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This chapter takes place during 'Dormitory Demolition'.
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Letting out a cough, I opened my eyes. I was greeted by mist all around me. Absolutely nothing could be seen…
"It's been a while since I've been here, hasn't it?" I wondered aloud unimpressed. Then I tried waving with my hand in order to make some of the mist go away… It didn't work, unfortunately. "Great…" I trailed off, my voice dripping with sarcasm.
Suddenly, I could hear some footsteps. Letting out a gasp, I quickly started turning around in hopes of hearing where it was coming from. However, it seemed to be coming from everywhere! No one could figure out where someone was coming from in this way!
"Kill…." A deep male voice trailed off sadistically. My heart started beating faster in panic. "Who's there?!" I shouted while turning around frantically. "No mercy…" A female voice added, sounding as pleased about it as the male one.
The thing was, they really sounded familiar… But no one I knew would talk in such sadistic way… What was happening?!
"Who are you?! Show yourself!" I shouted. "What's the matter, Serena? I know you have a problem with your memories, but did you really forget what your own family sounds like?" Another male voice demanded sarcastically. My eyes widened in surprise at hearing those words.
Family? My family never mentioned killing, nor did it sound so… Sadistic… There was something unnatural about those voices. It was as if they were someone else's, yet they obviously sounded familiar!
"From what I remember, my family never wanted to kill anyone." I spoke up with a frown, straightening up as a good measure. As much as this frightened me, I wanted to at least try to look brave…
That was when I heard one of male voices (the first one) chuckling, making shivers run down my spine. It sounded so sinister… "Then why don't we enlighten you, dear?" He spoke up. "What…" I started in confusion.
Suddenly, someone caught me by my right wrist harshly. "Hey!" I shouted in protest and tried to break free from the person's grip to no avail. It was too tight… "You've made a mistake, cugina, and it's about time you paid for it… The Society doesn't take lightly to non-believers after all." My eyes widened, finally turning around to see who was holding the wrist.
It was Ben… His green eyes were looking into mine coldly. "Ben, what are you doing?!" I exclaimed, once again trying to get my wrist out of his grip. It didn't work. "Don't worry, we're just teaching you a lesson…" He responded with a smug smile. "We?" I demanded in confusion.
"Si." A female voice responded sadistically all of a sudden, grabbing me by my hair and pulling my head up, so my neck was exposed.
By now, I was utterly terrified. If Ben was here, then I could guess who the female voice was… And I didn't like it at all! It was like my worst nightmare ever, and I wanted to wake up so badly… I was feeling like a helpless child which couldn't do anything to defend herself.
"Aunt Maria, please, let me go." I whimpered. "SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" She roared at me, making me scream in fear. However, Ben suddenly tied the gag around my mouth, muffling my screams. "Good job, Benjamin." I could hear her saying.
"She's all yours." She then said. What she meant by that; I had no idea… Nor did I want to know.
"With pleasure…" The male voice trailed off, laughing evilly. Aunt Maria lowered my head a bit, just in time to see an arm of someone coming closer to me. It was covered with clothing, but I could see a part of his hand.
Shivers ran down my spine once I observed it better. The hand was so pale, it was as white as a bone… And it was carrying a knife. I stopped breathing for a few moments, just staring at it. I knew what the man was about to do, and it made me feel even more frightened.
"Forgive me it had to come to this." The male voice said, not sounding sorry at all. In fact, he sounded excited… He then waved with the knife, going straight towards my neck…
Letting out a scream, I shot up in my bed. I was still screaming when I felt someone's hand on my shoulder. "NO! DON'T TOUCH ME!" I let out another scream, shaking my head frantically and pushing someone's hands away.
"Man, just calm down!" The person shouted. "So you can try to kill me with that knife?!" I screamed at whoever was in the room. "No one's trying to kill you, I don't even have a knife!" The voice retorted. Before I could start screaming again, someone's hands grabbed mine. "Look, I think you had a nightmare."
Breathing became easier once I heard those words. Opening my eyes, I looked up to see Jaden sighing in relief. He wasn't carrying a knife, which made me even more relieved. "Your screaming can really pierce through person's ears." He spoke up, letting go of my hands and standing up.
I eyed him in surprise. He wasn't the first person who said that… Axel had said the same thing last year!
"Sorry." I muttered. "It's nothing. The most important thing is you're fine." Jaden smiled, sitting down at the end of the bed. "Man, that must have been a really bad nightmare. I think the whole dormitory heard your screaming." He noted with a thoughtful look. I looked away with a frown.
I appreciated Jaden was able to calm me down, but I didn't want to talk about my nightmare… It was terrifying.
"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." He told me reassuringly, making me look up. "Thanks." I replied with a small smile. "Anything for a friend." He smiled back.
I still didn't understand why in the world he considered me his friend, considering he wasn't mine… But I didn't correct him. The guy just calmed me down, and I appreciated having at least someone near me at this moment.
"So this is what your room looks like." Jaden then commented curiously, looking around. I simply nodded. "It's nice." He then told me cheerfully. I nodded yet again, not knowing what to say.
That was when I noticed he was already in his uniform, while I was still in my pyjamas. It surprised me, since Ben told me Jaden was a heavy sleeper… "What time is it?" I spoke up. "It's ten o'clock, I think." He replied. "Then how come you're awake?" I raised an eyebrow. "I mean, Ben told me you can sleep in when it's weekend…" I then elaborated.
"Your cousin accidentally woke me up by kicking me in face with his knee." Jaden frowned. "How come?" I asked perplexed. "His bed is right next to mine, that's why." He rubbed the back of his head. "Of course, it's not his fault, and he apologized… But I couldn't go back to sleep after that."
Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face. "Besides, why waste time when you're up already? Every day is a new one." He stated cheerfully. I blinked in surprise. How he could be so optimistic all the time was unknown to me… It was like nothing could make him depressed (apart from the 'card' incident from earlier).
There was something about those words that stayed with me. I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but there was this sense of… Warmness, or familiarity? It was like I had heard them somewhere before.
"Serena!" A familiar voice shouted, making Jaden and me look towards the opened door. Ben was standing outside, breathing heavily as if he had been running a lot.
A feeling of panic washed over me once he looked at me. I've always been close with my cousin, but, at this moment… I didn't want to be near Ben. It wasn't that I was avoiding him, but the nightmare was pretty scary… He was practically helping the person with killing me! At this point, I'd rather be with anyone who wasn't him!
