This is a rewrite of my original 'Cheesy Love' between Pierce and Jackie. I felt like I cut him short even though Pierce really is a great character. Please enjoy this switch up! I will be taking down the old one and writing a new series between Pierce and Jackie depending on your opinions.
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The day at the Amusement Park was hot and uncomfortable as Jackie fanned herself, trying to relax a bit as she headed towards the Amusement Park entrance. The heavy and hot metal of the new ticket dispenser weighed heavily in her arms as she worked up an uncomfortable sweat, disliking the stickiness of her skin. Of all the days for the ticket machine to break of course it would be on one of the hottest days. At least she was able to get away from Boris for a bit; he kept hugging and touching her since he knew she hated it during the hotter weather. He had the gall to trap her in his fur for a bit before she was able to wiggle her way free and run away from him. She was going to have to pay him back for all that teasing somehow soon.
"Oh, Miss Jackie! Would you care for some help?" A worker, Jason, offered, trotting up to her cheerfully.
"Yup here." Jackie quickly stated before dropping the heavy machine into his arms, watching him stagger forward for a moment before collecting himself. She shakily exhaled and leaned forward, feeling her arms achingly pulsating as she shook her limbs out to get the blood flowing again. "Thank you, that is really heavy." The park's engineer admitted as Jason heaved the machine onto his shoulder, leaning a little awkwardly to keep it balanced.
"Goodness Miss Jackie, this is so heavy!" He cried in wonderment before taking a look at her biceps. "You're so much stronger than I would have guess." Jason admitted, seeming to admire her muscles under her outfit.
"Yeah. Oh, is it too heavy for you? Here let's both carry it." Jackie offered, reaching up for it but he straightened his spine with a weary smile.
"No no, I've got it. Are you heading to the entrance?" He asked, walking a little slow as a thankful Jackie trotted next to him.
"Aren't you going off duty?" Jackie asked, recognizing him as one of the employees at the teacup ride. She looked past him, seeing a fresh new worker standing at his ready to work before she noticed just how ragged the employee with her looked, "here, you go and head off out of here I'll bet you're tired." Jackie said, reaching for the machine again but he held it away from her with a smile.
"There's no need, Miss Jackie. I am heading for the entrance now to go pick up dinner in town." Jason briefly explained with a strained grin, his cheek twitching from having to smile all day. Jackie lightly smiled, appreciating the hard working employees. They don't have it easy with Gowland as their Dutchess but it's a much more fun employment option than as a Heart Castle guard or one of Dupre's mafia guys. "So, miss Jackie, what are you planning to do with this ticket machine?"
"Something's got the machine jammed up so I figured I'd switch it out with the spare for the time being." Jackie explained, much happier now she didn't have to lug that heavy thing all the way to the front.
"Oh! So then you can fix the other one in the meantime and use that for the next time it needs to be switched. Clever," Jason complimented, wobbling ever so slightly as the front gate came into view, "normally we leave it and it mends itself after a few Time Changes." He tried to shrug but clambered for the wobbling piece instead, steadying himself.
"Yeah and how much money do you think you would have lost for that?" She pointed out in annoyance as he laughed in a rather carefree manner.
"I suppose you're right." He said, slowly placing the new ticket machine onto the counter with a loud sigh, grabbing and rubbing his shoulder out.
"Thank you." Jackie thanked, getting behind the counter as the woman in the post stepped out.
"Thanks for the early replacement, doll!" She thanked the man before quickly zipping out of there, leaving him startled and frozen on the spot. Jackie stared at him, seeing Jason trembling in exhaustion already before letting out a heavy sigh and slumping over. A snicker slipped past Jackie's lips as she patted him on the back. Poor guy tries to be helpful and he's got another job dumped on him in the last minute.
"There there, it's alright." Jackie laughed as the worker sucked in a fast back, curling his spine the other way as he looked almost renewed.
"Alright! Back to work!" He said, taking it in surprisingly gracefully as he looked down at Jackie. "How long until the ticket machine is replaced?" He asked.
"Only a few minutes." Jackie said as they both heard a loud clatter. They turned, seeing a big man grabbing the replacement ticket box before taking off with shocking speed. Both the worker and Jackie stared at him, silenced in shock at the fact anyone could carry a ticket box like that and still run so fast.
