Episode 4-Epilogue(2): Vivien in Love
Right after gym is over, Glory and Grim head over to the ramshackle until they heard a phone ringing from her pocket. Curious, Glory pulls out her pjs on from her sweatshirt pocket and place it to her ear.
"Hello?" Glory asks.
"Hello Sundrop. I know you're exhausted from your classes, but before you leave, I have a something to tell you and it has to do with the black rock incantation." He said.
"Shoot." Glory answered. As soon as she said it, Merlin told her this.
"It's simple really. All you have to do is say this." He instructed. As soon as he whispered something into her ear, the ravenette widens her eyes and froze.
"Whoa what? I heard of this! This is the hope incantation!!" Glory chirped in disbelief causing Grim to tilt his head at his sundrop henchman.
"Indeed. It will reverse the affects from the rocks. Remember that just in case. Till then, safe travels, Sundrop." Merlin reassures and soon after he hung up. After that, Glory blinks her eyes twice before shoving her phone back to her sweatshirt pocket with Grim staring at her with a baffled look.
"Who was that?" Grim asks curiously.
"Merlin. He told about the black rock incantation, but don't worry. Let's just go back to the dorm so I could take a shower and head straight to Scarabia dorm." Glory informs.
"Aah ok..." Grim replies as she and Grim continue on back to their dorm. Once they arrived back home, the two climbed up from the foyer to the lounge only to have their eyes widened when they saw Eugene and Cassandra sulking at the table.
"Eh? What are you guys doing over there?" Grim asks curiously.
"Aye...welcome back you two." Eugene greets them with a tired smile saluting them with peace sign.
"Mm..How are classes going?" Cassandra asks kindly while smiling tiredly.
"I'm good, but why are you guys worn out?" Glory asks curiously.
"Yeah, you guys look like you're in hell." Grim bluntly points out.
"A bunch guys came over to our dorm with gifts and love letters. They begged us to see her, but we told them you're not here."
"But they wouldn't budge so I have point my sword at them." Cassandra stated.
"And I was trying to calm her down while Raps tried to negotiate with the guys but they were relentless as hell." Eugene explains.
"They even tried to barge into the dorm so we have no choice but to chase them off while Raps is taking care of the scraps that they placed." Cassandra told them more while stroking her head.
"Ffgya! Those bastards! Relentless is right! How dare they tried to barge our dorm without permission first?!" Grim chides with a glare. Soon the three ghosts appeared in the lounge.
"That's what we've thought when they came here." The chubby ghost stated.
"Boys are so desperate these days." The skinny ghost chimes shaking his head while shrugging.
"Though it makes sense why they come for you. You've become popular recently." The stubby ghost pointed out. Glory sighs pinching her temple.
Why am I not surprised by this?...
Glory thought unfazed by what just happened before letting out a sigh and turns back to the duo.
"And where's Rapunzel now?" She inquires but soon a loud boom came across the lounge where they both spun their heads to see Rapunzel staggering around until she flops to the couch letting out a groan.
"Jeez, my back hurts..." She whimpers with Pascal croaking along while slouching on her shoulders. Feeling her mother instincts, Glory went over to the exhausted brunette queen and sat next to her.
"Raps, you ok?! What happened?" Glory asks with a worried look. Rapunzel groans subtly and whips her her lightly to the ravenette.
"I just got back from throwing all the gifts and the letters away and...Ugh now I need to take a break." Rapunzel told her and Pascal croaked in response. Glory bobs her head staring at her with empathy in her grey orbs as she gently strokes her shoulder.
"Easy Rapunzel, relax. I wish I was there to help you out." Glory empathized, but Rapunzel shakes her head and smiles feebly at her.
"No, don't blame yourself Glory. We were only trying to protect you and Grim." She reassures and Pascal nods smiling softly at her as the green chameleon crawls up to the ravenette's arm to her shoulder so he could muzzle his little head against her neck earning a small grin from the teen ravenette.
"She's right."
Soon Cassandra and Eugene got up from the table with smiles as they saunter towards them.
"You done so much for us that we decide to repay you back by standing by your side." Cassandra explained.
"Yup. Since you're our prefect of the ramshackle dorm after all. Speaking of which, ramshackle is quite a shabby name huh? Not to be rude, but...It could've used a better name, don't ya think?" Eugene suggested.
"The name for our dorm?" Grim asks confusingly.
"Mmm that's something I've been thinking about too..." Rapunzel chimes tilting her head a bit pondering about the name.
"Hmmm what to name..?" Cassandra mumbles. For once, Glory agreed with them and pondered as well. Suddenly something popped from her mind and snaps her fingers.
"How about the Moonshine Dormitory?" Glory suggests causing everyone to perk up before Rapunzel smiles and pounds her hand to hers.