"You were the one screaming?" Ben asked worriedly. I looked away from him with a frown. "She was." I could hear Jaden saying since I didn't answer. "Talk to me, cuzo." I could suddenly feel him grabbing one of my hands. However, that only triggered the memory of him grabbing my wrist harshly in that nightmare... It made my heart beat like crazy in fear. "Please, don't." I pleaded, quickly pulling my hand out of his.
"What's got into you?" He questioned in confusion. "I just want to be alone, that's all." I replied hastily, not looking in my cousin's direction. "But…" "Ben, let's just let her chill." Looking up in surprise, I could see Jaden dragging Ben outside and closing the door. I let out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness Jaden dragged him out…
I knew I would later get questioned for this, but right now, I didn't care. I needed time to process that nightmare, since it rubbed on me a bit… Why would I be afraid of Ben after all?
Standing up slowly, I grabbed my red skirt, blue shirt, and jacket. I put them on while looking at the light dusting of freckles over most of my body (such as arms and back). Once I finally put on the jacket, I eyed my bare arms with a frown.
Even though they were a bit covered with freckles, I could still see their pale color. I wasn't particularly fond of how pale my skin was, since I was at bigger risk of getting sunburnt, just like other redheads… I wished it could have had at least a bit of tan! Some redheads were among palest people in the world, and I was unfortunately in that category… Any skin paler than mine was either unnatural, or was coming from an unhealthy person. That was my opinion, and it never changed. My paleness was unusual already!
I froze in place, realizing why I was even thinking about my pale skin at this moment.
The hand holding the knife in that nightmare was paler than me… It was as white as a bone, and it looked pallid… Whoever it was, the person must have been extremely unhealthy. I couldn't say it was unnatural in their case, since what I had seen proved otherwise… I'd never seen anything so pale before… I didn't even think a person could be like that!
"Serena, I thought the point was to forget about the nightmare, not remind yourself." I then growled to myself, realizing my thinking was only making things worse. "Stupido." I added as a good measure. I then opened my drawer and took the bracelet out of it. After putting it on my left wrist, I finally put on fingerless gloves. I then strapped the Deck box to the right side of my waist.
I grabbed my hairbrush, hoping to tame my wild hair at least a bit. Of course, brushing it still didn't make much of a difference. I shook my head in disbelief while putting the hairbrush on the table. It was as if my hair had a mind of its own…
Once I was outside, I closed the door behind me. By now, my attempts to forget about the nightmare were utterly useless. It wasn't that I wanted to think about it… I was just wondering why I would dream of something like that. I leaned against the wall with my arms folded, right foot against the wall, and a frown.
Sartorius and Sarina used to say some dreams could foretell the future… They had had such dreams before, which ended up being real.
I could still remember the day I was helping Sarina with carrying some of groceries from a nearby shop. She tripped and fell, dropping everything in process. However, she then laughed, claiming she had dreamt of tripping over something the night before.
However, I wasn't sure whether that applied to only them (considering only they could see the future), or everyone in general… My dreams never exactly became a reality after all!
My thoughts went back to the last time I had contact with either one of them. It was a year ago… The last thing Sarina told me was not to call them anymore, while Sartorius hung up without a damn good reason. That wasn't the only time he was acting strange though… He was like that in the previous call as well!
Looking up with a frown, I tried to remember what exactly we were talking about back then. It seemed so long ago…
"I want you to be extremely careful from now on." "Why?" "Because you'll be in great danger in the future." "Are you sure?" "You know my predictions are unfortunately never wrong." All of those words were echoing in my head.
It was true. While I used to spend a lot of time with Sarina and Sartorius as a kid, I didn't get to hear a lot about their foretelling. In fact, they wouldn't allow me to listen to them. Sarina would even lead me upstairs while Sartorius had customers, just so I could avoid hearing what he had to say.
Now that I was older, my guess was they did so because they wanted me to know as less as possible about their gift. It was because of it that people shunned them when they were young… Based on what Sarina told me. Or maybe they just didn't want me to know so much at such young age… The point was, I didn't get to hear much because they didn't allow me.
They eventually stopped with that 'not hearing' ban, when I was about thirteen. I still didn't get to hear many of them though, seeing I spent most of my time locked at the house. My parents' overprotectiveness had no limits even back then… It wasn't until I was fourteen that I began to sneak out.
Despite hearing only few of those predictions, one thing was definitely clear. They were never wrong. Everything they said would happen, eventually happened.
Initially, I dismissed Sartorius' prediction about me being in some sort of danger. I knew he was always right when it came to that…. But I found it easier not to worry about something I couldn't foretell. Knowing I could possibly be in danger was stressful itself. That's why I decided to just throw it under the rug. Plus, I was still pissed about him and Sarina avoiding contact with me, so that just added it… A stupid decision, yes, but it was easier that way!
However, after that dream I had had… I had to question whether Sartorius was right. Again, I knew his predictions were never wrong, but I found it easier to convince myself they weren't!
In the nightmare, someone was clearly about to kill me with that knife… Since Sarina and Sartorius claimed some dreams could indeed foretell the future… Was that connected to the latter's prediction? Maybe it served as a reminder, that it would indeed happen…
I looked down for a moment, thinking.
Sartorius never mentioned any killing! In fact, his prediction was quite unprecise. But, then again, so was the one about future not looking well for him… I never knew what that was about.
As much as there was a chance the nightmare and the prediction were connected, there was another, more probable possibility. Sartorius' warning may have got to my head, which led to that nightmare. People said you could dream about something that troubled you!
By now, my head was hurting because of all the possibilities playing out in my mind.
Seeing I could only guess what the deal was with that nightmare, I decided to leave it for now. I had a headache as well…
"Serena," Jaden's voice broke my train of thoughts. I quickly looked up, to my right to see him walking up to me. "Hey." I greeted back shortly.
I found it rude not to say anything, since he helped me during my 'screaming' episode. Not only that, he managed to get Ben off my back for at least a while. I had time to prepare myself for his questioning, without telling him about that nightmare. It wasn't something I was willing to share with others, not even him… Not yet, at least.
"Everything better now?" The brown-haired guy presumed. I nodded. "Thank you for pushing Ben out." I then spoke up. "Nah, it's fine. I know what it's like when people want to be by themselves." He responded casually. I simply nodded yet again.
"Where's Ben anyway?" I then asked curiously. "After I had told him to let you chill, he went with Alexis, Hassleberry and Bastion to the card shop." Jaden explained while rubbing the back of his head. "That reminds me…" He added with a curious look. "Have you seen Syrus since this morning?"
