What a tiring day… Ace yawned as he walked to the dorm's kitchen in his pajamas. After meeting with the headmaster and gratefully accepting that his expulsion was rescinded, Ace thought he could get some rest when they reached Heartslabyul. But no! The prefect just had to give them a lecture about causing trouble on the first day of the semester. It went for hours! If it wasn't because the green-haired senior who told him to continue this in the morning, the prefect probably would do this all night. Ace could guarantee it!

His stomach grumbled again. Ah, right. He missed dinner too. Wonder if there was something to eat in the fridge…

When he opened the door, the light from the fridge shone in front of his face. He saw three, wide tarts with golden crusts and glazed, slices of strawberries on top of them. "Looks delish~!" he said in awe. He looked around. Nobody was in the kitchen except him. "Ah… I'm sure they don't mind if I take one." He picked up one of the tarts and put it on the counter. He picked up a knife and cut a big slice for himself.

"Thanks for the food~" he said before biting onto the sliced tart. His eyes widened. "Whoa, what the heck?!" The sliced strawberry was a bit sour, but a good compliment for the homemade cream cheese and the crunchy graham crackers crust. "It's so good!" he said as he bit onto it again.

"Of course, it would be delicious. After all, anything that Trey makes is bound to be exquisite."

Ace hummed, licking the cream cheese from his lips. "Nah, man, this is something else! It's better than the ones at the shops-"

Wait a minute…

Ace immediately turned around. "Wha– Prefect?!" He dropped his sliced tart, which made Riddle Rosehearts' frown deepened.

"Quite the boldness you have there for touching something that belongs to me, Ace Trappola," he said, putting his foot forward, forcing Ace to step back until he was pressed against the counter.

Riddle didn't stop. "And after I decided not to punish you for staying out past the curfew and burning the Queen of Hearts' statue." He took out his magical pen. A magic circle appeared around the pen and wit a flash of light, it turned into a golden staff with a heart and crown at top of it. "Laws of the Queen of Hearts Number #89: One shall not eat tarts prepared for the Queen ahead of her."

The heart of the staff started to glow as a magic circle appeared bellow Riddle's feet and around the heart. "Larceny of the Queen's tarts is a capital crime!" He raised his staff.

"Wait, wait, waitwaitwaitwaitwait-" Ace never realized the magic circle around his neck.

"[OFF WITH YOUR HEAD]!"

Before Ace could react further, Riddle slammed his staff to the ground, and with a spark of white light, a red-and-white heart-shaped collar snapped around his neck.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"And that's what happened."

Jonah and Grim stared at him with a pair of deadpan stares. They were all sitting in the lounge of the new-and-improved Ramshackle Dorm, which took Ace by surprise. He thought this dorm was supposed to be unlivable. How did Jonah and Grim (though he doubt that Grim helped) manage to clean all of these in one day? Without magic, nonetheless?

"So let me get this straight," Jonah groaned, rubbing his tired face, his bangs were covering his strange eye. "Senior Rosehearts put his magic sealing collar on you and you ran away from your dorm because you ate a tart?"

Ace huffed, crossing his arms in front of his chest and leaned back against his chair. "Exactly! Only that!" he grumbled. "That's why I've decided that I'm never returning to Heartslabyul. I'm gonna be a member of this dorm from here on!"

"No."

"No?!"

"You've ruined my well-deserved sleep," Jonah said, yawning and running his hand through his untied hair. "I'm not supposed to accept guests' past curfew."

"This dorm doesn't have any curfew rule!"

"It has now. You've only got yourself to blame." What the heck? Jonah is supposed to be on his side!

"But that red gremlin was overreacting!" Ace yelled, trying to reason that it wasn't his fault. "Sealing my magic just 'cause I ate his tart?! It's practically the same as tying my hands and my feet! Plus, there were three of them! He can't possibly finish all of those! There's a limit to how heartless he can be!"

Grim crossed his paws in front of his chest. "Ah! If there were three whole tarts, they might've been prepared for the party?" he suggested. "Like for someone's birthday?"

"Birthday?" Ace repeated.

Jonah let out a hum before shrugging. "For once Grim had a point," he said, which made Grim lit up. "If that's the case, then it's no wonder he's mad."

"Ah ha ha!" the demon-cat laughed, puffing his chest up. "I'm such a great detective!"

Ace groaned. "Uh… I came here thinking that you'd agree with me about the prefect being a little tyrant, Jonah…"

Jonah raised an eyebrow at him as if saying 'are you kidding me'?

"You're also at fault for eatin' his food," Grim said, in which Jonah smirked. That kid was agreeing with the cat! "Grudges over food are scary."

Jonah sighed. "Look. Can we just continue this in the morning when our mind is clear?" he said, standing up. "But, just to make sure. You're going to apologize to him tomorrow, okay?" He gave him another deadpan stare. "Say yes or you'll be sleeping by the front door."

Ace leaned further back against the armchair. This kid can be annoying when he wants to huh? He finally groaned. "Fine. Fine. But you're coming with me, Jonah."

Jonah raised an eyebrow at him. "Why?"

"You suggested it, so you better come with me, Captain."

The other boy sighed. "Fine," he said, he began to walk to the stairs. "There is some empty room around here. Pick on your own."

"Wait. He's seriously gonna stay here for the night?" asked Grim, following Jonah, flying behind him.

"I'm not that heartless, Grim."

"You just threatened him to sleep outside!"

Ace laughed, relieved that he didn't heed to sleep on the courtyard bench tonight. "Thank you, Captain! Good night!"

