Disclaimer: I do not own Joker/Clover/Heart no Kuni no Alice.

However, I do own this plot.

This is my first fanfiction for this particular topic, so go easy on the criticism please!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Balls are stupid~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ai's P.O.V.

It'd been almost a month since I'd come to Wonderland, and I still preferred to stay out in the wilderness.

It was the most downright peaceful place I'd ever been to, but it reminded me of the forest at home, and I was homesick.

Ace visited me a few times, when he got lost, 'exploring' and accidentally came over to my house.

Even though I give him instructions each time, he always gets lost because he can't read a map either.

His right and left are switched ten times over.

Boris comes over sometimes, and he always tricks me to play a game with him, but It's always fun in the end.

Pierce, the door mouse comes over to hide from all the scary things out there, (which, depending on your point of view, could be a lot.) and stayed for tea.

Alice came over daily, and we always shared stories, and played hide and seek in the woods.

Vivladi came over to share her teddy bear collection, which was strange, admittedly, as she was the ruthless Queen of Hearts, and always requested for me to make a stuffed animal for her.

The White Rabbit, Peter, tried to get out secrets of getting Alice to love him, and so far, I was successfully not leeking out any information.

Not that there was any to begin with...

I see Elliot sometimes, he says I make the best carrot cake.

Whatever that means.

I don't see Julius very often, since he's holed up in that clock tower.

I make a point not to see Blood Dupre.

Sometimes, Elliot notices that I have very good quality tea, which makes Blood come over here.

It's a very awkward silence, I assure you.

I don't leave the woods.

I never leave the woods.

I've gotten as far as the outskirts of the lake, but no further.

I don't go into town, and I plan to never do that.

Secretly, Alice takes some karate lessons with me, since I am superb at hand to hand combat, and I'm not even bragging.

Its just a fact.

The forest animals are my companions, and that is all I need.

I never wanted to come into this world anyway.

The people here were nice, I guess.

I just never trusted anyone but Alice, so I didn't really want to be near anyone that much.

This world was just as cruel as the real one.

Maybe I'd go into the mountains for a couple days... Leave a note, say I'll be gone for a bit... Hmm, not bad.

I packed up my bag, wrote an note, stuck it on the door, and left.

The Varied Reactions:

Ace: Shrug, then a bright and cheery smile.

Alice: "She just needed some alone time." Walks away.

Vivladi: "Off with her head! I really wanted a stuffed animal today... But if I cut off her head, she wouldn't be able to make anything anymore. Ugh!" Stomps off.

Pierce: "AGH! AI CHAN! I'M SCARED!" Runs off crying from whatever was chasing him.

Elliot: "I wanted carrot cake today..." Shrugs, and goes off to whatever mission Blood had assigned him.

Blood: "I can always get tea somewhere else... But it's not quite the same..." Begins to muse over his thoughts and walks lazily away.

Boris: "I wanted to play with her today to!" Slumps, then begins to tease Pierce.

Julius:"I wonder why I even came here..."

Peter: "I have an important invitation for her! Why now of all times does she have to be in the mountains!"

Back to Ai chan...

I come back down the mountains, and think about moving to a place where no one can find me.

That would be a good idea, since I was never a really social person anyway...

When I try to open the door, Peter comes running, and hands me an invitation.

I open it up and read it, while Peter stares at me intently.

I sigh and look up at him.

"Peter, everyone in The Land of Hearts that I don't do ball-"

I got cut off as Peter shoved a gun at my forehead.

"Alice sama told me to do whatever it took to get you to come."

"Well, if Alice told you, I guess you have no choice, but that rule,"

I said as I applied a dropping kick to his head and knocked him out,

"-doesn't apply to me."

I decided to go further into the mountains, seeing as the ball was in 3 time turns, which was about 2 days from now.

I hated balls.

They brought up bad memories.

I clutched the purple gem on my necklace, holding it tightly.

The amethyst felt warm at my touch, and I breathed slightly.

My entire family, friends, and country died at a ball.

Bad memories much?

Sigh...

I swiftly turned back into the mountains, disappearing into the shadows.