I shook my head. "It's not like him to just disappear…" The guy mused. "As long as he doesn't come back like Princeton, it's fine by me." I frowned. "You mean, dressed in all that white clothing?" Jaden started laughing.
While his white clothing was ridiculous, I think Jaden hadn't seen how aggressive Chazz could be these days. In fact, I was referring more to 'not becoming aggressive like Princeton' than 'being dressed in white'…
"Too much white in my opinion." I responded coldly, opting not to mention Chazz's crazy behavior. "Way too much." He agreed.
Suddenly, the door slammed open loudly next to us, making Jaden and me jump back with yelps. Chazz Princeton was standing at the entrance of his room. The look on his face was pure rage, with his black eyes shooting daggers at us.
"DO YOU REALLY THINK A SANE PERSON CAN DO SOMETHING EFFECTIVELY IF YOU'RE TALKING LOUDLY BY HIS DOOR AND MOCKING HIM?!" He roared, making me cover my ears. Jaden, on the other hand, covered his head and looked away.
"Chazz, chill out. We were just joking…" He then said, looking up once Chazz was done with shouting at us. "And now you're patronizing me…" The black-haired guy let out a growl. "I've already told your friend," His eyes briefly landed on me. "And I'll say it again. Don't you dare mock me…" He said in a threatening tone.
Shivers ran down my spine as I remembered how he had grabbed me violently earlier. I didn't want that to happen again…
"Jaden, let's just leave him be." I spoke up quietly, making him glance at me. His brown eyes then immediately went back to the person in front of us. "You'd better listen to your friend, Yuki." Chazz glared. "If that's what you want, then fine." Jaden let out a sigh. "But, honestly, Chazz, you should just chill out…" He then added.
Seeing Chazz's face contorted into even more rage made me even more alarmed. I didn't want to be a witness of another 'Chazz Princeton goes insane' episode…
That's why I quickly grabbed Jaden's hand and started pulling him away from Chazz. "Have a nice day, Princeton!" I shouted back.
By the time we were at the bottom of the stairs, I let go of Jaden's hand. "Sorry, I wanted to get away from him as fast as possible." I folded my arms with a frown. "It's alright, I get it." He waved it off. "He was rather unpleasant for some reason… Don't know what's got into him. Whatever it is, I hope he'll come back to his senses soon." He then shrugged, sitting on stairs.
I stayed quiet, not wanting to really comment on Princeton's behavior. Instead, I sat on stairs as well, next to him with my hand against the railing.
Before anyone could say something else, I could see Ben, Alexis, Bastion and Hassleberry walking up to where we were. Ben looked really pissed, and was carrying newspapers in his hands. My guess was today's news made him so upset…. Whatever they were.
Ben was the one who wanted to be informed about everything happening in the world. I didn't mind it from time to time, but I preferred staying uninformed. That way I wouldn't have to worry about things that were out of my reach.
While the impression of that nightmare still stayed with me, looking at my cousin was easier by now. I accepted nightmare was just it, and that I shouldn't freak out on him because of my own problems…
"This is ridiculous!" My cousin shouted, just as four of them were in front of us. "What is it this time?" Jaden asked, as if he were already used to his antics. "They still haven't found the culprit from the break-in." Bastion explained, looking at the newspapers along with Ben.
"What break-in?" Jaden suddenly asked in confusion, making the rest of them sweat drop. I stayed quiet. Yeah, he was busy running away from the Academy to hear the front-page news that day… "Someone broke into Industrial Illusions a while ago. They stole some cards, which angered Pegasus." I briefly explained with a frown.
His chocolate brown eyes widened in surprise. "Really?" "Si." Ben nodded. He then took one piece of newspaper, about to drop the rest… but Hassleberry caught them. He, Bastion and Alexis started reading the rest of papers.
"Check this out," He pointed at the piece of paper furiously. "Instead of trying to give some actual information, they're writing about conspiracy theories!"
Judging by his tone, we were about to hear what those theories were… While I wasn't exactly interested in hanging around those guys, I wanted to hear what crazy journalists wrote in those newspapers.
"One of theories suggests there's a secret rival company, which stole the cards to make more money than Pegasus." Ben read. "Secret rival company?" Jaden rubbed the back of his head in confusion. "I honestly think that's far-fetched. If a company is making Duel Monsters, then they need to make it clear to the world." Alexis looked away from the newspapers with a frown. "She has a point." Bastion nodded, still reading.
"Another theory suggests Pegasus himself made up this scandal to draw more attention to Industrial Illusions." Ben then said in disbelief. "How stupid can people be?" Hassleberry looked at my cousin incredulously. "A lot, il mio amico." Ben looked up at him. "Mind translating that?" The guy raised an eyebrow. "My friend." Bastion said before anyone else could do so.
Hassleberry simply nodded to him before looking at my cousin yet again. "Getting used to your habits is going to take some time, soldier." He pointed out. "If Alexis, Syrus, Bastion, Chazz and Jaden could, then you'll get used to it as well." Ben smiled back.
"Anyway," He then said. "Those theories are ridiculous!" "Of course, they are, but people will buy it anyway, Ben. The only thing those journalists care about is money." Jaden said casually, making us look at him. "Who are you, and what have you done with Jaden Yuki?" Bastion asked incredulously.
The brown-haired guy looked up with an amused expression. "The only reason I know this much is because of experience. I don't care about journalists, or newspapers." He said simply with arms behind his head.
"Experience?" Alexis asked curiously. The brown-haired guy sighed, with his arm on the railing. "My parents were involved in some sort of a scandal as journalists called it. They falsely accused Mum of doing something she never did." He explained.
I raised an eyebrow in surprise. That sounded like something journalists would do nowadays… It was insane to which length those guys could go to make people's lives miserable… Just because they wanted money and a juicy story!
"That's horrible." Alexis frowned. "Crazy journalists." Ben and Hassleberry chorused. "That's unfortunately become a trend nowadays…" Bastion pointed out matter-of-factly. "Well, nothing we can do, so why bother?" Jaden shrugged his shoulders.
I stayed quiet, not really having anything to say. I was here to listen to the news, not someone's experience about scandals… What happened to his parents was still terrible nonetheless. I couldn't deny that.
He then looked up at my cousin. "What else do theorists say?" "They set up few other theories of who could have been the culprit." Ben frowned. "Like?" Hassleberry asked. "They brought up some famous duelists' names." "Good thing Kaiba wasn't included or else they wouldn't live to see another day." Jaden noted.
