Female reader!, Twisted wonderland fanfiction, angst
Here I come, bursting through the door, with a freshly baked fic!
In the fic I’m presenting you today, you have to face a slight problem: a new girl appears at Night Raven College… don’t get me wrong! Your first intention is to befriend her and make her stay in this magical world a nice and normal one (if the word normal can even apply in this universe) but the new girl has other plans and you’ll found this out in an unpleasant way…
TW: None for this chapter.
Part 1: What could go wrong?
You would have called it a rather normal day -aside from Deuce and Ace chaotic energy- if it wasn’t for the Headmage, Crowley, announcing you that you wouldn’t be the only girl at Night Raven College anymore. To say you were surprised was an understatement: you were beyond shocked. There’s no way to send you home but there’s a way to invite another poor person into this world? That’s what you asked to the Headmage.
- "What? Oh gracious no! Not at all! In fact, I’m actively looking into your case of trespa- journey here! You’re so rude to me, oh poor poor me!~ He had his hand on his heart, acting as if you just wounded his feelings. See this young girl who got here so mysteriously is in the same situation as you are! Oh poor dear got sent here all alone and she was sooo terrified!~"
Guess what? No you didn’t care about his rude remarks anymore, but! You were once again asked to help "poor" Crowley with his problems. So here you were, tidying up one of the bedrooms at Ramshackle in hope of making it comfortable for the new girl: she was assigned to your dorm as she, just like you, didn’t have any magical powers. You found the odds of having someone just like you arrive in this world and join your dorm suspicious. You thought, well, you hoped for your case to be the only exception: you didn’t want a mentally stable person, like you used to be, stepping into this world (especially if they wanted to stay mentally stable…).
Grim wasn’t really excited about sharing his life with someone other than you, also mentioning how the ghosts were too much in this shady dorm… you found the statement funny and heartwarming: you didn’t want sharing this comfortable little dorm life you had with someone other than Grim, especially a stranger you had yet to know if you could trust. You tried to reassure yourself and told your friend that the person joining you guys will be just as lost as you were on your first day and that you’ll have to work it out together. Nothing too bad right? It would be fine, you had your friends to help you and this girl might be a lovely person! Having a friend of the same gender would be nice, not that you didn’t like the boys, but sometimes, the feeling of being alone was a lot on your shoulders and you had no one to vent to…
~ The next morning, one hour before class ~
You were gently shaking him awake. He mumbled something before yawning and stretching, you gave him some time to get up and finished getting ready for the day: you saw a glimpse of blonde locks turning the corner of the hallway and you took a second to remember that the day before, Vanessa, the new girl, joined the Ramshackle Dorm at late evening. The Headmage had open the door so violently that you nearly choked on your food, Grimm letting out a squeal of surprise and fear. “I brought your new feminine friend!” Crowley exclaimed dramatically, arms in the air with a big, evil smile on his stupid face.
Naturally, the man didn’t took your opinions for relevant, and so, you had no choice but to put away your dinner and show Vanessa around. Your new dorm mate had quite long hair: it was a pale blonde and her hairstyle was straight with a scent of coconut shampoo. She had dreamy, clear brown eyes in almond shapes, her cheeks had very faint, small freckles and a light blush could be seen across her small nose. She was a bit shy, no words managed to slip past her lips when you introduced yourself to her, nor did she take your hand when you extended it for her to grab as a welcoming gesture… she was distressed, you thought. For now, you didn’t get to learn about her personality, so you weren’t sure what kind of things she liked or dislikes, you didn’t know how to approach her and you didn’t know if she was scared of you. Oh well, you had time for this right? It’s not like Crowley is actually looking into a way to send you back home, therefore you had plenty of moments you could try to share with Vanessa.
You ran downstairs, catching yourself on the railing before you tripped on the last stairs, and went to the lounge. You grabbed your notes that you left messily scattered on the coffee table after a night of studying for a test. Whistling a song you heard recently, you put the papers in your history book and shoved your school supplies into your bag. Looking at the time, you went back upstairs and into your room, sighing at the sight.