"That's a good one!" Rapunzel chirps.
"Yeah, I like that." Cassandra agreed.
"Plus it fits Glory's powers." The skinny ghost stated.
"So Moonshine Dormitory all the way?" Eugene guessed with a smile.
"Moonshine Dormitory ALL THE WAY!!!" The three ghost chimed in unison.
"Moonshine...Moonshine...Yeah! I don't mind that. It's perfect! So long Ramshackle, hello Moonshine Dormitory!!" Grim declares.
"YEAH!!" They all cheered.
"But first we need to get the headmaster to agree with the name." Glory points out and they all nod.
"I can do that! Besides, you have classes to attend to right now so let us held a meeting with Crowley and Merlin." Rapunzel reassures.
"That's fine with me." Glory said as she stands up from the couch.
"Cuz I need to take a quick shower and head to Scarabia to fix their problem. The rocks I summoned are still there..."
Then she darts her gaze at her right hand.
"...And I'm the only one who control the rocks so I must be going now. Grim you wait here at the lounge, I'll be going up to my room." Glory informs.
"Yeah I know!" Grim replies. Then she turns to the Rapunzel gang.
"Eugene, you can look after Grim while I'm taking a shower right?" Glory asks and Eugene nods putting a thumbs up to her.
"You bet." Eugene nonchalantly replies with a grin.
"We'll also informed Merlin about it and have him come along once I'm done creating the new logo for our dorm." Rapunzel sweetly informs.
"Yeah. Don't worry about it, Glo. Raps, Fitzherbert, and I will handle the meeting with headmaster birdbrain." Cassandra reassures with a smile and Glory giggles and smiles back.
"Thanks guys. Don't cause Eugene any trouble, got it?" Glory reminds him.
"Yeah, I got it!" Grim yaps as Glory marches upstairs to her room.
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Meanwhile at the infirmary, Merlin was watching the whole scene the entire time on his desk.
"So Rapunzel and her royal companions are setting a meeting with me and Dire, Eh?" Merlin ponders perking an amused smile under his mustache.
"Well this oughta be interesting." He mused smiling fondly looking forward for Corona's current queen's fascinating bargain.
"In fact...I better call Vivien about the meeting I'm attending." Merlin mutters as he grabs his phone next to him and the number where he waited patiently for her to call until a cord cut through the phone.
"Hello?" She responded.
"Aah Vivi, good morning. Where are you right now?" Merlin asks curiously.
"I'm strolling through the halls right this moment. You're about to tell me about the meeting that you're holding right?" She assumes with her future vision on tact.
"Why of course." Merlin replies as he starts explaining the meeting to his lake goddess friend.
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An hour after a quick shower, Grim and Glory left the room while Rapunzel and her friends head straight to Crowley's office for a meeting and Rapunzel have informed Merlin about it and he agreed to come along.
While wandering through the desert, Glory dons grey eyeshadow and burgundy lipstick donning a grey cardigan with a maroon crop underneath it, a choker with a necklace around her neck, ripped black jeans, red sandals with a yellow sundrop flower on it, three onyx bracelets on her left wrist, multiple golden braces on her right, and most of, maroon gloves with yellow Arabic stripes on it.
"So Scarabia's still trying to get the rocks out?" Grim asks curiously.
"Yeah. It's been there ever since the Jamil overblot incident and I'm the one who summoned the gold rocks in the first place." She said.
"Didn't that old man said you can summon black rocks though?" Grim inquires.
"Haven't you heard what Merlin and Vivien said? Gold rocks only appeared when you reunite the two gems together. Because of that, I have to descend those rocks back underground since I'm CONNECTED to the black rocks and the only one who can control the rocks." Glory explains.
"So you're like a magnet to those rocks?" Grim asks curiously.
"Pretty much, but I'm still trying to control my moonstone powers while under training with Merlin." She stated. Once she arrived at the dorm, two Scarabia students noticed her and widened their eyes before bowing their heads to her.
"Sultana!"
"Pleasure to see you here!"
They all saluted with a bow. Much to her confusion, Glory shakes her head lightly and glance at them.
"Are they still working on the gold rocks?" She asks them.
"We're in the process of removing the rocks from our lounge right now." One of the Scarabia told her and she nods.
"Alright then, I'll be at the lounge right now. Keep doing what you're doing for now." Glory reassures them as she walks pass them and they bow their heads to her.
"Yes, Sultana!" They complied.
"These guys surely grow attach to you." Grim whispers.
"Pretty much." Glory chimes. As she arrived at the Scarabia lounge, Glory saw a bunch of Scarabia students slamming pickaxes on to the gold rocks while others dragging the gold rocks outside in a wheelbarrow.
"Be sure to escort the rocks carefully understood?" Jamil reminds.
