Hey guys!

Yes you read the title correctly.

this is a filler chapter that takes place the day after the Octavinelle Arc events. And our trio of one brain cell idiots endure the punishment that our dear Charlotte has set forth for them. Ask And you shall receive.

What kind of chaos will ensue~?

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"Morning, amici~!" Charlie smiled angelically. She had called over the ADeuce combo over to the Ramshackle Dorm to discuss an "important" matter.

"Yea, Yea. What'cha call us here for?" Ace looked at her unimpressed.

"Simple! You two and Grim here-" she motioned over shoulder towards the wad of gray fur curled up on the couch. "Must pay up for what you guys did. Now that the anemones have vanished, you know what that means~!" She sang, not losing her smile.

Which started to grow creepy. Sending Ace stumbling backwards, now scared.

"No, no!"

"Yeeeeeees!" She nodded, still smiling. Then, she snapped her fingers and out popped two clothing bags. She grabbed them in either hand, and walked to the two agonizingly yet teasingly slow.

"We gotta run. NOW!!" Without looking at one another, the two first years ran for the front doors, which were wide open. However, just as they were several footsteps away from freedom, the door slammed shut on its own, the squeaking of the deadbolt lock slid in place. They skidded in front of the doors. Deuce grabbed the handles and tried pulling on them, but they never budged.

"It's locked!" He freaked.

"For fuck's sake, what did you do?!"

"I didn't do anything!!"

"Trappollaaaaaaa. Spaaaaaaaaade! Where are two going?" They turned around slowly, eyes big as saucers, to see Charlie with her sickeningly sweet smile, and a dull look in her eyes, standing in the foyer. "You really believe you can escape punishment....? Now when I'M here you can't~?!" She began cackling like a mad woman as she stalked closer to them.

The two cowered in fear, backs against the doors, with the evil aura before them growing bigger.

The last thing that left their lips were screams of terror.

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A hand briskly knocked on the door. Outside on the steps stood Riddle. Clad in his dorm attire, he had been constantly asking The other Heartslabyul members where Ace and Deuce ran off too. It wasn't until Trey told him that Charlotte told him to tell the two first years to come over and see her immediately.

Naturally the second year could only huff in anger and storm over to Charlotte's to see what she could've needed of the two dunderheads.

"Luchessi!" He barked. "Trey told me you have Trappola and Spade. As much as you need them for something important, they are also responsibility! Now Open this door!"

After he spoke, the door opened.

"Morning Riddle." She smiled innocently.

Just seeing that smile of hers made the second year's heart thunder dangerously in his chest. Why did she have to look so cute...?

"Uh...y-yes, hello. As I was saying-"

"I heard you loud and clear." She interrupted with a giggle. "To answer your question though...." she looked over her shoulder and sang, "Boys! We have company!"

"I'm not going out there looking like this!!" Ace whispered fiercely.

"You heard what she said. It's either this, or Plan B." Deuce reminded him.

"Fgnna.... why did she have to drag me as well into this?!" Grim whined.

Her voice shook the ceiling. It was obvious she was getting a bit pissed.

"Ugh....coming, mistress!" Ace feigned a happy tone as he walked out of the room, Deuce and Grim trudging behind.

"W-We're here at your beck and call, milady..." Deuce bowed slightly.

Riddle was gobsmacked, seeing the two first years and the furball Grim in such ridiculous getups.

"What...what have you done?" He stared at Charlie, who could only smile back.

"Remember how just a few days ago, I agreed to get them out of their little 'scam' with Azul?"

Riddle got the gist and nodded, remembering what Deuce told him. "Ah, and you've taken the liberty to punish them..."

"By being my maids!" She finished.

"Do we really have to?" Ace whined, fidgeting with the skirt of his uniform.

"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, meet your doom!" She retorted, smirking. "Now then!" She claps her hands twice. "Time to get to work!"

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Over the course of the three to four days, Crowley had given Charlie and Grim a list of assignments to handle after they were done with Azul and his "business". Needless to say, Charlie was unimpressed. But on the bright side, she had two servants to take care of the workload for her! And she was going to enjoy every second of her freedom as Dumb and Dumber were not prepared to break their backs.

