Hey guys before we get to the chapter, I checked all of the votes from yesterday and today. The song with the most votes is.....

Try Everything by Shakira!!

Thank you everyone who voted for this song and to those who voted Roar, thank you for voting. Now that's out of the way, ONWARD TO THE CHAPTER!
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"Wha? Me?!" Glory shrieks when Crowley request her to perform at the Magift Tournament.

"Yes you, Ms. Corbett. Merlin told me all about your training and I even witnessed your incantation magic on Mr. Kingscholar just a minute ago. Throughout your time in Night Raven, you have won over the hearts of only not only Mr. Rosehearts and other Heartslabyul members, but you've also win the hearts the members of Savanaclaw and head dorm, Mr. Kingscholar himself. Which is why I'm giving you the honor to sing at the stadium in this year's Magical Shift Tournament!" Crowley suggests.

"But...-"

"Glor, you'd sang before." Ace plainly points out.

"It was at the unbirthday party and you're an amazing singer." Deuce reassures.

"Mhm. And you sang like an Angel!" Cater chirps.

"They have a point, Gloriane-san. You did a great job of performing at Heartslabyul. So I don't see a problem of seeing you perform again." Trey stated with a smile.

"But I'm performing on LIVE television! Live! Sure, I did perform outside at Heartslabyul the other day, but on live? There's no way I can handle a bunch of crowds!" Glory panics while quivering at the thought of singing.

"They're right Rabbit."

"Eh?" Glory turns to Riddle who folds his arms and approaches the nervous ravenette. Then he grabs her hand gently and looks at her in the eyes.

"You have a wonderful voice and if you weren't there, I wouldn't be here in the first place..." Riddle agrees with them before his face flushed averting his silver eyes while comforting Glory.

"Besides...you did saved me after all and..." Riddle then glance back at Glory with a genuine smile.

"...I'm happy that I met and befriended a beautiful and kind girl like you, Bunny. I can assure you that you'll do good at your performance." Ruddle reassures. Glory blink her twice stunned and moved by his reassurance and kindness.

"Riddle..." Glory mutters. Soon she felt a large hand on her head where she lifts her head to see Leona ruffling her head.

"You'll do fine. From what I seen, you sang pretty good and..." Leona then blushes a bit.

"...You healed me as well and I don't mind hearing you sing again." Leona comforts before smiling genuinely at her.

"After all, you did got me with that magic of yours. I have to say Lioness, that was pretty impressive. So why not give it shot, Future Queen of Twisted Wonderland?" Leona reassures making Glory stunned and touched by his encouragement.

"Leona..." Glory mutters touched by his words.

"He's right."

"Hm?"

Glory turns to Jack and Ruggie who are grinning at her.

"You've managed to save our dorm from Leona's recklessness and prevent him from destroying not only the whole stadium, but the whole campus as well. And to be honest...I think you have great potential of becoming queen in our world. You got a lot of spirit and independence inside of you and I respect that. Hell, you even have a great voice, so I don't see why not." Jack assures her with a genuine grin.

"No joke, but that was a pretty cool unique magic you had; not mentioned cute." Ruggie compliments as he flashes her a wink making Glory flustered. The hyena chuckles and grins.

"Besides the point. I'm glad that you've knocked some sense out of Leona. If not, then this whole stadium would've turned into sand by now. Trust me, Leona maybe devious, intimidating, and a pain in the ass, but he's actually a huge softie." Ruggie informs with a cheeky grin much to Leona's dismay.

"Really Ruggie?" Leona ask blankly making her giggle and grin.

"You gotta a point there." Glory giggles.

"They're not wrong Glorious. You sure possessed such an interesting magic and an angelic voice, so why not hear your beautiful voice again?" Lilia reassures with a gentle grin.

"Lilia..." Glory gasps.

"He's right you know. Thank god, you smack that reckless lion of out his mind and I have to admit. You're quite strong for a goddess with an amazing voice..or should I say...the queen of our school?" Jamil implies with a small smirk making Glory sigh.

"I'm gonna keep hearing this everyday aren't I?" Glory mutters.

"Pretty much." Grim replies causally.

"Hehe yup. But that's what makes you likable...and the reason you're a Guy-Magnet." Ace remarks and this does not surprise Glory one bit.

"Lilia, my backpack is right next to you. Could you bring it for me?" She ask much to his confusion.

"Hm? Why?" He ask curiously.

"She has frying pan in her bag that she carries." Grim flat out told him causing the little hyena to let out a sigh.

