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Vertin pov
I open my eyes and see only dark.

'Where am I now? And how do I get out of what I'm in?' I was thinking. The rattle came again, and i decided one thing.

"Is someone out there?" i called to the sound. Who making that noise, anyway?

"I better hurry up and find that uniform before someone spots me..." i hear the voice, and i wrinkled my nose.

'Uniform? What uniform?' I glanced around, but the darkness in the room, or the box, or whatever i was in, made it impossible to see. I had to be somewhere where there were uniforms.

The person on the other side struggled, and i could hear them trying to dig something sharp into stone or some similar material. "Urggh..... This lid weighs a ton!"

I made a face.' A lid? So it's a box of some sort. I'm in a box no...a coffin... wait. How did i end up in a coffin?'

I dug my fingers into the walls of velvet to find a good grip and hoisted myself up. I lifted my knees up just as the voice was saying.

"Try this on for size! Mya-ha!" and i kicked out as blue flames blew the lid off. My foot found a target, felt something soft, and heard a muffled ouch, and i tossed myself out of the box to land with a thud on the floor, surrounded by blue flames for a moment.

'What was that?! Who lit a fire?! Critter?'

The floor was cold and of dark marble tile, and i could feel it through his night clothing. Looking around, i saw coffins of all sizes and felt panic grip his chest. 'What sort of place was this? Why is there so many coffins flying around?' Only to hear a voice from behind him

"Now to grab the goods.."

No one pov

Looking down she see a weird looking cat with a blue flames in his ears and a pitchfork tail, that's weird

The creature screamed. "What?! You ain't supposed to be awake! Hey you just kicked me didn't you?!"

She stared in shock and then commented. "Why is there a citter?"

"How... How DARE YOU! I am no CRITTER!"

"I am not a CAT! I'm Grim, sorcerer extraordinaire!" the cat shouted at Vertin and start shouting "Gimme your clothes already!."and vertin start running away from the cat or creature.

'What's this place?' Vertin thought, she was still running

"Why you...! Stop right there!" Grim shouted and chased after her.

Vertin arrived in a library as she hide from that critter. "Found you!" The cat yelled she start to run as fast as she could from that. She hid behind a bookshelves

But then as he take a peeked he heard a loud crack of a whip grim reaction was shocked and pain in as he meowed in pain

"Me-YEOW! That hurt! What gives?"

"Consider it tough love." A male voice called out from the shadows and from those shadows Vertin saw a strange man appear.

He was dressed in an extravagant, slightly elegant, but very eccentric looking outfit. A silk black top hat with a royal blue band perched upon his head, with a strange decoration of a mirror with keys and a feather. 'Is he the headmaster?' Vertin thinking.

"Ah, found you at last." He said-breaking of her thoughts, "Are you one of the new students?" She shared a small look of confusion at his words. 'This is a school of some kind...?' She thought to herself

"That won't do." The man continued, not seeming to pick up on vertin confusion, "You mustn't leave the Gate on your own! Not only that, taking your untamed familiars with you to school is against the regulations."

"Let me go!" The creature bound cried out, "I'm not their freakin' familiar!" "Sure, sure. That's what all the rebellious ones say." The man said carelessly as he stuffed some of the cord into its mouth.

"My goodness. It's unprecedented for a new student to leave the Gate on their own." The man said before sighing out in exasperation, "How impatient can you be? The entrance ceremony is already well under way. Let's head to the Hall of Mirrors."

Vertin was confused "...Gate?" "It's the room you woke up in with all of the doors. All students admitted to this academy must pass through one of those doors to arrive here." The man explained to them."Normally, students wake up only after the door is opened with a special key but..."

"Oh! The fire from that critter you're holding blew the lid off." "So in the end the culprit appears to be this familiar." The man said as he held up the creature to his eye-level and was now looking at it with his accusing glare before looking at vertin. "If you're going to bring it with you, you have to take responsibility and properly take care of it."

Vertin opened her mouth to speak but the man instantly cut her off. "...Oh my!" He said as he seemed to realize something, "Now isn't the time to be long winded. The entrance ceremony will soon come to a close. Let's get a move on."

"Excuse me." vertin said to him, "Who are you exactly and where are am i?"

"What's this? Are you still dazed?" He asked vertin."It appears the teleportation magic has left you disoriented...Well, no matter. It happens often enough. I shall give you an explanation as we make our way there. For I am gracious."

