Chapter One: Welcome to the Villains’ World
Ah... my dear beloved. A lovely and noble flower of evil. Truly you are the most beautiful of all.”
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the.....”
“Those who are guided by the dark mirror, as long as their hearts desire, take the hand that appears in the mirror.”
“For me. For them. For you. We are all running out of time. No matter what, never let go of my hand.”
Prologue: Welcome to the Villains’ World
Maybe you shouldn’t have listened to that stupid headmaster. Maybe then you wouldn’t be suffering from his stupidity, or your stupidity for listening to him? That man, oh how you hated him. But, oh, how you missed him. The golden-eyed male with the crow mask who refused to act like an adult, the man who took you in and treated you like a secretary but also a child of his. Truly, a stupid man he was.
“Stupid head mage, stupid school, stupid mirror, STUPID STUPID!!” You spoke softly ignoring passing citizens as you screamed at the top of your lungs towards the end of your speech.
It’s been days, weeks since you have gone missing from Night Raven Academy. You didn’t even know if the school had noticed or not, certainly Ace and Deuce would have noticed. You were a hundred percent sure Yuu knew you were missing, both of you were always together. You’re starving, your legs are aching, your cold, everything sucks and your life seems to be suffering more and more.
Tears fell in pain at being lost and stranded with nothing but your coat, it wasn’t even yours it was the schools who forced you to wear it as a dress code. The suit and pants also proved complicated not to be labeled as uncomfortable, or the tight badge that labeled your dorm. Hands scrunched up into a fist as you looked up at the sky cursing the head mage for even asking you to attend that meeting with the higher-ups. You weren't even a teacher, just half of a student. Your other half is who knows where probably starving. The cold air kissed your skin dragging the surface and causing it to form little bumps coming forth.
You walked aimlessly, ignoring all the signs and all the people. Feeling the sticky tears stain your cheeks, drying up and leaving its mark you dreaded the look of your drama queen. His glaring eyes called you a “bad potato” who saw no meaning in true beauty. You missed your mean blond.
You truly didn’t see why you, a freshman student who was still sixteen, had to suffer the consequences of a grown adult who refused to speak of his age - probably pushing 90 at this point. The purple and gold robe stayed in place but didn’t protect you as much as you had wished for it to. The chattering of others passed by as you walked around in confusion and being misled by the signs. “Where to go? What to do?” You spoke not seeing the cars pass by or the boy who was running at lightning speed.
Everything was normal, it wasn’t too out of the ordinary. Then it all stopped, it all moved in slow motion as you blinked once. Then again, that’s all it takes for something to happen. A second is all it takes for it to arrive.
The once loud streets slowed down, the once clear signs blurred out and the hair on your skin as long as it could go stood on its own with shock waves being thrown into your system forcing you to whip your head to the male. All you could see was a badge-like color being blurred out from the blinding lights. The air was stiff, yet cool, smoothing if you paid attention to it. The streets flipped upside down as you looked on in shock. Eyes widened as fast as they could, hair flew all about, robe dancing with the air and blue light. Your eyes darted to the male who looked as concentrated as ever, his eyes were a deep amber color that had struck you as beautiful.
Then it all moved again. Everything that was blurred away cleared up in an instant. You wanted the truck that was close to making you mash potato break with a screech and slide a little with tire marks left behind. The cars behind it also break with yells of annoyance.
Exactly what you would like to say, what did you just see? Was this some work of your classmates who had found you? You hoped it was. Gently you were placed down near an alleyway. Or were you about to be murdered? Ohh fuck.
The male seemed to be wanting to escape if not for your hands having caught him and forced him to stop. “Wait!?” You yelled at the top of your lungs freaking the male out. “Are you one of my classmates?”
Your question seems to have stopped the male as his eyes widened in fear and confusion. He didn’t remember you, then again he never spoke to anyone in his class, but he was sure you weren't part of his class. Maybe you were in the same school? This is bad. Will you report what you have found out about him?
“Uhh…. I don’t think so?” He questioned, hiding his face from the female as best as he could. The cold fingertips proved to him how hard it would be to hide his face, the rough turn of his head causing him to look at the female eyes wide and cheeks tinted a deep red. Lips drying up, his fingertips grazed her robe as he watched her look directly into his eyes, soaking up his facial features. “You aren’t one of those Royal Sword students, right?” The already tough grip had increased tenfold as she pinched his chin. What were Royal Swords? If she meant that then she should be part of his school. Shaking his head the male eyes squeezed shut for a second as she let go with a light flick. “Doesn’t matter, take me to your head mage, I need to get back soon.”