"Definitely," Ben nodded. "But there are some other names, including a recent winner of a 'Crystal Beasts' tournament, Aster Phoenix, then they mentioned Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine, even the King of Games himself…" "That's it," Bastion started in annoyance. "Ben, please give me those newspapers." Ben frowned at the British guy but gave them to him.
The moment he had all of them in his hands, the Ra Yellow student ripped the papers apart. They started falling to the ground. By now, all of us were gaping at him. Papers were still flying around. This was so sudden…
"Bastion," My cousin started angrily. "You owe me money for those newspapers!" He finished, shouting by now. "Sorry, but I can't listen to that nonsense anymore! The way they were going, every possible duelist that's not Seto Kaiba could have been on their list of suspects." He frowned with folded arms.
"He's right, you know. The whole 'conspiracy theory' thing is just ridiculous. They're randomly accusing people without actual proof." Alexis spoke up. "Besides, Ben, you've bought the most notorious newspapers in Japan. Preventing those imbeciles from poisoning your mind is the best thing possible." Bastion added with a frown, picking up a paper and pointing at the newspapers' name.
I eyed it curiously. "Most notorious?" Ben asked in astonishment. "Yup. Dad talks only the worst about them." Jaden started laughing. "Those guys are known for trying to talk bad things about everyone. Gossip and false accusations are like their middle name." Alexis frowned at the paper in Bastion's hands.
"Next time, I'll buy the right newspapers for you, Ben." Bastion offered to my cousin with a smirk. "You're on." Ben finally said, shaking hand with his friend to secure the deal.
I rolled my eyes before covering my mouth not to laugh. Ben's desire to be informed about everything just had to lead him to reading the worst newspapers ever… Hearing others talking bad things about them made the whole thing funnier.
"WE'RE DOOMED! THEY'RE REALLY GOING THROUGH WITH THIS!" Someone's screaming could suddenly be heard. All of us looked up in surprise to see Syrus running up to us. A look of panic was written all over his face. Once he stopped in front of us, he started breathing heavily with hands on his knees.
Whatever this was about, it must have been serious…. I think I had a hunch what he was referring to.
"What's the deal, Private?" Hassleberry raised an eyebrow. He didn't get a reply, seeing Syrus was still taking a break from all the running. "Is this about Slifer Red dorm again?" I spoke up with a frown, making everyone look at me with expressions of either confusion, or realization.
Ben looked at me wide-eyed. "Please tell me that's a joke!" He then turned back to Syrus. "Would I come running here and screaming at the top of my lungs if it was?!" The short guy shouted at him in disbelief, making my cousin cover his head in shock.
"Sy, just chill out and tell us what's the problem." Jaden told him. "Isn't it obvious, Jaden?" Alexis folded her arms calmly. "Crowler and Bonaparte are going to tear down this dorm." Syrus quickly said. "WHAT?!" Jaden shouted, gaping at his short friend. Hassleberry and Ben didn't seem to take that news any better. Both of them were gaping at Syrus as well. Alexis let out a sigh, even muttering 'I knew it' while Bastion face palmed. I, on the other hand, stayed quiet. I've already known that was the case, so there was no need to act surprised.
"Are you certain?" The British guy finally asked. "Who's your source, Private?!" Hassleberry demanded. "One at a time!" Alexis stopped both of them from asking any more questions. "I heard those two arguing in the conference room… They said the Red dorm has to go!" Syrus explained.
Ben let out a groan with hands over his face. "Fantastico…" He mumbled. "They've been threatening to do that since October, Syrus." Bastion reminded skeptically. "What was the point of Jaden winning that duel if they're going to demolish this place anyway?!" Ben was near to losing it. "Soldier, they're just talking!" Hassleberry frowned at my cousin.
"This is the thousandth time they're talking about it, which means they haven't given up on that idea yet!" Ben frowned back. "He has a point." Alexis nodded at his words. "At this point, I wish this were fake news from Ben's newspapers." Bastion sighed, finally seeing where those two were coming from. That earned him a glare from Ben. "Me too." Jaden was running hands through his hair.
Glancing at all of them freaking out, I rolled my eyes. I still didn't understand why they were bothering so much about this dorm's state… I hoped this was some sort of a joke though. Not because of the dorm's state, but because then everyone would stop freaking out…
"Must we duel in front of the students?!" Crowler's voice made me look up. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion once I saw the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor walking down the path towards us. Both of them were wearing their Duel Vests, and seemed to be in some sort of an argument. One could see they were in major disagreement, since Crowler's voice could be heard from here, and since they were scowling at each other.
"Pourquoi?! Having second thoughts?" Bonaparte demanded. "Hardly! I just think that at least in public, we should appear to be in agreement!" Crowler folded his arms. "We are!" Bonaparte looked up at him. "We agree to duel! You and I are a unified front!" "Fine, prepare to eat dirt, shorty." The taller man declared, looking up and away from Bonaparte with a frown. "You too, Amazon!" The French man retorted with this proud look on his face.
I couldn't help smirking once I heard them and their insults. Those two arguing was so amusing, and satisfying… They'd had their differences, but this time, judging by their words, they were going to go full-out at each other with that duel.
Even though any other fight that wasn't dueling was better to me, it was technically violence… But so was when monsters attacked you directly! There was absolutely no logic with their way of thinking. A card game, huh? Tell that to Bonaparte's crazy soldiers which had attacked me directly!
Despite all that, them dueling was still sort of satisfying. I had never seen them arguing… Boy, I was really looking forward to seeing who was going to win! Finally, something interesting was happening at this crazy island!
I could feel even more excitement as they were coming closer.
"Wait, they're going to duel?!" Syrus asked in surprise. "That must mean Crowler's defending us." Alexis pointed out. "That's a first." Ben noted with a frown. "Unexpected development…" Hassleberry trailed off in disbelief. "Except that Crowler has a huge advantage." Bastion spoke up. All of them looked at him.
I looked up as well. "He's already seen Bonaparte's deck in action, thanks to the duel he had with Serena." He reminded. My eyes widened slightly as I remembered our duel "You're right…" Ben trailed off in realization.
"You had dueled Bonaparte?" Jaden looked at me in surprise. I simply nodded. "It was while you were in your room." I said simply, folding my arms. "Then this is going to be a sweet duel." He grinned while standing up. The rest of them sighed while I rolled my eyes. I was looking forward to that duel as well, but for different reasons… Jaden wanted to see it because he liked duels, while I just wanted to see those two kicking the hell out of each other.
