Prologue: Broken Spider
Both the creature and the younger teen looked at the orange haired man in surprise. Grim seemed to be the most surprised of the two, his eyes had become bulging and his fur stood on end while the student laughed out loud, amused by the expressions of the animal and the other young man who had shrunk in place at that sound. so recognizable and overwhelming to its existence.
"I can't take it anymore!" the older man said laughing. "Hey you guys! Aren't they what went crazy yesterday at the entrance ceremony? The guy who summoned the dark mirror despite having no magic and a monster that wasn't even invited. Wow, I was trying hard not to laugh during the entrance ceremony."
"That? What a rude guy, you know!" Grim complained with a frown.
"And now they weren't allowed in, they had to be made janitors?" His arrogant and not at all friendly smile was still on his face causing the other teenager to shrink further in his place. "Ahahaha! How pathetic", Grim could only continue grumbling in anger. "Besides, you don't even know about the Big Seven, how ignorant are you? "I recommend that you go back to the nursery before coming to Night Raven College."
Grim was fuming from his ears while Izuku tried not to panic at the arrogant attitude of the guy in front of him. Although I couldn't help but give him a little reason that he needed to learn more, but it wasn't his fault! he wasn't from that place to begin with! "At this rate they are going to…"
"I thought about teasing you a little, but…You didn't dispel my expectations. "Unlike you, I have to attend classes," he turned on his heels and looked at them over his shoulder, showing a big, mocking smile. "Work hard to keep this school sparkling, you two~."
And with that he began to head towards the main building.
"That kind! He'll just say that and walk away! "I'm already angry, you know!", with great fury the raccoon launched a large flame towards the student who almost did not dodge that attack.
"Whoaa!... Burn- Be careful! What the hell are you doing?!", the armed Ace asked when he saw the fire almost touching him.
"That's what you get for making fun of me! That head of fire, I will burn it so that it is truly a big head of fire!"
"Firehead?" Ace's attitude changed to a more alert one. "Hee! "They really have guts to fight me," he looked back at the other teenager. "Same for you, I'll make sure they end up like dogs with their tails between their paws," with a roar, Grim launched another fireball that was dodged by the heart boy. "Oh… Be careful! …Take this!…" he said, taking his pen and in one movement he launched "wind?"
"This guy… there is wind blowing everywhere! "My fire will go out, you know!" Grim said angrily as he saw how his flames were reducing.
"What's that? A fight?" asked another of the students who were on the main street. Izuku looked at him again, he had the same bracelet as Ace, but he looked older enough that they were in the same grade.
"Very good! "Catch them!" shouted another.
"There's even magic to control the wind," Izuku muttered, his mind completely engrossed in the theories popping up in his head lamenting that he didn't have his notebook with him to write down his analyses, maybe he could ask the director for a notebook and a pen. .
"A fire as weak as that wouldn't touch me a hair," Ace said smugly.
But that didn't stop you from almost getting roasted anyway,Izuku thought as he remembered that the orange-haired man almost ended up without hair.
"What did you say? You better get ready, you know," the two continued fighting and at one point Izuku realized that almost the entire courtyard was destroyed. "Screw you! Don't dodge him!" Midoriya was scared, he had never seen Grim really angry and seeing the other teen just mock them didn't help matters, no matter how much he yelled for them to stop, none of them listened to him and all only to end with a burn on one of his arms since Ace had not correctly calculated the trajectory of his attack. Grim was increasingly annoyed by the young man's skill so in a fit of anger he threw a fireball straight at Ace. "Take this!"
"I just change the path of the wind and… Take that!"
While this was happening, Ace's attack ended up completely targeting the green-haired boy, who was scared to see that the attack was heading directly at him. "Be careful!" someone in the crowd shouted when they saw the minor in the middle of the road. Many began to shout in alarm when he almost ended up on fire if he hadn't ducked down in time.
He had to thank Bakugo for this.
Otherwise he had to get used to avoiding his explosions.
However, he had not been the one affected. Everyone fell silent when they saw the statue of the Queen of Hearts burning like a torch. "Ahhhhh! Shit! The statue of the queen of hearts is burned!"
It's because you changed the trajectory of my fire, you know! Stay still and let me fry you!"
