It was early morning; Jeremy was in a deep sleep, clenching onto his pillow with a big red R on it, murmuring quietly.
"...Surr...surrender...now...or prepare...prepare to fi...fig-!" His blue eyes shot open when he heard a bathroom door slam from the corridor. He quickly sat up, put his glasses on, grabbed an elastic band and rushed to the bathroom.
His sister, Ellie, was leaning over the toilet, vomiting while trying to keep her hair off her face. Jeremy was prepared for that. He gathered her hair and put it into a ponytail. "Hey, sis... You okay?"
Ellie stopped vomiting and smiled weakly. "Y...yeah...Thanks..."
"Don't mention it... Hey, I'll go make breakfast."
She nodded.
He left her and made his way to the kitchenette. He found nothing but one box of milk in the fridge. He sighed and prepared breakfast.
After some time, Ellie came to the dining room to be met with a bowl of milk and a box of cereals. When she poured the cereals in the bowl, she found out there is very little of them. She frowned at her brother. "This isn't enough for both of us..."
"Eat up. You need to eat for two," he told her, "I can go a day or without breakfast. ...I guess my salary isn't enough for the two us."
"I'm sorry for not getting a job. Else we wouldn't be in this situation."
"Hey, I think there's a two days old bread somewhere, so no worries."
"...fine..." Ellie started eating quietly.
Jeremy reached for an old bread hidden behind some empty plastic packs on a counter and cut a slice. He was nibbling on the bread when a small android in the shape of a letter flew in.
"Oh, mail's here."
"You have received two messages into the household's inbox," the android announced and threw two pieces of paper at the siblings, "Ellie and Jane Komatsu, you are invited to Sanjo High School's reunion at the cultural house on July 22 at 7 pm. Invited are allowed to bring one guest each."
The siblings looked at the papers they caught as the android left.
"A school reunion?" Ellie murmured and a wide smile formed on her face, "that's amazing! This is gonna be so much fun!"
Jeremy didn't share his sister's excitement. He frowned, rolled his blue eyes and threw the ticket on the floor. "Nope!"
"What do you mean?" Ellie asked him.
"I'm not going."
"Why?"
"Why?!" Jeremy glared at her offendedly. He crossed his arms on his chest. "I don't have a single reason to go. Nobody really cared about me at school, nobody but the Alpha Gang and you. I was bullied and coming out didn't help me either! You think that an outcast like me would have fun there?" He turned away. "No...I'd just get bullied again..." He shook his head wildly. "They couldn't even get my new name right. I just can't waste my time around people like that..."
His sister placed her hand on his shoulder. "Understandable. I won't force you into going there."
"Are you sure it's good for you to go there?" he wondered, "you're gonna be four months pregnant by then."
"I'm gonna be fine." Ellie winked at him.
"If you say so..."
—
After a few hours when the sun finally rose completely, the Alpha Gang also started their breakfast.
"Come on, angel. Please..." Zander demanded as he was cuddling Reese at the table.
The blonde was blushing in his arms. "Zan, no..."
"Pretty please..." He pouted.
"Okay..." She gave up. "Just once."
He took a cup of yogurt from her and fed her some. She ate happily, smiling back at him when he grinned goofily. She kissed his cheek.
Watching them, Ursula pointed into her opened mouth, pretending to gag.
"Guys, maybe not here," Ed tried to tell them.
"Could you two get a room?" Dr. Z growled.
The couple looked at each other embarrassedly.
"I told you to wait until after we eat," Reese reminded Zander.
"Sorry..." Zander hung his head sadly.
In the next moment, a post android flew in.
"You have received three messages into the household's inbox," the android announced and threw two pieces of paper at the siblings, slapping them in the face, "Ursula, Zander and Ed Z, you are invited to Sanjo High School's reunion at the cultural house on July 22 at 7 pm. Invited are allowed to bring one guest each."
Reese took Zander's invitation as it was still stuck to his face and the android left. "Let's see..." she read, "all students who absolved at least one year on Sanjo High during years 2116-2120 are invited to a reunion prom at the city's cultural house starting at 7 pm on the 22nd of July, 2130. The theme of the prom is From the Beginning of Time to the Last Century, fitting costumes are welcomed. Invited are allowed to bring only one guest each. ...From the Beginning of Time...That could be fun."
"That doesn't sound like you," Ed pointed out, "I've never thought you're into parties."
