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Vil Schoenheit and the Howl family - Safe Haven

The Schoenheit household was restless again. After all, it wasn't hard to hear the people downstairs talking loudly with each other once more that week. And Vil, the child of the house, didn't want to hear it. Not that he had a choice in the matter.

Vil Schoenheit was in his room, listening to his father and mother fighting about something. There was another voice in the fight this time too, not that Vil cared that much, seeing as he was planning on leaving the house.

Vil pulled out his phone he'd gotten a short time ago, and called someone he knew he'd be safe for the night with, well, he called the someone's landline. It took a few rings, but eventually someone picked up.

"Hello, this is Sasha Howl. May I ask whose calling?" A woman on the phone side of the phone asked. Her tone was serious, but Vil didn't seem to pay it any mind.

"Can. . . Can I come over and stay for the night?" Vil asked, nervously, not bothering to state his name. He was more worried about getting the mother's approval to get inside the home than saying who he was, it seemed.

"Vil! What's the matter? Oh no, are your parents fighting again?" Sasha asked, with her tone of voice changing to a much kinder and loving one. One that made Vil soften on instinct, as he knew that tone of voice very well.

"Y-Yes." Vil said, fidgeting with his hands.

"Say no more. I'll bring Jack, Adolphe, and Ylva. Alonzo will explain everything to your parents." The female beastman said, "Just wait a little longer. Okay?"

Vil nodded and simply said, "Yes."

"We'll be there as fast as we can. But be patient, alright?" Sasha confirmed, "I'm hanging up now. Don't worry about a thing. We'll have smoothies and cocoa when you get here."

Vil smiled warmly at the women's statement, extremely happy at that proposition. "Yes. I looked forward to it."

The wolf beastwoman made a sound of acknowledgement, and then she hung up on Vil.

Leaving Vil to himself.

The Howl's home was decently far away, but the Howl family was all wolf beastman, so they have better abilities than Vil would as a human. But Vil was still upset when Sasha hung up.

Because he'd have to listen to the fight again.

Vil sighed and got up from his desk and opened the door to his room.

From what he could tell, the fighting was coming from downstairs. Most likely in the living room.

Of course it's there. Vil thought to himself. They can't fight anywhere else.

Vil closed the door to his room, and quietly walked down the stairs to the lower floors. As he got closer, he could make out what his parents and that woman who'd joined in the fight where fighting about.

"Erich! Don't you dare drag Vil into your problems!" Vil's mother, Regina Schoenheit yelled at her husband in anger. "Vil has nothing to do with this! She asked you give them money, not suddenly invite them into our lives!”

“But! We need his support!” The other woman stated. She sounded desperate, but Vil didn’t believe the woman’s cry for help since he knew her. She was a model. She definitely could hold her own, and she has. So, why was she begging for money?

“Then why ask for his help now, Eva? Neige’s eight now! You’ve had eight years to ask for help! Why now?!” Regina pointed out, which made Eva nervous.

“That’s-”

“Regina! Stop it! Eva’s-” Vil’s father was about to speak, when the doorbell of the house rang, which made Vil rush towards the front door in excitement, and making the adults stop fighting and walk towards the front door, where Vil had just barely opened the door, and was attacked by the youngest Howl sibling with a hug, and surrounded by the Howl family’s care and attention, like a bunch of worried dogs rushing to an old friend of theirs they haven’t seen in a long time.

“Vil-san!” Ylva happily said, which caused Vil to hug the beastwoman back.

“Hello, Ylva-chan.” Vil said, as he picked her up and placed her on his hip, which the little girl definitely liked, as she cuddled into Vil’s neck.

The youngest male beastman then hugged Vil as well, and simply said, “I missed you, Vil-san. It’s been so long since we’ve had a sleepover.”

“Indeed. I’m looking forward to it.” Vil said simply, and wrapped an arm around Adolphe, which seemed to please the young wolf as well as his white tail wagged side to side.

“Did you wait long?” Jack asked worriedly, before Vil shook his head as if to say no, which seemed to make Jack feel better.

In the background, Vil could see Mr. and Mrs. Howl speaking with his parents and this Eva person, but Vil didn’t mind. Since now Jack, Adolphe and Ylva where there with him. After some time of Jack and Vil talking and the two younger beastman cuddling with Vil, Sasha stopped speaking with the adults, walked towards the group of kids, and kneeled before the group of children.

“Well, everything’s all ready for tonight.” Sasha smiled, even bending down to the level of the kids. “Let’s go home, everyone.”

“Okay, Mama!” Ylva and Adolphe said at the same time, as Adolphe pulled Vil out of his house and the group set off into the woods and Ylva jumped out of Vil’s arms, only for Vil to be soon picked up by Alonzo and for the group to rush off into the snowy forest.

Vil Schoenheit really liked the Jack Howl's family. Jack's kind yet badass mother, Sasha, who'd taught Vil how to cook, Jack's manly and wise father, Alonzo, that gave Vil all the help and support he needed, Jack's adorable little sister, Ylva, that couldn't pronounce Vil's last name right, and Jack's sarcastic little brother, Adolphe, who always had a snappy comeback or joke. Vil was quite attached to the beastman family that lived a mile away from his own home.

The Howl family was quite nice to Vil, despite the fact they knew little to nothing about Vil's acting career. When Vil came over to their home, no matter the reason, they'd offer wonderful food and drinks at the cost of Vil's thankfulness, they'd entertain him with what they had, which typically included board games, books and outdoor activities, and above all they'd do their best to make sure that Vil was comfortable in their wooden cabin. Which, Vil loved. He loved being in a place where he felt he was in the right place. He loved being in the Howl's cabin. In all of the places he's ever been to, the Howl Cabin was surely his favorite by a longshot.

After a few minutes of Vil being held in the wolf beastman’s arms as the group ran, the group came upon a decently sized wooden cabin to which the younger child cheered at the sight of.

“Yay! Vil-san is sleeping over tonight!” Ylva said happily as she shook off the snow she’d gotten all over her coat, just like a dog would.

