Chapter 10
Roxana stood in the forest looking around for a bit, there was a small old house.
“Hmm, this seems vaguely familiar…” Roxana said while looking around. “Oh right…Snow White.”
“So this is Dwarfs' Mine.. It used to be prosperous, thanks to magic crystal mining but…” Deuce didn’t finish his sentence.
Grim shivered. “Uuuuhh.. Feels like something could jump out...”
“Oh, there's a house back there. Let's go ask them about the mine.” Ace walked over to the house.
Deuce knocked on the door. “Good evening... I guess its abandoned... It's a mess in here.”
“Puwah! I got a spider web in my face.. Peh! Peh !” Grim spat the web that got into his mouth, Roxana helped him clean the rest of his fur.
“Aren't the tables and chairs on the small side? Are they for kids? One, two... There's seven! So many!” Ace said after counting at the chairs.
“This was probably a lively home when Dwarfs' Mine was thriving.” Deuce said.
“Staying here is pointless. The coal mine is probably our best shot at finding a magic crystal. For now, let's go check it out.” Ace said as he walked out of the house.
Roxana followed the one brain-cell trio to the mine main entrance.
“W-we're gonna go in that pitch black hole!?” Grim shivered.
“Ya scared? How lame.” Ace mocked Grim trying to hide his own fear.
“Big talk from someone who’s just as scared, your legs are even shaking.” Roxana mocked him.
“Shut it !” Ace said through his teeth.
“Naaanh!? I'm not s-scared at all! I'm taking the lead! You guys, follow me!” Grim walked inside.
Roxana’s mouth fell once they were inside. “I…Must…Have…All this jewels” She plucked one of the jewels like it was an apple and put it in the bottomless bag she always has on her.
“!?...” Deuce stopped. “Wait!”
Ace raised an eyebrow. “What.”
“Something… is there!” Deuce said.
Grim shivered. “Eeek!?”
“Heeee hee ! hee ! Our first visitor in ten years!” The first ghost said
“Make yourselves at home. For eternity!” The second one said.
Roxana sighed. “Again ?”
Roxana pointed her finger at the ghosts.
“Lumos Maxima”
The ghosts screamed and run/floated away from the blinding light.
Roxana scoffed. “Scared of ghost and you call yourself men, how disappointing.”
“YOU HAVE MAGIC ?” Ace exclaimed.
Roxana frowned. “Don’t scream in my face.”
“You have magic ! You lied to everyone about it !” Ace said.
Roxana gave him a blank look before she threw a stinging hex at his face.
“AAH !” Ace fell down on the hard flood his face started to swell. “Why you—!”
“Can you two knocked it off ? We don’t have time for this !” Deuce said.
“Don't think you can just order me around. We wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place if hadn’t done something so idiotic.” Ace screamed at Deuce, his voice was a bit off because of his swelled left cheek.
“You wanna talk about who started it? It's 'cause you couldn’t mind you own business !”
“Oh, we’re pointing fingers now ? That furball over there is an idiot ! He should have seen that coming ! And besides, he tried to burn me !”
“Ffgna! That's on you! That's what you get for making a fool outta me!” Grim complained.
“All of you! Do you understand our situation right now? We're all expelled if we don't get back with a magic crystal by tomorrow morning!”
“For the last time, stop acting like you're in charge here. It's really ticking me off.”
“I swear to god if you don’t shut up, I will kick all of your arses, knock you out, kill you, and bury your bodies then plant an endangered plant on your grave to make it illegal to dig so that way, no one will find your corpses !” Roxana said while glaring at them.
The one brain-cell trio decided to shut up.
“....on't......ive.......wo..”
“Wh-What's...this voice?” The three of them asked.
“Cry...stal....sssss.....mine....”
“I think it's... getting closer…” Deuce said.
Roxana rolled her eyes. “Oh no really you think ?”
“Crystal.... IS MIIIIIIIIIIINNNEEEE!!”
“I-It's heeeeeeeeeeere!!!”
Everyone run outside, Roxana just decided to follow them.
Overblot are disgusting, in the game you don’t see them move much, but this…it’s like mixing ink with jelly and mud.
“What the heck is that thing!?”
“Ffgnnnaaaaa!! Crowley didn't say anything about that!! Let's get outta here!” Grim said
“It's so nasty! But didn't it mention a 'crystal'!?” Ace pointed out.
Grim blinked. “Eeeh!?”
“Cry....stal, won't....give...!”
“So there really are magic crystals left!” Deuce said.
“N-n-n-n-n-nope! Nope! I'm a genius, but I don't stand a chance against that thing!”
