"You in the rear, you're falling behind! Lift your umbrellas higher! You in the front, I can't hear your bells! No slacking!" Kalim barks with Glory grimacing at his harsh treatment towards his members with Vivien, Grim, and Rapunzel's gang feeling the same as her. On the other hand, Grim is wheezing out from marching under the heat, but Jamil spun his head to Grim.
"Hang in there. You'll die of dehydration if you stop here."
"Hard pass on that, y'know..." Grim whines, but Cassandra ruffles his head.
"Come on man, let's move." Cassandra assures making him groan.
~~~~~~~
"This is taking longer than yesterday, move!" Kalim demands with one of the Scarabia students panting heavily.
"Ugh...I can't take another step..." He groans. Soon Jamil spotted something big.
"I can see the oasis. It's almost break time!" Jamil informs and turns to Grim, Vivien, Rapunzel, her husband, and Cassandra.
"It's only a bit further, hang in there everyone!" Jamil reassures as the Scarabia resident spun around with hope in his eyes.
"Vice dorm head....You're working to keep out morale up...!" The Scarabia mutters with hope filled in his eyes which earned him a scoff from Iman and whips his head away with Vivien, Rapunzel, Eugene, and Cassandra grimacing at his claim.
"Morale my ass..." Eugene grumbles.
"Sssh quiet, Eugene!" Rapunzel shushes.
"High morale isn't going to ease my exhaustion, y'know!" Grim complains. Soon Vivien's eyes glow blue as she saw Kalim rebuffing Grim's plea.
~~~~~~
"Give you water? You presume to order me around!?"
"Eek!?"
~~~~~~
Then she reverts back to reality and pants from the vision causing Iman and the group to be worried as he marches up to the lake goddess.
"Vivi you ok?" Iman ask with a worried look.
"Psst did you saw something?" Cassandra whispers and she nods as Vivien rises up and flips her hair.
"I'm fine. Let's keep going." Vivien reassures as she struts her way through the desert with Rapunzel and the others walking after her as Jamil stares at her with a skeptical look before he presumes to stroll after the Scarabia students.
On the other hand, Glory turns her head back to Grim and her friends with a worried look.
"Something the matter, Sunflower?" Kalim ask as Glory whips her head back to the hypnotized dorm head who gazes her with a curious look before she forced a smile at him.
"Noting, Kalim. Just excited about arriving at the oasis that's all." Glory told him with Kalim nods and lays a hand on her back.
"Don't worry, love. We'll get there in a minute." Kalim reassures as he plants a kiss on her cheek making her flustered before she nods.
"Right." Glory replies while flushed red and fans herself.
Calm yourself, Glo. You can do this.
Glory thought.
~~~~~~
Elsewhere at Avalon, Merlin was watching the scene unfolding him from his crystal ball to see sundrop being attached by the hypnotized Kalim. He soon clicks his tongue and shakes his head at the unfortunate scene.
"My my, some pickle you got yourself into my sundrop." Merlin mutters as he lets out a sigh.
"Why am I not surprised that Crowley would neglect his responsibilities?..." Merlin mumbles as he whips his head to the grave of Arthur next to him.
"What do you think Artie? How about we watched and let fate guide them through this unfortunate event Eh?" Merlin ask as he turns back to his crystal ball.
More importantly, I'm going to have a serious conversation with that birdbrain once I returned from my trip.
Merlin ponders as he crept a smile underneath his mustache.
"Be strong, sundrop. Be strong." He mutters reassuringly as he watches the scene unfolding him.
~~~~~~~
An hour later has passed and they all arrived at the Oasis with heavy pants and breathing coming from the group.
"...Phew! I'm sweaty here!" Eugene sighs.
"Ugh tell me about it...." Cassandra grumbles while panting.
"...My throat is shredded. Kalim, give us water." Grim pleads, but his reaction is different this time and spun his head.
"Give you water? You presume to order me around?" Kalim rebuffs shocking the gremlin.
"Eek!?" He shrieks as Kalim folds his arms with a scowl.
"I'm not your faucet. Get it from the oasis if you're thirsty." Kalim retorts as he spun his head back to Glory.
"Sorry, love. Here, have some water." Kalim suggests shocking Glory.
"What? But-!" Glory utters but Kalim opens the lid and shoves her head to the bottle where she reluctantly drank the water. Glory glance back the other incredulous students with sympathetic looks as she disapproves of Kalim being unfair towards his members.
