Episode 1-25: Healing Riddle

The battle starts with Trey making his first move.

"Doodle Suit!" He chants as bright sparkle appears blocking Riddle's unique magic.

"Sh#t, sh#t! You're in my way, Trey!" Riddle bellows.

"Alright! He's sealed Riddle's collar attack with this!" Grim yells.

"He can't keep it up for long. We're still in pinch here." Cater says.

"Guys, do it now while I'm sealing 'Off With Your Head' hurry!" He shouts as Glory and her friends nod. Soon Riddle roars out of anger and agitation as he threw rose trees from left to right. All of them dodge while all of them use their magic, but the corrupted Riddle was too strong for them as he swings his tree fists towards each and every one of them.

"This guy's magic is endless!" Ace pants.

"Absolutely, definitely I am correct!! If not, then what did I endure it all for..." Riddle whimpers as a sound of pain came out of his tone.

"Riddle..." Trey mumbles.

"Trey, focus! The moment you don't we're for!" Cater snaps him out.

"Uh! Sorry!" Trey apologizes. Glory stood their looking exhausted as she stares at him until her mind flashes when she looks back on what Merlin told her yesterday.
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"Now Gloriane, before I leave, there's something I need to tell you." Merlin informs.

"Hm?"

Glory lowers her legs to get to Merlin's level as he whispers into her ear.

"I take a good look at his heart from the crystal ball and there's one way to heal him? Wanna hear?" He asks and Glory blinks, but nods to him. Soon she heard him chortling softly.

"There's a unique magic that no healers can possibly pull off. In fact, this unique magic is a combination of Mental Healing and Healing Incantation, so here's how it works: You just have walk over to Mr.Rosehearts, kiss him ON THE LIPS, and then chant away. That way, the overblot will expel from his body in no time. I call this unique magic, Restore With A Kiss." He whispers and cue the smokes coming out of her ears.

Flustered, Glory became stiff as a board with her cheeks flushed where she is dumbfounded by what he told her.

"Y-You're serious right?" Glory stammers while blushing hoping that he's joking.

"Certainly not, but it's the only way for you to get him back to the light. Till then, farewell my sundrop." Merlin waves as floats after Dire leaving Glory speechless and covers her mouth with her hand.

"So...I have to do 'this' in order to heal him, huh? This is going to be weird...." Glory mumbles.
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After thinking about what Merlin told her and sighs. She pulls out her dagger from her pocket.

"Guys."

"Hm?"

"Ack! Glo-chan! Why do you have a dagger!?" Cater shrills, but Glory giggles and smiles.

"Oh you'll see why.~" Glory reassures as she pulls the glove from her left hand revealing the sun drop tattoo where it glows.

"Eh!?"

"Ack!"

"What in the-!?"

"Flower, gleam, glow...."

Glory chants as she levitates in air shocking everyone including Riddle himself.

"Whoa wait- I heard of that song before!" Cater shrills when he realize the same song from two days ago as he and her friends watch her float in air.

"Let your power shine!"

Glory shouts as her dagger transforms into a golden sword causing the boys to drop their jaws.

"HOLY SH#T!" Trey and Cater shrieks.

"Heheh there she goes!" Ace chuckles.

"Mhm our sundrop friend strikes back." Deuce says with his arms cross.

"Big time!" Grim chirps with a grin. Stunned, both men turn to trio.

"You guys know about this!?" Cater asks looking stunned. The trio look each other and chuckle and glance back at their senpais.

"Yeah. We did." Ace replies with a smirk.

"She's a healer." Deuce told them.

"And a beast tamer!" Grim cheers shocking them even more (well minus Trey since he knew about her healing incantation magic, but still, he wasn't expecting Glory to be a beast tamer too).

"B-Beast tamer!?" Trey stutters looking like he's about to faint.

I know she's a healer, but a beast tamer?!

Trey thought with a dumbfounded look.

"And a healer!?" Cater shrills in shock.

"Never mind that! We need to take cover now!" Deuce yells.

"Why?" Trey asks curiously making Ace and Grim face palm.

"OMG just hit the deck now!" Grim rants.

"And we mean NOW!" Ace impatiently shouts pushing everyone to bush as they all peer from the bush where they watch Glory facing off Riddle who looks stunned and speechless by this mysterious bright magic she possesses.

