A Brand New Beginning

Rogelio and the Giant Beanstalk

The alarm clock went off, waking up Rogelio and his teammates. The wizard opened his eyes to see that the room was dark and blurry, so he reached for his glasses. "What have you two idiots done?!" Klaus shouted as he looked out the window, "I told you not to plant zat stupid beanstalk!" Rogelio and Frank then got out of bed and ran to the window. The three wizards stared at the gargantuan plant that had grown in the yard--it was taller than a skyscraper and it went above the clouds. "That thing is massive!" Professor Badcock and other professors and staff gasped. "I wonder if it's as big as Wangandea," Chariot whispered. "Whoa, the plant grew overnight!" Rogelio gasped fascinated. "What exactly were those beans?" Frank asked. "I don't know, I just bought them!" Rogelio replied. "From whom?!" Klaus asked aggressively. "From an old man in town!" Rogelio answered nervously, "He never mentioned they were magic beans!"

--"We should go get our brooms and fly to the top!" Frank suggested. "You are both idiots, I hope you know zat," Klaus scoffed as he watched them run out, "I'm going to beat zoes damned nerds to death..." he whispered. After a minute of hesitating, he decided to run behind them. "Hey! Wait for me!" he shouted.

"It feels good to be back, don't you think?" Akko asked as she and her friends crossed the gate of Luna Nova. "Seems like not a lot has changed," Daisy said as she looked around. The group then stopped walking abruptly to see the giant beanstalk shadowing Luna Nova. "Or maybe it has," Daisy muttered. "What the hell is that thing?" Amanda gasped. "Is that... a beanstalk?" Akko gasped. "Impossible! Beanstalks cannot grow that tall!" Diana added. "We should leave our stuff in and go investigate!" Lydia suggested. "Good idea!" Akko said. Meanwhile, Rogelio, Frank, and Klaus reunited at the foot of the beanstalk. "Have you forgotten you cannot yet fly a broom?" Klaus asked when he saw Rogelio didn't bring his broom along. "I know how to climb, thanks," Rogelio replied sassily, beginning to climb the beanstalk. He held onto whatever he could as he slowly made his way up. Watching his friend climb, Frank dropped his broom and followed Rogelio. "Seriously? You too?" Klaus gasped. "You should give it a try, Klaus!" Frank answered. "Never in a million years," Klaus said, "Tia Freyre!" he slowly began levitating as he closely followed his teammates. "What's wrong, Klaus? Afraid of climbing?" Rogelio asked as he reached for a large leaf. "At least I will not fall to my death easily!" Klaus replied. "As if I were that stupid!" Rogelio scolded. The leaf he clenched to consequently tore off the stem, making him fall. "Rogelio!" Frank shouted as he tried to reach for his friend's arm, failing by just inches. Klaus tilted his broom downwards, diving to reach for Rogelio and lifting him back to a branch. "D-Did you just... save me?" Rogelio gasped. "I can let you die next time if you want," Klaus scorned before floating away. Frank then reached for the branch to catch up with Rogelio. "Whoa! I wasn't expecting for Klaus to bring you up here!" he exclaimed, "I thought he was gonna let you fall! You know how egocentric he is!"

--"I know, right?" Rogelio said, "It was quite the surprise," both wizards then resumed their climb. Klaus observed them from his broom with contempt--the words he heard them say drilled a hole deep into his ego. Meanwhile, down at the surface, Akko, Sucy, and Lotte waited for their friends to return. "I thought it would be best for us to bring all our teams," Diana said as she and her team approached. "Huh? Where's Rogelio?" Hannah gasped. "Like, you're missing your most important member!" Barbara added. "We don't know where they are!" Akko replied. "Well, our team has the most important member: me!" Michael smirked as he pulled Hannah and Barbara towards him. "Ew! Get your hands off me!" Hannah cried. "You're such a creep!" Barbara whined. Lydia then approached all by herself. "Was I s'posed ter bring me team?" she asked, "Because... Uhm... They still ain't talkin' to me. I'm pretty convinced Paola told 'em not ter hang out with me."

--"As if you were that important," Paola Linetti and the rest of Team Orange approached, "We're just here to see what's the fuss."

--"Anybody wants to race me to the top?" Amanda asked as she and Team Green approached. "Sure, why not?" Daisy answered as Team Navy also approached. "I do not think a race should be appropriate," Diana said sternly, "and I'm sure Andrew agrees."