The prefect dreams.
It’s the winter holiday.
Grim can’t remember his family, but he remembers being hungry, alone, cold, and waiting, and otherwise has no memories.
They go to see the headmage, who assigns Grim and the prefect the job of keeping the school warm, giving them a smart phone for emergencies.
Jade and Floyd say that they are also staying at the school, with Azul.
The prefect and Grim go to the kitchens to do their job.
Scarabia vice-housewarden Jamil is there, and he convinces the reluctant prefect to go to Scarabia.
The housewarden Kalim is there. The students are studying and training six hours a day, but Kalim changes his mind and decides to send them home.
We learn Jamil and his family are Kalim’s servants.
Kalim introduces his magic carpet.
Kalim changes his mind about sending the students home, forcing Grim and the prefect’s participation in 9 hours of daily study and training. Jamil says Kalim has mood swings and begs Grim and the prefect for their help.
Jamil convinces the prefect, who had meant to refuse.
The prefect and Grim try to go back to Ramshackle but they are caught and locked in their room. The headmage does not answer his phone.
The prefect dreams.
In the morning they march to a dry oasis and Kalim summons water with his unique magic, but then sends the students off to training.
The next day they march again and Grim asks for water again but Kalim refuses. Jamil provides water for everyone.
The students ask why he obeys Kalim and Jamil says it is “because he is Kalim Al-Asim.” He asks for everyone to meet that evening.
Grim says Jamil should fight Kalim but Jamil says he can’t, because Kalim is his master: to defy Kalim and Kalim’s father will make Jamil’s family suffer and put them out on the street.
Jamil reveals that Kalim was nominated to housewarden because of nepotism, enraging the Scarabia students, who say that Jamil deserves the position more, but Jamil says he doesn’t because of his average grades.
Kalim appears and orders night training.
Grim digs his way out of their room but they are discovered again. They escape on the magic carpet to Octavinelle and explain the situation to Azul, Jade and Floyd, who decide to go to Scarabia.
They convince Kalim to let them stay. Jade uses his unique magic on Kalim to force the truth from him but Kalim resists, saying that he promised to never reveal whom it is that he is being hypnotized by.
Octavinelle takes over training and studying for Scarabia students and the students start feeling good again. This makes Jamil unhappy.
Jamil uses his unique magic to mind control Azul, reveals that he was trying to get the students to kick Kalim out of the dorm. Jamil’s plot is revealed to everyone.
Azul reveals that he was never hypnotized, having used Floyd’s unique magic to divert Jamil’s attack.
Kalim is shocked and Jamil reveals his issues with Kalim, declaring that he does not care what is going to happen anymore. He mind controls his entire dorm and Azul concludes that Jamil must be one of the strongest mages in the school.
Jamil says that he is going to finally be free, and overblots.
Jamil sends the group into the desert and Kalim decides to punch Jamil. They go back and Kalim says he will win back the seat that Jamil stole from him, but Jamil says Kalim is the one who stole everything from him first.
There is a flashback where child-Jamil does not want to play with child-Kalim, so Jamil’s parents hit him in front of Kalim to discipline him for refusing to obey Kalim, calling Jamil foolish.
Jamil says his earliest memory is of his family bowing before Kalim and Kalim’s parents and he couldn’t stand the sight of it.
Jamil’s parents beg him to always lose to Kalim because of their position, forcing Jamil to pretend he was incapable his entire life.
Jamil goes to Crowley to ask how he can allow Kalim to become housewarden, and Crowley reveals that Kalim’s family has been generous in their support of the school, forcing him to make compromises.
Jamil wakes up. Kalim starts to cry, saying that he did not know how miserable Jamil was, and Azul points out that is the entire problem.
Kalim says they should stop holding back due to social status and be equals and be friends but Jamil refuses. He says he will not be holding back against Kalim or anyone, and Kalim says that he won’t lose, either.
Grim eats a rock.
The Ramshackle ghosts have been taking care of the fire while the prefect and Grim were gone.
Lilia appears and delivers a greeting card.
Mickey Mouse appears in the prefect’s mirror.
Twisted Wonderland Reference Note 