Roxana's P.O.V
After my trip to Sam's shop, I learned a lot more than I needed to know. However I was still curious as to who this mysterious person is, and why does this person want the book so badly, I was sitting in one of the armchairs in the Lounge while Grim sat on my shoulder, we were both looking through the book when suddenly some words began to appear and an image of a beast that had tentacles, bat like wings, a snake for a tail, and looked ten times larger than an any average cat. Then I noticed it looked like a creature what is overblotted, but I didn't see an owner. However words started to appear and tell a tale of a beast that will show up in the near future to destroy Twisted Wonderland. I was about to continue reading some more when all of the sudden, I hear the door to the entrance slam open, and looked back to see the Headmaster with the Elite 7, Dorm Leaders, and Vice Dorm Leaders standing there with a shocked look on their faces.
Roxana: What? What did I miss?
Crowley: Roxana Love, how ever did you manage to find that book!?
Roxana: This book? I found it in the library, my keyblade just glowed and just like that it pointed at this book
Crowley: I see
Mae: Roxie, why didn't you tell me you had the book all this time?
Roxana: I was afraid you would be mad at me, are you?
Mae: No of course not, just next time, tell me when you find something unusual or strange
Crowley: Well, now that this book is found I shall take it somewhere safe and-
The headmaster reached out to grab it, but was swiped by Cameron's drone and brought to where Enki is standing, he caught the book and placed it in a small black box where he locked it away and handed the box to Lele.
Enki: I'm sorry to say but we cannot let this book get into the wrong hands, we will keep it in the Elite HQ's safe where it will be out of harms way and transferred to another location that is isolated from both good and evil. Now, are there any questions?
No one bothered to say a word, and not even the Headmaster who wanted to protest, but didn't bother, it was like as if he couldn't talk back to the Elite 7 at all.
Enki: I didn't think so. Elite 7, move out!
Enki left while the rest of the Elite 7 followed, Mae told me that she would be back soon, and left following Enki by his side.
Grim: [sigh] Man, that guy is rather intimidating
Leona: That's Enki for you
Crowley: Oh the indignity... I'm suppose to be above them for crying out loud, I am more smarter than they are
Azul: More like a brain of a sloth
Crowley: Well now, I shall take my leave and-
Vil: Not. So. Fast
Vil blocked his way out along with Leona, they all glares at Crowley once more, which was rather intimidating.
Vil: First things first, you owe us an explanation about Roxana's mother, who is she and why is it that it took this long to not tell us about her
Crowley:... But I-
Riddle: You owe all of us an explanation, especially Roxana, she has been desperate to know what happened to her mother, and now you are keeping things a secret away from her
Azul: I don't want to use Jade to get the answers from you, but if it means letting Roxana learn more about her, so be it
Crowley:... Alright, fine, I'll tell you all the truth
Riddle: Everything, but the truth
Crowley: Yes, since Roxana Love is at the age of fifteen, I will tell you all everything I know about war happened to her
Roxana: I should probably make some refreshments for you boys, it's going to be a long~ day
Jade: I'll help you
Jade and I went into the kitchen to make some refreshments while everyone took a seat on the chairs and I even went into one of our storages to bring in more chairs, before long I stood next to Riddle as the Headmaster begins to explain everything.
Crowley: Now then, before I begin to tell you this, I must warn you, some of this is to be kept confidential, no one must not know about this at all cost, only the dorm leaders, Vice dorm leaders, including Roxana Love, and Grim can know about this. You must swear you will not tell anyone
Riddle: we promise. Now tell us
Crowley: right [clear his throat] As you may not know, all of you don't know who the warden is or what she looks like, as you can see I have a small photograph of her and-
Roxana: Actually, I took a photo of her when I went to to Mr. S's Mystery Shop. I can send them the photo of my mom on my phone
I sent the dorm leaders the photo and they all checked to see what she looks like, they all examined the photo and were pretty much surprised.
