The pre-cannon AU of the Hopes peak arc of my DRA fic Hopefully Unlucky,
After Y/n failed her classmates, she expected to wake up once more and head over to Mitakihara city to help the Holy quintet, however she finds herself alone in an enclosed spa...
When I was sleeping semi-peacefully, I had a dream about card soldiers in a large maze. They were panicking trying paint all the roses on the heart shaped trees red. The dialogue between the cards is, Ace of clubs' sings "Hurry up and paint those roses red!" and different card states, "Slather them quickly, as aforesaid!" The Ace of Clubs' states, "Hurry, Hurry! There are still roses left to paint!" I think, "They're painting ... roses?" A girl with blonde hair, a blue dress, and a white smock asks, "Why are you painting these white roses red?" All the cards stop and ask, "Huh?" The two of clubs' states, "Why, you ask? It's quite simple. We planted the wrong color, you see." The ace explains, "The queen likes her roses red. If they're white, we'll lose our heads!" The girl says, "Goodness!" The three of clubs' state, "And so, we're painting the roses red." The dream fades away.
I think to myself, 'I could have sworn I was asleep in my dorm... I feel like I was having the strangest dream...' I slowly open my eyes and lay on the bed. I hear something downstairs and grumble, "Is someone knocking at the door?" Grim whines, "Myaaah... Hey Y/n ... I know it's the middle of the night, but I think we've got a visitor. Maybe it's those pesky ghosts again? They just don't know when to quit." I say, "It's not the ghosts ... I don't think they can touch tangible items." WE both head down to the entryway. I see dust starting to shake from the roof where the door is. I yell out, "OI! Stop banging on the door! You could bring down some of the Dorm!" Ace's voice is heard outside the door, "It's me, Ace! Just let me in, all right?" I open up the door and see Ace in his uniform, except he has a tacky collar on his neck.
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Grim states, "Ace? It's the middle of the night! B-bwah! That collar!" Ace states, "I can't go back to Heartslabyul House. I'm joining your dorm. For good." Grim yells, "Myah?! Come again?!" I ask, "What?!" I sigh and lead Ace towards the couch. Once we sat down Grim states and asks, "I'd recognize that collar anywhere. It's the same one that psycho stuck on me at orientation! What'd you do to get shackled with that?" Ace replies, "I ate a tart." I ask annoyed, "Are you serious?!" Ace states, "Yeah, that's it! That's all I did! I was a little hungry, see, so I went down to the dorm kitchen and found some tarts in the fridge. Three whole tarts! Big ones, too!"
I say out loud while searching the fridge, "Man, I'm still tired from our little adventure. I missed dinner, too, and now I'm starving! Got anything for me, fridge? ...Whoa, score! Tarts! Those look amazing! And plenty to go around, too!" I take one out and cut a small piece and say, "No one would notice if I snagged one teeeeensy little slice, right? Right. Of course not. *munch* Mmph... SO good! I'm in pastry paradise right now!"
I hear a voice behind me saying, "Of course they're good. Trey made them. His tarts are always exceptional." "Yeah, but I mean... These are CRAZY good! Like, he could sell these at- wait, Housewarden?!" I agree with the voice before turning around. Riddle, the Housewarden states angrily, "That you would think to touch something of MINE... Well, I'm impressed with your audacity, at least. But the Queen of Hearts' rule 89 is quite clear. "Never eat a tart without the Queen's permission." The theft of tarts is a serious crime!" He then shouts, "Off With Your Head!" I cry out in pain and leave the dorm.
