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~ 3rd Person's Perspective ~
[𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞]
"Why am I hearing the wind?" (Name) asked herself.
The wind swift her hair, passing her. She followed the sound of the 'wind', leading to a place full of sands, rocks, and different plants. A very high triangular rock, it is hollow in the interior, and a second rock springs from its entrance, supported by other high rocks, several trees grow at the base and rear of the rock is what she saw...
"Woah..." She awed.
Until she heard a roar, scaring the heck out of her and that's when she black out again...
[𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞]
"What the heck?!" (Name) exclaimed. "It was just another dream..." She sighed in relief.
Not until she heard whimpering on the other bed. She took her flip-flops and removed the blanket covering the cats...
"(N-Name)! G-Get out of there!" Carla's scary tone made (Name) panic in fear. "NO!!!!"
"Carla!" (Name) took Carla from the bed, placing her between her chest. "What happened to you?"
"U-Um..." Carla stuttered. "It was just a bad dream."
"Bad dream? Are you sure?" (Name) inquired.
The white exceed nodded, "Yeah... Let's go back to sleep..."
[𝟑 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫]
"Boooommm!! And crash~~!! Nyanyaaaa~~!!"
(Name) grunted, covering her ears by her blanket. She's been hearing that sound effects since earlier...
"What in the world..." (Name) hissed, standing up.
"Gunyaaa~ How's that... D'ya finally know how strong Grim is..." The sound effects master since earlier is the one and only Grim, the fire breathing cat.
"G-Grim..." (Name) twitched her left lip. "What a loud sleep-talker..."
"I defeated that tyrant Riddle~!" Grim jumped with his eyes closed, but few moments he opened it. "Wha—Huh? Ramshackle Dorm?"
"Yes, we're in Ramshackle Dorm..." (Name) retorted, crossing her legs on her bed.
Grim groaned, "Oh, man, it was just a dream... I thought I could make Riddle my lackey now... How disappointing."
"Grim, you can defeat Riddle if you help me wake up the exceeds and listen to lessons, got it?" (Name) advised, patting his head before going to shower.
"Alright! Then, let's go to school so we can learn more about being great magicians!" Grim beamed in delight.
"Grim~! You're so noisy~!"
[𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐏: 𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄]
~ 𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 ~
"Ugh..." The boy cats groaned in unison.
"Why are you three groaning?" Carla asked, walking beside (Name).
"I think the only magic Professor Trein can cast is one that makes his students fall asleep." Grim replied.
"Lucius kept meowing on (Name)'s arms, so I can't concentrate!" Happy responded.
"My head is spinning around..." Pantherlily answered.
Ace and Deuce are looking at (Name)'s 'thick' book with a title said 'Theories about Parallel Worlds' . With her gale-force reading glasses, she's flipping the pages fast...
"(Name), can I borrow that glasses next time~?" Ace pleaded, hugging (Name)'s arm.
"No, Crewel-sensei only allowed me to use this." (Name) remarked, removing Ace's arms around hers.
(Name) closed her book and stared underneath her. The cats are arguing again...
"No matter how hard I struggle, I still end up sleepy!" Grim confessed.
"You were asleep 5 minutes after class started. You didn't struggle at all." Deuce contended.
"It's finally lunch~ What should I eat~?" Ace asked.
When they look on the counter, it was full of students. Like a carnival or fiesta people fighting on food...
"Huh... Looks like there's a lotta people in the cafeteria today..." Ace commented.
They all went on the far-side of the counter, just to see a lot of food filled with exquisite designs and a sweet aroma on it...
"Today is a once-in-a-month special day! The famous bakery from the foot of the mountain is doing business here for the day!" The cafeteria ghost's voice boomed like a megaphone. "Early bird gets the worm, so go now if you don't want the goods to sell out!"
"I'll have 3 chocolate croissants!"
"Score! I managed to buy some! This shop's egg sandwich is seriously good~!"
