Right after the shocking reveal, Rapunzel lightly shakes Pascal with her hands after he faints.
"Pascal?! Pascal, wake up!! Merlin, you said you're a nurse right? Please help Pascal!!" Rapunzel pleaded but Merlin chortles and smiles at the queen.
"Fret not, your highness. I just happened to broke your little green friend's mind with the unexpected twist that I just told you and the others. So there's nothing to worry about." He reassures.
"And he'll be waking up in three, two, on-."
"Aaah!" As what Vivien expected, Pascal rises up gasping with widen eyes where Rapunzel perks a relief smile and gently nuzzles her pet chameleon.
"Oh thank goodness you're okay!" She cried as Pascal croaks and hugs her back with a smile. Merlin chuckles softly and grins.
"Told you." He assures.
"Whoa what?!" Suddenly Eugene lets out a yelp with a shock look and flails his arms.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!!" Eugene yelps looking completely confused while flailing his arms before he stops and ask again.
"You're telling us that this girl right here is the reincarnation of the woman that ALMOST KILLED ME and future queen of this world?" Eugene ask again with eyes filled with astonishment.
"Yeaaaah...I'm still trying to get used to this whole "future queen of twisted wonderland" type of thing...." Glory mutters grimacing at her "role".
"And how did you became queen I asked?" Cassandra ask curiously. Glory pulls out her dagger from her backpack and shows it to Rapunzel and the gang.
"This what made me queen." She told them before smiling and turns to her friends.
"Ya might wanna stand back." Glory reassures her friends and Rapunzel's gang took a step back when her left hand glows with the light engulfing the dagger as it transforms into the legendary sword leaving Rapunzel and her friends dumbfounded by the power she possesses.
"Holy cow what!? It turned into a sword!?" Eugene gasps as Pascal squealed with his jaw drop to Rapunzel's shoulder.
"Pretty cool isn't it? Lionfish's dagger can turn into a big ass sword with just a simple light of power!" Floyd cheers with a toothy grin. Stunned yet fascinated, Cassandra and Rapunzel stare at the sword with awed looks.
"Out of all of swords I've seen, this is the most rarest ones. I never seen a sword like this before...it's quite enthralling." Cassandra compliments gazing at the sword.
"That's...amazing! I-! No one can do that! How do you managed this?!" Rapunzel ask with eyes sparkled with awed. Glory smiled softly and explains her weapon.
"This here is the Excalibur. A legendary sword that King Arthur once wield during his battle with Mordred. According to tales, the one who possessed the pure heart, declares to be one true ruler and that happens to be me. Vivi infused the essence from the Excalibur to my dagger to saved Leona. And that's how it happened." Glory explains to them.
"Ohh..." They all awed with amazement. Crowley then clears his throat and they all turn to Crowley.
"Ahem. Regardless, we should all head to my office so we can discuss this privately. That also includes you, Miss Corbett and the rest of the boys here." Crowley informs baffling Glory and the gang.
"Huh? Why us?" Glory ask with a puzzled look.
"Yeah. Why would we be at your office for?" Ace ask curiously.
"Cuz all of you are part of Corbett and Merlin's secret club to keep her role as "future queen" lock behind bars and their training a secret. So I want all of you guys to hear more info from these mysterious visitors." Crowley explains.
"Even though I hate being dragged into this, I have no other choice but to agree. Besides, I need to know who exactly these people are." Riddle said.
"It's tiring, but I must comply. I'm only doing this so I stand besides my beloved Glofish." Azul states.
"Same goes for me. I'm willing to be there for Angelfish since I can't stand the thought of her being alone with these strangers." Jade assures.
"Excuse me?" Cassandra snarks curling her brows at the eel with a frown.
"I'm coming too! I wanna protect and cuddle my Lionfish while she's there!" Floyd perks up, but Riddle clicks his tongue at the Octavinelle trio.
"Nonsense, I should be the one who will be standing besides her so there's no need for you guys to worry. I'll stay with her and you guys can go head straight to the cafeteria." Riddle reassures, but they won't take "no" for an answer.
"No please..." Azul then wraps an arm around her shoulder as he gives Riddle serious blue eyes while acting cool in front of her.
"I insist." He reassures with a stern tone.
"Ahehehehehe! Kingyo chan really wants to be Lionfish's knight in shining armor? Well too bad for you..."
Floyd then tilts his head at Riddle with his menacing stare.
"Cuz I'm gonna be the one who's gonna cuddle Lionfish today." Floyd chides with a dark undertone.
"Careful Floyd. I'm the one who's going to be there for her." Jade warns him. Soon Glory and the boys to groan at their petty banter.
"Here we go again." Glory mutters while being held by Azul who is bickering with Riddle.
"Again with this." Grim dryly snarks.
"Riddle, stop! Don't get into a fight!" Trey warns him as he lays his hands on his shoulder to prevent his childhood friend from causing trouble.
"Tch pain in the asses..." Leona grumbles.
"Oh? So you don't mind if I go with Kitten right? Cuz it looks like he needs a hyena to watch over her." Ruggie teases.
"Was that an insult to yourself cuz you're doing the exact same thing." Leona fires back at the hyena.
"Both of you guys are doing the same thing as these guys." Jack points out.
"Says the one that asked her on a date to the track and field club." Ruggie and Leona retort in unison flustering the tall wolf.
"I-It wasn't date!!" Jack denies with a flushed look.
"Pfft that's not what your face says otherwise." Ace snickers, but the wolf didn't take his remark lightly.
"Hah?" Jack glares at Ace.
"Duhh nothing!" Ace takes back his remark as Deuce face palms at his idiocy.
"Idiot..." Deuce mutters. On the other hand, Rapunzel and the gang sweatdrop at the chaotic antics that is happening right now.
"These guys are...umm..." Rapunzel hums trying time look for a nice word to describe them.
"Dumb..." Cassandra bluntly mutters finishing her sentence as Owl hoots in agreement and Pascal pulls a thumbs up to agree with them.
"Is this a comedy act?" Eugene ask curiously.
"No idea..." Both women replied with a blank look.
"Welcome to Night Raven College." Cater said as he pulls out a peace sign with a wink.
"Oi! Stop arguing!!! We're heading to the office now!!" Crowley shouts and everyone stops arguing. Then the headmaster lets out a sigh.