"...Hai.." They replied but in a cautious manner as they all dragged the wheelbarrows of rocks down outside. Glory and Grim sweatdrops at what she has done.
"Holy sh#t! You summoned a lot!" Grim shrieks shocked by the amount of gold rocks she summoned during break.
Yep, that's a lot of rocks....
She thought as she squints her eyes to see the reactions of the Scarabia students.
Though everyone in Scarabia appeared to be cautious now from the incident last week.
Glory ponders while staring at the cautious Scarabia students. Soon Jamil turns and noticed Glory standing in the entrance.
"Glory-san." Jamil called out as he saunters her.
"Hello Jamil." Glory greets them.
"Thank you for coming here so soon." Jamil thanked her but she shook her head.
"No need. I was the one whose responsible for the mess I created, but where are Kalim and Iman?" She asks curiously with Jamil making an exasperated look and fold his arms.
"Kalim dragged Iman out of the lounge to talk to him privately. Apparently, they we're supposed to be helping us remove the rocks, but Kalim being a reckless idiot he is decides to drag Iman out of the lounge to talk to him privately." Jamil informs before letting out an irritable sigh.
"Honestly, he really lacks awareness." He mumbles looking annoyed.
"Not gonna lie there..." Grim mumbles, but Glory lays her hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry about it. For now, I need to get these rocks back to the ground, but first..." Glory whips her head and marches over to the group where she claps her hands to get the attention of the Scarabia students.
"May I have your attention please? I would like to apologized for the inconvenience that I brought you all from the break, but that all will changed. So if you may, I would like for you all to leave the lounge immediately so I could undo the rocks. I don't want any of you to get harm, is that understood?" Glory reminds them and all of them were shocked before they bob their heads.
"Yes...Sultana." They obliged as the students evacuate the lounge. After that, Glory takes off her gloves revealing the sundrop and the moonstone tattoos where she lifts her arms up and takes a silent deep breath.
"Power of the sun
Gift me with your light...."
She chants as both of her hands glow yellow and blue as the rock slowly purge shocking Jamil and the Scarabia students and Grim.
"Ffgya! Rocks are going down!?" Grim shrieks.
"Whoa WHAT?!"
"The rocks! There're going down!!"
The Scarabia students shrieked with Jamil looked blasé externally, but his eyes gleam with admiration as he watched Glory descending the gold rocks.
"Shine into the dark..."
Soon all of the gold rocks sunk down to the ground. Coming out in the worst timing is Kalim who saunters back to the lounge after a private conversation with Iman, who followed aside him. Jamil noticed them and went up to them to prevent them from coming closer
"Kalim, Iman, get back!" He warns them.
"Eeh?" Kalim and Iman looked puzzled as they both peer behind Jamil and saw Glory placing the gold rocks back underground.
"Restore our fading sight...
Our fading sight~."
She harmonized the last chorus as the last two gold rocks crumble back to the ground leaving the Scarabia students struck with mixed feelings of awe and shock including Iman and Jamil.
"Holy Great Sevens...." Iman mutters with a stunned look.
"Well that's one way to get rid of the rocks." Jamil pointed out.
"Wait, did Merlin told you this!?" Grim shrieks and Glory giggles.
"Surprising isn't it? It's a hope incantation. a second spell of pure light and hope that is strong enough to push back the moon rocks." Glory told him.
"Whoa! That's so cool!" Iman perks with a smile.
"We've learned and studied ancient incantations in our dorm, but this is just rare!" The Scarabia student glees.
"Yeah! How were able to do that?" The second Scarabia student asks with Glory giggling before smiling at them.
"I have my own secrets, but it took me hours to pull each and every incantations I learned from the library." Glory lied refusing to tell them about her secret training with Merlin and her role as future queen of Twisted Wonderland.
"Whoa..." They all awed. Afar from the lounge, the white haired dorm leader was left speechless with his eyes glimmer with adoration in his eyes as well as feeling his heart skip a beat when seeing his lustrous sun controlling the rocks. Then Iman's words flashed before his mind.
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"Wait...I'm what?" Kalim asks with a baffled look as the dirty blonde haired second year snickers and smiles at him.
"You heard what I said, Kalim. YOU are in love with Glory-san." Iman told him.
"Eeh? Like a friend?" Kalim guessed still confused, but Iman shakes his head tolerating his ignorance and gives him a smile.
"Not even close, Kalim. You've been staring at Glory-san for a half minute back in the sports field when Glory and Jamil were talking and that is when your jealousy peeks through and the next thing you know, you felt a tinge in your chest. Therefore, YOU Kalim Al-Asim, are in love with Glory-san!" Iman informs.
