Into the World of Twisted Wonderland Pt 2

🐰 (EVENT STORY) White Rabbit Fest: Chapter 1 🐰

"I'm LATE!" Deuce screams as he runs down the hall in a panic, trying to get to class. "or at least I WILL be if I don't hurry. Not good! Not good at all!" He quickly turns a corner. "I'm never gonna make morning homeroom in time! I can kiss my honor student dreams goodbye for sure," he says with a sigh only to see two familiar silhouettes in the distance, both running to class. "Huh?" He curiously asks as he approach them, seeing Angel and Grim running, with Grim happily satisfied with something. "Oh, it's Angel and Grim."

"Yo, Deuce!" Grim calls out, making him stop.

"Morning!" Angel greets.

"Morning!" Deuce says with a smile. "I wish we could've had a nice, leisurely chat in the classroom, but here we are," he chuckles. "I see you two are flirting with tardiness today. Overslept?"

"Just Grim," Angel responds with a sigh.

"Nothin' like a good night's sleep to cure what ails ya, myahaha!" He laughs while Angel rolls her eyes at him.

"I overslept as well," Deuce sighs. "Pretty shameful behavior for an honor student..."

"Eh, don't worry. I've never thought of you as an honor student," Grim states and Angel kicked him for the statement.

"Ugh..." Deuce groans, only to look at the time. "B-but we don't have time for this! Homeroom is about to start!" The statement reminds the two of their predicament and the three quickly ran to their class.

At  lunch, Deuce sighs as he arrives at the cafeteria, feeling his stomach growl in hunger at the sight of food. "Whew....I've definitely worked up an appetite after running around all morning."

Pairs of footsteps approach him and he see Epel with a familiar group in tow. "Deuce!" He calls out. Care to eat lunch with us?"

"Sure, why not," Deuce agrees. "I see Angel, Grim, and Ortho are with you as well."

"Yes, we ran into each other in the hall," he answers.

"Angel, Grim, and I were chatting about a comic that's really popular right now," Ortho starts. "We thought Epel Felmier might enjoy it too, so we joined up with him.

"That reminds me," Epel says with a smirk as he looks at Deuce. "Angel mentioned that you overslept this morning and were late to class?"

The statement shocks Deuce. "A-actually I made it in the nick of time!" He retorts.

"Crewel walked in five seconds after we did," Grim says with fear on his face. "The look on his face gave me the chills..." He shivers.

"That's what you get for oversleeping," Angel states while Grim huffs.

"Oof, I don't even want to imagine it," Epel says as he listens to the three.

"Why would you oversleep?" Ortho asks. "School starts at the same time every day. All you have to do is back calculate on how long it takes you to get to class, and that's when you wake up."

"I'm aware, thanks," Deuce sighs. "Thing is, I didn't get to sleep on time last night."

"Hittin' the books?" Grim asks, only to smirk. "AS IF! What were ya doin'?"

"I was on the phone with my mom," Deuce answers. "I'm heading home to Clock Town this Sunday, so we had a lot to talk about."

"That's a..." Ortho thinks for a moment, researching. "A small town in the south of the Queendom of Roses, right?"

"It must have been hard to get permission to go. What's happening on Sunday?" Epel asks.

"It's White Rabbit Fest," Deuce happily answers.