[They can dance. . . Riddle is Yuna, Ace is Charyeong, Deuce is Lia, Trey is Ryujin, and Cater is Yeji. PLEASE COMMENT IF I HAD DONE WRONG ON NAMING THE ITZY MEMEBERS AND THE HEARTSLABYUL BOYS!!!]
~ 3rd Person's Perspective ~
"You should've told us you have that kind of magic. . ." Ace pouted, gazing at (Name).
"My priority are the ones who's useful when escaping on bad situations." The Heartfilia deadpanned.
"Can't we just fight them with magic?!" Grim yelled, still in (Name)'s arms.
(Name) sighed, "That'll make things worse. . ." She retorted. ". . . And I don't want to get expel again because of your stupidity, Grim."
"You take that back, (Name)!" Grim badgered, punching (Name) on the stomach.
(Name) looked at the ground, noticing there is no person on that place. . .
"I think we can land already." (Name) signaled the exceeds to get down.
Placing safely on the ground, (Name) placed Grim on the ground. . .
"Damn it! I'm so pissed off!" Ace yelled again.
"This guy sure is really mad. . ." Carla whispered, sitting on (Name)'s shoulder.
Ace messed up his hair, "That little red-haired menace! Does he plan on turning into the Queen of Hearts himself?!"
"Ace had a deep grudge on Riddle. . ." Happy blanched.
"Getting thrown out for disobeying the Prefect..." Deuce murmured, hiding his face on his palms. "I'm slowly drifting away from becoming a model student..."
"YOU'RE THINKING OF THAT RIGHT NOW?!" Pantherlily yelled.
"Ugh, this collar is so suffocating and heavy, yanno?" Grim complained, trying to remover the collar of his neck.
(Name) felt bad for the boys because of the that tyrant Riddle. Well, not until she felt someone breathing on her neck. . .
"What's up with all of nya~? Wearin' all those collars like that~!" A voice bubbled behind (Name).
"WHA–!!???" They all exclaimed.
(Name) quickly turned around and saw. . . A headless guy?
It wears a baggy white shirt over a striped purple t-shirt, and blue pants with a purple belt that has the sentence "Do you stand on your head?" printed on it. He has purple painted nails and wears a ring. . .
"GYAHHHH!!! A HEADLESS GHOST!!" Grim panicked, pointing on the 'headless ghost'.
"Oh, oopsies~ I forgot to show nya my body." It said, then a head appeared.
He has short, choppy purple hair with his bangs cut in a curve, as well as three bobby pins pinned to the bang on the left side of his face. He has a pair of purple cat ears with a piercing of a speech bubble containing the word "up" in his left ear as well as three arrow piercings in his right ear. He has yellow eyes with slitted cat pupils. . .
"Eh? Cat ears?" (Name) tilted her head, asking.
"Wh-what the..." Deuce was surprised.
"So you've got a head, too." Pantherlily sighed in relief. "That was scary. . ."
The mystery guy sniffed (Name) and (Name) backed up because hybrid humans has been smelling her in this school. . .
"Y-You are?" (Name) asked.
He grinned, "I'm Alchemi Alchemivich Pinkaa!" He introduced himself.
"What again? I didn't get it at all. . ." Carla favored.
"Alchemi Alchemivich Pinkaa." (Name) repeated for her exceed.
"I got kitty magic, but also human magic. I'm sorta a weird guy." He added.
Happy sat on (Name)'s left shoulder, observing his cat features. Pantherlily rested on (Name)'s head, also looking at Che'nya. . .
Ace got confused, "Alche—Come again?"
"Ufufu, everyone calls me Che'nya~!" He made it more easier. "At the very least, I'm super different from those guys in there~!"
(Name) raised an eyebrow, "You're really a weird guy. . ."
Che'nya just laughed, "Oh~ nya think so, too?" He asked, getting closer to (Name). "But you really smell so nice~!" He commented, sniffing (Name)'s hair again.
"Eek~!" (Name) hid behind Deuce.
"What dorm are you from?" Carla asked.
"Try guessin' what dorm I'm from~!" Che'nya teased the white cat.
Carla irked a vein, "This one is testing my patience." She muttered under her breath.
"I got it!" Grim snapped. "You got cat ears, so you're from Mackerel... Savanya Dorm!" He guessed.
Pantherlily facepalmed, "It's 'Savanaclaw', not 'Savanya'." He corrected Grim.
Grim pouted at Pantherlily. . . (Name) peeked at Deuce's shoulder, noticing Che'nya isn't wearing any reminders that he's entering Night Raven College or he was just a delinquent. . .
"Boo, boo, wrong~! Mackerel live in the sea, remember?" Che'nya gave Grim a reversed thumbs up. "I'm a cat, so I'm not a mackerel."