"WHAT?!" They both screamed as the worker grabbed his gun, firing off a few shots at the man before taking off after him.
"Get back here!" Jason shouted at him as he quickly began pursuing the man with Jackie keeping stride next to him.
"Who the hell would even want steal a ticket machine?!" She shouted in annoyance as Jason suddenly stopped while Jackie continued to chase the man.
"No, Miss Jackie wait! If you go you won't be able to come back!" Jason cried as she charged after the man, dead set and determined to beat him to death if necessary.
"Give that back! How the hell can you even run so fast while carrying that thing?!" The engineer demanded, shocked and almost impressed at the thief's endurance. Her legs pumped harder as he made a sudden turn into the alley. Determined not to let the thief get away she kept on him, chasing him down the strange twists and turns of the alley without a pause in beat.
She slowed to a stop, breathing hard as she tried to figure out which way he took. Where did he go?! Without warning the entire alley began shaking, making her stagger with a small scream. What was this, an earthquake? Her heart stuttered nervously as she began running towards the streets and out of the narrow alley. For earthquakes it was best to not be between buildings that could collapse and crush the life out of a small squishy person. The loud bang of metal grating against the ground caught her ear as Jackie stopped by an alley opening, spotting the man as he readjusted the ticket machine.
"There you are!" Jackie shouted at him as he jumped, startled as he quickly gathered himself and kept running. "Hey, stop!"
The chase resumed as she kept after him, breathing hard as her lungs and legs began to burn. Just what kind of physical endurance does this guy even have?! As she continued running a piercing scream steadily became louder. What the? Jackie glanced to either side, baffled by the high pitched ringing which slowly began forming a string of words.
"Scary cat scary cat scary cat scary cat scary cat SCARY CAT SCARY CAAAAAAAAT~!" A loud scream shrieked as a hard body smacked into Jackie's side, toppling her over as they both landed in a fumbling heap. As the boy tried to get away Jackie's head shot up, seeing the man gone with the ticket machine. Crap, he got away. The engineer let out a loud, disappointed sigh before she noticed the boy stopped struggling beneath her. She looked down, seeing the mouse man's bright teary emerald eyes looking right up at her in puzzlement. "Y-Y-You smell like a cat." He almost sobbed, startling her.
"Who are you?" Jackie asked, not recognizing the Role Holder before her. Seeing the distressed state he was in alarmed her as she mentally tried to think of what could have reduced a Role Holder of all people to a state like this. His shiny eyes held the after effect of tears as his chest huffed and puffed, looking quite scared as he stared at her hand. What was he just running from? Jackie stared at him, debating on what to do as she glanced at the alley the man disappeared to. That man was long gone and now she had a kid here on the borderline of a panic attack. After some debating she grinned, seeing the boy stiffen up in alarm.
"SHE'S GOING TO EAT ME!" He shrieked, shoving her shoulders back as he flipped to his feet, trying to run again.
"Hey, wait! I'm not going to eat you!" Jackie shouted, before he fell back down, startling her as she saw his swelling ankle. Did he twist it after running into her? The boy flipped onto his back, crying again as he backed away from her quickly but ran into the wall which trapped him.
"Don't eat me! Please don't eat me, Miss cat!" He begged as she stared at him, startled.
"Eat you? W-Why would I eat you?" Jackie asked, flabbergasted at this Role Holder's begging. He was acting nothing like any Role Holder she met before and it baffled him that he was so frightened of her of all people.
"B-B-Because you're a cat! Cats eat mice!" He accusingly cried as he shook in fear. Jackie stared at him, seeing his flushing face and trembling limbs as she found herself wanting to tease him. She never had an opportunity to really tease a Role Holder before. Feeling irked at the man having gotten away and estranged by the little boy in front of her she cheekily grinned, crouching down in front of him.
"Don't you know cats like to play with their food?" She teased, watching him shriek in genuine fear before trying to run past her. Jackie grabbed his tail, watching him freeze up as he began hyperventilating with tears streaming down her face.
