Events shown on screen will be in bold. Most episodes, including this one, will be cut into seperate parts because I suck at making really long chapters without losing motivation.

Also, be warned that 95% of this chapter is literally just bland dialogue. I told you this fic wasn't gonna be very good.

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    "I still can't believe you managed to invite Malleus Draconia." Ace whispered to Yuu.

"He's my friend." They shrugged, and left it at that, ignoring the ginger's spluttering.

"I'll start the video now." Crowley pressed the very convenient 'on' button because the author has no idea how TVs actually work and refuses to do the slightest bit of research because they're a lazy idiot who just wants to progress this utterly deranged fanfic.

The recording began with the opening of a book with a strange symbol on the cover. It showed the words 'Once Upon A Time...' and flipped to the next page.

"Once upon a time, in the magical land of Twisted Wonderland." A narration voice said.

The video paused as a few people burst into laughter. "What was that voice?!" Epel asked in between giggles.

"That was... so weird." Riddle looked rather startled. Evidently, he hadn't been expecting this at all. To be fair, nobody had.

"There were two people who were in charge of a school." The voice continued, revealing a strange ancient drawing of Crowley and... Yuu?

"Since when was Yuu in charge of the school?" Ruggie asked.

"Parallel universe, remember?" Yuu said, rolling their eyes. "A lot of things will be different."

"The older one was so powerful, that everyone respected him." The voice, and what it was saying, was too silly to be taken seriously.

"The other one..." It showed the drawing of Yuu. "De... kinda sucked."

"Hey!" Yuu exclaimed as a bunch of students laughed.

"You do kinda suck." Floyd grinned.

"Actually, let's— let's talk about the powerful one for a moment. You know, just..." The voice trailed off as it revealed more images of Crowley and the seven dorms. "...o-okay, I totally got off topic, I'm so sorry."

"What a stupid narrator." Leona commented, flicking his tail. Nobody disagreed with him.

"Uh.. thus, they created harmony throughout the school." The voice said, sounding a little unsure of itself.

A few people snickered at that.

"At least it's self aware of how dumb it is." Riddle said.

"Then one day, the younger person grew jealous of the older man's godlike powers." It continued. It showed Yuu with a dejected look, when suddenly they were taken over by a wave of blot.

"And they were all like, 'I hate you so much. You're going down.'" The screen revealed what looked like an overblot version of the prefect.

Everyone was silent with shock.

"What the hell." Ace breathed. "Is that..."

"Yuu overblots in that universe?!" More than one person exclaimed.

"How?! They're magicless!" Jack stated vehemently.

"Exactly, this shouldn't be possible." Said Jamil.

Yuu themselves was staring at the screen with wide eyes. Their body was stiff and rigid.

"Let's... continue watching." Trey suggested quietly. "I'm sure it'll be alright."

"And the older one was like, 'no, you're going down, idiot." Crowley was facing off against the overblotted student.

"And then, like, they argue for a bit," the screen switched from Yuu's face to Crowley's in a comedic manner. "And then, like, the older one's like, 'oh my god what is that?!'" The prefect turned their head around. "'What, where?!'"

"And then zap!" The headmage was shown pointing his magic pen at Yuu, a magic beam coming from it. "The older one zaps them while they're not looking. After successfully deceiving the younger person, the older wizard sent them to the moon for one year—"

The narrator was cut off by a woman's voice, "What the— okay, who the heck wrote this, a five year old?" Lo and behold, it was Riddle, sitting on the grass and reading the book.

There were some... very mixed reactions.

"...is Riddle a girl?" Ace was the one who spoke out loud first.

"Did it just say that Crowley sent the prefect to the fucking moon?!" Epel shouted. For once, Vil couldn't find it in himself to tell the first year off.

"...that was kinda funny though, NGL." Idia commented quietly.

"I— yeah, but, that was so... random!" Deuce looked like he was questioning his entire existence.

"Let's just continue." Yuu covered their face with their hands. This was all so weird.

The screen cut to Night Raven College, with music playing in the background. It was very similar to an intro, showing Kalim, Epel, Silver, Vil, Floyd, Riddle, and Grim respectively.

Once again, everyone was quiet.

"Was that... an intro?" Cater said in shock.

"Why did it label Floyd as 'The Bird'?" Azul asked in confusion.

"And why did it only show those seven people?" Lilia questioned.

"That was some really catchy music though." Kalim said, smiling brightly. "We should try recreating it in the light music club sometime!"

Jamil sighed. "Of course that's what you choose to focus on..."

Riddle and Grim were walking in the hallways together. "Hi, my name's Grim." The feline monster said in a rough, slightly feminine voice. "What's your name?"

"Uh, Riddle." The redhead responded.

"Heh. Nice to meet you." Grim said.

"Uh, nice to meet you." Riddle said.

A few people giggled. "Why is Riddle so awkward in this?" Ace asked with a smirk. "Plus, he sounds like a girl. Honestly, it's so much better than how he usually is."

Scowling, the dorm leader pulled out his magic pen. "Would you mind repeating that, Trappola?" The first year squeaked in fear, shaking his head.

"So this is how Rosehearts and Grim meet in that universe." Jade mused. "And the latter is a Heartslabyul student as well. Fascinating."

"Funaa, my voice sounds weird!" The cat himself complained.

