Halloween Concert Part 1
(Warning: These events are considered non-canon to the Ozmadeus Dorm AU)
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It was a pretty calm day in October, and the residents of Ozmadeus Dorm were making their way back to their dorm.
Ricardo: You know guys, I'm a little worried. I mean, Halloween is three weeks away and everyone is going to start putting up their decorations.
Kayla: Don't worry. I cut a deal with Diasomnia's dorm leader. Since our dorm grounds are massive, they can take half for their Halloween booth while we use the other half. I made sure that our half has the dorm so we can get back quicker.
Adamo: So what's gonna be our theme?
Albert: Adamo's right. Heartslaybul is doing skeletal grave keepers. Savanaclaw's got pirates. Octavinelle has mummies. Scarabia is werewolves. Pomefiore is vampires. Ignihyde has the Pumpkin Knight. And Diasomnia is doing dragons from the Far East.
Kayla: Well, admittedly I had been thinking about our theme unintentionally since we moved into the dorm.
Kyle: (quirks eyebrow) Really?
Kayla: Yeah. Back in my old world, there was this old TV show called "Koryu Sentai Zyuranger" in Japan. About a year after it premiered, the show was reworked to appeal to American audiences as "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". As Power Rangers played, the Super Sentai franchise got updated with a new show called "Gosei Sentai Dairanger". While elements of Dairanger were remade into season 2 of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", Super Sentai got "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger". Kakuranger had several of its elements translated into "Mighty Morphin" season 3. Each ranger was associated with a different animal: White Falcon, Black Frog, Pink Crane, Blue Wolf, Yellow Bear, and Red Ape. With Jim as the Green Snake, we have a good start for the theme.
At that moment, they arrived at the dorm. Diasomnia was already there working on their section for the annual celebration.
Lilia: (notices them) Ah, dorm leader Bandoriyu and friends. How is everything going for you?
Chopper: Hey Lilia. We're doing ok. Just need to start on our attraction unless Kayla got to it first.
Kayla: Guilty. But I only got the bare bones set up since this is supposed to be a dorm project.
Lilia: (chuckles) Well I suppose I'll leave you lot to it. By the by, when is Ozmadeus's next tea party? Malleus has been looking forward to it.
Kayla: Saturday at noon. Tell him that we'll be having ice cream, sorbet, and gelato for dessert.
Lilia: I'll tell him. Oh, and before I forget, I wanted to warn you that Crowley wants you to perform a concert and is already selling tickets.
Kayla: (ticked off with twitching eyebrow) Thanks for telling me.
Kayla storms off, no doubt heading to the challenge chamber to cool off.
~~~
(Day of the concert)
Ace was admittedly a little worried. When Crowley announced last week that Night Raven College was hosting a concert the weekend before Halloween, he saw that Kayla looked WAY too calm. Sebek told him and the rest of their friend group that Lilia had warned her a couple of weeks prior. Because of how big the audience was, they had to have the concert at the school's Magical Shift arena, which can magically expand to accommodate for the numbers.
Just as he was about to pull out his phone to call her, a spotlight shone down on the stage. A large poof of smoke appeared. When it faded, Grim stood there, quite literally. He stood on his hind paws and was as tall and broad-shouldered as Coach Vargas. He was dressed in all black with a red scarf around his neck.
Grim: Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to Night Raven College's Pre-Halloween Concert! I, Grim, shall be your ninja host for today! And now, let us see what the first song is!
Grim makes some anime ninja hand seals before shouting "SUMMONING JUTSU: RANDOM THEME!!!"
A scroll appears before unfurling to show the all too familiar heart-shaped symbol.
Grim: Our first song theme is Heartslaybul! (reaches into pouch on hip to remove a small orb) NINJA VANISH!!!
Grim throws the orb to the ground creating a massive cloud of smoke. When the smoke clears, the curtains are open and showing life-sized flowers with human-like faces. Ace saw that Kayla stood in the middle of the stage. But it was her outfit that upset him. Why in Tartarus would she wear an outfit so revealing?!
(Author's Note: Look up an image of Mai Shiranui from the Fatal Fury series. Her most well-known outfit but it's light blue and has black biker shorts and a black tube top for more skin coverage.)