Riddle: So this is your real mom
Trey: She's actually beautiful
Azul: This is the woman I remember seeing with Roxana when she was 5 years old
Jade: She has Roxana's strawberry blonde hair
Leona: I will admit, she does look like her
Crowley: Yes, that is her, Selene Love, she was one of the finest locals here at Twisted Wonderland, she alone is the reason why the Elite 7 was created long ago
Vil: How so?
Crowley: Because she was the one who created the Elite 7
All Boys: WHAT!?!
Grim: Ffgna!! You mean... She created the Elite 7? The actual Elite!?
Crowley: Yes, it was her idea to create the Elite, for various reasons and purposes
Riddle: Like?
Crowley: Well, one to be exact, to stop the overblotting from happening
Azul: So they were designed to stop students here from Overblotting? How peculiar
Crowley: Not only that, but to prevent the Organization XIII from rising back up
Idia: Organization XIII? Who are they?
Crowley: is a group of thirteen powerful Nobodies led by Xehanort. They seek to reclaim their hearts and become whole again, however Xehanort had ulterior motives for the group
Roxana: Which was what?
Crowley: That, I do not know, it was kept confidential so only Selene knew what he was up to. However, there has been rumors that Xehanort is no longer around thanks to a keyblade wielder that saved all of humanity and mankind. However no one has heard of the Organization XIII ever since, probably they all have either disbanded or decided to remain hidden somewhere until they are ready to rise back up
Roxana: But why did my mother had to leave in the first place since Xehanort isn't alive anymore?
Azul: I for one like to know that too, why did she leave?... Was it because of the spy?
Crowley: Yes, and... I didn't mention this to Mae and the others, because Selene thought that they weren't ready until she knew for sure that the rumors were true
Roxana: What do you mean?
Crowley: Xigbar is an incarnation of Luxu, and he alone was the one who sent the spy to go look for the real book
Roxana: So what you're saying is... The book I was holding, that was... The real book?
Crowley: Yes... That book, is the real one, but not only that... His second objective remains a mystery but Selene knew that it had something to do with you... Roxana Love
Everyone stood there in shocked while I was scared, what does Xigbar want with me? What do I have that can make him more powerful? My hands were shaking but I felt someone hold my hands and the cup I was holding, I looked up and saw Rook giving me a reassurance.
Rook: Careful, you'll spill your tea all over your new clothes
Roxana: O-O-Oh... I'm sorry, I'm just scared... Maybe it was a bad idea to bring me here, what if something bad happens to you all? What if you get hurt because of me? What if-
Vil: Don't think of the worst, Snow White, if you stress to much you'll ruin your beauty
Roxana: [faint smile] Thanks, Vil Senpai
Crowley: Now, I'm sure you're safe here Ms. Love, our security system is far the greatest thanks to Ignihyde. And because of that, we make sure that anyone who arrives at our school unexpectedly, we will be on alert and we who it is, wether he is a threat or a friend
Roxana: That makes me feel, a little better... But wait! Besides Xigbar, what was the magic I was suppose to awaken?
Crowley: Oh?
Roxana: my mother spoke to you on the phone from my memories, she said and I quote "She still hasn't awaken to her magic yet, hopefully soon... If not, then she won't be the key to stopping these overblots" what was the magic I needed to awaken?
Crowley: Hmmm... That, I do not know, can you remember what you did that changed Riddle, Leona, Azul, and Jamil?
Roxana:... Change... Change
Riddle: If I recall, I think you said something like "Change of Heart" and for some reason I actually change my ways
Leona: Me too, I heard those exact same words too
Azul: Me too!
Jamil: So did I
Jade: Headmaster, could her unique magic be "Change of Heart"?
