Full Summary: We all at one point or another have fallen for someone who did not love us back. For Jervis Tetch it was when he fell in love with Alice Pleasance, for the new girl at Arkham it's when she fell for The Mad Hatter. Mean while Dr. Leland must struggle to cope with her daughter's death, her failing marriage, and her patients' twisted problems. All this leads her to question reality it's self and the true nature of humanity. OC X Jervis, Jervis X Alice, hinted Jonathan X Harley.

Warning: Rating may be subject to change, bloody scenes and lemons to follow in later chapters.

AN: I of course DO NOT own this. I only own my OCs Carol and Molly, everyone else belongs to DC comics, Bruce Timm, and Paul Dini. Some characters have been altered a bit to fit the story so don't be pissed. Hope you enjoy!

July 7th, 1992

It was late one night in Arkham. Jervis Tetch, or as he was more commonly known as "The Mad Hatter", was having difficulty sleeping. Thoughts of Alice Pleasance were swirling around in his mind. Not even good old Lewis Carroll could put him to rest that night. He sat up in bed looking into the next cell. Through the bars of his cell Tetch could see Jonathan Crane fast asleep. Jervis had hopped that the man would be up as well but he had sadly fallen asleep hours ago. Nothing to do and no one to talk to, how dull. The asylum was unusually quite that night, no laughter from The Joker and no psychotic ramblings from The Riddler. Then Tetch heard the sound of foot steps of two guards and one unknown being.

"Boy, the crazies are gonna love ya." laughed one of the guards as they were passing by Tetch's cell. The guards had in their possession a new inmate. She was young, no more then 16 if she was even that. She was about 4 inches shorter then Jervis, with snow colored flesh and raven like hair. Her sweet face was only amplified by her pale blue eyes and soft pouty lips. She is just a child and yet she had somehow managed to find her self locked away in a place like this, how odd.

Tetch noted that the girl could barley fit the standard Asylum uniform, the sleeves hung limply over her hands and it somehow made her look even younger. Tetch looked at the girl and the girl looked at Tetch. The girl smiled and Jervis waved, the girl then turned away in embarrassment. Jervis could see her cheeks turn a lovely shade of pink. Curiouser and Curiouser. The girl was led away by the two guards, down the hall near Harley Quinn's cell. Then there was no more sound.

July 8th, 1992

The next morning Dr. Joan Leland arrived At Arkham Asylum at 7:15 preciously, the way she had for past 10 years. She was a criminal psychologist and very proud of her job but it was not said pride that forced her to rise so early and stay so late, nor was Dr. Bartholomew; in fact according to her contract she did not have to be at work till 9 when all the patients had finished breakfast. What caused her to rise was a mystery to most as she kept people at arms length. To know Dr. Leland as a person and past just that of her dedication was like to solve a great puzzle that few had tried. Dr. Leland was about to enter her office when an orderly told her that she had been summoned by Dr. Bartholomew. By this point Dr. Leland knew that the only time Dr. Bartholomew would want to speak to her or any other Doctor is when a new patient had arrived. She also knew that the only cases she was assigned to were the ones that were by most considered to be a challenge, to her they were exhausting.

"Hello Dr. Leland, please sit down." Dr. Bartholomew was sitting in his oversized chair and sitting at his oversized desk in his oversized office. Everything in that room looked about half the size of all of Arkham, everything except Dr. Bartholomew. The only reason he had been allowed to take over the asylum was because his father had married into what remained of the Arkham family.

Dr. Leland sat in the smaller seat across from Dr. Bartholomew. "Dr. Leland, we recently got a new patient and I want you to be her physiatrist." Leland nodded. "Good now here's her file. As you'll notice it's missing some information but you will be seeing her at 3 for group therapy and tomorrow at 1 for your private session, so you can fill in the details there." Leland nodded again, noticing that the girl's last name wasn't on the file or even so much as a birth date. There's just one thing you should know." Bartholomew paused "What is it?"

"She's 16."

"What? And you expect me to have her in the same therapy session with Jervis Tetch? Not to mention the fact that this is Arkham, surely whatever a 16 year old girl did is nothing compared to the others." Dr. Leland could feel a migraine coming on. Not that she minded a challenge but an asylum like Arkham was filled with pedophiles and rapists and now she was entrusted in the care of a child.

"Dr. Leland I know it sounds like a lot but you've been able to manage Jack Naiper (The Joker) just fine, so I know you'll be able to handle this. As to what she did it's all spelled out in the file but basically she murdered two people in cold blood while they were asleep then claimed that she blacked out and didn't remember doing anything."

"As to what to do about Mr. Tetch and the new girl it could be very beneficial for him, after all it'd give him a chance to resist his urges."

Dr. Leland looked baffled "…Ugh…Dr. Bartholomew, Jervis isn't attracted to children…he just has the mind of a child and her presence might make it a bit difficult for him to open up and contribute to the group as he'd be too busy talking to her."

"Ah! Right...well you obviously know him better then I do so best of luck. If there's a problem you know where to find me." That of coarse was just code for "Get the hell out of my office, I don't five a damn."

Oh, how could this day get any better?

