I clear my throat and Miss Goldilocks smiles at me, encouraging me to talk.

     " My condolences, Your Majesty... It's been really hard for me and I can't even imagine how it would feel if Heather was my daughter. "

     " It feels like if every piece of cherry licorice suddenly became a celery stick... But even worse! You have no idea. Luckily for us, I hired the best of the best to catch her killer. You can trust Detective Hua. "

" She's from our world, is what I meant to say. "

I nod subtly. The queen could've said it aloud, Miss Goldilocks is from The Other World, but we can never be too careful I guess. If humans were to learn about it, there's no way of guessing what would happen. Well, I've got my theory. A megalomaniac Earth leader will try finding a way to reach us. Once they find a realm or land, they'll try to conquer it. Maybe even ally their country with a famous villain. That would only end in a huge awful catastrophic mess. There are many reasons why the enchanted and scientific worlds are kept apart, but their fear of the "bad guys" taking control over everything is definitely the main one. "Their" as in the "heroes". People like my parents long for the apocalypse every day, while the others just try to survive. I'm not sure on which side of the line I'm standing... Maybe I'm standing right on it, who knows. I guess I should be able to know, but I rarely manage to understand people, including myself. Heather's mother goes on.

     " If you ever need anything, feel free to ask me Diamond. That's what my precious Heather would've wanted. " Her eyes tear up again and she bats her long dark purple eyelashes, biting into her glossy colorful lips with her perfect white teeth.

     " I would never ask that of you... I'd understand if you'd never want to see my face again. "

     " You're right, dear. But Heather wasn't selfish and I shall act better in her memory... Oh, my gorgeous baby, why her?! " She breaks into tears and hugs me. I swallow nervously. This is... Too much.

     " You made your daughter the amazing person she was... And you're less selfish than some. "

The woman stops hugging me, that's always a good thing, and smiles weakly through the pink drips running down her face. Which I now suspect to be some sort of... Icing?!

     " Oh, sometimes I forget I'm talking to a villain! Must be because of how highly Heather thought of you. I swear, she always talked about you as if you weren't gonna become an evil enchantress in a few years. " She laughs a little, which honestly kind of annoys me. I didn't hate my former best friend's mother before, but I do now. Stereotypes make me wanna punch someone. I'm not saying I don't want to be an evil sorceress one day, but I shouldn't be one only because my father is an evil enchanter and my mother is a fairy tale villain. Although, it's pretty hard to hate the mother of my dead best friend when all she ever did was slightly insult me by thinking in an old-fashioned way. Detective Hua rushes down a nearby flight of stairs.

     " Your Highness, your presence is required for the inspection of your daughter's dorm room. I thought your insight would be very favorable. "

Finally, I can follow Miss Goldilocks far away from the Sugar Plum Fairy. We walk into her usual office, which is a normal room in the school building. Jackie, Jake and Ace are seated on the simple armchairs of the waiting room.

     " Alright, everyone, Jelrikin and Azzoxan have been in already, so Jackie, come on in. Diamond, take a seat, you'll be next. "

So, those are their real names... Since most students here come from The Other World, not all of us have full names or even names that are considered "normal" by Earthlings. Consequently, our parents, or whoever signed us up, must give us a name which will be accepted by the country's educational system's student census. Demons rarely have a last name and therefore, will take their real name for their last name and their first name will be a "humanized" nickname of their real one. Was that clear..? Moving on. I highly doubt talking about my psyche with a school therapist is gonna help the overwhelming tornado of emotions that is currently burning down my insides and tearing my mental health apart from limb to limb, but... Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? I intend to find out why and exactly how Winnie murdered my best friend. And if it's her fault... I'll make her pay the according price. Actually, whoever it is that caused this will pay and, maybe, I'll tell Miss Hua the truth afterwards. The slow crackling of the intercom startles me slightly. The voice of Miss Goldilocks reverberates into the hallways and classrooms:

     " Sorry to interrupt your day, Ice Winter Frost, please present yourself to Miss Goldilocks' office. Ice Winter Frost is called to Miss Goldilocks' office, thank you. "

Wait, what?! And why? Mostly why... What the hell did Jackie tell her!? Now, Ace and Jake will know I have a brother. It doesn't bother me too much, but I don't like it when people learn stuff about me without my consent. I still can't figure out why Ice would need to come here. The wood grain of the door illuminates and it opens up on my twin. He sits nonchalantly in an armchair facing mine and ruffles his dark brown curls.

" Are we here because of Heather? "

" Yeah... Jackie told the psychologist something that made her call you. "

" That's weird... Jackie's the one that wears Earth brands all the time, right? "

" Wow, you're the dumbest guy ever, I only have two best friends and one of them is dead! How can you not know which is which!? "

" Apparently it's because I'm the dumbest guy ever. And by the way, Ace is trying to break into our link. "

" You know him? "

" No, I went into his brain to discover his name... Obviously. "

" Don't treat me like a stupid little kid, you know why... "

" You're scared, I know. "

" I'm not scared. "

" Whatever... Are you gonna give me the 10k or not? "

" What do you even..? "

I scowl at my roommates, stopping in the middle of my telepathic sentence, to snap at them:

     " Will you both stop that?! "

Satan's sons shrug simultaneously and Jake answers: " Of course, sorry... "

     " Sorry won't cut it. If you absolutely need to know, Ice is my brother and we're trying to have a conversation. Now, if I find one of you two snooping around the borders of my mind again I will get very mad. " I notice a faint blue light glowing from my fingertips. Small disks of ice cover a part of the chair's fabric. I hurriedly melt them away.

     " You're even cuter when you're angry, y'know. "

I blush so vividly that I'm pretty sure my light freckles are rendered invisible by the redness of my cheeks. Ace's cocky grin distracts me for a second and I remember what happened just yesterday...

" So, the money?! I helped you out, sis, and you said you were gonna give me ten thousand dollars in exchange. "

" How could you seriously think I'd do that?! 10k's an insane amount, Ice! "

" Not that insane..? "

" It is. What do you need it for? "

" Um... "

" What did you do..?! "

I'm starting to feel genuinely worried. And coming from me, that's a lot.

" Father gave me this important... Object. Someone kind of stole it from me and they won't give it back unless I pay them 20 thousand dollars. "

" TWENTY?! "

" Yeah, I need ten more. I figured an extremely good-hearted, loyal and generous person as yourself would... "

" Shut up. I'm not giving you anything... "

" You wanna know what it is. "

" I wanna know what it is. "

" Father wanted me to have his... The Pen. "

I jump out of my seat and slap him across the face, leaving a vibrant imprint of my hand on it, along with thin cuts from my nails. My twin barely flinches and the two demons gasp. One in awe, the other in surprise, anyone can easily guess which gasped in what manner. I scream, bewildered and outraged beyond reason.

     " YOU LOST THE PEN?! "