"...Get water from a dried up oasis?" The Scarabia resident utters in disbelief.
"How much of a dictator can he be? Especially when he's putting Goth-! Er I mean Glory like a pedestal?" The second Scarabia resident mutters.
"Damn right. She's obviously not enjoying his company. Seriously, what is going through his head?" The third Scarabia whispers as Iman clench his teeth and grips his hands deeply sickened from the hypnosis that was affecting his dorm head.
No! You're making a mistake! It's not true!
Iman thought.
"Jeez, this hypnosis thing has gone too far!" Eugene rants.
"Poor Glory, I feel bad for her...." Rapunzel sympathizes with Pascal croaking in agreement.
"Agreed, the more the hypnosis is affecting him, the more blot that Snake Child will have." Vivien informs as they all bob their heads and this shocks Iman.
"What?...You mean-." Soon they heard footsteps coming towards them cutting Iman off.
"Speaking of Jamil, here he comes...." Cassandra reminds them as they stare at Jamil who is holding bottles of water with camels galloping through the desert.
"We're alright. I planned for this and there's water with the camels. Make sure everyone gets some." Jamil informs. Much to their relief, all of them grabbed their perspective drinks from the vice dorm.
"T-Thank you so much. We'd better off with you as dorm head." The Scarabia resident mutters freaking Jamil out.
"Don't say anything reckless. You'd be in trouble if Kalim heard." Jamil whispers.
"But it's true." The second Scarabia resident insisted.
"Long before things got this way, you did all the dorm head stuff..." The third Scarabia resident said, but Jailm shushes them.
"That's the fate of those who serve...No, work for the Asim family." Jamil informs as he crept a warm smile.
"Drink plenty of water while we rest. The afternoon sun is going to make the return trip worse." He reassures with smile that made Iman and the group cringed.
"Jamil you bastard...." Iman grumbles as he clench his fists.
"I'm gonna throw up." Eugene mutters.
"Eugene hush!" Rapunzel shushes him with a frown.
"Jamil...." They all uttered feeling touched with "his selflessness".
"Attention! Break time is over! Get back in formation!" Kalim bellows with Glory staring at Jamil with serious grey eyes.
This has gone too far...
Glory thought as she clench her fists while scowling at Jamil.
Ace and Deuce haven't responded my message. Guess I have to pull out the big gun. Actually no, not big guns. Underwater reinforcements! I'll have to tell Vivi, Raps, and the others the plan too!
She mentally vowed keeping her strategy in her mind like a lock while staring at the vice dorm.
"Jamil, I-I...I really can't stay in this dorm anymore." The Scarabia resident spout.
"Me, neither. I can't follow Kalim any longer!" The Scarabia resident mutters.
"How can you bear following his orders!?" The third Scarabia resident rants.
"Because he is "Kalim Al-Asim"." Jamil informs them.
"And that's because you've been with him since you guys were kids?" Eugene ask curiously playing dumb.
"That's one reason. Let's save this for later tonight, I'll make sure Kalim won't be around. Can you spare time for me then?" Jamil ask curiously and Vivien nods firmly.
"Why of course, Jamil. Take as much time as you need." Vivien reassures and he smiled warmly at the lake goddess.
"Thank you, Vivien." He thanked her. Soon Jamil and the rest of the Scarabia including Iman stroll pass Vivien, Grim, Rapunzel, Eugene, and Cassandra. Soon the elephant stomped pass the group with Glory staring down at them mouthing the words "I'll meet you at the guest room." to them before being taken away by the elephant.
Vivien spun to the group.
"As I predicted, we should all head back to the guest room and wait for Moonchild. We all have a plan to discussed." Vivien informs and they all nod.
"Good cuz I am sooo sick and tired of this sh#t!" Grim rants and Vivi shook her head at him.
"Not to worry. Moonchild definitely knows what she's doing." She reassures.
"Now let's move forward so we could create a hole for our young future queen." Vivien insists as Rapunzel and her friend nod their heads at her.
"Right." They all complied as they all follow after the Scarabia residents to the dorm.
~~~~~
An hour later after they got back from the oasis, Eugene and Cassandra finished up digging up the entire hole until they reached the surface.