"Not really...Although, the theme could be interesting; it's made perfectly for you three."
"Blondie's just glad she won't be the only fossil around," Ursula mocked the scientist, smirking.
"So, now I am the old lady here?" Reese wondered, unimpressed. Zander kissed the back of her head. "I know who my guest is gonna be," he whispered. Reese only smiled at him.
"Hm...A guest..." Ed thought, "doc, would you like to come with us?"
"No," Dr. Z replied, "I won't babysit you three there. Ask Helga."
"No, not Helga!" all three refused.
"Why not?"
"The last time we took her to prom with us she followed us all the time," Zander started.
"She scared everyone away..." Ed complained, "we couldn't dance with anyone."
"You two don't even know how to dance with someone. The worst part is that she stole all my spotlight!" Ursula snapped.
"Alright then. I'll ask Rod and Laura. Can I take this with me?" Reese asked Zander, showing the invitation.
"Sure. Oh, and what are you gonna wear?"
"It's almost seven weeks away. I don't know yet."
Suddenly, a memory hit Ursula; she got up. "Please, tell me we still have those dinosaur clothes from the 2007 France."
"I would, but I don't wanna lie," Ed told her. She groaned annoyedly.
"Pity that I've left mine back at home," Reese said, "see you guys later." She headed on the time machine.
—
Once there, she told everyone about the reunion.
"You can count on us," Rod told her.
"Yeah, it could be fun," Laura agreed.
Reese smiled "That's what I thought." She turned to the Ancients. "And what about you? Have you got the invitation yet?" She knew they are the same age as the trio, so it made sense that they'd be invited too.
"We actually went to a private school," Trias said, "that's where we met."
"I see. I apologize for not asking you first."
"It's okay. Trias forbade me from going to these events because I embarrass him or something like that." Cretacia smiled cheekily as if she was proud of her prohibiting.
Reese smiled softly and sat down. "J, find me some online dancing lessons."
"Searching," the AI said and windows of dances popped on Reese's glasses.
"Dancing lessons?"
"J, save the browser history," Reese ordered and turned back to the others as the windows closed. "Zander invited me as his guest and he might have some issues with dancing in pairs, judging from Ursula's comment. I myself have never been to a prom, so I'm not skilled in dancing either."
"If it is required I could provide you with dancing lessons myself," Jonathan offered, "among many others, part of my code contains a program that allows me to teach anyone how to dance."
"Really? Thank you, I appreciate the offer." She gave the android a wide smile. "Wait..." She eyed the Ancients questioningly. "Why would a butler android and an assistant of two paleontologists need a feature like that?"
Cretacia giggled, excited to answer as she jumped closer to Reese with a smug on her face. "Trias needed to learn to dance for our wedding. He was so dedicated to it, which made it much more romantic."
"I see." Reese nodded. "Did it work?"
"He was ex-cel-lent!"
—
Meanwhile, in the HQ's living room, Zander and Ed were having a similar crisis.
"Ursula's right, we don't know how to dance..." Ed hung his head defeatedly, sitting on the couch, "what do we do?"
"We?!" Zander glanced at him in panic. "No, what do I do? You don't have a girlfriend relying on your dance moves that can compare to a fish on dry land! I shouldn't have asked Reese out on an event like that...!" He was pacing over the room with his head in his hands. "I'm gonna embarrass myself! I don't wanna step on her foot or something." Unknowingly, he started kicking everything around, making a mess around the room.
"Maybe we shouldn't go, so we don't humiliate ourselves," Ed suggested, "...again..." He added sadly.
"I can't..." Zander stopped pacing. "Reese seemed so happy about going. I can't just burst her bubble like that."
"Nobody's going to dance with me..."
"Don't say that. I'm sure somebody will!" he tried to cheer Ed up, "Ellie won't possibly turn you out."
Ed looked at him. Staring at each other for a while, that name suddenly clicked in. "Ellie!" the brothers said unison.
That's it! Ellie used to take dancing courses while at school. She could teach them both!
Without letting them go further with this revelation, Helga burst into the room in anger. It was then when Zander realized what mess he's made around.
Knowing that this was a dangerous place and situation, they disappeared from the room sooner than the maid managed to speak up.
They headed to the Komatsus to ask Ellie for help. They were aware there was a chance of her refusing, but they had to give it a try.
