesting." I said. Someone came down. It was Deuce! "The Unbirthday Party is today. If we're late, we'll you know..." Deuce said, "Oh right, [NAME], you're also invited." The Unbirthday Party was today? "That's right... The party's today." Yuu remembered. "Hmm? It sounds like you have a visitor." Deuce said. Cater entered the dorm. "Good morning! Did you all enjoy your sleepover? Did you bond over pillow fights and card games?" Cater asked. "Oh, good morning, Cater. We did play some cards, yeah." Ace appeared, "but only Old Maid, 'cause that was the only one Grim knew how to play." Old maid? What's that? "And I still got the old maid every time, dang it!" Grim pouted. "Let's just say Grim doesn't have a very good poker face." Deuce added. "Well, you should get one of those tarts we made yesterday and go apologize to Riddle." Cater reminded, "and you should probably hurry, because after the trouble yesterday, we're in a little short-handed." Ace better be careful with his words, this time. "What does that mean? Ace asked. "Don't worry, I've totes got it under control. Anyway, off to the party we go!" Cater cheered.
"All right, so I'll hand over the tart and say I'm sorry, then-" Ace gets interrupted. "Hey, it's about time I got back! Good to see me!" A voice said. It was... Cater? "And me! Looking good as always, me!" Cater said. "Bwuh?!" Ace, Deuce, and Grim jumped. "Th-There's two Caters?!" Deuce freaked out. "Are you guys identical twins?!" Ace asked. "Nope. Don't have any siblings!" Cater added, "What I DO have is my signature spell, Split Card. It lets me make magic duplicates of myself." That is very interesting. "This must be how Cater kept coming after we beat him over and over again yesterday..." Deuce noted. "Welcome home, darlings." A third Cater said."Good to see you!" Another appeared. "You're late! I was worried sick!" One of the Caters said. "Bwah! There're more of them!" Ace jumped. "J-S-Y-K, I'm actually the real Cater." The one with the gym uniform said, "making these duplicates is suuuper exhausting, so I can't maintain them for long." Hopefully, he's actually the real one. "Anyways, if we're late, heads will roll. And since we're several people short, we'll need your help." Cater said, "But when this is over, I promise to take you straight to Riddle." Oh well. "What, MORE roses?" Grim whined. "And here we go again!" Ace said, annoyed. "Get the lead out, peeps! We need to get started!" Cater cheered.
We all began painting roses again. "Well, this is going better than before." Deuce panted. "Looking good!" Cater smiled, "Ooh, it's almost time! Okay, all you sexy body doubles, that's a wrap!" All of them said in sync, "aye-aye, Cay-Cay!" All of the duplicates disappeared. We went to the Unbirthday Party. It was really fancy! It also looked like a tea part. "All hail our leader, the red sovereign himself... Housewarden Riddle!" A student announced. "We salute you, Housewarden Riddle!" All of the Heartslabyul students yelled. "Hm. The garden roses are red, the tablecloths are white... This seems a proper Unbirthday indeed." Riddle observed. "Is there a dormouse asleep in the teapot, as there should be?" He asked. "Of course. And should it become necessary, we've also prepared the jam to spread on his nose." Trey replied. "Very good." Riddle smiled. "Myah! Those are some fancy duds!" Grim commented. "These are Heartslabyul dorm clothes. Aren't they fierce?" Cater added, "at the forefront of fashion, and they look great on Magicam." The clothes were very pretty, indeed. "One of the Queen's rules mandates formal dress on Party days." He said, "As a show of kindness from a beloved mentor, I'll help coordinate your outfits." He casted some magic, and our clothes immediately changed.