"Aah finally fresh air!" Eugene gasps while panting from the halls. Cassandra climbs up next to him.
"Phew, I'll say." Cassandra mutters.
"What are you guys doing here?"
Soon they glance up to see Glory.
"Glo!" Cassandra gasps with a grin.
"Oh thank goodness you're here!" Eugene chirps in relief. Soon they heard footsteps nearby panicking the trio and Eugene and Cassandra glance back at Glory.
"Get in here quickly." Cassandra ushers and she nods firmly at them as she jumps down to the hole and crawls under the door with Eugene and Cassandra following after her. Then she climbs up to the room and Eugene and Cassandra lift her feet up to the ground.
"Glory!" Grim shrieks as Rapunzel and Vivien run to Glory as they pulled her up and Eugene and Cassandra climb up to the room.
"Thanks guys." She thanked them. Soon Grim scurries up to Glory and glops to her lap.
"Glory you're alive!!!" Grim cried while clinging on to her making Glory giggle and pats his head.
"I'm fine, Grim." She reassures as she glance back at the group.
"Ok now that you're here, what's your plan?" Cassandra ask curiously.
"And I have a feeling that I might like this." Vivien implies with a smirk confusing the group. Glory clench her fists to her lap.
"Well this might be skeptical for you all, but...We're going to escape and head straight to Octavinelle dorm for help."
"EEEH!?" They all shrieked except for Vivien.
"What!? Why!?" Grim shrieks.
"Grim, think about it. Octavinelle dorm is known for its tricks and traps, and you know who I'm talking about." Glory implies shuddering Grim.
"You don't mean-!"
"Yes, we're dragging them here, but we have to be quiet about it." Glory advises.
"And they will help us out cuz?" Eugene ask skeptically.
"Cuz they're the only three people who are here in Night Raven College. Who else are we gonna seek help to?" Glory inquires with Eugene snapping his finger at her.
"Good point." Eugene replies.
"Then it's settled. We'll leave by midnight, but how are we gonna get there?" Rapunzel ponders.
"Kalim showed me and Grim the flying carpet in the vault yesterday, so that's the fastest way we could get there." Glory told her.
"Sorry what?" Eugene looked baffled.
"Flying...carpet?" Rapunzel utters with Pascal scratching his head with a puzzled look.
"Indeed, Sun child. Both Grim and Moonchild have ridden a magical carpet before, so escaping with a flying carpet would be the quickest way out." Vivien assures and Glory bobs her head.
"Exactly. I may not have experience on controlling a flying carpet before, but it'll be worth the shot." Glory reassures.
"Then we should get going at nighttime after the meeting with Jamil at the lounge and he's one heck of a snake of you ask me." Cassandra bluntly points out.
"Agreed!" Grim chimes.
"Yeah that viper guy has them wrapped under his finger." Eugene admits.
"Indeed. If we have to defeat Snake child, then we have to gather reinforcements and that reinforcements is happened to be located in the depths of the sea.~" Vivien reassures as glint of craftiness glimmers in her eyes.
"True. These guys are the only ones who didn't go to their homes cuz they're from the sea. They looked skeptical, but they're out only hope for this matter." Rapunzel said with Pascal bobbing his head to agree with her.
"I know you guys looked wary of them, but trust me on this one. It will work, so is everyone with me on this plan?" Glory inquires as Cassandra lets out a reluctant sigh.
"As much as I don't trust them...I definitely don't want to spend the rest of the break with a hypnotized dorm head and his shady snake-like vice dorm, so you have my word there." Cassandra casually replies.
"Same with me. I'm quite wary of them as well, but I rather crash to their dorm than being trapped here in Scarabia." Rapunzel agrees with Pascla bobbing his head in agreement.
"I'm with them in this one. This is getting out of hand, so we better get going." Eugene chimes. Glory then cross her arms.
"Then it's settled. We're going to Octavinelle dorm tonight!" Glory chirps with a determined grin.
"But how the hell are you gonna meet with us? Kalim is on your tail." Eugene points out, but Glory shoots him a smirk.
"That's when you're wrong, Eugene." Glory retorts as she pulls out her bag of conceal drops to show them causing the group to be shocked.
***I didn't get a chance to show you what the conceal drops look like so here's a drawing of the conceal drops^***
"Huh?" Rapunzel gasps with Pascal peering at the bag with curiosity.
