Prompt: "Everything was fine, until you showed up"
Summary: Gedonelune Annual Costume Party is here and Liz is excited to go, unfortunately Klaus is too busy working to join her but insists that she attend. Too bad Luca had joined this year's executive committee to plan it, nothing is ever without some sort of mischievousness when Luca's involved and Liz decides to let loose and actually have a blast for once without her boyfriend, as one of her favorite things to do is dance.
"All the popular songs lately sure are on the noisy side. And the lyrics are meaningless…"
Was a quote I remembered Klaus saying about radio songs….
It was that time again for the annual Gedonelune costume party, Klaus and I attended last year as it was my first one, but this year he was too busy to take the time to come with me but knew I looked forward to it as it had dancing and popular music which I didn't get to enjoy on a normal basis. I had wanted to tell him that I preferred his company in the quiet
Prefect's office over the exciting party, without him it just wasn't as fun but surprisingly he didn't let me miss it, he insisted I go.
This year's executive committee had Luca on it and once I had found out from Elias about that particular fact, my guard was up, this was bound to end in disaster.
Amelia knew I was disappointed over not going with Klaus but she did convince me that it didn't hurt to let loose and have fun without him once in a while, after all we weren't joined at the hip yet right?
The weekend before the big day we went to downtown Gedonelune to shop for costumes, she had chosen a colorful outfit from a popular band I didn't know of and I decided to go as a sexy pirate… It was daring as hell considering I knew Klaus would be pissed if he knew, but the thrill of going in a cute but daring costume was exciting, besides this was always a sober event and I could handle it, I also had my girlfriends to keep the guys away if need be.
Elias was suspicious from the moment he found out that Luca wanted to join the committee to plan the costume party, and even more surprising was the fact that Klaus allowed it.
"Brother? Are you sure? Luca is such a prankster that it would be dangerous to let him be involved, he always has a hidden agenda somewhere…." Elias pleaded.
"Yes, he has quite the reputation but he is still a student of this academy that is volunteering his time to the cause, i've already spoken with him and he has some good ideas, I would talk to him first before assuming anything Elias" advised Klaus coolly.
"Y-yes Sirr..." muttered Elias accepting his defeat.
Surprisingly Luca did take planning very seriously that Elias let his guard down but what he didn't know was that Luca was planning something and everything was falling perfectly into place.
Classes ended and everyone rushed away to get ready for tonight's dance. Liz made her way to the Prefect's office, she wanted to check on Klaus before she left to go get ready, maybe he had gotten more done than he first thought and could go with her after all?
When she arrived she had to shove the door open, only to enter the room full of stacks of paper that when she entered she had knocked a tall pile towards her…
"Scuntum Ventos!" yelled Klaus.
His barrier shielded me from the heavy pile and when it had all hit the floor he dropped his spell.
"LIZ! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" he roared in frustration of the additional work.
"I-im s..orry, I just wanted to check in to see how work was going…" she apologized quickly realizing that perhaps she should just go & get ready and leave him to it.
On her way back to the dorm, Liz was sad that she made more mess for Klaus and that he got mad at her, it had been awhile since he had been that mad at her… sigh
Suddenly, Luca jumped out of the bushes and scared the crap out of her…
"What the hell? Aren't you supposed to be getting ready for the party tonight?" she asked gasping.
"I could say the same thing to you? I was gathering supplies for tonight when I saw you coming, you look sad… did you have a fight with the Emperor?"
"Not exactly, I interrupted his work session and made a big mess for him to clean up..." I explained quietly.
"Hmm that's too bad, here why don't you test run my punch recipe for tonight?" he asked suddenly pulling a vial out of his pocket and handing it to me.
"Um punch? Why do you have samples…? There isn't anything weird added to it is there?" I asked suspicious already.
"I had to prepare some in advance for the committee to inspect" he explained like it was nothing.
Liz gave him a stare but accepted his sample, she was expecting something else entirely but the "punch" he gave her was awesome, it was fruity with the right amount of sugar and natural sweetness, and everyone was going to love this.
"Hmm, it's pretty good, nice one Luca" I told him once I had sampled it.
He just smirked mischievously at me.
I ignored his look and continued to the girls dorm.
Liz was having second thoughts about her costume when she had it on, and added her makeup and hair to it, she would be gaining a lot of attention that she was sure that it was going to get back to Klaus and she would have to face his wrath….
"Wow Liz, you look awesome!" squealed Amelia excited.
"Don't you think it's a bit much though? I'm sure Klaus is not going to approve of it, if he finds out…." she muttered discouraged.
"Well it's a little too late for that, and well it cover's the good spots, I think showing a little skin isn't the end of the world, don't worry I'll keep the men at bay if needed. Last thing we need is for the Emperor to crash this party" joked Amelia winking at me.
Another thing that started to worry me, not that I said anything was that I was feeling weird after that punch Luca gave me….
At the party we meet up with some of Amelia's friends and was hanging out by the food when Luca snuck over.
