Point of Origin: Mortal World

Having enough tea, Azul went into Malleus's room he decided it was time to look and see the damage done to Malleus's room in a attempt to look for clues as to where he was.

The closet door was hanging open displaying the winter clothes on the left side and summer ones on the right. The entire room smelled like dried roses. 'Just like Malleus', Azul thought quietly.

He pulled out Malleus's gift out his pocket; a red dried rose pressed into a glass mold in the shape of a rose. Azul chuckled thinking about how they both got each other the same gift the only difference was the name in gold ink on the back and that his gift to malleus had a dark red nearly black rose.

"Why don't we trade gifts? It'll be like doing each other a favor!" Azul had suggested that Valentine's day.

He walked over to Malleus's desk. The ebony painted oak wood cluttered with papers and odd things that probably went in the one of the desk drawers.

Azul sighed his eyebrow twitching in irritation.

'They could at least put his stuff back where they found it. It's not like it's hard.'

He stacked all the math notes in the first drawer on the left recalling that's where they were one of the previous times he was in Malleus's room. He returned the reading and science ones to their respective drawers on the right side.

"Alright all better," Azul stood up closing his eyes contentedly. Then he opened one as a realization came to him.

"Oh what did I come in here for again?"

He shoved his hands into his coat pockets discreetly keeping the picture he found.

"Hm maybe it was to feel closer to Malleus..."

Turning around he walked around the wall blocking view of the actual bed and huge pile of clothes and books and the others had simply thrown on the bed.

"Good feelings gone," Azul clenched his fists his face barely hiding his rage.

Hours later he had put all the clothes back and he determinedly ignored the black and white striped large travel trunk.

Currently on Twisted Wonderland~

"For starters would you like to tell me your relationship with.. The other NRC students, and their academic status?" Riddle asked taking a seat and opening a spare notebook.

"You're using me to keep track of the academic improvement of you and your classmates? What a workaholic!" Malleus alter laughed cheerfully and Riddle flushed wondering if he overstepped. But he was being cheerful about it...

[Timeskip]

Malleus alter returned to Diasomnia.

Riddle was almost completely the same as the one he knew. He still only had a vague idea what a overblot was and figured it wasn't his place to ask such a thing to Riddle.

Immediately approaching him was Lilia who looked rather curious about something. At least that's what he could figure given that he purposely sought him out. With a small smile he asked " is there something troubling you, Lilia?" To which he was surrounded by this universe's version of himself, Sebek and Silver. He knew that currently there was no reason to present themselves as a threat and yet he couldn't help but feel on guard.

"Did something... happen?" He asked turning around so that he was facing Silver, but still in a position where if Lilia or Sebek chose to attack he could defend himself. He was especially on guard around Lilia since he knew Lilia would choose something that wouldn't be perceived as dangerous, such as tickling, to lower his defenses.

"We each had a vision one that was a memory, obviously not ours, of you." Lilia stated using magic to pull up a chair to sit in.

"I myself am used to having strange dreams but I admit the dream of you struggling at handling that China cabinet despite doing well against those robbers, was quite a shock," Silver stated calmly.

'You don't sound very shocked' Malleus alter thought.

Malleus alter blinked. "You saw... What now?"

"It appears with you being here we are able to see our counterparts' memories, mainly ones involving you." Malleus stated making direct eye contact with his human alternate world self. Sparing a glance at Sebek he could see he wasn't too pleased about this.

"So the exact memory you saw was September 23, when Lilia left us all alone to go on a three day business trip. And the three of us were at home when the house was broken into the day Lilia was supposed to come back?" He asked. They gave a small nod in response except Lilia who pushed forward a cup of tea on a table he was certain wasn't there before and Malleus alter grimaced internally.

He put his hand to his chin trying to think. He'd walked off and had subtly moved from the little circle his alternate self and his family's counterparts had made. He wondered if they noticed yet.