"Whoa what!?" Eugene shrieks.
"What are those things?" Cassandra asks as Vivien lets out a giggle.
"Aah yes, the conceal drops. The one and only." Vivien stated as Rapunzel spun her head to the lake goddess.
"What are conceal drops?" Rapunzel ask curiously.
"Conceal drops are a souvenir of mine and the one the I gave Glory with. What it does is allows you to blend yourself in any time of environment to avoid optical perception, but it'll only last for ten minutes." Vivien explains awing Rapunzel and her friends.
"Ooooohhhh...." Grim awes fascinated by the bag of conceal drops.
"Wow! That's amazing! I really need to get one of those!" Rapunzel chirps with green eyes gleam with awe along with Pascal who is gawking at the bag of conceal drops.
"Dang, that's smart." Cassandra compliments with a grin.
"I'll say. You're definitely a goddess for sure." Eugene praises making Vivien giggled.
"Why of course, I'm here to help my child after all." Vivien reassures as she turns back to Glory.
"You better make sure you keep those drops hidden." She reminds her and the ravenette bobs her head to her.
"Got it Vivi." Glory complies as she stands up from the floor and walks to the hole but whips her head back to her friends one last time.
"Remember our plan guys!" She reminds them.
"Got it!" They all complied as Glory smiles at them and leaps to the hole. Once she's gone, Grim lets out a groan.
"Ugh, I'm gonna have nightmares when we get there...." Grim groans remembering the Octavinelle incident last weekend, but Vivien lays a hand on his head and caresses him.
"Have faith, Grim. Everything will work out eventually." Vivien reassures with Grim sighing.
"Hopefully..." Grim mutters shaking his head feeling like this day is gonna get risky.
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Hours have passed and it's now the evening when everyone including Glory and the group are gather around at the lounge as ordered by the vice dorm and Iman is also there too.
"Is everyone here?" Jamil asked.
"Yes...And the dorm head is?" The Scarabia resident utters.
"Asleep. I gave him tea that acts as a sleep aid. He shouldn't stir." Jamil reassures with Eugene curls his brows at him.
"...And? What did you wanna tell us?" Eugene ask curiously acting dumb just like Glory and the rest of the gang.
"Yeah, I'm beat. I'm ready to hit the hay." Grim whines.
"We're all the same boat, Grim." Glory bluntly retorts with a blank look.
"Agreed. Now be quiet." The other Scarabia student shushes. Then Jamil folds his arms.
"I know you're not satisfied with the way Kalim has been doing things. Your reaction is completely valid to being locked up over winter break and worked to the bone. I don't agree with him either." Jamil calmly sympathizes.
"Then how come you didn't do crap like this if he's out of control?" Cassandra bluntly ask seeing through his lies.
"She's right, why don't you try to stop him!?" The Scarabia resident rants.
"Not to mentioned that Kalim is acting creepy around Goth-! Er I mean, Glory! How do you even tolerate him!?" The Scarabia resident C shouts.
"I don't and I have, many times. He doesn't listen." Jamil explains.
"Then you should do it directly to Kalim if your dorm head is "unstable". Have you tried to report this to the headmaster?" Glory ask curiously while acting innocent and naive as the Scarabia residents became tense when she asked this.
"Well...you see...." The Scarabia resident utters.
"Glory is right. Why can't you guys speak your mind to Kalim? Y'all are spineless." Grim curtly chides.
"No. We tried, too. So many times." The Scarabia student assures.
"But when he's not in one of his moods he's super nice and big hearted." The second Scarabia resident said.
"Has he ever been so moody?" Glory ask curiously curling her brows.
"Well before things got like this we all respected him so much. We thought he was better than any other dorm head." He explains.
"Is he? What did he did to earn your respect?" Rapunzel ask curiously.
"He listened to my worries when I couldn't get used to dorm life." The Scarabia resident told her.
"I was thinking about dropping out but he stayed up to help me catch up with class." The second Scarabia resident explains.
"Hmmm...Anything else?" Glory ask again.
"He can be all over the place and unreliable sometimes but we still loved him. Being in Scarabia was so much fun, but..." Scarabia mutters, but Jamil cuts in and agrees with them.
"Yes, he's a good dorm head. He treats everyone equally and never acts better than anyone. Ugh...Why did it turn out like this!?" Jamil rants about it's obvious that he's faking it as Eugene shakes his head and Cassandra rolls her eyes along with Owl.