"Wha-...I don't know what magic your pulling, but I will have your head once this is over!!!" He roars as he rams one of the rose trees at her, but Glory slices the tree in half. Glory looks down on him with a serious expression making him shock yet agitated.

"Grrrr YOU LITTLE!" Riddle once again threw another right hook with a second rose tree, but once again, Glory slice the tree completely in half gazing down at him once more before she raises her as a bright light emits from her left hand.

"!?" Riddle widen his eyes when he sees her light.

"Let...your power...SHIIIIINE!!!!" She shouts as Glory blast a huge hulk of light at Riddle causing him to fall back crashing against the trees until he hits the wall making him groan from the hard impact.

"Whoa..." Trey and Cater gasps in awe as they watch Glory float towards the now vulnerable Riddle where she lands gracefully before him as she hears him mumbling.

"Was...I wrong...? That can't be right...mother." He mumbles making Glory sigh with pity and approaches him with sympathetic look. Once she got close to him, she puts her sword to the ground and gently lifts his head giving him compassionate grey eyes.

"Riddle...." Glory muttered as she caresses his cheeks with her thumbs.

"You've been badly hurt haven't you?" Glory asks curiously as Riddle lifts his head with his silver eyes lock with her grey eyes.

It's been a long time that I'd sang hasn't it? Takes me back to when I was in elementary school. Let alone being the first time kissing a boy in front of everyone....but...

Glory then gently lifts his head up until it's towards their lips.

I can't turn back now, this is the only way to get him back....

Glory thought as her grey eyes lock with his silver eyes up close.

"Riddle, forgive me for doing this." She apologizes as leans her head closer, she lock lips with Riddle making the red brunette's eyes widen in shock. As well as causing a huge uproar from her friends and Riddle's close friends.

"Ffgnya!?" Grim shrills.

"Eeeh!?" Ace and Deuce shrieks.

"Naah!?" Trey and Cater yells.

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"Oh my~ oh, oh, oh. Gloriane, you DOG!" Merlin chortles while watching this entire scene in front of him from the crystal ball.

"Merlin!" Crowley shouts.

"Oh right, students. My bad." Merlin apologizes as he grabs the crystal ball with a grin.

You're doing so well, my sundrop! Keep up the good work!

Merlin thought while floating after Crowley to keep the students safe.
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Afterwards, Glory pulls away from his lips as she gets hold of his head with the sundrop flower tattoo on her left hand laying on his left cheek. She gazes deeply into his silver eyes, she takes a deep breath and exhale out where she closes her eyes.

"Flower, gleam and glow...."

She sang as her left hand starts to glow stunning Riddle and her friends.

"Let your power shine
Make the clock reverse
Bring back what once was mine~"

She marvel as soon as Riddle was slowly engulf with light.

"Heal what has been hurt
Change the fates' design
Save what has been lost
Bring back what once was mine...."

Suddenly the overblot starts to expel from his body as the dark globe start to come out of his mouth and eyes frightening and shocking her friends. However, these men were struck with awe as they witness a beautiful goddess chanting the overblot away with her mesmerizing voice from Riddle.

"Guys look!" Cater shouts as he and his friends rises up from the bush to take a closer look at their dorm leader.

"...What once was mine~" As she finishes the song with grace and harmony, Glory opens her eyes where the light fades way as the overblot from above clouded over Glory as she lifts her head up to the overblot cloud where her eyes glow white when made eye-to-eye contact with the black cloud where everything went black.

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"Ugh...wha?" She shakes her head and blinks her eyes when she sees a woman standing with a child.

Is this his past?

Glory thought curiously as she sees the woman bringing out what it seems like a cake to the young boy, but bland.

"Happy eighth birthday, Riddle. Your birthday cake this is a low-sugar, high lecithin cake made with soy flour and nuts." She told him.

"R-Riddle?" Glory looks down at the child and recognize him as Riddle.

"Thank you, mama. But, ummm, I...Just once, I really want to try a tart covered in bright red strawberries...." He shyly pleaded.

"How could you say such a thing! That pastry is a mound of sugar. That's more like poison!" She rebuked. This made Glory stunned.

"Are you serious?" Glory asks with disbelief and shock.

"One slice will exceed your ideal daily intake of carbohydrates. Today we're having a tuna sautee with plenty of docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acid. Aah, but at age eight your ides, caloric intake is less than 600 calories per meal so don't eat more than 100 grams. Alright?" His mother suggested him.