"Now as I was saying, we're heading to my office ASAP." He sternly informs.
Meanwhile at Crowley's office, Merlin explains the sundrop and the moonstone to the queen and her friends while Glory and her friends are present despite the awkward tension in the air when Cassandra, Rapunzel, Eugene, and Glory sat their seats trying to avoid gazing each other.
"So as I said before, the moonstone and the sundrop that you're looking are now in the hands of my student." Merlin explains.
"I see...and may I ask how did you find them?" Rapunzel shifting her eyes to Glory not wanting to spin her head to face her. Glory isn't surprised when she and her friends felt awkward around her since she's AHEM Gothel's reincarnation. But that won't let bother her and decides to go for the kill to earn their trust as Glory turns to them with a gentle smile.
"I found sundrop flower at the abandoned house in the Dwarf's Mine weeks ago and I found the moonstone in the bottom of the ocean last week. Afterwards, it look like this." Glory explains as she stands up from her seat as she took her gloves and puts them in her pocket. Then she shows them the sundrop and the moonstone tattoos on her hands. Astonished, Rapunzel gently takes her hands to gaze at her tattoos with Pascal who crawls closer to her shoulder to take a good look at her tattoos along with Eugene and Cassandra who peer at her hands.
"Holy mackerel." Eugene gasps.
"That's weird. We don't remember having tattoos on her hands. I used to have the moonstone on my chest." Cassandra points out.
"Same goes with me..." Rapunzel chimes in before glancing back at Glory.
"But...that means you'd gain access to unleash the ultimate power with these gems on your hands." Rapunzel said grimacing the ravenette.
"Yeah....I'm still trying to get used to the moonstone opal on my hand and..." Glory grimaces again when memories of the incident that happened with Jade and Azul reappeared in her mind. But Azul got up and went to her aid as he lays his hand on her back and grabs her left hand to plant a kiss on it.
"Don't blame yourself, Glofish. Jade, Floyd, and I are aware of what you were doing." He reassures caressing his thumb on to her hand gently while sending a reassuring smile making the boys in room glare at the octopus out of jealousy. Glory smiles back and nods at him.
"I know Azul..." She said and turns back to the group as the queen sends her a small sweet smile to the young ravenette teen despite her awkwardness towards her. Rapunzel doesn't hesitate to lay a hand on her left hand.
"Hey it's ok. I know what it's like to have a power you don't like. I've been there before...and it wasn't the best thing I ever experienced." Rapunzel reassures reminiscing her young years as a princess when she performed a hurt incantation for the first time.
"What was the sundrop like for you?" Ace ask curiously. Rapunzel averts her eyes for a minute before she replies his question.
"Back when I was a baby, I was born with magical healing powers thanks to the flower and that's what my so-called "mom"-."
"Aka Gothel." Eugene points out with Rapunzel sighing and continue her answer.
"Ever seen me as. A pawn for her own youth. She's been torturing me by telling me the outside is a dangerous world, but I realized she's wrong. She was just using for her own personal gain..." Rapunzel informs them.
"You have our sympathies ma'am." Jade politely empathizes making the queen smiled at the eel.
"Thank you, but thank god Eugene was there to save me; otherwise I'll be dragged out of the tower by force. She kidnapped me to retain her youth...lied to me about my actual birth as the lost princess...and I'll never forgive her for what she has put me through..." Rapunzel mutters grimacing her past with the woman that kidnapped her as an infant.
"No offense Gloriane." Rapunzel reassures her and Glory shook her head at the Queen.
"It's non taken." She assures despite Glory feeling awkward around the trio yet she empathized the brunette queen of Corona.
Damn...hearing their story has brought me back memories from my childhood. It's like I'm hearing the summary from the movie...But who could you blame? I feel bad for her and her husband. Rapunzel had a rough childhood and it traumatized Eugene to the bone...No wonder everyone here in Night Raven is afraid of Gothel...Heck even some people are still afraid to go near me. Despite proving to them that I'm not like her. What a pain...
Glory thought letting out a sigh from the tiresome events that happened in Twisted Wonderland before listening back to their story.
"And I got stabbed by her and almost died from my own wound, so that's a plus." Eugene sarcastically points with a grimace remembering his horrible encounter with Gothel.
"Ouch." Cater remarks with Leona nodding in response agreeing with him.
"That cruel witch! How dare she?!" Jack rants.
"AAAAAHHH!!! HOW AWFUL! I CAN'T IMAGINE THE PAIN YOU'D ENDURE!!!" Crowley wails wincing everyone in this room.
"Ack!! I said inside voice! Also get some tissues, you're going to flood the whole office with your tears!" Merlin bellows.
"Though it must be very scarring for both of you." Vivien informs.
"I have to agree." Trey chimes in.
"Indeed. It sounds like you had a rough experience." Jade said taking pity on the brunette queen.
"It was..." Rapunzel replies with a sigh.
"You poor beautiful queen. You have my sympathy." Azul empathizes.
"Yeah being trapped in a depressing tower for years sounds like a drag." Ruggie casually acknowledges.
"Hell nobody likes being trapped in a tower for hundreds of years." Leona points out.
"Plus it's pretty bored when you think about it." Floyd chimes in.
"True." Everyone agreed with Floyd's point.
"I'm terribly sorry for what you'd endured, your Highness." Riddle apologizes but she shook her head at the young redheaded man.
"No please. You must've apologized. Besides, that was back when I was young." She reassures him before letting out a giggle.
"But me being the handsome and selfless prince I am, saved her from Gothel by cutting off her long beautiful blonde hair of hers that causes her to turn back to her old creepy self and Pascal being a total sneak, made Gothel tripped over her locks of her hair and she fell down to the ground until BOOM! She turned into dust wiping her out from existence!" Eugene retells the story to the boys and Glory as they were in awe yet shocked by their tale of Gothel.
"Whoa! Long hair?! How do you even managed it?!" Ruggie shrieks glancing at Rapunzel as she giggles softly at the small hyena.
"It's not as bad as you think. With long hair I can used anything for my advantage such as swinging from place to place as if their were vines, grabbing things with my hair, and so many more." Rapunzel chirps with a perky smile.