"He's genuinely a good guy so you can't criticize him." Rapunzel said.
"But you can't take a stance because of his moods." Glory chimes.
"Umm. Would it be a good idea to have him see Merlin? He's a doctor in the nurse's office, so why not take him to check him up or something?" Eugene ask curiously.
"Yeah. His mind and personality flips like a coin. It's not normal, y'know? Did he eat something bad, or something?" Grim asked.
"Well from what I've saw, it's more than just a mental illness or poison." Vivien assures.
"It can't be neither of them. It was a mental illness or poison, I'd be keep an eye on him everyday and I'd be sick as well as his poison tester. But a doctor? If he were home, he could see his family doctor. As he is now, though, that might be difficult." Jamil informs with an unsure look.
"What do we..."
"We can't keep up like this..."
They all muttered with fear in their eyes.
"The problem we're facing is just like the one that plagued Heartslabyul. They were suffering under their dorm head's rule and nobody could speak up due to fear of Riddle." Jamil said shocking the group.
"Wait what happened in Heartslabyul?" Eugene ask curiously looking at Vivien with a confused look.
"You do not wanna know, Fitzherbert." Vivien calmly reassures.
"Why are you bringing Riddle into this? What does he have to do with this?" Glory ask curiously with a perplexed look as Jamil crept a grin and turns his head to the ravenette.
"That's simple really. I want your advice as the ones who solved that problem. What do you think we should do?" He ask curiously.
"Well-."
"What if Jamil challenged Kalim to a duel to become dorm head? The headmaster suggested that to Ace and Deuce! They were collared in an instant though." Grim suggests shocking Rapunzel, Cassandra, and Eugene.
"Huh!?" Rapunzel and Cassandra gasps.
"Hold up! You're saying that people can compete in a challenge for the role of the dorm head and if they win, they'll be the new dorm head!?" Eugene shrieks.
"That's what he said back in Heartslabyul before you guys came to our campus." Glory corrects them.
"Indeed. Depends on what the challenges are, those who wins the battle shall be the new dorm leader of the dorm that the person are in." Vivien explains to them.
"Yup! Sides, Kalim's magic isn't that impressive so it'd probably be easy as pie!" Grim chirps, but....
"That, I absolutely cannot do." Jamil curtly rejects shocking Grim.
"Gah! You're the one who asked for advice, y'know! Why can't you?" Grim ask with a puzzled look.
"Haven't you heard of his history? Jamil came from a family of servants and his family serves the Asim family for years. I highly doubt that his family would agree to this challenge you suggested." Iman reassures him.
"He's right. My family, the Viper clan, has been serving the Asims for generations. Do you think they'd forgive a servant who turned on their master? If Kalim's father found I out I did something like that my family will suffer the consequences. Sorry, but I can't put my whole family's well being on the line for this." Jamil politely apologized, but Glory disagrees and said something to him.
"That's not something a child should be responsible for. How can you believe that this won't work?" Glory ask curiously while acting dumb.
"It can't be helped. This is fate of those born into the Viper family." Jamil told her. Soon Rapunzel raises her hand and Jamil glance at the brunette queen.
"While I understand why you can't challenge Kalim to a duel, but as a queen I must tell you that your dorm residents shouldn't be pushing his residents around like this. From where I came from, I must make sure that my people in my kingdom are safe and happy as well as protecting them from harm." Rapunzel informs with the Scarabia residents looked at the queen with awe.
"Yeah! What she said!" Grim chimes.
"Riddle was out of control but Kalim is even more nonsensical, y'know." Grim curtly said.
"Wait, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!?" Eugene shrieks, but people shushes him with glares.
"Will you keep it down! Kalim is sleeping!" Iman hushes.
"Oh, sorry!" Eugene apologies.
"Is he always this out of control?"
"Yes! And we can't keep up with him anymore!" The Scarabia resident rants.
"Kalim isn't meeting the requirements for his role as dorm head and going against the very spirit of Scarabia!"
"Requirements you say?" Rapunzel ask curiously placing her finger to her lips.
"What kind of requirements do you guys have in this campus?" Cassandra ask curiously.