"There are people who have different ears in the other dorms, too, you know?" Deuce stated, crossing his arms.
"I only saw animal ears on Savanaclaw guys. . ." (Name) objected, still hiding behind Deuce.
"I'm in a bad mood 'cause that little tyrant was being unreasonable. Go away." Ace said in a cold way, shooing the cat guy.
Che'nya looked at Ace, "Riddle's a tyrant..." Then he chuckled, "Well I guess there's some truth in that~!"
"At last, someone agreed with me!" Ace cheered.
"That guy's been a little stickler for the rules since he was little..." Che'nya added, chuckling again.
"Are you some kind of a friend to him?" (Name) questioned.
"I guess you could say that I do, but then at the same time I can say that I don't~!" Che'nya replied.
"I don't get it. . ." Carla pondered.
"Which is it?" Grim questioned, placing his paw under his chin.
(Name) took the opportunity to ask, something's fishy about this 'Che'nya'. . .
(Name) spoke, "What are the things you know about him?"
"What~? Ya guys wanna know about Riddle~?" Che'nya asked, grinning.
"Hell yeah, we do! I wanna know who raised a little tyrant like that." Ace retorted.
"Then, go ask that glasses guy~!"
(Name) and the exceeds look at each other, wondering who's the glasses guy again. . .
"You mean, Clover-senpai?" Deuce asked.
"That guy's known Riddle since he was a kid." Che'nya stated. "If I were you, I'd go ask him if I wanted to know more about Riddle~!" He rebuked.
(Name) rubbed her cheek, "I met another carefree person. . ."
"So they're childhood friends?" Pantherlily asked.
"They didn't give off that kind of atmosphere..." Deuce added.
(Name) placed her hands on her hips, "Are you sure we can trust you?" She inquired Che'nya.
"If that's what you think, then maybe that's what it is~!" Che'nya answered, patting her head. "I guess ya don't need me anymore, so I'm going." He waved his hand.
"W-Wait! I still have questions!" (Name) grabbed his wrist.
"H-Hey!" Deuce called.
Che'nya giggled, "Until we meet again~!" Then he vanished like what he did earlier.
"That was a very weird dude." Grim uttered.
"Yeah, you sound like him." Happy nodded in agreement.
(Name) placed two fingers under her chin, thinking of Trey. She must have noticed that Trey always defends Riddle against harsh comments from both Ace and Grim back when they baked the make-up tarts. . .
"Do you know something, (Name)?" Pantherlily asked.
(Name) shook her head, "Nothing. Let's just change back to our uniform."
"We can't go to classes properly if we keep wearing these collars." Deuce grabbed (Name)'s shoulder, halting her.
"Oh, right! I totally forgot about that!" (Name) covered her mouth.
"Let's go ask Clover-senpai about it." Deuce said.
"Plus. . ." Happy trailed his eyes on Ace.
"It's super lame to go and apologize, so I'm not doing that!" Ace hollered.
Carla facepalmed, "You're all surprisingly stubborn..."
~ 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐦 – 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞 ~
Riddle, as usual, is scolding the Heartslabyul students who break a rule. He was sitting on his 'throne' in the lounge with the student infront of him. . .
"Rule #249 of the Queen of Hearts: "You should be wearing pink clothes when feeding the flamingos." Riddle defined. "You were supposed to be in charge of feeding them today, right?" He inquired the student.
"Y-Yes, Prefect. . ." The student meekly replied, knowing he did something wrong.
"Then, why are you not wearing any pink clothes?" Riddle firmly asked, glaring daggers on the student.
"I'm so sorry, my clothes were in the laundry..." He reasoned, lowering his head. " Prefect! Please, I'm begging you..." He started to beg Riddle. "Don't put a collar on me!"
"This is your second time breaking the rules! I can't overlook any more than that!" Riddle stood from his throne, pointing his magical pen on the student.
「𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝!」
"Ah!" The Heartslabyul student stammered, feeling the weight of the collar.
"Write me a 5000 word reflection essay, and do weeding in the garden for a week." Riddle proposed. "And after that, I'll remove the collar." He added.
"N-no way..." The student widened his eyes.
Riddle glared at him, "I'm not doing this because I enjoy it. It's your fault for breaking the rules!" He accused. "Nothing will become of you if you don't learn to follow the rules, you understand?"
"Y-Yes, Prefect!" The student bowed.
Riddle turned to his Vice Prefect, along with Cater. "Trey, Cater, please take him outside." He ordered.
"Yes, Prefect..." Cater and Trey nodded.
*𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐏!* *𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐏!* *𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐏!*
~ 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 ~
The cats and the humans are making their way to the last place they haven't check, The Library. Who are they looking for? None other than Trey Clover, the said childhood friend of the Red tyrant. . .
