Not long after, the group arrives in front of Room 2B.
Briar turns to the others, "Alright, Cater, Grim, Riddle, and I will go inside to find Ruggie, the rest of you stay here until we come out."
"Of course," Tanzanite says.
"Be careful," Sereia says.
"We will," Briar says.
Riddle opens the door to the classroom, and the four walk inside. They also see a few other students in the classroom.
Just then, Grim calls out, "All right, where's Ruggie Bucchi?!"
Just then, they hear someone call out, "Right here."
The group turns to see Ruggie raising his hand, and looking bored.
Ruggie then notices the group, "Ah... It's you guys again. I really hope this isn't about that deluxe grilled cheese. We traded fair and square."
However, everyone is not buying it, not this time.
Riddle walks up to Ruggie and calmly says, "Ruggie Bucchi, we need to ask you some questions about the spate of injuries that have befallen prospective Spelldrive tournament players."
"Oh ho. This sounds like some serious business," Ruggie replies.
"How about we move to the hall and keep this in the figurative DMs, if you catch my drift?" Cater says.
"I'm cooperating. Let's all try to be gentlemen, now," Ruggie replies.
Though deep inside, he suspects that they've figured him out.
Then the group leaves the classroom and enters the hall.
"Very well," Riddle calmly says, "While we do not yet know exactly what transpired, it is abundantly clear that your signature spell is a dangerous one. I will be casting 'Off With Your Head' to—"
Suddenly, Ruggie says, "But Riddle, are you sure you should be casting such a powerful spell without your magical pen?"
"Huh?" Riddle says, confused.
Riddle reaches into his pocket and grows shocked, "Wait...what?!"
He looks down to notice his Magepen is gone, "What happened to my magical pen?!"
Grim looks at Cater and notices, "Hey, Cater! Your pen's gone too!"
Cater quickly notices the pen is not in his pocket either, "You're kidding me! How?!"
Sereia soon notices, "Grim, your magestone is gone too!"
"Myaaaah!" Grim panics.
Sereia, Tanzanite, Jasper, and Briar look to notice their magepens are gone.
"Our pens are gone too," Jasper panics.
Tanzanite notices something else is missing from Briar, "Briar, your medallion is gone too!"
"What?!" Briar exclaims in shock.
She looks around her neck, and is shocked to see her precious medallion.
Suddenly, they hear Guggie snickers, "Shyeheehee! Children of privilege, every one of you. So unprepared. So complacent. Like stealing candy from a baby." and holds out everyone's magestone pens, and Briar's medallion.
Grim freaks out, "Myah?! He cast his spell to snatch your pens away without us even noticing?!"
"Puh-lease. As if I'd need magic to do that!" Ruggie says with a smirk on his face, "Anyway, having a showdown in the hallway is not on my agenda for today, so I'll be on my way. Toodles!"
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Twisted Wonderland Book 2: The Usurper from the Wilds
FanfictionA few days after the incident at Heartslabyul Dorm, Briar and the others are doing their best to settle in the Night Raven Academy, and learn a tournament called the Spelldrive Tournament is taking place, but many students participating in the games...