"Each of the seven dorms here at Night Raven has different requirements that the dorm head has to meet to be the most suitable. If you aren't the best match for those requirements then you don't have the right to be dorm head. A duel is an easy way to figure out who is best. The requirements for what is "suitable" differs depending on the dorm." Jamil informs.
"Such as?" Eugene asks curling his brows at him. Jamil folds his arms and continue on with his explanation.
"Something like this. For example, I've heard it's tradition for the person who makes the strongest poisons to be the dorm head in Pomefiore." He assures freaking Grim out.
"That's a scary dorm!" Grim shrieks.
"That's an interesting dorm!!" Rapuznel chirps with Pascal croaking with glee as his eyes sparkle in fascination.
"So why was Kalim chosen?" Glory ask curiously.
"Yeah. What made him dorm head, anyway?" Cassandra ask curiously. Jamil lays his hand under his chin.
"It was decided by the previous dorm head. He was picked based on Kalim's work and virtue. That choice made me happy." Jamil admits with a grin, but it was obviously fake according to Glory and her friends.
"That was because of your help! We all know it." The Scarabia resident retorts.
"Why didn't they choose you?!" The Scarabia resident rants ticking off Iman.
"Hey! Don't bring the previous dorm head into this. He has nothing to do with this!" Iman scolds at them.
"Agreed. Don't bring hate in the previous dorm head. There's no way they'd pick me over the heir to the Asim fami-. Ah!" Jamil soon paused when he accidentally blurred out the family.
"Oh?" Glory utters with her brows curled in suspicion.
"Weeellll someone sure let the cats out of the bag that quickly." Eugene sarcastically snarks.
"Indeed." Vivien agrees.
"I'm with Eugene on this one." Rapunzel chimes with Pascal bobbing his head.
"Same..." Cassandra mutters.
and why let's slipping out of the family name? It's like asking for trouble.
Cassandra thought bluntly with a deadpan look.
"Huh!? There you go again with the "Asim family"!" Grim chides with a glare and everyone is in shock from the reveal.
"I didn't know there was something like that....So it's just nepotism!?" The Scarabia resident shrieks.
"They're dirty!...The Asim family is too dirty!" The second Scarabia resident rants in disgust and that pushes the line too far.
"THEY ARE NOT DIRTY! ALL OF YOU ARE MAKING A MISTAKE!" Iman bellows shocking the Scarabia members, perplexing Jamil, and cringing Glory and her group.
"EEH!?" They all shrieked by his sudden outburst and soon Iman earns a couple of facepalms from Glory, Grim, Eugene, Pascal, and Cassandra and a light shake of a head from Rapunzel and Owl.
Goddamnit, Iman!!
Glory thought with a face palm.
"You've gotta be kidding me..." Cassandra grumbles pinching her temple with Owl muttering a soft hoot to agree with her.
"Seriously!? We're doing so well! Why you gotta blow up like that, dumbass!?" Grim curtly rants in a whisper tone.
"For the love of stars!! Not the time, Iman!" Eugene mutters face palming at Iman's reckless response.
"Oh goodness...." Rapunzel mumbles with Pascal groaning underneath his tiny hands.
"Knew it." Vivien sighs unsurprised by the outburst since she predict it will happened. Vivien turns to the dirty blonde haired Scarabia student with an annoyed look and stands up from the floor where she saunters to him and leans to his ear.
"Iman, please refrain yourself." Vivien ceases him, but Iman shook his head.
"No! I won't! I won't stand by and let Jamil tarnished his reputation any longer!!" Iman rants pointing his finger at him with a glare.
"Eeh? Iman, what are you talking about?" The Scarabia resident ask confusingly.
"Yeah, you heard what Jamil said." The second Scarabia resident reminds him.
"And you saw what happened today and yesterday. Kalim is disobeying the rules of the Sorcerer of sands! Don't tell you're on his side!?" The third Scarabia resident yelps. I'm clench his fists as he presumes to spout his rant about Jamil.
"I've been standing by his side since day one last year! Kalim is not emotionally unstable! He's always been a genuine, caring, and lively man! He's been brainwashed by that snake, Jamil Viper!" Iman chides "shocking" Jamil, but is deeply irritated when he called him out of his plans.
"Don't be ridiculous, Iman! What makes you believe that I would do something horrendous to Kalim? I've been loyal to him since moment I was born! When's the last you've ever seen me brainwashing Kalim?!" Jamil retorts with a frown, but it's also a lie.