"Do you really think someone will let themselves be burned by you?" Ace didn't seem at all amused by what was said.
The two tried to escape, leaving Midoriya there without seeing if he was okay. Ash was covering most of his face and the pain from the burn was making it difficult for him to move his left arm. He looked up when he saw Crowley's recognizable hat and mask.
Without a doubt… they were screwed.
"Enough! "What's going on here?!" he asked with a shout, everyone could see his frown and the danger he radiated. He was furious.
"... Director…"
"He…! He will hit us with his whip of love! Let's run away!"
And just like he said, he traps them both with the dark leather rope. "Hurts!"
"It hurts much! "It's the second day in a row!" Grim screamed when he had to feel that sensation again.
"It's my love whip!" the adult crossed his arms. "It will be another hundred years before they can outrun me and surpass me in speed!", and Izuku couldn't agree more, he had seen him disappear that morning only to find him at the fence smiling, all in the blink of an eye. eyes. Then the older man looked at Grim. "Even though I told you yesterday that it won't cause any problems, right? And then you go and char one of the statues of the big seven! "I WOULD VERY LIKE TO SEE THEM EXPELLED."
"Wait, that's not…" Ace tried to speak but the words wouldn't come out of his mouth. But Crowley ignored him, turning to look at Midoriya who had already managed to get up from the floor.
"...And you... Is this how you supervise Grim-kun?", unlike with the other two, the director sounded disappointed, something that surprised Izuku a little.
"I'm sorry…"
"My God," he shook his head. "...Your...Your name and rank?"
He was referring to Ace who had his head lowered in resignation. "Ace Trappola, first year."
"So… young Trappola, young Grim, and you too," he pointed to the three of them. "As punishment he ordered the three of them to wash a hundred windows around the campus."
"Fuñya! "It's all because he was making fun of us!" Grim complained, he was tired of being sent to clean up and even more so having to be watched by Izuku and now getting in trouble for a guy who the only thing he didn't he knew to do was keep his comments to himself.
"Me too?!" Ace asked excitedly, as if he didn't believe what he was hearing. He had already heard that tone of voice from Katsuki every time Aunt scolded him and didn't let him get his way.
"Of course!" confirmed the oldest. "After school, we'll meet in the cafeteria, understood?"
"... Bieeeeen…"
"Nothing but misery since yesterday, you know."
After that they just continued cleaning the main street. By collecting the leaves from the trees that had fallen, Grim managed to concentrate to burn them to ashes while Izuku continued with his work of cleaning the statue that had become so black as to blend in with the walls of Ramshackle Dorm, it took several hours to clean it. to be able to remove every last gram of ash he had but he was proud of his work. The two headed to the cafeteria as the Director indicated, it was the largest place he had ever seen, the chandeliers hung from the ceiling and instead of lights they had shiny stones that illuminated the entire place. The tables were made of dark wood and the fireplace on one side of the room gave him the impression that at some point he would end up cleaning that soot-filled place. On the opposite side of the Fireplace there were large windows that showed a great view of the patio.
Grim was lying on one of the benches, his fur was standing up and he had some leaves on him. "I'm already tired of cleaning all day, you know. On top of that, now we have to clean a hundred windows…"
"We have no choice…" Izuku said, looking at the creature with pity. Just like Grim, he was tired of having to go up and down from high places just because the kitten couldn't reach certain parts.
"Besides, that guy Ace is taking too long," there was truth in that, classes had already ended and Trappola was nowhere to be found, they hadn't been there for long so it shouldn't take that long if he was already there. building to start. "Who does he think he is for making me wait? It bothers me.
From there, several hours had passed when they finally understood something that did make them both angry. "...Gh!... I don't care that... You're too late!" he said angrily, they had already cleaned seventeen windows each and Ace didn't show up. "It could be that he ran away, right?"
"Maybe," Izuku couldn't rule out that possibility; throughout his life he had seen many of his classmates leave him alone cleaning.
"It's unforgivable that he gets away with punishing us!" He jumped off the table and went straight to the door. "Come on henchman, let's get Ace and make him clean windows! You know."