The man cleared his throat and said, "This is 'Night Raven College'. Budding mages blessed with unprecedented talent gather from all over the world here at the most prestigious magical academy in Twisted Wonderland. And I am the board chairman-appointed headmaster in charge of looking after this college, Dire Crowley." Crowley explained and introduced himself.

"Mage?" Vertin asked, wanting to change the subject before the man could boast even more. "Only those mages deemed worthy by the Dark Mirror can attend this school." He spoke, seeming to ignore her question, "Chosen ones use the Gate and are summoned here from around the world. An Ebony Carriage carrying a Gate should have gone to meet you as well."

"That would explain what I had seen..." Vetin mumbled to herself. "The Ebony Carriage goes to welcome new students chosen by the Dark Mirror." Crowley spoke, "They are special carriages that carry the Doors to the academy. Carriages are the vehicle of choice for special occasions. Is that not what conventional wisdom has dictated since the days of yore?"

"What dictates what now?" Vertin questioned him. The creature that was still wrapped up, squirmed and tried to talk against the cords in its mouth. "Come." Crowley spoke as he ignored it, "Let's go to the entrance ceremony."

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"We're done with orientation and dorm assignments? All right, new students, let me be clear. At Heartslabyul House, I am the law. Break the rules, and it's off with your head!"

"Yawn. Well, that ceremony was as boring as ever. I'm going back to the dorm. If you're in Savanaclaw House, follow me."

"New students! Allow me to be the first to congratulate you on your achievement."

"As dorm leader of Octavinelle House, I am honored to have the opportunity to support you in what I hope will be a fulfilling campus experience."

"Kalim, what's that?" "Oh, i think it a suitcase. Someone probably drop this"

"Hey, does anyone know where the headmage went? He disappeared midway through the ceremony..."

"Some headmage he is..."

"Maybe he had a tummyache?"

"I most certainly did not!" Crowley enter the ceremony with vertin on his side.

'Are they all arcanist?' Vertin thought, she saw some weird looking floating box with a voices. 'Wait. Where's my suitcase??' She remember that she didn’t brought the suitcase.

"Ah, speak of the devil." The red haired boy said.

"If you must know, I was searching for the new student who'd failed to show for orientation.You are the only one who has yet to be assigned a dorm. Step up to the Dark Mirror, and be quick about it. I'll watch your cat." Vertin step up to the dark mirror.

"State your name."

"Vertin" she said as the crowed muttering something.

"That name sound like a girl name"

"His voices is sound like a girl.."

'Huh? There's no girl in this school?' Vertin thought.

"Vertin. The nature of your soul is.........
......
...unclear to me." The mirror answered.

"What did you just say?"

"I sense no magical power from this girl. Soundless. Colorless. Shapeless. Utterly vacant. Therefore, no dorm would be appropriate." The mirror answered again.

"Are you suggesting that the black carriage went to receive a person who cannot even use magic? But that is absurd! The student selection process has not erred once in its century of existe- Wait a girl?!" Crowley took off the hoodie from vertin head and she was a girl.

"WHAT?!"

"A GIRL?!?"

"A girl in all-boy school?!?"

"Mmmph! Nnnrgggh... GASP! ME! Let ME have her seat! Unlike that human, I can actually use magic! So let me be a student here! Look, I'll show you! My spells're the cat's meow!"

Vertin and the red haired boy shout the same time. ""Everyone, get down!""

Grim burst a fire to the boy with red eyes butt.

"AHHHHH! HELP! I'm on fire over here!" He said as he running around with his hand had a suitcase. 'The suitcase!' Vertin then help the fire butt boy.

"Someone catch that blasted animal before it sets the entire school ablaze!"

"Ugh. Can I go now, or...?" The boy with lion ear grumbled.

"Oh? I thought you fancied yourself a hunter. Go and help yourself to that plump little morsel!" The beauty boy said.

"Too much effort. Do it yourself."

"Allow me to handle this, Headmage Crowley. If none of you are up to the task of catching a small animal, I will accept the responsibility." The boy with glasses said to the headmage.

"WTG Azul. Rackin' up those participation credits."

"Hey, um, my butt's still on fire... Could someone maybe put this out?!"

