Stepping outside, Angelica let out a breath and leaned against Carlos. She put her hand on her chest and wasn't surprised their heart was beating fast. Being around magic like this always made Harry nervous. She took a mirror from her inventory and fixed their hair and added her favorite bow to their hair before facing the other children.
"So, this is a mess huh?" Ruby laughed a bit at her bluntness and nodded.
"Yeah, I'll say. We need to find a way to contact our parents." She fidgeted with her hands nervously. Yuki had taken out her phone and held it up, looking for reception, and wandered a bit away from them. Angelica took a deep breath to calm herself more and Carlos looked down at her.
"Better?" He arched an eyebrow. She gave him a smile and stood on her own.
"Better. Harry and Axel panicked and trying to talk to those wizards while dissociated was kinda hard. Pretty sure everything is fine now though." She surveyed everyone and CHECKed their stats. Everyone seemed fine, the fall took 1hp from everyone but it wasn't a big deal. That was good. She opened her mouth to speak but the Great Hall's doors opened and a woman with hawk-like features stepped out.
"I am Madam Hooch. Headmaster Dumbledore has asked me to show you to a room for the night. If you'd all follow me." Shd walked briskly past the group, stepping over Ruby's tail, and continuing down the hallway. After a glance at Yuki who shrugged, they all followed, taking in the architecture of the castle in silence, save for their footsteps.
"It's actually pretty nice in here." Hadrian commented after a while, making Angelica jump in surprise.
"You scared me!" She shouted at him. He laughed, not out of malice, and she felt a tap on her lower back that made her lose focus in slight panic. Turning quickly, bright green met violet and Carlos arched an eyebrow at her.
"You guys were walking behind." Ruby explained, seeing her look. "You almost ran into the painting."
"Painting?" She realized they were standing in front of a painting of a young girl holding a picnic basket, who smiled and waved at them. Madam Hooch was watching with interest.
"Thank you for joining us mister Potter. This is Martha." She gestured to the girl who waved at the group again. "To get into your room, simply say the password. Your friend here," she nodded towards Yuki, "has decided on the word Determination." The portrait swung open and Madam Hooch motioned for them to go in the doorway before stopping them. "I for one would like to apologize for the inconvenience. I hope we can come up with a solution to get you all home safely."
Angelica smiled and she felt Hadrian roll his eyes. "Thank you Professor. I appreciate it." They all thanked her and walked into the room, allowing the painting to close behind them and fully surveying the room.
It seemed to be magically enlarged to be as big as a living room, as there was a small fireplace and a couch in front of it, with enough room for 4 beds, relatively large ones, for each of them. Carlos was the first to stop looking around and claimed the bed nearest to the door by sitting on it and crossing his legs.
"Angel cakes, you guys get the one in the corner. Kiki stays closer to me and Ruby you're closest to Angie." He easily took charge as the oldest of the group and Angelica admired that about him. Underlust was always underestimated and demonized, she hated that people thought he was just a flirty playboy, he was a natural born leader.
She sat on the bed and realized he gave it to them so they could see the entire room. Mok Jae would really appreciate that detail and she felt a twinge of happiness that confirmed it from said alter. A shout jolted her from her musings and caused her to look up sharply.
Yuki had been sitting on the couch when she sat on the bed, but now the girl was jumping up from the cushions clutching her phone in excitement.
"I DID IT! I GOT A HOLD OF JAMIE'S MOM!" She began wiggling happily. Angelica couldn't help but smile knowing their parents would sort this out soon. The other children shared this sentiment.
"Auntie Undyne tracked my signal, Mom said they'll come tomorrow and we'll get help. Dad and King Asgore are dealing with the magicals anyway, everything will be okay." Yuki flopped back onto the couch in relief. Ruby hugged her tail as she laid down in her bed.
"I'm really glad we're all here. I can't imagine doing this alone." She said, worry lacing her voice. Yuki reached in her inventory and pulled out a bar of chocolate and threw it to Ruby who caught it easily. Her way of comforting everyone, and as Ruby opened it and took a bite, it was obvious that it was effective.