Not long after ringing the doorbell, the freckled blonde opened the front door and welcomed the two with a wide smile. When they walked in, they explained why they're there.
Hearing a single mention of the reunion, Jeremy headed immediately into his room.
"What's up with him?" Zander asked.
Ellie sighed, looking at him sadly. "He's...he's been reminded. His time on Sanjo High wasn't the best, you both know that. It was then when he started to transition and that wasn't easy for him. I'm sure he'll be fine. He's gonna watch some of his favorite anime and then repeat all versions of those mottos to calm himself down." Ellie lightened up a little at the thought of her little sibling being all caught up in his passion, adoring his favorite redheaded female villain. "So, you two need dancing lessons?"
"Yes. Urgently," Ed replied, "if that's okay with you."
"Of course it's okay with me! Alright, now just do what I tell you to."
—
He couldn't stand a mention of that school, the place that made him go through so much. Ten years ago, they hated Jane, why would Jeremy be any different?
He kept asking himself why did he have to go through that. Being hurt and ignored, mocked by the people around him.
Thanks to him being Ellie's sibling, he managed to get certain protections from the Alpha Gang who knew Ellie from the orphanage.
Zander has always been tall and adding to the fact that he's six years older than Jeremy, helped to keep some bullies away; they were crept out by him.
Ed was Jeremy's only classmate that stuck with him, getting bullied as well. They were each other's emotional support.
And then there was Ursula; the gorgeous, popular and dangerous Ursula. Being noticed by her meant that you're someone and having her as an ally was the best thing that could have happened to him. Even as young Jane, Jeremy wanted to be like her and he even made some green stripes in his black hair.
High school wasn't all that bad after all, Jeremy thought to himself. He had friends and his sister.
And that's when it hit him... He complains about his hard life, but the people that helped him through it had it worse...
Ellie's real mother died after she was born.
Ed's parents died in a car accident when he was three.
Zander's mother abandoned him when he was six.
And Ursula...she had it the worst out of them all. Her real parents were still alive, but...they're dead to her.
—
Eleven years ago it all started for Jeremy or rather Jane back then. He's been an outcast from the start. If he wasn't bullied by his classmates he was overlooked by teachers. Mostly the PE lessons weren't the best ones for him and for Ed either; it was that one subject that separated him the most from the real self that helped him understand the one he adored.
His and Ed's class shared some PE lessons with Ellie and Ursula's class.
Ellie has always been a little clumsy and that endangered people around her sometimes. When they were playing soccer once, she accidentally kicked the ball in Ursula's face, causing her nose to bleed as well as knocking to the floor on her shoulder. Ellie immediately burst into tears and started apologizing as she usually does. That didn't calm Ursula's anger.
Being hurt, the green-haired was sent to the bathroom. After being gone for way too long, Jeremy was sent to check up on her.
When he opened the door, he saw Ursula without her shirt on, examining her bruised shoulder in the mirror. Seeing her made a young girl Jeremy used to be blush, but then he noticed that Ursula's back was covered in old scars.
He stared at her back while her face's reflection was glaring at him. "Get out, Jane!" she yelled as she threw her shirt at the younger girl.
"I... I-I'm sorry! I just had to check on you..." Jeremy murmured. He walked over to her and gave her back her shirt. "...Em...your scars..."
"What about them?" Ursula snapped, snatching her shirt back and taking it on.
"They're...where did you...? How...?"
"That's none of your business!"
"...Alright. ...just wanted to make sure you're okay..."
Ursula gritted her teeth, suddenly mumbled, "tch...they're...they're almost eleven years old..."
"What?" Jeremy looked at her in disbelief that she's actually willing to tell him.
She turned away, glancing at the floor. "...they're from my parents...An ugly reminder of the ones that gave me life and then tried to take it away from me."
"No way..." he whispered, "I'm sorry."
"I don't need your pity! Tch... Don't you dare tell that to anyone."
"Why would I?" he asked her, "you've just put your trust in me and I appreciate that."
—
Jeremy sighed and laid on the bed.
The only reason why he'd go to the reunion would be her.
—
In the living room, Ellie was teaching her friends how to dance.
"Okay, take my hand and put the other one around my waist."
"Where?" Zander asked her nervously as Ellie placed his hands where she said.
The blonde raised her eyebrows. "My waist is your limit?"
"It is when I have a girlfriend." He blushed, looking away.
"Don't worry about it, just follow my lead."