Vertin start to put out the fire from the boy butt. "Thank you! By the way im Kalim Al-asim!" He shake her hand. "Your welcome and the suitcase is mine. Can i have it back?"

"Oh! Sure! Here you go!" He handed her the suitcase.

"I'm sorry, were my instructions unclear?!"

"Sight. Preeetty sure you can handle catching one mangy weasel all on your lonesome there, headmage." The lion boy said.

"How many times do I gotta say it? I'm Grim, spellcaster extraordinaire! I am NO-" Suddenly click took a picture of grim and grim feel dizzy after click took a picture.

"What an amazing memory..." he place the picture to his bag.

"Click!"

Click turn around to see Vertin. "Miss vertin?"

"What are you doing?"

"Mh..Well, i was about to ask you something when i went to open the suitcase, i was in different place. So, i took some picture.." click answered.

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"That boy just f-float!"

"Is he a ghost?!"

Then click grabbed grim and looked at it. "What a strange cat..." suddenly grim neck got collared

"Off With Your Head!"

Click turned around and saw the red haired boy, click still holding grim.

Grim open his eyes and saw the collar around his neck. "MYAH?! What are you doing?!"

"The Queen of Heart's Rule 23: "One must never bring a cat to a formal affair." Your very presence here is a violation of order. You will vacate these premises immediately." Riddle said.

'The Queen of heart? Like in the Alice in wonderland?' Vertin thought.

"But I ain't a cat either! Don't try to collar me! I'll burn it right off! Huh...? Wh-what gives? My fire ain't workin'!" Grim fire didn't come out. "Fire? A cat have a fire?" Click muttered.

"Until I deign to remove that collar, you won't be using any magic. You're naught but a pet cat now."

"M-meoWHAT?! I ain't nobody's pet-NOTHING!"

"Oh, you've nothing to worry about there. I certainly have no interest in having you as a pet. The collar will disappear once you're removed from campus."

"Ha-HA! Good show as always, Riddle. You're signature spell locks down any magic. It's quite handy. I've just GOT to have it—ah, I mean, I've just got to have respect for it."

Vertin stared at the glasses boy. 'Suspicious..'

"Vertin! Was I not clear that you are expected to take responsibility for your familiar?Now discipline your-"

"He isn't mine"

"What's that? It isn't yours?"

Vertin shooked her head. "No, Sir. I never had a pet before.."

"Oh...Is that so?Ahem. Then I shall have it expelled from campus. I shall even spare it from being served as dinner.
My, but I AM kind. ...Someone take this away, please."

"Excuse me? Can you hand me the cat?"

Click handed the boy grim, as grim yelled.

"Nooooo! Let me gooooo! You fools better remember my name! Cause I'm gonna go down in the annals of magic history! Just you wait!"

'I wonder why he was so desperate to stay here?' Vertin think.

"Excuse me, young man? Please step to the dark mirror and don't take a photo of the mirror" Crowley said to click as he went to the mirror.

"State your name."

"Click" he answered.

"Only 'Click'?"

"Huh? Who name their kid 'Click'?"

"That's such a strange name.."

"I sense no magical power from this boy. Soundless. Colorless. Shapeless. Utterly vacant. Therefore, no dorm would be appropriate" Click tilted his head confusion as he went to vertin side.

"Well, that was quite the unexpected fracas. I hereby declare that orientation has concluded. Housewardens, please escort your students back to the dorms." Crowley sighed.

"...Hm? Come to think of it, I don't see Housewarden Draconia of House Diasomnia anywhere."

"And that surprises you? Dude's a total recluse."

"Wait a sec... Did anyone even invite him?" Kalim asked.

'They didn’t invite him? Eventhought he the important person? That's rude..' vertin thought

"If you're that worried about him missing out, maybe you should have told him yourself." The pretty person said

"Maybe, but I don't know him too well either..." kalim said

"Draconia... Like, Malleus Draconia? THAT Draconia?"

"So it's true? He really does go to school here?"

"Yikes."

"Ah. Just as I'd expected." Then vertin saw a short boy with a deep voices.

"I figured I'd come down and see for myself whether Malleus had made an appearance. But once again, he was evidently not informed that his presence was required at an official ceremony."

"You have my sincerest apologies. I assure you, this oversight was in no way intended as a snub." The glasses boy apologies.

"I mean, you must admit, he's not exactly the easiest person to strike up a conversation with." The red boy said.

