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After a bit of walking, the teen looked around, confused. In his head, he knew that the turn into his street should have popped up a few feet ago. Looking before him, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Until taking a closer look, every house looked…too generic.

Suddenly, in the distance, the harsh sounds of several gallops and a sharp neigh were coming in close. Clutching muleta, he knew it was too late. The horses carrying an elegant coffin were inches from him when he suddenly blacked out.

Ah...my beloved, Beautiful flower of evil

You are the most beautiful in the world

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the best?

Guided by the mirror of darkness,

If you ever so desire,

Take thy hand that lies within the mirror.

Flames that can turn the moon into ashes,

Ice that can freeze time,

Earth that can swallow the sky.

Show no fear to the power of darkness.

Come now, show me your power.

We only have a little bit of time left.

At all costs, do not let go of that hand.

Welcome to the villain's world.

Dark.

That was all they saw when they came to; everything was a blur, and they weren't there completely. Nothing but darkness surrounded them. In that darkness came a sound.

"Darn it! People are coming soon! I have to get this uniform on fast!" said the voice

A voice?

A sudden burning sensation woke them up, right out of their daze. Falling forward with a thud, they groaned and looked around. There was a coffin that looked like it had been blown open, which is where they must have been previously.

"Alright, here's what we're looking for!" the voice said again

They looked before them and saw a fluffy creature. It turned to face them, and they both stared at each other for a few seconds before both of them let out a screech.

"GYAAA! You!? Why are you awake?!" it yelled.

"Un mapache?" (m/n) stuttered.

"Who are you calling me what!?" said the flaming raccoon in an offended tone. "I am The Great Grim, you know!"

"It doesn't matter. You, human! Gimme those clothes!" Grim demanded. "If not, I'll burn ya!"

"Clothes?" They muttered, looking down, they saw that his previous attire was no longer on them. Instead, they wore a black robe with a violet lining, with gold accents along the hem. With the top, he had on black trousers. Surprisingly, he was still wearing his boots, but the rest of his normal clothes were nowhere to be found. Looking around, they saw their muleta nearby. Eyes back to Grim, they shook their head.

"A dream where I get burned alive by a raccoon? How wonderful?" They remarked sarcastically.

"I said I'm not a raccoon!" Grim roared in anger.

(M/n) snatched the flag from the floor and scrambled out of there. He ran through hallways and courtyards until reaching the library. They placed their hands on their knees as they panted.

"Where am I? What kind of dream is this?!" They then saw blue as Grim appeared.

"Did you really think that you could run away from me? Now, if you don't want to get burned, gimme those clothes- FUGYA?! That hurt! What is this? String?" Grim cried

"That is not a string. It is the whip of love!" said a man with a plague doctor-type mask.

"A whip of what now?" (M/n) muttered to themselves.

"Ah, I finally found you. You are the new student, correct? Well, this isn't good. Without authority, you just went through the gate," the man continued.

‘No manches’ (M/) thought.

"And on top of that, you brought a wild familiar with you against the school rules." He then held up a squirming Grim by the scruff.

"Let me go! I'm not this person's familiar!" complained Grim.

"Yes, yes, that's what they all say. Let's try to be silent now, shall we? Honestly, it's unheard of for a new student to go through the school by themselves." Crow man then sighed. "Are you this impatient?"

“Hijo de- I was running for my life! I'd like to see what you would do when being threatened to become a barbecue!” (M/n) huffed as they held an 'are you kidding me' expression.

"Well, come along then. The opening ceremony started long ago. Off to the Mirror Chamber, we go." The man then started to walk away with Grim. Our main character would be lying if they said they didn't feel a little bad. Just a little.

"Wait, wait, wait, new student, you say?" (M/n) said as they darted next to the crow-like man.

"The room in which you awoke, the one with the coffins. Every student before you went through that door to come here. However," he paused. "Usually students don't awaken until we open the door with a special key, but..."

"Does that mean the fire 'opened' the lid?" The outsider asked as they recalled the lid being blown off.

"So in the end it seems that the main culprit was that familiar, huh? If you were the one who brought him here, then you must take responsibility for him." He explained

"Oh...This is not the time for a long talk. If we don't hurry, we'll miss the opening ceremony. Come, come, let's be on our way." He said, turning to the entrance of the library.

"Oh? Are you not fully awake yet? Maybe your memory is distorted from magic transportation. Well, it does happen often. I will explain as we go." He said. "Well, I am quite kind after all."

The “new” student followed Crowley out of the library, down the hallway, and out into the courtyard. The bird-man coughed to get the attention back on him and began to explain.

"This is 'Night Raven College’ a place where Magicians with talent come together. Twisted Wonderland's most prestigious magicians' training academy. And I am the Headmaster of this Academy, the board chairman, Dire Crowley."

"Magicians?" The shorter person asked.