"Hmmm...That does sound useful..." Jade hums with an intrigued smile but Glory curls her brows skeptically at the eel feeling like he's plotting something. Soon the queen smiled back.
"It does! But now I can't use it as a reliability cause my hair is short. Heheh." She chortles.
"Luckily for me, Rapunzel healed me with her healing powers and DING! Eugene Fitzherbert, formerly known as Flynn Ryder, has resurrected by the beautiful bright woman I loved~." He coos turning his head to his wife flashing a wink at her causing Rapunzel to giggle softly and playfully nudges his arm.
"Come on Eugene, not in front of the kids." Rapunzel whispers with a slight blush on her cheeks.
"We can hear you ya know." Grim dryly snarks. Cassandra on the other hand, feels awkward yet cringing when she hears more of her mother.
Is that what my mom was doing after she abandoned me?...
She ponders curiously with a mixed of fear, hurt, shock, and disbelief contorted on her face. Jade on the other hand, noticed Cassandra's distress yet decides to ask later since he doesn't want her to feel uncomfortable around him. Soon Rapunzel scratches her cheek with a small smile.
"Erm...yes and after that, I was reunited with my parents. But years later, my powers returned when I touched the black rocks. It was...haunting I should say, but I manage to overcome my fear and used it to my advantage." Rapunzel explains.
"And after we defeated Zhan Tiri, Rapunzel sends two gems to space, and Rapunzel and I are happily married." Eugene said wrapping an arm around his wife with a toothy grin.
"Which happened to ended up landed on OUR world and that's when Moonchild here found the two gems right after she was transported here from another world." Vivien explains shocking the trio and the boys.
"THAT'S WHERE THE SUNDROP AND THE MOONSTONE OPAL CAME FROM!?" They all shrieked and the king snaps with a wink and points his finger at the boys.
"Yup." Eugene nonchalantly replies.
"Well...sh#t." Leona utters suppressing his astonishment but his ears perk up in shock.
"My goodness...I didn't know it was originated in your dimension." Jade said with his eyes widen in surprise.
"Agreed...yet I'm shocked to hear the origins of those two gems." Riddle admits.
"It was long times ago back in our dimension, but I didn't know that I would send them to space that would lead to another dimension. This is beyond new..." Rapunzel mutters stroking her chin with her hand.
"Wait, another world??" Ace baffles at the reveal.
"Most importantly, you're not from this world?" Cassandra ask curling her brows and she shakes her head.
"No I'm not. Belle Haven is where I came from." She told them.
"Belle Haven?..." The Rapunzel trio utters with puzzled looks as they blink twice.
"What was your world like over there, Glory-san?" Deuce ask curiously. Glory folds her arms as she explains her hometown in her world.
"Well compared to your world, it doesn't have magic, however...." Glory then smiled warmly when she ponders about her hometown where she remembers multiple gardens surround the park, the nature walk that she goes every Saturday with her parents, the cool breeze, how the flowers blew elegantly from the breeze, butterflies flutter around the field of flowers, and crowd bustling through the town of Belle Haven filled with shops and other places.
"It's a peaceful and down to earth town where I lived. They were many shops in my town such a small cafe, a bakery, multiple restaurants, markets, a gym-."
"There's a cafe!? That's totally cool!!" Cater chirps with eyes twinkling in excitement and Glory giggles and nods at him.
"Yup, there are also gardens in my hometown as well." Glory informs.
"Gardens?" Jack ask curiously with a stone faced expression while deeply invested with her hometown as she nods at the wolf with a warm smile.
"Mhm. There are many gorgeous gardens in my town; such as a flower garden, a japanese garden, vegetable garden, rose garden, orchids, butterfly gardens, and a nature walk that I go every Saturday with my family." Glory informs smiling blissfully. Hearing her talk about her hometown brought intriguing smiles crept from their faces including Rapunzel and her gang.
"That sounds like a beautiful place." Azul compliments with a warm smile.
"Plus it's quite a colorful town." Trey remarks with a grin.
"Not to mention soothing too." Leona remarks with a blasé look, but is deeply interested with her background.
"Agreed. That explains your love of roses then." Riddle chimes in with a small smile and she nods.
"Yeah. I grew up loving plants and flowers cuz my mom is the owner of a flower shop down the street of Belle Haven. Heck we even have a garden in our backyard and pictures of flowers and plants in our living room. That's when I developed an interest in photography." Glory informs. Jade chuckles and smiles gently at her.
"That makes sense since we all knew you're a passionate young woman. In fact, I have a collection of terrariums if you like to see." Jade suggests.
"Don't forget mushrooms too. He loves to collect those too, but I hate shrooms. Bleh." Floyd gags sticking his tongue like a child making his twin brother sigh.
"Yes yes, I understand Floyd. I know how much you dislike those mushrooms I brought out." Jade retorts with Glory giggling at the twins' antics and smiles softly at them.
"That would be brilliant Jade. I would love to see your collection." Glory accepts with a grin amusing the calm eel.
"Will do, Angelfish." Jade replies with a warm smile causing a sting in their hearts from the boys where tension emits in the air.
"My my, so much tension...." Merlin mutters.
"Indeed." Vivien agrees with a blasé look. On the other hand, Cassandra leans to Eugene's ear.
"That kinda sounds like our world Eugene." Cassandra whispers with Owl hooting in response.
"Ain't that the truth." He replies. Soon their queen shushes the noisy duo with Pascal mimicking her.
"Ssssh...Quiet guys, I can't hear." She hushes baffling them.
"Eeh? Weren't you uncomfortable with...you know, her?" Cassandra ask confusingly.
"Well yes, but I wanna hear more about her town." Rapunzel hushes and turns back to Glory with Pascal keeping his eyes glued to the ravenette as his eyes filled with interest. Soon Grim ask another question.
"So what else do you have in your world?" Grim ask curiously causing Glory to tilt her head.
"...Well there is an arcade and an aquarium in our town. Which I go there with my friends before the holidays." Glory told them.
"There's an arcade!?" Ace and Deuce perked up.
"Yeah." Glory giggles.
"Arcade?" Grim ask looking confused and she nods.
"Yup. It's where you guys can play games from a machine that you placed tokens in it. Such as redemption games, electro-mechanical games, merchandisers, and air hockey tables." She lists them all fascinating her friends.