"Whoa!" Deuce said in awe. "Looking sharp!" Ace laughed. "Myah! So cool!" Grim cheered. "These are very nice clothes." I added. "You all look fantastic!" Yuu complimented. "Now, let's tear this party up! And don't forget to give Riddle the tart." Cater reminded. "Before we begin the croquet tournament, let us make a toast. Does everyone have their teacup?" Riddle asked. "On this most significant unauspisious of days, I bid all in attendance... a very merry unbirthday!" He announced. "To a very merry unbirthday!" Everyone cheered. "Ace, this is your chance!" Cater said. "Right..." Ace walked towards Riddle, "Uh, houswarden, sir.." He caught his attention. "Ah, it's you. The tart thief." Riddle crossed his arms. "Yeah, so, I wanted to apologize for eating that tart. We made you a new tart to replace it." Ace said. "Hmm? And what kind of tart is it?" Riddle asked. "I'm so glad you asked! It's a chestnut tart, and I swear, we weren't single with the chestnuts." Ace replied. "A CHESTNUT tart?!" Riddle fumed. "What?!" Ace freaked out. "The Queen of Hearts rule 562: One mustbnever bring a chestnut tart to an Unbirthday Tea Party." He recited in anger. "This is an utterly flagrant rule violation! Do you understand what you've done?! You've ruined an otherwise perfect unbirthday! " Oh dear, this won't end well...
"Rule 562?!" Deuce freaked out. "How many of these rules are there?!" Yuu asked. "There are 810 rules in all, and housewarden, I can, of course, recite each and every one of them." He said. "This must've been something similar to what the scholars studied..." I muttered. "As housewarden of a dorm established to honor the Queen of Hearts rigor, I can not ignore this." He said. "Destroy the offending tart immediately! Then throw those rulebreakers out of the dorm!" Riddle ordered. We definitely made this worse.. "Whoa, hold up! Is that one of your rules too?!" Ace yelled. "Yeah! If you want the tart gone, let me eat it!" Grim followed. "Housewarden, allow me to apologize. I was the one who suggested making a chestnut tart." Trey added. "I was a part of that too. We had no idea there was a rule about it!" Cater said. "The making if the tart is not an issue. The issue is bringing it HERE. Today. THAT is the transgression!" Riddle yelled. "How can you live by such foolish rules?" Yuu said in frustration. "Yeah! All you do is cite one stupid rule after another! You sound totally foolish!" Ace added. He is rubbing salt on the wound.. "What did you just call me. Foolish?!" Riddle asked.
"Everyone, stop! Don't dig this hole any deeper!" Cater warned. "You're going to make this worse if you continue." I added. "And Riddle, please try to remember that these are new students who've only been here a few days!" Cater reminded. "Nah, bro. I've got a shovel, and I am DIGGING. Throwing away a tart to obey some insane rule is about as foolish as it gets." He refused. "I agree with Ace. Of course, I understand that rules do need to be followed, but..." Deuce paused, "this is going much too far." They weren't wrong. "Are you attempting to debate me? Bold move. But I'll bite. By even breaking the smallest rule, you are throwing wide the gate to anarchy." Riddle said. "That isn't helping anyone! That's called being a tyrant!" I commented. "Everyone, I know you're afraid of getting your magic sealed away, but you know this is insane right?" Ace added. The other students were unfortunately too afraid and disagreed with Ace, putting us in a bad position. "You little.." Grim paused. "You spineless, fair-weather cowards..." Ace spat. "In the year since I became the houswarden, not a single student from Heartslabyul House has dropped out or been held back a year." Riddle stated, "we are the only house that can boast such a feat. Furthermore, of everyone in this dorm, I have the best academic standing." He's trying to gaslight everyone to agree with him...
"Hence, I am the most correct! If you would simply obey me without question, we wouldn't need to contend so." He yelled. "Listen, we-" But before Deuce could say more. "It's not off with their heads because I want to do that. I do it because rules must never be broken." Riddle interrupted, "if you do not obey me, then I will have all of your heads!" This is not very good.. "Okay, let all say: Yes, Housewarden Riddle." Cater attempted to convince them. "I can't." Deuce said. "Me neither." Yuu agreed. "I don't bow to self-important tyrants!" Ace followed. "I respect leaders but not tyrants." I added. "What did you two just call me?" He asked. "They called you a tyrant for wanting to destroy good food just 'cause you're throwing a tantrum!" Grim answered. "Guy's, I don't think we need to escalate this-" Deuce was too late, once again. "OFF! WITH! YOUR! HEADS!" Riddle yelled. The five of us all had collars, now. Strangely, I felt nothing even though I had the collar on. "Bwaaaaaah!" Grim and Deuce cried in pain. "No! Not the collar again!" Grim cried. "Gah! I can't get it off!" Deuce struggled. I can't imagine how painful it is for them.. "Trey! Cater! Eject them from the premises!" Riddle yelled. We were kicked out of the Unbirthday Party.