They had to ask several students and staff to find the other teenager's classroom. "Hey! Where is Ace?!" Grim asked angrily. "We won't let you hide and leave us with everything, you know!", then he looked at the empty room. "There is no one anymore?!"
"No, I'm still here," that voice sounded old, the two looked around until they found another talking picture.
"Ahhhh! The painting speaks!"
"Haven't you noticed," Izuku asked somewhat credulous, a few moments ago they had spoken with one.
"What's happening? There is nothing strange that paintings speak in this school, right? The lady on the wall over there, The knight on the wall over here. "Everyone can talk," he pointed to the painting. "Portraits can speak because they have a mouth. That's normal, you know?
"W-Well, usually paintings don't talk," Midoriya said, remembering his world. There was nothing like it, unless he was under a Quirk.
"Your normal and my normal differ regarding our quirks, don't they? Other than that, are you guys looking for someone?"
"We're looking for a guy named Ace, you know. "He has a heart mark on his face and bright orange hair."
"Oh, I know him. He is one of the freshmen who started today, right?" he recognized the painting. "Although he returned to his dormitory not long ago, but…"
That?! That bastard escaped after all!" Grim growled. Do you know where he went?"
"The entrance is behind the east building."
"Hey!" the cat called. "Let's go get him!"
The murmurs of the tired students reached his ears. The instructions on the paintings had been too precise to get lost so he had to quicken his pace before Ace thought of running away. The truth is, the last thing he wanted at that moment was to get into trouble, but his day was hardly the best so far. He looked through the crowd of students entering each of the mirrors in the place, according to what he had heard those mirrors led to the school dormitories so they had to find Trappola before he entered his designated mirror because he was no longer there. They couldn't do anything to him in the dorm unless they talked to their Dorm Leader and Izuku didn't really think he was capable of facing the red-haired boy from the entrance ceremony.
"There's no way I'm cleaning a hundred windows. I'll just leave now…" he heard them say to his left, there he was, at the entrance to the hall of mirrors and unfortunately he wasn't the only one.
"...¡You!..."
"Geh… They found me."
"You! Wait! We won't let you be the only one to escape, you know!"
"I'm not going to wait at all," he said with a smile only to run directly to the mirror in his bedroom. "I'm out of here!"
"It's not fair that you just leave!"It's not fair that you put me in trouble, thought Izuku running with Grim after Ace. "I wish I didn't do it too!"
On the other hand, a blue-haired boy turned around when he heard the scandal. He was about to enter through the mirror when he saw one of his classmates approaching at full speed and he was not the only one since he saw a green-haired boy much shorter and younger than them on their heels.
He's very fast for being short and having almost no muscle mass.
"Get off! Ace yelled at them to get out of his way.
"...Huh?...Ah!...Y-Yes!", he moved away from the gear before the boy crashed into him. But upon seeing this Izuku did what he very rarely dared to do...
"Catch him please!" His scream echoed through the room, drawing the blue-haired man's attention. "Some spell or something."
"Magic to capture someone?" asked the third teenager. "I should freeze his legs…No…immobilize him with a rope…Or it would be better…"
"Whatever is fine, just hit it hard! Quick!" Grim shouted.
"Anything?! Anything…" the boy seemed to hesitate. "Good! Anything is fine so let's go!", he took his pen and waved it in the orange haired man's direction. "Something heavy!"
Suddenly a giant cauldron appeared in front of Ace, falling on top of him. Izuku had to stop before his fate was the same thanks to the closeness he had with the other boy. He murmured, thanking his reflexes that had saved him from a dangerous situation again.
"What the hell is this?! A cauldron?!", he asked a little hurt, that attack had taken him by surprise since according to him the green-haired boy had no magic but he had still managed to throw a cauldron at him but looking around, he could notice the characteristic uniform from his bedroom.
"...Gaaaahahahaha!...Look at it! That Ace looks like a pancake under that cauldron, you know," Grim said laughing and Midoriya couldn't agree more, a small smile appeared on his lips, he knew it was wrong to laugh at the situation they had caused but he couldn't help it. "How pathetic."
And that was a clear mockery of what happened that morning.