Lilia tried for a smile "I know myself well enough to know it was taken care of and they were taught a lesson they'd never walk away from," he poured himself a cup via magic. "But I am curious. I'd like to know right now if there's anything we should know about before I see it in the memories of my alternate universe counterpart." "The same goes for the rest of us" Malleus stated so Malleus Alter got the feeling that wasn't the only memory he saw.

Silver sat down and actually drank his cup of tea. Both Malleus and Malleus Alter had yet to sit down and Sebek was adding a bit of cream to his.

"Well the truth is I... I have lots of friends who are precious to me.Like Riddle, Ace, Deuce and Ortho. My boyfriend, and my sort of friend Leona--"

"I have another question. What is your relationship with Leona Kingscholar?" Malleus asked his alternate self. Malleus alter startled and seemed to not be prepared for the question.

"The memory of you doing that reckless thing isn't the only vision I saw. I have lots of visions, albeit brief ones of you letting Leona inside the house you appear to be living in, inside your room, in your bed..." At this Malleus realized he probably shouldn't have said the last one since Malleus alter seemed to glare at him for bringing it up.

Instead Malleus alter sighed in resignation. "It's complicated between me and Leona,"

"try explaining anyway?" Malleus suggested earning another glare from his alternate self.

"Oh that's what you meant about not wanting to be judged. You're..."

"Pansexual" Malleus alter interrupted.

Everyone looked confused. "Idia explained it to me once," he commented quickly. Trying to think of way to explain it without explaining all the sexuality preferences.

"Look it's not that I'm not attracted to girls. I am it's just I don't really care about gender or sexuality. It's not that important to me," Malleus alter shrugged.

"You mean you're not a virgin anymore?" Lilia asked his eyes smiling.

"No-- wait wha--?" Malleus alter blinked realizing what he just answered. Malleus blinked owlishly as if processing the information.

"Yeah I walked into that one," Malleus alter sighed.

Malleus alter sat down in front of a open history book. Probably part of Sebek's homework, and rested his chin on his left hand. His other arm folded so it was on the book. He honestly looked kind of bored reading it since it was mostly the same except for some of the names and a few minor events being altered.

Lilia observed Malleus Alter read and couldn't help but notice how similar to Malleus he was. 'They really are the same person,' he thought noting the straight posture, the breathing, the way his face had that bored look when he "read" to look busy so he wouldn't be bothered or when he was told to read something he already read and instead was thinking about his parents-- wait a minute.

"Malleus.. Ah alter are you not particularly interested in the history book?" Lilia asked curiously.

"The book was good up till the point where it started spitting vile insults," Malleus alter scoffed closing the book with a bit of a harsh slam.

"Well that's how history is... It isn't pretty," Lilia tried to say gently.

"I know that. It's just not what happened in my world" Malleus alter stared out the window.

"I keep forgetting I'm here and not there..."

"Malleus alter would you mind telling me about your history in comparison to what you read?" Lilia smirked taking the book from him.

Malleus stared at him. "The Draconia family has a long history I don't think--" he started then sighed "of course you're happy to have new information"

"... I could bit I'm still processing alot of stuff it'll have to wait" Malleus alter rubbed on a lock of hair.

"I'll be more than happy to share it in my report to her Majesty," Lilia said cheerfully.

Malleus alter stared at him blankly for a moment.

"Malleus alter are you alright?" Silver asked.

"Oh yeah I'm fine I just had a weird flashback or sense of deja vu. Probably nothing."

Malleus stood alone with his alternate self. Curiously his eyes tilted toward him. "..So you and Leona Kingscholar...?" He asked raising a eyebrow.

"Its not what you think.. It was more of a..." He paused opening the book and flipping the pages.

"It... Was.." He faltered. Did he really want to tell his alternate self things he hasn't really explained to his own Lilia?

"Do you still have feelings for him?" Malleus asked but it almost sounded harsh.