"I still don't trust that 'Che'nya' guy." Carla rebuffed on (Name)'s arms.
"We still need to question him, Carla." Deuce depicted. "He seems that he saying the truth."
"I agree on Deuce." Pantherlily remarked on Deuce's shoulder. "But we still need to make sure that Trey-senpai's is really a friend of 'him'."
(Name)'s mind is going somewhere again. Can she remove the collars of the boys? Because if she can, she can use Gemini to copy Riddle. But. . . Is her magic power same to Riddle since she also sense Riddle's menacing and scary aura. . .
"(Name), you 'kay?" Ace asked, making (Name) snap her head to Ace's direction. "You've been quiet since earlier."
(Name) nodded, "Just don't mind me. The priority is you guys, we need to remove that collar of yours."
Happy frowned, "Are you sure?" He asked from Ace's head.
"Yeah, so stop asking me. . ." (Name) retorted, coldly.
~ 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 ~
". . . . . . ." Trey was there, infront of a bookshelf.
He is worried for Riddle. Everytime someone breaks the rules and it's their 'Off with their heads', making him worse every single day. . .
"Clover-senpai." Deuce called from behind.
Trey looked at his shoulder, "Oh, it's you guys..." He turned to face the freshies.
"Good thing we found you here, Trey-senpai. . ." (Name) remarked.
"We figured that we'd meet you here in the library because we assumed you'll be returning the recipe book you borrowed." Pantherlily claimed.
"We still can't be convinced with the way the Prefect does things." Ace declared, crossing his arms.
"I see then. . ." Trey smiled weakly at them.
"Why the weak smile, Trey-senpai?" Carla asked.
Trey shook his head, "It's nothing, Carla. Why are you guys here anyway?" He asked.
"What do you really think about him?" Happy asked.
Trey raised an eyebrow, "Who? Riddle?"
"Yeah." Ace replied. Have you always been enabling him like this since you were kids?"
Trey's eyes widened in surprise and (Name) noticed that. Che'nya was right, Trey do know something about Riddle. . .
"Who did you hear that from?" Trey questioned, fear invading his voice.
"From someone called Che'nya." Deuce replied.
"Che'nya...?" Trey murmured. "Oh. . . So he told you."
(Name) placed Carla on the table and Carla looked at (Name) because she don't put someone away from her if she's gonna do something unexpected, even for the exceeds. . .
"Hey, you're older than Riddle, aren'tcha? Why don't you get mad at him?" Grim suggested.
Trey shook his head, "I'll do that if there's a need to, but..." He stopped for a moment, looking at (Name). "T-There's nothing I can do against him."
(Name)'s fists clenched in anger and her eyes darken like the very pits of hell. Slowly walking to Trey, she did what is unexpected. . .
*𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐏!* *𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐇! *𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐇!* *𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐌!* [I'm so bad at descriptive sound effects. . .]
She punched the side of Trey or in other words, the bookshelves. It caused for the bookshelf to have a large crack and the books to fall from it. . . Trey shrieked, the exceeds quivered in fear, the two boys panicked, and Grim cringed. . .
"WHY?!" (Name) yelled at Trey.
"E-Everything that Riddle is right now is because he was raised with very harsh rules." Trey replied.
"Eh. . .?" (Name) mumbled, turning back to her own self. "Harsh rules, you say?"
"Yes. . ." Trey started. "His parents are very famous magicians that there's no one in town who didn't know their names."
"(Name)'s much more- - Mghhhhhh! Mghhhhhh!!" Grim didn't finish his sentence because Pantherlily and Happy covered his mouth.
The two exceed boys made a 'shh' sound and Grim nodded...
"His mother is especially well-known that she wished for Riddle to be the same. That's why everything from what time he wakes up to what time he goes to sleep, and even what academic programs he'll do is decided for him." Trey continued.
"Woah~. . . Everything is scheduled. . ."
"Geh. . . Everything?!"
Trey nodded, "What he can eat, what he should wear, and what sort of friends he can make were all decided for him."
"Must be hard for him." Carla whispered.
"In order to answer his parents' expectations, Riddle kept quiet and did his best. And by the time he was 10 years old, he had perfected that unique magic of his. It's been determined that he should get continuously 1st place in school ever since he was in elementary."
(Name) blinked in surprise, she didn't expect for Riddle's past to be like that. She stared at Trey...
"I can't even imagine how difficult that could be." Trey finished.
". . ." Ace was silent.
"That's kinda... harsh..." Happy commented, covering his mouth.
"It's really harsh." Pantherlily mumbled.
Trey looked at the cats, "Riddle thinks that being harsh will benefit everyone in the long run. He believes that being bound to harsh rules and obeying them out of fear will make people grow."
"He really sound like a madman..." Carla whispered, crossing her arms.
