This is Part One of my Twst MC!Overblot story for one of my Yuusonas. It's been a long time since I sat down and actually wrote anything, so sorry in advanced for my awful writing. I'm gonna pretty up this post later. I just wanted to get this out. Let me know what you all think and if you are interested in a Part Two!
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Tired. He was so tired. No matter how much sleep he got, it was never enough. No amount of naps that Leona suggested he take when he saw the dark circles under the Prefect’s eyes
changed anything. No amount of soothing teas Riddle had gifted him in the hopes that it would
give him respite helped. Everyone could see that something was wrong with the beloved Prefect
of Night Raven. Even Grim had tried to make his hench-human skip a day while the feline
monster went to classes for them. Nothing helped.
It wasn’t a tired where he needed more sleep. No. This was a tired that was bone deep. Like an
ooze that clung to Yuu’s soul, threatening to suffocate him. Dragging him down into a black pool
where he no longer had the strength to fight as he sunk deeper and deeper. He couldn’t focus.
He had no appetite. He had no energy. Yet he tried to convince his worried schoolmates that he
was alright. He would bounce back. Yuu would muster up as convincing a smile as he could, but
his more perceptive friends weren’t convinced.
He was alright. He had to be. A pillar of strength can’t crumble.
Yuu’s head snapped up. Professor Crewel was before him with furrowed brows and concerned
eyes. Glancing next to him, Jack was also looking at Yuu with an equal amount of worry. Sighing
and shaking his head of the rest of the fog, Yuu placed down the vial of potion ingredients that
he had been unknowingly staring at.
“Sorry, Professor. I got lost in thought,” Yuu apologized with a smile that had too many teeth.
The two magic users didn’t look convinced with the way they quickly glanced at each other, but
they didn’t pry.
“It’s fine, Pup. I came to tell you that you are excused for the rest of my class. The Headmage
would like a word with you in his office.”
“Oh? Ah… alright,” Yuu stammered before shedding his lab coat and glasses. Grabbing his bag
and waving a quick goodbye to his fellow first years and Crewel, Yuu hurried out the classroom -
not before hearing in the background Crewel’s signature whip and Grim’s whine that he couldn’t
go along with Yuu.
The hallways of Night Raven College with their twists and turns had become familiar to Yuu in
the months that he had been there. Friendly portraits that waved or gladly struck up a
conversation used to unease the Prefect, but - like everything else in this magical world - he got
used to it and now enjoyed it. It was a world of endless discovery beyond the college’s walls and
the island it shared with their rival school. A world full of magic, beastmen, fae, ghosts, and who
knew what else.
A world… that he didn’t belong in.
“Ah~! There’s our wonderful Prefect! Come in and have a seat!” Crowley enthusiastically
greeted once Yuu had entered his office. Said Headmage was seated at his extravagant desk
with the portraits of the Great Seven floating above him. Yuu gave a small smile and nod in
greeting to the crow-decorated man as he took a seat in front of the desk.
“You wanted to see me, Headmage?”
“Yes, of course! But before that, I can have one of our chefs bring up a snack or a drink for you.
Aren’t I so kind?”
Yuu declined the offer. Something was up. The Headmage was known for being a little
flamboyant and downright manipulative with his “kindly Headmage'' act. Sure it had helped with
some situations that had happened when Yuu’s classmates didn’t want to help solve them, but
the entire act was exhausting for everyone. Then again those situations should have been
handled by the Headmage instead of his students.
Having Yuu decline his offer, Crowley’s cheerful demeanor sank away into an air of uncertainty.
The black mask upon the man’s face made it hard to see what he was thinking, but his slumped
shoulders and laced fingers upon his desk made him look… regretful? Hesitant? Crowley let out
a deep sigh.
“As you know, I have been looking meticulously for a way to send you back home. Even
spending my winter vacation looking into the matter! Every book, every scroll, every tome. Not
everyone would be so kind as I to help you find a way back to your world. But-” he let out
another sigh, “- I’m sorry, Yuu. There is no way to send you back home.”
