ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀɪᴍꜱᴏɴ ᴛʏʀᴀɴᴛ
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It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
-Alice in Wonderland-
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They left the school's kitchen to their juniors' hours ago and are now wearing their dorm uniform in the Heartslabyul lounge. The both of them arrived to a couple of second years who held faces of relief when they saw the two seniors.
"Senior Trey, Senior Cater! I'm so glad you're finally back...!" One of their dorm members called out, as the two made their way towards them.
The entire room was slightly dim, with only the glow of the moon that shone through the large glass windows and a bunch of small wall lamps, serving as the light source that surrounds the area.
"Did something happen?" Trey asked, noticing the distressed atmosphere that surrounds the dorm lounge. His question was soon answered when he got a clear look at the students in front of him. He could only make out as much on what he could currently see in a slightly dimmed dormitory. However, one of his fellow dorm member had a particular collar around their neck, a telltale sign of Riddle's unique magic.
"According to Rule #256 by the Queen of Hearts, "One should not drink lemonade with honey when it's past 8 in the evening." Some students..." the boy paused as he looked over to his collared friend. "...disobeyed the rule and the Dorm Head subjected collars on all of them..." he finished.
Both Trey and Cater were silent, their faces held a troubled look. One of their juniors was trembling and took the senior's silence as his que to speak.
"I don't want to live this kind of life anymore! He keeps enforcing unreasonable rules... I want to transfer to another dorm...!"
With a sigh, Trey gave the younger students the best smile he could muster. He wanted to calm them and be there for his juniors, and yet, he could only hope the smile that he presented was not a tired one. "It's going to be okay. I'll go talk with the Prefect. You guys go back to your room."
And with that, the students gave a respectful bow to both Trey and Cater. All of them left, except for one.
The boy fidgeted on his place, his sleepy appearance made him look tired rather than nervous. If it wasn't for his faint trembling hands, Trey would assume that the junior ought-to pass out on the spot, out of sleepless nights than of fear.
"Yes, what is it?" The green haired senior said with a gentle tone.
"T-theo doesn't t-think that the rules are that b-bad. This one h-hopes that the dorm leader doesn't take offense to what T-theo's friends said." The boy stuttered, playing with the tips of his tie that has now gone loose. Trey feared that the younger would accidentally rip it's seams and was about to respond. However, the sleepy eyed boy bowed and let out hurried words.
"S-sorry for disturbing your night!" He squeaked, as the student soon followed behind his friends.
Trey chuckled at that, but was then sighing once everyone, but Cater, left.
Silence covered the entire area, not daring to break it as the two seniors thought of words to say, in order to plead for the second year's case to their dorm head.
"I'll go make some tea to help calm our queen down." Said Cater after a minute of silence.
"Sorry about this, Cater." The green haired senior gave his friend an apologetic smile. "Oh yeah, can you make some herb tea instead of red tea? If I remember correctly, Rule #153 states that herb tea is the only one allowed at night..."
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A Different Wonderland
Fanfiction"Where exactly did you come from?" The boy looked at the Headmaster, his mouth opening and closing. It was as if he was debating to say something. "I don't know..." he began, but quickly explained his words. "I mean I do remember, but not at the sam...
