Crowley gently shooshed the child to comfort them, "it's quite alright child. I know you tried your best, Rook came to me saying that a child had asked him to inform me about the fight." Yuu continued to silently cry as the Headmage picked them and Vulpix up as Eevee was giving Ace and Grim a lesson in his own language. Though, to the two of them it only sounded like "Eevee! Ee Vee Vee Ee Eevee!" Yuu couldn't help the giggle that bubbled up from their chest as they wiped at their eyes. "Now then, Ace Trappola and Grim. You both will be punished for this, you will both have to clean one hundred windows each after classes conclude for the day."
Yuu sniffled as they buried their face in Crowley's robe, the headmage's brows furrowed in worry. "It's alright now little crow, I'll keep you safe. Your Pokemon wouldn't want you to be upset. Look, this new flowery friend of yours is trying to cheer you up." He encouraged with a soft smile, Yuu slowly lifted their head only to feel something leap from their head and onto the headmage's shoulder. Their eyes widened slightly, "R-Rosey, I'm so sorry." They said as they reached out and gently took the grass type into their hands, "t-thank you for staying with me. . .w-wait!" They began to frantically look around, "w-where are Eevee and Vulpix?!" They asked panicked, Crowley patted their head, "don't worry little one. They're following behind us right now see?" He said as he turned to show Yuu the two small Pokemon following behind him.
Yuu sighed in relief before they realized that their eyes were growing heavy, "Mr. Crowley. . .I-I'm sleepy. . ." They said, trailing off as their eyelids slowly fluttered shut. Crowley only smiled as he continued into the school, he still had duties to see to after all! And he did just that, his paperwork, overseeing classes randomly throughout the day, and even a bit of tidying up in his office, all while continuing to hold Yuu to his chest. He did get quite a few odd looks from the students, however the Pomfiore student who Yuu had informed about Ace and Grim's fight was very happy to see them. He'd even given the sleeping child a head pat and asked the headmage to inform the child that he had said hello to them when they woke up.
Eventually however, the school day ended and the Headmage had to drop Yuu off in the cafeteria to meet up with Grim who had been under the watch of Eevee for the rest of the day to make sure that he continued to look around for Pokemon in Yuu's place. The fire cat quickly ran over to the child after Crowley left and hopped up onto the bench next to them. "Hench-human!" He exclaimed in relief, nuzzling his head subconsciously against one of their arms, "I'm glad you're alright." He said before crossing his arms with a slight grumble, "mrahh. But now we have to wait for that explodey head guy to show up so he and I can clean all the windows. . ." He said before allowing the child to bring him into their lap and pet him, beginning to silently purr as he closed his eyes. Yuu smiled softly, "I-I'm sorry I worried you Grim." They said as they pet his head, "I was sca-scared you and Mr. Ace were gonna h-hurt each other." They buried their face into the fur of his head as an apology.
Yuu and Grim proceeded to wait at least thirty minutes before Grim groaned in annoyance, "Mrahhhh, why isn't Ace here yet?! He's super late! I bet he up and bailed on me!" Yuu frowned looking down at the Grey cat, "S-Should we go look for him?" They asked quietly, and Grim nodded, "ain't no way I'm doin' all his punishment for him! C'mon Yuu, I don't care if we gotta drag him kickin' and screamin', he's washin' those windows!" He said as he jumped off of Yuu's lap, the child slid off of the bench they were on and made sure Rosey was on their head properly. "H-hey Rosey, do. . .do you wanna join m-my team?" They asked as they took out another pokeball from their pocket, the Roserade looked at the sphere and nodded before jumping off their head and pressing the button with one of her rose hands. A red light engulfed the grass type as she got sucked into the pokeball. "Mnya?! Where'd it go?!" Grim asked in shock, Yuu smiled looking at the sphere as it shook three times in their hands before making a small clicking noise. "She went in-inide the pokeball, she-she's joined the family." They said before looking at Grim, "l-lets go find Mr. Ace!"
The child and the cat beast entered a classroom and looked around, "hey Ace!" Grim yelled as he looked under one of the desks, "get over here, stop trying to hide from me! Huh. . ." His head popped back up and Yuu giggled seeing him behind the desk, "maybe there's no one here?" Suddenly a voice spoke up making the child jump, "oh I wouldn't say that, I'm here after all." Grim had a similar reaction "bwah! That painting just talked!" He exclaimed in shock before standing in front of Yuu incase it decided to do anything. the painting rolled it's eyes, "yes and? Is a talking painting really such an oddity at this school? The lady in the portrait on that wall talks too. As does the gentleman in the portrait on this one. As long as one has a mouth, why wouldn't one be able to talk?" He asked looking down at the grey fire cat.