I stood up as well, just as the others started walking towards two men. "Your dormitory is being torn down today, les enfants." Bonaparte smiled smugly at us. "We'll see about that." Ben replied coldly. "Don't believe me?" The French man frowned.
"Miss Accardi, mind coming over here?" A voice made me quickly turn around. It was Crowler, and he was motioning for me to come to the side discreetly. I frowned in confusion. Out of a corner of my eye, I could see others still talking to Bonaparte, so I followed Crowler to the side. "Yes?" I asked. "From what I remember during your duel, Mr. Bonaparte used mostly direct attacks." He stated with his arms folded. I simply nodded, remembering his annoying attacks with the crazy soldiers. "Do you happen to remember the name of the last spell card he had used?"
My eyebrows furrowed. "The one with taking away 100 of my Life Points, and gaining them?" I presumed. That earned me a nod. "I think it was some sort of a treaty, but I'm not sure…" I trailed off. "I tend to forget some names in general." I then admitted in a bit of embarrassment. "Not important," He quickly waved it off. "The point is, it gave you most of the trouble?"
"That, and all those silly marches of his. He just uses them to corner you and then pull off stuff like that 'treaty' thing. He'll also try to take away Life Points with some bonus card such as his cannon." I spoke up quietly. "There's also another suspicious card which I had managed to destroy. It resembled chains…" I trailed off, trying to remember what they looked like. Unfortunately, I had no luck.
After looking at me for a few seconds, the man nodded. "Thank you." He said shortly and was about to head back… When he turned around. "Not a word of this to anyone. I just want to shut him up, and that's it. Do I make myself clear?" He asked warningly. "My lips are sealed." I smirked, motioning so with my right hand. With a final nod, Crowler made his way back to others.
Honestly, I didn't care that much Crowler just asked me to remind him of Bonaparte's deck… If that meant their fight would be even better, then I was all up for spilling the beans!
Once I joined the rest, it appeared Bonaparte didn't even notice Crowler and me talking. Thankfully, since he'd probably accuse us… Crowler, actually, of cheating.
He and Bonaparte then went to opposite sides in front of the dorm. I walked up to the others at the side of the made-up field. "Remember, Monsieur Crowler. When I win, it's au revoir to the Slifer Reds!" The French man reminded him.
"So, explain this to me again? Which one of these guys should I root for?" Jaden suddenly spoke up. "Crowler!" Ben, Syrus and Hassleberry chorused. "If Bonaparte wins this," "You won't have a place to live." Alexis and Bastion then added respectively.
I couldn't help rolling my eyes. They were so dramatic… If they did tear down this place, then they'd just put us into a new dorm!
"Right. Crowler good, Bonaparte bad." Jaden muttered to himself before looking up. "Come on, Chancellor! Time to kick some Vice-Chancellor's butt!" He then shouted in Crowler's direction with hands over his mouth.
That was pretty much it, except I'd say 'time to kick each other's butts'…
"Who are they?" Syrus suddenly pointed somewhere. I looked up curiously to see some workers stretching out by the entrance of the dorm. There was even an excavator nearby… "Che diavolo è quello?" Ben questioned in astonishment. I couldn't help smiling in amusement.
Damn, Bonaparte took tearing down this place way too seriously… It was as if he predicted he would win, so those guys could tear it down immediately after his win… But it made the upcoming fight even more enjoyable!
"Can't wait for them to start with the whole fight." I muttered with this silly grin on my face. Unfortunately, I was louder than intended, so pretty much everyone turned around to look at me in… Astonishment?
"You're looking forward to the chance of this place being torn down?" Hassleberry questioned with a frown. "As long as they have a good fight, I don't give a damn." I responded excitedly while playing with my hands. "You want them to tear down this dorm?!" Ben and Syrus asked in disbelief. "What's the big deal? They'll just put us into a new one!" I raised an eyebrow.
All of them were staring at me for a few moments… Until they fell to the ground. "No, they'll expel you!" Bastion stood up and told with a frown. The moment he said that, smile fell off my face.
"What?" I was staring at Bastion wide-eyed. In fact, this sudden feeling of panic washed over me, and I was praying Bastion was only joking… "If they tear down this dorm, we technically have to go back to our respective ones, but they'll kick you out of the Academy since you're a Slifer Red." Ben explained. "Both you and Jaden." The British guy nodded, looking between him and me back and forth.
I looked at all of them as that information sunk in. Then, I started thinking about what would probably happen if Crowler lost. First, they'd tear down the dorm, then they'd expel me…. My parents would probably be furious with me, even though this was decent reasoning… I'd be thrown out because of someone else, not because I had caused something! That wouldn't matter though, since my parents would most probably send me to another school, and the nightmare would begin again.
I didn't want that. I didn't want to be expelled from here, and I didn't want to transfer to another school! They said third time was a charm, but it would be totally opposite in my case. Who else switched between three schools during their three-year education?! I would be considered as a delinquent, or something!
Not that being considered a delinquent really mattered to me, I just didn't want to change school again. Ben was here, and I got used to frequent conversations Jaden would start up with me… Even though brief, talking to him suddenly felt so easy and natural. Besides… Sartorius had been on this island. How was I supposed to know what he had been doing here if they expelled me?!
"That's bad." I finally spoke up with an uncertain look, earning sweat drops from others. "You think?!" Hassleberry asked sarcastically. However, I paid no attention to his remark. Instead, I looked at where Crowler was.
"Chancellor, you'd better win this thing!" I shouted over to him. "Because, I do not want to be expelled." I then added quietly. "I thought you wanted to get off this island. At least Ben said so." Syrus glanced at me. I realized all eyes were on me yet again.
Not knowing what else to do, I cleared my throat. "Not at cost of being sent to another dueling school by my parents. Let's leave it at that." I spoke up coldly.
"This is your last chance to save face, Crowler. Not than anything can save yours…" Bonaparte commented. "But surrender now and I won't embarrass you!" He then declared. "The embarrassment will be mine!" Crowler retorted.
My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. What in the world…
"Uh," Crowler suddenly realized what he had just said. "What I mean is, if anyone's going to be embarrassed, it's me!" By now, I face palmed while others were glancing between two men back and forth. "Uh, embarrassed that I ever hired you, yes that's it!" I put hands on my face with a quiet groan.