"But I would never get jealous of Jamil! He's my equal!" Kalim proclaims looking at Iman with disbelief. Iman wasn't fazed by his confusion and shrugs his shoulders nonchalantly while smiling serenely.
"Well if you wanna find out...."
Soon Iman leans forward and lays his hand on his shoulder with a friendly smile.
"Then why not look closely and find out?" He suggested as the flashback ends.
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With his heart slowly beating, Kalim lifts his hands and lays it to his chest when his red eyes widened once he felt his heart beating or the young beautiful ravenette.
I'm in....love?...
Kalim pondered as soon as the Scarabia walked pass their dorm head to praise Glory for her magic with standing beside her with a warm small smile. Pondering about what Iman said despite feeling his blood slowly boiling through his veins, Kalim saunters up to Glory without hesitation and caught her off guard when he slams his hand on to her shoulder. Glory spun to Kalim blinking her eyes.
"Oh! Hi Kalim. How are things with Iman just now?" Glory asks curiously unaware of their conversation about her as Kalim smiles brightly as usual trying not to let this "burning" feeling better of him.
"Good actually! Iman and I were just talking about...umm the oasis yesterday! It was so fun and it's not like we're ACTUALLY talking about you! Heheh." He chuckles while plastering his cheery smile causing Jamil to crease his brows skeptically and Iman, who is behind Kalim, pinch his temple for his terrible word choices. Glory curls her brows at him.
"...Okay..." Glory replied looking puzzled.
"What's up with him?" Grim whispers and Glory shrugs.
"Beats me." She replies. Then Kalim claps his hands together while smiling.
"Anyways Glory-chan, there's something I need to tell you." Kalim said.
"Eeh?" Glory looked baffled.
"Tell us what?" Grim asks curiously.
"We'll tell you once we cleaned the lounge." Jamil reassured her, but Glory shakes her head at him.
"I can help too. You guys have been working hard and it's my fault for summoning the rocks last holiday." She reassured as she approaches Jamil and lays her hands on his shoulders.
"So I'm going to help you guys out as I can. I'm great at organizing things after all." Glory reassures. Jamil blinks his eyes deeply moved by her generosity before letting out a sigh. Then he gently grabs her hands and he clasps her hands together making Glory blink her eyes. Feeling his soft smooth hands intertwined hers made her blush a bit.
"There's no need for you to do that, but...."
Jamil soon open his red eyes and crept a small genuine smile.
"I appreciate your generosity, but let us do the work. You're a guest after all and supervising Grim, so it's your job to look out for him. If the time calls, I'll let you know when I need your assistance." Jamil reassures with a gentle smile. With his kind words and small warm smile, Glory's heart slowly beats for the vice dorm leader.
Wait...now it's beating for Jamil? ....The hell?
Glory thought while staring into his eyes before she shakes her head and perks a soft smile while blushing a bit.
"...Like I said before..."
Soon Glory clench her hand against his shoulder with a smile.
"I'm going to help you guys out. I maybe a guest, but I'm also a strong worker. So please, let me help you out." Glory pleaded him while smiling gently at him with her heart slowly beating. Jamil sighed at the ravenette's compassion.
"Stubborn as I remembered, but..." Jamil then forms a small genuine smile.
"Alright. You can help us." He answered. Kalim clench his fists feeling his heart burning and gets in between both of them with no hesitation.
"Yeah! I'll help with Jamil too!! Iman, you can take care of Grim, right?" Kalim asked whipping his head to the dirty blonde student with a bright smile.
"Kalim, no. You could get yourself hurt." Jamil, but Iman chuckled and pats his head.
"Oh don't worry. I got him under control." Iman complied flashing a wink at him that causes Glory to blink twice at the wink.
Why am I getting a bad feeling that he's planning something?
Glory thought curiously. The dorm head smiled vibrantly.
"Awesome, let's get cleaning!!!" Kalim chirped with a smile as she storms off the lounge.
"Eeh? DORM LEADER!?" The Scarabia residents
"Wha? Hey Kalim! I didn't give you orders-! Ugh..." Jamil groans and turns back to Glory.
"I apologized for his behavior, Glo-san. Come on, let's go find him and start with the tasks, got it?" Jamil reminded and Glorg bobbed his head.
"Got it." Glory complied. Jamil then turns back got the Scarabia students.
"You guys keep doing what you're doing, We'll find Kalim." He instructed.
"H-Hai!" They all complied as the Scarabia residents ran off to their dorm duty leaving Jamil sighing and pinching his temple.
"I can't believe this...Cmon, Glo-san." Jamil instructed and she bobbed her head at him.
"Coming!" She chirped and both of them fled off to chase down his reckless dorm head while Glory can feel her heart beating.
This sucks....No way in hell I'm in love with four guys...!
She ponders while panicking inside.