[Kayla: Little bread-and-butterflies kiss the tulips
And the sun is like a toy balloon
There are get up in the morning glories
In the golden afternoon
There are dancing daffodils on the hillside
Strings of violets are all in tune
Tiger lilies love the dandelions
In the golden afternoon
(The golden afternoon)
There are dog and caterpillars and the copper centipede
Where the lazy daisies love the very peaceful life they lead...
You can learn a lot of things from the flowers
For especially in the month of June
There's a wealth of happiness and romance
All in the golden afternoon
All in the golden afternoon
The golden afternoon...
You can learn a lot of things from the flowers
For especially in the month of June
There's a wealth of happiness and romance
All-
(Voice breaks but recovers)
The golden afternoon!]
(curtain closes)
The audience, particularly those from the Queendom of Roses, burst into applause. Ace had to admit that the song choice was appropriate for his dorm. He saw that Deuce was dabbing his eyes to stop the tears threatening to fall. Trey-senpai looked surprised but other than that was quite calm. Cater-senpai was too stunned to try and snap any photos for his Magicam account. Good thing too considering Kayla's past. Looking to Riddle, Ace saw that the red-haired dorm leader was cherry red. And no, it wasn't embarrassment nor was it anger. No, Riddle was lovestruck. Ace wasn't too happy about it, but there wasn't much he could do. After all, Riddle was older and much more magically powerful than he was.
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Jack was getting excited. He didn't show it often but he was. That last song got his tail wagging so fast that any faster would lift him out of his seat. He wondered which dorm was next. Grim's appearance answered that question.
Grim: That was great, wasn't it?
Audience: (cheers)
Grim: Our next song's theme is...
He pulls a scroll out of his scarf and unrolls it. He turned the scroll around to show the new symbol.
Grim: Savanaclaw!
Grim disappears and the curtains open to show the setting. It looked like the dark canyon in the dorm area. His eyes quickly scan the stage to find Kayla, only for a spotlight to shine on her. She was wearing a similar outfit but the color was a sandy brown. She had a scar painted over her left eye and a lion mask tied to her forehead. He also saw Albert, Chopper, and Rai in gray versions of what Grim was wearing without the scarf and wearing hyena masks on their foreheads.
[Kayla: (spoken) I never thought hyenas essential
They're crude and unspeakably plain
But maybe they've a glimmer of potential
If allied to my vision and brain
(sings) I know that your powers of retention
Are as wet as a warthog's backside
But thick as you are, pay attention!
(smacks a bone out of Albert's hands, making him stand at attention with a vacant look on his face)
My words are a matter of pride
It's clear from your vacant expressions
The lights are not all on upstairs
But we're talking kings and successions
Even you can't be caught unawares!
So, prepare for the chance of a lifetime
Be prepared for sensational news
A shining, new era
Is tiptoeing nearer
Rai: And where do we feature?
Kayla: Just listen to teacher
I know it sounds sordid
But you'll be rewarded
When at last, I am given my dues
And injustice deliciously squared
All four: Be prepared!
[Speech]
Chopper: Yeah, be prepared! We'll be prepared! For what?
Kayla: For the death of the king!
Chopper: Why? Is he sick?
Kayla: No, fool, we're gonna kill him. And Simba, too.
Rai: Great idea! Who needs a king?
Rai and Chopper: No king! No king! La-la-la-la-la-la!
Kayla: (roars) Idiots! There will be a king!
Chopper: Hey, but you said, uh...
Kayla: I will be king! Stick with me, and you'll never go hungry again!
Rai: Yay! All right! Long live the king!
All of Ozmadeus Dorm minus Kayla and Grim: Long live the king! Long live the king!
King, king, king, king, king, king!
It's great that we'll soon be connected
With a king who'll be all-time adored
Kayla: Of course, quid pro quo, you're expected
To take certain duties on board
The future is littered with prizes
And though I'm the main addressee
The point that I must emphasize is:
(roars) You won't get a sniff without me!!!
Kayla: So prepare for the coup of the century
Be prepared for the murkiest scam (Oooh... la, la, la!)
Meticulous planning (We'll have food!)
Tenacity spanning (Lots of food!)
Decades of denial (We repeat!)
Is simply why I'll (Endless meat!)
Be king undisputed
Respected, saluted
And seen for the wonder I am
Yes, my teeth and ambitions are bared
All: Be prepared!
Rai/Chopper/Albert: Yes, our teeth and ambitions are bared
Be prepared!