And I ended up at the ball anyway.

Jeezus, I really hated stiff long perfume smelling (Uck!) dresses.

It took Peter, the Hatter, Alice, Ace, Julius, almost half of Wonderland, and finally Boris to get me to come.

I HATE BALLS.

Sometime or another, I would love to kill the person who made balls.

And if they die before I get to them, they are going to praise the gods that they died earlier, because I would have tortured them for two years straight, and left them for the dead, and not let anyone come in or out. Then heal them a bit, and them torture them a bit more. A NEVER ENDING CIRCLE OF PAIN! WAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh, I'm sorry. You were there, weren't you?

Sucks to be you.

I have such a violent imagination. (A/N: No kidding. You are a full on sadist. )

Why thank you, author.

Remind me to kill you later. (A/N: Don't. Remind. Her. Please.)

As I sat in this stiff wooden chair and glanced at my dance card, I skimmed over the names and decided to escape to the balcony, where only role holders were allowed.

Then I just jumped on top of a chandelier and sat down, and ate some chocolate cake that just happened to be there.

(A/N: Where did that come from? I certainly didn't write that in. )

As I snacked on the cake, I listened to the music and made mental critical comments on the instruments.

'The trumpets are off a beat, and the violins are too soft. The cellos are too loud, and the clarinets don't have the right rhythm. The piano is playing the wrong notes, and the flutes-.

The flutes...

I used to play the flute when I was in my world. It was the most beautiful instrument I'd ever heard.

I decided when I was three, that I would play that and that alone.

I grew up to be an expert player, with a good ear for music.

I was just about to try out for a position in an orchestra that would have supported my family as well.

The beautiful sweet, high, tone of the flutes captured my heart from day 1.

A lone tear slid out of my eye.

The flute also caused me to meet Tern, and I'm really happy for that.

It also was the salvation when Tern disappeared into the shadows because of me.

If I hadn't.

If only I hadn't. But I did.

And the past is the past.

I must look towards the future.

"Hey Ai, why are you crying?"

Startled, I shuffled back a few inches before whirling around to face Ace, the emotionless mask already recovered.

"Now why would I be crying Ace? And why are you on the chandelier, eating my chocolate ice cream?"

Tic marks appeared on my forehead as I smiled at Ace sickeningly sweet. (A/N: I thought it was chocolate cake? Huh, she must really like chocolate.)

"Oh, I didn't know! I'm so sorry!"

"If you're so sorry then can you please stop eating that ice cream?"

"But it's so good, Ai chan~! Please~!"

"I'm so sorry that you can't eat that amazing ice cream of mine, but I really need it back, idiot."

"But Ai chan is being an b****! This is her punishment!"

Alice, who was watching from the sidelines, ran away very quickly.

Two sadists smiling at each other and insulting each other at the same time is not really pleasant! Especially since both of them were devils!

Complete demons, I tell you!

Anyway, back to Ai chan.

"Hey!" Ace perked as his eyes traveled to her lips, well, actually the chocolate on them.

"NO WAY IN HELL ACE!"

"Too bad," he whispered, and pounced.

No matter how good I am at hand to hand combat, Ace uses his skills all the time, and mine were a bit rusty, and he was FAST!

He started licking the chocolate on my lips.

There goes my first kiss.

He then traveled down to my neck, kissing it, and biting it, and whispering in my ear.

I pushed him away as much as I could.

GO TO HELL WORLD!

Why do you make boys stronger than girls? UGH!

Then I eyed the sword at the belt, and the swinging chandelier chain.

If I aimed at the right spot...

I swiftly pulled the sword out of the handle, and threw it right at the chain.

It make a solid thwack, and we both fell towards the ground.

Ace, realizing what was happening, jumped off, and I came off just as quickly.

Melting into the shadows, I had no idea that yellow feline eyes were flashing towards me.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Balls are stupid.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

phewph, that was a lot of writing. Anyway, I'm going to pair her up with You-Know-Who and the twins next.

I know I'm awesome.

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but please review!

Bye bye,

Allora chan