“Hey! Ylva! Not on the front porch! You’ll get all of us wet!” Adolphe complained, as he brushed off the snow on the steps of the cabin.

“Oops. Sorry Mama, Papa, and Vil-san.” Ylva responded, cheekily as she walked in the house with Jack not far behind.

“Apologize to Jack-onii-chan and me!” Adolphe complained, as he followed his siblings.

“Are you alright, Vil-san?” Alonzo Howl asked, as he set down Vil on the wooden porch of his home, looking kind of serious.

Vil nodded at the adult beastman and beastwoman, who was right beside him with worried looks on their faces. “Yes. I am now. Thank you for letting me stay at your house for the night.”

Alonzo didn’t seem to be satisfied with Vil’s answer, but didn’t seem to want to push, “Vil, I know your life at home isn’t my business, but we’re all here if you want to talk. We won’t push your home life, but if you need someone, just remember that we’ve here, okay?”

Vil, after a few seconds of shock, smiled confidently. “I know. I know that very well, Alonzo-san. Why do you think I’m here?”

Alonzo let out a laugh, the kind of fatherly hearty laugh that made Vil feel good inside, and then, the wolf beastman pat the blonde’s head. “As long as you know not to hold things in. Come on, Sasha’s said she’s going to make some dessert tonight in honor of this occasion!”

Sasha Howl nodded at her husband’s comment. “I was thinking of making some smoothies and hot chocolate for you five while I make something special for everyone tonight.”

“Special?” Vil asked, as he didn’t seem to know what Sasha was talking about.

“I have found some recipes that are both delicious, as approved by my family, and I think will work for what you can eat.” Sasha winked at the blonde-haired boy. “If I told you, it would ruin the surprise.”

“Okay!” Vil said, happily.

Alonzo nodded at Vil’s sudden happiness approvingly. “Well then, let’s get inside then! No need to keep the cook waiting.”

Vil nodded as the two beastman gestured for Vil to come inside their home, to which Vil opened the door to reveal a large and spacious area with window all around the sides of the house. The house mostly appeared to be made of wood, similar to a log cabin would. There was an active fireplace with comfortable looking chairs surrounding it, where Jack, Adolphe and Ylva where sitting, discussing something with each other.

As soon as Vil opened the door, the three Howl children looked in Vil’s direction, and the two boys seemed relieved, while Ylva’s face lit up. “Vil-san! Over here! We got new board games!”

Vil smiled once again at the beastwoman and began to walk over to the three Howl children, “Oh really?”

“Yeah!” Little Ylva said as her tail wagged just like a happy dog’s would at Vil, “We were at the games store and we found this old game! I want to play it with you!”

Ylva held up the old box, which had the name ‘Villainous’ with the front of the box which had a black color on it and a pair of creepy eyes.

Vil looked at the box as he sat down. “Looks interesting. Have you played it yet?”

Ylva shook her cute head and gave a pouty expression. “I can’t open it. Jack-onii-chan and Adolphe-onii-chan aren’t sure how to open it either.”

Vil gave a confused face at the three Howl children, and it didn’t seem like Ylva was lying to him, so Vil smirked. “I’ll open it.”

Ylva’s eyes lit up. “Really?”

Vil nodded at the little beastwoman. “Of course. I’m Vil Schoenheit, remember? There’s nothing in Twisted Wonderland I can’t do.”

Ylva cheered and sang Vil’s praises, which made Vil genuinely want to hug and kiss the little girl for her praises. Jack and Adolphe laughed at Ylva’s happiness as Vil got to work on opening the box.

What Ylva said was true. It was hard to open without magic. So, Vil simply pulled out a magical item, which happened to be a bracelet he had on him, and he cast an unlocking spell. To which, the box immediately opened to reveal cards, token coins, and 18 game pieces. The game pieces floated towards the four children, as if wanting the children to pick one. Vil saw a dark purple game piece with a cape and crown that looked like the Evil Queen’s symbols, and he reached towards it and grabbed it. Upon Vil grabbing the game piece, a card appeared in front of him that showed an area.

Upon seeing what they had to do, The Howl children reached for a game piece. Jack reached for a yellow piece that had bones on it. Adolphe picked a game piece that was dark blue and had a flame and a robe on it. Ylva reached for a bright yellow game piece with a flower symbol on top and a dress on the bottom part, and then cards appeared in front of the children. Each one seemed to correspond with the game piece they were given. But, the children still seemed confused. But luckily, someone came in with drinks.

“Ah.” Sasha Howl said, which seemed to make to children perk up upon hearing her voice. “You four figured out how to open it. That’s wonderful.”

Sasha Howl brought forth three different hot chocolates and a smoothie. She handed a hot chocolate that looked like real chocolate with just whipped cream and put it in front of Jack, who thanked his mother for the drink. She handed a hot chocolate with toasted snowflake marshmallows crackers flakes to Adolphe, who gave it a sniff and then smiled. The last hot chocolate went to Ylva, and it was colored pink with sprinkles and whipped cream and some candies on top of the whipped cream, which Ylva immediately started to drink. Lastly, Sasha Howl handed the child actor a smoothie, it was a multilayered and blue and purple colored smoothie that Vil knew and loved that he’d asked Sasha to give the secret of since it was both really delicious and good for him, but the wolf beastwoman refused saying she’s give to him when the time is right as he needs to have a reason to come over the Howl household and learn to drink it in moderation. Upon the smoothie being place in front of him, Vil turned to Sasha and hugged her.

“T-Thank you.” Vil said, as his eyes got watery. “I. . . Needed this.”

The wolf beastwoman seemed shocked at Vil’s sudden hug, but eventually settled into it, and began to pet the human boy, who was now surrounded by the worried Howl children.

“Vil-onii-chan?” Ylva asked, as she snuck her way into Vil and her mother’s arms so she was in the hug too, where Vil could see her. “Are you okay?”

Vil laughed as Ylva snuck into his arms for a hug for comfort, which he granted and shook his head to the little girl. “No. . . Work has been stressful recently with my parents fighting. . . On top of school. . . I. . . Was stressed.”

