Key of Souls: Twisted Wonderland

Chapter 8: From Bad to Worse

3rd POV

After hearing that last sentence, Grim had it up to here with that boy and said, "That jerk! He's just gonna say that and leave! I'm pissed now! Fuunnaaaah!"

Just as Dawn was starting to calm herself down after telling Ace off, Grim launched a fireball right at Ace and nearly hit him; Ace looked at Grim with disbelief and said, "Whoa! Watch out! What're you doing!?"

"It's what you get for making fun of me! I'm gonna light up that fire-head of yours!", Grim proclaimed.

"Stop that Grim! He isn't worth it!", shouted Dawn at the little monster, as much as Dawn wanted to see Ace learn his lesson, she knew well enough that this confrontation will not end well.

"Fire-head, huh? Heeee. You've got guts picking a fight with me.", Ace said while looking down at Grim. "You too. I'll turn you into a puffy, little toy-poodle!"

Grim growled at Ace and launched a fireball at him, but Ace smirked at him and said, "Uh-oh, gotta watch out. Take that!" Ace took out his pen which had a red gemstone on top of it, he waved it and summoned a powerful gust of wind that blew back Grim's fire.

'Wow, there's even magic to control the wind.', Dawn thought as she marvelled at the spell Ace just cast, but snapped out of it when she just remembered that this is not the time to be watching this scenario.

"This guy is blowing wind all over the place! My fire gets all twisted up!", said Grim as he was getting ready for another attack.

"What's happening? A fight?"

"Yeah! Get 'em!"

The squabble started drawing a crowd of people to see what the commotion is all about and some students are finding it entertaining. But Dawn knew this kind of egging on will only add more fuel to the fire and she shouted, "Please don't encourage them!" She looked back at the two and shouted, "Knock it off you two, can't you see this is going to get us into serious trouble!?"

However, Ace paid no mind to the girls' warning and smirked at Grim saying, "A flimsy little fire like that won't hit me."

Grim shouted back, "What? You better be ready."

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Dawn's POV

For a while, Both Ace and Grim continued to attack each other with magic; Grim launching fireballs and Ace changing their directions with his wind magic. Despite my pleas to stop, those two just keep assaulting and insulting each other.

"Eat this!", Grim shouted at Ace as he shot another ball of fire.

"And I just change the trajectory with the wind like...that!", said Ace as he cast his spell and redirected the fireball.

At that moment, I watched in horror as I saw the blue flames make an impact on the Queen of Hearts' statue and it was burning like a marshmallow in a campfire.

Both Grim and Ace saw what happened and stopped fighting in this instance. "Aaaaaaaah! Crap! The Queen of Hearts' statue is charred!", Ace shrieked at the sight they just witnessed.

"It's cause you're blowing the fire around! Just let me fry you!", Grim argued.

"You think someone is just gonna let you fry them?", Ace shot back at Grim.

Just as I was afraid that the two of them will start fighting again, "Enough!!! Just what is going on here!" Who should appear none other than Headmaster Crowley in a fit of rage and shouting his lungs out.

'Uh-oh...", I thought as I saw the headmaster before us; it was at this moment that I knew that we were going to be in serious trouble.

"Guh! Headmaster...", said Ace with a horrified look on his face.

Grim was terrified as well as he remembered clearly what the headmaster did the last time and said, "He's gonna tie us up the "lash of love"! Get outta here!

Ace and Grim tried to make a break for it, but the headmaster was much faster with the whip and managed to strike them both.

"Ooooww!", screamed Ace in pain.

"Ffgyaaa! Hurts just as much the second day in a row!", Grim wailed after being stuck.

"This is my Lash of Love! It'll be another hundred years before you can outrun me!", the headmaster proclaimed as he lashed out at the two of them.

"I tried to warn you two....", I muttered as I saw the two getting whipped; I didn't feel sorry at all for those two since they cause this whole incident.

Headmaster Crowley gave the two a stern look and said, "Aahhhh... I told you just yesterday to "not cause any trouble", didn't I? Then you go and char one of the statues of the Great Seven! I would very much like to see you expelled."

"Wait! Not that!", Ace pleaded with the headmaster as Grim hid behind Ace's leg for protection.

Then the headmaster turned his gaze towards me and said, "And you, this is not how you should supervise Grim."

"I'm so sorry Headmaster...", I said as I looked down in shame; even though Grim attacked Ace for making fun of us, I knew some of this is my responsibility as well since I was tasked to watch over Grim, plus I was a bit physical at Ace for making me mad as well.

The headmaster shook his head with disappointment at his student and the damage these two did. "My goodness... You, what's your grade and name?", he asked as he looked at Ace.

"Ace Trappola, first year.", said Ace as he looked down in shame.

"Then, Mr. Trappola, Grim, and Miss Baldwin", Crowley started to speak as he stared down hard at us. "As punishment, I order the three of you to wash 100 windows around campus!"

The three of us were in shock at the punishment the headmaster just gave to us.

"Nyaa!? It's all cause this joker was making fun of us!", Grim tried to argue back.

"Eeeh!? Me too? said Ace with disbelief.

But the headmaster said, "Most definitely! After school, meet in the cafeteria. Understood?"

"Fiiine...", said Ace miserably; he no he had no chance at winning the argument.

Grim looked just as gloomy and said, "Nothing but misery since yesterday!!"

As I hung my head in shame I just thought to myself, "Worst. Day. Ever..."