"Pl-Please spare me, Miss cat!" He cried, flipping onto his hands and knees as he began begging. Jackie's chest panged with unease as she let out a sigh, very gently touching the back of his head as he flinched. Yikes~ looks like she really actually scared him.
"Hey, I'm not a cat." Jackie said, softly tugging on his ear as he vigorously shook his head.
"No! You are! I-I-I can smell it! You can't trick me!" Pierce cried, covering his head while he continued shaking in fear.
Jackie let out a deep sigh. Ah~ she shouldn't have messed with him in the first place. He's really, really scared and can't get away from her. It's not like she could leave him there and he'd be fine either; he had a twisted ankle which was partially her fault.
"Hey, I'm serious here. I'm really not a cat." Jackie said, petting the back of his head as he pushed her hand away and covered his head as a minimal amount of protection.
"You are! You smell like a c-c-c-c-at so are on!" He sniffled, sobbing a little more quietly now as Jackie sat down in front of him, trying to figure out what to do before snapping his fingers at the appearance of an idea.
"Hey, alright, I'll tell you what; I'll spare you if you take something." Jackie said, rummaging through her bag and finding a small pouch full of candy she sometimes gave to kids in the park.
"W-Wh-What?" He asked, trembling as she held a pouch up in front of him. His shaking stopped as he stared at it, sniffing at the pouch in confusion.
"I've got too much candy weighing me down. Can you take some off my hands?" Jackie asked, watching as he hesitantly sat up, taking the pouch from her and staring at it in confusion.
"Y-You're giving this to me, chu?" He asked, blinking in surprise as he stared at her rather openly.
"Yeah. So relax, alright? I'm not going to eat you." Jackie cheerfully smiled, staring at his face. He looked like a really cute kid. It made her wonder what kind of Role he held.
"You really mean it? I can have all of this?" He asked, visibly getting more and more excited by the moment as he opened up the pouch, untwisting one of the harder candies and popped it into his mouth.
"Yeah." Jackie said, watching as he hummed in enjoyment and broadly smiled, sucking on the candy happily. The engineer reached forward, gently petting his head as his ears perked up. "Hey, I'm really sorry for freaking you out earlier. I was upset over losing something." Jackie admitted, feeling bad she let her frustrations get the better of her.
"You did, chu? What did you lose?" He asked, looking up to her in puzzlement.
"Nothing too serious, I guess," Jackie sighed, not really feeling like telling this kid about her troubles. Her eyes lock onto his ankle, seeing it swell up a bit, "hey, how's your ankle?" She asked, gently tugging on his leg before gently holding his foot, "it's starting to swell up; we should get it iced." Jackie said, handling the tender area very carefully before he started shaking again. She looked up, alarmed that she scared him again before she saw his eyes glowing in excitement.
"Th-Thank you!" He cried, suddenly throwing his arms around her and hugging her tightly with a happy hum.
"For what? I'm the reason your ankle got twisted." Jackie frowned as he tightly hugged her.
"You're so nice! You're the first person to care about me since Alice!" He cheerfully cried in excitement before he kissed her on the cheek.
"You know Alice?" Jackie asked, surprised at the kiss but not thinking too hard about it; a lot of people she used to know would kiss as a greeting on the cheek.
"Yeah! She's the boss's woman." He cheerfully grinned as she stared at him, putting two and two together. He works for Blood; which means he works for the mafia? Jackie took another look at his adorably innocent face. There's no way he possibly works for the mafia; he's too cute, innocent and gullible … but then again, so are the twins.
"Hey, we should get your foot iced. Where do you live?" Jackie asked as the sky's coloration shifted to Night. Jackie looked up, surprised as the street lamps on the streets began to light up, casting dim light into the alley they were in. She blinked, suddenly blind as she looked around and gently touched Pierce's leg trying to figure out where he was.
"It's okay! It's already healed, see?" He said as his leg shifted. Jackie patted down his leg, running her fingers over his smooth ankle. Huh; she forgot how quickly Role Holders heal.
"Yeah, that's good." Jackie smiled, setting his foot down as she stood up and tried to adjust her eyes in the dark.
"Good? Why? Chu," he asked, sounding puzzled as she looked in his general direction.
"Well, it wouldn't be good if you were hurt. I'd hate leaving you out here while you were injured."