“Should we just watch a movie?” Adolphe asked, looking very worried. “We don’t have to play a board game if you don’t want to.”

Vil seemed surprised by this. “I-I didn’t mean that-I just-”

“How about we watch a quick movie to settle down and then we play the board game?” The Father of the Household came to the children from out of nowhere and kneeled before the group of children. “Let’s let Vil calm down from his busy week and watch a movie together, and afterwards we’ll have dinner and play the board game together.”

The Howl children looked at each other in confusion, but then they shared a look of agreement, which Alonzo seemed to get. “I’ll put the board game away, while you four decide on a movie.”

“Okay!” Ylva said, and then she turned to Vil. “Vil! Do you have a movie you want to watch?”

Vil stared in silence at the small wolf beastwoman, as if processing the situation. “A-Ah. Um-”

Vil seemed really overwhelmed by the choices the Howls had on the shelves, but then Jack stepped in. “I know! Let’s watch that movie about the old vampire trying to adjust to modern society with his descendants. Remember that one?”

Vil seemed confused as to what the movie was, but Ylva seemed to light up when the movie was mentioned. “Oh yeah! I wanted to watch it with Vil!”

“What’s it called?” Vil asked, confused as Ylva pulled him to the carpet near the couch, where Adolphe was sitting down, wagging his tail at the sight of Vil coming close.

“Listening To The Graveyard.” Adolphe simply said, as Vil and Ylva sat down, with Vil in the middle of the two wolf beastman cuddling him. “I think it’s a good movie.”

“Huh.” Vil said, confused as Ylva went into Vil’s lap, and Alonzo sat down on the couch behind him, making Vil feel a little safer than before. “When was it made?”

“Recently! Um, it came out last year!” Ylva smiled as Jack came to sit at Vil’s other free side. “We watched it at Grandmother’s house! With all of our cousins! It was so fun!”

“Oh really? I haven’t heard of it.” Vil said. “I must’ve missed all of the production stuff.”

“Well, then, I think you’ll be surprised. For an indie movie, it’s quite good.” Alonzo said.

“Indie?” Ylva asked Vil, to which Vil answered.

“An indie movie is a movie made by a small group of people, made with little to no help from big companies that make movies. I get lots of request from these types of people who want me because I’m the best.” Vil gestured some, hoping it might help Ylva out.

“Ah! I think I get it!” The little wolf girl smiled, “It’s like, one of those projects we did at school a while ago! That we did by ourselves without the help of the school and older kids!”

Vil nodded. “Yes, that’s a good way of looking at it.”

“Alright, everyone.” Alonzo finally said, giving Vil a headpat, as if to tell him to be quiet. “Do you have your snacks? I’m going to start it.”

“Ah! My hot chocolate! I left it over by the table!” Adolphe cried, then getting up.

“We’re starting~” Jack teased his younger brother as the smaller wolf seemed to rush to get his hot chocolate.

“I’m coming, I’m coming!” Adolphe then said, quickly rushing over to where the others where without spilling.

“Ah. Vil-san, you’re so comfy.” Ylva smiled in Vil’s lap, as the two wolf boys sat around Vil. “I wanna cuddle with you all night.”

“Of course I am.” Vil smiled, wrapping his arms around the little girl, which the little seemed to love a lot for her smile. “I’m the best at everything. Of course I’m comfortable to sit on. It’s a part of my job.”

The little wolf girl nodded at Vil’s statement, seeming to be contented to just be in Vil’s arms.

“Alright, are we ready?” Alonzo smiled, which the three nodded at.

“Yes, Papa!”

“We’ve seen this movie some many times I bet I can quote it.”

“Adolphe, be nice to Vil-san, please.”

“I am!”

Listening To The Graveyard was not as bad as Vil would have thought it was at first.

At first, the movie was a typical horror parody he’s seen almost everywhere. Pulling out all the stops for a parody movie. But as the movie went on, it got more emotional, and even seemed to pull out stuff even Vil wasn’t expecting to have in a cheesy vampire parody movie. But, Vil had to give props to the director, because they certainly knew what they where doing with balancing the comedic and serious element of the story. In the future, Vil hopes he’ll be picked by the director for a future movie of theirs, since this movie alone was pretty good in his book to see the director’s potential.

“Hey, hey, Vil-onii-chan.” Ylva asked Vil in the boy’s lap, clearly excited. “How was it? Was it good?”

After a few seconds of thinking, Vil nodded. “Yes, there was somethings I thought where pretty cheesy, but I liked it overall.”

“I knew it!” Ylva said, pumping her fists as if she was proud of her achievement. “I just knew you’d like it!”

“You know me too well.” Vil smiled, then giving the little wolf head pats, making the little girl extremely happy.

“Pet me more!” the little one seemed to insist with her facial expression as Vil seemed to stop, but then Ylva seemed to catch the scent of something, and started to get carried away by it, getting the little girl out of Vil’s lap.

Adolphe seemed to catch the scent as well, as he followed Ylva soon after with his nose high in the air.

“Ah. They must’ve caught the smell of dinner. Come on. Let’s go survey the scene and if the cook’s done.” Alonzo sat up, sneakily gesturing for Jack and Vil to come with him.

Jack and Vil then stood up, following the adult to the kitchen. But, while Vil just walked to the kitchen, Jack and his father seemed to be using their wolf instincts, and where sneaking to the kitchen as if there was an enemy in there. So, when Alonzo noticed Vil was about to do it, he quickly jumped in front of Vil before he could reach the kitchen area, and moved in front of him.

“Alonzo-san, what are you-?!” Vil was going to question the old wolf, but then his mouth was covered by the person in question. With Alonzo simply putting a finger to his lips, showing Vil he needs to be quiet and then peaked over the hallway to see what the scene is. Jack and Vil soon did the same, and they saw little Ylva and Adolphe staring intently at a metal pan with something clearly in it, and Sasha moving around the kitchen. As soon as Vil peaked his head over to see what the matter was, Sasha called out to the three.

