Suddenly, Floyd walks over and asks with a smile, "What's a matter, Goldfishie? Don't wanna go home?"

Then says, "Then here's an idea: don't. We're not. C'mon, you can join us in the stay-at-school club. Heh heh!" He then chuckles in reply.

Riddle flinches and turns around to see Floyd, "Where did you come from, Floyd? And would you kindly refrain from sticking your nose in business you know nothing about? It's quite irksome.

"He's right, you know. It's never a good idea to blindly pry into others' family affairs," Jade says.

"Aw, c'mon, Jade. It's boring spending every new year with the same old suspects," Floyd replies. "Besides, Goldfishie's so teeny, I'm sure Azul would love to keep him as a pet!"

"I'm sorry? Would you like to say that again?" Riddle questions with a frown on his face. "You're awfully brazen to take that tone with the head of Heartslabyul."

And becomes so mad that his face turns red as he angrily screams, "And speaking of heads, I'll have yours for this!"

Cater quickly tries to calm him down, "R-Riddle, no! This is NOT the place, my guy!"

"Settle down, Riddle. You're letting him goad you again," Trey says.

Riddle ends up yelling in anger, "Yeeaargh...!" and doesn't look like he's ready to back down.

Cater quickly changes the subject and asks, "Sooo, Floyd and Jade! Your family's in the Coral Sea, right? Why aren't you visiting them?"

"We and Azul live in the far northern reaches of the Coral Sea. At this time of year, the whole surface is covered in ice floes," Jade answers.

"What he said!" Floyd replies.

Then says, "It's hard gettin' home with all the freezy-freeze, and it's boring there anyway. So the three of us prefer to go home on spring break instead, when the ice has melted."

"Wow. Living under the sea has all kinds of challenges, huh?" Trey replies.

Riddle huffs with his arms crossed, "Hmph! The last thing I need is to spend the new year with you Octavinelle boys. I'll be going now. I bid you all a pleasant holiday."

"Have a good holiday Riddle," Sereia says.

"Bye," Briar replies.

Riddle nods and takes his leave.

"Good grief," Trey says, and shakes his head in reply.

Then says, "Well, at least he's got his moxie back."

Then turns to the others, "As for you guys, don't cut TOO loose over the holidays, okay? See you around." and takes his leave as well.

"I should be getting home, too..." Cater says.

He then remembers "Ah, but first, a commemorative photo!"

Then he takes out his phone and takes a selfie of himself, Briar, and the others.

Cater then types on his phone, "Hashtag #FallSemesterLastDay #WithTheFroshes #HappyNewYear #JumpingTheGunLOL."

Once he's done, Cater puts his phone away and says, "Okay, bye now! Happy holidays, folks!" and takes his leave to head home as well.

Floyd turns to Briar and the others, "So, little Shrimpy. Are you and your school stayin' on campus?"

"Yeah. We're staying at the campus since we can't go anywhere else," Briar says.

Floyd smiles and says, "You can always drop by Octavinelle, y'know. We'd be happy to keep you company."

"A fine idea, brother. Ah, what a delightful holiday this is shaping up to be. You're welcome anytime. Now then, if you'll excuse us..." Jade says.

Then the two brothers chuckle, "Heh heh heh..."

Trinket and the others flinch and quickly hide behind Briar, excluding Ace and Deuce. Then the Leech Brothers take their leave.

Grim replies, "Erk... Just lookin' at their faces makes me think back to when they were workin' me like a dog in the Mostro Lounge."

"Yeah, that was brutal stuff," Deuce says.

Ace lowers his head and says, "Don't remind me."

Deuce looks around the Mirror Chamber and says, "Well, the crowds are thinning out. We should probably head out, ourselves."

"Good call," Ace says.

Then says, Oh yeah, Briar... We should trade Magicam IDs now that you've got a smartphone. Y'know, in case something comes up."

"Oh, good idea. I'll share mine, too," Deuce says.

"That's a good idea. That way we can be in touch while you guys are gone," Briar says.

Briar, Ace, and Deuce type on the smartphones and have them registered and tag each other.

"There we go. Registered. Feel free to hit me up if you get bored over winter break!" Ace says.

"Thanks, I'll do that, but only if there's an emergency," Briar says.

But Ace says, "Man, you take everything I say so seriously, Briar! I was joking.

"Then it was a lame one," Deuce replies.

Then says, " Anyway, feel free to reach out if you need anything at all. My mom's probably waiting on me, so I'd better go. Briar, Grim, Sereia, Tanzanite, Jasper, Trinket, happy holidays.

"Yeah, I'll do the same. See you guys next year!" Ace says.

Soon, Ace and Deuce take their leave and walk to the Dark Mirror as well.

Soon enough, all the students who are going home went through the mirror, and the chamber is now empty.

I've always thought of those guys as a couple of loudmouths, but now that they're gone...It's clear as crystal just HOW loud they've been! Buncha meddling so-and-sos..." Grim says, and lets out grumbles.

"Don't be mean, Grim," Sereia says.

Then Tanzanite says, "Well, it looks like we're the only ones in the dorm."

"And it looks like we'll have our work cut out for us," Jasper says.

"I'm sure we'll work things out. Besides, it's a simple job and we can do whatever we like here," Briar says.

"Yeah. So let's do our best to have the best fun we can," Grim happily says.

Briar then says, "Come on guys, let's head back to the dorm for the time being."

"I sure like some hot milk," Grim says.

"How about we have some hot chocolate when we get back to the dorm," Briar says.

"Sounds good," Jasper says.

Trinket nods her head in reply.

And so, with close to no students in the campus, Briar and the others head back to the Ramshackle Dorm to keep warm and do what they can to keep themselves occupied.