If those were supposed to be insults, then it wasn't going well…
"He's got a way with words." Jaden pointed out to us sheepishly. "Not really." Syrus gave him back a sheepish smile while I shook my head. "They'd better just get straight to the duel." I added quietly.
"I HEARD THAT!" Crowler's shouting caught me by surprise. I quickly looked up to see him glaring at us before looking back at Bonaparte. "Look, I don't care about these brats, or their dorm!" He then declared, making everyone fall to the ground in disbelief. I, on the other hand, frowned at their forms, and legs in the air.
Honestly, him not giving a damn about us was kind of obvious. He and Bonaparte had a score to settle. Besides, he'd already told me how he wanted to just shut him up.
"This duel is for shutting you up once and for all!" "Bring it on, mon ami! LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!" Bonaparte roared, taking his deck and shuffling it one more time. "Such a dramatic little man... But save screaming for the end!" Crowler shot back, shuffling his own deck as well. After putting decks back inside, they then activated their Duel Vests.
He did have a point there, this 'revolution' thing was quite dramatic…
Crowler: 4000 LP
Bonaparte: 4000 LP
Both of them drew their cards while exchanging a few more insults.
"At least we know what to expect from him due to his previous duel." Ben pointed out. "There are still some cards we know nothing about, Ben." Bastion reminded matter-of-factly. "At least you've already seen his deck." Jaden looked at two guys. "Oh yeah, you didn't get to see Serena kicking his butt." Ben rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
The moment he said that, Jaden's head turned to me. "You won that duel?" He asked. "Cost me some suffering," I rolled my eyes. "But I did." A smirk appeared on my face. "Sweet." He grinned.
"WELL, FINE!" Bonaparte could be heard shouting. Looking up, I could see him drawing his sixth card.
Normally, I'd be against watching the duels… But this one decided whether I would stay here or be expelled. I had to see who would come out victorious!
"I'll start with my Toy Soldier in Defense Mode." The French man summoned the familiar-looking soldier from my previous duel with him (ATK/DEF:800/300). "He started off the same like in his duel with Serena." Bastion noted. "He has at least three of those, remember?" Ben reminded him. "Besides, this time, he's in Defense Mode instead." "Cute little guy, don't you think?" Jaden asked from my right.
The moment he said those words, I turned around to look at him. "That cute little guy is not so cute," I frowned. "In fact, the worst thing is when he fires at you directly from his riffle!" I finished, remembering my traumatic experience with Bonaparte's crazy soldiers. Fine, fine, it wasn't that traumatic… But it was unpleasant nonetheless! Those little morons had no better business than to fire at poor people!
Jaden blinked at me in surprise. "Wow." He said simply. "That's some trauma you have there, cuzo." Ben told me in a bit of amusement. I glared at him in annoyance but decided not to say anything. I wanted to watch the duel, not argue!
"I don't get it why he summoned it in Defense Mode. He's the type to try to attack first." Syrus pointed out in confusion. "Probably because Crowler's already seen his deck in action. He wants to be ready for the worst." Hassleberry shrugged. That made sense…
"Good to see most of you remember my Toy Soldier, especially Mademoiselle Accardi." Bonaparte looked at us smugly for a few moments. "I then place two cards down and end my turn." He placed two facedowns.
Crowler drew his sixth card. "I play 'Graceful Charity'!" He showed the card in his right hand. "I get to draw three cards and then send two to my Graveyard!" He did so before looking at his new cards. "Then I'll play 'Pot of Greed', which means I get to draw two more cards!" The man drew two of them.
"You're delaying your demise on purpose." Bonaparte frowned with his arms folded. "We'll see about that, shorty." Crowler huffed, taking one card out of his left hand. "Next, I play 'Heavy Storm'!" A card showing some sort of a storm was in his hand.
Bonaparte's eyes widened. "Sacre bleu." He commented in surprise. "Good thing he drew that card." Alexis commented. I looked at the rest of them in confusion. I had never seen Crowler's deck in action before, so I was a bit clueless about this card's effect. It must have been something good though, judging by their reactions.
"With this card, all Spell and Trap cards are destroyed at the field, which means all two of your facedowns go!" Crowler declared, pointing at two cards. Suddenly, a huge gust of wind appeared, going over to Bonaparte's side of field.
Once the cards lifted themselves up, I could briefly see what they were. One of them were those chains, and the second one was his 'treaty' card! They were immediately destroyed.
I couldn't help smirking. Now that 'treaty' card was gone, he couldn't cause damage to Crowler like had done so to me! Granted, he still had other tricks up his sleeves, but that card was one of the worst things possible!
"'Unequal Treaty' is gone." Syrus sighed in relief. "What did that card do?" Jaden asked him curiously. "It takes away opponent's 100 Life Points, and gives them to the owner." Hassleberry briefly explained. "It gave her trouble back when she had only 250 Life Points." He then added, glancing at me. "Hadn't Crowler destroyed it, Bonaparte would have probably used it after attacking him." I then told the brown-haired guy, seeing his eyes were looking into mine.
"Good thing Crowler had Serena duel Bonaparte, since their duel helped him a lot. He knew what to expect from Vice-Chancellor. With those cards gone, things might be easier." Bastion noted. "We can already celebrate that 'Unequal Treaty' is out of the picture." Ben said with a small smile. "He has other cards we don't know about." Alexis reminded him skeptically.
Bonaparte didn't seem to be pleased about this at all. Crowler, on the other hand, smirked, taking another card out of his left hand. "Then I activate Spell Card 'Premature Burial'!" My eyebrows furrowed in confusion, since I didn't know its effect.
"All I need to do is relinquish 800 points! Then, you know what happens next. A monster returns from my graveyard, like the Trojan Horse!" A horse appeared in Attack Mode (ATK/DEF:1600/1200). Crowler's points, meanwhile, dropped to 3200.
Crowler: 3200 LP
Bonaparte: 4000 LP
Every time you lose Life Points, my demolition crew will take away a piece of that dorm!" Bonaparte then spoke up smugly. My eyes widened in astonishment. "That's nasty, the duel hasn't ended yet." I growled. "That's not fair!" Ben shouted over to the French man. "You stay out of this!" He glared at all of us.
That was when the excavator tore down one, upper piece of the dorm, causing smoke to appear.
"Guess that's what the thing is for…" I could hear Hassleberry muttering. I glanced between Bonaparte and Crowler.
