Chapter 22: Reasonable Resistances

3rd Person's POV:
Ace and Deuce took out their magic pens, but before they even have the chance to use their magic against Riddle...

"OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!"

"Uuwwaaaah!!" Ace and Deuce screamed as those damn collars reappeared around their necks again. "What the hell?!" Andie was flabbergasted, Ace and Deuce didn't even get a chance to use their magic! "Ugh... Shit! We didn't even have time to get out our magic pens!" Ace angrily shouted, "To come this far and not be able to do a thing..." "It happened so fast!" I said in shock, "Strong magic comes from a strong imagination. The stronger your ability to accurately imagine magic, the stronger and more effective it will be." Crowley explained as he crossed his arms. "Mr. Rosehearts has polished his magic to a beautiful shine." "Ffgnaa... The level gap is wide." Grim exclaimed with tears in his eyes.

"Huh. It didn't even take 5 seconds. And you thought to challenge me with those skills. Aren't you embarrassed?" Riddle condescendingly asked with a smirk, "This just proves that rule violators are always wrong. Just as mother said." Riddle mutter the last part. "Guuh... You're right, rules should be followed. But enforcing absurd rules just makes you a tyrant!" Deuce glares back at Riddle. "Ha? Rule breaking has consequences. And, in this dorm, I am the rules. Those who refuse to obey don't get to complain when I take off their head!" "Ugh! I can't take this anymore! No one but Ace and Deuce are standing up to Riddle!" Andie thought furiously, "You're wrong!" She exclaimed, Riddle glares at her, but that didn't stop her from continuing.

"You don't get to do whatever the hell you want just because "it's the rules"! Even if that's how you were raised, it doesn't mean you get to take it out on everybody else and make them suffer for it! It makes you nothing but a arrogant, bad-tempered little tyrant!" Riddle gritted his teeth when he heard that last part. "How dare she!!" He thought, "What is wrong is all for me to decide!! If you can't even follow a simple rule, just what was your education like?" Andie's eyes widen when she heard that. "You were probably born from people that can barely use magic and didn't receive much in terms of schooling before coming here." Riddle smirked, "You're utterly inadequate."

*Ba-bump...!*

Her blood boiled, her fists tighten...

"You're so stupid, anyway Andie! You can't get anything right!"

"Stop trying to fit in, nobody wants to be friends with you!"

"You really are useless!"

"So pathetic!"

Andie grit back her teeth, her body couldn't stop trembling. Tracy's voice was eating at her, her eyes began glistening. Deuce noticed this and his anger really flared as he glared at Riddle. "...Why you..." he cracked his knuckles, but then suddenly, "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!" Andie screeched as she storm towards him and punched Riddle square in the face, causing him to fall on the ground. This cause a shock towards not only Ace and Deuce, but also everyone else in the dorm.

"RIDDLE!" Cater and Trey shouts in shock, "Mr. Rosehearts!" Crowley yells, "Eeh...! She punched the dorm leader!?" The students of Heartslabyul screamed in shock, "She hit him right in the face with a beautiful right hook!" Grim said proudly, "A-Andie-san!?" Deuce stutters, "Holy crap!" Ace exclaims as Andie gave Riddle a cold death glare. "Listen here, you little shitstain! I don't care who's gonna be the dorm leader, the duel or any of it! BUT NOBODY INSULTS MY PARENTS AND GETS AWAY WITH IT! YOU DON'T KNOW JACKSHIT ABOUT THEM! SO, WHAT'S EVEN YOUR POINT IF YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE, HUH?!?! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME AT ALL!!" She screams, feeling tears starting to fall from her eyes.

"I've been trapped in this damn world for three straight days, and you have the gall to say that my parents barely have any magic? Well sorry to disappoint ya, but back home, we don't even have any magic at all! It doesn't even exist! Everyone thought magic only exists in fairytales!" Everyone in the whole dorm was shock when they heard the truth from Andie. "Hell, I don't even know the first thing about your parents, but I do know is that whatever your mom said and taught you is wrong! You're a goddamn human being, not a fucking puppet! So, stop being a brat and grow the hell up, asshole!" Andie scream.

As she breath heavily, she wipes the tears from her eyes with the back of her hand, not caring if it messed up her eye makeup. "Goddamit! I hate crying in public!" Andie thought, Riddle looks stunned that she punched him. "You.... You punched me...?" He held his left cheek, "She's right." Ace spoke up as he stood beside Andie and lay a hand on her shoulder. Andie turn to him with tear filled eyes, he gave her a smile filled with reassurance, he then turns back to Riddle with a glare. "Kids aren't their parents' trophies, and kids' achievements don't determine parents' worth. The reason you're such a bastard isn't your parents' fault; I finally understand that! You didn't make a single friend to tell you off for being a tyrant the past year, this is your own damn fault!" He shouted, angrily at Riddle. Riddle's eyes grew wide, "What... are you saying?" He trembled. "Growing up under your obsessive mother was probably some kind of hell. But all you have to say is "mama this" "mama that"? Try thinking for yourself!"