Crowley:... If that's what made you all change, then yes, her unique magic, could be... "Change of Heart"
Roxana: Really? Wow... So, I can change people's hearts and they suddenly feel reborn or something like that
Crowley: Yes, it makes perfect sense. Riddle hasn't been the tyrant you all say he is, Leona hasn't caused any trouble, Azul has not made any deals to fraud anyone, and Jamil hasn't mind control anyone just to gain the title as Dorm Leader
Jamil: So all of us have changed our ways because of Marigold Princess?
Crowley: That must be it
Jamil: [whispers] Which means... Vil, Idia, and Malleus are the only ones that have not had a change of heart, makes me wonder what their overblot forms look like
Vil: If that's the case, what happens when you changes a heart from someone who is kind?
Crowley: hmmm... That could lead to disaster... Or worst
Leona: What can be worst than that?
Crowley: Losing your own conscious and being consumed by your own Overblot
Dorm Leader: !? You mean...
Riddle: We wouldn't look like our own selves? We would look like... A-A-A monster?
Crowley: Yes
Azul: J-J-Just to ask out of curiosity, what would we really look like if we didn't had a change of heart?
Crowley: Good question, I actually have a photo from Cameron that he designed what you all would look like if you didn't have a change of heart, just a little something to remind you all what would happen if you continue your ways again
Crowley showed Riddle, Leona, Azul, and Jamil what they would've looked like, and all four of them turned pale and screamed. Before you know it, I was being bombard by the four of them hugging me so tight.
Riddle: We're sorry for putting you though this, Alice!
Leona: We won't go back to the way we were!
Azul: Even if we are tempted to do so!
Jamil: We're so sorry!
Riddle/Leona/Azul/Jamil: PLEASE DON'T CHANGE OR HEARTS AGAIN!!!!! WE LEARNED OUR MISTAKE!!!!
Roxana: [blinks] O-Kay
Vil: [looks at the photo] I will admit, this is something I most definitely will have nightmares about
Idia: They all look like a very hard boss that will take so many attempts to defeat, yet still so hard to defeat
Malleus: If this is what happened to us if we overblot, how come the students didn't overblot?
Crowley: That, we do not know, it is probably because they don't have something that causes them to lose control of their magic
Roxana: Just like the others
Jade: It make sense
Trey: Yeah. Riddle Rosehearts anger over people breaking the rules leads to him attacking his dorm mates. When one member eggs him during a match, he proceeds to go berserk. He takes the form of The Queen of Hearts.
Riddle: That is true
Roxana: And Leona Kingscholar stress over his loss against Malleus and reminders of his past as "The Unfavorite" push him to sabotage and injure other Magical Shift players. After his plan to take out Malleus is ruined, he proceeds to attack his own dorm with his magic. He takes the form of Scar
Jade: Azul Ashengrotto breaks down when Leona uses his unique magic to destroy the contracts he collected over the years, snapping and trying to take the magic of everyone in the vicinity. He takes the form of Ursula
Roxana: And last but not least, Jamil Viper. After Azul exposes his scheme to discredit Kalim and replace him as dorm leader, he admits that he has never liked Kalim as a friend, their unequal social standing forcing him to always purposely hold himself back to let Kalim stay in the spotlight. He takes the form of Jafar as a genie
Jamil: And that is something I don't want to remember
Azul: [sigh] Same here
Leona: Me too
Riddle: Even if we all overblotted, we had a reason to lose control of ourselves, but didn't realized what we were doing was harming everyone around us. But thanks to Roxana, we were able to snap out of it and realize how much we were the ones who are responsible for all of this
Roxana: Riddle
Trey: None of this is any of your faults
Jade: Yes, we all didn't know this could happen to anyone, you all deserve a second chance, and Roxana saw that you deserved it
Roxana: Yeah, I gave you guys a second chance because I knew that deep down all of this is formed inside us all, the form of our regrets... Anger... Sorrow... And pain... I never given a second chance when my stepmother treated me so badly, but at the same time, I felt like I deserve that second chance. Once Mae finds a way to get me back home, I'm going to tell my stepmother that she doesn't deserve the title as my mother, instead I'm going to speak up for myself and to my dad for not being there when I was being hurt by that woman
Riddle: Alice
Roxana: It's not fair that my dad can just focus on his work rather than caring for me, I had to lie to him that everything was fine when in reality it wasn't, because of her I was brutally beaten up by her, locked up underneath some stairs because I couldn't follow some of her ridiculous rules, never fed or bathe, made a fool in front of my classmates and others, raped by older men because she paid them to do horrible things to me, threaten to do what they say or else my dad would die, I HAD ENOUGH OF HER!!! I REALLY WISH SHE COULD JUST DISAPPEAR AND GO AWAY!!!