"I didn't think a cauldron would come out," the third boy said thoughtfully. Izuku turned to look at him carefully, just like Ace, he was a little taller than him, he had dark blue hair and light green eyes, nothing compared to the dead green that Midoriya was wearing at that moment. Unlike the other two teenagers, his hair was mostly brushed down one side while a portion hung over his right side. Above his right eye, he had a black mark in the shape of a pike. Like Ace, he wore the institutional uniform with the same dormitory ribbon. It was more than obvious to Izuku that they were companions. "I think… Did I go a little overboard?"
"Ouch! Hurts! "It hurts!... It's okay, right?..." Trappola complained about the pain when he got up from the floor. "Those hundred windows should be clean in no time."
"It's not something that is done in an instant," Izuku said tiredly, the other two teenagers looked at him, the clothes he was wearing were all covered in dust and much of his hair was messy, the smell of chlorine and soap came from him. him despite his tattered appearance and the fact that his hands were red due to the carvings he had to give to the statue and the windows.
"Clean a hundred punishment windows, what the hell did they do?" asked the blue-haired man.
"You don't want to know," Izuku replied, his stutter gone after running all over campus trying to find the defaulter.
"I messed with the furball," Ace explained. "And we might burn the Queen of Hearts statue a little."
"Did they damage one of the statues of the seven great ones?!" the young man asked excitedly. "That's something that definitely makes anyone angry. Even though you get into a prestigious school and do something like that on the first day…"
"How annoying. By the way, who are you?" Ace asked.
"I'm Deuce, Deuce Spade," the boy introduced himself. "Does it hurt you to at least remember the faces of your classmates?"
"...Umm... You don't remember mine either."
"A-Anyway. If the director ordered it, it means you have to take it seriously."
"...Yes, yes... Understood... Okay, let's just get it over with," at that moment the three of them realized something.
"Grim is… strangely quiet," he said, turning to look at where the animal was supposed to be only to see nothing.
"Ah! The furball is gone!"
Izuku ran towards the entrance of the classroom only to see Grim running at full speed in the distance with a big smile, it was not difficult to know that he had escaped. "Hehe! I'm entrusting everything to you, Goodbye!~ Goodbye!~"
"That bastard, he made me take his place," Ace cursed, noticing that it was the creature's plan from the beginning. "Hey you,... Um... Ju-Juice?"
"I'm not Juice! I AM DEUCE! WithIt gave!", the other boy was really offended, who confuses his name with juice?"
"You are also responsible so help us catch that furball."
"Why me?" asked the boy.
"This dead weight here can't use magic, so it doesn't count," I grabbed Izuku by the back of his shirt. "Come on!"
The three ran after the fugitive, running along the main street, crossing the courtyard and the statues until they reached the main building and ironically they reached the place where Ace was supposed to have been hours ago, but there was no sign of Grim there.
"Shit! "He ran all over the place!" Ace got frustrated, looking around.
"They can't catch me! So… Catch me if you can, you know!", the mocking voice came from the ceiling, the three of them looked up only to find the kitten high above.
"Grim! How did you get up there?!", the freckled man shouted in alarm.
"Climbing you on the chandelier is unfair. We have not yet learned the magic of flying," the one with the pike began to mutter, trying to clear his mind by searching for some spell of his knowledge. "We need something to get up there and catch him too," Deuce looked at his companions for a moment, until an idea came to mind upon seeing the orange-haired man. "I know!"
"I have to think of a good idea…" Ace muttered, trying to do the same as his partner. But as soon as he looked up his eyes widened in alarm and he began to back away. "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey… Wait a second!… Why are you pointing your magic pen at me?"
"I'm going to throw you in there!"
Izuku turned to look at them alarmed, knowing that whatever Deuce was planning was not going to turn out well. He backed up until he reached the other side of the table, trying not to be within reach of the candlestick, which he was more than sure was going to fall.
"You're kidding, right?" Ace asked, already levitating. "Whoaa… Don't make me float! Are you seriously going to throw me?!", all the bravery and arrogance that he always brought with him disappeared as soon as Deuce made him float higher and higher, he seemed terrified. STOP! OH REALLY!"
"Make sure you catch it!", with great effort the blue-haired man pointed his feather towards Grim. "Aim well… Here I come!"