“I know you three are there.” the wolf woman said, as wasn’t even looking in their direction, which seemed to frighten Vil before Alonzo put his hand on his shoulders, as if to tell Vil he was safe. Sasha then turned around and smiled at the three boys, holdings trays of something in her hands. “Come on! Don’t just stand their drooling! We’ve got some things to eat!”

Alonzo and Jack then calmly walked into the kitchen, with Vil soon following suit.

“What are we eating?” Vil asked, to which, Sasha then gave a proud smile.

“Cheeseburger casserole! With a side of homemade fries and a soda copycat!”

Vil seemed confused as he sat down. “Huh?”

“Recently, there’s been a new store that opened up in Grandmother’s area.” Jack started to explain. “Since we’ve been going to out grandmother’s a lot lately, we’ve also been getting fast food lately. Now Ylva and Adolphe always want this fast food, but since we’re so far away and we don’t have much, Mama found a copycat recipe and has been working hard to make it taste like the real thing.”

“Ah, really?” Vil asked, which Jack nodded.

“Yes. When you called, you should’ve seen Mama.” Jack laughed. “We were already promised to do this because all three of us have been getting good grades in school lately, and she didn’t want to ruin your diet either. As soon as you called, she started to scramble to try and find alternatives that would fit your diet.”

“Is that so?” Vil’s eyes widened in shock-he didn’t expect the Howl family to care so genuinely for him.

“Yeah!” Ylva chimed in. “She almost dropped the sesame seeds when she heard your voice on the phone!”

Alonzo let out a snort. “Not you all fared much better. When you found out Vil wanted to come over your tails were wagging so fast I thought it was a bug!”

“Was not!” Ylva and Jack said a little too quickly clearly flustered.

“Was too!” Adolphe shot back.

“Was not!”

“Was too!”

“Now, now. You there,” Alonzo said, in an authoritative but gentle voice as if to gently tell his kids to stop with his tone alone. “No more fighting. The food’s getting cold.”

“Yeah! Come on Vil!” Ylva said, taking Vil’s hand and pulling him closer and closer to the food.

“Vil!”

“Vil.”

“Vil-onii-chan!”

Vil Schoenheit hadn’t had his name called so warmly in a long time, and if he was being honest-he hoped the Howl family would never stop calling to him, like they’d done all those months ago.

#jack howl #vil schoenheit #twst writing #[ Can you tell I LOVE Jack and Vil's relationship even though canonically we have nothing? Because I do. ]#[ TWST staff isn't giving me enough content so I had to make my own. ]#[ It's MY fanfiction I get to write what the TWST staff won't give me.]#[ Well I say that but I wrote this a VERY long time ago and it's been sitting in my drafts until I found it again.]#[ and with the lack of Jack and Vil friendship content I need this. ]#[ mun makes content ]#[ jack howl ]#[ vil schoenheit ]

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The Centenary

Something was here.

Something was there.

Some big event was here, forboding across the land. And most couldn't see it.

But Ramshackle Dorm could.

Grim embraced the kindness being shown to him, while Yuu and Quentin. . . were more nervous about the situation.

Everyone around them was more generous than the three remembered, especially at Night Raven College.

More parties and celebrations being thrown for no real reason.

There was more joy in the air. And it seems everything felt that joy.

Well, all but Ramshackle dorm.

It was. . . interesting.

Friends where suddenly more willing to pay for lunch, less homework and schoolwork from teachers.

Everyone was still, well, everyone just with more. . . generosity.

It was strange.

Strange times indeed.

"Dorm Leader Nighty-Sallow!" Yuu called out and Grim came into Ramshackle's dorm lounge to their dorm leader, sitting in her rocking chair.

"Yes?" Quentin answered, stopping what she was doing.

"I found these strange coins!" Yuu proclaimed.

"Even stranger than the other coins with the strange symbols and 100s on them?" Quentin asked, to which Yuu nodded before pulling out three coins-all with pictures of them on it with the strange symbols and 100s plus another set of symbols for their pocket, and putting it on the table.

Grim's chest puffed out with pride. "It's nice to know we're finally getting the recognition we deserve, especially me!"

"But who would do this? And why coins?" Yuu asked, with a hint of worry in their voice.

Quentin pulled out her magical pen-and the coins glowed with magical power for a moment before falling back on the table. "I can't find anything. It seems like totally normal coins."

"Huh." Yuu said in confusion, but Grim's chest puffed out again.

"See! It's a coin of recognition! Someone finally recognizes us for our hard work!"

"But who made it?" Yuu asked, once again.

"Could be the same people made this 100 coins." Quentin said. "And Yuu seems to be able to find use of it, so if you want to keep it Yuu, you can keep it."

"Really?" Yuu asked, with a face that Quentin couldn't tell was joy, confusion, or disgust, so it probably was a mix of all of them.

"Yes. My magic has determined they're harmless, so I don't see anything bad about keeping them if they might help you with whatever you're doing."

Yuu nodded. The coins stayed in Yuu's possession.

"We're going to the National Art Museum in the Land of Dawn!" Dire Crowley smiled to the other dorm leaders.

He'd called an emergency dorm leader meeting. . . for a sudden announcement?

Typical Crowley. Quentin looked at the cheery old crow with scorn.

"I'm sorry?" Riddle Rosehearts, Heartslabyul's dorm leader asked, clearly confused.

But Quentin knew Riddle. Riddle wasn't asking a question, he was panicking at the suddenness of the Dire Crowley's announcement.

"Yay!" Kalim smiled, even pumping his fist in the air before the tattooed boy blinked a few time sand dawned a confused face. "Wait. Where is the Museum?"

"In the Land of Dawn, didn't you listen?" Leona Kingscholar spoke up, his ears twitching in irritation.

"Right, sorry." Kalim rubbed the back of his head.

"An Art Museum?" Malleus leaned over to Quentin.

"It's like an art gallery, only it's more for the public than for one family," Quentin answered to which Malleus nodded.