Cold dread ran down Yuu’s back and froze every nerve in his body. The words the Headmage
spoke punched the air from his lungs and stabbed at his thumping heart. The world around him
fell away into a black abyss, ready to swallow him whole.
‘There is no way to send you back home.’
‘There is no way to send you back home.’
Again and again those words echoed inside of Yuu. Words that formed a chain to drag him
down into hopelessness.
“Not all hope is lost!” Crowley’s words pulled him back to the real world, “I’m not so cruel as to
kick you out of this college. You are still one of my precious students! I still expect you to be the
first magicless student to graduate from this prestigious school! Of course, if you stay in Ramshackle during summer and winter breaks, I will have you do tasks for me to earn your
keep. Aren’t I so kind~?”
Too lost in a daze to understand the words that Crowley spoke, Yuu just nodded and fought
back the tears that wanted to run down his cheeks. Seeing the Prefect silent and in shock,
Crowley hesitated in what to do next. Clearing his throat, he rose from his chair and went to the
large window at the back of his office. He stared out the window to the courtyard of the school
below all while tapping his finger on the handle of his cane. The Headmage cleared his throat
once more after a moment of silence.
“You are dismissed, Prefect. Take a few days off classes. I’ll inform your professors,” he said, his
voice solemn and soft, as if speaking any louder would be a sin.
Yuu’s body felt like lead as he stood. His school bag was all but forgotten as he left the office;
his feet dragging with each step.
The bell had rung to signal the end of class, and the hallways of the school filled with students.
The mass of people swirled into a mess of colors that Yuu trudged through like an
encompassing fog. If anyone said anything to him, he wouldn't have heard them. If they bumped
into him, he would just carry on forward like nothing happened. The faces of his fellow students
became blank. Nothing. He couldn’t see who was who. He needed to get to Ramshackle. The
mass of swirling colors was suffocating him. He couldn’t breathe!
Before he knew it, Yuu was running through the hallways and out the front of the school. His
lungs burned and his mind raced with nothing but the words the Headmage said to him looping
again and again. He made it back to Ramshackle with the door slamming behind him.
Ramshackle was silent. Empty. All there was was Yuu’s own labored breath and pounding heart.
The trio of ghosts that Yuu had come to think of as friends weren’t there. They had gone out to
do who knows what. It was for the best.
Yuu’s legs shook violently before they gave out. The boy slid down the door until he sat against
the wood. His throat tightened and long overdue tears cascaded down his face. Yuu let out a
broken sob. Then another. Then another. He hugged his legs to his chest and buried his face in
his knees. What was once a silent dorm was now broken by the sobs of its Prefect.
Minutes? Hours? Yuu didn’t know how long he let his sorrow and despair out. When the tears
finally dried, any energy that he had left was gone. His limbs felt numb. He felt numb. Getting up
wasn’t what he wanted to do. But he needed to. He needed to get to the bathroom to wash his
face of any sign of his sorrows. Grim would soon be coming back to the dorm. The golden rays
of the setting sun through the windows meant that classes had ended a while ago. Yuu didn’t
want Grim to see him like this.
Yuu’s body trembled as he got up. His limbs felt so heavy that he needed the walls to support
him. Going up the stairs and to his room was like climbing a mountain. Making it to the
bathroom, he leaned over the porcelain sink trying to catch his breath. When he looked up, he
saw his face.
Dull, lifeless brown eyes set in a pale and clammy face. His eyes were red and puffy with dark
circles under his eyes. Dried trails of tears stained his cheeks. Even his mousy brown hair was
limp and dead against his head and neck. Grim may be oblivious sometimes, but even he would
know that something was very wrong.
Turning the faucets on high, Yuu washed and scrubbed away any traces of his tears and even
hoped that it would rid him of the dark circles. Grabbing a towel, he dried off his face.