"...Yes, mama." He sadly replied making her heart drop when he hears his dejected voice.

"Oh my god...." She gasps looking at his past. Then he heard his voice.

For some long, a strawberry tart was what I wanted to eat. In cake shops around town they're on display in the window, tarts that look like jewels.

"Let's end your classical magic studies here for today. You have until tomorrow to review the magical ethics that you learned today and get through page 50 of your language philosophy text. To the end, I'll give you an hour to study for your next potions lesson." She informed.

"Yes, mother." Riddle complied.

"Your mother has an errand to run so I'll be back in an hour." His mother told him.

My every moment was crammed to the brim with every possible discipline. Time spent learning extended until I could do it, but for me this was 'normal'.

Glory shakes her head when he says it.

His mother wasn't supposed to control him like that...

Glory thought while watching his past unfold before her. Suddenly the scene switches when a sudden knock was heard from the door.

"...Someone is knocking at the window?" He asked as the young Riddle walked to the door and opened to see two boys that she knew: Trey and Che'nya.

I-It's them! Trey and Che'nya!

Glory thought while staring in awe with their child versions of themselves.

"Oh, he came!" Trey exclaimed.

"Hey, hey. Come play with us!" Che'nya marveled.

"Who are Riddle?" He asked curiously.

"I'm Che'nya! This is Trey. Let's lay croquet." He suggested.

"Eh...I can't. Now is my self-study time. I have to keep studying." He told him.

"Self-study means that you decide what you study. My grand-paw says playing is a kind of study, too." Che'nya pointed out making Glory giggle a bit.

Even as a child, he still cracks me up with his cat puns!

Glory thought while giggling.

"Will you come down for a bit?" Trey asked politely. Riddle looked reluctant at first, but eventually gave in.

"...J-Just for a bit." He stammered.

"Can I ask you name?" Trey asked.

"R-Riddle. Riddle Rosehearts." He said and this Glory smile warmly when she sees Che'nya and Trey reaching out to him.

Playing with Trey and Che'nya was so much fun. I learned new things, played new games. They taught me so much. From that day on, during my self-study time without telling mother, I left my room.

"Eh! Riddle, you've never had a strawberry tart!?" Che'nya exclaimed.

"Mother says its like poison so I can't." He told them.

"Well, you probably shouldn't eat too much..." Trey muttered.

"My family owns a cake shop. Let's go eat some." Trey suggested making Riddle flinch.

"Eh...but-"

"One piece will be fine." Trey reassured.

"I could go for a whole one right about meow." Che'nya chirped.

"Atop a pure white plate, a brilliantly red strawberry tart. For me, it shined brighter than any jewel. The first bite was wonderfully sweet, it was better than anything I'd ever had. I savored each bite and got lost in it....Lost track of time."

"Eh?"

Suddenly the scene switches again when Riddle is facing his mother, but this time his mother looks down on him with a scowl.

"How could you! You skipped out on studying to go outside and eat a mound of sugar! Those two instigated it. I won't allow you to spend time with those bad children ever again!" She scolded at him.

"I'm sorry, mother! I won't do it again, so forgive me...!" Riddle pleaded while crying.

"Silence! This is because you broke the rules. Aah, I should never have given you so much free time. I have to keep an even better watch over you..." She shook her head sighing with disappointment. This had Glory speechless.

No child should ever go through that....what mother would do this to their child? Parents are supposed to be loving and caring towards their children, who are willing to do anything for their child and always support them, not control them and make them into puppets. This is not how you make a child happy.

Glory thought while watching this.

If I broke the rules, my time for fun was completely taken away. That's why the rules mother makes, I have to follow. In this town, mother is the most respected that makes her correct. But...tell me, mama. Why? Why does my chest hurt like this? Just on my birthday would be fine, I want to eat a bunch of tarts. I want to play outside for hours. I want to make more and more friends. Tell me, mama, what rules should I follow to make this pain go away?

His words have hit her so hard as hearing him cry makes her heart ache. Soon tears start to swell from her eyes after watching how, Riddle Rosehearts, became the strict person he is now.

"You've been badly hurt, Riddle....but you don't have to feel this way because....this girl, Gloriane Corbett, is here for you now." Glory said as she wipes the tears off her face not caring if her mascara is dripping down on her cheeks.

Soon everything when black again as she can hear Trey calling for him.

"Riddle!"

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