"Okay..."
Ellie led her ex-boyfriend across the room as she was humming.
"Zander, I...I was wondering if you'd...if you'd like to know the baby's gender," Ellie murmured while dancing.
The Alpha Gang member was so caught off guard that ha gasped, let go of Ellie and accidentally stepped on her foot. "You know the gender?!"
"Ow!"
"Sorry...Y-you know what's it gonna be?"
The blonde shook her head. "Not yet. I just wanna know if I should tell you once it'd be possible."
"I don't care. It doesn't matter to me because we're gonna love them either way." He smiled softly.
"Wow... You've never been so touchy-feely when we were dating," Ellie commented, "that child really has an effect on you."
"It isn't just the child," Ed spoke up, "it's even worse when he's with Reese."
"That only shows how much better she's for you," Ellie admitted.
Out of nowhere, Jeremy's disappointed scream sounded from his room.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!" Ellie asked loudly.
"I HAVE A SHIFT DURING THE REUNION!" Jeremy yelled back. Working at the culture house's bar, he had to come—their lack of money didn't allow him to say no.
"Well, it looks like he's going either way," Ellie chuckled and then turned back to the brothers, "now, your turn, Ed."
"I'm not sure about-" He didn't even have a chance to finish as Ellie grabbed his hand and dragged him to her. He placed his hands she instructed and let her teach him.
"Now, that's it. Just slow and careful."
He listened to her sweet voice and soon turned his attention from their feet up to her chocolate eyes. She was taller than him, holding him close.
His face turned red as he asked, "Ellie? W-would you...would you like to be my...my date for the prom?"
This time it was she who stopped dancing, looking at him with surprise in her face. "Ed..."
He frowned nervously, starting to sweat. A huge weight fell off his shoulders when she spoke up.
"Yes. I'd love that."
"Really...?" He smiled.
She nodded reassuringly.
—
Seven weeks later, the reunion was only an hour away.
In her room, Ursula was going through her closet. There were some outfits from their stay in 2007, but despite spending so much money on them, she refused to wear either of them.
They just weren't good enough anymore.
She was becoming desperate when she spotted something worth her attention.
She burst out of her room in her pirate outfit. It seemed that she's the only one ready. "What takes so long, you two?!"
"Sorry..." sounded from the two rooms around. Her brothers walked out of the rooms and to her shock they as well were wearing pirate outfits.
"You've gotta be kidding!" she yelled at them, "what's that supposed to be?!"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Zander wondered.
"This!" Ursula pointed at them.
"These are our costumes for tonight," Ed told her happily.
"You can't be serious! We can't have the same type of costumes! Oh, you two take those clothes off immediately!" She jumped at them, starting a brawl.
"Why should we be the ones changing?"
"Because I say so!"
"No! Not the hair!"
As the sibling fight was going on, Reese, Rod, and Laura walked over to them already dressed.
"Why am I not surprised?" Rod joked, wearing a scarlet vest with an indigo coat over it, white legging and white boots.
"Those three really have some serious anger issues," Laura commented. She was dressed in a wide pink dress decorated with red ribbons over it.
Reese cleared her throat to get the trio's attention. The Alpha Gang froze in the middle of the brawl—Ursula was holding Zander down, pulling his sticking out hair while Ed was trying to get her off their brother—and looked at her. Zander's jaw fell open when he spotted his girlfriend in a light lavender dress. She had a few red ribbons and very likely light Acer Palmatum leaves in her hair, holding it up. A cyan hand fan was in her hands.
The trio got to their feet and Zander stumbled over to Reese, cupping her cheeks.
"You look great as a pirate," she told him.
"And you look wonderful...as always."
"Thank you. It's meant to be from the French revolution, 1615."
"You're beautiful..." he whispered.
Suddenly, their moment was interrupted by Ursula who pushed them away from each other. "Okay, lovebirds, can we go now?"
"But I thought you didn't want Zander and me to wear the pirate outfits like you," Ed remembered."
"You can keep those on," she said, then glared at the couple, "as long as you two keep your lovey-dovey stuff off my sight."
The couple looked at each other he apologetically while she more confidently.
They headed off.
"We're going, doc!" Ursula called, "we won't be back until midnight." There was no response. They were about to leave the building when Laura stopped.
"Go ahead without me," she spoke up.
The other turned to her. "Why? Laura, is something wrong?" Rod asked her.