At this rate, Crowler had bigger chances of winning than the French man… He destroyed all of his Trap Cards, and there was only one soldier at the field! However, if Crowler lost more points, then this dorm would be done for…
"You're getting ahead of yourself, it's still my turn." Crowler retorted. He then said how the EARTH type monster's summoning counted one sacrifice as two. "Sacre bleu." Bonaparte exclaimed yet again. "Save your French exclamations… FOR THIS!" The taller man retorted, lifting up his left hand. "MY ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM!"
Wind started blowing. A huge, metal-like golem appeared on the field (ATK/DEF:3000/3000). I looked at it from head to toe in astonishment. The monster was huge… It had heck of points too.
"Now, attack his Toy Soldier!" The man ordered. "Why would you do that?! My monster's in Defense Mode!" The French man demanded. "Because when Ancient Gear Golem attacks a monster in Defense Mode with lower points than my monster's Attack Points, the difference comes out in your Life Points!"
The golem attacked the soldier, destroying it. Wind appeared, causing Bonaparte to lose 2200 Life points.
Crowler: 3200 LP
Bonaparte: 1800 LP
"I'll end my turn with a facedown."
Seeing Bonaparte's points were down to 1800, that meant Crowler's chances of victory were even bigger… They weren't going to expel me!
The French man drew another card. "By activating 'Pot of Greed', I get to draw two cards." He did so. "Then I'll summon Toy Soldier in Attack Mode." The familiar monster appeared in Attack Mode (ATK/DEF:800/300). "Now, I activate 'Team Effort'! By paying half of my points, I can summon another monster without sacrifices, which is Toy Dictator in Attack Mode!" A toy monster with an even bigger rifle appeared. It was wearing a more formal suit, still colored red, but much darker. (ATK/DEF:2100/1900).
"What's he up to? He can't attack directly with only two monsters!" Ben pointed out. "I have my ways, voisin." Bonaparte looked at my cousin smugly. "You see, Monsieur," He then told Crowler. "When the soldier and dictator are together on the field, Dictator's Special Effect activates! I can take another Toy Soldier and summon him." He did so, with the second Toy Soldier appearing.
I let out a groan. I should have known he would find a way to attack directly, even with his first Toy Soldier being destroyed…. I knew he would attack Crowler directly now, I just knew it. Why else would he prepare all three of those guys for that?!
"How many of these soldiers does he have?" Jaden asked in surprise. "I wish I knew." I sighed with hands on my head.
"Finalement, I can play 'Higher Order'!" Bonaparte lifted up another card. I raised an eyebrow, seeing this was the first time I had heard of this. "Thanks to this card, the Dictator gains 400 points from each soldier each, and can attack directly!" The monster's points grew to 2900.
My eyes widened in astonishment. And here I had been complaining about those Toy Soldiers hitting me… Crowler was about to get an even worse treatment! No, wait. This one had 2900 points, while attacks on me cost me 3000… Mine was slightly worse.
Crowler yelped in surprise as the monster marched up to him, holding the rifle high.
"I wouldn't want to be Crowler…" Jaden trailed off.
The Dictator then fired straight into his groin. "MERCY!" Crowler yelped in pain. DAMN… I swear, those monsters had something against every possible opponent. First they fired at me near chest, and now Crowler in his… Family jewels… What was the deal with making us suffer?!
I tugged at my hair with my eyes wide. The thing was, I knew how Crowler was feeling right now… Well, not exactly, but I knew how much those corks hurt in general when fired! The one that hit my torso was the worst one…
By the time I looked at the others, their reactions were no better. Jaden and Bastion were staring at the sight wide-eyed (with the former gaping), while Syrus and Hassleberry had uncomfortable looks on their faces. Alexis, on the other hand, looked away while Ben covered his eyes with both of his hands. "That looked painful, I feel for him…" Hassleberry trailed off. "That's a first." Ben commented, still covering his eyes. "The damage is huge." Syrus winced. The rest of the guys winced at those words. Alexis and I, being the only girls here, briefly exchanged glances with sighs.
By now, Crowler fell to the ground with only 300 Life Points left.
Crowler: 300 LP
Bonaparte: 1800 LP
"Messieurs, you know what to do!" Bonaparte shouted over to the workers. They started tearing down another part of the dorm. They were practically near my room… That was when it hit me.
My… My things were still there! My herbarium, my album… I had to get them out before they tore down my room! I didn't care about the rest of things, I had to get those two!
Without thinking, I started running upstairs, just as the excavator started tearing down another part of the dorm. I could hear someone shouting my name, but at this moment, that was the last thing on my mind.
Once I opened the door, I quickly ran inside my room. I raced to my drawer, and opened it. Luckily, the album was still there. However, I wasn't sure where I had put my herbarium. Damn it!
"Serena, are you insane?!" I could hear Ben shouting as I heard hurried footsteps. I quickly turned around to see Ben and Jaden running inside. "No, I'm not. I just want to save my things from definite doom." I retorted and started looking all over my room. "We have no time for this, it's not safe." My cousin replied seriously.
"I'm not leaving until I find my herbarium, and that's it! You two can either stick around or leave!" I retorted with a growl. "Now that they're tearing down this place with that thing?! Serena, you've officially…" "Ben," Jaden interrupted him before he could get angrier. "They stopped with tearing down the wall the moment she ran inside. They told Bonaparte they can't do that while someone is inside, so he and Crowler continued the duel." He reminded.
"They did, but… What she just did is stupid and unreasonable!" Ben looked at me disapprovingly. "Insult me all you want after I find my herbarium." I scowled. "Fine, we'll help you find it." He sighed. "Where have you last seen whatever you're looking for?" Jaden asked. "Somewhere in this room." I responded. "How precise…" Ben trailed off sarcastically.
I ignored him, and quickly started looking through my wardrobe. He was looking over my table and at the chair. "How can you lose such a big object so easily?!" I could hear him asking in annoyance. That was when I finished looking through my wardrobe. I closed it harshly with a loud groan. "Damn it, just damn it!" I kicked it once in annoyance.
"I guess that means you haven't found anything either." Ben presumed with a frown once he looked at me. I nodded with a sigh.
"That's a lot of plants in there…" I could hear Jaden trailing off in what sounded like astonishment. Both of us turned around. The brown-haired guy was holding an open herbarium in his hands, staring at it with his eyes wide. "Yeah," Ben rolled his eyes. "That's what Serena's known for. Wherever you go with her, she just starts looking for plants!" He said in exasperation.