"The only ones who can enroll in this school are those with exceptional qualities of a magician. And those who the 'Mirror of Darkness accepts', and those chosen are called to the academy through the 'door' from all over the world." Crowley took a breath before continuing. "But for you, I believe an ebony carriage came to pick you up,"

‘Pick up is an interesting way to say it’ (M/n) thought as he recalled bits of it.

Grim then began to struggle even more, but to this the headmaster paid no mind. "Now then, on our way to the opening ceremony."

Hello! Welcome back! It's been quite a while. I finally saved up for a laptop.

I've been wanting to rewrite this for a bit. In the first pass, I felt that I didn't give enough backstory.

Plz let me know what y'all wanna see/read.

Angst Rosehearts Fam

Basically, The main character(Male reader) is the Night Raven College medic? Nurse? Doc? You get the idea. However, The reader is Riddle's older brother. When Riddle was 5, the reader was 15 their parents were divorced and reader decided to go with their dad. Thus creating the sibling rift of misunderstanding/feeling of betrayal.

Reader tries to explain that their mom wanted(demanded) to have Riddle stay with her as he was still moldable to fit her ideal image while reader was "too wild" in her eyes. However Riddle doesn't believe (cuz why would his mom lie?)

I was thinking their Unique Magic could so something with healing or like control?

Aromatherapy(?working on the name): The Caster releases in aroma that travels through, calming anyone, at times even putting them to sleep. While spell is casted healing is also in affect.

Absolute Rule: The Mage creates cuffs connecting to a collar made of roses/vines. Leading the person collar to follow any and all demands from the caster. Sorta like a brainless zombie almost.

I imagine that they have maroon hair in contract to Riddle. Eyebags, long hair in a high ponytail. I was thinking of a love interest but Eh, wasn't sure.

That was my idea tho ( °∇^)

Imk what yall think

'What in the white-chick, horror movie situation is this' they thought. Curiosity consumed the figure, they stepped closer to the carriage, as they did, a dizziness took over until everything turned

Black.

‘Perdóname amá’

Guided by the mirror of darkness,

If you ever so desire,

Take thy hand that lies within the mirror.

Flames that can turn the moon into ashes,

Ice that can freeze time,

Earth that can swallow the sky.

Show no fear to the power of darkness.

Come now, show me your power.

We only have a little bit of time left.

At all costs, do not let go of that hand.

Welcome to the villain's world.

Dark.

That was all they saw when they came to, everything was a blur and they weren't there completely. Nothing but darkness surrounded them. In that darkness came a sound.

"Darn it! People are coming soon! I have to get this uniform on fast!" said the voice

A voice?

"Unngh!! This lid is so heavy! If this happens... it might come down to, Ngghh...that's it!"

A sudden burning sensation woke them up, right out of their daze. Falling forward with a thud they groaned and looked around. There was a coffin that looked like it was blown open, which is where they must have been previously.

"Alright, here's what we're looking for!" the voice said again

They looked before them and saw a fluffy creature, it turned to face them and they both stared at each other for a few seconds before both of them let out a screech.

"GYAAA! You!? Why are you awake?!" it yelled.

"A talking raccoon dog?!" They stuttered.

"Who are you calling a raccoon dog?" said the flaming raccoon in an offended tone. "I am the great Grim, you know!"

"It doesn't matter. You, human! Gimme those clothes!" Grim demanded. "If not, I'll burn ya!"

"Clothes?" They muttered, looking down they saw that his previous attire was no longer on them. Instead, they wore a black robe with a violet lining, as well as gold accents along the hem. With the top, he had on black trousers and dress shoes of the same color. Looking up from their clothes to Grim they shook their head.

"A dream where I get burned alive by a raccoon? How wonderful?" They remarked sarcastically.

"I said I'm not a raccoon!" Grim roared in anger.

The figure scrambled off the floor and booked it out of there. They ran through hallways and courtyards until reaching the library. They placed their hands on their knees as they panted.

"Where am I? What kind of dream is this?!" They then saw blue as Grim appeared.

"Did you really think that you could run away from me? Now if you don't want to get burned gimme those clothes- FUGYA?! That hurt! What is this? String?" Grim cried

"That is not a string. It is the whip of love!" said a man with a plague doctor type of mask.

"A whip of what now?" They muttered to themselves.

"Ah, I finally found you. You are the new student, correct? Well, this isn't good, without authority you just went through the gate." the man continued.

‘No manches’

"And on top of that, you brought a wild familiar with you against the school rules." He then held up a squirming Grim by the scruff.

"Let me go! I'm not this person's familiar!" complained Grim.

"Yes yes, that's what they all say. Let's try to be silent now, shall we? Honestly, it's unheard of for a new student to go through the school by themselves." Crow man then sighed. "Are you this impatient?"