"He's right! He's always been hard working, kind, and loyal to us especially our dorm head!" The Scarabia resident agrees.
"I have to agree! Kalim is an unstable man who deserves to be dethroned for his unfair actions!" The second Scarabia bellows.
"Yeah don't bullsh#t us Iman! He's obviously two-faced!" The third Scarabia resident shouts triggering poor Iman to the core as he furrows his brows.
"NO HE ISN'T!! I'M TELLING YOU GUYS THE TRUTH!!" Iman barks back and soon Rapunzel and Glory got up and they stepped between him and the Scarabia students.
"Okay, let's stop right here! All of you guys need to calm down cuz this isn't going anywhere!" Glory chides placing her hand to Iman.
"Glory is right. Arguing will not solve anything in this matter." Rapunzel reassures while placing her hand to the Scarabia students.
"I agree with both Glo-san and Rapunzel. This discussion is getting us nowhere! Ignore what Iman said a minute ago. He was just under stress to the point where he was exasperated with the whole situation with Kalim, that's all." Jamil reassures with a lie ticking off Glory and the group.
Bullshit!
Glory thought cursing mentally at Jamil.
"Under stress my butt." Eugene grumbles.
"Ain't that the truth." Grim bluntly agrees.
"Quiet guys!" Cassandra seethes with a whisper tone sending a glare at him.
"Indeed..." Soon Vivien saunters to Iman and gently lays a hand on his shoulder where the enraged Scarabia student whips his head to the lake goddess.
"Petty arguments will not solve the serious matters like this." Vivien calmly assures as she whips her head to Jamil with a serious gaze.
"Snake child, I would kindly like to take Iman on a serious discussion in the hallway. Would you mind?" Vivien politely ask and Jamil nods his head at her.
"Certainly, Vivien-san. Take as much as time as you and Iman like, but be sure to talk quietly. We don't want Kalim to wake up." Jamil assures with a small grin and Vivien bows her head to him.
"Thank you, come now Iman. Let's take our leave." Vivien insists as she grabs his wrist and drags him out of the lounge but before Iman scowls at the vice dorm as he and Vivien left the lounge. Once they left, Jamil sighs and turns back to the group.
"I apologized for Iman's behavior." Jamil apologized but all of them shook their heads.
"No, you're good Jamil." The Scarabia resident reassures.
"Yes. Please don't let Iman's bullsh#t story bother you, Jamil. You're a good person." The second Scarabia resident comforts grimacing Glory, Rapunzel, Cassandra, Eugene, and Grim.
Good person my ass....
They all thought with a cringy look as they watched them reassuring their deceptive vice dorm leader.
"Yeah. Iman is just as stressed as we are just like you said." The third Scarabia reassures as Jamil sighs and shakes his head slightly.
"I'm aware of that, but thank you for the reassurance." Jamil replies as he lays his hands on his hips.
"Regardless. Please, forget I said anything of the sort." He pleads.
"Night Raven College is supposed to be a prestigious college that rewards personal achievements. Not a place that values familial connections!" The Scarabia student chides.
"Yeah, Vice dorm head! We can't just ignore this!" The second Scarabia student agrees.
"Who you know or how big your wallet is shouldn't matter at school! Everyone is supposed to be equals!" The third Scarabia resident assures yet Jamil is look "hesitate" about challenging Kalim.
"That...But..."
"Scarabia is a dorm that is founded on the tactical mind of the Sorcerer of Sand. I've always thought Viper has the prudence necessary to be a dorm head, not Asim." The fourth Scarabia resident points out. Jamil frowns at that.
"Wait. I'm not anything special." Jamil flatly objects.
"My grades are always right in the middle on the average. That doesn't make me fit for dorm head." He sternly retorts.
"Your magical prowess doesn't determine whether or not you're suited for the job." The Scarabia resident C assures. Then the second Scarabia resident turns to his members.
"What about you guys? Who do you think would be the best dorm head?" He ask curiously.
"Of course I think Jamil is more suitable right now!" Scarabia resident A agrees firmly.
"Yeah. Jamil is a better dorm head for Scarabia than Kalim!" Scarabia resident B rants.
"Being born into a good family doesn't make you fit to be dorm head!" Scarabia Resident A raves.
"Yeah yeah! Scarabia doesn't need an incompetent dorm head!" Scarabia resident B chimes.