"Yup. Good memories." Ruggie sarcastically remarks while cringing as he reminisces the courtyard incident yesterday.

"Eeh? Frying pan?!" Jack shrieks.

"You're joking right?" Leona blankly ask.

"Nope." Glory casually replies.

"Eeh?!" Trey shrieks.

"Are you serious Angel-chan?!" Cater shrills.

"Why on earth would you carry that in your backpack?!" Riddle shouts.

"I have to agree with Riddle here. Don't you feel sore when carrying that thing around?" Jamil ask curiously, but Glory shrugs and grins calmly.

"Meh not really. I working out every early morning and afternoon so I'm quite use to it." Glory nonchalantly replies.

"But anyways, give me my bag Lilia! Cuz I'm gonna whoop his ass out!" Glory exclaims.

"Kukuku Understood." Lilia complies with a chortle, but....

"Wait!" Ace halts.

"Hm?" Glory curls her brows and Lilia pauses from walking towards her bag when they heard him halt as Ace curled a genuine smile.

"What I'm trying to say was that despite what everyone said about you looking like Gothel, you're a strong, passionate, fun, kind, and cool girl to be with and..." Ace soon blushes before finishing his words.

"I'm glad that I became friends with an awesome girl like you Glor. You've made my day brighter than before with your vibrant personality and I love your confidence...." Ace expressed causing Glory to widen her eyes at his sincerity and kind words before smiling warmly at him.

"Thanks Ace. I'm glad that I'm friends with a snarky yet awesome dude like you." Glory told him making him blush more and turns away.

"D-Don't get me wrong! I'm just being honest as a friend! That's all!" Ace retorts making her giggle and roll her eyes at him.

"Sure you're not Acey-kun~." Glory teases causing Ace to widen his eyes when called that again.

"Oi! Don't call me that!" He shouts making her and everyone chuckle and giggle at his reaction.

"Well...she is pretty kind to other people. Not to mentioned...lovable." Deuce mumbles.

"Oooo is Deuce in love~?" Cater teases and Deuce widens his eyes and his face flushed.

"O-Of course not! I'm just expressing how I feel! That's what friends do after all!" Deuce denies.

"You guys are easy to read, ya know that?" Jack plainly remarks with Trey chuckling.

"Deuce maybe serious and calm and Ace maybe outgoing and a total troublemaker, but if you take a closer look at them, they're open books." Trey jokes making them flinch and turns away.

"S-Shut up! I am not!" Deuce and Ace retorts in unison while blushing.

"The fact that you're denying does not help your point at all." Riddle points out.

"Oh how you can't face the fact that you actually have a huge crush on Glor?" Ace roasts him causing everyone to go "ooooooo".

"Um everyone." Crowley utters.

"Oh my." Merlin sighs face palming.

"You really want to go there huh Ace?" Riddle ask sternly.

"Mr. Rosehearts-."

"Am I wrong? It's quite obvious head dorm. You maybe Heartslabyul's intimidating dorm leader, but you also shown many signs that you love Glor. So just admit it Riddle, you love her don't ya?" Ace bluntly confronts him.

"Mr. Trappola-."

"Um guys, Crowley has something to-."

"Ack! Ace! Not the time!" Deuce shrieks.

"Men-"

"Shut up Deuce, I know what I'm doing!" Ace retorts.

"OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD CAN YOU GUYS SHUT-!"

"HEEEEEEEY!!! PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!" Crowley has lost his impatience and scold at the students cutting Glory off where she and everyone flinched from his loud voice.

"Well that shut them up real quick." Merlin mutters.

"Ahem. Now that I got your attention. It's now or never, Ms. Corbett. Will you do the honors of performing this year's Magift tournament before we start the game?" Crowley offers as Glory turns back to her friends and new friends whom all of them smiled genuinely as a sign of encouragement and reassurance. Glory smiled back and turn back to the headmaster.

"Alright...I'll do it!" Glory accepts with a bright smile as everyone smiled at her answer along with the headmaster and Merlin.

"Excellent! Now that's out of the way. Let us head back to the stadium, but before that. Everyone, did somebody see a black rock drop somewhere?" Crowley ask curiously.

"Eh? Black rock?" Ace ask confusingly.

"Did you drop something, Headmaster?" Deuce ask.

"No...If you don't see it then it's fine. Let's hurry to the coliseum. Glory, go with Merlin because he has bought you an outfit for your performance." Crowley said.

