O-KAY this is a story I've had on my mind for awhile so I'll be writing this while I wait for my beta-reader for Project Zero to be done :)

This is basically an 'Alice in Wonderland' inspired story, but showing some different wonderland characters other than just the ones we've seen from the movies (both the 2010 one with Johnny Depp and the cartoon) although it will be more heavily based of the 2010 one, and by that I mean the more serious tone.

As I greatly appreciate all aspects of 'love' this story will go over a lot of not only that but what love can do to a person, as well as how dangerous it can be, and many other things the heart can do (I know the heart doesn't truly inflict emotion on a person but for the sake of the story, y'know?) Anyway now that I'm done explaining, I shall get on with it and I do hope you enjoy!

"Are you ready? Only another 30 minutes until the guests arrive, darling"

Lucy sighed heavily as she stood firmly in front of their great grandfather clock in the parlor. Lucy was all dressed up in a flowing blue and white dress for the special garden-party her father was throwing, and all the local bigwigs and their pig-headed children were supposed to be there. Oh the joy.

Her and her father lived in a large fancy villa by a lake. The view was beautiful, only Lucy could rarely wander outside by the waters, as she was always too preoccupied with studies, and her father expected BIG things from his dearest daughter.

Throughout the whole day Lucy was just wishing for tomorrow, hoping it would be better. In fact, she found herself doing this everyday. As the guests arrived, as they danced and ate, she never actually felt like she was there. Her head was still in the last story she read, the tale of "Alice in Wonderland"... She had adored the story since she was a kid, but later she would probably look back at how ironic this all was, but for the moment she didn't know.

The garden party was in full swing when a young man approached her with raven-black hair and gray eyes. To be quite frank, she hadn't recognized him as one of the noble's sons.

"sorry to trouble you Ms. Heartfilia..." He started, his voice making her shiver, despite the warm, summer air. "Would you mind dancing with me?"

She was told to never refuse a dance from a noble-man, but instead of answering, she merely grabbed his hand, eyeing him suspiciously. After about 2 minutes she finally spoke;

"I've never seen you attend one of papa's gatherings before." She stated, matter-of-factly.

He smiled coolly at this, answering "I usually don't like attending these... things... but I'm looking for a, eh, co-worker who seems to be scarce as of late."

Lucy blinked, as this was probably the most interesting thing she'd heard probably all summer, "Excuse me? Has he been abducted of the sorts?"

The young man across from her winced "Hard to tell, but I can't really say too much, all I know is that he isn't here."

Lucy glanced around, almost as if she didn't believe this. "Maybe I can help! What does he look like? Maybe he is here somewhere!" She couldn't help the smile at her slight excitement, which came with the thought of the adventure that may be ahead.

The black-haired man laughed "Trust me, you would know if he was here..." before Lucy could even ask what he meant he had stopped, and was walking off "Well, I must return home! Later!" he called back to her, doing a salute of sorts.

"W-Wait!" Lucy called out, and instantly chased after him

Gray cursed under his breath as the blonde girl followed after him. He knew she was a peculiar girl just from looking at her, but that's why he decided to damce with her, to see if she didn't know anything, not to get her to chase after him. He had to get back, and quick.

"Now where was that hole-Ah! There!" And without further ado, Gray made a leap for the decent sized hole that was in the Heartfilia garden.

The fall was a bit long a disorienting but what else was new? He just had to break the bad news to Wendy that he couldn't find him... Poor girl was a wreck since that guy disappeared, saying it "was all her fault". She was just new to the card thing was all.

Finally, Gray heard the satisfying sound of his polished black shoes hitting the marble of the Ace Tower. He turned, before finding himself stood in front of their resident joker, Gajeel, and their diamond, Wendy.

"Sorry guys, I checked all over, but he ain't on the above world..." Gray said, rubbing the back of his neck, not sure if it was out of guilt or just sadness for his lost comrade.

"Looks like you found a souvenir in any case, huh ice boy?" Gajeel said with a smirk.

Gray's eyes widened, before turning on his heels to see the girl from earlier staring with wide eyes at the trio.

"Oh my..." Wendy muttered, while Gray covered his face with his gloved palm.

"You've gotta be joking..."

Gajeel crossed his arms, huffing "Well, looks like we got another 'Alice'... Welcome to Underland, ya little brat."

Lucy barely had it in her to respond, but she did, with eyes wide as plates "W-Wonderland?!"

Gray could already tell this was definitely going to be an interesting month, starting off with the disappearance of the Ace of Hearts, and now a new 'Alice'. While he was somewhat exasperated, he couldn't help but grin. An 'Alice' only appeared when something entertaining was about to happen.

Well, That's all for my little introduction, but more will probably happen in the next one :) I promise!

By the by, "Alice" is just what they call anyone who wanders into Underland, after the first one to ever do so, Alice. Just in case you thought it weird :P