She shook her head, smiling. "No. I just..." She made a step back. "Just go and enjoy it." She waved at them and headed away, turning around halfway.
Rod sighed with a smile on his face.
They walked out and were met with Ellie in a plain purple dress and with her hair down. Being in the fourth month of her pregnancy, her body was chubbier than it used to be. "Hey, guys. I hope I'm not late."
"No, you're looking fine," Ed told her nervously, "I mean-! You're fine-I mean...it's fine...you're on time..." He lowered his head in shame.
Ellie blushed, pushing her hair behind her ear. "Thanks. Reese helped me choose this dress. It's apparently from... from... Sorry, I forgot."
"Ancient Rome, 73 bc," Reese reminded her.
"Oh, right! I just really liked the idea! Can we go?"
—
Laura walked over to Dr. Z who was leaning over a railing of the balcony.
"Shouldn't you be on your way to that prom?" he asked her, "you deserve to have fun the most out of all."
"I've spent 100 years trapped with a crazy she-demon; anything else is fun for me," she replied, smiling, "I didn't want to leave you alone."
"I'm not alone, Helga's somewhere in the kitchen."
"You know how I mean it. You wouldn't be out here if something didn't bother you."
"Ugh... Those numbskulls are going to move away soon; that's all."
"I should have figured you're afraid of that. I know how it feels to see everyone around slip away... And with that power keeping me alive basically forever, I'll go through that again." She looked into the sky. "Hey, I'm sure you'll never get completely rid of those three."
"Yeah...Unfortunately..." He sighed.
—
Arriving at the cultural house, the group was surrounded by many people with different costumes. They first headed to the bar.
"Jeremy, we're here!" Ellie called at her brother.
"Yeah...yeah...so am I, but I'm not that thrilled about-" Jeremy looked up from washing a glass and his jaw dropped. "Wow..." He was shocked by the beauty of the pirate of his dreams. He shook his head, his cheeks pink.
"You guys are looking great," he complimented them all, "and some are more gorgeous than the others..."
"Well, what else would you expect?" Ursula asked him with a confident grin.
"Nothing less," Jeremy replied.
"Alright then, we'll head on the dancefloor so we don't miss the first dance," Ellie said and was about to walk away when Jeremy grabbed her arm.
"Not so fast, sis." He glared at the others. "All of you are going to watch over Ellie the whole time. Don't forget that she's in a state when anything can endanger her, so make sure nothing happens to her."
"In that case, it's not wise to have her surrounded by the three most unlucky people in the country," Rod pointed out.
"Hey!"
"He's got a point," Reese admitted, "you three are a new definition of Murphy's law."
"Don't worry about me, Jeremy. I'm going to be fine," Ellie reassured him.
He sighed. "Okay... I trust you. Have fun, guys."
The six of them headed to the dancefloor.
Ellie grabbed Ed's hands and dragged him in the middle while Zander took Reese's hand bashfully. She smiled at him reassuringly as they led each other to dance.
Being left behind, Rod looked at Ursula. "So...shall we dance?"
She looked around for anyone to approach her, but when nobody did, she shrugged, smirking. "Do I have another choice?" she exclaimed surprisingly light-heartedly.
After two or three songs, their dance was interrupted by a black-haired girl Rod's age, asking him for dance. He could only gaze into her kind golden eyes as if he's seen that look before. He turned to Ursula who nodded with her arms crossed. He accepted the dance with the stranger and Ursula headed back to the bar.
"Jeremy, pass me some rum," she ordered when she sat down.
"Since when do you drink rum?" he wondered.
"Since I wear a pirate outfit," she replied, "now pour me some."
"I appreciate you're dedicated to your cosplay, but I kinda don't have any anymore. It's all gone..."
"What?! Why is the rum gone?"
Jeremy pointed at a drinking group of guys in gladiator costumes with a shaky finger.
Ursula groaned and calmed down. "Then pour me some sake."
"Aye, aye, captain," Jeremy laughed and poured some sake in a glass that he gave her. "So, I'm surprised to see you alone. I'd expect you to be surrounded by people that would love to spend time with you."
"Yeah, just brush the fact that I've lost my appeal into my face."
"What are you talking about? You can never lose your signature appeal, Ursula. You're the most gorgeous person in the building, heck, even the most gorgeous in the whole city."
"You're saying that just to make me feel better."
