Disclaimer: I own no properties, EAH is Mattel, and Alice is Spicy Horse(/EA?), this is a pure work of fiction. I just made up the OC's.
"Ow!" He flinched as she treated him.
"Oh, so he speaks." "Well he doesn't care for the pain."
"Then he shouldn't have hurt himself."
"Yea, well, what can you do?" He wasn't sure what stung more; the wound, or her words.
"Haha, so how did you do this?"
"I smashed a fire alarm."
"So you're a student?"
"Yeah, but… after today, not entirely sure." He began to trail off.
"What did you do?"
"…I smashed a fire alarm."
"…Right."
"So…" He wanted to change the topic. "You aren't from here."
"No…" She lowered her head and spoke softly."I'm not…"
"Neither am I." He tried to cheer her up.
"I figured that from the way you talk." It worked. "What is that?"
"I… was raised by whores. All types of working girls. Be surprised what you pick up."
"Haha, cute."
"Sure. So why help me?"
"Do I really need a reason? This is a nasty piece of work."
He looked at her as she wrapped his arm in the gauze. So many questions ran through his head. But at the moment he wasn't going to look a gifted horse in the mouth. "Well, whatever your reason, thanks."
"No problem. Okay!" She was finished; she placed the leftover materials aside and took a good grip of his arm. "One last thing."
"Wha- Ah!" In an instant his arm was bathed in a bright light, then all the pain, was gone. "What was that?"
"A bit of magic." She stood up and began to clean. "Come back later. Let me know how you're feeling."
"Sure." He took hold his arm and made a fist. It felt like nothing was wrong. "What's your name dearie?"
"Catherine Polaris. But my friends call me Caterpillar. You?"
"Alex. Alex Liddell."