"No matter. All who were assigned to House Diasomnia, follow me. I just hope he doesn't sulk about this." And then all of the House Diasomnia leave alongside with other, leaving only vertin, click and crowley.

"Well, Vertin and click. This is a most unfortunate turn of events. I'm afraid that you will not be attending Night Raven Collage after all. Surely you realize that I cannot very well admit a student with no magical ability to my academy." Crowley explained to vertin and click as they nodded feeling unbothered not to attending this school.

"But worry not. The Dark Mirror will see you safely home. Now, step into the gate, and visualize the place you whence you came."

'St. Pavlov Foundation..'

"O Dark Mirror! Return this soul to where it belongs!"

No answered from the mirror.

Crowley cleared his throat."Ahem L-let us, er...try this again. O Dark Mirror! Return this soul—"

"There is no such place."

"What?"

"What?! There's no way..."

"There is no place in this world where this soul belongs.
None." The mirror answered.

"How can that be? My, but today is a veritable cavalcade of impossible phenomena!"

"This has never happended throughout my long tenure. I must confess that I am at something of a loss." Crowley said as he turn around to vertin and click to ask them.

"Tell me. From what land do you hail?"

"I'm from England.."

"I'm afraid I am not familiar with such a place." Vertin and click confused with his answered.

"You don’t know where england is?" Vertin asked.

"No, never heard it. I am intimately acquainted with the origins of every student who has ever come here, and yet... This mysterious homeland of your eludes me." Crowley answered.

"Let us go to the library and look it up, shall we?"

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In the library. They try to found their homeland and no result, nothing at all.

"Just as I'd suspected. Nothing. Not only is your homeland not listed on any map from any point in history." Crowley sighed.

'But how??' Vertin thought.

"Now, are you QUITE sure that you come from such a place? That wasn't some sort of lie, or jape?"

"No, sir. It wasn’t a lie." Vertin answered.

"...The only explanation is that you've come from another planet. Or perhaps you were summoned here from another dimension?"

"Another dimension?! How?" Vertin asked while click just take some picture and floating around.

"Show me everything that you brought here with you. Do you have some form of identification, a driver's license perhaps? Or even a-"

And then the suitcase shaking.

"Hm? May i see your sui-"

"Hey, vertin! What happen out there!" Regulus said as she got out from the suitcase.

"Wha-?! What in the?!" Crowley gasped.

Regulus turn around and saw crowley. "Hey, who is this feather man? And where are we?" Regulus asked vertin.

"He the headmaster of this school and i guess we're in another dimension.."

"ANOTHER DIMENSION?!" Regulus said.

"Y-yes, that's right and i was trying to find you guys a way home" crowley was still shocked after regulus got out from the suitcase.

"Is he for real?" Regulus asked vertin again as she nodded her head.

"So, where are we staying?" Regulus asked crowley.

"There is a vacant building on this campus. It was, in fact, used as a dorm a long time ago. With a proper cleaning, it should be habitable enough.
Out of the profound kindness of my heart, I will allow you and your friends to live there for the time being."

"In the meantime, we will investigate other ways to send you home.
Dear me, but I am a gracious man indeed! A model educator, one might say." Crowley said as he lead them to the dorm.

"Hey, click! C'mon, we're going!" Regulus said.

"Just a moment" click then flew to regulus side as they go out from the library.

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The frontyard of the dorm.

The dorm was quite broken.

"Uh..you want us to stay here?" Vertin asked, unsure about the condition. The dorm was...look like it about to fall apart.

"Bloody hell! You expect us to live here?!" Regulus asked furious.

While click just took a picture of that dorm.

"Isn't delightfull? Right, scoot inside now. There you go"

They get inside the building, the condition was messy.

"This should keep the elements at bay for the time being. Now, I should return to my research. Do try to find some way to busy yourself. But don't let me catch you wandering the campus! Ta!" Then crowley leave vertin and her team alone.

"Ugh, now we're going to clean this..."

Vertin then look outside the window. "Looks like it's started to rain."

"GWAH! It's pouring out there!"

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Vertin, regulus and click turn around and saw the cat.

"You?! How did you get here?" Vertin asked.

"Bwahaha! That look on your face is priceless! Like a bat that got blasted by a water gun. As if I wouldn't just sneak back onto campus the second I escaped pryin' eyes. You all got no idea what I'm capable of!" Grim said.