Hijo de- I was running for my life! I'd like to see what you would do when being threatened to become a barbeque! They huffed in their head as they held an 'are you kidding me' expression.

"Well, come along then. The opening ceremony started long ago. Off to the Mirror Chamber, we go." The man then started to walk away with Grim. Our main character would be lying if they said they didn't feel a little bad.

"Wait, wait, wait, new student you say?" They said as they darted next to the crow-like man.

'This has to be a mistake I was tending to our ofrenda a minute ago’

"The room in which you awoke in. The one with the coffins. Every student before you went through that door to come here. However," he paused. "Usually students don't awaken until we open the door with a special key but..."

"Does that mean the fire 'opened' the lid?" The outsider asked as they recalled the lid being blown off.

"So in the end it seems that the main culprit was that familiar huh? If you were the one who brought him here, then you must take responsibility for him." He explained

"Oh...This is not the time for a long talk. If we don't hurry we'll miss the opening ceremony. Come, come, let's be on our way." He said turning to the entrance of the library.

"I'm not a dog," They huffed "-wait, never mind that. Who are you if I may ask?"

"Oh? Are you not fully awake yet? Maybe your memory is distorted from magic transportation. Well, it does happen often. I will explain as we go." He said. "Well, I am quite kind after all."

The “new” student followed Crowley out of the library, down the hallway, and out into the courtyard. The bird-man coughed to get the attention back on him and began to explain.

"This is 'Night Raven College' a place where Magicians with Talent come together. Twisted Wonderland's most prestigious magicians training academy. And I am the Headmaster of this Academy, the board chairman, Dire Crowley."

"Magicians?" The shorter person asked.

"The only ones who can enroll in this school are those with exceptional qualities of a magician. And those who the 'Mirror of Darkness accepts', and those chosen are called to the academy through the 'door' from all over the world." Crowley took a breath before continuing. "But for you, I believe an ebony carriage came to pick you up,"

In a chamber there was mummer among the newbies who had just been sorted, six students stood near each other as they faced the new students.

“Well then, I believe the dormitory divisions are done?” said a petite male with red hair and grey eyes. “Listen new students. In the Heartslabyul Dorm, I am the rule. If you dare disobey...it’ll be off with your head...remember that.”

“Ahh, finally, this tiring ceremony is over.” Yawned a deep voice. The male seemed to have dark locks and emerald green eyes. “We are going back to the dorms. Savanaclaw, follow me.”

In another section a silver haired male wearing glasses congratulated the newbies. “All new students, congratulations on your enrollment. You all can now experience a fulfilling school life. I am Octavanille’s dorm leader, and I will support you as much as possible.”

A blonde male with purple ends looked around the room noticing a certain male not there.

“I wonder where the headmaster went? He suddenly left in the middle of the ceremony,”

“Abandoning his duties....” said a voice from a tablet

“Maybe he has a stomachache?” said another male with white hair and red eyes.

Suddenly the door to the room was flung open, catching the attention of the dorm leaders as well as some of the new students.

“No, that’s not it!” Crowley announced.

“Ah, there he is,” said the redhead

“Honestly, there is a new student missing so I went to go look for them. Now then, you’re the only one who hasn’t gotten your chosen dorm. I will take care of the raccoon for now, so please quickly go in front of the mirror.” Crowley said ushering M/n forward.

“H-hold on! Wait! I think there’s been a misunderstanding!” M/n protested. However, it was in vain as the headmaster had pushed him in front of the mirror.

“State thy name.” said the face in the mirror.

“M/n L/n” you said nervously

“The shape of your soul, I do not know.”

“What did you say?” Crowly asked in astonishment.

“I do not sense any magic coming from this one. No color, no shape. Nothing” Said the mirror. “Therefore, this one is not worthy of any dormitory.”

“Well, fuck you too, you big dumb mirror. Harry Potter sorting hat rip-off.” M/n pouted. “At least I have legs! I can actually walk around!” You said aggressively gesturing to your legs.

Mummers started to rise in the background as others whispered among themselves.

“It is not possible for the ebony carriage to pick up a human who can’t use magic. Never in 100s of years has there ever been a mistake in selecting a student.” Crowley stated.

“My, my, is there a flaw in the selecting system,” cut in M/n with a cheeky grin. Crowley gave a semi-glare as he continued. “Why in the world…”

Crowley’s sentence was once again interrupted as Grim managed to break free.

“Then gimme that seat!” He yelled.

“Ah! Wait! The raccoon!” Crowley exclaimed.

“Unlike that human, I can use magic. You should put me in the academy instead!”

“I’ll cook you, you little rat!” M/n huffed.

“If you want to see magic, then I’ll show you!”

“Everyone! Take cover!” the red head yelled as they tackled M/n to the ground. Grim had thrown a fire all and after it shot across the room, it had finally hit a student. The student being the white-haied, red-eyed boy.