"That sounds fun!" Cater chirps.
"Yeah! I wanna try all of them if I were ever in your world!!" Grim chimes in with eyes glimmer with excitement.
"Hmm that's something Idia would like." Azul mutters puzzling the ravenette.
"Idia? From Ignihyde?" Glory ask curiously.
"Yes. He and Idia are in the same Board Game club and we known him very well." Jade explains.
"I'm sorry but who's Idia?" Rapunzel ask curiously.
"Idia is a dorm leader at Ignihyde. I met Idia before at the meeting with Azul, Leona, Riddle, and the other dorm heads through his floating tablet. He seems pretty shy when I first met him though." Glory informs baffling Eugene.
"Wait floating tablet?" Eugene utters with a baffled look. Glory giggles softly and smiles at him.
"Yeah, but I never actually seem him in person. What was he like in Board game club, Azul?" Glory ask curiously. Azul folds his arms slightly tilting his head as he presumes talking about his club member.
"Well when Idia and I meet up at Board Game club, he's seems cheerful and passionate with games and his...hobbies, but he's also quite introverted." Azul said with a tired look.
"Yup. He tends to avoid people just like the rest of the Ignihyde herbivores. Tch...he's such a pain." Leona grumbles when talking about Idia.
"As I said before. They're basically the complete opposite of us: introverted and always feel like they're walking on eggshells." Cater reminds them.
"Sounds like he's a wet blanket." Eugene dryly remarks.
"Eugene!" Rapunzel scolds at her husband as Eugene lifts his hands up to the air.
"Just sayin'." He nonchalantly reassures.
"Nah he's rather shy and awkward to people. Kinda like Varian in a sense." Cassandra said.
"Yeah...The way he presents himself at the meeting was a dead give away that he's not a social person." Glory bluntly states.
"But I don't blame him. I have a best friend who is like that except she only warms up to people if they are genuinely nice to her." Glory informs.
"She sounds like a mix of Idia and Jack." Ace bluntly states.
"Hey!" Jack barks making Glory giggle and smiled.
"She is, but Zara also have some fire that she got from Harriet and I." Glory told them making Rapunzel giggles softly and grins at her.
"Just like Cass." Rapunzel compliments and she smiled back.
"Yup." Glory replies.
"Hehehe. Sounds to me you have some interesting friends." Deuce compliments.
"Thanks Deuce." She replies.
"Anytime else does your hometown have?" Grim ask again with a perky smile.
"Besides the arcade. There's also a carnival next to the water park; which is nearby the beach a mile away from Belle Reve."
"Whoa! WATER PARK!?" Deuce, Ace, and Jack gasps and Pascal croaked in excitement.
"Right next to the beach!?" Cater, Riddle, and Trey shrieks.
"Ehehehehe~ Two awesome places next to each sounds fun! I'm down for that!!" Floyd cackles with a smile.
"A beach that's right next to a carnival? Interesting combo." Azul said with an intriguing smile.
"Yeah but the carnival doesn't open until nightfall." Glory told them.
"What did you do at the carnival and the water park?" Grim ask curiously.
"Well the water park, you basically go on rides, tons of pools, and so much more. But in the carnival, you get play games as much as you want and there's also food if you ever crave for anything fried." Glory explains triggering the octopus's inner cravings for fried foods while suppressing his drool and gulps from the thought of fried foods.
"Sounds...like an entertaining place to be." Azul compliments while struggling to keep his weakness for fried food in tact making the twins smirk as Floyd let's out a soft cackle.
"Ehehehehe~ careful Lionfish. You're triggering Azul's bad habits.~" He jokingly warns.
"Indeed. You especially don't want to trigger his cravings for fried foods now would you?" Jade teases with the octopus laughing off their taunt and frowns at the sly eel twins while keeping his smile on tact.
"You and Floyd just love to make me look like an idiot to the point where I would crawl back to my pot, don't you?" Azul seethes clenching his teeth while smiling with Jade grinning back at him.
"Maybe." Jade replies with a polite grin, but his eyes screams out mischief.
"Maybe we do.~" Floyd chimes as both of them chuckle eerily and mischievously making Glory, Grim, A-Deuce, and the Rapunzel gang to sweatdrop at the strange and eerie twins.
"These guys are not being honest." Grim snarks with a deadpan look.
"Honestly...I always knew they were devious right away during our second encounter...." Glory mutters cringing at her second encounter with the Leech twins and Azul at the halls.
"These twins are...ummm.." Rapunzel tries to come up with a good word to describe the eel twins.
"Sketchy." Eugene beats her too it and Pascal nods in agreement.
"Yeah something tells me that these guys are suspicious...especially that octopus guy." Cassandra mutters staring skeptically at the Octavinelle trio along with the cautious Owl.
"Such creeps." Ace mumbles.
"Ssh! Don't say that while they're here!" Deuce scolds at him.
"Keep your own advice since they're standing right here." Jack retorts.
"Shishishi! I bet they have some great foods there." Ruggie chuckles and turns to the hyena with a smile.
"They do. They tons of food. Like donuts, corn dogs, candy apples, fried Oreos, hot dogs, funnel cakes, cotton candy-"
Seriously Ophelia? Why must you torture me like this!?
Azul thought making his cravings for fried foods even worst as he can feel his mind start to crack when Glory list the foods they have to Ruggie and the boys with the twins taking delight of seeing Azul struggling to restrain himself. After listing the foods they have at the carnival, Glory left Ruggie drooling with his ears twitches and his tail wags happily.
"Haha! Sounds like a whole lot of fun at the carnival after all!!" Ruggie chirps with a wide grin.
"Why indulge something unhealthy? It's disgusting." Leona bluntly remarks.
"It's not bad when you eat one." Glory reassures making her lion huff.
"Agreed, but...those funnel cakes, fried Oreos, and other sweets you mentored do sound interesting...." Riddle mutters with his eyes gleam with fascination at the sweets they have at the carnival in her world.
You're just as bad as Ruggie!!
Ace and Deuce thought unsurprised by their dorm head's love for sweets. Rapunzel then giggled and smiled at the group.
"Seems like an amazing town you live in." Rapunzel compliments.
"Plus there lots of adventures." Cassandra chimes in.
"Indeed. I learned a lot from your world." Merlin said with a smile.
