"Ugh my he- ow! What the-"

I rubbed my head when I bumped into something everything is dark and cramped...wait, am I in a box?! What the hell is this?!

Suddenly I heard a soft clank.

What was that?

"Crap! People are coming soon! I have to get the uniform, fast..."

Wait what?

"Nnngggggh!!! This lid is so heavy! In this case...I'm gonna use my last resort! Nggghh! There!"

Suddenly blue flames erupt from the room causing the lid from the box to open.

Blue flames?! What the hell is going on?!?

I thought panicked as I quickly rise and widen my eyes in awe when there are floating coffins above the ceiling and I recognized the same mirror that transported me here from my dream earlier.

That's the same mirror that transported me here! But...where am I?

I thought where I am completely freaking out right now.

"Alright and now for the main goal...Gyaaah!!! You! Why are you awake?!" A small black creature with blue flaming ears and a pitch fork tail screeched.

"A talking raccoon?!" I panicked.

"Who the hell are you calling me a raccoon?! I'm the great Grim, you know? Oh well...you, human! Give me those clothes! Otherwise...I'll roast you!" The black creature demanded with blue flames emitting in the room.

"Jeez being chased by that giant hag in my dreams is bad enough, but being woken up and dragged into a mirror where I get roasted by a talking raccoon? How fresh." I sarcastically remarked.

"I said that I'm not a raccoon!" He barked making my chance to distract him by kicking the lid of the coffin at him and took off running.

"Wah! Hey!"

"Eat a rock stupid raccoon!" I shouted flipping him off as I took off.

"Why you!" He grumbled.

~~~~~
"My my, the Sundrop has appeared before me..just like what Vivien said." An ominous man stated as glance at the dagger on his desk before whipping his head to Glory scampering through the halls as he formed a smile.

"Looks like I'll keep my eyes on her." He mutters with a smile underneath his bushy mustache.
~~~~~

While dashing through the halls, rooms, outside, I finally found a library where it is empty. As I hide in the library, I tried to clear my mind up to figure out where am I and why am I there.

Sh#t, this is fantastic! I don't know what's worst? Being chased by Mother Gothel in my dreams, being dragged into this weird world by that creepy mirror, or being chased by a hotheaded raccoon just now?

I thought curiously. I soon flinched when blue flames came out of nowhere and here comes the tiny black raccoon.

"Did you really think you could run away from me? Dumb human! Now you're going to regret kicking me with that coffin lid that you just did!" He shouted.

"Son of a bitch!!" I cursed with irritation in my tone.

"Now, if you don't want to be roasted...give me those clothe- Gyaah?! That hurts! What's this string?!" He shouted as I peeked behind to see a man with dark hair with a black hat, a black masquerade mask, and a suit.

"That's not a string, it's a whip of love!" He bellowed.

Uhh, what now?

I pondered with a deadpan look. Soon spun to the mysterious man where he looked stunned at the moment before shaking his head and clearing his throat.

"Aah, I've finally found you. Are you a new student, right?" He asked curiously.

"Uhhhh...."

"Well, that's not good. You shouldn't get out of the door on your own! Also, you brought an untamed familiar which has broken some of the school rules." He instructed making me dumbfounded and curled my brows by what he said.

"Familiar? Sir-."

"Let me go! I'm not this human's familiar!" The black creature whined.

"Yes, yes, that's what every rebellious familiar says. Just be quiet for a bit now." He retorted as he ties the defiant black creature's mouth shut.

"Actually sir-."

"Really, it's unheard of for a new student to open the door by themselves." Then the masked man lets out an exasperated sigh.

"How impatient can you be?" He sighed as a red vein popped from my head.

Okay, is he not going to hear me out of what I was about to say to him?

I thought curiously looking irritated when he's not listening to me.

"Well well, come then. The opening ceremony is already underway. Let's go to the Mirror Chamber." He advised making me baffled and raise my hand.

"Hold up. What do you mean new student?" I asked looking confused.

"It's the room where you woke up. The room with a lot of lined-up doors. Every enrolled student must pass through one of those doors to come here. Normally, students don't wake up until we open the door with a special key, but..."

"That's because that raccoon over there blew it off with his blue flames," I explained pointing my thumb at him ticking the grey creature off.

"I am not a raccoon, stupid human!" He sneered, but I rolled my eyes and flipped him off.

"Go f#*k yourself for all I care about." I retorted irritating the black creature even further.

"You damn hu-"

"Aah so at the end it seems the main culprit was that familiar, Huh?" He assumed.

"Yes but-"

"If you were the one who brought him here, then you must take the responsibility for him." He informed.

"Oh for the love of god! Will you please listen to what I was gonna-"

"Oh...! Now it's not the right time for a long talk. If we don't hurry, we will miss the opening ceremony. Well, well, let's go." He assured.

"Yeah before that, who are you?" I asked curiously.

"Oh? Are you still confused? It seems like your memories are distorted due to transportation magic. Though...." He then approached me and I panicked as I tried to step back, but he eventually got close and lifts my chin to gaze at my face.

"...You looked familiar...you do have a similar appearance from that woman, but I can't exactly put my finger on where would I remember..." He inquired making me baffled yet anxious.

Huh? What does he mean? What is this guy talking about?!

I thought while looking puzzled as he lets go of my chin and sighed.

"Oh, well. Don't mind that, I'll find out sooner. For now, I'll explain to you where you are and what place this is as we walk. After all, I'm quite kind." He reassured me where sweat drops from my head.

Okay, something's wrong with this dude...

I pondered while sweat-dropping as we all head outside and hop on to the black carriage where we discussed the place that I'm in right now.

"*coughs* This is "Night Raven College". Magicians with exceptional talent are chosen from all over the world and they gather here. Twisted Wonderland's most prestigious magician training academy. And I am the headmaster of this academy, the broad chairman, Dire Crowley." He explained.

"Magicians huh?" I tilt my head out of curiosity gazing at the place where books are floating in midair in the library.

Reminds me of Harry Potter...

"Only the ones that have been accepted by the "Mirror of Darkness" can attend this school. And the chosen ones are called to the academy through the "door" from all over the world." He informed as I gazed at the academy that looks like a haunted castle.

Damn, that's a large academy for sure.

I thought while staring at the window.

"Surely, a black carriage with a "door" came to pick up you as well.

"So what's with the horse with that scary face it's making?" I asked curiously.

"Those black carriages are meant to be picked up by the new students chosen by the Mirror. It's a special carriage that carries the doors to this academy. Since ancient times, it has been decided by the conventional wisdom that carriages are used for pick-ups on special occasions, am I right?" He assumed.

"You said "conventional wisdom", but whose conventional wisdom is it?" I asked curiously but soon the small raccoon cat-like creature cuts me off with his muffling shoutings.

"Come, let's go to the opening ceremony now." He stated.

"Yeah, yeah," I replied with a nod as we got off from the carriage and head towards the ceremony where this is going to be a weird night for me.