Book 1 - The Rose-Red Tyrant: Chapter 15; An Army of One

As the screen turns on the next chapter title plays "Chapter - 15; An Army of One ''.

Yuu had just gotten into bed and fallen asleep in her dorm as she started to dream again.

It begin the same way, with the mirror above the fireplace going closer in and starting to swirl before glowing and fully sucking her into a dream world.

The dream was in the same rose-hedge maze as before. Yuu's thoughts formed a black cloud with whit text saying "Another dream…" It then shows the Queen of Hearts holding up one of the rose bushes that was only partially painted red. Meanwhile the girl from before is lying on the ground in front of a hole that used to be where the bush was planted. The Queen was yelling "For painting my roses red, someone will lose his head!" A Three of Clubs holding a red paint brush said "Y-your Majesty, if anyone's to blame, it's him!" Before pointing to a Two of Clubs that quickly said after that "Have mercy, Your Grace. It was the Ace!" The Queen then moves closer to the Ace card while saying "So it was YOU." The Ace of Clubs had a red paint bucket over his head and he was covered in red paint. The Ace of Clubs then tells the Queen "Gah, no, it was the Two!" The Queen didn't seem to really care who did it and it seemed more to fill her pride as she said "Then he will pay." The Two, not wanting to get his head chopped off said "It was the Three, I say!" The Queen, now more tired of this, just yelled "Enough of this. Off with ALL their heads!" Some Heart cards then dragged them away while someone cheered "Ooooooooh! Yaaaaay!" The Queen then laughed "Hee hee hee." A Two of Diamonds then said "A fitting end. Color, you can't mend." A Three of spades said "Everyone knows the roses should be red."

The dream then starts to fizzle out as it exits the mirror and into the same black void as before, as the same voice asks "Why doesn't anyone stop the Queen?" With a sad tone clearly wanting better.

The scene then changes to the Ramshackle dorm lounge. Deuce is shaking Yuu awake saying "Yuu, wake up. The unbirthday party is today. If we're late, well, you know…" Yuu sits up and puts a hand to her head as she shakes it , trying to wipe off some of the feeling she got from the dream while thinking 'Another strange dream?'

But then remembers Deuce is still there and registered what he said so she replied "That's right… The party's today."

There was then knocking on the door as they both looked in that direction. Deuce said "Hmm? It sounds like you have a visitor."

Yuu then got up to open the door but she learned it was just Cater as he walked into the lounge, saying "Good mooorning! Did you all enjoy your sleepover? Did you bond over pillow fights and card games?"

Ace also then sits up rubbing his head as he yawns and tells Cater "Oh, good morning, Cater. We did play some cards, yeah. But only Old Maid, 'cause that was the only one Grim knew how to play."

Grim then whines about the game "And I still got the old maid every time, dang it!"

Deuce smiles as he tells Cater "Let's just say Grim doesn't have a very good poker face."

Cater getting them back on track says "Well, you should get one of the tarts we made yesterday and go apologize to Riddle. And you should probably hurry, because after the trouble yesterday, we're a little short-handed." Ace asks "What does that mean?" Cater simply shakes his hand and tells them "Don't worry. I've totes got it under control. Anyway, off to the party we go!"

As he leaves with the other four following close behind him.

They're now right at the mirror entrance on the Heartslabyul side.

Ace then starts to walk slowly backwards into the dorm telling them his plan "All right, so I'll hand over the tart and say I'm sorry, then–"

But he bumps into a Cater wearing the gym uniform. The one who had brought them over was in school uniform.

The school uniform one tells the gym one "And me! Looking good as always, me!"

This causes the first years to exclaim "Bwuh?!" Deuce then stutters out "Th-there's two Caters?!" Ace then asks "Are you guys identical twins?!"

The school uniform one then says "Nope. Don't have any brothers." He then smirks as he explains "What I DO have is my signature spell/unique magic, Split Card. It lets me make magic duplicates of myself."

Deuce then realizes and says "This must be how Cater kept coming after we beat him over and over again yesterday…"

Then a third one, this time in the science/alchemy outfit, come over and says "Welcome home, daaarlings." Then one in the same robes as the entrance ceremony pops out from behind the alchemy one and says "Good to see you, Yuu." The one in the gym uniform then says "You're late! I was worried sick!"

Ace then yells "Bwah! There're more of them?"

The gym uniform one then says "J-S-Y-K, I'm actually the real Cater. Making these duplicates is suuuper exhausting, so I can't maintain them for long. Anyway, if we're late, heads will roll. And since we're several people short, we'll need your help. But when this is over, I promise I'll take you straight to Riddle."

Grim whines as he asks "What, MORE roses?" Ace also comments annoyed "And here we go again!" As he crosses his arms and Grim puts his paws on his sides.

The gym one ignores it though and says "Get the lead out, peeps! We need to get started!"

As the freshman and Cater clones start to paint the roses.

The screen then fades to black as "To be continued" played before it fully turned off.