Prologue - Chapter 13: An Urgent Deadline

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***Cafeteria***

C.C. POV:

We arrived in the Cafeteria to find Grim on the chandelier. 'Why does this school have a chandelier in its cafeteria?' "Argh! Stop jumping around like that!" Ace demands angrily. "Heh heh heh! Catch me if you can!" Grim challenges. "No fair climbing up onto the chandelier, you coward! I haven't really learned flight magic yet...What could I summon to hold onto him...? Hmmm...Oh! That's it!" Deuce thinks aloud.

"Did you come up with somethi- Oh, hey! Stop! What are you doing?!

Why are you pointing your pen at me?!" Ace asks in fear. I look over from where I stand to see Deuce pointing his pen at Ace, getting ready for something. I walk under the chandelier to observe the situation. "Because I'm going to launch you." Deuce replies. 'Wait what?'

"No way does this end well. C.C. Move!" Bubba yells. "Are you kidding me?! Bwaaah! Put me down! Seriously, do not launch me! Abort! ABORT!" Ace screamed in fear. "Just make sure to grab him tight. I've got him in my sights, and... Go!" Deuce says as he launches Ace into the air. 'Oh crap'

Ace screams as he's launched into the air, catching Grim, who is also screaming. "The chandelier! C.C. Move!" Bubba says as the chandelier crashes down on me. "*Cough* *Cough* *Hack* I cannot believe you just did that!" Ace exclaims in anger. I just sit under the chandelier, contemplating my dead life, blood running down my head. I have at least 5 broken bones.

"Myaaah..." Grim says tiredly. "Oh, right! I probably should have come up with a way to soften your landing after you caught him..." Deuce realizes. "You complete and total moron! We got Grim, but we broke the chandelier! If the headmage finds out about this-" Ace started. "If I find out about... what, dear Ace?" Crowley, who had walked in after their commotion, asks.

"Ah! Headmage Crowley...!" Ace said in fear. "YOU. THREE. AGAIN. What have you done this time?!" Crowley asks angrily. "Myaaah... Everything's spinning..." Grim grumbles. "Burning a statue wasn't enough for you? Now you've destroyed a chandelier?! Enough. All of you are expelled." Crowley exclaims. " uhm, Headmaster, the chandelier fell on C.C." Bubba said.

"WHAT?!" Crowley screamed, dread flowing over Ace and Deuce's faces. "I-I killed a kid?" Deuce asked himself. I decided to get up and crawl out from under the chandelier, scaring the ever loving shit out of the three while Bubba looked at me worriedly. Crowley run over me and immediately started tending to my wounds, although they didn't hurt much. Bubba sighs, "Don't worry he'll be okay, after all, you can't kill someone whose already dead."

Everyone froze. "What do you mean already dead?!" Ace yelled. "I mean C.C. has been dead for a long time." Yuu replied. To prove Bubba's point I transformed into my soul form, everyone just stood in shock. After 10 minutes Crowley finished tending to my wounds, "Th-thanks M-Mam-a." I replied before coughing. Crowley and everyone around me looked shocked, before Crowley had stars in his eyes and held me close, "Your welcome C.C. Mama won't let anyone hurt you anymore, not without consequence."

'He took that surprisingly well, okay' "Headmage, please give me a second chance, I can't get expelled from this school, I need to be here!" Deuce said after remembering he was getting expelled. "Then blame yourself for your own foolish behavior." Crowley replied while holding me close. "I'll pay for the damages! However much it costs!" Deuce begged.

"That chandelier is no mere light fixture. It is magical chandelier. Its candles are powered by a magical energy source, enchanted so that they will burn for eternity. It was created for us by a legendary artificer. Possibly their finest creation. It has been here since the school was established, and I imagined it would be here forevermore. Considering its historical value, I would estimate its worth to be no less than a billion thaumarks. And you intend to repay that sum?" Crowley explained.

"A... A billion marks?!" Deuce stuttered in shock. "B-But I'm sure with your magical talent, sir, you could snap your fingers and fix it right up!" Ace says. 'Honestly, sounds about right for a chandelier, especially if it had some type of magic' "Even magic has its limits. Furthermore, its magestone - the figurative heart of any magical artifact - is cracked. A magestone cannot easily be replaced. I fear the candles of this majestic chandelier will never burn again." Crowley explained, focusing more on tending my wounds.

"This is bad..." Ace trailed off. "What am I going to do?! How am I going to tell my mother...?" Deuce panicked to himself. "Ah...! But there may be on way. One tiny sliver of chance to repair this chandelier." Crowley says. "There is?!" Ace and Deuce asked. "The magestone that powered this chandelier was mined from the Dwarfs' Mine. If you can acquire a magestone with the same properties, it may be possible to repair it." Crowley says.

"Then I'll go find a magestone! With your permission, sir!" Deuce says. "I should caution you that I cannot promise there yet remain magestones to find. The mines were closed quite some time ago. It is quite likely that all of the magestones have already been mined." Crowley warns. "I will do anything to avoid expulsion, sir!" Deuce replies. I just let Crowly hold me, Fredbear skeptically observing Crowley.

"Hmmm... Very well, then. I will suspend your expulsion for a single night. But if you fail to return with a magestone by morning, then all of you are expelled." Crowley states. "I understand, sir! Thank you very much for this opportunity!" Deuce says excitedly. "*Sigh* Fine, then. Let's hurry down there, find a magestone, and get this whole thing done with." Ace says in disinterest.

"You should be able to reach the Dwarfs' Mine instantly by using one of the gates in the Mirror Chamber." Crowley says. "Yes sir!" Deuce replies. "Myah! Wh-? Where am I?!" Grim asks in surprise, I guess he passed out.

"You may end up wishing you'd remained unconscious." Bubba sighs. I go back to my human form, bandages on my wounds. Then I grab Fredbear and jump into Bubba's arms, then he carries me as Ace and Deuce walk to the Mirror Chamber.

***Mirror Chamber***

"Maaan... How did I end up in this mess? I swear, I have the worst luck." Ace whines. "We don't have time to complain. Let's go. Dark Mirror! Take us to the Dwarfs' Mine!" Deuce demands.

***Interesting Facts***

-Someone, more like someones, aren't happy

-Crowley almost cried happy tears after being called Mama

-Crowley was confronted by the stalker, who was very mad

-One of the Nightmares snitched and informed Crewel on the incident and C.C. calling Crowley Mama, along with C.C. seeing Crewel as a Papa

-Crowley is debating on giving C.C. an allowance

-Someone just got confronted, and is about to get kidnapped

-When C.C. left Crowley broke down in happy tears and the Ghosts who passed by looked at Crowley worriedly

Special thanks to @Deconocidgirl012 for giving me the idea of the chandelier dropping on C.C.

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