Beauty & The Beasts (Twisted Wonderland x Reader)

Show Time! -92-

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Note: I used Google translate for the song, so the lyrics might not match up. Enjoy!☺️

Everyone (aside from yourself) froze in shock. Vil even jumped, staring at the new arrival with wide eyes. "You're—!" The blonde began before cutting himself off.

"I thought I'd arrive a bit early, and what do I find but a stage laid to waste?" Hornton said, gesturing behind him towards the piles of rubble. You raised an eyebrow and slowly brought yourself up from the floor. "Oh, hi, Hornton. You know there's still two hours until the SDC opens, right?" You questioned calmly as you dusted your skirt off.

"HORNTON?!" The boys around you screamed in shock as Hornton stood there with an amused, mildly smug, look. Grim hummed in realization. "Oh, hey! So you're that Hornton guy who wanders around the Ramshackle Dorm garden late at night. I heard about you from Y/N. You really do have horns growin' outta your head! Myah hah hah—MRAH!" The cat was suddenly cut off, Deuce's hand wrapping itself around his mouth as Ace clung to your side, slightly sweat dropping in fear.

Deuce leaned down towards one of Grim's ears with a strained look. "Grim, are you nuts?! Y-You can't just talk to an upperclassman that way!" The navy haired male spluttered. Ace shakily held onto you. "Y/N! You're really calling THIS guy Hornton? Do you have a death wish?!" He hissed lowly.

You stood there blankly, looking between the several boys around you in growing confusion. "Am I... missing something?" You murmured with narrowed eyes. Hornton held a hand up to his lips and chuckled softly. "Don't ya know who this is?!" Epel whispered, creeping up to you from the side.

Pursing your lips, you looked back at him. "He told me to call him what I wanted." You said in your own defense. Rook stepped forwards, raising an eyebrow to the tall male with a slight tilt of the head. "Roi des Dragons, how did you get into the coliseum?!" The blonde exclaimed in question.

Hornton looked over at him innocently and pulled a SDC ticket to hold up. "I was invited, by the child of man living in Ramshackle Dorm. I have my invitation right here." He said calmly. Rook slightly sweat dropped. "That's not what I was asking... The entire venue is still enveloped in the cursed poison mist generated by Vil's signature spell. There's no way anyone coming into contact with that curse would come out of it unscathed." The blonde argued.

The tall male looked around before carefully putting his ticket back in his pocket. "Oh yes, I suppose there was some sort of cantrip up when I came in," he mused before letting out a small smirk, "But no curse, no matter how powerful, will work on me."

Powerful?
Gothic?
Has an obsession with gargoyles?

Something was beginning to click in your mind, fitting together like puzzle pieces.

Meanwhile, Vil crossed his arms and huffed, looking up towards the horned headed male with a slightly arched eyebrow. "Hmph. I see you've taken advantage of Y/N's ignorance to have a bit of sport. Housewarden of Diasomnia, the dorm based on the lofty spirit of the Thorn Fairy... Malleus Draconia!" He declared dramatically.

Instead of having a beaming revelation, you only deadpanned at your density. "So, that's what M.D. stood for, huh?" You muttered solemnly. Hornton, now known as Malleus, gave you a curt nod. "Indeed. I am Malleus Draconia, soon-to-be ruler of Briar Valley." You sweat dropped in response. Had you really been so chill around literal royalty? That lazy lion was one thing but this was a whole other thing. "Lovely..."

Despite your inner crisis, Grim remained as cool as a cucumber. "Myah... You guys were talkin' about this crazy powerful guy at the Spelldrive tournament... You mean to tell me that was Hornton all along?!" He pondered loudly.