I glared at him at those words. "Oh…" Jaden trailed off, his chocolate brown eyes not leaving the thing in his hands. My guess was he was officially weirded out by my habits. Not that I could blame him, since he liked dueling the most. And, dueling was completely opposite from what I liked…
"Earth to Jaden." Ben called jokingly with hands over his mouth. At hearing those words, Jaden looked up. He then quickly slammed the herbarium shut. "Here you go." He handed it to me. "Thank you." I said simply. "Serena's hobbies have certainly left an impression on you." Ben chuckled. He had a point, considering how long the guy had been staring at this thing…
"Where did you find it anyway?" I then asked curiously. "Oh," He looked up. "It was lying open under your bed." He explained sheepishly. Those words made Ben shoot me another look of disapproval. "Can we go back now?" He demanded. "We'd better, or we won't see the rest of the duel." Jaden reminded. I grabbed both the album and the herbarium.
We then ran out with me closing the door. However, we were suddenly met with Chazz right across us. Right now, he was glaring at all three of us. He was covered with white paint all over his hair and uniform… I had an idea why. Tearing down the dorm caused some things to collapse, including a paint bucket… That explained why his hair was nearly white.
I had to admit, I found it a bit amusing… That's why I tried to cover my smile the best way I could.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE?!" He roared at all three of us, making me look away. Both Ben and Jaden covered their heads with their heads. "They're tearing down our dorm, Chazz." My cousin told him. "THEN TELL THEM TO STOP, I WANT TO PAINT IN PEACE!" He shouted.
That was when he took a bucket in his hands. The next thing I knew was that he splashed its content at all of us. We yelped in surprise, and I quickly covered my eyes the moment he splashed us. I could feel being splashed by something yet again.
Finally, I opened my eyes. Right now, Jaden and Ben were looking back at me…. Except that they were completely covered in white paint… From head to toe. I quickly looked down at my hands… I was completely covered in it too! My herbarium and album had a bit more luck, seeing I covered my eyes with arms… At least they weren't damaged! But still…
"What the hell, Princeton?!" I screeched at Chazz who was smiling smugly. He was still holding a bucket in his hands. "What's your problem?!" Jaden demanded with a frown. "That will teach you not to disturb me anymore." He slammed the door behind him while laughing.
Honestly, that guy was a moron! How was tearing down the dorm supposed to be my fault?! Did I deserve to be covered in white paint?! No. He actually didn't give a damn whose fault it was. He just wanted to take his anger out on nearest people, and three of us happened to be his victims. Just great…
"I sincerely hope they have a water hose here." Ben commented. "They do…" Jaden sighed. "We look ridiculous." I frowned. "Well, it's not every day you get covered in white!" My cousin pointed out with a chuckle. "He does have a point." The brown-haired guy agreed. He then started laughing. Ben joined him.
Looking down at myself, I realized they were right. It was something out of stories… "I'm even whiter now than usual." I muttered, looking down at my arms. Those words made the two guys burst in even more laughter.
I had to admit, our current predicament was funny… I'd like to see anyone try to outmatch me with paleness after what had just happened!
I started laughing along with them. However, it didn't last long, since we heard someone shouting. Turning around, we quickly saw Bonaparte falling to the ground. Holograms disappeared, which meant the duel was over. If Bonaparte was on the ground, did that mean…
"WAY TO GO, CROWLER!" I could hear cheering. "Crowler won!" Jaden exclaimed happily. "We're safe." Ben sighed in relief. They started running downstairs, with me joining them. We must have looked like lunatics, with our current appearance…
When we ran to others, they were gaping at us. "Sam Hill…" Hassleberry trailed off in astonishment. "Great Scott! What on Earth happened to you three?!" Bastion gaped. "Chazz splashed us with white paint." Ben explained with a sigh. "I can't believe it…" Alexis shook her head in disbelief.
"Did you at least find what you were looking for?!" Bastion then frowned at me. "Yes?" I responded with a questioning look. "You just running there could have got you hurt." He pointed out in disapproval. "He's right, you know." Syrus added while Hassleberry and Alexis nodded. "Good thing Ben told Jaden that they should go after you." The girl frowned.
Looking at all of them, I realized they were right. Me running inside a dorm ready for tearing down wasn't a bright idea… If anything, it was just plain stupid! What was I thinking?! I shouldn't have panicked so much!
"Sorry." I said simply. "What matters is all of you are fine, even though you look a bit.. Unusual…" Hassleberry stated. The rest of them nodded in what seemed to be agreement. "Thankfully, water hose will solve the problem." Alexis smiled.
While workers were busy rebuilding the dorm, we walked to the back of it. The water hose was there. "You should have seen Bonaparte's face when he saw you three running inside." Syrus commented in a bit of amusement. "He's right," Hassleberry said while turning on the water hose. "The look on his face was priceless!"
"At one point, he started shouting how you three were trying to sabotage the demolition." Bastion stated. Hassleberry then splashed Ben with water from the hose. After few seconds, white paint was completely gone from his body. He was wet, of course, but at least he wasn't covered in that paint…
Hassleberry then did the same to Jaden, who then walked towards Ben. Both of them were in the sun, trying to dry themselves. "Wait," I said, quickly putting my things to the side. "Go ahead." I then said. Right after I had said that, I was splashed with cold water, which made me start shaking a bit.
By now, the guy turned off the water hose and put it aside. "Thank you." I told him. Hassleberry nodded back.
I looked up at the sun. It was then it finally hit me. I may have had problems, but I just got rid of a major one… I just avoided being sent to another school! Feelings of happiness grew inside of me. I wasn't going to get expelled, and I wasn't going anywhere…
Well, finally done! I technically couldn't avoid this episode since this is Serena's dorm being demolished, so I hope I managed to make chapter at least a bit interesting… Seeing how the story goes, Dio should be appearing very soon, and I just can't wait. Forgive me, I'm still under the influence of various Jojo memes lmao…
Seeing picture for the fic was mentioned in a review, I wanted to add something. In case anyone's interested more in what Serena's supposed to look like, I posted two more drawings on my account on Deviantart (same name). I'll probably post some other things concerning the story once I get inspiration for drawing, and if it doesn't contain spoilers… XD
Words in Italian:
Stupido-stupid, idiot;
fantastic-fantastic;
che diavolo è quello-What the hell is that.
Words in French:
Mon ami-my friend;
monsieur-mister;
messieurs-misters;
les enfants-children;
finalement-finally;
au revoir-goodbye;
pourquoi-why;
voisin-male neighbor.
I hope you liked it and until next time! :)
