-damn, another Tyrant?-

"Is someone...singing?" Yuuna questioned, suddenly hearing a voice. Before she knew it, she was in the dream world...

"The Dark Mirror?!" Yuuna yelped in surprise when she was looking directly at the famous dark mirror in the mirror chamber.

'Why can't I see myself?' she questioned. Suddenly, a woman wearing a beautiful red gown, her hair up in a fancy bun with a crown on top of her red (If you don't remember, feel free to look back at part 6 of Welcome to the Villain's world). Yuuna flinched in surprise. It was the Beautiful Queen of the great eight, who we know as...The Evil Queen...Queen Grimhilde (I did my research)

"Slave in the Magic Mirror," Queen Grimhilde spoke. "Come from the farthest space" she commanded, a breeze of wind blowing through her gown.

"Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" she asked, saying her famous words.

Suddenly, a green flash in the reflection was a beautiful masked head appeared. ""

Queen Grimhilde knew exactly what the Magic Mirror was referring to, as she clenched her fist. "...Snow White!" she gasped in anger.

'snow-white?!' Yuuna gasped in recognition. Suddenly, the scene changed to a long-haired maiden, singing in a well.

(Picture of this AU's snow white)

"This is a wishing well, as rumors tell. It's only fitting I make a wish. May I find joy in true love's kiss!" Snow White sang.

"Hello. Did I frighten you?" a man asked, suddenly coming into the reflection from what Yuuna can see.

The scene changed again when snow white ran away in panic, running to hide in her room "Wait! Wait, please" the prince called out. "Don't run away. Now that I found you, hear what I have to say." the prince then began to sing. "I pour my heart into this song. My feelings for you could never be wrong"

Suddenly, the scene shifted to a window, where Queen Grimhilde watched the interaction between her step-daughter and the prince, having an intense glare before harshly closing the curtains.

"Yuuna? Is there something the matter?" Y/n asked, sitting up from a sofa. After all, they had a sleepover-type of thing. It was Yuuna's excuse to use Y/n's wings as another blanket because it's extra cold in Amaryllis when it's winter. "There was a beautiful woman glowering from a window..." Yuuna mumbled, staring at a big mirror.

"A woman??" Y/n perked an eyebrow. She knew what Yuuna met but played ignorance. Ignorance is bliss sometimes. Y/n has just come back from downstairs when Crowley stopped by to inform her about an incoming housewarden meeting.

"Brr, it's freezing in here!" Grim shivered. "Y'know they'd let me take my blanket with me to school? Or perhaps cuddle in Y/n's wings?" he asked.

"Hm? What's up, Yuuna?" Grim asked, noticing Yuuna staring into the mirror in a trance. "You're starin' hard at that mirror? If you're worried about bedhead, don't be. You look fine. Now let's get to class"

"Fufufu" Y/n chuckled.

"Morning, Yuuna, Y/n, and Grim" Ace cheerfully greeted the trio. "How's it goin'?"

"Good morning, you two. It's pretty chilly today, huh?" Deuce said, shivering a little while rubbing his arms to warm himself up.

"No, not at all" Y/n bluntly said.

"That's because you're like immune to the cold!" Ace exclaimed.

"Heh" Y/n had a smug smirk on her face. "Losers"

Yuuna turns to the side, to the statue of the beautiful queen, immediately stopping. "AH-! That's who I saw in my dream!" she exclaimed in remembrance.

When Yuuna suddenly stopped, Grim smacked into Yuuna's legs. "Ow!" he yelped. "Yuuna, don't just stop in the middle of the walkway! I just smacked face-first into your leg!"

"You're staring at the Great Eight Statues. What's up?" Ace questioned Yuuna, who was still in a trance.

"Are you alright, Yuu-chan? Do you perhaps have a cold?" Y/n asked, having a concerned expression on her face.

"I think I've dreamed of some of these other people, too...It wasn't just this one time. I've seen some of them before" Yuuna muttered.

Yuuna remembered each of the great seven figures. Ira was the shadow of the queen of hearts during Riddle's overblot, Superbia was the shadow of the king of beasts during Leona's, Invidia was the shadow of the Sea Witch for Azul, and the most recent one, Avaritia was the shadow of the Sorcerer of the Sands from Jamil's overblot.

"Hello? Yuuna?" Deuce asked, waving a hand in front of her face. "You're spacing out of us. Are you feeling sick or something?" he asked.

"Ah! S-Sorry about that" Yuuna chuckled nervously.

"Yuuna's been acting kinda funny ever since we got up this morning" Grim mentioned.

"mhm," Y/n agreed.

"Oh yeah?" Ace tilted his head. "Did something happen over the holidays?"

It was class time, and students were chatting and muttering to their friends nearby.

Yuuna had explained about the dreams she's having to Deuce and Ace since Y/n already knows about them.