“I’m fine. Everything’s okay. I’m fine… I’m fine,” he muttered like a mantra at his reflection, “I’m
fine. I’m… fine.”
The sudden voice shocked Yuu, making him whip his head around to find who it belonged to.
His brows furrowed when there was no one else. No Grim. No ghosts. Not anyone.
“How much longer are you going to lie to yourself?” the voice questioned, its tone sharp and
bitter. Yuu swallowed down his unease.
“Who’s there? Where are you?” he called shakily.
Yuu looked back at the mirror and his eyes widened. What stared back at him wasn’t him. It
wasn’t even human despite its silhouette being human shaped. A face nor any defining features
could be made out as if the being was made of darkness itself. Drops of darkness fell off of the
being like droplets of ink. A pair of white shapes that resembled eyes narrowed at Yuu.
“I’ll ask again: How much longer are you going to lie to yourself?” the being’s voice
demanded.
“I’m… I’m not lying. I’m fine,” Yuu answered, his own voice not sounding convincing to his own
ears. The being in the mirror didn’t like Yuu’s answer as it slammed its hand against the barrier
separating them. The loud bang made Yuu flinch and take a step back.
“Stop lying!” it snarled, “We both know you aren’t fine! You haven’t been fine since you
ended up in this place! If ending up in another world wasn’t enough, every single one of
them just made it worse!”
“‘Them?’ Who are you talking about?”
“You know who I’m talking about. Every single one of your so-called classmates. Your
professors. That annoying feline. That lazy, manipulative man who calls himself the
Headmage of this place! That’s who!”
“Friends?!” the being let out a hysterical laugh before mockingly saying, “Of course they are!
What great friends they are to have treated you like dirt beneath their feet before you had
to risk your life to even earn an ounce of respect. All because you are a magicless freak
from another world!”
“And don’t forget about the Overblots! How unlucky you have been to be in the center of
every single one of them. I suppose lucky for them since you’re the one who saved them.
Not bad for a magicless student! You would think they would at least thank you for
saving their hides, but nope! Nothing! Too good to apologize to the magicless worm after
everything they put you through!”
“Let’s recount everything that your so-called friends have done to you, shall we? Mocked
you, belittled you, attacked you, stolen from you, roped you into their mess, kicked you
out of your own dorm, threatened you, hypnotized you, lied to you, poisoned you, put
you through absolute hell, cast spells on you, used you, and to top it all off you are stuck
in a world where you don’t belong!”
“Stop it!” Yuu screamed. His labored breaths filled the bathroom. The being’s words were… true.
Everything that it had pointed out had happened in a never ending barrage that assaulted Yuu
since the day he was pulled into Twisted Wonderland. It hurt. It grasped at his heart painfully yet
he just went about his days as best as he could. They never apologized to him. They never
asked him how he was doing. All they did was give him pitying looks or went about their days
like nothing happened. Like he hadn’t been hurt by any of it.
Yuu’s lips trembled and his eyes welled with tears once more. He couldn’t do it anymore. He
couldn’t be the pillar of strength that he hid behind when the cracks threatened to topple the
whole thing down.
“They’re all so selfish, aren’t they?” the being said, its voice quiet and comforting, “You did
everything for them. Gave them your heart. Been kind and there when they needed you.
You gave them promises that you kept, but they took away your chance to fulfill your first
promise. Your most important promise. Your promise to her.”
It was like a shard of ice pierced his heart. Images that he had buried away came back to the
front of his mind. A lonely home. A woman with a kind face that morphed into a sunken and sick
look. The beeping of monitors. A doctor’s words. The promise Yuu had made.
A promise he now couldn’t keep to the most important person in the world.
“Yuu! Come on! Let’s go to dinner! I’m star-” Grim’s voice cut off when Yuu turned to look at him.
The cat monster’s eyes widened and his ears flattened.
Down Yuu’s face dripped black ink.
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There we go! Part One done! Let me know what you think!
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