to be or not to be

chpt. 1

"grrr.." muffled growling could be heard. "why is the door so heavy?!" the voice puffed. "fine, you leave me no choice but to use my final option," the squeaky voice sucked in a deep breathe before blowing out harshly. blue fire licked the coffin and it's door, blowing the hinges off.

kanja groaned. "i was hoping for a much smoother opening, but this'll do," the male opened his eyes. there stood this... rat, dog, racoon thing with firey ears and tail. "what are you staring at?!" the rat, dog, racoon thing questioned with a paw on it's hip.

kanja stared at it, disgust clear in his slitted pupils. "you're more hideous than a newborn child,"

the creature and kanja stared at each other awkwardly before ending the silence. "what... WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!" the blue creature screeched, bits of fire escaping it's mouth.

kanja covered his mouth. "my bad, didn't know you'd be so offended," this angered the racoon thing more. "I AM NOT UGLY, NOR AM I A NEWBORN CHILD. I AM THE GREAT MAGICIAN GRIM!" kanja looked away, covering one of his sharp ears.

"has no one ever told you how unbearably loud you are?" those were kanja's last words before shifting into an owl and flying out of the room. grim looked at kanja's leaving body in confusion. "huh- HEY GET BACK HERE!"

kanja settled down in the courtyard trees before shifting back into himself. "pheww, that was quite tiring indeed," he sat in the tree for a few seconds. "ah, i left silver there all alone," kanja began to quietly sob his heart out. "h-how dare i leave my poor, precious and asoravle baby, silver, there all alone with that hideous rat thing?"

someone just so happened to hear his mumbling, and started walking towards him and the tree he sat on. "who's there?" the voice asked, interrupting kanja's sob session. the dramatic boy paused comically, his head looking around.

"i-is that.." "MALLEUS-SAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" kanja leaped off the tree and attached himself to the horned male. malleus' eyes widended, arms contemplating their location. "kanja..?" the boy in his arms nodded aggressively, crocodile tears travelling down his cheeks.

"MALLEUS-SAN, YOU REMEMBER MEEEEEE," he cried some more. malleus could only pat his companion on the back gently, listening to his quiet, incoherent mumbling. "there, there. how could i not remember you? after all, you are very loud," he said the last part to himself.

a few minutes later, kanja composed himself, clearing his throat. "ahem. the entrance ceremony began a few minutes ago. shouldn't you be there already?" malleus sighed, knowing that if he told kanja the real reason he wasn't there, the shorter male would probably attack the headmage.

malleus patted kanja on the back. "why aren't you at the ceremony then? you should get your dorm sorted," kanja smiled with no emotion. "i ran away from a demon rat dog racoon thing,"

"members of heartslabyul! if i see any rule breaking, it'll be off with your heads!!" a short boy with bright, red hair announced to his dorm. many heartslabyul members shook in fear.

a tall male with lion ears sighed tiredly. "savanaclaw, follow me back to the dorms," he said, turning around to face the savanaclaw mirror.

next was a poised male with glasses. "i welcome all new students in octavinelle! i hope you all have a very nice stay here in your new dorm," he had a dodgy feel to him, making some students unsure of his true motives.

a red eyed boy looked around the ceremony hall. "ehhh? where's the headmage gone?" he questioned, jumping around to potentially find the headmage. a floating tablet spoke. "uuuugh. he's probably off avoiding responsibilities again," the tablet switched off.

the red eyed boy sighed sadly. "maybe he had a tummy ache.." he murmured.

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BANG!

the doors leading to the mirror room burst open, showing a very annoyed headmage with a rat dog cat racoon thing wrapped in his whip. "I DO NOT HAVE A STOMACH ACHE!" he announced, leaving all the students in shock. "i was merely looking for the last student," everyone peered at the headmage. "what last student," everyone thought in sync.

the headmage cleared his throat. "however, i only came across this..." he looked down with yellow, beady eyes. "... racoon creature," said racoon creature fumbled in it's confines, attempting to speak but having no luck.

unexpectedly, another bang occured. this time, the headmage got knocked over. "LILIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" the figure screeched, darting right over to the male he was looking for. lilia's eyes widened, and so did silver's. "kanja?!" lilia said aloud. the air got knocked out of the short male as kanja launched himself onto lilia, the latter male losing balance but not falling over. kanja nuzzled his face into lilia's shirt.

the headmage cleared his throat again. "AHEM. may the last student step up to the mirror?" the headmage asked, but it sounded more like a demand. kanja got off of lilia, staring blandly at the headmage. "eh? who are you again?" everyone froze, slowly turning their heads to kanja's direction. lilia face palmed, the crisp sound echoing through the hall. "kanja." the boy turned to lilia's direction. "yyyyyyyeah?" lilia placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"that's the headmage, dire crowley,"