(A/n - Sorry this took so long, I hope you all enjoy! Do what you will with the picture ;> )

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𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠/𝗻

"My gosh! Darlings, you look absolutely stunning! I knew there was a reason why I chose you both! You know what, I'll just marry both of you! It is just so hard to choose just one!" Eliza gushed at her new fiancés as she admired their new outfits. They just looked so simply dashing in their new attires, and the woman couldn't simply get enough.

"Professor! We're going to die, aren't we?! I don't want to die this young!"

"Archons, I did not miss the whining of kids... that girl was enough.."

"Sevens better save my soul because I don't want to spend my afterlife with- with her!"

"Quiet down! I didn't ask for more of your whining Shroud! Keep quiet and just wait!"

"Waaaaa-!"

"I SAID SHUT IT!"

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𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲...

"Headmageee! We can't let that happen to Idia! Or the Professor! We need to help them!"

"You are indeed right, Mr. Shroud. With the help of all of our peers, we will be able to save both of them if we work as a te-!"

"Nah." The students said with bored expressions.

Yuu deadpanned and slapped his forehead. "Are you kidding me? This is the only time all of you are in agreement, huh?"

"B-But all of you can help!" Ortho cried at them desperately

"Ugh, he snubs the company of others and expects us all to swoop in and save him? I see no reason to indulge in this behavior." Vil said, his eyes narrowing at the boy.

"This is your bro's problem, not ours. Sorry, kid." Leona shook his head with the same expression.

"Okay... FINE! I can do it myself!"

"W-Wait, there's no possible way that you can do this yourself!" Kalim said worriedly as he reached to put a comforting hand on Ortho's shoulder. However, the young boy had other plans.

"Running simulation of rescue: Idia Shroud. Simulation complete. Charging technomatic energy. Target: Night Raven College, main building. Beam firing in 5...4...3...2..-"

"STOP!!" Crowley shouted in a panic. "Were you really about to destroy a piece of history?! I forbid you from firing that beam!"

"Look, what was I supposed to do?! No one is going to help me, so I had to!"

"As for the rest of you, are you really going to stick to your original answer? Because if you all actually abandon Idia to his fate -" Ace interrupted Crowley with a bored look.

"And so what if we all do? It's not like you can convince me to do anything."

"Oh, look now!"

"Huh...? What are you..?"

"Young man, I'm with TBC News. You go to Night Raven College, correct?"

"Uh...I guess-? WOAH! Headmage, have you ever heard of personal space?!"

"Is it true that there were ghosts invading your campus? Oh, this is going on the morning articles. Let me take some pictures!" Crowley snapped his fingers, and lights similar to camera lights started to flash all around Ace. The first-year squinted his eyes and groaned at the flashing lights.

"Ack - those lights are making me see stars..."

"Oh, and is it also true a student and a teacher were kidnapped on campus? And when they needed you most, you abandoned them? Is that correct?"

"What do you want me to tell you?! I'm not even in his dorm, and he's only a teacher!"

"So you deserted them just because you weren't close?! How utterly ruthless! This deserves to be on a special issue!"

"Hey! Stop, those lights are giving me a headache! I SAID STOP!" Crowley eventually did stop and crossed his arms angrily.

"If Shroud never returns, then I guarantee that the whole campus will be hounded with reporters and asking you all these questions. So, I ask you again, are you really sure that you want to just stand by while a student and a teacher are in there? Lives on the line and about to cross over to the other side?"

"I-..."

"I myself don't wish to see my students and my staff suffer in there and being ran ragged by specters and by their fears and anxiety." Ortho pushed past Crowley and glared at all of them.

"And if you don't help, then I'll hack into the T.V stations and remove any censoring from your faces! And I'll make sure to add an arrow pointing at you saying, "Backstabbing student!" Azul sighed and shook his head.

"Well..the apple doesn't fall far from the twisted tree..."

"I suppose that the headmage will have the most to loose and the most backlash.." Riddle added hesitantly.

"But it'd still be bad for us too. My mom would cry if she saw me on TV like that.." Deuce muttered to himself. Vil scoffed at the thought.

"The media would have a field day! Ripping my image to shreds like that! This is totally unacceptable!"

"It seems like we are being forced to lend a helping hand." Lilia said softly. "I shan't claim any allegations that the heir of Briar Valley failed to save one Child of Man..."

"You are absolutely right, Lilia!" Sebek shouted from next to him.

"Then, I believe we've come to a consensus. We are all going to make a plan to save Mr. Shroud, correct? Ahhh, how fortunate of me to have such a supportive student body!!"

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𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱...

"There has to be someone coming to save us... right?" Idia was on the verge of tears as he sulked on the dressing rooms couch with his professor, who was practically zoning out everything at this point. He was getting fitted in his outfit, which was getting some minor adjustments made due to his less than similar build to Idia's.

"Shroud, please, just salvage whatever remaining silence we have in this room. You've been crying for an hour, and personally, I don't want to hear anymore of you right now.

"Yes...sorry sir.."