"Get some rest." Angelica said through a yawn. Pulling the blanket over her body, she smiled comfortingly at everyone. "I'm pretty sure tomorrow will be interesting."
"Night night Angel." Carlos mock saluted her. Yuki raised a peace sign from the couch. Ruby yawned and rolled over.
"Good night boys." She said to whoever was closest.
"Good night Angie, thank you." Hadrien, ever the sweetheart. Slowly, the group drifted to sleep.
The next morning, Madam Hooch led them all back into the Great Hall where thankfully very few people were awake eating breakfast. She motioned for them to sit at a table beside the teachers which they were happy to sit at and marvel at the food that appeared. The hall began to get more crowded as students walked in sleepily.
Yuki held Dimension's hand as they ate to keep them grounded, glaring at any student who looked in their direction. Carlos on the other hand winked at them and blew kisses. Both were effective in getting the students to look away at least. Ruby tapped her claws on the table nervously, avoiding eye contact with everyone else and staring at her phone. Her mom had told her who was all coming this morning and she couldn't help but be anxious. She wondered how they'd even-
The scent of oranges and cigarette smoke filled the great hall as an orange swirling portal appeared between the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables. The students closest stood in alarm as the teachers pointed their wands at the emerging figures. The commotion and smell caused Ruby to look up and quickly stand.
"It's our family!" She shouted in joy, covering her face when multiple eyes turned toward her. Yuki, Carlos, and Dimension looked up at her shout and all broke into smiles.
Another unusual group stepped out of the portal, all with menacing auras as they scanned the hall. The human in a pink tutu stood on their tiptoes to reach the other human who was dressed in very little and seemed to whisper something in their ear that caused them to look up sharply at the staff table. The scantily dressed human pulled the skeleton in an orange hoodie down to their level and whispered something, their blood red eyes never leaving the teacher's faces.
This caused the skeleton's left eye to glow a similar orange as the portal, the skeleton who looked identical to it mimicking the glow as the message was relayed to it. The small yellow..dinosaur looking monster with an eyepatch gripped it's battle axe tighter, training it's visible eye on the Headmaster. The tallest of the group, a robot with rather amazing legs and two sets of arms seemed the most ready to kill him, a feral grin on its face. As it took one step toward the staff, it's eyes focused on Dumbledore, a loud shout rose above the commotion.
"DADDY!" Dimension had stood from their seat and leapt over the table, tightly gripping the robot in a hug. He looked down and both sets of arms wrapped around the child tight. To the Hall's surprise, the rest of the group relaxed a little more and hugged the children who had also run over.
"My baby." The robot said lovingly, eyes still not leaving the teachers. "Are you alright? You kids aren't hurt are you?" At the shake of heads, the robot let out a breath of relief. The two skeletons however, gripped rather sharp bones in their hands.
"Now, someone will explain to me why my child was forced into your tournament." The one in the orange hoodie practically growled out past it's cigarette. The other held it's scarf in the other hand and stared at Dumbledore, waiting for his answer. The Hall was silent as Dumbledore stood up. He gave them a smile and motioned for McGonagall to follow him as he walked down to them.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. I am very sorry it is under these circumstances, but it will always be a pleasure to have the monster delegation in our school. If you will all follow me to my office, we can discuss the next steps in this situation." He jumped back a little as the lizard monster pointed it's axe at him.
"Try anything funny and I'll give you to my wife for experiments." it- she -said with a sneer. The Headmaster nodded and replaced his smile, leading the group out of the hall.
"Finally I'll know where he has been hiding this entire time. He must fulfil his destiny." Dumbledore thought.
Okay, so this took forever. Reason being, trauma. A LOT went down these past months, it's been something. Anyway, thank everyone for reading and liking. We went back and edited the previous chapter to fix the pacing and timing of some things, as well as adjust ages because we didn't think in terms of dating but it's all fixed now. Chapter 5 won't take as long though, pinky promise. For anyone who may not remember, Dimension is the name of the system. In the case of DID and OSDD, many will prefer to use their system name when referring to all of the alters in the system or when you aren't sure who's fronting. So for the future, Dimension is all of them.