And with that Ace was no longer between the two boys.
When Izuku tried to look back to where Grim was, he was already on the ground with Trappola, both of them covered in dust and dizzy due to the blow, in addition to the fact that the chandelier was shattered on the ground. Dust filled the place causing the four of them to cough. "Ahhhh! The… The candelabra!
"... I can't believe it….."
"SH-SHIT!" Deuce cursed. "I didn't think about landing after you caught it!"
"...You... Are you an idiot?!" Ace yelled at his classmate, he was beyond furious and then changed to a more alarmed one. "We caught Grim, but if the director finds out that we broke the chandelier…"
"...If I find out... What happens?", now Izuku felt like he was going to die. The principal was more upset than in the morning and would surely end up expelling him from school.
"Ah… Director."
"ALL! YOU! REALLY! WHAT EXACTLY DID THEY DO?!
"...I'm dizzy, you know..."
"They are not satisfied with damaging the statue! So you destroyed a chandelier?! This is already unforgivable!" I look at the three of them. "Everyone will be expelled!"
The scream that everyone let out was so loud that even the ghosts who ran the kitchen stuck their heads out the window, the portraits looked at them accusatoryly and the birds flew away in terror.
"Not that! Anything but that, please," Deuce said pleadingly. "I have a lot to do at this school."
"You have nothing to blame but your own stupidity."
"I ask you, I will pay all the damages if I have to."
"This chandelier is not a normal chandelier. This is a magical candlestick that uses candles that burn for all eternity. It was entrusted to the school because its function would never end. Taking into account its historical value, it would cost no less than a billion madol," he concluded. "Can you pay for that damage?"
"B-Billion madol?!" Deuce looked so alarmed that Izuku wondered how much that sum of money was worth.
"B-But, Director, can't you fix it with your magic?" Even Ace seemed very nervous about the cost.
"Magic is not powerful to fix everything," Crowley seemed to be scolding him for such a question. "More importantly, what we call the heart of any tool was shattered. "No two magic crystals are the same," he looked at the object on the ground. "And this chandelier will never again light its beautiful, shining light."
"That's it…" The three of them were sorry for what had happened. Especially Izuku, not seeing anyone trying to stop the duo, knew that despite everything they tried, it was more than obvious that they were already added to the blacklist and he would probably kick them out tomorrow morning, so he tried to stay calm. and try to plan your next steps. It would be very difficult for him to find a place to live, as well as a school, he would not abandon his studies for anything, and also look for a registry office so that he could prove his existence in that world and of course investigate how to return to his world.
Although he wasn't so sure he wanted that last one.
He looked down and saw his feet. In the little he had seen of Twisted Wonderland, his world and this one were no different, people will continue to discriminate just because of his lack of Quirk or Magic but even so, he saw that this place was a little less obvious with his situation, he could Note with the teachers and the beings that lived there like the ghosts and portraits that they had heard about his situation, they had offered their help and had not ignored him or treated him badly, at least they were decent, a lot compared to what he had to face. for a decade.
If not, I definitely wouldn't go back there.
"Shit… What am I doing? What am I going to tell my mother?" Spade muttered.
"True… there is only one thing… that can fix the chandelier and make it return to normal," when he said that the three teenagers were stunned and looked at him attentively. "The magic crystal of this chandelier was extracted from the Dwarf Mine. If we obtain a magic crystal of the same type as the original manufacture, it might be possible to function."
Deuce did not hesitate and took a step forward. "I'll go look for that magic crystal! Please let me go!"
"However, I have no guarantee that a piece was left in the mine. It has been closed for a long time and it is very possible that it is out of crystals."
"I will do anything to avoid expulsion!" Spade's look made something inside Midoriya, he knew that look, he had it for a long time, that look bright and full of life, nothing like now that his eyes are already They did not reflect that brightness.
"Very good. But I'll give you just one night to get it. Come to me with the magic crystal tomorrow morning otherwise…I will have to expel you without exception," he said, looking at the green-haired boy who shrugged his shoulders when he felt the director's golden gaze on him.
"Yes, thank you very much!"
"There's no other way, let's get the magic crystal and end this," Ace seemed to have given up on Spade's optimism although Izuku could find a touch of resignation.