"...... Because that's how he was raised." Trey explained. "And he thinks that breaking the rules is a bad thing because..." His eyes were covered by the shadow of his glasses.
"Because if he overlooks the rule-breakers, it's as if... As if he's denying everything that he was made to be... Right...?" Ace continued for him.
(Name) started to approach Trey, fists turning white, her stares turning into a heavy glare, teeth gritting in anger, and feelings boiling in her veins...
Trey caressed Happy's fur, "... I understand why you'd think of him as a tyrant, and I understand that the way he does things is a little wrong, too." He weakly smiled. "But, I... I still can't find it in myself to go against him at all."
"Ah..." Carla and Grim implored.
"So the Prefect endured all that..." Deuce sadly proclaimed.
".......... Now that I know more, I understand completely now." (Name) coldly declared, she's already infront of Trey.
"(N-Name)! What are you gonna do?!" Carla yelled.
"The reason why Riddle-san is like that..." (Name)'s voice turned into a venom of a snake. "It's all your fault..."
*𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐏!*
(Name) slapped Trey. . . Ace and Deuce covered their mouths to avoid gasping that loud, the cats squeaked in fear, and Trey touched his cheek, surprised why he was slapped and why it hurts that bad...
"A-And you call yourself a friend?" (Name) chuckled deeply, her eyes covered with her bangs. "A friend consoles their friend... N-Not to let them go insane..."
"(N-Name)..." Trey looked at the girl's eyes, but because of the shadow looming on her bangs, he can't see her (Eye Color) orbs.
"She's right." Ace also get to her side. "Dorm Head can't do anything about his parents because he didn't choose to have them as parents."
"Ace!" Carla hissed.
Ace laughed a bit, "But at the very least, you've always thought that the way his parents treated him was unfair, right?"
Trey widened his eyes, "That's..."
"If you think that the Prefect's making the same mistakes as his parents, then tell him directly. "Fix your mistakes." What's gonna happen to him if you just feel sorry and spoil him?" Ace taunted Trey, staring him directly at his eyes.
"So you're just gonna watch everyone hate him and alienate him from a distance?!" (Name) started to yell on Trey.
Trey held (Name)'s elbows, making her breath hitch, but still have the deadly glare she's having...
"..." Trey couldn't speak.
"H-hey, Ace. (Name)...!" Deuce tried to let the two to calm down.
"Or what? You're keeping quiet because you're scared of that collar? You're super lame!!" Ace continued to taunt. "You call yourself his childhood friend, but the way things are, you're not even his friend at all!"
"YOU BOYS! THIS IS THE LIBRARY, SO KEEP IT DOWN, PLEASE!!!"
The cats looked behind and saw Crowley, "You're the one shouting here, y'know /yanno." The said bluntly.
"Oh, pardon me." Crowley cleared his throat. "Good grief, the library is meant to be a quiet place where people can study and enjoy reading."
"Why are you here, Headmaster?" Carla asked the tuxedo crow.
"I was researching ways on how to get you all back to your own world. I didn't forget it at all, see?" Crowley replied with a big smile on his face, showing his toothy fangs and held a book saying 'Different Dimensions and Parallel Worlds'.
"He's really gracious..." Pantherlily whispered to Happy.
"Oh, how kind of me~ Research starts at the library, after all." The Principal placed a hand on his chest with sparkles around him. "However, I'm not actually here because I wanted to read the latest addition to a certain novel earlier than anyone else, no sir, not at all."
"Why did he even say that?!" Happy hissed.
Crowley looked at them, one by one, "So, what is everyone doing here all gathered with such troubled faces?" He asked.
"Well. . ." Deuce started to explain.
[𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠]
Trey loosened his grip on (Name), so (Name) took the chance to back away from Trey...
"I see, so that's what happened..." Crowley nodded. "You don't want to apologize to have the collar taken off, but you know that convincing the Prefect will not go smoothly..."
"That's about it, yeah." Ace nodded.
Crowley gave him a knowing look, "I see. If you dislike the way your Prefect does things, you do have the option to switch dormitories."
"But I know that won't happen in an easy way, right Crowley-sensei?" (Name) asked, turning her heel to the Headmaster.
"Precisely, the Mirror of Darkness is the one that judges based on what it sees in your soul, so it is actually quite a herculean task to transfer dormitories." Crowley replied.
"Transferring, huh..." Ace stared at Trey before turning once again to the Headmaster. "I feel like I'd lose to him if I did that, so I don't really wanna go for it."
"Good choice." Happy snickered.
"Very well. Then how about challenging little Rosehearts to a duel and then take the title of Prefect for yourself?" Crowley suggested.
"EHHHHHHHHHH?!" (Name), Ace, Deuce, and the cats yeeted.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE HUNTER!!!
𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓!
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