"Yet it's quite down to earth when you go to the gardens. It sounds intriguing." Vivien agrees.
"I know right? I could take my wife out for the fair if she's ever down." Eugene said giving Rapunzel a wink making her giggle.
"Oh stooop. You're making me blush here." Rapunzel giggles with a coy smile.
"Aaah but it could be a romantic date when we could go on rides as a married couple." Eugene assures with Rapunzel tilting her head slightly with a playful grin.
"Mmm true." She replies.
"I'll say, I have to do some research about this intriguing town you spoke of..." Crowley suggests before he clears his throat.
"Nevertheless. That sure is one roller coaster ride of a journey you guys endured." He remarks.
"Indeed. I must say, I'm glad that both of you kept your heads up high while enduring this unfortunate event that you three been through." Azul compliments with a sincere smile.
"I agree. It must be hard to control something powerful like the sundrop and the moonstone." Deuce informs.
"Hell, it's quite tiring when you think about it." Ace points out.
"Same." Grim agrees.
"I have to agree. It's a pain to have that power, but unlike you, I would do my best and train to gain full control over the power with my bare hands." Jack boldly acclaims. The hyena sighs and shakes his head ay the wolf's hardheaded determination.
"Ugh no thank you. If I were in Raps and Kitten's shoes, I would be like 'screw this I'm out'." Ruggie admits.
"Yeah I can't imagine what would it be like if I were to hold those gems together...It'll be a pain in the ass." Leona bluntly expresses.
"You think everything's a pain in the ass..." Cater mutters.
"What?" Leona growls at the ginger haired social butterfly before he flinch and smiles awkwardly at the lion.
"Ahahaha nothing Leona-kun!" Cater denies with a sweatdrop drip from his head making Trey sigh.
"You and your big mouth..." Trey mumbles.
"Poor Sunfish, Moonfish, and Flounder have to go through the pain that they'd endured!" Floyd empathizes baffling the duo.
Sunfish?
Rapunzel thought with a puzzled look.
Did he just called me a Moonfish?
Cassandra ponders curling her brows at the erratic eel and Eugene drops his jaw and lays his hand on his chest.
"Excuse me? First of all, Are you referring me as a flounder? If true, how am I a flounder?" Eugene ask with a frown offended by the strange nickname that he received from the eccentric twin eel. Jade chuckles and smiles at the king.
"Forgive me for my brother. It's his way of showing affection to other people. Floyd is fond of giving nicknames based on sea creatures. For example, Floyd calls Gloriane 'Lionfish' because she acts like a lion." Jade infers.
"A sexy Lionfish if ya know what I mean?~" Floyd purrs winking at Glory with a smirk whom the ravenette roll her eyes with a side grin at the shameless eel shaking her head at his typical advances. However this doesn't suit well for the guys as they sat there enviously glares at Floyd. Jade then continues on with his explanation.
"And I call her 'Angelfish' because of her alluring angelic voice, the lustrous aura that she emits, and pure beauty that she possesses." Jade expresses as he took a glance at Glory with an affectionate smile causing a small blush to crept from her cheeks yet this irks the boys as he glares at Jade. He ignored the jealous glares and went back to the main topic.
"And finally, he calls you flounder mostly because of your brown hair." Jade informs with a teasing smile cueing the jaw drop from the former thief himself.
"Are you kid-! Hmph!" Eugene frowns and folds his arms as he sat back down with a pout.
"A 'flounder' he says...how original....." He grumbles with Rapunzel stroking his back with a gentle smile.
"It's okay Eugene. I think you might be good as a lovely handsome flounder." Rapunzel reassures, but her words do not help at all as Eugene covers his entire face.
"Honey...no...Just no..." He mumbles underneath his hands feeling embarrassed.
"At least it's not bad as Moonfish..." Cassandra mutters with a blank look.
"What about you Cass?" Grim ask curiously. Though a bit cautious, she sighs and decides to tell them about her experience with the moonstone opal.
"It was scary...but that was back when I was young. I was only using the stone to find some answers for my past while not realizing I'm isolating myself from my friends and my loved one..." Cassandra explains looking back at the dreaded memories of her betrayal to Rapunzel, working with Zhan Tiri not award that she's manipulating her for her own personal gain, her rough childhood, and trying to find self worth in her life. It was the darkest moment that she'd ever experienced.
"Miss Cassandra?"
"Hm?" Cassandra turns to Jade who was reading her facial expression the entire time.
"Did we leave a bad note? If so, we apologize for Grim's question that left you uncomfortable." He apologizes, but Cassandra wasn't offended and shakes her head at the thoughtful eel.
"No you didn't do wrong. It's just...that I did some bad things that I regret years ago, but..." Cassandra clench her fists against her knees grimacing at her previous heinous acts towards her friends. Glory can see her grimace look and approaches the ravenette to gently grab her hands making Cassandra glance at the ravenette and alerting Owl.
"Hoot!!" He hoots hostilely at Glory frightening her and her friends.
"Ack! What's up with your owl?!" Ace screeches.
"Put it on a leash damnit!!" Grim shrieks as Cassandra lays a hand on his head to calm him down.
"Easy Owl, let her." Cassandra reassures with Owl sat there for a minute before retreating his wings but stares at Glory cautiously. Glory is unfazed by his cautiousness cuz of her resemblance of Gothel, but doesn't hesitate to smile warmly at Cassandra.
"Listen...I know you, Raps, Eugene, and I just met, but let me just say that I get you. It's rough to be in a tough position like this and I don't blame you. You were trying to find yourself in your rough journey." She said shocking Cassandra a bit as she smiles sweetly at her, but soon a vision of her mother reappeared in her mind. She flinch a bit from the image and shakes her head. Glory notices her distress and gently lets go of her hands but keeps her gaze at her grey eyes to continue talking to her.
"I'm sorry for making you and your friends uncomfortable. I know it's awkward for us to see each other for the first time, but I'm not here to hurt you. We may have the same looks, but we're both different people." Glory reassures as Cassandra rubs her thumbs together with an awkward look.
"I know...it's just feels...weird." Cassandra admits while twiddling her thumbs looking
"..Just looking at you...It's feels like I'm looking into a mirror." She said with Eugene and Rapunzel stares at their friend and glance each other with empathetic looks what their friend said with Pascal croaking lowly.
