Breaking Wonderland
BTAS (Batman Animated Series)
Alice Pleasance is happily married... well sort of. Though the criminals in Arkham have other things on mind.
I wrote the plot of this fanfiction like a year and half ago. Though I finally got the gull to try and write it.
PS. I'm a bit rusty with my Batman but yep I hope you like it all the same.
Chapter 1: A Gust of Wind
It was a lovely day in early March. Gotham's crime rate was low and signs of an early spring shone through the gaps of grey clouds. A small breeze blew through Gotham Park. A tree branch with early blossoms shivered with the wind. A single small white blossom lost to the breeze and was swept away by the gust of wind, soaring high above the tall trees, sinking lower to the ground as it zoomed in and out between benches and trash cans, passing by a man who was sitting on his favorite bench reading his favorite section of the Gotham Times, Sports. It continued to float past a woman taking her pug on a walk. The blossom made it's way passed the dark green iron rail fence and to the littered sidewalk, almost being crushed by the heel of a business man's shoe, tumbling the busy street then being blown back into the air by the dark exhaust of a red sports car's muffler. The blossom raised high once more soaring into the air but the lack of another gust of air and the existence of a glass window stopped the blossoms journey short.
A pretty young woman with big blue eyes and gold locks placed her elbow on the table with a melancholy sigh. She knew that placing her elbows on the table was bad manners. Though she was wearing high heels two sizes too small. Her dress had a revealing neckline that kept causing glares from other women in the restaurant making her feel awkward. She glanced at her watch. He was 30 minutes late. Alice looked at her nails that she just had done. They were french tipped just the way he always liked them. The black dress was revealing but simple just like he preferred. Her hairline ached as her hair was placed in a tight bun. Which he commented that it was elegant yet sophisticated. Her eyes wondered to her ring finger where a .15 karat diamond ring lay which she liked to spin around. A memory popped up into Alice's head. She spun it nervously around her finger until it accidentally slipped off, falling into the floor's air vent below. The young blonde looked around the room once more. The same people who were glaring at her were now giving her pitiful looks. She sighed again.
"Oh, Billy where are you?" she said it in a nasally high pitch, yet soft voice.
"I'm right here, Alice sweetie," a young man from behind placed a bouquet of flowers in front of her face. The woman gasped as she reached out for the beautiful flowers. "Sorry I'm late," he said casually, walking to his seat.
"Billy they're beautiful," she said happily. Billy gave her a dashing smile, he was tall, dark and handsome. Alice always worried if he was out of her league. She would always hear her co-workers whispering around, sprouting things like; How did she catch a man like him? Or what does he see in her? Alice placed the flowers beside her plate. Even though they were a pleasant distraction she wasn't about to let him off the hook that easily. "So, why were you late, mister?" she asked teasingly. Billy slicked his hair back with his hand. He always seemed cool even when he was under pressure.
"Well, Marcia in the office had a birthday party at the same time the Head of the Corporation was suppose to do their daily inspection. It was chaos. I had a lot of talking to do to save Marcia's job," he said with a big pearly white smile.
"Oh, so you saved the day, huh?" she asked, interested.
"Yep," he replied as he waved his hand to signal the waiter. The waiter noticed and nodded from afar. There was a small moment of silence until she remembered her present.
"Well, I got you something!" She squealed as she pulled out a huge present from under the table. Billy smiled awkwardly.
"Oh, man, really!? You shouldn't have," he said as he stared at the elegantly wrapped present in front of him.
"Well?" Alice said.
"Uh, how about I open it later? I'm starving. How about you?" he replied as he placed the gift on the floor beside him. Alice's smile faded as she was robbed from getting to see her husband's reaction to her gift which she had successfully hid from his sight for three long months.
"Oh, yeah...I-I'm starving too," she said trying her best not to sound disappointed. The waiter came a moment later and handed each of them a menu. They both silently read over their menus. It wasn't long before Billy was ordering for the both of them.
"I think I'll have the lobster," he said closing his menu.
"And for the madam?" the french waiter asked with an unenthusiastic tone.
"Oh, she'll have the same," he said while grabbing Alice's menu and handing it over to the waiter. Alice gasped in horror.