(Kayla lets loose an evil sounding laugh as the curtains close)]
Once more, the audience, mostly those from the Afterglow Savanna, cheered. Jack was impressed. He saw that Ruggie-senpai was too. Leona was staring with a lovestruck look on his face.
~~~
Floyd wasn't bored for once. Shrimpy- no, Kayla, he had to remember how much she hated his nicknames for everyone- was giving everyone a great show. Then again, he did help her organize her setlist. He knew that she had two more songs before the first 15 minute intermission. And it looks like Grim is about to announce the next song. 'Azul is either going to like me or hate me for this one,' he thinks.
Grim: Alright, alright, alright! Our next song is...
He gets interrupted by a bucket of water spilling onto his head. A soaked octopus plush lands right between his ears.
Grim: (spits out water and speaks in a dull voice) Octavinelle.
Grim merely walks backstage shouting if anyone had a towel. The curtains open to show a cave with bubbles floating upward, giving the illusion of being underwater. Kayla was leaning on a rock with a small smirk on her face. Her outfit was now dark purple with a long lighter purple skirt covering her legs. The skirt was designed to look like octopus legs. Across from her was Dorie, a transfer from Royal Sword. Floyd didn't like thinking about what led to Dorie's transfer. Much like everyone in Ozmadeus, Dorie was wearing a ninja outfit, only his was purple on top with green on the bottom.
[Kayla: (spoken) So, you came to make a deal with me. Whatever for?
Dorie: (shyly) Um, you see, there's this guy...
Kayla: Ah. Young love. But this guy, is he a mer?
Dorie: H-h-human.
Kayla: Ah, now I see. You've fallen head over tailfin for a human but daddy-dearest doesn't like that. I can certainly help. The only way to get what you want, is to become a human yourself.
Dorie: (gasps) Can you do that?
Kayla: My dear, sweet child. That's what I do. It's what I live for. To help unfortunate merfolk. Like yourself. Poor souls with no one else to turn to.
(sings) I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch
But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light, and made a switch (True? Yes.)
And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possessed
And dear lady, please don't laugh,
I use it on behalf
of the miserable, lonely, and depressed (pathetic)
Poor unfortunate souls
In pain, in need
This one longing to be thinner
That one wants to get the girl
And do I help them? Yes, indeed
Those poor unfortunate souls
So sad, so true
They come flocking to my cauldron
Crying "Spells, Ursula, please!"
And I help them? Yes, I do
Now it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't pay the price
And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals
Yes I've had the odd complaint
But on the whole, I've been a saint
to those poor unfortunate souls
(Kayla: (spoken) Have we got a deal?
Dorie: If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again.
Kayla: But you'll have your man. (chuckles) Life's full of tough choices, hmm? (chuckles more) Oh, but there is one more thing. We haven't discussed the subject of payment.
Dorie: But I don't have...
Kayla: (interrupts) I'm not asking much. Just a token, merely a trifle. What I want from you is... Your voice.
Dorie: But without my voice, how can I...
Kayla: (interrupts again) You'll have your looks. Your pretty face. And don't forget the importance of body language! Ha!)
The men up there don't like a lot of blabber
They think a girl who gossips is a bore!
Yes, on land it's much preferred
For ladies not to say a word
And after all, dear, what is idle prattle for?
Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
True gentlemen avoid it when they can!
But they dote and swoon and fawn
on a lady who's withdrawn
It's she who holds her tongue who gets a man!
Come on, you poor unfortunate soul
Go ahead! Make your choice!
I'm a very busy woman and I haven't got all day
It won't cost much, just your voice!
You poor unfortunate soul
It's sad but true
If you want to cross the bridge, my sweet, you've got the pay the toll
Take a gulp and take a breath, and go ahead and sign the scroll
Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys
The boss is on a roll!
This poor unfortunate soul!
Beluga sevruga, come winds of the Caspian Sea
Larynxes, glacydis, admax laryngitis, la voce to me!
Now. Sing. (Dorie vocalizes) KEEP SINGING!
(song ends)]
All from the Coral Sea cheers after that performance. Floyd allowed a smirk to appear on his face. His and Jade's father noticed and asked if he had known about this ahead of time.
Jade: Floyd was pulled away about three weeks ago. I'm guessing Kayla learned about the concert earlier than the rest of us and asked Floyd to help.
