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???: "Greetings and Salutations, dear listeners! It is I, your favorite demon radio host, Alastor! It's been a while, but I've come back! But before we get into the reason why. . . I've got some new souls to take away!"

???: "Please. . . you can't do this to me! I. . . I have a family!"

???: "Oh, please. You're higher up than this asshole. Why can't you do something?"

???: "There's nothing we can do while we're at his mercy."

Alastor: "That's right, My sad souls. Now, let us begin!"

???: "No, stay away from me! I-I'll shoot you in the head!"

Alastor: "I'd like to see you try!"

With that said, everything went dark as all that was heard was the ear-piercing screams of the poor souls that Alastor had feasted upon.

At that same moment, another person came into the room where Alastor had finished dealing with his business.

???: "Master Alastor? I've got the applications."

Alastor: "Splendid work, my dear pawn! You did well."

???: "Well, I just want my soul back."

Alastor: "Hmm. . . well if that's the case, I'd like you to join them."

???: "W-What?! That wasn't the deal!"

Alastor: "Well, I've changed it up a bit. I want you to join them. And once it's finished, if you're alive, I'll return you're soul to you."

???: "You're going back on your own deal? That's not how it's supposed to work!"

Alastor: "I own your soul! What I say goes! Unless you want to end up like these poor fools?"

???: "Sorry, Alastor. . . I overstepped. It won't happen again."

Alastor: "It better not. Now, leave my sight. I'll open up the school as soon as the students get here."

???: ". . ."

Alastor: "Oh, this will be fun. . ."

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Prologue: Hello, Despair!

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???: 'Hope's Peak Academy. A prestigious school for the extremely talented and gifted of students. And I mean it. Only the most talented and gifted of the bunch get accepted here. Stories go that if you manage to graduate from this place, you'd be set for life.'

???: 'And this time, there were lots of applicants. And they all seemed very interesting. There were some ultimate heroes, ultimate wizards, and. . . me.'

???: 'My name is Jim Lake Jr. I'm a fairly normal guy at the seems, but truth be told, I'm a special person. I've been accepted into this school without a second thought. As soon as my application went through, I was immediately accepted not even two days later. I guess my talent of Ultimate TrollHunter really got the higher-ups interested. Not that I'm complaining or anything.'

JIM LAKE JR: ULTIMATE TROLLHUNTER

Jim Lake Jr: "Wow. . . I can't believe I'm actually here. This is. . . actually quite terrifying."

Jim Lake Jr: 'I'm gonna be honest. I didn't think I'd ever get accepted here. Where I come from, Trollhunting is a sacred and secret job that no one knows about. But I guess it sounded cool enough to them. Although, I wonder if they believed it?'

Jim Lake Jr: "Okay. . . just stay calm. You can do this. You can make a good first impression. Just got to step through the doors and start a brand new life at this school. Here I go. . . let's do this."

Jim then stepped up to the double doors to go inside of the school. But once he did, there was a sudden sharp feeling in his head.

Jim Lake Jr: 'Huh? What's. . . happening? Why does. . . my head hurt?'

Suddenly, the world around Jim began to warp and twist into a distorted reality of what he was a part of. Jim's eyes began to feel heavy and his vision began to blur. He quicky got a glimpse of a tall figure coming outside of the school as his eyes suddenly closed and he collapsed to the floor.

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Jim Lake Jr: 'Ugh. . . what?'

Jim opened his eyes and looked around. His vision was still kind of blurry, but he could make out boys of a classroom.

Jim Lake Jr: 'This is. . . a classroom? What?. . . Where?. . . How?. . .'

???: "Oh, look! He's awake now!"

???: "Thank God. I thought he died or something."

Jim Lake Jr: 'Huh?'

When Jim's vision came back, he noticed that he was surrounded by other students in the same classroom.

Jim Lake Jr: 'More people?'

???: "Hmm. . . that's 15."

Jim Lake Jr: "What?"

???: "15 people. That should be plenty, I think."

???: "What do you mean? Do you know something we don't?"

Jim Lake Jr: 'So this is my class? And these are my classmates? I mean. . . this is quite the setup.'

???: "Well? You gonna say something or what?"

Jim Lake Jr: "Oh. . . sorry."

???: "It's okay. We're all just as confused as you right now. In fact, we all actually woke up here in this classroom."

???: "Yeah, it was weird. Last thing I remember is walking through the front doors and next thing I knew, I had a headache. And then, POOF! Here we all are."

