The Pastry of Knowledge. Tales have been told of this pastry as one of the Seven Wonders of Eden College. A mysterious patisserie appears out of nowhere at the cafeteria and serves this pastry on a whim. Not only is it exquisitely delicious, but many students who taste these pastries end up as Imperial Scholars. So people started to say that eating them will instantly make you smarter. This caused some Eden students to do everything they could for a chance to order these pastries.

"Oh, my. Could you be the prince I met before?" Becky asks as she holds her lamb keychain up in front of her face.

"No, but I am your clone" Anya says as she does the same, holding her own lamb keychain in front of her face as well.

"No, I'm absolutely sure of it! Those eyes! That hair!" Becky says persistently, "ah, my sweet prince! I love you!".

"No, but I am a female sheep, just like you" Anya says blankly.

"Oh, dang it! We're not getting any further in this story! It's all a mess!" Becky says as she brings her lamb away from her face.

"I mean, these look exactly the same" Anya says as she looks at Becky.

"You can ignore that part for the sake of the story!" Becky says as she rolls her eyes.

"Next is Anya's turn" Anya says excitedly, "it'll be a battle story with twins separated at birth".

"No! If we do anything with a battle, our keychain's will get torn up" Becky says as she shakes her head, "by the way, did you hear? Next term, we're going to be split up depending on our grades".

"What's that mean?" Anya asks confused.

"It means... there's me, who's okay at school..." Becky says as she points at herself, "and then there's you, who's terrible at school. Depending on how our classes go, we could be split up".

"Anya will be all alone!" Anya says upset.

"You will!" Becky says as she looks at Anya, "that's why you have to work harder on your studies. On top of our midterms and finals, I hear our quiz tomorrow will also be a determining factor. So will our test on ancient language. Ugh, this is bad".

"It's all over for Anya" Anya says as she looks down.

"This is huge!" an older student says to his friend as he runs into the dining hall, "it happened! It appeared!".

"What? What happened?" his friend with brown hair asks as he looks at the blonde haired boy.

"It appeared in the second cafeteria! That dessert!" the blonde haired boy says rushed.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" the brown haired boy asks confused.

"You moron! You don't know?" the blonde haired boy asks as he looks around the dining hall, "the dessert made by the legendary pattisier who used to be the royal chef! It's known as the Pastry of Knowledge! The legendary dessert that's said to make everyone who eats it an Imperial Scholar! Demetrius Desmond, Isabelle Hullen and Dominic Desmond all ate them the night before they were made into Imperial Scholars" he explains as Becky and Anya listen in, both of them gasping, "apparently, there's macarons this year. There's only a limited amount, so we've got to get them before anyone else does!".

"O-Okay" his friend says as the two of them run out of the dining hall.

Becky and Anya look at one another as they get out of their seats, running towards the second dining hall.

"If I eat that, I'll be a genius, too!" Anya says determinedly.

"I mean, I'm sure it's just a silly rumour, but superstitions like this can be important, too!" Becky says as she and Anya ignore the countless don't run in the hallways signs, "besides, macarons made by a royal chef? I'd want to eat them just for that! They sound delicious!".

"What's a macaron?" Anya asks seriously.

"Oh, that must be it!" Becky says as she spots the second cafeteria up ahead, "we need to hurry, or they'll run out!".

"Second Son" Anya says as she spots Damien next to her, Ewen and Emile just behind him.

"Shrimp!" Damien says as he looks at Anya.

"What are you in such a hurry for?" Becky asks as she looks at Damien.

"Shut up! Right back at you!" Damien says annoyed.

"There's only one order left of Pierre Pommier's new sweets" the server says as he puts his hand up, "first come, first served!".

"You guys aren't going to get it!" Becky teases as they make it into the cafeteria.

"This battle is basically over Stella's" Damien says as he looks at Anya and Becky.

"I'd like this, please" another student from their year says as he points to the sign showing the macarons.

"You got it" the server says as the five students stop behind the other student, "that's the last order of the day!" he says as he passes the macarons to the student, putting a side up.

"Wow, I got super lucky!" the student says as he turns around, "I wonder if I can get a Stella now. I'm so happy".

"George" Damien says as he looks down, "damn it! That's mine!".

"Hand those over! I was supposed to eat those!" Becky says as she goes over to George.

"I'm being mugged!" George cries out, "I bought these with what little money I have! You can't have them!".

"That's right! You never gave me back my pen case!" Damien says as he points to George.

"And you embarrassed me by making me sing when I didn't want to" Becky says as she balls her fists.

"That leaf will be avenged" Anya says as he looks at George.

"Anya, Damien, Becky, George, Ewen, Emile, you're all being too loud!" Isabelle says as she opens the doors of the Imperial Scholar dining hall, "take it outside!".

"O-Okay, fine!" George says as he looks down at the macarons on the plate in his hands, "there are five of these, so you can have the other four. Then we'll be even".

"Hey, you're a good guy" Damien says as he looks at George, "four left..." he says as he counts the heads of the people around him.

And so, an epic battle to decide who would become an Imperial Scholar began.

They six of them go outside and sit down on the grass as they look at each other.

"We're going to play a game of Old Maid" Damien says as he pulls out a pack of cards, "the one who comes in last doesn't get a macaron".

"Okay, bring it on" Becky says as she wipes her hands on her skirt.