He saw Jonah rolled his eyes but noticed the way his lips pulled a tiny smile before he disappeared upstairs along with Grim. He looked around, still amazed at how clean the supposed-abandoned dorm is. He walked to the hallway on the first floor, opening the first door he found. Oh, it was just a closet for cleaning supplies.

When he reached for another one, he grinned when he saw it was an empty bedroom. Again, it was all clean. No dust, no cobwebs, even the sheet is new. Ace let himself fell to the bed. Wow, it was soft… Maybe he could stay here a bit longer…

He fell asleep just a few minutes later.

Ace came out from his room just when the front door was knocked. The sound of Jonah yelling "Coming!" can be heard from upstairs followed by him running down. Jonah was wearing his Ceremonial Robe, because… Why?

When Jonah opened the door, the headmaster was standing there. "Good morning, Mister Argentum," he greeted by tipping his head, in which Jonah answered with a slight bow.

"I have some things for you." The headmaster bent down and carried a box inside. "I've asked Divus to prepare a uniform with your size, this includes your lab coat and P.E. outfits. We are lucky we still have some spares, but Divus wouldn't mind sewing a brand new one."

Jonah looked down at himself, slightly embarrassed that he wasn't wearing the correct uniform. Crowley stepped out for a moment and carried in another box, placing it on top of the uniform one. "And here is some basic school supplies: books, pencils, erasers, and this semester's textbook. If there are any books not included here, you can borrow it at the library. We have the largest collection after all. For flying lessons, you are obligated to make your own broom. Don't worry, we will teach you during class."

Jonah started at Crowley. "Headmaster, this is too much-"

"Nonsense!" Crowley said with a booming voice. "I promised that I will help you until we can find a way home. I am being generous here~" He then took out a card. "This is your student card, it also acts as your credit card. You use the money in there to buy anything you like, but be careful not to spend too much Unfortunately, I couldn't support you at that. You have to find your way to get money. Like a part-time job."

Jonah started at the card in his hand. "I… I don't know what to say…" He looked up at the headmaster again. "Thank you, Sir. I promise I'll do my best!"

Crowley laughed. "I know you will!" He patted Jonah on his shoulder. "I must be off. Enjoy your first day of school."

Jonah gave his a bow, in which Crowley tipped his head again. And then, the headmaster left, Jonah closing the door with a sigh. Ace took this chance to finally walk into the lounge. "That was something…" he said, whistling at the boxes next to Jonah's feet. "That was gracious of him."

Jonah chuckled. "He is." He looked up at Ace. "Come on, help me carry this to my room."

Another knocking was heard. This time Ace was the one who opened the door, revealing a familiar boy with dark blue hair, brushed mostly to the side while a portion hangs down on his right side, and teal eyes with a large black patch shaped like a spade over his left one. "D-Deuce…"

"I knew I'd find you here," he said, crossing his arms in front of his chest with a judging looks. "I heard about the situation from our dormmates. You ate the prefect's tart, so now you've got that collar on, haven't you?" He eyed the collar for a little bit before sighing. "You're an outright idiot."

"Shut it! I don't wanna hear that from you!" Ace huffed. "So… Is the prefect still mad at me…?"

Deuce shrugged. "Not completely," he said. "He's in an irritated mood and about three people who didn't follow the waking up routine suffered the same fate as you."

"'Not completely,' my ass! He's totally mad!"

Deuce sighed again. "Lucky that I brought this." Ace just now noticed that the blunette was carrying a plastic bag. "Here." Ace caught the bag that was tossed to him. Peeking inside, he saw a familiar black jacket.

"My uniform?" Ace looked up Deuce again, eyebrow raised. "Were you snooping through my things?"

"What? Would you rather go to school with your pajamas instead?" Deuce asked back. "Just hurry up and take a bath. We will be late."

Ace rolled his eyes, but he knew Deuce was right. "Yes, mom."

Jonah walked through the Main Street along with Ace and Deuce on each side. He was wearing the same uniform as them; a white long-sleeved shirt, black trousers, and a black jacket with golden buttons and a collar. His black-and-white tie was tied in a bowtie instead and his vest is grey colored, just like the ribbon on his left arm with the Night Raven Collage emblem, no magical pen tucked in his jacket pocket and a pair of brown shoes.

Grim was also wearing a ribbon with the same color as their tie. He flew proudly in front of them. "Hey! Make way, make way! I, a full-fledged Night Raven College Student is passing through!"

He turned around so he could fly backward, facing him as he puffed his chest. "Look at my collar! My collar is awesome compared to yours!" He gave Ace a grin. "And you can't use your magic now, can you? Guess I can have you cleaning the schools as part of your chores or something? Nyaha, this feels so good!"

Ace clenched his fist, veins popping on his temple. "I swear I'll get you when my magic return…"

Jonah sighed at Grim. "Grim, this is still morning. You don't want to bring troubles on your first day of school."

"Speaking of, what's your class?" Deuce asked. "You're a first-year like us, right?"

Jonah shrugged. "I think so. But that's where the headmaster put me into." He took out something from his bag. It was his timetable that Crowley had given him along with his books. "We're in class 1-A."

"Oh, then we're in the same class." Deuce smiled at him. "The first period is alchemy."

"Yahoo!" Grim pumped his fist into the air. "That sounds fun!"

Ace groaned, running his hand through his hair. "I can't use magic, remember? Am I gonna be okay...?"

Jonah patted his back. "Hey. After school, we'll go to your dorm and apologize to Senior Roseheart so he can take that off?"

He groaned again, not wanting to see the red gremlin so soon. "Ugh, this suck…"