"Scarabia doesn't need an incompetent dorm head!!!" They all ranted in unison. This has Glory, Grim, Rapunzel, Eugene, and Cassandra froze in fear mixed with aggravation in their eyes.
"Oh no! This is bad!" Rapunzel gasps with Pascal croaking in fear. Cassandra clicks her tongue in disgust.
"Tch! He has everyone wrapped under his finger!" She rants while scowling at Jamil.
"Ffgya! What's Vivien taking so long? We need to get outta here now, y'know!" Grim whimpers.
"Well I don't know exactly where she and Iman go cuz I am not going to sit here and watch Raps having a meltdown from the reliving the trauma that she endured." Eugene mutters. Glory stares at the group of brainwashed Scarabia students and Jamil where she clench her fists silently while gazing at the vice dorm leader with serious grey eyes.
"...We should sneak out of here right now and find Vivien quickly without waking-."
Before she could sort of her plan, it was too late for Glory to explain her strategy when they heard footsteps coming in the lounge.
"What are you all doing here at this time of night?" The hypnotized Kalim ask sending shivers down to their spine.
"Geeeh, he found us!" Grim mutters.
"Annnnd we're dead." Eugene mumbles with his eyes widened.
"K-Kalim...!" Jamil utters with a hint of panic from his tone.
"It seems that I went too easy on you this afternoon. You're still overflowing with energy." Kalim belittles and whips his head to Jamil with a glare.
"Jamil! Send everyone out into the courtyard." Kalim demands baffling the vice dorm leader.
"The courtyard...?" Jamil mutters in confusion as Kalim crosses his arms.
"They will practice magic until they hit their limit." Kalim curtly informs shocking Team Glory shuddering the Scarabia members.
"Until they hit their limit!?" Glory and her group shrieked with shock looks.
"That's a crazy order...!" Scarabia resident A mutters in shock.
"I've already pushed past my limits for this!" Grim whines.
"Did you not hear me? Move, now!" Kalim demands as Jamil stood quietly with a frown before he could reply.
"...Understood. Let's go outside." Jamil reluctantly complied much to their dismay including the Rapunzel group.
"Ugh jeez...." Cassandra groans.
"Can this day get any worst?" Eugene complains.
"This is insane! He can't be doing this to Kalim! We have to stop this now!" Rapunzel shouts and Glory nods.
"Yeah..." Glory mutters as she stares at Jamil with grey eyes glint in intimidation.
But once this training is over, I'm going to have a serious talk with Jamil....
Glory thought sternly where the sundrop flower herself aka future queen of Twisted Wonderland is ready to face Scarabia's most cunning viper known as Jamil Viper.
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Heya guys sorry for the hiatus and OH BOOOY that was a long chapter for me to write, but I am able to finished the new chapter. However, before we get to the next chapter of The Reincarnation of Mother Gothel, I would like to show you guys my drawings of the three OCs that I drew today. One is Glory's ex boyfriend, Marc Steward, second and third are Glory's childhood besties and hype gals, Harriet Greene and Zara Fitzgerald. You may saw my original drawing fo the two, but I redrew them cuz I want to add a little flare to heir style of character. Without further ado, here is the first drawing:
This drawing here is the cheating ex himself, Marc Steward! ^^
Marc: IT WAS JUST A MISTAKE!
Nqchristine18: 💢 Oi shut your whore mouth, you're not part of this story! *kicks Marc out to the door*
Marc: ow!
Nqchristine18: *bluntly* you're welcome *shuts the door and turns back to her readers with a smile*. Let's move on to our next drawing shall we?
Here's the next drawing of one of Glory's childhood besties and partner-in-crime, Harriet Greene!
I changed her skin tone by the way cuz I find her skin color a bit much, but she came out perfectly as I wanted. I even add a few accessories to make her look badass since Harriet is the "Yin" of the trio.
And finally, here comes Glory's second childhood bestie and hype girl, Zara Fitzgerald!
Damn I made her cute! She even looks cuter with boots. I even changed her style of hair and the shape of her eyes. In fact, it definitely captures her introverted but coolheaded nature of Zara. Which makes her the "Yang" of the trio.
Anyways thanks for reading the new chapter of The Reincarnation of Mother Gothel, and I'll see you guys in the next chapter. Bye bye!