"Why, exactly?" Azul Ashengrotto spoke up.

"Because they're holding an anniversary party for a '100 years'!" Dire Crowley cheerfully said, making almost everyone in the room sigh.

"We've got a free pass to the Museum because there's an event going on and you've always wanted to go there, didn't you?" Quentin simply looked at Crowley.

"My Ms. Nighty-Sallow! You make it sound like I planned this out!"

"Because I'm pretty sure you did." Quentin sighed and the tablet in the room, representing Idia, made a snickering noise.

"Quentin realy said no mercy today. We stan a girl who ran out of fucks to give." Idia giggled.

"It's true that the Nation Museum of Art in the Land of Dawn is famous for its' art, but this truly is a once-in-a-lifetime for you all as well! We've been invited to the celebration afterward as well!" Crowley said.

"A party?" Vil Schoenheit commented, and Crowley nodded enthusiastically, seeing to make the Pormfoire dorm leader cringe.

Quentin narrowed her eyes at Crowley then looked around the room-the other dorm leaders, besides Kalim, didn't seem all that interested in the event, and if Quentin was honest, neither was she.

A Party? With art people?

No, thank you. Quentin already had enough pretentious people to deal with in her life.

"I'm sorry, Headmaster." Quentin said formally, seeming to grab Crowley's, and well as everyone else's attention. "I don't think I, or my dormmates for that matter, will make to the event. After all, I, much less Ramshackle dorm have no formal clothing for a centenury event, much less have the resources to get there on our own plus our school obligations will prohibit us from fully joining the event because we've been so busy lately. Please go without us."

The other dorm leaders seemed to catch on to what Quentin was saying and they shot smirks at her as if to tell her she'd done a good job, well, besides Kalim, who seemed to be downtrodden at the mention of Ramshackle's financial situation and Crowley who seemed surprised for a moment.

"Aw!" Kalim said, rushing over to the other side of the table and holding unto Quentin's hands seeming to tear up. "You all can't go?"

"I'm sorry Kalim. Ramshackle just doesn't have the resources like the other dorms all do." Quentin said. "We'll have to sit this event out."

But before Quentin could even relish in her clever comeback to Crowley's proclamation, Crowley spoke back. "Oh, there's no need to worry about that."

Several 'Tch!' noises sounded through the air as well as a small laugh from Malleus.

"Because it's a school event! The school will provide the outfits necessary and the transportation."

"Oh, I see." Quentin said, to which Kalim tackled her into her chair with hug.

"Isn't it great Ramshackle can go?!" Kalim smiled.

"Indeed, it is." Quentin said, sighing.

So, Quentin walked back to her dorm and told her dormmates.

"We've got a celebration to go to tomorrow," Quentin told Yuu and Grim, making them confused.

"For what?" Yuu asked.

"We've been invited to an art museum and Crowley wants the whole school to go." Quentin said.

"What's an art musuem?" Grim asked.

"It's a place where pieces of art are put in one place. Normally it's a public place." Quentin answered.

Grim nodded in understanding.

"There's a party afterwords and we're also going to that as well."

"Really?!" Grim's eyes lit up.

"Yup." Quentin sighed.

"When is this party?"

"Tomorrow."

"TOMORROW?!" Yuu and Grim said in almost complete unison, though with completely different tones.

"YES!" Grim cheered, bouncing up and down with his whole body with pure joy.

Yuu, on the other hand, was not happy. They seemed rather confused and worried. "Isn't that too sudden?"

Quentin sighed. "You know that old crow. He does what he pleases."

Yuu sighed as well before smiling. "Well, at least we're getting out of school for this."

Quentin then smiled herself. "Yes, that's one bonus."

The next day, the dorm found a box.

"Open it! Open it!" Grim cheered from his dorm leader's shoulder.

"I'm working on it, Grim." Quentin teased and opened the box.

Inside the box was. . . outfits.

"Outfits?" Yuu questioned.

"This must be Crowley's outfits for us." Quentin said. "I feel bad for Crewel."

"I want to try it on!" Grim said.

"Grim, we have to-"

"I WANT TO PUT IT ON!" Grim quoted, even throwing himself into the box and clinging to the fabric with all the power his tiny paws could muster.

"Grim, listen to me!" Quentin picked up the cat, who still clung to the fabric but seemed to be listening. "We can put them on after we eat breakfast! None us have eaten yet!"

Grim lit up and the proposition. "Oh yeah! Of course we can!"

Grim then let go of the shiny fabric and went rushing towards the kitchen and Quentin and Yuu looked at each other before laughing their way to the kitchen.

After a decent breakfast, Grim insisted the group try on the outfits in his and Yuu's room. So, with a very insistent Grim, Quentin brought the box to the duo's room.

After laying out the outfits, there were three of them, each in a bag with each of their names on it.

A small bag that had the name 'Grim', there was a small silver and purple suit that Grim enthusiastically put on when he saw how sparkly he was. He had a silver sparkly long suit jacket with silver buttons, a white shirt with the same silver buttons, a purple pair of pants with silver buttons, and a small black bowtie. But, after a while, Grim seemed to be struggling to put on the pants before he gave a pleading look to Quentin, a signal he needed help.

Quentin gave a sigh then a smile then looked at Yuu. "I'll help Grim put on the suit. You go put on your outfit in the bathroom, if you need help, I'm here to help. I'll put on my outfit when I know you two have yours on."

To which, Yuu nodded, grabbed the bag with their name on it, and then went out the door, hopefully to go to the bathroom.

Soon enough, Quentin went back to what she was doing and helped Grim into his clothes. First, the pants were a lot more form-fitting than what Grim was used to since, well, he normally doesn't wear anything.

"Hey, is 100 years a long time?" Grim asked, seeming genuine.

Quentin laughed. "As a human, I think so."

"That's not a good answer." Grim pouted as Quentin finished buttoning up his vest, which honestly acted more like a vest.