- Wake up! Lazy cat! We’re gonna be late!
He squeaked when you yanked the sheets off of him, letting them fall at the end of the bed, you’ll make the bed when you get back, nothing too important. Grim grumbled something you could not understand even if you tried and you picked him up, adjusting his bow.
- Let’s go now… I don’t want to be late because of a certain sleepyhead.
You held him close to your chest and went back downstairs, grabbing your keys on the kitchen’s counter and glanced back at the stairs.
- Vanessa? Are you ready?
You swore that you heard her curse under her breath, but of course, she was too far away for you to make out actual words. You then saw her walking out of her room and she smiled timidly at you, brushing a piece of her hair behind her ear as she took the stairs. Her hand was clutching her handbag as she proceeded to follow you outside.
- I’ll introduce you to my friends before our first class starts, how does that sound?
She smiled and nodded: you really wanted her to speak to you, honestly… communication was key in a relationship right? Well, you believed it was the same for friendship, she needed to voice her opinions and make herself heard (especially in a school with loud boys popping up at every corner). You internally laughed at your brain imagining Vanessa’s face when she’ll meet Deuce and Ace. By the way, did she even know the school she appeared at was meant only for the male audience?
- By the way, did you even know the school had absolutely no girl enrolled here? I figured that the Headmage forgot to tell you since he’s not very relia-
- Yes, I know, he actually did tell me.
By The Great Seven! Did she just speak to you? Forget this. Did she just say that Crowley -wait- HOW? She just got here and shes already doing better than you! Not that it was your fault for feeling completely lost, it was Crowley’s fault! Stupid bird man threw you onto the school grounds with nothing but your uniform: he could’ve told you to "manage" shit by yourself, it would’ve been the same!
Le sigh. That’s one person you can not shit talk about Crowley with. She seemed to like talking about him and his kindness… if you didn’t hate this man before you sure despised him now.
You had time before your first class so you headed towards the cafeteria to get a well deserved breakfast, dragging Vanessa and Grim along. Some people stared at you three, of course, you knew they were staring at Vanessa, the new uninvited magicless girl, surely she was the new talk of the school. You almost felt bad for her, you used to be in her shoes after all. Well, you still are, but hey! You got friends now! Everything’s fine…
You smiled and gestured with your chin at the table your two closest friends were sitting at. One was reading, the other stuffing his face. You gently grabbed your new dorm mate’s arm and led her towards the table, Grim jumped from your arms and was already running towards it to grab food.
- Hey there my favorite cards! How are you all doing?
- Y/n stop! That nickname is ridiculo-
Ace stopped mid sentence: haha! Surprise! Another lost soul joined you guys crazy world! You sat next to Deuce who was still deep into his reading, he was not paying attention to Vanessa but he mindlessly handed you a plate with a bunch of pastries on it. You grabbed it with a thanks and held back a yawn as you picked a croissant, setting the plate in front of Vanessa. She sat next to a shocked Ace.
- Ace, as you can see, another girl has joined us, her name is Vanessa, you gestured to her with a slight smile, please be nice to her.
Deuce finally looked up from his book as his dorm mate called out his name. He frowned after getting distracted from his studies but soon his facial expression turned from annoyance to surprise. He almost choked on his saliva as you patted his back, holding back a laugh.
- Like I said, this is Vanessa and she joined Ramshackle yesterday. She’ll be joining us on our classes from now on.
- Wait! Did she get here through the Dark Mirror? That means there’s a way to send you home, Y/n! Right? Deuce said enthusiastically.
You hummed and shook your head: even if Vanessa got here through the mirror, you still weren’t sure if the Headmage could actually send you home. Your world is completely unknown to this one… you took another bite from your pastry and poured yourself a glass of milk.
- The Headmage seem to be lacking in the common sense department. He says he’s trying very hard to send me home but I bet he forgot about m-
- That’s a rude thing to say about him. You were cut of by Vanessa.
