Into The Shadow Realm | Rascal x fem reader story 2023

14| Eclipse

You stare into the dust and crack-worn mirror. Your hair has grown drastically in the last two weeks in the Shadow Realm, technically the last couple of months since you cut it. It used to be longer before you cut it short. Long as in, just past your chest, it does not really grow longer than that, just breaks away. Additionally, it interfered with your fighting.

Crunch. The scissors meet your hair, and a good inch remains in your hand. Cutting your own hair has always been so fun, and even better, now that you have gotten good at it.

Once you double check every single strand of hair, every layer and every wave to make sure it sits neatly in the way you want it to, you wisp the remainder of the hair away that has collected on the floor in front of the mirror. After rustling your hair to give it a bit of movement, you then stride out to the meeting, teleporting a metre or two while in the corridor for fun.

The meeting, in which Rascal deems so important, that he almost bashed down your door to command you to attend it in less than an hour ago. You were just about to make a start on your hair, before being interrupted by the joker. The look he gave you as he figured out what you were doing, once you had finished practically yelling at him that you could have been dressing, was hilarious. A mixture of judgement, confusion and pure bore spread across Rascal's face.

Now you are on your way.

"Here," you say, turning around the last corner to see four faces watching you as you enter the room.

You lean against a wall, your own gaze meeting Rascal, who gives you a strange stare, his eyes linger just a second longer on your hair, then snaps away. "Finally. Now, who knows what's special about tonight~?" With a finger to his lips, he attempts (and fails) to hide his excitement.

"Do we finally have enough energy to revive Nogo Rascal?" Brute asks.

"Of course we don't!" Ulric snaps at him. "We forgot someone's birthday again, didn't we? Happy Birthday Rascal."

"Oh it's your birthday Rascal? Is tonight the time to open presents then?" You add in sarcastically for fun, earning a glare from the joker. Even Ulric muffles a snicker.

"Spring cleaning!?" Screeches the witch.

Long story short – no one knows what tonight is.

"Hm...I should have known. And no, it is not my...birthday, nor is it Spring, you know we don't have seasons here - "

You need force the corners of your mouth to stay down.

Rascal tries again. "Anyway~ tonight, in the Human Realm, there will be an eclipse," the jester pauses to stride across the room, a hand pressed against his mask, "now this eclipse happens in Japan in Rainbow Hills and the humans will gather to witness the event every 50 years. I overheard the Glitter Force and a pixie talking about it earlier today about how this eclipse contains magic strong enough to unlock a new type of energy within the charms and the Royal Clock. And this is what is happening tonight."

The cogs in your brain instantly begin turning at this new information.

"And I'm guessing you want someone to go down there and give the world a happy ending," snarls the wolf, placing his hands on his hips.

"Not at all Ulric. You know, the humans will be holding a festival in honor of this eclipse. At this festival, the Glitter Force will be hiding somewhere when the eclipse takes place – ready to activate the charms, and I know where it is. It is the perfect time to steal the charms."

"So?" Says Brooha. "Let me go down there and give them a piece of my mind Rascal!"

"No," Brute starts, "let me!"