"Why?" He innocently asked as he gently set his hand on her arm, making her look somewhat in his direction.
"Because then you could get hurt even worse. Night is dangerous, you know." Jackie said as she looked around, suddenly more paranoid. She needed to get back to the Amusement Park quickly.
"Thank you!" He shouted, hugging her quite suddenly. She jumped slightly, startled as his mouth pressed against hers, making her tense up in surprise before he pulled back, "you're so nice, Miss cat! Nothing like Boris is." He said as Jackie felt her cheeks touch with heat as she stared at the silhouette of his face. He kissed her right on the mouth?! His arms gave one last squeeze before he slid his hands over her stiff arms.
"Y-You're so cute, Miss cat! If no one else will pick you up, can I pick you up? Please?" He asked, gently holding her hands with a happy flash of his teeth before he suddenly tensed up. In the next instant he vanished, making her jolt in surprise. W-What the? Where did he go?
"We got you now, rat!" A mature voice shouted as she looked up, seeing the gleam of an axe coming her way.
Jackie shrieked at the top of her lungs, falling onto the ground as the blade dug into the side of the building. What the hell?!
"Ha! Your screams have gotten more girly, you girly mouse!" Another voice shouted as she spotted another gleam of an axe. Jackie kicked off the ground and rolled away, sprinting away towards the streets rather desperately. Night was dangerous but that was ridiculous!
"Hey, come back you girly mouse!" The voices in unison made Jackie's eyes widen as she recognized their synchronized speaking. She stumbled back over the cobblestone path, watching the large figures leap out of the darkness of the alleyways.
"DEE DUM STOP!" Jackie shrieked as she put her arms up, jolting with a cold sweat as she heard the clash of their blades against the cobblestone.
"Huh? Jackie?" One of them asked, sounding startled.
"Whoa! What are you doing here?" The one with longer hair asked, both of them pulling their blades back. Jackie's heart raced uneasily as she looked up at him, seeing them looking down at her with large smiles on their faces.
"Dee, look! Jackie made it over!" The short haired one, Dum, shouted excitedly as Jackie's eyes widened. She was right? This was Dee and Dum? B-But they look so much older!
"Yeah! Isn't this great, brother? Now we can spend more time together!" They happily cheered, pulling her up in one fast tug before they both tightly hugged her.
"W-Whoa, whoa wait a minute! How did you two get older?!" Jackie demanded, wriggling her way free as she backed away, looking up at them both in confusion.
"Ha ha! You're acting just like Alice did!" Dee cheekily grinned before, in the blink of an eye, he shifted into his younger self, clothes and all. Jackie's eyes bulged out of her head in shock as Dum did the same while Dee remained older, both of them cheekily grinning.
"We can change our age, big sis! Didn't you know?" They cheekily asked as one figure while Jackie's head spun.
"H-How?!" Jackie asked, dumbfounded before she froze, reminding herself that anything could happen in Wonderland. Before either could answer a suddenly very serious expression wiped the joy from their expressions. Before she could ask what happened Dee's arm shot out, grabbing Jackie and yanking her forward as a loud bang went off, followed by a swing of Dum's axe in front of them.
"Wow, there's so many of them!" Dee excitedly shouted as Jackie's face paled. Where the hell was she right now?!
"Yeah! There's always so much fun after the move!" Dum grinned as Dee let Jackie go, getting in front of her. Jackie staggered back, feeling her mind spinning in confusion before she hit someone's chest. She looked up, surprised to see Blood standing there with a cheerful smile.
"A pleasure to meet again, young lady." He smiled charmingly while jabbing the end of his cane into a faceless's skull. Jackie's face paled as he brought her hand up, kissing her knuckles, "and what might a fine young woman like you be doing walking around in the middle of the night?" He asked as he allowed her to pull back her hand and wipe off the kiss.
"Running into the last people I wanted to see." Jackie frowned, trying not to turn back around and see why the twins were excitedly whooping and hollering behind her along with the cries of death from the various faceless. This kind of blatant death she could never become alright with. At least she and Alice were similar in that regard.