He then glared at the red-haired dorm leader as he exclaimed, "You're no "Crimson Ruler"! You're just a baby that's good at magic!" Riddle's eyes widen. Ace's harsh words struck him, more painful than when Andie had hit him. "A... baby? Me?" Riddle angrily questioned as he slowly stood up, glaring at both Ace and Andie, his left cheek was bruised by Andie's punch, but Riddle didn't care. His eyes were wide, full of hate and anger. "You don't know anything... you don't know anything about me!" "That's one thing we can agree on." Andie said with her arms crossed. "Ah, I've got no idea. There's no way I would! Do you think we'd know, with that attitude? We're not letting you off the hook." He said, "Enough, enough, enough! Shut up! My mother was correct! That means I'm correct!" Riddle shouted as he took a step back, his body shaking with rage. The Heartslabyul students all looked at each other before turning their 'Queen'. One student clenched his fist. "Riddle, calm down. The duel is already over!" Trey said, trying to calm his childhood best friend down. "It's as Mr. Clover says. The challenger is disqualified from Ms. Williams's interference! Continuing to escalate goes against school regulations!" Crowley said, stepping up to put a stop to this before things got any worse.

"The freshman and the girl are right!" Andie looked at the audience. One of the Heartslabyul students was sitting on the ground, clutching his head, his body trembling. "I can't handle this anymore!" Suddenly out of nowhere an egg was thrown and hit Riddle on the side of his head.

*splat*

Everyone froze. Trey's eyes widened, seeing his childhood friend hit with an egg. He was completely stunned. "Looks like everyone finally reached their breaking point." Andie thought, looking completely shock that someone threw an egg at Riddle, she began to have an uncomfortable feeling forming in her stomach.

"?! Is this... an egg? Did one of the residents... throw it?" he muttered, then looked at the Heartslabyul students, "Who did this?" He sharply turned to the other students, "Who threw this egg?!" But they didn't provide him with an answer, the students held back, refusing to obey Riddle's order. When silence rung in Riddle's ears, he grew angrier... Riddle began to give off a crazed laugh before looking at everyone his eyes now full of murderous rage, "Hmm... hahaha, AHAHA!! You can't handle it! I'm the one who can't handle it anymore!! No matter how many times I take off your heads, no matter how strict I become, you all keep breaking the rules! This guy, that guy. You're all selfish idiots! Fine, have it your way. If you won't come forward, I'll just punished all of you! Then it's off with all your heads!" "NO!" Andie cried out.

"OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!"

Riddle roared out with a wave of his staff. It was soon chaotic, almost all the residents are now collared. Some of them trying to escape while others are trying to remove the accursed collar. "Waaahhh!! Get outta here!" "Guuah!! The collar...!" Riddle laughed out looking at everyone with a crazed look in his eyes, "Ahahaha! How's that? None of you can touch me! Strictly enforcing the rules does make me the most correct!" "Stop this at once, Mr. Rosehearts! This isn't you at all!" Crowley tried to stop the red head, but Riddle didn't even listen to the headmaster. Cater began to back away, turning to Trey. Fear and panic were clear in his eyes, "Trey, this is bad... if he keeps casting magic like that..." Trey couldn't take this anymore. He couldn't let him fall deeper into this pit of madness. "Grrr! Riddle! This is enough!" Trey shouted. "YOU BASTARD! DIDN'T YOU HEAR THEM?! THAT'S ENOUGH!" Andie roared out as she stepped closer to Riddle. "NOW YOU'RE GOING TO THROW THIS BIG TANTRUM JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE BEING SCOLDED?! ACE WAS RIGHT, YOU ARE A BIG BABY!"

Riddle then points his staff at Andie as he growled out, "Take that back this instant! Do you want to be run through!?" "ANDIE!" Ace, Deuce and Grim cried out in horror fearing for their friend's safety. The platinum blonde however did not falter and stood her ground, continuing to stare at Riddle, who was shaking with both rage and... a little bit of fear. "STOP IT.... DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT! STOP IT! STOP IT! STOOOOP IIITT!" Riddle's thoughts began to race, his heart pounding harder and faster. In his great frustration, his face grew more and more red as he cried out, "Giiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!" "This is seriously bad! Everyone get outta here!" Cater shouted as the Heartslabyul students screamed in terror as they quickly ran away. In a blink of an eye, Heartslabyul fell into ruin.

The blue sky had turned blackish purple. Many of the walls were cracked and blacked thorned vines grew between the cracks and began wrapping themselves around the dorm. Wrapping so tightly that they could easily break the building apart. A strong gust of winds blew in, circling and encasing the remaining people in the Rose Maze. The winds were so strong, they pulled the entirety of rose trees out of the ground and held them in place.

"Waahh... the rose trees are all starting to float around the garden..." Grim shrieked while shivering behind Deuce's legs. "This is a huge amount of magic! Is he really going to come after us with all that!?" Deuce exclaimed, backing away a few steps. Meanwhile, Andie and Riddle are still standing there glaring at each other. Ace, breaking free from his stupor rushed forward to stand in front of Andie. "Rose trees, heed my call!" Riddle swung his staff, and the trees floated dangerously, "To pieces with them all!!!" Riddle shouted, pointing at Ace and Andie. The rose trees flew at their direction! "This is bad! Move away, Ms. Williams! Mr. Trappola!" Crowley shouted, but the trees were too fast! Ace, knowing there was no escape, pulled Andie in a protective hug. Andie, not knowing what else to do, just closed her eyes as she and Ace braced themselves for the hit.

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