I'm sorry, but I'm skipping quite a few parts from the actual story so I can focus more on what happens to Myra. Trying to write down the manga in words gets really boring, and the sentences I have to copy are often very weird if you put them down in a written story. So I take it you all know the story and if you think you're missing something read the chapters from the manga first (Retrace 25 and the first 2 pages of Retrace 26 for this chapter). I used the manga to write this, so I'm not sure if the anime covers this correctly, but I think episode 17 tells most of what you are supposed to know.


Imagine you were there

"Where are you taking us!"

Myra giggled as she followed Oz and Gilbert into the carriage. Gilbert was shouting angrily at Oscar, but Myra had the feeling it was more because he felt insecure, not because he was actually angry. He was wearing a white uniform, after all.

Oz didn't seem to mind, but Alice looked like she just lost her soul.

When the carriage drove off, Oscar started to explain the reason of their mission.

"A few days ago, a letter came from Latowidge," he started dramatically.

"Latowidge," Alice asked with a pout. Myra hid a smile behind her hand. Gilbert wasn't the only one who was insecure in a white uniform.

With a lot of detours in his story, Oscar managed to tell them where and why they were going.

"So we're going to the school of Oz' sister in order to kill the one she fell in love with," Myra asked sarcastically, "really, you old men are all the same."

"Well, we don't need to kill him," Oscar answered shyly, turning his thumbs," well, that depends on who he is of course."

When they stepped out of the carriage, it wasn't at the front gate.

"How did you want to enter?"

"We're going to sneak into the school!"

"What," Gilbert jumped," you want us to sneak into the school? Why can't we just enter the normal way?"

"We don't have that kind of time!"

Myra laughed and watched Oscar open a secret pathway into the school grounds. As they walked down the stairs, Gilbert kept shouting at Oscar. Oz seemed to be awfully silent though.

"Are you okay Oz," she approached him cautiously, pushing Cheshire towards him for a cuddle.

"Of course I am," Oz smiled brightly, though the smile seemed to be a little off. He rubbed Cheshire between his ears.

They climbed out the secret passage in the middle of a hall. Oz and Gilbert pulled her out of the hole and she dusted herself off. She looked around. The hall was looking rather cold, with the floor made completely out of stone, but she supposed that was necessary in a school. Knowing school kids from her own dimension, a carpet would be ruined before the first student had passed through the hall.

When she turned around, she stood eye to eye with a female student of the school. With a small gasp she stumbled back.

"Hi everyone! Today's also a beautiful day!" Myra gaped at Oscar, in utter disbelief, as he stepped forward, addressing the girls with a fake high-pitched voice, dressed in a student's uniform.

The girls started screaming and ran.

Gilbert grabbed Oscar and ran for it, Oz, Alice and Myra following.

When they finally stopped running, they were in a library. When Myra looked up panting, she found Oz and Alice missing.

"We've been separated from Oz," Gilbert whined, still panting.

Myra subtly shoved Cheshire behind her back: Gilbert was panicking enough already.

Oscar lit a cigarette, "things are becoming complicated."

"This isn't funny!"

"You wouldn't get killed if you got caught," Oscar reassured Gilbert," and Oz is the kind of person who would enjoy this kind of situation."He was silent for a moment. "If he would be slightly more happy, then it's okay."

"I think he's trying too hard to be happy," Myra looked at Oscar, "he is constantly smiling, but I often spot him looking sad. Why is he so sad?"

"Well, Oz… He never asked anything about what happened in these past ten years."

"That is true," Gilbert muttered.

"Even when we came to meet Ada, he never asked about her growing up. Even the change in your attitude towards him," he nodded towards Gilbert, "a normal person would be shocked and keep asking questions."

"That's because," Gilbert shot up, but slumped back when he couldn't find an appropriate reply.

"There must be a reason behind this. 'The things that exist now are the facts. So there is no reason to understand the process of getting there.' If this is his way of accepting everything…? It might have a nice sound to it, but this is rather lonely, isn't it? No matter if it's the people's view, or the reality, if this continues to accumulate inside that small little body, one day he will break down."

Myra looked at Gilbert. His eyes were wide in realization. He was shocked.

She knelt beside him and hugged his head, noticing Oscar smiling slightly amused down on them. "It's not your fault Gilbert. I can already see you're giving it your all to protect him and make him happy!"

"Oh, she's here," Oscar snapped the book he was holding closed.

"Huh," Gilbert looked up questioningly.

Myra screamed slightly and jumped back when a cat landed in the middle of Gilbert's face. He panicked and started screaming and running around.

"Smoking is prohibited in school areas!" A girl was running towards them.

Myra tried to pull the cat off Gilbert's head, but by doing so Cheshire thought he had to help her and thus got Gilbert to faint.

"Yo, Miss Perfect," Oscar greeted the girl.

Myra pulled the cat off Gilbert's head and send Cheshire away from him, trying to revive Gilbert before it would be too late for the cat-fearing man.

Cheshire left to crawl around the legs of the new girl, while the two cats she brought were using Oscar as a climbing toy.

"Miss Myra, please meet Ada Vessalius, Oz' younger sister."

Myra stood up and bowed for the girl, slightly poking at Gilbert with her foot to get him up us feet again.

"Is brother here? I'm not prepared!" Ada looked distressed, almost forgetting to slightly bow for Myra too.

"There's no need to prepare when Oz is coming," Myra laughed, she got hold of Gilbert's hand and tried to pull him up without averting her eyes from Ada, "that's no use anyway. He'll mess up all preparations to match his own ideas."

"But… but I…"

Myra smiled kindly. Great, a crying girl. That's all she needed now. Well, she would probably cry too if she found out someone she loved was actually still alive and about to walk into her. Well, not that he would ever come back again.

The next thing she knew, she sat panting against the wall of the school building, Alice draped over a hedge in front of her and Gilbert sprawled out over the grass.

"Why do we keep running around, may I ask," she asked, a slight twitch in her face as she regarded Gilbert and Alice.

"They were going to kill me," Gilbert squeaked, cleaning his throat after making such sounds.

"They wouldn't dare," Myra said haughtily, "and what do you suggest we do now? What are we supposed to do anyway?"

"How should I know," Gilbert sat up, poking Alice off the hedge with his elbow.

"You think Oz is still with that dim-witted girl?"

Myra looked at Alice carefully. She was jealous. Obviously jealous. "There's no need to worry Alice. She's his sister. He'll remain loyal to you."

"You think so?"

Myra smiled brightly, "I do."

"Then, let's find him." Alice stood up. But before she had made a first step, she froze.

"What's wrong," Gilbert asked her.

"This feeling… Why… Why are they here?"

"Who?"

"The Baskervilles of course, Seaweed Head!"

"We need to find Oz," Gilbert grabbed Myra's hand and dragged her with him, back to the entrance of the school building.

"I think Mistress has another concern, right now." Cheshire stood behind them, hissing slightly.

"What is it Cheshire?"

"A Gate opened again. But this time, those people made Mistress open a Gate to the Abyss."

"What?" Gilbert released Myra's hand and took his gun out of the shining white uniform. "Where is that Gate?"

"Don't worry, Mister will find it easily" Cheshire hissed and stepped towards Gilbert, making him stumble back, "just follow the trail of Chainsss."


Okay, this chapter still consists mostly of a rewrite of the manga… But next chapter will be about something 'unique' happening to Myra again. Just reading what you already know must be boring for you too :P

Oh, and I'll finally give you some Alice :P Just a little, but still :D