She sighed and put on, what you could describe as, a fake smile. Playing with a piece of her hair, she then ranted about how the Headmage seemed so disappointed in having failed yet another attempt to send you home. Like you would even believe her. Or maybe she just drank his words: Crowley sure was known to be theatrical and playing the role of the victim.
Your heart was racing with anger, see, you have a really hard time controlling your emotions, especially your hatred, and what Vanessa said? That! That angered you really reaaally bad. You scoffed. What even was that little tone she had in her mouth when she spilled her words from her glossy lips? Did she want you to feel shame or guilt for badmouthing the Headmage? You blinked and sigh:
- With all due respect Vanessa, you just got here. I’ve been stuck here for nearly five months and the Headmage, unlike what you said, is definitely NOT looking into a way to send me home. You got up, not bothering to look at Deuce and Ace who were a bit taken aback by your reaction, not that they never experienced it before.
The girl frowned, watching as you headed out of the cafeteria, Grim following you with a bunch of sweets and pastries in his tiny arms, almost letting one fall on the way. Your pace was fast and your blood was boiling: no it wasn’t a big deal, you knew that. It was your anger issues taking a hold of you and you cursed yourself for reacting in such a way, but you couldn’t help it. Vanessa just got here! She has no right to call you rude! You were not rude! You were impatient, -actually you were really patient for having dealt with this school for so long- you just wanted to go home.
You didn’t wait for your friends: you immediately went to class, followed by Grim. You angrily sat at your desk, taking out your stuff for todays lesson and sighed once again.
~ After the first period ~
- Let’s race to lunch! Ace yelled.
- Housewarden will get mad if he sees us! Deuce replied.
- Who’s the housewa- Vanessa never finished her sentence and ran after the two boys towards the cafeteria.
You heard your friends ran past you with Vanessa. They didn’t wait for you, they didn’t ask if you felt better, nor did they even sit next to you in class. You could hear Grim grumble something as he jumped on your shoulder:
- I don’t like this human! I’ve been holding back, but right now I wanna let her know who’s the real boss around here!
- I know that she will get on my nerves soon.
- We better teach her a lesson, waddya think Y/n?
You shook your head from left to right:
- We can’t do that Grim, we’ll get in trouble and we have enough of that…
The monster cat grumbled once again and pout, you walked towards the cafeteria in hope of finding an empty table: you were simply not in the mood to join anyone to chat.
~ After lunch, history lesson~
Today’s subject… was… boring. Your mind wandered out the window and your eyes were not even glued outside but on a dirty stain on the glass. Your fingers were randomly tapping on the desk and the words that you heard from Professor Trein were nothing but an incoherent mumble to your ears. Your leg was bouncing, was it anger or nervousness? You didn’t know but something kept ringing in your ears: you didn’t like Vanessa. What she said at lunch seemed to haven been enough for you, she said what you needed to hear to dislike her, and honestly? You didn’t feel bad one bit. You decided to settle and trust your instincts for now.
You sighed quietly and focused back on your notebook, noticing random doodles Grim made using your pencil. You smiled and rubbed the fur ball’s head who was sitting on your lap. He looked back at you and grinned. You tried focusing back on the lesson but couldn’t find the energy to do so more than five minutes, instead, your eyes wandered around, looking for Vanessa, you couldn’t help it, she was the main character of your worries now. When you found her, you noticed how close she was getting with Ace, they sat together and right now they were talking and joking silently. You bit your lip anxiously, you now had a bad feeling and it was sinking down in your stomach, making you want to throw up from how bad your imagination was getting. This is not going to end well and you better brace yourself for what was to come.
~ At the library, after classes ~
- Man, this rain sucks! We can’t even walk back to the dorm!
Your heard Grim complain about the weather, his paws dramatically placed on the glass, you hummed lightly, looking into your pencil case for an eraser. Pouting and brushing a piece of your hair behind your ear, you grabbed the purple eraser you bought at the school store.
- Hey Little Shrimpy~ what are you doing?~
Floyd. Your heart almost skipped a bit: he had the talent to sneak behind you without making the slightest of sound, so, naturally, you almost jumped off your chair and out of your skin, especially considering how loud he could talk. His voice, like a hiss in your left ear as he sat next to you. He giggled, grinning like the idiot he was and stole your eraser.