"*whistle* niceee outfit Liz, want to dance?" he requested.
"No thanks Luca, there are lots of other girls here, go bug one of them" I dismissed him easily enough.
He seemed puzzled at my reaction for a moment before he smiled and bowed, before taking his leave… well that was weird.
The first bit of the dance I had other friends stop over and say hello, when Elias came over I pulled him aside and warned him about my suspicions. He wrinkled his brow deep in thought… before eyes widening in panic….
"That idiots gone and spiked the punch! And you were his foolish test run…" Elias yelled out loudly running over to the punch bowl in the center of the food's table. But it was too late….
The lights' dimmed and if as on cue the supervising professors slumped to the ground, and Luca appeared on an out of the blue stage, with mic on hand.
"Alright everyone, it is now time to get this party started! Things are pretty tame and I have just the music and entertainment for you tonight." he announced loudly before some up beat music started playing and Luca activated a hidden charm that he put into the punch.
It was spiked with Lemoore, the herb that would make you act drunk…
Things got rowdy quickly and everyone started to have fun, Liz was amongst them, having been the test subject, but she also had the highest dose.
Elias and Yukiya ducked under one of the tables, fleeing for their lives.
"Damn it, I knew he was up to no good, but I didn't think he was going to do this. Yukiya do you have any magical notes on you? I need to get my brother down here right away!" muttered an livid Elias over the noise of what must have been like clubbing music.
"No, I didn't think I would need them at a school dance…" Yukiya replied in a monotone like voice.
"..." Elias sighed deeply.
"Shouldn't you rescue Liz? Klaus isn't here and Luca has her now, look!" warned Yukiya pointing at the stage.
When Elias looked over, his eyes widened further. Luca had pulled Liz on stage and was dancing with her while they were attempting to sing a duet together, it sounded horrible. Also he didn't notice it earlier but she was wearing one of those short sexy costumes that girls were all the rage for, his face brighten red as he was kind of mesmerized by her beauty.
Yukiya whacked Elias upside the head as soon as he noticed how distracted his friend was getting.
"This isn't the time to be attracted to your brother's girlfriend, get going Elias" growled Yukiya
"Huh, oh right" he said while heading out into the fray.
Elias had a hard time pushing through the crowds to the stage and at one point his fan club tried to ambush him and he just barely escaped.
"Eli-asss! Come dance with us!" they yelled cheerfully.
"Sorry I'm a bit busy right now, bye" he yelled back at them, as he ran by.
Luca by this point had managed to hug her from behind as they got closer together.
"Luca! Unhand her at once!" Elias screamed over the music.
"I'm not doing anything, you don't approve of? Right Liz…"asked Luca innocently.
"Yeah, although you could stop getting as close, I do have a boyfriend still Luca…." muttered Liz realizing how close he had gotten.
Liz then set her sights on Elias, She missed Klaus terribly but she could still have fun with his younger brother, she had never even seen Elias dance before. She grabbed his hand and hoisted him onto the stage.
"Come dance Elias! It's so much fun" she giggled.
"Liz, no! Come let's go see Klaus, you're under the influence" he tried to reason with her.
"Aww you're not any fun, like everyone else, did you not have any punch?" she asked mischievously
"Of course not" he replied tugging her towards the exit.
"Hmm we can fix that, Luca, a vial please" Liz purred towards her friend.
Elias's face was grabbed and was kissed by his brother's girlfriend, only to notice that she was doing this as a distraction before depositing the spiked punch to him.
~Meanwhile~
Yukiya was still hiding out under the tables when Chica appeared out of breath.
"Chica! Thank goodness, where's Leslie?" asked Yukiya relieved.
"He got taken by some other students who were under the influence, they got him some punch, I just managed to escape…." she admitted sadly
"Sigh, Luca really had this planned out to the tee… is there anyone left that hasn't had any of the punch?"
"I don't think so; I think we're on our own."
"Hmm let me see if Elias got Liz out"
Yukiya emerged from the table and looked over at the stage and there was Elias dancing away with the others. He ducked again.
"Nope, they got him too… this is getting out of hand quickly. Chica go get Professor Schuyler and Prefect Klaus, the longer we wait, the worse this will be."
"Roger that!" Chica agreed before soaring towards the roof window. Yukiya hoped it wasn't too late.
Klaus was rereading the same paragraph for the umpteenth time and was slowly getting a headache.
He would never admit it but he was disappointed that Liz wasn't here and that she was probably having fun without him, he tried to imagine what kind of costume she picked out…
Aw he was missing his girl but the more he thought about it, he started to worry a bit as well.
Suddenly, Professor Schuyler's familiar was knocking on his window.
"Klaus, we have a big situation, down at the costume party in the hall, meet me at the foyer staircase immediately" he said with some urgency.
"Understood" he replied while racing back to grab his cloak and headed downstairs.
What kind of mess had his bunny head gotten herself into this time?