"Um..Vertin? Who is this cat or critter thing?" Regulus whisper to her.

"His name is grim.." vertin answered.

"I ain't givin' up on goin' here just 'cause I got kicked out one measly ol' time. And if you think otherwise, you don't know- Hey! Don't take a picture of me now!!" Grim said to click before he could take a picture of him.

"Why are you so determined to go to this school?" Vertin asked grim.

"Isn't it obvious?" Grim then tell vertin why he want to go to this school. "I was born to do this! I'm a magical prodigy who's got the makin's to become one of the greatest mages who ever lived!
So I've been waitin' and waitin' for that black carriage to come for me.
And yet..." Grim then stopped for a minute and continued.

"Hrmph! That Dark Mirror's got no eye for talent! That's why I took the initiative and came here myself. You humans don't understand what a mistake you're makin'! Not lettin' me in is a great loss to the world!" Grim complained.

"Mrrao! C'mon, scoot over! I'm getting dripped on here! Bwah! Another hole in the roof! These flamin' ears are like my trademark, y'know? I can't let 'em get doused!" Grim commanded.

"Guess I'll go look for some buckets." Vertin said as she look for the bucket.

"I dunno why you don't just magic those holes away. You could have it fixed in half a jiff." Grim then realize that she a magicless.

"Ahhh, right. You can't use magic at all. Pffft, man you're useless." Grim laughed.

"Then why don't you do it?!" Regulus asked.

"Heh? You want ME to help YOU? Ha! You got the wrong idea. I'm just a stranger takin' shelter from the rain. You ain't the boss of me. If ya had some cans of tuna to trade, well, that'd be another story. But I don't work for free." Grim said.

Vertin sighed as she went to the hallway of the dorm. "....About those buc-" but then a laughter voice fill in the hallway.

"Yee hee hee... Bwa ha ha ha ha ha.
We haven't had visitors in ages! Oh, I'm just itchin' for new friends! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Ghost?.." vertin was surprise.

"Hey, keep it down over- AAAAAH! GHOSTS! GHOOOOOOSTS!" Grim screamed.

Regulus goes to the hallway to see what happen alogside with click."Hey, vertin! What hap- G-ghost?!"

"All the people who used to live here got scared of us and ran away."

"We just want a new ghost to play with! What do you say, buddy?"

"Eeeeep! I'm a master sorcerer! I ain't afraid of any dumb ghosts!
Myahaaa!" Hen grim burst out a fire to hit the ghost but then miss it.

"Nuh-uh. Not even close."

"Over here! Over here! Ah ha ha ha!"

"Argh! They keep disappearing and reappearing!"

"That's because you close your eyes when you attack them!! Idiot." regulus yelled at grim.

"Shut up, human!! I know that!"

"Beat them, and I've got a can of tuna with your name on it!" Vertin said to grim.

"Myah...?! Hmph... I'm Grim, Master Sorcerer! How come I can't even hit one of these little-"

"Did I say one can of tuna? I meant two." Vertin said to convinced grim to help.

"Myaaaah... You, human! You tell me which way the ghosts are!"

"To your left!" Grim attack the ghost right and suddenly there's a magic ball?

"Woof! Woof!"

"Huh? What a dog doing here??" One of the ghost said.

"Pickle!"

"Woof!" "The puppy wishes to come along." The translator said.

"Alright, get ready to attack them" vertin and her team ready to attack the ghost.
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"Hwaaahhh! We gotta get out of here! Before we get disappeared for good!" Then the ghost disappears from them.

"H-huh? Did we... win?"

"Thanks for your help." Vertin said to grim.

"Aw, geez, I was scared outta my-
I mean, they didn't faze me one bit! Just a walk in the park for a mage of my caliber!"

"Whaddaya got to say now, ghosties? That's right!" Grim said to the ghost.

"Good evening. In another gesture of my immense kindness, I have brought you all a din- Wait. That's the creature we ejected for causing trouble at orientation! What is it doing here?! And why is there a dog?!" Crowley asked vertin as she was about to explain it to the headmaster but then grim interupt.

"Takin' care of yer ghost problem, that's what. You're welcome, by the way!"

"What is the meaning of this, Miss vertin? But you know, on that topic, I do seem to recall that this dorm had a mischievous ghost problem." Then Crowley remember it.

