Book 1 - The Rose-Red Tyrant: Chapter 26; Feelings Reconciled

The screen turns back on with the chapter title reading "Chapter - 26; Feelings Reconciled".

Once again Trey's "Riiiiiddle!" shout is heard.

Although now it shows the aftermath of the overblot.

The garden was entirely torn up with the rose bushes lying on the ground, having been pulled out by the magic. The hedges were no longer how they were, as some parts were entirely broken off while others got misshapen to a disheartening degree. There were a few pieces of scrap metal poking out of some of the hedges, as most likely they were used as guides for the bushes to grow. The ground was all torn up, it seemed like both a tornado and earthquake struck this place at once.

Riddle sits up suddenly from his spot lying on the ground gasping with a "Gah!" He's now back to his normal appearance in his dorm uniform.

Cater is standing near him still trying to grasp that they managed to pull this off. While Ace is still annoyed about all that had happened as he shouts "He's back!"

Eventually Cater's mind finally catches up as he sighs in relief and says "Well, it's about time… We were just about losin' our heads here – figure of speech, sorry – 'cause we thought you might never wake up!"

Meanwhile Riddle is still gasping for air, still in some pain as he asks them "... What in the world happened…?"

Crowley walks up just then as he says "Ah, Mr. Rosehearts appears to have regained consciousness. Excellent."

Trey then walks over to squat down next to Riddle as he tells him "Don't worry, Riddle. Just try to rest."

But Ace yells over to Trey "Yo, that's just the sort of coddling that led to him going nuts in the first place! Now the garden is tore up from the floor up, not to mention that we could've died!" Deuce joins in saying "He's right. It was looking bad for a while there." Grim crosses his arms also saying "For cryin' out loud. When you humans let that stress build up, the results sure ain't pretty."

But Riddle isn't focused on any of that as he turns to Ace and admits "The truth is, I…" He paused, clearly not sure if he should continue but he did "I really wanted to eat the chestnut tart."

This turn of events surprises Ace as says "Huh?"

But Riddle just continues to admit everything "And I don't care if the roses are white, or the flamingos are pink. And I prefer honey to sugar cubes in my tea, and I like milk tea better than lemon tea anyhow." Riddle is now almost in tears as he continues "And after a meal, I want to be the one sitting around talking with everyone…"

As he pauses, Trey asks "Riddle…?"

Now fully in tears as he cries into Trey's chest and admits "And I really wanted to play with you and Chenya more, Trey."

Now fully bawling as Trey tried to rub his back comfortingly. Cater says "Riddle Rosehearts, in tears… Hashtag # WOW."

But Ace entirely ruins the moment as he says "You think a few crocodile tears is all it'll take for me to forgive you?" Deuce is now the one to put a hand on Ace's shoulder as he says with a shrug "Give the guy a break, Ace."

Trey then pulls Riddle out of his chest, as the crying had mostly stopped and as he held his shoulders he tells Riddle "I'm sorry, Riddle. I knew you were suffering, and all I did was pretend not to notice."

Riddle then entirely breaks out of Trey's hold as he tries to stand up with a small sob. But almost fell down until Trey caught him and helped him stand up.

Trey then makes Riddle look at him as he tells him "So I'm gonna say what I should have said earlier. Your way of doing things was wrong, and you owe everyone an apology."

Riddle puts a hand to his mouth as tears are still running uncontrollably down his face as he says to everyone "...I'm sorry… I'm really sorry."

Ace then says "I know I've been saying I wanted an apology from Riddle, but now that I got one, y'know what?" He then pauses leaving everyone some hope that he won't say something awful that makes the moment gone forever.

But he does as he shouts "One stupid "I'm sorry" doesn't even come close to making up for what he did!"

Cater then yells back at Ace "DUDE! Way to be a capital - J, Jerk!"

But Ace just shouts "And proud of it! Have you forgotten how he made a total fool outta me?! Have you forgotten how he just threw away that chestnut tart we worked so hard on?!"

Everyone but Riddle got a defeated look on their face as they thought, 'Yet this is just our Ace'.

Ace just gives an eye roll at everyone's expression as he continued "That ain't something you can make go away with a few tears and a flimsy "I'm sorry ``!'' Grim says at that "Wow. I ain't never met anyone who was better at holdin' grudges than I am."

But Riddle ignores the rude parts and asks "Then… Then what do you want me to do?!" Ace crosses his arms as he pretends to think and says "You know… I don't got a birthday coming up anytime soon."

Deuce is confused as he asks "Huh? What are you talking about?"

But Ace ignoring Deuce continues his demands "So I demand a do-over for the unbirthday party! Except this time, we ain't gotta do squat. This time, YOU'RE the one who brings the tart!" He was done but then adds on "And no getting Trey to make it for you!" Now he's done with his demand as he tells Riddle "Do that, and things are fair and square between us."

Yuu then ruins Ace's power moment as she reminds him "Except you had lots of help making YOUR tarts…?" while smirking and thinking 'Just admit you want a tart.' Ace then turns to her and yells out "Quiet from the peanut gallery!"

Before turning his focus back to Riddle and asking "What do you say, Riddle? We clear?"

As he puts his hand out for a handshake to seal the deal. Riddle accepts, shaking his hand and saying "Yes… We're clear."

Crowley who was still there the entire time says "Ah, yes. Compromise is a beautiful thing. I believe that concludes this matter." Everyone then looks at Crowley with an annoyed look, as there was literally just an overblot or in simple man terms, an evil berserker mode.

The screen fades to black and "To be continued" plays before turning fully off.