"The egg sandwich is now sold out! And there's only one more deluxe minced cutlet sandwich left!" The cafeteria ghost announced again.
"Heh~! They all look good. I wonder what I should buy~." Ace asked, sparkles surround him.
"It looks very popular." Deuce complimented. "What will you buy, (Name)?"
"Maybe that slice of cake..." (Name) shyly muttered, pointing on the cake.
"How 'bout you, Grim?" Happy asked, looking to his left where Grim supposed to be. "Huh?"
Pantherlily looked around, "We've lost sight of that starving beast again..." He sighed.
"Get out, get out! That deluxe minced cutlet sandwich is mine!" The glutton monster yelled, brushing every person he passed on.
"Don't cut in line!"
"A freshie cutting in front of his seniors won't fly here! Get out!"
"That guy forgets we exist when food is involved!" Deuce grumbled.
"Ah-ah..." Ace rubbed his temples. "Are we really getting him?"
"Yep." Carla responded.
(Name) took her whip from her belt, Ace and Deuce took his magical pen... And all of you know the drill...
"Let's take that fire breathing monster..."
[𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐬]
"How'd ya like that!? The last deluxe minced cutlet sandwich is mine! Nyahaha! And these yakisoba bread and cream bread are mine, too~~!" Grim boasted, showing of his orders.
"T-This m-monster..." Carla irked a vein.
"Carla, calm down!" Happy and Pantherlily cooed, pulling her arms.
They were already on the counter since they chase Grim, but failed miserably because they got into a fight again...
"Grim, stop that!" Deuce called.
(Name) bowed to the beaten up seniors, "We're so sorry, senpais!" She apologized.
"Ah, I'd like some grilled roast beef sandwich with lotsa lettuce~♪!" Ace ordered on the counter.
"Don't just start ordering, too!" Deuce took Ace's collar.
While on the other side of the far-end of the counter, the hyena-eared or Ruggie sighed...
"Aw, man~ I'm completely late for the cafeteria food wars, huh..." He sadly murmured. "The deluxe minced cutlet sandwich Leona-san asked me for is completely sold out now..."
(Name) and the two boys are finding Grim because he escaped their sight again. They didn't know he was already out of the counter line...
"Nyahaha! I'll indulge myself in the taste of victory!" Grim bragged, his tray full of bread he ordered.
Ruggie noticed the other bread on Grim's tray, "Ah... Hey, you're pretty amazing~! I'm surprised you managed to buy a deluxe minced cutlet sandwich~!"
Grim snapped his head to Ruggie, "Huh? Who the heck are you?" He asked.
Ruggie kneeled on Grim's height, "Hey, I really have to buy that bread today, but they're all sold out. So, I came here with a proposal." He bargained with a hyena grin.
"(Name), look!" Happy tugged (Name)'s coat. "It's Grim!" He pointed out.
The Heartfilia looked on Happy's finger's direction, "Ah! Found him!"
"Where?" Ace asked.
BACK TO RUGGIE AND GRIM!
"Would you trade me your deluxe minced meat sandwich for the mini red bean bun I have?" Ruggie bargained.
"Hah!? No way!" Grim backed up.
"Aw, come on, don't say that~!" Ruggie joked. Then he started to walk towards Grim with the mini red bun he had, "Here you go~♪!"
Grim's body moved on its own, "Wha–!? What's this, my arms and legs are moving on their own–!?" He exclaimed.
"That gluttonous Grim is exchanging his bread for a mini red bean bun!?" (Name) blurted.
As Ruggie got the deluxe minced meat sandwich, he placed the mini red bean bun on Grim's tray, "Alright, trade complete~ Shishishishi~♪!" Ruggie grinned. "I'm so glad I found someone nice to trade with! That mini red bean bun is delicious, I swear!"
"Ffnyaaaaa!" Grim exclaimed.
"The smallness might hurt you though..." Ruggie smirked. Then he smiled again, "Thank you, bye-bye~!" He bid goodbye.