The cold air showed light with the moon dancing onto her face, the short boyish hair causing the male to question whether the person in front of him was a girl or a boy. Granted there was the hair, the clothing, and the name tag that screamed to be from a boys-only school. The teenager looked at a loss, not wanting to be seen as rude or come off as rude he kept his curiosity to himself.
“Head mage?” Do you mean the Head of Shinhwa, Soo Jiyoung? I mean you had to have met her, who else would be the head mage you speak about except her, but ‘head mage’ sounded more like wizardry. Last he checked he wasn’t a wizard. The glare you sent him instantly caused him to flinch and stutter out a response. “Uhh, right!” He yelled straight omg his back as he started to walk to the building which was owned by Shinhwa.
Walking towards the tall building you both saw the people walking back and forth from and to the building, all having someplace to be, to belong. The clouds cleared as the moon shone onto you two, and the beeping of buttons was heard as you rode the elevator to the highest level. You didn’t remember a school looking like a company-owned building. Grabbing the hood from your robe you covered your face as your boyish haircut did little to cover you up.
Coming to a door where a male’s voice boomed in annoyance, the male looked at you in nervousness, not knowing how to respond to the yells of his friend that was in the room. Both standing there quietly looking at the door in anticipation, finally, the female looked at the male. “Take me to your house, this is useless.” Jumping a little in shock the male looked baffled and taken by surprise, not knowing how to respond to her.
“Uhh, I don’t think I understand.” He finally spoke in embarrassment, scratching his cheek as he looked at the student who rolled her eyes at him causing him to shrink into himself once more. “My house?”
”Do I have to dumb it down for you?” Her question made his stomach drop and heart squeeze as he looked down at her rude comment. “I’m homeless.”
Sure, she was homeless, but did she have to be so rude? Did she say homeless? As in homeless, no house, no roof, no food, and no protection from the outside world. Homeless as in no older figure protecting her. The one where you’re suffering by yourself and hiding it from others to seem like a normal teenager.
“Homeless?” He questioned as his whispers met her once calm ears that have now turned a shade of red. Now he understood, she wasn’t rude, just someone trying to get back to their loved ones, someone trying to survive. “If you’re more comfortable with it, I’m fine with you staying over.” Ignoring the still-yelling teenager in the office with his sister, Jiwoo walked away from the door.
“By the way,” she spoke as they both headed to his house, “The names (Name).” She spoke up ignoring the workers who looked at the two in confusion, mostly her for the weird clothing.
Smiling, the male nodded at finally getting her name and a response from her - the response being her name. “Nice to meet you (Name), you can call me Jiwoo, Seo Jiwoo.” He spoke walking ahead of the two, heading to his comfortable home (his cat-filled house).
Nodding the two walked into his cute little home where a bunch of cats came running out to tackle him, a few coming to your feet for soft petting. Only two cats stayed in place, an orange one and a grey one, one seemingly ignoring the two.
But out of the two, one cat gained your attention like no other, a cute chubby black cat with white fur coating the tips of his tail. The golden eyes of the cat flickered in recognition. With a soft meow, the cat left the corner of the house to paw at your leg, wanting your attention like the rest of the cats there.
“Hmm, that’s the first, he doesn’t go to anyone,” Jiwoo spoke, as the cat nipped at your robe rubbing itself onto your pants. “Aww, he likes you,” Jiwoo said, watching the cat look at you waiting for your attention. “Say hello, Mr. Fluffy.”
“Hello to you too, Lucius.” You gently spoke kneeling as the cat hopped onto your lap purring in happiness, licking his paws while you scratched behind his ear. “Where did you find him?” You spoke looking at the male, if you remember correctly, Lucius never left Professor Mozus's side - always attached to him. His cat being here meant many things, you’ve been gone for way longer than you should have been, and the cat seemed to have come with you.
“Ohh, he followed me down the alley a few days ago, do you know him?” His question was ignored for some time as he watched you pet the cat who meowed in happiness.