July 8th, 1992

That afternoon at 3 o'clock Jervis Tetch, Jonathan Crane, and Edward Nygma were escorted to one of the smaller therapy rooms. Inside the room were six chairs set up; four for the patients, one for the doctor, and two empty ones for those who had recently escaped. Two buff guards were positioned on ether wall. The men took their seats and waited for Dr. Leland to enter.

"Did you hear, we have someone new joining our therapy session?" Questioned Nygma to no one in particular

"So you saw her too?" asked Jervis

"No, but word does travel fast around here."

A moment later the door opened and Dr. Leland entered. Behind her was another buff guard and next to him in handcuffs was the girl Tetch had seen the night before. The girl did not wait for her handcuffs to be taken off instead she ran towards Jervis with all the excitement of a child entering Disneyworld for the first time. "Jervis!"

The girl sat down next to Jervis and in one fluid motion grabbed his waist and pressed herself deeply against his side. Jervis didn't know how to react as he hadn't had someone be this affectionate to him since…his mother. Still Jervis did like children, especially girls so he played along and put a hand on her head. He played with her hair and twisted it around his finger. "Hello my dear. What's your name?"

"Jervis do you know Carol already?" asked Dr. Leland trying to put a stop to the silence in the room by asking the question the others wanted to know but wouldn't ask.

"Not at all but she's seems to know me." Jervis continued to lovingly play with the girls black locks.

"Carol, could you please let go of Jervis."

Carol shook her head, still pressed up against Jervis. "I haven't seen him in such a long time."

Dr. Leland was about to ask how it was possible to not see someone for so long yet not know them but the Edward barged in "I get it, Carol you're a stalker"

"Am not." Mumbled Carol

"Yes, you are."

"No I am not."

"Yes, you are!"

"No I'm Not!"

"Alright, alright." Said Dr. Leland, trying to regain her command over the group. "As you all can see we have a new patient and her name is Carol. Now, Carol you obviously have seen Jervis before. Do you mind telling us where?"

Carol was still nestled up against Tetch but was facing Dr. Leland now "When he worked at Wayne Tech I lived across the street from his office, so I used to see him all the time. Then one day he didn't come back."

"Do you know why Jervis is here?" asked Dr. Leland

Carol nodded "Because he fell in love."

"It wasn't love. It was an obsession." Corrected Dr. Leland "Do you know why Professor Crane and Mr. Nygma are here?"

Carol nodded again "Because of there pride." This time Dr. Leland didn't seem to feel the need to correct her.

Carol looked over to Jonathan and Edward and said "Hello, I'm Carol. Do you prefer to be called John or Johnny?"

Crane crossed his arms "I prefer Professor Crane."

Carol blinked at him emptily "I'll call you Jonathan, then."

Both Jervis and Edward smiled at this, a joke between the two.

"And I'll call you Eddie." Nygma was less then thrilled about that and he too crossed his arms and rolled his eyes.

"Before we begin, could you please tell me your last name, Carol?"

"I don't have one."

"Everyone has a last name."

"I don't."

"What about a birthday?"

"They said it's sometime in April and that the year was 1976 but I doubt they knew themselves."

"Who is "they"?" the question came from Jervis

"The people who found me."

"Found you where?" asked Dr. Leland

"On the side of the road along side my twin sister, Molly."

Before Dr. Leland could ask another round about question Carol started to giggle.

"I feel so stupid for forgetting to ask but what happened to your hat?" Carol said lightly tapping the top of Tetch's head

Jervis smiled slightly embarrassed, after all what was a hatter without his hat?

"They are doing another weekly check to make sure I'm not hiding any mind control cards in there."

Carol nodded satisfied with his answer.

"Carol we'll get to your childhood in a little bit but first would you like to share why you were sent to Arkham?"

Carol shook her head

"Then I'll tell them. Carol murdered Mr. and Mrs. Rolland in their sleep. When the police found her she was soaked in blood and swinging on the swings at Gothem Central Park."

The three men stared at the girl, confusion stained the air

"I don't remember killing them. I blacked out and then when I woke up I was in the park."

Carol looked up at Jervis "I swung all the way around the bar."

"Did you now? I tried that once myself but I almost fell off I think I did something wrong."

"Oh it's real easy, I'll teach you one day."

"How often do you have these blackouts?" Dr. Leland asked

"A lot."

"When was your first black out?"

"When I was seven."

"What do you remember before and after that first blackout?"

"Molly and I were sleeping when I woke up I was the Metropolis bus station."

"What did you do then?"

"I walked home. I didn't have any money so I kinda had to. When I got back my sister was gone."

"Gone?"

"She disappeared. I looked for her for days but I never found her." Tetch felt sorry for Carol and he rubbed her back

"Why didn't your parents call the police? Why wasn't anyone else looking for her..." the questions went on and on but Carol refused to say a word.

"I have an excellent suggestion, let's change the subject!" proclaimed Carol, finally removing her self from Tetch's side.

Jonathan gave himself a face palm; another wonderland freak had entered the room. Jervis on the other hand just sat and smiled proudly at the girl, he finally had someone new to play with.

EN: I apologies for any spelling/grammatical errors I will try to fix them up when I have time.