"Anya's never played cards before and doesn't know the rules" Anya says as she looks at Becky.

"Are you serious?" Damien asks as he looks at Anya.

"It's simple" Becky says as she looks at Anya, "you just need to match the same numbers and avoid the joker".

"Okie" Anya says with a nod.

"Fight!" Becky and Damien says as George deals the cards for the group, not taking part as a player.

Emile and Damien look at one another as they smile, Emile handing Damien the joker card which is what he wanted.

"Hey, it's your turn" Damien says as he looks at Anya.

"Anya has... a six, a four, a ten..." Anya says as she looks at the cards in her hands.

"You don't need to tell them, Anya" Becky says as she looks over at Anya.

"Go on. Pick one" Damien says as he raises the joker card a bit higher than the rest of his hand, in order to try and entice Anya.

Anya reads his mind as she smirks, taking the six in the middle, "six!" Anya shouts as she takes the six from his hand.

"Huh?!" Damien says in shock.

"That was amazing, Anya!" Becky says happily as she puts her two sixes on the grass on the ground, face upwards.

"Th-that was dumb luck!" Damien says as he looks at Anya.

The game goes on and Anya continues to place more double cards down on the ground as she reads everyone's minds in order to know which cards to pick.

"Yay! Anya doesn't have anymore cards!" Anya says as she puts her hands in the air.

"Now, hang on! You're way too good!" Damien shouts as he points at Anya.

"Yeah, you obviously cheated" Ewen says as he rolls his eyes, "you must've marked the cards or something!".

"Whatever! Stop being such bad sports!" Becky says as she looks at Damien, Ewen and Emile.

"If you insist, we can play again" Anya says as she starts to sweat after reading Damien's mind, realising he's annoyed at her.

"What? You're going to easy on them, Anya" Becky says as she looks at Anya.

"We're starting all over again with a new set of cards" Damien says as Emile passes him a new, unopened pack, "we're changing our order, too! And don't you dare cheat again!".

"I didn't" Anya says blankly.

They all sit back down again as they deal the cards, starting again. More and more cards with doubles are thrown in the middle as Ewen takes the joker card from Emile.

"Here you go" Ewen says as he turns to Anya, Anya reading his mind.

Anya picks the joker card on purpose as she puts it into her hand.

"Oh no" Anya says as she pretends to be disappointed, "Anya has clumsily grabbed Mister Joker".

"How lame!" Ewen says as he starts to laugh.

"You dumb moron!" Emile says as he points at Anya.

"No, Anya. You can't hit him" Becky says as she sees Anya ball her fist.

"Luck's not on my side" Anya says with a smirk, "take one" she says as she faces Damien.

Damien goes for one of the number cards which makes Anya make a scared face. He watches her expressions as he goes to grab for the joker, Anya smiling. A horrific poker face. Anya gasps as Damien grabs her 2 card.

"Well, there's a pair" Damien says as he puts the cards on the ground.

The game goes on and Damien and Anya are the only two people left playing.

"You've got this, Anya" Becky says as she stands on Anya's side.

"You're pretty bad at this, too, Damien" George says as he overlooks the game.

"Shut up!" Damien shouts as he looks at George, "here I go".

Damien reaches for the eight card as he looks at Anya, Anya crying as she tries to force herself to stop, knowing she'll be all on her own if she doesn't get the macaron. Damien blushes as he gives in, taking the joker card as Anya's tears stop immediately, Anya smiling happily.

"Okay, here you go, four" George says as he hands the macarons out to Anya, Becky, Ewen and Emile, Damien standing at the back of the group.

"Yay! It looks so yummy!" Becky says happily.

"So exciting" Anya says as she looks down at the macaron on the plate.

"Lord Damien, how could you pick the joker there?" Emile asks as he looks over at Damien.

"Shut up!" Damien shouts angrily.

"Second Son" Anya says as she walks over to Damien, "do you want to split it with me?".

"No, I don't, you dummy" Damien says as he becomes redder than ever before, "I can become an Imperial Scholar even if I don't eat that! I have two older brothers who are both Imperial Scholars, I don't need it! You eat it because you're stupid, stupid!".

"My, how rude! Let's just eat them now, Anya" Becky says as she walks over to Anya.

The four of them eat them as they all smile. The next day, the four of them have their quiz and Anya does her very best seeming very confident. Master Henderson marks their work and gives them their results after their break, Anya not getting any scores over 20. Anya looks at Master Henderson blankly as Becky, Damien, Ewen, and Emile looking at Anya blankly.

"Confirmed: Anya is going to be all alone" Anya says as she looks down.

"That's not true. Let us do our best in our finals" Becky says as she holds Anya's hand, pulling her out of the room, "but Anya, why do you constantly call Damien second son when he has two older brothers? Wouldn't he be third son?".

"I don't know, but third son sounds weird. I prefer second son" Anya says as she shrugs her shoulders.

--- that night at home ---

"School tests are so difficult" Yor says as she looks at Anya's test papers.

"Anya is going to sulk in bed for a bit" Anya says as she walks towards her bedroom.

"Hey, Anya. I made you hamburg steak for dinner!" Loid says as he looks at Anya.

"Steak!" Anya shouts happily as she runs back over.

"And I tried making some dessert" Yor says as she looks at Anya.

"No!" Anya shouts as she and Bond run to the refuge of her room.