“He’s my Professor cat, he goes by the name Lucius.” You spoke, scratching the cat on the chin and having his tail wrap around your wrist. Chuckling a little as the cat tried to stop you with his little paw forcing your hand down.
“Ahh, well…” Jiwoo stuttered out, feeling like he got caught admiring the view of the cat and student, both happy to be near one another. “I’ll go get your bed ready.” Realizing he couldn’t give her a room as there was only one room and his basement the male looked around in nervousness, as the female looked around to find something to feel her starving stomach.
Going to his room to find some bed sheets and an extra blanket he kept for winter, the male went to the girl to fix her bedding on the couch. “I’m sorry, I don’t have an extra room, but I hope this helps.” He spoke already, tucking the bed sheets in making her a bed with pillows where he fought her head would be.
Looking up, he saw her munching on a banana in his fruit bowls, ignoring everything else while petting Lucius as he cuddled up to her. “Thanks for the banana.” (Name) spoke up, breaking the awkward situation. Jiwoo sweated in nervousness, ‘You didn’t even ask’, but responded anyway with a: “Your welcome.”
Finishing up her snack, the female walked towards the coach to see it all made into a bed. She didn’t care if she smelled like crap with a hint of rain, hell she could care less if she looked like a whole mess. Her robe laid in the male's hands as he went to throw them into the washer, a change of clothing in his hands as he pointed to the bathroom, directing her to change for a more comfortable sleep. All she cared about was holding her tears in, this would be the first time in months since she saw something so comfortable. Remembering all the struggles she and Yuu both faced as they tried to sleep peacefully in the broken Ramshackle Dorm. Hiding her face and barring it into the fur of Lucius to stop the flow of her tears from coming down.
“Thank you.” She whispered as the male smiled, saying something about calling his name if you needed anything. Nodding the female watched the boy walk away from the corner of her eyes. “This isn’t too bad, right, Lucius?” The female spoke after a few minutes. “I mean we still need to find a way to get back home, and possibly beat up Headmaster Crowley.”
Shaking in worry the cat with orange fur backed away catching the female's attention, looking down at Lucius and back at the cat, the female looked for a loss of words. “Hey, Lucius, does this cat understand me?” She spoke looking at the cat who flinched a little. “No fucking way.” She whispered sitting down on the couch as the orange cat cursed himself for being caught. “Orange Grim, if you understand me just say something.”
Looking at the female with what seemed to be a glare, the seconds turned into minutes as they flared at one another. With little to no hesitation the male pounced onto the hanging thread on her armband, trying to pull at the threads. With a swift move to the side, the female side-eyed him as she set Lucius down to go change into the sweatpants and plain shirt that the male left behind. A spare toothbrush was left behind as a note:
“Here’s an extra toothbrush :)”
Heading to the makeshift bed, you watched as the ceiling slowly turned from its grayish tones to a darker gray, as your eyes slowly closed on their own, only to snap back open. With a deep breath, you calmed your racing heart forcing all thoughts of not seeing your friends back down, not wanting to scare yourself anymore. This instantly shocked the orange cat awake as his bedding eyes watched you try and calm your racing heart from exploding.
“Fuck.” You whispered to yourself as Kayden watched you move around to calm yourself down, watching you slowly crumble to the ground and close your eyes. Raising a brow the male questioned why you chose to lay there, only to hear your soft snores as an answer.
What a weird kid Jiwoo picked off the streets.
You watched as the male with a tracksuit ran around with little to no care, giving the cats their daily dose of food. Eyes droopy and hair messy, the female yawned as she watched the male running around to go find his jacket to protect himself from the cold weather. Getting up the female went and brushed her teeth, and went straight to washing herself.
Finally, she could breathe and feel clean once more. Scrubbing all the remains of anything disgusting, she finished up and threw the bedsheets into the washing machine feeling bad for acting like this was her home - and for not washing up before sleeping.
With quick work, the boy started to feed his cats while the girl worked on washing the sheets. “Thank you for allowing me to stay over, even though I threatened you.” She whispered the last part sheepishly watching the male shake his head at her clams, stating that he did it because he wanted to help her out. Going to the drier the male grabbed her clothing that he had washed up when she had fallen asleep.
“Here you go, I washed your pants and shirt, and also your robe.” The male spoke watching the student, whom he still didn’t know was a girl, nod at him with a little blush. “Also, I know you wouldn’t be comfortable with your old boxers so I wanted to give you one, don’t worry they’re still brand new.”