Out of no where the mirrors in the lounge shattered, along with the windows. I opened my eyes and saw what had happened, I was in total shock and decided to run out of the Night Raven Dorm and run as far from there as possible. I ran into the coliseum and sat on one of the bleachers, I was crying and crying until I saw the scenery change. It felt so real but I opened my eyes and saw all my friends turn to stone. They all looked like they were in fear of something but they all didn't speak at all, do I really deserve no one?
No One's P.O.V
While Roxana sat on the bleachers trapped into some kind of illusion, up on the coliseum stood two cloaked figure watching and waiting for Roxana to break.
???: Let's see if Roxana Love will overblot like the other four did... Fufufu. I wonder if Selene would love to see her own daughter overblot
???: I don't know, why don't you ask her yourself
He then summoned a full length vintage mirror that has a woman with strawberry blonde hair and Arctic blue eyes, she was wearing a military uniform and stood against the other side of the mirror as she watches her child is trapped in some kind of illusion. She kept banging on the mirror, hoping to get her attention but it was no use.
???: Come on, Roxana, give in to your sorrow and overblot, come on~
Back with Roxana, she was still feeling sorrow, believing that she still doesn't deserve anyone at all, until suddenly she saw Audenzia, Alpha, Aqua, and Vipra appear in front of her.
Roxana: Audenzia!? Alpha!? Aqua!? Vipra!? Why are you-
Audenzia [Spirit]: Roxana Love, don't ever forget them!
Roxana: Huh?
Vipra [Spirit]: Roxana, why do you think you don't deserve anyone?
Roxana: Because all I do is get them into my mess, everything that I'm going through leads my friends into danger
Alpha [Spirit]: Roxie... None of this is your fault... That wicked Stepmother tore your life apart, she made you suffer because she was jealous that you had something she didn't have, are you just going to just let her trample all over you. After you said that you wanted to speak up for your rights? Are you really going to give up like that?
Roxana:... I... I-I-I... [sit up] No!!! I won't just let myself be trampled again
Aqua [Spirit]: And what about the things that have happened to you throughout the months of staying here in Twisted Wonderland? Was all of that a mistake?
Roxana: No! I was brought here for my safety, and I know damn well that Riddle didn't meant to say those mean things to me, or how Leona didn't meant to do all those horrible things to me, or how Azul didn't meant to force Mae to put me under the payment, or how Jamil didn't meant to hypnotize me just to make me do what he says!! They were all suffering from a form of their regrets, anger, sorrow, and pain
Audenzia [Spirit]: And what about all the things your mother calls you?
Roxana: A total lie!!
Audenzia [Spirit]: No matter what Roxana, you cannot allow her to take over your life, get mad, get mad at her for tearing your life apart!
Roxana: Why did she had to be so mean to me? All I did was welcomed her, treated her nicely, I even listened to her without questioning and all she does is tear my life apart. If she wants to be the wicked stepmother, so be it! But once my father sees her true colors, he'll understand what I've been going through! My life isn't her's to control, this is my once upon a time!
A bright light suddenly appeared and Roxana was back at the coliseum but she could still see the statues of her friends turned to stone, Roxana took a deep breath and began to sing.