Wait, what happens if I'm with Kalim and the others? Oh god! Love is such a f#*king drag isn't it?
Glory ponders while internally screaming out of her mind, but soon shakes her head.
No! Focus Glory! You gotta help Jamil and Kalim out!
Glory thought while running through the halls. Jamil stares at her like she's hiding something but decides to pay no mind and focus on the task at hands.
Back at the lounge. Grim sweatdropping at the strange antics happening in Scarabia.
"The hell was that?" Grim mumbles, but Iman was covering his mouth snickering at the whole ordeal.
"This is rich...! Definitely my second ship!" He sniggers while covering his mouth.
"You know I can hear you snickering next to you, Iman." Grim snarked.
"Who me? Nah, I don't know what you're talking about." Iman lied with a shit-eating grin suppressing his laughter to a minimum causing a tick mark throbbing from the gremlin's head.
"The fact that you're awfully smiling does NOT make you at least innocent!" Grim snapped.
Soon after they cleaned up, Glory, Grim, Kalim, Iman, and Jamil were sitting at the table where they chat while drinking tea prepared by Jamil.
"So what do you guys want to tell me?" Glory asks curiously.
"Yeah, what's the dealio between the two of you?" Grim chimes sitting in the table with his arms folded as they watched Jamil crossing his arms.
"Well for starters, both of you guys are aware that my family is serving Kalim's family correct?" Jamil reminds them.
"Yes? And?" Glory inquires as she took a sip of tea.
"My parents want to meet you at our hometown for our family banquet!" Kalim chirped in the most blunt way possible that causes Glory widened her eyes and spits her tea against the cup as she placed her cup back to the saucer coughing twice.
"Ffgya?! Your parents want to meet my henchman!?" Grim shrieks.
"For what reason..?!" Glory asks while coughing still trying to recover from the announcement.
"Well I talked to my parents about you last night and they asked me about meeting you so I said yes!!" Kalim chirped with a bright smile.
"It happened right after everyone went home from the party at the oasis." Iman whispered.
"And I told you to inform me first before you did." Jamil reminded frowning at Kalim.
"Yeah, but they wanted to meet her so bad and I couldn't resist the idea of having Glory-chan meeting my parents!" Kalim acclaimed.
"And thanks to you, I'm stuck in this situation until everything is resolved!" Jamil snapped.
"Does your parents know about this too, Jamil?" Glory asks turning her gaze to the vice dorm.
"Apparently since they overheard their conversation, they wanted me to introduce you to them as well. And it's all because of a certain airhead." Jamil curtly stated and Kalim isn't fazed by his insult as he chortles off.
"Cmon Jamil, it's only one night! I'm sure it'll be a blast!" Kalim reassures smiling widely, causing a sigh to escape from the manservant's lips and pinched his temple.
"...Just why?" Jamil mutters with his mind swirling "Where's the aspirin when you needed?".
"Ok so who's going to look out for the Scarabia dorm while we're gone?" Glory asked curiously.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything in the dorm. Sides, I must repay your kindness back for saving my dorm and redeeming Jamil and improving his relationship with my prefect." Iman said.
"That's fine, but no pressure." Glory advised, but Iman chuckles softly at her.
"Don't worry, Glo. I'm been in Night Raven for two years and I know everything in this campus before you came here." Iman reassures before forming a cheeky grin.
"Besides, I have everything under control tonight. Plus, I don't mind if you three are on a romantic getaway." Iman joked, grinning ear to ear. Jamil is unamused and roll his eyes at his teasing.
"Real funny, Iman." Jamil snarked with a blank look and the dirty blonde haired flashed a cheeky grin.
"Touché, vice dorm leader." Iman quipped back, making Jamil sighed at his cheeky comebacks with Glory giggling at their banter.
"Very well, then. I'm giving you hope for handling the Scarabia duties while we're gone." Glory informs.
"I can assure you I won't." He reassures with a determined grin.
"Jeez, first we got into a crazy fiasco with Scarabia during holiday break now you're being invited to Kalim and Jamil's homeland? You've become more popular than ever." Grim snarks.
"Blame the Glory-chan fan club for placing me into a situation like this." Glory bluntly retorts.
"True." Grim agreed. Glory then glance back at the duo.
"So I'll see you guys after school?" Glory asks curiously.
"Yup! And be sure to bring Rapunzel and the others as well! There'll be foods and dances tonight at the Land of Hot Sands! It'll be so much fun!" Kalim chirped.
"Why them!? You said you'll bring Glo-san to the banquet!" Jamil chided.
"So what do you say?!" Kalim asked with pleaded red eyes with his hands intertwined hers. Glory's heart soon skip a beat, but she kept her cool on tact and lays her left hand on his before she responds.