"No"

"Then what's holding you back?" Malleus alter tilted his head curiously.

"It's hard to explain. He was there for me... I enjoyed his company even when we argued and got competitive. It was fun," mallleus alter seemed to be gathering himself better now. Malleus's eyebrow twitched with slight irritation.

"I didn't mind letting him sleep in my room and when we slept together it was more for our stressfully complex lives." Malleus glanced at his alternate self.

"W-what?" He stood up turning to face him.

"You had sex with him because--" malleus asked in disbelief.

"that's right it was our way of having someone to talk to." Malleus alter stated making it all more vague.

Malleus alter watched the small minor reactions to conclude that his other self of Twisted Wonderland seemed baffled.

Maybe Leona was different here..?

"Did... Kingscholar do it to anger you?" Malleus asked quietly.

"No of course not. If Leona even tried to put his hands on me without my permission knowing I can't get away with harming him till I'm 20, I would have had Lilia kill him for me," Malleus alter scoffed.

"There was nothing between us. We simply did it because it took our fancy. It had no emotional ties to it as per our agreement since he kept voming over to my place to avoid going home. It wasn't a relationship but more something we grew into. It got what we wanted to say to each other across easier than sitting on my bed and staring at the wall in awkward silence for three hours"

"How was your first time anyway?" Malleus asked his curiosity finally burning through his reserved and composed nature. Malleus alter tilted his head and had a odd little smile. "So many people want me to tell them things today!" He remarked.

He sat down on the bed in Malleus's VIP dorm room.

"That's personal!"

But I'm older than you," Malleus stated.

Malleus alter laughed "so? I'm closer to 18 then you which basically makes me the adult here"

The next morning*

"I have a spare gym uniform!" Lilia said proudly

"You mean you threw together whatever spare clothes you figured I wouldn't need anymore right?" Malleus corrected wearing his own gym uniform.

"I don't go to this school do I really need to go to gym class?" Malleus alter asked.

Yes!" Lilia grinned "it'll be good practice!"

"Practice for what exactly? I can't use magic remember?" He asked

Lilia got a odd glint in his eye.

"Oh. You wanna test my skills and compare me to the me you got to raise. Of course you do" Malleus alter sighed.

Malleus alter ran a hand through his hair.

"I'll just park my backside right here..." He sat down on the roof.

"Hey! Draconia! What are you doing--" Vargas yelled.

"I'll just stay here and watch." Malleus alter announced "Surely there's no problem with that?" He asked as a afterthought.

Everything was somewhat boring until the next class showed. Malleus alter noticed that Azul was in this class and decided to move to the stands. If anyone noticed they didnt say anything.

"If they are also doing that broom riding thing it'll be interesting to tell Azul that this universe's version of him seems to have overcome his fear of heights~!' He thought smiling a little at the idea.

Azul's p.o.v.*

Azul was doing well, he actually went higher than two feet in the air but it fell apart when he looked down and saw how high he was and lost control of the broom. Then he fell off. He didn't scream in panic but he did yelp and figured he might sprain his ankle or something. The force of landing on the ground never cane and instead Azul felt the warmth of someone who caught him. His heart nearly caught in his throat as he opened his eyes and saw Malleus alter staring at him in concern.

"Did that guy just blur?" On student said

"Yeah it was like he--" another started.

"He practically vanished and materialised under Azul to catch him!"

Azul looked confused since he hadnt been paying attention to Malleus alter.

"Those rumors are starting again..." Malleus alter muttered in irritation.

"What rumors?" Azul asked gaining his own footing.

"..." Malleus alter didn't say anything.

"He's just as overpowered as the real Malleus!" Another student said a bit too loudly in a exasperated tone.

"It's not important." He remarked. "Sorry I interrupted the lesson" he said looking over at Coach Vargas and letting go of Azul's arm.

Malleus alter patted his head "you're okay right?"

Azul tried not to blush. "Of course!"