"My deluxe minced cutlet sandwich!!!!" Grim exclaimed.
"What just happened?" Carla asked, she didn't catch up because she also ordered.
(Name) gave Happy her tray and lifted Grim from the ground, placing him on her shoulder while carrying his food tray. She followed the others, who are already eating without her already on the table...
"Thank you, Happy." (Name) kissed Happy's forehead, taking her tray.
Ace got déjà vu from what happened when he slept on Ramshackle dorm...
"Ace, do you got a fever?" Pantherlily questioned.
The Heart-tattoo guy touched his face, "A-AH! Shut up!" Ace stick his tongue out.
Grim, on the other hand, is lurking beside (Name) while eating the breads he ordered... Well, 'traded'...
"This is the worst day yet..." He mumbled, chewing the bread. "My bread was taken from me..."
"You just ate like, three breads already." Ace remarked.
"He's gluttonous, remember?" (Name) reminded, taking a bite of her cake.
"Even so, what happened a while ago? If you didn't like it that much, you shouldn't have traded with him." Deuce uttered.
"You got it wrong! It's—How do I explain it... When he moved his hand, it's like my hand moved on its own, too..." Grim explained. "And before I noticed it, he had my bread already..."
"Ah, I see. You just went with the flow, huh~ Don't worry, that kinda thing happens to anyone." Ace waved his hand in understanding.
"Yup!" Happy agreed.
"That's not what I mean. Ugh... I can't explain it properly!" Grim complained, lowering his head. "Geez, I don't get it so I'm gonna eat my sadness away!"
"Your breads are gone." Carla stated, pointing on his tray.
"Deuce, give me some of your pasta, too!" Grim demanded, taking Deuce's plate.
"This doesn't concern me!" Deuce ranted, tugging back his plate. "Stop that!"
(Name) looked at Grim... I mean, he wouldn't just trade his food just like that, right? Placing two fingers under her chin, she analyzed Grim's explanation, but couldn't pinpoint what's the reason...
"Oh, yeah. Headmaster told us to come and see him after school, right?" Ace reminded. "I wonder what he's gonna talk to us about."
"If I were to guess, it probably concerns the incident with Dorm Head Rosehearts the other day." Deuce signified.
"Maybe..." Pantherlily shrugged.
"Oh, the evil villain berserker mode, huh. That might be it, yeah." Ace nodded.
"Hah! He might give me canned tuna as a reward for being a big help that day!" Grim lightened up.
"I doubt it..." Happy deadpanned.
"You know, I feel like I've seen that guy somewhere before..." Carla whispered.
~ 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧: 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞 ~
"Leona-san, I bought you your lunch~!" Ruggie wake the lazy lion up.
Leona grumbled, "Noon already?" He asked, rubbing his eyes.
"Have you been sleeping since this morning? You'll fail your required subjects again this year if you keep that up." Ruggie nagged.
Leona looked at Ruggie's tray and sniffed the air, "Oh, looks like you brought what I asked you for properly."
Ruggie narrowed his gaze on Leona, "Geez, you keep asking for the expensive bread, Leona-san." He said, pushing the tray to Leona. "Here's the deluxe minced cutlet sandwich and iced tea that you ordered."
"Idiot. Isn't it because it's hard to get that you wanna eat it?"
"I'm the type who'll eat anything as long as it's edible. Well, Prince Leona will never understand that feeling~!"
Leona crossed his arms, "That only applies to the first prince. I'm the second prince so I'm pretty much treated the same as any commoner."
"I'll never forget the day you said, "I thought it was a dog house," when you saw the picture of my hometown." Ruggie hinted.
"Did I say something like that?" Leona asked.
"Yes, you did! Ah, geez..." Ruggie grunted. "I wanna try living in a castle just once to the point that I'd say the same about my own house."
"Hah! Being a royal is no joke. Effort and talents don't matter. They only care about who was born first." Leona uttered.
