Glenda went outside of the school to investigate the strange earthquake. To her surprise, she couldn’t find anything of note.

Huh, I could have sworn that there was a vast chasm here when I looked out of the window. Am I going crazy now? She thought while standing in the middle of the field. She reached into her dress pocket, pulled out her phone, and dialed Sebastian’s number, to be on the safe side.

When he did not answer back, she tried to call Clause instead; the phone picked up this time. The hologram that popped out of the phone appeared distorted and static-like, and the voice sounded a bit off-putting as well.

“Ah, Glenda,” The voice on the other side said, “I see you were trying to call a particular someone.”

“What—? Who is this?!” Glenda asked.

“Aw, don’t you recognize me? It is I, Clause.”

“Really? You’re acting weird. You also don’t sound so good either...” Glenda scratched the back of her head in retaliation to that.

“Oh. I must be getting tired; I didn’t have a good sleep last night.” He yawned. “But, if you’re concerned about Sebastian, then don’t worry, he’s with me.”

“Hey, how come Sebastian didn’t answer my—?”

“Well, to answer your second question, I think he forgot to charge it the other night. And as for the first, well, let’s say that I kind of dropped my phone.”

“You, what?”

“I said—”

“I heard what you said, but why did you drop it in the first place?”

“I guess out of shock? I mean, someone sneaked up on us and—”

“Wait, could they be...?”

“We’re going to find out now; you can talk with Sebastian when we finish up. We’ll figure this out in no time at all!”

“Excellent, very glad to hear that.”

“Oh, I got to go. I should give the boy a hand.”

The boy? “Yeah, you go do that...”

“See you later.”

Glenda turned off the phone and sighed in relief. I guess I shouldn’t worry too much now. At least things will be over before it gets bad...

.-.-.-.

Laughter echoed throughout the chamber. “Oh man, I knew the voice-changing spell would work someday, but I never thought it would work that well!”

The person who wore a black cloak tossed the phone on the floor and threw some purple magic at it. The device soon exploded and dissipated into thin air.

“Wait until the Boss hears about this, we’ll finally—” Before the cloaked figure could finish, they heard some grunting noises and turned around to find, “Oh, awake already?”

“I... can’t believe you’re doing this.” The mustachioed man said weakly, as he was trying to get up on the floor. “You... won’t get away with—”

“Zip it, old man.” The figure retorted as magic flowed from their fingertips. “We’re going to be done with this before you know it. We’re going to take over soon enough regardless...” They walked closer to him. “Now, why don’t you sit back, relax, and watch your world slowly crumble?”