Floyd: Yep. In exchange, she let me use her dorm's challenge chamber after I made a deal with her.
Azul: (overhearing) What?
Floyd: (looking to Azul) Her unique magic {Mirror Mirror} allows her to use other people's unique magic so long as she knows about it. She copied your {It's a Deal} to make me work with her in exchange for the challenge chamber. I had to give my own unique magic as collateral. Not only that, but she told me why she kept you from so many contracts during midterms. Apparently, too many magic types have negative effects with others. Like having a water mage gain lightning magic. Eventually the lightning magic would shock and possibly kill the water mage.
Azul: (gulps fearfully) In that case, I'm glad she interfered.
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Kalim tried to resist bouncing. After Lilia told her about the concert, Kayla went to him and asked for his help with setting things up. Thanks to all those tutoring sessions in budgeting, he was able to help get everything she needed for today. Briefly looking at Jamil, Kalim allowed a smirk to come. 'Jamil's probably gonna kill me for this, but it'll be worth it'.
Instead of Grim announcing the next song, the curtains opened to show Dorie using his unique magic {Reflection Inside} to transform himself into Jamil. Granted there were enough features to look like he was cosplaying.
Dorie pulls out a lamp and lightly rubs it. With a poof of smoke, Kayla appears in an oasis blue version of her previous outfits with a red sash around her waist.
[Illusion Chorus: Make way for Prince Ali!
Say hey! It's Prince Ali!
Kayla: Hey! Clear the way in the old Bazaar
Hey you! Let us through! It's a bright new star!
Oh come! Be the first on your block to meet his eye!
Make way! Here he comes!
Ring bells! Bang the drums!
Are you gonna love this guy?!
Prince Ali! Fabulous he!
Ali Ababwa
Genuflect, show some respect
Down on one knee!
Now, try your best to stay calm
Brush up your Sunday salaam
Then come and meet his spectacular coterie
Prince Ali! Mighty is he!
Ali Ababwa
Strong as ten regular men,
definitely!
He faced the galloping hordes
A hundred bad guys with swords
Who sent those goons to their lords?
Why, Prince Ali!
Illusion Men: He's got seventy-five golden camels (Rai: Don't they look lovely, June?)
Illusion Women: Purple peacocks, he's got fifty-three (Kyle: Fabulous, Harry. I love the feathers.)
Kayla: When it comes to exotic-type mammals
Has he got a zoo?
I'm telling you,
Illusion Chorus: It's a world-class menagerie
Kayla: Prince Ali! Handsome is he,
Ali Ababwa
That physique! How can I speak?
Weak at the knee!
Well, get on out in that square
Adjust your veil and prepare
To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Ali!
(There's no question this Ali's alluring
Never ordinary, never boring
Everything about that man
Just plain impresses
He's a winner, he's a whiz, a wonder
He's about to pull my heart asunder
And I absolutely love the way he dresses!)
Illusion Chorus: He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys
Illusion Guards: He's got the monkeys,
let's see the monkeys
Illusion Chorus: And to view them he charges no fee
Illusion Women: He's generous, so generous
Illusion Chorus: He's got slaves, he's got servants and flunkies
Proud to work for him
Bow to his whim,
love serving him
They're just lousy with loyalty to Ali!
Prince Ali!
All: Prince Ali! Amorous he!
Ali Ababwa
Kayla: Heard your princess was a sight lovely to see
And that, good people, is why,
he got dolled up and dropped by
Illusion Chorus: With sixty elephants, llamas galore
With his bears and lions
A brass band and more
With his forty fakirs,
his cooks and bakers
His birds that warble on key
Make way
For Prince Ali!]
Jamil allowed his jaw to hang open. He knew Dorie had asked permission to copy his appearance, but this was NOT expected.
Mrs Viper: If I were you, Jamil, I'd snatch up that woman before anyone else, especially young master Kalim, does.
Najima: Actually Mom, Kalim asked me out for a date when he gets home for winter break. So big brother doesn't have to worry about that.
~~~
(Beginning intermission)
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And done.
List of songs on the post:
"All in the Golden Afternoon" from Alice in Wonderland
"Be Prepared" from The Lion King
"Poor Unfortunate Souls" from The Little Mermaid
& "Prince Ali" from Aladdin