And while the two were preparing, Charlie may or may not have swiped their magic wands from their pant pockets and stuffed them into her bra for "safe keeping".

With the two now left in maid dresses, no magic wands, and shock collars if they so ever disobeyed, with our heroine in control of them, and a shit ton of embarrassment, they started to work.

And what better way to than by cleaning the rest of the street she was first assigned?

"Pretty nostalgic. Reminds me of when I first started here as a cleaning lady." Charlie sighed. She was sitting by a tree and chewing on one of several raspberry pastries, which she had the two fetch and pay for, watching them struggle to sweep the pavement. Ace kept switching between pulling his skirt down, which was riding dangerously up his ass, and sweeping the streets. Deuce looked about ready to pass out, struggling to grasp the broom and make sure his sleeves were not in the way. Grim was already shaking after scrubbing the floors clean.

"Remember Ace? How you teased me and Grim for what we pulled at the ceremony and how we were stuck as janitors? How the tables have turned, dont'cha think?"

Ace gave her the stink eye and kept mumbling to himself.

Charlie just laughed and finished chewing her pastry.

"Charlie-Chan~!" A voice sing and before she could even react, someone scooped her up into a tight hug. She nearly dropped her she was texting, but someone had saved it for her, their quick reflexes reacted fast before it can hit the floor. She turned to see Cater's mop of bright orange hair, lime green eyes, and toothy grin.

"Cater! You're crushing my rib cage!!" She wheezed out.

"Whoops! Sorry!" He laughed and released her from his vice-like grip. She started to breathe regularly when someone handed her back what she dropped.

"Ah! Thank you!" She smiled as she pocketed her phone.

"It's no problem. Can't have something that valuable to you break." Trey chuckled. "Charlie, what are you doing out here?"

"Yea! Riddle-Kun was on his way back to Hearyslabyul and was mumbling about you, when we passed by him." Cater nodded. "So we decided to go see for ourselves what you up to!"

"Diamond! Clover! Please help us out here!" Deuce begged upon seeing his senior classmen.

"This She-devil is trying to drive us to death with these chores!!" Ace accused, his glare burning a hole into Charlie's head.

"Uh, care to explain, Charlie?" Trey gave her a questioning look.

"Sure!" Charlie relayed exactly what she had told their lead. By the time she finished, Cater's face had gone bright red from laughing too hard. And Trey had an amused smile in his eyes.

"This is too good! Sorry boys, but we can't help you!" Cater wiped away a few years and tried to breathe. After he calmed down, he quickly snapped a photo of the two in their dresses, planning later to post it on Magicam.

"Suits them for trying to put me through hell and back." She smiled.

"Well if that's the case..." Trey beckoned her over and whispered in her ear what he requested. By the time he finished her smile grew even more in size. If that was even possible. But as soon as Ace and Grim saw her smile widen, they felt like shitting their pants.

"Actually, I think that's a perfect thing to add onto The list!" She jotted down on a small pad of sticky notes.

The three shook. What else was she going to have them do now?

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"Ugh! Crap!" Ace plugged his nose as he unclogged one of the toilets. "It literally smells like that in here!"

"I need to be more wary of my hygiene....and what I eat from now on!" Deuce tried not to throw up at the pungent smell as he emptied the trashcans.

They heard a scream further down the stalls and water splashing. The two looked at each other and raced to where the scream came from.

And there was Grim. Floating in one of the toilets, looking miserable, and sopping wet, A ring of poo water lining around the toilet where he fell in. "Fgnna....why me...?" He whined.

Charlie walked away, snickering at the cat's misfortune as she and Cater drank their iced coffees.

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"What.... The hell is even in these boxes?!" Ace asked, staring up at the pillar of boxes teetering dangerously. He swerved to avoid hitting them.

"Not sure...." Deuce shook his head. He was getting an eerie feeling that he was...being watched.

