what's this...? a dream...?
"𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝."
"𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫."
"𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲! 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐲! 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐝!"
The Cards chant as they grab their brushes and hastily paint the roses
"𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝?" Alice asks.
"𝐇𝐮𝐡?"
"𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐤? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬..."
"𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬."
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐈𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬!"
The Card Soldiers explained
"𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲?" Alice looks at another rose bush, curious.
"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬."
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I woke up in the middle of the night with a lot of questions...
'Why would I dream of Alice in Wonderland...? I don't dream very often. Paint the roses red...paint the roses red...why that part specifically?' The more I thought about it the more questions I have 'Aughhhhh! I can't sleep with all these questions in my head!'
"Fungya...Hey, Azuma. Sounds like we have a late-night visitor." Grim says groggily as he gets up. "What...!?" I got up, snapping out of my thoughts.
Knock! Knock!
I just noticed the knocking now... "I'll get it...!" I run downstairs to see who is it. Now that I am actually awake and not in my bed thinking random things to go back to sleep, my mood soured.
I slam open the door, "What do you want-" "It's me Ace."
"Ace? What're you doing this late— G-geh!? You have a collar!!" Grim exclaimed. "I'm never going back to Heartslabyul...Starting today, I'm joining your dorm!" Ace declared.
I blink at him, once, twice, before saying anything "Okay...Please leave." Before I could close the door, the bitch suddenly places his foot between the door and its frame. "Hey! Hear me out, okay! I'll explain everything just please let me inside! It's cold out here." Ace pleaded.
"...okay fine." I groaned as I let him in. We all decide to sit in the lounge so we can let him explain.
"Wait a minute...that's the same collar the red-haired upperclassmen put on me during the entrance ceremony. Why do you have something like that on?" Grim exclaimed, pointing to said collar. "I ate a tart." Ace stated. "W-Wait...That's it!?" I look at him in disbelief. "Yup, just that!"
"Pfft-Ahahahahahha! ROFLMAO!!!" I laughed loudly. "Stop laughing! I'm serious!" Ace exclaimed. "Hah...hah...O-Okay. I'll stop. Pfft-" I try to stop myself but I can't hold it in anymore.
"Ugh. I was hungry, okay! When I came back to the dorm, I checked the fridge and saw tarts chilling inside. Three whole tarts! So..."
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"...and that's what happened." Ace ends his story.
"Ahahahahahahahahaha! Oh my god! Th-That's so funny! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" I just lost it at this point! I can't take this seriously! And I definitely won't be able to go back to sleep. "You and Riddle are both in the wrong." Grim stated blatantly.
"Isn't sealing my magic for eating a bit of tart, way too far!? For a wizard, it's like having your arms and legs chained up. And there were three whole tarts! There's no way he can eat all of that by himself! There's gotta be a limit to how narrow-minded you can be." Ace ranted.
"W-Well, you're not wrong..." I said, recovering from my laugh. "Right? Right!?" Ace's eyes lit up.
"Maybe...those three tarts could've been for some sort of party? Someone's birthday or something...? Ha! I'm way too good at deduction." Grim huffed proudly. "I mean...that kinda makes sense." I said. "Ugh...I really thought you'd say he's being a tyrant." Ace groaned. "It was YOUR fault for stealing his tart in the first place."
"Eating someone else's tart is so not cool. Just go apologize tomorrow and give him 30 tarts back." I suggested. "Th-THIRTY TARTS!?" "I'm kidding! But seriously, apologize."
"Fine. Whatever. I just have to do that, right? Well, this is your idea, Azuma, you have to come with me." Ace said. "...Fine. Just this once." I groaned. "Okay. Where should I sleep for tonight?" He asked, changing the topic.
"You're seriously staying the night? All the rooms, except ours, are still a mess. Clean a room for yourself." Grim exclaimed. "Bleh. I am NOT cleaning." Ace immediately put his hands together, pleading "Azuma...Let me stay in your room—" "No. Sleep on the couch. Goodnight!" Me and Grim start heading back upstairs to our room.
"Tch. So stingy..." "I heard that!"
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𝓣𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭 || Shattered Glass
أدب الهواةA runaway kid stumbles upon a mysterious mirror. She enters in not knowing what would be on the other side. Once she fully enters, the Mirror Shatters making no one being able to go in nor go back. She can't go back, but what adventures will await i...