"Aah but when you misunderstood Cassandra." Vivien assures them baffling the trio and the chameleon.
"Indeed. Yes, it's deja vu to see your worst enemy aka you mother reincarnated as a teenager, but like Sundrop said. Both her and Gothel are different and if you get to know her more, you'll understand what she means." Merlin reassures.
"Speaking of which and no offense, but are you guys related cuz both of your screamed 'Mom' when you both saw my henchman." Grim ask curiously and cue the tick mark throbbing on her head.
"You're really not gonna drop the name are ya?" Glory snarks. Both women glance each other before their faces contort with grimace looks and turns back to Grim and the others.
"Well you see. Biologically speaking, Cass is Gothel's real mother and I was adopted or should I say kidnapped by her. So no, both of us are not related." Rapunzel corrects them.
"Awkward~." Cater coos with a cringed look.
"At least we knew the answer..." Trey points out with a little awkward look.
"Welp I can cross that out of my bucket list." Grim flatly said.
"Agreed." Deuce and Ace chimes in with awkward looks.
"Yeah I don't really wanna learn more awkward information cuz this day has already gone weird to awkward." Jack remarks with a sweatdrop.
"Ugh we know Jack. You don't have to remind us that..." Ruggie groans feeling already awkward from the info that was given to him and the rest of the boys. Soon Crowley claps his hands together.
"AND THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS!!!" He screams flinching everyone in the office.
"Must you be so loud?" Merlin dryly ask with Vivien sighing and shaking her head at the headmaster.
"Now moving on to the next subject, dorm heads." Crowley then turns to the dorm leaders.
"I know all of you have been wondering why I brought you all in my office."
"Obviously." Riddle bluntly states.
"Yet we still don't know why you've brought our vice dorms and other freshmen into your office." Azul adds.
"And I'm getting impatient, so fess up already." Leona curtly snarks.
"Well as you can see..."
Crowley then crept his signature annoying jolly smile.
"I'M SETTING UP FOR A TOUR FOR OUR VISITORS WHICH INCLUDES YOUR DORMS!" Crowley announces shocking them.
"A TOUR!?" Glory, Grim, and the boys shrieked.
"Around the school!?" Rapunzel asked with her eyes glimmer with excitement along with Pascal who croaks in glee.
"You've got to kidding me..." Leona growls laying his hand on to his forehead with an irked scowl.
"You're telling us now!?" Riddle shrills with a dumbfounded look.
"Honestly, you gotta keep on track with your time management, headmaster." Azul sighs shaking his head at him.
"Regardless, the reason why I'm doing this is because I want these lovely visitors to feel familiar and comfortable with the place during their time here. Cuz I, Dire Crowley, am very kind." Crowley reassures making all of them feel skeptical around him.
"The more you say it, the more skeptical you are making yourself look..." Glory snarks.
"This guy is seriously sketchy as hell..." Grim mumbles with a skeptical look.
"What Rabbit and Grim said, but since I have no other choice, I must fulfill my duty as the head dorm." Riddle proclaims.
"Goddamnit...This is gonna be a pain...." Leona groans.
"If you slack off and pin your responsibilities on me, you got another thing coming." Ruggie bluntly retorts with a frown making the lion groan.
"It's ridiculous but I must take responsibilities as a dorm leader." Azul reluctantly accepts.
"But mostly tiring." Jade points out.
"Aaaah how troublesome~." Floyd yawns feeling bored.
"Not only that, but I got a feeling that he's gonna say something unsurprising." Vivien informs.
"Unfortunately, I can not escort you during your tour as I am busy with work. So I am placing Merlin to lead the campus!" Crowley chirps and just as they predicted, they are unfazed when he says this.
"Annnnd there comes bullsh#t his excuse." Ace curtly remarks.
"Woooow what a shocker...." Glory sarcastically snarks.
"Lazy ass Headmaster." Grim grumbles.
"What did I tell you?" Vivien reminds them all with Jade chuckling at her.
"Oh yes, we get the picture Miss Vivien." Jade replies with a grin yet his tone sound sardonic and Merlin is unamused by this.
"You just love to place your responsibilities on me? Don't you, Dire?" He flatly snarks.
"And neglect my responsibilities to find Miss Corbett's home? Absolutely not!" Crowley retorts.
"When's the last time you EVER neglect any of your responsibilities." Deuce dryly snarks.
"More importantly, how you made progress of finding my home yet?" Glory ask with a skeptical look.
"He should be, RIGHT DIRE?" Merlin asked with a dead serious tone as a dark aura emits from his body with a fake smile underneath his bushy mustache flinching the headmaster before regaining his composure.
"Ahem. I am working on that as you said and I'm still working on finding her home so DO NOT WORRY!!" He reassures, but neither of them don't believe a word he said.
"You're not really good at being honest...." Glory mutters with a deadpan look.
"I'll say..." Grim agrees. Soon Corona's king and royal captain of the guards leans to his wife's ear.
"Psst I'm getting 'lazy uncle vibes' from this guy, what about you?" Eugene whispers.
"Well...I'm not actually sure if he's being honest or not..." Rapunzel mutters with a sweatdrop.
"Honestly, I'm not that surprised...something's really off about this guy and...I rather not get close to that guy if I were you." She advises her friends with Owl stares at Crowley cautiously.
"Also, I have one question. What's a dorm leader?" Eugene ask curiously.
"Allow me to explain. A dorm leader is when you take the role of looking after students and keeping their dorm functional and safe as possible. There are seven dormitories in Night Raven College that are based on the Great Sevens. For instance..." Crowley then points at Riddle.
"Second year, Riddle Rosehearts, is the head dorm of Heartslabyul that was founded by the severity of the Queen of Hearts and there is also a vice dorm as well in each dormitories like Trey Clover for example." He said as Riddle and Trey bows their head the trio.
"Pleasure to meet you your highness along with her crew. If you manage to follow the rules from the Queen of Hearts, I'll gladly do my best to assist you." Riddle reassures with a small smile.
"And we also held unbirthdays here at Heartslabyul where students and I celebrate parties every week except on birthdays. So feel free to attend the event." He suggested.
"Sounds like a fun party!" Rapunzel chirps.