Grim shook out his still wet fur. Even after running it through a hydraulic hand drying machine, The feeling of germs and literal poo on his fur kept driving him insane. He probably needed to bathe fifteen more times. With some bleach. Possibly vinegar.

Ace was just finishing up dusting a fraction of the room when he heard a scream. He looked around the area. Deuce wasn't anywhere in sight.

"Deuce?" He called out hoping to hear the bluenette respond. He never did.

Now Ace was getting that same feeling. And he was a lot more on edge. It almost felt.... familiar....

"ACE!!!" The redhead didn't have time to react, as Deuce ran into him, and clung to him like a scared child. His eyes were wide with fear, and he was shaking like a leaf.

"Dude, what's the matter with you?!"

"G-g-ghost! I-I saw a ghost!! Right over there!!" He frantically pointed in the direction where he wandered off to.

"Ugh, Cut that shit out! Of course there's ghosts lurking around these halls! It's a magic school! Duh?!"

"No......not those kind of ghosts...." Deuce whispered.

Suddenly, a gust of air swept up their dresses. Ace recoiled and pulled his skirt back down before it showed... "dangerous parts" he really didn't want anyone to see. Charlie having him dress up so lewdly.... she's really going to get it...

"What was that?!" Grim shook, clinging to one of them. He'll worry about his fur another time.

"I-I dunno...." Ace's voice quivered. All was deadly silent. But just as he was about to speak....

A Dark shadow loomed over the three trembling figures, it's arms raised high, teeth blinking in the dim lighting. And it said-

"BOO!"

They screamed and trampled each other to death trying to get out of the room. They may have accidentally hit each other on the way out, and not without knocking down a few pillars of boxes along the way, the door left swinging open.

The figure laughed crazily before it pulled off the white sheet, revealing it to be Floyd Leech. "That was awesome! I've never seen those two wusses so scared in my life!"

Jade and Charlie maneuvered themselves behind a few of the boxes, having been camouflaged during the event, enjoined the youngest twin.

"Please tell me you got that on video!" Charlie shook after holding in her laughter.

"Every second of it." Jade smiled, handing her back her phone, the video now safely secured in her photo gallery.

"Bene!"

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Deuce put down the gardening shears as he let his arms rest for a while. It was already afternoon, and he was starting to sweat like an animal. It didn't help that Charlie threatened them that if they even think about taking off the dresses, they'll just have to endure the same punishment the next day. And extend the embarrassment they'll undergo.

Suddenly he felt a jab at his back. he turned around and saw Ace's elbow sticking out.

"Ace! Watch where you're stretching!" He scolded the other.

"Dude, it's not me." Ace gave him a confused glare.

"Then why is your elbow sticking out, purposely aimed at me?!"

The redhead never got a chance to answer, for soon his hands grabbed ahold of the dropped shears, and using both hands, started rapidly opening and closing them like a child with scissors. And started running for Deuce, Who began running away.

"Ace!! Get away from me with those things!!"

"I said It's not me!!!"

Charlie only smiled amused from a distance, watching the two idiots chase each other around with the gardening equipment.

"So you called us all the way over here to watch them mess up your tasks?" Jack rose an eyebrow.

"No, no. I'm determined to get them to finish my list. But now without throwing a few.... ' road blocks' in their way." She grinned.

Suddenly, Ruggie emerged from the underbrush, running like a madman, pretending he was holding large scissors and chopping them in a dangerous motion.

Jack facepalmed. Of course Ruggie would be one of those 'roadblocks' as she claimed.

"I hope those donuts are worth all this running!" The hyena panted.

"Don't worry, Bucchi. You'll get the donuts." She reassured, patting a small box of donuts in her bag.

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It took nearly most of the afternoon. But by the time the clock chimed 3 PM, and the last chore was crossed off the list, they were relieved, and headed back to where Charlie was, ready to rip off their dresses, and probably beg for forgiveness.

And all day, No matter where they went, no matter what chore Charlie gave them, they were always amused looks, snarky smiles, pointed fingers, and hushed voices by the other students. One even have the audacity to cat-call them. And another even tried flirting with Deuce! Never had he felt an urge so big to let his bad boy side come out and beat that son of a bitch to a pulp.