"I'm serious." Quentin smiled at Grim before she pulled out the coat. "Everything has its own sense of time. Humans only live around 100 years, so for us, it's a long time. But to other species, that may not be as long. Some Beastman can live longer than humans, so they think it's a shorter amount of time, like a few years. And the Fae, well, to them a hundred years feels a little more than what we call a year."

Grim looked at her in wonder. "How long will I live?"

Quentin laughed again. "That depends on you."

Grim looked confused as Quentin adjusted his coat and continued, "I'm not sure what kind of monster you are, so I can't tell you how long you're expected to live. But I can tell you this-as long as you take care of yourself, you'll live a long life."

Grim looked at Quentin for a moment and then spoke again, "So then, what's a 'legecy', and how do I make it?"

Quentin looked at Grim in confusion, but then stopped, as she seemed to have finished. "Ah. Has Crewel been talking about it?"

Grim nodded.

Quentin sighed. "A Legecy-is complicated."

"Complicated?" Grim tilted his head.

"A legacy is something you leave behind after you've done something. It's what happens after an action. It can be good, it can be bad. Like a magical war leaves a legacy of damage to anything around it, or a magician can leave a legacy of people wanting to learn magic as well."

Grim's face scrunched. "That is complicated."

But QUetin quickly grabbed Grim in her arms and hugged him before Grim started to protest. "But you don't have to worry about it. It's too early for you to worry about your actions just yet. You're a young magician. It's okay to be irresponsible while you're learning how to deal with magic. I was irresponsible with my magic when I was still learning how to use it"

Grim looked at his dorm leader seriously. "Really?"

Quentin laughed. "I've done so many stupid things. I used to love flying on a broom-and I'd chase people around just for fun on my broom, or go to the highest place I could when people told me not to. Or I'd play with magical animals that weren't safe for me. I think it's better you learn your magic in a safe place than in the real world-where things can get complicated if you make one wrong move and they'll get mad at you."

Grim looked at Quentin-and but there was nothing there. There was nothing in those eyes of hers. A dead woman lived in those eyes. but Grim didn't have much time to study Quentin before not for long as Yuu walked in their outfit, and all of a sudden-the light in her eyes came back.

"What are you two doing?" Yuu asked.

"Waiting for you!" Grim said, jumping out of Quentin's arms and towards where Yuu was standing.

"You look good." Quentin stood up and looked at Yuu. "I think it suits you. You look like a polished diamond."

"Of my minion does!" Grim said cheerfully as Yuu blushed. "Only we could see their true worth before, but now the outfit they're wearing really shows it."

"Indeed it does. I bet the boys will regret ever treating you badly. after they see you" Quentin laughed

Yuu was starting to become the same color as Riddle face when he was mad. But they thought quickly and grabbed the bag with the dorm leader's name on it. "Are you going to make us do a fasion show by ourselves? Put yours on!"

"Sure, sure." Quentin said and she quickly cast a spell to put on her version of the purple and silver clothes.

The Dorm Leader's outfit was a dress silver princess dress with see-through silver sleeves and a huge white bow with a smaller purple bow on the inside and a purple strand flowing down the dress across the waistband of the dress with a silver asymmetrical skirt with a purple lining underneath. She also had a pair of matching purple gloves with a single silver bracelet on her left wrist and a pinwheel silver bow with a purple gem in her hair.

"You look beatiful, too." Yuu offered.

"Pfft." Quentin laughed as she put an arm around Yuu, the kind of way a close friend would when trying to tease, to pull you towards a place, to hold close and show that you were there. "No way. You look more beautiful then me!"

"No way!" Yuu laughed and pushed on back playfully.

But before the group could say anything else, a white flash of light came from the room, engulfing the room, and taking those inside with it.

Quentin clung to Yuu for dear life as they found themselves in a void of white, Quentin then looked around and saw Grim before quickly grabbing his hands and tucking them as close as she could into her chest as the surroundings around them seemed to be. . . almost coming into focus like a blur camera being adjusted to come back into focus.

Soon enough, Quentin's feet touched a solid surface. Then she started to see the lighting of the area, and then, she finally could see where her dorm was.

She was. . . in front of. . . what would you even call a building as big as this?

There was no way that was a house. It was simply too big for a single person. It seemed like it could fit a whole city comfortably.

A mansion? A castle?

Maybe both with how big it was.

The building in front looked something like a Cape Cod-Victorian styled mansion-castle that glowed with lurid light that shined into the sky as if it was announcing the building to the world. From what Quentin could tell, the building was made from stone, which had silver and purple decorations scattered all over the building, like what looked like party decorations. Ballons and various other objects seemed to be leaking from the windows like there were too many to hold inside and could burst at any moment.

The place looked so glittering and radiant that was almost like it was begging for them to come inside. And if Quentin was honest. . . this place was beyond gaudy. It almost made her sick how extravagant this place was.

Quentin no doubt this place was hiding something. There was no way this was just a party for a celebration. that was an excuse.

This was a display of wealth.

But. . . for what?

She, Yuu and Grim were in a garden of sorts with various displays of statues flowers, and shrubbery of all kinds.

And. . . the place was filled with people coming in and out that Quentin couldn't even get a count of people. . . and filled with noise.

"Quentin. . . where are we?" Grim asked.

"I. . . don't know." Quentin answered. "Are you two okay?"

To which Yuu and Grim nodded.

"Hello!" A voice appeared out of nowhere, and a glowing disc-like mouse head with dots all over that seemed to glow in the dark appeared out of nowhere, as well as a pair of gloved hands coming from the flat disc-like head.

Yuu and Grim let out a screech in panic while Quentin tried to pull out the dorm weapon. . . which had turned into a. . . white cane?

"Oh! I'm sorry, does your world not have technology?" the flat disc-like head creature said, fearfully..

"Um, I'm sorry, where are we?" Quentin asked, putting down the cane.

"The party, of course!" the robot smiled as if trying to calm them down.

"The party?" Grim poked his head out from Quentin's neck.

"Yes! You were invited by Mickey himself, weren't you?" the flat disc-like head robot asked.

"How do you know Mickey?" Yuu asked, and the robotic being beamed.