"It couldn't be helped. The decision has already been done, so there's no turning back." Then she forms a gentle smile.
"I would love to attend your homeland and meet with your parents and I'll asked Raps and the others about it later." Glory said beaming him with a tender smile. Kalim beams brightly with his eyes gleam with glee as he rises up and sprints around the table to give Glory an affectionate hug shocking her and it cause her heart to beat fast.
"Thank you so much, Glory-chan! Jamil and I will pick you up at evening! Okay?" Kalim reminds her and she bobs her head while blushing a bit.
"T-That would be fine." Glory stutters.
Gah! Stop it heart!!
She mentally scolds while her heart beats rapidly from Kalim's hug. Kalim glance at her with a confused look.
"Eeh? You ok Glory-chan? You look red?" Kalim asks curiously as he reaches his hand to her forehead, but Glory grabs his hand and lets out an awkward chuckle.
"I'm fine, Kalim! I'm just really excited about the banquet tonight!!" Glory lied as she lets out a chuckle while fanning herself from blushing, but cringes deeply at her own stupid excuse.
"What is wrong with you?" Grim asks curiously curling is brows at her like she's crazy while Kalim tilts his head with a puzzled look.
"Oh she's just flustered cuz of a certain guy in front of her." Iman implied while wiggling his brows and smiles cheekily earning a tick mark from Glory.
"Not funny nor helping, Iman." Glory grumbled.
"My bad." Iman apologized with a smile while contain his laughter from the lovey dovey tension. Jamil on the other hand, stares at her skeptically when he creased his brows at her before he clears his throat.
"Speaking of banquet." Jamil soon rummages something under the table until he pulls out a pink box wrapped in a red ribbon.
"It's for the family banquet for tonight. It's a tradition for women to wear during the event." Jamil told her.
"Wait, it's an outfit?" Grim asks curiously as Glory grabs the box.
"It's a traditional outfit that women from our hometown wears." Iman explained. Glory gazed at the box for a minute before smiling gently and she glance back at the duo.
"Thanks, Jamil. I'll keep this in my room after I return to my dorm." Glory said with a smile and Jamil smiled back.
"Anytime." Jamil replies.
"Yes! Tonight's going to be so much fun!!" Kalim cheers.
"This is going to be tiring..." Jamil sighs.
"I'll be there if you need assistance." Glory suggested, but Jamil shakes his head.
"No, you're a guest for tonight's banquet. My parents and I are in charge of cooking for the banquet tonight." Jamil reassured before he crept a small smile.
"But...I do appreciate the offer. Just seeing you makes me feel better enough." Jamil said smiling warmly and Glory bobs her head with a light blush.
"Alright." Glory replies with a gentle smile while blushing a bit.
"Hehehe. This is going to be a blast!" Grim yelps.
"No, you'll be staying at the dorm with the ghosts." Glory retorted shocking the gremlin.
"Eeh? Why!?" Grim whined, but Glory remained deadpanned.
"Grim, you caused trouble a lot with Ace and Deuce. Though Deuce is subtle enough to learn his lesson." Glory muttered.
"Since when did I ever caused trouble!?!" Grim ranted with a frown making Glory curling her brows.
"Like the time when you and Ace fought at the main entrance when both of you burned the Queen of Hearts statue, the time when you snuck away from me to ditch school TWICE, or what about the time when you and the one-brain cell duo made a deal with Azul, and-."
"Ok! Ok! Ok! I get your point! You don't have to shove facts into my goddamn head!" Grim yelps.
"You did WHAT!?" Jamil shrieks with his eyes widened as a hearty laugh erupts from Kalim, and Iman burst out of laughter.
"Anyways, we'll pick up at the evening, Glory-chan!" Kalim chirps.
"And remember to dress up appropriately understand?" Jamil reminds her and she nods.
"Roger that." Glory replies with a grin.
"Have fun tonight, you guys." Iman said with a warm smile.
"Thanks, Iman." Glory replied.
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Right after they left Scarabia, Glory and Grim head back to the ramshackle dorm to place the box to her room until a soothing gentle voice boomed through the halls.
"Moonchild."
Glory and Grim soon whip their heads to see Vivien standing before them.
"Eeh? Lake lady?" Grim utters while clinging on to her shoulders.
"Vivi, what's up?" Glory asks curiously. Vivien folds her arms and approaches the ravenette.
"Merlin called me to pick you up for training." She told her.
"Aah yes. Raps told me that she and the rest of the gang are holding a meeting with Crowley and Merlin." Glory understood.
"Yes, Merlin put me in charge to train you. Which gives me a good time to talk to you..." Vivien then places her hands on her shoulders smiling sweetly at the young ravenette.
"Let's go back to the forest. We're going for a swim." Vivien kindly suggested,
"Eeh/Hm?" Grim and Glory became puzzled when she said that.
