Year X777

To whomever this letters reach:

These letters contain all of the information that I have gathered about a special kind of cards, more malevolent than the Jokers themselves, the tainted cards known as the "Alice Card".

This story may be regarded as an urban legend during your time, a tale to keep children from being out in the dark, but I tell you, this story is pretty much real, and not made up. A story about 5 people from the four Trump Kingdoms, and I, Arthur Kirkland III, as the Queen of the Spadian Empire, shall tell you of the stories and encounters I, or my fellow Queens (they have the unusual trait of showing up to a Queen) have experienced.

We have won, but only for a limited time. They will come back, and you need to stop them. In the letters are the ways that we theorise that will end them. May you be enlightened by these series of epistles that I have hidden from my idiot, but loving King.

-Queen Arthur Kirkland III of the Spadian Empire

"Arthur! Where are you, man? Let's go, the Jokers are causing a mess again. Are you in your room? I'm coming in, ok?" A voice the Queen knew all too well rang out. He placed all of the letters he has compiled for the last three months, placed them inside a box made of mythril wood and orichalcum, and sealed it with a time magic that will send the box to any of the Royal Cards years to the future and keep the contents pristine.

He sent the box on its way, and exited his room, "No need to come in, love. Let's go?"

Year X887

"King Ludwig! Look! A shining treasure box! Ludwig hurry!" A jolly voice beckons King Ludwig V of the Hearts Kingdom. The king trudged to the person calling him, a petite man with auburn hair, and a curl to the side of his head that doesn't seem to go flat whatever you do. As he walked near, the man pulled him closer.

"What is this now, Jack Vargas?" he asked the man.

"I saw a shooting star in the middle of afternoon! Isn't it weird? A shooting star in the afternoon! So, I followed it to the meadows, and saw this small crater with that small shining treasure box in the middle, and a Spadian magic circle disappearing! Maybe this is a message from Queen Arthur, seeing that King Alfred is only proficient with some time magic, unlike Queen Arthur who knew almost all magic! Well, except the bloodline magics, like our Queen's powerful healing magic, or the King of Club's death magic and powerful curses, or my family's extreme speed magic. What do you think, your Highness? Do you think I can learn other magic as well?" the Jack of Hearts, Feliciano Vagras, said in one breath.

The King, who was used to this, made his way to the crater, and indeed, a small box is in the middle of the crater, what took his attention the most is the Spade insignia on the lock; it was the design for the Spadian Kingdom coat of arms more than a century ago, when it was still known as the Spadian Empire.

"Feli, you need to take this box to the castle, and have Kiku examine it, meanwhile, I'll call the others for an important meeting, can you do it?"

"Of course, your Highness. I will make haste," the Jack said, his face as serious as the King's. He took the box, chanted the spell for their family's bloodline magic, and sped directly to the castle.

Ludwig remained at the meadow, wind fluttering around him as he observes a big, dark cloud heading towards his kingdom, "A dark cloud is coming, how shall our kingdom fare? Better call the others." He said to himself when he felt a chill, and his Royal Mark on his left hand glowed.

"You need a messenger?"

"We are the fastest!"

"We are the stealthiest!"

"Even the Vargas family will be left behind."

"We know you need us now."

"Come, King Ludwig, call us out."

"Allow us to help you."

"Remove the seals."

"And let us out."

Ludwig turned around and saw two shadowy forms, the shadow of the two beings, whose souls are sealed within himself and their body in a room in the Hearts castle, so as to keep the peace between the four kingdoms, the heralds of mischief, the Jokers.

"And after you've delivered the message, then what?" Ludwig asked, his voice seething with hate.

"We'll help you against the Alices." The smaller Joker replied, his voice a distant echo, "They're our fault, and we want to let them rest… forever."

"Your fault? Is that box related to what you did for almost all of your time, immortals? What does this mean? Answer me, now." Ludwig ordered.

Now, it's the larger of the two who answered, "Whoa, slow down, man. First of all, I'm your ancestor, so have a bit of respect. Yes, I'm a Beilschmidt. Next, that box is not directly related to us, Queen Arthur III sent that on his own volition, and that means that the seals on the five are weakening. You'll find the answers to your questions in the box. Now, would you please release the seals? We won't cause mischief, we promise."

Ludwig sighed, "Fine, I'll release the seals, but if you step out of line, I'm putting an irrevocable seal on you two."

Whispering a litany of words, the King of Hearts' Royal Mark glowed brightly. For every three to four words he said, chains connecting the Jokers to the Royal Mark and to the room in the Hearts castle where they were sealed, materialise. After shouting the last word, all of the chains break, and the shadows in front of him disappeared momentarily, only to be replaced by two persons, a blonde and a silver-haired male.

Clad in black clothes, with tails wrapped on their right leg, the two of them landed in front of the king and knelt. The smaller blonde looked at the King straight in the eye, "Our king, at the bottom of our hearts (the silver-haired snickered), we gratefully thank you for releasing us from our bondage." At the second instance the silver-haired snickered, the blonde slapped him with his tail, and looked at him with anger in his eyes. The blonde coughed and looked at the king's eyes with a pang of guilt, and continued, "Please forgive him, in all of the Jokers that I have ever worked with, this one's a handful. And as promised, we, the Jokers Peter Kirkland and Gilbert Beilschmidt, won't cause mischief and destruction, and will help you destroy these entities whose cards have been tainted."

"Good. Now, you know what I want. With your illusionary and space-time magic, you could make it to the other three kingdoms with ease, am I correct?"

The two of them stood up, and bowed, "Of course, your Highness. Now, we're off," and with a poof, the two of them disappeared.

As he walked back to the castle, Ludwig spoke softly, "As I've feared, a dark cloud is indeed coming; not only to my kingdom, but to all of the Trump Kingdoms. May the Lord guide us all to safety."

To be continued…

A/n: Hej! This is Aka-kun! Goodness, this is my first attempt at a multi-chapter fanfiction. I hope that it turned out good. The plot for this fiction just popped up my brain when I saw a photo of the Nordics, and somehow, I remembered it and quickly wrote it. I may suck at this, so a review will be a good way to tell me where I've sucked. Thank you for reading, and wait for the next chapter!