Twisted wonderland x Male!Reader

The Crimson Tyrant: Midnight Hanging!

↞3rd Person's Perspective↠

"Hurry and paint the roses red. If we don't hurry, the flowers will wilt!" A voice suddenly was heard.

M/N looked around where the voice was coming from and saw 3 big cards. They had paintbrushes and paint buckets in hand.

"Hurry, hurry! There are still some that aren't painted!" The Ace of Clover panicked said as they started to paint.

'Painting... The roses?' M/N thought as he observed the scene.

"Why are you painting the white roses red?" A girl with blond hair and wearing a blue dress with a white apron asked.

"Huh?" The card soldiers look dumbfounded."Why, you ask?" The Ace of Clover. "Well, to tell you the truth, we made a mistake and accidentally planted white roses." He replied.

"The Queen loves red, so if she sees white, then it's off with our heads!" 

"Is that so?" The little girl awed as she stood.

"Yes, it is. That's exactly why we're painting them red." The Three of Clover replied.

"Where exactly am I?" M/N thought when suddenly everything went dark again.

Slowly opening his eyes, M/N noticed that he was still in his coffin. Was it all a dream? But if so, why did he dream of the characters of card soldiers and a girl with blonde hair. He had never had such a dream before, it seemed strange to him that he suddenly dreamed of strange characters. Rubbing his eyes, he slowly opened the lid of the coffin and stepped out. It was still dark outside so M/N woke up even before class.

"I wonder why I saw such a weird dream... "M/N muttered to himself when he suddenly heard a loud knock on his dorm door. The noise alone made Grim, who was sleeping on his bed, woke up with a groan.

"Hey, M/N... Someone's at the door..." Grim groaned, rubbing his eyes with his paw, "What? Is it the Ghosts? They sure don't know when to give up, yanno..."

M/N nodded sleepily and left his room into the corridor, walked down the stairs and reached the front door, carefully unlocking it and opening it to reveal someone he knew.

"Ace?" M/N asked as he saw who was behind the door.

"Can you let me in for a bit?"Ace asked, which M/N let him in.

"Ace? Why is he here at this hour...? Geh! What's with the collar?!?!" Grim shouted as he recognized the familiar thing on Ace's neck. M/N also noticed that it was the same thing Grim had on his neck.

"Geez! I'm never returning to Heartslabyul. I'm gonna be a member of this dorm from here on! "Ace said firmly, surprising Grim and M/N.

"WHAT ~~~!?!?" Grim shouted as M/N had a crisis.

Ramshackle Dorm - Lounge

M/N was massaging his temples while sitting on a comfortable dark blue couch, while Ace looked around in admiration at the Ramshackle Dorm himself, while Grim was lying on M/N's lap and looking at Ace.

"That collar's the same kind as the one that red-haired upperclassman put on me during the opening ceremony." Grim pinpoint at collar.

"Why're you wearin' that? "M/N asked Ace.

 "I ate a tart." Ace answered bluntly.

"That's it? "M/N asked with incredulously.

"Exactly! Only that! I got hungry, so I went to the dorm's kitchen. The tart was just sittin' right there inside the fridge. "Said Ace."And like, three whole ones! That's why..."

Flashback

"It's only the first day and I'm so tired~ I missed dinner, so I'm very hungry." Ace sighed as he got towards the Heartslabyul kitchen. "Wonder if there's anythin' in the fridge..."

Opening the fridge, there were tarts. Not just one though, it was 3 big tarts."Oh, found a tart! Looks delish~!" He clapped his hands while taking one. "There's a lot, so I'm not sure if I can finish it all~!" Ace smiled in triumphantly. "Thanks for the food~!"

When the tart touch his taste bud, he is sure that he just taste heaven's bliss. "Whoa, what the heck ?! It's so good!" Ace praised, not noticing the presence behind him.

 "Of course, it would be delicious. After all, anything that Trey makes is bound to be exquisite." The mystery person uttered behind Ace.

 "Nah, man, this is something else! It's better than the ones at the shops..." Ace turned around and saw, "Wha– Prefect Rosehearts?!" He screamed in terror.

"Quite the boldness you have there for touching something that belongs to me." Riddle crossed his arm. "Queen of Hearts Rule #89: " You shall not eat tarts prepared for the Queen ahead of her." Larceny of the Queen's tarts is a capital crime!" He added with anger lacing in his voice.

Off With Your Head!

Riddle cast a collar on Ace's neck, sealing off his magic,"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Ace screamed in terror.

Flashback End

"And that's what happened... "Said Ace ends his story.

The whole room was silent, M/N blinked several times while processing the information on how Ace had collar on his neck, while Grim, well, he... disbelieved his ears.

"You've only got yourself to blame. "Grim finally said, breaking the silence.

"But ain't it overreacting to seal my magic just 'cause I ate his tart ?! It's practically the same as tying my hands and my feet!" Ace defended himself,"Plus, there were three whole ones! He can't possibly finish all of those!There's a limit to how heartless he can be!"He added.

"Yeah... Well, uh..." M/N tried to say, but no words could describe what he just heard.

"Ah! Wait a second..." Grim jumped from M/N knee. "If there were three whole tarts, they might've been prepared for the party, yanno?" He conceded.

"Like for someone's birthday? Man, I'm such a great detective, huh!" Grim quickly added.

"Birthday?"Ace asked after a moment's thought.

"If that's the case, then it's no wonder he's mad. "M/N said agreeing with Grim's conclusion.

"Uh... I came here thinking that you'd agree with me about the Prefect being a little tyrant..." Ace pouted as he look away.

"I get that he's kinda a tyrant, but ..." Said M/N, when he was interrupted by Grim, "You're also at fault for eatin 'his food."

"I'm sure he'll forgive you if you apologize. "M/N said as he tried to cheer up Ace. Fortunately it worked.

"Grudges over food are scary.Ah! Speaking of which, I still haven't received my canned tuna from the Headmaster! "Grim said, remembering his fish.

"I get it. I just have to apologize, right? You suggested it, so you better come with me, M/N ..." Ace said, looking at M/N.

"Got it." Said M/N

"In the meantime, where can I sleep?" Ace asked M/N

"You can sleep either in a different, cleaned and new room, or in my bed, I sleep in the coffin anyway," M/N said bluntly.

"Coffin?"Ace asked, confused.

"Yes in the coffin "Said M/N, pointing to the corner of the room where the coffin was placed.

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