But Charlie also made a rule that should they even think about fighting other students so mindlessly, she'll also extend their punishment to the next day.

She was relentless when it came to punishment. They really were regretting making that deal with Azul.

But in all honesty, they didn't want to grovel at her feet. Not yet, anyway. They still had a chance to prove that they could endure anything that life throws at them, Even if it meant going about an entire week in this exact outfit.

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"Charlie! Open the damn door! The chores are done and we're finished with this BS!" Ace pounded on the front door.

"Hey, wait, there's a note." Deuce took off the small white piece of paper that was taped to the doorbell. Written in what is obviously Charlie's handwriting:

AC/DC,

Riddle has invited me over for tea at Heartslabyul. you're welcome to join us, and by that, I mean I'm going to have you two worked to the bone until I decide when you can take those costumes off, OR: you can admit you are nothing but two knuckleheads Who will think twice about their actions for the future and more.

-Charlie 😉

"Rrrrrrrrrgh! Deuce! We're going over to Heartslabyul." Ace crumbles up the note and storms off to the mirror hall. "She better stop this bull by the end of the day! If I get hit on one more time-!"

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Ace and Deuce sped to the Heartslabyul castle as fast as possible. They burst through the front doors, and made a beeline or the lounge.

"Charlie!" Ace demanded as he walked into the room.

"You called?" He screamed as he got jump-scared by the girl in question. Charlie stood there, her uniform changed into her Heartslabyul clothing.

"Y-Yea! Okay! We've had enough of this! We took on every single item on the damn list you forced us to do! It wasn't easy but we did it! Now stop this punishment right now!" The Ace of hearts demanded.

"Mmmm....lemme think....nope." She shook her head and walked off.

Ace sputtered as he followed. "Wha-NO?! What'dya mean 'NO'?! This isn't enough for you?!"

"It seems to be that you dickweeds haven't learned your lesson." She turned to face them. "You're still working until I say you're done! Or when you ACTUALLY feel sorry for your brain-dead decision! Now for your next tasks...."

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Charlie giggles as the hedgehogs snuggled into her arms. The little creatures at first seemed wary of the newcomer, but after she showed them she was no threat, they immediately warmed up to her. Now, she was like their motherly caregiver.

Two crawled in her arms, one was plopped on her head, and two other crawled around her lap. Their vibrant colors scurried like neon lights.

"My, the hedgehogs seemed to have taken a liking to you." A voice spoke. Charlie looked up to see Riddle sipping tea by one of the makeshift tables. Several platters of treats and desserts were out. And a few cups and a teapot stood in the center of the white tablecloth.

"Yea. I'm surprised myself!" She chuckled awkwardly. One hedgehog in blue snuggled closer to her as she cooed, petting its head.

"I've also noticed you've taken advantage of some of my tasks." He motions towards Deuce, who was struggling to paint some of the roses in red paint while fumbling with his bell-like sleeves yet again. He stood on a ladder, keeping his balance firm.

"Hey, people needs breaks is all." She referred to the other house members. "Besides, I'm not done with those two yet."

"Oh?" Riddle raised an eyebrow at her response.

"Yep. And besides, that list of chores I had for them....well..."

Now the second year was curious. He gave a glance towards the brunette, who smiled devilishly. She stood up, the five hedgehogs in her arms, as she faced Riddle with an angelic glow.

"You wanna know?"

"Go on." He ushered her towards another chair and she complied. Setting the little pets down, she smoothed out her blouse, and folded her hands in her lap as Riddle lured her some tea.

"Sugar and cream?" He asked.

"Two." She nods. Two white sugar cubes were plopped in and a splash of cream was stirred carefully.

Riddle held out the cup for her and she nodded, mouthing a "thank you" as her fingers brushed against his knuckles, taking the teacup.

Riddle froze a bit at the subtle touch of hers. He watched her blow on the tea slightly, before sipping. She prayed her lips, letting the taste settle, and replied. "It's good."