"No need to be so rude, young lady. Elliot will be here soon enough after finding out where our little mousy friend has gone," Blood said, looking around with a faint smile, "have you seen a Pierce Villiers, by chance?"
"If I did I have no idea," Jackie said, curious now that he said 'mousy' but could guess who he was referring to, "I thought your main group consisted of the twins and Elliot. Is there another?" She curiously asked, remembering what that mouse kid said before about Alice and her being the boss's. Blood's gaze slid down to me with a faint smile on his lips.
"Indeed. I'm sure you won't get the chance to meet him, however. He's a rather skittish fellow," he said with a cheerful smile, "out of curiosity, my dear, how are you coping?" He asked.
"Coping? With what?" Jackie asked, immediately put on guard as she uneasily stared at him.
"Coping with the fact your precious park has been taken away from you by the big move?" He questioned as Jackie blankly stared at him.
"The move?" She asked, puzzled. "What move? Who moved?"
"The lands, of course. We were in Heart Country and now we are in Clover Country." He said with a smile, shifting his cane into a gun as he pulled Jackie aside before letting out a brief fire into the crowd of dangerous faceless before more of his men swooped in, taking care of them. He smiled before letting her go. "You're more than welcomed to stay at the Mansion if you so choose. It will be more entertaining with another foreigner there." He offered with a smile as Jackie's eyes narrowed suspiciously at him.
" … you're plotting something. What are you plotting?" Jackie questioned as he let out a rather carefree laugh.
"Nothing at all. I only wanted to show some kindness to the foreigner seeing her precious Amusement Park has been lost. I look forward to see how you cope with it." He smiled as Jackie's expression dropped.
"W-What are you talking about? Blood, what does that mean, that the Amusement Park is lost?" She asked, feeling her heart beginning to pound a little faster.
"I mean exactly what I said." He devilishly smiled as Jackie retreated a small step back before sprinting back towards the Amusement Park. What in the world was that supposed to mean?!
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Jackie ran straight back towards the park's entrance but all that remained was a massive expanse of forest. Her lips parted, shocked as she fell to her knees, staring at what was once the entrance to the park. B-But how? How did that happen? Why was the Amusement Park gone? Her mind spun wildly with questions as she let out a heavy sigh, rubbing head as she tried to think things through. She was there in the last Time Change, and the Amusement Park was there. And then after that Time Change, the Amusement Park was gone. A blank slate as to what could have happened in between those times screened across her mind as she tilted her head, trying to make sense of it.
" … that doesn't make any sense, hold on." She said to herself as she began to pace back and forth, thinking hard about what the hell was happening. "Okay … so it was here in the Afternoon Time Change … but now it's not in the Night Time Change." She said, gesturing with her hands and motions two different things as she struggled to think of the cause. Nothing like this had ever happened before in Wonderland; at least, not during her stay here. But would Alice know what's going on?
With a heavy sigh she ran a hand through her head. She was exhausted. What the hell was she going to do now? Where would she go? It's pretty dangerous at this time of Night to be out especially when she has no idea what's going on. But if she were to go to the Mansion then she'd be able to ask Alice what's going on here. With a heavy sigh Jackie headed back into town, planning to take up Blood's offer to stay there with him for at least a little while.
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"Big sis, come sleep with us!" Dee shouted with a grin, hugging Jackie around the waist tightly as Dum hugged her other arm. She tried her best to ignore them as she slowly dragged them with her down the halls, earning some strange looks of the nearby servants who otherwise ignored them.
"Yeah, it'll be fun!" Dum agreed as he kept his grip firm on her.
"Off." Jackie stated, trying to shake them off of her but their grips only tightened as they both shifted into adults, making her jump slightly as she was forced to a stop.
"Come on, please?" Dum cheerfully grinned as Dee nodded.
"We were really good boys today! We didn't let even one enemy escape." Dee proudly proclaimed as Dum nodded eagerly beside him in agreement.
"Alright, alright fine! But first-," she stared before the twins immediately began dragging her towards their room while loudly cheering.
"Hey hey, wait, wait- HOLD IT." Jackie said, grabbing both of their ears as they let out a small cry of pain before she left them go.
"That was mean." Dum huffed, rubbing his ear gingerly.