"Ah, yes... That's why it was abandoned, in fact. The ghosts scared away all the students. And you're saying that you and your friend with this creature joined forces to drive them away?"

"Yes, sir." Vertin answered.

"Hm?" Pickle tilt his head confusion what going on, when he was about to go out from the suitcase he was in a different room then he hear a loud noises. "The puppy is confused" the translator said.

"Hey... Wait a minute! I never got those cans of tuna ya promised!" Grim said.

"Would you be so kind as to demonstrate your ghost-eradication methods for me?" Crowley asked them.

"One, no, 'cause I already wiped 'em all out. And two, no, 'cause where's my tuna?!"

"I will play the part of the ghosts.
As for the tuna, you'll receive it when you defeat me. Oh, what generosity, Crowley... Now, to chug this transmutation potion!" Then the headmaster turn himself into a ghost.

"Ah, you gotta be kiddin' me. I gotta work together with the human again?"

"Do it for the tuna, Grim." Regulus said to grim as she ready to attack the ghost.

"Hrmph. All right, but this is the last time. And I better be up to my jowls in tuna afterwards!"

The fight started, regulus attack Crowley ghost with her arcane skill while pickle attack him from behind. While grim shoot fire right at him.

After the fight.

"Incredible... I've never seen anyone bend a monster to their will quite the way you have. I must confess, my educator's intuition did sense something about you after the brouhaha at orientation, miss Vertin.
I could tell you had a certain animal trainer-y, beast master-ish quality to you. Oh, yes. That said, I-"

"Grim would really like to go to this school." Vertin answered make crowley shocked.

"WHAT? A monster, stay HERE?"

'Is there something wrong? That cat doesn't look like a monster...except for the tail, but he could be an arcanist.' Pickle thought.

"Whoa, did you just...?"

"What if there are more ghosts?" Vertin asked the headmaster.

"Hmmm... I suppose I cannot deny your plea. Very well."

"Myah?! Really?"

"Let me be clear! Under no circumstances would I admit anyone to Night Raven College who has not been selected by the Dark Mirror - especially not a monster! Nor do I intend to allow you, Miss Vertin, to freeload until you're able to return home." Crowley said to vertin and her team.

"Hrmph. Never shoulda got my hopes up..." Grim is sulking about what the headmaster.

"Now, allow me to explain. It was the Dark Mirror that transported you here. Therefore this school does bear some responsibility for your well-being. So I will allow you to remain in this dorm, free of charge." Crowley explained.

'Wait...Where's click? Did he flew somewhere else?' Vertin realized that click wasn’t there

Then crowley continued to explain. "However, you will need to pay for your own food, clothing, and incidentals. As to how you will do so, penniless as yo-" click suddenly appear right infront the headmaster that make him got jumpscared.

"Oh my seven!" Crowley breath heavily as he steady his breath. "You, young man! You shouldn’t do that!"

"Mh...Sorry.." Click said to him.

"I'm simply going to ask you and your friend to do a few odd jobs around campus. From what you've done here, Miss Vertin, I can tell you know your way around a broom. So what do you say to you two working together as a janitorial team?" Crowley asked her as he wait for her responded.

"If you agree to that, I will make a special exception and allow you to remain on campus. I'll also allow you use of the library, so that you may study, and research ways to return home. How soundlessly charitable I am. Ah, but only when your work is over, of course!" Crowley said.

"Whaaat? What kinda deal is that?!
I wanna put on one of those sweet uniforms and be a student, not sweep up people's junk!"

"If you're not satisfied with my offer, I can arrange to have you thrown out again."

"Myah?! ... All right, fine! Let's do it." Grim sighed in defeat.

"Fair enough." Vertin nodded her head.

"Wonderful. Then I beseech you both...
To work hard as the newest members of the Night Raven College's janitorial staff!" Then crowley go out from the dorm.

"Look like we will be staying here until the headmaster get us home.."

"Talk about home...This food taste tasteless!" Regulus complained, the food was to cold.

Grim then tried the food too."Bleegh!? Is he trying to make us starve to death?!"

"Yeah! And what kind of dinner food is this?!" Regulus agreed with grim.

"Calm down. Let just go to the bedroom" vertin said as she and her team goes upstair the bedroom. The bedroom was full of web and dust.