"Welp that explains the 'Un' then." Eugene remarks.
"Indeed. And my close friend here Trey is an excellent baker since he grew up in a family of bakers in my hometown." Riddle informs them.
"And they're really delicious!!" Glory perks with a cheery smile and Trey nods.
"Nice to meet you, your highness, I'll do my best to provide you the things you need." Trey assures them with a friendly smile. Afterwards, Crowley points Leona next.
"Third year, Leona Kingscholar, is the head dorm of Savanaclaw that was founded by the tenacity of the King of Beasts and the vice dorm is Ruggie Bucchi. What they do here is students like Leona and Ruggie tend to excel martial arts and athletics in Savanaclaw dorm and they also known to compete in Magift Tournaments." Crowley informs. Rapunzel playfully nudges Cassandra's arm.
"Sounds like your dorm, Cass." She whispers making the ravenette snort and lightly nudges her back.
"Pssh shut up." She chuckles with a smile. Soon the lion letting out a huff and folds his arms.
"Don't try to cause trouble on my turf, if not then I'll let you herbivores be." Leona bluntly reminds them and that did not suit well for the former handmaiden.
"Herbivores!?" Cassandra rants as she was about to grab her sword, but Glory, Eugene, and Rapunzel stopped her and Leona and Ruggie are left confused.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa there, dragon lady!" Eugene halts getting between her and Leona.
"Cass wait! You can't do this here!" Rapunzel ceases her.
"She's right! Don't let him get to you! I can assure he's not that bad when you get to know him more." Glory reassured making Leona snort. Though aggravated with the rude lion, the swordswoman lets out a sigh and pushes her sword back to her scabbard.
Hmph. She sure has some fire into her just like Lioness, but...I rather not mess with her along with Lioness...it'll be a pain dealing with them if cross their paths.
Leona bluntly thought keeping his promise as a reminder of not to mess with them since he was raised to respect women by his family in his hometown.
Is it me or does that woman remind me of Kitten? Nevertheless...Leona better not cross them...
Ruggie thought with a sweatdrop. After she's calm down, Crowley continues on with the info and points at Azul for last.
"Then there's second year, Azul Ashengrotto, a head dorm of Octavinelle dorm founded by the compassion of the Sea Witch and the vice dorm is Jade Leech." He said as Azul and the Leech twins smiled at the trio.
"Please to meet you, your highness and her traveling companions. Feel free to come by at our dorm where I, Azul Ashengrotto, am the manager at the fine Mostro Lounge in Octavinelle dormitory where students came here to unwind their exhausting days as well as having you feel comfortable with our best fine refreshments and food that we provide." Azul explains with a charming smile.
"Whoa really? That's so awesome!!" Rapunzel perks with a huge smile and eyes sparkled in excitement along with Pascal and Jade chuckles and grins at the perky queen.
"Indeed. We offered great service in our dorm so please don't be afraid to stop by and visit us." Jade politely suggests.
"Yeah, we won't bite! Besides, it's more fun with Lionfish around cuz she's our siren!" Floyd chirps baffling the brunette queen.
"Eeh? Siren?" She ask looking puzzled and Jade chuckles as he pats Glory's head.
"Certainly your majesty. Angelfish here is our beloved performer at the Mostro Lounge and let me tell you all, she is a talented singer that everyone has ever heard of." Jade boasts with a warm smile.
"Indeed, my Glofish aka Ophelia is a wonderful singer and works part time every week. So don't be afraid to come over and visit. We always welcome our lovely guests at our dorm and we also make great deals." Azul reassures.
Yours?
The boys thought shooting jealous glares at the octopus making Glory sweatdrop at their jealousy. Rapunzel giggles and smiles blissfully at them.
"That would amazing! I'll keep that in mind, right guys?" Rapunzel beams turning to her husband and her best friend, but Eugene and Cassandra exchange grimaces and skeptical looks when they get 'shady' vibes from Azul and the Leech twins.
"Ummm yeah...Thanks but no thanks." Eugene curtly retorts wrapping an arm around his wife and pull her closer making Rapunzel confused.
"Eeh? But-!"
"Appreciate the offerings, but we don't accept any deals from someone with ulterior motives." Cassandra bluntly declines cutting Rapunzel off as she can sense bullsh#t from miles away.
"Why you wounded me...." Azul feigns pain before reverting back to his usual suave smile.
"But...oh well. I'm not going to force you, but feel free to stop by just case if you want to unwind." Azul reminds them and Jade chuckles.
"Fufufu. Seems like Miss Cassandra and Angelfish are alike." Jade assures with an amused smile.
"Oh well, you tried your best Azul." Floyd childishly teases shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.
"We're getting off track whippersnappers." Merlin bluntly reminds them and glance at Crowley.
"Dire if you may?" He insists and he clears his throat.
"R-Right...They are also other seven dorm heads, but are not here. However I'll explain them and their dormitories." He reassures.
"Fourth dormitory is Scarabia, founded by the deliberation of the Sorcerer of the Sand. Scarabia's head leader is Kalim Al-Asim, son of a rich and wealthy family from the Land of Hot Sands and the vice dorm is Jamil Viper. Here in Scarabia, students often excel in astrology and ancient incantations, and they tend to be highly resourceful." He told them.
"Sounds like they're hardworking people." Cassandra compliments.
"They are Miss Cassandra. Then there's Night Raven's oldest dorm, Pomefiore. A dorm that was founded by the heavy efforts of her Beautiful Queen. Their leader is Vil Schoenheit and the vice dorm of that dorm is Rook Hunt. Here at Pomefiore, students tend to excel in potions and sorcery, and are often skilled in making poisons. Many Pomefiore students also appear to come from well-off families." He informs.
"Wow! That's amazing!!" Rapunzel chirps with an impressed grin.
"Hmm...the name says it all so it does sounds like a lot of effort to pull off potions and other things." Cassandra said.
"And fun fact, Pomefiore is known to have a beauty rank to see which student is the fairest of all." Cater adds with a smile.
"Heh. That's something I could pull off BIG TIME!" Eugene said with a big grin.
"I highly doubt you will, Eugene...." Glory sighs shaking his head at his typical egotistical self.
"You took the words out of my mouth, girl." Cassandra agrees.