"But Billy! I'm allergic to shellfish," she said, mouth agape. Billy glanced over at her before rolling his eyes. He stared quizzically at her for a moment before smiling. Alice smiled, hoping he was going to ask her what she wanted.
"Oh how silly of me to forget! She'll have the salad and the soup," he said and the waiter gave him a look before nodding and walking away. Alice smiled softly. This wasn't too surprising. He always knew what she liked.
"So, Billy, it's our second anniversary. Are you excited?" Alice asked happily. Billy nodded as he looked at his watch.
"Oh, yeah, Doll face! Of course!" he said as he grabbed her hand and caressed it gently. Alice loved it when he called her 'Doll face' and she loved it even more when he caressed her hands. Alice blushed brightly.
"Bill-y," she replied, reverting to a giggly teenager. Alice pulled her hand away and looked at the other guests. Luckily, they were happily eating their meals and minding their own business.
"So, Billy. Did you get me a gift?" she asked trying to keep her mind off of Billy and his caresses. Billy's eyes widened and he slicked his hair back once again.
"Oh, a gift, well I...I don't-" he started.
"You didn't buy me a gift?" Alice asked on the verge of tears.
"No...well, I...don't have it with me..." he said more confidently. Alice's lips stopped pouting and her eyes became less glossy.
"You don't?" she asked.
"No...I was going to take you to the jewelers and let you pick out anything you wanted!" he said triumphantly. Alice beamed.
"Really, Billy? You really mean it?" she asked so happily she was on the verge of tears yet again.
"Doll is this the face of a liar?"he asked releasing a charming smile. Alice leaned over the table and Billy did the same, embracing each other above the small round table in the fancy restaurant. Anyone could see the happy couple embracing each other through the glass. A woman across the street stopped her husband, pulling his shoulder.
"Ohhhh, Hubert! Would you look at that?" she said pulling her husband's attention to the romantic scene.
The man adjusted his glasses with his gaze.
"Oh boy," he said as he rolled his eyes.
"What do you mean by that?" his wife replied as she put her hands on her hips.
Just then a snowflake fell gently on the man's nose.
"Well how about that, It's snowing," he said happily. His wife shivered.
"Let's go, I hate the snow," she said as they continued to walk.
It started snowing, it was a soft fall with the breeze sending snowflakes in odd directions. A strong gust blew flakes everywhere. Things were slowly shrouded with a white blanket. The zoo, the park, the bridge, including the grounds of Arkham Asylum. The asylum was relatively quiet on a melancholy day like this except for one cell block where only a three by three foot bar window was the only connection to the outside world. From the window a squabble could be hear amongst two inmates.
"You! YOU! I told you to keep out the others! But NOOOOO! You just had to get the Joker involved!" a short stature man with blonde messy hair stood fuming with his fists clenched.
"Oh don't pin this on me! It was your fault that Harley found the microchip!" another short man with equally messy hair, although his was auburn.
"Shhhhhhhhhh!" echoed a voice from an irate cellmate down the corridor.
"Well if you had distracted the guard the way I told you too, I wouldn't have had to hurry and drop the microchip!" the blonde man argued back.
"Zip your mouths!" another yell came from around the corridor.
"Oh woes, woes you!" said the auburn haired man. "You are the most pathetic man I have ever met!" he said as he turned and crossed his arms.
"Oh? And this is coming from a man with a cheese cloth hat!" yelled the blonde as he turned around.
"Why you weasel, If I had-"
"Ladies! Ladies! Shut UP! Some of us are actually trying to get some sleep here!" a strong man's voice bellowed from the other end of the corridor.
"It's Tetch's fault! He started it I tell you!" the auburn haired man yelled as he grabbed the bars of his cell. His face just barely unable to get out.
"No, it's Crane's fault. He started it!" Tetch yelled as he copied Crane, yelling through the bars.
"NO ONE CARES WHO STARTED IT! Just shut up or tomorrow will be the last time you'll ever see the light of day!" the strong voice yelled back.
"That'll tech them! Ah-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!" the Joker's laugh was the last thing that echoes through the corridor.
-Reviews, Crit, Suggestions Welcomed- OMG I had a bad BETA. Sorry about any mistakes. I tried to correct them as much as possible.