"Use the door in the mirror chamber to go directly to the Dwarf Mine," Crowley told them, at least he wasn't going to send them on foot.
"Yes!" Deuce shouted and left the cafeteria ready to find that stone and not be expelled, Izuku followed him holding Grim in his arms, if they had this chance to stay in that place until they found a way to get papers in that place. place.
"What happened?" Grim asked, waking up. "What exactly did I do?"
"I would be happy if you remain unconscious," Izuku said, a little angry at the animal. He really disliked Grim and Ace's attitude, reminding him of Bakugou Katsuki and he was really trying to forget him. The four of them headed to the ceremony room, everything was the same as the previous night except that it was not full of people, it almost seemed to be the perfect place to hide if any of the bullies from the students dared to bother him again.
Deuce approached the mirror in the middle of the room followed by Ace. "Why did it become so difficult like this? Today is not my day, really," Izuku sent him a dirty look he had never used before.
"This is not the time to chatter! Come on," he looked at the mirror and said, "Mirror of shadows! Light our way to the dwarf mine!", at those words, the mirror of shadows began to emit a shine that reminded Izuku of a star and a memory that he had not thought of in a long time, that light now I knew her, but I didn't really know where I had seen her before.
He closed his eyes for a moment against the brightness that was beginning to damage his retina and when he opened them he saw that he was no longer in the mirror room. The place where he was was surrounded by trees, the night did not reveal much more than a small bridge and a small house in the distance hidden among the trees.
"So this is the dwarf mine… It used to be prosperous thanks to the mining of magic crystals, but," Deuce began to explain when he saw her confused face.
"It seems like something is going to suddenly appear…" Grim screamed, Izuku could feel himself shaking, but he was no one to talk, he was almost crying with fear.
Ace looked around the place until he found the cabin between the trees. "There is a cabin back there, let's ask them about the mine."
"I don't think anyone lived there for long," Izuku said, from a distance he could see how abandoned it was, perhaps it was in worse condition than Ramshackle Dorm, but Ace ignored him like he had all day and headed to the cabin despite Deuce's yelling at him. How I hate being right, the place was falling apart, cobwebs filled the place giving it a terrifying atmosphere that made him get chills.
"Good night…" Deuce knocked on the door, Izuku rolled his eyes at such nonsense, it was more than obvious that no one was there. "I guess it's abandoned, it's a mess here," he said, looking around the place.
"I have web on my face," Grim coughed.
"Not everything, the very small tables and chairs? "Are they for children?" I ask, looking at the furniture. "One, two, three, four… Seven?! There are many."
"I don't think they were children who lived here," the rest looked at him. "The dwarves must have lived here, their size matched the furniture, plus the mine is nearby, right?"
"It was probably a lively house when the dwarf mine flourished."
"Over time, possibly they no longer found stones and left or simply… passed away."
Die, that word gives you a bad taste in your mouth.
"They did what they had to do, after all, the magic crystals are found inside the coal," Trappola downplayed the freckled man's words. "For now, let's take a look."
Izuku nodded and the four of them left the cabin and followed the dirt path that led to a cave not far from there. They walked for a while until they finally saw the abandoned mine that, like the house, was full of moss and some cobwebs.
"Are we-are we going to enter that dark cave?" Grim asked with his hair standing on end.
"Re scared? Pathetic," and Ace didn't miss the opportunity to be an idiot.
"That?! No-No-It's not that I'm afraid! You know, get ahead of yourself!"
And so Grim became a torch, Izuku had to be thankful that the raccoon's ears and fire illuminated the path because he felt like he was tripping over some lane. But not everything is easy, it really seemed very peaceful and the calm in a place like that was not free and Izuku knew it well when Deuce stopped walking while looking at the dark cave.
"¡!... ¡Wait!"
"What?" Ae asked in a bad mood.
"Something… is here."
"Ghiheehee! Our first guests after ten years," a voice coming from the darkness made them shiver.
"You can feel at home… for all eternity," a second voice told revealing its whitish transparent form along with those hoods so recognizable that Midoriyaachievement identify.
"Oh no, more ghosts," the freckled man lamented before hearing the coming screams.
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