When he arrived at the meeting spot, he was surprised to see the expression on the Professor's face.
"I'm sorry Klaus, it seems that Luca did indeed have a hidden motive on being on the executive committee and has successfully taken over the party, according to Chica, he's spiked the punch with Lemoore and everyone's had some except Yukiya, who could have already been compromised by now and has knocked out the supervising Professors present." explained Schuyler tiredly.
Klaus could already hear the racket of what they called music, coming from the direction of the hall.
"Hmm so what are we doing? Professor, I don't think it's going to be as simple as rounding everyone up and sending them back to the dorms…." Klaus said while thinking of solutions...
"Lemoore, by itself isn't all that influencing, so he must have charmed it further to amplify its effects, we need to apprehend Luca first to dispel his charm and then we can proceed to gather up the students and get them back to the dorms, this party is officially over." planned Schuyler
Klaus nodded at him and made his way to the hall, he was going after Luca.
"Sagitta Lumen!"
The hall doors burst forth and Klaus surveyed the mess, besides appending Luca he was worried for Liz's wellbeing…
His eyes widened, and rage came forth… there was his girlfriend, on center stage dressed in the most scandalous pirate costume he'd ever seen and was on center stage singing and dancing and making a huge fool of herself but she was surrounded by Luca, Yukiya, Joel, Amelia …. And there was his useless brother dancing with her as well….oh they were in trouble tomorrow.
Luca stopped dancing when he saw Klaus burst into the room, he knew that the party was now over and it was time to escape… Klaus chased him down and captured him in a light magic cage and like the professor thought, the effects of his charm disappeared... the music was cut off and between the trio being Chica, Professor Schuyler, and himself they started to organize and sending the students back to the dorms.
Klaus strolled over to Elias, Liz Amelia, Joel, and Yukiya before throwing his cloak over his girlfriend.
"What kind of abomination is this?" he asked her while wrapping his cloak around her small frame…
"A pirate costume…. "She admitted quietly, knowing she was in trouble.
Klaus glared over at Elias and others.
"So much for watching over her? Huh?" he drawled at them.
"The punch was spiked, I don't even know what happened after Luca's initial announcement …." admitted Amelia confused.
"I was fine till Liz tricked me..:" Elias tried to defend himself.
"And how did she do that little brother?" he asked
"Um..." he opened his mouth to answer but the words didn't come.
Klaus looked at Liz with a questioning gaze.
"Don't ask me… I have no recollection of what I have done... Hopefully nothing too horrible." she said embarrassed.
When Klaus looked back to Elias, he was a tomato.
"She grabbed me and was complaining that I was no fun, and when I was pulling her to the exit to leave to go find you, she…. kissed me and transferred punch with her mouth, I was a goner, how was I supposed to know that was going to happen?" Elias explained…
Liz gasped in embarrassment at her wild actions and buried her face into Klaus's cloak…. Yup she was a goner…
Klaus glanced her way, quite jealous at what had happened but there were more important matters at hand.
"You two will meet me after class for more training, I can't have a repeat of this happening again. Now all of you, back to dorms now!" he bellowed while escorting Liz away.
While hidden behind his cloak as they walked toward the Prefects office, wild thoughts consumed her, what had she done after she tricked Elias? Not that Klaus knew but deep down she was attracted to Elias as well, not enough to leave Klaus or anything but after getting to know the younger Goldstein, Liz would have probably tried to gain Elias's attention, if she had never gotten to know Klaus and him falling in love with her in return after her trial period… and with that line of thoughts, she began to fear for the present. Had she messed up bad enough this time?
Klaus was silent the entire walk upstairs and when they reached the office. He led her to the couches before waving his wand at the door, thus locking it.
He sat opposite of her.
"I understand that while at the dance, nothing happened was your fault, but I just want to understand why you would accept a sample from Luca beforehand? Professor Schuyler let me know that your dose was higher than everyone else's meaning, he targeted you from the start. He is interested in you, and I already know your loyal to me, logically I would think that it was stupid of you to be as trusting as you are to him… unless" stated Klaus.
"I don't have feelings for Luca, I only accepted the vial because he said he was taking it to the committee to test run as well, I wasn't thinking straight with wanting to go get ready for the party. It seemed safe at the time; I was already suspicious of him. Your right it was stupid of me, I'm sorry Klaus…" Liz apologized.
"I don't accept it..." he replied to her.
Liz dropped her gaze, of course he wouldn't forgive her this time, it was partly her own fault…
"I want you to show me how sorry you are… *smirk*" he proposed
Liz went bright red, knowing what he meant by that comment…
"You know everything was fine, until you showed up" she whispered.
Klaus pulled her into his lap and showered her neck in butterfly kisses knowing otherwise.
~Fin
A/N: Hey everyone, Happy New Years, yes I knows it's been over a month now since my last update. I've been struggling with writer's block and trying not to write anything too canon, I have written a few chapters already but they needed to be revised due to some things in the sequels. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this weird adventure of mine.
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