“UWA!? Hot! Hot! Hot! My butt’s on fire!”he cried.

“If this continues, the academy will go up in flames! Someone! Seize that raccoon dog!” He ordered.

“Tch...How troublesome.” Said the dark haired male.

“Ah? Isn't one of you specialties hunting?” Said the pretty boy. He then pointed at the rampaging Grim. “Isn’t it plump enough for you?”

“Why do I have to do it? You do it.” the male sneered.

“Headmaster Crowley, please leave it to me,” said the male in glasses. “To injure and capture this small, cute creature.” He smiled. “Everyone else doesn't want to do it, so I will take over this task.”

“Wait! Isn’t injure going a little too far?!” M/n said from the floor.

“As expected from Azul,” laughed the flying tablet.

“Can someone please help me put this fire out?!” cried the white-haired boy.

“Are any of you listening to me!?”

The lion sighed and looked over to the headmaster. “If You want that raccoon captured, then why don't you do it?”

“I said I’m not a raccoon! How many times do I have to say it?” Yelled the demon cat. “I am Grim! The one who will become a magician!”

“A small animal with such a strong will. Riddle if you please?” Glasses said. He and the male that had tackled M/n to the floor stood up.

“I can not let an enemy pass. Let’s get this over with.”

After a bit of chasing Grim, Riddle had pointed his pen and launched a spell.

“Off with your head!” The attack hit Grim and now a collar had locked itself around the cat’s neck.

“Fuggyahh!?” Grim yelped in surprise.

“Queen of Hearts Law 23: We musn’t bring cats to ceremonies. You cat, are trespassing and violating the rule. Leave this place immediately.”

“I’m not a cat! I’ll burn this collar off-Huh? My flames aren't working?”

“You can't use magic with that collar. You are no different than a cat,” Riddle smirked.

“I am not a pet!”

“Do not worry, I don't want a pet like you anyhow,”

‘Ouch that’s mean’

“When you leave the school, I will remove the collar.” Riddle finished.

“ How amazing of you riddle. Your unique Magic is also seal magic. I want it… I mean I do not want it used on me,” Azul smiled.

‘Oh hell no he's got the crazy eye’

“Do something he’s your familiar.” Crowley said.

“He’s not my familiar! I told you already!” M/n protested.

“Huh? He isn’t yours?” Crowley asked.

“Yes! I’ve been trying to tell you that!”

“You were? Ahem, well then, lets get him off school grounds immediately. I will not turn him into soup. Since, I am nice after all.” With that Grim was tossed out.

“I feel bad, he just wanted to go to school.” M/n whispered.

“Despite some trouble, the opening ceremony is now complete. Dorm leaders, please take your new students and go back to your dorms. Hmm? I haven’t seen Diasomnis’s dorm leader Draconia.” Crowley said as he looked around.

“Isn’t him not being here normal?”

“Huh? Don't tell me that no one told him about the ceremony,”

“Well, then why didn't you tell him?”

“I’m not really close to the guy,”

“That’s just being mean,” M/n said as he looked at the people conversing.

Murmurs then started to rise about someone named Malleus Draconia.

“Oh? Just as I suspected, I came here thinking he might show up.” Said a new voice. “But, it seems he didn’t get the ceremony announcement, again.”

‘Again?’

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to leave him out.” Azul said in a sadden tone.

“He just has an unapproachable aura to him.” Riddle explained.

‘I’ll be the judge of that’

“It’s fine. Diasomnia students, follow me. I just hope he isn’t sulking.” With that the new male had taken the newbies with him. After him one by one the other dorm leaders took their new students back as well.

“Well then, I am sorry but...I must ask you to leave the academy. It’s not possible to let in a student who does not have magic powers.” Explained Crowley.

“Its alright, I understand.” said the H/c male.

“But do not worry. The mirror of darkness will send you back home. Come, to the door, and pray to return home.”

M/n stepped up onto the platform of the mirror once more he took a deep breath and thought of home, at least he tried. Nothing but an ofrenda came up, however none of the pictures were clear. He could not recall anything prior to that. No village, no street name, nothing but an ofrenda with blurry photographs surrounded by candles, food, and cempasúchil.

“Mirror of Darkness! Guide this one-”

“Nowhere.” said the mirror “The place where this one belongs...is nowhere. Nothing”

“What did you say? That’s impossible. This is the first time something like this has happened since I became Headmaster. What to do … Where are you from?” Crowley asked.

M/n stood there for a second. Frozen. Trying to recall the name of where he was from, any name for that matter. Nothing but the blasted ofrenda came up. M/n looked to face the headmaster. A deep feeling settling in his stomach. Sending a chill up their spine.

“This is getting even more peculiar by the minute, and an ofrenda you say?...Let’s investigate in the library.” said the bird man as he marched away.