"Whoa already!?" Glory gasps.

"Yup. I bought it online this morning sundrop. Now come now, let's get your ready for your first live performance at the Magift tournament." Merlin assures.

"Uh r-right!" Glory nods.

"Wildcat, let's go." Jack insists with a grin and Glory nods grinning back at him.

"Yeah! Off to the magical shift tournament!" Glory cheers.

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Meanwhile at the Magift tournament, the audience was murmuring throughout the coliseum until a microphone screech out and turns to see the headmaster lightly tapping the mic. He then clears his throat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to this year's Magift tournament." Crowley announced.

"Woooooooo!!" The crowd cheers.

"BUT. This year we're doing something different." He said.

"Huh?" The audience tilts their heads confusingly.

"Yes. Before the tournament begins, we decided to have a live performance from a very special guest." Crowley announced as he extend his hand with a proud smile.

"Everyone, please give it up for the beautiful and angelic first year student from the Ramshackle Dorm. Gloriane Corbett!" Crowley exclaims as the whole audience starts cheering throughout the coliseum where Glory stood there wearing a yellow crop top dress, a yellow choker with a golden flower, a gold bracelet, gold high heels as well as light pink lipgloss and yellow eyeshadow.

*****Glory's outfit for her performance^****

As everyone went quiet, Glory stood there taking a deep breath and exhale out before the music starts blaring out from the speakers.

"Oh oh oh oh oh." Glory sang the intro as the music starts on a slow beat.

"Oh oh oh oh oh.~"

"Oh oh oh oh oh." As she harmonizes, everyone from the Heartslabyul team and the savanaclaw team were all smiling at her as they watched her perform.

"Oh oh oh oh oh.~"

"I messed up tonight
I lost another fight
I still mess up but I'll just start again
I keep falling down
I keep on hitting the ground
I always get up now to see what's next."

Glory then turns to her friends and the savanaclaw where she gave the savanaclaw trio a grin before she kept singing the pre chorus where she started clapping.

"Birds don't just fly, they fall down and get up." She sang as everyone started to clap as well.

"Nobody learns without getting it wrong." Soon she raises her left hand to the sun where light shines to shine in the coliseum causing everyone to go wide eyed with awe including her friends.

"Holy damn!" They all shout with shock with faces filled with awe.

"I won't give up, no I won't give in
Til I reach the end and then I'll start again.~"

"No, I won't leave, I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail." Glory sang as she twirling around with a smile while the audience starts clapping for her before she turns back to sing chorus.

"I won't give up,
No I won't give in
Til I reach the end and then I'll start again."

"No, I won't leave,
I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail."

She marvels as she marches through the stadium giving her friends including the savanaclaw boys a reassuring smile before she starts singing the post chorus.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Try everything! Come on!" Glory shouts to the audience as she extends her mic to the audience where they all chant the lyrics.

"Try everything!" Glory marvels as she starts twirling around while the audience kept on chanting the lyrics cheering her on with the lights wafting through the coliseum mimicking the spotlights that you've seen onstage. As Glory twirls, she takes a glance at her friends who were staring at her with awe while others are smiling genuinely at her.

"Holy damn! That's a lot of lights!" Grim shrieks stunned by the abundant of lights shining through the stadium.

"Waaaahhh!!! This is so magicame material! I am so posting this!" Cater squeals while taking pictures of Glory twirling around on his phone.

"Hehe. She really is an angel....I really bright one." Trey mutters while he stares at her lovingly.

"Eh?" Cater turns with a puzzled look and Trey widens his eyes waving his hand to him.

"Ah! Nothing Cater! I-It's really nothing!" Trey stutters with a light blush as he turns back to the stadium with an awkward, but Cater doesn't buying it as he stares at Trey for a minute before he turns his head back to Glory where she was twirling flashing her radiant smile. Well Trey wasn't wrong about that, she definitely is a bright angel. Mesmerized by her bright glamour and raiding beauty, Cater was in awe while blushing before smiling.

You're really are an angel, a beautiful and gleaming angel....

Cater thought with a smile with his eyes filled with love and admiration as he continues taking pictures of her on his phone. On the other hand, Riddle notices Trey's awkward look as he curls his brows at him.

Don't tell me he's-! No! Don't think like that! He's your friend. Your childhood friend who is the vice dorm and...

Riddle glance at his childhood friend with a blush crept from his cheeks.

He would never developed feelings for Rabbit...though I'm not quite so sure...