He thinks you are a dude, no surprise, given the fact you have to act like one and look like one to even attend school at the Academy. Looking a little baffled you just nodded with a light ‘thanks’ and yanked the black boxers out of his hands to go try them on. Breakfast was quick as their male spoke about going to feed the neighborhood cats - was it a shocker to find out he was obsessed with cats? No.
“Can I come with you?” You asked, looking at the boy who nodded in excitement. Lucius in your hand as you bet the cat gently, having it purr in delight. “Please?” You forced a little pout to your lips, having the male pity you.
“Sure, maybe then you can meet all the cats I have befriended.” He spoke with his voice laced with happiness and dipped in sugar, cats were like his happy friends, never to judge you or outcast you. Not even Grim outcast you. Going back to change from his joggers to his school uniform, the boy looked at you with a smile. “Alright, here we go.” The male spoke as you both walked out of the house with a bag of cat food.
“Ahh.” The noise that came from you was strange but understandable as the cats came running to one of the bowls in hunger, eyes sparkling with delight and happiness. Both of you seemed to notice another male feeding a bunch of cats too, him being more quiet and respectful to the late sleepers in the neighborhood. “Huh?” You let out, elbowing the male next to you as lightly as you could, “Hey, Jiwoo, is he your competition or something?”
“Huh?” The male was just as confused as You, but for other reasons. “Ohh that’s Wooin.” The male spoke in excitement.
“Then let’s wave him be-”
“WOOIN!” The male yelled at the top of his lungs waving at the male and jogging to him as lightly as he could, since he had grabbed your hand and forced you with him.
“Ohh you’ve got to be kidding me.” You said in annoyance as Jiwoo's orange cat signed with you, causing you to quickly make eye contact with him. “I’m watching you, little guy.” Sweating in nervousness the cat backed away slowly.
“I didn’t know you were coming here, are you feeding the stray cats?” Nodding the black hairs male smiled slightly at his friend, his first friend, eyes moving to the female who looked at him with annoyance. Nodding to the male, the female continued her petting of the cat who purred more and stretched slowly to not scratch the student by accident. “Ohh, this is (Name), (Name) this is Wooin.” The amber-eyed colored male spoke introducing the two teenagers to one another.
The three started their journey to the high school, two to attend while one went out of boredom. “I talked to Jisuk's sister yesterday.” Jiwoo started the conversation off, as the three started their long walk. Who the hell was Jisuk? “She told me about the Awakened Academy that’s going to open soon in Korea. She asked me if I wanted to participate.” The boy did sign as he looked at his friend. “As a non-member.”
Damn. More school. Speaking of school and strangers, should Jiwoo be saying this in front of you? A stranger? “Mr. Park suggested it to me too.”
HE TALKS! It’s a miracle, someone started singing or something. This is a dramatic and important moment in our lives. Wooin, speaking, is important. So caught up with the fact the teenager spoke, you tried wrapping your head around how beautiful his voice was. No wonder he doesn’t speak, he could seriously hurt someone with that voice.
“Jisuk you're going too?”
What the fuck? When did this dude come into the picture? “Hello to you, weirdo.” You spoke as the male physically flinched in anger looking shocked and borderline ready to end you.
“Weirdo?” The male spoke looking around trying to keep his cool as he looked at you and Lucius. “Says the dude with the weird cat.” Hissing in anger, Lucius slashed the male’s cheek in anger as he backed away in shock.
“Be a bitch, get slapped like a bitch.” The girl spoke, ignoring the wide-eyed male as he started hissing comments.
“I’ll see you at home, Jiwoo.” The girl spoke, kissing his cheek to be dramatic and for the ‘kicks and giggles’, possibly to also make the students even more confused. “Bye, bye.” You spoke, waving as you quickly walked away.
Didn’t they think you were a dude?
(Side Note: might delete it, I don’t know it seems alright so far, so there’s that. Thank you all for reading, especially this note. Also, y’all be sleeping on ‘Over the Moon’ a little to much so there that. Again, thank you for reading, there may be more updates if this storyline is going good and how I want it to. I’m giving this like an hour or so.)
(Side - Side Note: The reader is a female and is supposedly confused for a male in this chapter for reasons “unknown” - it’s unknown to you guys but I know why and you guys may too later on.)