"So I guess we're gonna be dormmates?" Grim asked.

"Yeah, I—" Riddle was cut off. "I tella ya, you're gonna be staying with an awesome dormmate. I do the dishes, clean, and cook."

"Why can't you do that in this universe?" Yuu playfully glared at their feline friend, who huffed out a tiny spurt of blue flames in annoyance.

"Wow, that's great." Riddle said with a smile.

"Yeah, I know. It's pretty sweet." Said Grim. "So why are you a dorm leader here anyway?"

"Well, actually I got appointed by the headmage himself." The redhead explained. "I'm becoming like, his top student now. So it's— I know, it's pretty awesome."

More people had a laugh at that.

"So in this universe, Rosehearts didn't earn the dorm leader position through a duel." Malleus said. "How interesting."

Riddle was not so pleased with his alternate self, but stayed quiet.

"Uh, we're gonna be in Heartslabyul, right?" Riddle said. "Uh, do you know where it is?"

"Oh yeah, I got it covered." Grim replied.

"He's a first year?" Trey said in surprise.

"Looks like it." Cater answered.

The screen cut to black for a moment, before showing the two students walking into the botanical garden, except it looked more like a regular garden than a botanical one. "According to the map, Heartslabyul should be right here."

"Uh... you sure?" Riddle asked.

"Positive." Grim responded.

"Yeehaw!" A voice rang out. The screen showed Epel kicking an apple tree, and one of its fruits landing onto his hand.

"How does that even work?" Jamil sighed. Out of everyone, he was the least affected by all of this. He had to deal with Kalim's nonsense on a daily basis, after all.

"Beats me." Ace muttered.

"Hey, hi, sorry, we're new here. Uh, could you possibly tell us where we are?" Riddle walked up to Epel, who grabbed his hand and shook it almost aggressively.

"Why certainly! You're standing in the magic, mango tree forest." The first year said.

"Your what now?"

"My magic, mango tree forest." Epel answered. "Ain't it beautiful?" The screen cut to a shot of what was clearly a bunch of apple trees.

"Why am I so stupid?!" Epel fumed at his other self.

"Welcome to the club." Riddle sighed.

The others were laughing, however. "Mango tree forest?" Floyd snickered. "Silly little fishy! Those are apples!"

"I know that!" Epel huffed.

"Uh, well it's— well it's nice, um... but..."

"But what?"

"Well..." Riddle's voice trailed off at Epel's slightly unnerving smile. "Well... they look like apples."

"A-what now?" The purplish-pink haired student said.

"What I, uh.. I sai- I said they look like apples." Riddle responded.

"Well—"

"Actually, I um..." He cut Epel off. "I think they are apples."

Epel stared for a moment. "Wha-? Ah, don't be silly. Th-Those are mangoes."

"No, no I don't, I don't think so." Riddle stated.

"Wh- can't you tell the difference?"

"Uh, yeah I can, it's just like... uh... those are apples, not— not mangoes."

They stared at each other for a few seconds.

"...say, you're new here, ain'tcha?" Epel asked in a forcefully friendly tone.

"Yeah, that's- that's what I said..." Riddle muttered.

"Eeh, you wanna meet the dorm?" The first year offered.

"Uh, no."

"That was so fucking weird." Leona stated. Once again, nobody could disagree with him.

"Why do I think they're mangoes?!" Epel groaned. Rook pat his head in sympathy.

"It seems that the Epel Felmier from this alternate universe has a few screws loose." Jade smiled pleasantly, earning a scowl from the first year.

"I still can't believe my alternate self is so... improper!" Riddle said in frustration.

"Ugh, I hope there aren't any other crazy people like that running around." The dorm leader sighed, now in the hallways again. Two seconds later, Floyd slammed into him, knocking them both to the ground.

"There's me!" The eel cheered gleefully.

"Oh no." Riddle said in despair.

"Hello." Floyd greeted. "I am known as, The Bird."

"What." Azul said flatly.

Floyd's eyes were wide, but he began to laugh. "Other me is so funny! My name is not Bird, it's Floyd!"

"It's probably just a nickname." Lilia reasoned. Sebek nodded in agreement.

"His voice sounds funny." Ortho piped up.

"Let me fix your hair." The Bird flattened Riddle's ruffled hair. "There."

"..uh—"

"Hello."

"...hi?"

"Hello."

Riddle stared with his mouth ajar. "Um—"

"I can kick a bunch of students really fast." The Bird cut him off.

"That's, uh..."

A moment later, The Bird is shown kicking various students in the room, fast as lightning. "Done."

"Violent as ever, I see." Jade chuckled. "That's one similarity between you and this other universe Floyd."

Riddle and Grim are staring at The Bird with a shocked expression.

"I'm gonna go now." He said. "Goodbye."

".........what the fu—"

"Well that was... something." Yuu stated.

"HA! Goldfishy swore!" Floyd cackled.

"I told you to stop calling me that, Leech." The dorm leader's face turned red from anger.

Sweatdropping, Trey tried to defuse the situation before it escalated. "Hey now, let's all take a deep breath and continue watching."

Riddle didn't say anything for a moment, before letting out a sigh. "Yes, you're right, Trey."

"Always the peacemaker." Ace said teasingly.

[I'll be cutting this episode in half because we're almost at 2000 words and I want to publish this quickly]