- You’re already doing your homework? You’re boring Shrimpy~ he leaned back in his chair, balancing himself on it.
- Well, the earlier they’re done, the earlier I’ll go off to cause mischief and chaos.
- Now THAT is fun!! I wanna join Little Shrimpy on her silly adventures!~
You rolled your eyes up to the sky and snatch back your eraser from his gigantic hand. He was still balancing all of his weight on the chair and that devilish smirk was like glued to his face. You went back to writing:
- One of us will end up a mess if we go on a journey. Wether it’s me or you, we’re not making it out of trouble together. You smiled back at him.
Floyd looked at you for a moment then started laughing and smacking the desk, fortunately avoiding to knock over half of your stuff. This man obviously forgot he was in a library and kept on laughing like a psycho: you heard heavy footsteps, just like someone was stomping their way over where you guys were. You smacked your hand over the moray eel’s mouth, which made out a slapping sound and a gasp from the man’s mouth, you felt him growl against your palm and you swore he had the tip of his teeth on your sensitive skin. From the corner of your eye, you could make out the shape and colour of Ace’s hair. He seemed angry, and you didn’t like that.
He walked over to the table you were sitting at and placed a hand on his hip, in a very sassy way… his eyebrows were wrinkled in an angry way above his eyes and this look was directed to you and only you. You felt small: not that Ace was that tall, but he clearly had a problem with you and the thing was, you didn’t know what it was about because you couldn’t recall something that you may have done that could’ve upset him today. You swallowed thick and looked at him in the eyes, raising an eyebrow in confusion. That only made him tap his foot on the ground in impatience.
- What’s your problem with Little Shrimpy?
Floyd had already grabbed your hand away from his mouth: he didn’t let go of it though, he was holding it gently in his big one. You heard the tone in his voice and it was clear he didn’t like the tone Ace used to speak to you. His sharp teeth were showing and his smile was long gone.
- My problem is that she doesn’t like the new girl. She left her alone and waiting in the cold rain! He then looked at you: You have the keys to Ramshackle right? Then why did you not walk back to the dorm with Vanessa? Deuce just told me over the phone! She was soaking wet waiting for you!
- You clearly do! The way you talked to her this morning? Don’t you remember? I know you might be jealous to not be the only girl here anymore, but you’re not the center of the attention! Now go help her get inside!
You didn’t wait for him to reply, nor did you bother gathering your stuff. You walked out of the library at a fast pace, your face still drawing the shock on your features: Grim followed behind you in a hurry, jumping on your shoulder as he grumbled something about Ace acting like an asshole. The last thing you heard before leaving the library was Floyd yelling at your friend.
You took off your jacket and threw it above your head, covering Grim’s body from the rain. The cold wind hitting you hard in the face and the legs, you hurried your walk, now running and keeping your teeth from shuddering. The keys you had grabbed from your pocket were clutched in your hand and it left an imprint on your palm, cutting you in the process, bringing tears at the corner of your eyes. You didn’t really feel the pain, so why were you crying? It was just an accident, right? Ace didn’t have to yell at you… and what the fuck was that?! You were not jealous! You were glad to not be the only outsider anymore! You never wanted to be the center of attention! His words hurt you deep, you didn’t show it, but it hurt. Was that what he thought of you all along? An attention seeker?! Talk about a friend!
Grim had his paw on your cheek, wiping away the tear you never wanted to let slide down your face: you never thought he would be worried about you, but the look on the cat’s face was enough to cause a sob out of your throat. You ran back to Ramshackle and you were now met with a sorry sight: Vanessa was sitting by the front door, her knees glued to her chest, a crying face and wet hair sticking to her cheeks. Deuce was by her side, an umbrella brought upon the two, he was rubbing her back. He then looked at you, a mix of disappointment and anger dancing in his features.
That hit you deep in the heart again: this was your fault and your friends will not forgive you this mistake you made. Your body was shaking, and then, you thought, "what could go wrong?"
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