"Why, Mickey and Minnie knows everyone! They're the ones hosting the party, after all! You three are Mickey's friends, as well, as under Oswald's protection! Mickey never, ever leaves anyone close to him out! Nor would Oswald ever let you all be forgotten!" the robot smiled.

"What are you?" Grim asked, to which the robot head smiled kindly.

"I'm Toodles, I'm here to help you!" the flat disc-like head said. "Now, I know you three don't have much time to party with us-"

"Woah, woah, woah there." Quentin said, even unintentionally slamming the cane into the ground. "We never got an invitation."

The floating flat disc-like head looked confused. "No. You did."

The robot's hands pointed to one of Yuu's pockets. To which, Yuu shuffled through their pockets pulling out the three coins that said a word, and then a "100" and the Ramshackle trio's faces on it, and when the robot saw the little coins in Yuu's hand, he beamed. "See? You have an invitation!"

"Um, how does this count as a-" Yuu asked but was quickly cut off.

"So, like I said before," the robot head started to float away and the Ramshackle trio followed him. "Mickey knows you all have business to attend to soon, but nonetheless, he still wanted you to enjoy the festivities on a day such as this. He said you all can come back later if you'd like, and he'll even provide dinner for you all."

"Dinner?!" Grim smiled, making Quentin sigh.

Toodles smiled with such optimism it kind of freaked Quentin out a little. "Yes! Should I tell him you'll be having dinner with him?!"

"Hold on, can we go to our obligation and see how we feel afterward? We've got a lot on our plate for our event." Quentin quickly jumped in, before Toodles could force them into something else.

But the robot didn't seem phased at all as he and the trio approached a large door with grand cravings on it of a mouse's head. "Why, of course, you can!"

Toodles then opened the door to reveal. . . A grand party with so many people Quentin couldn't even begin to count them. If she thought there were so many coming in and out-she was wrong. There were so many people here she couldn't get a headcount. But she noticed one thing-all of them were wearing white, purple, or both.

Just like her dorm's outfits.

And they were partying it up.

Quentin only had to look around for a few moment before she understood what kind of party this was right now.

She'd seen this kind of party before. Not exactly like this, but in a different form.

This. . . was a pure party on the verge of going into chaos.

Almost everyone where was drunk on pure ecstasy. Like all of them were truly happy.

But before Quentin could deduce what exactly what the party atmosphere was-she noticed there was a small crowd of people around the door, as if waiting for them. An anthroponotic group of animals, to be exact. She could see two white ducks, one male one female, a tall black dog-like creature, two smaller chipmunks, a yellow dog, a female black cat, a female black mouse and. . .

Wait. . . is that. . . ?

She recognized a rabbit and a mouse. They were. . . Mickey and Oswald, right?

They were the ones she saw in her dream when the school was almost taken over by Malleus' Unique Magic.

The rabbit, Oswald, if Quentin remembered right, was wearing a white top hat and rubbing a white cane with an outfit mirroring Grim's outfit, only without the buttons on his pants and an open vest.

The mouse, which if Quentin's memory served her well was Mickey, who was also wearing a similar outfit as Grim. No scratch that-it was almost the exact same outfit, where it not for the buttons on the mouse's shorts being bigger than Grim's.

"What if they got lost? Or they didn't send them here? What if-" the rabbit fretted, alongside the male mouse who had a very worried look on his face.

"Oswald," A female black cat in a white dress and hat spoke up, holding the rabbit's shoulders, and another mouse figure put her hand on the other mouse's shoulders. "Your dorm will be okay. They're probably coming with Toodles as we speak."

"I've brought the last guests, Mickey!" Toodles announced, and the group of animal's heads whipped around to look at the trio. When Oswald saw the three of them, his whole body lit up with joy.

The kind of joy that you get from your guardians when you graduate from school, or doing something great and accomplish something-a mix of pride, pure joy, hope, and love all in one bundle. That moment that you remember as a happy moment for years when you have nothing left.

"There you all are!" the black rabbit smiled, and quickly tackled the three in a bone-crushing hug. The kind of loving hug like they hadn't seen you in a long time. "I was getting worried about you three."

"Um, hi." Yuu spoke up.

"What is going on?" Grim asked.

The group of animals looked at each other for a moment in confusion but after a few moments, they all seemed to have realized something.

"Ah. It must have been so sudden for you all. Sorry 'bout that." Oswald scratched behind his head.

"I'll explain," Micket spoke up. "but first let's sit down and eat. You all must be hungry after the journey."

Grim's once more eyes lit up at the mention of food, but upon seeing his realization, he seemed to snap back to being skeptical, like Quentin and Yuu were. Despite this, none of the other animal-like creatures seemed alarmed they seemed rather relaxed.

Mickey lead the trio to a more secluded area of the party, one where you could still see and hear the party but wasn't as loud as in the main room and the other animals followed suit, almost seeming to form a circle around the Ramshackle trio as they walked towards the spot the mouse had designated.

As the group walked, Mickey kept getting called out to.

"Hey Mickey!" A boy with spikey brown hair called out. "Where did you go?"

"Hey-ya, Sora!" Mickey called back. "I was just waiting for the last of other friends!"

"Ah. The ones you said would be late?" the boy answered back. "You got to introduce me to them!"

Mickey nodded. "You betcha!"

"Mickey!" A man with elf-like apperance with red hair appeared before the Ramshackle trio upside down before looking towards the black mouse. "Are those the ones from Twisted Wonderland?"

"Yup!" Mickey nodded. "But they need some time, it being their first time with this and all."

The man gave a smirk before flying off.

"Mickey." A lion that looked. . . No. The King of Beasts said from a nearby bed. "Don't us me wait too long."

"I won't Scar!" Mickey answered back, with fear in his voice.

Mickey then guided the group up a flight of stairs, and then guided the group to a large table, and gestured to the seats, Ramshackle did find their seats, to and the other animals sat near them, especially Oswald and Mickey, who sat closest to the dorm members.

"To answer your question, Grim." Mickey said. "Well, I think it would be best if we introduce ourselves. You all know me. Just in a different form."