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Later at the forest, Grim leaps over and splashes the water.
***This is what I imagine what the lake that Vivien lived looks like^***
"Yaha!! This water feels so amazing!!!" Grim sighs swimming through the lake with his cute small duck floatie while both women are chilling in the lake donning green and pink swimsuits where Vivien is mediating with Glory under the waterfalls.
***Glory's swimsuit^***
***Vivien's swimsuit^***
"Inhale deep, Moonchild." Vivien instructed.
"Mhm." Glory bobs her head as she slowly takes a deep breath and exhale out while meditating.
"That's it, let your mind be at ease and let the serene flow through your psyche and body. It will help you have full control over your body." She reassures.
"Does mediation works with controlling my moonstone powers?" Glory asks and Vivien shakes her head.
"Not just mediation, dear child. Listening to soothing music, go for a walk or jog, and most importantly do the things you enjoy could help you relax...."
Vivien then scoots closer to Glory where she lays her hand on her lap.
"But always keep in mind that mediation is the main key to control your moonstone powers well." Vivien reassures.
"How were you able to calm down?" Glory asks curiously. The lake goddess tilts her head a little.
"Well...besides mediation, I also dance." Vivien said.
"Dance?" Glory curls her brows and she nods.
"Indeed. I learned plenty of dances back my Camelot days. Sacred dance is one of the dances I learned along with flag dance and liturgical dance. Both of them kept me tranquil and I'm very fond of dance. It's the best work of art, but after was resurrected as a goddess, I developed new tricks for my dancing with my water abilities such as Synchronize swimming and...."
Vivien soon got up from her spot as she walks off with her long brown hair stoked with water from the falls that she's been under. Grim soon swam to Glory.
"Eeh? What's Vivi doing?" Grim asks, but Glory places his lips with her finger shutting him up where the gremlin glance up at the lake goddess. As soon as she spun around to them, Vivien lets out a deep sigh and lifts her hands.
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While elegantly dancing with water fluttering around them, Glory and Grim are in awe by her mesmerizing dance until she ends the dance with a prim pose like a beautiful goddess she is. Soon Grim and Glory applauded her.
"Wow! That was amazing Vivi!" Glory chirps.
"Yeah! The water fits well with your dancing! How did you do that?" Grim asks as Vivien crept a calm smile.
"Simple Grim. Practice hard, and you'll able to pull it off." Vivien informed as she walks back to them and kneels down to Glory.
"Furthermore, you're going to a family banquet with Kalim and Jamil at the Land of Hot Sands tonight?" Vivien asks curiously. Glory giggled and wasn't fazed when she asked since she has future vision.
"Yeah. I'm attending there at the evening after school's over. Did you saw a vision?" Glory asks curiously. Vivien giggles.
"Why of course." She said as she opens one eye at Glory.
"And you'll be taking Rapunzel and the gang with you on your journey to their hometown. I have no doubt that you'll have a great time there." Vivien reassured. Soon her expression got serious.
"Most importantly. The vocal and dance championship is coming up and I've told you this before, Vil is in grave danger." Vivien reminded.
"Yes, I remembered. Vil will be the next victim to be overblot with negative energy." Glory stated.
"VIL!?" Grim shrieks glancing back and forth between two women.
"But why are bringing this up again?" Glory asked, but her response caught her off guard when she saw Vivien erupting a giggle covering her mouth with her hand.
"Oh...Let's just say it has to do with you and the rest of your four bachelors and three soon-to-be bachelors living in the same dorm together." She implies letting out a giggle causing Grim to sweatdrop with a blank look.
"I don't like where this is going..." Grim mumbles. Glory blinks twice staying silent before she responds.
"...And I'm assuming those "soon-to-be bachelors" happens to be Vil, Rook, and Epel right?" Glory asks dryly.
"Perhaps." Vivien answered ominously making Glory twitched her brows at her.
"And who are these four current bachelors?" She asked with her brows twitching as the lake goddess smiled slightly to the left.
"Let's say...a certain heart, a spade, an upbeat desert child, and a viper." Vivien implied with a calm grin making Glory groaned and facepalm.
"Vivi, I know you love to joke about my relationship with the guys and all..."
"Whom you slowly grew feelings for five guys so far." Grim pointed out.
"Shut up...!" Glory snaps smacking her hand to his mouth to shut him up.
"But those three guys from Pomefiore? Them becoming my "bachelors"? Ha! Not happening." Glory bluntly reassured, but the lake goddess doesn't buy her statement as she kept her calm smile.
"Oh, but they will and you will developed feelings for them. Matter of fact, Grim made a good statement. So far, you've slowly grew feelings for five guys today and soon you'll be fallen for eight guys throughout your day. However, in the near future, you'll soon fall for five more guys as well." Vivien predicted baffling the ravenette as she lets out a "Pfft".