"Myaah?!? The room is even dirtier then the hallway!" Grim complained.

"Regulus, Pickle, and click. Do you guys wanna stay in the suitcase?" Vertin asked them as they went inside the suitcase.

"Wai- wait! Let me stay in the suitcase! I don't want to stay in this dirty room!" Grim exclaimed.

"Fine, but please do not make a trouble again." Vertin said to grim as she let grim get inside the suitcase.

Then vertin let herself asleep.
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Vertin then wake up as she hear the ghost.

"Hee hee hee...Aren't you supposed to be off cleaning the school today?...Oh? Where's the little cat?" Ask the skinny ghost.

"He in the suitcase." Vertin answered the ghost question.

"That a funny one. How can a cat be in the suitcase?" The short ghost laughed.

Vertin ignored them as she open the suitcase and get inside the suitcase.

"Grim? Are you awake?" Vertin said as she look around for grim.

"Vertin!"

"Sonetto, have you seen grim? The cat?" Vertin ask her.

"Oh! Yes, he was in the suitcase last night almost waking up everyone and confused to them. And regulus explained to us that we're in another dimension. Is that right, Vertin?"

"..Yes..im afraid so. But the headmaster of this school could help u-"

"MYAAH?! HEY GET THAT BALLON AWAY FROM ME?!?!!"

"Booho~ i just want to give you the balloon as a gift~" Balloon party said to grim who’s try to get away from the balloon.

"NO! YOU GAVE ME THE BALLOON WHEN I WAS ASLEEP!!  AND THEN IT BLEW UP!?!! I DON'T WANT YOUR STUPID BALLON!!" Grim yelled at the girl.

"Booho~" then she walk away from grim.

Then grim turn his head to vertin and shouted. "Why didn't you tell me there's more of human?!"

"You didn't ask." Grim grumbled after vertin responded to him as he walk away.

While outside of the suitcase.

"Miss vertin! Miss vertin? Where is she?" The headmaster walk into the bedroom of the dorm and only found a suitcase. He walk to the suitcase and open it.

"Miss vertin! Are you inside of this suitcase?"

"Yes, i am! Please come inside!" Vertin said as the headmaster get inside the suitcase. He was shocked to see the place of the suitcase.

"Oh my seven! I didn’t know the inside of your suitcase could be this amazing!" Crowley complimented her suitcase.

"Thank you, is there something you want to discuss?" Vertin ask him.

"Of course! Miss vertin, about your friend that did come out from the suitcase. Do you perhap have other friend beside your?"

"Yes, some of them are young arcanist in here and some old arcanist"

Crowley nodded his head. "I see...Would you mind explaining me about an arcanist? Since you're from different dimension."

"Arcanist are a races that can do magic, divination, and alchemy. It like a magician in your world but a different one." Vertin explained.

"Hm...So arcanist like a magician but a different one?...can you call all your friend to meet here? We need to discuss about you're living in this school. And where's grim?"

"Yes, and grim is with the young arcanist."

And then the arcanist meet at the lobby, crowley began to explaining to the arcanist. While he was explaining, he was kinda shock to see a glass frame, a radio, Apple, and a horse toy.

"So, we're going to stay here in the dorm until you find our way back home?" Regulus asked him.

"Yes, miss regulus. You can explore the school as long as you do not make a any kid of trouble." Crowley explained to her then he turned his head to vertin. "And miss vertin, your job today is to clean the campus. That said, the campus is vast, and without magic, it'd be quite the Herculean task to clean it all. Therefore, today I'll have you focus on the area spanning from the front gates to the library. Now, i do expect that you'll keep a close eye on Grim, lest he cause another incident like yesterday."

Vertin nodded her head. "Understood."

"Do not fail me. You may take your lunch in the cafeteria. I eagerly await the fruits of your labor. Well then, i will take my leave." Crowley said as he go out from the suitcase.

"Hrmph. I ain't cleanin' nothin'! I'm here to study magic so I can be blastin' off spells left and right! Like BAM! POW! FWOOM!" Grim complained.

"After we clean, we can study in the library. Let go to the front gate now." Vertin said as grim grumbled.

"Timekeeper, im going with you." Sonetto said to vertin as she nodded her head.

"Does anyone want to join us?" Vertin asked the arcanist.

"Oh! I want to join you!" Regulus said.

"Me too!" Sotheby said.

