Twisted Wonderland Book 5: A Beauitful Tyrant

Chapter 62: Poisonous Outbreak

Briar decides to stop this, but suddenly, someone rushes past Briar as they shout, "Don't do it, Rook!"

And knocks the bottle out of Rook's hand, causing it to fall to the ground and the bottle shatters, spilling the juice inside.

"Kalim?!" Briar asks in surprise.

Briar and the others rush out as Kalim, looking determined, has Rook in surprise.

"Roi Doré! What brings you here?" Rook asks, surprised.

Then notices Briar and the others, "And Roi de Harmony and friends as well?"

"Geez, Kalim! Why'd you go and smack the juice right outta Rook's hand?" Grim asks.

Taking deep breaths, Kalim says, "I made it...

"Why are all of you here?" Vil asks, shocked.

Suddenly, the apple juice suddenly begins to bubble as it turns into a purple color, and it's not a good thing.

Grim yelps, "Myah! The apple juice on the floor is bubbling and turnin' a poisonous purple color!"

Kalim turns to Vil to confront him, "You used your signature spell to curse that juice, didn't you?"

"He WHAT?!" Grim asks, shocked.

"But... that was the one he was going to give..." Sereia says, shocked.

"I'm afraid so. That juice is a Cursed apple juice! Vil was trying to poison Neige just now. If Rook hadn't stopped Neige when he did..." Briar says.

"Then Negie would have been poisoned," Jasper says, shocked.

Then asks, "Did you realize it yourself, Briar?"

"Yeah. I had a bad feeling after Neige's rehearsal," Briar says.

"You're not the only one Briar," Kalim says, "I got a real bad feeling when I saw the look on your face after Neige's rehearsal. It was practically the same look I saw on Jamil's face when he lost control of himself over holiday break."

Vil is shocked to hear the statements, seeing that two of them realize that the drink is poisoned.

Vil then turns to Rook, "Rook. Why did you try to drink that? You had to have known that doing so wouldn't end well for you."

"I wanted to believe in you," Rook answers, "You, who strives harder and reaches for greater heights than any other. I didn't want you to besmirch yourself by doing anything foolish.

And if the apple juice WAS cursed, I wanted to taste it. I wanted to taste the fruit of a poison derived from an obsession with beauty bordering on madness."

"How could you say something like that?!" Kalim asks, shocked.

Vil remains silent.

Kalim then turns to Vil and asks, "And Vil, do you have any idea how foolish that was?! You said every other team here would look like spuds compared to us... You said we were going to have the best performance in the world! After all of that, why stoop to this?!"

Vil however remains silent.

"Vil, are you okay?" Sereia asks, concerned.

Suddenly, Vil begins to laugh, and doesn't seem to be in a good way, "Ha... Aha ha... That's what I want to know. More than the rest of you, even. But you see, I've come to a realization. That I! Can never! Win! And that's why...I'm going... TO HANDLE NEIGE MYSELF!"

Suddenly, the apple juice begins to bubble once more and soon begins to spread, catching everyone by surprise.

Grim yelps, "Myah?! What now? All the juice you guys just spilled is movin' again!"

"It's spreadin' all over the floor!" Sereia panics and begins to cough

Kalim feels strange, "What's this smoke?! C-can't...breathe..." And begins coughing.

Briar coughs, "It's almost like poisonous gas." and begins coughing.

Rook cries out, "Briar! Kalim! Everyone! Don't inhale that mist! Vil's signature spell is Fairest One of All! He can use it to curse any object. The mist is the evaporated form of that cursed liquid. If you breathe it in, you'll be immobilized. Yet, would one glass of juice truly have such a drastic transformation?"

Then Rook realizes, "Ah... You didn't!"

Just then, dark purple and black negative energy begins to flow around Vil's body as he shows signs of panicking.

Vil cries out, "Please. Don't look at me... Don't look at me with those eyes! Why? I want to be the fairest one of all, so why am I so...so...ugly? Ugly?! UGLY?!"

"Roi du Poison, you are far from ugly!" Rook says.

Then Kalim says, "Yeah! And listen, Neige didn't drink the juice. Neither did Rook. You haven't hurt anyone yet. So please, Vil, snap out of it..." And coughs.

"They're right," Briar says coughs, "You just made a mistake, and since we're teammates and good friends, we help those to stop them from making one, or help them realize their mistake and help them through it." and coughs more.

But Vil shouts at them, "Silence! What do any of you know?! What does it matter who forgives me?! I can't... I can't forgive myself!"

The poison begins to increase and black ink pours out of Vil's body and his magepen, and from the juice.

"Vil's body is giving off black ink! It's like what happened with Jamil..." Kalim says, and coughs.

Coughing as well, "That poison juice is dissolvin' the floor and spreading!"

"It might dissolve us if we touch it!" Sereia panics.

Trinket becomes scared and hides behind Briar's hair.

Briar turns to Vil and calls out, "Vil, you have to stop! Your body won't be able to handle what comes next!"

However, Vil laughs, "Heh... Heh heh heh... Yes, of course. If I just melt everyone else into a hideous mess... Then I'll be the fairest one of all, won't I?"

Just then, the ink spills all over as Vil's magepen turns black. Then Vil begins to transform from the blotting ink and the negative energy circling around him. Soon, it's revealed that Vil has overblotted. He is now wearing a purplish-blue, black, and gold color dress, with a royal hat, and dark make up, with pale skin. There is also a purple flame coming out of his right eye.

In a demonic voice, Vil says, "Don't worry, this won't hurt for long. It will be over soon. Your blood will run cold, and you'll never wake up again." And maniacally laughs, "Heh heh heh... Ha ha ha! AAAH HA HA HA HA HA!"

Rook sadly says, "Oh, Vil... What a frightful, sorrowful sight you are. And yet so darkly dazzling. I can scarcely take my eyes off you, however clouded they may be."

"How... how can you be calm at a time like this," Jasper asks, and coughs.

Kalim feels weakened, "Argh! I'm getting...weaker..."

Grim does as well, "I'm gettin' all...lightheaded..."

"I'm feeling dizzy," Briar says.

Suddenly, something swoops past them and past Vil.

"What?!" Vil questions.

Then something begins zooming around him.

Vil grows frustrated, "Rgh! Get out of here, you pest!"

Kalim soon sees the object, "Is that you, magic carpet?! What are you doing here?"

"Really, now. Why am I not surprised?" A familiar voice says.

Everyone looks to see Kalim's on the carpet, and on the carpet is Jamil

Jamil calls out, "Everyone, get on!"

"Jamil!" Kalim calls out in relief.