"Pffft what!? Ok, I know I sorta developed feelings for five of them, but me fallen in love with 21 guys? Hahahah!! No way! That is NUTS!! Listen Vivi, Whatever you see in the future, it will definitely not be true." Glory reassures while bursting out laughing. Vivien crease her brows at her staring at her with dead serious emerald orbs.
"Have your ears fallen deaf? I told you once that my future vision isn't a lie. What happens future, stays in the future." Vivien sternly said as she sat down in front of her while keeping her gaze lock to hers.
"Future is unpredictable and unknown. I know this since the beginning of my early childhood. It's grimy, harsh, and painful, but I rise above it." She said as Vivien lays her hand on her shoulder.
"And that's why I'm telling you, Moonchild, that you can't avoid love. It's an emotion that will stick with you. You can't escape what you feel inside." Vivien informs her. Glory sat silently as she grips her hands to her lap.
"...Love is complicated..." She utters baffling Grim but Vivien remains her serious gaze as she wants hear her more.
"There's no way "true love" exists. I've gone so close this far, but to endured this "feeling" again makes me even scared..." She mumbled furrowing her brows not wanting to cry in front of Vivien and Grim.
"It's true." Vivien said as Glory glance at the lake goddess who's gaze mixed with serene and practicality in her eyes.
"Love is complicated, but that doesn't mean it's a bad feeling..." She assures as Vivien lays her hand on her shoulder.
"Moonchild, look at me." She instructs as Glory slowly glance up at the lake goddess.
"We all have our fears in life. Love is a natural emotion that we endured in their lives. I'm not saying that love is like a fairytale or what not, but rather feeling the mutual bonds and connections to one another where you can feel that trust from the other person. It's what makes us human." Vivien reassures. Glory curls her brows at the lake goddess.
"How do you perceive love?" She asks as Vivien folds her arms humming quietly.
"Like I mentioned earlier. To me...I perceive love as a natural connection between your loved ones. Love ones like family and companionship, but me being a cautious person I am, I have to get to know this person more before I gave my trust and loyalty to them. However..."
Soon a tint blush crept from Vivien's cheeks.
"This is the first time I've felt like this before. Yet it's scary as you said." Vivien admits while feeling his cheeks burning from heat.
"Oh you mean, Sam!" Grim chirps with a grin.
"Have you confessed to him yet?" Glory asks making her blink and folds her arms furrowing her brows together.
"I mean...I'm thinking about it yet..." She then tilts her head a bit to the right.
"I'm not sure if he reciprocates the feeling or just sees me as a friend...." She mutters with thoughts of doubt swirls around the lake goddess's mind. Glory grins lightly and gently lays her hand on her shoulder causing Vivien to glance back at her.
"How about you ask him out an a date?" Glory suggested.
"Hm?...Date?" Vivien ponders blinking twice and she bobs her head at her with a gentle smile.
"Yeah. If he accepts, then it gives a hint that he likes you. If not doesn't return the feeling, then that's ok too." She informs her, but Vivien is still unsure.
"She's right. It's normal yanno." Grim chimes.
"What if he doesn't perceive it as a...date?" She asks fiddling her fingers looking uncertain, but Glory beams a tender smile at her.
"Then show him that it is a date." Glory reassures with a gentle and warm smile. Vivien blinks twice at her down to earth advice and she nods her head smiling back at her.
"Alright." She replies with a small grin.
"Now let's get back to meditating shall we?" Vivien insisted and they both nodded.
"Sure." Glory replied.
"Ready!" Grim chirped. Vivien smiled softly.
"Excellent." She replied.
~~~~~~~~~
An hour later after her training with Vivien, the meeting between Raps, her friends, Crowley, and Merlin ended where it's a good time for her to drop Grim to the infirmary so she could go to her photography club. Right after she drops Grim off, Glory head straight outside at the courtyard where she strolled through a garden of flowers and plants until she heard a fainted sound.
"Aaaah~."
Hm. What's that voice coming from?
She thought curiously until Glory heard the same voice again.
"Aaaah~ Aaahahaaaa~. Ack!"
The crack caught her off guard when Glory squints her eyes and cautiously rummage through the field of flowers until her eyes widened to see the same guy from yesterday and she healed.
"Ugh...Jeez my throat hurts so bad..." the first year with lavender hair mutters while stroking his neck.
"...Epel?" Glory utters as the lavender haired student spun his head and noticed the mysterious ravenette.
"...You....." He mutters with his eyes widened as both of them lock eyes for the first time with the wind lightly blew through the trees and the plants where the mysteriously beautiful sundrop flower and the fragile apple finally collided at long last...
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