Twisted Wonderland | Mickey's Print

28. The King's Lament

After the disaster he caused at the fair, Ruggie finally returned to his dorm and met Leona at the Magift stadium, where the rest of the Savanaclaw students were also waiting for him. "Huff... Huff... Leona, I did it! Did you watch the broadcast?" He said proudly between exhausted gasps.

"Yes. It was wonderful, Ruggie," Leona congratulated him, satisfied. "Goodbye, Malleus. This year the throne will be mine."

Ruggie laughed softly and raised a fist above his head. "He he! Long live the king! Shi, shi, shi, shi!" He exclaimed victoriously.

"Long live the king!" The other students repeated as they celebrated between gestures of victory and cheers. "Hooray!!

Leona did nothing but stand straight smirk, and look at his students celebrating for him. However, the moment of celebration stopped the second a new group of people approached them.

"We've heard enough," Riddle's voice said quietly, followed by Ace, Deuce, Yuu, Grim, and even Jack, directing at them frowns of annoyance and disappointment.

All the Savanaclaw students jumped, and some exchanged confused murmurs, but Leona and Ruggie quickly pulled themselves together.

"Look at this, but if it isn't the entire group of Heartslabyul, and to top it off, with one of our first-year rookies," Leona said listlessly before looking at Jack with disappointment. "Did you transfer to Heartslabyul?"

Jack glared back at him with addition of fury, showing that he didn't feel the slightest bit of regret at being on a different side. "I just can't stand being on your side right now," he bellowed, even earning a look of suppressed rage from Ruggie.

"You damn traitor!" Leona growled as he gripped his wooden staff tightly.

Before he could say anything else, Riddle took two steps forward as he ground his scepter authoritatively on the ground. "Your actions have tarnished one of our traditions," he said with calm severity, "as Heartslabyul dorm leader who assesses rigor, I cannot turn a blind eye to such a thing."

Leona sighed and put a hand to his head, an action he used to do when he got fed up with something. "Hey brats, could you save your 'hero of justice game for your fantasies?" He asked.

Ruggie looked around, as if he wanted to confirm something, and took his magical pen out. "You have guts to trespass our territory with such a small group of people, you must be out of your minds!"

Several Savanaclaw students quickly understood Ruggie's intent, and a burly one approached Leona. "Leona, should we get them out of here?" He asked expectantly.

The dorm leader smiled slightly. "Hmph. Have some fun," He offered.

The attackers closed in on them menacingly, bringing back to Yuu that horrible memory of his first visit to the dorm, but before they could even make an attack, Riddle quickly raised his scepter. "Off With Your Head!"And in the blink of an eye, his famous magic-sealing collars closed around the attacking students' necks, who flinched from the slashing sensation.

"...He's strong..." One of them growled.

"That dorm leader is crazy..." another wailed.

Riddle gave them a quick blank look. "Hmph. You are not even worth mentioning. Ace, Deuce, can you handle the rest?"

"Perfectly," Ace said cheerfully.

"Of course!" Deuce said decisively before pulling the magic quill from him, ready for battle.

For his part, Leona looked with a mixture of disappointment and bewilderment and clucked his tongue. "Tch. These guys don't stand a chance against Riddle," he spluttered.