“Yes a genius, a genius in idiocy.” Roxana said in a flat voice.
“HEY !” Grim glared at the girl who just raised an eyebrow at him.
“But we'll be expelled without it.. I'm going!” Deuce said.
“You've gotta be kidding!?” Ace exclaimed.
“I cannot, under any circumstances, be expelled !” Deuce said.
He’s going to get himself killed. Roxana though, the other two fallowed Deuce to the Mine Interior while Roxana decided to stay and look at her nails until the trio came back.
“Why didn't you come with us !” Ace screamed at Roxana.
“Why should I ? it’s your problem so solve it by yourselves, I came here to have fun watching you fail miserably.” Roxana chuckle.
Ace glared at her. “You’re evil !”
“Thank you, like I didn’t know that already.” Roxana rolled her eyes.
“Let's just give up and go home. I'll happily take the expulsion if it means never having to fight that thing again.” Ace sighed.
Deuce looked at him like Ace confessed about killing his dog. “What?! Nuh-uh, not happening'! I'd rather die than get expelled from Night Raven! How can you give up when the stone is right there?”
“Pfft. Big talk from someone who's not even half the mage I am. You want that stone so bad, go get it yourself. I'm out.” Ace started to walk away.
“Oh YEAH?! Fine, go back to your coop, you big chicken!” Deuce screamed at him
Ace paused then made a sharp turn and glared at Deuce. “Whaaaaat?! Who're you calling chicken, huh?!”
“Whoa, Deuce... Is it just me, or did you, like, turn into a totally different person just now?” Grim blinked in surprise.
“Huh?! *Cough* *Cough* Sorry... Lost my cool for a second there.” Deuce looked embarrassed.
“Can't you guys just blow that thing up with magic?” Grim asked.
“Using magic at a greater scale or using different types of magic - those things require training.” Deuce said.
“Yeah, that's why magic academies exist. It takes a lot of training before you can snap your fingers and turn your thoughts into magic. And the more flustered you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes.” Ace explained.
“Anyway, we need to find some way to defeat that creature and get the mage-stone.” Deuce said.
“Yeaaaaah. Just like the time with the chandelier, right? You "found some way," and now here we are. We just fought that thing, and it creamed us. So what exactly is your plan here, genius? Because I sure don't trust you to improvise!”
Deuce eyes widened. “What?! You're the one who-“
“Aaand they're at it again.” Grim sighed.
“Or you know I will do you one better.” Roxana said as she stood in between the boys. “I can use my magic kill both of you bury you, go to Crowley use magic on him to make him forget about your existence, do the same thing to your parents and everyone in the school, this way it will seem like you never existed in the first place.”
Ace snorted trying to hide the uncomfortable feeling he had. “Yeah, that kind of magic doesn’t exist.”
“Oh Ace.” Roxana smiled. “It may not exist in this world, but I came from a different world where this spell exist and is called Obliviate, it’s a spell that erase one memory, now chop ! chop ! And go kill that monster, and you better work together to do it, I don’t have dagger on me for show and they are hungry for blood.”
You know what ? A-Deuce and Grim did not want to be forgotten so they chop chop-ed to kill that gooey monster.
***
Roxana smiled as they fought against the monster.
Ace dodged an attack then looked at her. “COME ON HELP US ! IT WAS YOUR PLAN !”
Roxana smirked at him. “Beg me.”
Apparently the monster did not like her being there either as he went to attack her.
“LOOK OUT !” Deuce screamed.
Roxana calmly pointed at the glass like head. “Bombarda”
*BOOM*
The monster exploded and his remains disappeared, the only thing that remained from it was a black rock, Roxana frowned and grabbed it.
It feels wrong, it better if I hide this. She put that rock in the bottomless bag.
“You could have done that from the very beginning but no ! You just wanted to see us suffer !” Ace screamed at her face.
“Your teamwork is awful, your attitude is horrible, and you need training, the reason why I did this is for you to take life seriously, when you’re in danger you will have to rely on others to be able to beat an opponent stronger than you either you like it or not.” Roxana said not batting an eye when Ace screamed at her. “If you keep with that attitude Ace, you will die if it’s the wrong person you give that attitude to, your parents will be lucky to even find your corpse.”
“Stop speaking like an old grandma ! You’re just as old as us ! Stop acting all wise and shit !” Ace glared.
“With that tongue of yours little boy you will be lucky to live half my age.” Roxana said. “And I am older than you, I'm older than I look.”
With that being said she walked away.
“What does she mean by that ?” Deuce asked.
“Don’t ask me.” Ace mumbled.