Now it's decided that the Savanaclaw dorm can still compete in the games, the games will be able to take place. However, there is one more thing that needs to be settled.
Grim walks to the headmage and calls out, "Hey, Headmage! We caught your guy! You know what that means... Time to cough up the reward you promised!"
"Grim, don't be rude," Briar sternly says.
Crowley quickly turns to the group, "What?" and remembers, "Ohhh... I did promise you that, didn't I? But it's far too late. The tournament brackets have already been announced. What to do...?" and tries to think on what to do.
This makes Grim very upset, "WHAAAAAAAT?! You wretched, backstabbin' swindler!" and angrily says, "I am gonna make it rain fire, you liar! MYAAAAAAAH!"
Crowley quickly says, "Stop, please! Retrain yourself for a moment! I will...come up with something. Uh..."
Crowley begins to think and then an idea hits him, "Ah! I've got it! What would you say to playing in a special exhibition match? If it were held before the tournament itself, it wouldn't interfere with anything. And the eyes of the world would be squarely on you!
"On me?!" Grim questions.
"B-but of course," Crowley answers.
Grim grins, "Well, so long as I'm the center of attention, I guess that will do."
Then Grim happily says, "This'll be great! After the scouts see me kickin' tail on TV, they'll be swarmin' all over me!"
"That's nice and all, but we still need to have other people play with us. Remember, each team needs seven players to participate," Tanzanite says.
"The other players..." Crowley replies.
Then remembers, "Ah, right. And we'll need an opposing team as well. Perhaps we could cobble one together out of faculty members..."
Grim becomes shocked, "Myah?! You haven't given this any thought at all!"
"Don't worry Grim, I'm sure we'll come up with something," Briar says.
"Like what?" Grim asks.
"Well, I like to play in the tournament, so that's one," Briar says.
"Well, I do too, so I'll make two," Grim adds.
Then Jasper says, "I'll play too, so we have three people."
"Um, I don't think I'm ready to play, so I'll just sit this one out," Sereia sadly says.
"Yeah. I do like playing sports, but I'm not an athlete like Jasper," Tanantie says.
Trinket then shakes her head.
"You're right Trinket. You'll get squashed if you play," Grim says.
"So far we've got three players, we'll need more," Briar says.
"Where are we going to find 4 more players on short notice?" Grim wonders.
Right on cue, Ace and Deuce walk over to them.
Ace is the first to speak up, "Hey, so, couldn't help overhearing..."
"If you need some teammates, we could help you out," Deuce says, confidence.
Riddle questions, "What are you doing? You're members of Heartslabyul!"
"There's no tournament rule that says we can't play for another dorm's team," Ace says.
Trey laughs, "Ha! He's right! I guess no one thought that would ever happen, so no one ever wrote it down."
"Ooh, now this sounds totes fun! I wanna be on Briar's team too!" Cater says.
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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...