"Different form?" Grim questioned before Mickey nodded.

"Hold on a 'eond." Mickey smiled, before he seemed to change and. . .changed into someone they knew.

The red pants with the white buttons and big yellow shoes and black eyes with no pupils.

"Mickey!" Yuu and Grim said at the same time in joyous voice.

"Aw shucks." Mickey simply said, matching their joy and putting his hands on his hips. "Now you're embarrassing me."

Yuu and Grim seemed to relax after seeing a familiar face, but Quentin didn't.

"This is Minnie, my girlfriend," Mickey gestured to the female mouse that had comforted him earlier who gave a little wave.

"This is Goofy and Donald, who I'd mentioned earlier, Yuu." Mickey smiled, gesturing to the male duck and tall dog-like beings who smiled at the Ramshackle members.

"This is Daisy." the female duck smiled kindly and waved a little at the trio.

"This is my dog, Pluto." Mickey gesturing to the yellow dog.

"And the chipmunks you saw earlier-they where named CHip and Dale. They're off getting food." Mickey sighed.

"Or causing trouble." Donald offered.

"And but not least, this is Oswald, and his wife, Orsentia." Mickey gestured to Oswald and the cat who had comforted him eariler. Oswald and Orsentia beamed at being introduced.

"I've been waiting to meet you three ever since you were sorted into my dorm." Oswald smiled while Yuu looked confused, and now Quentin looked alarmed.

Grim, meanwhile seemed to find nothing wrong here, smirked. "Of course you have! I mean, who wouldn't want to meet the Great Grim?!" which seemed to make Yuu and Quentin sigh but made the other animals laugh.

"Oh, it's so nice Twisted Wonderland could join the party this year!" Minnie said, clapping her hands together, and a wave of nods came from the anthropomorphic animals. "Despite how old you are, you weren't invited to anything so only Mickey could really tell us anything about what was going on over there. I thought they wouldn't allow you all into the party this year, but thankfully I was wrong!"

"Yeah!" Goofy smiled. "It's nice to have some new faces around here!"

"Yeah!" Donald cheered. "I can't wait to see how your story plays out!"

After some chatting, Grim seemed to get more comfortable and Yuu seemed okay enough to go with him eventually, the two first years were led down the stairs with Donald, Daisy, Goofy, and Pluto to where the food was.

Quentin watched them as they went into the main party with a look in her eyes that was hard to pinpoint. Sadness? Confusion? Unease?

"What's the long face for, my elect?" Oswald spoke up.

"I'm sorry I just-" Quentin sighed. "I don't understand. I'm really confused."

"You don't have to." Mickey simply said. "This is a party, you're here to have fun."

"That's not what I mean-" Quentin said. "What's all this about Twisted Wonderland and 'new faces'? Who is 'they'? What do you mean by 'your story'?"

Both Mickey and Oswald looked at each other for a moment before looking at Quentin with a smile on their faces. The kind of empathetic smile like they are hiding something-but not without reason. THe kind of smile Quentin saw too often.

Then Oswald took Quentin's hands. "It's alright. You don't have to understand."

"Understand what?" Quentin asked.

Oswald sighed, the kind of tired sigh like a father would give. A sigh that worries the child on the other end, despite the father not meaning to. "There are things in this world that are completely out of your understanding. Out of the laws and principles of your world. Forces beyond comprehension are at play in your everyday life. And while it is scary-it's completely okay."

"You don't have to understand everything," Mickey added, also taking Quentin's hands, placing his on top of hers and Oswald's as if to protect them. "Actually, it may be better if you turn a blind eye to this one. You won't have to feel the pain like we do."

"Pain?" Quentin asked.

"Think of this as a dream." Mickey smiled and said in such a soft voice, it was like he was comforting Quentin as if trying to comfort her very being. "And I think you'll be alright."

Quentin looked at Mickey and Oswald in confusion, but the rabbit and the mouse seemed to want to change the subject, and eventually lead Quentin down the stairs into the party as well.

Mickey and Oswald lead Quentin to the food table and give Quentin one of each food despite her protests and insist she try some.

The food was good-there was many kinds to try, all oddly enough either looked like people at the party or was based on a theme and Grim and Yuu seemed to enjoy it even if people kept coming up to them.

Eventually, Quentin was surrounded by just as many people asking so many questions about her, Twisted Wonderland, what was going on that Quentin was starting to feel overwhelmed. She wasn't sure when exactly sure when she lost track of people, but she did after a while and started going through the motions, hoping she'd survive.

The Great Seven came to the trio first and spoke with the trio. They went parading the three around like favored children to a bunch other other people, who also struck up a conversation with Quentin. Quentin couldn't remember the conversation to save her life-but she thought it was mostly praise and asking about oddly specific things...

Next, Quentin remembers talking to some princesses and princes after the Great Seven, they probably asked the trio were right and then asked them a few questions.

Quentin remembers seeing the people from stories she'd read as a child-The Brave Prince, The Wicked Queen, The Designer Princess, The Lawyer, The Foreign Queen and even the Foreign Princess who all seemed to love her and treated her to lot. Quentin really felt a connection to the Foreign Princess

Next, Quentin remembers a blur of others who were like her-and the rest of it Quentin doesn't remember at all. Things blended into each other until things became as shiny as the silver on everyone's bodies.

Yuu and Grim seemed tired of talking, as after a while, they started to hide behind Quentin whenever someone came up to them like scared children hiding from strangers.

But, before anything else could happen, a clock chimed and everyone seemed to suddenly rush outside.

"What's going on?!" Quentin asked as the Foreign Princess dragged her out, but the Princess simply smiled.

"It's almost time!" the princess in blue smiled as widely as she could.

"Time?"

"It's almost 5:30 for them!" the Princess proclaimed.

Quentin looked confused, but let the princess drag her outside.

When she got outside, almost everyone was outside, looking at the sky as if waiting for something before someone started to count down.

"10!"

"9!"

"8!'

"7!"

"6!"