[Song: My Once Upon a Time By Dove Cameron]
[Roxana Love]
Here you are alone, and you deserve it
Your friends have turned to stone
And that's on you
You had a cause to serve but did you serve it?
Or did you see yourself in a way that wasn't true?
This is not your father's fairytale
And no, it's not your mother's fault you fail
So when your story comes to light
Make sure the story that they write
Goes once upon a time a girl tried harder
Once upon a time she tried again
Once upon a braver choice
She took a risk
She used her voice [touches the statue face of her friends]
And that will be my once upon a time
This time
Why tell all those lies? You feel unworthy
Like there isn't solid ground for you to stand
But a stack of lies is not a firm foundation
You cannot build a castle on a mountain made of sand
This is not your mother's dark desire
And no, it's not your father's hair on fire
Turns out it's you who's not awake
So if there's change you wanna make
Take once upon a time she fought a dragon
Once upon a time that beast was me
Once upon a misspent youth
She faced herself
She spoke the truth
That's how I see my once upon a time
This time
Life is not a storybook but life unfolds in chapters
Turn the page and start to make amends
There's no pre-written guarantee of "Happily ever after"
Step into your greatness before your story ends
So when your story ends
They'll say once upon a time a girl flew higher
Once upon a time she made things right
Once upon a tie that binds
She changed her heart
To change their minds
That's got to be my once upon a time
This once upon a time
I'll finally see my once upon a time
This time
Roxana broke the illusion and saw that she was in the middle of the coliseum, she didn't know how but she decided to head back when suddenly, her keyblade appeared in her grasp and somehow Alpha's instincts kicked in and she blocked someone's attack. Roxana was surprised, but she pushed the person back and she saw that the person was wearing a single black leather hooded coat, it is plainly adorned with a silver zipper and seemingly pointless silver beaded pull strings for the hood that form a semi-circle in the middle. But once my eyes focused on the cloak figure, I realized who it was.
~ Flashback ~
???: What a beautiful creature you are... You've been through terrible, terrible things, but that doesn't change your heart. I'll offer you something special... You can throw your life away, or give it to someone who will make use of it... I'm sure in Twisted Wonderland, they'll have someone to values your life...
~ Flashback Ends ~
Roxana: [gasp] It's you! You're the one who brought me here! Do you know how much I wanted to go back to my real home!?!
???: Oh Roxana, do you really think I'll just let you go back to your suffering life? I brought you here because you deserve better, I mean you did wanted to escape from that stepmother of yours, right?
Roxana: Y-Y-Yes... But I-
???: So I'm not the bad guy here, you should have some kind of happiness to be here, but all you do is continue to think about your home back at Earth when in fact you were born in Daybreak Town
Roxana: What?
???: Think about it Roxana, why else is did the Headmaster of the Night Raven College chose to avoid telling you about your father?
Roxana: Because my real father is human! That's why
???: Not even close, your father died during the Keyblade War
Roxana: [eye widen] W-W-W-What? So that means... You... You're...
???: Alice!!!
Roxana looked at the other direction and saw the dorm leaders and vice dorm leaders, along with the Headmaster, Teachers, and Sam running up to them, while the cloaked figure removed his hoodie and spoke. Time felt like it was moving slow, Roxana looked back at the person as her eyes widen even more when she saw who was standing next to him trapped behind a mirror.
???: My true identity... is Xigbar... And standing next to me trapped behind the mirror...
... Is your dear beloved mother...
Roxana: M-M-Mom...
Roxana quickly summoned Alpha to use her quick speed, but even that wasn't fast enough for Roxana to reach out and save her mother. Both Xigbar and her mother disappeared and Roxana tripped and fell into the ground, she quickly got up and saw that they were gone. She fell down on her knees and cried until Azul came up to her and held her in his arms, while she cried on his shoulders. Everyone stood there in silence and thought about only one thing. Who was that man and why did he have Selene Love trapped in a mirror?