"Indeed. Next is Ignihyde, founded by the diligence of the king of the underworld. Here in Ignihyde, students tend to focus their efforts on researching the integration of magic with the latest technology. Their dorm leader is Idia Shroud and their vice dorm is his little brother Ortho. While they're technical experts, they are also well known of rarely interacting with other dorms due to their...reclusive nature..." Crowley explains in an awkward tone.
"Wow! Sounds like it's a perfect dorm for Varian!" Rapunzel chirps.
"Varian?" Crowley ask curiously.
"Varian's a close friend of ours and he is an expert inventor." Cassandra explains with confidence.
"And he's our royal engineer." Eugene added.
"Sounds like a smart and creative man." Riddle compliments and Rapunzel smiles.
"He is!" Glory and Rapunzel chirps in unison but widen their eyes and spun their heads before turning their heads away awkwardly.
"Hey um Glory isn't it? How do you know these things?" Eugene ask curiously.
"Can't really say, but let's just say I watched 'documentaries' about you guys along with other 'documentaries' based on the Great Sevens themselves." Glory explains while hiding the fact that she watched Disney movies about them as a child.
"Oh so that explains why you know them." Grim said with a smile.
"Hah? Documentaries?" Jack ask confusingly as Glory bobs her head and smiled widely.
"Yup! I watched them all the time when I was a kid and I still cherished them as my greatest memories from my childhood!" She replies with a warm smile.
"Hmmm interesting." Jade said with an intriguing smile.
"You don't say?...Ahem. Moving on, the last dormitory is Diasomnia." Crowley said.
"Diasomnia?" Rapunzel mutters.
"That's a spooky name for a dorm like that." Cassandra remarks.
"Sounds like haunted mansion's name if you asked me." Eugene points out.
"Well Diasomnia does sound like a mysterious dorm, but allow me to tell you about their dorm. Here at Diasomnia, it was founded by the elegance of the Witch of Thorns where students in Diasomnia tend to have excellent magic. Their dorm head is the crowned prince of the Valley of Thorns, Malleus Draconia, and his supervisor, Lilia Vanrouge, is vice dorm of this dorm." He explains.
"Wooooow! All of these dorms sound amazing!! I wanna take a good look at all of your dorms!!" Rapunzel chirps with eyes gleaming with excitement.
"Well this is a fresh start for a new adventure...." Cassandra said as she glance at Glory a bit before averting her eyes couldn't have the guts to face her due to her sheer resemblance of her mother. Cassandra then grabs both Rapunzel and Eugene by their arms as she pulls them close to her.
"Psst guys, now we found the new user, you think it's a good idea to tell Varian about her?" She whispers.
"Umm..." Eugene hums trying to find the answer, but as soon as the trio turns their heads to Glory who tilts her head slightly with her brows curled with a questionable look with her arms fold along with Grim, the trio turn their heads to one another.
"...We'll talk about this later right after the tour's over." Rapunzel whispers. On the other hand, Glory looked deadpan when she saw them whispering something about her and...she wasn't too surprised. Soon Grim leans to her ear.
"These guys are up to something..." Grim whispers.
"I know Grim, but...I'm willing to reassure them right after the tour ends."
"Oh and almost forget. Gloriane and Grim also lived in an abandoned dorm at the ramshackle dorm so right after the tour ends, you all can stay at their dorm for tonight." Crowley informs with a grin; much to Grim's dismay.
"What!? You having them live with us? Hell no! They have to pay me 20 cans of tuna if they want to stay-! Ow!" Grim soon was cut off when Glory bonk his head to shut him up.
"I don't mind you guys staying here. It maybe not the best dorm, but there's plenty of rooms for you guys to stay in." Glory reassures with a smile. Eugene and Cassandra exchange grimaces before the could respond, but Rapunzel beat them to it.
"That would be nice Glory...thank you." She said.
"What!?" They shrieked but Rapunzel turns to them with a pleaded look making them sigh and nods.
"Sure..." Eugene reluctantly replies.
"Yeah...Thanks Glory." Cassandra awkwardly said. Aware of their grimace, Glory wasn't bothered by their reactions as she understands their feelings since she's Gothel's reincarnation. Instead, she smiles sweetly at them.
"You're welcome and I'll do my best to provide you guys the information around the campus as well as hearing you guys out." She reassures with Rapunzel smile a bit at her.
"Thank you for the offer Glory. We appreciate it." Rapunzel replies with a grin.
"Excellent! Now that's out of the way! ON TO THE TOUR MERLIN! ALL OF YOU HAVE FUN NOW! I have to continue my research on finding your world!!" Crowley marvels with a big smile, but it left Vivien skeptical at his words.
I'm seriously questioning his role as headmaster...No wonder why this campus is...well chaotic.
Vivien thought with a sweatdrop crept from her head. Then she heard his tiny wizard friend sigh and shakes his head at the lazy ass headmaster.
"...Very well, come on whippersnappers. Let's get this tour over it." Merlin reassures.
"Fine..." They all sighed.
"Yes! This is gonna be a great day for us Pascal!" Rapunzel cheers and he croaks in glee.
"Color me stoked." Cassandra casually remarks.
"Yeah, but I wanna take a good look around cuz it looks like they're are tons of adventures in this campus of yours!" Eugene perks.
"Certainly, now lets begin the tour. Off we go!" Merlin insists as he opens the door and floats out of the office with Rapunzel's gang and students follow the wizard where their campus tour begins.
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Phew that was one hell of a chapter I wrote. I know you all impatient to see the Scarabia arc but i promise you that the next one will be the final one in the prologue. Afterwards it will be off to the Scarabia arc, so please be patient and hang on tight cuz we're almost to the final chapter of the prologue. Before we head to the next chapter, I wanna show my fan art that I drew recently this week.
Here it is.
Here's Glory at Pomefiore with the regal, finest, and fairest Pomefiore trio. 👸💜👑🍎🏹
And as requested from 91062854KA here's a drawing of Glory, Cassandra, and Rapunzel with their perspective pets (henchman in Grim's case).
Welp that's all I need to say folks. Thanks for reading the new chapter of the reincarnation of Mother Gothel and I'll see you in the final chapter of the prologue and...IT'S OFF TO THE SCARABIA ARC SO STAY TUNE EVERYONE! Bye!!!