"You have dreams where the Great Seven appear in the Amaryllis Dorm mirror?" Ace asked. "I guess when you see their statues every day, it's not all that surprising that they'd show up in your dreams"

"I've recited the names of important figures in my sleep after cramming for a magic history test..." Deuce muttered. "But what you're describing sounds a little different"

"There's also someone apparently named Mickey in the mirror with big, round ears according to Yuuna," Y/n said.

"Whoa, that's wild" Ace yelped. "Who's this Mickey dude?"

"I've never heard that name at this school before" Deuce muttered.

"Ah, wait a minute" Grim intrupputed. "Was this when you stepped on my tail in the middle of the night?"

"Myah...Mmm...I've got dibs on that turkey" Grim slept and talked.

Suddenly, the mirror started to glow. "The Mirror's glowing again?"

Yuuna sat up from the bed, accidentally stepping on Grim's tail with a crunch. "Gyah! Watch the tail..." Grim yelped before snoring once again.

"S-sorry about that" Yuuna apologized.

"Hm." Deuce and Y/n hummed.

"If it's not a dream, what does that leave?" Y/n questioned.

"Maybe the ghosts are messing with you," Deuce said, trying to deduct a reasonable explanation on how Yuuna was talking to a mirror.

"They're pretty big pranksters, it's true" Grim nodded his head. "I wouldn't put it past 'em"

"Okay, how about this? Next time Mickey shows up in the mirror...Try taking a picture of him with that ghost camera you got from the headmaster" Ace offered. "It's a magic item that records spirits on film, right? Even ghosts show up fine in pics it takes"

"Make sense" Deuce places a finger on his chin. "A photo might be able to shed some light on who this Mickey guy is"

"Once we ID the perp, I'll demand compensatory tuna for my bruised tail!" Grim exclaimed.

"And hey, it nothing shows up, we can write off as Yuuna being a vivid dreamer" Ace teased the girl, pinching her cheeks,

"Ara ara, it seems little Yuu-chan is being bullied~" Y/n teased as well, letting out a smirk.

"heuuuu!" Yuuna whined.

"Get to your seats, puppies," Crewel said as he walked into the room after the bell rang. "In this homeroom period, I'm going to tighten the reins you whelps pulled loose over the holidays," he tells. The girls don't need it, after all, they were productive. "I trust you're all aware that the National Arcane Culture Fair is coming up in mid-February. This year, it's going to be held here at Night Raven College"

"Myah? We've got some kinda fair comin' up?" asked Grim.

Y/n let out a sigh, "The events schedule was posted in September, at the start of the year. Do you not remember?"

Crewel let out an angered sigh. "Some of you didn't even look at it, did you? Lazy curs!" he said, shutting everyone up from the sound of slapping his whip against the palm of his hand.

"Since we clearly have some bad bad dogs in this class, and because housebreaking you is my job anyway...would you like to explain what it is Miss Chione?" Crewel asked.

"Sure" Y/n stood up and faced the students. "The National Arcane Academy Culture Fair is a yearly event for us students representing schools across the country. It's a two-day festival that includes fine art, music, research showcases on magic, and speech contests. In essence, it's an interscholastic event for culture-oriented clubs" she explained.

"Indeed. At Night Raven, students spend their senior year at internships and research placements related to their magical professions...and this is the time when the seniors come back to school and announce their findings" Crewel continued.

"Y'know, it hadn't thought much about it before now...But we haven't run into a single senior since we enrolled, have we?" questioned Ace.

"All I knew was that they were training off-campus," Deuce said. "Better make sure we pay our respects"

"Now that you mention it, it's just freshmen, sophomores, and juniors on campus, huh?" Yuuna asked.

"This festival also gets attention from many organizations on the lookout for fresh next-generation talent, such as the Bureau of Magic...as well as the Magic Board of Education, other universities, magic-related business, research institutes, and the entertainment industry. All of you art club dogs had best ensure that you're well-groomed and presentable!"

"So it's a festival for the art club, huh?" Ace sighs.

the hydro archon mumbled, who is inside of Y/n shadow, with no one able to hear here, just like the dendro archon.

"We're both in sports clubs, so I guess we don't be doing much here" Deuce added.

"Hey, if it's a festival, that means there's gonna be a ton of food stalls like they had at the Spelldrive tournament!" Grim exclaimed, drooling a little.

The two females both chuckled a bit at Grim's silliness.

"It's always about food with you" Y/n giggled.

"Geez" Ace grumbled.

"And with that, homeroom time is over" Crewel announced. "Frist period will be a practical lesson in defensive magic. Sit quietly and STAY!" he said and turned to Y/n. "All o you shall defend yourself against Miss Chione."

"Ara" Y/n smirked.

"Miss Chione, make sure to not whip them too hard" Crewel said.

"Alright" Y/n stood up and walked to the middle part of the class.

'this will be fun'