Riddle thought pondering about Trey's feelings for Glory until Trey's eyes landed on his.

"Hm? Riddle?"

"Uh-!"

Riddle then turns away with a blush.

"So...how do you like her performance Trey?" Riddle ask politely.

"Well...so far, I enjoyed it. It was quite the amazing and shimmering performance...and she looks...lovely." Trey told him. Riddle curls his brows a bit dubiously, but nods nevertheless.

"Mhm. You're right about that Trey..." Riddle agrees as he looks back at Glory.

"..Because she's definitely is lovely." Riddle admits but with a there's a hint of jealousy in his polite tone. Trey heard his tone and clench his fists as he turns back to the performance.

"Yeah..." Trey mumbles with a hidden air of tension emits between Heartslabyul's head dorm and vice dorm. Jack, Deuce and Ace sweat drops at the tension between Trey and Riddle.

"Psst hey. What's with those two?" Jack whispers to Ace.

"Beats me." Ace whispers back to Jack.

"I don't know, but..." Deuce glance at Glory where he slightly blushes, but smiles warmly.

"Let's pushed that aside and enjoy the tournament." Deuce reassures as Jack and Ace turn their heads to see Glory smiling and twirling under the sunlight where they both blush slightly before cracking a smile.

"Yeah..." They both mutter while smiling. On the other side, Ruggie and Leona were struck with awe with Glory's performance where the little hyena was enjoying the show.

"Heh. Things are turning out great this year, right Leona?" Ruggie ask as he turns to Leona where he stood there silently with a blasé look, but Leona won't deny. He was actually enjoying it and her performance was spot on. Then the guilt starts to wash all over him as he looks back at what he said before at the stadium and how he treated her at the Botanical garden.

Damn...Guess I was really harsh on her back there didn't I?

Leona thought as he lets out a sigh and pinch his forehead for his brash words and his treatment to the girl that healed him. Ruggie was quick to notice Leona's guilty look and side smiles.

"Looks like someone's in guilt." Ruggie remarks with a smirk. Leona averts his eyes from the little hyena.

"Shut up..." He snarks making Ruggie chuckle softly.

"So any thoughts on kitten now?" He ask curiously as Leona looks at Glory who is twirling and waltzing through the stadium while smiling brightly with Leona's green eyes glimmer with awe and a slight blush crept on his cheeks.

"...She's not as bad as I thought...And I took back what I said about her being Gothel." Leona admits.

"Hm? You thought she was Gothel?" Ruggie ask with a confused look, but shakes his head.

"No I don't, I knew she was different since the moment I took a whiff of her scent. I don't see her as Gothel. Though I did take it too far when I called her Gothel...." Leona confesses as he scrunches his brows in irritation at his own actions.

"I acted on impulse...I guess I was so pissed to the point where I ended up lashing out at her. Tch damnit, this is such a pain." He grumbles as Ruggie stares at him with an understanding look before grinning.

"Well you don't have to worry about that. From what I've seen, she looks unfazed by the nickname 'Gothel's blood'. She looks so done with that to the point where she wasn't really shocked no more, but...if I were you, I would just have a serious but sentimental talk with her after the tournament." Ruggie advises him as Leona glance at him before looking back at a Glory.

Lioness....

He thought as he let out a sigh and cross his arms.

"...I might." Leona said with Ruggie chuckling at him before being nudge by Jack.

"Guys look now!" Jack shouts as he points his finger where the two turn their heads back to the stadium where Glory sang the last lyric from the post chorus before she turns to Leona with a smile as Glory approaches him with the next chorus.

"Look at how far you've come, you filled your heart with love
Baby you've done enough, take a deep breath." Glory then lays her hand on his shoulder stunning Leona a bit while singing the chorus with a gentle smile.

"Don't beat yourself up, don't need to run so fast
Sometimes we come last, but we did our best." Glory reassures with Leona smiling genuinely at her with green eyes filled with warmth and love towards the ravenette. Then she turns Ruggie who gives him a fist bump and the hyena grins and reciprocate the gesture before Glory walks back to the crowd and starts marching towards the audience.

"Let's go everyone!" She chirps with the audience cheering before her as they all began singing the chorus again.

"I won't give up, I won't give in
Til I reach the end and then I'll start again
No I won't leave, I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail!"

She then starts fist pumping in the air with the audience fist pumping along with her.

"I won't give up, no I won't give in
Til I reach the end and then I'll start again
No I won't leave, I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail!" Glory marvels as she marches back to her friends where she wraps an arm around Jack's shoulders.

