Once Upon a Time

Chapter 1

  ~ Third person pov~

Spelldriver training is really tedious.  "hey evie are you ok?"  Esmerald asked. 

"yeah, I just feel boneless," Evie replied as she stretched her tired body.  "same time tomorrow" she stated as he started walking away from the Spelldriver practice field.

Evie was walking towards the Ramshackle dorm, try as she might she couldn't really stand to stay away from this crazy bunch.

Grim:  "I dunno, this just looks like a bunch of absent-minded kids hurtin' themselves to me.
If there's a scandal here. I ain't seein' it!
Huh? Whozzat?"

Ace:  "Mornin'. Guess you're feeling better now, huh, Grim?"

Grim:  "Oh, it's you. We're kinda busy right now. No time for kid stuff. Scram."

Ace:  "Busy? What, you got a lot of homework?"

Yuu: "You might want to sit down..."

Hearing the familiar voices of her friends, she walked into the dorm.  "good morning- am I interrupting something?"  she asked curiously, seeing the three boys (and a cat) gathered in Ramshackle's living room

Yuu : "oh, hey Evie, you're not interrupting anything, you can sit if you want"

Reluctantly, Evie headed into the living room and sat down on the couch.

Ace: " Injuries from suspicious accidents, huh?"

Grim: "  But nothin' we heard sounded all that suspicious.
It seemed like they were all just excited about the tournament, got distracted, and hurt themselves somehow."

Deuce:  "Ace! We got a big problem!"

Evie : "Deuce? What happened?"

Ace:  "Dial it down, Loosey-Deucey. What is it?"

Deuce:  "Trey fell down the stairs! He's hurt!"

Grim & Ace:  "What?!"

Grim: " Myah! He's the sneaky one with the glasses, yeah?"

Yuu: "He never struck me as being absent-minded."

Ace:"  Yeah, Trey wouldn't just trip and eat dirt."

Grim:  "Let's go see what he's got to say!"

Evie : "and Trey?"

Yuu: "what do you mean Trey?"

Evie: "several good Spelldriver players in my dorm have had similar accidents, I guess it's not that random"

|| Time skip||

Evie : "Trey? Do you need something?"

Ace: " Yo, man, how's it going?
Character Deuce Icon.png Deuce:  How are you feeling, Trey?"

Grim:  "We came all this way just to see your sorry face. It's cool—don't get up."

Cater:  "Well, if it isn't Hunting Season! Dreamy Evie! And Grim and Yuu too! You're rolling deep today."

Ace:  "Hey, Cater... I'm lost. Whaddaya mean by "Hunting Season"?"

Cater:  "I mean it's you guys! You're Ace, he's Deuce—that's what you call an Ace Deuce in poker!"

Deuce:  "Don't give us a couple nickname!"

Evie :  "smash"

Ace:  "Riiight... Anyway, how d'you feel, Trey? And how'd you get hurt?"

Trey: "  Slipped on the stairs.
I couldn't catch myself, and my ankle got all messed up. I'll be on crutches for a while."

Deuce: " Yikes. That sounds pretty bad!"