*Ciel's POV*
I continued to running as I dodged Floyd's attack while holding the photo tightly to my chest while using my sword to deflect Jade's attacks. Though I do wish that I wasn't given the photo as I'm not a fast runner, meaning I'm an easier target. But I'm glad that my friends were defending me as best as they can. Then there was a flash of light which caused us all to stop the game of chase as I place the photo back into the pouch. I quickly regrouped my friends after I noticed something that caught my eye.
"What was that flash?" Jack questioned
"Guys, look!" I said as I point towards Ace, Deuce, and Grim's heads.
"Hm...? Hey! Deuce, your sea anemone's gone!" Ace exclaims.
"Whoa! You're right!" Deuce shouts while looking up.
"So's mine! Yours too, Ace! Sweet Leona and Ruggie pulled through!" Grim cried out in happiness.
"Seems so and at the right time too." I stated with a smirk
"Wait. Come again?" Jade questions in shock.
"What's goin' on here?" Floyd asked as Grim smirks.
"We cut a deal with Leona an' Ruggie to get them in on our plan."
"Say what? The guy's basically a sea lion, sleepin' his days away. He'd never lift a finger to help you guys." Floyd states with wide eyes
"I was under the impression he had no interest in creating disputes with his fellow housewarden, Azul. How did you bend him to your will?" Jade asks.
"It wasn't that hard to be honest, Grim if you will?" I said while motioning towards Grim.
"See, Ciel made this offer... If Leona helped us take back Ramshackle Dorm, we'd leave his room tomorrow without a fuss. But if he didn't help, we'd keep raisin' a racket outside his room all night, every night. Then we gave him a...'live demo,' I'll call it, to show how annoying it'd be. We basically yowled our lungs out until daybreak, and now we're super sleep-deprived." He explains while letting out a yawn.
"Despite having a lack of sleep and the risk of losing our voice, it got the job done... Riddle's gonna kill me when he finds out..." I state as I smiled awkwardly.
"Whoa..." The twins said as Ace, Deuce, and Jack looked at us with concern.
"No wonder you two were so hoarse this morning, Grim." Deuce stated as we both nod.
"That sounds less like a deal and more like a threat to me." Floyd states
"I never said it wasn't a threat, Grim did." I say with a dark look and smirk.
"You know what they say: one bad turn deserves another." Jack informs the two
"My wind magic's back, too. It's time to turn the tables here!" Ace shouts as Deuce tried to summon a cauldron.
"I summon thee, Cauldron!... Sweet, it worked!"
"Myaaah! I can't even tell if I got my fire magic back or not in all this water! That ain't fair!" Grim cried out
"Don't worry Grim, we can check when we get back to school." I reassure him.
"Somehow I think we'll manage without your parlor tricks." Ace answers as Grim glares at him.
"We'd best be getting back, Floyd. If the anemones are gone from their heads..." Jade suggests
"Yeah, I got a real bad feelin' about this." Floyd agrees.
The two began to back away from us since now Ace, Deuce, and Grim weren't powerless anymore and can fight back more properly. I noticed what they were doing as I used all my strength to back flip behind them, which caught my group's attention. Then I pointed my sword towards them as they turned around, keeping them in place.
"Sorry, but you two are not going anywhere." I state with a glare
"Not so fast. Where do you think you're going now that we're finally in fighting shape?" Deuce asked with a glare.
"Where's The fun in turning tail now? Stick around and play with us." Ace states with a smirk.
"You small-fry pipsqueaks... I'll have you cryin' before you know it." Floyd declares
"Floyd, ignore them! Ugh. Too late." Jade groans.
Floyd proceeds to charge at Ace and Deuce, but just before he could attack them he was hit first by the two's attacks. Jade also joined in the fight as did me, Jack, and Grim, who had to still use his claws. We began to fight the twins under better circumstances as now Ace and Deuce can use their magic again as the twins seems to be struggling to keep up. We each used every trick we could against the twins as we were running out of time. Which did us some good as the battle ended much quickly in our favor since the twins couldn't fight as they laid on the ground. I pointed my sword towards them with a smirk on my face as the others did the same.
"It's over, you two lost this battle." I state as the two got up.
"Nnngh, for cryin' out loud! These guys are getting on my nerves!" Floyd exclaims
"We need to go, Floyd. I don't think we have the luxury of toying with them any longer." Jade informs him as Jade frowns.
"Tch... Fine. Let's move."
The twins quickly leaves the area with a couple of bruises and cuts on their body as Floyd can be heard complaining to Jade about how unfair things were. Once they were gone, we let out a sigh of relief and cheer as I put my sword away. I began to catch my breath while making sure that the photo didn't have any cracks or damage on it. After all, I doubt Azul would want a ruined photo. I look back to the others who were still cheering a bit over our victory against the twins.
"Yesss! They're headin' for the hills! Er, do they have hills underwater? Whatever." Grim cheers
"They do, but it's not really hills per say." I inform him.
"We'd better get back to school ourselves. Let's shove this photo in Azul's face and spoon-feed him the bitter taste of defeat!" Jack exclaims as we all nod.
I quickly climb onto Jack's back as the four quickly began to swim back to the magic mirror so we can return back to campus. As we were heading back, I couldn't help but feel that something was very wrong. I thought back to that weird vision that had happened during the chase that almost got me hurt. It has happened before in the past when I had to deal with Riddle and Leona. Each time I got such a vision, it would build up until someone had overblotted before stopping for a while. This caused me to worry because if that's the case then that means something bad is about to happen.
'I feel like things just took a turn for the worse...'
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An Earl in Night Raven College (Book three)
Fanfiction(Black Butler x Twisted Wonderland) Some time after the events of the Spelldrive, the time has arrived for Ciel and his friends to take their final exam. Much to Ciel's surprise, Grim, Ace and Deuce are all oddly confident, and when grades roll in...