"I'll keep on making those new mistakes." Glory sang with the wolf smiling at her as she twirls around and marches towards Ruggie and kneels down to his level since he's short.

"I'll keep on making them every day." Glory marvels with Ruggie smiling down at her with his hands on his hips. She then stands up as the cheery ravenette marches towards Leona.

"Those new mistakes." She grins warmly as Leona grins sincerely and ruffles her head making Glory giggle softly before marching back to the crowd.

"Oh oh oh oh oooh
Try everything!" Glory exclaims and extends the mic to the audience.

"Oh oh oh oh oooh!" They all sang the lyrics with cheer.

Try everything!" Glory marvels as she strolls through the stadium with rays of light creeping behind her.

"Try everything!" She carols where Leona, Ruggie, and Jack stood there with warm genuine smiles when they witnessed an herbivore transforming into a strong lioness under the rays of sunshine as she roars to the crowd.

"Oh oh oh oh oooh!" The audience chanted as Glory stops and raise her left hand to the sun where beams of light glisten under her and glance at the crowd.

"Try everything.~" As she marvels the last lyric rays of sunlight exploded with bright white sparkles causing the entire audience and the boys to go awe at her final performance before the entire audience goes wild where they all rise up from their seats with applauding for her amazing performance.

While everyone is on standing ovation, Glory panted heavily before forming a bright smile.

"Thank you everyone!!" Glory chirps as the audience kept on cheering for her. She then turns around to see Crowley and Merlin applauding with smiles on their faces along with her friends and the Savanaclaw trio who were also smiling at her. As they all approach the stadium with her friends and new friends gather around to praise her.

"Waaah that was awesome Glory!" Grim chirps.

"Definitely! You nailed it out of the park Glor!" Ace exclaims.

"Mhm. Amazing performance Glory-san." Deuce praises.

"I have to say Gloriane-san, that was a brilliant performance you did there." Trey compliments.

"No doubt. The crowd was going crazy over your performance! Hell, this makes this year's Magift tournament even more fun!" Cater cheers making Glory giggle.

"Aww shucks." Glory giggles while smiling warmly at them.

"Agreed, you were amazing out there Rabbit." Riddle praises with a genuine smile and she smiles back.

"Thanks Riddle." Glory replies.

"Gotta hand it to you Wildcat. That was quite an epic start for this year's tournament. Now we became even more confident." Jack assures.

"Welp, I have to admit. This year isn't that bad; not to the mention the performance is quite a thrill to watch. Not at all." Ruggie plainly compliments.

"Heh. I have to say Lioness. That wasn't bad. Gotta give you props for that." Leona compliments as he pats her head with a genuine smile and Glory smiles gently at the sincere lion.

"Thanks you guys, you too Leona." Glory grins sheepishly. Then Crowley and Merlin came along as Merlin grins and applauded her performance.

"A wonderful performance indeed, Sundrop. I knew you could do it." Merlin assures and Glory giggles while stroking the back of her head.

"Thanks Merlin." Glory giggles. Soon the headmaster grabs the mic and turns to the audience.

"Ahem. Now that dazzling performance is now over....LET'S THE MAGICAL SHIFT TOURNAMENT BEGIN!!!!" Crowley as the audience cheer throughout the coliseum. Glory turns to Deuce, Grim, and Ace who grin back at her.

"Let's do this Glory." Ace reassures as Glory nods with a bold grin.

"Right." Glory replies.

"I'm so nervous...but I'll do my best!" Deuce exclaims.

"I'm gonna blow everyone in this whole stadium away with my magic!" Grim perks up and Glory giggles before turning to the savanaclaw trio with a determined smirk.

"Better watch out boys, cuz I'm gonna kick your butt!" Glory proclaims making the lion laugh at her bold declaration.

"Is that so Lioness? Better prepare yourself cuz I'm not gonna hold back." Leona declares with his usual arrogant tone.

"Oh well see about that, lion." Glory snarks back with a smirk. Ruggie hoot laughs and grins.

"Shishishi! Confident as always! But that doesn't mean I'm gonna go easy on you Kitten, so better not cry." Ruggie teases making her roll her eyes and grin at his cheeky teasing.

"Like I would cry over losing to a small hyena." Glory retorts making the tiny hyena snicker and smirks.

"Get ready Wildcat, cuz we're not gonna lose." Jack declares.

"Same with us, Jack." Glory boldly snarks where the Magift tournament begins.