"Mhn...i want to take a photo.." click agreed to join them.

"This APPLe would like to join aswell" said an Apple.

"Kinda weird for me to see an apple floating.." Grim said

And it was vertin, grim, regulus, sotheby, click, and APPLe got to the front gate. There's a statues so click took some picture.

"So...This's the front gate? The statues... why are they whorship a lion?" Vertin asked herself.

"That's weird." Regulus said as she kept looking at the other statues other than a lion. She still think it weird for them to make a lion statue.

"Wow, so this is Main Street, huh? This is incredible!" Grim said as he stare at the statues.

"I didn't get to see it much yesterday. What's the deal with these seven statues? All their faces look pretty scary."

"You're right, grim. They’re quite scary and interesting!" Sotheby said as she kept looking at the other statues but then stop at the Queen of Hearts.

"Wait...Isn't she the Queen of heart from the Alice in wonderland?" Sotheby ask as the other arcanist look at the statue of Queen of heart.

"Huh...you're right, sotheby. Baby blue show us the Alice in wonderland movie." Vertin said as she thought. 'The other statues...they're came from the fairytale book... maybe this world they worship a villain?'

"This lady here looks like she's got some reeeal anger management issues." Grim said. "Oh, that’s becau-" before sotheby could continue she was interupted by a red hair boy.

"You don't know the Queen of Hearts?"

"Queen of Hearts? Is she some kinda big deal?" Grim asked the red hair boy as he replied.

"She was a queen who lived in a mazelike garden of roses long, long ago. She was a strict woman who prized order above all. She wouldn't tolerate a rose being off-color, or her playing-card soldiers being out of step.
She basically ruled over a kingdom of madness, but not one of her subjects dared to defy her." The arcanist listen to the red hair boy explained about the statues.

'They considered the villain as the good guys?' Vertin thought.

"You wanna know why? Because the punishment for breaking a rule was immediate decapitation!"

"Wah! That is seriously messed up!"

"Pretty cool, right? I'm a big fan. I mean, who would bother to obey a queen that was kind all the time?"

"So...you meant to say that being a madness can be a leader? By making them fear and useless? I don’t think being a madness can become a leader." Vertin asked the red hair boy.

"W-well..um..She's the Queen. Of course she need to be the leader cause she powerfull." The red hair boy replied. His face looked annoy by vertin.

"Yeah, true. A leader needs to be strong.
But puttin' that aside... Who're you, now?" Grim asked him.

"Name's Ace. I'm a first year student here, as of... today! Pleased to meetcha!" He replied. 'I had a bad feeling about him...' vertin thought.

"I'm Grim! I'm a prodigy whos plannin' to be, like, the greatest mage who ever lived. That there's my far less interesting hench-human."

"Hey! We’re not your henchmen or anything!!" Regulus yelled at the cat.

"Sorry about my friend. My name is vertin."

"Sonetto."

"Captain Regulus. Nice to meet you!"

"Click."

"Im sotheby! Im an excelent and knownlegeable lady!"

"Vertin? Huh. Name's got an odd ring to it." He said.

'Wait..that guy name is click? Pfft..what a lame name.' Ace thought.

"So tell me, Ace. Is that lion with a scare in the eye a famous ruler too?"

"Of course! That's the King of Beasts who ruled the savanna. But he wasn't born into the throne - he had to earn it through hard work and elaborate schemes. When he became king, he decreed that the hyenas would be pariahs no more, and should live among his subjects as equals."

"By killing his own brother?" Ace was startled by what vertin said.

"What? What do you mean by that? He would never kill someone."

"Yes, he did. He killed his own brother because of his own jealousy toward his older brother. But by the end he got killed by hyena." It was a silence until click took a photo of the octopus lady.

"So..Uh..Who's the lady with the octopus legs?"

Ace clear his throat. "The Sea Witch who lived in an underwater grotto.
She basically devoted her life to helping troubled merfolk. If they were willing to pay the price, she'd help them change their appearance, find love, whatever! They say she was so good, there was no wish she couldn't grant. They also say the price was a tad steep, though. But she was granting wishes! Of course it was!"

"Myaha! So you're sayin' that once I'm a great mage, gettin' rich off folks will be a total cinch?!"

Then ace kept explaining all the other statues.

"Pretty cool, huh? Not like some piddling weasel." Ace snickered.