???: "Well, it's not all bad. There's loads of sexy women here. I can't wait to get to know everyone."

???: "Keep that guy far away from me."

Jim Lake Jr: 'Huh. . . what an interesting lot. I guess it's not all bad.'

???: "Okay, here's the deal everyone. We're on a tight schedule, seeing as how we were supposed to be at the gym for orientation in 30 minutes!"

???: "Oh, crap! Are you serious! We need to go now! I'm usually never late!"

???: "Ugh! Shut up, already! You're so annoying!"

???: "S-Sorry. . ."

???: "Anyway, I guess we should head out now. We'll find our way to the gym from here."

???: "Ooh, we should introduce ourselves! That way, we can bond a bit before we have to be there."

???: "That's fair. Alright, let's do that then."

With that said, everyone left the classroom. Jim stayed behind for a bit and thought to himself.

Jim Lake Jr: 'I guess I'll take this time to meet everyone. Hopefully this won't take too long, though.'

Jim then stood up from his seat and got ready to introduce himself to the other students.

When he looked around, he noticed that two people had stayed behind in the classroom. A girl with black hair with a white streak and a young man with black hair and streaks of indigo on the tips. Jim walked up to the girl first.

Jim Lake Jr: "Um. . . hi. I'm Jim Lake Jr. What's your name?"

Claire Nunez: "Oh, hey Jim. My name is Claire Nunez. I'm the Ultimate Shadow Master. Nice to meet you."

CLAIRE NUNEZ: ULTIMATE SHADOW MASTER

Jim Lake Jr: "Ultimate. . . Shadow Master?"

Claire Nunez: "I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's true. I can create portals to the shadow realm."

Jim Lake Jr: "That's. . . interesting."

Claire Nunez: "And I remember reading up on you, too. What exactly is a TrollHunter?"

Jim Lake Jr: "Oh, that? It's simple. A TrollHunter is. . ."

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Jim Lake Jr: "Huh? That's odd. I. . . can't seem to remember what that is."

Claire Nunez: "You don't know what your ultimate talent means? That's a little bit. . . wierd. Shouldn't you know?"

Jim Lake Jr: "I. . . I thought I did. I guess I forgot."

???: "Forgot the meaning of your ultimate talent? That's preposterous. How could you forget such an easy detail like that?"

Jim Lake Jr: "And who are you?"

Douxie: "Hisirdoux Casperan. Ultimate Wizard. But you can call me Douxie."

DOUXIE: ULTIMATE WIZARD

Jim Lake Jr: "A wizard, huh?"

Douxie: "Don't look at me like that. I'm serious. I would show you some magic, but I'm afraid that I lost my bracelet. I can't summon my staff or anything."

Jim Lake Jr: "Okay. . ."

Douxie: "Come on, you believed the girl when she told you she can summon shadow portals!"

Claire Nunez: "Actually. . . is it okay if I say something really quick?"

Jim Lake Jr: "Huh?"

Claire Nunez: "I'm sorry, but I have to ask. Do we. . . know each other?"

Jim Lake Jr: "What?"

Douxie: "You mean all three of us or just you and skinny-legs?"

Jim Lake Jr: "Hey!"

Claire Nunez: "No. . . all of us. I feel like I've seen both of you before. It's almost like I've known you for a while until now."

Douxie: ". . ."

Jim Lake Jr: ". . ."

Claire Nunez: "Sorry. . . it could just be my imagination. Forget I said anything."

Jim Lake Jr: 'Is. . . she okay?'

Douxie: "Whatever you say, Lady Claire."

Claire Nunez: "I'm just having a weird sense of deja Vu. . ."

Jim Lake Jr: "It's okay, Claire. If you want, we can all go and meet everyone together?"

Claire Nunez: "Yeah, that sounds nice."

Douxie: "Count me out. I've got to find the gym."

With that said, Douxie left the classroom.

Jim Lake Jr: "He's a little weird, isn't he?"

Claire Nunez: "I don't know. I find it rather charming."

Jim Lake Jr: "You're kidding. . ."

Claire Nunez: "Oh, don't get so jealous, Jim. Come on, let's go meet the others."

Claire then left the classroom to meet up with the others.

Jim Lake Jr: 'Jealous? Who's jealous? Why would I need to feel jealous?'

Jim just shook his mind clear as he left the classroom as well to meet the rest of his classmates.

To be continued. . . .

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