The youngest wizard in twisted wonderland

Chapter 44: Slipping Away!

Note: I DO NOT OWN TWISTED WONDERLAND: DISNEY!

Chapter 44: Slipping Away!

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Once we arrive at class 2-B, Grim bursts through the classroom door and yells, "Tell me! Where is Ruggie Bucchi?!" Everyone turns to stare at us thanks to Grim's dramatic entrance.

Then we spot the familiar face of Ruggie.

"Ye~s... oh, it's just puffball and friends," Ruggie greets us cheerfully with an exaggerated grin at Grim. "Is it about the menchi katsu sandwich again? No matter how many times you ask, I can't return the deluxe menchi katsu sandwich. The trade was fair and square," he teases Grim. But to Ruggie's surprise, Grim does not fume. Instead, Grim is smiling with a glint of victory in his eyes.

Cater approaches Ruggie's desk: "Could you step outside with us?" Though he makes the request with a polite smile, he isn't taking "no" for an answer. Ruggie can feel it: his grin turns upside down into a frown and his ears perk up slightly: "Uh-oh... That doesn't sound like a pleasant convo."

All of us gaze at Ruggie with a serious expression and indicate the door.

"I got it, so please knock it off with the threatening aura," Ruggie mumbles before following us outside to the corridor.

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As we walk out, Riddle whispers to us about the upcoming plan: "While I don't know all the details, we can't allow Ruggie to use his unique magic. I will be casting 'Off With Your Head' to—"

"Really Riddle? Are you sure you will be able to cast such a powerful spell without your magical pen?" interrupts Ruggie.

His words catch our attention. What has he done? I wonder.

Just then, Riddle exclaims, "Eh?... Wh-what!? My magical pen is gone!" He has his hand over his breast pocket where he keeps his magical pen. It's gone.

"Hey, Cater! Your pen's gone too!" Grim tells Cater, noticing his missing magical pen.

"You're kidding me! How?!" Cater cries out.

Ruggie sniggers with a grin, flaunting the magical stolen pens in his right hand: "Shishishi! Children of privilege, every one of you. So unprepared. So complacent. Like stealing candy from a baby."

"Ffgna!? When did he use the spell to take your magical pens?!" gasps Grim.

"What magic?! I don't need magic" replies Ruggie with a grin before turning towards us. "I don't have any more time to kill with y'all so I'm just gonna make my exit! Bye-bye!" Then he takes off.

"Hey! Stop right there!" yells Grim floating after him.

I grip Grim by his collar to prevent him from going after Ruggie on his own: "Wait, Grim, it's too risky!"

"Gr...Freeze! If you don't stop I'll have your head!" Riddle yells, stretching a hand in Ruggie's running direction. "OFF WITH..." he starts to summon his spell.

But Cater blocks him: "Whoa, Riddle-kun, stop! You're still recovering from your overblot!"

A familiar pair appears ahead of us: it's Ace and Deuce!

As we get close to them, we can hear Ace laughing at Deuce: "Oh man, dude, your flamingo-feeding outfit was insane. Who knew they made leopard print in hot pink?"

Deuce tries to hide his blushing face: "L-look, it's not like I had a choice! It's all I had in pink!"

Ace folds his arms: "In the end, there's still a bunch of weird rules. Still better than before, though."