"Hm~ Is that so?" Ruggie raised an eyebrow. "Oh, yeah. Today's the Prefects' meeting for the Magical Shift tournament. Don't forget to show up, okay?" He reminded.
The Lion clicked his tongue, "That's annoying..."
"You get to have the biggest dorm room 'cause you're the Prefect, so do your duties properly." Ruggie chided.
"Yeah, I get it already." Leona nodded, eating the last bite. "I'm sleepy now that I'm full. Wake me up when lunch is over." He yawned.
"I'm not your alarm clock though..." Ruggie murmured to himself. Then he turned to Leona, "Ah, you're already sleeping!" He buried his face between his knees. "Speaking of... I feel like I've seen that raccoon and that 1st year somewhere before..."
[𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋!]
"Pardon the intrusion, Headmaster." Deuce knocked on the Headmaster's office.
"We're coming in." Ace smiled.
"You're all gathered here, I see. Now then, I'd like to get started quickly." Crowley stood from his seat.
"Be quick because Happy and Lily are already yawning all the way here, Sir Crowley." (Name) stated.
"Alright. This will concern the incident that happened in Heartslabyul Dorm the other day, but I figured that I should thoroughly explain it to you." The Headmaster started. "I figured that as fellow magicians, there is a need for you to be fully aware of the consequences that could happen."
"You mean, the Overblot, sir?" Carla asked.
"Indeed, that's right." Crowley responded.
"I've heard about it from my big bro before, but... I didn't expect that that'd happen during Overblot." Ace added. "It really was evil villain berserker mode, huh."
"Hey, what does "Blot" mean in the first place?" Grim asked the Headmaster.
"Oh, that's right. I have to explain starting with that for the both of you. Then, let me tell you. Oh, how kind of me~!"
"Start it." (Name) interrupted the Headmaster.
Crowley cleared his throat, "Blot is akin to "wasted material" that accompanies each magic use. Let's take this for example. An automobile needs fuel in order to move, and at the same time it is used, smoke comes out from the exhaust pipe, correct?"
Happy nodded, "Then..."
"And for when magical energy is used, blot occurs at the same time..." Crowley continued. "Would that be easier to understand in that sense?" He asked.
"In other words, it's kind of like an exhaust pipe for magic?" (Name) summarized.
"Exactly." Crowley snapped. "There have been present and older historical records of research being done about it, however, it's still largely a mystery. There is only one thing we are certain of."
"What?"
"It is highly toxic and once it is used too much, it can greatly harm one's mind and body." Crowley finished.
"Oh, yeah. I remember my granny telling me: "Don't use your magic so willy-nilly if you don't want to Blot!" or somethin' like that?" Ace piped.
"Such great powers go hand-in-hand with incomparable risks." Crowley stated. " Not even the greatest magicians have an unlimited supply of magical energy."
"In other words, the more you use magic, the more it becomes bad for the body!?" Grim exclaimed.
"No, not completely." Crowley explained, placing his hand under his chin. "Hm... I feel like it would be easier to understand if I showed you a demonstration rather than just explain using words."
"Eh?" (Name) spoke.
"Oh, ghosts! I have a little job for you!" Crowley called.
4 ghosts appeared infront of each of them [except for the exceeds]...
"Oh-ho, did you call for us, Headmaster?" The first ghost asked.
"Eh? Wha—What's going on?" Ace asked, hiding behind (Name).
"H-Headmaster!" (Name) exclaimed. "W-Why are the exceeds exempted?!" She asked Crowley.
"They don't have to, Miss Heartfilia." Crowley replied with a smile. "Please help me teach these young ones a small lesson."
"EH?!" Deuce yelled.
"We got it. Should we show 'em how it's done, Sir?" The 2nd ghost asked.
"NO!" (Name) shouted, crossing her arms.
"And Miss Heartfilia, don't use your companions." Crowley added.
"THAT'S UNFAIR!" (Name) ranted Crowley
"Come, boys and girls. Ready your magical pens. Headmaster's special lesson is far from over~!" Crowley chuckled.
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