"T-this is a magic school Grimmy," Yuu said quietly to Grim who's ears pressed against the top of his head with a slight grumble. The painting's eyes widened slightly, "ah a child. I apologize little one, you and this creature were looking for someone yes?" He asked now that he realized Yuu was there as well, the child nodded and Grim spoke for them. "We're looking for this guy called Ace! He's got messy hair and a heart drown on his face." The painting seemed to think for a moment before nodding, "ah I know the one. A new student I believe? Today was his first day at school, I think he went back to his dorm once the bell rang." Grim growled, "so it's true! He's tryin' to ditch me!" He yelled in frusturation before Yuu spoke up again, "do you know wh-which way he went Mr. Painting?" The painting nodded once more and pointed them in the direction of the Mirror Hall.
Upon entering the Mirror Hall, Yuu and Grim could hear Ace talking to himself. "Ha, yeah right like I'm gonna wash a hundred windows. I'm just gonna go back an-" He was cut off by Grim yelling as he ran in, "Aha! GOCHA PUNK!" Ace jumped back in shock, "crap they saw me!" He said as he began to run towards one of the seven mirrors inside the room, Grim cried out as he and the child ran behind him "stop right there! There's no way you're getting out of this!" Ace scoffed before glancing back at the two, "who in their right mind would ever wait for that?" It was only then that he bumped into a blue haired classmate of his, "outta my way!" The blue haired boy looked in shock, "hey, what gives?!" Yuu wasn't a very good runner, so they fumbled before taking out one of their pokeballs and let Vulpix out. "Vulpix please help! Y-you too mister! H-he's trying to get out of do-doing a punishment from Mr. Crowley!" They begged as the ice fox was released and began to run forward.
The fox ran past the boy with a spade on his face making him look at it in shock, "you want me to stop him?" He asked looking back before he began to mumble to himself about what spell he could use, only for Grim to yell, "Anything! Just stop him!!" The boy froze up before Vulpix yelled at him, "Vulpix! Vul!" The boy nodded as if he understood, "anything. . .anything alright! Here goes, I summon thee. . .something heavy!" And just like that, a flash of light came from the red gem on the boy's pen as a cauldron fell on top of Ace. The boy cried out as he was crushed, "what? A pot?!" He weezed out as he tried to get the large metal object off of him, only for Vulpix to run over and use Icy Wind to freeze the cauldron in place. She sat down in front of him with a smug look before walking back over to her trainer and jumping onto the child's shoulder.
Ace groaned, "man what are you bothering me for?! You two could've just banged out the work yourself!" Yuu frowned, "b-but Mr. Crowley gave y-you and Grim the-the punishment. I-It's not my fault th-that you and Grim have to-to wash one hundred windows. . ." They said as they nervously petted Vulpix who rubbed her face against theirs to comfort them. Deuce's eyes widened at the child's words, "you have to wash one hundred windows as a punishment? What the heck did you do?" He asked as Ace finally got the cauldron off of him, "I was just screwing with that furball a little. . . and the Queen of Hearts statue may or may not have gotten a teeny bit charred. . ." He admitted as he rubbed the back of his neck, "you damaged one of the statues of The Great Seven?! No wonder he flew off the handle at you! After you managed to get into this amazing school, how could you get in trouble on the very first day?!" Deuce yelled at Ace, the ginger only groaned in response, "oh shut up will you? Who are you anyway?"
Deuce glared at the heart card soldier, "my name is Deuce. Deuce spade. Don't you remember you're own dormmate? uh. . ." Ace rolled his eyes, "you don't remember my name either, do you?" He asked as a smirk came to his face, Deuce shook his head. "That's not the point! You shouldn't try to shirk an order from the headmage!" Ace groaned, "yeah yeah, message recieved. . .fine, let's bang out the windows already and. . . huh?" He said as he looked over to Yuu and where Grim was supposed to be next to them. Yuu flinched as they felt Ace's glare on them, pulling Vulpix from their shoulder to cover their face in her tails. "The furball's gone! You caught me so you could run away yourself?!?" He yelled as he spotted Grim's forked tail leaving the Mirror Hall, "hey!" He said as he looked back to Deuce, "you there! Uh. . Juice?" "My name isn't 'Juice', it's Deuce! With a D!" "Whatever, this is partially your responsibilty you know! So help me catch that little furball!" Deuce gasped in shock, "how is this my responsibility?!" "Grim's useless investigator friend can't even use magic! That means that this is up to you and me!"
Deuce's eyes widened, "you can't say that! They're just a child!" The blue haired male knelt down to Yuu's level and gently patted their head, his face one of worry for them. "Don't worry, we'll get your friend back," he said with a soft smile, Yuu slowly looked up at Deuce, the teen could see they were crying and felt his heart break a little on the inside. "Th-thank you Mr. Deuce." They said quietly before Vulpix licked his hand as thanks for caring about her trainer. Deuce nodded before turning back to Ace, "let's go get that cat!"
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Another chapter down! What do you guys think about the fic so far? Let me know what pokemon you'd like to see appear around the world of Twisted Wonderland!
I'm thinking of throwing in special events after every arc, so once the prologue is done you'll all get to vote on which event should go on!
Published on: September 11th, 2025
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