"Grabbing our ears like that is domestic abuse you know." Dee pouted as Jackie firmly folded her arms and looked up at them both without the slightest bit of regret.
"First I need to talk to Alice; do you know where she is?" Jackie asked as the bloody twins started to widely grin.
"Boss is-,"
"Nope, that's all I need to know." Jackie cut that right off at the head as she looked around, looking around the hall as if looking for something, "do you know where Elliot is?"
"Why do you care about that chicken rabbit?" Dee pouted with a firm frown as he held onto Jackie's arm, pulling her close.
"Yeah! It's nighttime and that's when you go to sleep, right?" Dum huffed as he snatched onto her other arm and both began dragging them to their room.
"Hey come on guys, I don't want to." Jackie sighed in annoyance, just wanting to go back to her apartment; which wasn't a possibility at the moment.
"Hey, you promised! Please?" They both asked before suddenly turning younger. Jackie stared at them, narrowing her eyes as they gave her the puppy dog looks.
"Please?" Dum pleaded, hugging her shoulders.
"Pretty please, big sis?" Dee asked, holding her waist.
"We won't do anything weird like that chicken rabbit would."
"Yeah, our intentions are pure!"
" … fine, yeah, sure." Jackie heavily sighed. She didn't exactly have anywhere to sleep and the boys wouldn't do anything weird. They were psychotic and murdery but they weren't perverted and weird.
"Yay!"
"Thanks big sis!" Dum shouted as they both happily hugged her before growing bigger. "Come on, let's go to sleep!" He grinned as they pulled her into their room. Jackie stumbled inside as they quickly shut the door, excitedly chatting with each other as Jackie stared at the bed.
… whoops.
"WAIT." She started, making them both pause in their excitement, "you have to go to bed as your kid forms. Your adult forms will take up too much room." She said as they both frowned.
"Awe, but please?" Dee asked with a pouting frown.
"You're so much smaller and cuter when we're like this." Dum grinned as he hugged her shoulders.
"Yeah! And you already said you would without that condition earlier," Dee visibly pouted as Jackie tugged on his pony tail back a little, exposing his neck as she poked his adam's apple.
"Take it or leave it, boys. What's it going to be?" She teased with a grin as they both pouted, growing younger without any further argument before they gasped in excitement.
"Hey, you need to be in the middle!"
"Yeah! So we can both cuddle equally as much!" Dee grinned as Dum high fived his brother. Jackie lightly smiled, having no argument there for the time being before she unzipped her uniform, pushing the sleeves out which left her in a tank top. The boys fell silent as she pushed the uniform down to her hips, stretching out her arms a little bit before noticing them staring.
" … what?" She asked, staring right back at them as they look away in embarrassment. They muttered to themselves as Jackie suspiciously stared at them, her eyes narrowing in thought before she took off her tool belt, setting it over the couch before kicking off the uniform and folding it up. Both of the boys snuck up behind her before suddenly grabbing her, making her jump before with a 'heave ho' they threw her onto the bed. "What the-?!" Jackie stared as they jumped on with her, hugging her tightly while laughing. "What are you doing!? Off!" Jackie ordered, trying to pry their hands off but their grips were quite strong.
"Thank you, big sis!" They both shouted at the same time as Jackie paused, staring at their childishly grinning faces. She let out a tired sigh as she laid back against the bed, watching as they both happily cuddle up to her and rest their heads near her shoulders. Their fingers entwined with hers as she let out a yawn, certainly tired from the day before she tried to get settled in herself. Jeez these twins are a handful … no wonder Alice has such a hard time with them. Jackie stared at their faces, feeling a tad protective of them at the same time before she smiled, feeling her heart ache a bit. Somehow they both reminded her a bit of her young twin Jay. Irresponsible and childish but a lot more violent and bloody. Oh well; they were cute kids.
Jackie closed her eyes, finding herself slowly falling asleep. Tomorrow she'd need to find Alice and ask her what happened to Wonderland but for now, it was time to sleep.
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I really do feel bad for doing Pierce an injustice with his story and, feeling a spark of interest back in the HNKNA world, I'm going to try and improve his story so it's more worthy towards his unique and adorable character. Get ready for the cuteness! 10 REVIEWS for the next chapter.