The youngest wizard in twisted wonderland

Chapter 7: How the Queen of Hearts Got Charred

Note: I DO NOT OWN TWISTED WONDERLAND: DISNEY!

Chapter 7: How the Queen of Hearts Got Charred

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"Ffgha!" yelps Grim in shock at Ace's sudden change in attitude. "Pfft...ahahah! I can't bear it any more! Ahahahah!"

I narrow my eyes slightly at Ace's rude tone towards Grim, but I remain composed.

"Aren't you two the ones that went crazy at the entrance ceremony?" asks Ace with a smirk before he turns towards me. "You were summoned by the Dark Mirror even though you're the youngest member of the college, you can't even use magic, and you, monster, weren't called, but it still didn't stop you from trespassing. Yeaahh, it took everything I had not to lose it in the ceremony," he admits with a snicker.

After that comment, I had to hold back my urge to bonk him on the head with my candle stand.

Grim growls, "What!? You're a rude one!"

Ace places a hand on his hip. "And now you weren't allowed in and got relegated to janitors? Haha, how lame."

I try to hold Grim back as I bend down to tug on his bow tie, even though I can feel my annoyance rise. "Nyangrrr..." Grim growls angrily.

But Ace continues to talk: "On top of that, you don't even know the Great Seven. How ignorant can you be? I recommend you to go to kindergarten before coming to Night Raven College. Pffthehehe..." He then bursts into a series of uncontrollable giggles, as though he was hearing the best joke ever.

I can feel Grim reaching his limit: Oh no... at this rate...Grim's gonna lose it... I try to signal Ace to stop, but he just keeps talking.

"Unlike you two, I have classes to attend. Keep this school squeaky clean, you two," gloats Ace before he swaggers towards the main campus.

I sigh in irritation as Ace walks away.

But Grim has other ideas: "That jerk! He's just gonna say that and leave! I'm pissed now!" Grim hisses. I froze. This is gonna be bad.

"Wait, Grim, you don't have to-" "Fuunnaaahhh!" Grim yells, as he summons a ring of blue fire around Ace.

"Woah! Watch out! What're you doing?" Ace yells, glaring at us.

"That's what you get for making fun of me! I'm gonna light up that fire head of yours! That would squeaky clean your face!"

"Fire-head, huh? Heeheehee... You've really got some guts picking a fight with me. I'll turn you into a puffy, little toy-poodle!" taunts Ace.

Grim spits out a fireball at him: "Ffgna!" But Ace dodges it. "Uh-oh, gotta watch out!" he mutters to himself. He retaliates, pulling out a red jeweled pen from his breast pocket and pointing it at us. "Take that!" Ace cries out.

A sudden gust of wind throws me off-balance. I grab my candle stand and assume a defensive position. "This guy is blowing wind all over the place! My fire is getting all twisted up!" yelps Grim in a panic.

Before long, a few students waiting by the entrance gate towards the school see the fight. They approach us and begin to cheer wildly. One of the students with weird animal ears shouts: "Yeah! Get 'em!" A student, wearing a similar red band to Ace's around his upper arm, can be heard asking, "What's happening? A fight?"

"Wow, there's even magic to control the wind," I mutter in amazement while Ace laughs, breaking my fascination. "A flimsy little fire like that won't hit me."

"What? You better be ready!" warns Grim, standing in front of Ace. Sighing, I lift my candle stand. Grim is going to need all the help he can get. I get into the battle position.

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After battling for 15 minutes, my arms have begun to ache with fatigue, as I hit another one of Grim's fireballs in Ace's direction. The whole time, Ace has been sending tiny gusts to throw our fireball out of range. But this time around, Ace smirks, "Let me show you what I can really do. I can just change the trajectory of the wind... like that!"

He casts another spell. This time, the fireball takes a sharp turn, zigzags through the sky, changing direction like a boomerang bewitched. It lands on...one of the statues! I watch in horror as the Queen of Hearts statue is engulfed in an inferno of blue flames.

"Aaaaaaah! The Queen of Hearts is charred!" said Ace in panic.

"It's 'cause you're blowing the fire around! It's all your fault! You should have stood still!" snaps Grim.

"WHAAAT! You really think that someone is just gonna let you fry him?" Ace screams back.

Just before they start up their battle again, I get between them.

Suddenly, a familiar voice shouts, "Enough!!! Just what is going on here?!!" Oh shoot. It is Principal Crowley. We not only didn't start cleaning Main Street, we torched one of the statues. We are in so much trouble...

Principle Crowley is marching furiously towards us.

"Guh! Headmaster..." yelps Ace nervously. "He's gonna tie us up with the 'lash of love'. Let's get outta here!" warns Grim. Before we can start running, a familiar whip wraps around all three of us in a blink of an eye. I got lashed at the waist, while Grim and Ace were hit on their backs.

"Ooooow!" yelled Ace.

"Ffgyaaa! Hurts just as much as the second time in a row!"

"That hurts so much..." I whimper in pain.

Forcing us to kneel at his feet, Principal Crowley looms over us in judgment: "This is my Lash of Love! It'll be another hundred years before you can outrun me!" He gazes at Ace, Grim and me: "I told you just yesterday to not cause any trouble, didn't I? Those were my exact words, weren't they? Then here you are, charring one of the statues of the Great Seven! I very much would like to see you expelled."

Ace and Grim paled.

"Wait! Not that!" Ace protests, but Principal Crowley ignores him and turns to me. "And Lilith, this is not how you supervise Grim," he reprimands with disappointment. Terrified that he would throw Grim and me out, I knew I tried to pacify Principal Crowley: "I'm sorry." But I really wasn't inside. Why should Grim be my responsibility?

Principle Crowley sighs tiredly and turns back to Ace. "My goodness... You, what's your grade and name?"

"Ace Trappola, first year," Ace replies. Principle Crowley crosses his arms in front of his chest and frowns at us. "Then Trappola, Grim and Lilith, as punishment, I order the three of you to wash 100 windows around the campus!"

Grim flinches and speaks, "Nyaa!? But it's all 'cause this joker was making fun of us !"

Ace hurls Grim a dirty look to shut him up. But with an imploring look, he turns to Principal Crowley in bewilderment: "Eeeh!? Me, too?"

Principal Crowley nods. "Most definitely! After school, meet in the cafeteria. Understood?"

Ace and I reply, "Fine." But Grim continues to whine, "This is nothing, but misery since yesterday!" Principal Crowley finally loosens the lash around us.

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I hope you liked chapter 7 dear readers~!

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