Key of Souls: Twisted Wonderland

Chapter 65: Settling the Score

3rd POV

Dawn slowly opened her eyes and felt herself waking up after being unconscious from using her key. A wave of fatigue overtook her body as she stood, and she swayed momentarily. Cater and Jack helped her get steadied as she looked at Leona, still lying unconscious on the ground. "Leona..." she softly said.

"Hey Dawn, are you alright!?", Ruggie asked with concern.

"I think so," Dawn answered. Riddle quickly approached her and was concerned when he saw the strained look on the girl's face. 'Was this the result of Dawn using her charms, Grand Blitz?' he thought.

"Hey! Wake up!!", Grim was calling out to Leona as he stood on his chest. "Huh?", Leona opened his eyes and saw the little monster on top of him. Grim jumped off him as he sat up and said, "You're finally awake! We weren't sure what to do if you stayed passed out like that! Now then, go ahead and confess that all of the accidents were part of your plan."

"What... Come again?" said Leona as he slowly got on his feet. He felt confused about what was happening and in pain. As he surveyed the area, he was shocked to see all of this destruction around him, including Dawn, who looked exhausted compared to how she had looked in the beginning. 'What happened to her?' he thought.

As he tried to make sense of what was going on, Headmaster Crowley suddenly approached him with a stern expression. "Mr. Kingscholar. You fell into an Overblot rampage due to being consumed by blot and negative energy. Do you not remember?", he asked the lion.

"I went on a rampage. Overblot? You're kidding..." Leona said in disbelief; he couldn't believe he had caused all this destruction.

"More importantly, the Magical Shift Tournament is about to begin. If you don't confess, we can't get our prize and play in the tournament!", Grim demanded.

"Grim..." Dawn called out to the little monster. When he saw her, he shivered in fear at her furious expression and raging aura; even the boys were intimidated by her despite looking wiped out. "U-Um, never mind... It doesn't have to be right now..." Grim stuttered.

"Huuh...? What're you talking about?", Leona asked in confusion.

"They went after you to get permission from the headmaster to play in the Magical Shift Tournament.", Jack explained to his Dorm Leader.

"Eh? You did it for something like that?", Ruggie asked in disbelief.

"Well... Dawn had a different motivation than Grim's reasons.", Jack said, remembering Dawn's real reasons and feeling a bit tense from the small glare she was giving him.

"'Something like that!?' You went around injuring people for 'something like that'.", Grim shot back at the hyena-eared boy.

Ruggie's ears went flat as he said, "Ugh, Th-that's... right, I guess."

Crowley crossed his arms as he questioned the two of them. "Earlier, I received some information that Savanaclaw was conducting a plan to endanger the members of Diasomnia. Then it's also safe to assume that the series of accidents around campus were all your dorm's doing?"

Leona glanced at the girl and figured she had something to do with this, but he knew he was defeated and sighed. "...Yeah, they were.", he said.

Crowley nodded and said, "Understood. Then, first of all, Savanaclaw Dorm is disqualified from this year's tournament. Further punishment will be decided after discussing it with those you injured. Is that clear?" Leona was silent for a moment; he knew perfectly well what would happen if his dorm got caught. However, seeing how everything was done because of him and this girl's current condition, taking responsibility was the least he could do for himself and his dorm. "...Crystal," he said. Ruggie and Jack also accepted this, knowing the consequences of what would eventually happen.