I do not own Heart no Kuni no Alice. The characters will appear in the next chapter, consider this an introduction. Mally Grace is a real person (A friend of mine actually), so I do not own her either. I have a link to a picture of her (drawn on the computer) on my profile.

BANG! A gun went off and I dropped to the ground, it was a habit at this point. Whenever I heard a gun I just dropped. I could hear them coming closer, yelling, shouting, and laughing, laughing at me. I forced myself to stand ignoring the pain in my leg, I ran. My name is Mally, Mally Grace, I'm sixteen years old, I have long blond hair pulled back in a ponytail, most of it falling out now, and bright blue eyes. I have pale skin due to my lack of leaving my house, I'm wearing my school uniform, a short dark blue skirt, a white, long sleeved button up, and a blue tie. I'm wearing a pair of white knee high socks, one falling off and a single brown shoe. My clothes were tattered and torn, my oval shaped glasses were cracked and I was trying to keep the contents of my bag from spilling out. Tears filled my eyes. I had a bullet wound below my knee and a gash across my stomach.

Now I'm sure your curious as to why people are chasing me, right? I'm a small, petite, timid, frail girl who can barely stand half the time, what could I have possibly done to have so many people chasing after me? Nothing, I have done nothing. You see every year on a completely random week a group of kids in school would beat up everyone else. It was called 'Crack Week' and I was the target. No, they didn't normally gain up on someone like me, but this time they did. Teachers did nothing about it either, nor the police, we all had to take it. There was no stopping them, I tried... that's how I got the gash on my stomach.

'I have to get home,' I thought, 'I'm almost there...'

I ran behind a house. I knew the teacher who lived here well, surely she would help me. I jumped, gasping in pain as I tried to grab the top of the fence. I heard the kids yelling in a foreign language. I tried to climb over the fence. BANG! "AHHH !!!" I screamed in pain as a bullet went through my arm. I let go of the fence. My bag fell of my shoulder and my glasses fell of my face. The kids all stood there . Surrounding me, smirking, and chatting in whatever language they were speaking \. The 'leader' pointed a gun at my head. My eyes widen in shock.

'I'm... g-gonna die...'

I squeezed my eyes shut. Waiting for my death I heard a soft click from the gun and a rustling noise from a near by bush. BANG! My eyes shot open. The bullet barely grazed my cheek. I saw the 'leader' fall to the ground, he was shot in the back. The gang all started to shout, they grabbed their fallen 'leader' and ran. TearS still fell from my eyes and I reached in my bag. I pulled out a small first aid kit.

'First I need to get the bullet out,' I could feel myself slip from consciousness, as I grabbed a nail file and tried to get the bullet out of my leg, I gasped in pain. I succeeded and unbuttoned the top two buttons from my shirt. I slipped my arm out and proceeded to remove the bullet.

'now I need to clean the wounds.' I pulled out the peroxide and some cotton balls. I cleaned the wound on my arm, leg and cheek . I untucked my shirt and unbuttoned the bottom two buttons cleaning the gash on my stomach. The smell of the peroxide started to make me drowsy.

'No, I... I have to..... stay... awake......' My vision started to blur as I saw two rabbit ears appear from behind a bush. 'A I seeing things?' My eyes began to close as I heard a rustling noise again. 'I guess... this is..... it...'