"Are you calling me a liar? Come on, if what I said was a lie then why would I ever want to be like you? You've been my idol since we first met. You know you're absolutely amazing when a guy in a gal's body wants to be like you."
She grinned softly, rolling her eyes playfully.
"At least I made you smile," Jeremy praised himself.
"You're an idiot."
He shrugged. "Guess gender doesn't change that."
They were talking for a while until a man in a typical 1980's outfit walked up to the bar. "Oh, what does our babe Ursula doing with the trans-Komatsu? Wouldn't you rather spend time with a real man?"
Jeremy frowned and lowered his head sadly; that's what he was afraid of.
"Go away," Ursula growled, "I'm not interested."
"Oh, come on~" The man slipped his hand under her cape and traced it up.
She shivered uncomfortably and cringed at his touch. Before she could do anything Jeremy slammed his fist against the bar. "Quit it!" he yelled, "you heard the lady. No means no." He said with uncharacteristic seriousness. All of his lightheartedness and silliness disappeared in one second when he saw his idol being harassed.
The man seemed shocked by Jeremy actually standing up against him, but else he reminded unfazed. It was when Ursula's hazel eyes shot a death glare at him, which Jeremy didn't notice, that he backed away and eventually left.
"I take it back; he's the real idiot," Ursula murmured, "damn, pervert..."
"You okay?"
"Yeah. Pretty good job with scaring him away."
"Really?" Jeremy blushed, scratching his cheek. "I'm surprised just as much as you. Though, why didn't you hit him as you'd usually do?"
"Maybe if I was a bit soberer..."
"Heh...Hey...Um..."
The green-haired glared at him. "Spil it out."
Jeremy gulped. "I...I thought if maybe...if it'd be possible that you and I could dance together."
"Okay with me," she replied, making his blue eyes widen. He smiled happily.
It was around midnight when Jeremy's shift ended. The dancefloor was nearly empty at this point. The whole group was sitting at one of the tables, drinking, except for Ellie of course. Sure none of them drank too much, they just had one to three glasses for the night.
As they were chatting, another song started to play. Hearing the chorus, Zander and Reese looked at each other.
"That melody..."
"It's..."
"That's our song!" They were right, the melody was exactly the same as the one of Zander's song.
He frowned. "My song for you is completely original, my angel, I swear. I haven't stolen anything."
She smiled at him, placing her hand on his shoulder, listening deeply to the song. "I know. It's actually the other way around."
"How? This song is like 100 years old. How do you know that?"
"I'm more than 100 years old myself. Remember? I might have hummed your song once and it seems that she's used that melody in a song," Reese explained, blushing as she continued, "...in a song that sounds to be about me... Typical Kyra."
"Hold up," Jeremy caught up on that name, "you know Kyra Komatsu? Taken Down To Heaven's Kyra Komatsu?"
"Yeah. She's my close friend who has a crush on me..."
Zander frowned more. "But I was the first one to write you a song..." he mumbled sadly. Reese had to peck his cheek to cheer him up. "And you're still the only one who won my heart."
"You know, Kyra is something like our great-grandaunt," Jeremy said.
"I figured."
"Hey, how about one last dance before we go?" Ellie suggested.
"That's a great idea!" Ed agreed as he got up and helped her stand up.
Zander and Reese were already on the dancefloor while singing their version of the song and dancing.
Ellie wrapped her arms around her partner, waltzing with him across the dancefloor.
Jeremy approached Ursula and bowed, offering her his hand. "Shall we dance?"
"I agreed once, so I can't get myself out of this one, can I?" she said, taking Jeremy's hand.
—
And that's all! I've had an idea of a dance chapter way back when OoTaS was only a concept written in Czech and it was even called OoTaS, but The Lost Past with a completely different plot. Basically, this idea is more than 5 years old and I've finally got to write it.
Most of this chapter, including the outfits, is inspired by the second Japanese opening, especially the idea of Jonathan helping Reese with dancing.
Apart from shipping fanservice, this chapter is filled with the trans boy Jeremy who deserves some love. The very beginning reveals that he isn't just Ursula's fanboy, which isn't that important, but I thought it'd be fun to include it.
This chapter's name is taken from Walk The Moon's song Shut Up And Dance and it's so damn catchy!
Also, I've drawn four pictures for this chapter, you can find them on my DeviantArt.
I hope you enjoyed!